I'm kinda like Donovan Bailey without the roid rage

Haven’t really had a quality NSV in a while but this past weekend I was visiting with friends of friends whom I don’t see too often and the one girl kept telling me how good I look. I really like her! I was wearing black; I was pretty deceiving really… I will have to wear a corset under my outfit the next time I see her to continue to get the positive feedback, but I am okay with that.

Anyhoo…I was chatting with one of my bff’s a few weeks back and she was asking me what my goals were, not in terms of weight loss but more so physically with my endurance. I hadn’t really put a lot of thought into that before so she and I established a few on the phone for ourselves. My birthday is less than 3 months away and we’re both using that date as our first measuring stick. She had gotten into running in the past few years but has recently been slacking in that dept. so she wants to be able to run 10 k by May 4. I, on the other hand, have never been able to run, but it is something I hope to do one day. Therefore my goal is a little bit, okay, a lot a bit smaller than hers. My goal is to be able to run for 20 minutes straight on the treadmill.

So I have started working towards that. On Friday and Saturday I walked for 2 and ran for 2 for a total of 20 minutes. So I am 50% there I guess…although the hardest part will be the endurance of running for more than 2 minutes at any given time. I will continue to do this 2 and 2 method for the remainder of the week and then move up on the weekend to 1 minute walking, 2 minutes running to see how that goes. From everything I have read, this type of approach to learning to run seems to work the best.

I will keep you all posted on that as it progresses…have a great day and as my new lulu lemon water bottle says, “Love your Life!”

xo
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A new rewards system...ME-wards!

I think I have figured out what motivates me more than anything…rewards or me-wards as Blockbuster would call it! I don’t know why I didn’t figure it out sooner. I am like that with everything in life…if you have to spend $52 to get a free bag at Estee Lauder and my foundation costs $51, I will buy the lowest priced item, which at Estee Lauder is the $22 eye liner just so I can get the free bag. I have a pretty kick ass collection of make-up bags at this point…thank you Estee Lauder!

In old Brandi-land, a diet (I hate that word) meant rewarding myself with food. “I totally burnt 350 calories on the treadmill this morning so it’s more than acceptable, likely encouraged for me to have a bag of Doritos and a Mars bar,” I would say to myself. And I would eat that…it’s weird how all of my past successes have been temporary with that mind set…

So, I have introduced a new style of rewards system to my life. I take things that I want and apply them to a number on the scale. For example, I have been wanting a new workout outfit for the past few months, but I told myself I wasn’t allowed to buy it until I lost 20 lbs. So last weekend I got to go get it.

Now, I have been thinking ahead to some future goals, some pretty boring, but exciting for me and some that are bigger of course based on big numbers. Like at 30 lbs I get to dye my hair. I know that doesn’t seem like a big deal to anyone, but my roots are really bothering me so it will motivate me to work my ass off (literally) so that I can have the hair I desire sooner. Genius really!

The only other goal I have decided on at this point is the 100 lb goal, which is clearly a new wardrobe. I am going to be the most fashionable skinny little bitch you’ll ever see… I may even need new friends. I don’t know that my current ones can handle the new fashionista Brandi!

So I need some suggestions for future goals….anyone….Bueller….anyone?