One day in the faculty bathroom....

I work at a high school. Kind of. I work with a post grad program for special needs adults (18-22) who were unable to pass the required tests needed to receive their diplomas. I help these people understand social situations, grasp concepts of proper adult behavior and teach them the skills they will need most when in the world: grocery shopping, filling out job applications, proper attitudes in work environments, etc.

But I don't actually work on the high school campus. I work near the high school soccer field. But the other day I went to the high school and found myself needing to use the restroom. I don't dislike using the same toilets as thousands of teenage girls but there is a faculty bathroom I had never used. So I decided to see what the big difference was. This is what I found.

The second weigh in!

The last week of January I did not work out or follow as strict a diet as I had been. Why? Two reasons: my lungs were so filled with phlem I felt like a life long smoker when ever I tried any kind of physical activity, AND chicken noodle soup is stunningly high in calories.

So last week I started fresh, feeling as though I had let my body go, which is saying something, believe me. Previously I'd been able to work out for approximately an hour with a few water and "catch my breath" breaks. But Monday I could hardly get through the warm up before ducking out and nearly passing out. I was (and am) still sick but the coating of thick nasty in my lungs was considerably less and therefore I assumed I was out of the woods. Not so, however. So it took me another two workouts to get my longevity back. But I'm back!

Measurements soon to follow

Weigh in for 2/4/11:

                      248 lbs

That's a whole ten lbs lost. Exceeding my goal for 2 lbs a week, for sure! I'm stoked, obviously.

So here comes the other good news. We've decide after workouts 3 times a week, to go jogging/speed walking. Yeah, its freezing. Yeah, there's still snow on the ground. Yeah, we usually work out at night. But I'm excited for the possibility of working up enough of a sweat that I don't notice any of these things.

I love you all and hope those who are trying to better themselves and change their life styles have the best of luck and the strongest of determinations!

-Tristen