I'm Still Working Hard (And My Roommates Are Hating Me!)

37 days. I’m finally at a point where I think it is appropriate to have a countdown until Graduation. So, what is this Jersey girl doing in her last 37 days at college you ask? Well, my roommates all left me this weekend (burglars know what house to hit up tonight), so I will be having a movie night on my couch with my laptop, a nice blanket, and myself. Do I know how to party or what? I’m not too bummed with my nighttime plans. This week took every ounce of energy I had left in me. Yesterday when I arrived home from class, I took a four-hour nap. That’s a little excessive, but my body was screaming to be rejuvenated. I really enjoy taking care of myself, and a little nap here and there is what I need to keep focused on the end goal.

I haven’t blogged in a while about my workout endeavors. I want all of you to know that I am still going strong. May 4th marked the four-month mark of my daily workout routine. I try to only skip one day a week, and if more cannot be avoided, I never go more than a day without working out. I have never felt better. I’m still working on the healthy eating side of the bargain (sometimes chips and queso cannot be resisted!), but the workouts free my mind of stress and help me feel great. Today, I tried Jillian Michaels’ DVD “No More Trouble Zones” for the first time. This workout is a 45-minute weight lifting workout, and it was the hardest thing I’ve done this far on my journey to obtaining the most in shape body I can. I wish someone would have video taped me attempting to do side lunges thirty minutes into the workout – I could have been a youtube sensation. I literally fell over multiple times, and at one point during the abs circuit, I accidentally allowed my legs to go behind my head causing me to do a backward somersault. Jillian would be proud.

I guess I’m not making my own workout video in the near future, but the important thing for me is that I never quit, and I love trying new things. I ran around town all last weekend while I was home, I did Jillian’s cardio blast DVD’s this week before class (although I had to move my 6 am workouts to later in the day because I was waking up the house with my jumping. Some people can be so grumpy at the crack of dawn), and today I attempted to lift heavy weights switching to water bottles half way through (in my defense, Jillian was using 3lbs and I was using 5). Today, I treated myself by purchasing “10 minute Solution: Rapid Results Pilates.” It is due to arrive in the mail on Tuesday, and I’m very excited to try a new workout. I have heard rave reviews from other Pilates’ devotees, and I hope this can be a new workout that I will love. As long as I keep working hard, I allow myself to purchase new DVDs. Kim Kardashian’s “Fit in Your Jeans by Friday” is next on the list! Wish me luck, and take care of yourself.