When I left y'all I was well on my way to kick my ass into gear and had set the month of July as my goal and I'm happy to report my plan of July being "Geek!girls go to the gym too!" month worked out! pun intended! Infact it worked so well that I've extended it into August and plan on taking on September as well. So far going to the gym every other day is my plan and aside from the time I spend away on Summer vacation I've been able to do just that. Infact I even brought my gym clothes with me to Stockholm because I knew there would be a gym at our hotel and YES I actually used it! *pats myself on the shoulder*
So does it work? Well according to the scale in the bedroom I haven't really lost weight - but I don't trust that evil piece of tech because it's evil! I have however lost quite a lot of that muffin-top... My legs feel slimmer, my arms look stronger and I'm able to run for 25mins at a time. Most importantly the hotflashes are less, my migraines have not been too bad AND I'm sleeping better and feel like I have more energy. I hate to admit it, but all those health nuts might be on to something. i think i'm addicted to this whole sweating at the gym deal!
Something else has happened. I no longer feel like I want to hide in shame when I stand infront of the giant mirror in the bathroom. I have actually gotten to a point where I don't hate what I see. I'm not going to grace any magasine covers anytime soon and I still have those pesky stretchmarks after having spawned a brand new human, but yeah. I don't feel like I need to get dressed in the dark anymore. On top of it all my general mood is better too. Yes I still have moments where I should probably NOT be allowed around other people, but most of the time I feel like I can handle most of what the world throws at me without breaking down.
During our trip to Germany I was also able to get hold of some new gym gear. New shoes, top, bra, socks all stuff that I've wanted for a while and all stuff that if I do say so myself look rather good on me and it's futher helping me feel motivated to keep going because having a 'cute' outfit like that and then not use it would just be a shame!
There you have it - I don't know if the rest of the world can tell what I'm doing and I kinda almost don't care because I'm mostly doing it for me, but according to Boyfriend it is noticeable that something is going on. Fact of the matter is that my jeans have spare room in them...