I be workin' on my FITNESS

After not having gone to the gym at all last semester (not really), and not really doing much over the holidays (other than eat, eat, eat!), I want to feel healthy and fit. So I'm going to do a 30-day fitness challenge, starting February 1st. I've never really given a lot of thought to my fitness and body, considering my (constantly pointed out) fast metabolism and genes. But those will have to run out one day, and I'd like to have a healthy lifestyle of being active!

What I like about this challenge is that it works more than just your body. There are five challenges for each day: Active, Exercise, Flexibility, Nutrition, and Mind/Body.


And don't tell me Asians always look young. Because they don't. I believe Asian women have a date where they will just turn old-looking one day. This isn't a vanity or pride issue...it just is.

One day, I'll go from looking like this:

Ah, sunny Ithaca days.

To this:

Oh yeah. That's hot.

All overnight. Maybe over two nights, you never know - the metamorphoses could take a smidgen longer.



Plus, this can only help me when the Zombies eventually take over the world.

So what does this realistically mean in the next 30 days?

Probably no pity-chocolate/cake/ice cream/whatever on Valentine's Day. This shouldn't be so hard, considering my man is across the country, anyways (wompwomp).

Part of the challenge will also be waking up earlier everyday. Being out of school has thrown my sleep schedule all-out-of-whack, which does not settle with me. So, on the week days, I want to get up by 9:30am at the latest for the first week, and see if I can't work that earlier later on. On the weekends, I'll give myself to 10am.

Making myself blog about the experience every few days. I want a better log of things. I have terrible memory, and without writing it down it's going to be HARD to actually remember what things I've accomplished! (It's a hard life, I know.)

What worries me the most of this whole this has two parts:
1) I have a weak constitution and I won't actually be able to force myself to do it. So please, if you're reading this, ask me about it every once in a while and point this sentence out so I'll have to tell you the truth. Holding myself accountable has been hard in the past. Help a sister out!

2) With prospects of work/internships in the near future (not to jinx it), starting a work schedule will definitely alter whatever plans I make here. In that case, I might reduce the intensity of anything I do for a day or two to readjust to the new schedule, and then hopefully get back into the swing of things.

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This workout may supplement the body parts of the above.