194.8

no joke.

alright, so it's been a couple of days. so the daily thing isn't QUITE there yet. but to be honest, i don't think i could have chosen a worse time of year to refocus on a tailored fitness/diet plan. for two reasons.

A. hello holidays. i don't think you know what it's like to live with a piano teacher. take the typical respectful student, knowing it's a nice gesture to bestow upon your instructor a token of your esteem. something that caters to the season, but is not over the top and gaudy. what do we have that falls in the $8 range?

chocolate.

now multiply that by forty students.

we are the chocolate family.

B. hello finals! worse yet, i'm busting my ass finishing final projects and cramming for delightful exams. have you tried dieting while reading the building code? i think you should. i think you should suffer with me.

so i ate pizza for breakfast. alright, i ate A pizza for breakfast. with ice cream.

bite me.

(no one said this would be all sunshine and puppies.)

and the cherry on top: my lower back has decided to take a few days off. and when your lower back says no, it means no. consider this a freebie tip, folks. lower back pain = STOP EVERYTHING.

unless you can pull off the wheel chair look.

so. the number is still miraculously the same. i have this uncanny ability to sit on the same decimal point of the scale for days on end, i guess. so at least it didn't go up, but what a waste of a few days!

but we embrace, and move on.

FITNESS TIP OF THE DAY: always stretch targeted muscles before you challenge yourself with a new exercise! i recently returned to chin ups, which i had avoided since august. it's wonderful when you feel the burn. it sucks when the burn incapacitates you.

DIET TIP OF THE DAY: stop eating. no. i had a real tip that i thought of on the treadmill two days ago. and it's gone. i'm sorry.

EATING DISORDER TIP OF THE DAY: (is this wrong to offer these...?) i'm just kidding. well, only kind of. I actually have things to put here. which i will not. for now.

hm. that is all then. my journey has taken an unfortunate turn into the valley of insanely busy, but i can resume my discipline post exams, which is mercifully in three days.

so. embrace, move on. be thankful for the miracle of metabolism; not every disastrous meal will necessarily undo your determination.

cardio onwards, folks.