Belly be gone!

…and you might be surprised at what you see!!!

ok, i’ll back track a little bit…
i’m at my parents house thsi weekend. and i was getting ready to go to the gym. and i happened to be in the bathroom and i glanced at the mirror that is on the back of the bedroom door. now…the distance from where i was and where the mirror was is larger than any distance i can get from a mirror in my house. so i just happened to take a look at my profile as i was changing clothes, and i was better able to get a visual of how far i’ve come! (never mind how bad this weekend is going to be for me on the food front!) but all the things that bug me up close - well, they didn’t look as big (i.e my BELLY) when i got the different perspective. so that was almost like an NSV for me!!! now…i can’t guarantee that this will work for everyone…but it was a nice surprise for me today!

this morning i went my longest on the treadmill!!! i was very excited! on sundays i try to get longer &/or more intense work outs in, since i have the time. so the past few weeks, i’ve been doing interval running - 4 minutes at 5.8 MPH, followed by 1 minute at 6.5 MPH, back to 4 minutes at 5.8, etc. well…i did that for 40 minutes!!! holy cow, i was impressed. and excited about it. (and needed it…remember…bad food week being at my parents!) so that’s a definite NSV for me!

and…one last thing. i bought a new bathing suit. ok…nothing exciting or remotely sexy…i think it’s a speedo. it’s definitely a racing swim suit - got it at sports authority. although…i like racing suits b/c they suck EVERYTHING in! and, i went ahead and bought goggles and a swim cap! so i have no excuse not to swim at least once a week!!!  i’ve been thinking about adding at least one day a week of swimming to my work out regime.  i’m also thinking about adding a spin class.  i figure that both of these will be good starts for triathlon training.  so i now have the tools to swim.  i just have to do it!!!

oh…and i just remembered how this is going to be a challenging week for me.  or rather, not this week, but next weekend.  i’m going to be surrounded by fried potato yumminess!!!  and as of now, this goes for friday night, saturday night, and sunday night!!!  i should start eating my carrots now!  :P  ok…i have a couple of days to think about it…

ok…i’m getting tired, and i have some reading, lurking, and commenting to do!!!