Another week

I haven't been as good about writing as I wanted to.  Last week was the end of the school quarter and I had to get grades ready.

I only went to the gym three times this week.  I have stopped eating after 7pm, except for fruits and vegetables.  My goal for this week is cut down on portions. 

I will update the blog on my couchsurfing experience tomorrow when I have more time.  I am going to grab some breakfast (fruit salad from the deli).

Sick Sick Sick

I need to find something to help with my immune system.  I have had to call in sick 3 days in the last two weeks.  I actually had the school nurse send me home because I was trying to teach with a fever.  Ahh.  The good thing about being sick?  I have lost 5 pounds.  The bad thing, I was out of breath walking my dog up the hill.  I plan on walking for my dog for an hour, slowly today.  That should be good enough for exercise.  Just to get moving.

It's been forever

It's been forever since I have written a message here.  A lot has changed as well as stayed the same.  I got sick with the flu and that ended my going to the gym for almost 3 months!  I wasn't sick for three months, I just didn't feel like going anymore.  I saw the post for the challenge and I decided to start up again.

I dont know if I am going to do the Camino this year.  I really don't have the money.  I may have to teach summer school. 

Teacher Work Day

I wrote this on Tuesday but forgot to post it:



It is a teacher workday and I am bored to tears. If I have to hear
about continuous school improvement one more time I am going to tear my
fingernails out. Okay, I am obviously going to hear that again today,
so I can not say things like that. Everything is closed because it is
Korean Thanksgiving. Things on base should not be closed for Korean
holidays. They are closed for both American holidays and Korean? They
should pick one or the other. Argh. I think I am just jealous because
we have to work, but you know what? I get almost seven weeks off during
the summer. I will stop complaining. I have the best job in the world.
I need to complain a bit. So I have a cleaning lady that only comes in
once a week to clean my apartment. She usually comes in on Tuesdays and
since today (Tuesday) is a holiday I called her Monday to make sure she
was going to come. She told me that she does not celebrate Chuseok
(Korean thanksgiving) since she is not Korean and will definitely clean
my apartment on Tuesday. Today I went home to grab my nutritious salad
for lunch and no one is there. I called her and she told me that she
thought because it was a holiday she wouldn't come in! What? I called
her YESTERDAY. So I am now freaking out because that means I have to
clean my place before my boyfriend comes over later. I HATE cleaning.
I am actually not very good at it. I don't see messes like everyone
else. I think it is because my mother is psycho about cleanliness and I
am a complete scatterbrain. I need to get to the gym today before I see
the boy. I need to get in at least 5 workout days this week. I still
haven't been able to get above 4 times a week.

Back on track

Last week was a little difficult for me. I kept getting on the scale
and not seeing any results. I was sick Wednesday through the weekend,
so I didn't go to the gym as often as I should have. I didn't eat as
much either since I was sleeping almost all weekend. I didn't lose any
real weight, but I keep hearing from people that they can see a
difference. I must be losing inches. M was in Ulsan this weekend (5
hours away) visiting his family. I missed him a lot and this is the
first weekend we spent apart since we have started dating. I am a
little nervous because it is going so fast because relationships that
start really fast usually end just as fast. I hope not. He keeps me
motivated, not in a bad way. There aren't that many foreign girls
(non-Korean) that date Koreans. People usually see foreign men with
Korean women. Since our relationship is odd, people stare and I don't
want people to be thinking. "What is he doing with that fat cow?" I
was so embarrassed when we were walking in town and a salesman tries to
get me to go into his "Plus-size" store, by yelling "We have largee
sizes!" It drives me crazy. Please don't yell "Largee size" to me in
front of my boyfriend.

It's hard

Everything just seems so hard right now. I have been very lazy all
weekend. I did do some crazy dancing but I know that does not replace
gym time. I need to go today right after school but I also have a
dinner event tonight that I need to find clothes for. I have to meet
the others at 6 and I get out of school at 3-I think I can do it.
*Update* I didn't go to the gym yesterday. I had a great time at the
dinner event. It was sponsored by the Wine & Women of club.  It was a yummy dinner.  I was sad to say no to the wonderful beef that was prepared for it.  It’s been since June since I have had any meat.  I did have about 6 glasses of wine, and I don’t even want to think about how many calories that is.  I am going to go to the diet doctor today and I will make sure I will work out tonight.  I am not going to see my boy this weekend because it is Korean Thanksgiving.  He is going home to visit his family.  I have to work.  Since I teach at an American school, I only get American holidays off.  I am sad because I am crazy about him.

I am impatient

I don't know why I haven't seen any difference at the scales. It's
driving me crazy. People have said that I look thinner, especially in
my face. I guess that is a good thing. I had breakfast today. I am
going to try to count calories. What is a good caloric intake for a
lifestyle change? I can do the 1200 calories but is that forever? I
don't know. No one told me this would be easy. My goals for next week
are to go to the gym EVERY day (I am now at 4 times a week), walk my dog
for at least an hour and a half daily, and drink 2L of water daily. Not
too hard.



M is coming over tonight to spend the weekend with me. I can't wait to
see him. I think we are going out to eat tonight at watching movies.
Tomorrow night I have an outdoor world DJ festival to go to. I don't
think M likes electronica but I am going with or without him.

I am so glad it works...

I bought this pedometer from Target.com. It took a week to get here.
Then I can't seem to figure it out. Well, I finally got it working (too
bad it's in the metric system). So far it is 2:20 PM and I am already
at 4,415 steps. That is a little over 2 miles. That is just from me
walking around work! It is insane! I ate a fish sandwich today and
rice for breakfast. Not doing too well, but not horribly either. I
need to get on the ball about walking my long distances. The Camino
training isn't going so well.

Another weekend

This was an intense weekend. The guy I have been dating have officially become boyfriend/girlfriend. It sounds so immature when I say it like that. It just means we have decided to make this a monogamous relationship. I really like him and we have a lot of fun together. I feel like I am going to jinx the relationship by talking about it so early on. We speak in Spanish together so it helps me with my job as a Spanish teacher to hear it often. Before I started teaching Spanish, the most Spanish I heard was in Ugly Betty. We did get in a little bit of a fight about me being fat. Well, he just casually mentioned something about my weight and I started flipping out on him. I told him that I have been working really hard and I would never be one of those Korean girls, no matter how little I ate. He was very surprised at my reaction and didn't understand why I was so angry. He thought I should
have known that I was "beautiful" but was just making a comment. I later told him that although it may be culture to talk about weight  issues in Korea openly, a person should NEVER EVER mention weight issues to an American girl. Other than that speed bump we are doing okay, I am so glad none of my non-internet friends read this blog. I am trying to act as chill as possible with the relationship to everyone else, so if
it doesn't work out no one would know how much I care.

I cooked all weekend and stuck to my diet although everyone else was eating my amazing enchiladas. 

Crazy times

I have made a couple of booboos with the eating plan but over all I am doing well.  I feel better about my diet.  I have been off meat (except fish) now for almost 3 months.  I feel amazing.  I do miss meat, especially chicken. 

The guy and I are going to be hanging out again this weekend.  I don't know how I feel about him.  He's driving me crazy but I still want him to call.  Ugh.

I am going to run again.  I am up to Couch to 5k week 2 and feel WONDERFUL.