Ah sweet victory!

Today's weight: 59kg (-1kg from starting point...I refuse to convert this into pounds)

  I decided that I won't take down my measurements everyday but I will weigh myself.  I'll include my measurements with my weekly picture.

  I got a threat today from Brent. He said that if my butt shrinks, I'm going to be in the dog house...dun dun dunnn...I don't want it to go away entirely since I'd rather look curvy but I don't know how it's not going to shrink since I'm now running. I was thinking about getting back in to dance since it seemed to be what kept my curves proportionate. If I do start taking classes, I would most likely take ballet in town since I won't make it to other classes after work (traffic sucks). I also want to get back into jazz and hip-hop but we'll have to wait and see.  On Sunday, there's a free trapeze and tissu class (those people who do cool tricks on those long ribbons...you see them in Cirque du Soleil a lot...) and since I've never tried it, I thought it would be fun to go. I'll probably really die this time and then you'll miss me but I think it'll be sorta cool to check it out.

 My confidence probably comes from my weight loss (2.5lb in 3 days is impressive, c'mon!). I seem to be adjusting to the workout pretty well since I was able to run non-stop for 40 minutes today. My ped-count said I did 5,115 steps but I'm not sure what that translates to in miles or kilometers. We have been doing a different route each day, which I like because I don't know how far or how much longer I have to go. I also figured out how to keep a good pace: concentrate on breathing and keep time to the music.  Ken-san said that I should be able to have a conversation once I establish a good pace so, althought right now, I'm concentrating on my breathing and listening to my music, I would ultimately like to be able to chit-chat during my run...just to say that I can.

 My weight loss isn't all from just running though. My mom started this no-carb-for-dinner-diet and so for the past 3 nights, I've been eating variations of proteins and veggies and my mom's been thinking up creative ways to make up for the lack of carbs. The other night we had an avocado and mushroom salad with tofu pancake (did I mention she's also vegetarian?) and yesterday we had Caesar salad with avocados and a spinach and mozzarella pizza on an agé-tofu crust (it's a fried tofu thing that doesn't taste like tofu...hard to explain), so far. As strange as it sounds, the pizza was my favorite.  It probably helps that my meals in general have drastically decreased in size lately so my stomach is probably (hopefully) starting to shrink.  I also have a protein shake that my friend recommended (and gave me). She said it's best to drink it after working out. I think I'll start drinking the protein shake, too, since I wouldn't want to lose my muscle mass and end up looking like a stick.
 

  I can't wait for the weekend. Fridays are going to be my break days because I said so and also because it's usually date night with Brent (awww...I know). I'm not sure where we're going or what we're doing but that's usually the case every Friday anyway.

  Also, my friend, Trina, comes home from Michigan (well, technically, Michigan is her home but whatever), she's coming home. And we're planning a girl's day on Saturday that involves a little bit of this (that's Trina in the picture by the way),

and a little bit of that. Well, actually, I won't be eating onion rings and I'm pretty sure Spartan will kill me when he finds out that I had martini Saturdays with Treenbean but, whatevs. It was a long week and I deserve a little bit of fun. Besides which, I'm probably going to force Trina to workout with me on Saturday so that I don't fall behind in my training and so that I won't look that guilty about drinking  (which Spartan specifically said to NOT do...eep!).