Going for a walk

So going on a walk counts as exercise right? These last couple of days haven't been as awesome as far as eating wise goes.......But I haven't been completely stuffing my face excepts for just chowing down on some cereal out of the bag when I got home from work.......Oops? Anyways heres to hoping that a walk with the bf will count as some exercise :) Obviously it does count as better than doing nothing so I feel ok about it I suppose.....Maybe I should attempt an ab workout or something later.......Hmmm that's pretty ambitious for me! :)

Also am possibly planning on running my first half marathon in the future. Yeah yeah I know I always talk about doing it but I think if I actually pay for one that I actually might do it then. That's good logic right?

Welcome to Bosnia

So I am about 100% sure that no one is actually reading my blog anymore or even keeping updated on it. Alright that's ok because I'm pretty sure that is my fault since I totally suck at updating! I realized when I was reading some of the previous posts that my blog seems to be more about my relationships than anything else......Apparently I am now on my 3rd boyfriend since starting this blog :) Haha but that's another story.......It could be partly why I gave up working out for quite awhile. I am totally one of those people when they get stressed out, I give up working out as the first thing and then become a binging blob. Yeah it's the sad truth, but at least I know it's the truth and can't deny it! I think since I was in Kosovo for almost 18 months too and now am in Bosnia where it is completely different aka I can have a semi-normal life, I have just been decompressing from the 18 months deployed to a much busier environment and enjoying not doing anything. However I am now (probably a little too late) realizing that yes it's nice to not do anything and enjoy eating and drinking and doing whatever I want that my body doesn't exactly appreciate it. It could explain why I have this tire around my stomach.....Boooooo to that. Actually it kind of reminds me of one of those blow up floaty rings that has like a duck head or something on it that 7 year olds use. I also am thinking my legs look more cellulitious (yes I'm pretty sure that's a word!) than I can ever remember in my life. Super sad face for all of this. However I am determined that I need to change all of this before I leave for home (FINALLY!!) in 3 months. I feel like this could be an achieveable goal.....10 lbs perhaps or more? I am not going to get too crazy or anything because I know I am not always the most motivated but I think it could be different this time. Plus I think I have to get my boyfriend to motivate me too.......He's pretty good at it I think. Ha let's see what happens!

So let's see what else is new and interesting.........well I have been doing quite a bit of bike riding around here. It is fascinating to me and my boss also (she's American as well) that almost all of the other Americans on our base (it is a multinational base with around 20 different nationalities living here) drive EVERYWHERE. You have to keep in mind the whole perimeter around the outside of the base is only 2.25 miles......So yes most people drive rather than go on a 5-10 min walk. How lazy can you seriously get? It blows my mind that's for sure! And we wonder why Americans are so overweight.......

Ok so enough of my random writings for tonight.......until next time (which I hope is not a long time little blog).

Long Absence

Sorry for the extended absence.....It's been a little busy for me lately. I was in Bosnia for a week and had very little internet access there. Ever since then I've been studying for the LSAT that I'm taking on Monday. I'm totally nervous about it so that's been my main priority lately. Everything has pretty much gone out the window. I have pretty much done as little as possible lately. Stupid drama on that subject. That's the problem with being deployed there is so little around here that's interesting that the little things in the grand scheme of life seem to matter a lot more than anywhere in the "real world." It seems like the Americans tend to be the worst of the drama and gossip. It's a definite eyeopener to outside of the US for an extended period of time.

So enough serious talk......Let's talk about the lack of exercise I have also done. As in nothing for last 2.5 weeks. I know that that is really bad but sometimes something has to go in your life and for me that was it. I will definitely be getting back into it on Monday. Back to the half-marathon training and since the weather is getting better I think that will help significantly for me to want to workout. I need to get back on track I have lots of weddings this summer and don't want to look like a chunky monkey in them. I still need to get rid of this 10 pounds that I am determined to get off my body by June. It shouldn't be that hard right?

First week of half marathon training done!

So I actually did a full week of half marathon training which means I ran a total of 12 miles last week. Woo go me........Probably the slowest 12 miles ever but baby steps right?

I may have gained half a pound since last week, proof that working out more doesn't equal eating more either. It could have been the pizza on Friday night.........Oops?

I am feeling happy though and excited about my progress so far. I think 13.1 miles may actually be achievable. I guess we'll wait to find out!

Woo hoo Day 1!

So today was day 1 of half marathon training. It was nice to get back into the gym actually although it was hard and now I am very tired. This is the link that has the training plan I am using: http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm It seems pretty good but I am a little nervous considering I'm supposed to run 4 months on Sunday (yikes!!)

Here's a picture after me on my first day of strength and stretching (I hate stretching with a passion by the way!) I hope I can make my thighs not look like tree trunks at the end of this......Well at least not such big tree trunks anyway.......I don't want to look like an upside down lampshade anymore!

Ummm oops?

So last night was not the highlight of my life........Involved beer, lots of beer, and beer pong. Probably not my classiest moment of life, but let's just say the hangover this morning sucked. The only thing to make that better of course was pizza...........So workout/diet plan for 2011....MAJOR FAIL. It only happens once in awhile though so what the hell. Tomorrow is the start of the half marathon training. More than likely I will not be able to run in Prague in April because of scheduling, etc, but it's still a good place to start and will get my butt in gear for one that I can actually run.

In other things, life related, woo I semi-cleaned my room tonight. It doesn't look quite as much of a disaster as it was at least I can walk. Yeah I'm pretty much awesome I know :)

Happy New Year!

Greetings to all in 2011. I hope that your New Year's Eve was just as amazing as mine was. I spent my time in Berlin with my boyfriend and friend which was fantastic. Mostly because I was with my boyfriend (he's the one with the really cute Santa hat on)!

So many many things have happened since I have seriously updated my blog. To name a few, myself and my exboyfriend broke up, I extended my tour in Kosovo, I found a new amazing boyfriend, and I've done a lot of traveling (Greece, Egypt, Croatia, Turkey, Germany). 2010 was definitely full of things I never thought I would do in my life especially by age 25. My fitness has definitely been up and down throughout the last year. On the up side of things, I haven't really gained any weight and still fluctuate between the same three pounds, on the down side of things I still fluctuate between the same three pounds. I haven't seriously been working out for awhile now......I'm not really sure why but I just can't seem to keep any kind of consistency at all. At least I have somewhat stopped obsessing about it all at the moment. That also goes through phases!

I do have some goals for this year, I'm hoping I an actually make them happen. I need some dedication so please if you have any encouragement of any kind it would be great to hear about it! I feel like I live such a different life than most people because they are able to access any food they want, any kind of exercise classes they want, etc. In Kosovo it's much more limiting, particularly the food situation so it's been much more of a struggle for me because I always end up eating pizza, bread, and pasta. Yeah because that's gonna help the situation a lot...........Ok so goals.......

• Run a half marathon.......I have one that I might shoot for at the beginning of April in Prague, since I coincidentally want to go there anyways. I may attempt this training plan, it looks doable. I say that in my mind but the most I've ever run at one time I think is 4 miles maybe 4.5.


• Lose 10 pounds..........My brother is getting married in June (yes it still freaks me out but I'm trying to deal with it). I want to get in shape so I don't look like a chunky monkey in pictures that will be around until I die because ewwwwwww. 10 seems more realistic to me than what I've been thinking I should shoot for. If I get to 10 then maybe more is possible later. Baby steps!


• Try to each much less pizza. This is a toughie because everyone that knows me knows that I am obsessed with pizza!! Too bad it's also some of the only good tasting food found in Kosovo.........At one point I thought it was a good idea to try and start a 30 day pizza eating diet. I was only half serious......


• Tone up and get some muscle..........Seriously who has cellulite on almost their entire body! Enough said.


• Keep myself accountable. I really need to keep up on this blog. I always feel like my thoughts are not as funny or interesting as some peoples. Like why do some people's blogs become popular whereas others do not? Oh well maybe I will somehow find motivation because I sure don't have much of it right now!

I have 3-4 months left in Kosovo and then.............I will be going to Sarajevo in Bosnia for 9 months. I'm pretty excited about this new move in my life, it may be a little lonely but I hope it's a great life experience. One thing as a whole that I can say is that in 2010 I found myself and what makes me happy. I just went home after 14 months for the holidays and had lots of comments on how happy I seem and for once in my life I agree. I feel like everything is going right for once in my life and although it could always be improved I have great friends, a great boyfriend, and family and a job that affords me to do some traveling and get some amazing life and work experiences.

So stay tuned for all the new adventures in my life, it could be a crazy ride!