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June Goals

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So I've been quite slacking on the whole health thing. A lot of my thoughts about health lately are centered around the fact that if I'm not healthy now, will I ever be? The elderly people in nursing homes that are still walking are always the ones who kept moving throughout their lives. I want to establish habits before I go off to college in 2015. I'm going to start with the month of June. While I will be home in Wisconsin, I will have extra time and no stress which makes it the perfect time to start. Here's my list of June goals:

  • Work out every single day
    • Could be a 1 hour walk, 45 minutes of workout videos, a 30+ minute run
    • Do couch to 5K
  • Eat healthily as often as possible
    • This is super hard to do when I'm home because there's so many restaurants I love to have when I'm home
    • If I eat a bad meal, I have to burn the entire meal calorie content by the end of the week on top of my usual workout routine
  • Don't lose too much sleep!!!
    • This one is super important for me because when I'm tired, I'm cranky. If I'm home, 10 pm is my bedtime and I'll get up at 6 to send off Granny and Grapa
  • Enjoy myself
    • I need balance in my life. My time at home is my favorite time of the whole year an and I need to make use of it
  • Remember my time at home
    • I hope to blog a ton more. I love reading my old writing after events and remembering all of the little details
If you know me, hold me to these! 



The "S" Word

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Skinny


People always say that they want to get "skinny" for the summer and bikini season. Being "skinny" seems to be the magical key to happiness nowadays and its really getting on my nerves. For one thing, skinniness does not equal healthiness and happiness. Not everyone is built to be a twig. I know that I will never be a size 0 simply because for my body it's not physically possible. Here in California I have felt the most pressure I've ever felt to be skinny because there's such a focus on superficial beauty. I went prom dress shopping at a formal boutique and there were at least 4 racks of size 0 and only 1 rack of my size dresses which are size 8. The girls in there were judging each other like I've never seen before and I couldn't believe how intense the atmosphere was. 

I personally do not value another person's weight and I choose not to put much value in my own weight. Being "skinny" has never been something that I have strived for but recently it seems like, in order to be pretty and be deemed acceptable by guys, I have to shed pound after pound until I'm that perfect "S" word.

No more.


I was at my physical therapist's office the other day and as she was working my spine back into its normal position, we were discussing how women always want to be thinner, and how that thinner = prettier. She brought to my attention, that boys really don't look for a girl who is a twig. When girls choose to become "skinnier", all they are really doing that for is other girls. I'm choosing to apply that concept in my life.

So unless I'm becoming healthier for myself, I will not try to become skinny. Being 5' 3" and 110 pounds won't do anything for me but make me miserable trying to get to that weight. Instead, I will make better choices for myself and be the weight that I am happiest and healthiest at. 



Effort

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So lately everything in my life has been pretty meh. I feel like I'm letting things fall through the cracks because I don't have the energy to put into every facet of my life. I have a hard time with all of the different directions I feel like I'm being pulled in. On one hand, I have prom coming up in a month and I really need to be on my healthiest behavior for my dress. On the other, I have all of the pressures of high school and doing my best in classes. I've blogged about "not doing things that are bad for me", but I really haven't followed that as well as I wish I had.

 From now on, I am going to really put my effort into my health. When I grow up, my high school grades aren't going to be what counts. I need to make my health my priority because that is what is going to follow me throughout my life. I really feel like making my habits healthy ones is super important, especially being as young as I am. I'm at the best time of my life to become the healthiest I will ever be and create the lifestyle that will keep me healthy throughout my life.

 Hold me accountable people! Feel free to ask me about my progress and call me out on my failure if I don't follow through.

 Adios amigos!