G is for Green

Green is the color of the pair of 7 lb weights I bought a couple months ago. I bought them at the same time I bought new sports bras and nike running shorts. Unfortunately, the weights are still sitting on my kitchen table where I left them the day I bought them.

My efforts to workout have been slim to none. I recently acquired an elliptical as well, and well, it's also sitting untouched in my living room. It's not that I don't want to exercise and lose weight, I really do. But like anything else, it takes time to build a habit in one's life. At least I spend 8 hours a day walking around my store at work...something's better than nothing right???
I am going to be getting a roommate soon and I'm hoping she's athletically proactive and will inspire/encourage me to some physical workouts every once in awhile.
My goal is to lost 20 lbs by December 22 (my best friend's 21st birthday). That would mean 3 lbs a month. I think that's more than doable, maybe even too small a goal, but I'd rather succeed in something small, than come up short at the end and be disappointed.
I don't want to do any diet pills, or quick weight loss schemes. Just good ol' fashioned diet regulation and routine physical activity. I'm not sure which of those is going to be harder. I love to eat and I hate to work out...probably not the best footing to start off on, but that's what I'm going to have to work with. It helps that my funds are limited so I can't really afford to eat out (ever) and I have to carefully plan what groceries I buy (no more expensive juices and syrup or precut pineapples) only the "essentials".
I've slowly been reworking my eating plan. I've almost cut out all fast food (excluding Starbucks paninis and turkey bacon breakfast sandwich) and that's big for me. There was a time in my life where my limbs would go numb on a daily basis and I was convinced it was because my arteries were so clogged from excessive fast food (avg 15 times a week!!!)
I know I can't expect changes overnight, but every girl wants her "summer body". A physique acceptable in a decent swimsuit. Maybe I won't get that this year, but I can pave the wave for next year. Or I could just prance around in my swimsuit in the middle of December :P
Well this has been a fun one to write, sorry it took me a week to get back to this. Hopefully I will follow this with a little more regularity.
Good day to all!