I've already admitted to being the worst blogger that ever was. Ah well, I could feel bad about it but I choose to move on. I will summarise the latest madness here and we shall be starting on a fresh page afterwards.
On the FITNESS FRONT:
Stopped the BBL program after about two months of doing it religiously. Not because I wasn't seeing results so much as doing the same series of exercises over and over again was: 1) Driving me bonkers, and 2) Causing me to get a bit burned out and I was having achy knees from the repetition (or so I think...). Either way, since I stopped doing it, I've been absolutely dreadful for staying consistent in my workouts. I've done a few weeks of yoga, some running, some sporadic weight-training. It's all been a bit of a mess! And then of course, I'll make a plan for myself that ends up falling apart due to a week-long stint of depression, an injury, and so on and so forth. You all know how it is! Sometimes life messes you around a little bit. On the up-and-up however, I've found an exercise plan on prevention.com that is for a Ballet Boot Camp! I love dance and all the exercises are familiar to me which will make it enjoyable. Basically, on monday I have a combined ballet strength workout and my own choice of cardio, and then I alternate between the ballet workout and my choice cardio until my rest day on sunday. It looks like it won't be SUPER challenging, but it will help get me back into the routine and help me slim and tone up a bit before I go away on vacation with my beautiful sister at the end of the month!
On the VEGAN FRONT:
I just... love being vegan. Sometimes, I'll admit, I have these moments where finding something vegan-friendly to eat at home (when we're low on produce) or out feels quite exhausting and if I were a weaker person, I'd feel tempted to "give up" and switch to a regular "vegetarian" diet. Ultimately, this hasn't happened and I've always pulled through the low moments. Mostly, I love experimenting and trying new things and I love feeling good about what I'm doing. I'm doing something every single day that's good for my body and the planet. How cool is that!? I accept that maintaining my vegan diet is going to be difficult on vacation and am a little worried about it. My sister and I are going to spend 10 days in London, England and then 5 days in Dublin, Ireland. I'm super pumped about it but food may be a slight issue! Reality is, I don't want to spend my whole vacation worrying about finding a place that I can eat and being neurotic every time I order food trying to make sure it's "pure". I just worry that I'll be causing a lot of unnecessary stress. What I've decided I'll probably do, is eat vegan as often as humanly possible, and where not exactly possible, make sure at the least that my diet is pure vegetarian. So still no flesh foods but not being psychotic checking that there's no egg or milk in everything I consume, you know? I'm sure there are a lot of vegans out there that would give me flack for that kind of attitude, and I understand your perspective. It isn't ideal from my perspective either. At the end of the day, I'm going to do my best and that's going to have to be acceptable.
On the LIFE FRONT:
In other news, I have been tentatively accepted to the university to start my Archaeology degree this September! BOO YA!!! I have no words to describe how totally excited I am! It's really nerve-wracking switching careers, but I really feel like I'm doing what is right for me. I want to have a job that I can be truly passionate about, that will reward me and challenge me at the same time, and where I can continue to grow and advance. I really feel like I'm on the right track there. I'm considering the slight possibility of moving to a smaller university after about a year or so to enjoy smaller class sizes and to live in a city that's much more to my liking that the one I'm living in now. Bonus points would be being closer to a good friend of mine. The things stopping me from doing that though are: 1) Dad being sick, 2) I wouldn't be able to continue my concentration in physical anthropology if I moved, and 3) Being at the bigger university leaves me more options as far as graduate studies and so on. I'm a bit between a rock and a hard place, but I'm sure I'll know what's right for me by the end of this academic year.
I have been struggling a bit with my romantic life lately. I've been single for well over a year now and for the most part, pretty content to be on my own and not particularly lonely or anything. Recently when down hanging out with my close friend, I met this guy that goes to school with her and thought we hit it off really well. The first weekend we hung out was really sexy and fun. Then when it was time for me to come back home, we had to decide to what extent we were going to pursue any sort of a relationship. It ended up coming out, for many reasons, that if we were to start a relationship at this point in time, it would mostly likely end in a catastrophic manner. There are just too many factors in both of our lives that would make a relationship quite difficult to maintain. We, or rather he, came to the conclusion that we should go about our lives and be friendly as best as possible and then if in a while, when our lives settle, we're both still single and interested then giving it a go. Which is logical and adult. But being honest, it really sucks. The last time we hung out, despite my being spralled out on his couch the whole afternoon, he was very careful not to touch me. It really doesn't matter that I know it's best, it's still rubbish for my ego. What, you mean you can actually resist me? Ouch. Here I am alone with you, batting my eyelashes at you, and you're not putting your hands all over my body? What gives? You know, that sort of thing. For me, it's also difficult to be "friendly" when I think of someone romantically. I know that's my own issue, and isn't something that I'm going to put on him. I also feel that if you're always waiting around for the perfect time to start something, be it a relationship or a new exercise regime or whatever, that you're bound to never start anything because life is constantly getting in the way. If something matters to you, you find a way to make it work regardless of the curve balls that get tossed your way. What I have to remember is not to make someone a priority that only makes me an option. I really like this guy, and because of it I'm giving him time and space to sort himself out. That being said, I'm certainly not waiting around. Life is much too short for that sort of nonsense.
I think that just about sums up the last couple of weeks since I've blogged last. Hopefully, I'll be better at keeping up? DOUBT IT! Haha ;)
Cheers!
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