Hiding From the Sun

It's finally becoming more springlike outside. 

It makes me happy since it's hard to go running when there's a foot of snow on the ground outside.

Running is part of my exercise regime. I could just lift weights and I would probably lose weight as well but my resting heart rate is really high so I feel like it's very important for me to do some cardio.

When I run I run with so called "proper form" or "ball strike". 

This means I place the balls of my feet first when I'm running and I keep my feet underneath my body.

This is because it is the natural way of running and it provides a natural shock absorbant through your body and is softer for your knees. People who run using this form have a lot less injuries and don't have the issues with their knees that people who use "heel strike" have. It also works your muscles more!

Lately I've been very shy of the gym, partially because I hate going to the gym alone and partially because I'm not sure what routine I wish to use. I've been doing Starting Strength for a while and it has worked well for me but I wish to incorporate some other exercises / do a different routine. Starting Strength is made for strength gain and as I'm losing weight it's worthless for me to try to gain a lot of strength.

For now I am settling for a bodyweight routine, it includes squats, pullups, chinups,  pushups, crunches, bicycle crunches, planks, wall sits and a whole bunch of stretching. I know I should get back to the gym and I really need to work on my strength. Maybe I should give up on cutting (losing weight) and just work on muscle gain for now. I am still thinking this over though..

Hope you all have a good day

~Vanessa~

A Year Gone By

My birthday was a couple of days back and I took some time reminiscing about the year gone by.

A year ago on my birthday I posted a group of pictures to daily_lolita, pictures that kind of make me sad just looking at them. A year ago my waist was 11cm larger, I was puffy and sick a lot and I was very very unhappy. I really feel like it shows in my pictures!

 

Even though I'm not smiling in the newer pic, of course my weightloss isn't that visible because of my clothes (and the new dress is too big for me D:) but I went from a 78cm waist to 67cm at the moment.

I do think the biggest visible difference lies in my face in these pictures.

So today was my birthday dinner! I let myself go a bit and snacked on loads of different tasty things including cake and cheese doodles :D

In the last couple of weeks I've been counting calories and really keeping track of what I've been eating. Not just so that I can make sure I'm not eating more than my allowance but also to make sure I'm not eating too little.

All these fad diet seem so strange and useless to me, because in the end what really mathers is calories in < calories out. Also it's important to get all your macro nutrients of course :)

All the fad diets do is give you different ways of lowering your calories if you really think about it.

I've been really busy in the last couple of weeks. I found out that my boyfriend can finally come visit me and he'll be here in 9 days *___* I'm preparing like crazy, I've cleaned out my room and it's in great shape compared to before.

 I've become some kind of a neat freak and while my room was messy within a couple of hours of cleaning before it's now always ready for a visitor :3 I've got to impress my dearest you know ^_~

I have a big list of things to do and I just hope I can get most of them done. I really want to give him a wonderful experience of my country.

One of the things on my to do list have to do with my weightloss. I wanted to reach my goal before he got here. It's definately possible since my goal was a 66cm waist and if I want I can go down a cm a week for now. I do however need to go to the gym more often, I just feel so lonely doing it alone. I wish I had a friend to go with U_U Oh well, all I can do is push on ^_^

I've bought two pairs of circle lenses too :D I feel really silly in them but they are fun to play with. I mainly plan on using them with cosplay but tonight I wore them with lolita!

Brace yourself for some crappy speedy gimp-ing X3

I hope everyone has a great day! It's time for me to get back to business! I'll be selling at a japanese flea market next weekend and I'm making a lot of skirts to sell!