Whew! That was one long haul....

I did it! I graduated with my Bachelor's!  But I'd be lying if I didn't say that my health and fitness goals took quite the blow.  I'm up about 8lbs from where I was before school just kicked me in the groin and didn't let me stand back up again.  I tried, off and on each week, to get back into my running routine.  I miss it!  I really do! I never thought I'd say that in my entire life.

Currently, I'm murdering myself with work to pay off school, and I may be starting a new job soon.  I'm thinking with the new job, I may have better flexibility in my schedule to pick up hours for extra cash, while making time to focus on my goal of getting down to 163ish lbs.  I don't have a particular date set to getting there, but then, it's never worked for me in the past to put such a goal on myself.  I was actually really excited to see that for the first time in my life, I had set a goal, without thinking about it too deeply and didn't place a number on the end date.  My current goal is for the next 60 days I will:

1. Keep my calories within check, while focusing on eating more nutritious food
2. Workout daily, either walking, Zombies, Run, or swimming...attempting 13,000 steps per day per my fitbit counter
3. Drink 2-4 bottles of water
4. Get adequate sleep

But there is another thing weighing on me lately that I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle.  Many of my friends are quitting smoking.  I know I should too, but it's my one (very) bad vice.  I hope that my new job (keep your fingers crossed that I get it) will assist me in cutting back.  I would like it if I only used it on the occasional social situation, like my boyfriend does.  But I think I will focus more on that when that time comes.

For now, I'm reading a lot, books for fun, health magazines, crafting magazines, and having some fun with Pinterest.  I'm also exploring foods to be healthier and working on planting a garden.  My seedlings have taken off ok.  May buy a few plants to supplement. 

One last note, that I hope I don't get in trouble for, but no one reads this thing anyway.  I'm very worried about someone close to me and their health.  I know she is attempting to work on her issues with a therapist but I fear her physical health is really going to suffer.  I also hope she gets off the medication she is on.  She seems alien currently, and we are butting heads a lot.  Anyway, I guess my point is, I wish her well and hope she can get better before she really hurts herself.  I know I'm being vague.  But I have to be for now.  Wish me luck on the new phase (I know there are always a million of them).