Summer Goals

In two days, I will officially be done with my sophomore year of college.

what?

I can't believe another school year has flown by! I know everyone says this every year, but this year seriously went so fast. I feel like I just moved in. Crazy!

So since I don't have to worry about school for 4 months, I want to focus on accomplishing a few things this summer!

Get in shape, lose weight. Last summer I lost 15 pounds just by simply running. I didn't work out my abs, arms, anything else. I also didn't eat as healthy as I could have. This school year, I gained all that weight back and then some, so I really need to kick it into gear this summer. I want to work out ALL of my body and eat healthy -- and stick with it. Overall, I would like to lose 25 pounds this summer. While this may seem like a lot, I know I can do it if I work hard enough. 

Run a 10k. I only started to get into running last summer and ran a total of four 5ks. This summer, I want to challenge myself by training to run a 10k that is in August. Running longer distance will be interesting and hard at times. But training for a 10k will also help me accomplish my first goal!

Run a 5k in under 30 minutes. As a newer runner, I'm not that fast. My best 5k time last summer was 30:31, so my goal for this summer is to get a time under 30 minutes. It will definitely be possible considering I started out running 35 minute 5ks last summer and shaved it down about four minutes in just three months. 

Start to write, a lot. This goal kind of covers two things I want to do. One, I want to devote a lot of time to this blog over the summer and develop it a lot more. Two, one of my life goals is to write a book. I've always loved to write, especially when I was little! I think it would be so cool to write something and even get it published. So this summer, I want to start brainstorming ideas for stories and start to actually write something.  

Find a new passion. I've recently been going through what I would like to call my "fifth-life crisis." I'm 20, so obviously it's not a mid-life crisis ;). But I've just realized that I'm not completely sure what I want to do with my life and if where I am at is okay. I'm so interested in doing many things, so I feel like now is the time to do them all! So this summer I'm going to start trying new things and maybe even find a new passion.

Travel somewhere new. Almost every summer, my family and I go to Cape May, New Jersey. This summer we are either going somewhere different or not going on vacation at all. I want to travel somewhere I've never been before, whether it is with my family, friends, or boyfriend!

Find confidence. I probably have one of the worst self-esteems ever and I don't want to live my life like that anymore. I want to gain confidence this summer, and I feel as if a lot of my goals will actually help me reach this.

So that's all I can think of for now! I'm sure throughout the summer I'll add other little goals as I think of them!

What are your goals for the summer? 

Getting Fit & Healthy!

Hey guys! Sorry for the major lack of posts. This semester is kicking my butt! In my first post, I talked about how this year my goal was to get fit. Since then, I really haven't done much to help with that. Being at college and trying to eat healthy is so hard and my lack of exercise combined with my bad eating habits has really been catching up to me.

I went home for the weekend last weekend and weighed myself. Seeing that number was motivation enough to get me to change my bad habits, again. I hadn't gone to the gym since probably early November and wasn't even being consistent with it like I had freshman year. Plus, I had been eating everything that I shouldn't eat. So this number was understandable, but I was definitely going to do something about it. 

So today I decided to start working out about 5-6 days a week again. I went to the gym to run on the treadmill (which I hate! Outside is so much better, but it's only about 20 degrees here and I despise the cold), which was my first time running in about 3 months. Never again will I stop running for that long! I feel so out of shape, but I did run about 2 miles and walked 0.73 mile, so I got some decent cardio in. But let me tell you, it was so much harder than it was when I was in great shape! So that is even more motivation to go to the gym a lot more!

I'm about to go do some abs/arm workouts once I'm done with this, but I just wanted to let you guys know that I'll probably be blogging about weight loss/getting fit as well as eating healthy quite a bit! I've come across some great healthy recipes that are no-cook, which is awesome since I don't have a kitchen here at college. So when I try some, I'll be sure to share!

Also, if you guys have any great workout tips or healthy recipes, be sure to share! I'd love to find more! :)