Today

Today was a little different, but not too different from a normal Monday when I'm not in school or working.  I went to the gym, cooked, went to Family Home Evening, and sat on my couch for far too long.  What made this day different is mostly that I spent time with my friend.  She just moved out of her dorm and she's kind of floating until she goes to Russia.  She's staying in her sister's house just outside of town and needed a ride to campus in order to go to work.  So I drove her to work this morning and we had a nice opportunity to talk.  She's a really sweet woman.  I like women like her.  That is, women who are sensible, comfortable, pleasant, and is loving toward others.  I suppose I like men who are like that too.  But considering that I'm interested in dating women and I'm not interested in dating men, I'm more prone to discussing things that I like about women.

After dropping her off at work, I went to Taco Time to seek out a delicious crisp bean burrito.  I can't believe that they charge nearly $2 for one!  So I instead went to the grocery store and bought a few things to make myself tacos today.  That satisfied my desire.  I suppose I need to learn how to make a crisp bean burrito in the oven.  If I do it like my french fries (I'll post that sometime soon; it's super easy), then it might work.  I guess I'll look up a recipe sometime.  Anyway, the tacos were delicious.

I went to the gym right afterward because that was the best thing I could think of doing right after eating Mexican food.  Not brush my teeth, not wait a half-hour before moving again.  I went straight to the gym.  I've decided that I want to weigh 220 lb.  As I walked through the grocery store earlier, I felt like I was 220 lb.  I felt good!  So as I went to weigh myself at the gym, I set the scale to 220 lb., felt good about it, and then decided to see my progress.  I weighed 281 a few weeks ago, then 278 last week.  I skipped my workout Friday because of my date... and I weigh 281 this week again.  Granted, I had food and liquid in my stomach, but it was a little concerning.  I don't think I look bad, but I really am carrying too much weight.  Anyway, I did a WAY bigger workout today than I usually do.  I did a total of 48 minutes on the elliptical, going just under 4.5 miles and burning around 670 calories.  I then curled 50 lb. fifty times, and benched 105 lb. fifty times.  I had a lot of energy today!

And I feel like I should note that when I was 17, I weighed 260 lb., benched 255 lb., and could dead-lift around 515 lb.  I know I can do more weight than I am now, buy why?  I'm getting enough resistance and I'll increase my weights sometime soon.

I went home, did the dishes, and began preparing casserole for dinner.  Then I spent time with my friend (we watched Full House on DVD), went to Family Home Evening at the nearby assisted living facility, and then watched more Full House.  Then I gave her a lift back to her sister's house.  That was that.