The Summer of Kate

First week of Summer!

I love summer. I love the smell, the beach, the sun, and the food.

Especially the food.

However, this summer I don't have that warm and fuzzy feeling...instead I am suffering from a mixture of tension and egocentricism (yup, I made that word up).

I am incredibly worried about the unstructured time of the Summer. I am only working three days a week BUT a big part of my summer duties is community outings which equal a lot of eating out. I do a decent job of managing myself when I am scheduled to be at work for 10-12 hours a day, but having all that time to myself...I could self destruct. Enter tension.

Incoming!!! My inflated ego. I actually wouldn't call myself egocentric, however, I do have a pretty good sense that I can, in fact, control myself. So...I have dubbed this summer The Summer of Kate. This summer is a turning point for me. I am going to work on all of my "stuff' - all my wobbly bits, my eating habits and I will have to face all of the unstructured times and all the celebrations. I will do it all successfully because I know that I can.

A list of events that I need to plan around:
*Community outings including:
Aquarium
Pizza and Ice Cream (at least twice)
Bowling
Movies
Scavenger Hunt
*My baby sisters 21st birthday
*Tina and Gordon visit from Venice
*My Birthday
*At least 3 other birthdays
*The 4th of July
*Beer Festival
And all of the surprise occasions

So the strategizing begins. This will be my summer. Summer 2010 - Summer of Kate.

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Shout out goes to my ego

Quote of the day: Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul. - Nietzsche

Today I took the P90x fit test...here are the results:
My resting heart rate: 70
Pull-ups: 8 (with an assist)
Push-ups: 5
Toe Touch: +2 1/2
Wall Squat: 1 minute and 3 seconds
Bicep Curl: using 10 pounds in each hand- 10
In & Outs: 30
Heart Rate Maximizer - after 2 minutes of jumping jacks
Heart Rate immediately following: 150
One minute following: 120
Two minutes following: 84
Three minutes following: 82
Four minutes following: 80

What I ate today:
Protein Shake
Banana
Bison Burger - yummy with almost half the fat and calories of beef
Carrots
Apple
Iced Latte -Jess, you would be proud. I used a reusable cup :)
BBQ Chicken wrap
Doritos
Watermelon
Orange

Happy Summer!
-K

A Big P.S.
Apologies to the friend who complained about yesterdays post. I don't think Tom wants two girlfriends as of right now, but check back in seven more years (the "itch") he may change his mind ;)