metrics and such
Jan. 19th, 2012 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saffronhareThere are a number of efforts in which I'm achieving measurable progress so far. For instance, I get to test for my next belt level (purple) in TKD next Saturday, provided I can swing the testing fee. Both of the younger ninjas are being authorized to test, too, so the math may require me to wait. ::shrug:: There are worse things, and it's really cool to know I'm gaining in skills, etc.
This morning, I also discovered that I've lost about four inches around the waist since the beginning of January. HUH. I felt like my clothes were getting a bit looser and my energy has been better, but then the scale hadn't budged. Frustrating. So I measured and voila! Central obesity is a major factor in a lot of the diseases I'm trying to be less at risk for with this whole effort, so YAY on that. A good target, I'm told, is a waist measurement that's no more than half of one's height in inches. Gettin' there. :)
One area in which there's been some back-sliding, however, is the morning routine. I almost typed "the f%cking morning routine." It's been taking me TWO HOURS to get out the door in the mornings, which is unacceptable. It's not like I sit down at any point and pick my nose or luxuriate in a bubble bath. And I haven't really *added* things to the routine, either. No. This is just the basic morning stuff taking WAY longer than it used to take. I realize the new puppy adds a wrinkle or two to the timeline, but that can't be all of it. I need to examine what's happening a bit more carefully, because I don't really want to get up more than another 30 minutes earlier, but getting to the office as late as I have been cannot continue. Hrm.
This morning, I also discovered that I've lost about four inches around the waist since the beginning of January. HUH. I felt like my clothes were getting a bit looser and my energy has been better, but then the scale hadn't budged. Frustrating. So I measured and voila! Central obesity is a major factor in a lot of the diseases I'm trying to be less at risk for with this whole effort, so YAY on that. A good target, I'm told, is a waist measurement that's no more than half of one's height in inches. Gettin' there. :)
One area in which there's been some back-sliding, however, is the morning routine. I almost typed "the f%cking morning routine." It's been taking me TWO HOURS to get out the door in the mornings, which is unacceptable. It's not like I sit down at any point and pick my nose or luxuriate in a bubble bath. And I haven't really *added* things to the routine, either. No. This is just the basic morning stuff taking WAY longer than it used to take. I realize the new puppy adds a wrinkle or two to the timeline, but that can't be all of it. I need to examine what's happening a bit more carefully, because I don't really want to get up more than another 30 minutes earlier, but getting to the office as late as I have been cannot continue. Hrm.
