Feelin' Great :)
Sep. 25th, 2010 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bard_linnSo. I've mentioned this once or twice, but I am currently trying to get into better shape. Please note this is not just 'lose weight' - I'm trying to increase muscle mass and stamina more than losing weight. I'm down ten pounds from the beginning of the summer, and better yet, I actually can see muscles in my upper arms and legs. This is good, because being without a room this year is surprisingly difficult. If nothing else, I'm getting used to pushing a cart around with 12 textbooks on it. (Books have gotten so big we're trying to have half-class sets so kids can leave theirs home. Some are using the online textbook, at least, so they just have to carry it to class. Of course, this means I have to move 'em around, because we can't leave them in classes without supervision because they walk. Gah.)
I bought a purple dress at the end of Spring last year and wore it to school for the first time on Thursday. I. Felt. Fabulous. And got a lot of compliments on it too. Things like that just make it worth it.
I'm off my strict dieting regimen, and back on my food plan. (Diet is very carefully counted, measured and eaten every four hours for a total of 1,600 calories. Purpose of the diet is to lose weight. The purpose of the food plan is to be around 2,000 each day, and not to gain weight, but live healthily, with more fruits and vegetables as opposed to carbohydrates where possible.) I'm still weighing in every day, which has a side benefit - if my weight goes up for a few days in a row, and there is not reasonable explanation, it's a pretty good indicator my cycle is coming. XD;; I know about when it is supposed to show up, but my sister and I still throw each other off sometimes.
I feel like this year at school is going to be a tough year. I have several challenging students who are weak in different ways. I also have my first ESL student, who luckily speaks Japanese, so maybe between her weak English and my weak Japanese we can work out some sort of system. XD;; I'm also teaching a class with very, very weak basic math skills, so that's been difficult so far. Hopefully I'll come up with some things to help them. I'm also worried about the budget. Even though I am tenured now (yay!) that....really means nothing in the current economic plan of our governor. I'm still lowest on the tenure chopping pole.
My EuphieLulu shipping is so strong right now, what. Suzalulu had been over powering them for ever. (I ship LuluHarem, generally. >.>)
Anyway, off to go work on my ridiculously long list of things to do. Hopefully will get a bunch done so I can do something fun.
I bought a purple dress at the end of Spring last year and wore it to school for the first time on Thursday. I. Felt. Fabulous. And got a lot of compliments on it too. Things like that just make it worth it.
I'm off my strict dieting regimen, and back on my food plan. (Diet is very carefully counted, measured and eaten every four hours for a total of 1,600 calories. Purpose of the diet is to lose weight. The purpose of the food plan is to be around 2,000 each day, and not to gain weight, but live healthily, with more fruits and vegetables as opposed to carbohydrates where possible.) I'm still weighing in every day, which has a side benefit - if my weight goes up for a few days in a row, and there is not reasonable explanation, it's a pretty good indicator my cycle is coming. XD;; I know about when it is supposed to show up, but my sister and I still throw each other off sometimes.
I feel like this year at school is going to be a tough year. I have several challenging students who are weak in different ways. I also have my first ESL student, who luckily speaks Japanese, so maybe between her weak English and my weak Japanese we can work out some sort of system. XD;; I'm also teaching a class with very, very weak basic math skills, so that's been difficult so far. Hopefully I'll come up with some things to help them. I'm also worried about the budget. Even though I am tenured now (yay!) that....really means nothing in the current economic plan of our governor. I'm still lowest on the tenure chopping pole.
My EuphieLulu shipping is so strong right now, what. Suzalulu had been over powering them for ever. (I ship LuluHarem, generally. >.>)
Anyway, off to go work on my ridiculously long list of things to do. Hopefully will get a bunch done so I can do something fun.
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Date: 2010-09-25 03:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-25 04:30 pm (UTC)For exercise, I go and jump on the treadmill for 2 miles every day when I get home from work (except Thursday, which is rest day) and do more demanding aerobics on the weekends. As long as I make myself do it as soon as I get home, it gets done. Plus it gives me time to watch Anime during the week, which is a reward for doing it.
The hardest thing about the ESL situation is I have her in a class of 25, so I can't work with her a lot one on one. :( So I'm trying to find some ways to work around that, especially since I'm not testing her on her English. I'm testing her on her math. So I don't want the English (especially the word problems) to hold her back. I'm working with her ESL teacher, but I'm going to try to get creative.