Baby Tea Leaves: Monday's Motivation!

Pre- slimdown extravaganza: 5 pounds; Since start of slimdown extravaganza: 3 Pounds. Grand Total: 8 pounds. Not too bad.

Time to clean up my act and get back on the horse after my measley one pound loss of last week. I guess I have been riding the high that is 2 or 3 pounds a week, so much so that I have become disappointed by anything less than that. Of course, "they" say that 1 to 2 pounds a week is the healthy way to do it, so I should be happy with a one-pound loss. But it doesn't hurt to push one's self just a little harder, right? So this week's goals for self:

-Write down my weight training workouts, pounds and reps so that I may tweak my workouts in order to make them more effective for following workouts
-If I can't do one more rep, do it anyway.
-Don't eat crap.
-2 pound loss

What are your goals this week?? Motivate me!

Motivation Monday Quote of the week: "The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Chinese Proverb. This is very wise. Translation for diet world, small stones = cellulite. Mountain = backside.

Motivation Monday Song of the week: The Kill by 30 Seconds to Mars

Why this song? Let me tell you, if you need a song to pump you up and get you angry at the same time, this one's it. When this song is on, I run harder, I lift harder, and I get in the zone. Download it. You'll like it. When I listen to it, I either pretend I'm talking to my fat or that my lean self is talking to my fat self. Yes, I am warped. This is not new information. I put the song on my sidebar so you're probably listening to it now. It sounds a little angry, but sometimes angry is good.

Oh and have I mentioned the lead singer is Jared Leto? AKA the GORGEOUS Jordan Catalano from My So-Called Life (for anyone old enough to remember it? Am I showing my age here?) Yes, it's not the first time I've mentioned him on my blog. Not that anyone is counting. (I also picture him singing the song right in my ear. Shhh. Don't tell my husband.) Anyway, here are the lyrics:

What if I wanted to break
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do?(Oh,Oh,Oh,Oh)
What if I fell to the floor
Couldn't take this anymore
What would you do, do, do?

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you

What if I wanted to fight
Beg for the rest of my life.
What would you do?(Do,do)
You say you wanted more
What are you waiting for
I'm not running from you (from you)

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you

I tried to be someone else
But nothing seemed to change
I know now: this is who I really am inside
I Finally found myself
Fighting for a chance
I know now, THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM

Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you, you, you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you
Come, break me down
Break me down
Break me down

What if I wanted to break...? (You say you wanted more, what are you waiting for? (marry me) I'm not running from you...)
What if I, what if I, what if I... (bury me, bury me)