Back at School

It's been an entire WEEK since I last got the chance to work out. Holy guacamole. I'm back at school now and between visiting my friend on Cape Cod and being in RA training for 10+ hours over the last few days today was the first time I had a chance to go to the gym. And I think everyone should be really proud of me for actually going. I got all dressed and psyched to run at 3:30, walked down to the gym...and it was closed. The fitness center has weird ass hours during Winter Break: 11am-2pm, 5pm-7pm. So I had to walk back [through the snow] to my dorm. And then I didn't even want to go at 5 because a) I was comfy and b) it's 20 degrees outside. So, as motivation, I put on my little black dress. I don't know why, but seeing myself in my strapless, bandage-style LBD gives me the motivation to workout like none other. For some people, it's seeing their swimsuits that does it, but for me, when I see the potential there is to look super sexy in that dress, it gives me the mental energy to hit the gym. I think it's because the potential is so close and I'll be wearing it so soon while swim suit season feels like it's always just around the corner.
But at any rate, I got to the gym and clocked 30 minutes on the elliptical (they're programmed so that you can only do 30 minutes at a time). And they were 30 HARD minutes. Not because I'm out of shape, but because I managed to push myself, which is something I have trouble motivating myself to do on my own so I was pretty proud of myself. Even though I almost died. :P My total workout tally came to 344 calories burnt running and 3.15ish miles run (I never run that far!). I'm really proud of myself for actually going to the gym and not getting bored and stopping half way through (because that was super super tempting, I'm not gonna lie). I only have a 30/40 minute block of free-time coinciding with the gym's times open tomorrow morning so I'm going to go at 11am for some quick abs and arms. YAY WORKING OUT!