The Struggle...

Man is it hard not to bite my nails. Workouts or not, the struggle to resist the nail biting seems to get a bit harder every day that I don't keep myself occupied. That is, when I fail to work out, I find myself a bit more likely to chomp away. I don't really find it neccessary to work out more than four times a week so what about those other three days then? Well today is one of those three and let me tell you I've caught myself attempting to bite away. Although I've resisted so far( Every time my fingers went into my mouth, I instantly pulled them away) the fact is that the temptation is staring me in my face like a gun to an outlaw criminal. It is simply the struggle to shake my very bad habit. It is just there. Resisting is pretty hard, but so far I am successful in resisting. I want my nails to be longer right now. That is the key. Holla...

Good Habits...

Today will be a pretty laid back day, in that I will take my work-out easier than that of my previous. Today, I will run one mile and walk the other one. I figured I'd get the run out and then walk a sort of reflective mile just to reflect on all the good that I've acheived on my journey to vanishing my bad habit. Overall, I'd say i've been doing pretty well on avoiding the nail biting scenario. Today I don't have to work and plan heavily on getting caught up in this 220 course. I am the publisher for my work group and must post to UNMGOBLOGURSELF.

Consistency is key..

Today, I realized that my goals for shaking my bad habit weren't too consistent and that is why I would go a day working out and the next would be a bland nail biting day. So that said, today I will be consistent and continue my work-out sessions. Today, I plan on doing 100 push-ups and 300 sit-ups. It's been quite some time since I've done push-ups but I'm gonna try to break them into sections of 30 in between every hundred sit-ups. After I write this I will follow through with my goal and just do it. P.S. I haven't bit my nails yet today.

2 miles today...

I followed through with my goals today and ran a complete two miles only stopping once in between the miles. I didn't stop for too long only giving myself some time to catch a breath. It was a pretty intense to me because I am only now getting back into shape. It was very challenging and it helped me have more energy until it was time for bed. I resisted biting my nails all day long which made me feel like I could really shake the habit. It was a great inspirational jog in that I felt like I could really get back into shape and feel good about my body. Great day for my bad habit.

Bad Nerves...

Today was not so good for me and my bad habit, it seems like my nerves got the best of my today. I think its because of the semester coming to what seems to be an extremely fast hault. With finals, spring/summer, and all the other distractions on my mind, today I bit my nails a little too much. In addition, I didn't squeeze in any work-out. In a sense I failed myself with my bad habit today. I had to work this evening until about 10:30 pm and after that I was just lazy. One thing that my previous work-outs helped out on was supplying me with enough energy to last until the night, but today it seems I was lazy almost the whole evening. I lacked that work-out that would've given me that extra umph I needed to be more productive throughout the evening time. I need that energy in the evening in order to work at my job more effeciently. I now realize how important working out is in my life. Tomorrow I will try to run two miles, increasing each mile run by a half of a mile.

Good workouts...

Today was a great day because I actually did a bit of a funner workout today than usual. Instead of doing hard-crunching sit-ups(boring) and jogging(lame), I simply danced around for about half an hour. One may not believe that cutting a rug for that long is indeed tiring, I broke an intense sweat, but very fun. I just turned on my stereo full blast with my favorite tracks and just danced around for my work-out. I used to breakdance, so I kind of incorporated some b-boy moves in the mix. I hadn't danced that intense in quite some time and honestly I think I'll include this dancing work-out in my regular work-out routine. I didn't really bite my nails today, instead whenever I found my fingers in my mouth, I pulled them away instantly, kind of cold turkeying effect of it. Pretty successful day.

Bad Habit updates gone good..

Today was an excellent day for my bad habit because I did indeed resist biting my nails all day long and jogged a tiring one mile and a half( increasing my jog by a half a mile was well worth it). I felt absolutely great after working out, with enough energy to get started on my portfolio cover letter. It was a great feeling and after I got the day started with a mile jog, it seemed the rest of the day went by with ease. My nerves were tired by the end of the day, leaving no time for me to chomp away at my fingertips. This was a good day turning my bad habit into a positive experience. In the future, I will really try to work-out at least five days a week without biting my nails.