It's already June 1! (Holy crap, when did that happen?) The year is nearly halfway over, and I have yet to provide an update here of my fitness and weight loss progress. Time to amend this travesty! Last time I wrote about Going Nowhere, I was just fitting into size 16s, and had walked 25 miles for the year.

Now, my size 16s are a tad bit too big, and I'm just starting to fit into 14s. I've lost twenty pounds since January (thirty since I started this whole venture), and I've walked 180 miles so far this year! I'm still eating somewhat low-carb, but I'm not on any diet with a name. I just mostly eat lean meats, vegetables, fruits and whole grains. I still get off track sometimes, but I've gotten much better about getting right back on. The only thing I'm still not doing with any kind of consistency is cooking at home. That's definitely moving up the priority list!

Still no caffeine, which is going well. Sugar and alcohol are rare. The gym at UCLA is my friend. I have been going there pretty steadily, and will miss it over the summer. I'm not taking any summer classes, by the way. Ah, summer vacation! If I go into major gym withdrawals (my tiny apartment gym just can't cut it sometimes), I may have to take a few trips over there. I'll play it by ear.

My main goal right now is to reach the halfway mark of my 500 mile Going Nowhere goal by the end of June! I want to reach the halfway point at exactly halfway through the year. That means that I will walk 70 miles in 30 days. My plan is to walk 2 miles one day, 3 the next, and continue alternating like that throughout the month.

My other goal is to lose 15 pounds in the next seven weeks. I like using landmark events in which to set goals, such as the ends of school quarters, or upcoming vacation time. In seven weeks, I'm going to my friend, Angela's wedding. It'll be the first time I've seen her in a year, and the first time I've seen my mom since Christmas. I hope to surprise them both by looking superfit! Not that anyone's going to care what I look like - everyone will be focused on Angela, as she is the bride, and that is the natural order of things (and indeed, the way it should be). But I'll feel cool being able to fit into a brand new outfit, and that is a small thing to look forward to. The big thing to look forward to, of course, is seeing Angela again! And meeting her husband for the first time! Craziness!

So, that's where things are at, and that's where I'm headed. I'm making good progress, but I'd like to make more. I feel thin sometimes, because I'm thinner than I was. But to be honest, I feel pretty overweight and far from my goal sometimes, too, because I know I'm not yet where I want to be. At the very least, I'm working on it. And that much feels really good! I'll write more on my progress soon (sooner than six months from now, anyway!).