So I am a crazy, calorie counting fiend. I've said this a few times I think. Today just really proves it though.
I use an app on my iPhone called Lose It! It's an awesome app because I can scan the barcode of something and it instantly has all the nutritional information and all I have to input is how much I'm eating. In the mornings, I like to plan out my day. So I'll decide what I'm eating and I'll plug it all in ahead of time. Then, when I go through the day, I stay on track instead of just mindlessly eating or randomly picking whatever I want for lunch/dinner.
This WORKS for me. It keeps me on plan... It keeps my calories in check... It keeps me sane. I don't like having to think about my food ALL DAY so when I do it in the morning, everything is thought about and I just have to follow it.
WELL. Today, about 5 minutes before I was leaving for my lunch break, bf asks if I wanna get pizza with him and some work friends/co-workers. I hate being anti-social, which I often am... But I said no. Then he pushed a little harder. He *really* wanted me to go with him. I still said no. I brought my lunch. I already planned it out. Another push... He'll pay, he says. He really doesn't want to leave me out. At this point I wanted to just scream. You aren't leaving me out. I AM LEAVING ME OUT. But... I didn't. I agreed. And I ate like half of a slice of pizza (which was a ridiculous 150 calories, btw). Then, when I got to work and scarfed my planned meal. Because I'm stubborn like that.
I don't mean to over react... but I have a way I do things. And I know he wasn't trying to be a pain in the ass. He was trying to include me in his lunch plans. But I couldn't help but be so angry with him. Uggghh... Am I insane? Just completely insane??
I still ate around 1,030 calories today at this point. I'm going to have a snack in a little while. But I'm craving chocolate like it's no body's business... I'm trying to let that pass first.
I am also trying a fun new snack I read about yesterday! You take a low fat string cheese and dip it in a couple tablespoons of warmed marinara sauce. It sounds kinda like mozzarella sticks... only without the breading. I'm really jazzed about it.
Besides all this, it's been a pretty alright weekend. I'm reading for a day off. And REALLY ready for Spring Break. I'm kicking my Spring Break off with a concert and a fancy hotel stay in Indianapolis. I do NOT intend to be on plan this day. I plan to eat and drink a ridiculous amount and probably suffer the consequences the next weigh in. Worth it. Oh yea, I don't think I ever said where I'm from... Surprise! Indiana! haha
Alright... it's snack time. I want a bowl of cereal I think. I'm so in love with my Special K with Red Berries. (: Mmm
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Day 43 - I Survived Valentine's Day 2012!
Hello lovlies!
Today was definitely not a normal day for me... I woke up just blah. I know it was from all the badness I ate yesterday. I was so stuffed when I went to bed and I woke up kinda nauseated and still full. Since I've adjusted my daily intake and gotten into the habit of eating breakfast every morning, I wake up fairly empty feeling and within a half hour I am almost ravenous. This morning, it was a chore to even drink my coffee because I was still feeling so full.
I also did something I NEVER do... It was out of complete curiosity. I weighed myself on a NOT weigh day. I should be ashamed. I am a once-a-week weigher through and through... but I HAD to know how yesterday's festivities effected me. The scale was a less upsetting 201.2. Which is a pound more than yesterday morning... but much less than last night. I can deal with that.
My grandparents came to town this afternoon to visit bf and I. They insisted they take us out to eat, then they wanted to go for coffee and donuts. AH! I hate turning them down when they come and visit because I never get to see them. So I did the best I could. Or so I thought? My lunch ended up being pretty okay, calories wise. Like 384? THEN came the fun part... Coffee isn't bad. I had black coffee with 2tsp of sugar and a splash of skim milk. It was the ONE donut stick? thing that I got with it. 370 calories for that thing alone. GEEZ. That combined with my very small breakfast leaves me at 920 calories already today. I feel so bloated anyway... so I am okay with having a light dinner.
Unrelated to weight loss and nutrition: I just ordered a new lens for my camera and a remote shutter release. I am pretty excited about those. Used my birthday money... which is by far my favorite thing about birthdays. The other part of my birthday money is going towards new running shoes. Yay, running!
Alright... I have to go do a little shopping tonight before it gets too late. I hope everyone had a successful Valentine's Day, whatever your definition of successful was, and if you temporarily hopped off the weightloss wagon like I did... get your butts back on today! (;
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Today was definitely not a normal day for me... I woke up just blah. I know it was from all the badness I ate yesterday. I was so stuffed when I went to bed and I woke up kinda nauseated and still full. Since I've adjusted my daily intake and gotten into the habit of eating breakfast every morning, I wake up fairly empty feeling and within a half hour I am almost ravenous. This morning, it was a chore to even drink my coffee because I was still feeling so full.
I also did something I NEVER do... It was out of complete curiosity. I weighed myself on a NOT weigh day. I should be ashamed. I am a once-a-week weigher through and through... but I HAD to know how yesterday's festivities effected me. The scale was a less upsetting 201.2. Which is a pound more than yesterday morning... but much less than last night. I can deal with that.
My grandparents came to town this afternoon to visit bf and I. They insisted they take us out to eat, then they wanted to go for coffee and donuts. AH! I hate turning them down when they come and visit because I never get to see them. So I did the best I could. Or so I thought? My lunch ended up being pretty okay, calories wise. Like 384? THEN came the fun part... Coffee isn't bad. I had black coffee with 2tsp of sugar and a splash of skim milk. It was the ONE donut stick? thing that I got with it. 370 calories for that thing alone. GEEZ. That combined with my very small breakfast leaves me at 920 calories already today. I feel so bloated anyway... so I am okay with having a light dinner.
Unrelated to weight loss and nutrition: I just ordered a new lens for my camera and a remote shutter release. I am pretty excited about those. Used my birthday money... which is by far my favorite thing about birthdays. The other part of my birthday money is going towards new running shoes. Yay, running!
Alright... I have to go do a little shopping tonight before it gets too late. I hope everyone had a successful Valentine's Day, whatever your definition of successful was, and if you temporarily hopped off the weightloss wagon like I did... get your butts back on today! (;
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Day 42 - I Am A Rockstar Today
No, seriously. I'm a freakin' rockstar.
So. Where do I even begin? Let's start from the beginning of my day!
NO! We have to start with yesterday after work. I came home to find my new MacBook Pro was delivered a day early! I am so in love with it right now. It's name is Prometheus. (MacBook Pro... Prometheus... Oh yeah, I'm clever. I KNOW) So I am currently typing this blog on my beautiful new baby. I have to stop gushing. But I really do love it and it's so much better than my 5 year old Dell I had been banging away at.
Back on topic... I was so exhausted this morning. I have been congested and my throat is sore and so sleeping is just an all around pain in the ass. I woke up and did what I often do (and it sometimes gets me in trouble). I drug myself out of bed... and straight to the couch. I sat there for probably 10 minutes. Willing myself to move, but pretty much failing. Then I remembered! It's... Weeeeeiiigggghhhh Daaaaay! So I hopped up and got on my scale. Weighing only once a week is without a doubt the way to do it, in my opinion.
Sooo....
Last Week: 205.0
THIS Week: 200.2
My jaw pretty much dropped. It bounced around between 199.8 and 201.0 and finally settled on 200.2. I weighed 3 times just to make sure it was accurate. I could just die.
-4.8 pounds this week! Definitely met my 1 pound goal and DEFINITELY made up for a measly .4 pound loss last week!
So let's just say, I'm really thrilled about that. I can honestly see small changes now too. Like, really see them. I'm wearing my not so fat jeans today and they are fitting perfectly, I might add. (:
I'm so close to being down 20 pounds. Exactly 19.8 pounds so far. Damn it feels so good to see those numbers dropping and starting to see and feel difference in my body is just so rewarding.
THEN! I get to class a few minutes early and find out the prof didn't hand back the exam on Thursday (which I missed). This makes me happy, because I hate missing the day we discuss the exam. This is my Industrial Psych class, for those of you who care? lol. Anyway... He gave a little speech about how difficult this test was for people and how there was a huge range of scores from awesome to "Why did you bother taking it at all?" I knew for sure I was the latter. Then I get it back to find out I got a 103/100 because there was a 3point bonus question. Freakin' blew my mind.
The rest of the day will undoubtably be uneventful. Bf won't be meeting me for lunch because he's tied up with homework. I was also too sick/lazy to pack anything last night or this morning. So I tossed a meal bar in my bag and decided that combined with breakfast would have to tied me over till I got home and heated up something for dinner. As boring as the rest of the day might be for me... The natural high of a 4.8 pound loss and a 103% on my exam will keeping me going for at least 2 days...
Today is also Valentine's Day. So Happy Valentine's Day! I know a lot of you out there are probably proponents of doing something unconventional for Valentine's Day and avoiding the box of chocolates. And I have to agree, it's a way better idea. But I am a chocolate fiend. And I need some truffles today or I will just die. This isn't going to be, "Go crazy and eat everything in sight" day like Superbowl... but I am totally buying something for myself. Bf and I agreed to skip it this year. We get totally slammed around this time of year because it's Christmas, his bday, my bday, and Valentine's day all in like a 3 month span. We go all out for Christmas and bdays and then just kinda skim over V-day.
I'm going to install Photoshop CS5 and Microsoft Office for Mac onto my new pretty now. I wish I could share all my happy and positivity with you guys, cause I have a ton to go around today and that's pretty unusual for me. Just stick with it, everybody! Good days always come around, you just have to get through the bad ones to get there sometimes!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Edit: Bf and I decided to share a box of chocolates and have a nice dinner at a Hibachi grill not far from our apartment. My Stats prof also passed out fancy wedding cake flavored cupcakes, which I shared with bf. All together... I ate around 2,126 calories today. A very rough estimation. I also just weighed myself and the scale read a very ugly 205.2. But I'm not reading anything into THAT. I have lots of food in my belly and it's way later than I ever weigh myself. So that's my Valentine's Day. 788 calories over my normal limit. Which means I should really only gain like... not even a quarter of a pound. If I gain anything at all from it. I'm being crazy. Just wanted to let you all know how I was insane and ate the entire Japanese Hibachi grill and like half a box of chocolates. haha Enjoy your days!!
So. Where do I even begin? Let's start from the beginning of my day!
NO! We have to start with yesterday after work. I came home to find my new MacBook Pro was delivered a day early! I am so in love with it right now. It's name is Prometheus. (MacBook Pro... Prometheus... Oh yeah, I'm clever. I KNOW) So I am currently typing this blog on my beautiful new baby. I have to stop gushing. But I really do love it and it's so much better than my 5 year old Dell I had been banging away at.
Back on topic... I was so exhausted this morning. I have been congested and my throat is sore and so sleeping is just an all around pain in the ass. I woke up and did what I often do (and it sometimes gets me in trouble). I drug myself out of bed... and straight to the couch. I sat there for probably 10 minutes. Willing myself to move, but pretty much failing. Then I remembered! It's... Weeeeeiiigggghhhh Daaaaay! So I hopped up and got on my scale. Weighing only once a week is without a doubt the way to do it, in my opinion.
Sooo....
Last Week: 205.0
THIS Week: 200.2
My jaw pretty much dropped. It bounced around between 199.8 and 201.0 and finally settled on 200.2. I weighed 3 times just to make sure it was accurate. I could just die.
-4.8 pounds this week! Definitely met my 1 pound goal and DEFINITELY made up for a measly .4 pound loss last week!
So let's just say, I'm really thrilled about that. I can honestly see small changes now too. Like, really see them. I'm wearing my not so fat jeans today and they are fitting perfectly, I might add. (:
I'm so close to being down 20 pounds. Exactly 19.8 pounds so far. Damn it feels so good to see those numbers dropping and starting to see and feel difference in my body is just so rewarding.
THEN! I get to class a few minutes early and find out the prof didn't hand back the exam on Thursday (which I missed). This makes me happy, because I hate missing the day we discuss the exam. This is my Industrial Psych class, for those of you who care? lol. Anyway... He gave a little speech about how difficult this test was for people and how there was a huge range of scores from awesome to "Why did you bother taking it at all?" I knew for sure I was the latter. Then I get it back to find out I got a 103/100 because there was a 3point bonus question. Freakin' blew my mind.
The rest of the day will undoubtably be uneventful. Bf won't be meeting me for lunch because he's tied up with homework. I was also too sick/lazy to pack anything last night or this morning. So I tossed a meal bar in my bag and decided that combined with breakfast would have to tied me over till I got home and heated up something for dinner. As boring as the rest of the day might be for me... The natural high of a 4.8 pound loss and a 103% on my exam will keeping me going for at least 2 days...
Today is also Valentine's Day. So Happy Valentine's Day! I know a lot of you out there are probably proponents of doing something unconventional for Valentine's Day and avoiding the box of chocolates. And I have to agree, it's a way better idea. But I am a chocolate fiend. And I need some truffles today or I will just die. This isn't going to be, "Go crazy and eat everything in sight" day like Superbowl... but I am totally buying something for myself. Bf and I agreed to skip it this year. We get totally slammed around this time of year because it's Christmas, his bday, my bday, and Valentine's day all in like a 3 month span. We go all out for Christmas and bdays and then just kinda skim over V-day.
I'm going to install Photoshop CS5 and Microsoft Office for Mac onto my new pretty now. I wish I could share all my happy and positivity with you guys, cause I have a ton to go around today and that's pretty unusual for me. Just stick with it, everybody! Good days always come around, you just have to get through the bad ones to get there sometimes!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Edit: Bf and I decided to share a box of chocolates and have a nice dinner at a Hibachi grill not far from our apartment. My Stats prof also passed out fancy wedding cake flavored cupcakes, which I shared with bf. All together... I ate around 2,126 calories today. A very rough estimation. I also just weighed myself and the scale read a very ugly 205.2. But I'm not reading anything into THAT. I have lots of food in my belly and it's way later than I ever weigh myself. So that's my Valentine's Day. 788 calories over my normal limit. Which means I should really only gain like... not even a quarter of a pound. If I gain anything at all from it. I'm being crazy. Just wanted to let you all know how I was insane and ate the entire Japanese Hibachi grill and like half a box of chocolates. haha Enjoy your days!!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Day 40 - I'm A Big Baby Today...
I feel like I never have super exciting, uplifting news anymore! I am getting sick and I'm being a big, whiny baby about it. I think it's just a cold... Or maybe my sinuses acting up. But I've got horrible post nasal drip and my throat is killing me and my body is all achy and my nose is doing some weird stuffy/runny combination thing. And I slept for like 11 hours last night and could probably sleep for 11 more.
I only have like 10 minutes before I need to blow dry my hair and get dressed for work at 1. 1-10. Talk about the worst shift in the entire world. Second to third shift I guess, which also really sucks.
I am going to do some changing around of my page again! I see other people's pages and get inspired to do things similarly. Jewlz280 (and I know a lot of other people also) made me really want to dedicate a page to goals, pictures, and weigh ins. I keep track of my measurements biweekly also. I think maybe I should throw those in somewhere also. It just seems like a good idea. For people who don't necessarily follow my blog regularly or those who are seeing it for the first time.
So that's something I'm going to do tomorrow after work, I think.
I am so dehydrated right now. My throat's dry and my lips are cracked and ready to fall off. I hate feeling like this! I've been drinking water by the gallon, but it never seems to help any. I'm also super constipated (AH! TMI alert). And so I'm eating bf's Fiber One cereal in hopes that helps. I don't wanna take a laxative.. because I know those are really rough on your system. But if this doesn't let up soon, I might have to budge on that.
I had a yummy egg white omelet this morning. And since I work such a stupid shift I'll probably have a meal bar around "lunch time" and eat something healthy for dinner at work. Maybe a salad with lots of veggies and jalapeno tuna again. I need something spicy to open my nasal passages up. hah Totally taking one of my Nature Valley crunchy granola bars to work to munch on between lunch and dinner too. Those things are so good. I like the maple flavored ones.
Okay... I have to start making myself beautiful now. Hope everyone is having an incredible day! Tomorrow I plan to go comment insane on some people's blogs I've been admiring from afar. haha I just don't have the time right now!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Allllsooo!! Everyone who reads this should go check out my dear blogger buddie Sophie's blog "Diet Riot" off to the left under my blog roll and give her some love. She's going through some tough stuff and I think it would be nice to surprise her with some supportive, cheery comments for when she returns (: Thanks everyone!
I only have like 10 minutes before I need to blow dry my hair and get dressed for work at 1. 1-10. Talk about the worst shift in the entire world. Second to third shift I guess, which also really sucks.
I am going to do some changing around of my page again! I see other people's pages and get inspired to do things similarly. Jewlz280 (and I know a lot of other people also) made me really want to dedicate a page to goals, pictures, and weigh ins. I keep track of my measurements biweekly also. I think maybe I should throw those in somewhere also. It just seems like a good idea. For people who don't necessarily follow my blog regularly or those who are seeing it for the first time.
So that's something I'm going to do tomorrow after work, I think.
I am so dehydrated right now. My throat's dry and my lips are cracked and ready to fall off. I hate feeling like this! I've been drinking water by the gallon, but it never seems to help any. I'm also super constipated (AH! TMI alert). And so I'm eating bf's Fiber One cereal in hopes that helps. I don't wanna take a laxative.. because I know those are really rough on your system. But if this doesn't let up soon, I might have to budge on that.
I had a yummy egg white omelet this morning. And since I work such a stupid shift I'll probably have a meal bar around "lunch time" and eat something healthy for dinner at work. Maybe a salad with lots of veggies and jalapeno tuna again. I need something spicy to open my nasal passages up. hah Totally taking one of my Nature Valley crunchy granola bars to work to munch on between lunch and dinner too. Those things are so good. I like the maple flavored ones.
Okay... I have to start making myself beautiful now. Hope everyone is having an incredible day! Tomorrow I plan to go comment insane on some people's blogs I've been admiring from afar. haha I just don't have the time right now!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Allllsooo!! Everyone who reads this should go check out my dear blogger buddie Sophie's blog "Diet Riot" off to the left under my blog roll and give her some love. She's going through some tough stuff and I think it would be nice to surprise her with some supportive, cheery comments for when she returns (: Thanks everyone!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Day 37 - It's My Biiiirthday!
It's true. Today's my birthday. Turned 23. Honestly, I always loved birthdays... but since my 21st, they all seem a little less exciting as time goes on. Looking forward to 25 when I get to see that big insurance price drop, though! haha
No celebrations are planned for this evening. I work at 8am tomorrow. This weekend there might be some celebrations. Fortunately (and unfortunately - I guess) my friends and I tend to celebrate more with alcohol than food... So I should be able to get through this weekend without completely wrecking my week.
I'm having some serious hunger pangs right now... I had a bagel thin with some laughing cow cheese this morning with my coffee, but I guess I've lost track of time because it is definitely lunch time. I think I'll hop on the elliptical for 20 minutes or so and then make myself something delicious for lunch. I'm thinking salad with canned jalapeno tuna. This tuna is so flavorful I never need dressing.. which is awesome.
Then tonight I'm making steak with baked sweet potato and some kind of frozen veggie. I'm feeling lazy and we have needed to cook these steaks for a while now. Can't let them go to waste, no matter how badly I want to avoid red meat.
I really wanna see at least a pound loss on Tuesday! I was a little disheartened about the .4 pound loss last week... Just wanna see a little more this week. It probably didn't help that it was my TOM. Which I didn't mention when I wrote that post. Oh well. I've been really good this week soooo far.
Now for some elliptical and lunch. Then making some dinner. Then taking a Clinical Psych exam this evening. Bam. Lots to do! No more sitting on my butt on the couch!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
No celebrations are planned for this evening. I work at 8am tomorrow. This weekend there might be some celebrations. Fortunately (and unfortunately - I guess) my friends and I tend to celebrate more with alcohol than food... So I should be able to get through this weekend without completely wrecking my week.
I'm having some serious hunger pangs right now... I had a bagel thin with some laughing cow cheese this morning with my coffee, but I guess I've lost track of time because it is definitely lunch time. I think I'll hop on the elliptical for 20 minutes or so and then make myself something delicious for lunch. I'm thinking salad with canned jalapeno tuna. This tuna is so flavorful I never need dressing.. which is awesome.
Then tonight I'm making steak with baked sweet potato and some kind of frozen veggie. I'm feeling lazy and we have needed to cook these steaks for a while now. Can't let them go to waste, no matter how badly I want to avoid red meat.
I really wanna see at least a pound loss on Tuesday! I was a little disheartened about the .4 pound loss last week... Just wanna see a little more this week. It probably didn't help that it was my TOM. Which I didn't mention when I wrote that post. Oh well. I've been really good this week soooo far.
Now for some elliptical and lunch. Then making some dinner. Then taking a Clinical Psych exam this evening. Bam. Lots to do! No more sitting on my butt on the couch!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Day 35 - Another Impossibly Long Day
Wow... So I was typing this up in IE... but then it decided to crap out on me and just completely stop working. I should have known...
Sooo... (Once again) This is going to be a short little post. And honest to goodness short post... not one where I say it'll be short and then before I know it I've written 1,500 words.
I weighed today. I knew I shouldn't get TOO excited... But I wasn't necessarily disappointed either.
Last Week - 205.4
This Week - 205.0
So, a -0.4 pound loss. That's a heck of a lot better than a gain and even a little better than maintaining... So I'm satisfied. I wanna be a little dissappointed it wasn't more... but considering I lost 5 pounds last week, I'll take the tiny loss this week. I figure if anything this week has confirmed last week's loss, since I didn't gain it back.
This past week wasn't bad besides Sunday, but I still wasn't expecting great things this morning on the scale.
Now... I've taken my Industrial Psych exam already this morning. I'm going to have a salad from the campus buffet style lunch (I brought my own dressing because I'm a crazy control freak). Then I'm going to go to a few more classes, learn some stuff, do grocery shopping on the way home, clean my entire apartment, go back to campus for a club meeting, then meet bf's brother somewhere in town for hanging out-ness.
Whew. These long days kill me. Especially since I slept a whopping 5 hours last night. But, I do it to myself. So what can ya do?
Everyone have an incredible day! And since I keep reminding myself of this... I'll tell you too. This is a life long journey to health... It won't happen over night. Small steps everyday and even though sometimes those steps seem bigger some weeks than others... You're still moving forward. Just don't quit altogether!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Sooo... (Once again) This is going to be a short little post. And honest to goodness short post... not one where I say it'll be short and then before I know it I've written 1,500 words.
I weighed today. I knew I shouldn't get TOO excited... But I wasn't necessarily disappointed either.
Last Week - 205.4
This Week - 205.0
So, a -0.4 pound loss. That's a heck of a lot better than a gain and even a little better than maintaining... So I'm satisfied. I wanna be a little dissappointed it wasn't more... but considering I lost 5 pounds last week, I'll take the tiny loss this week. I figure if anything this week has confirmed last week's loss, since I didn't gain it back.
This past week wasn't bad besides Sunday, but I still wasn't expecting great things this morning on the scale.
Now... I've taken my Industrial Psych exam already this morning. I'm going to have a salad from the campus buffet style lunch (I brought my own dressing because I'm a crazy control freak). Then I'm going to go to a few more classes, learn some stuff, do grocery shopping on the way home, clean my entire apartment, go back to campus for a club meeting, then meet bf's brother somewhere in town for hanging out-ness.
Whew. These long days kill me. Especially since I slept a whopping 5 hours last night. But, I do it to myself. So what can ya do?
Everyone have an incredible day! And since I keep reminding myself of this... I'll tell you too. This is a life long journey to health... It won't happen over night. Small steps everyday and even though sometimes those steps seem bigger some weeks than others... You're still moving forward. Just don't quit altogether!
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
Monday, February 6, 2012
Day 34 - Today Was A Chumbawamba Day!
I feel like this is almost embarrassing to admit... But I'm totally listening to Chumbawamba right now. They just get me super pumped. I'm not doing much right now that I need to be all pumped... but they put me in a good mood.
SO! How is everyone? I'm well. I have some positive and negative things to report for these past three days...
I can't even remember Friday... Which is why it's good I log my food... Let's see... Oh that's right. Friday was the first of probably a few birthday celebrations this week. My birthday is the 9th. The big "two-three". haha I'm feeling old! I ate really well all day... Then I drank my dinner. Went to the bar and had 3 pints of Guinness and a gin and tonic. I am NOT a binge drinker, usually... It was over the course of like 3 hours. That day was still only around 1,250 calories. Even if over half of that was alcohol... I consider it a success.
Then Saturday was also very good. And bad. I only ate like 1,000 calories. This isn't because I don't eat... I just don't eat a lot anymore. And It's always really healthy stuff. Plus work always screws me up when I close. I worked 1-10... So I ate a really late breakfast, kinda snacked for lunch then ate a normal dinner.
Sunday however... I went kind of insane. I considered not even counting my calories... but I thought I'd better. If I don't lose tomorrow, then I'll definitely know why. It was Super Bowl Sunday! (Yay, Giants!) And that calls for bad food, of course. We made a pizza and cut&bake cookies. I had 3 slices of home made pizza and freakin' 5 cookies. hah Dinner alone was 1,400 calories. The day ended up 1,880. I'm not sorry. I haven't eaten like THAT in a month. And that was something the old me would have not thought twice about doing multiple times a week. No wonder I weighed 235 pounds at one point.
At this point of my day I've eaten around 700 calories. I'm going to have a snack though before bed. I wanna keep it a lower calorie day because of yesterday. I'm not "making up for it" or anything... I just feel like I should kinda try and balance it a little? That sounds like making up for it... Oh well. Makes me feel better.
Tomorrow I'm going to WEIGH MYSELF! I get so excited about Tuesday's. I think I should probably lower my expectations a little... Since I had such a huge loss last week AND I stuffed myself last night. Also, I haven't drank hardly any water today. I'm probably retaining water like crazy. boo...
I hate an Industrial Psych exam tomorrow. I've never had this prof so I don't know what to expect from his tests... I hope it isn't too painful...
ALSO! Unrelated to food or weight... I finally ordered myself a new laptop. I had been breathing life back into my current one every few months. I've had it since my 18th birthday... Which makes it 5 years old in a few days. I think that's a long time for a laptop. It has been through a lot and it's been very reliable up until recently. I'm making the big switch from Windows to Mac and I'm very anxious. I expect to love it though... I ordered the 15" MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and 720GB HD. And I opted for the high resolution screen. It should be a pretty sexy piece of technology. haha (;
It's a combination of what I'm doing with my tax money and a birthday present from my momma. She's wonderful and I miss her. ): She lives like... 3 hours away and it just feels like I never see her. sad. sad.
Anyway... I need to study. I never feel like I contribute anything of value to you guys. I just babble about my life and what I'm eating... Still lacking in the exercise department too. Soon (I keep saying that) bf and I are buying running shoes. For running. We have decided to give the Couch to 5K a whirl.
Okay...okay... Everyone have a good day or night, whichever it is when you're reading this.
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
SO! How is everyone? I'm well. I have some positive and negative things to report for these past three days...
I can't even remember Friday... Which is why it's good I log my food... Let's see... Oh that's right. Friday was the first of probably a few birthday celebrations this week. My birthday is the 9th. The big "two-three". haha I'm feeling old! I ate really well all day... Then I drank my dinner. Went to the bar and had 3 pints of Guinness and a gin and tonic. I am NOT a binge drinker, usually... It was over the course of like 3 hours. That day was still only around 1,250 calories. Even if over half of that was alcohol... I consider it a success.
Then Saturday was also very good. And bad. I only ate like 1,000 calories. This isn't because I don't eat... I just don't eat a lot anymore. And It's always really healthy stuff. Plus work always screws me up when I close. I worked 1-10... So I ate a really late breakfast, kinda snacked for lunch then ate a normal dinner.
Sunday however... I went kind of insane. I considered not even counting my calories... but I thought I'd better. If I don't lose tomorrow, then I'll definitely know why. It was Super Bowl Sunday! (Yay, Giants!) And that calls for bad food, of course. We made a pizza and cut&bake cookies. I had 3 slices of home made pizza and freakin' 5 cookies. hah Dinner alone was 1,400 calories. The day ended up 1,880. I'm not sorry. I haven't eaten like THAT in a month. And that was something the old me would have not thought twice about doing multiple times a week. No wonder I weighed 235 pounds at one point.
At this point of my day I've eaten around 700 calories. I'm going to have a snack though before bed. I wanna keep it a lower calorie day because of yesterday. I'm not "making up for it" or anything... I just feel like I should kinda try and balance it a little? That sounds like making up for it... Oh well. Makes me feel better.
Tomorrow I'm going to WEIGH MYSELF! I get so excited about Tuesday's. I think I should probably lower my expectations a little... Since I had such a huge loss last week AND I stuffed myself last night. Also, I haven't drank hardly any water today. I'm probably retaining water like crazy. boo...
I hate an Industrial Psych exam tomorrow. I've never had this prof so I don't know what to expect from his tests... I hope it isn't too painful...
ALSO! Unrelated to food or weight... I finally ordered myself a new laptop. I had been breathing life back into my current one every few months. I've had it since my 18th birthday... Which makes it 5 years old in a few days. I think that's a long time for a laptop. It has been through a lot and it's been very reliable up until recently. I'm making the big switch from Windows to Mac and I'm very anxious. I expect to love it though... I ordered the 15" MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and 720GB HD. And I opted for the high resolution screen. It should be a pretty sexy piece of technology. haha (;
It's a combination of what I'm doing with my tax money and a birthday present from my momma. She's wonderful and I miss her. ): She lives like... 3 hours away and it just feels like I never see her. sad. sad.
Anyway... I need to study. I never feel like I contribute anything of value to you guys. I just babble about my life and what I'm eating... Still lacking in the exercise department too. Soon (I keep saying that) bf and I are buying running shoes. For running. We have decided to give the Couch to 5K a whirl.
Okay...okay... Everyone have a good day or night, whichever it is when you're reading this.
Here's to hard work and determination,
-E
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