:/

Bad batch of strawberries. They were pretty all bad and this bad boy had mold on it. Very sad camper this morning :(

8.7.2013

I'm starting to realize that exercising may be curbing my appetite so I need to plan accordingly/ get creative with my menu items.I was finally pretty hungry by lunch time today, but when I came home, I wasn't really feeling dinner. I faintly remember these types of patterns when I used to work out each day in the past. Wasn't really feeling work today. I pushed thru, but I could have walked around the office more if I had just really tried. I think I just need a break today. On days where I've been feeling good, I just push thru, but now that I have days where I feel good and I've been working out, the motive to walk around the office to the extent that I used to is decreasing! I don't wanna over kill all these new changes I've made. I really want my new habits to last. I've also made a contentious effort to focus less and less on the number of calories I burn each day and more and more on making sure I get tot the gym at least once I day. I view walking around the office as secondary exercising because before it used to be my only real way to moving my body around the day. I like the new system better. It gives me an opportunity to at least try and focus on getting my work done. If anyone has any advice or creative suggestions about today's ramblings, I'm all ears!

AGrade

1,128Calories

-1,260Net Cals

27Points

6

Goals

TIred

Too sleepy to eat, but I know skipping meals is not an option. Need to go ahead and get ready for tomorrow. My whole family is coming to the gym with meeeee!

CWU #1

Current Weight Updates are the best! 195 to 192.

8.6.2013

So bummed about how my morning and evening played out. Alarm didn't go off and errands after work led to no gym today. I also have to try harder to stay motivated at work. No excuses. Getting ready to go to bed as soon as I finish this report (and set my alarm correctly haha) so I can get up tomorrow. On the bright side my Dad might go with me. I like my me time in the morning, but I've realized that I can help my family make better choices by encouraging and including them. My dad will typically do stuff with me if I ask, but he's not really into changing his diet. My mom pretty much copies what ever I do to a certain extent, but I've got to keep pushing her to commit. I've already asked my sister if she wanted help making changes in her diet and I always invite her to the gym. I know I can't change them, but I can always try to help them without beating them over the head with advice. In other news, I ended up splitting my lunch in half today. My appetite just ain't what it used to be...Can't wait to the gym tomorrow morning. I know habits take a while to form and it's ok to stumble along the way, but I can't wait to wake up one morning and realize that I really did turn things around and I'm sticking with it!

AGrade

1,015Calories

-1,003Net Cals

38Points

10 *
Goals

* forgot to add activity

Discipline

Not being disciplined enough today and yesterday is was what not finishing an assignment  that could have easily been missing my workout this morning, not getting any of the time-sensitive work I needed to get done last night, not prepare my lunch early and being late to work led to. 

Even though discipline is hard, it's necessary. 

Phone Fail

I didn't hear any of my alarms go off :/ I guess I'm going to have to go to the gym tonight!

8.5.2013

So proud of myself today! Still need to work on getting enough fats and potassium, but this is the first time in a long time that I've pretty much gotten enough of everything in one day! Appetite is still acting funny, but I've found that I'm not as hungry for lunch and dinner as I normally am. Might make it harder to eat enough at each meal. Part of it might be my increased fixation with watching the number on the scale decrease and really committing to working out and my social media outlets. Everything has been positive thus far, but this can be a dangerous slope so I'm trying to curb this before it turns into a real problem. I used to become very fixated on my weigh-ins in the past and I won't be having any of that this time around! Lookin' forward to another morning at the gym. Today was fantastic. Perfect quality me time.

A Grade

1,096 Calories

-1,466 Net Cals

38 Points

10 Goals

Progress!

Down to drinking 1/2 cup of coffee and up to anywhere from 8-15 8 oz of water a day :)

Gym @ 5am

Lying in bed waiting for the gym to open! First time going in the morning, but if I want my lifestyle change to stick, I gotta do what I gotta do. 

8.4.2013

No gym today :/ Pretty bummed. Tomorrow, I'm going to try going before work. I think if I wait until I get home at the end of the day, I'll be too tired to go. Yeah, it'll be a pain to get up, but at least I'll know that I got it done and out of the way. The picnic that I was at didn't really have vegan options so I grabbed a banana before I left and got a cookie while I was there. Still working on my sweet tooth. My baked yam for dinner was so tasty! I forgot to steam my veggies for my stir fry so it ended up not tasting just like I wanted it to, but that's ok. For some reason, my appetite has been off over these past couple of days so I just a) haven't been hungry or b) interested in eating all of my food. I know I'm not eating enough but I don't want to force myself to finish food that I'm not hungry for. Hopefully cardio in the morning and on the weekends will help with that too. Going to get to bed soon since I have to get up pretty early!

A Grade

1,040 Calories

-988 Net Cals

27 Points

6

Goals

Gym Today :(

Kinda sad I might not be able to go to the gym today. The one near my house that I go to has weird hours and I have to go to a luncheon during the whole time it will be open :/

Also, I've started to notice that now, if I'm going to pay for gym, I need to care even more about that I put into my body. No point in undoing all my work over one poor food choice.

8.3.2013

Pretty good day today. Went to an art museum to see a painting I've wanted to see for a couple of months. Rest of the exhibit was fantastic as well. My dad which was fun. Appetite was all over the place today. Super hungry for lunch and diner but after I made dinner and had a couple of bites, I wasn't hungry. I had eaten pretty light all day so that was kind of bummer. Now, I'm hungry again, but it's too late to eat. I also wanted to go the gym today, but I didn't realize it closed super early. Bummer.... but that's ok. I'm proud of myself for getting up and putting on clothes when I didn't want to. On the bright side, I got my social media sites running the way I wanted to today, so I'm pretty proud of myself right now haha.

B+ Grade

677 Calories

-1351 Net Cals

26 Points

5 Goals

3 Life Fails Today

1. Gym closed earlier than I thought (made me angry) 

2 Pizza joint didn't do cheese-less pizza by the slice (made my cry on the inside)

3. Went the whole day thinking I didn't have veggies in the fridge (made me lol)

....I always have veggies in the house 

Today has been full of lols 

8.2.2013

Went to the gym today! Got my membership re-validated. Went at a good time and had a good workout. Still trying to figure out how long I want to, when I want, what I want to do while I'm there ect. My primary goal is to make sure that I can keep my routine during the school year. Part of the reason I kept falling off the wagon the before was because I was way too overly zealous and then school would pick up and I couldn't the same routine up so I stopped trying all together. Well this time, I want to make sure things are different so I'm going to go for another 30 mins tomorrow and see how I feel.
On another note, found a restaurant that had great vegetarian meat substitutes so that made me happy and I got to walk around and go shopping with a friend so that was really fun. Someone wanted to get ice cream afterwards so we went to this ice cream/ fudge/ candy store and I was able to restrain myself. The store will still be there if I really feel the need to treat myself. Pretty good day today!

B-Grade

1,092Calories

-1,229Net Cals

26     Points

6

Goals

Lunch

Flat Tummies :)

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Social Media Updates

If I'm going to stick with this, I need to make this legit! Getting set up on my Facebook and Tumblr. Make sure to check them out!

Old Pants Fits Again!

I haven't been able to get these pants on since the 10th grade! Even though they are a little tight, I'm still pretty happy about this non-scale victory. My face is also starting to thin out too :)

7.31.2013

Emotionally exhausting day today. I'll spare the details. Didn't feel up to eating lunch. For the first time I needed some comfort food since I have changed my eating habits. I also didn't reach 500 calories worth of activity which kinda stinks, but it'll be ok. On the bright side I got to watch some students go thru their first day of college, which made me feel all nice and warm inside!

A-Grade

936Calories

-1288Net Cals

26Points