Apple time....have to stay up to do my paper for class, and so need the healthy energy...

New overhaul for the blog, and for me.

Well, as you can see, this is my new updated layout. I got tired of the old one...never really liked it, and I like this one better...this wasn't my first choice, but my first choice didn't format well. So here's my second-ish choice. Anyway...

I've fallen behind on my diet. And my exercise. I've gained back my weight, unfortunately, and I'm running short on time before the wedding...it's 226 days away, to be exact. (I have a countdown widget.) So I've decided to get a fresh start. I need to throw out all my candy, but I"m not so good at going cold turkey, so I've limited myself to one packet/serving a day. Besides that, I'm going to do at least one set of crunches per day (One set for me is 30 crunches in a row,) and the goal of more than three per day. Besides that, I'm going to lift weights each day. I have a set of five pounders in my room. I haven't been eating as much fruit as I normally do, and I intend to change that. I'm headed to Jones tomorrow to get some of their delicious oranges and hopefully some grapes as well...I already have two apples, and if I get more hungry tonight I'll have one, but I shouldn't, since I've already eaten too much tonight. :) Anyway, I know I've done this kind of overhaul before, but I need to stick to this one, so I'm hoping that more frequent blogging on my newly updated blog will help. Let me know what you think.

Healthy Dinner

Ok, tonight, Chris and I had a very healthy dinner of cracked black pepper pasta with tomato sauce. I had a pretty healthy sandwich for lunch too...now I just need to get my fruit intake for the day, and I should be good for today. I had a few cookies that my roommates grandma made, but that was my only bad-for-me food today. My portions were even good! Oh, and I had a jicama before dinner....part of one anyway. So that's part of my vegetable count for the day. Now I just have to work out today...I'm going to do that while studying I think. I have a lot of reading to do, and I can do crunches while doing that.

Avoidance is Key...

to backsliding. If you avoid what you're trying to achieve, naturally, you'll back track. Such has happened with me. I don't know why I was surprised when I stepped on the scale today. I haven't been working out as I should, and I haven't been eating healthy. I guess I was just surprised at the number. I definitly took two steps back for my one forward.
Here's the good thing though. I now am more motivated (again) to work out more and to eat healthy. I actually have groceries, so I can make some pretty healthy food, as long as I don't wimp out about it and order something.

My goal this week is: To work out every day, whether it be at the gym or in my room with my big ball and weights. To eat healthy for every meal, whether or not I am eating out.

Steep goals, given my track record, but I will weigh myself at the end of the week and see if I have made progress. Wish me luck!

Delays

Ok, so here I am... Where? In Seattle, actually. So anyway, here I am, having eaten one full meal today, with random snacks and a cup of wonderful latte for dinner. My point being, I am on vacation and have not been eating the most healthily (?). I have, however, been excercising like crazy. Seattle is a walking city, in which you spend the majority of your day travelling from one location to another, usually on foot. The destinations we have chosen happen to keep you on your feet as well, so really, we've walked all day...so that's my update...hopefully the exercise is outweighing the eating...

Progress!!!

Hi all!
Just thought I'd give you an update...sorry about the inconsistency...I didn't really want to blog here till I had something good to say. I know that's not the point of this blog, but point being, I've got something good to report now!

Ok so I've actually been making progress, simply due to an easy shift in my diet. Whenever I get a craving for sweets, sugar, etc., I eat fruit. You know, healthy sugar. See, other than my sweet tooth, I eat healthy for the most part. Since I actually do like fruit a lot, I just bought a bunch of it, a lot of variety too, and I've been snacking on that. I've had an apple with most meals as well, (or sometimes an orange). I feel great, and I've been dropping pounds. I only started doing this Saturday, and I'm seeing progress already. I'll let you know my weigh-in when I break my usual plateau, hopefully by the end of the week! Yay!

Hi all! Sorry, it's been awhile since I have updated you all. Well, I've joined a yoga class that meets three times a week. The class is free through the gym that I'm a member of. It's at 6 am, which is usually not a time I'd consider prime for working out, but I went on Friday, and I enjoyed it. I couldn't make it this morning unfortunately, because I was up until about 2:30 making stew. Sounds crazy, I know, but once you start with that recipe you can't really stop, and I had to run to the store in the middle of it because it turns out my roommate used up some of my ingredients, so it took longer to make than expected. (I should have been done by midnight.) Thankfully, there is a class this evening at 7:45, and I'm going to go tonight. As far as weight loss, I've not lost any according to the scale, but I have had people tell me I look thinner, and I feel better. So that's about it for now. :)