I know. I just weighed in on Thursday. But I just wanted to see how I was doing, especially after yesterday. I had an off day yesterday and doubled my carb intake. It's still probably nowhere near the carb intake of people not on diets.. but it was double for me. I had a cup of all-bran flakes in the morning, and then for dinner I had 2 pieces of multi-grain toast and a small potato. Granted these were all healthy carbs, it's still double the amount I'd usually eat. I also didn't eat many veggies - I just wasn't feeling them yesterday. I've been having a weird couple days, and yesterday was the worst. I still ate well and didn't exceed 1300 calories, but not as healthy as I should have. I'm going to blame this, and the fact that I've been really depressed all week on PMS'ing. It's a little early to be PMS'ing.. but that's my excuse.
Anyways, my weight is now 192.4lbs! I've lost 2lbs since Thursday. It's funny because Amanda lost 2lbs this week and I said to her "I wish I could lose 2lbs in a week" and my body listened and did it in 3 days. So I'm officially down 7.6lbs from May 1st. I'm so close to my goal of 8lbs this month! And I'm getting so close to the first 10lbs. I know my 10lb reward was to buy a new book, but I've changed that to buying a new iPhone case. The ones on ebay are cheaper than a book, and plus... I really want a new case. The day I got my iPhone I was looking on ebay and almost bought one but I was like nope! I have to wait to reward myself. And it's getting so close and now I'm excited.
I've been pretty active the past few days which is probably why I saw this big drop. I spent 6 hours cleaning my room yesterday... and no, it wasn't THAT messy. I literally cleaned all my dressers and everything on them, organized a bunch of dresser drawers, moved all the furniture around and vacuumed, dusted everything... I even cleaned the walls. I don't even know how many calories I burned doing that. Then I also did p90x and worked on my legs. I can't really do that video properly though because a lot of it is pullups, and I don't have a pullup bar or anywhere to hang bands to simulate pullups. So I end up just doing the leg routines. Not that I could do a pullup anyway...
I'd also like to complain a little about my skin care regimen. My body brush hasn't come in yet, so I've been using an exfoliant on my arms and I've gone back to exfoliating my face. There's no change in my arms, except that they're a bit softer from the lotion, but I've only done it twice so I don't expect a change yet. But my face?! Guess what I woke up with?! A blemish on my forehead! I have literally not had a blemish for about a year and 9 months, thanks to Accutane. It was a year of complete and utter HELL being on that medication, but it was so worth it for the clear skin. I've never really put anything on my face since I've been off the medication except for moisturizer everyday. And the minute I decide to start exfoliating, I get a blemish. Yeah, okay, it's one mark on my face but that's one mark too many. It's so annoying and I don't know if it's just because you tend to get worse at the beginning when exfoliating or if my skin just doesn't like the product (although I've used it before) or if it's just a coincidence. So I'm not sure I'll continue doing it - I guess I'll give it another week or so and if I get no more breakouts then I'll continue it. But grrrr. It's been so long since I've had to deal with any sort of pimple or breakout on my face and I don't plan on dealing with them ever again, so it needs to go away soon.
Today I'm going to make sure I get my veggies in. I'm going to study for a little bit and then do Kenpo X (which is one of my favourites. Yayyyy kickboxing). Then I'll probably wander into the kitchen and whip something up since I am out of leftovers to warm up (except for the chicken salad but I'll save that for tomorrow). Other than that I'm just going to relax today and try to cheer up and get out of this funk I've been in. It's a brand new week so.. hopefully I can start the week off right.
-Monica
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday Weigh-in
I guess Thursday is my new weigh-in day, because that's when I always seem to weigh myself. So I'm 194.4lbs. I suppose that's pretty good considering I had a cheat weekend. So since May 1st I'm down 5.6lbs. When I look at the number, I'm happy because I'm almost at the 190 mark. But at the same time I keep thinking "I've only lost 5.6lbs in 26 days" and it's not very encouraging looking at it that way. But I suppose the important thing is that the weight is coming off, no matter how slow. I'd like to see myself down another pound before the end of the month so that I'll have lost almost 7lbs this month. I'd be happy with 7lbs, since it'll be close to my goal of 8lbs. So, we'll see.
It takes less for me to get full now. I did some research and it takes 4 weeks of a reduced calorie diet to "shrink" your stomach (by that I just mean feeling fuller by eating less), so it makes sense that I'm feeling that way this week. But it's making it kind of hard because I already have enough trouble getting enough calories in. But I'm happy about that.
I had a good day. I spent about 2 hours in the kitchen cooking. I made a really good meal for dinner and then made some chicken salad to eat for lunch the next couple of days. It's DELICIOUS. Oh man... it's so good, haha. I'm excited to eat lunch tomorrow. But I'm trying to keep my carbs to 2 servings per day so when I have a chicken salad it means no carbs for dinner, so that kind of sucks. But I'll survive. I know it's better to eat those sorts of carbs earlier in the day anyway. I bought groceries today too and bought some healthy cereal and skim milk to have in the morning once in a while. I also bought weight watchers multi-grain bread, even though I really wanted to buy rye bread, because it had less calories, sugar and carbs. So I was good!
I also took some time and bought some skin products while I was shopping. I know this is technically a weight-loss blog but I'm trying to make myself healthier in other ways too, so I'll talk about that for a bit. I have a skin condition called keratosis pilaris, which is really common (most people don't even know they have it). Usually it's pretty under control, but lately I've noticed it acting up a little. You can't cure it, only treat it. So I did a lot of research on different ways to treat it. I bought a dry body brush the other day, so when that comes in I'm going to start body brushing. It's great for you anyway, so even if it doesn't work I'll keep up with it. It's supposed to be really good for circulation and I have problems with that so I'm excited to start. I also bought some exfoliating cream and lotion to use on my arms. And then I bought some moisturizer with aloe in it (HAPPY NICK?!) to use on my face after I spend time outside. So I'm going to start treating my skin right starting tonight. I have nice skin, minus the keratosis pilaris on my upper arms, so I should treat it right. Here's to healthy skin!
Today I've had about 1000 calories. Yesterday I had about 1200. I didn't work out yesterday because I was so sore from the previous day. But today I did the arms/shoulder p90x video and I'll definitely feel it tomorrow. I skipped the ab video because it kills me - I'll try doing it once my stomach is a bit flatter. It was already an hour's workout anyway so I burned a lot of calories. I was going to clean and burn some more calories but I ended up not having time. So I'll take a day this weekend and clean my room up. And hopefully I'll locate my measuring tape so I can finally take my measurements. And hopefully once I do that I'll see myself losing inches, even if the scale is going down slowly.
I think that's all for now. I'm just doing what I normally do and eating healthy. Since I won't have a cheat weekend this weekend, I'll be hoping to see a drop before the end of the month. I'll do my best to see that happen!
-Monica
P.S. Pictures were posted on facebook today of the wrestling event, and I am so upset over how big I actually look in them. Looking at pictures of myself now make me hate myself, and I hate feeling like that. It's so disheartening to look at them and almost makes me want to give up. They make me feel like I'm going to stay this way forever and be fat and disgusting. I hate it. Ugh. I'm trying my best to keep my head up and realize that I won't look like that forever, but it's hard when it's already going so slow and all I want is to look in the mirror and feel comfortable. I never know how to cheer myself up after stuff like this.
It takes less for me to get full now. I did some research and it takes 4 weeks of a reduced calorie diet to "shrink" your stomach (by that I just mean feeling fuller by eating less), so it makes sense that I'm feeling that way this week. But it's making it kind of hard because I already have enough trouble getting enough calories in. But I'm happy about that.
I had a good day. I spent about 2 hours in the kitchen cooking. I made a really good meal for dinner and then made some chicken salad to eat for lunch the next couple of days. It's DELICIOUS. Oh man... it's so good, haha. I'm excited to eat lunch tomorrow. But I'm trying to keep my carbs to 2 servings per day so when I have a chicken salad it means no carbs for dinner, so that kind of sucks. But I'll survive. I know it's better to eat those sorts of carbs earlier in the day anyway. I bought groceries today too and bought some healthy cereal and skim milk to have in the morning once in a while. I also bought weight watchers multi-grain bread, even though I really wanted to buy rye bread, because it had less calories, sugar and carbs. So I was good!
I also took some time and bought some skin products while I was shopping. I know this is technically a weight-loss blog but I'm trying to make myself healthier in other ways too, so I'll talk about that for a bit. I have a skin condition called keratosis pilaris, which is really common (most people don't even know they have it). Usually it's pretty under control, but lately I've noticed it acting up a little. You can't cure it, only treat it. So I did a lot of research on different ways to treat it. I bought a dry body brush the other day, so when that comes in I'm going to start body brushing. It's great for you anyway, so even if it doesn't work I'll keep up with it. It's supposed to be really good for circulation and I have problems with that so I'm excited to start. I also bought some exfoliating cream and lotion to use on my arms. And then I bought some moisturizer with aloe in it (HAPPY NICK?!) to use on my face after I spend time outside. So I'm going to start treating my skin right starting tonight. I have nice skin, minus the keratosis pilaris on my upper arms, so I should treat it right. Here's to healthy skin!
Today I've had about 1000 calories. Yesterday I had about 1200. I didn't work out yesterday because I was so sore from the previous day. But today I did the arms/shoulder p90x video and I'll definitely feel it tomorrow. I skipped the ab video because it kills me - I'll try doing it once my stomach is a bit flatter. It was already an hour's workout anyway so I burned a lot of calories. I was going to clean and burn some more calories but I ended up not having time. So I'll take a day this weekend and clean my room up. And hopefully I'll locate my measuring tape so I can finally take my measurements. And hopefully once I do that I'll see myself losing inches, even if the scale is going down slowly.
I think that's all for now. I'm just doing what I normally do and eating healthy. Since I won't have a cheat weekend this weekend, I'll be hoping to see a drop before the end of the month. I'll do my best to see that happen!
-Monica
P.S. Pictures were posted on facebook today of the wrestling event, and I am so upset over how big I actually look in them. Looking at pictures of myself now make me hate myself, and I hate feeling like that. It's so disheartening to look at them and almost makes me want to give up. They make me feel like I'm going to stay this way forever and be fat and disgusting. I hate it. Ugh. I'm trying my best to keep my head up and realize that I won't look like that forever, but it's hard when it's already going so slow and all I want is to look in the mirror and feel comfortable. I never know how to cheer myself up after stuff like this.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Day 24
Sorry for not writing in a few days - it was a busy weekend. I had another cheat weekend because of my mom's birthday. I had half a hot dog, 4 pieces of rye bread and a s'more on the campfire. It could have been much worse, but I know I still ate things I shouldn't have. I also made sure to eat plenty of vegetables throughout the day but I know it doesn't make up for it. But I now have about a month before I need to have another cheat weekend. I have a wedding June 25th and I don't plan on cheating until then. I'd also like to weigh 187lbs by then... so that's 8lbs I'll need to lose a month which I think is easily doable if I exercise at least 5 days a week and keep an eye on my diet.
I've also decided that my official weight is 195lbs. I compared my scale to a bunch of other scales and mine was consistently 3lbs heavier than the rest. So from now on I'm going to subtract 3lbs from my scale to get my weight. This makes me feel better about my weight too! I didn't weigh myself Sunday just because I had on Thursday, so the next time I weigh myself will be Sunday, and hopefully I'll see another pound or two gone.
I was having a rough day yesterday and was pretty discouraged. I was trying to take a picture of myself on my new iPhone and I just looked awful in every single picture I took. And I felt so fat and I was so discouraged. I'm still pretty discouraged currently but I'm trying to keep my head up. It's not easy some days.. but maybe on Sunday if I weigh myself and I see a loss I'll be happier.
But I'm back on track today. I was frustrated though because I realized that I left my running shoes at home, so I have no elliptical and no shoes to go running. So instead, I began p90x again and will keep that up until I get my new elliptical, and may even keep it up after. I was proud of myself because I did the entire video, and only skipped over the pushups (which I modified a few and did some of them), another move that I don't have enough room for, and another move that really bugs my neck when I do it. Other than that I went full out and did everything else. I felt so good after.
My final calorie count for the day is 1298, which is the closest to my goal that I've ever come. So I'm pretty happy with that number. I also made a delicious and healthy meal which I'm going to add to my regular meals because it was so good. I haven't eaten enough veggies today but that's because I need to get groceries tomorrow after work. Until then I'll have to make do with what I have for tomorrow's lunch (which will likely just be salad with cucumbers). But oh well! I can deal with salad.
I really am trying to keep my head up. I keep saying that when I start to see my collarbone is when I'll really be committed to doing this since I'll be seeing results. But honestly, I feel like as soon as I hit 178lbs, which is what I was last year, I'll feel really committed to it. I remember how good I was feeling about myself last summer and how happy I was with my results, and I want to feel like that again. It'll be such a happy day when I can fit back into the jeans I bought in August and even better when they start to become big on me. Until then.. I guess I'll just have to work hard.
I've also decided that my official weight is 195lbs. I compared my scale to a bunch of other scales and mine was consistently 3lbs heavier than the rest. So from now on I'm going to subtract 3lbs from my scale to get my weight. This makes me feel better about my weight too! I didn't weigh myself Sunday just because I had on Thursday, so the next time I weigh myself will be Sunday, and hopefully I'll see another pound or two gone.
I was having a rough day yesterday and was pretty discouraged. I was trying to take a picture of myself on my new iPhone and I just looked awful in every single picture I took. And I felt so fat and I was so discouraged. I'm still pretty discouraged currently but I'm trying to keep my head up. It's not easy some days.. but maybe on Sunday if I weigh myself and I see a loss I'll be happier.
But I'm back on track today. I was frustrated though because I realized that I left my running shoes at home, so I have no elliptical and no shoes to go running. So instead, I began p90x again and will keep that up until I get my new elliptical, and may even keep it up after. I was proud of myself because I did the entire video, and only skipped over the pushups (which I modified a few and did some of them), another move that I don't have enough room for, and another move that really bugs my neck when I do it. Other than that I went full out and did everything else. I felt so good after.
My final calorie count for the day is 1298, which is the closest to my goal that I've ever come. So I'm pretty happy with that number. I also made a delicious and healthy meal which I'm going to add to my regular meals because it was so good. I haven't eaten enough veggies today but that's because I need to get groceries tomorrow after work. Until then I'll have to make do with what I have for tomorrow's lunch (which will likely just be salad with cucumbers). But oh well! I can deal with salad.
I really am trying to keep my head up. I keep saying that when I start to see my collarbone is when I'll really be committed to doing this since I'll be seeing results. But honestly, I feel like as soon as I hit 178lbs, which is what I was last year, I'll feel really committed to it. I remember how good I was feeling about myself last summer and how happy I was with my results, and I want to feel like that again. It'll be such a happy day when I can fit back into the jeans I bought in August and even better when they start to become big on me. Until then.. I guess I'll just have to work hard.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Day 19
So we're on day 19! I broke down and weighed myself this morning because it was driving me insane and 198lbs! This is on my scale, so I think it would be 195 on my moms? I'm not sure. I'm going to bring my scale to my parents this weekend and compare so that I know the weights on both. But so excited! It means I'm -2 from 200, but in the past month or so it means 9lbs! I'm so excited and it got me motivated for the rest of the day.
I cleaned all day. Everything in the kitchen and the bathroom. On Monday I'm going to clean my room and the front entrance and probably vacuum the TV room. I'm not sure how many calories I burned doing that but it must have been significant. Then I did cardio for 30 minutes only because my elliptical broke! I'm so sad. I might ask for another for my birthday because I really love them and I'm not looking forward to having to run outside now. I don't mind going for a run once in a while but not everyday. I guess I'll put up with it though.
My calorie count for the past 2 days have been as follows:
day 18 - 1239
day 19 - 1433
My calorie count for today is not taking into account the calories I burned, just because I'm not sure how much I burned while cleaning. I looked up general cleaning on a site and it said 204/hour, and I cleaned for 3.5 hours, but that seems a little steep. Either way, I'm going to have a small healthy snack in a bit so that I can increase my food consumption for the day. I also did not eat as many veggies today as I wanted to because I just got so busy cleaning and forgot lunch until late, and then just made something quick and kept going. But overall I think I'm doing well! I've had a good day. It's been a pretty good week actually because I found out I get to graduate which is exciting. I'm so happy that worked out.
This weekend I'm going to a BBQ my grandma is putting on. Thankfully I already asked her to make me chicken instead of steak (even if I could so go for a steak!) and she always has lots of veggies and fruit. I may drink a little, depending if I drive or not, but I'll try to stick with water. And I'll try my best to not snack on anything there, though knowing my grandma it'll mostly be fruit. I know it's going slow but every pound is a step closer to my goal and seeing the number on the scale go down, no matter how slowly, makes me want to continue this. I know I can do this, I just have to patient.
-Monica
I cleaned all day. Everything in the kitchen and the bathroom. On Monday I'm going to clean my room and the front entrance and probably vacuum the TV room. I'm not sure how many calories I burned doing that but it must have been significant. Then I did cardio for 30 minutes only because my elliptical broke! I'm so sad. I might ask for another for my birthday because I really love them and I'm not looking forward to having to run outside now. I don't mind going for a run once in a while but not everyday. I guess I'll put up with it though.
My calorie count for the past 2 days have been as follows:
day 18 - 1239
day 19 - 1433
My calorie count for today is not taking into account the calories I burned, just because I'm not sure how much I burned while cleaning. I looked up general cleaning on a site and it said 204/hour, and I cleaned for 3.5 hours, but that seems a little steep. Either way, I'm going to have a small healthy snack in a bit so that I can increase my food consumption for the day. I also did not eat as many veggies today as I wanted to because I just got so busy cleaning and forgot lunch until late, and then just made something quick and kept going. But overall I think I'm doing well! I've had a good day. It's been a pretty good week actually because I found out I get to graduate which is exciting. I'm so happy that worked out.
This weekend I'm going to a BBQ my grandma is putting on. Thankfully I already asked her to make me chicken instead of steak (even if I could so go for a steak!) and she always has lots of veggies and fruit. I may drink a little, depending if I drive or not, but I'll try to stick with water. And I'll try my best to not snack on anything there, though knowing my grandma it'll mostly be fruit. I know it's going slow but every pound is a step closer to my goal and seeing the number on the scale go down, no matter how slowly, makes me want to continue this. I know I can do this, I just have to patient.
-Monica
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Back on track
So, the wrestling thing was this weekend. I chugged 4 coolers with my sister in about.. 10 minutes (her idea) but that was my only alcohol for the day. I really didn't want to get mike's because they are so full of sugar, but oh well. It happened, and I'm moving on. I didn't eat any snacks at the event because the lines were so long, but I did have McDonalds afterwards. I'm kind of glad I did because I know sometimes it's good to gorge on carbs when you hit a plateau. The next day I had Subway but I tried to be as healthy as I could and picked the oven roasted chicken breast on wheat with light mayonnaise. So all in all, not a horrible weekend but it's time to get back on track.
I haven't been recording my calories lately - I've been counting them, just not writing them down. I'm going to start recording them again tomorrow. Also, I'm able to eat carbs again so I bought some brown rice and some small potatoes yesterday. I'm so excited. I'm going to make a potato tomorrow for dinner, woooo. Other than that things are going well. I weighed myself on my mom's scale on Saturday morning and it said 196lbs, so I like hers better. I'm actually probably going to use her scale to determine my weight loss and 10lbs increment rewards, haha. I know I probably won't see much of a drop on the scale this week but oh well.
I'm beginning to way up my cardio. I'm starting 5 days a week and going to eventually get to everyday. Today I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, pretty intensely. I felt great after but I was so exhausted. I'll do either the elliptical or running at least everyday until Saturday, and I will hopefully get to ride my bike to work on Friday again. Slowly but surely I'll get back into shape and hopefully I'll start seeing results soon.
I've finally decided on incremental rewards for when I hit milestones. I'm going to do it every 10lbs. So when I've lost:
10lbs - new book
20lbs - pedicure
30lbs - manicure (assuming I've broken my nail biting habit and my messed up nails are better - if not, I'll move this down)
40lbs - new shoes
50lbs - new purse
60lbs - new bras and bra fitting & possibly a new piercing (haven't decided)
70lbs - new tattoo & new wardrobe!
I'm pretty excited about all of those. Hopefully I'll get all the way to the bottom. I'll be so sad if I don't. But that's where all you guys come in to help motivate me - so far it's worked! I was definitely not feeling like working out today but I remembered Nick telling me he'd be mad if I didn't, so I did. And I'm glad that I did. It'll be so much easier though, when I move back home and am able to join a gym again. That way I'll be able to mix the cardio up a bit more and do the step master and whatever other cardio machines they have. Then I figure once I'm down 40-50lbs I'm going to start weights (or at least yoga) and begin toning myself up. I'll be excited once I can see my collarbone again - I think once they appear I'll really know how far I've come and want to keep going. But until then....
-Monica
I haven't been recording my calories lately - I've been counting them, just not writing them down. I'm going to start recording them again tomorrow. Also, I'm able to eat carbs again so I bought some brown rice and some small potatoes yesterday. I'm so excited. I'm going to make a potato tomorrow for dinner, woooo. Other than that things are going well. I weighed myself on my mom's scale on Saturday morning and it said 196lbs, so I like hers better. I'm actually probably going to use her scale to determine my weight loss and 10lbs increment rewards, haha. I know I probably won't see much of a drop on the scale this week but oh well.
I'm beginning to way up my cardio. I'm starting 5 days a week and going to eventually get to everyday. Today I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, pretty intensely. I felt great after but I was so exhausted. I'll do either the elliptical or running at least everyday until Saturday, and I will hopefully get to ride my bike to work on Friday again. Slowly but surely I'll get back into shape and hopefully I'll start seeing results soon.
I've finally decided on incremental rewards for when I hit milestones. I'm going to do it every 10lbs. So when I've lost:
10lbs - new book
20lbs - pedicure
30lbs - manicure (assuming I've broken my nail biting habit and my messed up nails are better - if not, I'll move this down)
40lbs - new shoes
50lbs - new purse
60lbs - new bras and bra fitting & possibly a new piercing (haven't decided)
70lbs - new tattoo & new wardrobe!
I'm pretty excited about all of those. Hopefully I'll get all the way to the bottom. I'll be so sad if I don't. But that's where all you guys come in to help motivate me - so far it's worked! I was definitely not feeling like working out today but I remembered Nick telling me he'd be mad if I didn't, so I did. And I'm glad that I did. It'll be so much easier though, when I move back home and am able to join a gym again. That way I'll be able to mix the cardio up a bit more and do the step master and whatever other cardio machines they have. Then I figure once I'm down 40-50lbs I'm going to start weights (or at least yoga) and begin toning myself up. I'll be excited once I can see my collarbone again - I think once they appear I'll really know how far I've come and want to keep going. But until then....
-Monica
Friday, May 13, 2011
Frustrated.
I'm frustrated, and I had an awful day. And it began by weighing myself.
I weighed myself this morning and I have not lost anymore weight. I don't understand why. It's been almost 2 weeks. It's not like I'm expecting to have lost 10lbs by now, but another pound or even a half pound would have been nice. I've been eating so healthy and I should be seeing results, no matter how small, and I'm not. It's so incredibly frustrating. Every other time I've decided to lose weight, I've had absolutely no problem losing the first 20lbs. I've never gotten stuck like this so fast, and it's extremely discouraging. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I haven't been working out as much lately, but weight loss is 90% diet, and I should be losing based solely on my diet. I just don't get it and when things like this happen it makes me want to give up. I feel healthier and yes, that was the goal, but I fully expect to see weight loss along with it. I've lost more weight while not following a diet like this so I just don't understand. I've been so proud of myself for sticking with it these past 2 weeks and I was really excited to weigh myself and... nothing. I don't know if I'm retaining water or what, but it sucks. And it was a horrible start to my day and it's taking everything I can to not just give up and go eat a hot dog or taco bell or something. I don't know.. Advice? Should I be trying to work out more? Should I maybe switch the types of veggies I'm eating, because I tend to stick to a select few of my favourites? Any advice would help.
Overall it's been a bad day. I know it's Friday the 13th, but I would have had this day regardless of the date. I couldn't find my keys this morning after tearing my room apart, so I was late leaving. I rode my bike to work, and wow, it's a longer bike ride than I expected. And so hilly! The chain fell off of my bike on the way there so I had to fix it and I ended up being a little late to work. Then while at work, a guy from the registrar's office came to visit me because he was told I worked there. Apparently there's a problem with my paperwork to graduate and it's possible I won't be able to this year. It's a long story but basically, at the beginning of the year I was given approval to not take the required courses for my criminology specialization because they weren't being offered, and since it wasn't my fault my advisor said he'd get approval to substitute other courses in for them. I was assured that there would be NO problem when it came time to graduate. Well here we are, and the advisor doesn't remember the exact situation, so I had to explain it to the registrar guy and he told me he'd try his best to figure it out. He says they try to accommodate students with high grades like mine and they'll do their best, but that sometimes it doesn't work out. It makes me so mad because this isn't my fault. In September, I had options where I could have dropped the specialization and just done a double major. But because I was assured there'd be no problem, I continued with my program thinking all would be well. And now..... ugh. It's such a headache that I can't even deal with right now. And I keep thinking the worst and that I won't be able to graduate and how unfair that is. So cross your fingers for me.
I had a rough bike ride home because my bum hurts. I'm just not used to riding my bike yet so I'll have to deal with the pain. I do know it's going to be a few days before I can ride again. But it rained on the way home, my bra strap broke, the chain fell off again and it was so humid I was dying. I somehow survived and had to take 2 hours to drive to my parents, which usually takes about 50 minutes, because it was raining so hard I could barely see. And when I got home I was told my car, which has been getting fixed this week, has to get an entire new ignition and it's going to cost quite a bit. Thankfully my mom is going to pay for it, since it had this problem before she gave it to me. She also paid for new brakes, yay. So while I wait I get to drive my mom's brand new car, so whatever. I'm not complaining.
But yeah, it's been a rough day. I get to see Hulk Hogan tomorrow though so I hope that makes up for such a bad day today. And hopefully next week I'll get to see the scale go down a little more. I have calorie counts for the past few days but I'll post them the next time I write. For now I'm just going to try to relax and end the day on a good note, and try not to be so discouraged about everything.
And thank you to my wonderful boyfriend who listened to me bitch incessantly about all of this all day long. I'm not sure I could have gotten through the day without him. Love youuuu.
-Monica
I weighed myself this morning and I have not lost anymore weight. I don't understand why. It's been almost 2 weeks. It's not like I'm expecting to have lost 10lbs by now, but another pound or even a half pound would have been nice. I've been eating so healthy and I should be seeing results, no matter how small, and I'm not. It's so incredibly frustrating. Every other time I've decided to lose weight, I've had absolutely no problem losing the first 20lbs. I've never gotten stuck like this so fast, and it's extremely discouraging. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I haven't been working out as much lately, but weight loss is 90% diet, and I should be losing based solely on my diet. I just don't get it and when things like this happen it makes me want to give up. I feel healthier and yes, that was the goal, but I fully expect to see weight loss along with it. I've lost more weight while not following a diet like this so I just don't understand. I've been so proud of myself for sticking with it these past 2 weeks and I was really excited to weigh myself and... nothing. I don't know if I'm retaining water or what, but it sucks. And it was a horrible start to my day and it's taking everything I can to not just give up and go eat a hot dog or taco bell or something. I don't know.. Advice? Should I be trying to work out more? Should I maybe switch the types of veggies I'm eating, because I tend to stick to a select few of my favourites? Any advice would help.
Overall it's been a bad day. I know it's Friday the 13th, but I would have had this day regardless of the date. I couldn't find my keys this morning after tearing my room apart, so I was late leaving. I rode my bike to work, and wow, it's a longer bike ride than I expected. And so hilly! The chain fell off of my bike on the way there so I had to fix it and I ended up being a little late to work. Then while at work, a guy from the registrar's office came to visit me because he was told I worked there. Apparently there's a problem with my paperwork to graduate and it's possible I won't be able to this year. It's a long story but basically, at the beginning of the year I was given approval to not take the required courses for my criminology specialization because they weren't being offered, and since it wasn't my fault my advisor said he'd get approval to substitute other courses in for them. I was assured that there would be NO problem when it came time to graduate. Well here we are, and the advisor doesn't remember the exact situation, so I had to explain it to the registrar guy and he told me he'd try his best to figure it out. He says they try to accommodate students with high grades like mine and they'll do their best, but that sometimes it doesn't work out. It makes me so mad because this isn't my fault. In September, I had options where I could have dropped the specialization and just done a double major. But because I was assured there'd be no problem, I continued with my program thinking all would be well. And now..... ugh. It's such a headache that I can't even deal with right now. And I keep thinking the worst and that I won't be able to graduate and how unfair that is. So cross your fingers for me.
I had a rough bike ride home because my bum hurts. I'm just not used to riding my bike yet so I'll have to deal with the pain. I do know it's going to be a few days before I can ride again. But it rained on the way home, my bra strap broke, the chain fell off again and it was so humid I was dying. I somehow survived and had to take 2 hours to drive to my parents, which usually takes about 50 minutes, because it was raining so hard I could barely see. And when I got home I was told my car, which has been getting fixed this week, has to get an entire new ignition and it's going to cost quite a bit. Thankfully my mom is going to pay for it, since it had this problem before she gave it to me. She also paid for new brakes, yay. So while I wait I get to drive my mom's brand new car, so whatever. I'm not complaining.
But yeah, it's been a rough day. I get to see Hulk Hogan tomorrow though so I hope that makes up for such a bad day today. And hopefully next week I'll get to see the scale go down a little more. I have calorie counts for the past few days but I'll post them the next time I write. For now I'm just going to try to relax and end the day on a good note, and try not to be so discouraged about everything.
And thank you to my wonderful boyfriend who listened to me bitch incessantly about all of this all day long. I'm not sure I could have gotten through the day without him. Love youuuu.
-Monica
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Day 11
Calorie count for today and yesterday:
day 10 - 1196
day 11 - 1080
I had a lot of trouble eating enough today for some reason. I didn't really do anything different so I'm not really sure what was going on, which is why my count for today is low. Oh well, one day can't hurt. And I didn't exercise or anything today so I guess it won't be too bad.
I'm going to measure myself and weigh myself this week on either Friday or Saturday morning since I'll probably have gone up on Sunday. So I'll update again then, along with the rewards I've decided to give myself for every milestone I pass.
Not much else to say except that I'm following things as best as I can. I'm not craving taco bell so much anymore, but I could really go for some pizza. Like some quadruple cheese pizza or something... mmm. Eating vegetables just doesn't cut it sometimes. Ohhhh well. I guess I have to deal with it until I'm at a weight where I can allow myself to have bad stuff once in a while. For now I'll just keep, very reluctantly, eating my vegetables.
-Monica
day 10 - 1196
day 11 - 1080
I had a lot of trouble eating enough today for some reason. I didn't really do anything different so I'm not really sure what was going on, which is why my count for today is low. Oh well, one day can't hurt. And I didn't exercise or anything today so I guess it won't be too bad.
I'm going to measure myself and weigh myself this week on either Friday or Saturday morning since I'll probably have gone up on Sunday. So I'll update again then, along with the rewards I've decided to give myself for every milestone I pass.
Not much else to say except that I'm following things as best as I can. I'm not craving taco bell so much anymore, but I could really go for some pizza. Like some quadruple cheese pizza or something... mmm. Eating vegetables just doesn't cut it sometimes. Ohhhh well. I guess I have to deal with it until I'm at a weight where I can allow myself to have bad stuff once in a while. For now I'll just keep, very reluctantly, eating my vegetables.
-Monica
Monday, May 9, 2011
Day 9
I'm already on day 9. The first 17 days are just flying by. I had a bit of an off day yesterday so I have no calorie count for it. My babci came home from Australia after 6 months and I went to pick her up at the airport and we went out to dinner. We ordered spinach dip to snack on, so I had some of that, but just a little. And because I snacked on that, I ended up just ordering a dinner salad as my main course with chicken and a lighter dressing. It probably still wasn't the best for me, but I did my best. I ate well the rest of the day too, minus some candy and chocolate that I ate, which I feel really guilty about! But I'm kind of glad I ate it because as I was eating the chocolate, I realized it really wasn't that great. So I can't see myself binging on chocolate or candy anytime soon. I'd much prefer snacking on something healthier now, I guess (unless we're talking nachos or ice cream).
So far today I've had 1044 calories. I'll probably have a small snack in an hour or so. This week is kind of crazy because I'm so busy so I don't know how much working out I'll get in, but I'll try. And then this Saturday is going to be a cheat day because I'm going to see wrestling with my brother and sister and there will be quite a bit of drinking. I'm going to try to keep my calorie intake below 2000 though and then get right back on track on Sunday. Hopefully it won't screw everything up.
I think I have a little more faith in doing this the past 2 days. I think it has something to do with my mom telling me she was proud of me when I ordered a salad. It's nice to hear that from someone who's opinion I value a lot. Knowing she thinks I can do this helps. I was also looking at myself in the mirror today and sucking in my gut (what girl doesn't do this? haha) and I realized how much I could like how I look. I've never wanted to be stick thin and I'll be okay being lean and healthy even if it means not being a size 0. I just want to get to a weight where I look in the mirror and don't worry that I'm going to get a double chin or something stupid like that. I want to get to a point where I think I'm pretty. I want to get to a point where I feel confident enough to allow myself to stand out. I think when my face thins out (or if - I tend to always have ridiculous chubby cheeks no matter what my size) and when I see my upper body becoming leaner, I'll start to have a lot more confidence in myself. And I can't wait! I'll be so much happier even at the point where I've only lose 30-40lbs. But for now.. I just have to keep working, knowing that I'll get to that point eventually.
-Monica
P.S. Nick is awesome and I love him. (Happy?)
So far today I've had 1044 calories. I'll probably have a small snack in an hour or so. This week is kind of crazy because I'm so busy so I don't know how much working out I'll get in, but I'll try. And then this Saturday is going to be a cheat day because I'm going to see wrestling with my brother and sister and there will be quite a bit of drinking. I'm going to try to keep my calorie intake below 2000 though and then get right back on track on Sunday. Hopefully it won't screw everything up.
I think I have a little more faith in doing this the past 2 days. I think it has something to do with my mom telling me she was proud of me when I ordered a salad. It's nice to hear that from someone who's opinion I value a lot. Knowing she thinks I can do this helps. I was also looking at myself in the mirror today and sucking in my gut (what girl doesn't do this? haha) and I realized how much I could like how I look. I've never wanted to be stick thin and I'll be okay being lean and healthy even if it means not being a size 0. I just want to get to a weight where I look in the mirror and don't worry that I'm going to get a double chin or something stupid like that. I want to get to a point where I think I'm pretty. I want to get to a point where I feel confident enough to allow myself to stand out. I think when my face thins out (or if - I tend to always have ridiculous chubby cheeks no matter what my size) and when I see my upper body becoming leaner, I'll start to have a lot more confidence in myself. And I can't wait! I'll be so much happier even at the point where I've only lose 30-40lbs. But for now.. I just have to keep working, knowing that I'll get to that point eventually.
-Monica
P.S. Nick is awesome and I love him. (Happy?)
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Sunday Weigh-in
Just a quick update on my weigh-in. I completely forgot and weighed myself after I had eaten some of my breakfast but the scale said 199.0! So I`d like to think that I`ve lost a pound since Thursday! So exciting! I just wish it would go faster, haha. But I`ll take it for now.
-Monica
-Monica
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Day 7
So I'm almost done one week of healthy eating. I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow morning and see if the scale is nice to me. I hope it is. I've been doing pretty well with working out. I went for a run on Thursday, took Friday off and did almost an hour of yoga today. My calorie intake has been pretty good too:
day 4 - 1199
day 5 - 1256
day 6 - 1120
Just 10 more days and I can eat things like rice and potatoes every other day. I'm excited. I've pretty much found the vegetables I like to eat - green beans, cucumbers, broccoli, sweet peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, celery. I just can't bring myself to love carrots no matter how hard I try even though I know they're good for you. And I still refuse to eat onions. I'm going to buy some brussel sprouts soon I think and make those because I love them. But for now I'm happy with these veggies.
I spent a couple hours looking up recipes the other night, because I get bored eating the same things over and over again. I found some pretty good recipes so I'm going to start making those. It's really just different ways to season chicken and how to cook veggies in different ways. I'm also thinking about starting to make my own condiments, like salsa, ketchup, salad dressing. I know I could definitely successfully make salsa and it'll be so much more healthier than store-bought stuff, and I do like eating salsa on my chicken. And I'm buying fat-free, low-cal salad dressing and limiting my intake but I think homemade dressing could be healthier. So far all of the condiments - and really everything - I buy are either low-cal, fat-free, salt-free, reduced salt, reduced sugar, sugar-free or a combination of those. We'll see if I'll be able to make my condiments healthier by making my own though. I'll probably start with salsa.
I'm really hoping I'll at least see another half pound gone tomorrow morning. If there's not, I'm going to be pretty discouraged. I've been kind of struggling the past couple days because I'm so impatient. I hate having to wait to see results and I spend so much time just staring at myself in the mirror wondering why I don't look different. Logically I know I won't see results yet, but I'm not logical about this and it gets hard. Hopefully I'll just power through though and keep going. I feel healthier so I guess I just have to wait to see that translate to my physical appearance.
Other than that, still drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day, and I've gone back to drinking one cup of green tea a day. We'll see if that helps me feel healthier. I'm still waiting for this healthy eating to ease my headaches and make sleeping easier, but that has yet to happen. I hope it does though. I'll try to update quickly tomorrow after I weigh myself. Until then...
-Monica
day 4 - 1199
day 5 - 1256
day 6 - 1120
Just 10 more days and I can eat things like rice and potatoes every other day. I'm excited. I've pretty much found the vegetables I like to eat - green beans, cucumbers, broccoli, sweet peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, celery. I just can't bring myself to love carrots no matter how hard I try even though I know they're good for you. And I still refuse to eat onions. I'm going to buy some brussel sprouts soon I think and make those because I love them. But for now I'm happy with these veggies.
I spent a couple hours looking up recipes the other night, because I get bored eating the same things over and over again. I found some pretty good recipes so I'm going to start making those. It's really just different ways to season chicken and how to cook veggies in different ways. I'm also thinking about starting to make my own condiments, like salsa, ketchup, salad dressing. I know I could definitely successfully make salsa and it'll be so much more healthier than store-bought stuff, and I do like eating salsa on my chicken. And I'm buying fat-free, low-cal salad dressing and limiting my intake but I think homemade dressing could be healthier. So far all of the condiments - and really everything - I buy are either low-cal, fat-free, salt-free, reduced salt, reduced sugar, sugar-free or a combination of those. We'll see if I'll be able to make my condiments healthier by making my own though. I'll probably start with salsa.
I'm really hoping I'll at least see another half pound gone tomorrow morning. If there's not, I'm going to be pretty discouraged. I've been kind of struggling the past couple days because I'm so impatient. I hate having to wait to see results and I spend so much time just staring at myself in the mirror wondering why I don't look different. Logically I know I won't see results yet, but I'm not logical about this and it gets hard. Hopefully I'll just power through though and keep going. I feel healthier so I guess I just have to wait to see that translate to my physical appearance.
Other than that, still drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day, and I've gone back to drinking one cup of green tea a day. We'll see if that helps me feel healthier. I'm still waiting for this healthy eating to ease my headaches and make sleeping easier, but that has yet to happen. I hope it does though. I'll try to update quickly tomorrow after I weigh myself. Until then...
-Monica
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Weigh-in
Just a short update -
I weighed myself today. It was kind of an inopportune time to choose to weigh myself because I've realized I am pre-menstrual and I do usually gain a few pounds around that time. But the scale said 199.8lbs. I'm really not sure what I was when I started trying to eat healthy a few weeks back but I know it was probably somewhere around 204 or 205. So seeing the scale under 200lbs, even just by .2lbs makes me feel good. I think from now on I'll weigh myself on Sundays, so I'll update again then. Hopefully it'll be an even smaller number then!
-Monica
I weighed myself today. It was kind of an inopportune time to choose to weigh myself because I've realized I am pre-menstrual and I do usually gain a few pounds around that time. But the scale said 199.8lbs. I'm really not sure what I was when I started trying to eat healthy a few weeks back but I know it was probably somewhere around 204 or 205. So seeing the scale under 200lbs, even just by .2lbs makes me feel good. I think from now on I'll weigh myself on Sundays, so I'll update again then. Hopefully it'll be an even smaller number then!
-Monica
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day 4
So I'm on day 4. Tomorrow I'm finally going to weigh myself and hopefully I'll at least not entirely hate the number on the scale but I'm scared nonetheless! But I need to start tracking my weight and weighing myself once a week so I might as well start.
My calorie intake for the week has been decent:
day 1 - 844
day 2 - 1253
day 3 - 1120
Today I'm at 600 so far, but I still have dinner to eat and a snack later. And I'm drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day. The 17 day diet wants you to drink 3 glasses of green tea as well. I had started doing that but I've been having such trouble sleeping lately that I've stopped just to see if the green tea was the problem. I'll probably start again next week but lower my intake to just one cup per day and not after noon or something like that.
I am so ready for the first 17 days to be over so I can eat potatoes, haha. I miss potatoes sooo much! But I understand not eating carbs because it kickstarts the whole thing and helps you detox. So I know it's a good idea but I'll just be so happy when it's over! I don't know if I could ever be a vegetarian. I absolutely love certain vegetables but eating so many of them every single day becomes boring!
I haven't been working out too much lately. It's been raining and I haven't been able to ride my bike to work or walk yet. It's also caused me to not be able to go for any runs. Today is beautiful and I wanted to work out but I had designated Wednesday as a rest day and plus my head is just pounding. Just my luck! So I've compromised and just done yoga. I found this yoga book called "Slim Calm Sexy Yoga" and I love it. Some of the moves are so advanced and I doubt I'll EVER be able to do them but there are some I'm going to work up to. Plus it gave a 5-minute metabolism boosting routine for the morning which I'm going to try out. And it has yoga to help headaches, carpal tunnel and insomnia. I did the carpal tunnel one yesterday and it made my wrists feel so good. I'm going to try the headache one in a bit to see if it'll help my headaches because it'll just be such a relief to finally find something to help my head. I plan on doing quite a bit of yoga, and hopefully when the weather gets better, to start running.
I've also decided I'm going to write the October LSAT. So I'm taking about a week off from studying then getting back to it at a more leisurely pace. I feel so much better knowing I don't have a huge test to write in June. And I'll have the chance this summer to work up to a 165 or so on the LSAT (higher would be better but I'm being realistic!). This also gives me more time to just get into a routine of eating healthy and working out and falling into a schedule.
I think that's pretty much all I have right now. I found a fantastic low-carb, low-sugar blog with tons of recipes that I'm planning to try out soon so I'll report back if I find any delicious recipes. And I also bought slimfast bars today just in case I ever have a craving for a snack (I promised I wouldn't eat one more than a few times a week - hopefully 2 or less a week!) and the flavour I bought was chocolate chip cookie dough, haha. I'm super excited. It'll be good to have for me because my blood sugar gets really low sometime and the fruit I'm eating is lower sugar fruits so those don't always help. Plus if I indulge once in a while it's not so bad, as long as I stay within my calorie count. Anyways that's all for now. It's going well and I'm feeling healthier (minus the headaches still! Maybe those will disappear once I start losing weight....) but definitely still craving taco bell. :P
-Monica
PS. Amanda.... if I find out you ordered poutine..... ;P
My calorie intake for the week has been decent:
day 1 - 844
day 2 - 1253
day 3 - 1120
Today I'm at 600 so far, but I still have dinner to eat and a snack later. And I'm drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day. The 17 day diet wants you to drink 3 glasses of green tea as well. I had started doing that but I've been having such trouble sleeping lately that I've stopped just to see if the green tea was the problem. I'll probably start again next week but lower my intake to just one cup per day and not after noon or something like that.
I am so ready for the first 17 days to be over so I can eat potatoes, haha. I miss potatoes sooo much! But I understand not eating carbs because it kickstarts the whole thing and helps you detox. So I know it's a good idea but I'll just be so happy when it's over! I don't know if I could ever be a vegetarian. I absolutely love certain vegetables but eating so many of them every single day becomes boring!
I haven't been working out too much lately. It's been raining and I haven't been able to ride my bike to work or walk yet. It's also caused me to not be able to go for any runs. Today is beautiful and I wanted to work out but I had designated Wednesday as a rest day and plus my head is just pounding. Just my luck! So I've compromised and just done yoga. I found this yoga book called "Slim Calm Sexy Yoga" and I love it. Some of the moves are so advanced and I doubt I'll EVER be able to do them but there are some I'm going to work up to. Plus it gave a 5-minute metabolism boosting routine for the morning which I'm going to try out. And it has yoga to help headaches, carpal tunnel and insomnia. I did the carpal tunnel one yesterday and it made my wrists feel so good. I'm going to try the headache one in a bit to see if it'll help my headaches because it'll just be such a relief to finally find something to help my head. I plan on doing quite a bit of yoga, and hopefully when the weather gets better, to start running.
I've also decided I'm going to write the October LSAT. So I'm taking about a week off from studying then getting back to it at a more leisurely pace. I feel so much better knowing I don't have a huge test to write in June. And I'll have the chance this summer to work up to a 165 or so on the LSAT (higher would be better but I'm being realistic!). This also gives me more time to just get into a routine of eating healthy and working out and falling into a schedule.
I think that's pretty much all I have right now. I found a fantastic low-carb, low-sugar blog with tons of recipes that I'm planning to try out soon so I'll report back if I find any delicious recipes. And I also bought slimfast bars today just in case I ever have a craving for a snack (I promised I wouldn't eat one more than a few times a week - hopefully 2 or less a week!) and the flavour I bought was chocolate chip cookie dough, haha. I'm super excited. It'll be good to have for me because my blood sugar gets really low sometime and the fruit I'm eating is lower sugar fruits so those don't always help. Plus if I indulge once in a while it's not so bad, as long as I stay within my calorie count. Anyways that's all for now. It's going well and I'm feeling healthier (minus the headaches still! Maybe those will disappear once I start losing weight....) but definitely still craving taco bell. :P
-Monica
PS. Amanda.... if I find out you ordered poutine..... ;P
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Day One
So today was day one. It was mostly a success.
My final calorie count for the day was 844 - much lower than I wanted but actually not bad considering. I ended up having such a busy day that I missed my second serving of fruit and didn't have time to snack on veggies throughout the day. I ate a lot though. I'm going to aim for at least 1000 calories from now on, but I'm okay with being under today.
I went for a 35 minute run today. It felt good but I was exhausted after. I can't wait until I'm in better shape and can go on 1.5 hour runs like I was doing last summer. I also got my bike out and brought it back home with me. I plan on riding it to work at least 3 times a week and walking the day that I don't. It really beats having to pay $4 for parking everyday, and having to pay for gas. The handlebars are a bit low on the bike - I've had it since I was 11 or 12 but otherwise it still fits me pretty well. It'll get at least 15-20 extra minutes of working out in every day too if I ride it to and from work.
I didn't get to study today which was a little disappointing. Second day in a row I haven't which worries me. I may skip my yoga tomorrow to study instead and then do yoga if I have time. We'll see. I hate not studying because I really need to, but I also want to work out... I hate having to choose. But I guess studying does come first.
I've been trying to think of small rewards to give myself when I hit milestones. I think every 10lbs or so. I'm having trouble of thinking of non-food related rewards, though. So far I've come up with pedicure, tattoo (I've been telling myself for the past 2 years I can't get another tattoo until I've lost weight so thats one I've been saying for a while), new shoes and a manicure once I finally grow my nails, but I still need to think of more. Hopefully I will!
I think that's it for now. I'll update again later this week and hopefully have my current weight and possibly my measurements. Overall, I think the first day went well!
-Monica
My final calorie count for the day was 844 - much lower than I wanted but actually not bad considering. I ended up having such a busy day that I missed my second serving of fruit and didn't have time to snack on veggies throughout the day. I ate a lot though. I'm going to aim for at least 1000 calories from now on, but I'm okay with being under today.
I went for a 35 minute run today. It felt good but I was exhausted after. I can't wait until I'm in better shape and can go on 1.5 hour runs like I was doing last summer. I also got my bike out and brought it back home with me. I plan on riding it to work at least 3 times a week and walking the day that I don't. It really beats having to pay $4 for parking everyday, and having to pay for gas. The handlebars are a bit low on the bike - I've had it since I was 11 or 12 but otherwise it still fits me pretty well. It'll get at least 15-20 extra minutes of working out in every day too if I ride it to and from work.
I didn't get to study today which was a little disappointing. Second day in a row I haven't which worries me. I may skip my yoga tomorrow to study instead and then do yoga if I have time. We'll see. I hate not studying because I really need to, but I also want to work out... I hate having to choose. But I guess studying does come first.
I've been trying to think of small rewards to give myself when I hit milestones. I think every 10lbs or so. I'm having trouble of thinking of non-food related rewards, though. So far I've come up with pedicure, tattoo (I've been telling myself for the past 2 years I can't get another tattoo until I've lost weight so thats one I've been saying for a while), new shoes and a manicure once I finally grow my nails, but I still need to think of more. Hopefully I will!
I think that's it for now. I'll update again later this week and hopefully have my current weight and possibly my measurements. Overall, I think the first day went well!
-Monica
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