sorry i haven't posted in a while, but last week was spring break, and whenever i go home i tend not to get on the computer that much.
so for the week since i've been back at school, i have been drinking only apple juice with my lunch and dinner (don't tend to eat breakkie) so that i can get more of my fruit servings in because as it is, i can't remember the last time i had a piece of fruit. i'm hoping to continue this for a while, or at least until i get bored of it. maybe i will switch off between the juice and milk every few weeks. hmm... not sure. good luck with your goals!
i have decided that i am going to change my goal from losing 2 lbs a week, to only losing 1/2 pound a week. i haven't been feeling very motivated lately, and while i'm not gaining, i think i could be doing better. when i get my groove back i will change it back to 1.5 or 2 lbs a week, but for now i just have to let it be. i never have been one to get things done right away. yes it would be nice to get the weight gone as soon as possible, but realistically for my personality, it's not going to happen. i just need to work at my own pace and right now i feel that i can pull 1/2 lb loss per week. good luck with your goals everyone.
peace, erin
sorry for the last blog. life is just crazy right now and add on that it's *that* time of the month and i'm an emotional wreck. i'm feeling better seeing as after tonight's night class, my week is half way over. which means i will only have 2 days until spring break. i'm going to try and at least do something fun. my xmas present to my little cousin who we watch sometimes was "one sleepover with her buddy erin", so i think i might pick up some snacks and nail polish so we can do that one of the days. her spring break is the same time as mine so it works out nicely.
i think i've figured out why i haven't been dropping as much as i should be. for lunch and dinner for the past 2 weeks or so, i have been getting diet coke so that i don't have to count the 100 cals or so that my regular skim milk has. lame excuse, i know. anyways, i think that is why; because i have been drinking soda instead of water/milk. i only have 2 bottles of diet mountain dew left in my mini fridge and after they are gone, i am going to try and drink no more soda for a month. after a month, we will see how it goes and go from there. hopefully this will help to accelerate some of my weight loss to what it should be.
i forgot to weigh myself this weekend when i went home. at least this means i should see a bigger loss than when i do weigh myself every week (hopefully).
that's not even the really bummer part. the idea of going to visit some old neighbors/friends who had to move to TN was being tossed around as an idea for spring break next week. found out today that it's not going to happen. my mom works at a little coffee shop in town and they just fired the girl she was hoping to take her shifts for her. they only have like 5 employees now so we aren't going to be able to go because no one can take them. yeah, i guess the money would be nice, but i was really REALLY looking forward to this trip. we haven't seen them since last year and any chance to go is always nice. it's too bad i don't have a car of my own or i might go by myself. it just makes me really mad because this kind of stuff ALWAYS happens to me. i'll get so hyped up about about something and then it won't happen because of this or that reason. and i'm a little bit upset with my mom even thought i know none of it is her fault. it's no one's fault that i always get the short stick. me knowing that it's not her fault but still not being able to help being mad at her is making me mad at myself.
plus i completely forgot about a 5-6 page paper that's due tomorrow at noon (time now: 11pm) that i don't really know what i am going to write about.
i'm sorry for the rant. i am just a bit stressed out this week with papers and exams up the wazoo, and i'm sick of being let down with everything else. thanks for sticking with it and putting up with my whiny ass.
i just saw a blog on mysparkdaily, or somewhere like that, about IHOP having a lower calorie menu for people trying to watch what they eat (*insert my hand raised up high here*). it's called IHOP For Me. i totally wish i would have known about it this past weekend when i went on the JDRF walk with my gma and sister because we went to IHOP afterward for breakfast. the only problem with this section is that it's on the very last page! i know this because i went to the IHOP website and downloaded a PDF of the menu and found that the For Me section was on the very back. why didn't i look all the way on the back when i went to breakfast with gma and my sister?!?!? most likely because we were there for breakfast, and after the breakfast items on the first few pages, it goes to lunch/dinner so i just assumed that anything after that was for lunch/dinner. oh silly me! know i know that i can eat my IHOP pancakes and still lose weight!
According to the numbers, I should have lost about a lb and a half this week, but when I got on the scale Saturday morning, I was only down half a lb. Only half of a pound! I guess I can see a few spots that weren't so accurate, but not too far off as to only lose half a pound. It frustrates me that the numbers are different than the calculations.oh well, I will just have to try harder this week and a loss is still a loss, no matter how small.
The scale is finally moving in the right direction! Went home during the weekend, as always, and I've dropped a pound! I'm now down to 233. Spring Break is in 3 weeks and I'm taking a road trip with my mom and brother to go see some old neighbor friends of ours in TN (they moved, we stayed in MN), and my goal is to be under 230 by the time that comes around. I'm going to try and work really hard over the next few weeks so that i can achieve my goal. It's only one lb a week, so it's very doable. I'm kind of nervous because when we are on the road, we tend not to eat well, that combined with sitting for practically 14hrs straight, isn't good for someone who is trying to lose some weight. I'm sure i will figure something out and if not, at least it's not often that we take a trip like this, so I'm not too worried. I can't wait!