Hey Tally!
Thought I would stop in. Your work out sounds incredible. ... incredibly difficult, but wonderful.I notice when I exercise, I become energized and not able to sleep, but my body hurts, so my body wants to sleep, but the mind is raring to go. Its awesome that you are able to sleep so well. I have insomnia ...
I used to chew gum, not so much anymore, might be a good thing to do...eating less and the acid is maddening ..may try that ...but I have the same problem with stress ...
I hope you find a way to deal with the stress, congrats on the finals ...and have a good day! Thanks for stopping into my diary!!
ttylater
natalie jo
I hope you can get much better sleep from now on Natalie Jo! I get very angry and grumpy when I have to go without sleep for a long time. I remind myself of the toddlers who just get angry and red when they have a lack of sleep.
I have slowed down on the gum since finals were over
I always chew a piece when I go to work and stuff but normally at home I usually don't touch it. It did help me though because I shouldn't be hungry right after eating and yet I still wanted to chew. Thank you for stopping by mine
wow awesome tally swapping the junk for excercize!!! good job - proud of you!!
Good girl! hope you had a nice evening!
Thank you Justina! I really have to remind myself about what that kind of behavior resulted in so I have to concentrate on what I will feel in the future and not what I feel at that moment. I don't remember all those snacks I ate out of anger but they sure did like sticking around my belly for months!
Thanks Janvier! It always feels good in those maybe 2 minutes of chewing but it never makes me feel as happy as I would like to feel lol So now I try to cheer myself up but sometimes its hard to do on my own. Sometimes if I have the time popping in a feel good movie has really helped. I know its fake but the happiness I feel after wards isn't. My favorite is 50 first dates because its so cute lol
On a completely non weight loss note
Today I talked to my friend and like always I felt a little frustrated afterwards. She has this amazing knack of ruining her life and blaming the circumstance. When we graduated high school (12 years ago!! Holy crap!) I went to school for a bit but after realizing I had no goals I just started working. She had a full ride scholarship and she worked full time. She also got money from school with grants and stuff. She had graduated high school with probably a 4.0 and by the time she graduated college it was a 2.5 and she kept blaming the fact that she had to work to help her mom pay bills.
I saw it completely differently because she drank a ton and did some other unhealthy things that cost a lot of money. I finally went back to school a couple of years ago and work full-time and pay rent and groceries. I also have some leftover to live a comfortable happy life where I occasionally treat myself to my lovely addiction of coats and shoes! I don't go out every weekend and I don't spend any money on alcohol so I live a much more boring existence but I enjoy myself. I was so broke when I was 22 that I quit smoking because I had to choose between cigarettes and food and I just couldn't choose smoking.
Anyways fast forward a couple of years and she gets a good job. They pay her amazingly well and start promoting her and then she gets fired because she can’t show up to work on time. But of course it was their fault because she didn’t get 2 warnings which she was expecting. She is ALWAYS broke but she ALWAYS has money to buy smokes or liquor or other stuff.
This year I really believed that she was going to improve her life since she wanted to get a masters but thanks to her low gpa she has to pretty much get A’s all the time so she can improve it. Well its only the 2nd semester and she’s not even getting straight A’s and she thinks it’s so hard she wants to do only 2 real classes and 1 gym class next semester. She has nothing else going on and isn’t even working. She could just study all day if she really wanted to. But she spends the weekends going out and partying on her unemployment money.
She also lives with our mutual friend whose husband just informed her a couple of weeks ago that they were trying for a baby. So he was obviously hinting that she should probably start looking at her other options and she isn’t even looking for a job yet. She had moved out of her parent’s house and they offered her a room for 6 months and its pretty much going on a year now. You know what she said to me??? She said “WELL WHAT AM I GONNA DO??” This woman is 29 years old I’m pretty sure they don’t care what she does as she is an adult and she should live somewhere else because they want her room for the nursery.
It’s frustrating to me because she is my friend and I know she can do better. But in the end it’s her life and if she REALLY wanted to do this she WOULD. I have tried to help her think beyond today and next week but I can see that I don't make a difference.
Other than that!
My day has been really relaxing. I have been playing music and cleaning around the house. I took a whole week off from work to just kind of slum around but they still e-mail if they need anything. I had to stay extra yesterday to make sure we got some numbers crunched for our upcoming projects. I really enjoy my job but I will have to find something else soon. They can’t afford to pay me well and my fiancé and I want a baby within the next 2 years. Hence my swift kick in the butt to get a healthy lifestyle going. I want my body to be a healthy vessel and I want them to accept healthy eating and exercise early in their life. Plus I want to look awesome for the rest of my life!
So I always re-evaluate my food and exercise to decide if I am seeing the results I like. I also try to keep in mind how I feel about things. I have been eating delicious foods which make eating healthy very easy and my workouts have been fueling my self esteem. So today I evaluated my decision to eat at the Cheesecake Factory next Tuesday and I decided to pass on it. I have been still seeing nice decreases in my weight I realized that at this point I don’t really need to shake up my metabolism since my weight keeps decreasing. I instead decided to challenge myself to make March a 100% month. I feel happy with that. Plus I should be getting my new jacket on Tuesday which makes that an awesome treat. Also I decided to treat myself to some shorts and some dark brown ankle boots. So I figure it’s more than even trade!
The cheesecake will be there at another time so I’m not worried. Also my reward this month is feeling good about myself and I feel like I might be disappointed the day after I ate at this point.
Once my weight doesn’t fluctuate at all I won’t mind seeing the temporary increase in weight. My feelings on the day after a splurge are much more important than anything else. I might even treat myself 3 times in April! We shall see.
Life is good and I’m not ready to rock the boat.
Food
AB+J Sandwich
Chicken w/squash,bacon,carrots (Finished it off today!!)
spicy chicken and bacon poppers
Drink
Coffee w/skim milk
Ice Water
Shoulders & Arms
Tone it up girls 6 min intervals x2
4 minutes of plank attempts
Gotta reign it in lol