Brandy's Success Diary

I feel like today has barely begun, but it is already past 4pm!! I will probably be up all night, so maybe this is just the beginning! lol. Most days I make a list for myself of things that I need to get accomplished. If I don't... I usually spend my day watching movies, tv, or pretty much getting NOTHING of importance done. Today's list is especially long, seeing as there is so much cleaning and homework for me to do. It is so long, that I was getting overwhelmed just looking at the list. So do you know what I did, me...with my compulsive organizing... I took out 4 highlighters, and color-coded them in order of importance. Yellow, Orange, Pink, and Blue. lol. Well, its working I suppose, so I'm glad I did it. I have also been making another list, where I set meals for myself for the day... and I give myself flexibility. Its just so I don't mosey around the kitchen looking for junk. I stick to my meal ideas. Breakfast this morning was a cinnamon raisin bagel with a glass of 2% milk. I know bagels aren't the best food to keep you healthy, but it will hold me over for quite a while, and it curves by cravings for sweets. YUMM. I scheduled lunch for myself as being a salad and half of a sandwich. Well instead, I had a salad with a little bit of chicken on top. HEALTHIER! I was happy. I have no idea whats going on for dinner yet..... but I will keep it healthy. I'm on a roll today. I have made a pact with myself to eat as healthy as I can, and exercise daily for 1 month. I want to force myself to do my best.. and see where it gets me. I seem to be floating by on "decent" lately. I don't try too hard, but I avoid the major "no-no's". I want to see how I feel, and how much I weigh on October 28th... and see if it has gotten me somewhere. My birthday is on October 13th, and I will allow myself to eat "decently" on that day, and the only exercise I will probably do is a walk. I hope I can keep myself on track for 1 month... and after that month, I will get myself some sort of prize if I have completed it with excellence.

Well, I am in the middle of my nutrition project, and I needed a break. I was thinking too much about all the above topics that I couldn't concentrate. So I took a break for this. :) My nutrition project is about analyzing the affects of food processing... which it turns out that some food processing makes the food healthier! (well, in dairy products. ) Well, better get back to it!
 
WOW. My homework is FINALLY FINISHED. I am kind of tired, but I will be getting to some exercise within the next 2 hours. I want to finish watching a TV show online that I started much earlier today, and I want to get some cleaning done. LOTS of cleaning is needed in this room!!!!

I've finished with the most of my food today...Day 1 of my pact.

Breakfast: Cinnoman Raisin bagel with minimal butter, 1 cup of milk
Lunch: 1.5 cups of salad (lettuce and mixed veggies), 2 oz of chicken, and 3 tbsp ranch dressing
Snack: 20 green grapes
Dinner: Chicken and Rice...I don't remember portion sizes... not too much though. and I think the rice was more peas then it was rice. lol. LOTS of veggies.

And I might have another snack later, which is going to be more grapes.
 
Sounds like You're having a good day!! I have to stop procrastinating and finish my lab report for Chem... Instead I'm sitting here.
 
2 weeks until my birthday! :D I'm excited. I never get excited about my birthday, but this year I am. No reason I suppose... I'll finally be out of "the teens" lol. And I'm hoping that I can be at 195 by then. I forgot to weigh myself this week, and I really don't want to do it today, I'll wait until this Friday. Well, I have a lot of cleaning to do today, getting rid of junk, picking up my brother from school, shopping at WalMart for a new shower curtain, and maybe some healthy snacks (who knows), and dropping off my job applications to some places possibly if I have enough time. This is day 2 of my pact, and I will make it even better the day 1. I hope that with 1 month of greatness that I can be at 190 by the end of it... right before Halloween. That would be great!
 
Hi Brandy! I am glad your last few days have gone well. Good pact:) Wow your last few weeks as a teenager. That's sort of crazy. Mine didn't hit me until the last year of my 20's. Sigh oh to be 20 again... well at least 23... That was a good age lol.
I hope you continue having good days!! well I shouldn't say hope... darnit you WILL have good days;) lol
 
thanks michelle. My pact is going great so far! I've been thinking about cravings, like for fast food, chips, and chocolate. Instead of fast food burgers I will allow myself 1 taco from taco bell- they really aren't that bad, and I could get it with no cheese. Also taco bell is 20 minutes away, so it's a deterant. LOL. And when I want chips I will get chex mix or reduced fat smart food.as for chocolate, I will probably get myself 1/2 bag of mm's instead of chocolate cake that I usually want. I've been cleaning like a mad woman today, and it's making me so happy that my room is getting so clean. Immaculate even! I am going to keep going at it, and it's quite a work out!
 
Your halloween purse is SOOO cute!! And that food looked like it came from a very fancy restaurant...wow. Wish they had cooking classes like that here...all the ones here are more geared toward the business end I guess. I'd just like to take some specialty cooking classes. So bday in two weeks :hurray: Bet you can't wait :D Thanks again so much for coming by my journal while I've been struggling and no internet, I really appreciate it.
 
I decided to try my hand at some healthy cooking this weekend (had to make up for steak and cheese;))

Plus, looking at you food kind of inspired me to do something myself. Made a chicken stir fry W/ ginger and garlic & soy in the sauce seved over Jasmine rice. Simple, but pretty tasty (not as nice as your chicken marsala though:drool5:).
 
reluctantcabbie said:
I decided to try my hand at some healthy cooking this weekend (had to make up for steak and cheese;))

Plus, looking at you food kind of inspired me to do something myself. Made a chicken stir fry W/ ginger and garlic & soy in the sauce seved over Jasmine rice. Simple, but pretty tasty (not as nice as your chicken marsala though:drool5:).
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Thats so great! I want to do some healthy cooking too. That meal sounds SOOOOO delicious! I bet it was better then the chicken marsala, because you don't get that guilty feeling after eating it! lol.
 
Good Afternoon! I am so tired today. Dan has a really bad cold, and is sick as a dog. he was up all night- which means I was up all night. I had a cough during the night too, so it wasn't all his fault. I'm not going to my class today. I'm going to stay home and take care of Dan. Plus I am not ready for class, and I need my mom's help. I am going to see my mom tonight (to watch biggest loser, like always), so I will get her help then. I haven't been eating bad today so far, but I've been eating way too much, so I'm going to cut out my snacks today. I will wait and have a salad for dinner or something. I don't know. I've only completed 2 days on my pact, and I'm already losing a little bit of weight!! I think I can definitely see 190 by Halloween. That would be so cool! Dan is taking a nap right now, and I am going to relax for an hour or so, and then get to cleaning and doing laundry. I'm leaving for my mom's house at 5pm. And I won't be home until 10:30 or so, and I have to wake up early for work in the morning, so I will probably take a nap sometime today so I'm not deprived of sleep. I need to apply to other places today, because I need more money asap. I will probably do it when I go to my mom's house... maybe. lol. Its only Day 3 of my pact, and being tired and a bit sick is making me want to shove food in my mouth... but I can't do that. I might just drink a WHOLE BUNCH of water instead. UGH... I'm sleepy.
 
I'm just going to mention that I AM going to lose this weight. It might take me some time...but I am stopping making excuses, and I'm going to do it. I don't know how long it will take me... maybe a year to year and a half...but its going to be off. I will be 135 lbs before anyone can try and stop me. Its worth it. Its worth the self esteem I would have, how much I would like being in my clothes... its worth it. All of this is worth it.
 
I'm stuck in this can-do attitude. I have been doing fairly well, though the exercise has been lacking a bit. I am also fairly sick, and have been dealing with a ton of stressors. When I get better i will be doing more exercise- but I don't want to make myself even more sick. Food has been decent. I weighed 207 when I started my pact (that morning of starting it) and now I weigh 203.8. So I've been doing better. Its going down quickly because I'm not eating such crap right now. I've allowed some things, but completely taken out others. No more fast food burgers AT ALL during this pact. But I'll allow myself a taco; no CHIPS...but I will allow myself some chex mix or smart food. I try to take out white bread, fried foods, white rice, etc whenever possible. I'll be able to make my goal for sure...and if not... I'll be real close to it. I'll probably be 199 again for friday. I'm excited to lose the weight. Because I wasn't always overweight, I wasn't always dependent on food.. so I know I can do it again. I have my cooking class again tomorrow, so more pictures to come of my class adventures. lol. I'm going to go rest for a little bit, and then decide whether or not I want to keep cleaning.
 
If you're doing this well right now while not feeling the greatest, you should be able to do even better once you're back on top right? It all good!

BTW, hating the weather around here lately. Really hope it stops raining soon so I can kill it on the bike again soon.
 
I'm going to be hating winter as it is, always do. I feel like I'm missing out on riding time every time we have a rainy day. I can't stand exercise bikes and such, but I'll deal with them out of necessity this year. I just feel like my time outdoors is limited and I want to make the most out of it.

I've ridden in the rain a couple of times... just shows how much I really hate exercise bikes! I'd rather get soaked than cycle in one place.
 
Sorry you're feelin sick Brandy. I just got over being sick too...hubby had it first. My doctor told me since I've gotten sick so much the last few months that my immune system was low and to dose up on vit C...I think it's helping because that with my daily vit. and iron and I can tell a difference this week. So make sure you're drinking lots of water and dosing up on vitamins to get well :)
 
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