Zephyr's Diary

Starting up again!

So I decided to start this journal back up again.

* I went grocery shopping and I bought so much healthy food with my boyfriend and his friend. I bought vegetables that I can steam at home, bananas, cherries, apples, nectarines, TONS AND TONS of "Eating Right" products, bread, non-fat cottage cheese, oatmeal, etc etc. Hopefully this will help in terms of my diet.

* I filled out the paperwork for a personal trainer at my university. It's an "Personal Training Introductory Package." The personal trainer that I chose will start with an exercise screening, which will include the whole target heart rate calculation, blood pressure, body fat composition measurement mumbo jumbo.

As for exercising, I think I'm going to focus on cardio because when it comes to weight lifting, I know nothing. This is one of the main reasons for why I'm getting a personal trainer. I'm clueless in the gym. All I do is run on the treadmills like a gerbil.

I should get to bed now. I have classes tomorrow.
 
Hi Zephyr!
Thanks for stopping by my journal earlier. It is always nice to think there are fellow student sufferers out there. Same obstacles and all.
So you're going into med school, eh? What do you have to do for that? A general science degree first, or a couple years of science or what? Just curious about the requirements there in Seattle. Or did you apply somewhere else?
I'm in nursing, and I love it. I was in music all my life and then switched last year. So back to the student life for me, and I did the freshman '15' all over again, lol.

I think that you getting a trainer and all will really shake things up for you. You'll do great, I bet. And I'm sure you'll make it to med school too!
ttyl,
Rachel (Kaiser)
 
Kaiser said:
Hi Zephyr!
So you're going into med school, eh? What do you have to do for that? A general science degree first, or a couple years of science or what? Just curious about the requirements there in Seattle.
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I think most medical schools have the same prerequisites to take during the undergrad. This includes a year of general chemistry, a year of biology, a year of organic chemistry, and a year of physics. I think a year of biochemistry is also in there.

Math is also important and Stats are recommended and of course the general requirements to graduate from college! :)

I really, really thought about going into nursing. I still think about it every now and then. I definitely think nurses have more direct contact with the patients. We'll see where life takes me!
 
Hey WrongTurn!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I really appreciate it. The weight tracker is actually from several months ago. I'm no where close to my goal weight anymore. Time for me to update that ticker, eh?
 
Breakfast: 1 serving oatmeal + 1 glass of SunnyD
Lunch: shared a bowl of udon (Japanese noodles) + huge plate of chicken fried rice with a friend
Dinner: Ramen noodle
Snack: a handful of cherries

I didn't do so hot today in terms of eating healthier. You'd think after my previous post, I'd be munching on too many carrots and getting too much beta-carotene to turn into an Oompa Loompa, but nope. I think I finally know what my problem is.

Eating out with friends.

I started my day right with a serving of oatmeal and a glass of SunnyD. Lunch came around and a friend of mine asked if I wanted to go out to eat with her. The first thing that popped in my mind was my diet and I didn't want to ruin it, so I said I didn't have enough money. She said she'll pay and I didn't want to say no, so I went with her. The food? Not healthy.

I had only gotten three hours of sleep from the night before, so I took a really long nap. I woke up hungry and I went to the kitchen thinking, "well, I already ruined my healthy diet and the damage's been done, so why not make some ramen." Again, not healthy.

I did have a handful of Rainier cherries after dinner. I love cherries. If I could just pick one fruit to eat for the rest of my life, it would be cherries. Or peaches. Wow, I totally forgot I had nectarines in my fridge, too. HAHA, wow.. fail.

Tomorrow! Tomorrow will be different. I'm going to start using FitDay and plan my meals ahead of time.

Exercise, none today =(
I am such sloth.

BUT! My personal trainer emailed me and we set up our first appointment. It's on July 9th. I can't wait!
 
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Breakfast
- 1 Nectarine
- 1 Yoplait light raspberry yogurt

Lunch
- Turkey breast sandwish composed of 2 slices of bread, light mayo, 1/2 serving of roasted turkey breast, and a slice of swiss cheese
- a handful of Rainier cherries, 7 to be exact

Snack
Eating Right steamed broccoli and cauliflower

Dinner
Eating Right lemongrass chicken

Dessert
1 serving nonfat cottage cheese with 3 Rainier cherries

Total Calories
890

Today is definitely a better day.

I woke up later than usual and didn't have time to make oatmeal, so I grabbed a yogurt and a nectarine to take with me to class. I wasn't feeling too hungry anyway, so they held me until lunch. I really wanted to buy a caramel macchiato in between my classes, but decided not to. My brain feels a little slower than usual, but I'm proud of myself for saving my calories and money.

I'm going to hit up the library after this post. Before I go though, I'm going to steam the Eating Right cauliflower/broccoli mix so if I feel hungry while studying, I have something healthy to munch on.

Woo!

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890 calories? Strange.. I think I should find something else to eat, but I feel so full from the dinner and cottage cheese. I guess I wasn't that hungry today.

I think I'm going to eat more tomorrow. I think between 1,000 and 1,400 calories would be good. I don't know, I'm so clueless. The whole personal trainer thing will definitely help me out in this section.
 
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Breakfast
- a serving of special k vanilla almond cereal with a cup of 2% reduced fat milk
- large banana

Lunch
- 8 Rainier cherries
- Turkey breast sandwich

Snack
- Häagen-Dazs orange sorbet sipper

Dinner
Chipotle chicken burrito (tortilla, pinto beans, chicken, tomatoes, hot salsa, corn, a little bit of cheese)

Total calories
2307

HOLY CRAP, ARE YOU SERIOUS.

I won't be eating Chipotle burrito for a very, very long time.

I was doing really well throughout the day until dinner. I'm going to start planning my meals ahead of time. Maybe the night before. It might make it easier to stick to my diet and prevent myself from eating something I'm not supposed to be eating.

Well, that was an epic fail.
 
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Today is going to be better. I'm going to make sure it is.

Here's my planned meal for the day:

Breakfast
Oatmeal with milk -- ate
12 rainier cherries

Lunch
Turkey breast sandwich
half a cup of sunny d

Dinner
chicken teriyaki

Snack
corn on the cob

total calories
~1496

I went over, but today was a beautiful day so I'm not bothered about that at all. I went to the swimming pool with my boyfriend. i did a lot of play, but also did a lot of swimming, so hopefully that helped in terms of burning a little bit of calories.
 
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Breakfast
- Nectarine

Lunch
- Eating Right roasted turkey

Dinner
Lean Pockets garlic chicken white pizza

Snack
N/A

Total Calories
650

Wow I went into hibernation mode today. I slept until 2pm, woke up, didn't have an appetite, so I had a nectarine. Then I ate lunch and then took a nap from like 4 to 7:30pm and then I had dinner.

I don't know why I've been sleeping so much today. I just feel so tired.

Anyway, I have a biology midterm on Monday, so I have to start cramming for that.
 
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Hi Zephyr. I just read the last few days of your diary, and I think you need to eat more. You absolutely should not be eating fewer than 1200 calories a day unless under the care of a doctor. You could probably lose quite nicely at 1400-1500 calories a day and still get lots of good nutrition.

I suspect one of the reasons you're feeling so tired is that you're badly under nourishing yourself - between the lack of calories and the large amount of carbs that you're eating, you're probably going to continue to feel exhausted that way.

Also, I noticed that you talk about "failing" a lot when you slip up. I think it will help if you stop thinking about eating too many calories or not making it to the gym as "failing". We all make mistakes. We all slip up. As someone I know says: If you trip on the top step, do you then throw yourself down the rest of the staircase just because? Or do you regain your balance and keep going?

Start thinking in terms of "Ok that was a bad choice, but my next one will be better" instead of in terms of "I failed so I might as well just screw up the whole rest of the day". :)

I think those two things will help you a lot.
 
Thanks Kara! That was really helpful. After I post this, I think I'm going to head over to the kitchen and grab something to eat :) !!!!!
 
I'm going to be missing until July 9th! I will be starting a new diary on that day. I want to start fresh, know what I'm doing, and get in the mindset of being in the best shape of my life.

Why July 9th? That's when I meet my personal trainer. That's when things will get real because I will have all the numbers I need and with the information, I can make a reasonable goal.

Hope to see everyone at my new diary on July 9th :) !

I am definitely looking forward to it.

Until then! :auto:
 
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