November 29th

Breakfast: Banana and Orange = 150 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 300 Calories
Snack: Banana = 80 Calories
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich = 300 Calories
Calorie Intake: 830 Calories

Water Intake: 2.5 Liters

November 28th

I started a new video workout! It kicks my butt but I love it! Yay for hopefully looking great in my wedding dress!!!

Breakfast: Lean Cuisine = 300 Calories
Snack: Cheez-its = 100 Calories
Lunch: 2 Turkey Meat and Cheese Tacos = 315 Calories
Dinner: Lean Pocket Supreme Pizza and a Banana = 300 Calories
Total Calories = 1015 Calories
Water Intake: 3 Liters

November 27th

I keep telling myself that I am going to get back to blogging what I eat every day. I AM GOING TO DO IT!! I CAN DO IT!! I tried on a wedding dress the other day and that really makes me want to do it!! My fear is that Christmas is coming and well I love to eat. Also I have a problem telling myself no when it comes to food! I am going to take this day by day and see how it goes!!

Breakfast: Egg Beaters and 2 Pieces of Toast with 1 Tbsp. of Butter = 220 Calories
Lunch: 2 Turkey Meat and Cheese Tacos = 315 Calories
Snack: Special K Cereal Bar = 90 Calories
Dinner: Chicken Salad with Cucumbers, Tomatoes, and French dressing and an Orange= 258 Calories
Snack: Banana = 80 Calories
Propel Water Packets = 40 Calories
Daily Calories = 1003 Calories
Water Intake: 3.5 Liters

Grrr!

Life has sucked this week and so has my diet...
Hopefully next week will be better!

Halloween

Happy Halloween! Today was pretty good, trying to get through loads of homework but I am ultimately keeping my head above water. My biggest temptation this week is wanting to plan the wedding! I just do not have time to do it and that is all I want to do! I am trying to fight the urge and thank goodness that Ryan is so involved. He has been working on getting the available places for our date!! So exciting!!!

Breakfast: Lean Pocket = 290 Calories
Snack: Apple= 60 Calories
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich- = 210 Calories
Snack: Hostess Snack Roll = 100 Calories
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich (The first one was just way to good!) = 210 Calories

Total Calories: 870 Calories!

Still slacking on my water intake but I was awfully proud of the number of times I turned down Candy today!!

October 30th

Busy Busy Busy! I wish that I had time to work on Wedding stuff but there is no way of that this week!! Grr!!

Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 280 Calories
Snack: 100 Calorie Pack = 100 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine = 22o Calories
Snack: 100 Calorie Pack = 100 Calories

Total Calories: 700 Calories

I was so busy I forgot to eat and drink my water!!

October 29th!

What a busy day!!! No time to work out once again! But hey I ate within my calories!!!

Breakfast: Apple = 78 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 310 Calories
Snack: Chocolately Snack = 150 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine = 280 Calories

Total Calories: 818 Calories

I NEED TO EAT MORE and Drink more water! Man I am failing! I will get back into this!!!

October 25th

Operation Wedding Dress has begun!!!

Lunch: Lean Cuisine =280 Calories
Snack: Apple =65 Calories
Dinner: Goulash = 300 Calories
Snack: Snickers Bar =255 Calories

Total Calories: 900 Calories

*I know I must eat more. This day just did not have time for it. I do need to get back to drinking my 4 liters of water. And I need to get my rear end back up everyday at 6 am to work out. I can do this! I really want Ryan to see the girl he started dating as I walk down the aisle if not a better skinnier girl! I hung up pictures of wedding dresses on my fridge and my wall. Hopefully this will help me to stay focused! Wish me luck! Please keep the encouragement coming!!

Promise!

I promise I will get back to blogging everyday! I am behind! I need to get more serious about this dieting thing. I need to fit into a wedding dress next fall. Oh goodness!

October 10th!

Sorry! I have been crazy busy! Yes I know that I have been saying that for weeks but somehow I keep fitting more things into my schedule. Sleep has defintley been lacking lately. I did get some extremely exciting news! 5 people get cleared each year to go for out of state for internships. I AM ONE OF THE FIVE! Ryan and I had talked about going to Las Vegas for a while now. We made an official decision this week to move their when we get married. I will move out ot Vegas in May, to start my internship and once Ryan and I get married, Ryan will move out their to meet me. It has been a big week. I started looking at possible sites for me to intern at and I found a system that is very nice. It is a four hospital system and is absolutley gorgeous and state of the art. I LOVE IT! I am planning on checking it out around the end of December and hopefully interviewing on Spring Break. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

Anyway! Operation get fit has been going okay. I have been staying at my calorie intake goals but the calories have not been very healthy choices. I have had a huge craving for chocolate! It will not stop. I have not had all that much time to work out I did fit in some cardio today. But I wasn't a huge fan of the dvd. I am not sure if its the workout moves or if the super happy size 0 girl telling me that losing weight is fun. For the record it is not fun.

October 4th!

Ryan and I went out to dinner yesterday and I was bad. I feel awful about it. Gosh I am turning into Sara. Oh My!

Wednesday:
Bad Bad Bad!

Thursday:
Breakfast 1 piece of toast with 1 tbsp. of reduced fat peanut butter = 280 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 300 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine = 320 Calories
Snack: Granola Bar = 100 Calories

Calorie Intake: 1000 Calories

I did lose atleast a pound of hair on Tuesday. I donated 12 inches of my hair to locks for love. It was cool but I freaked out when they handed me my pony-tail. I wish I would have taken a friend and a camera. I think I would have enjoyed the experience alot more. But the good news is Ryan loves my haircut! He hated my long hair!!

October 1st and 2nd

I have been swamped this past two days and sick as a dog. Yuck!

Monday
Breakfast: Yogurt: 100 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine: 290 Calories
Snack: Chips and Salsa: 150 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine: 330 Calories
Total Calories: 870 Calories

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Soup: 180 Calories
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich: 250 Calories
Snack: Baked Chips: 100 Calories
Dinner: Salad: 160 Calories
Snack: Granola Bar: 100 Calories
Total: 790 Calories

The Past Week!

I know I am slacking! I have been keeping up with my diet during the week. I have just not been trying during the weekend. Its to hard. I am trying to get back to blogging everyday. My goal for the week is to do it alteast every other day!

Weekend Fun

Wow! This weekend was a blast. I stuck to my diet pretty well exept for the alcohol. That adds up extremely fast. The end of the weekend was not so fun. I had to say good-bye to Ryan's parents. They are moving to Las Vegas. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do and I balled through the whole thing. I know they have to go but I miss them already. I will post tonight what I ate today!

September 19th

Wow two days of blogging in a row! I am impressing myself.

Calorie Intake:
Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 280 Calories
Snack: Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine = 230 Calories
Snack: Celery with 2 Tbsp. of Peanut Butter: 130 Calories

Total Calories: 740 Calories

** I am only drinking 0 calorie drinks which is nice because I can drink as much as I want. I am still limiting myself to one diet pop per day.**


Still not feeling 100% so I have not been to the gym yet. I know I am slacking, I just don't feel good.

Sept. 18th

I know I am behind! Ryan has been yelling at me to update! Just lack of time keeps getting me!!

Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 280 Calories
Snack: Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine = 320 Calories
Snack: Cheez-its = 100 Calories

Total Calories: 800 Calories

I have a cold/flu so I am not feeling up to the gym lately. I walk up the stairs and I can not breath. Hopefully by Thursday I will be back in the gym.

Sept 12th

Sorry I am a little behind but I will fit blogging into my daily routine again! Life has just been crazy. I am up every morning at 6:30 and out the door by 8 for class until at least 5. Plus I got this bright idea to be an on campus RSO (registered student organization) president. Talk about time consuming. Also I just got into an honor society which I am pumped about but thats more meetings and more community service. I have these two and then two more HCMA and AHIMA. YIKES! What was a thinking!! Not only do I have RSO's I still have homework and I have to fit in sleeping and working out! Most of the time I do not got both in and I have been choosing sleep.

Breakfast: English Muffin and Reduced Fat Peanut Butter 220 Calories
Lunch: Mushroom Pizza Lean Cuisine 320 Calories
Dinner: Panini Lean Cuisine 280 Calories
Snack: 1 cup of cantaloupe 55 calories
Grand Total for the Day: 875 Calories

I did not make it to the gym but I did walk around campus for 2 1/2 hours advertising with sidewalk chalk for HOSA. I will count it as exercise!

September 11th

Breakfast: Strawberry Yogurt = 100 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 340 Calories
Dinner: Salmon with Green Beans and 1 Cup of Milk = 253 Calories
Snack: Pretzels= 200 Calories
Snack: Cantaloupe = 100 calories

Total: 993 Calories

I am heading to the gym rightn ow so hopefully I will get a good workout!

September 10th

Breakfast: English Muffin and Reduced Fat Peanut Butter = 215 Calories
Snack: 100 Calorie Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine = 290 Calories
Dinner- Chicken Noodle Soup and grape tomatoes with creamy italian dressing = 275 Calories
Snack- Caramel Corn Rice Cake - 70 Calories
Snack- 1 Cup of Strawberries- 60 Calories

Total Calories- 1010
Water Intake- 2.0 Liters

The Week!

Oh my this week has been absolutley crazy!! I have not had anytime to blog but I have been staying at almost 1200 calories everyday and finding a little bit of time to exercise! I hope that life gets a little less crazy soon!!! I will try to get back to blogging daily as soon as possible!!

The Weekend!

Wow! The weekend was so much fun but I have to admit my diet did not go well. I did just fine on Saturday but Sunday and Monday, were not so good. Ryan's Aunt Connie is a fabulous cook and well I had to eat it. MAN NO SELF CONTROL! Not only did I eat I also drank. I had 4 glasses of wine and 3 Smirnoff Twists! CALORIES! On our way home today we stopped and got McDonald's and I was starving so I ate it. I could not believe the number of calories in a meal. I had more calories in that meal then I did most days last week. 960 Calories for a Filet O' Fish meal. YIKES! I did not drink enough water and I definitely did not work out unless you count the Wii! At least I had fun!!!

September 1st

Chicago! I love it here! Although it makes it extremely hard to stick to a diet! SO MUCH FOOD EVERYWHERE!!! I pretty much stuck to my diet until about 11:30 at night then I had cold pork sandwich! I was quite proud of myself though on our way to Brandon's football game, we stoppeed at McDonald's for lunch and I resisted all urge to get some! Yay me! I have not had fast food in quite some time but usually I am by myself while I am driving so its real easy to resist but it was not as bad as I thought, I just ate my granola bar and fed french fries to Justin!

Food Intake:
Breakfast: South Beach Diet Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Lucnh: South Beach Diet Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Dinner: 3 Pieces of Watermelon = 100 Calories
Snack: Cold Pork sandwich = ??? Calories

Wow! Now that I have posted I definitley did not eat enough today!! Today is going to be the real test! We will see how it goes! I have saved calories from the week because I didn't eat enough, but I should not tell myself that. I will just use a plate and step away from the table.

August 31st

Today I traveled to Chicago!!! So excited to be here! But driving in the car is definitely not the place for eating healthy and well obviously not working out. I did get time earlier in the day to get in a 30 minute walk so I guess that is okay. I definitely did not eat enough today. NOT EVEN CLOSE!

Food Intake:
Breakfast: South Beach Diet Granola Bar and 1 cup of Skim Milk: 190 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Almond Chicken and Rice: 260 Calories
Snack: South Beach Diet Granola Bar: 100 Calories
Snack: South Beach Diet Granola Bar: 100 Calories
Total Calories: 650 Calories

Total water intake: 1.5 Liters

August 30th

Food Intake:
Breakfast: 1 cup of Special K, 2/3 cup of skim milk and 1/3 cup of strawberries = 200 Calories
Snack: South Beach Diet Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Lunch: Spaghetti = 180 Calories
Snack: 1 cup of Cantaloupe = 53 Calories
Dinner: Ryan and I ate at Bennigans! Yummy but I am sure it was full of calories. They did not have a low calorie or low fat meal, so I only ate half of my food and was hoping I didn't ruin the whole week of counting calories!
Total Calories: 533 Calories plus whatever my dinner was probably another 600.

Workout: 45 minute walk around campus! It was so nice! The only bad part was I had to carry my massive bookbag along the way.

Water Intake: 2.5 Liters! Still need to work at this!!!

I am totally excited for this weekend. It will be so nice to see everyone. I am hoping I can still remain true to my diet.

August 29th

Today was crazy! Class for 14 hours is not fun!! I am feeling quite frustrated Ryan and I are trying to find me a nice but reasonable laptop! Easier said than done. I am not sure what I would do if Ryan wasn't a computer genius! Today eating wise went extremely well and I do good drinking water while I am at school but the second I walk into my apartment I totally forget about drinking. Must work on it!!!

Food Intake:
Breakfast: 1 Cup of Special K Cereal and 1/2 Cup of Skim Milk = 155 Calories
Snack: South Beach Diet Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Lunch: Healthy Choice Soup = 180 Calories
Snack: Pretzels = 150 Calories
Dinner: Lean Cuisine and Green Beans = 315 Calories
Snack: Grape Tomatoes and Creamy Italian Dressing and Strawberries = 135 Calories
Total Calories: 1035 Calories

Water Intake: 4 Liters
Workout: 35 Minutes on the Elliptical

August 28th

After consulting my dietitian aka my sister Sara. I realized I was going about this all wrong. She informed me that I have to eat 1200 calories which is almost double what I ate yesterday. I ate 3 meals today along with 3 snacks and I still almost 300 calories short of what I am suppose to be at. I never thought I would be having trouble getting enough calories. This is tough and a lot of planning. So I headed to the gym tonight, it had to be 100 degrees in the gym and after 20 minutes on the elliptical and instead of waiting in line for the stair master and every weight machine, I decided to call it a day. I burnt 300 calories so I guess that's not to bad. I am heading to the gym around 6 am tomorrow to try to beat the college kids rush. The gym will get better in a couple of weeks everyone is really serious about working out before school gets tough. Hopefully morning will be much better!


Food Intake:
Breakfast: 1 cup of Cantaloupe and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese = 133 Calories
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Chicken with Almonds = 260 Calories
Snack: South Beach Diet Granola Bar = 100 Calories
Dinner: Lemon Italian Chicken, 1 1/2 cups of Green Beans, and 1 cup Cantaloupe = 225 Calories
Snack: 12 Grape Tomatoes with 2 tbsp of creamy Italian dressing = 115 Calories
Snack: Pretzels = 100 Calories

Total Calories = 933 Calories

Workout- 20 Minutes
Water Intake = 4 Liters

August 27th

Today was my first day of the semester which for me is always a little intimidating. I have 19 credits which is not unnormal for me but my classes seem extremely tough this semester. The good thing is that 6 out of my 7 classes are healthcare classes which I absolutley love. I guess there are some advantages to being in the last year of your program! I did not make it to the gym today which I am a little bummed about. After 6 classes today I am just not feeling it right now which is also concerning me. I guess I will take this one day at a time and see how it goes. I am hoping I can stay motivated in my studies and in my dieting.

Food Intake:
Breakfast: Oops Skipped That One! Was running a little late this morning!
Lunch: Healthy Choice Soup 180 Calories
Snack: South Beach Diet Granola Bar 100 Calories
Dinner: Chicken Spaghetti and Sugar Free Jello Cup: 310 Calories
Snack: Pretzels 100 Calories

Total Calories: 690 Calories
Total Water Intake: 3.5 Liters
Total Workout: 0

Day 1!

As I begin this first day of my final fall semester, I find myself extremely unhappy by two things. First of all the way my body appears to me and also the fact that I have stopped eating healthy and working out everyday. I will use this blog to track my feelings, how much I exercised for the day and what I ate with the total calorie counts for the day. My goal is to blog every night before I go to bed. I feel this will keep me aware of exactly what I am eating and burning off on a daily basis.