Everytime I hear the start of Adele's Rolling in the Deep I'm the first one to shout, "THERES A FIRE." And then she starts singing and I go, "See, told you Adele."
I think it's mostly because I'm sick of hearing that song on the radio. :)
Sorry for the long-time no-blog. There hasn't been much to report.
The day after I got bit by the dog, I decided to get back on my bike and go for a ride. Surprise surprise, I went down a side road (that I've traveled before safely) and someones dog decided to bark and chase me. I, of course, took off down the road heart racing, legs like jelly. Needless to say, I haven't got back on the bike since.
I've never been a dog person and now it seems like there's just dogs everywhere.
This week is packing and I move back into the dorm on Thursday. I'm planning to take my yoga mat (I finally bought one, it's bright orange and has butterflies on it) and my new bicycle (omgeeze, remind me to get a bike lock o.o). I'm also taking my positive attitude, my blog and internet buddies :), my plans for healthier eating (fresh veggies!), and my handy dandy water bottle.
Did I also mention that I'm in the marching band? The first five days of living back on campus is Band Camp for me. Lots of time outside, lots of up and moving around, lots of drinking water!
One last random for the day. Yesterday was my brother, J and C's 1 yr anniversary. One year ago I was in their wedding as a bridesmaid. C bought me a size 16 dress that I could barely fit into. For the wedding, I looked horrible. I could barely squeeze myself into the dress.
Yesterday I tried the dress on and it zipped up just fine. It was roomy. Nothing was squeezed into that dress and I had plenty of room. I felt fabulous and proceeded to prance around the room.
One last line from Adele before I wrap this up:
"Don't underestimate the things that I will do."
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
I came to the place in a middle of nowhere
Today I wish I was a Elasmosaurus. This dino lived in the water and had a crazy long neck. Like longer than a giraffe (pronounced HEE-raf-ay). I love it! And it's TOO hot in NC. I wish I was living in some nice cool water and could swim around all day and be awesome.
Oh well. I'll just have to settle for staying inside as much as possible and drinking lots of H20. I went for my walk tonight anyway cause I haven't walked the last two days. It was hot and my back suddenly started hurting halfway through. I waited till almost 8 to walk and it got too dark before I could finish my four miles. I did get an awesome pic on my phone.
Awesome pic in my opinion. Great sunset and you get a shot of my loverly road I walk on!
Also Elasmosaurus, check it out!
Oh well. I'll just have to settle for staying inside as much as possible and drinking lots of H20. I went for my walk tonight anyway cause I haven't walked the last two days. It was hot and my back suddenly started hurting halfway through. I waited till almost 8 to walk and it got too dark before I could finish my four miles. I did get an awesome pic on my phone.
Awesome pic in my opinion. Great sunset and you get a shot of my loverly road I walk on!
Also Elasmosaurus, check it out!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Day 6
Can I just take a moment to say I weighed myself this morning and the scale said 220.4lbs! Seriously! I was elated I nearly jumped up and down. As long as I keep working hard and don't give up, I could never see 230 again! (234 being my heaviest recorded weight). What an exciting day!
Other than that I slept really late, whoops. I couldn't fall asleep last night and then when I almost did, I kept hearing this rustling noise. I turned on the light to see if it was a cat and it was a COCKROACH! Like a giant sized cockroach. I was so freaked out I climbed in bed with M and slept with her for the rest of the night. Ugh, gives me the heebiejeebies! I didn't get a chance to catch/kill the thing so now I'm afraid to do very much in my room for fear of finding the darn bug again.
Lunch - SK double chocolate protein meal bar, banana
Dinner - Homemade pot-stickers with cabbage, onions and carrots, asian salad (lettuce, cabbage and potsticker filling mixed with scratch asian sauce), and 3oz cooked chicken breast
Snack - Skinny Cow Mint Truffle Bar (omg these are still amazing!)
Snack - 1 cup watermelon
So I forgot to eat a snack between lunch and dinner, whoops! I got soo busy with helping change the sink faucet, making the watermelon rind pickles, trying to plan dinner, and trying to plan tonight's youth church activity/lesson. Busy busy day. By the time I was stuffing and sealing the pot-stickers for dinner I realized I was super hungry and it was because I hadn't eaten since lunch!
But I made my watermelon pickles and they came out so super fabulous. I'm sure they're not very good for me, but one every once in a while won't hurt. They're just too tasty! If you've never heard of watermelon pickles, you NEED to check them out. Find a recipe and make some! It requires a little bit of work but really pays off in the end.
I also made pot-stickers for the first time ever today! I had watched Alton Brown do it and thought, "Hey I can do that!" I sliced cabbage, onions, and carrots super thin and cooked them down with a dash of olive oil, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. Then I stuffed the pot-stickers and cooked them according to his directions. They turned out fab! I even made some dipping sauce for them. I also cooked chicken breast and made an easy Asian salad to go with dinner. I feel like it was a semi-healthy meal. Super tasty though! I think I ate too much, hee!
I have church on Wednesday nights so I ran kind of late tonight. The sun had already gone down so I was running in the dusky twilight-ness. It was a nice run. I ran for a good stretch before I ever had to take a walk break. After that though, I don't feel like my run was as productive. I ran about as much as yesterday, but I don't think I had the same level of intensity. Also, I would run for a short bit and then have to talk a walking break. I even yawned the entire way through the run. I'm surprised I didn't catch any bugs in my mouth as wide as it was open most of the time! I'm hopping tomorrow's run goes better.
Water! I gotta drink more of it! The last couple days I haven't been drinking as much water. This is not a good thing! I need to make sure I'm sipping throughout the day and drinking two glasses with meals.
So that makes two things to work on for tomorrow: running harder/longer durations of running and more water.
I bought a box of Cinnamon Pecan SK cereal. I'm very hopeful and excited about trying something. M has been on a cinnamon kick lately. She said if I didn't like it then she'd eat the rest. I'm kind of hoping it tastes awesome since the Chocolate was such a disappointment. Maybe I can do something with the cereal, like make cereal bars with them. I'll have to do some research into this and report back what I find!
Stay classy!
Bob
Other than that I slept really late, whoops. I couldn't fall asleep last night and then when I almost did, I kept hearing this rustling noise. I turned on the light to see if it was a cat and it was a COCKROACH! Like a giant sized cockroach. I was so freaked out I climbed in bed with M and slept with her for the rest of the night. Ugh, gives me the heebiejeebies! I didn't get a chance to catch/kill the thing so now I'm afraid to do very much in my room for fear of finding the darn bug again.
Lunch - SK double chocolate protein meal bar, banana
Dinner - Homemade pot-stickers with cabbage, onions and carrots, asian salad (lettuce, cabbage and potsticker filling mixed with scratch asian sauce), and 3oz cooked chicken breast
Snack - Skinny Cow Mint Truffle Bar (omg these are still amazing!)
Snack - 1 cup watermelon
So I forgot to eat a snack between lunch and dinner, whoops! I got soo busy with helping change the sink faucet, making the watermelon rind pickles, trying to plan dinner, and trying to plan tonight's youth church activity/lesson. Busy busy day. By the time I was stuffing and sealing the pot-stickers for dinner I realized I was super hungry and it was because I hadn't eaten since lunch!
But I made my watermelon pickles and they came out so super fabulous. I'm sure they're not very good for me, but one every once in a while won't hurt. They're just too tasty! If you've never heard of watermelon pickles, you NEED to check them out. Find a recipe and make some! It requires a little bit of work but really pays off in the end.
I also made pot-stickers for the first time ever today! I had watched Alton Brown do it and thought, "Hey I can do that!" I sliced cabbage, onions, and carrots super thin and cooked them down with a dash of olive oil, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. Then I stuffed the pot-stickers and cooked them according to his directions. They turned out fab! I even made some dipping sauce for them. I also cooked chicken breast and made an easy Asian salad to go with dinner. I feel like it was a semi-healthy meal. Super tasty though! I think I ate too much, hee!
I have church on Wednesday nights so I ran kind of late tonight. The sun had already gone down so I was running in the dusky twilight-ness. It was a nice run. I ran for a good stretch before I ever had to take a walk break. After that though, I don't feel like my run was as productive. I ran about as much as yesterday, but I don't think I had the same level of intensity. Also, I would run for a short bit and then have to talk a walking break. I even yawned the entire way through the run. I'm surprised I didn't catch any bugs in my mouth as wide as it was open most of the time! I'm hopping tomorrow's run goes better.
Water! I gotta drink more of it! The last couple days I haven't been drinking as much water. This is not a good thing! I need to make sure I'm sipping throughout the day and drinking two glasses with meals.
So that makes two things to work on for tomorrow: running harder/longer durations of running and more water.
I bought a box of Cinnamon Pecan SK cereal. I'm very hopeful and excited about trying something. M has been on a cinnamon kick lately. She said if I didn't like it then she'd eat the rest. I'm kind of hoping it tastes awesome since the Chocolate was such a disappointment. Maybe I can do something with the cereal, like make cereal bars with them. I'll have to do some research into this and report back what I find!
Stay classy!
Bob
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Day 2
Breakfast - Chocolate Peanut Butter Meal Bar, Banana
Snack - 6 Rosemary and Herb Triscuts (omgz, these taste amazing btw!)
Lunch - Vegetarian Burrito (at local Mexican restaurant), large flour tortilla with tomatoes, onions, zuchini, and black beans, I decided to skip the chips, salsa, and sour cream to cut down on calories
Snack - SK Chocolately Pretzel bar (this was actually really delish, I liked the chocolate layer on the bottom and the crunchy pretzel on top)
Dinner - SK Cereal Red Berries, 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt, peach, 1/2 pickle
I knew today would be hard. Day 1 is always really easy because you're riding that wave of awesomeness from a new undertaking. I didn't wake up early enough to eat breakfast at a decent breakfast time, but I ate when I got up and moved my meal schedule down. My body should probably be used to it cause we've been eating dinner so late.Since M and I ate lunch out, it's another night where I won't cook because I'm having SK for dinner. She doesn't seem entirely pleased about this, but whatever.
I do go have my run today, like I said yesterday, I knew it would be hard. While at G and P's yesterday, C and I did some squats and lunges. These made my thighs ridiculously sore today. Running was not as successful. I ran about the same amount as yesterday, if not a little less.
This brings up an interesting and extremely relevant topic: patience. I have like zero patience for anything. I like instant gratification and now now now. It's really hard to work on something and not be able to immediately see results. Thus, I'm going to have to really put a lot of effort into being more patient, especially with losing any weight.
It's also really really hard to stick to Special K with yoghurt for dinner and then make an ice cream sundae for M and not eat any of it. Soo tempting. I just kept thinking: do this and get out of the kitchen, you don't need it, you're strong and won't do it. And I didn't.
Well...it's supposed to just get easier from here right? I really have no clue. But I'm all for sticking with it. I really do want to change. I want to lose this weight and eat differently.
Last night I weighed myself after blogging and I weighed 225.6. It was kind of cheerful to see. I swear every time I try to put effort into losing weight the scale always goes up up up. Speaking of that, I weighed tonight and it was 227. But things fluctuate around. I'm not worried, cause I can do this! :D
For tomorrow, I will get up early and eat breakfast. I will eat SK for lunch so that I can make a yummy dinner with all the fresh veggies we bought at the supermarket the other day. I will drink lots of water and go for my run, pushing myself a bit further. I'm going to put together a playlist tonight so I can run with some inspiring music.
Ta for now!
Bob
Snack - 6 Rosemary and Herb Triscuts (omgz, these taste amazing btw!)
Lunch - Vegetarian Burrito (at local Mexican restaurant), large flour tortilla with tomatoes, onions, zuchini, and black beans, I decided to skip the chips, salsa, and sour cream to cut down on calories
Snack - SK Chocolately Pretzel bar (this was actually really delish, I liked the chocolate layer on the bottom and the crunchy pretzel on top)
Dinner - SK Cereal Red Berries, 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt, peach, 1/2 pickle
I knew today would be hard. Day 1 is always really easy because you're riding that wave of awesomeness from a new undertaking. I didn't wake up early enough to eat breakfast at a decent breakfast time, but I ate when I got up and moved my meal schedule down. My body should probably be used to it cause we've been eating dinner so late.Since M and I ate lunch out, it's another night where I won't cook because I'm having SK for dinner. She doesn't seem entirely pleased about this, but whatever.
I do go have my run today, like I said yesterday, I knew it would be hard. While at G and P's yesterday, C and I did some squats and lunges. These made my thighs ridiculously sore today. Running was not as successful. I ran about the same amount as yesterday, if not a little less.
This brings up an interesting and extremely relevant topic: patience. I have like zero patience for anything. I like instant gratification and now now now. It's really hard to work on something and not be able to immediately see results. Thus, I'm going to have to really put a lot of effort into being more patient, especially with losing any weight.
It's also really really hard to stick to Special K with yoghurt for dinner and then make an ice cream sundae for M and not eat any of it. Soo tempting. I just kept thinking: do this and get out of the kitchen, you don't need it, you're strong and won't do it. And I didn't.
Well...it's supposed to just get easier from here right? I really have no clue. But I'm all for sticking with it. I really do want to change. I want to lose this weight and eat differently.
Last night I weighed myself after blogging and I weighed 225.6. It was kind of cheerful to see. I swear every time I try to put effort into losing weight the scale always goes up up up. Speaking of that, I weighed tonight and it was 227. But things fluctuate around. I'm not worried, cause I can do this! :D
For tomorrow, I will get up early and eat breakfast. I will eat SK for lunch so that I can make a yummy dinner with all the fresh veggies we bought at the supermarket the other day. I will drink lots of water and go for my run, pushing myself a bit further. I'm going to put together a playlist tonight so I can run with some inspiring music.
Ta for now!
Bob
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