tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17388805458786568522024-03-13T10:32:12.898-05:00A Journey Through Grad School and Weight LossJust a Chem Grad student trying to work her way through weight loss and survive her trek to a PhDCJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-12685138493526627042010-02-19T10:40:00.003-06:002010-02-19T11:03:39.737-06:00Soooo soreOw, I made it to spin yesterday and wow am I in pain. Then again: Hooray! I went to spin yesterday! The funny thing is my legs aren't really sore... my butt is sore from the stupid seat and my neck and arm are sore from leaning over and supporting half my weight with my hands. Ok so I'm plenty used to the part where if you're out of shape you get sore from working out for the first couple weeks, no big deal I can handle that. But I don't like being sore because I was sitting on something uncomfortable while working out, that doesn't seem productive. The jury is still out on if I'm going to keep doing spin or not. I hear that padded bike shorts help, but I'm not sure I want to spend the money. <div><br /></div><div>Does anyone know how to make the seat more comfortable for spin class?</div><div><br /></div><div>On another note I have been eating 2 servings of fruit/veggies per day. Still eating too much junk, but I'm working on it. I'm watching a ton of the olympics, sort of helping inspire me to get in shape.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's to hoping you all are less in pain than me!</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-62858099980007547582010-02-16T13:40:00.004-06:002010-02-16T15:19:20.237-06:00Winter BluesAhh yes, I'm back again. I can't seem to get consistency in any part of my life so it's not just the blogging. This is about the time of year where the only way I think I'm going to get out of my "dark and twisty" mind set (see <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/greys-anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a> for the quote season 3 mostly) is by leaving for a vacation somewhere sunny for about a week. Of course that's not a possibility due to grad school, money, and well life, but it sounds nice. Hence my winter blues... very little sun, lots of work, not time off. So I guess instead I'll just try again, like I've been trying to restart so many times it feels stupid to say again, but here goes.<div><br /></div><div>So I think I would really just like to start exercising again. That will most likely lead to weight loss on its own as well, but I just feel better if I'm exercising. That might help give me the energy winter seems to have stolen. I also would just like to stop eating a crazy amount of well crap, it's not really even food to be honest, just junk. I think I will change those into goals for the rest of the week and see how that goes before I force myself into counting calories and certain amounts of exercise and stressing myself out about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals:</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Blog, even just once more this week</div><div>2) Go to Spin with coworkers on Thursday and work out one other time</div><div>3) Eat more than 2 servings of fruits/vegetables every day</div><div>4) Think before putting candy/chips/non-food items into my mouth</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, thanks for the support you guys. It helps to know that other people out there are struggling too!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-62330514005667689332010-02-02T12:15:00.002-06:002010-02-02T12:27:45.736-06:00Time ManagementI'm not sure what I want to write in this post. I just know that I have to write, so bear with me for a minute.<div><br /></div><div>I failed miserably at all my goals from last week. I probably have gained some weight, but refused to weigh myself yesterday. I was stressed over a presentation last week and didn't make time to go to the grocery store so I ate out... all week. I made some good choices and some bad ones. I still haven't been to the grocery store. I went on two dates, something I haven't done in a while and my confidence is still on the low side since I haven't lost much weight. Plus it took up time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ah ha, I figured out what this post should be about. My awful lack of time management last week. Time management is incredibly key to weight loss. I've read about it in about a million different articles and they all say. Weight loss takes planning and it takes time. Mostly because you need to work out and buy and prepare food. I decided to let my stress and busy schedule take over last week which is why I had no success with my goals. So I need to start with at least a basic plan to help me manage what is looking like another hectic week.</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals for this week:</div><div>1) Make a plan</div><div>2) Follow the plan (ok a little too general)</div><div>Things to incorporate into the plan:</div><div>1) Grocery run</div><div>2) At least one work out</div><div>3) Two more blogs this week</div><div>4) Calorie Counting</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's see how it goes...</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-59529182861638556372010-01-25T09:27:00.002-06:002010-01-25T09:31:24.327-06:00One of those WeeksYou know them well I'm sure... those weeks where nothing goes right and you just want to eat whatever to make it feel better. Well that was last week for me. I didn't blog, I didn't track calories, I didn't exercise, I barely did any work... Sometimes these things happen, so I'm not going to beat myself up, just get back on my wagon again.<div><br /></div><div>I did make myself weigh-in this morning (164.2 back where I started 3 weeks ago). Back to trying hard again and making goals and following through.</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals this week:</div><div>1) Track calories even if they aren't so good</div><div>2) Exercise twice (my knee is finally better!)</div><div>3) Go to the grocery store</div><div>4) Blog twice more to keep myself on track</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck with your weeks everyone!</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-41198591885947705522010-01-14T15:19:00.003-06:002010-01-14T16:17:39.661-06:00Beautiful!Well gee I'm so excited <a href="http://www.twopoundsawk.com/">Meg</a> who writes one of my favorite blogs to read passed on the the Beautiful Blogger Award to me! She's very inspirational and upbeat, and you should all check out her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><a href="http://www.twopoundsawk.com/">blog</a>. </span><div><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-541" title="award" src="http://www.twopoundsawk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/award-150x150.jpg" alt="award" width="150" height="150" /></div><div>So the rules are as follows: list 7 random facts about yourself and tag 7 others that I feel deserve it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Things about me:</div><div>1) I've wanted a dog since I was about 3, and I've never had one. I intend to fix that as soon as I move into a place that's big enough for one.</div><div><br /></div><div>2) My favorite TV show of all time is the West Wing. Ask me anything, I can tell you the answer.</div><div><br /></div><div>3) Percocet has no effect on me, except to make me slightly more awake. Great combination, no effect on pain and the inability to fall asleep.</div><div><br /></div><div>4) I'm a complete Band Nerd (can you say marching band in high school)... that's right, my clarinet is currently under my desk. Although I have switched to playing in orchestra now.</div><div><br /></div><div>5)I don't like the melted cheese on pizza. I take it off and then eat the bread with tomato sauce on it. Sometimes my friends eat the extra cheese for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>6) I had to have oral surgery when I was 15 to cut open the roof of my mouth, attach a bracket and chain to my upper right canine and sew it back together, so my orthodontist could slowly pull the tooth down into position link by link of the chain.</div><div><br /></div><div>7) I sing a lot, everywhere (thankfully I'm not bad). If you're in Chicago on a mostly empty street and you hear someone singing to themselves, it might be me.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ok on to the pass on portion of the post. Although I'm not sure how many of these people look at mine, you should definitely check out their blogs!</div><div><br /></div><div>1) <a href="http://slackeysjourney.blogspot.com/">Slackey</a></div><div>2)<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/"> Dr. Isis</a></div><div>3) <a href="http://jenks-gettingfit.blogspot.com/">Jenks</a></div><div>4) <a href="http://fatbridesmaid.com/">Fatbridesmaid</a></div><div>5) <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/">Penelope Trunk</a></div><div>6) <a href="http://www.myallnaturalweightloss.com/">Lorrie</a></div><div>7) <a href="http://missus-emm.blogspot.com/">Emm</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks again Meg!!</div><div> </div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-6458588557036595552010-01-12T22:20:00.000-06:002010-01-12T22:22:21.988-06:00Food, food everywhere...So here's a little story about my day today:<div><br /></div><div>I made dinner last night and portioned out the extras into 3 days worth of lunches, hooray. Brought it in, put it in the communal fridge, awesome, go me. I go to heat it up in the communal kitchen today for lunch and I'm starving. I look up above the microwave and there are 3 bags of potato chips, and several chocolate chip cookies sitting in a bowl, for anyone.... I have no where to go, I have to wait for my food to heat up, and the chips are staring at me, saying eat me, eat me. I pick up a bag, look at the calories and it's 150 and I think but I'm going to want my nice glass of wine later. I put them back down, stare at the floor until my food is done and run away! Phew, crisis averted. But seriously is it necessary for there to be extraneous food everywhere for people to eat?! I vote this as a problem in our society.</div><div><br /></div><div>*Spoiler Alert* Biggest Loser Episode 2-to remind you I just sort of say some things I'm thinking</div><div><br /></div><div>So it's the learn how sick you are episode this week. And wow everyone is very sick. Bob is trying to stand with like 300 extra pounds and freaking out. Jillian is basically throwing up from trying to eat the food. I was surprised it got anywhere near her mouth to be honest. She's so insane about organic and healthy stuff and counting her calories, which is good, but yeah surprised. Oh my god, the white mom fell and like broke her nose or something. Crazyness. Red team gets immunity, yay!</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh wow, i didn't realize she was terrified of water, good for her getting in there and facing it. Ok weigh-in... Hmm red team playing the game, well that's smart, but still don't you just want to keep losing weight, isn't that the point? Whatever. People are pulling pretty good numbers for week two, except poor purple team :( And the mommy sacrifices herself for the daughter, so sad. Also, she's looking pretty good, still losing weight, good for her.</div><div><br /></div><div>All the sickness helped motivate me to do my crunches for today and my knee is starting to really feel better, not great but better, so good day!</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-24024696557383127112010-01-11T10:25:00.003-06:002010-01-11T10:44:13.515-06:00on to Week 2So I in fact accomplished my goals from last week! Go me :) As you can see I posted more than once, I also kept track of all my calories, and I wasn't allowed to work out, so I didn't do that. I also cooked for almost all my meals, so that's good. Hooray for accomplishing goals! I think as a reward I will find a workout video I want and buy it.<div><br /></div><div>I did have a bit of a bad day on Saturday and ate about twice my allotment of calories, but I recorded them. I also discovered that <a href="http://www.apptism.com/apps/lose-it">Lose It</a> switches to to the next day at midnight and you can't adjust the previous day after that, so that's a good tidbit, or at least I couldn't figure out how to.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did weigh in this morning and was 163.0lbs, so that's down 1.2lbs, pretty good start :)</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess on to goals for this week:</div><div>1) Track calories</div><div>2) Stay within 250 calories of the total week goal (1350 each day)</div><div>3) Cook for almost all meals this week (or make a sandwich whatever)</div><div>4) Do daily crunches</div><div>5) Post twice more this week</div><div><br /></div><div>Since I'm still not sure how to work out with out killing my knee we'll start with crunches and I'll see what else I figure out how to do. Have a good week everyone!</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-20409859840552365382010-01-07T16:06:00.003-06:002010-01-07T16:09:19.941-06:00Knee IssuesWell my knee still hurts (although a bit less) and I went to the doctor today. He said, it sound like you strained your medial collateral ligament.... I said Huh? Apparently the muscles connecting the tibia and fibia are called that. So basically there's nothign much wrong with me I just have somehow repetitively tweaked those and it hurts now. So I'm supposed to rest it, avoid stairs, and ice it at night until it goes away... really helpful. He gave me a couple knee exercises, so I guess I'll do those, but no exercising for me for a little bit, which kinda sucks.<div><br /></div><div>Just wanted to update, I'm doing well with my cooking and calorie counting :)</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-12348753337419407962010-01-06T12:45:00.002-06:002010-01-06T12:52:58.308-06:00New Building WoesSo we moved our lab.... and it was only a month and a half after our original move date. However it did manage to be right before Christmas and therefore caused some issues with my vacation plans (which were resolved by me pointing out to The Boss that I had actually informed him of my vacation plans well before the move date was set, to which he had no response, and let me keep my flight as planned). So we were the 3rd group to move in, which is all well and good, but let me tell you, working is difficult in this building for the following reasons:<div><br /><div>1) The cold room doesn't work- so all our cold stuff is still one building over and 4 floors down (anyone seeing a problem here?)</div><div>2) DI water is still being cleaned-we work with really small concentrations of metals, so DeIONized water is kinda key</div><div>3) No natural gas hook ups-biology=sterile things, hard to do without bunsen burners</div><div><br /></div><div>Those are the major problems, besides not knowing where we stored anything and general other issues. I would however like to give a shout-out to Midwest Movers, who totally rocked. Didn't break anything, including the boxes full of crappy glassware which we were hoping to break, and are sooooo crazy efficient it took them 1.5 days to move everything (we were afraid our 3 days wouldn't be enough). Also, Steve and the connection guys, who made everything work magically and are still hooking things up for us. You guys rock!</div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. If you're reading this and choosing a grad school, don't pick one where they're going to make you move the lab to a new building. Just a hint....</div></div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-29417531900033932082010-01-04T13:56:00.005-06:002010-01-06T10:28:14.089-06:00New Year, New StartHi all, it's a new year!<div><br /></div><div>So as many people have, I'm sure, I've recommitted to getting healthy. I got an iPod Touch for Christmas and have been using the <a href="http://www.apptism.com/apps/lose-it">Lose It</a> app to keep track of my calories. So far I am a big fan. I started using it on Sunday just to test it, but have been following pretty closely since Monday. Aiming for 1350 calories a day, it says that's what I need to loose 1.5lbs per week, which seems reasonable. I started at 164.2lbs on Monday, so at that rate I would make it to 125 by mid July. Of course, I'm sure there will be many set backs, but at least I have a plan.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other part of my plan was to start working out this week. However, I've had a bit of a set back there. My knee hurts like hell and as far as I can remember I didn't do anything to it. I thought it might just go away but it's been 3+ days now, so I have a doctor's appt tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed that it's nothing too bad!<br /> <div>Oh I also decided to do the <a href="http://www.pfpchallenge.com/">Pound for Pound Challenge</a>, so you all should too, it doesn't cost anything and it helps feed people in need! </div><div><br /></div><div>I also watched the premier of Biggest Loser last night! I'll start doing summaries again next week, but the people are really big this season. They inspire me to start before I let myself get to the point where I'm like that. Plus if they can do it, I can too!</div><div><br /></div><div>So goals for the rest of the week:</div><div>1) Blog at least one more time</div><div>2) Keep track of alllll calories on my Lose It app</div><div>3) If the doctor gives the go ahead, exercise once</div><div>4) Continue to cook good food/bring lunch</div><div><br /></div><div>Sounds like a good start, I also have been thinking about buying a couple workout videos for the weekend when I don't want to come all the way to the gym, so I'll look into that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy New Year! and good luck with any resolutions you've made!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-83037864835986916062009-12-10T15:37:00.002-06:002009-12-10T15:49:22.802-06:00Getting back on the wagonSo if anyone has been watching weather forecasts for around the country they may have noticed that in Chicago for the last few days it's been ugly. Between snow, sleet, rain, and wind chills of -15 or so, it's been bad. Welcome to winter in Chicago. I knew it would happen, but man, I wished it wouldn't be quite so nasty.<div><br /></div><div>Which brings me to something actually related to the topics of my blog. I got on the scale for the first time since Thanksgiving and it said 163.8... nasty. Ok, well really it's not so bad, especially considering I haven't been to the gym in weeks, I haven't cooked in weeks and I've been generally stressed out about grad school. Now I know that New Years is coming up, and generally people make New Years resolutions, but I have several misgivings about that practice.</div><div>1) Most people don't keep them.- Sad, but true. I know I've made plenty that I haven't kept, and I'm sure anyone who's reading this has at least not kept one of their resolutions.</div><div>2) Why wait?- I mean what's the big deal about the new year? Why shouldn't I decide to make the change and do it now, not tomorrow, not on the magic day in 2.5 weeks, but now? Anybody? That's what I thought.</div><div>3) It's cliche.- Not that good a reason, but I really prefer to do my own thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>So after this little rant, the point is: I'm making the commitment. And now the room echos back... again? Yes, again. I'm not perfect. I fell off the wagon, well I'll get back on.</div><div><br /></div><div>And on that note, just two goals for the rest of this week, start slow I say.</div><div>1) Exercise at least once- baby steps are the way to go</div><div>2) Buy groceries for next week</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd also like to try doing push-ups and crunches everyday, but I want to set goals I can meet to give myself some confidence before Monday, so bonus points if I start doing those too.</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-67141182146660787822009-11-21T13:17:00.002-06:002009-11-21T13:25:13.679-06:00I've been remissI apologize to anyone who has been waiting for an exciting post from me and really to myself as well. Blogging has just not seemed appealing lately and neither has weight loss or grad school work to be honest. I've been spending a lot of time just trying to get my work done. And you know what I found out... work is hard.<div><br /></div><div>I know this doesn't sound like a revelation, but getting stuff done and trying to really focus is entirely too difficult. I know everyone does it, everyone has to do it (except for the indepandently wealthy), but man, it's such a pain. So as I attempt to do lots of work preceding this looming meeting I have with my boss, I've been discovering things about how I work and how to get myself to work. I've discovered (although haven't mastered) that moderation is key. Get this thing done, take a break, get something else done, take a break etc. If I try to go full out all day, sure I get that done, but then tomorrow and maybe the next day, nothing gets done. So moderation is key.</div><div><br /></div><div>That said, moderation should really be the theme of all our lives. It works with work, should work with weight loss, probably helps with family and friends and other activities. A little bit of this and a little bit of that, helps us lead a balanced life. Now, don't get me wrong, the fact that I figured this out, doesn't mean I have it down. Not even close, but I'm trying. </div><div><br /></div><div>Just think balance (goes for blogging too).</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-44100085679064663272009-11-05T08:55:00.004-06:002009-11-05T08:59:24.660-06:00StressssssedHi all, sorry I've been missing, but I'm trying to cram in some results before we have to move our lab (more to come on that later). Unfortunately my 3 days of hard work went completely down the drain in about 5 minutes last night, so I get to start over! How exciting.... Needless to say I've been having a bit of a rough time.<div><br /></div><div>Lab is so finnicky, yesterday morning things were going really well. Something that hadn't worked in 3 months, finally worked, the glove box was fixed, life was good. Then it all disappeared. Do other grad students feel like they should never get excited because it will just completely back fire on them? That's how I feel.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also as a side note, 161.4 on monday and Tracey is gone!! (that's for the Biggest Loser fans).</div><div><br /></div><div>So sorry for the absence, I'll try to get back to blogging, if just to keep my sanity alive.</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-78223125897004898672009-10-30T09:34:00.003-05:002009-10-30T09:37:40.985-05:00sigh... not quite thereGood morning all,<div><br /></div><div>So I promised I would check this morning to see if I made my goal of under 160 by parents showing up (this afternoon), but I got 160.8 lbs... which is good but not great. Now I'm going to spend all weekend eating yummy free food and drinking wine, so I expect that won't be amazing for my weight loss, but hey, my parents don't visit very often.</div><div><br /></div><div>We're having a freak warm day here with all kinds of fun wind and rain to go with it, but all will be well. Plus I get to ignore Halloween (not a big costume person), so this weekend should be very good for my overall mood. Hopefully I can also avoid the candy that goes with Halloween as well, which will help with weight loss.</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck avoiding the candy and have a great weekend! (don't forget to change your clocks)</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-31828992236950686812009-10-27T21:23:00.003-05:002009-10-27T22:19:18.879-05:00Biggest Loser and working outYay! I went to my Turbo Kick class and while it hurt, I feel good that I went. :) One small step at a time.<div><br /></div><div>Soooo Biggest Loser *Spoiler Alert*</div><div><br /></div><div>Fun challenge at the beginning, too bad the black team just couldn't quite get there. They will though, I have faith. Crazy faceoff week begins with the stupid boxing ring bit, whatever. I don't know about some of these choices, the black team could have a chance. We'll see what happens.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh jeeze, Amanda has a complete meltdown, poor girl. Hopefully, she'll figure something out. YAY!!! Black team wins the crazy baseball challenge, hooray happiness.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh no, Abbey's sad sad story:( This is breaking my heart.... she's really amazing and strong, really emotionally strong. It just makes you think, if she can live through that, I can do anything I want.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh and Amanda maybe having a breakthrough.... maybe, well not quite. Oh dear, crazy blocks and Allen does the insane high one!! I hate those blocks btw, we used to do them in middle school. That was not ok.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jeeze, this is the emotional death episode. Shay is a mess, awwww :( So sad, jeeze, Yay she can do it!</div><div><br /></div><div>Wow, Abbey is so sweet, she's such a good person :) And she looks.... really good:)</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-6140678210462077482009-10-27T10:54:00.002-05:002009-10-27T11:00:42.468-05:00Life gets in the way......of weight loss. Has anyone else noticed this? I know you're supposed to make weight loss and your health a priority and what not, but come on, we all have other stuff we put ahead of it. For example: work, you have to work to keep your job so you have some way to pay for your life. Let's face it, that and sleep take up a lot of time. Plus all our other little activities (I do orchestra), just add to that time. I'm just saying this because last week I never had time to drag myself to the grocery store, so I bought lunch and dinner all week, which as you all know, is detrimental to weight loss and I didn't work out and well you get the idea.<div><br /></div><div>I know this is supposed to be a change your life kind of change, and I'm trying, but sometimes life gets in the way. Hopefully, I'll stay on target this week, even with all the prep for my parents showing up happening (like cleaning, lots of cleaning).</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, weighed in yesterday at 162.8 lbs.... ugh, but I'll weigh in on Friday this week to see if I meet the under 160 lbs goal for my parents showing up. We'll just have to see. Working out tonight and hopefully blogging about Biggest Loser.</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-10963753172685916022009-10-25T21:15:00.002-05:002009-10-25T21:35:25.396-05:00wow, what a weekOK, so I failed at my post 4 times goal this week. I did weigh in on Monday. I was 161.2 lbs, which is ok. We'll see how tomorrow goes. Again it's just been kind of a rough week. Better posts this coming week I hope.<div><br /></div><div>So we'll try some new goals for this week:</div><div>1) Make lunch and dinners</div><div>2) Calorie count</div><div>3) Work out twice</div><div><br /></div><div>The parents will be here at the end of the week, so eating this weekend will be interesting, but hopefully I can do well the first 4 days of the week.</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-83854025917735066752009-10-18T21:31:00.002-05:002009-10-18T22:00:40.161-05:00WeekendWeekends are always kind of tough for me in the eating correctly department. It's hard when I don't have a strict schedule to eat good meals. Also when I'm just home doing my own thing... I have a tendency to short of eat whatever. I have yet to get a fool proof plan to counter this problem. I'm working on it. I'm thinking something along the lines of making the kitchen off limits except at determined mealtimes.... or maybe some sort of reminder note on my door or the shelf to be all "Do you really want to eat this?". Anyway, work in progress. I don't think I did too badly this weekend. I guess we shall see on the scale tomorrow morning.<div><br /></div><div>Ok, on the goals front this week, not so hot. I did post 4 times (including this one). I sort of kept track of calories everyday, but just like in my head, which doesn't entirely count, so that gets a semi-check. The exercise just sort of fell off a cliff between the being kind of sick and just not caring.</div><div><br /></div><div>So on this list for next week or this week, whatever, starting tomorrow:</div><div>1) Post 4 times again :)</div><div>2) Count calories by writing them down somewhere everyday</div><div>3) Work out at least 3 times</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-62772268100384056352009-10-15T09:53:00.003-05:002009-10-15T22:16:31.426-05:00Well I was sick...Turns out I made a good decision about not going to my crazy Turbo Kick class Tuesday night, because even without the workout I was sick yesterday. I had a mild fever, headache, lightheadedness for a good portion of the day. I went to work just for the mandatory group meeting portion and stopped for some food on my way home. I think my fever broke at about 7 PM, because suddenly I felt much better. I slept a lot last night and now, tada, all is well.<div><br /></div><div>That said, I figure tomorrow is a good restart to working out, hopefully I can still get in 3 mild workouts by the end of the week and keep that goal. I realize this post doesn't have much of a theme, but I guess I just wanted to put that out there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Food:</div><div>Breakfast-toast, PB, OJ=340</div><div>Lunch-yogurt parfait, potato chips=360</div><div>Dinner-wine, cheese, crackers, fruit, veggies=? 600</div><div><br /></div><div>Total=1300</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-8750093763845236972009-10-13T21:00:00.000-05:002009-10-13T21:14:59.240-05:00Cold/motivationI don't live in the warmest of cities, but for the last week or so it has been unseasonably cold (we're talking lows in the 30's highs in the upper 40's). It's basically winter already and I'm cold. Plus between the weather and the (dun dun dunnnnn) swine flu, everyone is sick. This does actually have a point: I woke up feeling like I'm getting a cold. Being sick completely kills my motivation for pretty much anything. After putting up all my lofty goals yesterday, I'm now trying to decide if going to my Turbo Kick class tonight is a good or bad idea. <div><br /></div><div>So this is the question, at what point during the sickness cycle is it good to work out or bad to work out? I know that Jillian Michaels had this as one of her questions a while ago and I believe her answer was something like: work out unless the sickness has moved into your chest, you have a fever, or are light headed. While I accept the premise that feeling sick shouldn't be a an excuse to blow off your workouts, I also know that generally if I rest and sleep when I feel like I'm getting sick, I can ward it off or at least make it shorter. I guess that's my dilemma, go with Jillian's advice or my own previous experience. I guess I'll just see how I feel by the end of the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I didn't end up going... still tired and sore throat, so I will go to bed early and hope that this whole sicky thing goes away.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also *Spoiler Alert*, Biggest Loser tonight!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, guess what Tracy gets the power.. again. how on earth did that happen? Also, I'm very proud of Abby for not playing the temptation. So of course she's going to split all the teams up except hers, and then she has to pick one other team not to split up, so she puts what she views as the weakest team together on the black team (Daniel and Shay, also she might be trying to get on their good side-unlikely). Goes ahead to put the strongest players on her team. Pretty obvious Tracy strategy, also basically going to get her kicked off as soon as they have a chance.</div><div><br /></div><div>Challenge was interesting... fairly predictable ending since there are only two guys on the black team. Once they get to some of the stability challenges and things they'll have a chance to win. Can't believe that Liz gave Danny her video, so super cute! I wish Dina would get up on that stupid platform block thing. I know those things are scary, I've done that, and yeah I get it, but grrr I wish she could do it! Black team is working together really well though:) Jillian is good at that. </div><div><br /></div><div>Crazy weigh-in tonight. Tracy pulls a decent number again unfortunately. Everyone is pulling decent numbers though. Really proud of Danny... and Daniel!!! (I have a tendency to be for Jillian's team, Tracy is just helping with that fact right now) OMG SHAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, sorry, got excited :) Ok what's with all the wishywashyness about voting off tracy, they better do it.... I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!! What are they thinking?!?! I can't even, nope, ok I'm done commenting now.</div><div><br /></div><div>Food eaten today:</div><div>Breakfast: OJ, toast, PB=340</div><div>Lunch-chicken noodle soup, potato chips, mint, oyster crackers=700</div><div>Dinner-fig newtons, cereal, hershey bar, grapes=515</div><div><br /></div><div>Total Calories=1555</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-86993847452297202542009-10-12T10:20:00.006-05:002009-10-12T10:46:42.700-05:00(possible) revelationAlright, so this morning I woke up dreading weighing into the scale due to my lovely: I don't feel like cooking, let's order italian food for dinner, move last night. And I weighed in at 162.2 lbs, yep, gained weight. Then I wasn't going to post it or blog because I had excuses. Well, earlier this weekend I weighed under 160 (which I was excited about btw), so why should I post just this day, maybe I'll wait and try again tomorrow when it's more reasonable. Then I read some other blogs and realized: This is what I wanted to do the blog for!!! I'm holding myself accountable. Ok, I made a bad decision last night and these are the consequences. Good to know, remember this feeling next time you want to eat the entire loaf of garlic bread you ordered (or remember this before you order the garlic bread). Anyhow, back on track, and I thought some goals for the week would be a good addition as well.<div><br /></div><div>Week Goals:</div><div>1) Keep track of calories everyday (even if I don't get a chance to post them)</div><div>2) Blog at least 4 times (I realized that expecting myself to blog everyday is a little too optimistic)</div><div>3) Work out 3 times!</div><div><br /></div><div>Other slightly longer term goals:</div><div>1) Be under 160lbs when my parents get here (October 30th)</div><div>2) Get work outs up to four times a week by the end of October.</div><div><br /></div><div><img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/w43hQsR/weight.png" /></div><div>Hmm, I just realized my little tickers change all of them when I change it online. So they all say the same thing now. I'll have to fix that...</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-16655552944820054232009-10-08T13:39:00.003-05:002009-10-08T22:26:43.779-05:00CrazynessWell, I've had a very busy first half of this week, including rehearsals, lab, walk-throughs, organizing an open house, getting a little lab work done, moving meetings etc. This was all in the first three days of my week. Yesterday I organized a wine and cheese open house for the first years we're trying to get to join our group, which means I had wine and cheese and then was hungry when I got home, and had food and more wine. Not the best calorie day, really not sure how much I ended up eating. But back on track today!<div><br /></div><div>Food I ate today:</div><div>Breakfast-toast, PB, OJ=330</div><div>Lunch-salad with chicken, beats, fruit, smartfood popcorn=440?</div><div>Snack-mints=45</div><div>Dinner-cereal, turkey, chocolate=600</div><div><br /></div><div>Total=1415</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-73892748891952247972009-10-07T12:09:00.002-05:002009-10-07T23:40:55.519-05:00Hump DayAhhh Wednesdays, that whole middle of the week vibe. I thought I might be due for some grad school blogging. mostly the thing about "hump day" is that it's supposed to be the middle day. I, as most chem grad students do, work on saturday, so the term doesn't entirely apply to us. My particular group has our group meeting on wednesdays, which is always kind of a toss up. Depending on who's presenting and how much group business we have or how much one of our group members need to talk about the group business (he has a tendency to go in circles) it can take an hour or three. Thankfully today was only about an hour and a half. So I realize this is completely random, but I think the point is that Hump day means group meeting and sort of signals the middle of the normal work week. Grad students can take the meaning as they like it.CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-72186708200658224772009-10-06T14:52:00.004-05:002009-10-06T22:38:53.439-05:00Biggest Loser S8Ep4Ate today:<div>Breakfast-cereal, OJ=300</div><div>Lunch-Ginger Chicken sandwich, chips, mint=645</div><div>Snack-apple, fig newtons=185</div><div>Dinner-toast, PB, yogurt, cheese, celery, truffle=390</div><div><br /></div><div>Total=1520</div><div><br /></div><div>Exercise=1 hr Turbo Kick class, I'll guess the 500 calories again</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, didn't realize apples had so many calories... note to self. But still good day overall. I had a bunch of little sucesses for myself. I walked past this restaurant at lunch time that I looooovvveee their biscuits and sausage gravy and got a good cosi sandwich instead. Then I really really wanted to go home and skip working out, but I stayed until my class! Go me:) </div><div><br /></div><div>*Spoiler Alert*</div><div><br /></div><div>Sooooo Biggest Loser tonight (I hadn't realized I forgot to do one last week, oops). Sooooo happy that Daniel won them immunity! Not sure if he was playing the game with the 0 or not... don't really care if he did, it happens. Crazy take out week, reminds me of the stuff they pull on the australia biggest loser (which I've watched some of on utube). I hate when they mess with the food, because the whole point is to help these people loose weight. I think it would be more reasonable to ask them to eat out once a day, because that makes more sense in real life too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, how is Tracy losing weight without doing anything??? I guess she was just eating so much before that this restricted calories is enough? But like the poor pink team and a bunch of the other girls are working their butts off to lose like 3 pounds and she does it without working out... I guess lucky her, but she bugs me, but yay Mo :) So proud of the pink team this week!</div><div><br /></div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738880545878656852.post-60631521362559977732009-10-05T21:21:00.002-05:002009-10-05T21:53:12.624-05:00Another WeekThis morning I weighed in and guess what? I was 161.2 lbs, sounds familiar doesn't it? Oh well, at least I'm down from last week, and considering I didn't get to go grocery shopping until Sunday and was living off random food, I say not bad. I'm totally exhausted today between not sleeping well and running around for weird errands all day. I'm super stressed due to a snag in the moving the lab plans. Our lovely boss has decided that he wants to move the three days before thanksgiving, which throws a snag into travel plans for everyone. Anyway, and several other things are all converging into this week, so this is me freaking out and trying to keep myself together.<div><br /></div><div>Food eaten today:</div><div>Breakfast-cereal, OJ=300</div><div>Lunch-chicken pita thing, yogurt, apple=410</div><div>Dinner-turkey, cheese, mushroom sandwich, truffle, grapes=420</div><div><br /></div><div>Total=1200</div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13547479418842378192noreply@blogger.com0