Sorry I haven’t been posting as often as I would like to or should but here are the weight readings for the past two weeks. I havent been keeping a food journal because I haven’t had a real convenient way to write it down and lets just face it. I’m lazy.

Last week’s weight: 197

This weeks weight: 189 :D

Here’s the daily update:

Weight: I will report this on Wednesday (I am going away so I may or may not be able to, but nonetheless I will get it up as soon as I can.)

Food for today

3/9/11

Breakfast:

- Orange Juice

- Walnuts

Lunch:

- Orange Chicken

- Veggie Spring Rolls (2)

- Chow Mein

Dinner:

- Quinoa Salad

- Salad (spinach-romaine mix, diced carrots, radish, mandarin oranges, red beans, red pepper)

- Squash and Sweet Potato Mash

- Dr. Fuhrman’s Bean and Vegetable Medley Soup

- Cranberry-Pear Relish

Exercise: 

3/8 - Went for a 25 minute run on the local bike path

3/9 - 2 hours of hip-hop dance and aerobics in my Tuesday-Thursday morning Hip-Hop dance class

In other news, I got a pair of running shoes from the local marathon sports store and they’re great. Can’t wait to test them out during tomorrow’s run :)

Do you all have any suggestions or encouragement?  

Decided not to go with the photo. Don’t want to just throw pictures of me shirtless all over the internet, ya know? Anyways I will give my height in the first post to put things into a little perspective(?). Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 191 lbs Will post update on weight, and rest of the stuff mentioned in the previous post, next Wednesday. Off for a run :)

Hello all… from this day on I am DONE with myself.

Up until now I haven’t really been very good about keeping the promises I said I would keep in my original post on my blog due to my usual flakiness and the “eh… I’ll start tomorrow…” mentality I had. I am sick and tired of my weight staying constant or going up. I am sick and tired of seeing myself in clothes that used to fit me fine and make me look good have to be covered up with sweaters and stuff because I am now filling them out in the most unflattering of ways. I’m sick and tired of eating like shit.

So I am going to start posting a picture of myself for the sake of keeping progress of what I look like, as well as my weight, what I did that week in terms of exercise and a food journal. You guys can comment and send me messages commenting on what I might do better, what I shouldn’t be eating, and what I should, and maybe some words of encouragement if you’re feeling nice (:P) to the following email: bhba51690@gmail.com. and please do! I find I do better when I feel others are actively involved in my efforts :)

It has been an interesting few days of very unproductiveness, procrastination, lots self-pity, and generally very contemplative weekend. I haven’t been able to focus on getting any work done for school which is BAD! But I digress… the real reason for this post is the results of my contemplation: 

I have decided to make it a real point to change my diet. I’ve been breaking out, gaining weight, loosing weight and have been really unhappy with the way I look lately. I really need to change this, and while going to the gym really can change the way you look, it does shit when coupled with an awful, compulsive diet and it needs to stop. So here’s what I’m doing. My boyfriend has agreed to go on a diet with me and help me along the way. He has recently become very healthy, but has agreed to follow the same rules as me as a motivation to follow through with my plan which is really encouraging and I love him for it. Here are the rules:

1) ALL soda and juice are out! Only water from here on out. There’s lots of sugar in soda and the carbonation isn’t that great either, but many forget that there is still a massive amount of sugar in a lot of juices out there, and therefore they are cut out too. ONLY WATER!

2) No more junk food and fast food. I eat out way too much and tend not to pick the healthiest things. I am limited to going out at most once a week, less if possible, except on special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, and the such.

3) Smaller meals. I tend to eat a lot of food in one sitting, feeling compelled to eat until I’m fit to burst. Not the best… So i have decided to eat smaller meals and have snacks that I can take to school consisting of things like veggies and hummus, nuts, fruit, etc. 

We will start there and see how that goes. I will also be keeping a journal of everything that I eat and taking multivitamins, to supplement the diet with any nutrients I might otherwise not be getting.

A lot has been going on the past week.

1) There is a lot of work to be done this week. I’ve made a list of things to do but that’s the easy part. The hard part will be getting them done!!

2) I was told a few days ago that there was an opportunity to go to South Korea for a language immersion program complete with fun sounding day trips. It sounds really fun and I would really love to do it. I will keep you updated on whether or not I apply and if I get in.

3) I’ve discovered through a class participation activity that, in general, I’m strong in writing for Korean but am less strong with speaking, particularly with spontaneous conversation and fluidity. So over the next few months or so I will probably end up posting videos of myself speaking Korean with the idea that you all can help me with pronunciation, general speaking skills, etc. Or not. This is just in the interests of making my speaking and pronunciation skills more fluid.