hi everyone. I haven't written in a few days. Not because I couldn't, but just because I'm so boring while I'm in here, that there's really not much for me to write about. Yesterday was a tough food day. For breakfast every morning we usually get cereal with some random side like a bagel, toast, or banana. Well, yesterday it was with a big, giant, ooey, gooey, yummy looking cinnamon roll. I told myself to not even try it, because then I would want the whole thing, and then I remembered something I read. Dr. Agastson (sp?) who does the South Beach Diet book and program said that when you want temptation, there's nothing wrong with the 3 bite rule. It's enough to ease your craving, and REALLLY how many calories are in 3 bites? Seriously, unless they're the type of bites you do when you're cramming in food because you're in a hurry, it won't hurt much. So I cut off a sliver of the side and cut that sliver into 3 small bites. I savored every one of them. And I knew then what it tasted like and that's all I needed. Besides after those first few bites, do you really care?? Think of how many times you order pizza. You open it, you look at it, smell it. NEED IT. Then you take that first UNBELIEVABLE bite. It's wonderful. It's warm, cheesy, and perfect. Exactly what you want it to be. By your fifth slice of pizza, how does it taste?? Chance are (bout 100 percent in my opinion) that it's just 'okay'...and you no longer NEED it. I've incorporated this 3 bite rule with many things lately. The other night we got served pumpkin pie with cool whip on top. Now, back in my chubbier days, I could eat the WHOLE pie and a whole tub of cool whip like it was ice cream (not proud to admit that.) So...I KNOW it's going to be tasty...what did I do. Had 3 small bites. It was ok. A bit too much cinnamon in this particular pie. But that was GREAT, because then I didn't care that I wasn't eating anymore.
Okay, well, that's my wealth of knowledge from today.
Wish I had more for you guys. Lol.
Hope everyone had a fun weekend. Had to be more fun than mine.
love ya'll
Ash

weight: no clue...but hopefully 140s!!!

So, i get to write again already! That's awesome. it is a little more difficult to write when not as much is going on in my life. I can't hit the gym, I can't make my own food, and my days are all the exact same. The only interesting part of my day is when I get food and have to figure out what I can and can't eat. it's kind of like a weird little game. lol
anyway, nothing new here. (of course, it's too boring). I can tell already that I'm losing weight. I will most definately beat Shane on our weight loss competition unless he can lose like 12 lbs in the next five days. lol. So...Yea for me! I'll let you know the definative answer though on the end date.
I HATE that I can't hit the gym, and I know when I get out of here, my endurance will be all shot again and I'll feel like I'm starting over. That part isn't over, but hopefully it'll give me a little weight loss jump start. I don't mind being in the 130s for my bday. I'll still rock a skirt weighing that. :)
Okay, well, that's it for today. Sorry there wasn't anything interesting, but I did just kill five minutes writing this, so that was nice. LOL.
ash


weight: no clue, but smaller.

So yea! I have internet. For today anyway. There are fifty girls in my study and there are about fifteen internet ports that these people are guarding with their life. It doesn't matter if you haven't been on at all, noone wants to get up and leave. I don't agree with that, but I don't blame them.
Today has been a rough food day. For breakfast I had rice crispies, milk, and apple juice. (we have to drink our fluids NO matter what) and I DIDN'T have the bagel and cream cheese that was also on my plate. Lunch SUCKED though. It was this nasty chicken salad "thing" on a crossant. It had all kinds of onions and peppers in it....Yuck. THEN we had chips, a big giant sugar cookie (think of the HUGE ones in supermarkets), bowl of pears, and a weird veggie salad concotion that was cucumber and onion with like mayo on it....uh, yikes. So, I ate pears and realizing that would leave me starving for dinner I had a few chips. I didn't even want them. I just wasn't going to eat anything else.
That wasn't fun. Now I'm sitting here crazy hungry because I've had like only 400 for the day and it's almost 4pm AND I know my dinner will be hard too...Ugh.
But hey...I will be dropping some pounds...so I won't keep complaining. But I usually DON'T like to lose weight through the no eating way. And I HATE not being able to work out. That really blows.
Okay, well, I'll try to write when I can....don't know how often that will be. :)
ash

weight: no clue

In a few hours here, I will be checking into Pracs again. I am not sure when I will get to write next simply because last time there were only 7 girls in my study, so getting on the internet wasn't very hard. This time there are supposed to be 50, so you can imagine how that would change things.
This weekend I went to Aberdeen, SD for a family reunion/anniversary party. On the way there I did great and ate a grilled chicken salad with fat-free ranch (from DQ) I did have 1/3 of a kid sized blizzard, but that's pretty tame considering how I usually would eat on road trips back in the day. At the dinner that evening I did have SOME bread (just 3 small slivers), grilled chicken, and a potato. Since I was doing so well, I also had some cheesecake for dessert (it was free and looked SOOO unbelieveable) and I shared it with my kids.
On the drive back we stopped at McD's where I got a mcchicken. (thought it was a grilled sandwich, so oops, but since at breakfast I did great, i figured i'd be fine) also the grapes and apples, with the parfait.
I did well.
One thing I wanted to point out. I used to stay at hotels and think that the continental breakfasts never offered anything good. They usually only had fruit, dry cereal, oatmeal, and toast. THIS time at the hotel I LOVED that I could eat that stuff for breakfast and it was free! I had corn flakes with 1/2 an orange, 1/2 and apple and tea. Eventhough this was a nicer hotel and they had all kinds of muffins, sticky rolls, and fruity pastries, I didn't want any of that. So...that was AWESOME. lol.
This morning I weighed in at my sisters (where I am right now, til I go to Pracs) and it said I was 150. I wonder how much, if any I'll lose at Pracs. Will be very interesting to weigh in in a couple weeks, if I make my study.
Wish me luck!
Ash

weight: 150 ?

calories burned: 0

lbs left to hit mini-goal: 5

time left to hit mini-goal: 16 days

good evening.
Well, just as I assumed, I made my last mini-goal. I wanted to be 150.8 and surpassed that this morning.
But that's good, since now I'm aiming for my 4th of July goal!
I haven't gone to the gym yet, lately I've been going at about 930 at night. I weight train every other day, so today that will give me an hour of weight training and 1 and 1/2 of cardio! Phew...
Finals are tonight! (b-ball) Last time I was doing my cardio and it was SO close at the end I was yelling at the tv. It was funny. There was another guy in the cardio area that was too though, so I didn't feel too goofy.
So...the 140s. I cannot believe they are so close. For so long I looked at that as a place I didn't feel I could get back to easily. Now here I MIGHT be there tomorrow when I wake up. I'm not expecting it...I'm just letting my body do what it wants to do.
In other news, I might be doing another Pracs study. If I do, i check in on this upcoming Monday for 10 and 1/2 days! (basically the same thing I did before) and the same great pay. ONLY thing that sucks?? Aside from being away from my kids and not having control over my food?? NO GYM. I've become addicted to working out. My days will feel so different!
Okay, well, I'll know for sure about that next week. That's all for now.
ash

weight: 150.2

calories burned: 960

lbs left to hit mini-goal: 5 lbs

time left to hit mini-goal: 20 days