Claire: The End of One Sweet Week!

Laila and I spent the day chasing the sun, trying to get tan. Our goal of getting a little sun didn't really work out. We met up with the guy I've gone on a few dates with, he brought his little brother and his son, (this kid is so adorable). We had lunch and played around a local park. Since I drove with Laila and she had to babysit, he offered to drive me home. That man is so sweet, really.

Getting home was particularly funny because we caught my dad napping on the couch in front of the TV, I've never seen my dad look so surprised. You could tell he wasn't sure about what was going on! The look of sheer puzzlement was hilarious! So the introductions were made and after he left all my dad could say was, "He sure is tall! Does he shoot?" After telling Dad he does shoot, he tells me to invited him to join him for some skeet shooting sometime, this really threw me for a loop.

Another cool note: I'm officially down 14 pounds!!!!! And I just ordered a phone upgrade!! YAY!! All-around one SWEET week!

Food: a piece of harder-than-life toast w/pb; Spicy Anasazi Bean Burger w/cheese; raspberry yogurt; cantaloupe; pbj sandwich and a couple of baby carrots.
Calories: between 1350-1442
Protein: around 50 g
Water: lots, been drinking it all evening!
Exercise: lots of chasing the little kid around the playground! Lots of fun! Plus scaling a hillside, being a ninja going across a river and maybe a mile or so "hike" looking for a place near the river.

Claire: The last two days

So Thursday was the second date and it was so much fun- I really had a FANTASTIC time!! We had dinner and then went to seriously, the best movie theater around. We watched The A-Team, what a cheesy action film- it was pretty good too! Afterward we explored his town and enjoyed the rest of the evening around one of the local lakes. Gotta say this guy is pretty great. :)

Food: 2 Eggo waffles w/pb and sliced banana; popcorn and a beer; salad (no dressing), vegetarian lasagna (I could only eat like a quarter of it, it was massive) and sour dough bread. (Yummy!) And a banana too.
Calories: 1402 (or less)
Protein: 32 or less
Water: LOTS of it!
Exercise: played on some local school's swings and lots of walking around in high heels no less, I think that counts more right?

Today
Food: 2 Eggo waffles w/pb; carrots; two eggs; two full servings of lentil soup; and 8 oz of raspberry yogurt
Calories: around 1135 or 1200
Protein: 47-51
Water: yep!!
Exercise: dancing around my room blasting some sweet music!

Laila: Whew.

Today has got to be the most exhausting day I've had in a long long time. Spent nearly all my day at work (10 AM to 7ish PM). Most of the day was spent outdoors in that glorious blazing sun. And guess what: I GOT TAN!! Woot.

I found myself lacking on serious energy (food) and am quite impressed with myself to have made it the entire day really on a bagel and bowl of cherrios.

Before work this morning: 1/2 bagel with about a tbsp cream cheese
Between shifts: a small bowl of cherrios, 1 banana
After work: 6-inch sandwich from Subway, 1 bag wheat thins, 1 diet coke, 1 banana

That may seem like a lot of food, but granted I spent nearly 9 hours out in the sun. Got about an hour 1/2 of swimming in plus 30 min of playing water polo. Pretty intense!

Took the dog for a late night walk with a friend. Mainly uphill for about 20 min or so.

Needless to say: I'M POOPED!

However, as I look back on my day I'm proud of the progress I've made. Coming home from work I knew I should go out to eat, mainly because the house I'm staying at doesn't really have much on-the-go food. Everything takes a while to make. Normally that wouldn't be an issue. But I figured I'd better save my sanity and just let Subway make my food for me. I was tempted to go to maybe a cheaper burger joint....but I resisted. It's good knowing I've filled up on good food all day.

I am now going to sleep. Wishing I didn't have to wake up for about a week or so. But alas that is not possible. Oh well. Overall: good day!

Claire: Bright and Beautiful Morning!

Everything started out pretty well. I had done some of my laundry the previous night and had sadly, put my work clothes in the wrong pile forcing me to catch a ride to work :) . On the way there I got a sweet phone call from the guy I have a date with tomorrow night. Apparently he's a morning person who gets up naturally around 5 am! Crazy, just crazy. Work was pretty good- people were happy, cheerful and nice with me! (Hey things can get messy working in retail!) Came home and blasted some music because I could and no one else was home and busted out my dance moves!!! Seriously so much fun!

Food: two Eggo waffles w/pb and sliced banana; a light pbj sandwich; some baby carrots and a lasagna Florentine; and finally 3 scrambled eggs.
Calories: 1225
Protein: 52.1
Water: Work makes it difficult to get enough of it, plus I left my water bottle at home :(

I've been on a happy-high all day now. Plus, like I promised, here's my news: I'm at an all-time weight low! Officially down 11 or 12 pounds!!! YEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Claire: Now Summer Arrives!

That's right! I got some sun!!! I spent most of the day hanging out with one of my friends, Anaya, tanning in her backyard. It felt fantastic to be outside and the sun shinning.

Food: two Eggo waffles w/pb and apple slices; a glass of soy milk with lasagna Florentine; about a two cups of popped popcorn; a pbj sandwich.
Calories: 1257
Protein: 44.5 g
Water: not enough.
Exercise: no, not much...

Tomorrow I work earlier, which means I'm gonna have to get up RIDICULOUSLY early to walk there. And I have some awesome news, but you won't get it till tomorrow- I need it to be confirmed first!! :) Super excited over here!!!

Laila: GOOD Day!

Well today was a very good / somewhat crazy / productive day on my end. I think it was the sun that motivated me to do all of this work today.

I'm coaching a water polo camp at the gym where I work, and today (it was the 2nd day) was a great day! After a quick pep talk with the kids about learning how to be civil with each other, as well as learning a few basics of the game, they did awesome! And I must say I love coaching! I've been in the coaching / swimming atmosphere in a pool setting for about 6 years now and I must say I have yet to grow tired of it :)

If an hour and 1/2 of pacing up and down the pool wasn't enough, I went to swim practice for 90 minutes. I had a good hard workout. Came home pooped. But of course, there's more. I had yet to give the dog her walk today, and decided to embark on about a 2 mile or so walk (up a HUGE hill if I might add) at about 9PM. Not the smartest, because about 20 min into it I realized that the setting sun was catching up with us. And I refused to be out there alone in the dark. So we walked fast. Made it in about 40 min or so (granted I was wearing flip flops). So again. Good day.

Food: bowl Special K w/ strawberries, 1 apple, 1 deli sandwich from Walmart, a handful of fish crackers, 10 or so wheat thin crackers.
Exercise: see above. I do feel quite tuckered out. So I'd say I did good.
Water: 10 glasses. Yay for sunny weather

Claire: 1st Day of Summer!

Hope the weather finally catches up to the season! We need sunshine here! Today I got the follow up call from the guy I went on the date with. A second date is coming Thursday night- pretty excited and a little nervous about it too. I need to work on dressing up all cute for these kinds of things! Like doing my hair all sweet like.

Food: blueberry waffles w/pb, a glass of soy milk and a peaches cup; 3 egg whites scrambled and baby carrots; a lasagna Florentine; baby carrots; and a toasted cheese sandwich.
Calories: 1251
Protein: 60 g
Water: lots of it!!
Exercise: nope, lazy day.

Also found a box of t-shirts from like high school and early college- I had stored them because they were too small to wear and guess what? Three out of the five shirts fit!!! YAY!!!!
(Another cool note: the guy told me I'm pretty- completely made my day!) :) I'm such a cheese ball!

Claire: I Feel Like A Zombie

Minus the wanting to eat people's brains of course, and being a non-human. I was asked to come into work early today so I did and then I was asked if I could stay late. How late? Till closing of course. So I had a 9 HOUR shift today. I'm beat. YAY- for a better paycheck though!

Food: basically had peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches all day today, because I 1) live with my carnivorous family and 2) didn't have $ to buy food at work. I did have a Yukon White Bean and Basic Burger from Burgerville (so good- especially after so much pbj!!)
Calories: 1435
Protein: 42 g
Water: more than yesterday.
Exercise: speed walking to work (3.5 miles in 45-50 minutes!)

At work they had a materials out in the break room for people to make their dads a father's day card. I did and it is so cheesy! He loved it. :)

Also remember how last weekend I binged and totally reverted to my old ways? Remember how I gained like 5.6 pounds? Well this week I'm back down to where I was before that odious weekend! The speed walking to and from work plus better eating habits does pay off.

Laila: Better Day

Well today was a better day than yesterday. Actually DID stuff today (shocker).

I got to the gym for the first time in a week and did cardio for about 45 min and lifting about 30 min. Got to train a little with a friend who works there. I sure did miss that endorphine "high" this past week of little working out.

This upcoming week for me will be crazy. I'm "counseling" a camp at the gym I work at for a water polo camp. I know the basic idea of the game, and have played it only a couple times. So it'll be interesting how that all plays out. This also means that I will be LIVING at work this week (and of course work and the house I'm at couldn't be farther apart). So I'm beginning to make and bag up my meals for the week. The bright side is, that with all this activity going on I won't have time to overeat!

Water: bout 8 glasses
Vitamin: still no. I need to go get those
Calories: absolutely no idea