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: Refusing to Give Up!

After the repercussions of this weekend, er early week, I'm back! You've no doubt heard the cliche "Weight loss (life, whatever) is a journey." Well this traveler isn't quitting on her journey! (Am I a dork or what?) I picked up on my calorie counting, water guzzling, and exercising plan. And it makes a difference- I genuinely feel better today. Especially because I don't feel lazy! I have energy. Gotta give props to making healthier choices even though it can be difficult.

Food: egg, cereal w/soymilk; banana and a pbj sandwich; a nectarine w/cereal and soymilk; lentil soup w/broccoli and a side of fresh corn; and a snack of some almond butter.
Calories: 1312
Water: 76 oz.
Exercise: walked 2.5 miles, ran 1.3 miles; 4 sets of 15 w/5lb hand weights: front and lateral raises, Arnold/shoulder presses, bent over flies, full and hammer curls, kickbacks w/palms towards me and palms forward, and chair dips.

Claire: Truth Be Told

Like Laila said, we hung out a bunch this weekend. But honestly, I choose to abandon my healthy choices this weekend. And I'm ashamed about it. Here I am trying to live a healthier life and make better choices as well as the fact I'm doing this with Laila and then I come up with the "great idea" of getting ice cream and making a cake?!? I let my stress and frustrations derail me. I don't know why this happens, but it's like I sabotage myself every time. I get to the same point in my weight-loss and it stalls for a little bit and I go off, by %$# choice! I hate it....

I didn't count today and haven't done any exercise for a WHILE. Been eating junk too. I won't let this be like "every other time" because I'm going to stick with it, I won't let this temporary setback keep me from success. I know, without a doubt, that I can do this, that I can reach my goals.

So starting tomorrow (technically today now) I'm going back to counting my calories, exercising daily, and keeping track of my water too. I need to set up a reward system or something for the little goals that I achieve. Right now I'm just really really mad about the stupid decisions I made this weekend. I had lost 11 pounds and now I'm back up 5.6 pounds. Thankfully I still fit into my new jeans and my old pants are all still too big. :)

Laila: Day 32

Yesterday I went shopping as a reward to myself for finishing up school. I tried on a dress that normally I wouldn't take to- more form fitting, and accentuating the curves more than I used to. I was tempted to fall back into my comfort zone and get a sundress (nothing against sundresses, but I have about 4 right now). Anyways it feels good to shop out of the comfort zone a little bit and to wear something that I'm not quite used to. Plus it fit perfectly. Retail therapy is such a good thing :)

Today's update:
Calories: 1600
Exercise: None today
Vitamin: Yes
Water: 8 glasses