- Last week I ran 4 miles Monday, 8.5 Wednesday, 3 (plus 2 walking) Saturday, 5 yesterday, and 4 (plus 2 walking) today. In addition, I have been doing a lot of walking - I park my car about a mile from campus and sometimes have to walk an additional quarter to half mile across campus.
- I painted my lamp and standing mirror. The lamp is now a leaf-green to match the lampshade I purchased at IKEA and the mirror is blue. I am not totally happy with the mirror, so I may rub a darker paint (either darker blue or black) over it to tone it down. (I may eventually get around to taking a few photos)
- My first week of classes went smoothly. Global health, health promotions, intro to epidemiology, intro to biostatistics - I arrived on time and the syllabi lead me to believe I'll be able to handle this semester without too much stress.
- My apartment looks quite cute and my housemates are really sweet. Basically, my living situation couldn't be better. What a relief, especially since my situation in San Diego was so awful.
And the bad news:
- My weight is horrific. Each day I range somewhere between 136 and 138. After eating a salty, wheat-filled pretzel last night, I was 139 before my run today.
- I have a terrible stomach ache, and if that isn't a sign to not eat, I don't know what is. I had a bit of unsweetened soy yogurt for breakfast, and I may have some toast later.
- Juan is not coming this weekend for my birthday (the 9th). I sort of knew this would happen, and the only upside is that he may come next weekend, and in that case I have a little more time to try and get my body to be less gross.
- I have been eating practically non-stop, since my loans came through and I was able to afford some groceries. That led to an exploratory trip to whole foods. This has led to polenta and vegan cheese and other fattening foods. I need to stick to salad and stop being so gluttonous.
- Cellulite, stretch marks, and no thigh gap. Still.
And then there is eating.
As some of you know, I love to cook and bake. I am always checking out cookbooks from the library and am fairly obsessed with the vegan blogging world. Additionally, I love trying new foods and in general, eating. Yet, I hate what food does to my body. I simply have the constitution that if I look at a cookie, I gain three pounds. I see food as not so much nourishing, but combative to my system (I don't tolerate wheat or dairy well, hence the generally gluten-free, vegan diet). I hope that someday my attitude toward food and my body will be much more normal, but right now I am just not there.
I think I need to start cutting out more foods - specifically nuts. Cutting down my fat intake from nut butters and nuts will certainly decrease my protein intake, but I am not strength training right now, so I think it will be okay. I also need to have more rigidly set menus for the day. I want to restrict my calories to under 1000, and the only wait to do that is to have a daily recipe - basically a combination of meals that I can eat that I know will get me under my goal. For example, breakfast can be either soy yogurt with frozen fruit, oatmeal, or a smoothie (200 calories max). Lunch should be my heartiest meal, so I will have to look into my choices for that one - basically veggies, a whole grain, maybe a protein and a serving of fruit (400 calories max). Dinner should be strictly salads - all vegetables with a splash of vinegar or lemon juice and herbs (300 calories max). Then I have 100 calories to be able to have another piece of fruit, a soy cappuccino, etc. Caffeine is essential for getting me through afternoon/evening classes, but green tea is preferred to coffee.
Alright, I think I am finally running out of words and I need to just ruminate on all of this.
Final thoughts - under 1000, running minimum of five days per week (I am still training for my half-marathon on the 25th) with a preference of six days, organizing my schoolwork and time in order to maximize my efficiency and minimize snacking...
Any thoughts and comments will be greatly appreciated. I am quite grateful for your comments on the last one. I will write some replies tonight.
9 comments:
I love the plan darling, you'll be so gorgeous for when Juan next visits. You need to email me your new postal address so I can send you something for your birthday (even though it will be late!) and congratulations for doing so well with your running :)
Love you millions,
Adeline xx
Congrats on the running! I am trying to run two times a week, you are def an inspiration.
Good Luck with everything.
Sam
Hmmm. . . Cut the nut butters but leave yourself SOME nutty nibbles. Far better than potato chips! *Sigh* I wish we had Whole Foods here!
3 hours of textbook reading per day? Ouch! When I got pwned with the readings for the literature paper I used to walk laps of the hallway or march on the spot while reading them. . . before I realised Deedee downstairs could hear me and would ALWAYS come up and bug me * cries*
Lol, I've been avidly stalking Cinnamon's craft blog for a few months now. I wish I had her level of talent! Sooooo many pretty things! :D
Good luck on your run today <3
Thanks for the follow :) It sounds like we have that whole cooking-DIY thing in common . Last weekend I bought and assembled a bookshelf for the dorm kitchen and filled it with the forty-odd cookbooks that I'd somehow managed to pack. Needless to say, my roommates are a little freaked out ;)
A meal plan sounds like an excellent idea. I'm trying to figure one out right now.
hey girlie!! welcome to my blog. I love France too. I lived there for two years and would love to live there again. thats awesome you are vegan :-) I was for a while but I am married now and it doesn't quite work out haha. how tall are you?
i got this unsweetened almond milk and it is yummy and only 40 calories per 8 ounces!
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well happy early bday hun
im glad that school is going well for u so far hunt hats great
From pictures I've seen of you you are very muscular, so I reckon those 7lbs are easily muscle. But anyway my point was that maybe you should do more intense cardio or something different like dance? Then you'd be using different muscles? I don't know though.
I can't wait to move in to my uni halls, I hope I have nice neighbours!
Glad your first week of classes went well :) x
happy happy birthdayyy! yea, it is a little meteochre feeling, but it's still your birthday so it is awesome!!! 24 sounds like a damn good year for you :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Snuggles :)
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