Hmm.. What's a skinny cow? Just curious
What sort of dancing do you do in that class? All types? Or is it like lyrical stuff? Heh only thing I know about dancing is that I like watching So You Think You Can Dance when it's on :P rofl

Anywho... Keep at it girl!!

Ok.

Breakfast: I slept through it, and then decided to read rather than eat as I was not hungry at all.
Lunch: 1 cup of brown rice, 1.5 cups of brocolli
Dinner: 1.5 cups of whole wheat pasta, 1.5 cups of my sauteed vegetable concoction, 2 pluots. Which were small but delicious.

Exercise: No. I am taking the weekend off. Especially considering that I've been a good girl this week. And that when I get off of work, my gym is closed. And closed on Sunday. So it's inevitable.
Water: 2 L today yayyy!

...and for future reference a skinny cow is an ice cream sandwich that's low calorie (140-150, depending on flavor) and low fat and all that good stuff. And they're generously portioned, so it totally satisfies my inhuman occasional lust for ice cream. They are so amazingly rad, words can not express my deepest emotions concerning them.

Hi Suzi,

By chance did you add up the calories you had yesterday?

And I had a Skinny Cow Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwich last night - yum!!

Oh.. I thought they might be some sort of dessert but wasn't sure
I'll have to look for them when I go grocery shopping in a bit

No, I haven't been counting my calories. The only time I ever register said calories are when I'm eating something that is questionable, such as skinny cows (despite their power over my sanity), chicken tacos, or low carb burgers. I hate counting calories because it just makes me insane and I end up having anxiety attacks about those 50 superfluous calories. I'm already a little crazy about the scale and how many calories I burn, so adding more crazy would inevitably be my downfall. I figure that I'm eating well, I'm rarely hungry (only at work before my dinner break when my stomach rebels), and I'm not eating like insane amounts of anything...aside from veggies. I am eating more veggies now that I thought was humanly possible. But doctors always say that you can go crazy with the veg aspect. (Go crazy with chorophyll? Could be a motto...) Anyways. I don't feel weird or deprived (except for the occasional chicken taco, which I then devour), I don't feel weak at all and I'm more energetic in general (noticed especially at the gym, where I have apparently developed some stamina or something). Anyways. I basically don't want to be like my mom and catagorize meals by caloric allotments. And I'd get that crazy, too. Anyways.

So today I was at work and I saw a friend I haven't seen in like 2 weeks and she was all "Have you lost weight?" And I was all "...have you lost weight?" And then we decided that we've both lost weight. Though in her case it's due to collegiate stress and not eating. And then I joked with her that it was all in her head (she has lost face weight), due to a deflating ego. I'm a funny girl.

Breakfast: I slept through it...again. I actually put a yogurt in my car to eat on while driving to work, but I totally forgot about it in my panic at being late with horrible hair. So it's still in my cupholder. Fermenting. Mmmm tasty.
Lunch: 1 cup brown rice medley, 1.5 cups of broccolli...1.5 mini banana nut chocolate chip muffins. Which were delicious and worth it (I had not had any in 4 years!)
Dinner: 2 slices of toast, 1 cup of asparagus, 1/2 cup of carrots, a plum, two otter pops (15 calories each).

Exercise: Nothing. Just frantically walking around work as chaos erupted around me. You know. The usual.
Water: 2.25 L! Oh yayyy! I have peed so much today. That's a total TMI...but whatever. It's the complete truth.

Anyways. I'm off. I have class tomorrow morning at an ungodly hour, will definately eat things before I leave for said class, will probably eat at the cafeteria (let there be something not bad, please!), and hopefully I will remember to get all of my accessories together in the morning before my decidely long school day. MMMMM college.

BWA HA HA HA HA.

I just did my "official" weigh in, and I'm down 4 pounds!!!! YAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The official bummer is that my jeans that fit when I weighed 205ish are still too small. I don't see how they'll fit in 6 lbs. Either way, when I saw 211.5 the other day and did mental math in the shower (dropping the soap three times in the process), I figured that if I keep going at this rate, I'll have lost everything I need to lose in under 6 months. Which totally meets my "deadline" of my friend coming back from Italy. And is rapid enough to make even my most slow witted friends, after not seeing me for a month, go "wait...something...different..." And while I doubt I'll be able to maintain this loss, especially when I get closer to my goal, damn this is encouraging. Apparently diet and exercise does work.

Anyways.

SW: 219
CW: 211
GW: 130 or thereabouts

Ultimate goal: To wear a size 6/8.

Ok course it works! Congrats on the weight loss - You're doing great.

Wow 4 more lbs? That's AWESOME!!!! *does a happy dance for you*
Who knew that a eating right and exercise could make ya lose weight! heh

too cool.......

Seriously dudes. Usually I make it a week (eating "ok," exercising like 4 times) and after not losing any I get all sad and watch Amelie and eat a pint of ice cream. But no way. No way am I doing that anymore. I used to think I was one of those people who just can't lose weight, but apparently I've proven myself wrong. Man, so excited. And sweaty. Ugh sweaty.

Breakfast: a cup of yogurt. I was mad late for class today, and between doing my hair in the car and eating in the car, that was it.
Lunch: A lunchables thing. Lame, I know. But I only had $2.88 and the cafe I eat at doesn't take credit or ATM and I was on a time limit to eat and complete a French essay before said French class, so I couldn't go somewhere else. So I bought my $2 lunchables. At least it had wheat crackers, right?
Dinner: I realized that I'd only eaten 500 calories so far, so I went and ate two chicken tacos, bringing my daily caloric intake up to 1100 even. Crazy.

Exercise: Did my circut, then my cardio. Burned 350.2 calories on the elliptical contraption.
Water: 1.5 L. I am all watered out. I could not drink more water right now even if I wanted to. I have completely met my saturation point.

Either way, this was a good day. Found out I had indeed lost 4 pounds in a week ::joins Amunet in a happy dance::, classes didn't kick my butt, which saved it for the gym, and tomorrow I have an exam. Which means I may or may not end up going to the gym. I'll know by tomorrow noonish what my grand scheme will be.

Anyways. Best of luck to everyone and keep on going because apparently this freaking thing (ie diet and exercise) actually does make you lose weight! Fortir, mes amis!

Just wanted to drop in and say.. good luck on your exam!

I'm down another pound! I wouldn't have posted it, but I like round numbers. So now I'm down to 210 and I'm so amazingly stoked. And round numbers are amazing!

Way to go Suzi; you're going to make it to One-derland in no time!!!

It is so exciting to read how great you are doing, keep up the good work

Ah another day. Today not so great, but I spent 4 hours in one spot studying.

Breakfast: 1 cup of yogurt, 1 slice of 9 grain toast, butter spray stuff
Lunch: A turkey sandwich on wheat with tomato and lettuce, a bag of carrots...and that's about it.
Snack: Odwalla bar (250 cal)
Dinner: 1 cup of carrots, 1 cup of asparagus, 2 slices of toast, 1 Ghiradelli chocolate thing (180 cal and worth it)

Exercise: None. I was studying sociology all day.
Water: 2 L

Anyways. I'm going to read more of "The Devil Wears Prada" because it's one good book.