Day 128: Welcome to Wordless Wednesday!
Category Archives: College
Day 127 Tuesday Craziness
Today is the crazy day where I’m on campus for what feels like a brazillion hours. I wasn’t sluggish, but my brain hurts and I’m ready for bed. Tonight I’m going to do this a little different. Instead of breaking down the points, I’ll just give a total at the end (but I will say this, a Venti Skinny Caramel Macchiato is only 3 points!!!!! And you can’t taste the difference I promise! So awesome!) Alright, here we go:
Breakfast: We bought some of these really light bagels so I had that with a little cream cheese. When we were camped out at the library, I had an Iced Venti Skinny Caramel Macchiato. I’m pretty sure that is what got me through the day.
Lunch: We brought up sack lunches and sack dinners with snacks. I had a sandwich with some carrots. When I was studying I had a snack of almonds too.
Snack: During my afternoon class, I had some almonds to hold me over until dinner.
Dinner: Before our bible study on campus, Megan and I met up for dinner at the union. I had my other sandwich and salad. It wasn’t enough for either of us, so we split a TropiChop, and it was delicious.
Post Dinner: After we got home, I realized I had only eaten 22.5 points and it was already 9:30. So, I decided to make what turned out to be another dinner. I cooked another Italian sausage, made an egg with a couple egg whites and what was left of the baked beans. It was a heckuva awesome post-dinner dinner.
Overall today, I got to 31 points. I don’t like eating that much that late, but it was one of those days where it felt I hadn’t actually eaten so it was okay. See ya tomorrow.
Day 126: No Case of the Mondays Here Edition
After an insane week of craziness, it was great to start a week off on a positive note. I’ve been trying to catch up on everything because I’m going to start an internship with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Wednesday! I’m really excited to see what that great opportunity brings (not to mention a great practice in effective time management.) Anyways, so today was just a good day.
Breakfast: So we got these coupons through Facebook for a free thin bagel from Einstein Brothers and we were going to do it but we I forgot to bring it with us to school. We went anyways =). I got a combo with a thin bagel with light smear and a fruit cup. It was awesome and (sorry Starbucks) their black coffee is the best hands down. Overall, it was a 6 point breakfast.
Lunch: After my class, I came home and ate what was left of the Turkey Mexican Casserole from last night. I also had some of the Baked Beans Formerly Known as Pinto Beans. It seriously made the meal. Frankly, this picture doesn’t do the epic awesomeness of this meal justice. A thick 8 point lunch. (Oh yeah, and I ate it with a spoon. It seemed like a spoon appropriate meal. It’s like what Teddy Roosevelt always said “Speak softly and carry a big spoon” or something like that.)
Snack (This is where the adultery comes in): No I did not cheat on Megan, however I cheated on my favorite yogurt place, Hiro’s, today. I went to go get some pants altered on the other side of time and then we decided to grab some frozen yogurt (Please Note: these two destinations are not a cause and effect of each other.) Now we are die hard Hiro’s fans, but we decided to try this place called Nuberri. Sadly, I think I have a new favorite place to get my frozen yogurt on. They have some awesome flavors, a lot more toppings and they have a scale with a price chart that you can look at by the toppings so you won’t end up with a $10 sundae. (Oh yeah, they also have hot fudge, but I’ll never try that) The biggest thing is they have the nutritional info of their yogurts. Pretty awesome place and my yogurt was 5 points.
Dinner: So it was my turn to make dinner so I tried to make a new recipe that I made up. We bought some Jennie-O spicy Italian sausage this week so I made some sauce with cut up bell peppers and poured it over the cut up pieces. It was pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Overall, the meal was 12 points. Pretty legit.
Today, I got to 31 points which is my limit so that works! See ya tomorrow.
Day 125: Weigh In Round 21
Breakfast: I went the Wafflewich route. It was delicious, but I think I’m going to cut it down to just one waffle and half a serving of pb to lower the points and then have a mid morning snack. It was 8 points of nomage.
Lunch: Megan made this awesome breakfast scramble with potatoes, bell peppers, onions, bacon, and a combo of egg yolks and egg whites. I forgot to take a picture because I was really hungry. Sorry about that. Let me assure you it was a masterpiece. Anyways, it was only a 6 point lunch.
Snack: If you haven’t tried 94% ff kettle corn, you are missing out!!!!!!!!!! Just enough sweetness to feel like you are cheating but not saturated enough to make you feel gross. Half of the bag was only 2 points! Buy it today!
Dinner: While I was watching the worst Super Bowl slowly develop game by game, Megan made this awesome WW Mexican Turkey Casserole. It was sooo awesome. We haven’t had it in a while and I really missed it. With some chips my dinner was 15 points. Only one portion is 6 points so it’s really a good meal.
Snack: During our men’s small group, they cooked hamburgers and hot dogs. I had already eaten, but there were some Cape Cod Chips with 40% less fat so for 23 chips (which is a big serving size) was only 3 points. Not too shabby.
So today I got to 34 points which is high but hooray for weekly points. See ya tomorrow.
Day 124: Saturday Awesome Saturday
Breakfast: We slept in a little bit so I just had a waffle. Only 2.5 points.
Lunch: For the first time in a while I made Turkey Burgers!!!!!! SO AWESOME!!!! We had some leftover pinto beans so Megan she made them into baked beans. They were really awesome. We also made a batch of baked fries. Lunch was 11 points which is pretty decent for burgers and fries.
Exercise: Before our excursion out in to the cold (cold as in wind chill of 42. I know that’s the summer high in Minnesota but Florida has made me a pansy) I had a banana. (2 points) We then went to the beautiful Lake Ella Park. Even though it was pretty cold, there were a lot of people out enjoying the sunshine. The track around Lake Ellas is .6 miles around and we went 5 times. I’m no mathmagician, but that’s 3 miles. We tried to jog but it was too windy so we speed walked the whole time. It was a lot of fun.
Dinner: It was like a greatest hits of awesome food day. Megan made some mac n’ cheese and broccoli, one of my favorites. I ate my share and it was delicious. Two heaping helpings was 12 points and the broccoli was free. Pretty hard to beat.
So today I only ate 27.5 points which is still below but I feel really good. Tomorrow is the first weigh in day of my journey to 43 pounds so I’m hoping for a big number (well… a small number.) I’ve been pretty good this week so we will just see what happens. See ya tomorrow. (Oh yeah, we just started the first season of Breaking Bad. Pretty legit show.)
An Apology For Friday
So… yeah, sorry about the lack of postage (not stamps…. posting) yesterday. We hung out with friends in to the wee ones last night. It was good to hang out and relax after a intense 4 day work week. It use to not always be that way, I use to welcome and love 4 day weeks but now it just means more work in less time. Awesome. Anyways, to recap yesterday: I ate pretty much right at my points, Matt and I played racquetball and got kicked of our courts twice because they were reserved, and I drank a crapton of water. I know this is going to sad bad (but I don’t care) but I’m ready for people who have work out resolutions to get lazy so the traffic at the gym would lighten up. The gym at FSU is pretty big but yesterday I actually felt claustrophobic. No bueno. Anyways, I don’t really mean that I hope people screw up their resolutions, that’s wrong, but something needs to happen to lighten the traffic load. Overall, Friday was a good day and so far today has been awesome. Read all about it later. See ya tonight.
Day 122: TGIThursday
Breakfast: This morning I went to a panel/advisory board meeting for the Hispanic Marketing Communication Center at FSU. It was a pretty cool meeting with a lot of big wigs in advertising. Anyways, there was a big plate of bagels but I resisted and ate my PB fiber snack bar thing from Publix which was really really good and 3 points. Caloric crisis averted.
Lunch: On Thursdays, our awesome college minister Adam (and sometimes his awesome wife Crystal) come up to campus to have lunch with whoever shows up at the food court. I usually just get Pollo Tropical in the food court, but today I tried the sushi/stir fry place. I got the Shrimp Tempura roll and it was pretty good and not that expensive as far as sushi goes. My roll was 13 points for 8 pieces which is a little high but a nice treat.
Snack: Surprise surprise, I went to Starbucks again (I need to stop!!!!!) and got a Iced Grande Skinny Caramel Machiatto for 4 points
Dinner: Megan made a massive crock pot of pinto beans for dinner and it was glorious. I had 4 massive ladels full. It was really good and that much was a ton of food. Not to mention only 8 points. Hollatastic.
Snack: Just a banana 2 points
So today I only got to 30 points which is actually not bad at all. Again… Thank God tomorrow is Friday. See ya tomorrow.
Day 121: Palindrome Day!
What a difference a good nights’ sleep makes. After an exhausting day, today was equally as busy, but I still got a lot done and I just felt better. Regardless, I am ready for the weekend like you would not believe. Allllllllllllrighty then….
Breakfast: I just had a bowl of Kashi Toasted Honey Almond Crunch which was delicious and 5 points with milk.
Snack: So my body has started to do this weird (but good?) thing where it’s become almost hyper sensitive to unhealthy or extreme (too salty, too greasy, etc.) foods. If you recall, I am a huge fan of iced chai lattes and I haven’t had one in a while. I got one today and it was waaaaay to sweet to the point of almost being gross. (The sugar free skinny lattes have ruined me in a good way.) I tried to drink it because it was a venti but I drank to the Sirens’ bosom (sadly the best way to describe it) and had to quit. I drank 4 points of it.
Lunch: I had Starbucks at 10ish and I didn’t eat anything else until 2:30. I was starving. I didn’t pack any snacks like I had planned and I was crunched for time (the story of my life it feels like. Boo Hoo me.) Anyways, I was rummaging around this convenience store on campus and found the pack of Sabra Hummus and Pretzels in the refrigerated aisle. There were no better options so I gave it a shot. It was amazing, but that might have been because I was hallucinating bacon falling from the sky at that point. The pretzels were salty but it worked. This little pack was 8 points but it was dense and delicious.
Dinner: I had some leftover chili (my favorite) over some chips and a little cheese. It was 9.5 points but didn’t really feel me up.
Snack: After church and grocery shopping, I needed to eat something. I had a thing of string cheese and it was 1 points but it felt like I could taste the oil. It was weird. Then I decided to eat a salad with trail mix and Fat Free Dijon. The salad was only 4 points and filled me up.
So today I got up to I 31.5 points so I was a lot closer today. After today with all the food tasting wierdness, I kind of feel like Spiderman when he was trying to figure out his superpowers. I really have no clue what’s going on (maybe I’m finally going through puberty) but if anyone else has had that same experience please let me know. It’s intriguing to me. One more thing before I go: we were putting up groceries and Megan picked up this 2 pound bag of pinto beans. She looked at it, thought about it for a sec and said “You have lost 28 of these off of your body.” Wow. That really put things in to perspective. Pretty cool stuff. See ya tomorrow.
Day 120: The Mourning After
They always say that the day you go back to work from a vacation is really hard and let me tell you today was a doozie. I got more done in a day than I ever had (which is good) but even after working hard all day I still have more to do. It just never ends. Consequently, I’ve made a lot better use of my time and have become more efficient with the time I have. Welcome to Grad School I guess. Even though today has been rough and kind of discouraging, I have been getting awesome feedback about last night’s post which has made my day. Thanks again for being awesome. If the rest of semester is going to be like this, I’ll need all the help I can get. Alright, food time.
Breakfast: I tried to make a wafflewich with toast this morning (toastwich?) and it was a complete disaster. In it’s defense, my toast was cold so maybe that had something to do with it. I ate about 5 points of it and threw it in the trash.
Snack: Luckily, the FSU library has a Starbucks and since I got a Starbucks card from my awesome in-laws, (thanks Mark and Pattie!) I got a Grande Skinny Caramel Machiatto for 3 points. (Has anyone seen the new Starbucks cup size? It looks like the fuel tank on a Vespa. Just saying.)
Lunch: Since we were on campus, we met up at Pollo Tropical and grabbed some lunch. We both had the TropiChop which is white chicken, white rice and black beans. Soooooo good. The bowl is 11 points.
Dinner: Lunch was pretty early and dinner was pretty late so I was starving through out my classes. I’m definitely going to pack some snacks tomorrow to avoid that (and by drinking more water!) Anyways, we had chili which was just awesome. Some comfort food goes a long way. I know a lot of people think that comfort food usually has to be unhealthy but I totally disagree with that. Next time you want some comfort (stick to your ribs) food, make some beans and rice. It soothes the soul. Trust me, I’m a glutton (well… used to be.) So I ate a lot this evening but ate well. Dinner was 13 points. Yumtastic.
So today I got to 32 points which use to be okay, but since I broke 300, according to our older system, I’m down to 31 points a day. You might think it’s just a point, but I rely on that little guy a lot so that should make things interesting around here. Either way, I’m over a point today and it happens. I’ll take it. See ya tomorrow.
Day 119: Weekend Recap and New Goals Edition
I’m back. What a great weekend. It was awesome to get a way for a few days before life gets really interesting. My advice to you: Hotwire is the best thing in the world. We stayed in a condo bigger than our house for really cheap. So worth it. Anyways, we walked easily more than 10 miles all around Disney this weekend (in some cases, jogging/swimming through the torrential downpour today) and we ate pretty sensibly. We packed lunches, ate a lot of trail mix and carrots, and drank a lot of water. We did eat out a few times, but we shared entrees most of the time which cut down the calories and the cost. Overall, a pretty awesome weekend.
Short Term Goal: as you may recall from Thursday, I broke my 300 pound goal (hooray!) so this weekend I thought a lot about what my new goal is going to be and I think I’ve figured it out. On March 5th, we are planning on doing the ESPN The Weekend 5k at Disney (we still haven’t registered, but we are going to soon) and by then I want to be down another 20 pounds, so 279. It’s only 47 days away, but I’m hoping to blow it out of the water. It would be pretty awesome because I haven’t weighed that much since… middle school? I think setting up these mini goals really helps you keep your eyes on the prize. When I think of how much weight I need to lose it’s really overwhelming and frankly terrifying, but when it’s chopped up like this it makes it a lot more manageable. So that’s my short term goal.
Longer Term Goal: When I was a senior in high school, my computer teacher Mrs. Merritt wanted us to write down some goals at the beginning of the year and put them in an envelope. Mine was to lose 100 pounds. I had my mind set on it that this was going to happen, but then I started to tell people and they were like “are you kidding?” “That’s a ton of weight!” (actually, it’s way less than a ton stupid) and “Well… good luck with that.” So I just gave up on it really soon. Really, it wasn’t anyone’s fault but mine. I would exercise, but at that point I was eating 2 double cheeseburgers a day from McDonald’s so it wasn’t going to happen. Anyways, I had my mind set on losing weight, but I didn’t have my heart set on it too. Weight loss doesn’t work unless you give it your all where it becomes a part of your identity. It has to be top of mind all the time because that is when you’ll make the smarter decisions. It’s easy to mindlessly eat chips but if you know it’s the wrong thing, you’re able to eat only a serving. So I say that to say this. This time, my heart and mind are all in it for the weight loss win. [Takes deep breathe… not the computer, me] I’m going to try to lose a total of 100 pounds by April 27, 100 days from tomorrow. I have 100 days to lose 43 pounds and I’m going to do it the healthy way. I’ll still eat all my calories and I’m going to keep exercising. The way I look at it, if I don’t make it but I’ve still given it my all, then I’ll still win. So here’s what I need from you, dear reader. KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! You guys are so awesome!!! I feed off of your energy and support. Want a workout partner? Call me up! Want to go running? Call me up! You need a partner for a pie eating contest? Call someone else. But seriously, you guys rock and I thank you all for being so supportive. I really couldn’t have done it with out you.
Alright, so that’s that. March 5th and April 27th: prepare to be dominated. See ya tomorrow.