Day Thirty-Eight

Celebration!

I got my loan!

Now I DON'T have to move, I CAN finish school, and I DON'T have to dumpster dive for food this winter*.

Yesterday I did Legs/Back for the first time ever. I actually really liked it. I'm both happy and sad that I didn't do it before, because I'm super sore today in the butt and calves, but if I had done it earlier I really would have hurt myself. Better late then never I guess.

Today I did CardioX on El Mejor Pistolero's porch, which was very nice. Even though he spied on me while making apple-pork shoulder in the Crock Pot. He also was a sweet angel and brought me my FAVORITE CUPCAKES EVER yesterday because he know how miserable I was over this whole student loan situation.
Unfortunately my trapeze class got rained out, but I'm rescheduled for Monday night. ...Hopefully the weather will be better. I'm definitely gonna get a t-shirt. And an addiction.

*being hyperbolic, but just slightly, since it wouldn't be the first time**.
**last time it wall for fresh organic produce though***.
***mostly supplied by others who were willing to wade through trash, but not willing to open a cookbook****.
****go team!

And Again

Did Cardio.

The tiredness persists.

I'm with a computer that wot type the letter betwee 'b' ad 'm' o the keyboard... ca you guess what it is? just pretend I'm stuffed up from the flu, or Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Ayway, some of it is certaily period related, ad 4pm ish is usually my slump time ayway. I thik I'm goig to take it easy ad skip pm yoga just for today. Its easier for me to puch myself... have such a hard time backing off exercise whe I get ito it ad startig it whe I'm ot. I eed to work o moderatig myself better.

I did, however, do some homework at "work" (ad I use that loosely) today. So thats oe poit to me for good habits.

I'm literqally agoizig over ot goig to yoga eve though I kow I totally should't. I really get addicted to thigs like that.

... hmph.

Otherwise, I've bee tryig to eat more, but so far it has bee a little spotty. Part of this is because I am a broke joke, ad part of it is that most of the cheap, readily abailible food aroud campus is of the bread variety. ot that there is aythig wrog with that... I loved my whole grai bagel (but ot so much the stale tastig peaut butter!). Its fuy, the more I eat the hugrier I am... I guess that I WAS hugry ad my poor body just despaired of gettig aythig.

I ca tell you though, I thik there is some serious builtig goig o i my body. I'll have to take a picture ad measuremets at the ed of this week... (my real rest week).

Also... I fially made that baaa (wow- totally indecipherable, thaks keyboard) (a sweet, phallic, tropical fruit) ice "cream" last ight. I liked it pretty well... it would be REAL good with coconut milk, but I'll stick to dribblig just a tad of fudge o it ad callig it my dessert.

Otherwise... enjoy the (omigosh, a "n"! ad aother!) cute baby pitbull puppies that the El Mejor Pistolero isists will tear my face off should I ever get oe, ad also the Portugese Water Dog that I also wat. I'm just a budle of dog-wats.

update (with 'n's)

So like yesterday, I went a bit over my Daily-Plate allotment of calories, but I'm not to worried about it. Partially because if it weren't for the bagel I'd be several hundred calories under, partially because I think my shepherds pie is under what Daily Plate thinks it is, partially because its not really that much, and partially because the nutrition tools basically tell me that I rock.

Bananna Bananna	2.00	220	0g	0mg	0mg	58g	42g	8g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bananna, 126 g Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Amazing Grass Green Superfood Chocolate Drink	1.00	30	1g	0mg	38mg	4g	0g	2g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 packet (8 grams) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Post Rasin Bran	1.00	190	1g	0mg	300mg	46g	19g	8g	4g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Cup Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Trader Joe's Original Soymilk	2.00	160	6g	0mg	340mg	26g	12g	2g	14g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 fl oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Vegan Shepards Pie with Kidney Beans	2.00	484	19g	0mg	1,585mg	72g	0g	0g	11g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 11.5 oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Annie's Naturals Goddess Dressing	2.00	260	26g	0mg	640mg	2g	2g	0g	2g	x
	^ Total consumed: servings cups tablespoons teaspoons Serving size: 2 Tbsp Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Pure Cherry Cashew Bar	1.00	200	9g	0mg	5mg	26g	14g	4g	6g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bar Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Kroger Whole Wheat Bagel	2.00	300	4g	0mg	540mg	56g	6g	6g	10g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/2 Bagel (56 g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Kroger Peanut Butter	2.00	160	10g	0mg	150mg	4g	3g	2g	16g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 tbsp. Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Spinach	2.00	14	0g	0mg	47mg	2g	0g	1g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 cup (30g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
100 Calorie Popcorn Orville Redenbacher's	1.00	100	2g	0mg	140mg	21g	0g	3g	3g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bag Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Trader Joe's 100% Cranberry Juice	0.50	35	0g	0mg	3mg	9g	5g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 Fl oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Emergen-C Tropical	2.00	50	0g	0mg	120mg	12g	12g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 packet (9g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup	1.00

Also, cherry cashew Pure Bar rocked my life, so Pure is my new favorite.

I'm never gonna give you up, Pure Bars.

What Day Is It?

I am SO TIRED.

(...lets call it Day Twenty-One, and call yesterday my rest day.)

So to re-cap: SO TIRED.

I did the CardioX anyway, and maybe I was so pooped because I didn't really eat enough today, or enough good stuff...

Breakfast:
Raisin bran and almond milk, half a bottle of HonestTea (don't worry, I had the other half yesterday and forgot it in my bag! Also, try the new Mango Green Tea... its great, and organic!)

Snacking through school day: Pure Bar. box of raisins, and two (!) beef hot-dogs. They were free, and allowed me to keep my zucchini bake for dinner.

...though according to My Daily Plate (which I try not to use because it makes me obsess) I've eaten about 1,180 calories (ish, since I'm not going to try to estimate what a "smidge" of mustard is). Point is its not even 6, nor am I even hungry, so I don't know why I'm so pooped.

Ugh.

According to Tony, I'm supposed to do yoga tomorrow... little dose he know I'm playing hookie from him and going to my yoga studio (you know, the one I'm still paying for!) instead. HAH!!

PS: PURE bars have (tentatively) replaced Lara Bars as the new love of my life (in bar form). The chocolate brownie is pretty stimulating, but I'll have to try the others to deliver the official verdict. The Lara Bar cherries are very solid and an old standby. Maybe I should stop being such a bum and start saving up for a food processor and make my own, huh?

Ballistack

Felt super lazy and tired today, but toddled through Cardio X.

How lazy? I made a cup to tea and couldn't be bothered to drink it. I haven't even had breakfast yet.

Ugh.

Days 12 and 13

Despite blogular evidence to the contrary I actually have still been plugging away at the p90X, and for the past two days I've had the pleasure of doing them with a workout buddy: my lovely friend Diana.

I woke up this morning from and uncomfortable dream where I was being hounded by people I don't like. Also, no good news about the loan I need to finish my last freakin' year of school. If everything implodes I have another place lined up but the truth is I'd hate to leave the spot I'm in, it will make the commute to school very tedious, and just generally suck-up my life. Not to mention it will take money I don't have to move again. We'll see.

In good news, I saw the movie Ponyo last night, and it was gorgeous!

Cardio X Take Two

It was almost not gonna happen today, what with the four am wake up, four plus hour bus ride, and the Smithsonian adventure I had with my lovely cousin Pip. But I did!

I also ate like a semi-respectable human being.

Breakfast: eggs and toast.

Snack: cup of grapes, espresso.

Lunch: lighter side signature salad at Cosi.

Snack: light lemonade

Dinner: salad with goddess dressing, pepper, soy mozzarella, lentil soup, and some sweet potato fries, a beer.

There might be a coconut yogurt left in me tonight :)

Good news: my leg feels a little better every day.

Bad news: I still have no idea how I am paying for school this year.

Day Five, I hope...

The good news: I feel fairly un-sore.
The better news: I'm done with manegerial accounting! Horaaay!
The bad news: Since I dont have a pull-up bar, I'm not sure how todays work-out will go.
The worse news: unprecedented levels of inertia.

I'm going to browse through the list of videos and just pick one that looks fun I guess.

And give myself a half hour to digest the lentil/chili and tortilla I had for breakfast!

Ok I decided to do cardio today instead, and I just skipped the chair lifts and bananas because my right hip has been hurting (I think because of the chair lifts) and "clicking" with certain motions, which I definitely think is a strong sign to leave it alone. I skipped Ab Ripper too for the same reason. Sort of funny that I missed abs because of my legs.

I'll admit that I didn't "bring it" all the way, but I put in a solid medium level of "bringing it" and worked up a good sweat. I think I'm going to head out to the pool today, too, because its actually looking pretty nice and sunny out.

Tonight, if all goes according to plan I'll be on a flight to NY, and since I'm committed to doing P90X while there that means I've got to lug along this heavy, stupid laptop.

Breakfast: lentils/chili & tortilla, last little slice of pecan pie
Lunch: pasta with smart balance, parm, and basil
Dinner: Fudruckers burger, 1/2 bun, diet coke (@ airport)
Munchies at Home: piece of fresh mozzarella, quarter of a chicken parm cutlet, handful of fruit crisp, 3 table spoons worth of frozen blueberries, kashi and yogurt

I know, I know, my food intake has been sort of a joke for somebody who wants to lose a few pounds. I'll be back on track tomorrow! (Of course thats what I said yesterday...)

The pool didn't happen today, but I might go to Jones Beach tomorrow with my sister, and will definitely "bring it" tomorrow morning with Kenpo!

To be honest, I think taking it easy today with just the Cardio X was just what my body needed.

Wacky Jacks

Just finished that: whew.

When El Mejor Pistolero was starting this program, he was sore pretty much every day for the first few weeks. I'm getting that.

The upshot to all this is that its actually more convenient then trekking across town to do yoga. The down shot is that I'll miss the yoga, since for a while I know I'm going to be to tired to do it. And I don't know if I can freeze my account. :(

I said that one of my motivations was to lose the few pounds I gained since getting off birth control. Which is funny, since usually I hear people complaining that they gain weight once they are on it. Oh well. I'll give p90x a month to see if it can counteract the effects of not being on the pill. I'd also like to ad that I'm holding off on shopping for new clothes (the ones I have, truely, are beat and schlubby) till then. I'm hopeful.

Especially since this fall semester I'm taking a scuba class with my ""free"" electives and I don't want to be buying all new bathing suits.

Isnt that an awesome looking BC? I'm sure its not the one I'll be getting though!

Ok well, anyway, that leaves the rest of the day to studying for my accounting final. And napping. Jeeze.

Food for the Day:

-cereal with almond milk
-salad with red pepper, cabbage, and greed goddess dressing
-cup of soybeans
-soy yogurt
-2 bowls of veggie borscht
-salad with strawberries, raspberry vinaigrette
-2 masala burgers
-toast with almond butter and jam
-applesauce cup
-half-cup cheerios with almond milk and hempseeds