Day 195

So I literally had to drag myself over here to post. Not that I don't love y'all and this blog, but it's finals week and I'm pretty swamped. I'm mostly done with a final portfolio for one class due tomorrow at 3, at which point I have to crank out a final paper for Friday at noon. Then I have to read read read and write write write to get ready for my final next Wednesday and finish writing another final paper for Wednesday night. Whew. Then I'm DONE. Oh yeah, and a college graduate!!

Can you guys believe how close we're getting to Day 200? I know I say this every time I hit a big number milestone, but I never thought I'd make it this far. And going strong! I'm going to break that 200lb mark this Friday, I just know it. We'll go above 200 in days and below 200 in pounds!

Although this may be partially due to studying through meals and forgetting to eat. Like tonight...I pounded out 9 straight hours of portfolio work, then realized around 8 that I was practically faint with hunger...and I never get faint with hunger! Somehow, I summoned the energy to put together a nice spicy shrimp dinner, but not enough to track my camera down and take pictures. Ah well. So I need to make sure I have snacks handy. At least I haven't gone to the other extreme and stocked up on bags of candy in order to munch my way through finals! YIKES. That would be some serious bad news.

Oh, and I forgot to post about last Friday's weigh-in! Sheesh I'm behind. Anyways, I was down another 1-point-something on Friday, putting me ONE puny little pound away from the big 40! (Or is 199 officially when I hit the big 40? Whichever.)

It's occurred to me just now how weird it will be after graduation, when I won't have to write constantly. Hopefully that will mean better and more frequent blogging! Gotta keep those writing skills sharp somehow, right? Although I can't say that I do my most inspired writing on here. It's much more of a stream of consciousness thing. :)

Actually, at this point I'm pretty surprised that words are coming out of me at all. Considering the amount of use my keyboard has seen today, I should be speaking in random dingbats and long strings of periods by now. Like @#(*(&$%! and ................

So comparatively, I'm doing awesome.

Wish me luck and strength to get through the next few days! Hopefully I'll be back here to post at least by Friday...gotta let you guys know if I broke 200, after all!

Can't even do calories right now. Suffice to say I did not exceed 1000. I didn't have anything green either. *shame and chastisement*

Day 110 (continued)

So I've already said most of what needed to be said today, but I had to drop in and post pictures of my yummy shrimpy dinner! I also had to mention that I got my 30 minute walk in today! It was an absolutely gorgeous day, if a little chilly. But the sun was out, and it feels like it hasn't been out for DAYS! So I definitely appreciated that. I also added some new songs to my workout playlist, which I find really helps motivate me to get out there and start walking. New songs included:

1. Forget You, Gwyneth Paltrow/Glee Cast
2. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, MJ
3. Fighter, Christina Aguilera
4. Right Place, Wrong Time, Dr. John
5. I'm Too Sexy, Right Said Fred
6. Single Ladies, Beyoncé (I blame my mother for that one! I added it to her workout playlist, so I figured I might as well add it to mine)

A side note: I feel like I start a lot of sentences with "so."

So (sheesh, there I go again!) here's dinner! Shrimp with Mustard-Horseradish Sauce...

I definitely thought of my mom when making this...she's a big horseradish girl, and would love this sauce! It was so good. I added avocados because a) I love avocados and b) it gave it some nice color. I highly recommend this recipe...very tasty! And it didn't call for ham hocks!

On a side note, I have GOT to get back to counting calories. It makes such a difference, to know exactly what I'm eating. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to get back to paying attention to portions, serving sizes, and calorie counts. Even though I've been eating healthy things, I worry that I've been overindulging since I don't keep track of what I'm eating. So that's the goal for tomorrow!

Day 110

Yikes, I didn't realize it had been eight days since my last post! The time really gets away from me sometimes. But I'm here now!

This post was meant for last night, but my homework ended up taking longer than I expected and I was up until 10:30 finishing it. So we're doing a daytime post instead!

First item: So, as expected, my weight did go up a pound when I weighed Friday morning. But it's no big deal...after measuring myself, I've found that the pounds matter less than the feeling that I'm being healthy. The real reward is seeing inches coming off! So I'm going to stick with the program and hopefully there will be some good news on the scale this Friday.

Second item: I finally got around to planning dinners for the week and stocked up on groceries! Here's what's on the menu:

Monday

Cobb Salad (my recipe)

Tuesday (today)

Shrimp with Mustard-Horseradish Sauce

Wednesday

Black Bean Soup

Thursday

Greek Salad

Friday

Yellow Split-Pea Soup

Saturday

Black Bean Burgers

Sunday

Leftovers!

Looks like pretty yummy week, eh? I also have it on my mind to try Susie Bee's tasty-looking Blueberry Banana smoothie sometime this week, so I'll let you know how that goes.

This particular grocery trip was somewhat of an adventure, as I was supposed to buy ham hocks for the split-pea soup. Let's just say I took one look at them and declined. Gross. I think I'm going to try using bacon instead. I know people use ham hocks all the time, but after I looked it up on Wikipedia and started think of them as pig ankles, I couldn't handle it. I would never survive as a vegetarian, but I can sympathize. I don't like being able to visualize the animals I'm eating. Ham hocks actually look like pig ankles. Ew.

Yesterday, I made a delicious Cobb Salad for dinner (and had the leftovers for lunch today). 

Now I know what you're thinking...that doesn't exactly look like the healthiest salad. And I would agree. Bacon is never the healthiest choice - it was definitely a treat. BUT, it's a good hearty meal if you're craving a good hearty meal. It's also low carb and has green things in it and beats a cheeseburger hands down! And it's filling and delicious.