It's Past Your Bed Time.

Alright, so last week had mixed success.
Did I go to bed earlier? Most of the time, yes, it was before 1am.
Did I wake up earlier? No. Because when I say it was before 1am, it was closer to 12:59 than, say, 12:30.

On the positive side, I can tell that I feel better having slept longer.  I also don't press the button on my phone to snooze 24 times before I wake up, but don't get excited for me, it's still around 20 time (my snooze is only for 5 minutes and the alarm is set for 7:30, you do the math).

So to continue on the path of more sleep, being more refreshed, and generally healthier, I'm shooting for a bedtime between 12 and 12:30.  I'm hoping the result will be that I wake up closer to 8am than 9am, getting me to work sooner, though that didn't work out so well today.

On to tomorrow.  Do you find you feel better when you get more sleep?

I shouldn't have ate that...

I just realized what I did.
It wasn't good.
This morning for breakfast I wanted protein, and carbs. I wanted cheese, and Diet Coke. Solution: Bacon BOB (breakfast on a bun) which is Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a small Hamburger Bun.
Off I went to Whataburger.
Now I know that fast food is LOADED with fat and calories. I know. A bacon BOB alone is 13 points for WW. I don't WANT to know how much the Apple Pie is because I ate one and a half of those.  That's right, 1 and 1/2 FRIED Apple Pies. I can't telly you WHY I did it, but I did.  I didn't order them, I didn't ask for them, they were given to me by the people at Whataburger who had realized that the first Bacon BOB I took home had no bacon. See the people KNEW I was coming back and had the bag ready. I had no chance to say no.
I'm aware that I could have simply thrown them out, but I got curious as to the taste.  After the first one, I decided that they tasted REALLY good, and started into the second. Half way through I got disgusted with myself and threw it out.  I just ruined a day.
I am working out tonight and I do have the opportunity to turn the day around by eating better at the next two meals, but this bad meal has made me realized how many "ruined meals" I allow myself.  If I really want to change, this HAS to STOP.
No More Excuses. I have a wedding dress to shop for in December and to wear in August 2012. I WILL NOT be a fat bride, and I REFUSE to take engagement and wedding pictures that I'm embarrassed of because there are SO many pictures in my life that I HATE (everything from age 11-now, with few exceptions).  I refuse to have these be clumped in with those and have to hide them and sing the shoulda coulda woulda blues about them for the rest of my life, because even if you redo the pictures, you can't make yourself younger.
Alright, enough venting...hope everyone else is having a better day!

Another week another goal

So this week the goal is to go to bed before 1am. 
It has been proven in several studies that at least 8 hours of sleep is best, and my body is right there with them.  I frequently have nights where a bomb is dropped next to my bedroom window and I won't wake up till exactly 8 hours after I went to bed.
I find that I've hit another round of this need, and being that I have to BE at work by 9am, going to sleep at 1am will not work.  With that in mind my goals for the next few weeks will be centered around my bed time. After I get that set, it will be keeping with a set wake up time and being more active in the morning.  This will be especially helpful as GMAT testing date comes closer and I'll need the evenings for studying more than working out.  I think if I can juggle things a little it will all work out.

2 weeks past

Alright, so it's been 2 weeks since I've done anything major.
Successes:
*I did not stress eat
*I've kept away from eating out to much while in Austin
*I've been drinking water (something that I forget to do when in Austin)
*I've been working out at home
Fails:
*not writing down what I eat
*not drinking ENOUGH water
*not working out enough

In the end though, I have lost a PANT SIZE! That's right, a PANT SIZE! Meaning I'm down to a 16W/18 only a little while till I don't have to shop in the big girl department exclusively.  I don't have to do it now, but for comfort I do most of the time. I'm way excited!
For this week I am eating breakfast and skipping snacks. I also have a 5K on Sunday with my girl Alison! I'm totally excited!

Another Tuesday

Honestly, it was the wrong week to try to go to bed earlier...I was at the office till around 8 or 9pm every night, and add to that a work out, cool down, and chilling, I was easily up till 1am.
So sleep schedule is not up for change this week.
This week we are going to limit the snacking.
Right now we are on the fast train to deadline ville, and I find myself stress eating. Not bad stuff, just more stuff than I should, so I'm going to start cutting down on that.

Right now I'm off to work with Drew, my awesome trainer!

I'm the worst blogger EVER!

I've been thinking about this post for days. I also realize that I didn't blog last week, and that it's Wednesday not Tuesday, but I digress.
Last week I did something active everyday. I am very proud of this. I know that it's not on the official list...but I think that I'm going to scrap that and simply add to it each week as a way to keep track of things instead of ticking them off.
This week I'm am making a strong effort to be in bed on or before midnight. That means that with my 8:20am wake up call (I know. I'm spoiled.) I get slightly over 8 hours of sleep, which I apparently need more than anything.  I'm the worst to wake up from sleep and honestly my body will continue sleeping till it gets all the rest it wants, which is sometimes more along the lines of 9 to 10 hours. That's why I love weekends!
I have succeeded one day, so I'm working my schedule work for till next Tuesday and beyond.
Well that's it for now.
Oh! I'm down to 264.4! YAY!!!!

Minor Set Back, Epic Fail

So I haven't blog in about 2 weeks.
That what happens when it's tax season and I have no computer/Internet access away from my office. Oh well.
I was doing fairly well with the no carbs except for pre-workout load deal.  I had no bread at all that first week. Then I didn't set another goal last week, and ended up going completely off track.
Today was no better. So here we go, clean slate, new resolve, new goal that's off the list: Get back into it. NOW.
Yes I had a garlic bagel and cream cheese for breakfast. Yes, I had a gyro and 10 french fries for lunch. Does it mean that I'm going to gain back the weight I have lost thus far? No.
I killed it yesterday working out...Drew now knows what I can do and is pushing me, which I love. We did chest and back yesterday, and I can FEEL IT. I LOVE THAT.
I'm the crazy person that LOVES being sore. I love feeling things tighten and tone, and I know the way that happens is by muscles tearing and recovering.  BRING IT ON!

Getting back to it means:
*Eating Drinking:
Greek Yogurt and fruit for breakfast
Almonds mid morning
Some kind of Salad for lunch
String Cheese and Almonds for snacks
Lean Cuisine and hour before working out (most of those are a lean protein with rice/pasta and veggies)
Protein bar or shake after work out. (within an hour)
4 16oz bottles of Water minimum
1 Powerade zero while working out
1 Diet Coke
*Working out
2-3 times a week strength training (2 times with trainer)
4-6 times a week 30-60 minutes of cardio (meaning I get on a treadmill or something of that nature)-usually I'll hop on after I do strength training and 2 days a week I go and just get on the treadmill, or now that the weather is getting better, I might bust out the bike.

Bottom Line: I've been a total slacker. I've lost weight, but just a tiny bit. I have epically failed, but things are getting better. I just need to act on the things I KNOW I need to do.

Skipped a week Blogging but I did acomplish something.

Hello my little blog, how are you? Doing good? I think I am.
SO last week I didn't really pick a goal, nor did I post anything.  Shame on me.
I did, with no thought at all put into it, step up to a gallon of water a day.  Now if you've never done that, after you get over the initial shock, you find yourself in the toilet quite a lot.  For me it's always at the end of the day. The other perk? A nifty little pyramid of water bottles waiting to be recycled at the end of the week. hahaha.
In this week I also have found that I am officially down to 267.6! YAY!!!! Down into another set of 10 digits (I know it's not called a decade).  That also means that I'm right around exactly 100lbs to go.  It is glorious to say that, not 120, not 110 but 100. It sounds like a more attainable goal, it really does. 
Now for this week's goal: It is actually for lent because, well, lent started on Wednesday, and I was SUPER bad on Tuesday. When I say super bad, I mean a Whataburger BOB for breakfast, BLT and lots of chips for lunch, and Dinner was pancakes, eggs, and peppered bacon. LOTS of Carbs, not a bit of it low fat, but oh so tasty!  Anyway, the goal is NO BREAD.
To be more specific, no carbs with the exception of what I consume 1-2 hours before working out.  This means: no cearel, pasta, rice, tortillas, cake, cookies, crakers, granola, oatmeal, grits, etc. with the exception of the small meal before working out.  Yes that means that I miss out on whole grains, and a bunch of fiber, but supliments will be added, so there. I also gave up potatoes in all forms, but that was kinda of blown on Wendesday at lunch. So it stands amended to any potatoes cooked in oil(french fries, potato chips, hasbrowns, homefries etc.). That way I can have baked chips and baked potatoes, not that I eat that many anyway, but if I can't have that St. Patricks Day will SUCK.
I will have a different goal next week, but starting lent is pretty big, and this first week is HARD.

Goal #8

Success! I'm officially a 1 diet coke a day person.  It sucked, but I can get caffeine and cut down the sugar(or sugar substitute) by having tea with my meals instead of Diet Coke for meals.  Also, when I say one diet coke, I mean a little can.  Not a normal sized one.  I really am bad about not finishing a 12oz can of diet coke because I tend to drink rather slowly, so the smaller ones do the trick.
This weeks goal: No French Fries!
That's right no lovely, salty, tasty starch sticks.  This is going to be hard. Notice I didn't say potatoes. I should do that, and perhaps one week I will, but this is about baby steps.  Hence that these goals only need to last a week (or the weekends of the month).  That's not to say that the changes made don't stick past the week, it's just that for me the baby step of the first week is CRUCIAL.
Onward!

Goal 7

Alright, on to goal 7.
I've done really well with taking the multi-vitamin and with continuing with the other habits I've instilled.  This week, instead of cutting out bread completely, I'm tackling drinking only 1 diet coke a day.
That's right, a MAJOR cut to my daily caffeine intake, but I have to do it.  I'll cut back on liquids that would dry me out, so that the liquid I do put in my body hydrate it only.  The trainers stress that cutting out soda will help.  Honestly though, when you drink mostly water, you're not really thirsty for anything else.  The bad thing will be over the weekend, in Austin where I grab for the diet coke instead of water.  I'll be good though, I have to be.
The hardest thing right now is taking all the good stuff with me to Austin and continuing it there.  I just have to keep positive and work hard.
Here we go!

List Changes

What's been done is in Bold, what has changed is italicized.

1. Go Hiking at least Once a Month (7 times)--I know it wont be done within a week, but if I go once a month for seven months that's a week.
2. Eat in on the weekends

3. Workout on weekends
4. Drink 2 16oz bottles of water a day 5. Drink 4 16oz bottles of water a day
6. Drink 1 8oz glass of milk a day
7. Drink 2 8oz glasses of milk a day
8. Walk for 30 minutes Outside
9. Walk for 45 minutes Outside
10. Walk for 1 hour Outside
11. Run for 15 minutes Outside
12. Run for 30 minutes Outside
13. Run for 45 minutes Outside
14. Run for an hour Outside
15. Eat 2 servings of veggies a day
16. Eat 3 servings of veggies a day
17. Journal/log what I eat on Weight Watchers online
18. Take multivitamins
19. Take Alli 20. Get a massage-same idea as with hiking, once a month for 7 months is equal to a week (and easier on the wallet)
21. Get rid of clothes that are way too big-if you have no way to go up, you can only go down.  Also I'm to cheap to get rid of stuff that's a *little* baggy.
22. Run 7 5ks-I know, another 7 goal that can't be done in a week, but again, something that can be accomplished by the end of the year.
23. Go Swimming
24. Don't over indulge celebrating my birthday and our birthday. 25. Turn off TV and study 30 minutes an evening
26. Keep a bed time of midnight
27. Keep a bed time of 11:30 p.m.
28. Wake up at 8 a.m.
29. Wake up at 7:30 a.m.
30. Eat within an hour of waking up.
31. Avoid french fries
32. Avoid Potato Chips
33. Avoid bread
34. Avoid Red Meat
35. Avoid cooking with butter
36. Eat no fast food
37. No second helpings
38. Limit Snaking to 2 times a day
39. Eat 1 serving of fruit
40. Eat 2 servings of fruit
41. Avoid candy
42. Eat a serving of non-milk dairy a day
43. Try Zumba
44. Buy and use balance ball work out from Weight Watchers
45. Buy and use a shake weight
46. Drink only 1 Diet Coke a day
47. Drink NO Diet Coke
48. Clean out kitchen
49. Eat largest meal at lunch time
50. Plan meals before going out
51. Use EA Workout/Golds Gym/ Wii Fit games
52. Try Power Yoga

This is the new list.  There are several changes to it to account for the fact that I've started working out with a trainer.  Talking about the trainer: his name is Drew and so far he's been really great.  I'm excited about working with him, and also proud of myself that I was more in shape than he though. :)

A Big Change!

Okay, so I've complained on here that I have seen NO change on the scale, even with working out and reigning in my eating habits.   So yesterday I made a BIG change.  I joined the personal training program at my gym. 
This is major. 
This means that I will be working out with a personal trainer 2 times a week.  Add that to the small changes that have been building up week by week. Major happy things will be happening.  This also means that I have to revamp my goals.  Obviously, I've gotten to the gym.  I may have to find a new gym in Austin, but the guy I talked to yesterday said that what I have will work fine.
One tidbit that amazed me yesterday: I'm sitting at 42.7% body fat.  Let's face it, that's a lot, but for being 270.6lbs, that's really kinda awesome.  That means that I'm 57.3% muscle, more than half of my weight on the scale is muscle.  That makes me beyond optimistic: I can be around under 200lbs by December and dress shopping and 160lbs by next February!  I'm so amazingly excited!
Now to work on my budget!

Sucesses!

I worked out again this weekend (lots of walking, though not in the Gym...lots of fun!), and I drank 16oz of water everyday.  Honestly I peed alot, but that's okay.  I've also done lots better with Alli.  So things are going along great.  Except for the fact I totally BLEW my points today by 5pm, without dinner.  That's what happens when you have sausage egg and cheese on a bun, a piece of king cake, AND 16oz of milk for breakfast, not to mention Whataburger for lunch.
For goal number 6 (wow? 6? Already?) I am going to commit to taking a multi-viatimin everday this week. That's right, another pill.  This one is on the bigger side, but it's only one, and it's right before bed.  I've put it next to the toothpaste, so I won't forget to take it.  I've also got goal numbers 7 and 8 figured out.  Next week I'll be tackling only 24oz of Diet Coke a day, and the next week will be NO BREAD.  I'm a little apprensive of the sans bread idea. Honestly, I was going to try it this week, but then I had breakfast.  We can all see how that goal would have been DOA.  For my moral, I'm gearing up for it and eating the bready items that I purchased (the king cake, the totally yummy breakfast sandwhiches) and researching breadless alternatives at my local eatting spots.  If this seems difficult...wait till we try no pasta!  Goodbye most of my dinner options! (Lean Cuisine seems to be big on the pasta and bread...I like the things served with rice though)  C'est la Vie.  Perhapse no pasta can be tried when I'm in Austin.
Alright, off I go!

Goal 5

So after a day of botching EVERYTHING, this week goal is one that I did manage to do yesterday! Let's face it, failing one week is one thing, failing 2 weeks just ruins momentum. So this week's goal is to drink 2 bottles of water a day.  This means that while I still drink 3 diet cokes, 2 glasses of iced tea, and one large bottle of Poweraid Zero Strawberry(totally in love it the stuff!); I must work in 2 16oz bottles of water. I know it sounds like a recipe to be going ALL the time, but honestly when you break that down between 12 hours, it isn't as horrible as it could be.  The idea is that the water will replace the Diet Coke and the iced tea to a point where the majority of my liquid intake is water.

I was successful yesterday, and half way done with today...it feels great to be back on top!  Also, used Alli at every meal yesterday, and missed lunch today, so all in all pretty good. I will achieve this goal, even if it is a week later.

On we go!

Fail, Fail, Fail.

Alright, so I've had a fail of not quite Epic proportions.  Trying Alli is kicking my butt.  This goal will be teamed up with the goal for next week (starts tomorrow) in the attempt to retry and achieve.  Also it seems like I'm in the habit that any attempts at dieting gets put on the shelf Friday at 6 and my weekend is filled with cramming every calorie I didn't get to during the week down my throat.  EPIC FAIL.
This is why Tuesday weigh-ins always show NO change. None at all. Maybe I should reconsider and make my week start on Friday (weigh-in wise, not for here). My reason being: my weakest days are Friday-Sunday. If that's at the start of my week, I can recover gracefully and I won't feel like a failure after dive-bombing the weekend.  Honestly, part of the problem is that I don't care on the weekends, and I don't want to put in the effort it takes to cook at home on my days off.  Hell I spend most of those days at home, so being able to go out with Rob when he's done with work is the highlight of my week.  This weekend, for example, we had Chinese, and Fondue in the same night (we did go work out first!), then burgers for dinner Sunday.  I personally had firehouse subs on Sunday, and went out for lunch with Jen where I had a loaded baked potato, cup of super yummy cream based corn soup, tater tots with ranch, and Chocolate pie.  Did I feel bad about it then?  No.  Am I looking back at what I ate as well as the 4 cocktails I imbibed in with fondue and thinking: "you shot yourself in the foot!!!"?  Yes I am. 
Most of all I'm scared of tomorrow morning.   Though I remembered the Alli with lunch, I've got it ready for dinner, and I have a workout tonight.  Maybe it won't be so bad.
New Super Goal (a goal that will last for a month, in addition to my other goals) concentrating on the weekend, being prepared, having it planned, and working out more.  Also moving weigh in to Friday (after recording weight tomorrow).

Blerg

Alright, in the grand scheme of things I honestly thought the goal for this week (try Alli), would be easy.  No pain, just taking a pill with each meal.
I was dead wrong. Apparently I have a HUGE mental block, and even with this large bottle of pills sitting right next to me, I'm forgetting them.  I've missed 3 meals out of 21, so maybe it's not that bad, but I have to think what about when it's not RIGHT THERE? I just have to put it in my memory, and that's what repetition does. Alright, I can do this...onward!

Goal 4

This week's goal is to try/use Alli for all meals. You see the scale has not been moving. I'm down .8lbs and that's up .2 since I started. I know I said that I wasn't going to focus on what the scale says, but in the end it bothers me that nothing is moving...I'm maintaining and it's a weight I don't want to maintain.  So, it's time to add a boost. I've tried Alli once before and it seemed to be doing what it was supposed to do, it was me who wasn't doing what I was supposed to do that made ineffective.  I believe working it in now will give me the boost I need at this point.
Now, I know diet pills are not a cure all, and that with most to maintain you're on them for the foreseeable future, but I've researched this. I'm comfortable with Alli, mainly because it's FDA approved, and I don't feel my heart rate sky rocketing through the roof when I use it. I've tried others before and let me tell you, the were not fun. So that's this week's goal, fun!

Goal 3 part 1

I did it, I worked out on Saturday, and subsequently couldn't walk on Sunday.  Time to start rethinking the whole work out video thing.  Perhaps, I should go with the lower impact weight watcher workout combined with walking. Or just the gym for now. The video I did concentrated A LOT on the upper top thighs. I'm still working through the pain.  On the positive side, one weekend down, 3 to go.

Goal 3

This week's goal is to work out on the weekend. This means work out on Saturday and possibly Sunday.  My normal workout schedule is going to the gym 3-4 times a week, but I never get there on Saturday or Sunday.  Really if I'm going to loose weight I need to get there at least 5 times a week. Now doing that it means the 2 days I don't go (because I'm an evening work out person) are Friday because I'm driving home and Sunday because I'm leaving home. This new goal is to go to the gym on Saturday and to do SOMETHING physical on Sunday.
There's a twist to this one since it only concerns 1 day, this goal won't be done till I work out 4 weekends in a row. That would be 8 days therefore it equals roughly one week.

Happy Birthday to me...work off that cake!

Happy Birthday...you gained a pound.

That's right I gained a pound. Boo. I'm going to say it's because of the fact that I hit the gym a few times. I thought I did really well this week, but in actuality I blow everyday with dinner. I really need to either a) eat before I go to the gym and skip going to the parents or b) still eat after, but have lean cuisine instead of what they're eating.  I'll figure it out. On the positive side, I've only had one cupcake in celebration. Now that will change tonight, but I'm doing good on points. I really need to watch portions as well, things to keep in mind. I didn't go completely overboard in celebrating my birthday so I did accomplish last week's goal! Yay!

To Celebrate:

A little cake for me!

Goal 2

So I stepped on the scale and I'm still 272! Woohoo! Yay new scale and guessing correctly. Awesome!
Alright...this week's goal is: To not overdo it on my birthday celebrations. Well, so far so good?
I probably completely blew it at the melting pot yesterday, but I had a lot of points left for the day, and I gained some by working out before hand, so I'm going into this doing fairly well. Tonight Rob and I are dining at home, so I'll be able to control what will be made/ate. Same with tomorrow till dinner tomorrow. After tomorrow it will be dinner on Tuesday...(still part of my goal for this week).
Next week's goal is: get to the gym, meaning work out more than one day @ said gym.
I just have to get through the rest of today and three more days...yay!

Goal 1

So I have written down all I have eaten for the last week. Goal accomplished.
Did it make any change? Well, ummmm, no (ducks in shame).
My portions are horrible, I ate well over my points, though today I'm doing well. The real test will come in the morning when I weigh myself. My honest expectation is the change on the scale is because I guessed my last weight. I know, that could set me up for failure or success (let's cross fingers for the latter), but it's tempered by perspective. My perspective is: it's like wearing jeans when you step on the scale.
You see, when you first join weight watchers you walk in in everyday clothes, or what you changed into after work (for me: jeans and a t-shirt), and you are surrounded by men in women in t-shirts and workout shirts carrying their shoes. Now there are some who are in their work clothes, but in my experience most were crew on the USS Wear-as-little-as-socially-acceptable-for-this-weekly-ordeal. That was the crew I joined by my second week. The result was, while I might not have had a stellar week dropping lbs that first week, I did see a lower number because I ditched the denim. This, in a nutshell, explains my perspective on what the scale says, the spike up or down has about as much to do with me as it does with new hardware. (For the record, I try to keep the clothing factor out of the equation...I'll let you guess how...)
Only tomorrow will tell what happens. Also tomorrow is a new goal!

This Week's Goal

The first goal to be accomplished: 17. Log/Journal what I eat on Weight Watchers Online.

I've been a member or the sight since this summer, and, with the exception of the first few month, I have been increasingly sporadic about using it.  Well today I reset EVERYTHING, and have written down all food ingested today. I have 9 points left for the day (not a lot at all) and will probably have to dip into my allowance points, but that is what this week is for: learning. I have to be mindful of it all, and eating with my family will be a challenge, but I'm committed to doing this. I'm also going out this week and buying a new scale.

So, here we go! 1 day down, 6 to go.

A few Changes

Alright, I'm going to make a few changes.
First, Mommy bought me these over the weekend:

 These are the Reebok Runtones that I've been coveting stalking wanting for almost as long as they've been on the market. When I say bought, I mean she saw how freaked out/bummed I was about the TREE that I received for Christmas, and when I mentioned that they were 50% off on Amazon with no tax and no shipping she let me use her AMEX to order them. They'll be here tomorrow *swoon*.





Being that they are a gift to me, it isn't right that I use them as the goal for this week. Frankly it's cheating. There for goal 24 will now be: Not to over indulge during/around my birthday, and mine and Rob's annual celebration "Our Birthday"
We're literally 19 days apart in age, so we celebrate together on or around January 9th, and my Birthday is on the 18th. We'll be celebrating on the 7th and the 15th this year which, yes, is 8 days apart and therefore a goal that spans two weeks, but I'm going to use it for MY birthday which is celebrated with 2 nights out (possibly 3) instead of one dinner.
The goal for the week including the 8th (this week) will be a different one.

The second change is: Weeks will be Tuesday to Monday to correspond with my weigh-ins for Weight Watchers (guess what goal I'm accomplishing this week, haha!). I realize that many of my goals can be accomplished in one week (changes in eating/drinking habits, working out etc.) but I have a tendency to get overwhelmed and quit, so by focusing on one little aspect at a time, I can truly knockdown some of the hurtles that have knocked me down before. I'm not even sure if the weight I put in to Weight Watchers online is correct, but it's the last weight I got before my scale at home crapped out. In that vein I will be purchasing a new scale this week so that on Tuesday I will have an accurate weight (and hopefully be pleasantly surprised).

The Goals

1. Get to the Gym in Austin
2. Get to the Gym in Corpus Christi
3. Workout on weekends
4. Drink 2 16oz bottles of water a day
5. Drink 4 16oz bottles of water a day
6. Drink 1 8oz glass of milk a day
7. Drink 2 8oz glasses of milk a day
8. Walk for 30 minutes
9. Walk for 45 minutes
10. Walk for 1 hour
11. Run for 15 minutes
12. Run for 30 minutes
13. Run for 45 minutes
14. Run for an hour
15. Eat 2 servings of veggies a day
16. Eat 3 servings of veggies a day
17. Journal/log what I eat on Weight Watchers online
18. Take multivitamins
19. Take Alli
20. Work out on the Eliptical machine for 30 minutes
21. Work out on the Eliptical machine for 45 minutes
22. Work out on the Eliptical maching for an hour
23. Go Swimming
24. Not to over indulge during celebrations for my birthday, and "Our Birthday"
25. Turn off TV and study 30 minutes an evening
26. Keep a bed time of midnight
27. Keep a bed time of 11:30 p.m.
28. Wake up at 8 a.m.
29. Wake up at 7:30 a.m.
30. Work out in the morning
31. Eat no french fries
32. Eat no pastas
33. Eat no bread
34. Eat no beef
35. Cook with olive oils instead of butter
36. Eat no fast food
37. Eat before 8 a.m.
38. Avoid snaking
39. Eat 1 serving of fruit
40. Eat 2 servings of fruit
41. Avoid candy
42. Eat a serving of non-milk dairy a day
43. Utilize Jillian Michaels work out DVD
44. Buy and use balance ball work out from Weight Watchers
45. Buy and use a shake weight
46. Drink only 2 Diet Cokes a day
47. Drink only 1 Diet Coke a day
48. Clean out kitchen
49. Eat largest meal at lunch time
50. Plan meals before going out
51. Use EA Workout/Golds Gym/ Wii Fit games
52. Take up Yoga/Use Yoga DVD