Right now I’m currently taking latin in school and its helping out a lot, so this is a nice goal to set for myself. I want to, however, learn simple phrases, like, Hello, Goodbye, etc… I bought flashcards in Latin so I will learn a few of those a day.
I really need to start drinking more water again! I was so used to it I just gradually stopped drinking so much water. I have been so dehydrated lately! Tomorrow I will aim for 64ounces, or 4 poland spring water bottles.
I was able to complete this goal last year, however, I have lost that talent and I want to pick it back up again. Iknow at this moment I can barely even do an 8 minute mile, let alone 6:30!
Tomorrow I am going to try my hardest to get up and go runnning. I’m going to aim for a 8 minute mile, and I will work my way down from there!
Been a while, I just want to finish off this goal!
41. running alone at night (don’t worry, I always bring Mace :) )
42. blasting music when no one else is home
43. cleaning and organizing
44. warm cookies fresh from the oven
45. how I feel when I drink a ton of water
46. the way my grandma smelled (like cigarettes, mint, and chanel perfume)
47. my smell of my south hampton house, like the beach (it’s right on the water)
48. feeling productive
49. studying and feeling like im actually learning something
50. my perfume collection
51. my best friend katie.
52. cinnamon buns on a cold morning
53. my friends and how they’re always there for me
54. walking home on a cold winters night with my friends
55. parties. enough said.
56. songs with ukuleles.
57. flirting with guys
58. hugs.
59. cuddling with a cute guy
60. when I see all my friends in the hallway
I lost the will power for a long time, a really long time, but now it’s time to get my shit together. I’m sick of people calling me a mess and saying that my life is just unorganized. I don’t want that anymore.
Today is the second of the month. I want to lose 10 pounds by the end of july. I think that if I just work at it I can do it. It’ll take a lot of determination though. I have been staying up till all hours in the morning and waking up at about 2 pm. That needs to change. I’ve always had a vision of me being able to go to sleep early, wake up at six, and go for a run. One of those people, athletic.
Here are my stats, yet again.
Height: 5’8.5”
Weight: 123.5
Here’s my goal: I don’t want to be bony, I just want to get rid of the fat that’s resting on my thighs and on my stomach, I want to be toned and thin.
How I plan to do it: Cutting back calories, running at LEAST 3 times a week, elliptical on days that I do not run.
The Rules:
-No junk food, at all. If I even PUT something unhealthy into my mouth, it always becomes a binge fest.
(What qualifies as junk food, you ask? Pizza, chocolate, anything that is “candy”, chips, popcorn (the type with all the fake butter), anything that would be considered unhealthy, you know the drill)
- Organic whenever possible, but not necessary
- No soda! Water only, or unsweetened iced tea.
- Drink 8 glasses of water a day. That translates into 4 poland spring water bottles
- Full fat milk is a no-no. Only skim is allowed.
- Alchohol is permitted, just only Light Beer/ Liquor, and not too often
- No sugar substitutes are allowed, because they wreak havoc on your body, but sugar should be used scarcely.
- No “cheating days”, they only mess up your diet.
- Aim for at least an hour of physical activity a day. (That could be walking through town, but at least 30 minutes must be intense, as in running or biking or elliptical)
- Track all the calories that come into my body.
- Track the liquid calories as well!
My Plan: Tomorrow I am going to wake up early and go for a run (3.6 miles), then I am going to shower and get dressed and go shopping for healthy food. If anyone has any recommendations for healthy snacks, I’d love to hear them!
Thanks for any support guys, I know we can do this,
xoxo, H.
I haven’t been going to bed till 6 am because its summer. For some reason I just stay up all night. I need to define this better though. I want to go be asleep by 10:30 every night for 15 days. That’s when I will have this down pat. These days have to be consistant though. I’m starting today. Wish me luck!
xoxo, H.
I have been reading a lot, and though I put Mythology to the side, I finished a few books from the library that I took out. I have since returned them :D. Tomorrow I will have a brand new, amazing book to completely sink my teeth into… BREAKING DAWN!!!! AHHH!
I am so excited I can hardly contain it!!!! Yes, folks, for those who don’t know, the brand new book in the “Twilight” Series by Stephanie Meyers is coming out… tomorrow at Midnight! My friends and I are going to our local Barnes and Noble to line up and get the book at exactly midnight… Exciting, right?! We’re having an un-official party, with about 13 hardcore Twilight fans, to celebrate.
Does anyone else read these books? (Twilight, that is) Is anyone else completely PSYCHED!? Fellow fans, please leave your comments, telling me that I am not totally overreacting!
xoxo, H.
625 dollars certainly does seem like a lot… but that is my goal. Enough for a Louis Vuitton Speedy 35 bag. Something I have lusted after, and now that I am a teenager, can finally go for. A lot of kids in my town are a bit… spoiled to say the least, and might even get one of these babies for a birthday, or Christmas/Hanukkah present. I know I could beg for one, but it is so much sweeter when you earn something yourself! Right now I have:
$33 in cash
$35.06 in change (yes, I counted it all out… it took quite some time)
Which makes $68.06 my total for my jump-off point. Not bad, and soon I will be getting my allowance for the week, making the total $88.06. Unfortunately I am going on a trip to Delaware, which will probably completely drain my funds, seeing as my parents will not be with me.
I’ll do some scrounging around my house to see what I can find, and I will also try to get some babysitting jobs, but I am not really sure who will still be available this late in the summer. Most have already found some sort of steady babysitter. I’ll post some signs for lawn-mower, dog walker, and pet-sitter at my church and at the stores in town. Should be fun!
Any tips and tricks for where to advertise… any place I missed? Thanks a bunch!
xoxo, H.
Day #2 was not too shabby at all! I feel like I really ate healthily today, though I did eat half of a toaster strudel, what can I say… they are so good!
Today I did some exercise. A 15 minute bike ride, 10 minutes on my trampoline, and 50 crunches.
Definitely not much, but I spent 3 hours cleaning my room, and that definitely burns some calories.
Today I Ate:
B: Two eggs, one without the yolk, a serving of frosted flakes, and half a cup of whole milk. ( I know, should have gone with non-fat)
L: A smoothie with: half a cup of blueberries, 4 large strawberries, and 4 fl oz of orange juice. A piece of “pizza bread”, with four tablespoons of balsamic vinaigrette
S: That half of a toaster strudel… crafty little thing just worked its way into my hand XD.
D: Half a cup of spaghetti, and one fourth cup of tomato sauce.
I had a few small snacks today, so though the original total was 944 calories, I am going to put it at 1000, just because I had quite a few nibbles and such throughout the day. I have to stop doing that, really! Those nibbles add up fast.
I didn’t drink as much water as I would like today, only about 20 ounces.
Tomorrow will be even better! I am on my way to being back on track, and I know it! No more snacking tomorrow. I am going to be packing for a trip to Delaware, so I am going to have to remember to keep my eyes on the prize, not on the food.
Good luck guys!
xoxo, H.
In a mere 35 hours, I am going to be heading off to Delaware with my friend for a week. We are going to be renting a house with her family, and her parents friends family. There will be a few boys there… no one that I would ever be interested in, but there will be boys… in the same house… hehe. I am hoping to make a cute boyfriend/fling on this trip… and maybe finally get that perfect kiss in the rain!!! I must check the forecast in Delaware… God, please let it rain for ONE DAY! Or night… night is possibly even better!
I am so excited. I am pretty sure I wont meet anyone my age, but there is always hope, right?! Good luck guys. Never give up hope, XD. Wait it out; is my advice for everyone, including myself. “One day my prince will come!”
xoxo, H.
The finish line is officially in view! My floor is clean and clutter free, my vanity is re-organized, my bed is made to perfection, and my closets are clean. I just have to clean out and re-organize my desk and everything will be completely perfect! Yes, how amazing it feels to be in a clean, organized room. I sleep better at night when it is clean, I swear. I don’t know why, but having everything in order really…. calms me.
Good luck everyone! I am hoping to finish by 1 o’clock in the morning XD. When I am done, I will do a weekly check in every Friday in the month of August to tell you how I am doing. If my room remains “clean” (clean most of the time), then I will have completed this goal, at long last!
Once again, good luck guys, I hope that you can clean up your rooms too!
xoxo, H.
Clean sweep is what I am going for. Lately my room has been getting… filthy. Litter everywhere, clothes never put away. I want to do a huge clean out today, and keep it clean for the entire month of August. Only then will I be able to mark this goal, finally, as completed.
Today I am going to clean my room and organize until it literally freakin sparkles. I need to have an order and list of what I am going to do.
*Make bed – this pretty much explains itself. A made bed is one of the best things you can do to make a room feel cleaner
*Pick up everything off the floor, and put it on my bed.
*Sort those piles into groups, and do what is necessary (groups such as clean clothes, dirty laundry, garbage, and siblings items)
*Vaccuum and steam clean the rug so it is completely fresh.
*Organize both of my closets so I can finally do something with them.
This list is definitely going to take some time, but I am willing to put some effort forwards. I want my room to be completely clean, always for when the school year rolls around.
I’ll check in in a few hours to tell you all how I am doing!
xoxo, H.
Its been a while since I last wrote. Almost a week I think. I have been going to the beach like crazy. It is definitely my favorite place to be in the entire world. I have been all over the country and to several other continents, but nothing is as beautiful as my little stretch of beach in WestHampton.
Sorry, I got a bit off topic.
31) Shoes. New shoes, old shoes, high heels… I just love shoes!
32) Meeting new people, and feeling like you could possibly start a friendship.
33) Seeing your favorite artists, live and in person (I met Katy Perry and Gabe Saporta while at the Warped Tour… So much fun! I hugged GABE!!!)
34) Crowd Surfing~ as long as no one drops you
35) A clean room, with everything organized and in its place
36) Bike riding down a hill.
37) Fresh air while hiking, it smells like rain and leaves.
38) The smell when you walk into a mall. My mall just smells amazing! I don’t know why, it’s just so fresh! I think they pump new oxygen in or something.
39) Sneezing, sometimes multiple times.
40) Cooking for myself. I feel independent… even if I burn water half the time. ( I suck at cooking)
I was doing great there for a while, I was almost completely flat on my stomach! I was ridiculously pleased, and actually wore a bikini to the beach a few times. Suddenly I stopped eating so well… and it all went down the drain. Poop. Maybe I was just feeling bloated yesterday, but I couldn’t get my stomach flat… not even if I sucked in! Today I am going to do 50 crunches in the morning, 50 in the evening… I WILL TONE UP!!! I am going to Delaware with my friend’s family and her hot older brother must see me looking FAB!
I thought it was never gonna happen! I am so happy that I got this done. This may not be much, in the larger scale of things, but I have done something… I have finally at least started to make a difference. All it takes is one small step… and I have taken that step! Good luck to everyone else. This is so worth it… I think I may do it again!
Today was not… such an amazing first day. I’m not trying to focus on losing weight, persay, but I really want to focus on being healthy. Eating healthy, living healthy.
So far that has been a bust. Complete bust. I ate so much junk today, I cant even recall what and how much. What I hypothesized at the beginning of my first diet was correct. When I am eating healthy, I feel… amazing. I am lighter on my feet, I have more energy, my head is clear. But then I get back to eating junk food, and I am sluggish, tired, and just feel… crappy.
Tomorrow will be better. I can feel it. Tomorrow I will eat: Lets see.
B: Two eggs, one without the yolk, one orange.
L: Smoothie, with: 6 strawberries, 15 blueberries, half a bannana, one fl oz of oj
D: half a cup of spaghetti, two tablespoons of tomato sauce.
I don’t know how many calories that would be tomorrow, but I don’t really care. As long as by the end of the day, I am feeling satisfied, happy, and as if I ate healthily, then I will be completely okay with how I ate.
Tomorrow I am also planning on doing a lot of housework and cleaning, which for some reason always puts me in a really good mood. This will both be some exercise and something to keep my mind off of food. XD.
I’ll check in tomorrow to let you guys know how I am doing!
xoxo, H.
I within the last few days, I got 20,000 more grains! My total is 35,000 grains. I am only 15,000 grains away! I can get 5,000 in a day, and I will make my deadline! Yes! I am soooo close!
Where is all my self control? Why has it left me? Today my dad bought a ton of food from PeaPod, so I think that I am okay on the healthy food front, so why do I keep flocking to the unhealthy?
Tomorrow I will start my 33 day diet. I’ll track everything I eat for the month of August in its entirety, and I will try to lose those last 7 stubborn pounds. I want to go back to school looking amazing, so I have to be fit and strong for crew season. I have never rowed before, but I’m hoping that regular exercise and weight lifting will get me to be in tip-top shape.
I’ll tell you how it goes tomorrow!
xoxo, H.
I was doing some research online last night, on healthy recipes(trying to get myself out of this ugly eating ditch). I was getting down on myself, because while in a forum, with stick skinny girls giving each other advice on how to be more stick skinny, I started to compare myself. What an awful idea.
I have never been fat… as in obese. Chubby? Yes. My brother never fails to point that out (who cares? He has no friends anyway). But these girls on the website were really bringing me down… they all had pictures of how thin they were, and “Look how fat I am!” as a comment. It made me physically sick! I was thinking that lately, how my self esteem has been low because of the extra poundage I have been packing…
I realized later that trying to compare myself to these girls was not only a bad idea, it was being just plain stupid. The girls on this site were obviously suffering from SOMETHING. They were hurting themselves and their bodies, and even looking at that in an even SLIGHTLY positive light is what causes me to feel like I need to even lower myself to their level. I dont. They have issues, serious ones. I really hope they find themselves some help..
I realized that not loving who you are and what you look like was those girls initial problem. Soon it morphed in their skinny little heads that they were fatter than they are and they just… hated themselves. I just wanted to write this entry to let myself and everyone know: Though we will continue to strive to be at a healthier weight… We are all beautiful. Just remember that when you are down on yourself. We are all beautiful people, no matter what shape, size or form we come in.
Good luck guys. Stay strong, and stay positive. Love yourself, love your friends, and love your bodies!
xoxo, H.
