January 13th, 2013
Back on Track... :)

Ugh. I have slacked off so much these last two days. But you know what? I'm not quitting.

I apologize for not being able to post blogs-- it's just, this weekend kinda sucked, and Friday.. after school I was just exhausted. This week, I'm going to work harder. I've got about 7.. 8ish days until my first weigh in!

I'm really nervous--.. :c I've worked hard though, and I've cut back A TON on the junk food-- in fact, this is my seventh day WITHOUT soda. I'm impressed with myself. My mom even bought the really good cookies for $5 at Safeway today, and I only had TWO. She also bought Chocolate Valentines for the brothers, and I didn't get one. At first I was a little sad-- but I realized, I'll feel better about skipping that little treat in the future. Oh, also coming with the weigh in-- I'll start measuring myself thanks to the advice of a VERY close friend of mine: Phylesha Coe. She told me that you lose inches faster than you lose 'weight' (since muscle weighs more than fat... this makes sense!), so I thought I'd take her advice and get the tape measure out and see how I'm doing in the later two weeks after the first weigh in.

Good Lord that was a mouthful.

Anyway, without further a due..- Here's the exercise and meals I had today:


Workout

• Wake-Up Warm-Up
• Approx. 1 mile jog (with a hill)
• 45 Jumping Jacks
• 15 Squats
• 50 Russian Twists
• 30 Seconds Plank
• 10 Standing Calf Raises
• 5 Kneeling Push-Ups
• :30 Superman
• 10 Lunges (Each Leg)
• 40 Crunches

(Today's workout was a pretty easy one-- but it varies everyday. )

Meals (Calories = 1355)

• Breakfast (175 Cal.)
• Special K Yogurt Cereal 
• 1% Milk
• Lunch (510 Cal.)
• Turkey Sandwich
• Turkey, Spring Mix (Spinach, etc.), Mustard, Mayo
• Special K Chocolate Drizzle Bar
• Peach Yogurt
• Arizona Half & Half (Iced Tea and Lemonade) Lite Tea
• 2 Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Dinner (520 Cal.)
• Lean Cuisine Chicken Carbonara
• Roasted White Chicken, Fettuccine, Asparagus, & Bacon w/ Creamy Sauce
• Spring Mix Salad w/ Italian Roasted Red Pepper Dressing & Crab Meat

Well, I have definitely got this calorie thing mixed up-- for everyone knows, as the phrase goes...:

Breakfast for a King, Lunch for a Prince, and Dinner for a Pauper (and probably Dessert for a really poor peson).

I think I need to fix that.. or this may backfire? Perhaps? Do you think so?

Anyway, that's it for today.
Got a load of homework to do, and just a few hours to do it in. I think I'll end tonight with a relaxing bath with some bath salts I recently bought-- and then a rinse off in the shower. Sounds good to me.. :)

Goodnight All <3

Emily