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Meet Apollo, my new kitty.

Random facts:

  • He’s about 8 weeks and 2lbs.
  • He doesn’t seem to understand the litterbox yet. He had an accident in the bed last night and we’ve decided to keep the comforter off until he figures it out.
  • He prefers to play with things that were already here than his toys.
  • He whined the whole 7 hour car ride when my boyfriend brought him here.
  • Yesterday, I didn’t have classes so we took 4 naps together-most of them were on the floor. lol
  • I took him to the vet this morning to start his kitty vaccinations and make sure everything’s okay. It is. =]
— 2 months ago
#personal 
Spring Break Recap

My grandma came to visit over spring break since she won’t be coming to my graduation next month. I had a lot of fun with her and learned a lot about her and my family that I never knew.

We went to 2 museums, lots of local stores, toured some local historical buildings, walked around campus, visited my dad, and visited my cousins.

I didn’t eat too great but I did eat consciously and was always aware of what I was eating.

I ran once while at my cousins house but otherwise, no exercise. We did walk quite a bit but I normally do that.

Yesterday, I got a kitty. I’m going to make a post about him soon.

=]

— 2 months ago
#personal 

Random food I’ve eaten recently.

mini farfalle with ground turkey sauce with squash and some 2% mozzarella

Fage plain with frozen raspberries

romaine hearts, alfalfa sprouts, carrot, green pepper with light ranch

homemade bagel with cream cheese and 5 cut up meatballs

Ezekiel bread with sharp cheddar, 3 egg whites, onion, green pepper; plain Fage with frozen raspberries

— 2 months ago
#food 
Workout 3/1/12

Ab Ripper X

2.07 miles (18:29)

20 plie squats with 12.5lb weight x3

25 calf raises with 12.5lb weight x3

1 circuit of NTC Ab burner

— 2 months ago
#workout 
Well, it’s 12:10am

and I just finished a small-ish workout about 30 minutes ago. I am super hungry. Protein pancake with strawberries it is!

— 2 months ago
futurebostonq:

Spicy Thai Spaghetti Squash

futurebostonq:

Spicy Thai Spaghetti Squash

— 2 months ago with 6 notes
Day 30/30

Last day. Not really! I’m going to keep it up and keep working on making my body as healthy as it can be. =]

Intake: My meals didn’t go as planned due to lack of ingredients I thought we had. oops. Dinner was interesting. I ended up eating more than I thought I had and I think it’s because I didn’t have enough food for breakfast.

  • breakfast- Oikos blueberry yogurt
  • lunch- 2 pieces boneless skinless drumsticks w/ 1tsp bbq sauce, 1/2 cup brown rice w/ green peppers
  • snack- 1/2 cup Kashi with 1/2 cup skim
  • snacks at school- 1/2 cup Kashi, 1 serving whole almonds, apple
  • snack- Fage plain greek yogurt w/ 1/4 cup frozen raspberries
  • dinner- salad w/ romaine hearts, alfalfa sprouts, green pepper, carrots, 1 TBSP ligt ranch; 1 homemade everything bagel with light cream cheese and 5 meatballs
  • dessert- 1/3 cinnamon brown sugar bagel, 1 protein pancake w/ butter & syrup

Exercise:

none

Overview of challenge goals:

Goals for the No Excuses 30 Day Challenge
  • one cheat meal per week which I will plan at least a day in advance

I think I did pretty well with this.

  • one cheat dessert per week which can be with the meal or separate

Some days I ate desserts that weren’t planned but I tried to make them small or healthy. When I felt like I was cheating, I always counted it as one.

  • plan meals ahead of time

This isn’t super realistic for me sometimes. I did my best and definitely better than had I not been making a conscious effort but I want to keep working at it.

  • drink at least 8 glasses of water a day

Bam. I had a few days where I was lagging but overall, I’m satisfied.

  • get at least 7 hours of sleep every night

Some days were better than others. For the most part, I did get at least 7.

  • drink one glass of water with breakfast

Donezo.

  • drink one cup of tea every day

Negative. I drank more than normal but honestly, this just doesn’t work for me. Maybe 4 cups a week would be more reasonable for me.

  • use PB2 instead of Peanut Butter

I cut this one. I don’t even eat PB enough for this to be an issue. I would like to use PB2 more but not in complete place of regular PB.

  • Run 3x/week

I cheated this one. Even if I did other workouts on my run days, I have recently not been consistent with it. I let bad weather and laziness get in the way.

  • Strength train at least 2x/week
  • Cross Train 2x/week
  • plan workouts ahead of time

I did plan them but I didn’t always stick to them perfectly. Woops.

I’m happy because I did form habits that are going to help me improve myself and I know I can keep them up. I didn’t do everything perfectly but like I’ve said before, it’s a process and this was a good base to help me get back on track. I didn’t change a whole lot physically which is okay because it was only a month and if I keep it up, I know I’ll see changes in the future. I had a good time trying some new things and revisiting some old.

— 2 months ago with 1 note
#thefameofhealthandfitness  #noexcuseschallenge 

I’m being that annoying person in the library right now. The one who munches on whole almonds and an apple. Sorry folks but I gotta get my snack on!

— 2 months ago
Day 29/30

Intake: carbs.

Okay…real intake:

  • breakfast- 2 sets vans chocolate chip mini waffles with butter and syrup
  • lunch- sandwich on dark/honey swirl bread w/ spicy mustard, yellow mustard, chicken deli meat, alfalfa sprouts, and romaine hearts; apple, almonds
  • dinner- mini farfalle w/ squash, onions, and sauce, piece of garlic bread (I ate a lot of the pasta)
  • snack- 1 protein pancake with 1tsp dark chocolate PB

Exercise:

none

Overall: Well, it’s pretty obvious that it could have been better but at the same time, I did manage to talk myself out of cookies and M&Ms for dessert which is an improvement. No tea. Apparently drinking tea is more of a challenge than I was ready for. lol

— 2 months ago with 2 notes
#thefameofhealthandfitness  #noexcuseschallenge