two months passed August 7, 2007
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Back in OR. With the mess that was finishing Exams and moving back to Oregon I never did get back on track, but I also never gained back all I lost. 
I weighed in this morning just to see where I was at. On my mom’s scale I was at 150.5 lbs. Nothing to be ashamed of considering. I think I may have lost a few pounds in the last couple weeks. I worked at the Washington and Benton County Fairs for a food vendor. You’d think that being around curly fries and elephant ears would be a curse. Quite the opposite. I did eat some but in tiny portions and I was constantly moving around. I did get on the scale a few weeks ago… I was at like 153. Anyways, off to life. Gonna try to get back on WW. Adios all.
Weigh in 6 June 5, 2007
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I had a bad week and I gained a pound but shit happens. I’m going to focus on eating well. Not snacking after dinner. And exercising. Now that my first 3 exams (my most difficult) are over I have more free time. Weather is lovely. In all a good time to focus.
Weigh in 5 May 28, 2007
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I lost a pound! Weighed in at 149. Looked over my goals a bit more yesterday. I realized while I would love to lose 2 pounds every week, it was unrealistic. I am happy, very happy, with any loss between 1 and 2 pounds. I decided that it would be realistic and healthy to lose 6 pounds per month, while still being a challenge. This will have me reaching 126 in week 20 (Labor Day) and 125 then a week later!
Start: 4/23/2007 Start Weight: 155 lbs.
Week 1-4 Loss: 5 lbs!
Week 5: Weight: 149 lbs
GOAL: Lose 6 lbs per month (1-2 lbs per week) until Beginning of October
Week 8: 144 lbs HEALTHY BMI AT 145.5 LBS!!! I GO HOME!
Week 12: 138
Week 16: 132
Week 20: 126
Week 21: 125!!! FINAL GOAL: 125 lbs!
Week 23: Fall Term Begins at OSU.
Rachael got a scale. I used it this morning to weigh in as the health centre is closed today for the bank holiday… I realized something today. Bank holidays in the UK line up with holidays we actually give names in the states. I think it’s a “we can’t do business today becuase the US is on holiday” thing. Anyways I will go to the health centre tomorrow and weigh myself, then come back here and weigh myself again to check the consistancy of the two scales.
blegh May 26, 2007
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So I am not so happy with myself this week. For the last two nights I have been just bad. Part of the problem is that I have no food in the house, ok some, but very little. I need to get to the store very soon.
Thursday night I went out with some friends to East Slope to celebrate that our classes were over and that we were just happy people. After we’d all sat there for hours and had several drinks and bags of crisps we decided we were all hungry. Which is expected considering it was 8:30. We went back to Reena’s and made Mac and Cheese. It was very good but not healthy at all. I was starving by this point and snacked on way too many prawn crackers, but we ran out of prawn crackers. I wasn’t cooking so I volunteered to go get more prawn crackers and some lettuce for salad. The little shop on campus managed to run out of both. I didn’t want to leave empty handed/I was hungry and in a grocery story/had a chocolate craving. So I picked up a chocolate cake. It was fair trade! But fair trade sadly doesn’t make it low calorie. Still I shake my head and ask why. So in the end my badness was summed in to Crisps, Mac and Cheese, and chocolate cake.
Yesterday I was doing well. Then I sat in Rachael’s room and watched the queen. It was really good. There were some very appealing chocolate covered raisins and peanuts. I can’t resist chocolate too well…. Sad stuff.
Working out. I am hoping that if I do well I am able to at least maintain. I also have another day until my weigh in because Monday is a Bank Holiday here in the UK. So the health centre is closed and I’ll be weighing in Tuesday. Crossing fingers I can make up for it by then.
Weigh in 4 May 21, 2007
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I LOST 1 LB!!! I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY. I did so bad eating this week. And I couldn’t exercise with me being sick. So apparently I didn’t eat as bad as I thought I did. So incredibly happy. So I am now at 150 lbs. I think last time I was 150 lbs I was Junior in high school… I think. YAY!!!
I can breathe!!! May 18, 2007
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Got sick, it sucked. Now I can breathe again so I’m happy. Haven’t been to class in 2 days. Will be going to class this afternoon. Seriously, who schedules workshops from 3-5pm on Fridays? Totally sucks.
Tonight I’m going out with Jenny and Theresa to celebrate their 21sts. They both turn 21 later this term (Jenny the day I fly out). And becuase of crappy timing with Exams we are celebrating now. Lucky Jenny will be able to drink when she gets back to the states. We’re going to Wagamama’s which makes me happy becuase it’s pretty healthy. Then we might go out after. So just in case I’m planning for a shot of tequila, and a carona, after that it will be diet coke. It also helps that I woke up at noon. It is 1 now and I still haven’t had breakfast. Mostly just becuase I’ve been showering doing makeup and then I did the last of my thermodynamics homework. Easy schmeezy once I slept.
So about being sick. The first day I think I stayed in my points. The second day… maybe. I didn’t really eat meals unless it could come out of a can (soup). When I can’t breathe and I’ve turned into a human fountain, cooking isn’t really appealling. But unfortunately among the easy things that I discovered in my freezer was a tub of neopolitan ice cream that I have no idea why I didn’t toss it. So I had two large bowls of ice cream yesterday. Not good. But on the up side my meals were… minimal.
So just picking up again. Counting everything. I need to get vegetables tomorrow. I ate them all and I still need to be able to snack or something will go wrong.
Trying to plan everything for today. I just can’t seem to find the nutrition information for Wagamama’s… I’m going to choose a dish with a vegetable based soup and work from there. Nothing fried ect. No idea how I’m going to count this… Guess work?
Weigh in 3 May 14, 2007
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Down 2 lbs. Which makes me very happy. Kinda didn’t expect a loss of that much. I tend to have this annoying lose 2 pounds then don’t lose anything for weeks pattern. So 4 lbs in 2 weeks makes me really happy. Besides I kinda sucked at staying below 19 points this week.
Sick. Which makes me very unhappy. Just my usual annoying lung congestion. But after February I don’t want to push myself. Even though I feel fine… ok I felt fine until about 3 minutes ago when my entire body started aching again and I now feel like crawling under my sheets and hiding away forever. I want to go for a jog. My body and my sensibilities just stop me. Phooey.
Lost track of days… Week 3, Weigh in 2 May 8, 2007
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LOST 2 POUNDS! I’m really happy. I’m below 11 stone (at 153 lbs!) now so I had to drop a point. Which is no biggie since I pretty much have been doing that for a week now.
Yesterday I went to see Spiderman 3 and I had a BBQ in the evening. Probably ate more than I should have but I’d been good all day becuase I knew it was coming and I was still eating light after the cake fiasco.
Taken measurements. Gonna measure myself every 3 weeks or when I don’t lose but feel I have worked hard. Those are not going up here. Funny, no problem with my weight but the measurements are a little too personal.
Tuesdays are crazy. Lectures in the morning and Lab in the afternoon. I usually go into lab early so I only have enough time to get lunch and go to lab. Today I didn’t go in early and went for a jog in my 2 hour break. It was a bit rushed with lunch and showering. And the watch I use seems to be broken so I have to go out and buy another.
Day 12— very very very very bad— do you get how bad this is? May 2, 2007
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Copy and pasted from my Peertrainer log:
Bad Bad Ash. I am kicking myself right now. I was fine til dinner. Actually I was fine until after dinner. Then the scary thing that is me eating what I should not raised it’s head. Stupid birthday cake. I was only gonna have half a slice. I would have been over, but not by that much!!!! On another note (which may possibly explain the above… if I were an emotional eater which I don’t think I am, I just eat too much and make bad choices…): Today and yesterday have been the worst two days for homesickness since I arrived in September. I am just about ready to crawl under my bed and pretend I have big trees outside of my window. Last night I called my Big sis from my sorority and we talked for an hour… And I talked to both mom and dad today. Still really really homesick. Also spending time with people here…. I think it’s that I am so close to going home. And seeing my parents over break just made it worse. :,( Anyways, I’m really down.
Workout:
C25K and walking
3 pts earned
Breakfast:
raisen bran and milk and tea
Meal Total: 2.5 pts
Day Total: 2.5 pts
Lunch
Sandwich, brown rice and milk
Meal Total: 7.5 pts
Day Total: 10 pts
Snack:
grapes… lots and lots of grapes
Meal Total: 2 pts
Day Total: 12 pts
Dinner:
mozerella, basil and tomato salad, zuchinni and mushroom sauteed in 1 cal spray, Salmon
Meal Total: 6.5 pts
Day Total: 18 pts— now if I could only be a good girl and stop there but no…..
I had birthday cake in the corner. And in the odd urge to stuff my face and a craving for chocolate. I had half a slice…. then I ate the other half too….
Damage: 10.5 pts… as I calculated AFTER eating the lovely, hateful cake— If I’d known it was that bad it would have just seen the inside of the bin!!!
Day Total: 28.5 pts
So not good. So not good I don’t even know where to start. I’m going running in the morning…. upping to week 2 of C25K— just carry that on for the next week and a half, I’m ready for it anyhow…. bad bad Ash.
done being angry— acceptance April 30, 2007
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ok. So, now step back. Look at it, it was my birthday but my body didn’t care. Very glad I didn’t gain weight this week. 
Gonna be very good this week and stay within my points each day. I’ve finished today at 20 points, my goal is 19+ the 2.5 I gained from exercise.
Gonna keep up C25K, which I am now realizing I haven’t mentioned. Ok so searching around Peertrainer I found a Team called Couch to 5K this summer. They are following the couch to 5k plan that is done by Coolrunnings.com a site that caters to runners and specifically marathoners. I joined and started. I know that running is really good for your fitness and I’m young and I should be able to run much longer than I can. So I’ve done week 1 but am repeating it so I’m starting with everyone else in the group this week. The first week is run 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds and repeat for 20 minutes. Ok, so you are only running 2/5 of the time and for a total of 8 minutes of the 20 but that is 8 minutes more than I was running before. And it’s within my grasp while still pushing me to do something I wouldn’t do. It’s also perfect if I start at the top of the hill and run down to the village, around the pond twice and then I have my walk back for cool down (10 min). Eventually I want to be able to run the entire way from the top of the hill down to the village around the pond however many times then back through the country to where I started at the top of the hill (much easier approach from the village side than from the way I come). I also would like to do a 5K race sometime this summer or beginning of the fall. I’m feeling ready to move it up to the next week, but I’m gonna just leave it at week 1 for this week.
