Long Week!

I can't write much since I have a meeting to be at in a little bit, BUT I did lose .5lbs this week. Not my greatest, but I am going to start working out this week and I'm super excited about that! Anyway, I really have to go, but thanks for all the love!

Not Bad...

Well friends, I lost another 1.8lbs this week. Please tell me how, but I'll take it. I definitely have some better planning to do for next week and not get distracted from my plan and school! I can't talk that much right now, I just wanted you to know!

My Problem is...

I really appreciate all my friends from BCB! They really keep me in line and are really helping me with my weight loss progress… I also love reading what they are up to and how well they are doing. I feel motivated every time I read their posts!

I think I know my problem with my schedule. I just didn’t plan the sorority events into my schedule. We had another event last night and like I’ve said before we eat out… A LOT and it’s always late at night! We went to Applebee’s and ate some really good food (don’t worry I ate a 5 point meal)! We gossiped, we laughed and just enjoyed each others company. Anyway, they are the reason my schedule is so messed up! If we would just go to the events, leave when we say we’re going to leave and not eat afterwards, I would be fine. However, this is really the only week we have an event every night. After Sunday, we only have events once or twice a week besides our weekly meetings.

Also, my roommate is really distracting lol. Since she got this stupid game, that’s all she wants to do. I have to start studying in my room if this continues. We promised that we will study really hard this weekend since we will be very busy during the night.

Tonight we will be voting on all the girls who showed up to recruitment. We have a total of 10 girls who came to events and who are interested. We really like 3 of them and we really need to get to know the other 7. Tonight is Race Track Chat and its interview style. We can only get 5 girls this semester. If we only end up getting 3 this time, it’s all good! We have the rest of the semester to get 2 more.

So, according to Melissa, who is watching my every move, I need to make sure I eat all my points or I’m getting a beat down! Lol I will be making a new meal plan for the upcoming week tonight. I will stick to it even if I cry! No, I’m not going to cry, I’m just going to make myself crazy! I want to lose weight! I’m going into the right direction and I don’t want to lose focus! I’m doing really well and I don’t want to mess it up. I need to remember “One Pound A Week!”

My plan for today is to:

11:30-3:30à Class

3:30-6:00à Work

6:00-7:00à Study

7:00-9:00à Sorority Event

9:00-9:30à Go Home

9:30-11:30à Study

11:30à Sleep!

I Say Good Day!

Something is going on with my schedule. First off, I woke up late for everything. I didn’t go to my PT appointment, I didn’t go to class, and I didn’t make it to work. I’m not getting in all my points for the day because I’m waking up late and I’m not studying every night like I wanted to this week. Let me explain why I’m such a loser today.

Last night, we had a recruitment event for the sorority starting at 9pm at Center Bowl (bowling and karaoke). My roommate and I agreed to stay for only like an hour, so we could go home and study for a couple of hours. Well, surprisingly, the event was a lot of fun and we ended up staying until midnight. We had like 17 sisters show up (really good! We have 25 active members this semester), we had 7 potential members show up (we really like 3 of them) and we sang our hearts out all night.

When we got home, instead of sleeping so I would be able to wake up at 5am, I stayed up until 2am watching, yelling, and laughing at my roommate playing Halo 3. Seriously, I don’t understand the craze for this game… but she was playing live and people around the world are talking to her, yelling at her and my roommate would get so mad when she lost. She’s really good… she gets mad because she gets put into parties with people lower ranked than her… lol way to much information.

So I came to school today at 5pm to turn in my assignment, which is now late. I went to check my email and my boss emailed me. Basically saying that I need to let them know when I’m going to go in because they need to cover the office and they don’t want to worry about me. My cell is disconnected right now so I didn’t have a way to call. Anyway, I emailed her and said sorry and that I would be in tomorrow at 8am. I cannot be late!

I told my roommate today (she also didn’t go to her first two classes) that we need to talk tonight after the recruitment event to make a schedule so we could get our studying, cleaning, and whatever else into our day. It’s all about time management baby! But all I’m worried about is my eating habits for the past couple of days. I’m not overeating, I’m under eating. Seriously, I have enough points left from this week to last me another two days.

Starting tonight, I will get to bed in a timely manner. I will wake up an hour and a half before I have to be anywhere and I will make my lunch the night before. I will also starting concentrating on my studying. I will also remember what my goals are for this year.  

Bowling Night!

I woke up so late today. I was suppose to be at the hospital at 7am, but I woke up at 6:52am. I arrived there at 7:20am and I didn't get in trouble. Whew! I was able to discharge one of my patients around 1100 and the rest of the day was slow. I sometimes wish I could have some exciting experiences, but it's kinda lame. I did however was able to take out a foley and take out an IV. 

Tonight is bowling night for recruitment and I really hope that more girls show up. Yesterday's event only a handful of girls showed up and none of them are ASA material. I'm not trying to some better, but we have standards and we want to uphold them. We want quality girls.

Since I woke up late I wasn't able to make my lunch and I didn't get all my points in today. I really need to not wake up early! Anyway, I'm off to the event! Wish us luck!  

My Life Would Be Empty Without...

I miss my baby nephew. I've been thinking about him alot recently. I've been thinking about how much I miss sleeping next to him, how much I miss holding him and how much I miss hearing him laugh.

Isn't he just the cutest thing you've ever seen?! This is him on Christmas Eve, when we were opening our presents. He ended up with all the presents, who would have thought huh?

My sister is not responsible. She is 19 and still don't take responsibility. However, once Anthony was born, we knew we had to take action. My mother asked me to move back home so I could help her with Anthony. I moved back in and my mother and I would take turns watching him. We needed my sister to get her life back together and try to decide what she wanted and needed. Needless to say, she hasn't changed a bit. But, she did get a job and is looking for an apartment. She is still with the dead beat dad, but what are you going to do? He is just bad news. 

Anyway, I don't get to see him that often since I moved out. I needed to get my life back in order. I failed a course last semester and I have to retake it this semester. I just didn't have time to study, go to tutoring or anything I was used to before I moved back home. Now, I have a quiet place to study, no more screaming and lots of concentration. 

However, I miss my little boo boo! Everything I am doing in my life right now is for my baby nephew. I am trying to make my life better so I can provide for him in his future.

Girl's Night Out!

Last night was so much fun! For the past week, Josephine, Nikki, Chelsea, Natelie and I planned to have a Girl's Night Out with dinner and a movie. We planned, organized, reorganized and set the date. It ended up being only Josephine, Nikki and I; however, it was a blast. Chelsea moved was moving to Seattle, so she had to spend some time with her and Natelie had to go to church with her mom.

We went to Don Jose's, which is the best mexican restuarant here in Anchorage. I did good! I ate a tamale and beans and lots of water. I'm so proud of myself because when we went to the movies I didn't get any snacks! YAY I'm growing up! At dinner we talked about our winter break, new relationships and other sisterly stuff. Josephine's going to be active in the sorority this semester which is awesome because it's her last semester.

After dinner, we went to the movies. We went and saw Juno. I thought the movie was surprisingly good. I loved the main character, Juno. She was totally a tennager and it was just great. It was sad at the end, Jo and I cried like the babies we are. After the dinner we went to Scott's hockey game.

This is a pic of us at the game. After the game we went to his friend's house for a game of beer pong; however, I don't drink beer, so I just watched. I'm a college student what can I say! After a couple of hours of hanging out with my friends, I went home. All and all, I thought the night was great and it was so much fun hanging out with these girls. We haven't hung out in forever!

I'm about to go and get ready to buy food for my upcoming weeks. I made my meal plan, but I don't have enough to hold me down for the week. After shopping and updating my meal plan, I plan to do some serious studying!

A New Week!

So, I weighed in today and I lost 1.2 lbs! I’m taking it slow, but really I’m thinking about it like I’m just trying to lose a pound a week. I told you my boss and I am really looking at it differently. I really wish I could go workout, so I can lose a little more a week. I know it’s not get the eating that needs to be changed but I have to add some exercise into my lifestyle change!

Did I tell you I’m apart of this Biggest Loser Challenge thing with BCB? It’s nice to be apart of a team who are counting on me to lose weight. I’m trying really hard to make them proud. It’s weird how you feel like you know these people and you don’t want to let them down. But I think that’s the whole point right?

I didn’t eat all my points yesterday, but I’m scared I’m going to go over my points today. I mean I have lots of points since I’m starting a new week, but I don’t want to use all of them you know?

I’m going to a Mexican restaurant tonight with some sisters, but I have to really pay attention to what I get.

Anyway, my goals for this week:

1. Make a new meal plan.
2. Get schedule ready for this week.
3. Go grocery shopping.
4. Study every night for two hours.  

The Best Way To End The Week!

First off my appointment with the physical therapist went well. I have to see him twice a week for the next two weeks. He said I had a weird pattern of pain, whatever that means. I asked him if I would be able to workout on my own. He informed me that I would be very limited.

Since I’m up on my feet a lot during the day, I’m putting a lot of pressure on my knees which makes the fluid build up and not excrete from the knee.

He also said that every time I see him, I will be helping with the damage I caused that week with all the walking. So basically I’m not going to get any better until I stop clinical which is going to be in seven weeks. GREAT! But, what are you going to do right? I have to get through the next seven weeks!

Also, I had that big test I’ve been writing about for the past week. I’ve studied every night for the past two weeks, for three hours. I was really nervous and I was really scared. I took the test and guess what… I got a 95% on the test! That’s right! I passed with flying colors. I was so excited! My studying totally paid off. Now that’s off my shoulder, I can take a good night rest… I plan to sleep for 10 hours tomorrow... err… this morning should I say.

Besides all that jazz, I’m been doing well this week with my eating habits. However, I woke up late today and I didn’t pack a lunch (my test is all that was on my mind). I didn’t eat all my points today. I got home and I wasn’t really hungry. All I ate was a salad and some water. But I think that when I wake up this morning, I’m going to be hungry which is good. Better to eat more during the day anyway.

I weigh in today, so watch out for that!

Long Days

I'm so happy the day is almost over. I spent the last 7 hours in the hospital taking care of my non-English speaking patient. He is a workout! But he is doing better and he said "good nurse." So at least I did my job! I can't wait till we're done with the med-surg rotation because this is just not my place. All the patients are dying of cancer and it's just sad.

I am so OP today BTW! I'm eating great and people are starting to ask questions. I'm new to this co-hort, so I don't know the people like I did with my last group, so its hard for me to open up, but my group seems really nice. Anyway, one girl was saying how awesome it is that I bring a lunch everyday (however, if I didn't I would have to eat yucky hospital food).

I go to my physical therapy session tomorrow and I'm excited! I finally get to know what I can and cannot do. I need to get more active. I might see more weight come off!

This test I have on Friday is freaking me out! I really hope I do a good job. If I can get a good grade, I'll know how important it is to study and learn from my past mistakes.