The College Diet: An oxymoron

When I was in high school, I put myself on an extreme diet. I had read books about the South Beach Diet and the Atkins Diet, so I decided to combine certain elements of both. I reduced the amount of carbs I ate significantly during the day and stopped eating them after 6 pm. So I might have some wheat noodles during the day (which are considered good carbs) and then a sand which but that would be the only carbs I had that day and after 6 pm, I would have to stick with meats (which were usually baked or just cold cuts). I exercised 4 days a week (which consisted of a 45 minute speed walk on the treadmill and some crunches). My silly self didn't notice that I had lost weight until I went to a Macys and tried on some size 16 pants and couldn't keep them up (the really dumb part was that I as gonna buy the pants anyway until a light bulb came on and told me to try the size 14 and then ultimately the size 12 pair). I had lost 30 lbs in 4 months. I can't explain how proud I was of myself. Everything fit so much better and my face got a lot smaller.



Now, if we fast forward to my second year of college (and that lovely freshman 15 I picked up last year), we'd be in the present, where I tip the scale at 2** (a girl has got to have a few secrets). I'm finally ready to discipline myself back into shape. The main problem is that I'm a broke struggling college student that can't afford to eat healthy. There is no healthy food stores here in Arkansas anyways.

Now, my school has a salad bar that I constantly ignore. So from now on, it will be my new best friend. I have a gym membership that I'll be using 3 times a week: Monday, Wednesday & Friday. On Mondays I'll be focusing on my stomach. Wednesday will be my arm. Fridays will be my legs and glutes. On each day, I'll be doing an hour of some type of cardio coupled with the strength building. I'll try to find a way to incorporate what I've ate on most days in my blogs so I can do a self-check.

Are any of you all on a diet? What do you plan on doing? What's your goal? How do you keep yourself motivated?

A GOAL-Digger?

I'm a self-proclaimed goal-digger. What is that? It's someone who is constantly creating goals and achieving them. That's what I am. So...I'll start with just a few goals that I'm having and update them

Goal 1: Good Grades
I love to learn. I learned to read when I was a small child so my passion for learning was seeded in me early on. As a traditional student, I haven't always done my best. So one of my biggest long term goals will be to graduate Cumme Laude from PSC. This will not be easy my next post will be the 'Game Plan'. I'll be checking and posting my grades every semester.

Goal 2: Lose 60 lbs
I love food. Looooooooooooooove food. Spaghetti (although I can barely pronounce it), chicken, smoothies, you name it, I love it! I have to slow down though. I really want to be more healthy. I don't exercise as much as I want to, however, I'm a dancer at heart and I really want to get back into. I know that by losing weight I'll be able to control my asthma more and ultimately, become a better dance. I want to reach this goal by mid 2010 (but I'm hoping to get some results sooner of course).

Goal 3: Be more organized
I'm a major procrastinator. I don't know how and why I'm like this but it's beginning to be a huge problem. I want to become more organized and do things in a more timely manner. Having this skill would definitely help me with the two above! This will be a long term goal.

Goal 4: Growing hair to APL
This isn't a major goal but it is an important one. My hair is currently two inches past my neck and I want it to go a few inches past my shoulders. With the help of a few support sites (hairlicious, KISS, LHCF, BHCM..check my fave sites and links to see them), I hope to achieve this goal by September '09.