Well, today was good, busy and basically on track with the diet plan. Got in a workout, saw friends, got shit done.

Breakfast: 1 poached egg on greens with balsamic vinaiger, tomatoes, chicken breast

Lunch: no

Dinner: green salad, sandwich with chicken breast, tomatoes, light mayo, wheat bread

Exercise: 40 minutes stationary bike (11 miles) 30 day shred, 2 miles with dogs

1000 miles in 2009: 728.5

Song of the Day: Single Ladies, by Beyonce

Daily awesome:  David Lynch’s Interview Project is very cool and This American Life-y.

Well, today was not too bad but I have been off my workout plan all week.  I need to pull it together; I swear I can feel myself gaining back some of the weight I lost already.  It’s funny; this is always how I end up sabotaging myself on diets, start by saying ‘oh, well, putting extra cheese on that sammy won’t hurt, I’m working out constantly’ and then all of a sudden it’s a month later of being mostly sedentary and eating crap and I’ve put back on five pounds.  I had a VERY low key day today, after working hard all weekend.  Did some laundry, watched the True Blood finale (MaryAnn’s death AND Sam Trammell nudity. . . AMAZING, with a capital ZING!), read, started planning this live storytelling event I’m setting up over here (turns out, as usual, it’s going to be ten times more work than I thought it was), didn’t put on makeup and wore slippers when I went to the grocery store.  Tomorrow, I have coffee with my writing buddy, Katya, a planning meeting for the Moth event and a morning meeting with one of our clients. I have a lot going on right now, as always, but mostly I’m just waiting by the phone, convinced my sister is going to go into labor at any moment (and she really might- her due date is the 17th).  Things aren’t really working out with David and I think I need to cut him loose, but I’m dragging my feet about it quite a bit.  I haven’t been eating well or working out as much as I’d like, so I’m feeling huge and logy all the time.  I’m just so stalled with the weight loss thing; I need to kick start myself again and the only way to do that is to just DO IT.  I’m going to be pissed tomorrow when I wake up at seven, but I’m getting a real workout in tomorrow, as god is my witness.  I’m going to be so glad when the Biggest Loser goes up on Hulu this year; it’s such a good motivator.

Breakfast: nein

Lunch: sandwich with sliced chicken breast, wheat bread, tomatoes, pesto, light mayo.

Dinner: salad with everything on earth: lettuce, spinach, radishes, olives, avocado, edamame, feta, tomatoes, red cabbage, green onions, celery, chicken breast, balsamic dressing

Snack: those new popped potato chips (3 grams of fat per serving and 120 calories- not too shabs), about half a 3-serving bag (booo!)

Exercise: No, except 2 miles with the canines

1000 miles in 2009: 715.5 (I only did 7 miles in the past five days, including today- I am fucking up, big time)

Song of the Day: Lucifer, by Jay Z

Daily awesome: Stay. . .stay. . . stay. . . get it!

So, I’m officially finished with college AS OF TODAY.  Hiyo!

This month has been quite hectic and full of shitty food and stress, stress, stress.  I’ve been riding the stationary bike and walking (89.5 miles since I last wrote), but my exercise video commitment has completely fallen off.  Noah and I worked like crazy over labor day weekend, trying to get all our multiple projects on track.  My sister is due, like, yesterday (actually, next week), but they think they’re going to have to induce.  I have to break things off with David because it’s just all getting too distracting and he’s just too bland for me, I think, even with the good bedroom stuff.  I’m getting ready to move home to Seattle in November (thank god!) and trying to get my head back in the game as far as eating goes.  I think I’ve probably put five pounds back on- my smallest jeans are getting a little bit tight.  I did, though, have a cool experience the other day: I have two virtually identical pairs of jeans, same brand, same color.  One has been too small for me since I got them (it was one of those ‘I’ll get into these in a couple months, no problem’ things, which of course NEVER work out, but I like the jeans so much I never got rid of them) and the other fits and I wear them often.  So yesterday, I was rummaging around the house, trying to find the pair that does fit, in a panic- they were they only jeans that agreed with the rest of the outfit I was putting together.  Anyhow, I found them and put them on and wore them all day without incident.  But, as it turns out, they were the pair that never fit me before- I found the newer, fitting pair later in a laundry basket.  The too small ones now fit loosely and pretty well.  So, a small victory!

I put together an intensive shopping list for tomorrow- I’m purging the house of disgusting food, I’m going to mop the kitchen and spend the day preparing nice, healthy food to have around the house.  I made a pact with Noah, that we’re not going to eat out for two weeks.  This will be extremely challenging, but I need to cut that part of my diet WAY down, not to mention, I’m kind of struggling for money right now.  So, a challenge!!  Anyone want to join us on cutting down on restaurant eating?

Breakfast: nein

Lunch: mexican food, 1\2 steak quesadilla, 1\2 cup rice, handful of tortilla chips

Dinner: 1 1\2 cups quinoa salad with tomatoes, black beans, feta cheese, basil, capers, olives

Exercise: 3 miles with the dogs

1000 miles in 2009: 708.5

Song of the Day: Dearest, by Buddy Holly

Dailiy awesome: This is a very good, unsentimental article by Roger Ebert, about his 30 years of sobriety and his previous life as an alcoholic.  It’s a little to culty about the Program, but I’m easily rubbed the wrong way by that sort of thing, being a sober person who does not attend AA meetings or use the program to stay sober.  But it sure is interesting and brave and bold, for someone whose serious-person persona is so public to out himself as a former alkie.  Interesting.