My loss is my gain!

I dont mean to be negative but today has just been tough!  So Ive been struggling with getting off my bottom. I feel so so so unmotivated to do anything. I could quite literally stay in bed all day and only get up to eat and potty…which is pretty much all Ive done today.

I know I need to get up and go work-out, study, clean, do laundry, and many other things but I just dont have the energy to get up. This isnt anything new for me. Its been a problem for a long time. Sometimes I do wake up and get going but those days seem to be rare… 

I’m a college student but am only going part-time this semester, I dont work, and Ive just gotten soooo lazy. I may be in a slightly depressed slump but I dont really think thats the problem. I try and stay between 1200 and 1500 cals a day of healthy & filling foods so I really dont think its the food either.

I posted a thread on 3FC and one of the ladies mentioned my iron levels and another mentioned my caffeine.  It like suddenly hit me that its totally my caffeine!  Im used to getting a pretty good amount of caffeine everyday and today I havnt had ANY!  In fact, I havnt even had anything to drink.  So I jumped in the shower, fixed something for dinner, and got a big glass of iced tea and Im actually feeling MUCH MUCH BETTER!  Thank goodness!  I didnt even think about my lack of caffeine but it totally makes sense! 

Im going to start doing some kind of reward system elementary school style.  Like seriously a sticker system!  lol  Ive seen a couple people do it on you tube so it may help me out a bit in order to have a visual on how Im doing. 

I hope everyones having a fantastic day! 

Hey Chicks! 

Ive neglected my blog long enough!  Christmas was just so tough.  Well, the holidays period.  My weight was all over the place and jumping up way too high for my liking and then I would get it down and then up again and then down again…lol  It was REALLY hard!  I finally got back on track with calorie counting and working out so Im pumped and ready to go again!  I was at 241 at the beginning of this week but then started TOM and have been hanging around at 243 but I have had the most horrible TOM ever (like seriously) so Im really expected a whoosh and the 230’s to be around at the beginning of next week!  =) 

I decided to start a video blog today!  I was browsing around on you-tube and was so inspired of all the weight loss blogs I found.  Ive never had a video blog and thought it would be a fantastic way to look back on my journey in the future to really see my progress.  I have no idea why I didnt think about it 36 pounds ago..I really wish I had but I still have a long ways to go and plenty of changes to be made!  =)  I think it’ll be a little easier for me to keep up with a video blog rather my typing.  We’ll see though!  Im super excited.  I definitely had a hard time the first time since I had no idea on how to even post the video…I recorded, edited, and played around a bit only to find out youtube only allows 10 min videos and I had 13 **rolls eyes***  lol  So it took so much longer for the first one…Im hoping it will be a quick post in the future though so that will be my determining factor. 

Im also thinking about posting my video on here if I can get it to work instead of worrying about links to youtube and everything.  I’ll try that today and see how it works out!  Yay!   ***It didnt work…youtube it is!  I’ll get the link when I finish setting up my profile and stuff on there! 

School is starting next week!  Im super nervous.  Im done with all my prereqs to get into the nursing program but I have to apply and wait so while Im waiting Im going to retake A&P just in case I dont get in and that way next semester if I have to reapply my GPA will be higher.  Im also taking a ceramics class with Ben so that should be fun!  Im seriously going to start studying for A&P this weekend before our first class…theres already so much info in the powerpoints she’s posted.  Yikes! 

I forgot to mention that ALL  my jeans in my closet now fit me!  Wohooo!  A couple of them are actually even pretty loose so 16’s are in my near future!  Soooo exciting! 

Alrighty, I hope everyone has had a wonderful New Year thus far and hopefully I’ll be checking in more often!