Eeek!! I haven`t been slacking off as much as my MIA-status from the boards would suggest. On a whim kind of thing some friends & I drove down to Miami for the long weekend. Now I'm half-broke and probably up a pound or two, but I'm glad I went because sometimes you just need to get away. However, I'm starting to realize that this semester is not going to get any easier. I have incredibly long days and busy weekends, plus things keep coming up... like today I have to take a flat tire to get fixed. Yuck.
Good news.. I'm doing pretty well making time for exercise in the mornings because I know that I have to do them. The bad news.. I don't have very much time or energy to take time making my meals so I've gone back to eating "healthy junk" (ie, overly processed foods that are supposedly nutritious but don't make me feel the same way eating REAL healthy food does.) Plus, I feel so drained lately. I'm sure the crappy food options aren't helping, but I think if I could get more than 5 hours of sleep a night I would be better off.
I'm really excited about September. My summer was kind of up and down both life-wise and health-wise. I'm hoping that the new season will bring more consistency in the good times.
Enough whining!! I miss this forum when I'm away. Maybe I'll make like 30 minutes a day before bed time so I can keep up. Hmmm...
Megan - Yummm... bbq. Baked beans are one of my favorites.
Stephanie -
at the shoe sizes. Since I've lost a little weight I noticed the other day that my shoe size has gone down. I'm not a 6, but I was pleasantly surprised!
Fae- I think if I worked near pizza too often I would go insane with temptation. I know people say that once you`re around it for a long time it isn`t as tempting, but... pizza?? I might be ok to work at like.... a health food store.
And don't stress.. 200 is almost 199!!! hehe thats my magic number..
Sugar- Hope you feel better soon.. You seem to be going through a lot of stuff. Don't feel bad for posting it. We are here to support you as much as we can.
Krista - You are so much more productive than I am in my free time! I'm feeling lazy just reading your post. What kind of blanket is it? Like a kit or something?
Jill- Good luck couch shopping! I've seen some really cool furniture in stores like that.
JustforUs- I left you my thoughts earlier on your journal. I hope that you start to feel better reaaaally soon!!!
Christy- Bulldogs?? Not a UGA fan!! My gamecocks are coming to kick some bulldog behind soon!!
Paperclippy - I'm too nervous to buy all my books at once so I try to space it out over a few weeks so I don't get too shocked. Text books are SUCH a rip off. One of my professors "made" a book that was $95 dollars and 1500 pages... and I can't even sell it back. Booo...
Dani - Welcome!!! And shishkabobs sound yummy right now. I'm going to have to learn to make them before it is too cold to grill them outside.
Jenna - Welcome back! hehe.. a food orgy? I think I may have participated in a few of those myself. I'm sorry you had to eat by yourself, but I'm sure your family understands and sometimes those types of sacrifices have to be made. Hang in there kid! I'm cutting back my alcohol too. Starting.. umm.. today since yesterday there was a daquari slip up..
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It is evil to work in a restaurant when trying to lose weight, but the money can be so good at times that it's hard to resist, and the FREE food is even worse! How do you resist the free, unhealthy food when it would cost at least 5 bucks to go to the salad bar at the grocery store?! It's a very viscious cycle--OH, the free sodas are hard to avoid, too. I fell into that trap HARD when I worked at a movie theater. At Ruby's, though, I force myself to at least drink only water, diet coke, or the lemonade (it's Light lemonade--5 calories per serving, and I usually even add water to that because I feel guilty). So there are a bunch of us here who understand where you're coming from, Fae. That doesn't make it okay 
but we do understand. At least you have a plan of attack (eat something before work!).
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