I'm not very happy about my diet attempts these days so let's sum up the positive stuff to motivate me.

-Out of all the christmas presents I could choose from my internship, I went for the fitness set. I won't have much use for the jump rope or hand pinch thingies, but the fitness band and especially the dumbbells will be quite handy when doing the 30 DS. My other option was an enormous fluffy ice bear (which I don't have space for anyway).

-I had a test this morning and when you filled out a survey you would get a "surprise". The surprise turned out to be a packet of peanut M&M's. I ate a few (5 or so) but threw the rest away.

-I worked out after all, not very long, but I cycled a lot today.

-I had a bank card problem today (the thing decided to die on me) so that I could not go visit my friend as I had planned to. Buying a bus card gets a little hard without money. But I did not let it spoil my mood.

-I finished a few things that were due time.

my boss said to me today that hiring me was the best decision he made in 2008.

that made me glow.

Because I lost ten pounds in a little over a month.

I've been away from the office for the last couple days and came back to NO FIRES! woo hoo!!! Everyone must be a little chilled out as we get close to Christmas. lol

OH! and I have on a gorgeous new top that my mum happened to pick up for me -- free clothes and in a size M which is awesome -- and I feel all pretty. I also got some new black patent pumps. I've really come to find that my mood can be very influenced by how high my heel is. The higher, the happier. (as long as I don't have to walk a whole lot)

I know more than I thought I did about Information Management.

Ummm, One positive thing about me today is that... I get another final overwith today. lol. I can't think of anything else right now.

NO! Don't let this thread die! It's one of my favorites!!!

My positive for today is that my bf keeps calling me skinny

one positive thingggg would be that i wrote a final, worked and then still worked out afterward.

I am proud that I cleaned my house today. I am proud that I hosted a playdate today. I am also proud to know that a cute guy hit on me today--truly the first time in probably 15 years.

WOW, I actually owe four positive things! Curse finals week for making me take a 3FC hiatus! Hehe. Okay, let's get down to business... Here are some finals-related victories!

12/9 - I had my biology exam that day, and I managed to do a lot of studying and I think I did pretty well on it! Also, my Spanish professor posted the grades for our final exam (which we took on Monday), and I found out that I'd gotten an 88% percent on it! And I'm ending up with an A in the class, overall! WOO-HOO!

12/10 - I got to go out with the girls in my a cappella group, and it just reminded me of how glad I am to be in the group, and how lucky I am that we're all so close. We had so much fun, and it was a great way to spend the evening. OH, and a bonus positive thing would be that I finally finished a paper that was due Wednesday night at midnight!! I have no idea how well I did on it, hehe, but I was just soooo glad to be done with it.

12/11 - I FINISHED MY LAST FINAL! Haha, that was a celebration in itself... And even though I had a pretty unhealthy dinner (we were celebrating, hehe), I didn't use that as an excuse to buy junk to eat during the ride home. I'm really glad I avoided the attitude of "Well, today's eating is already shot, so I might as well be really bad!" I was really tempted and I felt myself beginning to think that way, but I made myself snap out of it. That's a pretty big accomplishment for me!

12/12 - Uh... Honestly, I haven't done much today except SLEEP (ahhh...) because I was on a bus home from 12:00-7:30 AM last night, ugh. But in the hours that I've been awake today, I've eaten very healthily! Hehe. OH, and a huuuge accomplishment--my family ordered PIZZA for dinner, and I didn't have a single slice. I ate a Smart Choice meal and a salad for dinner instead, and I didn't regret it or feel bad for even a moment. Yea!

I have a 4 pack!

I did well on physics! I was so scared I'd get a B again...

In more on topic good news, I finished Week 2 of C25K! I've always quit before starting Week 2, so this is super exciting! I start Week 3 on Sunday!

I went to my work christmas dinner tonight at the hilton, and I'm really happy that i made good choices, Had salad instead of lobster bisque, had half of a 6 oz rare steak with veggies instead of the turkey dinner , and no booze or dessert.

Also, one of my friends came over , and i swear she is the smallest of my group of friends, and i was telling her about my diet, and she asked to go on my scale- I'm 3 lbs smaller than her! made me smile.

I stay on plan all week and even ventured out and tried new food!

Positive thing for today: I went grocery shopping!!! Man, I LOVE grocery shopping. My mom and I went to Heinen's and Trader Joe's, and I got to pick up all kinds of yummy, healthy stuff. I've been a little worried about coming home for Winter break, because I'm generally much more active when I'm at school, and I really don't want to have to give up on my WL for three whole weeks. Especially since I didn't exactly have perfect eating habits this past week, so I feel like I'm looong overdue for a loss, heh. But I get so excited going through the store and picking out all of my favorite things, and I'm sooo looking forward to actually getting to plan what I eat and being able to count my calories for the day! (I can't do that when I'm at school, cuz I eat at a dining hall and they have very limited nutritional info for the food they serve. ) Now I know exactly what I'll be eating for the next three weeks (more or less), and I just love this feeling of being 100% in control.