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ACTUAL:
Just not in the mood for a slimfast.
Had a Fiber 1 Bar and a Grande skinny latte.
Felt like eating something when I got home from class SO BAD: I GAVE IN, but I had 3 prunes and my MonaVie supplement.
So my total was 2036 (goal was 2000, not bad IMHO).
Also, CPR class /chest compressions does burn calories.

Today so far: Oatmeal, almond milk, Diet OJ, fat free creamer.
Forecasted AM snack: Banana and granola and Fiber 1 Bar
Lunch: Brown Rice with small amt garlic sauce, veggies.
PM Snack & Dinner: ? yet. I didn't have time to pack it all so hopefully I will stay on track.

Oh Ang, I'm sorry you're not getting enough sleep! That was me the week before last and OMG it wipes you out! I used to exercise more to get me tired enough to just pass out and I would STILL be up. My mom used to say that if you are super tired, it's difficult to fall asleep right away and I would always go "um ok mom if you say so," but I felt that statement was really true a few weeks ago. Get better soon!

Echo - thanks for the compliments! Hee. I started a cooking blog this summer where I take pics and provide recipes of everything I make. I love reading cooking blogs and thought I'd start one of my own. I need to take pics of the baklava, maybe I'll make it when I'm at my parents' next week. BTW, you've inspired me to kick my own butt in gear and finish my chores. I have to write up two papers and call the photogs for my wedding album. I've been procrastinating as much as I humanly can so it's time to get them finished!

Calories...ummmm, lessee:

1/2 stick of butter: 400 cals
20 (or so) sheets of phyllo: 1140 cals (GULP)
1/2 cup almonds: 546 cals
1/2 cup walnuts: 523 cals
1 cup water: ZERO (felt nice to add that in there)
1/2 cup sugar: 360 cals
1/2 cup maple syrup: 200 calories (mine's low cal)

Total: 3169. I cut mine up into bite size pieces, comes to about 30 pieces. So each piece isssss.... 105 cals. They're small, but this is calorie intensive. I'd cut down on the sugar syrup and make it a little drier to get it under 100 per piece.

Haven't eaten yet today. Also, I filled in my fitday cals last night after posting on here because I figured I need to get my 2000+ cal day in there and it turns out (I also had a 1/4 cup of raisins and 2 more pieces of baklava) that I made it to 1803 cals. Woohoo!! That's the high end of my new cal range. I'm aiming for 1600 - 1800. This will force me to eat more veggies as they are really low in calories and have a lot of volume.

Check in with you guys later! Hopefully, I'll have good news with my chore list.

Oh wow, nobody's posted since this AM? Ok then, I'll re-start...

Breffix - instant oatmeal (160 cals)

Snack - 3 slices multigrain bread (300 cals), 3 tbsp homemade peanut butter (275 cals)

Lunch - 1 cup cooked white rice (200 cals), chicken and broccoli stir fry (375 cals)

Dinner - Tomato/onion soup (dunno cals, have to calculate)

Total so far: 1310 cals. Still got 300 - 500 for dinner and a small snack if needed. I guess I'll have a banana.

hey sunni a cooking blog is very cool! you must send me the link sometime.
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what papers are you working on? what do you do for a living?-

today has been quite bad food wise and exercise wise. i feel guilty taking time out to do exercise, cause i feel i should be studying 24/7. but the lack of exercise is making me feel down. and at dinner i think i over ate aswell.

i'm feeling very overwelmed and stressed now about my exam - omg i have 9 days left. 9 days seems so little. part of me just wants to get it over and done with. part of me is so scared that im not prepared.
tommorow is a fresh start though. going to start waking up early. going to bed early.
i'm planning on going for a bike ride first thing in the morning to the grocery store which is 1.9 miles away from my house. so there and back will get 3.8 miles of bike riding..

i really fancy some cinamon grahams cereal (i think they are a little similar to cinamon toast crunch). and wanna buy some snacks. like fruit yoghurt maybe, and hazelnut latte sachets. and terrys chocolate orange hehe

anyways my confession today.

my confession:

Fri 18th:
breakfast - 1 lamb patty (216 calories), i slice of multigrain seeded bread (120 calories)
snack - cheese puffs (79 calories), frisps (cheese and onion flavour - 152 calories)

dinner - 1 and half roti (250 calories), 2 lamb patties (432 calories), salad (50 calories) lamb curry (100 calories), yoghurt (50 calories), i small lamb chop (226 calories)
dessert - 30 calories (sweet cottage cheese thingy).
total calories for dinner = 1138

total calories for today: 1705
calorie deficit - 0.08lbs

Yay! Someone's interested in my blog! Right now, I've only shared it with family - I've been too shy to send it to anyone else, but I will now!

Good going on the biking for tomorrow! It's such a good form of exercise and fun! I used to bike back when I was a little kid, but I don't have a bike so I don't anymore. I think I might be the one person on earth who has forgotten how to ride a bike, haha.

Err, I don't do anything for a living right now. I finished grad school in mid June and am just taking a break doing...nothing. These papers are part of my thesis that I need to publish before I can get another job (proof of what I did, blah blah blah). I don't like writing AT ALL, so this is especially hard for me. Need to get it done though and out of my way.

Good luck with your test! What's it for, if you don't mind me asking? Are you in high school or uni? I know I'm being nosy, I can't help it...

Your day doesn't sound that bad actually... although being sick can make even good days feel blah. Bubble bath sounds goooooood, would love to have one! I just took a long nap, which means I'll be up late tonight danggit. Hey, you and me both! I'll keep you accountable for tomorrow morning and you keep me accountable for tomorrow morning. I'm going for a walk tomorrow AM so I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the day. It's been rainy here too, so I hope I don't see earthworms all over. It's a pain stepping over them and keeping a brisk pace.

I have stayed on plan today even though we had lunch served in at work:

coffee with creamer

1 cup milk
fish sandwich with 1 tsp. tartar sauce
1/2 cup green beans
1/2 cup mac and cheese
pear

diet dr. pepper
water, water, water
herbal tea, oat straw and pennyroyal today

*I plan on dinner being a large salad with FF cheese and reduced fat ranch, some type of hot veggie on the side, tuna or a hard boiled egg on gluten free bread. If I want a snack later I have fresh fruit and lite yogurt.

I got a lot of walking in this afternoon. My bf and I were off work and a town near us had a community wide garage sale. We just parked the car and walked all over the place for a couple of hours.

aww Angela, so sorry to hear you're not feeling well. you poor thing, ear aches are the worse. bubble bath sounds very nice! feel better.

thanks sunni!! i love cooking blogs! hehe
yah biking is fun. and i havent left the house for over a week!! so getting cabin fever!

wow grad school. thesis writing and paper writing. i can so sympathesise!!! what is your subject?

my examination is a viva (oral defence of my phd thesis. two examiners experts in the field, are gonna grill me! - im so scared!!) but i've made a plan for tommorow. with my cards lol. to make it abit more fun and motivating. thanks for asking :-)

haha i've just finished making a shopping list! i can so tell its TOM, cause im craving sweet things , most of my shopping list is chocolate and cereals haha, but will be strict with myself, with only 1 naughty treat per day and take into account the calories.


lol at earthworms. you're so cute!

you got it!!!

i need it too! as i've not exercised today or yesterday. so im planning on waking up early and going for a bike ride. so lets both do it!!
last chance workout for me tommorow! before my weigh in on sunday !! yikes!!

good job!

I just defended in March! Woohoo!! Good luck, chica! Are you doing the proposal defense or the final thesis defense? I'm in mol bio, so I had two. The first was back in '07, when I had to present my prelim findings and they had to approve the project. Then my final one was this past March where I defended EVERYTHING I did. Mine wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but I expected the WORST. Best part? 3/4 of the stuff I studied wasn't even asked. Anyway, glad it's over.

My one paper is crap. The other paper is slightly better than crap. Seriously. I've been dragging on the first one for about 1.5 years, it's about time I get it published.

I must say I'm really impressed with your spirit! You're so optimistic and cheery! I was a big puddle of misery by the time I defended. I was cranky and quiet mostly. Everything anybody did annoyed me. Haha. Good luck studying!

Sorry to hear about your day Angela! I hate it when I have a bad start to my days. It usually takes A LOT to get me out of a sulky mood. So hope your day gets better! How's the ear doing?

I'm leaving for a hike after I'm done with lunch. It's a LONG drive to get there, so I will have digested enough to get a good hike in.

Today's confession:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, Instant oatmeal (300 cals)

Snack - 2 tbsp homemade walnut butter, 3 slices multigrain bread (534 cals )

**I need to stop making nut butters because they're so yummy I can't help myself. Argh.

Lunch - Homemade fried rice (still need to figure out cals, I'd say about 350)

Dinner - no idea. I'll probably have fruit.

Dessert - If I'm not too tired, I'll make a raspberry sorbet.

Total so far: 1180 cals. Not too shabby...

Exercise to be confessed:

hike. No idea how long and how many miles...will fill this in later tonight.

Hope everyone else is having a good day!

love the new avator!! congrats !

wow you had your phd viva in march. you're a superstar! well done on getting through!!
this is my final viva examination. i handed in my final thesis last november.

oh i can totally relate on being annoyed with everyone. trust me i have my moments!
but i think eating healthy and exercising, is really helping me stay positive.
today i took the day off. but tommorow i'm gonna start afresh. i've organised everything and will just practice talking about my work and reading papers from tommorow. i also need to shift my body clock! today managed to wake up at 10am. but still didnt get out of bed till 11am. it was just too nice and warm and cozy. stayed in bed listening to jillians podcast hehe.

but tommorow. i HAVE to get up at 6am! no more excuses. cause on the day of my viva. i need to be up at that time. so i have to start going to bed early. so i have officially declared my goal for tommorow. so i must do it!!

a friend of mine said that one day i will feel tired and sluggish, but then will get used to the new time.

hey i'm in the biological sciences too!

writing papers! ugh tell me about it! haha i have 2 papers published, so i'm hoping that might help me abit in my viva.

anyways i'm so impressed by you. that you've done it! you clever girl!