Thanks Diana, I am in Greenwood, SC. I think the class is hard. I don't really know how to gauge it. I'm personally not struggling to pass. I guess I can go by the class statistics. Half the class is failing. You have to have a 75 to pass. Pharmacology is whipping alot of us. We have to memorize names (Trade and Generic)..of drugs, their classes example Carbamazepine =Tegretol, anticonvulsant) and we have to know Mechanisms of Action (what they do in the body to exert their effect) and Nursing Processes. (What side effects to assess for, what contraindications etc.) For the math part, dosage calculations for Oral, IV Pediatrics. As well as flow rates for manual drip rate and infusion pumps...all that GOOD stuff.

There are alot of suprises with my instructor. Some are good, some just really throw you off. I was having a horrible week (sick with strep and on TOM and stressed from clinicals) when we did the testing that my GPA started slipping. I am not working, but still have a full schedule with my family.

jendiet Having either strep or TTOM is bad, but both at the same time??!! That's awful! :hug: The big thing is to clear your head and refocus on your goal and do the best you can do The class sounds difficult but you can do it. Sometimes you have to just roll with the punches and do what you can do to get through it. Is there enough time to bring your GPA back up during this semester?

i would have to ace everything to get a 4.0 GPA again, and I don't need to stress myself out that much. although THAT is in the back of my head. We don't get straight study material though, just have to read a bunch of chapters...or the study material only leads us in the right direction--it's not straight forward. So that would be tough.

Okay, my confessions:

B: Muscle milk shake made with 1 scoop Muscle Milk, 4 oz of almond milk and a bit of water; 1 protein 2 go packet.

L: Oops - kinda skipped it. Had some sweet tea at a friend's house, 1 mini Reese's Peanut Butter cup, and a handful of almonds. Does that count? :o

D: Had to make up for no lunch. Had two corn tortillas, each filled with 2 oz chicken and 1/2 oz 2% mexican cheese; half pita with 2 tbsp. hummus; 1 cup greek yogurt mixed with 1 tbsp. sugar free pineapple preserves and 1 tbsp. xylitol; 1 scoop of amazing grass green super food; 1 oz blue corn chips.

E: 4 miles on elliptical, 1 mile on treadmill, heart rate was above 150 on the elliptical pretty much the whole time; 20 minutes circuit weight training.


Total calories consumed: 1,472. Total calories burned, per body bugg: @ 2,300.

I'll confess for yesterday.

Breffix - spiced rice noodles, 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder

Lunch - 6" seafood sensation subway sandwich (~430 cals), 2 2" cookies and 1/2 a large apple

Dinner - 2 slices of pizza, went out to mellow mushroom. I stuffed down the second slice. Boo, I shouldn't have done that.

Exercise - 3.25 miles walk

Weight-wise, I reached a new low of 154.7 yesterday!! Today I'm up to 155, but I'm not too disappointed with a 0.3 lb gain.

Yesterday, hubby and I went to the mall to get him a long-sleeved t-shirt. I can't believe he only has one ratty LST-shirt. Ugh. Anyway, I tried on some jeans and pants just to see where I am size-wise. At my highest, I squeezed into my 12s so I'd say they were a snug 12. Now, a little more than 15 lbs later, I fit into....DUN DUN DAAAA...a snug 10. :( Huh? I figured I'd be a snug 8 by now if anything. I feel smaller and I've been told I look smaller so why can't I fit into smaller jeans? Sigh. That was a little depressing. Although I did manage to fit into a sz 8 black pair of dress pants, so I wasn't too depressed. I guess this experience just makes me want to go all the way with this, which is good! Today's shaping up to be beautiful and sunny so I'll definitely go for a long walk. :)

How's everyone else doing? I'll go back and read the older posts in a bit to see where everyone's at. Looks like we have some new members to the thread - welcome!! :D

well, for today I had a Breakfast shake 220cs, a teeny weeny bit of trouble sticking to a 365 calorie lunch, but I ate salad (w toppings), crm of mushroom soup, and an egg roll. Then i had 2 small coconut cookies after.

post walk. chicken broth, grapes.

I am done with ex for today. I went on two 30 min walks and the distance I walked was 7 miles. My heart rate stayed at 71-74% for most of the walk, but I did let it get down..so I could do small intervals.

aww you're so sweet! Thank you so much! you're such a great motivator, you'd make an excellent life coach! ;)

thats a great step you've taken figuring out what WONT make you happy! the world is your oyster you can do whatever that will give you passion and make you happy.
i know what you mean, i also am so eager to help and support other people to lose weight. i think its such an important aspect of our lives, our health. especially weight, as being overweight is related to so many other illnesses. so i really think its at the core of everything.

Thank you so much! :hug: My Phd is in ovarian cancer biology. I looked at the genetics of primary and metastatic ovarian tumours.

well done on resisting that chocolate! i too am tempted to have a chocolate treat today. but the past two days i've eaten ALOT of calories. and i mean ALOT .

awesome Jendiet! WELL DONE!! :celebrate: on resisting all those temptations! you rock!!
thats awesome Diana, jumping rope is one of the best calorie burn exercises!!

Jendiet what are you a student of ? sorry i think you told us, i forgot, are you in medical school?

aww I think you should stop and celebrate the fact that you're a 10! thats fantastic Sunni!!!! :celebrate: :dance: dont be so hard on yourself! those sizes are so arbiterary anyways.

and way to go size 8 black pair of dress pants! that is FANTASTIC!

and congrats on seeing 154.7! :carrot:

-- my confession.

past two days i've had very high calorie days. so i think all my hard work of working out really hard this week-, has been cancelled out.
yesterday my friends came over and we had pizza and i made chocolate fairy cakes and vanilla fairy cakes.
and day before we had pizza aswell.

oh well never mind!

but today i reigned in, and ate my AMR calories and i did 2 workouts today to burn 1000 calories, in order to balance out the excess calories i did consume - hopefully i will just maintain this week and not see a gain tommorow.

Sunni, congrats on the size 10! The size 8s are coming soon, I'm sure!

I had a super busy weekend - I took the GRE on Friday (happy with my verbal, not so much with my math, but thankfully, that score shouldn't matter anyway) and was out of town this weekend visiting a friend. I definitely had an "off plan" day yesterday, but thankfully we did a bunch of walking as well, so hopefully it won't be too big of a setback.

I did have some successes this weekend, though, as well. I got into a pair of 22 jeans and was able to buy an XL top from the Gap, both things I haven't done since my sophomore year of college three years ago!

I'll be back in later with the day's confessions.

ugh im hungry. gonna have a little snack hehe :devil:

edit

i thought i would check the calender, to see if TOM is arriving to explain my hungry monster behaviour.
i just realised, im due to get my period tommorow, its exactly 28 days tommorow, no wonder ive been eating like a pig past few days, and i cant control myself.

Kitty ran away--resisted burying my face in a chocolate bar....had DARK chocolate hot cocoa instead.

Prayed for kitty to come home and we found her trapped under my trailer. She can squeeze out from under closed doors (houdini cat), but she does not know how to do the reverse...(she forgets).

I am a Nursing Student. Your Phd is awesome Echo!!! Ovarian cancer biology! wow! No, I am not a med student (once was pre-vet Med though). Might end up a PA--we'll see. No doctor school for me!

I tried to post earlier and seemed like the forum was going back down. I stopped and copied and pasted my post else where. I'm going to just copy and paste here. I was going to chat more, but it's getting late now. Talk to everyone tomorrow. Stay focused and have a great week!

Hi Everyone,
Can you believe the weekend is over????!!!!

Food Confessions:

Breakfast

Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream (cal don't matter here )
juice 100 cal

Lunch

Panera Pick 2
1 Cup Potato Soup Cal 210
1/2 Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich 340

Dinner

2 Bowls Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken, Broth, Noodles, Carrots, Celery
1/2 piece Pumpkin Pie
1 Glass Sweet Tea

Exercise: Leslie's Walk Off Even More Weight (2 Miles) I walked 21 Miles with Leslie this week. :carrot:
I still have DOMS in my abs from jumping rope on Friday.

Jendiet I'm so glad you found your kitty. We have a 11 y/o lab and he's our baby. I dread the day something happens to him. He's a 65 pound lap dog, literally! Is Greenwood close to Greenville? We use to go to Greenville any time we got time off. Now a friend of ours has a vacation home in Brevard and we "borrow" it when we get a chance. We love going to the mountains.

Echo Ovarian Cancer biology, Wow, that amazing!

Greenville is 45 min or 30 :P depends on how fast you go down 25 N heh.

I LOVE the mountains too!

Hey, ladies, hope all is well. I had a big off-plan meal on Saturday and a few lazy days, so need to get back to strict accounting for a bit to get myself back on track.

And best of luck to those of you in career transition, or struggling with school--hang in there! I made a big career shift 10 years ago, going from law to teaching. So much happier now, and plowing through the Masters while working and with small children was worth every hair I tore out at the time. It's worth it to smile when you walk into work every morning!

Exercise: 30 minutes treadmill, 15 minutes weights, 10 minutes stretching

Breakfast: spinach and tomato frittata, coffee with Stevia and 1 Tbs. lowfat 1/2 and 1/2

Lunch: Big salad with tuna, veggies, goat cheese; 1 Joseph's pita

Snack: 1 cup raw veggies, 2 Tbs. hummus

Dinner: 2 low carb tortillas; 1 cup shrimp sauteed with salsa, chili, garlic; 1 cup shredded lettuce, tomato; salsa and yogurt topping; 1/2 cup black bean salad

Dessert: 1 cup rasperries, 1/2 cup greek yogurt

Hey all!!

Echo - yup, I was just thinking that today I should be happy I'm going down and not up. I always feel bad for people who post on here that do everything by the book (count calories, eat right, exercise) and don't lose a lb or an inch and are super frustrated! But I always forget about that when I go clothes shopping. :p

Cancer girl, huh? You're my new hero because that's one thing I told myself I can't study. IMO, there's too many factors to confound anything and everything. ;)

So guess what? My paper was rejected. Well, they asked for experimental revisions and I can't do any of the experiments they wanted so in my mind it's a reject. Sigh. Means I'm back to the drawing board. I was ready to cry this morning, but surprisingly not in the mood to stuff my face. In the past, I would eat when depressed, no idea why because it didn't taste so delicious that I would forget why I was depressed, haha.

Emily - congrats on taking the GREs!! I was so nervous when I took mine. Thank goodness the scores are posted right away otherwise I would've driven everyone around me crazy. :)

Today's food confessions:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, instant oatmeal

Snack - kaju katlis (ground cashews mixed with sugar syrup and cardamom, then rolled out and cut into diamonds)

Lunch - mexican rice (white rice, onions, corn, black beans, tomatoes)

Snack - handful of raisins

Dinner - homemade naan, chickpea curry, potatoes and peas curry, plain NF yogurt

Exercise - 4.85 mile walk today. Felt good!