mt slacker! 8-26-10

8-24-10
Okay, I’ve been pretty good but sorry I’ve been falling down on the job with the blog. It’s been weird. I’ve been busy. Also, I developed some sinus infection. For days I only ate one meal a day- just wasn’t hungry because I was constantly swallowing snot (that is hot huh!?) Anyways feeling better and fell off the wagon and have eaten MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF FOOD today and yesterday. I think part of it is because I’m confused about a boy situation.
I’m going to eat better tomorrow.
Good news is I surfed for 2 and a half hours today, and played on the beach (very tiring, running around with kids and building sand castles) for another hour. And other nights I’ve been hooping every night for 30 min to an hour.
Anyways, two weeks till my bday party (less actually) and I don’t think I’ll quite reach my inch goals but I do think I’m making slow steady progress.

8-26-10
It’s so amazing how hard it is to make progress on something you really want. Mastery of self is so important. I found this quote somewhere- “Discipline is remembering what you really want.”
Short term gratification vs. long term gratification. It’s hard to make the right choice.
Anyways, I’d say for about 4 days I’ve eaten far too much- and often in one sitting. It’s my old pattern- eating nothing all day because I’m busy or having fun, then when I get home eating triple the amount of calories I should have eaten that day. I’ve got to plan better. That’s the problem. I’ll often plan my day leaving no time to eat.
So--- haven’t measured for a while but the last time I measured I had made some progress- about an inch all around. Another thing- my stomach looks better! Or maybe it’s my perception that’s changed. Lately I’ve worn two shirts that I was too embarrassed to wear before. And when I entered a bar to see some friends, one of the girls pointed out my stomach and said “see! This is what I want my abs to look like! Flat!” It made me feel good!
So I think I look better, shape-wise, even if the inches lost don’t quite reflect that (I may have lost the progress over the last four days though!)
Anyways today, of course didn’t leave enough time for breakfast so ended up eating brunch at 2 pm haha – same greasy food from my veg buffet but I’ve noticed I don’t fill the to go box all the way and I try to make at least a third fresh veggies, only one small spoon full of noodles, and only one small deep fried item.
I’m headed home now so I’ll make a good salad for myself (pumpkin, sweet potatoes, onions and garlic sautéed with olive oil and salt over fresh lettuce with a little tuna for protein).
And tonight I’ll try to have a light snack before class and then a small meal when I get home.
Today I played basketball, table tennis and badminton (only for an hour though) and I’ll do my hoop walk tonight (I really think that hoop walk is helping my abs and it feels like nothing, and it’s nice to be out on the beach at night with my dogs!)
Only about a week till my birthday. Haven’t made the progress that I wanted, but still pretty good.