March 2012
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WHOOO! Admitted to a PhD program at Columbia.
Holy crap.
No idea how that happened.
Haven’t heard about the financial side of things, so I’m not quite decided BUT - SO EXCITED!
February 2012
33 posts
Weigh In Tuesday
Sooooo …
You guys know I was on vacation, right?
And it’s shark week …
Well, you know what - NO EXCUSES.
I said NO THANK YOU to:
Cheesy garlic breadsticks.
And this …
Roasted chicken feast with potatoes and ribs at ‘The Three Broomsticks’.
And this …
Croutons and biscuits add needless calories to delicious salads :)
And this …
...
Who's been a naughty girl?
Look what I just did. Dropped a week’s worth of grocery budget on this … not. even. sorry.
Not even sorry. Brb, going to bed at 9pm, so I can wake up faster, so I can have oatmeal with one of Mr. Hazelnut, Mr. Cashew, Mr. Macadamia, Mr. Almond, Mr. Pumpkin Seed, Mr. Tahini or Mr. Sunflower Seed. Breakfast rules.
Life = made.
I need this in front of my eyes on some days
itsalldicta:
Loooove it. :) And yes, I totally WOULD eat it …
Today at rehearsal ...
Friend: So um, are you losing weight or something?
Me: … Yea, I guess. (in my head - WOOP WOOP someone noticed!)
Friend: Oh … I liked you nice and plump.
Me: … Oh. (in my head - plump? Rrrrreally?)
Awkward moments …
Last Day in Florida
I’ve had the most amazing, relaxing time here. All of the worries I had pre-trip - about people and eating and activities … everything turned out FANTASTICALLY!
I’m currently sitting on our balcony, basking in the warm Florida breeze and I really wish we weren’t going back to cold, snowy Montreal.
Now - the trip in numbers:
3 - the number of gym visits I made (although...
I'm in FLORIDAAAAA
Whoot!
It’s warm! And I’ve been having an AMAZING time. I can’t connect my camera, but I’ll update later.
How I’m doing healthwise:
I’m buying my own groceries, not splitting with friends (such a good call!)
I’m saying no thank you to pizza, breadsticks, etc when we eat out - salad for me!
I’m staying active by saying YES to anything active -...
WatchUmm, so IT’S DONE!!! I can finally pack and sleep and eat.
Enjoy my dancing/atonal musical stylings.
The End is Nigh
So I’ve clearly bitched enough about all of my stressfulness …
I am currently studying for my midterm, which is in 1 hour. After which I have to run home for the interview. Thing is - I have reached that point where I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve mostly studied up on things - I seem to have retained the dates and names of the paintings for my art history exam and I...
Gah, another last minute interview
I mean, I’m so grateful for the opportunity, but I have class today, then I have to run a participant for a study, then I’m doing an assignment due tomorrow morning, then I’m studying for my midterm tomorrow, then I have rehearsal, then SLEEP.
Then wake up in the morning, study like mad for the midterm, run another participant for the study, then 3 hour seminar, then break to...
Woke up feeling iffy
I CANNOT GET SICK BEFORE FLORIDA. I CANNOT GET SICK BEFORE FLORIDA. I CANNOT GET SICK BEFORE FLORIDA.
So I went hardcore at it.
Gargle salt in warm water. (Works!)
Vitamins in the morning.
Orange juice for lunch.
Tea with honey.
Cold FX with dinner.
If this doesn’t work, I’m buying a jug of OJ and gargling salt water all night while studying for my exam.
Oh and tonight was the...
This is the face ...
… of somebody who just survived an interview.
Except unlike your traditional interview, the professor didn’t ask me any questions. In fact, I think she talked for about 30 minutes straight. And then there were awkward pauses where I had to come up with questions to ask her.
Did ya know that it’s actually ridiculously hard to come up with questions when you’ve spent all...
I hate my email
Not only did it eat (aka put into the Junk folder) an email about a grad school interview (which thankfully the prof resent to me) but it also ate a notice about my application to a government job. They wanted to talk about my file, I was still interested in working there.
They sent it to me December 30, 2011. It’s been like 2 months now. I hate my dumbass email!
I guess I’ll give...
Still hungry
All the time! This stress thing is not good for me.
Just inhaled my snack of cottage cheese and bananas (that I usually savour and eat slowly). Followed by half a banana (the other half had gone bad 0_o) and an egg. Could eat a cow at the moment. But I’m out of snacks until after my class (that ends at 5:30). Then I’m running home and inhaling my dinner before the interview. Then once...
Stressing counts as exercise, right?
Because that’s only kind of exercise I’ll be getting until the end of the week.
When I’m stressed, all I want to do is eat. Like not even unhealthy things but just my body feels like it’s ON all the time (feel the adrenaline coursing and everything) and I need to fuel it. Which is obviously bad for weight loss (along with the lack of exercise).
Ack, so nervous about the...
Just got back from my audition
My whole body shook while I was singing and half the time I couldn’t even look up at the music director because when I sing, I go into my own little world, but yay, it’s DONE.
And I’m proud of how I sang.
And if I keep thinking about it now, I’ll just overanalyze the shit out of it, even though it won’t do anything.
So I’m going to go study/prepare for my...
Countdown to Florida
Whoopsie, forgot to keep posting the countdown, but OMG, we’re leaving this Saturday!
The scary part is of course all the things I have to get done before (2 assignments, 2 midterms, 1 application, 4 interviews (me interviewing other people), at least a couple hours of work …). Oh and I have to pack. Which we know is the hardest one of all.
Weightwise …
Weight: -1.1lbs
Total...
Lunchtime! YESSSSS.
Finally.
Another perfect omelette.
2 eggs, 2oz ground pork, 2oz mushrooms and a strip of bacon. I think I’m going to be incorporating bacon more, because this was DELISH. The ground pork - not so much. Ground beef tastes better and ground turkey has fewer calories. Going to play around with that in the future.
Want to Cook ALL THE THINGS
Except not for myself. So new plan - I’m coming home for the summer and just cooking things for my parents. Because I want to make cool things and I want to take pretty pictures of them …
But I personally don’t want to eat new things. I like my routine and my safe foods. Besides, I get a perverse sense of enjoyment from cooking Paula-Deen style meals and treats for other people....
Browsing TasteSpotting ...
… Waiting for lunchtime. Which is dumb, because I’m home all day, so I can eat lunch anytime I want.
In the meantime, not getting anything done … even though I have 2 midterms, a research proposal, an application (that I’m probably going to skip) and a group project all due this week.
Go me.
Also, this whole PMS thing is making me not only lethargic and depressed but...
Routines
… I like them. (Or rather, I guess they’re just part of my life.)
Another Saturday afternoon spent in a cafe studying. I’m proud to say that anytime I buy coffee/study in a cafe nowadays, I always get an Americano - no fancy lattes or cookies for me. So I’m not spending money like a monster anymore. Yay.
But I still have to study. Which is a non-yay in my books.
See ya...
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It's been a long long road to here ...
I have finally achieved my most sought-after goal.
Read here for pics.
(Yes, I have high standards).
Awkward Moments
When you gym it up and then go over to your friend’s place to shower … the friend runs out to the store … you take said shower … then realize you didn’t bring a towel. And the only other person in the apartment is your friend’s guy roommate … whom you’ve never met … (who is not attractive :( ).
I’ll let you guess what I had to do to get...
Lessons Learned
So like I said, I went for a run …
(And of course I snuck into my roommate’s room to do a photo op with her nice mirror. My new Nike top!).
I had a delish snack (yummy cottage cheese with bananas and the tiniest scoop of PB … which honestly wasn’t even necessary, because cottage cheese is so delish by itself).
I mean, would you look at that - it’s like heaven...
When Life Gives You Amazing Weather ...
It is SO nice outside today - sun, warm(er) than usual, no wind. Just beautiful beautiful day.
In fact … it’s too nice not to go for a run outside.
Even though I’m planning a 2-a-day (well not really - more like workout in the morning and yoga in the evening), I just can’t pass up this amazing opportunity. Because this is why I love running - being able to just throw on...
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Vitamin B?
Hey guys, I saw somebody post about a Vitamin B (B-6? B 12?) that they took and it made them energized, etc. Anybody know which one is best?
(I’ve been feeling a little low, even though I’ve been sleeping plenty and eating well and exercising enough. I feel like I’m not getting enough nutrients, so I’m thinking of taking a Vitamin D supplement, because it’s not sunny...
Weigh In Tuesday
Weight: -3.1 lbs
Total Weight Loss: -13.3 lbs
Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP? Because man, it feels good. And I was a little apprehensive, because there were 2 days where I ate over my calories (man, that ground beef is delicious … but also fatty).
Also, it’s scary. Because this is as far as I’ve gotten with my weight loss in my most recent attempts and this fourth week always screws...
Still here
So I’ve been a bad blogger lately, but my life is lacking anything in the exciting department.
February is just a slump month for me - I always feel slightly depressed, lost and lethargic. And I feel like the extra free time I have isn’t helping, because I just procrastinate to the max.
But no worries, my food is still on point, and tomorrow is Weigh In Tuesday (crossing my fingers...
A 3 Night Stay in Las Vegas for 60$ →
Found this deal online through one of the Groupon-type sites I subscribe to. Now, since I’m not 21, Vegas is useless for me, but if anyone was interested in going there (and I heard people who did the Marathon/Half on Dec. 4 had a good time), this might be a good deal. I didn’t check out if there are any restrictions on dates, but I thought I should pass it along :)
Having a fat day and a hungry day on the same day is not a good combo.
Hence, I am sequestering myself in the back corner of my cafe and working on readings until I die. I also forgot to bring a pen, so I can’t even cross off things on my To-Do list. This is gonna be a crap-tastic day, I can already tell.
Ugh.
/endrant
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Rejection Blows.
Got a sincere letter from one of the grad schools I applied to (sincere, my ass) along the lines of ‘Well, we only accepted 7 applicants this year, so too bad for you.’
Yuck. At least I always have law school.
Good thing I had gym plans for right after.
4.5 miles in 40:30, an even 9:00 pace (I did intervals to keep myself from getting bored. Then Four Weddings came on and I...
New and Improved
So I was getting tired of my veggies, and I thought I should NOT buy ground beef next week because I’m quite likely to pig out on it, but tonight … They were redeemed! This mother-effing deliciousness on plate CANNOT go to waste and I will have to make it again and again.
These are my usual baked veggies (carrots, broccoli and cauliflower). I usually hate the carrots, suffer through...
Countdown to Florida: Day 15 (Tuesday)
Busy busy day today. The weigh in was great, of course, but I felt a bit iffy later on. A coffee cheered me up, but still, I didn’t get as much work done as I’d hoped. I also had an unfortunate encounter with some delicious ground beef that I was cooking for this week … Let’s just say my stomach is happy, but definitely fuller than I like. Also, I’d hoped to eat a...
January 2012
54 posts
Weigh In Tuesday
Weight: -4.2lbs (What what? Whoo :)
That’s -10.2lbs in total.
My Tuesday is made! And now, I will be focusing on adding more protein this week (now that the initial flub is gone). I have 3 pounds of ground beef in my freezer and I’ll be cooking it all in its delicious protein-y glory today so that I can add it to every meal.
tl; dr - SUCCESS.
Countdown to Florida: Day 14 (Monday)
I kinda don’t want to be countdown-ing to Florida anymore. The excitement is kinda … meh. Because the trip is kind of in a grey territory. Anyways, I whined about it yesterday, and I’m sure you’ll hear more from me regarding my anxieties, so I’m just gonna skip them for today.
Let’s see … I grocery shopped. And finished some things that I had to get done...
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Question - how is it that every week when I go grocery shopping, I spend 10$ more than the previous week even though I buy the EXACT same things?!?!
Seriously though - you can see from my countdown posts that I buy the same things every week:
- some sort of meat
- frozen veggies to bake
- lettuce
- canned tuna
- eggs
- cottage cheese
- bananas
That’s it, serious! I mean, every week,...
Countdown to Florida: Day 13 (Sunday)
Looking pretty …
At the second rehearsal of the day. Singing for 5 hours yesterday … it’s hard.
But it was a sunny day, and I was wearing a pretty dress, and (even though I overdid it with the onions for my lunch, which upset my stomach a bit) overall, it was a great day!
Foodwise:
Breakfast: oatmeal with PB
Lunch: (most delish salad EVAH! I am SO taking a picture next...
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year...”
– Courtney Martin (via air-light-time-space
)
This is directly on point and relevant
(via ldjourneytobecomingunstoppable)
Countdown to Florida: Days 11 and 12 (Fri+Sat)
Whoops, missed a day there.
I pretty much ate the same as I have for the past week. Nothing exciting there.
Going strong.
Spent all Saturday in a cafe working. My friend came over, brought white wine and salt and vinegar chips, as per our tradition from way back when.
I am happy to say that I had half a glass of wine and called it a night.
Success.
When life gives you tangerines ...
At the research meeting I had yesterday, the research coordinator was all like:
And I was all like, No thanks:
Full of win.
You know you're life's exciting when ...
Looking dressed up at the lab :)
Because let’s face it, it’s not like I got anywhere else to dress up for …
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Crazy Wild Friday Night Plans
Yup, in da gym.
I have to say, it was the perfect way to end the day.
6.2 miles, 56:30 - an easy 9:06 pace
It was a run well done (although who am I kidding? I’m supposed to be training for a marathon and running once a week isn’t gonna cut it …).
I sweat like a crazy person. Even though my breathing wasn’t affected and my heart rate was low.
Oh, you wanted an...
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Life Time Weightloss Interview →
Two slices of whole wheat bread, for instance, raise blood sugar higher than six teaspoons of table sugar or a Snickers Bar
And,
Among the most important changes introduced into modern high-yield semi-dwarf wheat is the protein gliadin unique to wheat. The gliadin created by geneticists is a potent appetite-stimulant: You eat more. On average, modern wheat increases consumption by 400...
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Whiny Rant
Weather is crap. It snowed and froze over last night and now it’s raining, so not only am I all wet in my winter coat, smelling like WET DOG, it also took me twice as long to get to school because it’s so slippery. Oh and the puddles, and the slush, let’s not forget those.
I also just ate my quasi-lunch as a mid-morning snack because I’m feeling ravenous. Want to eat all...
Countdown to Florida: Day 10 (Thursday)
These must be getting pretty boring. I should dig out some pictures or something. Let’s see …
It was glorious sunny. Yay.
And at school, some random people made an ice rink on the frozen field. I guess it’s something to look at while you’re stuck in the library studying, because God knows there’s no time to actually skate and have fun.
I had classes and meetings...
UGH MAH GAWD
Put in new contacts today … it’s supposed to be BETTER. But every time I blink, it’s like little razors cutting into my eyes. I don’t know if it’s the fit of the contacts or what, but GAH.
I look like I’m permanently crying. Someone asked me if I was OK.
Nope, I’m just dandy.
Cannot wait to take them off at home.
Doing planks while watching Fringe. I’m bored y’all. Not tired enough to go to bed, but brain is befuddled enough not to get any work done. So planks it is.