It's my Birthday!

Today I turned 23, yippie! I don't feel much older, but my knees are killing me after this p90x-2 workout... and bad knees DOES make me feel older haha. As with any birthday in my family, we went out to a restaurant to celebrate. I didn't want to eat restaurant food since I finally got myself back on track with eating well and clean, but what can you do? I did not eat breakfast this morning because I went to go and get bloodwork done (for the first time in years), so by the time I got out, I was fairly hungry and nerves (I hate needles) made it a bit worse. Went to a health-conscious food place and got a large container that had: kale salad tossed in a yogurt dressing, mixed greens salad topped with pomegranate seeds and olive oil, some fennel and celery, some carrot and fennel slaw (which...

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P90X-2 Round 1: Week 2 (1/9-1/15)

It's my birthday this week! I don't have anything planned, nevertheless, I will be a bit more ... understanding ... if I don't follow my goals 100% this week, though I will strive to do so. Goals for Week 2: #1 GOAL: detox from Sunday's sugar binge!  Eat clean for the week Eat more veggies Eat more fruit if I crave sweet things  Eat more protein Do not eat grains (from 1/9-1/23, at the very least)  Try another new fish (flounder or snapper), if possible Work out 5 days this week Work out 6 days this week (R+M1) Work out 7 days this week (R+M2) Walk more this week  Get at least 8 hours of sleep per day Do not binge Do not stress eat  Do not boredom eat Stop eating when 80% full  Eat only when hungry Drink 65oz water per day  Eat within calorie range Do...

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Day 7 P90X-2 (1/8/12)

Goals for Week 1: Do not overeat (semi-passed) Do not boredom snack (failed)  Do not binge/stress eat (failed) Do not eat junk (failed) Work out 5 days this week (passed!)  Work out 6 days this week (passed!)  Work out 7 days this week (failed - but for an acceptable reason)  Eat clean (semi-passed)  Do not eat grains (failed)  Eat within calorie range (failed)  Eat only when hungry (failed) Eat more fruits (passed!)  Eat more veggies (passed!)  Eat more lean proteins (passed!) Eat more healthy fats (hell yeah I passed this one!)  Try a new fish for the new year (passed!) Sunday royally screwed me over... and I was doing extraordinarily well this week. Most of my failures for the week are because of today. I shouldn't play the blame...

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2012 NYR: Day 5

Well, I was going strong this week... until today. Monday I started p90x-2: core. Ate clean and did not eat any junk. Tuesday I did p90x-2: plyocide. Ate well and resisted cupcakes.  Wednesday I did p90x-2: recovery + mobility. Ate well and resisted cupcakes AGAIN WOO HOO! Today? Well, I did not do my p90x-2 workout -- but I wanted to. I also did not eat as cleanly as I would have liked, but I was still fairly good today. 8:30AM: Woke up and rushed to the grocery store to get this week's shopping done. 11:00AM: I had a phone meeting with my professor's good friend, who just happens to have a phD in nutrition, so I really wanted to talk to this woman. She answered plenty of questions, eased my fears, and also raised new fears... primarily: holy shit, if I want to become a registered...

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2012 New Years Resolutions

In 2012 I plan on doing the following in order to improve my life: DIET 1. Drop down from 132 lbs back to 120 before bikini season. I used to be 114 lbs in high school and the first two years in college. In the summer of 2010, I gained 5 lbs while writing my book. Then when I started p90x in April, I gained a few more pounds and was between 122-125 lbs after muscle gains. On the flip side, I stopped eating processed crap and enriched flours and felt more energized without sugar and all the other artificial garbage on grocery shelves nowadays. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, I binged on cupcakes from work and all other sorts of junk food due to stress eating/not working out...and I gained 5 more pounds because of it. I'm not fat, by any means, but I have inches and pounds I want to shed...

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