Day 3

Hi, all!

It was a scorcher today. I thought it was supposed to be fall now? Thankfully by the middle of next week, it is supposed to be in the 60's, let's hope it stays that way or cools off a little more. Yesterday was another busy day for us, Zak had an appointment right away and then we had to go to the
DMV to get my license changed. Plus, I began working on our thank you cards and did homework. Yesterday was generally a good day for me, I worked out and stayed within my calorie goal again. That is day 2 without a binge.

Moving on to today, it has been a good day. I saw my spinal specialist again for the arthritis and he is looking at doing another injection in my back. The first one I received did not offer any relief, unfortunately, but we are hopeful that this next one will be helpful. One thing that will also hopefully help the arthritis is losing weight. This is something that I am trying hard to stick with because it could reduce my pain. I am proud to admit that as of 7PM, I have not even had a desire to binge. This is day 3 and things are going well. I am so proud of myself. Another stride I made today is that I posted a quote on Instagram about recovering from an eating disorder. This is the first time I have posted publically where my friends and family can see it about my eating disorder. I am overwhelmed by the support that I received.

It is difficult for me to remember sometimes that I do not need as much food as I was having before. Smaller amounts can and will fill me up. My husband and I went to Subway for dinner and I ordered a sub. I ordered the footlong because that is my routine and I have only eaten half of it. I have may the other half later as my evening snack but it all fits into my calorie goal.

Until next time.

~Sara~

Day 2

Hi, all!

It is a gorgeous day here in Wisconsin. The next few days are going to be scorchers but then it will cool off and be in the 50's and 60's, which I am incredibly excited for!

Yesterday I made some goals for myself: 

1. Track everything I put in my body

2. Drink water - not soda

3. Workout for 10 minutes, 3 times/day

4. Walk at least 5000 steps

These were the main goals I had and I am happy to say that I achieved them! I tracked everything I ate, even when I did not want to track. In fact, I stuck to my calorie goal! I did not drink any soda. I walked for 31 minutes and had 6,336 steps. All-in-all, day 1 was a success! There were different times when I faced temptation and I succeeded. Honestly, I am proud of myself! 

Today I am giving myself the same goals. I have already faced and surpassed temptation today. My husband wanted to go and get fast food for breakfast, I was close to caving in and having him get me the normal thing I would have chosen. It would have been 1250 calories and there are half of my calories for the day. Instead, I opted for Subway and got a bacon, egg white, and cheese on whole grain flatbread. It was delicious, healthy, and only 370 calories. I added some yogurt and coffee at home to it and it was a wonderful breakfast. 

The rest our day is going to be busy. My husband and I are going and getting a copy of our marriage license. Then tomorrow we can go change my social security card, go to the DMV, and finally change all of my information at our bank and at my school. And of course, I need to continue to work on thank you cards from our wedding. Since we are going to be pretty busy for the next few days, it takes most of my self-control to stop myself from saying that we should just go out and grab food quickly. Instead, I am making healthier food choices. I made a quick and healthy lunch at home before we are heading out. I need to continue to make healthy choices because it will be far too easy to slide back into my old habits. 

Until next time!

~Sara~

Quick Update

Hi all!

Happy Sunday! How are you all doing today? It's a beautiful, yet extremely cold day here.

It's been 14 days since my last post, sorry about that. Honestly, it has been ridiculously busy here lately. I began my two other classes this past week, so now I'm doing three classes in the next 5 weeks. I also am planning a trip to Seattle because I have an interview for grad school on March 6th!!! :)

I'll be honest, I have been doing horrendously nutritionally and with fitness. I really am trying to do better nutritionally, making better food choices and having smaller portions. I haven't weighed in, in awhile either. Honestly, I don't want to see the number because it won't be something I want to see.

I'm sorry that I probably won't be able to update a whole lot within the next month and a half. I'll update whenever I can, hopefully when I'm in Seattle. I need to cut this short though and get back to my school work, Lord knows there's a bunch of it. I hope that you all have a wonderful day. So, until next time!

~Sara~

Busy

Hi all!

Happy Thursday! How are you all today? It is a little cloudy here and cooler, but it is beautiful in its own way. I cannot believe it is Thursday already, this week is going by very quickly.

Things have been insane lately, I've been busy with my homework, so my stress level is quite high. I am still not all that hungry and forcing myself to eat, which is causing me to eat unhealthy sometimes and not actually counting calories. Plus a few days ago, I got foot and mouth disease, so I can barely walk and is leaving me in pain. Hopefully it will clear up within a few days and I'll be able to walk again without issue.

I am really happy to say that I am ahead in my homework this week. All I have left are 5 discussion responses and a video journal. I'm planning on doing my video journal today, along with all my discussion responses, if possible. Can I be this far ahead every week? So, I'll be researching for my finals after this weeks work is done, plus getting a head start on next weeks stuff. Next week I do have quite a bit to do, so I'll have to be working really hard again.

On a happier note, I am really enjoying that books that I have for my classes. They are incredibly interesting, so that makes it easier to do my weekly readings. Well I think it is time to go and keep working on my schoolwork. Hopefully I'll be able to post again soon. I hope that you all have a wonderful day. Until next time!

~Sara~

Busy - Quick Post

Hi all!

Happy Wednesday! How are you all doing today? I am pretty good today, plus I adore the weather. It truly looks like fall here, leaves have changed color and are falling to the ground, plus the weather has been between 40 and 60. This is my absolute perfect weather and I wish it could be like this all year round.

This week I am trying my hardest to complete all of this weeks work, plus put the finishing touches on my final and maybe get a head start on my week 1 assignments for next week. My goal today is to finish my paper's outline and then write out some, if not all, of my paper. Let's hope that I can get that done today because it would be awesome to finish my final tomorrow and still have 3 days to get a head start on next sessions assignments. This morning I wrote out all of week 1's assignments and looking at it this way is relieving my stress a bit, for which I am thankful. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things to do (3 discussions, 3 discussion responses, 3 journals, 3 written assignments, and reading 15 chapters in various books). So, working ahead is pretty crucial.

Yesterday I bought all of my books for the spring semester and I saved a ton of money. Thank God for other places having the books that I need because I would have spent $450 on my books but instead I only paid $208. I saved more money than I spent and that is a beautiful thing. :)

I am going to cut this really short because of my homework. I hope that you all have a wonderful day. So until next time!

~Sara~

Quick Update

Hi all!

Happy Tuesday! How are you all today? I'm doing okay, a little stressed out. Sorry I've been absent lately, life has been crazy lately and its taking its toll on me. I'm trying to stay positive and calm through it all though. What are you all going to do to make today wonderful?

I am on the 8th day of not having an appetite and it sucks! Every day I have to force myself to eat at every meal and during the day, I don't realize that I need to eat until my hands get so shaky that I am unable to continue working until I eat. I've told my mom about this problem and she says that she wouldn't be complaining about not having an appetite. Sure, I would love if my normal appetite wasn't quite so big but it's really difficult when I'm not hungry all day and I have to force myself to eat. It's honestly really frustrating and I'm really tired of it, this is just adding to my current stress level.

Yesterday I was able to register for classes and while I am excited about it, I realize just how busy the next month an a half will be. I'm trying to finish up my current class, I have one paper and my final left. Thankfully my final is almost done already and I'm working on the outline for my other paper. But next session is going to be ridiculously busy, I'm taking 3 classes in 5 weeks. Yesterday all of the classes opened and I was able to write out all of the homework. So I made a chart and it takes up two pages, that's how much work I have to do. I'll barely have time to do anything besides homework, I'm trying really hard to stay calm about it and not stress out even more but it's proving difficult. Hopefully I'll get all of this weeks work done early, so I can get a head start on next sessions work.

On a happier note, my grad school application has everything sent in now and I'm waiting on the school to review it. So hopefully within the next few months, I'll know for sure if I got accepted or not. I just pray that I get accepted because that will be a huge stress off my shoulders.

I need to cut this off here though because I have a ton to get done. I hope that you all have a wonderful day. So until next time!

~Sara~ 

Insanity

Hi all!

Happy Friday! How are you all doing on this beautiful day? What are you going to do to make the end of this week great? I started out by reading for an hour and a half and then got in a small workout while my coffee and breakfast was being made. That's the joy of walking, I can just throw on my HRM and still do other things while getting in a workout. :) Now I'm eating my breakfast, drinking my coffee, listening to my playlist and writing to all of you.

I was speaking to my parents during dinner last night and I was telling them about my Spring semester for school. She said something that really helped me. I realized that I'm already stressing out about everything and it's not even here yet. This is an insanely bad thing and it needs to stop. I just need to relax and let things happen. *But stressing is one of the things I do best* This is one of my main problems, I stress over things that I cannot control or that will workout just fine. I'm one of those people who always accomplishes everything that needs to be done, by the date that it needs to be done. No matter how much there is to do, I always get it done. Although things feel a bit overwhelming currently, I know that I'll get everything done because I always do.

Oh and I have officially lost my sanity... I added my final two classes needed for graduation to my fall schedule. So starting on the 27th of this month, I'll be taking three classes. It is going to be insanely busy 6 weeks but thankfully I'll have 5 weeks off before starting my final semester. And yes, that means that I'll officially be done by the end of the spring semester instead of the end of summer.

So there is my news and rant of the day :) But it's time to go and finish my outline for my paper and actually get to writing it, along with answering other people's discussions. I hope that you all have a wonderful day. Until next time!

~Sara~

Weekly Fitness Goals

Hi all!

How are you on this Wednesday? Personally, I can't really complain. Staying busy with my homework, I'm focusing on my final paper and presentation today. Things will calm down a bit after this week and won't really get crazy again until about a month from now. I love taking my classes the way they are now but it really stinks that the final of one class and week one of the next class fall into the same week.

I am absolutely adoring the fact that I'm back into a healthier nutrition and fitness routine. When I started out, my walking was really light, not wanting to hurt my back while it's still healing. Now, my back is still healing, but I am trying to be more efficient with my workouts. I was logging a bunch of fitness minutes (900+ in 2 weeks), which is great, but my calorie burn was quite low for that many minutes. My legs were getting extremely fatigued because of the amount of minutes I was logging. So now, I am trying to have a higher calorie burn in fewer minutes. Currently, my goal is to burn 300 calories/workout and around 45 minutes a day (225 minutes/week). Sticking with that goal and my nutritional goals will help me lose 1 lb a week.

Time to get back to my final. I hope you all have a wonderful day and evening. Until next time!

~Sara~

Weigh-In

Hi all!

How are you all doing on this lovely day? It is a new week, what are you going to do to make it a wonderful one? I had a fairly good weekend, it was very busy but productive. Plus, I had my weigh-in yesterday. I experienced some stress yesterday because of a disagreement with someone but thankfully I did not let it get me down. I am proud of myself, Sunday's are my "cheat" day and I stay right around my calorie range.

My weigh-in yesterday was amazing, I had great results on the scale this week. It is no wonder why, with my increase in exercise minutes and burning at least 500 more calories than my goal called for. These kind of results will not be weekly but it was a nice little jump start. This has helped me to get into an exercise routine again, so I cannot be sad about it. Also, it was a smart call for me to rest my legs this weekend, they are feeling fresh and ready to take on the new week.

Starting Weight: 315 lbs

Last Weight: 291.6 lbs

Current Weight: 287.6 lbs (-4) 

Weight Lost: 27.4 lbs

I have a busy week ahead, a lot of homework to get done. Thankfully, I got a great deal of it done yesterday. Another positive thing, one of my assignments is on a topic that I wrote a final paper on earlier this year, so I already had a great deal of information that I need. My final, journal, discussion responses and another paper still need to be completed but I have a great start since it is only Monday. 

I have spent enough time away from my homework this afternoon though, so it is time to get back to it. I hope that you all have a wonderful day/evening. Until next time!

~Sara~

Fitness and busyness

Hi all!

How are you all today? It is an absolutely beautiful day here in southeastern Wisconsin, too bad I am stuck inside working on schoolwork. Maybe a little later I'll bring my laptop outside with me and get some work done, while enjoying the beautiful weather.

I have been working out daily for 13 days now and my legs are starting to feel a little fatigued. It's no wonder why, I've had 859 fitness minutes, not including the 60+ from today. 442 of them happening this week alone, so I'm pretty exhausted. Today I've already walked 60+ minutes and burned 300+ calories, so I'm thinking about not walking while dinner cooks.

This morning while I was in the bathroom, I was curious to see what my weight was, so I stepped on the scale (my weigh-in isn't for another 2 days). I'm happy to say that my fitness and nutrition is definitely paying off because I saw about a pound loss so far, I'm not logging it and will weigh-in officially on Sunday.

Things are still incredibly busy in my world, my outline is still in process, but hopefully I'll get it done today. Then it's time to start my final and everything else that I need to get done. Time to get back to work. Wish me luck. Have a wonderful day! Until next time!

~Sara~

Quick Update

Hi all!

Happy Tuesday! How are you all today? I am incredibly tired and keeping busy. This week and next are going to be extremely busy, I'm in my final week in my one class, then next week we have to work on our final paper but I am starting a new class next week as well. So I'll have my final due, along with my week 1 assignments. Today I was hoping to accomplish a lot but not getting much sleep again last night made that only a dream.

Yesterday I did really well both nutritionally and with my fitness and today has gone wonderfully as well. Honestly, I am proud of myself because I've been stressed, tired and hurting the past few days but I haven't turned to food to comfort me. But I am taking things one day at a time because that is all I can do.

I am about to cut this short because I have a lot to get done. I hope you all have had a wonderful day and have an even better evening. Until next time.

~Sara~

Update (Day 664)

Hi all!

Happy Wednesday! How are you all doing today? It's a gorgeous day here in Colorado, a high of 81 and the sun is shining. So I don't really have much to say today but I just wanted to check in and see how all of you are doing. I've been staying super busy with my school work and thankfully I only have my 2 finals left. Oh and I had a phone interview today and I think it went really well! I was told that I should hear back tomorrow since the hiring team is meeting up tonight. So I'm looking forward to hearing back from them.

But anyways... I have to make this post extremely short because as I said, I have 2 finals to write and they're due by Sunday. Let's hope I can get everything done in time! Have a wonderful day! So until next time!

~Sara~

Weigh-In (Day 655)

Hi all!

Happy Monday! How are you all doing today? I am seriously a bad blogger.... again. I've just been so busy with all of my school work. I have all of my typical school work plus a final that's due on Sunday (which I finished yesterday :) ) and then 2 finals due next Sunday. Plus my friends Ashley and John are coming to visit me this weekend (hence why I need to get this homework done early, so I don't have to be doing it while they are here). It is going to be an amazing weekend, Friday we're going out to a Mongolian restaurant and I'll be showing Ashley the wedding dress that I fell in love with and she'll be trying on some bridesmaid dresses. Saturday and Sunday, who knows what we're doing. Either Saturday night or Sunday morning we'll be going to my church (which is amazing), I'm really excited to have them check it out. 

But yesterday was weigh-in day and I want to get back to posting my weigh-in. So I'm going to be doing that today. I'm so thankful that after my binge on Tuesday I was right on key with my nutrition and the scale showed that fact. I am still trying to get into a fitness routine again but at least my nutrition is better. It's a start and my goal for this week is to continue with my nutrition and add some fitness as well. 

Starting Weight: 315

Last Weigh-In: 272.8

Current Weight: 271

Total Lost: 44

I have an interview tomorrow with a university and I am very hopeful for it. From what I have heard and read, this job would be a great fit for me because I would get to unofficially provide students with counsel. Not to mention that it would pay the bills plus some and that way I would be able to pay off more of my student loans and save more each month. So please keep me in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow, I would appreciate it! 

Well it's time to get back to my paper and my finals. Gotta get these things done before Ashley and John come visit me. :) I hope you all have an amazing day. So until next time!

~Sara~

Bad Blogger

Hi all! 

Happy Thursday! How are you all today? I have been freakishly busy since moving! :( Not to mention that I've been the worst blogger ever! I have off tomorrow so hopefully I will get everything done and I can get back to blogging. I miss you all! 

Time to get some homework done before  work. Have a wonderful day! So until next time. 

~Sara~

Honesty (Day 603)

Hi all!

Happy Friday! How are you all doing today? I'm feeling rather blah today... the same stomach issue that I was having last week is back again. It all began last night but hopefully it won't last as long this time. I still have so much to get done today, I need to finish my paper (it's close to half done) and my journal entry. But thankfully yesterday I was able to get my statement, learning activities, and part of my paper done. 

I need to be honest with you all, my nutrition (to be frank) has sucked lately. Every morning I wake up and start my day out healthy and I do well throughout the day. But when it's later, while I'm watching the game or watching something else, I just feel the need to eat. I don't know why I'm doing this again... I was doing so well with not doing unhealthy snacking at night but now I just feel the need to snack. This needs to change, starting today! I will not let unhealthy snacking derail my weight loss. I would really appreciate it if you all could try and help keep me accountable. 

So I have been thinking alot lately, I am already freaking out about when I move to Colorado for graduate school. Believe me, I am super excited about graduating and living a more independent life again but it's scary! I've been looking at apartments and for jobs (yes it's close to a year from now still but I want to be prepared). Honestly, I'm not so nervous about the apartment because I do enjoy being independent but I am nervous about the job. I've never held a full-time job and gone to school full-time at the same time. Hopefully Abid and I will be together at this point and he will be able to help but I'm just worried about not being able to afford it. I'm so nervous about it and I am trying to just give it to God because I know that he will provide but it's difficult. I would appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers on this. 

Well I need to stop stressing over everything and work on my homework. I hope you all have an amazing day! So until next time!

~Sara~

Non-Scale Victories (Day 602)

Hi all!

Happy Thursday! How are you all doing today? It's a beautiful day here in southern Wisconsin, warm and sunny, honestly a little too warm for my liking. But oh well, it's beautiful nevertheless.

My busy week has become even busier now because one of my close friends had something bad happen to her and they are finally trying to convict that guy who did it to her. And since I know so much about it, I need to write up a statement by Friday. I'm happy to write up a statement because I really want to see him be put away for what he did, but I already have so much to get done this week. Oh well, I'll figure it all out.

Today I'm linking up with Katie and Lex for Non-Scale Victories Thursday! :)

1. I've gotten back into an exercise routine

2. I was able to jog twice this week 

3. My nutrition has been better this week

4. My new capris that I haven't wore before are somewhat loose on me already

What are your Non-Scale Victories this week? Don't forget to link up! 

I need to cut this short and get to work on my statement and keep going with my homework. I hope you all have a wonderful day! So until next time!

~Sara~