Total Water: 2 cups - Epic fail!
Total Sleep: 8 hours - well, I was in bed for eight hours anyway, I was not asleep for all of it because my mind took about two hours to shut off

Breakfast - 9:00am
- 10 mini carrots

Brunch - 10:00am (a lady from my church took me out for brunch at Studebaker's. There was not really much healthy to choose from so I did the best I could)
- 2 fried eggs
- 2 pieces wheat toast with butter
- 1 piece of ham
- a little bit of honey on my toast instead of jelly

Lunch - none

Snack 2 - none

Dinner - (The hardest meal of the week... I entertain on Friday nights at Grandpa's house.)

Total Water: 9 1/2 cups
Total Sleep: 8 hours - well, I was in bed for eight hours anyway, I was not asleep for all of it becaus my mind work up about 7:45 but I made myself stay in bed till 8:30

Breakfast -
- 1 individual serving of Raisen Bran

Snack - none

Lunch - we went to CiCi's, an all-you-can-eat. That is definately one of my kryptonyte things. I did really good compared to every other time I have been there.
- 10 baby carrots
- 10 grape tomatoes
- a plate of lettuice with cesar dressing
- 1 plate of pizza
- 1 and only 1 kryptonyte, I mean chocolate, brownie!
This is the first time I can remember ever leaving CiCis not feeling stuffed. I was not hungry but not full. It felt good.

Total Water: 8 cups
Total Sleep: 8 hours - no school for a few days, I slept in till 7:45 this morning

Breakfast -
- 1 small apple
- 2 fried eggs
- 2 pieces wheat toast
- 1 cup of skim milk
- two pieces of watermelon (small pieces)

Snack (my teacher brought chocolate to two of my classes... says he will do this all month...)
- 2 fun size M&Ms

Lunch -
- 10 baby carrots
- 1 glass of milk
- 2 pieces of wheat toast
- peanut butter and jelly (on the toast)

Snack 2 - none

Exercise:
- 10 minute elliptical warm up
- Intermediate / Beginners week 1 day 3 (stats attached)

Dinner - ate at the church for the first time... way less options, especially since I was late and they were almost out of food. I ate in about five minutes

Ok, so the caff is closing for the four day weekend (Fall Break) and I am living out of my dorm with nothing but what I can get at Wal-Mart. My current "pantry" is stocked with Raman, Spagetti-Os, Individual servings of cereal, Wheat Thins, Goldfish, dried milk, hot tea in six varieties, and junk food (like candy, hot chocolate, marshmallows, etc).

I'm thinking it is time to make a grocery store run but I do not know what to get. The constraints:
- budget
- dishes (I have two plates and two bowls and assorted silverware)
- cooking (all I got is a hot water pot and a microwave down the hall; nothing else is allowed).

Total Water: 6 cups
Total Sleep: 7 1/2 hours

Breakfast -
- 1 small apple
- 2 fried eggs
- 2 pieces wheat toast
- 1 cup of skim milk

Snack (my teacher brought chocolate to two of my classes... says he will do this all month...)
- 1 fun size M&Ms
- 1 fun sized Snickers
2nd Class
- 1 fun sized twix
- 1 fun sized milkey way

Exercise:
- 30 minute eliptical
- Intermediate / Beginners week 1 day 2 (I left my notes in my dorm room this morning)

Lunch - (ate in five minutes because I was running late)
- 10 baby carrots
- 1 serving of something greasey and chinese
- 1 glass of milk

Total water yesterday: 8 cups
Total sleep last night: 7 hours

Better on the sleeping thing, probably a combination of turning off the computer and working out for the first time. I was ready to go to bed before I even finished my homework so it was easy to get there when I was done.

Quick question: on the workouts, are you supposed to do the first collum and then go back and do the second? Or are you supposed to do one thing, rest and do that same thing again before going on to the exercise? Thanks for the clarification.

7:15 - Breakfast
- 1 small apple
- 3 links of turkey sausage de-greased with napkins
- Oatmeal with brown sugar
- Skim milk (some on oatmeal and drank the rest

10:00 - Snack 1
- 1 slice wheat toast
- peanut butter
- 1 banana (cut up on peanut butter toast... amazing, try it)

11:45 - Lunch
- 10 mini carrots
- French Dip sandwich
- cottage cheese and red jello

2:00 - Snack 2
- 1 small mountain trail mix (nuts, raisins, and M&Ms)

4:00 - Exercise
- 30 minutes on the elliptical
- attached table for strength training

5:15 - Dinner
- 10 pieces of celery with peanut butter

Last night I slept 5 1/2 hours. Yesterday I drank 5 cups of water.

Here is the problem I am having with sleep. My schedule makes room for me to get 8 hours of sleep minimum each night but when it comes time to go to bed I just don't feel tired. So I mess around online and read or whatever else. By the time I am tired and go to bed I get like 4,5,6 hours of sleep. Anybody got suggestions?

I am thinking it may be because I go non-stop from when I wake up to when I go to bed and I am having trouble going from 60mph to 0. I am very busy so I do not know if there is a cure to my schedul

Exercise: none

Breakfast: An entire package of Raman and some hot chocolate with marshmellos

Lunch: Chicken taraki with rice, celery with peanut butter, some cherry tomatoes and baby carrots with ranch, two dinner rolls, cottage cheese and canned peaches. I skipped desert because I did not eat my salad, even when grandpa was trying to tempt me with chocolate pie and ice cream.

Dinner: Almond fried chicken, egg noodles, corn, grean beans, fried chicken patty on wheat with cheese, lettuice, tomato, and catchup.

Sundays are always the hardest for me because our cafiteria goes all out for Sunday lunch.

Ok, so here we go. I am about to launch out and hope for the best. I have tried all the "free" stuff... and some of the diets that were not so free, but nothing has ever really kept the weight off. One summer I lost 50 pounds on Weight Watchers but I have since gained it all back. This time I am looking for long term results.

The short-term goal: My roommate's wedding (where I am Maid of Honor) on January 3rd
The long-term goal: To build a healthy lifestyle that will help me to be active into old age.

My greatest strenght is that I am an over-achiever. That is also my greatest weakness. Probably the hardest part for me will be to set reasonable goals. I have a tendancy to set goals too high and then not achieve them. Then I get discouraged and quit.