Current Weight: 177
I wanted to update before I crashed.
I pulled a near all-nighter last night to finish two art pieces. In between the two, I got coffee with some friends, thus rendering me both capable of finishing the very unfinished one and incapable of falling asleep.
I think I went to sleep between 4:35 and 4:50 am, getting up at 7:20 am.
It sucked.
But I am about to alleviate that suckiness by going to bed now. I plan on waking up around 11ish pm maybe, and then playing some Sims.
The reason for the earliness is that I haven't been able to exercise for the past three or so days, so since I have seemingly stabilized at 177ish (give or take half a pound or so), I wanted to record it before diving into an exercise routine this weekend-- in hopes to make a dent again like I did the first two weeks of this whole "plan".
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Slightly exhausted
Current Weight: 177ish
Okay, I had a cool post, but then Firefox crashed...so...sucktastic.
Bottom line: I got to see Dir en Grey in concert on Wednesday. W00t for me.
Okay, I had a cool post, but then Firefox crashed...so...sucktastic.
Bottom line: I got to see Dir en Grey in concert on Wednesday. W00t for me.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Success ?
Current Weight: 178
Okay, so I weighed-in yesterday morning and it kept saying 176. I weighed like 180 the night before, so I glare at my scale for he has taken a turn into deceptive and bastardly behavior. After a few times, it said that I was, in fact, still somewhere between 180 and 181.
(In cases like this, I tend to note both the high weight and the low weight and then just kind of average it mentally, though I record the high weight on here)
I think it has a soul.
And if it does, I'm going to eat it.
Anyway. So, this morning when I weighed, it kept giving this number, so I'm going with it. If I'm not really that "light", I will in fact be sad; and I will probably run off to the grocery store crying to pick up some tofu so I can angrily grill it into something sinfully delicious yet lacking in calories.
I feel kind of embarrassed, actually, but not over anything weightloss-related. No, instead, it's food-related.
I made teriyaki chicken last night and marinated tofu on a salad. That was all well and good. But, I don't seem to have cooking spray (like Pam, duh) or SALT.
I'm standing there looking at my sparse supplies and I can't help but flush a bit at the fact that I claim to be a good cook (and I am, dammit!) yet not have SALT.
~.~
Before I moved up here, while I was still living in Springfield, I had a bunch of kitchen stuff. And I know it included both Pam and salt and now a few other things I'm missing but don't know what they are because I can't remember what they could be. When I moved into the campus apartments, I dropped off cooking stuff at my Grandma's because I couldn't use a lot of it. We had a kitchen, yes, but some of the stuff was for "bigger" cooking that wasn't feasible in a small kitchen split between four people.
Especially since our (me and my roommate actually meshed, which was awesome) first batch of roomies were disgustingly messy and just downright idiotic when it comes to...well, anything, but in this instance I mean the kitchen.
So, to save my supplies, I hauled almost all of my baking goods to my grandma's house across town and left them there.
When it was time to move up here, I retrieved said items, but I guess I missed a few. That's totally okay 'cause I told her to use them if she needed them, but it would have been nice if I had remembered much of what I just told you. Or even better: if I could remember what the devil was in that stupid case of stuff.
There was more I was going to say, but I can't really-- Oh! I remembered part of it.
I think I'm gonna start using the aerobic bike thing. Mainly because when I use ellipticals or I walk, I walk kind of funny and after awhile, I get really weird feeling tense spots in my calves (usually on my right side). When I bike, I don't think this happens. That and stitches are easier to deal with on a bike. I've gotten a few stitches in my side lately when I work out and it slows me down a bit. I don't really appreciate this, so I try to avoid things that cause painful stitches.
Okay I do believe that I am done posting.
Though, I will say that I think when I say "Monday", I really mean anywhere between Monday morning and Tuesday night.
Okay, so I weighed-in yesterday morning and it kept saying 176. I weighed like 180 the night before, so I glare at my scale for he has taken a turn into deceptive and bastardly behavior. After a few times, it said that I was, in fact, still somewhere between 180 and 181.
(In cases like this, I tend to note both the high weight and the low weight and then just kind of average it mentally, though I record the high weight on here)
I think it has a soul.
And if it does, I'm going to eat it.
Anyway. So, this morning when I weighed, it kept giving this number, so I'm going with it. If I'm not really that "light", I will in fact be sad; and I will probably run off to the grocery store crying to pick up some tofu so I can angrily grill it into something sinfully delicious yet lacking in calories.
I feel kind of embarrassed, actually, but not over anything weightloss-related. No, instead, it's food-related.
I made teriyaki chicken last night and marinated tofu on a salad. That was all well and good. But, I don't seem to have cooking spray (like Pam, duh) or SALT.
I'm standing there looking at my sparse supplies and I can't help but flush a bit at the fact that I claim to be a good cook (and I am, dammit!) yet not have SALT.
~.~
Before I moved up here, while I was still living in Springfield, I had a bunch of kitchen stuff. And I know it included both Pam and salt and now a few other things I'm missing but don't know what they are because I can't remember what they could be. When I moved into the campus apartments, I dropped off cooking stuff at my Grandma's because I couldn't use a lot of it. We had a kitchen, yes, but some of the stuff was for "bigger" cooking that wasn't feasible in a small kitchen split between four people.
Especially since our (me and my roommate actually meshed, which was awesome) first batch of roomies were disgustingly messy and just downright idiotic when it comes to...well, anything, but in this instance I mean the kitchen.
So, to save my supplies, I hauled almost all of my baking goods to my grandma's house across town and left them there.
When it was time to move up here, I retrieved said items, but I guess I missed a few. That's totally okay 'cause I told her to use them if she needed them, but it would have been nice if I had remembered much of what I just told you. Or even better: if I could remember what the devil was in that stupid case of stuff.
There was more I was going to say, but I can't really-- Oh! I remembered part of it.
I think I'm gonna start using the aerobic bike thing. Mainly because when I use ellipticals or I walk, I walk kind of funny and after awhile, I get really weird feeling tense spots in my calves (usually on my right side). When I bike, I don't think this happens. That and stitches are easier to deal with on a bike. I've gotten a few stitches in my side lately when I work out and it slows me down a bit. I don't really appreciate this, so I try to avoid things that cause painful stitches.
Okay I do believe that I am done posting.
Though, I will say that I think when I say "Monday", I really mean anywhere between Monday morning and Tuesday night.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Mini break
Current Weight:181
Okay, so it's Friday, I guess. I'm a bit frustrated because I was down a pound or two yesterday, but the scale was only interested in kicking back that number, so, alas.
I've gone to the gym about four times (?) this week. I denno. Something like that. I know I left my watch there not last night, but the night before. SIGH. I got it back, though. Apparently it just sat up on the elliptical I was using for a little bit before it was found and turned into the place where they harbor items from forgetful people like me.
And that's a good thing because this is my second of this same watch. The first one fell out of my possession two years ago while I was moving back into the dorm after winter break. I didn't realize that it truly wasn't in my room like a week later. I just thought I had accidentally left it under something and searched my room a little too late to realize that I must have lost it either in the parking lot or the grass surrounding the dorm.
So, this tale has a happier, less expensive result.
I'm not going to go to the gym tonight because I'm still super tired. I'm a bit worn out even after taking a three hour nap. (I haven't been getting to bed early enough)
I get distracted while talking to my buddies online that I forget to watch the clock and before I know it, it's midnight.
Usually, when I do something like that, the results aren't as dire or tiring, but it's been the case lately because my summer class is pretty draining.
And I don't mean that in a bad way; it's just the truth.
I should be back on track tomorrow evening.
Random aside: Apparently, I'm going to a Dir en Grey concert next Wednesday.
Okay, really it's a DEFTONES concert at which Dir en Grey is opening, but we're going for the opening act only and then leaving ^^
Should be fun.
Okay, so it's Friday, I guess. I'm a bit frustrated because I was down a pound or two yesterday, but the scale was only interested in kicking back that number, so, alas.
I've gone to the gym about four times (?) this week. I denno. Something like that. I know I left my watch there not last night, but the night before. SIGH. I got it back, though. Apparently it just sat up on the elliptical I was using for a little bit before it was found and turned into the place where they harbor items from forgetful people like me.
And that's a good thing because this is my second of this same watch. The first one fell out of my possession two years ago while I was moving back into the dorm after winter break. I didn't realize that it truly wasn't in my room like a week later. I just thought I had accidentally left it under something and searched my room a little too late to realize that I must have lost it either in the parking lot or the grass surrounding the dorm.
So, this tale has a happier, less expensive result.
I'm not going to go to the gym tonight because I'm still super tired. I'm a bit worn out even after taking a three hour nap. (I haven't been getting to bed early enough)
I get distracted while talking to my buddies online that I forget to watch the clock and before I know it, it's midnight.
Usually, when I do something like that, the results aren't as dire or tiring, but it's been the case lately because my summer class is pretty draining.
And I don't mean that in a bad way; it's just the truth.
I should be back on track tomorrow evening.
Random aside: Apparently, I'm going to a Dir en Grey concert next Wednesday.
Okay, really it's a DEFTONES concert at which Dir en Grey is opening, but we're going for the opening act only and then leaving ^^
Should be fun.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Mystery Pounds
Current Weight: 181ish
Wow, crazy day today and yesterday, thus being why I am late posting. I meant to do it Monday, but I kept forgetting that it was Monday. Even after my partner in self-improvement crime texted me a message or two to remind me.
The unspoken message here being that I have been really tired lately. Like, beyond normal level of tired. Tonight I hope to remedy this disgraceful lack of energy, for I have no class in the morning! Yay!
Saturday, my friend Andrew left to go back to Missouri and I had a strange night hanging out with a kinda-sorta friend and two of his friends at a pool hall. After that, we went to the house of one of those friend of a friend's and hung out a bit there before going back to MY apartment (it being roughly2:45am at this point) to play a bit of old school video games. Then out to drop off my kinda friend then over to the other guy's house to watch A Scanner Darkly and about 3/4 the first season of Robot Chicken-- among other things like tea, and talk.
I didn't get home until like 2pm.
Then class has been a tiny bit stressful since I got almost completely finished with a piece only to realize the perspective was a bit off, so I had to start over and work on it last night from 11pm to 3am-- it being due earlier today.
I have to get up at 7am to get ready for class. So, these past like three days have been weird and tiring.
BUT! I finally got to use the campus gym, since I was able to activate my ID card, so I'm super happy.
I was back up to 184 on Sunday, which was weird because after I exercised on Monday evening, I then down to 181 again this morning.
Apparently, I'm stabilizing at 181, and for that I'm not really complaining.
Too tired. Off to bed with me.
Wow, crazy day today and yesterday, thus being why I am late posting. I meant to do it Monday, but I kept forgetting that it was Monday. Even after my partner in self-improvement crime texted me a message or two to remind me.
The unspoken message here being that I have been really tired lately. Like, beyond normal level of tired. Tonight I hope to remedy this disgraceful lack of energy, for I have no class in the morning! Yay!
Saturday, my friend Andrew left to go back to Missouri and I had a strange night hanging out with a kinda-sorta friend and two of his friends at a pool hall. After that, we went to the house of one of those friend of a friend's and hung out a bit there before going back to MY apartment (it being roughly2:45am at this point) to play a bit of old school video games. Then out to drop off my kinda friend then over to the other guy's house to watch A Scanner Darkly and about 3/4 the first season of Robot Chicken-- among other things like tea, and talk.
I didn't get home until like 2pm.
Then class has been a tiny bit stressful since I got almost completely finished with a piece only to realize the perspective was a bit off, so I had to start over and work on it last night from 11pm to 3am-- it being due earlier today.
I have to get up at 7am to get ready for class. So, these past like three days have been weird and tiring.
BUT! I finally got to use the campus gym, since I was able to activate my ID card, so I'm super happy.
I was back up to 184 on Sunday, which was weird because after I exercised on Monday evening, I then down to 181 again this morning.
Apparently, I'm stabilizing at 181, and for that I'm not really complaining.
Too tired. Off to bed with me.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Company Departs
Current Weight: 182
I have had a pretty calorie-intense past few days, seeing as how a really good friend of mine that I hadn't seen in two years came to visit me.
That and the weather has been really crazy. What with random thunderstorms, 30 mph winds, among other stuff, it's been hard to get an evening in for a walk. I think I've only done my walk about two or three times in the past week.
I will say that I got a bit of a workout running around campus on friday for Orientation and then later with my friend Andrew.
But we've been eating not so healthily, so I expected to stall for this weigh-in post.
I'm not mad at it, though. Mainly because it's expected considering.
I do have a new weapon in my arsenal: My campus ID card
Now I can go to the gym whenever I need to and work out for as long as I want.
Which was my original plan for when I moved.
So, starting tomorrow evening after I finish my art homework, I will be off to the awesome gym to work off the sushi and Coldstone.
I have had a pretty calorie-intense past few days, seeing as how a really good friend of mine that I hadn't seen in two years came to visit me.
That and the weather has been really crazy. What with random thunderstorms, 30 mph winds, among other stuff, it's been hard to get an evening in for a walk. I think I've only done my walk about two or three times in the past week.
I will say that I got a bit of a workout running around campus on friday for Orientation and then later with my friend Andrew.
But we've been eating not so healthily, so I expected to stall for this weigh-in post.
I'm not mad at it, though. Mainly because it's expected considering.
I do have a new weapon in my arsenal: My campus ID card
Now I can go to the gym whenever I need to and work out for as long as I want.
Which was my original plan for when I moved.
So, starting tomorrow evening after I finish my art homework, I will be off to the awesome gym to work off the sushi and Coldstone.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Snippet
Okay, I almost forgot to post today.
One of my friends texts me to remind me. I remembered before I got his text, but I decided to post after my walk.
I'll have more to so about this weekend later, I think
For now, though, I'm just going to post this:
Current: sitting on the line between 180 and 181
One of my friends texts me to remind me. I remembered before I got his text, but I decided to post after my walk.
I'll have more to so about this weekend later, I think
For now, though, I'm just going to post this:
Current: sitting on the line between 180 and 181
Saturday, June 2, 2007
General Life: Stuff not directly related to weight
I saw the new Pirates. It was pretty good, but if you haven't seen it yet, you may want to rewatch the 2nd one just as a refresher course.
Okay, so here's a shameless plug to fanvertise for an author.
I used to read a lot of fanfiction, and I have to say that a lot of it sucks. As in, really really bad. But, there are some authors who are really good and kind of use it as a way to hone their skills.
One such author has recently published her own book, and if you like fantasy/vampires/demons/werewolves tossed in among blissfully ignorant humans, you need to check this book out.
And by check it out, I mean support her work and buy it! ^^
The Mortal Instruments Book One: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
(There, it's all nice an' bolded and whatnot so you have no excuse or real way to avoid it)
It's something like that. Either way, you can find it and it's a great read.
I did it all in one sitting, but I'm a freak like that. Give me a good book and I won't put it down unless I finish it or my eyes rot out of my head.
Oh, weight recap:
Current weight: 180-181 (woo-hoo! Lost a pound! Kinda.)
Target:145-150
Next update probably on Monday. My parents are in town right now. Mom and I walked my walk tonight and it took way longer 'cause she's not used to the length and endurance it takes. But we made it.
Okay, so here's a shameless plug to fanvertise for an author.
I used to read a lot of fanfiction, and I have to say that a lot of it sucks. As in, really really bad. But, there are some authors who are really good and kind of use it as a way to hone their skills.
One such author has recently published her own book, and if you like fantasy/vampires/demons/werewolves tossed in among blissfully ignorant humans, you need to check this book out.
And by check it out, I mean support her work and buy it! ^^
The Mortal Instruments Book One: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
(There, it's all nice an' bolded and whatnot so you have no excuse or real way to avoid it)
It's something like that. Either way, you can find it and it's a great read.
I did it all in one sitting, but I'm a freak like that. Give me a good book and I won't put it down unless I finish it or my eyes rot out of my head.
Oh, weight recap:
Current weight: 180-181 (woo-hoo! Lost a pound! Kinda.)
Target:145-150
Next update probably on Monday. My parents are in town right now. Mom and I walked my walk tonight and it took way longer 'cause she's not used to the length and endurance it takes. But we made it.
Friday, June 1, 2007
The Meaning Behind the Words
The first post, the first line, the first words are always difficult to put down. I denno what it is about writing, but it always starts that way.
Usually, I tend to write the middle or the end before the beginning, but the purpose of my words here is dependent on a very clear, crisp beginning.
Why?
This journal is to become a kind of chronicle of my new journey.
Sounds philosophical, yes?
In a way, it will be. In a way, it won't.
I have goals for once and I plan to fulfill them...and maybe writing about it will help me finally kick ass in the things I want to do.
The tendency in me is to remember things if I psych myself about it. If I tell myself I want it and that I'll feel better later, I'll get in on it, and finally do it.
My main goal is to lose weight.
Sure, I'm in college and school is tricky at times, but academia has never been a hard thing for me. Exercise, now that's an entirely different story.
So, by documenting my life a bit, maybe I can make it happen for good.
I have transferred schools, moved to a new place where I know few, few people (as in two), and don't yet have any close friends here, so it seems the perfect time and place to have a new beginning.
To verge on the edge of new-agey ridiculousness, I'm going to be reborn.
My starting weight was 185 and in the past week , I am down to 181-182. I plan to weigh Mondays and Fridays officially, though you can bet I'll be checking in between those days just because that's how I am. But, I shall record my weight here on Mondays and Fridays...so long as I remember to log on.
Currently, I walk/jog between 3 and 4 miles almost every day. The weather here has been crazy these past few days, so sometimes it's raining during the times I walk, which means I'm left to do stretches and other indoor stuff until I can get my ID card for campus...which won't be until next week.
Current weight, check. Exercise plan, check.
Diet.
Diet encompasses the first part of the title to my blog: Washoku. At the moment, I don't really take the word as totally 100% Japanese style foods and whatnot. No, for now, I'm meaning the principles behind washoku. The way to prepare food and balance it with the right nutrients in ways to create complete meals.
So far, it's a lot of fun, but I love cooking so that's no big deal. Eventually, I'll take the principles and try them out how they were originally used, with the "actual" recipes, meaning I'll be blending eastern and western to create a wholesome me. But that's a little ways off yet.
Lean.
I like this word because it can be taken in so many different ways. In part I mean I am trying to become lean-- both physically and in a dietary point of view. It can also mean that I have a tendency towards one thing or another. In this case, it's food that I have to watch out fork,
...
Fork.
What a hilariously ironic typo.
Anyway, as I was saying. Food is a big part of my plan. I am where I am now because I don't exercise hard enough and my body just loves being insulated. So, to mind my figure, I am going to need to mind my fork and my moving. To do that, I am, in a way, leaning on the principles of balanced eating and cooking.
So, it all works.
And I tend to enjoy things with more than one meaning. It creates a kind of welcoming depth.
So, this is it, I guess. The official first step in what I hope to gain sometime in the coming months.
I'm going to have a chitchat with a friend who knows body stuff well, who can give me a good time frame for realistic weight loss. That way I'll have something, some time to work towards.
Right now, though, my eventual goal is to be 145lbs. And thus, a size 8. I am currently a size 12. A loose 12, but a 12 nonetheless. And you have no idea how frustrating that is for me.
The only good thing about it is that I'm taller, so when I'm wearing the right clothes, I don't really look it, and for that I am glad. But I'm part artist, part designer, so I want to be able to wear certain things and be able to show off now and again. And right now, I can't, and that is a source of frustration and anger in me.
To recap:
Starting weight--185lbs
Current weight--181-182lbs
Target weight---145-150lbs
Usually, I tend to write the middle or the end before the beginning, but the purpose of my words here is dependent on a very clear, crisp beginning.
Why?
This journal is to become a kind of chronicle of my new journey.
Sounds philosophical, yes?
In a way, it will be. In a way, it won't.
I have goals for once and I plan to fulfill them...and maybe writing about it will help me finally kick ass in the things I want to do.
The tendency in me is to remember things if I psych myself about it. If I tell myself I want it and that I'll feel better later, I'll get in on it, and finally do it.
My main goal is to lose weight.
Sure, I'm in college and school is tricky at times, but academia has never been a hard thing for me. Exercise, now that's an entirely different story.
So, by documenting my life a bit, maybe I can make it happen for good.
I have transferred schools, moved to a new place where I know few, few people (as in two), and don't yet have any close friends here, so it seems the perfect time and place to have a new beginning.
To verge on the edge of new-agey ridiculousness, I'm going to be reborn.
My starting weight was 185 and in the past week , I am down to 181-182. I plan to weigh Mondays and Fridays officially, though you can bet I'll be checking in between those days just because that's how I am. But, I shall record my weight here on Mondays and Fridays...so long as I remember to log on.
Currently, I walk/jog between 3 and 4 miles almost every day. The weather here has been crazy these past few days, so sometimes it's raining during the times I walk, which means I'm left to do stretches and other indoor stuff until I can get my ID card for campus...which won't be until next week.
Current weight, check. Exercise plan, check.
Diet.
Diet encompasses the first part of the title to my blog: Washoku. At the moment, I don't really take the word as totally 100% Japanese style foods and whatnot. No, for now, I'm meaning the principles behind washoku. The way to prepare food and balance it with the right nutrients in ways to create complete meals.
So far, it's a lot of fun, but I love cooking so that's no big deal. Eventually, I'll take the principles and try them out how they were originally used, with the "actual" recipes, meaning I'll be blending eastern and western to create a wholesome me. But that's a little ways off yet.
Lean.
I like this word because it can be taken in so many different ways. In part I mean I am trying to become lean-- both physically and in a dietary point of view. It can also mean that I have a tendency towards one thing or another. In this case, it's food that I have to watch out fork,
...
Fork.
What a hilariously ironic typo.
Anyway, as I was saying. Food is a big part of my plan. I am where I am now because I don't exercise hard enough and my body just loves being insulated. So, to mind my figure, I am going to need to mind my fork and my moving. To do that, I am, in a way, leaning on the principles of balanced eating and cooking.
So, it all works.
And I tend to enjoy things with more than one meaning. It creates a kind of welcoming depth.
So, this is it, I guess. The official first step in what I hope to gain sometime in the coming months.
I'm going to have a chitchat with a friend who knows body stuff well, who can give me a good time frame for realistic weight loss. That way I'll have something, some time to work towards.
Right now, though, my eventual goal is to be 145lbs. And thus, a size 8. I am currently a size 12. A loose 12, but a 12 nonetheless. And you have no idea how frustrating that is for me.
The only good thing about it is that I'm taller, so when I'm wearing the right clothes, I don't really look it, and for that I am glad. But I'm part artist, part designer, so I want to be able to wear certain things and be able to show off now and again. And right now, I can't, and that is a source of frustration and anger in me.
To recap:
Starting weight--185lbs
Current weight--181-182lbs
Target weight---145-150lbs
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