59 days and Counting...

Yep, 59 days until Cancun. I'm so excited...its going to be a lot of fun, at least i hope and expect it will :)

So I just enrolled at Rutgers. Its done- w/e. In the end, I only committed to a year for my parents, if I don't LOVE it, I'm trasferring. I plan to reapply to Maryland, and a school of two up in Boston. No more than 3 tops.

On the diet front, things have been going good. I started exercising again consistently last week- light weights and 40 mins walks 3 times. This week, I did heavy sessions at the gym twice, and I've been doing weights for the arms at home all week. I've also decided that I will be running a 5k in the fall (wow, me running, who would've thought?!) I'm starting slowly...I did a mile on the treadmill at the gym last night, mostly walking, but not b/c of the fact that I was out of breath like usual........the fitness level is def. up there, but its hard for me to run b/c I get horrible shin splints! They hurt like a bitch!

I'm going to work my way up to running the full 3.1 miles on the treadmill, and then ill be doing it outside, since i know that's much tougher. I'm going to do it tho, def.

Let's see what else? Food has been good....I'm eating in the morning, and then continuing with small portions during the day. Right now, the hardest thing for me has been to keep staying away from dif drinks and getting in enough water. I'm not up to the 64 oz a day......When i have the water in front of me, its not hard tho, so im going to go load up this weekend. In general, with senior year coming to its end, i dont have a lot of extra work, so I've had the time to relax, workout, and sleep. Wow, I've been getting so much extra sleep! Its awesome :)

I've also read something online that I think will help me....I'm not concentrating on numbers right now, but I have decided that I will be at my goal weight when I am a size 7/8. That's where I want my body to be, and im happy with whatever weight I'm at. I'll still be weighing myself, but right now I look totally different and I'm still at 186 (as of Sunday).

The weird thing is that I think I grew an inch :)

So that's the news........I hope things keep going this well. I'm so looking forward to things if they keep going this well.

25 pounds in 2.5 months?!

I've been away.......not literally but mentally, just trying to get a handle on my life. I've decided that I'm most likely going to go to college @ Rutgers....that will put me at an hour away from my hometown and the parental units, 5 mins from my sister (yay!) and hopefully not in the same dorm building as anyone i graduated with.

It was really hard for me to make this decision. I don't want to be one of those stereotypical kids who falls in the "everyone from here goes to rutgers" While I would love love LOVE to go to maryland, an extra 12K a year just ain't worth it. I'll be happy at Rutgers, I'll be close to the fam, and hell, i can always transfer. Plus, I would love to go to grad school down in actual DC in 4 years.

Temple is still an option tho, if they offer me more $ from just the business school itself- then i can't pass it down. Less than RU money wise, honors program and AWESOME dorm, a free labtop.......if only it wasn't in the middle of Philly.....

I've got two weeks to make a final decision......any suggestion would be lovely :) I wish i had a gut feeling to go on, but right now, I really don't.

ANYWAY...........diet news......

the 2weeks-ish the parentals were away, i did a lot of thinking. And eating, but that's a side matter :)

I want this more than anything i ever wanted before. I want to look good, be happy, be healthy, and not have to worry about it anymore. The crap that I will cut out of my life, the good stuff (food and excercise that i add in) will only make it better, and hell, once i get to maintanence, well.......everything in moderation is allowed.

So the goals are this:

I want to be 160 lbs by Cancun (June 26th) I don't know if it's possible, but when I'm 100% on goal, I do pretty well, so as long as I work hard from here on out, I will be HAPPY with whatever weight I am when i go.

I will be 145 by my cousin's wedding in Sept. I want to look hot for all the cute boys :)

Goal and at least a month+ of maintaining by Thanksgiving 06! (Which is also pep rally, where all the graduated senior of the spring come back! I'm going to look dammmmmmmn good!)

I CAN DO THIS!