I cheated

So day 1 was the sunday before last which means that today was day 10 of my diet. I've lost approx 8.5 lbs and really want to make it to the 10lb mark (and then much much much farther). My goal weight is somewhere between 120 and 130, which would be incredibly healthy for my height. SOOOOO I've got a long way to go. But you're probably curious why I cheated today. Well... I was innocently sitting at work in the midst of doing some of my rehabs with my two athletes (god I love my job) and my GA Sarah opens pandoras box (okay it was a box of delicious looking cupcake/muffin type pastries). Well initially my will power was AMAZING. I just turned around and continued with my work. But then the boss man and one of our student workers both ate one and talked about how delicious they were. I also spotted a gingerbread one in there and it was just too hard to resist. IT WAS DELICIOUS. I decided that it was SO NOT WORTH IT though. Unfortunately it tasted amazing for what? maybe 45 seconds. And here I am like 6 hours, still bloated, still feeling like shit. More evidence that this diet is working and grains/sugar is just plain poison.

As for the showering thing, I am almost at my breaking point. My skin feels great, a little dry but it seems to be clearing up a lot which I love. The reason I am at my breaking point is my hair. It just feels gross and I'm starting to get dandruff. I may have to break down and use shampoo at least this weekend because I am seeing a lot of people and hey, I'm a single girl, what other reasons do you think I want pretty hair? DUH, need to find a dude. Soooo now I'm wicked tired. Time to go to sleep and hope that this sugar hangover does not continue into tomorrow.

getting down to business

Okay. Time to get serious with this whole blog thing. I legit work like 40-50 hours a week (which incredibly was about the same as I did in grad school, minus the 15 credits a semester on top of it), if I could write a thesis while doing this, I should be able to maintain a freaking blog. Right? Who knows.

The New Job: So I worked for about 2.5 hours today, which seems ridiculous. If Marist was hell, Nichols is heaven (omg I sound like Ochocinco). The Division 3 life may just be the life I was cut out for. I just want to start doing some more administration-like things so that Bill feels like I can really contribute to the department here. This is probably something I am going to strive for in the new year, aka next semester. Loving the people I work with, the athletes, and the environment though. There are definitely flaws but I like to focus on the good.

The New Diet: Its been about 9 days since I started eating primal/paleo. Lost about 7 pound and am feeling great. Definitely need to join a gym to continue the weight loss, but it's a great start. I've started getting some cravings but am trying to calm them down with more natural foods, like fruits. The only sugar I have that isn't natural is the sugar I have in my coffee in the morning. I also have began starting a trial of showering with only water. No soap. No shampoo. But showering every day (not something I, the hippie, am used to). But I'm definitely trying to live a healthier, happier, more organic and chemical-free Jenna.

Now I really ought to grab onto my creative side (however small that may be) and try to make this apartment/townhouse a better and more homey place.

The Dating Scene: Well match.com is going well? Okay maybe that's a lie. I am currently attempting to answer some of the 14 emails I've received. Okay I'm going to answer 3 of them. But it's okay to be picky right? I'm still young. Also (I feel guilty about this because I've paid for 6 months of match.com) but I think I have a huge crush on my friend. So typical Jenna. But I'll have to let you know after this weekend what I really think about that whole situation.

So pretty much I'm living the dream. No really, I am. I love my life today. Lets see about tomorrow...

so yesterday was probably the hardest day of my whole lifestyle change. all i wanted was some carboloaded antinutrients. but i prevailed and stayed on track and woke up to find that i am 5 lbs lighter :) It's been a full 4 days and already i'm losing weight which is fantastic. and to top it off i had the best salad everrr tonight. i am wishing i could eat some bread still but i think its getting a little less

So because of the craziness of my life and moving and all that I postponed my diet/lifestyle change until yesterday. I'm officially in day 2 of eating the primal/paleo way. I had 2 eggs for breakfast and its almost lunch time and I'm very hungry. I think its more craving than hungry but either way I can't wait for it to be over. Weighed in at 165 this morning and my pants already fit better after 1 day so we'll see how the first month goes.

day 1

I've decided to start a blog for many reasons. One is to track how my diet/lifestyle eating paleo is going. The other is just overall to see what is going on in my lovely life.

So today I started to eat the way my father has been eating. It's sort of a mix between primal and paleo. All I have had to eat so far is the turkey soup my mom sent home with me, and I plan to have a huge salad from somewhere for dinner. I weighed in at 167.4lbs, which was semi frightening. It means in the last 2 weeks I already almost gained all the weight I just lost back. Really unfortunate. But today marks the day I no longer plan to put up with that. I'm prepared to feel like absolute crap, but hopefully the good will outweigh the bad (or weigh less).

Nichols is a much better job than Marist and I am loving it so much. Its a little more relaxed and I'm getting paid pretty well for a first job. My athletes are cool and I really like the GAs that work in the atr. In 8 days I worked 65 hours, but that's athletic training for ya.

I joined match.com. I feel semi pathetic and semi excited at the same time. I work way too much to ever meet a guy the organic way so someone's gotta help me out.