Soooo... yea... Diet taco bell... WoW...
I'm ashamed to say I take advantage of this... as I'm broke and taco bell is ridiculously cheap. Here are my low calorie finds for a dollar or under... So sad b/c they are completely unhealthy.. but make the perfect lunch/breakfast combo when I'm about to pass out between classes. Everything else is SO EXPENSIVE in my colleges food court type thingy. I sometimes get sushi or subway though.. Whatever.. here's my list:
Cinnamon twists: 170 cal
Soft Taco (with just meat/cheese/lettuce): 200
Hard Taco (with just meat/cheese/lettuce): 170
Mini Quesadilla: 190
So.. if I only get one of these.. then have oatmeal or chicken noodle soup for dinner. Not that bad of a calorie average daily and I'm not broke!
My meal plan pisses me off though.. there's no telling how many calories are in those cafeteria meals.. it's probably an astronomical level! I'm required to buy one though.. big waste of money.. I barely ever use it.. just now and then for a salad. Fail...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Accutane.. o_O
Soooo..
I'm starting Accutane next Friday and I'm a bit nervous about it.. Medicines always effect me in the weirdest ways. I've been reading up on the side effects and the dry skin/cracked lips/etc. I can handle for a few months.. unpleasant but no big deal. It may cause depression... which is not good b/c I've been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and get depressed enough on my own. I don't tolerate anti-depressents well at all so I can't use those as a safeguard... and some of the other rare side effects have me a bit freaked out (ie. Crohns disease!?!?) I'll just have to cross my fingers!
On the upside :) Everyone I know who has taken Accutane has lost a signifigant amount of weight, and totally lost their appetites. One of them lost 40 lbs and is thin as a rail now! I'm excited to see if this is true!! :D I'm also thrilled to be getting my skin clear! My acne is not totally awful but it's been fairly embarassing & detrimental to my self esteem over the years and I want to be rid of it.. So getting my skin cleared up is kinda getting me motivated about self improvement! Hopefully it'll be a big help in the battle to lose weight, even if it's just a psychological push!
Today has been fairly depressing, I've still yet to make any real friends in Hammond so this part of my week is really lonesome. I actually was excited to go running tonight this are so dull around here (normally it's an epic internal battle just to get my running shoes on!) My boyfriend is swamped with his studies & work (he's a grad student, and works in genetics) so he can't really visit during the week if he wants to be with me on weekends.. :( We are carving pumpkins and going to his company picnic Friday though!! I'm excited! Halloween should be a blast also!! :D
Classes are easy but I'm slipping into old perfectionist habits. Do everything perfectly or not at all... dangerous. I'm trying to keep myself healthy on that front! Just doing my best is all that I can do.. :/
On track with my diet, by my calculations I should be somewhere between 10-15 lbs down by Christmas.. according to my calorie defecit.. Even 10 would be lovely!
Chao :)
-Ellen
I'm starting Accutane next Friday and I'm a bit nervous about it.. Medicines always effect me in the weirdest ways. I've been reading up on the side effects and the dry skin/cracked lips/etc. I can handle for a few months.. unpleasant but no big deal. It may cause depression... which is not good b/c I've been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and get depressed enough on my own. I don't tolerate anti-depressents well at all so I can't use those as a safeguard... and some of the other rare side effects have me a bit freaked out (ie. Crohns disease!?!?) I'll just have to cross my fingers!
On the upside :) Everyone I know who has taken Accutane has lost a signifigant amount of weight, and totally lost their appetites. One of them lost 40 lbs and is thin as a rail now! I'm excited to see if this is true!! :D I'm also thrilled to be getting my skin clear! My acne is not totally awful but it's been fairly embarassing & detrimental to my self esteem over the years and I want to be rid of it.. So getting my skin cleared up is kinda getting me motivated about self improvement! Hopefully it'll be a big help in the battle to lose weight, even if it's just a psychological push!
Today has been fairly depressing, I've still yet to make any real friends in Hammond so this part of my week is really lonesome. I actually was excited to go running tonight this are so dull around here (normally it's an epic internal battle just to get my running shoes on!) My boyfriend is swamped with his studies & work (he's a grad student, and works in genetics) so he can't really visit during the week if he wants to be with me on weekends.. :( We are carving pumpkins and going to his company picnic Friday though!! I'm excited! Halloween should be a blast also!! :D
Classes are easy but I'm slipping into old perfectionist habits. Do everything perfectly or not at all... dangerous. I'm trying to keep myself healthy on that front! Just doing my best is all that I can do.. :/
On track with my diet, by my calculations I should be somewhere between 10-15 lbs down by Christmas.. according to my calorie defecit.. Even 10 would be lovely!
Chao :)
-Ellen
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
It's been a LONG time!
Hi anyone who's listening out there..
I haven't posted in a long time... In that time I've gotten way off track. I graduated from highschool and got really wrapped up in working, trying to find a boyfriend, and vacationing over the summer. Now that I'm settled into my first semester of college and have been dating the first guy I think I've ever really been head over heels for I'm settling into some sort of normalcy again! Back to work!! I've been so awfully disgusting lately.. it's horrible. But time to remedy all that! Last week I weighed in at 138.7 lbs... SO GROSS. My goal for Christmas is 129 (trying to be somewhat realistic).
I'm getting really stressed out with classes. They aren't that hard in general but I go to school in Hammond (Southeastern University) about 40 minutes away from Baton Rouge. So Monday through Thursday I live in Hammond and the rest of the week in Baton Rouge (where my boyfriend/family/friends are...) It's lonely in Hammond (because this is mostly a commuter college still and things are ABSOLUTELY DEAD in this little town... I've actually learned to knit I have so much downtime!) All this downtime is NOT good for me mentally and I'm having a tough time with the lonliness in Hammond.. I try to keep busy with art, hobbies, reading, anime, korean dramas, all that time wasting Jazz..! I'm also training for my half marathons (I've started running them here and there for excercise & fun) and yoga but it gets tiring to run alone so much.. and boring on a treadmill.. and yoga only takes up two hours a week. I'm making my boyfriend (Devin) run the next one with me! He's a 225 lb Rugby player so he's in great shape.. He's already run 5 consecutive miles in training and he just started two weeks ago!! So annoying.. that took me awhile to work up to!
Anyway today is my start day! I'm going to try and complete my Bridget Jones-esque list of things to do before this first semester of college is out!
1) Get down to atleast 129
2) Meet Devin's family and avoid totally ruining their opinion of me...
3) Make friends with some girls!
4) Make a 3.8... atleast for the first semester
5) Have some fun!
6) Knit everyone christmas presents...
I apologize to anyone who might read this for my spastic blogging style.... o_O
Ttyl..
I haven't posted in a long time... In that time I've gotten way off track. I graduated from highschool and got really wrapped up in working, trying to find a boyfriend, and vacationing over the summer. Now that I'm settled into my first semester of college and have been dating the first guy I think I've ever really been head over heels for I'm settling into some sort of normalcy again! Back to work!! I've been so awfully disgusting lately.. it's horrible. But time to remedy all that! Last week I weighed in at 138.7 lbs... SO GROSS. My goal for Christmas is 129 (trying to be somewhat realistic).
I'm getting really stressed out with classes. They aren't that hard in general but I go to school in Hammond (Southeastern University) about 40 minutes away from Baton Rouge. So Monday through Thursday I live in Hammond and the rest of the week in Baton Rouge (where my boyfriend/family/friends are...) It's lonely in Hammond (because this is mostly a commuter college still and things are ABSOLUTELY DEAD in this little town... I've actually learned to knit I have so much downtime!) All this downtime is NOT good for me mentally and I'm having a tough time with the lonliness in Hammond.. I try to keep busy with art, hobbies, reading, anime, korean dramas, all that time wasting Jazz..! I'm also training for my half marathons (I've started running them here and there for excercise & fun) and yoga but it gets tiring to run alone so much.. and boring on a treadmill.. and yoga only takes up two hours a week. I'm making my boyfriend (Devin) run the next one with me! He's a 225 lb Rugby player so he's in great shape.. He's already run 5 consecutive miles in training and he just started two weeks ago!! So annoying.. that took me awhile to work up to!
Anyway today is my start day! I'm going to try and complete my Bridget Jones-esque list of things to do before this first semester of college is out!
1) Get down to atleast 129
2) Meet Devin's family and avoid totally ruining their opinion of me...
3) Make friends with some girls!
4) Make a 3.8... atleast for the first semester
5) Have some fun!
6) Knit everyone christmas presents...
I apologize to anyone who might read this for my spastic blogging style.... o_O
Ttyl..
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