Noodles on a Bike

Calorie counting during Christmas is a lost cause.
Tomorrow night is not dinner, it is just a series of appetizers set out to graze. Oh boy.
So I guess the goal for now is to just be smart until we return to our regularly scheduled meals.

Calories consumed in one week: unknown
Average calories per day: about 2300
Sedentary BMR (based on average daily weight): 2036
Weight loss: 2
Inches loss: -0.25
Total weight loss: 6.3
Total inches loss: 0.25

Goals
*Continue catalog of daily calories
*Add exercise
*More fruit and veggies

I forgot to count calories. It's surprisingly difficult to count when I'm at home and there are so many grazing opportunities. But I've done it before and I can do it now. I will do it now. Again, I'm going to continue to add exercise. I've been walking the dogs a little bit nothing compared with what I should be doing. Fruit addition has gone pretty well, so I'll try to focus on veggies for this week.

I suck at being a girlfriend.
I'm much better at being a sister and a daughter. This could be because I've had far more practice in the latter two, but it's most likely because I just suck as a person.
Sorry.
It's always my fault that I'm in love with my family and want to spend as much time with them as possible. Yep. Awesome. Great.
Nothing I ever do is good enough. Nothing.

Calories consumed in one week: 18,233
Average calories per day: 2605
Sedentary BMR (based on average daily weight): 2052
Weight loss: 4.3
Inches loss: 0.5

Goals
*Continue catalog of daily calories
*Add exercise
*More fruit and veggies

**BMR resource: BMR Calculator

I hate finals week.

Two finals.
A ton of LaO: SVU.
Then I got the crazy idea to take Ellie to Bidwell, and do a 5K.
It was fun, I took it easy. Hopefully the taking it easy combined with the 10K from a month ago will mean less sore-ness tomorrow.
In other news since I started calorie counting I've been being much more behaved about my eating... except for Sunday. I managed to eat over 4000 calories.
Disgusting. I should know better. Ugh.
Actually, the blame lies in my consumption of two doughnuts (one was a very, very late night snack) and the drinking of an iced coffee, not the Starbucks kind that I usually get but the extremely caloric-heavy Dutch Brothers. I think I'll be avoiding their over-sized iced drinks for a while and sticking with my plain iced coffee and milk.
Anyways, the battle continues. This Wednesday I take my weight and measurements again so I'll see if there's any improvement. I can only hope!
Oh, and I did make a positive contribution for my weight loss goals; I signed up for the FitU program at my university! They do nutrition, counseling and fitness plans for $50 bucks. If you complete the program (i.e. go to all your scheduled meetings) you get $25 back! Not bad, especially if it works.
Well, that's all for now, sleep is essential because I have two finals tomorrow!

1. Last beverage = Water.
2. Last Phone Call = Voice mail.
3. Last text message = Chris.
4. Last song you listened to = I was just singing the "last Christmas I gave my heart..." song.
5. Last time you cried = Yesterday.

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice = Technically yes.
7. Been cheated on = Nope.
8. Kissed someone & regretted it = Eh. I try not to regret.
9. Lost someone special = Yes.
10. Been depressed = Yes.
11. Left your home country = France, Canada, Mexico.

FIRST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12. Green.
13. Blue.
14. Red.

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU:
15. Made a new friend = Yes!!!
17. Laughed until you cried = More times than I can count.
18. Met someone who changed you = Always.
19. Found out who your true friends were = YES.
20. Found out someone was talking about you = Yep. :(
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list? = Chris!
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life? = There are only a few who do not know me.
23. How many kids do you want to have = Two or three.
24. Do you have any pets = My praying mantis Hydra died. :(
25. Do you want to change your name? = No. I really like my first, last and middle.
26. What did you do for your last birthday = School, Smokin' Mo's with Chris and The Bear with Pherf and Amy. Then I celebrated with Grandma, it's tradition!
27. What time did you wake up today = 5:30AM.
28. What were you doing at midnight last night = Joe's.
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = School to be over.
30. Last time you saw your Mother = Thanksgiving break.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? = Being done with college.
32. What are you listening to right now? = Hum of my lappy.
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? = Uncles.
34. What's getting on your nerves right now? = Finals.
35. Most visited web pages? = CNN, Facebook, Failbook and Texts from Last Night.
36. Eye color? = Hazel.
37. Relationship Status = Very taken.
38. Favorite Book? = Right now: Hunger Games.
39. Zodiac sign? = Libra.
40. Do you have a crush on someone? = Chris is a hottie!!!
41. Primary School = Blue Oak
42. Middle School = Camerado
43. Colleges = Los Rios, CSUC
44. Hair color = Red.
45. Long or short = As long as I can get it!
46. Height = 5'6"
47. Found a new pet peeve? = Toothpaste tubes.
48: What do you like about yourself? = My hair and my ability to get along with people.
49. Piercings? = Not applicable.
50. Tattoos? = Too scared and not passionate enough about any one thing.
51. Righty or lefty?= Right.

FIRSTS:
52. First surgery? = Shoulder.
53. First piercing? = Ears, they healed over.
54. First best friend? = Probably Stephen in day care and Jayna in preschool.
55. First sport you joined? = Mommy and Me swimming classes. As far as I know.
56. First vacation? = Probably grandma's house.

RIGHT NOW:
57. Sleeping? = Getting ready.
58. On the Phone? = Nope.
59. Eating? = Bedtime.
60. Drinking? = My water glass is empty. :(
61. I'm about to? = Sleep.
62. Listening to? = Hum.
63. Waiting for? = Tomorrow morning, and for Chris to get here.
64. Want kids? = Eventually.
65. Get Married? = I want to.
66. Career? = Don't know yet what I want to do.

WHICH IS BETTER IN GUY/GIRL :
67. Lips or eyes = Eyes.
68. Hugs or kisses = Both are wonderful.
69. Shorter or taller = Very much taller.
70. Older or Younger = I don't care.
71. Romantic or spontaneous = Realistic.
72. Nice stomach or nice arms = Either way.
73. Sensitive or loud = Sensitive.
74. Hook-up or relationship? = Relationship.
75. Trouble maker or hesitant = I haven't dated a trouble maker in a while. LOL.

HAVE YOU EVER
76. Kissed a stranger? = Define stranger.
77. Fallen in Love? = Yep.
78. Lost glasses/contacts = Contacts, yes, but I've always had extra pairs.
79. Danced in the rain = I've biked in the rain more often.
80. Broken someone's heart = Yes. Not intentionally of course, but everyone has different feelings and it sucks when they don't match up.
81. Had your own heart broken = Yes.
82. Won a bet = Beautifuller is a word. Look it up in the dictionary.
83. Turned someone down = Just the other night.
84. Cried when someone died = Of course. I even cry for the movies. I've turned into my great-grandmother's grand-daughter.
85. Fallen for a friend? = Yep.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself = Sometimes.
87. Miracles = Eh. I tend to be a little skeptical.
88. Love at first sight = Yes. Sort of.
89. Heaven = Yes.
90. Santa Claus = Yes.
91. Kiss on the first date = Yes.
92. Angels = I'd like to.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY!
93. Done something terribly embarrassing? = I don't get embarrassed very easily.
94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time? = No.
95. Did you sing today? = While doing the dishes!
96. Ever cheated on somebody? = No.
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go? I'd check out the 40s and 50s. Mostly just to go shopping.
98. Do you like bananas? = Love.
99. Are you afraid of falling in love? = No. I rather enjoy it.
100. Posting this as 100 truths? = Why not?

I consider myself a relatively classy lady who defers to tom-boy style when I'm not feeling up to the task of creating a more classy outfit.
I'm not exactly a slave to fashion, but I do buy up-to-date pieces if I feel they have staying power.
So what's up with my sudden interest in the "beautiful disaster" category? I've watched all four seasons of the British show Skins. What can I say? I'm hooked.
It has the same kind of draw as The Hills, Jersey Shore or The O.C. although, I never understood or liked those shows. I suppose teenagers doing the same stupid things sounds better with a British accent than an American one.
Plus, Skins doesn't present themselves as a reality show. It's scripted, you know that, and it's written well. Or at least, well enough to keep me hooked.
I would like to blame Skins for my recent interest in disaster women.
Examples to follow.

I'd say my more classy going out looks tend to be along these lines:



However, the show Skins has me wanting to use characters like Cassie and Effy for style inspiration:




I know Cassie and Effy have wildly different style choices, with Cassie being bright and colorful with crazy pieces and Effy having a much more subdued, black and grey outfit choice, I still can't help being drawn to both their styles. Mainly because they both scream disaster.
Seriously though, how can you not look at the last picture of Effy with the dark eyes and lips and not go completely gaga!? With that wild hair too.
I will admit to hair envy of both of these girls... my hair has been straighter than straight since the day I was born. Nice in the sense that I never have to do anything with it but annoying in that even if I wanted to do fun stuff it would never stay.

Oh well. I'll see if any more grunge-disaster inspiration comes my way. If not, I'm sure it will just blow over and I'll go back to my old Calvin-Klein-coveting classy self.

I'm back on the weight loss horse.
Again.
:sigh:

I've really let myself go this time. And not your typical, oh "I gained a few Holiday pounds" let yourself go, but honest-to-goodness, "I really let myself go."

So I'm trying to get back to the way I lost weight the first time. Last time I started with exercise and then progressed to calorie counting, but I really think that calorie counting is what made the difference between dieting and losing weight.
Only problem: I forgot how much work it is! And I forgot how much I hate seeing that my delicious coffee creamer costs my no-calorie coffee a whole 35 calories.
BLEH.

Oh well. Here goes the weight loss challenge!

Finally.
Soon it will be time to sleep!