Happiness Project

I can't sleep again... that seems to be the norm these days.  But at least I'm able to be productive tonight.

Right now I'm researching food and healthier lifestyle diets.  Today I finally lost my 10th lb and am back to a weight I haven't been since college.  My clothes fit, I feel better, I look better... it feels good.  It took me about 6 weeks (a little over 1.5 lbs a week) and it was definitely a struggle because of my shoulder.  My shoulder, neck and back have been bothering me a lot lately so I have tried to chance my eating to account for lack of exercise.

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I also feel like my own personal happiness project is starting to get underway.  I came up with 16 personal commandments which I'll try to outline here over the next few weeks.  Each of them is important to me for different reasons and each say something in the person I think I am and the person I want to be.  That's as far as I've gotten... and it's even taken me several months to get this far.  Maybe I'll re-read the book and progress further in my own project with resolutions and secrets of adulthood, but for now I feel that this is enough.  Just reminding myself of these... it changes me.

Airheads + Percy Jackson

Equals no self control for me. Why do I even tempt myself if I know that I always eat things I buy?? And I was SO good today... I didn't eat a paczki for Mardi Gras, no Big Lou's or cupcakes for Stacy's birthday, but then I eat a whole bag of Percy Jackson Airheads. At least I can console myself that I worked out today. My core aches.

Sunday.

Not a bad Sunday overall... I woke up at about 9:30, made breakfast, watched the Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremonies, watched a movie and then started cleaning my apartment--a deep clean that I haven't done in months--have done my laundry, gotten a little reading in, burned some old memories (very cathartic considering today AND that I'm not allowed chocolate or alcohol) and headed to the grocery store to hopefully survive week 2 of this diet phase.

I haven't followed it as closely or been as dedicated as I should be, but I have noticed results, which is always refreshing. Bored out of my mind with the food options though. I spent $72 at the grocery store which feels like a LOT to me. But I bought a huge thing of mixed nuts for $10, a large bag of cheese sticks, some mozzarella, various extracts, Splenda, little cans of V8, little peanut butters to go, and things like that. Hopefully this will set me up for the last week of Phase 1 to be successful and for me not to be so bored with the food and so likely to stray as I have been.

Although as soon as I'm finished, I'm eating a doughnut and some pizza. Heck yes.

Tasty transfat free food!

Yesterday when I went to the grocery store, I discovered it was customer appreciation day and got 10% off my total purchases!

I talk about the grocery store, because I've been noticing that everything I've been cooking tastes so good!  I know its not because I'm an outstanding chef or anything, because that would be rather sudden, but rather the ingredients used just taste that much better up here.  There aren't transfats in anything and most of the fruits and veggies are extremely fresh.  I love it!  Eventually I will learn to cook better and faster, but for now I am just enjoying how tasty everything is!

That's all I wanted to comment on for now.