Lately, it seems as though all of my friends are upset with me for one reason or another. The problem is, I don't know what any of those reasons are, and I don't want to bring it up and make them more mad at me. I'm non-confrontational to the extreme, and I try to always be nice to everyone, so I can't think of what I could have done to make them act so cold. Sigh. I hope everything will be back to normal before we graduate and go our separate ways. At least my boyfriend is coming to visit me this weekend, and I know he still loves me.
But, I will distract myself for now... I followed my planned dinner and snack yesterday. Yay! Today, day one of the 10 day points diet is here. I'm changing it a little for me, though. Instead of points, I'm going to use gold stars (I'm visual that way), and I'm placing more of an emphasis on calories in (because that's what I care about most... and, 10 stars sounds like a better number to me than 8, for some reason). So, here's the breakdown of how I can earn up to 10 gold stars each day:
After 10 days, the ultimate goal is to have earned 100 gold stars. Hello again, kindergarten.
I'm a nerd. And a perfectionist. Go figure.
How I Did:
Sleep 9 hours (2 stars)
Water 2.5 liters (2 stars)
Exercise 60 minutes (2 stars)
Food
Breakfast: coffee and milk (20)
Lunch: black bean soup (110)
Dinner (planned): spinach (10), turkey slice (20), 2 tbsp. salsa (15), 1/2 cup broccoli (15), 5 sprays dressing (5)
Snacks: fat free cottage cheese (70), banana (100), fat free yogurt (planned - 90), sugar free jello (planned - 10)
total = 465 calories (4 stars)
But, I will distract myself for now... I followed my planned dinner and snack yesterday. Yay! Today, day one of the 10 day points diet is here. I'm changing it a little for me, though. Instead of points, I'm going to use gold stars (I'm visual that way), and I'm placing more of an emphasis on calories in (because that's what I care about most... and, 10 stars sounds like a better number to me than 8, for some reason). So, here's the breakdown of how I can earn up to 10 gold stars each day:
After 10 days, the ultimate goal is to have earned 100 gold stars. Hello again, kindergarten.
I'm a nerd. And a perfectionist. Go figure.
How I Did:
Sleep 9 hours (2 stars)
Water 2.5 liters (2 stars)
Exercise 60 minutes (2 stars)
Food
Breakfast: coffee and milk (20)
Lunch: black bean soup (110)
Dinner (planned): spinach (10), turkey slice (20), 2 tbsp. salsa (15), 1/2 cup broccoli (15), 5 sprays dressing (5)
Snacks: fat free cottage cheese (70), banana (100), fat free yogurt (planned - 90), sugar free jello (planned - 10)
total = 465 calories (4 stars)
For a grand total today of... 10 GOLD STARS!
By the way, thanks to PollyAnna, Rowan, and A for commenting. It's good to know this blog isn't just me talking to myself like a crazy.
Hope you all are having a better day than I am.
xoxo Cara
By the way, thanks to PollyAnna, Rowan, and A for commenting. It's good to know this blog isn't just me talking to myself like a crazy.
Hope you all are having a better day than I am.
xoxo Cara
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The stars are definitely an improvment! I'm not sure how you made your fancy chart thing but...mind if I use it soon? :) Also, I'm glad you put more emphasis on the cals...I was kind of wondering why they weren't more important in the points system. Hooray on getting all 10 stars today though!!! :D
ReplyDeleteI'm non-confrontational as well, so I kind of know how you feel. I usually end up blaming myself for it, too. :( But they're all just PMS-y probably, and that attitude usually spreads, so it'll mostly likely pass soon!!
Your tomorrow will be better, in terms of social-ness, and just as marvelous in terms of STARS! :) Smile, dear, you're doing great <3
I'm like you, non-confrontational when it comes to friends being upset. Sometimes i'll ask if somethings going on with them just in case maybe they're upset about something else.
ReplyDeleteI had a friend C (I blogged about it a lot last year) who was acting weird and cold for like TWO MONTHS! When I tried to talk to her she was a flip show and got mad at me. We aren't friends any more and I found out through other friends she did that with a bunch of ppl and lost a lot of friends. lesson learned, real friends will talk about stuff and you can move on, bad friends get bitchy!
Hope you can figure everything out,
~ H