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Feb. 22nd, 2008

grazer!

i have been grazing so bad lately!!! i dont eat bad things, just a lot.

heres what i ate today, ugh

1 bowl crispix cereal w/ skim milk
Grapes

Salad
Egg beaters 
Grilled cheese (2 slices american) on lite style wheat bread

2 cups coffee w/ sugar/skim milk

McDonalds french fries
a couple tostitos

4 dove chocolate pieces

Salad w/ french dressing

I guess when you look at it that way, its not THAT bad but i could have had less chocolates and done without the fries, oh well.  :-(

Jan. 26th, 2008

Janury 26, 2008

Breakfast:
1 Lender's Bagel w/ butter
Orange Pineapple Juice
cantaloupe slices

Snack:
Grapes

Lunch:
Ham & cheese on multigrain bread w/ mustard
Multigrain Tostitos
Diet Vanilla Coke
3 popem mini donut holes

Jan. 22nd, 2008

January 22, 2008

Breakfast:

French Vanilla Coffee w/ 1 french vanilla splenda & 1 tsp. fat free french vanilla  creamer
1 cup honey nut cheerios
1 cup skim milk

Lunch:

1 wrap
lettuce
Croutons
2 tbsp. parmesean cheese
2 tbsp caesar dressing
1 sugar cookie
diet coke
water

Snack:
4 chocolate covered pretzels- 200 calories

Snack:

1 large green pepper
1 tbsp italian dressing- 15 cals

Jan. 21st, 2008

January 21, 2008

Breakfast: Coffee with fat free french vanilla creamer & 2 splenda- 25 cals
                   1.5 cup special K cereal, dry- 165 cals
                   1 Weight Watchers peach yogurt- 100 cals

Lunch: 2 slices bread- 70
             1 can tuna w/ 2 tbsp mayo- 300
             1 slice cheese- 70
             1 tsp. italian dressing- 15
             2 cups pretzels- 200
             Diet coke- 0 cals

Snack: Kettle Korn- 100 cals
             Chocolate- 50 cals

Dinner: 2 slices bread- 70
             PB&J- 250
             Weight Watchers chocolate cake- 80
             Teddy Grahams- 100 cals

Snack- Skinny Caramel Latte from Starbucks- 90 cals
             Clementine- 25

Total: 1710

If I eliminated 210 calories, this would have been a good day. Oh well, I was busy and needed some fuel! i wish I had some carrots or something better than a 100 calorie pack to provide me with healthier fuel...time to go shopping <3

Jan. 15th, 2008

January 15, 2008

Breakfast: French Vanilla Coffee w/ 2 splenda & fat free french vanilla creamer
                   Special K Strawberry Granola Bar
                   Weight Watchers Amaretto Cheesecake Yogurt

Snack: 1/2 Cup Cheerios Snack Mix
             Vanilla Coke Zero
             1 Hershey Kiss  

Lunch: Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jelly on 2 slices of Light Style Wheat Bread
             1 cup baby carrots
             1 Weight watchers chocolate cake 

Snack: 100 calorie pack of smart pop butter popcorn

Jan. 14th, 2008

i got off track!

ugh i was so dedicated to lj when i was home for break but now that i am back at school it is so easy to slip back into my old ways and slack off...so here's my attempt to remain consistent with my daily record of meals/snacks/workouts...hopefully i will also find some more time to check out the dieting support message boards again :( ugh school

Breakfast: hazelnut coffee w/ sugar free hazelnut creamer & 2 splenda
                   weight watchers yogurt
                   special k granola bar

Lunch: 1/2 cup pasta 
             Lean Cuisine Southwestern chicken panini
             Honey Twist pretzels
             1 clementine
             Water 

Snack: Grapes

Snack: Snack pack of Fritos, flavored water

Dinner: 1 cup pasta

Dessert: 2 hershey mini chocolates

Workout: 1 hour cardio

Snack: carrots & water

 

Jan. 11th, 2008

My Celebrity Look-alikes

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

My Celebrity Look-alikes

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Vintage photos

Jan. 8th, 2008

jan 8th

Breakfast: Hazelnut Coffee w/ sugar free creamer & splenda, 1 cup special k dry, 1 cup OJ
Lunch: Salad w/ french dressing & croutons
Snack: 100 cal. pack of teddy grahams
Snack: Cheerios mix
20 Minutes pilates
Dinner: 1 cup chicken soup, 1/2 pb&j on 7 grain bread
Snack: special k granola bar, baby carrots, 6 honey wheat pretzel sticks

Jan. 6th, 2008

My goals for intersession 2008

Goals for Intersession:

Hit the gym...EVERY DAY.
Complete resume and sample cover letters
Make sample application packet and bring to Betty
Make basic application packets
Check NJ Hire for openings
Do Cranford application
A's in both of my classes
Organize information for ISP- fundraisers, traveling information, etc. 
Plan get-togethers with ISP group for the Spring semester
Avoid alcohol like the plague...
Work on scrapbook!!!
Meet w/ student teaching class and teachers
Figure out work schedule for the Spring
Figure out Lindsey's wedding- gift and hotel?

Focus: Classes, Weight loss, Job applications

Today:

Breakfast:
Special K Bar- 90
Yogurt- 60
OJ- 110

Snack: 
Baked Lays- 210

Lunch- Progresso Veggie Soup- 90
Multigrain bread- 2 slices- 220
American Cheese- 2 slices- 140
Margarine- 1/2 tbsp- 50
Chex Mix- 100

Snack- 
Iced Coffee w/ skim milk & sugar- 70

Dinner-
Steak- 350
Spinach-60
Milk- 120
Rice- 200
2 Oreos- 140

Snack- Peppermint Tea - 0 

The dreadful total- 1910

Not horrible- but horrible for weight loss. If I did without the baked lays and the oreos...oh well.

I go back to school tomorrow and it will be easier for me to control what I eat because I won't be eating out as much, and I also have complete control over my own grocery list. I also have the ***SCHOOL GYM!!!!!!*** yayyyyyyy!!!!! So I will be working out every day since I Will have a super amount of free time over intersession, as long as i manage it well!

 

<3

Jan. 5th, 2008

January 5th

Breakfast- 10 oz. OJ- 130
                    Granola Bar- 100

Snack- Hazelnut Iced Coffee, skim milk & sugar- 70 cals
              Banana- 90 cals

Lunch- Water
             Lean Cuisine Pizza- 400 cals. 

Total so Far- 790

Jan. 3rd, 2008

January 3, 2008

Today so Far:

Breakfast- 1 cup Special K cereal- 110 Calories
                    1 cup 1% milk- 102 calories
                   
Lunch- Lean Cuisine Chicken Club Panini- 320 Calories
             1 Cup baby carrots- 50 calories
             1 Cup Beef Vegetable soup & 2 saltines

Snack- Salad w/ french dressing

Dinner- Baked Macaroni

Snack- small movie popcorn & diet coke

Jan. 2nd, 2008

January 2, 2008

Breakfast- Carnation Instant Breakfast chocolate 1% milk
                    2 Eggo Waffles w/ syrup

Snack- Yogurt

Lunch- 3 slices of turkey, 1 slice of american cheese, mustard, weight watchers roll
               1/2 red pepper
              Caramel Corn popcorn cakes

Snack- Christmas cookies

Water

Dinner- Salad w/ french dressing, pasta salad, vegetable soup, rice, grilled chicken, lasagna, blush wine

Snack- christmas cookies & nonfat peppermint latte from starbucks

...ate too much @ the diner for dinner, but oh well. tomorrow is a new day and i will make sure to work out!

Dec. 31st, 2007

Goodbye, 2007

As we wave goodbye to the past 365 days which can be categorized as a "year" and begin the new journey known as 2008, it may be useful to look back at the past year and think about what we accomplished and what we would like to accomplish in the next year. Journeys can never be complete without destinations, and therefore, it is important to make our own to reach. 

This past year was, as all other 21 years of my life, a very important one. I had my first official teaching experiences, both for pre-kindergarten and 4th grade students. I graduated from college with honors. I discovered new things about myself, and made some important decisions in how I want to live my life. I realized that I no longer find any significant importance in "getting drunk," and would much rather spend my time remembering the moments rather than drinking them away into oblivion. I made some important revelations about the past- for example, I finally admitted to myself that I am too free with letting boys walk all over me, both emotionally and physically. I admitted that I need to have more self-respect for myself and raise my expectations and standards for what I would like my future relationships to be like. For example, I look at Ashley and Dan. They are both individuals who found one another and get along because in each other they see something they like and which they believe to complete themselves. This is what love is. Love is not perfectly getting along with someone, all the time, but rather it is learning to live with each other's imperfections and maneuvering your way through life together because you want to.

Another important realization I made is that I should not allow my friends to walk all over me. I have recently found true inner-strength and individulality and I plan to use it to enhance my own self, while nourishing my friendships as my true self. As I feel more comfortable being myself, I can open up to others and have more realistic relationships with others. I am not perfect, nor do I strive to be.

This entry is jumbled and all over the place, but my goals for next year are:

1. Pay more attention to my physical health- this includes making better choices in regard to food, drinking less, brushing my teeth and washing my face each night before bed, flossing, drinking more water and less beer, exercising regularly, making foods with fresh ingredients, dressing presentably, etc.
2. Spend less time numbing my mind, and more time expanding it. Listen when others talk, read the news, gain actual interest in what is going on around me.
3. Read lots of books, laugh a lot, make lots of memories, paint, drink tea, teach, and love. 
 

Today's Intake:

Breakfast- Special K cereal w/ 1% milk & an apple
Lunch- Salad w/ light french dressing, diet snapple green tea, 1/2 cup honey mustard pretzels
Dinner- Steak, Salad, Diet Coke, Pasta w/ tomato sauce, bread
Snack- Sourdough pretzel bites & 3 crispy chocolate candies
Dessert- Boston Creme Pie

...I could have done without the pretzels, and the pie..but otherwise I did pretty well today!! 

Goals for tomorrow: New Years Eve, a toughy! I can still have fun, and not throw all my hard work away, though.

During the day, drink lots of water, a glass of milk, and 1 cup of tea or coffee w/ skim milk & splenda, no whipped cream
At night- control intake of hors'd'veurs- this will be TOUGH but worth it! 
Try to drink clear alcohol w/ clear mixers- diet sprite, vodka & tonic, etc.  (I will research low cal drinks!)
Eat breakfast and lunch with a healthy snack before cocktail party. Drink lots of water.

Dec. 27th, 2007

12/27

Pretty good day today:

Bfast* cheerios, 1% milk, light n fit yogurt
Snack* peppermint tea, 1 dove chocolate
Snack* 100 cal popcorn
Lunch* Turkey and blue cheese panini from everything yogurt w/ diet coke
Dinner* non-fat frozen yogurt- strawberry 
Snack* Clementine, handful of lightly salted cashews

35 min. treadmill walk

...im still so hungry :(

im confused.

 im new to LJ and to be quite honest, its extremely confusing to me- i cant figure out how to navigate easily through the site.

i am a member of 3 commuinities- but i cant seem to find where i can go straight to just the individual community sites without searching for them. they are not listed on my journal (like on facebook or myspace or xanga- the sites list the groups or blog rings you belong to). whenever i click my "friends page" i get updated posts from people in the communities, but mine never show up, so i dont know if people in the communities can read my entries from their friends pages. 

any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. thanks!!!

Intro: (Enter stage right)

Name: K a t i e
Age:  2 2
Location: P A
Current Weight: 2 2 0 l b.
Highest Weight: 2 2 5 l b.
Ideal Weight: 1 5 0 l b .
What was the worst diet that you have tried? a n o r e x i a . . . not a diet, i know...just my worst experience.
What diet has had the best results for you? w e i g h t w a t c h e r s
Do you currently work out? If so, what activities do you participate in? If not, are you looking into to beginning? e l l i p t i c a l , r u n n i n g . m y g o a l i s t o b e a b l e t o r u n a m i l e
Do you belong to a gym? If so, which gym?  i belong  to  t h e g y m a t m y s c h o o l
What moment made you decide to lose weight? seeing a few choice photos of myself, seeing myself on a downward spiral deeper into the 200's
Is there a goal that you want to reach? 150-160. we'll see what i look and feel like there. i havnt been 150 lbs since i was like 8 or 9.
Do you have any helpful tips to share? "Let's make this time different from all the rest!"

Dec. 24th, 2007

Christmas Eve

;;; todays intake ;;;

bfast- cheerios cereal w/ skim milk; 2 clementines  
lunch- salisbury steak on a roll; water; a handful of multigrain tostitos w/ salsa con queso
snack- 1 oreo cookie
snack 2- glass of skim milk, 1 cup rice crispies cereal, 1 piece of mini dove chocolate
dinner- steak, green beans, yellow rice, wheat thins, cheddar cheese


"you will
find
that you
have all that you need
if you just
believe."

--the polar express.
 

Merry Christmas, everyone <3

What Do You Have To Say? - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Share your favorite thing about this time of year.

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 This time of the year is magical. It isn't one specific thing you can put your finger on, like opening presents or making the Christmas ham. It's the collection of millions of tiny things that together, make the magic of the holiday season. Some of these things can be as small as sharing a moment with the person behind you in line at the grocery store, or as big as recieving a miracle in your life that you have been praying for. It can be as small as seeing a child smile, Starbucks finally releasing the peppermint mocha lattes in the christmas cups, or getting christmas cards in the mail. 

In our family, traditions play a big role in the holiday season. Every year, we go to midnight mass on christmas eve, and then i come back, put the christmas story on my TV, and fall asleep. I wake up in the morning, and go into my dad's room and lay with him until he FINALLY wakes up. We go downstairs, my mom is already awake, drinking tea, smiling, and watching the Christmas parade. They drink tea together, and then we go go the tree. I give them my gifts to them, then I open my stocking and then the presents. Almost as soon as this is over, our phone starts ringing off the hook for the next solid hour. All phone calls from my brothers and their families, wishing us a merry christmas. then i talk to them and the kids, and we exchange "what did you get?" conversation. 

around 1:00 in the afternoon, we leave for christmas dinner at my brother's house. as everyone arrives, the kids separate the gifts into piles for each person on the floor in the family room. the house smells like cookies and turkey, and everyone is dressed in a wintery mix of red, white, and green. the kids ask, "can we open the gifts NOW?" and we tell them no, not until after dinner. we eat dinner- the 10 kids at one table, adults at the fancy one in the dining room. the funny thing is, even as the "kids" pass the age of adulthood, we still continue to sit together. we grew up together, and we will continue growing up together, until there is no more growing up to do. 

at dinner, the kids laugh too hard and usually get into some type of trouble. someone almost always spills their milk. the kids finish eay earlier than the adults, so we start the yearly tradition of washing the dishes and wrapping up the leftovers. everyone always wants the job of packing the leftover mashed potatoes. we don't know why. just when we think we are done with the dishes, the adults start to pile theirs into the kitchen, messy with gravy and melted cranberry sauce. the adults are thankful for us washing the dishes. 

after we digest, the kids start to slowly creep into the piano room and explore the mounds of presents on the floor. the parents soon realize that the kids are all in there, patiently waiting, and the gift unwrapping begins, one by one, youngest to oldest. we oohh and ahh, smile and laugh, take pictures, and make memories.

after the presents have been opened, its dessert- the one last thing separating us from the end of christmas. therefore, we savor every bite and laugh about old memories in the kitchen until one by one, the long goodbye begins and we realize that for another 365 days, christmas is over.

and we will do it all over again next year.

what are your traditions? i would like to hear them! please post them as "enlightenments" to my entry :)

thanks everyone, merry christmas!

What Do You Have To Say? - Great Films

What does it take to make a good movie? What's the best movie you've seen recently?

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 The best movie I have seen recently is August Rush. 
In order to make a "good movie" you need to successfully enthrall the viewer so that they forget they are in a theater full of people just like them, eating popcorn and drinking soda. They viewers shouldn't be checking their watches or texting their friends. They should be sucked into the action on the screen. When the movie ends, they should feel some type of reality shock of realizing they are in the same place they sat down 2 hours ago, and that their butt is asleep. 
If the viewers of the movie experience this, the production crew has done a good job.
Also, if John Krasinski is in the movie, it is automatically perfect. :-)

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