Bittersweet
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings on March 30, 2011
I’m currently in practical nursing school, and am getting ready to graduate in May. This is a prerequisite to getting into RN school, which starts in August. I’ve been stressing about whether I am going to make it in, it’s very competitive and I’ve heard through the grapevine that there have been 180 applications, but only 30 spots. Talk about bad odds.
They judge you by points, which include the STEP Test (an LPN to RN bridge test) I had to take this test before I had even graduated from LPN school, which was stressful in itself (I did pass and was shocked I did so well). They also require you to have all of the prereq’s done ( I’m still working on Micro, English, and humanities) They are all worth a certain amount of points, and they go off of your overall GPA. They are to decide who will be getting into nursing school this week, hence my stress and my urge to want to eat. My friend, who is also applying talked me into going to the school and talk with the nursing advisor to let her know that I’m taking the above mentioned classes online and that I should finish them up by Summer.
We lucked out and the nursing advisor who will make the decision on who will be getting in just happened to be there. When we walked in she smiled and asked our names and when I told her who I was she said, “I need to talk to you!” I thought is this good or bad? She had a question about the classes I was taking right now and a question about some transcripts. I asked her, ” Are my chances pretty good?” She smiled, nodded and said,”yes, it’s really good. There will be provisions involved, like finishing up your classes.” I’m on Cloud 9 right now. I was basically told today that I’ve gotten into Nursing school! I just really need to concentrate on getting those other classes done, but now that I know I’m in it will really push me to complete them.
The above was the SWEET part of the day, now for the bitter part! We got our graduation pictures back today, framed and in all of it’s ugly glory! I just wanted to cry. Why is it that you look so much fatter in pictures then what you think you look like in the mirror. Am I really that blind to see the truth of what is looking back at me in the mirror. I told my friend that this picture will be my Before picture, and my RN graduation picture will be my After. That will be my goal…by this time next year I will be 100 lbs lighter and in the best shape of my life!
Commitment to myself!
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings on March 26, 2011
Sorry I’ve been MIA. I was taking online classes and doing some spring cleaning and put my weight loss and this blog on the back burner. I’m still here and am ready to put in 100 %. I’m starting Slim in Six on monday, and this weekend I’m doing the Shakeology cleanse. I haven’t heard any more about the 5k in 100 days and am wondering if the program will ever start. So, for now…. I’m going to make a commitment.
I, Kristy, will be here every day.
I will stay within my point range of 31 points
I will do the SN6 workout six days a week with one day of rest.
I will drink 100 oz of water every day.
I will post scale pictures every Tues.
I will post a picture of my progress every month.
I know that this will be a long road, and I’m not expecting to see this weight gone overnight, even though it feels like it came on overnight 
Thank you for supporting me and sticking with me. I know there will be many ups and downs and I’m hoping to make some really good friends who will pick me up when I’m down, and celebrate with me during my accomplishments. Thanks for sticking with me!
5k in 100 days
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings, Fitness on March 16, 2011
Have you ever wanted to become a runner, and thought that will never be me? This looks like a great program to start slow and work your way to a 5k. His story is very inspirational, and he’s wanting to share his program with 100 people. I think there are 15 spots left. Click on the picture to the left and it will take you to the website explaining the program and how to sign up. Set a goal and schedule a 5k in 100 days and have that goal to work towards. Let’s do this together!
Picture Day
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings, Fitness, Food Journal on March 15, 2011
Today was picture day for graduation in a couple of months. The photo will be printed in our local paper, which would be fine if I was happy with the way I look. This photo will also go up on the wall forever at our school. I guess I could look at it as if this will be my before photo, and next year when I graduate as an RN, will be my after photo.
Now for some new news. A friend of mine that I ride with every day to school is going to be running a 10k this weekend, and she was talking about the running high that she gets. I’ve heard about this high from other people before, and asked her about what it feels like. She told me that it’s when you feel exhausted and you just want to quit, but you keep going, and then it’s almost like an out of body experience where you’re just floating. She said it’s just one of those things that’s hard to explain. I found a website where a man who weighed 290 pounds started running and wanted to share his program with others. I’ve signed up to do 5k in 100 days. I told my friend and she is already looking for a 5k we can do together in 100 days (June) I’m sorry, but I find it really hard to believe that I could possibly be a runner. The idea is pretty cool, and I have a great friend who is willing to cheer me on and to participate in the races with me. If I have something to work for I think it will be so much easier to keep at it. I’m ready for the weight to just start melting off. Who knows, I just may run a marathon one of these days.
Now for today’s menu:
Breakfast:
Egg/cheese/tortilla 6 pts
Lunch:
Sandwich (turkey, cheese) 7pts
Baked Lays 3pts
Diet Mt Dew
Snack:
Cookie 3pts
Supper:
Cheeseburger 8pts
Diet Pepsi
Total: 27 points
It was a clinical day and the menu doesn’t look very healthy, but it’s within the point range. I really need to start concentrating on eating more vegetables.
Weekend Hangover
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings, Food Journal on March 14, 2011
I headed home to see my parents over the weekend with family in tow. My mom and sister have lost around 200 pounds between the two of them, so I felt really fat. I haven’t seen them since Christmas, so I’m sure every pound that I’ve gained is blatantly obvious, not to mention, the dreaded full length mirror in my mom’s bedroom. My mom and sister lost their weight on the hCG diet. I also did the hCG diet and lost 50 pounds, but I went back to my old habits and gained all of my weight back including a few more pounds. I’ve attempted hCG again, but the calorie restriction is just too much. I really want to get rid of this weight by counting calories (points) and exercise.
We celebrated 4 birthdays over the weekend. My husband 3/11, my oldest daughter 2/22, my youngest daughter 1/11 and my niece 2/9. This means there was a lot of cake and going out to eat. I was tested all weekend, but I did stay within my points and I hope the scale tomorrow will reflect this. Now for today’s points…..
Breakfast:
egg beaters/laughing cow cheese/Whole wheat tortilla : 4 points
Water
Snack:
Carrot Cake w/cream cheese frosting : 8 points (I know)
Lunch:
Healthy Choice Beef tips : 6 points
Diet Mt Dew
Snack:
Peanut butter crackers : 5 points
Supper:
Spaghetti and meat sauce 7 points
Total: 30 Points
I need to work on exercising and drinking water. I plan on walking 10,000 steps a day, or at least get as close as I can. The water, I plan on drinking 1 liter in the morning, in the afternoon and during supper. I’m sure I’ll be living in the bathroom for awhile. That’s my plan in a nut shell.
Oh….I almost forgot. I’m joining another blogger to make a commitment of posting 21 days in a row to keep me accountable. It takes 21 days to create a habit, so if I do all of the above and post everyday, then it will become second nature. If I fail to post then I must start all over again with day 1. Feel free to join in and leave your website address so that we can form habits together.
Day 2
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings on March 9, 2011
It’s been a really good day in pointland. I’ve stayed within my point limit and I couldn’t help myself, but I had to weigh this morning. I did have a loss of over 2 pounds in one day. Below is my real exciting menu!
Breakfast:
Shakeology 2pts
Peanut Butter (1Tbsp) 2pts
Almond Milk (1 cup) 1pt
Honey(1Tbsp) 1pt
_____
6 pts
Lunch:
Ham sandwich 7pts
Pepsi 3 pts
______
10 pts
Snack:
Peanut butter crackers 5pts
________
5 pts
Supper:
Deep pan beef pizza 9 pts
_______
9 pts
Total: 30 points (Goal met)
Fat Tuesday
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings, Food Journal on March 9, 2011
Today was my first day of counting points. I’m not attending Weight Watcher meetings, but I am going to try to do this on my own at home. I’ve figured it out and I’m pretty sure that I need 31 points a day. Now, just to show you what I have to deal with on a daily basis, I went to bed last night around 9:00 p.m. when I woke up this morning this is what I found….
It’s a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting (my absolute favorite). No, it’s not my birthday, it’s not any special occasion….my husband just felt like baking a cake. UGH!!!! Can we say SABOTAGE?! Don’t get me wrong, my husband would never do this on purpose (at least I would like to think he wouldn’t) but it was calling my name all day today. By the way, I am not the one that has already ate half the cake. I took this picture this evening after my family has devoured most of its contents. Luckily, I had evening clinicals and was gone most of the night. However, I was here during the morning hours smelling it and drooling over it. I even got out the cake box and the frosting to figure out how many points is in just one little square of cake. Guess what? There’s 8 points in a tiny itty bitty square. That’s an entire meal. This point counting really puts everything in perspective! I decided that it just wasn’t worth it. Yay Me!! I’m guessing that is what is called a non scale victory!
Since I had evening clinicals I usually go out to eat for lunch with a classmate and then we go out after clinicals. Today I got online and looked up Sonic and Subway (the places we usually stop to eat) to see what I could have and how many points it would cost me. Below is my daily intake of points:
Breakfast: 5 points
Egg and cheese burrito (5 pts)
(Egg beaters- 1pt, wheat tortilla 2 pts, cheese 2 pts)
Snack: 2 points
String Cheese (2 pts)
Lunch: 9 points
Sonic Chicken wrap (6 pts)
I stopped at the gas station and picked up some baked Lays (3pts) and a Diet Mt. Dew (0 pts)
Snack: 5 points
Peanut butter crackers (5pts)
Supper: 10 points
Subway turkey on wheat, with Light mayo, American cheese, pickle, onion and lettuce.(8 pts)
Baked Lays (2 pts)
Diet Coke (0 pts)
Total Points: 31 Daily points Met!
My days are not normally like that, I really do not eat out that much, it’s just that during clinical there is no fridge or freezer for meals so we use that as an excuse to eat out.
I did not get my exercises in for today, which I did have all morning that I probably could have put a tape in, but I was doing paperwork for clinicals and unfortunately that trumps exercise at the moment. I was on my feet all day and was walking everywhere, so I’m going to count that as exercise.
We were joking today that it was Fat Tuesday and a few of my friends were Catholic and they were trying to explain to me what it represents, which I’m still a little foggy on the entire thing, but from what I got out of it. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and a lot of them are giving something up for lent, which my friend is giving up Diet Coke, and she was drinking Diet Coke all day today like it was water, and she had told me that Fat Tuesday is basically being a glutton before giving something up. I kind of liked the idea of giving something up that would make me feel uncomfortable and then praying about it if I felt the urge to cheat. Basically, turning it over to God. We were trying to think of different things, and she said, “Why don’t you just make a commitment to follow your points.” So, I’m giving up the idea of cheating on my diet during lent. I then asked her if I could go and pig out on a Subway Cookie, since today is Fat Tuesday and she said, “No”!
TOM, Chocolate and Weigh in….Oh My!
Posted by Kristy in Daily ramblings, Weigh In on March 8, 2011
I’m having a really hard time. Yes…I’ll admit that I did not exercise everyday, and yes I will admit that I ate things that is more or less a huge NO NO, but in my defense TOM has come for a visit. He always comes when he is not welcome, and brings lots and lots of chocolate with him, which is my weakness. I know that’s no excuse, but it’s really hard to say NO.
Well, today is weigh in for week 2 and I said that I will post my weight come loss or gain so here goes.
There it is in all of its glory a gain of .2 pounds. I have been renewed! I’ve decided to start counting points and I’m walking on the treadmill. The Turbo Fire will have to wait until I’m healthy enough that I won’t need to have the EMTs on speed dial. I’m learning my limitations and my many weaknesses.
I haven’t been as dedicated to this blog like I had hoped, which may be another reason for the gain. I’m admitting my mistakes and wiping the slate clean. Here’s to a new start to a new week!
Day 2 ~ I’m not a pretzel
I just finished the 2nd day of the prep schedule, which is a huge accomplishment! After yesterday I wasn’t sure if I would come back. Fire 30 class just about killed me. I am so out of shape! I was gasping, swinging and kicking all over the place. It wasn’t a pretty sight. I talked to a good friend and told her I think I was out of my league, but she convinced me to keep going, because if you don’t push through it and stay consistent you will stay right where you are. I took that to heart and no matter how stupid I look or how much I’m gasping for breath…as long as I don’t pass out 
I will keep pushing until that day when I look back and see how far I have come. I’m just thankful that today was a stretch class, again…so not flexible.
If you see the picture above…I’m sorry, but I can’t cross my legs like that. I’m a big girl and I’m lucky to be able to sit indian style, yet cross one leg over the other. We did some of those dog poses (sun dog) and that was no fun. I kind of skipped a few of those. I don’t want to be mean, but some of those gals in the video are little show offs. Ooh..look at me point my leg backwards up to the ceiling. Hey, look I can stick my head between my legs. I’ll admit it, I am jealous, my body just doesn’t conform in those ways, I’m sure my husband would love it if it did (wow, did I just type that?) Anyways, I’m not giving up. I will persevere! We’ll see how the post will change after another cardio class. LOL. Now that exercise is done, it’s time to concentrate on eating. Low cal eating that is.
Day 1 ~ Weigh In
I’m so embarrased to post this, but I know I need to so that I can move on. I plan on taking a picture of the scale every week and posting it here on the blog. I don’t care if I gain or lose, I’m posting it. It’s kind of like Weight Watchers, but instead of just one stranger seeing my weight, the whole world will see it, or just the people that read this blog.
Well, there it is. If that doesn’t motivate me to lose this weight I don’t know what else will. **sob**
I’m going to have someone take a whole body shot to see myself lose weight in pictures, but I thought that I’m going to take a headshot on weigh day, since I always lose weight in my face first.
