Week Three

This week was okay but I'm finding weekends to be harder to stay on track. Especially this weekend with my brother's birthday. My mom made some pretty good lasagna, which of course was not WW friendly. I also fell off track last weekend since I went to a party STARVING (dumb) and ended up chowing down on pizza and chocolate. I did manage to lose a pound though. I need to develop some better ways to handle these situations. Another situation will be tomorrow. I have class from 9:40-10:30 and then discussion and lab from 1:00-5:00. My plan is to just stay on campus the whole time. I was going to two weeks ago for the first lab but slipped and fell in the slush on the way to class and had to go home and change. I think I'll pack a sandwich and get a Diet DP or Coke Zero up there. 

Speaking of sandwiches, Trader Joes opened up a location here in Salt Lake in November and due to massive crowds, I hadn't been there until a few weeks ago. My sister-in-law LOVES their almond butter so I decided to buy a jar. It is DELICIOUS! I love nut butters of all kinds, but this is probably my favorite almond butter so far. It still has 3 points for 1 tablespoon though, so I can't eat the whole jar in one setting (like I'd like to). 

I have two tests this week, Microbiology on Thursday and Chemistry on Friday. I don't feel nearly prepared enough and missed the Chemistry review session on Saturday because I was at the temple. She said she might hold one on Wednesday night so I'll cross my fingers for that. There are two Microbiology review sessions scheduled this week and I should be able to make at least one. I guess if nothing else, I will see how much I know and this will let me know if I need to tweak my study habits or not. Cross your fingers for me!

Weeks one and two

I'm just going to start the numbering over again with the start of the new year. I didn't post for last week so I'll give both totals. Week one I lost 4.6 pounds and then last week I lost 0.4. This week's was disappointing, but considering what I lost the week before, it's not too surprising. But it means that I've almost lost the weight I put on in-between December 22 and January 3rd. It brings my grand total of weight lost to 39.2. (No need to mention that at one point it was 45.8...) I think I'll try to aim for posting a pic once a month this year. It was fun to go back and look at the pics from the start to now. Not only has my size improved, but my hair has improved significantly too! Not only do I have a fantastic hair stylist, but I know how to do it now! Thanks Pinterest!

Anyway, you all know that I left my job at the Daycare but this last week I started a new job. I work at a restaurant part-time hosting for now. It should pad my income a little until I'm certified in Phlebotomy. I know one of the managers and so she got me a job and I made my little brother come apply as well. He's working as a busser and says it's hard work. It's his first job and I thought it would be good for him to earn a paycheck finally.

School is going okay so far. Not nearly the workload that last semester was, but still conceptually difficult so I need to do a better job at keeping up with my readings. The post office either lost, or somebody stole my Microbiology book the first week of school. The place sent me a new one, but I'm still behind at least four chapters... Guess what I get to do on our day off tomorrow??? I also need to read one chapter for Chemistry and get the assignment done by Wednesday at 9:40 AM. I love school... It's all for a greater cause though. And that's what makes the suffering worth it.

2013

I'm several days late on the new year post but I was too busy trying to get things accomplished before the beginning of the semester. In case you're wondering, I didn't get everything accomplished that I wanted. Oh well. I did watch the entire Freaks and Geeks series (there was only one season) and the entire first season of the X-Files. Haha, I have no time management issues at all...

I can't remember if I posted this all in my last post and I'm too lazy to go back and look now so I'll just give you a run-down of what I'm currently doing. I quit my job at the daycare and Friday was my last day. I thought I would be more sad than I was, but I was actually really happy about it. I didn't have my own class anyway so I wasn't really super attached to any of the children. I start Phlebotomy training tomorrow night. It's a once a week, six week course so I should be certified sometime next month. Yay for progress! I also started school today. I only had one class today since there is no lab the first week of school. It's a combo Bio-Organic Chemistry class and I was hoping it would be more Bio Chem but apparently 2/3 of the semester will be O-Chem... Yay... Oh well. I'm going to try and improve my study and reading habits and hopefully this semester will go a lot better than last semester.

Now for my goals for the year. I'm going to try and avoid the term resolutions since there is a negative connotation associated with "New Years Resolutions". However, like most people, I like to reflect back on the previous year and decide what worked, what didn't, what I can improve, continue, or eliminate altogether. So here are my goals for this year:

1- Be more organized. You wouldn't believe the state of my room toward the end of the semester. There were papers and bags EVERYWHERE. It was horrible. I was trying to get everything organized before the semester started but I didn't quite make it. I have seen several good ideas from IKEA/Pinterest and am looking forward to doing them. I'm going to need a regular income before that will happen though...

2- Follow Weight Watchers more regularly. I was taking plenty of breaks (weekends, holidays, and months at a time) and have paid for it... I gained 5.4 pounds in the last two weeks alone. No more! If it goes in my mouth, it gets tracked!

3- Reach my weight loss goal. I don't know if you remember, but at one point I was TWO POUNDS AWAY. I remember it. It was awesome. And then the breaks started... and now I'm back to 14 pounds away... That's disgusting and typing it made me sick. BUT it's never a lost cause. I just need to accept that I made poor decisions and make better ones from here on out. I have also enrolled in an exercise class at school, though I may drop it since I'm not sure if I can get there in time.

4- NO MORE C's!!! I ended up with two C+s last semester. I might no longer be competitive enough to apply to the U but I still want to go into nursing and that means I need to do much better. I will be attending discussions and SI sessions every week this semester. I am also going to look more closely at some of the strategies my professors gave us last semester to help us succeed that I didn't follow.

5- Read my scriptures and pray daily. We're starting the Doctrine and Covenants this year in Sunday School and I'm actually really excited about it. I'm going to try and have the lessons read before hand.

6- Handle things better. There were a few situations this year that I probably over-reacted to and now I feel super uncomfortable at times. I'm going to try and think things through first before I react to them. I'm also going to talk things through with other people instead of getting angry. Hopefully this will help.

Not a super long list but it should keep me busy and improving. And now for a pic that I took yesterday. I apologize for the dirty mirror. I had cleaned it several days before this but apparently it needed it again: