musical box

listening to genesis, updating my blog, so far i'm sticking to this new lifestyle, it's still wonderful and i am still really really happy! i have been talking to my coworker david about music and he suggested some bands to me, battles and ozric tentacles. they sound different so it might be right down my alley haha.

today, i ate:

breakfast - a cheese stick and tea

lunch - tuna and a pickle, egg substitute and egg white, and a cucumber with cottage cheese, tea

snack - an apple and a clementine

dinner - baked veggies, a turkey wrap, tea

dessert - frozen yogurt with fat free cool whip

today, for exercise:

30 minute two mile walk with 2 pound weights

36 minutes of yoga

tomorrow i will just be doing yoga again, i am also getting my new tires i need. i am really into genesis, i must go listen some more, i'm surprised i haven't before. now that i've rhymed i think my post has officially ended.

a melody i want your lips to sing

this will be a combination of yesterday and today, since i got home late last night.

i had the day off yesterday and the 'project get out of walmart' is running pretty smoothly. the application i am filling out is super intense though, so it's taking me quite some time.

yesterday, i ate:

breakfast - eggs, cheese, strawberries and a banana

lunch - soup, tuna, a pickle, cucumbers and hummus

dinner - 3 pieces of pizza and 2 1/2 cinnastix from dominos with two glasses of white zinfandel

yesterday, for exercise:

36 minutes of yoga

yeah, i splurged a little for dinner. it was delicious but not something i crave. i think when you put your mind into this life change, you find you don't even want to eat the unhealthy things that used to live throughout your diet. that'll be my only splurge for a while.

today, i ate:

breakfast - almonds and a cheese stick

snack - almonds, an orange and a banana

lunch - green beans [yes, with almonds] and an apple

dinner - chicken and rice with mixed vegetables and a small bite of steak

today, for exercise:

30 minutes of brisk walking and exercise equalling two miles

36 minutes of yoga

even though i ate the pizza yesterday, i managed to lose a half a pound. i think my body is as ready as i am to get healthy and in shape. in april, i had been stuck at one weight, and with everything that happened this summer, there i remained. i gained a couple pounds back. now they're gone again and i can't wait to wave goodbye to even more weight. i don't miss the unhealthy foods and i don't miss sitting on my butt and doing nothing.

i have to discuss my friends. lately i can't be happier. i have so many people that i love, and am close to, and who love me. andrew and i took a road trip up to maine to visit jenjen and i can't help but smile at the memories we've made. dave and shelby are always in contact, daily, and they're so much fun even when we're doing nothing. then i have my two best friends. i wish i saw both of them five times more than i do. one lives a state away, but our schedules are diverse which leaves little time for visits. we do what we can. we've met negativity in our friendship and we grew stronger out of it. she's a beautiful, caring and nurturing person, she is the monet to my renoir. her name is yahaira and she's fabulous. then we have karinna. there aren't any words to describe our friendship. it's understanding. we are nearly the same person in all the right ways. she gets me and i get her. there's never an explanation needed. she lives in a big city a few states away, and i am visiting her at the end of this month.

honestly my outlook on life has changed drastically in the last month, but it's so beautiful i can't explain it. i feel like at this point of my life, i have taken all the important moments and dissected them, improving myself with what i've found. i've taken the negatives, and made them positive. after all, we only have this moment once, so why not live in it?

set the stage

so it's been a year... i knew i would forget about this thing... not anymore!!!! this is not only going to be my blog, but it's also going to be my life change diary... sounds deep, honestly i'm just going to keep track of what i eat, when i exercise and when i slack, so i can slap myself on the back of the hand.

today, i ate

breakfast: almonds and cottage cheese

snack: banana

lunch: green beans, almonds and an apple

dinner: a turkey sandwich and soup

today, for exercise

treadmill: 30 minutes

weights: 10 minutes

yoga: 25 minutes

alright, that's done. i wrote something i really like today, it's a conversation for my novel, exit 21. i'm going to share a certain part that i live by:

"the negatives are still an important part of our lives. it's what we take away from those negatives that should be positive. otherwise, we've missed the point."

this summer has been a difficult one. financially, my boat is just barely afloat, but i am lucky to have a job. and i lost two grandmothers, one unexpectedly, and it was devastating. i keep her with me in my heart, always. she is with my grandfather now, so there is some comfort. i am not a religious person but rather a spiritual person. i believe things happen for a reason but i also believe that our reactions determine further outcomes. we make ourselves who we are, not our things, not what has happened in our lives but the way we deal with everything. i grow stronger every day because i live life day by day. it sounds like i hate life so i take it a day at a time, but that's not it at all. each day is precious, we have to seize it, it's been said so many times before. i wake up and remind myself of this, and every morning i am reassured that it is all worth it.