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Weekly Menu- Week 1 Update

AJ — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:08:26 +0000

(I found Chive Talkin’ on my friend Jeninreallife‘s site…Love it!)

**UPDATE** I have actually been true to a few things on my schedule….I may not have eaten exactly (ok, some days nothing) what I had on the list, but I am happy to report I only ate fast food ONE DAY this week- that is a HUGE improvement for me. LIKE MONSTER IMPROVEMENT. H-U-G-E. I took my lunch to work/school EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. Again, H-U-G-E for me. It just goes to show what packing my lunch the night before can do.

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This week I begin professional development for my first year of teaching (this year as a resident in training.) I am excited to begin my 175 school day journey to becoming a full-time urban school teacher. One thing I am going to work on is my eating habits. Because I will be in a fast food desert (SUCH a good thing) while at school, and since I won’t be able to leave school to get anything to eat at lunch, I need to take my lunch to school everyday. That means I need to plan my lunches ahead of time. I will try to post them (along with recipes, if needed) so I have a place to keep a record of what I have eaten. Here is week 1!

These are lunch menus, will work on getting dinner up when I have them planned.

Sunday – Crock Pot Chicken with black beans (find the recipe here)…I made it with no salt corn, low sodium black beans and 1/3 less fat cream cheese. I also added brown rice to the mixture when I added the cream cheese – should thicken up the sauce (which was really watery) significantly.

Monday – Left over Crock Pot chicken from Sunday I slipped and ate a fatty Mickey D’s dinner. Blech.

Tuesday – homemade “Starbucks” platter: cheese, flatbread crackers, grapes, red pepper strips, unsweetened applesauce cup CHECK

Wednesday – baked french fries, Smart Ones Mini Cheeseburger, no salt added canned corn, can of Diet Coke CHECK (though I really disliked the Mini Cheeseburger. Won’t buy them again. Too much like White Castle (Which I don’t like either… too much onion)

Thursday – Left over Crock Pot Chicken, watermelon CHECK

Friday – Smart Ones Ziti with Marinara sauce, canned no salt green beans (I am having people over for a movie watching party, so this will change to 1 turkey burger on the grill, a light bun, watermelon, baked beans, diet coke. But it still counts as homemade since I am cooking/grilling!! )

Proud of me for sticking to my list!!

Kindergarten CRAZY!

AJ — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:43:24 +0000

Life is nuts.

My Residency (kinda like a student teaching gig but for the whole school year) in Kindergarten starts in a few days, I am tired, excited and tired. Did I mention tired??

Grad school is great- straight A’s still- I am up to 7. Waiting for 3 more classes from this Summer to get their grades in (yes, I took NINE grad school courses this summer. NINE). Hoping for A’s across the board. I really worked hard for them.

One of those A’s was in MATH! I can’t believe it. I worked so hard (in my most difficult subject) and it paid off!!

Anyway, I am off to find something to eat and then head to bed. I am POOPED!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

ajlovestolose — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:53:00 +0000

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Weekly Menu: Week 1

AJ — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:21:45 +0000

(I found Chive Talkin’ on my friend Jeninreallife‘s site…Love it!)

This week I begin professional development for my first year of teaching (this year as a resident in training.) I am excited to begin my 175 school day journey to becoming a full-time urban school teacher. One thing I am going to work on is my eating habits. Because I will be in a fast food desert (SUCH a good thing) while at school, and since I won’t be able to leave school to get anything to eat at lunch, I need to take my lunch to school everyday. That means I need to plan my lunches ahead of time. I wll try to post them (along with recipes, if needed) so I have a place to keep a record of what I have eaten. Here is week 1!

These are lunch menus, will work on getting dinner up when I have them planned.

Monday – Left over Crock Pot chicken from Sunday

Tuesday – homemade “Starbucks” platter: cheese, flatbread crackers, grapes, red pepper strips, unsweetened applesauce cup

Wednesday – baked french fries, Smart Ones Mini Cheeseburger, no salt added canned corn, can of Diet Coke

Thursday – Left over Crock Pot Chicken, watermelon

Friday – Smart Ones Ziti with Marinara sauce, canned no salt green beans

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

ajlovestolose — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:53:00 +0000

I'm craving something sweet- halp! What should I get that is healthy, tasty and sweet?!? #
Haircut!!! http://twitpic.com/2f6nof #
22 hours of grad school almost done… grades in for 12hrs so far… DRUMROLL PLEASE… ALL A's!! #iamrockinggradschool #
PS: Allergies can SUCK IT today. #
http://twitpic.com/2gp2qa midnight snack of allergy sufferers… Used tissue in the background just a bonus. #
Mr more crossed the rainbow bridge on June 26th. He will be missed by all. #

A’s all around! And I need a kick in my fitness pants, please

AJ — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:53:41 +0000

I got my grades back – 6 A’s so far.. with only 3 more classes to report!

I have NEVER in my life received straight A’s - and I have never worked harder to get them! Not only did I get straight A’s- but I got straight A’s while taking 26 credit hours, most of the credit hours in 7 weeks!I worked my @ss off and I am P-R-O-U-D of myself!

I have no idea why I haven’t crashed and burned yet…. but I am so glad I haven’t.

The ony thing that sidetracked me this week was the dreaded hay fever that always comes this time of year—it is like clockwork. You think I would have learned my lesson by now sice I have been living with allergies for years. I have looked like a weepy-eyed Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for the past week and have gone through 3 big boxes of tissues. My nose and upper lip are chapped and red, and I look like I have a little chapped red mustache.

Pretty.

Anyway, my Rx medicine (Allegra – pill and Nasocort – nose spray) that have worked for the past 8 years DID NOT (obviously) work this year. I headed to the doctor Friday afternoon and he added another nose spray to the mix which seems to be working. I used about 20 tissues today – BIG improvement over Friday.

I usually am miserable for the last 2 weeks of August and the first week of September, then fine until April. This year though, I want to be over this ASAP as I am beginning my teaching residency and don’t want to look like a scary read nosed mean lady when I walk into the classroom.

And now, to talk about the (literal) elephant in the room – MY BIG BEHIND

I am so disappointed in myself. While I have been doing awesome in school and have been proud of myself in that aspect, I am so down about my eating and my weight. Here’s my secret:

I am probably (back AGAIN) at the heaviest I have ever been in my life. I am too scared to step on the scale, but I know I am not fitting into my clothes like I used to. I know my legs are way bigger. I know my arms are way bigger than they were. I just don’t feel good, both health-wise and body-image wise.

I read other fitness and health bloggers and I am so excited for their success at either taking off the weight (slowly but surely) or for those who are maintaining. I KNOW they have been working at eating healthy for YEARS, but I am so into the quick fix right now, it is scary. When I eat well for 3 days, I need to see benefits, people. And I am not seeing anything. ZILCH.

WAIT – That last paragraph, as I read it over, makes me so sad. I KNOW being healthy and losing weight is not a QUICK FIX- it cant be. ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO TRY AND WORK HARD.

But I am letting school, my grandpa’s death, Mr More’s death, being “too busy” and…and…and…and… get in the way of the biggest goal I hold for myself- being a healthy person.

Yes, I said being a healthy person.

Not being a person that is 120lbs.

Or being a person who can fit into size “X” clothing.

I seriously want to just be a healthy person who can run around with my niece and nephew anytime I want and not get winded. And put on a pair of pants without them being so tight I am gonna burst out of them (whatever size they are). And not worrying about a risk of high blood pressure or diabetes or not being able to get pregnant in the future because I “F’ed” up my body so bad in my 20′s and 30′s.

I am 32 years old, for goodness sake. I will be 33 in November.

Why do I treat my body like crap?

I am going to be teaching children about healthy eating habits but I DON’T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY HEALTHY EATING HABITS.

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Obviously I am at a breaking point- and anyone who has healthy goals in mind (weight loss or other) has had one or two (or 12) of these.

As my mom puts it, I need to have a Come to Jesus Meeting with myself and decide what my priorities are and what I am willing to do to tackle them.

Because hell, I just got 6 A’s in 7 weeks- making healthy goals AND STICKING TO THEM should be a walk in the park next to that awesome feat, right?

RIGHT?!?!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

ajlovestolose — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:53:00 +0000

well, I decided #fitbloggin is gonna trump grad school- missing one day won't kill me!! JUST BOUGHT MY TICKET!!!!!! #
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Fitbloggin, ’11– HERE I COME!

AJ — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:15:39 +0000

(logo from the www.fitbloggin.com page)

Are you going too?

The super early bird tickets are now available!!

I had A BLAST last year, so I hope you will be able to get a ticket!!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

ajlovestolose — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:53:00 +0000

Sad I am missing #blogher But grad school come first. Have fun @ronisweigh and @lastminutemandy!!!! Can't wait 2 c recaps!! #

I GOT AN A!

AJ — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:32:05 +0000

Remember that paper I b*tched about all over the interwebs the last couple of weeks? (you missed most of it b/c I was whining on my personal Facebook page alot. Be glad you aren’t my friend. Yeah, it was that bad.)

GOT.

AN.

A.

(yeh I did!)

I am still waiting to hear back from the teacher on the 2nd paper i did- I just turned it in on Tuesday.

PROUD OF ME!