Busy little bee [Six Days to go]

Picking up the boy in 12 hours!! (ish).

I have so much to do before then and we leave for his parent's in the morning. I know that he wants me to spend the night at his place, because his parents don't let us sleep in the same room. But I just don't think I can and get everything done.

Fasting went really well yesterday. Definitely easier to do when I am busy :) and at work, than at home. When I was at home I slept, sat around and watched tv, but didn't do much. Yesterday I spent my work hours planning for my first ever session as a tutor. After that meeting, I went shopping. I was looking for sparkly flip flops, a pair of earrings for saturday, and then I wanted to check out the bikinis at VS (just in case) and I needed my eyebrows threaded.

I ended up on threading my eyebrows and not actually buying anything else. Though I did try on some VS bikinis:

This one was cute, but out of my budget and the bra was a little uncomfortable.

Sadly, this one looks ultra cheap in real life. No way I'm paying VS prices, for something that looks like K-Mart made it.

This one was gorgeous! Love the shimmer, made my boobs look great - but EXPENSIVE - and I'm too pale to really pull off the color well.

This one wasn't in the store : (  But's only $20 online, might be worth expedited shipping :)

So today, I broke my fast with fresh squeezed juice I got yesterday from the health food store. I still got the "energizer" but the lady didn't make it as gingery this time, so it's actually pretty good. I diluted it, and I'm still drinking it. I'll have some fruit salad soon and then yogurt and fruit and veggies for lunch. Dinner I'll finally have some carbs, beans and peppers. Pretty easy stuff but it adds up to almost 1200 calories - a little over my limit because I added grapes and a banana to my fruit salad. But, it's all fruit and healthy. I want to make sure that I keep yesterday's weight off! I was 117 lbs this morning!! My goal for the weekend, is not to go above 118.5. Then, I should be able to come back to 117 before Jamaica. Last weekend's fasting failure means there is little chance (unless I lose weight over the weekend) for me to hit 115. But, that's okay. The bikini is fitting me nicely. I look good and I'm pretty happy with my results from the 21 day challenge I set for myself. I even find that I'm not wanting sweet treats as much as I did 2 weeks ago. I haven't baked anything since Sunday and there was no sugar in that! Fruit, a granola bar, and raisins are the closest things I've come to sugar since then.

My plans for making it through the weekend are:

Running - I need to make sure that I run at least Fri, Sun, and Monday while I'm gone.
Keeping pace with his mother - my BF's mother is tiny and she eats very delicately and slowly. When she eats with us, everyone else is opting for seconds and she hasn't finished one plate yet. So, my goal is to keep pace with her. I can still eat the food she makes, but keeping pace with a tiny eater and I should be tiny right?
No snacking - BF's family loves to snack. Cheese and crackers are the favorites. But chips can make an appearance, nuts and fruit also. Plus there is always a candy dish. I made quite the pig of myself eating mini-snickers and kisses at Easter weekend. This time around I will have to "just say no."
Eating out - ordering the smallest, healthiest thing I can find on the meanu and again pacing against his mom.

Potluck:
Half plate of veggies - I need to fill half of my plate with fruits and veggies.
One spoon - I need to pick out what I will actually like. And only take one scoop of it. This will let me use the other half of my plate wisely.
No seconds - This one will be hard. Buffets and pot lucks were invented for seconds!
Limit Alcohol - I plan on picking up some MGD 64 so I can have 3 that night and not feel too guilty. More than that and it's too many calories, not to mention I'd probably be drunk!
Dessert - By the rules of my challenge I should not have dessert. Instead I am going to limit it. I will limit myself to 3 desserts and keep them bite sized. A taste should be enough. I'm thinking some kind of pie, a brownie and a cookie.

All in all, I know that I want to have a good time, (and I will) with out being a Nazi about my food, but I don't want to blow my wonderful progress. I am getting to wear the outfit I have wanted to the past two years but now finally feel small enough to wear. That should be reminder enough I hope.

Well - back to work. The day is already half over and I've accomplished almost nothing!