Not budging

For some reason this time, I just haven't been able to commit to getting into that dress.

I feel like every time I have a major event to get skinny for I leave it until closer and closer to do something about my weight and fitting into my clothes. I have 9 days to do something. NINE! And a friend is coming into town this weekend and has already said she wants to get lunch both saturday and sunday.

Each day I start out with the best of intentions, but by the end of it I am eating badly and late at night and not exercising.

Last night it finally hit me. I haven't budged a single pound since Thanksgiving. Mainly because I haven't done a single thing differently. So the next 9 days need to be spot on.

Today I went back to writing everything down. I haven't done that in a long time.  If I was tracking at all I was using MFP. And it just isn't the same. I don't have my phone on my 24/7, but a little notebook is easy to have by my side even at work.

I did 30 Day shred and I ran today. I almost didn't run, but I made myself. It was pretty warm so instead of going to the pathetic "fitness center" that my work has, I just did C-2-5k outside. It almost made me late for work, because I went for the run half an hour later than I wanted to. But I was actually being productive around my apartment.

I really like this tumblr Unfuck Your Habitat. Some of her stuff is pretty simple like making your bed everyday and doing some things before bed at night to unfuck tomorrow.  But she also has a 20/10 system. Where you unfuck for 20 minutes and take a 10 minute break. I used to do my housework in 15 minute blocks, but I would just move to something else, I didn't really take breaks. This system is pretty good. I'll work for 20 minutes and then watch hulu for 10. Sometimes I'll still do something productive while I watch. And since I know I get a break every 20 minutes it's not hard to stop watching when 10 is up.

Anyway the plan for 9 days isn't to go TOO hardcore. As in I am not doing Fat Smash because it doesn't allow me to have sugar or soda or bread. And those are then the things I end up buying and eating for weeks once the "diet" is over. So I am going back to what I do best. Writing it down! My net is not to exceed 1000 which is totally doable if I exercise. In fact I'm more likely to be 500-800 net if I exercise because I tend to not have enough time to eat alot. I am also NOT going to eat once I get home after work. I have been eating alot after work and that's like 11pm to 1am which is really bad. And water, water, water. One 12 oz soda a day and the rest is water!

So like today I had a great breakfast (my normal fruit and oatmeal) and dinner, a decent "lunch" and still managed to have 6 dark hershey kisses. I don't like the Hershey company, but I bought them for halloween to do witch hat cookies that never got made. Nine kisses is a serving and is 180 cals. I was aiming for 5, but ended up with 6. It gives me my candy fix with out killing my calorie limit. I let them melt in my mouth so they take a long time to eat.  I had a bagel thin for lunch which kills my bread craving at only 110 calories. Then soup for dinner and more fruit.

So here is my actual dress (taffeta not satin, whatever) from the website. I need to figure out shoes and jewelry by next week. My plan is to not even take a second option. If I can't wear it I'll be screwed. So, there we go!