urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howcloseis How Close Is Close Enough? How Close Is Close Enough? 2008-09-03T04:15:30Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howcloseis:7644 2008-09-03T04:15:30Z 2008-09-03T04:15:30Z Monty Python And The Holy Grail Tuesday September 2nd<br />Slimfast shake<br />1 egg, scrambled (no butter), ketchup<br />1 apple<br />China buffet with mom<br />3 Diet Cokes<br />1 spoonful of cherry chocolate chip ice cream<br />Approximately 20 announces of water<br />Spent approximately 20 minutes walking about campus<br /><br />Food: 2/2<br />Water: 0/2<br />Exercise: 1/2<br />Journaling/Posting: 2/2<br />Daily Self Esteem Challenge: 0/2<br /><br />Total: 5/10<br /><br />Okay, so the worst bit about yesterday as far as I'm concerned is the self-esteem challenge, since Tuesdays are procrastination days and I've had important stuff that I've been putting off. I should have written up my resume, but I was either on campus or with my mum most of the day. Bleh. The other thing is the water: seriously, it's probably the easiest part of the whole damn challenge, and I haven't even gotten a point either day so far. So today my Nalgene will not leave my side. Hopefully I'll be able to skip eating altogether and this can be my fasting day. Yay!<br /><br />-K urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howcloseis:7322 2008-09-03T03:58:29Z 2008-09-03T03:58:29Z Monty Python And The Holy Grail Monday September 1st<br />Slimfast shake 200 calories<br />1 cup puffed rice 60 calories<br />1 cup low-fat strawberry yogurt 80 calories<br />1 apple 80 calories<br />1 Diet Coke<br />1 cup cranberry weight-loss tea<br />1 cup cranberry weight-loss tea<br />Dinner: one bowl baked beans, 6 pickle slices, 1 piece of bread, glass of milk<br />Approximately 12 oz water<br /><br /><br />Food: 2/2<br />Water: 0/2<br />Exercise: 0/2<br />Journaling/Posting: 2/2<br />Daily Self Esteem Challenge: 0/2<br /><br />Total: 4/10<br /><br />Hahaha...I guess I have a lot of work to do! Geez I suck. Oh well. Today wasn't perfect either, but I will try to do better tomorrow. Hopefully it will be my liquid fast day. We will see how things go. It's been a while, I'm just getting back into the swing of things - but no worries! I'll get back on track soon enough.<br /><br />-K urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howcloseis:6986 2008-09-02T13:55:53Z 2008-09-02T13:55:53Z Thumbsucker Rules for the 28 Day Plan can be found here: <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/28dayplan/profile">http://community.livejournal.com/28dayplan/profile</a><br /><br /><br />Since I don't have a scale, I guess I'm going to wing it at first - I will try to get ahold of one by the end of the week. This plan, for me, has more of an intention to control than straight-out weight loss program though, so we will see.<br /><br />Food: Broken up into three sections. Four days a week, I will be allowed one "regular" meal with the housemates, as well as one Slimfast shake and snacks not to exceed 300 calories. Two days a week I will only be allowed 2 Slimfast shakes and snacks not to exceed 300 calories. One day per week will be a 24-hour liquid fast - water, tea, iced tea, Diet Coke and possibly juice allowed, but nothing else.<br /><br />Water: According to the rules, up to 24 oz of your daily total may be zero-calorie decaffeinated beverage, such as tea. I will make an effort to fill my Nalgene with water daily and pay attention to how much I am drinking. <br /><br />Exercise: Walking to campus, biking, and doing exercises at home.<br /><br />Posts: Every day I will post about the previous day.<br /><br />Alright, I guess that's enough to get me started...ready ready aaaaaand GO!!!!!!