Day 580/2

The dawn of a new horizon, and April, have both arrived. After a month of frankly being rather depressed, being invaded by the big M for the majority of the month, and the spring break season, im now ready to buckle down for the next 12 weeks and get these damn results that have been so flimsy for me the past few months. I've decided to enter the body for life challege, and we'll see how it goes, my before pictures are still pretty etrocious, and I can only hope that ill see that six pack come july. So here are a few changes i've made to my diet and plan:

1. Im taking a vacation from the scale and tape measure - im not going to weigh in until my birthday - May 5 or the day of the Pioneer Challege - May 10. and then ill weigh in after the challenge is done.
2. Im cutting out the processed foods i was buying like pretzels, chips, any sort of snack bar, and any other sort of thing that trader joes has, you'd think it would be healthy, but i think its been preventing me from getting to my goals.
3. Im trying my best to cut all soda out all together, that includes diet soda
4. Im trying to eat out only once a week right now - this might be the hardest goal . . .
5. Im going to alternate between weight routiene and cardio routienes - this way i can maximize both sessions without just dabbling in both for an extended period of time
6. And honestly, im trying NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT all the time!

I have my music to work on, lots of composition goals, and tunes to write . . . I honestly believe that it will come to me when i least expect it, and most want it. . . and after 9 months of staggering 30-50 pounds from my goal, I know now that i want it bad. . . I also want my music bad too, and after last night's session, that was once again re-iterated for me again. . .

yesterday I had:

1. cereal
2. cottage cheese
3. carrots
4. peanutbutter/jam on whole wheat pita
5. almonds
6. celery
7. brown rice
8. 2 morningstar veggie patties
9. artichoke hearts
10. salsa
11. cobb salad w/avocado, chicken, bacon, apple, and balsamic vinegarette dressing

exersize: upper weights routine, the seated dumbell press was hardest for me . . .

today Im going to have:

1. cereal
2. cottage cheese
3. carrots
4. brown rice
5. artichoke hearts
6. 1 mini-pizza bambino
7. peanut butter/jam sandwhich
8. celery
9. almonds
10. laughing cow cheese

exersize: cardio on the eliptical 25 minutes - from 10-25, alternating intervals low int 2 min, high int 1 min. . .

So far im on the right track and I already feel better, and its only been 2 days into this - more journaling to come. . .