so day 2, January 6th, 2009, of exercising and trying to eat better has come to an end.  I feel really positive about the first two days.  Now i just have to make this a permanent change, and everything will be okay!  Yesterday, I started off the day with about 15 minutes of exercise, then had a breakfast of Special K Protein Plus w/skim milk, an apple, a pear, and a glass of water, then i did another 22 minutes.  This was not all continuous.  Bob and I traded off.  Then i had a healthy lunch of a turkey sandwich w/light miracle whip, and a salad, and a diet coke w/lime to drink.  Then for dinner, we had turkey burgers, a baked potato, and rice.  i believe i had a 7-up pomegranate to drink.  then i had a snack..  just trying to remember what it was.  i know it was light, at least.  heh.  

then on to today:  got up and had breakfast of Special K Protein Plus w/skim milk and an apple, with water to drink.  Then did 30 minutes of exercise, continuous.  Then had a late lunch of a salad, and a pepperoni pizza lean pocket with a pomegranate 7-up to drink.  For dinner, we had a crock pot beef stew, which was made with laura's lean beef.  It had carrots, potatoes, onions, and celery.  Then just a bit ago, I had another bowl of Special K Protein Plus with skim milk.  I just now got done doing another 41 minutes of exercise.  

So, all in all.  An excellent start.  Especially looking back at how i've been eating over the past couple months, and the fact that i've had pretty much no exercise since walking around campus, last semester, which although it is moderate exercise, is not nearly enough.  So there's results after day 2.  I hope to have lost 2 - 3 pounds by the end of week one.  More than that would be phenomenal =) 

so it's been a little bit since i last wrote in here..  not quite as long as i had thought it might have been, but upon checking the date of my last entry, i found it was the 18th of August... itis now the 6th of September... seriously..  itis September already... this year is rushing quickly to its demise... it will soon be 2009... that just still seems so bizarre.. anyway...  2 weeks into classes...  most are going well..  at least have the, hopefully, potential to go well..  i have some homework i need to finish up before monday, and i believe i shall attend a study session tomorrow evening before my first calculus quiz... a little 'refresher' or whatever couldn't hurt.. that's for sure... 
  i've had quite the food obsession here lately...  i've been eating this one item quite a lot... probably too often for the fat content it has... but itis so tasty that itis hard to not eat it over and over again..  they are these little private selection hors d'oeuvres filled with spinach & artichokes & cheese... rather tasty...  anyway...  that was pointless..  made a huge grocery trip today as we've been eating almost exclusively out for the past couple weeks... which is not good on the budget or the waistline...  i've just been very un-motivated to cook here lately... and with little groceries in the house, it would have been a trip to the grocery and then cooking, which would have required way more energy that i had...  but now that is over with, and i got some ingredients to make some yummy things... so i'm excited..  i was very disappointed in their produce today though.. i was planning on getting a fair amount of fresh vegetables, but most of the items i planned on getting really didn't look too healthy... so i'll probably make a trip to Publix in the next few days to make up for that.. 
  not a whole lot else has been going on really.. i mean, obviously a lot has gone on since i'm taking 14 credit hours, working part time, helping the kids w/their schooling, and trying to "keep house"...  but i guess a better way to put it would be not much else of much interest..    my parents came up yesterday to attend "grandparent's day" at Jacob's school, which just amounted to them eating lunch w/him, but i was very glad that they did that...  i've been kind of depressed for a while that the kids will not have the same "grandparent experience" that i had growing up..   and i know a lot of kids never even meet their grandparents, but growing up i was so incredibly blessed to have two of the most amazing people who have ever walked this earth as my grandparents..   and on top of that, I got to 26 years of my life w/my great-grandma...  not many people get to experience that...  and just all the wonderful memories i have of my grandparents, and all the things we did together...  i just feel like my parents could be doing more w/their grandkids & it makes me kind of sad...   but... what can you do... i'm glad that they are in a position that they are to be able to go off and enjoy themselves...   
    anyway...  i think i'm gonna head off and eat my dinner... now that itis 20 until midnight, seems like that would be smart (well....  to eat for the nutrition, not to eat this lately, obviously)...  anyway... take care

so the little ones had their first full day on Monday.. itis crazy.. I can't believe Jacob is in 2nd grade.. and I can't believe Elexus is in middle school...  that is due to the fact that middle school starts in 6th grade (as she's in 6th)...  crazy crazy crazy.. getting up at 6 am is no fun.. i'm attempting to be more productive, since i'm having to get up at a stupid time..  today worked out well... yesterday, not so much... but we'll see how it all turns out..  Jacob's teacher seems super nice... she called monday evening to let us know that he had had a good first day.  I think that is awesome!  but anyway...  now that i am typing, i am becoming more and more and more tired.. so i thinki will bring this to a close and hope to write more "tomorrow" once i have slept and am maybe more clear-headed... maybe.. hehe...  g'night