Day 0: Starting Over

So I mentioned to all of you that my mom was going to get me the jumpstart to skinny rule book, right? Well, she did and I have spent the last five days that I've had it thinking about every rule and figuring out how I could implement it because I have no way to follow this meal plan for the first week. So I've just decided I am going to wing it and keep track of the calories and stay under his limit for the first week. Sounds close enough, right?

Plus, if I wait to start it until I get home, I'm realizing that I won't be finished in time for my cousin's graduation, and the goal right now is to look extremely good at his party and show off to my whole family because I have always been the chubby cousin.

So I'm starting from Day 1 again tomorrow. That means only 800 calories a day, 45 minutes of low-intensity cardio (I think I'm just going to sit on a spin bike and distract myself), and doing this all with only the Shape Up! app on my phone to keep track of calories that I consume. Oh, and I plan to finish at least two nalgienes of water a day again. I've been slacking lately, but yesterday was our spring concert and it was a marathon! Because certain things are illegal, I will not mention what I did, but let me just say that it started at 7 am and lasted until after midnight.

... And I tried to sprint half of it. Not a good idea.

So I know that if I have anyone reading this, they'll probably yell at me for the 800 calories thing, which I know my amazing friends will do, but I don't want you all to worry. This is a short, jumpstart kind of thing and I will resume eating healthier amounts of food once I have kicked some of my terrible habits and are finally able to enjoy being lighter and feeling better. I don't plan to stay this low, especially with exercise, and I do plan on eating all the "free" veggies he suggests I use as snack, and I plan on doing that often.

Speaking of this though, I've decided that I am going to make myself an inspiration wall when I get home. I need something to wake up to every day to remind myself that I can reach my goals and that I will feel better when I get there. I've starting to pin some things on Pinterest, but I'll print them out when I get home.

Also, because I feel like this is me starting a new year, I'm going back to trying to make mouthwash happen twice a day. My teeth have felt a little weird, and I think that it might be because I haven't been doing that as much as I used to. So for now, I need to take the birth control I forgot to take, and then check how many mg are in my fish oil chews, and then head to bed.

Wish me luck tomorrow, because I definitely think I am going to need it.