Thursday, February 24, 2005

It's the Ben! =0!
Juu mentioned once again that she needs to go on a diet. Which, I think is just silly. For one thing, I really don't think she's in peril of being called obese. For another, I don't think dieting really works. =/

This is based on personal experience, mind you. I've tried eating less in the past, and I tried Weight Watchers and the points system. I know these work for some people, and more power to them if it does. It just wasn't the thing for me. I mean, sure, I'd lose a couple pounds over a span of time. The second I decided to let it go, though, it all came back. It came back with extra, actually, which is often the case.

But, since July, I've started eating differently. Not dieting; not depriving myself of food. But, really, just eating better. "Making better choices" as....typical...as it sounds. Cutting carbs was all I did at first, and it worked. More water, less soda; low-carb wraps instead of footlong grinders at Subway; Subway instead of McDonald's. Just, a bunch of things I changed. And so, since July, I've lost 40 pounds. *cheer*

I really don't like to flaunt the fact that I've done so, but my mom thinks that I'm being silly. She thinks that I should serve as an example for other people who are trying to lose weight, and I just sort of shuffle my feet and stare at the floor. >_>

And you know what else is noteworthy? I did it without any dramatic increase in exercise. It's not like I go to the gym everyday and workout. (Tried that, too. x_x) Just by simply changing what I was eating, second-guessing myself; again, just making better choices.

Um. /End Rant. >_>

Sorry about that. Just wanted to...uh...keep the masses informed.


*awkward pause*






Yu-Gi-Oh!









Eh. Vacation's been pretty boring. I enjoyed the weekend like I normally would, and I spent Monday playing WoW and other...random stuff. Heh. I don't even really remember what I've been doing these past few days, other than wasting time.

Tuesday and Wednesday I worked, though, which ought to amount to a nice paycheck in a couple of weeks. I'd been considering quitting my job, just because it's pretty dull and I don't really have any desire to get to know any of my co-workers. (The majority of them are 25+ years older than me, I bet) And the only one close to my age is...a wrestler. From another school. Gah....wrestler. I can only imagine how he'd react if I told him I fenced. Probably put me in a headlock or something. I don't even know why, but I hate him. We've probably only had 20 words pass between us since we both started in....August, maybe. I don't even have enough contact with him to really make a judgement like hating him, and yet....I hate him. Gah. I wish that he'd just quit, or something. *twitch*

Hmmm *note to self* pick up paycheck tonight or tomorrow....

Fencing practice was cancelled for tonight, due to inclement weather. Or maybe it's current weather; I haven't really checked outside recently. *checks* Oh, heh. It has started snowing already. =p

Oy. I've got two history chapter reviews to have finished by Monday, as well as a 6-10 page paper due for English. God winked at me last Thursday and had the due date pushed from last Friday to next Tuesday. I was seriously close to crying at that point, just because I was under so much stress at the time. I totally lucked out. And....I've done almost no work on it since vacation started. I'm going to take an Adderall tomorrow morning and set myself down to work.

I went to Shoreline Counseling again today for a sort of follow-up on my taking the Adderall. I told her about the random difficult breathing I had last Saturday, and she gave me an odd look and said "That shouldn't happen....". So basically, it's not a known side effect of the stuff. She told me that if it became a regular incident to just no take the pill on the day of a meet. It's not like I really need it at that point anyway.

So, now I'm debating with myself. Should I give up tonight and play WoW, or start on some sort of homework and go to bed early, or work until I can't stand it anymore and I must play WoW.
Yeah, the latter is the more likely to be done. So, I shall see you all anon.
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