so one thing i've consistently failed at is drinking the recommended amount of water each day. i've heard a hundred different recommendations: 8 glasses, one ounce per pound of body weight, etc. anyway, one of my coworkers challenged me (as well as herself) to drink a gallon of water a day. today was day one, and aside from the bazillion bathroom runs, it went well! not only did it generate conversation at work, it also kept me fuller. i generally start getting antzy for lunch around 11:30am (aka: way too early), but today I held out until 1pm, and even then, i wasn't starving as usual.
of course, calorie cutting is certainly NOT the only benefit of being well-hydrated. for those of you who care, here are the health benefits i dug up (article from organic facts.net) -- sorry, had to do it -- it's the future doc in me...
1) PH Balance
2) Metabolism
3) Prevention of: Constipation, Heartburn, Migraine, Gastritis and Ulcers, Rheumatoid Arthritis, CV disease, Backache
4) Avoiding Kidney Stones
5) Maintaining good Kidney Function
These are just to name a few... hooray for H2O -- gotta love our universal solvent!
p.s. - i totally may revoke this entry if i wake-up 184839358 times tonight...
Monday, December 6, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
so my impulsive move
of the week was to book a trip to dubai. nothing sounds sketchier than a 22 year old female going to the middle east alone, but in all reality, i'll be staying with family. though i may omit the family part to keep the shock factor :)... bring on the camel riding, arabic food, and outdoor markets!
anyway, you would think booking that ticket would momentarily quell my travel bug, but it has instead magnified it. i'm suddenly attempting to plan spring break in spain or summer in peru or camping in colorado. i don't know what is wrong with me, but then again, i love still being at that point in life where my idealism hasn't quite caught up with reality. at such a young age, it is easy to assume that i'll have time to eventually travel everywhere and conquer the world. and if i get my way, i certainly plan on doing both :)
anyway, you would think booking that ticket would momentarily quell my travel bug, but it has instead magnified it. i'm suddenly attempting to plan spring break in spain or summer in peru or camping in colorado. i don't know what is wrong with me, but then again, i love still being at that point in life where my idealism hasn't quite caught up with reality. at such a young age, it is easy to assume that i'll have time to eventually travel everywhere and conquer the world. and if i get my way, i certainly plan on doing both :)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
hello, december
so i realize i have failed at blogging lately, so here i am, attempting to redeem myself...
just got back from thanksgiving in pennsylvania - it was a glorious 10-day break from work... which made going back to work today especially hard! after days of lounging and doing as you please, it is rather difficult to once again sit still and take orders, but i guess that's part of the deal
anyway, instead of a boring recap of my trip, i'm going to go with random thoughts:
- i love online shopping. if i never have to set foot in a store again, that would be okay with me. current favorite website: endless.com -- may or may not have ordered another pair of boots... but they were the deal of the day! 50% off, no tax, and overnight delivery? yes please.
- online shopping aside, i did go out for black friday. we hit up walmart at 12:01 am. the best part: i only bought a pair of sheets. granted, they are silk sateen 500 threadcount for $19.88, but really, who goes to walmart at midnight for sheets? tv? yes. sheets? no.
- totally fell off the diet bandwagon over vacation. probably ate a whole stick of butter on thanksgiving. didn't run at all. fail fail fail. despite that minor (major) set-back, i'm back on track. for now at least... until the christmas cookies show their ugly faces...
- witnessed a hit&run today. the car in front of me rear-ended the car in front of it and drove off like a crazy person. they almost hit me while they were trying to change lanes and get-away. so thankful i wasn't the one hit! esp after my little incident 2 months ago...
- i like christmas music just as much as the next person, but i feel like starting to play it on the radio 24/7 ALREADY is a little out-of-control. i was forced to listen to it for 7 hours straight at work today. i think i'm one of those people that can't enjoy it until the week of christmas. 3 weeks away + it still feels like fall + no snow + not doing holidayish things = not ready for jingle bells.
anyway, off to job #2... 10 hours of work a day is really too much
just got back from thanksgiving in pennsylvania - it was a glorious 10-day break from work... which made going back to work today especially hard! after days of lounging and doing as you please, it is rather difficult to once again sit still and take orders, but i guess that's part of the deal
anyway, instead of a boring recap of my trip, i'm going to go with random thoughts:
- i love online shopping. if i never have to set foot in a store again, that would be okay with me. current favorite website: endless.com -- may or may not have ordered another pair of boots... but they were the deal of the day! 50% off, no tax, and overnight delivery? yes please.
- online shopping aside, i did go out for black friday. we hit up walmart at 12:01 am. the best part: i only bought a pair of sheets. granted, they are silk sateen 500 threadcount for $19.88, but really, who goes to walmart at midnight for sheets? tv? yes. sheets? no.
- totally fell off the diet bandwagon over vacation. probably ate a whole stick of butter on thanksgiving. didn't run at all. fail fail fail. despite that minor (major) set-back, i'm back on track. for now at least... until the christmas cookies show their ugly faces...
- witnessed a hit&run today. the car in front of me rear-ended the car in front of it and drove off like a crazy person. they almost hit me while they were trying to change lanes and get-away. so thankful i wasn't the one hit! esp after my little incident 2 months ago...
- i like christmas music just as much as the next person, but i feel like starting to play it on the radio 24/7 ALREADY is a little out-of-control. i was forced to listen to it for 7 hours straight at work today. i think i'm one of those people that can't enjoy it until the week of christmas. 3 weeks away + it still feels like fall + no snow + not doing holidayish things = not ready for jingle bells.
anyway, off to job #2... 10 hours of work a day is really too much
Monday, November 15, 2010
hypocrite
so i've been whining to my blog friends // being disappointed when there are no new blogposts on my dashboard, but then i realized that i haven't posted in a week.... so here i am, posting so that i can feel guilt-free about pestering others to post :)
randomness:
- yesterday i bought HARRY POTTER midnight premiere tickets!!! yes, i have to be at work at 8:30 am the next day. no, i probably won't get more than 3 hours of sleep before. worth the sacrifice? duhhh.
- i don't have to work another MONDAY for 3 weeks!!! that is VERY exciting.
- 4 days of work until i'm on a plane bound for pennsylvania :)
- surprisingly, i have stuck to my new healthy lifestyle: hello, week 4. the holidays are going to pose a bit of a challenge, but i'm hoping to still jog while i'm out of town. hopefully i can surive doing so in 30 degree weather!
- finally broke down and bought a pair of Fuggs. only $15 at target! and so toasty. no worries though: i have no plans of wearing them with leggings and nike shorts.
- shout-out to my friends who received medical school acceptances today!!! so excited for yall!!!
- true life: i was scanning down my mini-feed and saw that one of my FB friends posted a link to a pioneer woman pie she made. i got super excited and wrote a paragraph long comment. 30 minutes later, i realized that i mistook her thumbnail size pic and actually commented on a stranger's status. well, one of those random "we both live in the same dorm, so i'm going to friend you before college" people. yah, that was like 5 years ago, and we have never spoken: my life is awkward.
- in 8 hours, i'll be awake and getting ready for work: lame. can we please go to 4-day work weeks?
randomness:
- yesterday i bought HARRY POTTER midnight premiere tickets!!! yes, i have to be at work at 8:30 am the next day. no, i probably won't get more than 3 hours of sleep before. worth the sacrifice? duhhh.
- i don't have to work another MONDAY for 3 weeks!!! that is VERY exciting.
- 4 days of work until i'm on a plane bound for pennsylvania :)
- surprisingly, i have stuck to my new healthy lifestyle: hello, week 4. the holidays are going to pose a bit of a challenge, but i'm hoping to still jog while i'm out of town. hopefully i can surive doing so in 30 degree weather!
- finally broke down and bought a pair of Fuggs. only $15 at target! and so toasty. no worries though: i have no plans of wearing them with leggings and nike shorts.
- shout-out to my friends who received medical school acceptances today!!! so excited for yall!!!
- true life: i was scanning down my mini-feed and saw that one of my FB friends posted a link to a pioneer woman pie she made. i got super excited and wrote a paragraph long comment. 30 minutes later, i realized that i mistook her thumbnail size pic and actually commented on a stranger's status. well, one of those random "we both live in the same dorm, so i'm going to friend you before college" people. yah, that was like 5 years ago, and we have never spoken: my life is awkward.
- in 8 hours, i'll be awake and getting ready for work: lame. can we please go to 4-day work weeks?
Monday, November 8, 2010
a case of the mondays...
after a wonderfully relaxing weekend, i should have seen it coming. but once again, i was blind-sided by monday. and let me tell you, it was quite the monday...
- woke up 40 minutes early thanks to mr. sun illuminating my room by 6:15 AM
- stumbled around because i couldn't find my glasses & ended up stepping on my laptop
- got smoothie on my WHITE shirt on the way to work
- forgot my sunglasses and had to stare into the sun for my hour of driving
- had tons of makeup work waiting for me since friday. still didn't catch-up.
- lunchtime smoothie was yucky
- cut my finger while trying to change the registration sticker on my car
- did a new client intake over the phone. the cray cray then called me back and demanded to know my first & last name since i had her information. um, no.
- lost my car key at the bank
- was ordering boots online, and between putting them in my cart & checking out, they sold out
anddddddd it is not even 6pm. i was thinking of going running tonight, but on second thought, i should probably lock myself in a padded room to avoid any other problems..
edit: 5 minutes after writing this post, i went to eat dinner. i dumped half my plate on the floor: fail.
- woke up 40 minutes early thanks to mr. sun illuminating my room by 6:15 AM
- stumbled around because i couldn't find my glasses & ended up stepping on my laptop
- got smoothie on my WHITE shirt on the way to work
- forgot my sunglasses and had to stare into the sun for my hour of driving
- had tons of makeup work waiting for me since friday. still didn't catch-up.
- lunchtime smoothie was yucky
- cut my finger while trying to change the registration sticker on my car
- did a new client intake over the phone. the cray cray then called me back and demanded to know my first & last name since i had her information. um, no.
- lost my car key at the bank
- was ordering boots online, and between putting them in my cart & checking out, they sold out
anddddddd it is not even 6pm. i was thinking of going running tonight, but on second thought, i should probably lock myself in a padded room to avoid any other problems..
edit: 5 minutes after writing this post, i went to eat dinner. i dumped half my plate on the floor: fail.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
happy weekend!!!
so after the longest week ever, it is FINALLY the weekend :)... and it is off to a great start!
-friday i hardly did any work. my boss wanted me to help her write clues for a scavenger hunt, and then i went with her to leave them at different places in a shopping complex. i probably only actually worked an hour the whole day. AND i got off an hour and a half early: SO HAPPY.
- between that + a glorious friday afternoon nap + dinner with the fam + watching "the office" + reading "the girl with the dragon tattoo" -- it added up to a perfectly relaxing evening!
- this morning, i drug my mom with me to the Y, and i jog/walked 3 miles in 37 minutes! slow by most peoples' standards, but hey, that's big news for the girl who has avoided running [slash feared the treadmill] her whole lifeeeeee. for those of you interested, i'm on week two of couch-2-5k: walk 5 minutes, then alternate 1.5 minutes of jogging with 2 minutes walking... all these turkey trots coming up make me wish that i were already able to jog a 5k! hopefully next year...
anyway, happy weekend to you! and SIC 'EM BEARS! beat OSU!
-friday i hardly did any work. my boss wanted me to help her write clues for a scavenger hunt, and then i went with her to leave them at different places in a shopping complex. i probably only actually worked an hour the whole day. AND i got off an hour and a half early: SO HAPPY.
- between that + a glorious friday afternoon nap + dinner with the fam + watching "the office" + reading "the girl with the dragon tattoo" -- it added up to a perfectly relaxing evening!
- this morning, i drug my mom with me to the Y, and i jog/walked 3 miles in 37 minutes! slow by most peoples' standards, but hey, that's big news for the girl who has avoided running [slash feared the treadmill] her whole lifeeeeee. for those of you interested, i'm on week two of couch-2-5k: walk 5 minutes, then alternate 1.5 minutes of jogging with 2 minutes walking... all these turkey trots coming up make me wish that i were already able to jog a 5k! hopefully next year...
anyway, happy weekend to you! and SIC 'EM BEARS! beat OSU!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
random thoughts
- i love people watching during my hour-long commute. the other day i had a lady following me with a snowcone in one hand & her cell in the other. i'm wondering how she was steering the car...
- i am SO excited that elections are over. if i had to watch another political ad, i was going to cry. i didn't realize how much i preferred food/prescription/etc commercials to these terribly made, slander-based ads.
- i've realized that i really hate receiving sympathy. i generally don't tell people what's going on because i don't want to hear "i'm sorry" - i know it is the socially acceptable thing to say, but i'd rather bypass the whole conversation. and i often do.
- i went on a wonderful run after work today. i really want to get into the whole running thing. i think it would be a great life-long stress reliever.
- i'm currently on a smoothie craze. for breakfast, i blend up a scoop of chocolate whey powder (26 grams of protein!) with a banana, ice, & soy milk. then for lunch, i mix yogurt + frozen fruit + milk... it is kind of weird eating (or drinking ) 2/3 meals of the day, but they're actually pretty filling & healthy!
- it's november! that means harry potter 7! and thanksgiving! and a trip to pennsylvania!
- today the high in houston was around 70 degrees. i wore a dress + cardi + tights + a scarf to work. what a happy day! i'm SO excited it has finally decided to be fall in houston!
hope everyone has a wonderful week!
- i am SO excited that elections are over. if i had to watch another political ad, i was going to cry. i didn't realize how much i preferred food/prescription/etc commercials to these terribly made, slander-based ads.
- i've realized that i really hate receiving sympathy. i generally don't tell people what's going on because i don't want to hear "i'm sorry" - i know it is the socially acceptable thing to say, but i'd rather bypass the whole conversation. and i often do.
- i went on a wonderful run after work today. i really want to get into the whole running thing. i think it would be a great life-long stress reliever.
- i'm currently on a smoothie craze. for breakfast, i blend up a scoop of chocolate whey powder (26 grams of protein!) with a banana, ice, & soy milk. then for lunch, i mix yogurt + frozen fruit + milk... it is kind of weird eating (or drinking ) 2/3 meals of the day, but they're actually pretty filling & healthy!
- it's november! that means harry potter 7! and thanksgiving! and a trip to pennsylvania!
- today the high in houston was around 70 degrees. i wore a dress + cardi + tights + a scarf to work. what a happy day! i'm SO excited it has finally decided to be fall in houston!
hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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