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Hey guys! I am pleased to report that I am now 119 lbs!!! Weight loss goal 2 complete!!! I feel so happy and excited about finally being able to pass 120, if only by 1 pound! My next goal is 115, then finally 110 :3 My nutrition has been a bit better this week than the last since getting my groceries, I’ve been able to go back to having more home-cooked and healthier meals. However, I was not able to exercise much because holy cow I was pretty much exhausted the whoooole week :/ I think I only ran 2 times this week, and had no gym time >.< I haven’t been getting much sleep lately and it really took a toll on me, I even had to take work off Friday because I genuinely felt just too tired to get to work in the first place :/ This whole weekend, I’ve been mostly sleeping and trying to relax and I’m finally beginning to get on that upward slope to restfulness, but I’ve got a long way to go still. Maybe I’ll invest in taking melatonin and chamomile/sleepy time teas to see if it’ll help. After all, what I want the most is for my body to be healthy and happy!

ALSO I MUST SAY on Thursday after being pretty productive at work, I thought I could treat myself to some McDonald’s chicken nuggets and fries and HOLY CRAP I felt like it ruined me :/ I felt (more) sluggish, my stomach was bloated, when I ran I got stomach knots (I never get those!), I got constipated (TMI), and it was just awful :/ I guess after having so much more healthier food and drink, my body really doesn’t like the processed stuff so much :/ Tbh I think I’m still recovering from it :( 

So because of my really busy schedule last week (and the week before), I have not really been doing too well in terms of what I’ve been eating. Since Lab Appreciation Week was last week, the lab I work for had food prepared for us everyday but they were foods I haven’t had in a long time x.x I had pizza (!!!), tacos, pasta (I actually do thrive on a lot of pasta lol, I just haven’t been eating so much of it lately), ice cream (<3), I even had some soda! Pair that with dinner at Outback Steakhouse for my sister’s birthday dinner, and drinks at a pub for date night with my boo, I was consuming quite a lot of ‘new’ stuff lol :) Also, I haven’t had time to cook at home or go to the grocery store, so those meals were pretty much all I had   >.< I wasn’t able to make breakfast, snacks, or lunch. I did try to squeeze in exercise whenever I could though. I ran 4 miles late Sunday evening, 5.5 miles on Friday morning, and I think I visited the gym once or twice last week. I also decreased the amount of water I normally drank, which is quite terrible :/

I’m so happy! My original weight was 142 lbs (10.14 stone), now I’m at a settled 133 lbs (9.5 stone)! My goal weight is 120 but I really wouldn’t mind a 115. I’m 5′3 and a half, and being in the 140 range was seriously affecting me mentally. Because I’m short, the weight really shows :/

To lose weight, I’m cut down almost completely on the amount of food I eat, and I was biking 13 miles a day and going to the gym for more cardio and weight lifting but I developed runner’s knee and I’m waiting for that to heal to resume. Also I started a new job with long hours and I ended up eating McDonalds breakfast every so often and the thought of that is killing me.