So far, so good

This week has already been much better than last week. I am not sure what the numbers are going to look like on Saturday but I am happy with how I have been doing for the most part. Work is seriously crazy this week and there is a ton of pressure on me. I have actually been doing really well with not stress eating like crazy. I had a little moment last night where I did some late night snacking but I counted the points and I do not think it should set me back too badly. I tried something different this week. On Sunday, I sat down and planned out my meals for the week. I wrote out breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the snacks in between. I tried to leave a couple of extra points for the day so that I could have an extra snack if I needed it. I wrote them out on index cards and clipped them to the cabinet in my kitchen. I take the cards with everything that I pack up to bring into lab with me to remind me what I had planned out. I also make sure that I am eating throughout the day instead of having huge meals three times a day. I think it has been going pretty well.

I am still having the problem of being stuck in lab until about 7 at night. This means I eat dinner around 8 and then I workout around 10-11 so I have been going to bed pretty late lately. I did not get any exercise in the first three days but I did 20 minutes of high intensity workout on the Wii, 40 minutes of moderate intensity on the Wii and 20 minutes of low intensity on the Wii last night. I am going to go to the gym tonight and do around 48 minutes on the elliptical, some ab work, and then come home and do Yoga and strength training on the Wii. I will be going to bed late again. It is a really hard schedule to break. I don't really have the time to reset during the week unless I give up my exercising and I really do not want to do that. I will just keep going as I am and try to reset during spring break.

The reason that I wanted to post today is to actually share a little random fact about me. I have had a very active day because I have been developing films from western blots that we are running in lab. When I am in the dark room (and no one can see me) and I have my iPOD, I like to dance around the room when I am waiting during the exposure and developing times. It is actually a ton of fun and it put me in a really good mood despite my stressful day. I dance like a total goofball so I usually need to make sure there is no audience but I am doing it more and more and I think that it makes work much more enjoyable. I think that is why I like being the only person in lab. So, if you are ever in my lab and I am in the dark room with my iPOD, I am dancing my heart out and having a hell of a time :)