Quiet on the set.

DAY SEVEN: January 24, 2011

Points Used: 26/29

I decided that I will divulge how many points I used up per day in my blog. I had a nice day today, felt good and for the first time since my quest for a healthy diet began, I felt full. But not like an “I’m content” kind of full, an “I feel like my stomach is going to explode” kind of full. I had a BIG dinner and I’m beginning to think I ate too much. No worries though, I still came out under my daily allotted points. Now I have the hiccups and every time my body goes into one of those stupid mini convulsions that goes along with having the hiccups, I feel like I’m going to puke. Needless to say, its awful. Is it weird that I’m already thinking about what I’m going to eat tomorrow? Not that I’m hungry by any means right now but I’m starting to plan out my meals… I kind of find that weird… Maybe I should just sleep it off. I’m already feeling like tonight I’ll have a good night’s sleep. I’m not setting an alarm for the morning, I plan on waking up on my own terms. That being said, my building’s fire alarm will probably decide to go off now that I’ve declared my night of uninterrupted and glorious sleep.

DAY SIX: January 23, 2011

Today marked the first time I came across the impending dilemma that I’ve been fearing until now: to eat or not to eat. Today was the first time that I, Francesca Clare Giuliano, willingly passed up the opportunity to eat Chipotle. I have become so points conscious within the past week that its already starting to have an effect on my life. I had my very first weigh-in today and I didn’t lose any weight this week. On the plus side, I didn’t gain any weight either. I’d say that’s pretty good for the first week. I’m already eating a lot healthier and I’ve started to cut back on foods that aren’t too good for me. I have high hopes for this next week. Let’s see if I can keep up the good work! 

DAY FOUR: January 21, 2011

Interview and Bill Maher went amazingly!! It was so great. The day in general was wonderful. I can’t even begin to explain how funny Bill Maher’s show was. Rachel Maddow is so smart and seeing her live and in person made my life complete! To top off my wonderful night, I had a french dip sandwich with gruyere cheese (my new fave) and caramelized onions for dinner and a really yummy salad! The whole thing tasted so good! I’ve pretty much decided that I could eat caramelized onions by themselves. The only downside about that meal… It was about 25 points… Which wasn’t too big of an issue seeing that I had a piece of turkey wrapped in a lettuce leaf for lunch. Yeah, I’m pretty hardcore. I had a total of 2 points for lunch…. and then that huge dinner. But overall, great day!

DAY FIVE: January 22, 2011

Today was a really interesting day. Brentano and I got up kind of early and went and had BallPark for an early lunch. As soon as we walked in the door, I was already nervous about the points I was about to consume. Brentano ended up ordering a small pepperoni and salami pizza with light sauce and extra cuts. I was thrilled! I knew I could have two mini slices of pizza and it still wouldn’t be the size of a normal slice! We both had water, despite my craving sierra mist. After that, I took him home and then met up with Ashlee, which was pleasant despite our lack of contact for the past few months. We were able to work out our differences and air our grievances and I think our friendship is salvaged. There’s still a lot that has to be done but I have a good feeling about it. Also, we walked up to the lake and split a Baluka Juice smoothie which is only about 4 points! I felt good after I left.

My dad announced he was going to the store to get stuff for dinner so I thought I’d tag along just so I could have some say in how many points I was allowed for dinner and what I could or couldn’t eat. We ended up having steaks for dinner. My portion was slightly smaller than everyone else’s but I made up for my lack of protein with an overdose of green vegetables! Which is code for: I ate the entire salad and almost all the broccoli. What can I say? I was kinda hungry. Choosing what to eat for dessert has become the worst part of my day. I’m always wanting it but it doesn’t always want me back… I finally decided on a tiny handful of peanuts mixed with a few (times 3) chocolate chips. It was a good little sweet and salty way to end the day.

My whole family watched Despicable Me after dinner. Well, my dad, my brother, and I watched it. My mom fell asleep within the first 10 minutes apparently because when it was over, she woke up and asked how Gru ended up with those three kids… I have high hopes for tomorrow. Hopefully seeing True Grit with Daddy and Brentano and then *fingers crossed* getting my computer battery looked at. It keeps yelling at me to “Service Battery” but I keep putting it off… Then driving back up to school to go work on a project! I hope everything goes according to plan! Good Night :)

DAY THREE: January 20, 2011

Today was pretty strange. I went a few points over tonight because I decided to have a beer. I’ve used up all my daily points and a few of my extra points. I’ve been kind of out of it all day. I’m having one of those days where I just want it to be tomorrow. I’m still doing well with the points. I just am having one of those days where I’m not motivated to do anything. I think it was because last night I had a fever and was sneezing the whole night. The whole day, I’ve been quiet and anti-social. 

Hopefully tomorrow I snap out of it. I’ve been waiting for Friday to come all week. I have an interview with a tutoring company in the morning and tickets to Real Time with Bill Maher tomorrow night! Even though today sucked, tomorrow is another day! 

DAY TWO: January 19, 2011

As I was eating my bowl of cereal this morning, (Honey Bunches of Oats with vanilla soy milk) it hit me. This is what I’ll be eating for breakfast for the next three months. My 6 points worth of breakfast. I actually finished off yesterday 6 points under my daily allowance, which was awesome! I felt super accomplished. I also found out that my favorite junk food (chicken soft tacos from Del Taco) are only 6 points each! Super stoked on that! Also, I found out that fruit doesn’t count for any points! I’m starting to get the hang of the whole counting out points thing. Its not going to be easy at times, I already know that. I woke up craving cheesecake (which I looked up and its a whopping 11 points!) 

Here’s how the whole thing works:

I’m allowed 29 points per day and 49 “extra” points per week. From my understanding, the extra points are in case I go over my daily points. If I log in my exercise, I get points back, depending on how much exercise I do. Every Sunday I weigh in and put it into my weight tracker. When I start losing weight I think my daily points number will change? I haven’t gotten that far yet. 

Incentives:

After talking to my mom about it and telling her how gung ho I was about the whole thing, she told me that after my three months are up, she’d buy me a brand new bathing suit. I’m excited for that day when I can rock my new suit and my new, healthy figure at the beach without worrying if my bathing suit is covering me properly. I’m really looking forward to this whole experience. I think that it’ll benefit me so much and really help me change some bad eating habits.

DAY ONE: January 18, 2011

Today is Day One of my three month Weight Watchers program. First of all, I’d like to state that I am not going on Weight Watchers because I have body image issues and I think I’m disgusting and fat. Its actually the opposite. I don’t think I look bad at all. I’m changing my diet and exercise routines because heart disease runs in my family and to be honest, yeah, I could stand to lose a little weight. So I’m working on becoming healthier so I can live longer. I’m hoping that writing about what I eat and how I feel about it might help the process along a little more.

Tori and I went grocery shopping and I let my adorable little health nut roommate pick out my meals for the next week. Here’s what I learned from that: A) she is brutal when it comes to telling me what I should and shouldn’t eat and B) I really need to learn to love words like “high fiber”,”low calorie” and “heart healthy.” It was a good experience though; I picked out some yummy meals for the week. For instance, we’re having turkey burgers on whole wheat bread tonight with a side of salad. Tomorrow night, we’re having veggie pizza on whole grain dough (oh joy!) Thursday night we have film society and usually those nights are reserved for Del Taco… I’ll wait to tell her about that one. I’ll probably lose that battle and we’ll end up eating some sort of meal with lean chicken breast in it. As for the weekend, I’m not sure yet.

For now, I have my snacks all measured out and my meals all planned. I have my yoga routine that I’m getting into and I’m going to start walking in the mornings. It looks like the next three weight-watching months won’t be too hard. Its a journey, but I know I can do it. 

I’m in the process of looking for a job so I can stop being a poor college student and start being a not as poor college student. Out of the five jobs I applied to today, I’ve heard back from two of them and I have an interview on Friday. Hopefully that works out, I’d love to have a source of income again… 

This is what Brentano and I have done for the past hour over facebook chat. Insert the word “bro” in people’s names, events, movies etc… Back and forth. For an HOUR. You wish you were us.

B: bro montanna

F: bro nameth

B: broseidon

F: bro dimaggio

B: bror, son of brodin

F: brosefina, the american girl doll

B: broba fett

F: brosef stalin

B: brobro baggins

F: marbro tenenbaum

B: napolean bronaparte

F: super browl sunday

B: john brovolta

F: sonny brono

B: brosama bin laden

F: Francis Ford Bropolla

B: brosie odonnell

F: broseph pulitzer

B: there was never a tale of more woe, than that of juliet and her bromeo

F: bro biden

B: bro j simpson

F: Leonardo DiCapribro

B: brosa parks

F: Barack Brobama

B: hulk brogan

F: Lady Gaga’s Pop Hit: Alejanbro

B: mario bropez

F: George Bropez

B: brohannes gutenberg

F: Brobe Bryant

B: drabro malfoy

F: Bronan O’Brian

B: tony bromo

F: White Broleander

B: seth brogan

F: Bronah Hill

B: bro rida

F: James Francbro

B: C3Pbro

F: Brentano Giulianbro

B: willem dabro

F: brohannes kepler

B: kristen gabrogly

F: Galleleibro

B: lorenbro apodaca

F: michaelangebro

B: brol pot, the cambodian dictator during the cold war

F: donatelbro

B: brothello

F: Desdebrona

B: kurt brobain

F: benvolibro

B: shaquille broneal

F: carmelbro anthony

B: fidel castbro

F: lamar brodom

B: amy broehler

F: Drew bledsbro

B: mario brotali

F: Qunicy Brones

B: stephen brolbert

F: The Broposal

B: truman cabrote

F: Brolita by nabakov

B: brope john paul II

F: Broprah

B: broseph gordan levitt

F: Brobocop

B: magnetbro

F: Sherlock Brolmes

B: emperor hibrohito

F: Sylvester Stallbrone

B: benitbro mussolini

F: Adrian BROdy

B: james monbro

F: Edgar Allen Bro

B: broseph goebbels

F: jorge brosada

B: brover cleveland

F: Theodore Broosevelt

B: woodbro wilson

F: broseph conrad

B: lindsay brohan

F: scarlett brohansson

B: nicole brolizzi

F: ray romanbro

B: angelina brolie

F: wolfgang amadeus brozart

B: nick bronas

F: bro bronas

B: kevin bronas

F: selena bromez

B: broe saldana

F: demi lavatbro

F: ok i actually have to get broing

B: an hour is enough

F: haha true story

B: enough broking around

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Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Too bad no one my age gets this joke.

Not Ready For Prime Time Players <3

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The birth of my baby brother. I was 3 years old and I had pancakes for breakfast that morning. I went to the hospital to see my mom and dad and to meet Brentano. He was super gross and the nurse wouldn’t let me hold him by myself; she felt the need to help me. Anyway, he was pink and wrinkly and gross. Such a bummer. I had hoped he would look like a cabbage patch kid.

Doesn’t anyone want to know anything about me? 

Actually, on second though don’t ask anything. I’m not very interesting despite all of my awesome qualities. And I don’t want to blow the cover on my secret identity…

I slept for roughly 16 hours last night, woke up ate some cinnamon rolls then fell back asleep. I love sleeping. I would do it more often if it meant I wouldn’t be missing out on everything. If only there was a way to sleep all day and also interact with people… 

Ah, the new year. A time when people get the delusion that the new year means a fresh start or new opportunities. Let’s be honest. When you woke up yesterday morning did all the drama that you had in your life on December 31st just go away? Nope. That shit is still with you. Just because your iPod says that its January 2011, doesn’t mean that your life is totally brand spanking shiny and new. You still have to deal with whatever you dealt with last year. Its just a different month and it happens to be a different year. Nobody wakes up on the first of the month and exclaims, its a new month, a new start! Not a chance. I feel the same with new years. Sure, its an opportunity to set goals that you’d like to accomplish but as for the “fresh start” mentality, its unrealistic. I’m not a total downer though. I have several goals that I’d like to accomplish. I wouldn’t call them resolutions because I’m not trying to resolve anything. They are just I few things I’d like to get done in 2011.

Here are some goals I’d like to accomplish. I use the word “like” because if I don’t accomplish all of them, its not the end of the world.

• I’d like to get a tattoo. 
• I’d like to get better grades.
• I’d like to try to be a better friend.
• I’d like to see if I can fully accomplish my rag goals. (I’m almost there… Not quite though)
• I’d like to see more movies.
• I’d like to read more books.
• I’d like to make more money.
• I’d like to spend less money. 

These are all things that I’d like to do in 2011. We’ll see how many I can accomplish…