Day 14 of 40: we're over 1/4 of the way there!

Kicking the fast food habit is becoming easier and easier. I just hope its not like biting your nails or smoking or world of warcraft - and comes back harder and stronger.

Eating only at restaurants that usually ask for tips (and a tip jar at the counter only doesnt count) has made me have to figure enough time for a sit down meal, and also think about the pros and cons of it versus just making a lunch or dinner and packing it.

I've added exercise to my regimen, doing stretches and jumping jacks and the like every morning. Sure its not exactly 30 minutes on the treadmill or 45 minutes of laps at the pool, but starting next tuesday I'll be getting back into my exercise regimen.

Oop, food's ready. Time to eat!

Day 8 of 40: recovering from day 7.

After an awkward day at home, with the crummy weather and all, i finally got out of the house for some r & r.  Ariake's has some good sushi, and so far everytime I've gone, someone's had a birthday where they stand you on your chair and give you a couple of honorary cups of tea while banging on really loud chinese tet parade style drums. I wonder if that's a traditional thing.

Dinner was scrumptious, and was followed by shopping. We returned the new iPod nano, and spent most of our time in Forever 21. My sister did pick up a nice dress, and my honey picked up some clothes too. Going to Borders after yielded some calendars (Jonas, Starcraft II, Zits).

ItKs getting really late, and I'm totally exhausted. Can't even keep a straight story going.

Day 7 of 40: uh oh. Seeing results the hard way.

Hydroxycut has a funny way of working on me.  It's definitely helping me lose weight, with my change in diet by giving up fast food - which normally is a huge chunk of it on some days.  But the results aren't as drastic or fast as I'd prefer, but i guess yo-yoing with your weight isn't good either.

I keep worrying that I'm going to get sick while I'm trying to lose all this weight.  Dr. MacDonald last semester mentioned that all those chemicals in Oreos and other processed foods usually get stored in the human body's fat supply.  So, when I lose weight, I'm burning away the fat, and also re-releasing all those nasty chemicals back into my system, possibly making me ill - which I guess wouldn't motivate people to lose weight.

Not much to update except for those thoughts. I haven't written about valentine's day, but it wasn't much to talk about. We celebrated after, slept in until about 11, went to the crab stands in SF for Fisherman's Wharf, and then to Ikea for some shopping.  Like I said, not much to talk about.

Till later.