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I went to bed at a decent hour last night, but that was not enough to save me from the inevitable foggy brain that comes from a weekend with erratic sleeping.
I ate two meals yesterday. Our breakfast out filled me so much that I wasn’t even hungry when I ate brinner (oatmeal for dinner!) at 7pm. But I knew that I needed to eat something, otherwise my body would freak out.
This morning, I had oatmeal with 1/3 cup pumpkin and a few little pieces of pear; I ate the rest of the pear outside the oatmeal. I threw some pecans on the top and nearly cried when I realized that I’m almost out! NOOO!! Last night, I made and packed my lunch for today: ranch beans, a sliced apple and a carrot-green apple salad with mint. The first and last are Ellie Krieger recipes from The Food You Crave. I’ll try and take some photos of the leftovers tonight–I was FAR too busy last night!
Tonight, my kickboxing class starts back up. My feet are covered with blisters from this weekend, so it’s going to be a painful workout in more ways than one!
I’m a little nervous about this. Granted, it’s the first day and that involves paperwork. Ugh. I usually use my passport, but I just sent it in to be renewed (of course). And I have no idea where my social security card is. My parents had it for quite some time, but maybe they gave it to me? Sigh.
This morning’s breakfast: an egg mcmuffin! Haha, just kidding. It was oatmeals with pears and pecans, of course! I needed something that would keep me full while I worried away my morning.
I weighed myself this morning, and the scale read 151.0 lbs. Interesting. Maybe my preoccupation with work and school is helping the pounds melt away already! I am looking forward to being busy. I know that this quarter is going to force me to plan ahead and get things done on time, which is just the kick in the ass that I needed!
It was okay. The texture wasn’t as silky as pears. Maybe I wasn’t as impressed because I was doing homework at the same time (eww). Also, I can never make my photos turn out like other blogs! I really need to work on that…during all my copious free time. And yes, that was sarcasm.
I just received word that I start my new job on Thursday–and, OF COURSE, I have to wear a suit. There’s nothing like having to tool around in a suit at school, then hop on a bus, praying that you won’t get something on it. I’m sure I won’t care so much when I’m making more money, but for now I have to take good care of my clothes. On top of that, I forgot that my friend’s birthday celebration is on Wednesday night! Now I really need to behave myself. A hangover is not the way to make friends and influence people.
Plan for this afternoon: do all my homework for the next two days, work out,
There was a box of See’s Candy at school today, and I grabbed the first one I saw, took a nibble, and nearly spit it across the room during class. Ugh. It was a weird marshmellow-fruit thing, and it was terrible. I was upset until I realized that the grossness saved me an unknown number of calories!
This morning was my normal pear oatmeal concoction, this time with pecans AND almonds on top. I had half a bagel (damn free food) during one of my classes and an americano with skim milk. For lunch, I heated up the curried veggies and meatloaf but the veggies never got hot. I ended up eating only the meatloaf, and have been full all afternoon. Yay protein!
Tonight I have to make another run to the grocery store. The fruit selection at Safeway was meager this weekend, and I NEED more pears and apples.
I have a random mix of salad at home that I think I’ll toss together–I bought a package of baby spinach and got a free salad–and MORE meatloaf. I did get a free Chipotle burrito today but forgot to stick it in the school fridge, and I don’t particularly want my tombstone to read “victim of death burrito.”
In other news, The Hot Librarian is posting again and I. Am. So. Glad. Her post today made me giggle out loud in employment law and had the professor eyeing me suspiciously.
Since I didn’t make it to the grocery store yesterday, I didn’t have any pears left for my normal breakfast. I did have leftover pumpkin from the pumpkin muffins I made from Ellie Krieger’s Food You Crave. I started the oatmeal with half skim milk, half water and added the pumpkin in after about a minute. I covered the top with some almonds and some pecans, and dribbled a little maple syrup and brown sugar. It was really tasty, and VERY filling.
Anyway, I’m going to look through some cookbooks and make my grocery list. I’ll have to decide whether to work out now or after I get back from school. Then it’s time to go do homework at school.
Test #1, finished. I thought the quotation from Old School was appropriate; I looked up and 2 1/2 hours had passed during the exam! Panic, panic. I have this weird whole-body reaction to stress before an exam. I had to choke down my oatmeal this morning. I didn’t even finish it! And I always feel ill right before my first exam. It usually lessens as the week goes on. I don’t remember being that nervous before the LSAT, and I had a lot more riding on my score from that exam.
After I finish a day of studying, I usually let myself unwind a little while reviewing the main topics of a class. While going over joinder rules last night, I watched part of I Can Make You Thin on TLC. I’m iffy on it; while I applaud making people more conscious of what they’re eating, I think telling them to eat “whatever they want” sends the wrong message, too. We’re so far out of touch with what we should eat that I don’t think our bodies will necessarily be able to bust through years of eating processed foods to say, “Roast some beets! Mmmm.”
On the other hand, the tips are basic, appealing and not intimidating. The host–some British self-help guru–breaks everything down in concrete rules. He is introducing them slowly, week by week. That’s particularly useful for people who have a hard time reinforcing habits on their own. I particularly liked his tip about eating consciously, which is something that I forget to do when I’m eating “healthy” food. Instead of savoring, I speed through meals. I’m almost always studying while I eat, and I’m shocked that I’ve finished my food already! I tried out his tip of chewing more and setting my fork down between bites at lunch. I still finished my (small) plate of quinoa, sliced apple and a bit of Greek yogurt, but I felt satisfied.
I have another early morning exam tomorrow. Time to get back to studying! I’ve barely made a dent in the caselaw, and a lot of it is crazy and somewhat contradictory.
And I will have completed this quarter. The light at the end of the tunnel is a beautiful thing to behold. Let’s just hope I make it through the damn tunnel. It is looking a little treacherous.
Yesterday, my back hurt so much that I didn’t work out. I think being hunched over books and my laptop has finally taken its toll. I have started taking breaks to stretch. Too bad I won’t have time to do that when I’m in my marathon exam-typing sessions this week!
This morning, I was going to try putting the banana in my oatmeal (really, I swear!) but the banana was rotten in the middle. Gross! I ended up doing my normal pear & honey oatmeal breakfast, and it was delicious like usual.
I think I’m going to take a break from the thrilling world of issue and claim preclusion in order to work out. Don’t worry, I’ll be studying on the cardio machines!
The Muffin Top 
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