Day 5

yesterday I went to the gym and worked out on the elliptical for 20 minutes, not a lot but it is super hard to exercise without music. plus you are only allowed 30 minutes per machine at busy times of the day and it was quite busy. I have officially run out of money on my gold card. those sons of b*tches. But georgies sister is visting from Juno Alaska! and it is super exciting so we are taking her to silk painting tonight from 7-830. Hopefully I will find time to go to the gym today but I have a huge lab report due tomorrow and 2 prospee’s coming tomorrow as well for admitted students weekend! Sup’s Awes (super awesome. for those of you who dont know I like to make “sup’s awk abrev’s). WHY IS THE WEATHER HERE ON CRACK?!?

Day 4

todayy was a fail. totally overestimated how many things I could shove into one day. did not work out. although did not eat desert. still need to eat something before bed to take with meds so I dont get sick. which is so dumb I hate that medicine can make you sick isnt it supposed to make you better? fail chemists. fail. will definitely be working out tomorrow however. at least im being honest? I guess today was just a total fail.

just kidding just went to cstore and got ice cream sandwich

Day 3

I guess I am not doing so hot today when it comes to the exercise. granted I only got like 6 1/2 hours of sleep, am super dehydrated and am exhausted. It is 80 some degrees out today which only makes my dehydration and sleep deprivation worse. All I want to do is go lay out in the sun with my friends which I was doing for a bit and I believe I am a bit sunburned (couldnt find my suntan lotion and my friend only has copper tone which will give me a major rash. So the choices were red, painful, bumpy and itchy, or red and painful that becomes tan… naturally I chose the tan route). So after one or two hours of that I decided to head to the gym to work out, even though the thought pains me. But when I got there I was out of water in my water bottle and anyone who knows me knows Im a water snob and that I refuse to drink tap water unless absolutely necessary. So I got on this weird ellyptical/stair climber combination machine for about two minutes and was exhausted so I had to go fill up in the water fountain. Which is a really big deal. You call it high maintenance I call it sanitary. Although it just occurred to me that I still have my dads steri pen that you use on camping trips, basically you use a UV light to kill off all the shit that is living in the cesspool we call tap water… Okay maybe thats a bit dramatic but I dont like tap water. Anyways I went back into the tiger pit and went on the ellyptical and went for about 15 minutes on the interval training at a resistance of 5. My roommate says the interval setting is better for losing weight than the fat burn setting… does anyone know if that is true or not? I went for a mile and burned a bit over 100 calories. I think thats all I am going to do at the gym today. I walked around the springs for like two hours last night with my new friend Erin Slay who is super cool. I like her a lot. But my legs are just like physically exhausted so I think maybe Ill try to play some ultimate frisbee or something outside, do something active but not specific machine training. I am just to tired. For breakfast today I had a Big slice of honeydew and two small raspberry chocolate mint crepes and big glass of water. Right now I am eating a fruit salad with a roast beef sandwich with cheddar cheese lettuce a wheat role and dijon mustard. It is quite good. 

Side note - my headphones broke before spring break and I bought a new pair at the airport on my way home for spring break and the packaging was nearly impossible to open. For a facility where scissors are prohibited, you’d think they could ease up on the plastic retainment cell that holds the headphones. I cut my hand open trying to open the package with a nail clipper. Its quite poor planning on packaging companies behalf. Unfortunately I left the new headphones at my house back in New York, and have no headphones here, so I cant listen to anything while working out. It gets really boring. 

Oh and why wouldnt the tiger pit have sanitizer to clean the workout equipment? They use glass cleaner instead and if the person before you uses too much it reeks and burns the inside of your nose. I now know what it feels like to be a cocaine addict, or the stupid boys in middle school who thought it was funny to snort pixie stix… can’t decide which is more pathetic.  thoughts? 

May or may not write tomorrow. we will have to see.

love yours truly.

Day 2

Finished my chem test this morning at 11, one hour early. props to me. got a muffin and a carmel frap from school definitely my breakfast of choice, except colorado coffee got a new barista and he kinda sucks so my coffee tasted like shit with blobs of caramel (by shit i mean it tasted like coffee not caramel). Checked up on my blog back in my room and tried to get motivated to go to the gym. after about 15 minutes of nothingness I ran to the c-store and got my chocolate mint metromint water and was off to the tiger pit (the tiny gym at our school). Now there is no written rule saying that only girls can go there, but if your a dude you will get ridiculed for going there and not our main gym, El Pomar. The only problem with the tiger pit is that it is located in the downstairs area of the main student area. So basically if you go there during the day you are asking for people to see you sweaty and dirty and gross. yay, how exciting. Got to the tiger pit and got on an ellyptical and did that for 40 minutes set at a 10 incline with 5 resistance, got my heart rate up to 197 and kept it there. It was shit but I burned 400 calories which was great. My friend Camille came in while I was about 20 minutes into my workout, which is always awkward because I am not the most graceful exerciser. Anyways when I was finished my face was bright red, like a tomatoe. Now I dont know why this happens but I think I dont sweat enough so my face gets super red and then I get a white ring around my mouth. Its super attractive, let me tell you. So I spent like five minutes cooling down and stretching then went to hide out in the bathroom to try and ease my flushing but it didnt work. I ended up having to walk through the student  center with radish face, which is what I call it (my friend Tasha just said skankadocious, dont think its a word but I like it. thought Id share). When I got back to mathias (my doorm) I went to the c-store and got an asian chicken salad. it was rather good. I used to eat the salads here a lot but I stopped, can't remember why. Oh yeah, I found a bug in one once and decided to stop eating them. Bugs are protein, but that doesnt make them anymore appetizing. My dad has eaten bugs before but he's not a picky eater like me. Its like my whole family is full of athletes. My dad and step mom are doing P90X and are in super kick-ass shape right now, and they're triathletes. My mom is a stick and she works out all the time on the ellyptical downstairs, which can also be referred to as the machine o' death because its a million times harder than any other ellyptical I've ever used (which is many). My sister is practically a contortionist and is in good. And my step-uncle is like one of the head honcho's at trek, and he does iron man triathlons. basically I have a family of self-esteem deflaters. Anyways Im off to hit the showers so I can go to the admissions hall and pick out what people I want to host on admitted students weekend. If I host a total of 4 I get a 50$ gift certificate to whole foods, which has good healthy food which will be good for this weight loss shindig. Ive hosted 10 prospective students (prospee's), basically Im a prospee whore. But I want to be a tour guide so the more I put my name in the system the better right? right. Id be a freakin kick ass tour guide. Its gonna happen. And when it does Ill be trim with bleached teeth and ready to go. They are serving food at this thing, hopefully my salad will hold me through till its over, I still like food so no guarentee's I wont eat it. Ah okay now I seriously have to go shower. Hopefully there's no unexpected april fools jokes lurking in there for me.


oh yeah and im pregnant....


APRIL FOOLS.

not funny? sorry dad.

BEST WATER EVER

Seriously, this http://www.metromint.com/  looked super weird at first but my friend Grant made me try the chocolate mint water and it has the after taste of mint chocolate chip ice cream its soooo delicious. I highly recommend this to people who are hungry or thirsty and dont want to just drink plain water. There are ZERO calories! it is amazing. Also extra gum’s ice cream flavored and key lime pie gum is a little weird but really the key lime pie is spot on. and its a good substitute if your craving sweets. 

Also in response to “you go girl,” I have cut out everything but water etc. and maybe a drink or two on the weekends. 

Midnight Snack

I’ve decided I drink way too much over the course of the week, not to mention that alcohol is a shit ton of calories that are unwanted. So instead of having a glass of wine after dinner, tonight I decided to go buy a pear and a thing of raspberries from the C-store (my schools tiny grocery store thing). Unfortunately this store is right below me. Literally. my room is the one floor directly above it. So whenever I have an urge to go buy food it is right there below me. Its pretty much the antichrist of food store locations (I realize this is the second time I’ve referred to something as the antichrist of something else, its just a phase. Im sure it will pass). Anyways Im pretty sure I spent most of my dining dollars on this store. I now only have 130 dollars left to last me until mid april when I leave for London (Im taking a class in London and studying there for a month). It should be a good time. My step mom told me she lived in London for a year, and gained 15lbs, which is somewhat unnerving since Im trying to lose weight not gain it. Anyhow I’m quite bored sitting in the second floor lounge. I usually eat when Im bored, and by usually I mean all the time. This is hard. And not fun. But totally worth it right? Someone please tell me I’m right. A kid just walked by with three heinekins. good thing I dont like beer or it would have been quite tempting. Dieting sucks. 

Oh and incase anyone is wondering I had fries and half a chicken medditerranean wrap and half a grilled cheese. Another fabulous idea of Allison Joyce who realized her wrap had almost no chicken and was 99% spinach. so we split cause my dinner was clearly unhealthy. This dieting thing is going to be tough. 

Day 1

SO today I decided to create this blog which also means I went to the gym for the first time since January. I spent 5 minutes warming up on one of those bikes where you sit in a chair with a back on it, cant remember what they’re called. Whatever doesn’t matter, I warmed up on that for about 5 minutes with the resistance on 10. Started to break a swear after about 2 minutes… kind of embarrassing. Then I went on the treadmill (dont worry I do know what some exercise equipment is called) and walked at a speed of 3.0 which I believe is 3mph and did the weight loss training. I went up to an incline of eight for like ten minutes, and let me tell you it was no fun at all. I literally thought my calf muscles were going to give out and that I was going to face plant into the treadmill (I’ve actually seen someone do this before, probably one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed. Just saying). After about 30 minutes of the weight loss program I went on an open ellyptical machine and did a 5 minute cool down, with a resistance of 10. And by cool down I mean exercise that makes you sweat like its nobody’s business. You people may be saying woah. she only did 40 minutes (I am very good at math) of exercise? she’s not gonna lose 30lbs like that. All I have to say to you people is get your heart rate up to 192 for 40 minutes, then come talk to me. It was fucking tiring. But hey, its the most exercise I’ve gotten in a while since last rugby practice, which so far has not proved itself to be a sport that gets you into super good shape. Maybe if we did more cardio at practice or got more playing time? but us rookies on the team definitely did not get enough of a workout for it to impact our bodies hardly at all.

In addition to my work out I am also trying to eat healthier. I don’t usually eat breakfast (simply because I wake up to late to have time to eat before class), but this morning I ate a special K protein bar. It was quite good, and chocolatey. Its like my body knew when it woke up that today is the day that im going to get my old body back from high school. Most of the time I dont think I am that fat or overweight, but there are definitely days where I do not want to leave my room. My clothes barely fit anymore and I had to spend a lot of money buying new ones. Since the beginning of the school year I have gone from a 6 to a 12 (a real self esteem booster). Sometimes I wish it would all just go away and the fat would just magically disappear from my body. I tried to eat less and healthier for a while but it wasnt working so it has come to this. Exercise. The antichrist of movement. Plus it doesnt help that my roommate just bought a scale so she can keep track of her weight. Not like she needs to she is super skinny and lost 20lbs since she came to this school. WHO DOES THAT. apparently her. Anyways I had a super awesome salad at lunch, a great idea the credit for which I must give to my best friend allison joyce (by the way if you have never had roasted red peppers before they are fucking fantastic and you should pretty much get on that right now). Speaking of allison, she just texted me saying where are you?!?! Were supposed to be studying for a chem test tomorrow. see! im blogging not studying I put off exercise, I put off studying, what will I put off next? …sorry bad joke. But I best be off to study, might post again later. Blogging is fun. 

By the way if anyone else has any good dieting/exercise stories I’d love to hear them so send me a message or do whatever it is you bloggers do I dont know all yall’s terminology yet. 

The Gist of It

Hello and welcome to losing the freshmen 30. Im Paige and I am a freshman in college at Colorado College (one of the most beautiful college’s in the world if anyone who may be reading this is looking for schools). So if you couldn’t tell from the title this blog is about me (obviously) and how I am going to lose the 30lbs I have gained due to the ridiculously awesome food they have here at school. I’ve never made a blog before and I don’t really know anything about blogging so bare with me. I also suck at the English language and have terrible grammar so if any of you grammar police are reading this I suggest you stop know or you will just end up being extremely frustrated. 

Anyhow I am really bad at motivating myself to go to the gym everyday (honestly ever) my mom suggested that I blog about it. Kind of like Julie and Julia (which is a pretty dece movie if you haven’t already seen it, I recommend it). Even though I rarely actually take my moms advice, it actually sounded like a good idea slash maybe I’ll get famous? probs not but ya never know. So I have created this blog to basically tell all you people out there who have made it to this very sentence about my life trying to lose this stupid weight. So hopefully I will be on everyday to post about the foods Im eating and what I did to exercise etc. etc. And whatever the hell else I feel like posting, which will most likely be a lot of shit that no one cares about. Never fear I will make it clear as to which posts have nothing to do with losing weight so you don’t have to read anything you don’t want to. SO here goes nothing, and welcome to losing the freshmen 30.

Tacky ending? maybe. but I liked it.. and so should you.