Saturday, May 10, 2008

whats 0.2 ounces anyways!

Well Ive decided to take a little break from studying to write some of my feelings down. Its been a few days or so since i last posted anything--due mainly to my final tests looming over my head. Luckily they have been going t smoothly so far. I have taken both of my lab finals and am happy to say that i got A's on both. I was also happy to hear from my political science teacher that we have a take home final in his class. At first i was skeptical because of all the "charitable" take home finals ive had in other classes that turned out to be 10x more work than just studying for a normal test. Not only are they much more extensive, but the professors usually grade them much harder. My professor promised that there would be no tricks and that it would be just like previous tests. So yeah thats good.

The only thing left after that is all the work and studying for Organic Chemistry. All in all this and last semester have been a blast. Professor Hampton has been absolutely incredible and i can honestly say hes the best professor all around that Ive had in college. He is a fabulous lecturer and always knows what hes talking about and how to say it in a way that anyone can understand. He has extended office hours and is always helping someone with something. Several times this semester and last i have had special office hours to catch up on some lectures that i missed or whatever. I wish all my professors could be like that. Stay tuned for a future post on a professor that is not in the same category.

Today was weigh in and i was 0.2 ounces shy of 10 pounds! The last 2 weeks Ive lost 2 pounds which is a nice steady pace. I'm going to try and work extra hard this week and track my points and stuff because i would really really like to have a week where i lose 3. As you remember i set a goal for myself to be down to a certain weight before the wedding. Unfortunately its more around 3 pounds per week to do that. I'm not going to quit or anything because i don't reach that goal exactly, but its something nice to reach for. Our meeting today was on eating out and it was interesting to hear everyone's favorite places to eat out and how "countable" everything is. Like my personal favorite: The Carl's Jr. barbeque chicken sandwich (only 6 points). Another favorite is one of the cold Subway sandwiches with cheese and sweet onion sauce (7 points). There is nothing that you cannot eat on this program as long as you count your points and don't go overboard. Well maybe you should just stay away from this kinda burger----->

Well i gotta get back to studying. Later ya'll.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Stress Incoming!

Well Finals are drawing close and i can already feel my blood pressure rising. All of a sudden i tend to have more and more times when i just sit and think about all the things i need to accomplish in the next 2 weeks. The list is pretty annoying. For O-chem i need to finish 4 problem sets and also 5 or so online problem sets. In addition i need to get caught up on organic newspaper articles and write a 1000 word essay on the structure and function of a molecule in one of those articles. I need to study for both my lab finals which are written with zero practical. Then i need to just start from the beginning and see what i can cram into my knowledge of O-chem from the entire semester. This all while trying to maintain the habits that i started 2 weeks ago. Its gonna be a rough next 2 weeks.

About my habits--I think i am doing very well indeed. I have only been truly late to something one time in the last 2 weeks. I have all but stopped biting my nails. Tonight was tough however when watching Iron Man i was extremely tempted to bite. I have been studying more (academically) but that is mainly due to the fact that it is drawing near the end of the semester. I have been sticking to my points flawlessly and we will see what happens tomorrow when i step on the scale. Should be a fun time.

Anyways I am really tired so i think I'm going to hit the sack. If I don't find some sanity in the next few weeks i think .... I....Might....Hit....Someone. Here's an example of what might happen: