One month...

Well, I forget about this thing way too easily. This semester is insanely busy. I'm writing and directing a scripted TV show for the school's cable channel and that feels like a full time job most weeks in addition to school. Easy last semester.... yeah right.

Anyway, I'm going to at least for the next month be really good at writing in this. Why? Because, in one month I will be speaking in front of a lot of people at a donor dinner and I want to wear a particular dress. Do I have dresses that fit just fine now? Yes. Do I want to wear those? Eh, not really. This is the dress I want to be in:

Yeah, wore it to prom senior year. Simple black dress. That halter band is actually removable and I want to wear it without the halter part for the dinner. Can I get the dress on? Yes... however, it doesn't fit like it used to. Go figure... that's what four years of drinking at college will do to you I guess.

So, with other things in life just becoming ridiculous, I've decided with my final time at college I'm going to focus only on myself. Well, and school ha, need to graduate still. But for the next month I will be working out everyday and eating better. I'm really busy but I'm going to make this work. Which is why, I'm going to give up my beloved sleep to wake my ass up early and get working out done in the morning. No excuses of things popping up later like they have been this semester.

My plan is to do the Nordictrak most days in the morning. Then I'll do strength exercises as well. On days I have more free time, I want to go to the rec center as well. I'm totally into getting this done. It helps when you have a goal... oh and when you're a little vain and want to look good in a dress in front of a lot of people.

The second, and honestly most important, part of the next month is eating well. I've always known how I should eat. It's just expensive and takes time to prepare. So with spending my days on campus, I find the excuse to eat up there. Not good. I've dieted enough times to know the things that I like and that I don't really get sick of. The hardest part is going to be to cut down/out drinking. Those 11 beers in one night aren't helping anything... at all. It'll be hard because I know most of my friends will want to go out for our last month in college. But, I'm going to limit myself to one night of drinking and light drinking at that. I'm sure there will be nights I won't follow this, but I really am going to try. Eating well won't mean anything if I follow it with pints of beer and mixed drinks.

So, after a trip to Costco before coming back and going to the store tonight, I'm prepared to begin the eating healthy. I've planned out most meals and snacks. Breakfast will be eggs. They're good, have protein and keep you full longer. Lunch will be turkey (my mom found delicious turkey from Costco, it's the best store bought turkey I've eaten) and cottage cheese and carrots. Dinner, for the first little while, will be salad. I made this salad two summers ago and it's delicious. It's just lettuce, chicken with a little pesto and mayonnaise, celery, and tomato. So good! For snacks, I have fruits, vegetables, yogurt and pita chips. I'm also cutting out all soda, including diet. I'll be drinking water and a glass of milk everyday.

Really, it seems fairly simple written out. However, everyone knows that applying everything to that hectic schedule we call life is no where near as easy. So, I'll be putting down my progress in here or things I find inspirational along the way.

Can't go wrong with Kate Beckinsale for inspiration: