Phase One...Day 11

So I'm on day 11 of phase one, of the 17 day diet. I did something yesterday that I had originally told myself that I was going to wait for till the end of phase one. I decided to go and weigh myself. It had just been one of those days where I was just tired of doing this whole diet thing, and I had been thinking very negatively. Feeling like I'm doing all of this work and what if there has been no change? What if in 10 days I weigh myself and there has been no progress? I think that anyone who has been on a diet understands that feeling in one way or another. So I did it, I got on the scale and....

It turns out that all the veggie eating, walking, and sacrifice of junk food had paid off. I had lost 5lbs. Granted that's not a whole lot of weight loss, but it was the motivation that I needed to keep going on this plan. I meant it when I said I was no longer going to be the chunk girl. Now that I am out of nursing for the time being I am able to focus on myself for the summer. So that when I get back into school and graduate in my with psychology I will be ready to head back into nursing schook.

It was a tough blow for me to take when I found out that I was not going to be continuing with nursing this coming sxhool year after all of my hard work. But all thinga happen for a reason, I truly believe that and maybe this is the refining of a new road to happiness. Even though it might not feel that way right now.

xoxo
Kait

The 17 Day Diet - phase one

As you guys can see from the title I have started this 17 Day Diet. This diet consists of 4 phases. I am currently on phase 1, which sadly is the hardest phase of them all. The big thing about this diet is that every 17 days you enter a new phase to keep yourself from platauing and not looseing any weight or just staying at the same weight. I am currently on day 6 of phase 1 and let me tell you it is no picnic. The things that I am allowed in phase one are fruits (but not after 2pm), vegetables, egg whites, 4 whole eggs with the yolk a week, skinless chicken breast, and turkey( can be ground or not). In addition to that I have to drink hot water with lemon and green tea with every meal. However I feel that it is working because my clothes are already starting to fit better. I have not weighed myself but my mother lost 15 lbs in the first phase one and I am convinced that this is going to work. I will no longer be the fat girl. Promise to keep you all posted on my progress.

Best wishes and happy Sunday.

xoxo
Kait

We can not change be cards we are delt, just how we play the hand

Nothing is more truer in my life right now, than the title quote of this blog. Within the last two months so much has changed. I went down to Wilmington N.C. and had the most memorable experience ever during spring break. I met four of the cast members, the four of them being James Lafferty, Lee Norris, Lisa Goldstein, and the creater Mark Schwan. My mother and I also met a couple from Tennessee who just recently got engaged. We hung out a lot with them during filming of the show.

Aside from that exciting trip back in March a not so happy thing has happened just recently that I am still adjusting to and that would be the changing of my major. If you had asked six months ago, hell even a month ago I would have said that's completely crazy. Especially since it's four years into school. Things did not end up going as planned and as usual when life throws a curve ball you need to hit it out of the park or get hit. Well sadly I got hit and was required to change my major and switch to psychology. All hope is not all lost to me becoming a nurse. I plan on graduating next year with a Bachlor's in Psychology and then go and enter into another ASN program.

It's been hard to adjust but now that everything is all figured out it's gotten much easier. I'm not giving up on nursing, I've just hit a brick wall. In the words of Randy Paouch " Brick walls are not meant to keep us out, they are meant to show us how badly we want something and to keep the others out." The brick walls that I have hit along the way are just there to show me how badly I want to become a nurse and like I told my mother the other day, once I graduate the brick walls are coming down. Nothing is going to stand in the way of my dream!

xo
Kait

Update

Hey everyone!
I know that it's been a long time since my last blog and I apologize deeply. So much has happened within the last two months that I can not even begin to explain it at 11:30 at night. I'm going to update with a new blog entry explaining and discussing everything tomorrow! Starting with my trip to Wilmington, N.C. Up to now.

Wishing everyone the best!
xo Kait

P.s. Happy Birthday @LyzzleG! :)

Wilmington Here I Come...again!

Its official! I have booked the hotel and everything. I'm really going to Wilmington, NC and I could not be more excited! I don't even care if I end up going alone. I went there four years ago when I graduated high school, it just seems right for me to go four years later when the show is probably ending(although I am keeping my fingers crossed for a season 9, not quite ready to let the show go just yet). So if any Southern Gothic Friends or One Tree Fans are going to be around the week of March 7th till the 10th let me know, and if there are any places that I need to visit all suggestions and recommendations are welcome and encouraged. I seriously can not wait till I go, I feel like its Christmas all over again...haha. Hope your all having as wonderful of a Saturday as I am. :) Wishing everyone the best!



My friend and fellow SGP member Kasia made the delicious truffles for her fiance today! Don't they look absolutely mouth watering!

xo Kait

inspiration or lack there of...

Sorry for the lack of blogs lately or should I say for awhile. I have never been a constant blogger. Although I know that I have made promises in the past of "going to blog everyday" or "I am trying to blog more often." I know you've guys have heard that more than once. I dont know what it is lately. For some reason I have just been out of inspiration and have had a lack of a need to write. Not that I have ever been one to really write down what I am feeling or write in general, its never been my forte. I was hoping that was going to change once I got this blog. Sadly it has not been an incentive for me to start and continue writing.

With all the sadness going on in the world, I just feel kind of bogged down ya know. Its a feeling that I am not quite fond of and I hope goes away. It pretty much makes me feel that there is nothing going on important for me to blog about, when that is so not true. Its more like there is so many things going on that maybe Im not sure what to say exactly, so therefore I say nothing. Which is not a good thing in my book. Idk maybe I just have to make more of an effort to get my lazy bones to the computer and write something. Sorry for this blog of giberish. Felt the need to sort of explain why I have not really been blogging. Hope everyone is having a wonderful wednesday and is staying nice and toasty warm!

xo Kait

p.s. In need of a blog change, all suggestions welcome! :)

CAR!

As you all know, I got my car back in October, she's a gold 2007 Kia Rio. Well, I Just realized that after having my car for 4 months I have not posted one picture. I know that you are all probably anxious to know what she looks like. Well t

he picture below is not her exactly, but it is her twin. Im going to take pictures and post them up tomorrow after I get back from clinical. :)

xo Kait

QOTD

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th ~ Julie Andrews

xo Kait

1.11.11

So today is 1.11.11 and I have a feeling that today is going to be a pretty lucky day. I mean it's technically 11:11 all day, that's gotta mean something! I challenge you all to go out and find make your own luck or do something to brighten someone else's day and don't worry I'll be doing the same. I feel now more than ever we all need to come together and help one another. Especially on light of what happened in Tucson, AZ this weekend. My thoughts a prayers are with all the people who were affected by this tragedy. What you do today could be the simplest thing in the world, just listening to a friend in need, helping someone carry groceries to their car, paying for someones toll on the turnpike (my professor does this), or giving a complete stranger a compliment. It truly is the simple things that people do to help that affects and touches people the most, and I wanna hear all about what you guys do and how you made your own luck. I'll make sure to write a blog about my adventures today as well. :)

xo Kait

P.s and remember its a 11:11 make a wish, it might just come true :).

Quote of the day

"Be Eco-friendly and turn off your lights when you leave the room. How would you like it if someone turned you on and then left?"

written by- TheQuoteWhore (twitter name)

xx Kait