Onward and Upward!

So one of my resolutions was to be healthier and get in shape. I'm taking baby steps but I'm certainly proud of the changes I'm making. Everyday for lunch, I've had one of these StarKist Lunch To-Go things! The past couple days, I've also had a cup of raw veggies (celery, brocoli, and carrots) with ranch dressing that my school sells. To hit my sugar cravings, I treat myself to a couple "fun size"reese peanut butter cups that were in my stocking at Christmas. My other spoiler is a 20 oz bottle of Pepsi that I drink as I'm at my desk for the afternoon. Hopefully I'll phase the soda out soon but I'm making progress! I no longer have it at dinner, instead I've replaced it with a 32 oz cup of ice water. Wahoo!

Before this semester, I had a slice of white pizza everyday for lunch. It was really good but so greasy and I definitely could feel the pounds piling on. There aren't many "healthy" things to eat here so I've picked something packaged with Nutrition Facts on the back. Next year will be much better, I'll have an apartment, be off this crappy meal plan here, and making my own food!

Any college girls out there? How do you eat healthy on a tight budget and possibly without a kitchen?

As for working out, I plan on going to the gym and taking fitness classes. Kickboxing Wednesdays, Yoga Fridays, and a couple of Muscle toning classes on Mondays that I decide not to go to work! Classes start next week so for now, I'll be heading to the cardio room with PreppyFriend, she was my roommate last year but is an RA this year so we both have single rooms!

Fingers crossed everything goes as planned! How are your resolutions coming?

Resolutions..

I'm ruled by lists, shopping lists, to-do lists, lists of goals, etc.. So I thought I'd share with my future? readers out there what my New Year's Resolutions are!

1. Make the Dean's List.
I've come close, but I've decided that this semester I'm going to make it happen. I have a couple professor's that I've taken classes from before and know their teaching styles pretty well now. Hopefully that will help add up to a 3.4 for Miss PreppyGirl!

2. Get back in shape.
I know that one of the top resolutions is to lose weight. I'm hoping that it'll be one of the wonderful side effects of working out! My goal is to do cardio least 3 times a week with some Wii Fit action in there with toning. It's going to be tough with 16 credits and working at the Admissions office but I'm going to do it!

3. Eat better.
It's time for me to cut down on the soda, up the water intake and eat something other than pizza at school. It's tricky because it seems all the decent foods are greasy or fattening. Oyy.. I guess I'll try to substitute one meal a week with something healthier. My other issue is snacking. I plan on not taking any trips to the bookstore to get candy. We'll see if I cheat on the weekends but any change from what I'm doing will be positive.

4. Last but not least.. Read more!
I started reading a lot over the summer. I'm obsessed with Jodi Picoult's novels. They're amazing, it only takes me a couple days to read cover to cover. I want to find more authors to follow, add some variety to my collection. So if you have any recommendations, I'm all ears!!


Thanks for reading friends! There's more to come, but for now, it's lunch time! Have a wonderful day!