Food Diary: 3 June 2012

Buttermilk pancakes with strawberry syrup (300 Cal).

Today was another day filled with studying, and tonight will be filled with me writing an essay (on Jean Genet's Le Balcon). I started off with workout three (abs) from Kickbox FastFix, which I think is my favorite of the three workouts. Other than that, nothing interesting except my ongoing stuggle with my laptop.


I also found this interesting article from the New York Times about photographic food journaling. I'd never looked into it before I started doing it, but once I started it just seemed so logical, and it looks like I'm not the only person to think so.

Review: May Birchbox

Last month (May) I received my first Birchbox. If you've followed any YouTube "beauty gurus" in the last year or two, you'll have heard of Birchbox or other similar subscription services (e.g. Glossybox, Beauty Army, She Says, Joliebox). The idea is that you pay some monthly fee to be sent a box filled with sample products ("deluxe" or full-sized samples) to try out, and usually some deal on shipping from the website for the full sized products that month. 


A Birchbox costs $10 a month (counting shipping), or $110 a year. You can stop your monthly subscription at any time, so if you only want one box you don't have to continue paying. I thought that $10 was a manageable amount to spend to pull me out of my cosmetics rut, so I ordered a single box. What follows is my unboxing (the above image is from the actual shipping box) and my thoughts on the box.

Food Diary: 2 June 2012

I think everyone is starting to feel the heat from finals week (this upcoming week), so I spent a good amount of today studying. After trying to fix my SD card reader for an hour or so this morning and fighting with my laptop, I gave in and did workout two (lower body) from Kickbox FastFix and then proceeded to study for most of the day.


Exciting news, though: I've finally caught up on the 30 Day Shred. I did both level one and two tonight, which means (gulp) that I'll be doing level three tomorrow. These workouts aren't easy: if they are, you aren't doing them right (honestly, if they're easy, add weights or do the exercise on one leg, there's always something you can do). It feels good to catch up, though. I think that means I just finished day 13, and I can feel the improvements I've made. I think that at day 15 I'll take some before shots of my abs and we can see if there's any improvement at day 30. My arms and legs are getting (scared) looks though. 


The food!

Greek Gods plain nonfat Greek yogurt (60 Cal) 

Food Diary: 1 June 2012

My SD card reader wasn't working (and still isn't; I had to use a friend's laptop to get these photos off of the card), so this post is a day or so late. It's a shame, since this was also my last day of class as an undergraduate and I'm sure I would have had something profound to say. Probably.

I started the day off with level one of the 30 Day Shred to make up for the night before and workout one from Kickbox FastFix. I finished the day with level three of the 30 Day Shred. Level three was excellent; lately I've been having trouble getting sore after my workouts and this did it-- jumping jacks with hand weights and jumping lunges killed me.

 Strawberries and blackberries (40 Cal). I don't really like blackberries, but they're finally in season and I thought I'd give them another try.

Food Diary: 31 May 2012

Boring post! I was rather busy yesterday and didn't get home until late, so I went straight to bed and didn't have time to post nor do my shred, so I'm catching up this morning!

 Broccoli, carrots, cucumber, cauliflower (40 Cal).