Friday, June 8, 2007 — 1:13am
My day was very hectic today. I did not get a chance to work out today and I ran all over Los Angeles preparing for my trip. It was one of those days where anything that could go wrong did go wrong. The good thing was that I decided to pack all of my own snacks for the drive to Vegas and also for each day I was away so I wouldn't be tempted to have something bad as a snack. I bought rice cakes, baby carrots, applesauce and fruit and fiber bars. I bought along some sandwich bags so each morning before we head out for the day I can just put the correct serving size in a bag and have my mid morning or mid afternoon snack on hand, and this way I also don't miss eating at the appropriate time. The drive from Los Angeles seemed long. We did hit some traffic because we didn't leave at the appropriate time. It was about 10pm when we checked in so we walked from our hotel to get something to eat. I was starving. Thankfully, even though it was so late we found some place where we could sit down and they had healthy menu choices. Unfortunately it is very early in the morning and I am still wide awake. I want to make sure I can get up in the morning and go work out. I'm gonna try and go to sleep now.
Saturday, June 9, 2007 — 12:11am
I had a lot of fun at the CineVegas Film Festival today. I thought it was going to be hard being here in Vegas, especially since everyone was so worried I would come here and not do the things I needed to do. I got up this morning and did the cardio that Marissa told me to do. Today at lunch I did have a moment where I kind of broke. It's very difficult to go from eating whatever I want and as much of it as I want to eating smaller portions and not having the foods I want. I was happy though, because despite how my stomach was feeling and what my mind kept telling me to do, I stuck to my guns and I ate healthy and I didn't go back for seconds. It took every ounce of willpower and Karl and Robin were a tremendous help. They were my cheerleaders today. It really helps to have support from the people around you or I think I would have slipped back into my old routine today or not even have exercised this morning. We also went shopping today. I love to shop, but I decided today that I would not buy anymore clothes to fit my current size. I decided to start the “New Me” wardrobe. Robin helped me pick out some pieces today. It's a good incentive for me to keep working hard so I can wear all of the new cute clothes. I'm very excited.
