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We did a show at Hot Topic in Sun Valley Mall yesterday. It was a long day because we also went to the studio in the morning. It's great to spend a day doing what you love, go home exhausted because your working hard at something your passionate about. It's funny what you can accomplish when your excited. If I'm excited I can push myself. Perhaps maturity helps that as well, because this morning instead of going to my internship at Yonas Media it would have been much easier to say, oh man, I'm going to sleep in. I am very tired, and technically I'm doing a double today, but somehow I'm okay with that. I'm more than okay with that. I love taking Bart in the morning. I have no idea why its therapeutic. Maybe its soothing because I don't feel like I'm wasting any time driving, because the whole trip I'm immersed in thought.

Day 122 - "Didn't you say something about a trainer?

My boyfriend mentioned that I was thinking about getting a trainer on board with my weight loss challenge when I complained last night about feeling helpless. I've been busy and feel overwhelmed. Truthfully though, I can handle it I just need a bit more organization. I have been waking up super late again. Not sure why, maybe because I'm woken up two or three times before I want to actually get up. I'm also going to be later on my days off. I wait for my boyfriend to get off, we end up eating, and I'm awake two-three hours later then I need to be. I think the other reason for my sleeping schedule being so off is last week. I was so upset over the situation between my man and I. I stayed up obscene hours and slept in, as if very depressed. We talked, it's better, but its all a part of journey I don't have patience for. Oh well, I'll figure it out.
On top of all that I'm managing a band that I feel has one hard working member. I've been having strange nightmares about every aspect of my to do list. I wake up not so stressed though, just concerned. Strange.
Recording Arts Final tonight! I'm almost done with the semester. What a relief to have a break.

Day 120 - Been working out but

I have been working out here and there. Mostly resting this weekend even though I have said to myself yesterday and today I would go down to the gym. It felt good to relax! I read somewhere that if I wanted to be ambitious about my weight loss I need to do 45 minutes to an hour of cardio 5 days a week. Now I can do two or three no problem and feel good about it, but five? That's a big commitment of time considering how much stuff I got going on. If I was dancing the other two days that would make it easier. I could dance for hours when I used to work at the club and not even realize it. Maybe that's how I kept a slimmer figure. I was crazy though, working all day, then all night at the restaurant, then drive out to SF to dance/promo till 2 or 3 am.

Crystal - a diamond in the rough- Day 117

Met with the owner of the startup company called DreamCatcher Promotions inc. It was an exciting meeting. She could help take off the stress regarding promoting events and help my band move forward! I'm looking forward to throwing the next rock party event with her and helping each other meet some ambitious goals. I like planning shows.

Day 114 - slow times

Work is slow and bills are due. As I close on this first 160 day challenge, I have made some progress but there is much to come. Change comes first with attitude, then actions, and consistency. I am starting to lose the excess I gained when I started to date Shay, but all is not perfect. The most exciting thing coming up? I am going to Chicago for the first time, a place I have always wanted to go. I'm going with my aunt's to a blues/jazz festival and staying with one of my very best friends/ex-boyfriends. That last part should prove interesting. Hmmmm....the picture is of me, my aunt, and cousin Charles last year in New Orleans.

Day 111 - Friend noticed weight loss

I was doing my karaoke show the other night and a friend said he noticed me losing weight. I thought, how funny I haven't been working out nearly as much as I should. I am busier and more active though. I also have started eating more consciously and I'm not eating out as much as usual. He said I've lost at least 4 pounds since I started working the show a month and half ago. Nice.

Day 110

Working on more shows with C U Next Weekend, the dopest local hip-hop/rock group ever!

Day 108 - Monday feels like Saturday to me today

I worked out before my whole crazy day of running the Mother's Day Rock Party and I felt good about. I am sore and exhausted today though, but I still feel mentally positive. I would have to say that since I got up so early, I normally would have been irritable but the endorphins from the day and the work out may have subsided any negativity.

Day 105 - day before self-produced Mother's Day show