Changing my Life through Accu-weight Loss

Woke up today and went to Kohl’s for their early bird special.. WOW I bought a LOT of items for the dorm including a comforter and pillow (both were the priciest items, but even ten, each came out to less than $14) and then just a myriad of other knick knacks.. everything came out soo cheap because we also had a 15% off coupon..
Anyway.. then headed to Bergen Mall - Century 21 and Marshall’s.. bought stuff for my mom actually at Century 21.. well I mean I was shopping WITH her so.. but yeah we picked out a great kitchen set for her she’s so happy about~
Marshall’s.. I picked up a yoga mat for when I do Callanetics.. it’s pink and flowery but it’s cool.. um it was only $10!
So I had a good shopping day.. as far as packing goes.. it’s a bit tougher putting together everything I wanna take.. I did a lot last night.. I’m doing some more. The only thing is that I need to go grocery shopping as well but I think we’re going to do that either tonight or tomorrow.. most likely tomorrow just to get food and stuff for the week. The thing I’m a bit cautious about is I know the girls there are probably going to ask if I want to go out to eat or something like that and I’ll say no but.. yeah. It’s okay.. I just got to stick it through for what.. 3 more weeks? That is totally okay with me.. if people keep pushing food I’ll just tell them I ate between class or something lol.. I MIGHT explain the diet to my roommate.. we’ll see.

Anyway.. I’m going to go back to packing.. gotta do some laundry as well.

Hmm.. today my weight said 144! I’m happy! 14 pounds to go? Pssh that’s nothing! 36 pounds lost in total!!

You know what’s funny? BMI-wise, 141 would be when I come into the “healthy” weight range!
I am happy.. but I’m definitely not where I want to be yet.. though I know my stomach will definitely get much smaller after 14 pounds. Maybe I’ll dip into the 120’s.. like 128 or something if I feel I need to but then again, I probably will since you generally lose a few pounds during the transition period.. and then you stay within the 5-pound range, so again, 130 is fine b/c I’ll probably drop a few and then gain a few in water weight, staying 130-133 or something.. Which is totally fine.

Anyway.. I went to Rutgers today.. things seem to be working out, just needs a couple weeks of processing but for now things are fine..

I’m so not in packing mode! I should be though.. once my mom get’s back I’ll go with her to go shopping for groceries and knick knacks I might need.

I had half a can of V8 juice… Looking for some fruit to eat…
I’m kinda tired from the bus ride and when I was at Rutgers, they sent us from one department to the next even though they should have been able to tell me then and there.. ugh.. they work separately when they should work together, it’s so stupid..
A lot of walking today.. maybe a modest mile..  I *should* do cardio but I’ve gotta start packing and do laundry and get organized..

I have all day tomorrow to really pack but I should at least look at what I’m going to take.
I’ll update later maybe

I’m SOO sore from yesterday’s workout.. especially my arms and shoulder…

My dad actually has to come with me to Rutgers.. I woke up early and got ready to go when I looked at the paperwork I had to fill out and realized they were requesting some paperwork too, so my dad is going to bring all of that with him tomorrow…
It’s Thursday..  only 3 more days til move-in! I’m EXCITED! =D

I didn’t do any cardio today.. just taking a break, I’m SO sore.. But I’m going to go do some laundry and start getting stuff in order.

I had some veggies today including a glass of the fruit/veggie juice. Tons of water.. I’m feeling a bit.. bulkier/bloated.. I think that’s just the soreness though..

Wow.

I can’t even begin to describe how happy I am.. as of today my weight is 145! Officially!
I’m sooo ecstatic! It’s amazing, now that I’m getting even smaller, each pound really DOES show. My stomach looks soo much flatter.. and ever since I did the callanetics especially, my legs are smaller too. I feel soo great.

If I feel this great now, then 15 pounds will do a lot! I mean.. I’m not worried anymore about my goal weight.. I can really see how each pound will affect me and I’m sure I’ll go down a couple sizes. My jeans are pretty baggy now…
I can say that especially after that Callanetics routine though, my stomach looks a lot tighter.. actually it is, it’s 27 inches now.. my legs feel slimmer although my hips are still 39/40 inches.
I’m just so happy I’ve been sticking to my diet! I had another temptation last night when my mom cooked chicken and veggies together.. but then I remembered my “10-day” challenge and also that I could cook exactly what she cooked when I get to transition.. which isn’t too far from now.

So the 10-day thing really helped out.. it gave me an extra push. I think I’m going to buy a new scale lol on Saturday, because that’s what I really need. I’m scared about it though because I may find that my scale was off by a couple pounds… and it could be really.. just bad. So that’s just a thought I’m keeping in my head.

I had a dream last night that I cheated and I was mad because I broke the 10-day challenge! haha I was relieved when I woke up LOL. I’m happy because the 10-day thing was a great way to kinda.. push myself to go further knowing the results will re-motivate me and it’s only been a couple pounds but I’m already there. I know I might weigh even less because of the strength-training with the Callanetics & water retention.. so I’m going to work out today and then weigh myself officially the last day, on Sunday.. and of course I will continue to lose.
Hmm.. I’m going to aim realistically and say I want to lose another pound by Sunday. I know that my loss is slowing.. so these couple pounds are amazing to lose. I know if I want to keep even a rate of 3-4 a week I need to keep working out.. so I’ll definitely get in cardio the first week back at the gym.. and I’ll do that Callanetics thing whenever I’m by myself (I know I definitely will be on the weekend so even once a week is fine). Even though I’m feeling great, I’m still pretty set on the 15 more.. I don’t think 10 more will do enough but I think 15 will be great.

I’m going to go attempt another hour of callanetics.. and then I need to call up some places about my loan.. or actually I think I’ll do that first before I work out..
I’ll update on food/exercise later.

Okay.. so I did the callanetics routine again! It was tougher this time around although I did do it within the hour. I tried to really focus on my form and do it correctly and it was just.. much tougher.. and I’m sore! haha. It’s great though.. my legs are a lot thinner and my stomach too. I know it sounds too fast to be true but it is!
I’m excited!!
Tomorrow I have to go to Rutgers to straighten some things out.. they’re open until 4:30 so I won’t really have time in the morning to work out.. since it takes a lil over an hour on the bus to get there and I gotta shower and stuff..
I’ll do cardio when I get back though.. maybe just 30 minutes and then start gathering my stuff together to pack.. (or doing laundry lol). I’m so excited, a few more days til I move back!
I’m staying positive.. and I’m just so happy with how things are going… I just gotta go to Rutgers and straighten all that out and hopefully things work out!

Okay.. so this is the 5th day of my challenge..
I did Callanetics on Sunday and then yesterday I went to NY for my haircut and came back around 8 pm. There’s a few things I wanna talk about.. my hair… me throwing up…  and the great callanetics!
I hung out with a couple friends and spent the rest of the time walking around NYC…
Okay, first thing I wanna say is.. My hair looks AWESOME! It’s perfect
So.. it took a total of an hour at Bumble and Bumble. They told us to come in with clean hair so I didn’t put any mousse or gel or anything.. I just washed, conditioned, and then put in a light leave-in conditioning spray and citre-shine laminating mist spray to seal in the moisture.. I think I put too much b/c my hair felt weighed down a bit but after walking through NYC and sweating (it was hot) my hair was puffier but.. not nearly as puffy as it would be if I hadn’t put all of that stuff in.
Anyway… so model U is basically that Bumble and BUmble teaches people who own their own salons and have had least 2 years experience how to do certain hair.. these people come from all over the country (the only two Bumble and Bumble salons are in Manhattan) and as they cut, they are watched by someone.
So.. for my hair.. they both actually said I had great hair *hehe* and kept complimenting me on it (sorry my hair has always been bad so this was a great thing for me to hear) and they just cut the top layers to remove some weight and trimmed a bit at the bottom.. so.. my hair looks.. AHH! It’s SO cute! I loooove it!
It’s still a good length but when she cut the top layers, it really created the kinda soft-wavy look that I wanted! It works perfectly for my natural hair! I love it.
Great experience! She washed n conditioned my hair (again) and then spritzed some B&B curling spray but not a lot and then twirled it and dried it with a diffuser. I have to say though, I think this is when I started to feel a bit sick.. I started to get a headache, I think it was from the blow-drying, she dried it for a much longer time than I am used to.
I also bought a bottle of water.. “flavored” water that actually tasted horrible, like the flavor had been diluted or something but I was thirsty so I drank it down, as much as I hated it.
When I met up with my friends, I did go and buy a orange/mango/banana vivianno smoothie.. but that was a lot more fruit than I should have had.. Before I left to B&B, I actually had a glass of that fruit/veggie smoothie and then I had a little broccoli with cheese (yes I know.. cheese.. but it’s one of those frozen things that I’ve noticed don’t affect me a lot).
Still.. I started feeling sick.. at first I just felt a headache coming on and as I waited for a friend, I went into the sweet factory at the port authority and bought some sugar-free gummies.. and I didn’t eat all of it, I ate only a few. Then.. as we walked around and after I drank down that smoothie.. I started feeling a bit nauseous.. but not a lot. i figured it was my headache and I needed water to drink. I didn’t though..
Once I got home, it got really bad so I took a painkiller and drank water.. but everytime I drank water, I felt worse.. so I ended up throwing up a bit….
Afterwards.. my head still was hurting really bad and Myles’ phone was messed up so I just headed straight to bed. I woke up around 8 this morning.. then slept a little more and woke up at 8:45. At least I’m getting into an earlier sleep habit now!

Okay.. so now.. Callanetics! I felt kinda sore yesterday, but I really feel it today! My arms, my legs, and my stomach. My weight is a little below 146, not quite 145.. it’s been like that since yesterday but I can only assume my body is retaining water, especially after yesterday. So anyway.. I don’t know if it is that I lost a bit of weight or not, but my body definitely feels.. and actually looks fitter! I know it’s probably in my head, but I can say that my stomach definitely feels and looks flatter/tighter. I really don’t know, but it is exciting! I only did it once and I already feel and look better.. so I’m definitely going to do it again tomorrow or friday, when my body is less sore. I didn’t do cardio yesterday or the day before.. but I will today. actually I just drank some water and was waiting it a bit before I stretch and go work out on the treadmill..
Today is a milk day so I’m going to just make a few shakes.
Anyway, I’ll update later!

Okay.. well.. this morning I woke up and I felt.. smaller.
I’m starting to keep track on inches.. just around my waist and hips..
My stomach felt smaller so I checked.. and I’m at 28 inches.. I lost an inch since 2 days ago when I measured.

My hips.. around the widest part I guess is 40 inches. Not bad.. proportionally.. very healthy.
I looked up this article about waist-hip proportion and .7 is the ideal proportion (what I am right now) so I’m glad about that.

Anyway so I weighed myself and I’m 146! woot woot.

It’s more motivation to keep going.. also I bought sugar-free candy last night to keep my cravings at bay.
I’m happy

I’m hoping.. to lose at least another two pounds by the end of august.. I’m pretty certain I can do so if I just continue on with no problems~!

I’ll update later on my workout.

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Update:

I took advantage of my parents being away dropping my brother off (he’s 2 hours away) and I went into the living room to do the callanetics (there’s a rug in the living room).
Oh man.. so I have the 10 hour callanetics dvd.. and wow. It took me about.. an hour n 40 minutes.. but I kept stopping and watching, and making sure I had the right form. I almost quit.. but I realized.. what’s the rush? I can take my time, I don’t have any other obligations.. so I took my time and watched it and did the whole dvd..
My legs are sore.. lol muscles I never felt sore about before and yes they feel.. deep. I mean.. it’s not the usual muscles. It’s a great feeling! My stomach isn’t that sore.. I think because the stomach exercises are very similar to the Pilates ones I’ve done before.. BUT.. it was still tough when I did it so.. I’ll probably feel it tomorrow.
So.. then I took a shower and it was around 5:30 (within half n hour of finishing the workout) that I cooked a small bowl of stir-fry, had a little bit of a can of V8 juice, and then washed it all down with the fruit/veggie juice I bought from Costco.. I think it’s called.. Naked organic or something? So meal-wise, very good.

I’m proud of myself.. I want to do some cardio soon (i’m waiting for my hair to fully air-dry.. I’m trying to see how my hair would look air-dried, conditioned, with no mousse or gel). I spritzed some frizz-ease spray but still a lot less product than I usually use.
Anyway so.. I’m going to do some cardio in.. maybe half an hour. Overall, I’m proud of myself.
I’ll do the DVD again later this week.. maybe on Thursday or so.
I’m really happy though and proud of myself for getting through the day and just being very healthy!

It’s funny, the cleaning the room thing really really works and has helped me out a lot. It’s EASY to stay on track and stay focused if you apply the same mentality to everything!
Anyway, I’ll update on cardio later.

Okay.. Day 2 of my 10-day-Get-back-on-track Challenge!
Let’s see.. I woke up to a lot of commotion.. um.. just stuff with the tenants

A lot of cleaning.. my mom was upset that the two girls up here haven’t kept the bathroom clean and she had to pay someone to really clean up the place.
Couldn’t go to NYC today.. didn’t work out
It’s okay though I wasn’t feeling that up to it today..
I spent the day finishing up cleaning.. I swept more and mopped too.. also cleaned the mirror..
it was a good workout lol though I didn’t work out on the treadmill today as I’d planned.
Bought some dorm stuff later..
made a few mochachino’s with the blender that my mom had from before..
I had two sugar-free pudding cups too which wasn’t bad
All in all, I made it through the day and I’m proud of it!
Tomorrow…
I plan on trying out.. maybe just 20 minutes of the callanetics DVD.. it’s going to be hectic around the house tomorrow so idk what time I’ll do it but I’m aiming for the morning/noon if it isn’t hectic then.

I’m about to go to sleep.. I set me alarm for 9:30.. probably going to call Myles and talk on the phone for about an hour or more.. my goal is to work out around 12/1ish which is when I’ve noticed I have the most energy esp to work out. So.. I’ll try the callanetics thing.. and then do cardio.. if I don’t do callanetics tomorrow, I’m fine with that but I definitely wanna get some cardio in.

Veggies tomorrow.. stir-fry/V8 juice and also the fruit juice I bought. I don’t know what to expect loss-wise.. since I cheated a few times, I don’t think I should officially weigh until like..  Wednesday.
Okay so this is what I plan on doing if I get through the 10 days.
First, I’m going to be back at the dorm so there’s going to be a lot going on anyway.
For an instant reward.. I’m thinking I’ll just.. head out to the Walgreen’s over there and check out the makeup sales and see if I want anything.. (or the shampoo’s). I’m going to allow myself.. around $10 worth of something ($1 a day). Right now.. haha I guess I’ve earned $2 haha. Kinda funny… but I mean in reality, I’ll probably get a few things that fall under $10 and half of it will be stuff I need around the dorm anyway..
But still, I’ll try to get something small but a little pricier in terms of what I’m used to feeling guilty about so I won’t feel guilty about it.
I’m checking out that perfume I want.. they sell it much cheaper on ebay or amazon, but I’m checking up on the differences in pricing.. on EDP, EDT, Parfum, Cologne.. and i really never knew the differences.
But.. a 3.4 ounce of it, EDT is $95 which is a lot.. and online i get get it $30-$40 (w/ shipping) which I think is worth it. I think I’m going to order that to reward myself for when I reach my 130’s.. it’ll be a nice reward and I wanted it really bad anyway.. this way.. if I order it when I get to say, 139.. I’ll have 9 more pounds to lose and I’ll receive the perfume by the time I get to goal, and that’ll be perfect!
So this time.. I set up my reward in terms of a number of days to get through without cheating b/c that was my main issue and I needed to push myself forward. I’m going to try and reward myself with something I usually would spend money on b/c I’m pretty frugal with my money.. so this will actually FEEL like a reward, as it’ll be clear to me from the start that I “earned” a splurge, and it’s not HUGE either, but it’ll make a difference.

Anyway.. so I’m going to sleep, I’ll update tomorrow!

oh man.. i had a cheat yesterday!
it was frustrating.. I did it again at night..

Well I am on a macbook and they have the stickies application where it basically is like a sticky notepad for your computer.
I made a note of what I want to accomplish because I realized yesterday that I have 10 days before I move back to the dorm.

So.. I thought, okay, my goal? Let me just do this for 10 days!
I know it will be longer but, somehow it has kept me focused throughout the day..
I made a little schedule of what I want to do everyday.. my workout routine and such.
So today I spent the day cleaning.. that was my workout pretty much (cleaning my room).
Tomorrow I plan on getting up a bit earlier, working out, showering, and then I’m heading out to the MET with couple friends.
I’ve decided that I need a little extra push so at the end of 10 days I gotta reward myself with something non-food related.. except I can’t think of any.
Clothes are.. bland.. I’ve already bought clothes.
Hmm… maybe shoes..? or maybe new eyeshadow or lipcolor. Something small but wanted.
I COULD get a case of my macbook maybe.. if I tell my mom my plan she might help me out. Or maybe a new bag.. hmm.. I would love a bag.. a colored bag (all of my bags are just plain black). Hmm.. I’m liking the sound of the bag.
We shall see.. the bag might be more expensive though, so I might stick with the new eyeshadow (but a little pricier).

Today I did well.. let me get through tomorrow and Sunday and I think I’ll be good to go!

So.. today was a fruit/veggie day. I started my period the day before yesterday.. and the first two days are always the worst for me, also the days I feel most bloated.
My brother is over so I’m constantly cleaning up after him and watching him.. and my dad visited so he could see my brother and I
My dad brought food as usual but he also brought 2 Subway footlongs!
Ahh! Okay so at first I didn’t care.. I cooked my veggie stir-fry, and then I munched on dried fruit (I love the chewiness of dried fruit.. it’s that texture that I missed, and for me it is almost like candy). That being said, I kinda had cravings for sugar-free gummy bears but I don’t have any..
Okay… so I mean it was going good, I definitely had more fruit than I should have because I also had some of the natural fruit juice… but I mean it was early in the day and I drank tons of water…
So for some reason I just.. had to have a taste of the subway sandwich! I put it in the fridge so it was cold.. so.. I put it in the toaster but for too long, and it wasn’t good.. in fact, it didn’t taste that great. Yeah it was okay.. not that great though. I had a little more than half of a six-inch..and took a few bites out of the other one. Really.. it wasn’t worth it. But… I’ve cheated where I’ve had a subway sandwich before and with my experience, it doesn’t affect me on this diet as much as eating chocolate or sugary sweets does.
The point is though.. that for a while, I went back to my old habits where I’d feel like once I cheated I might as well eat other foods too… because the day was ruined anyway. Today… I ate some.. but I’m still massaging my beads and I didn’t go and raid the kitchen (I’m on my period too so that’s nuts!). In fact, I controlled it somewhat. So I’m glad.. because now I can officially say that I’m back, this cheat was still a cheat but not so terrible. I’m pretty sure I even lost a little weight this week because this morning, I had on my clothes and stuff and just decided to step on the scale anyway and my weight said 148. That tells me that without clothes and the water retention, I should definitely lose more this week, and my weight might actually be around 146…
But it’s speculation.. I cheated today so we’ll see.
I’m just glad I didn’t binge and I actually didn’t force myself to finish the whole sandwich because that is how I’m mentally used to… instead.. I just thought.. well there is no harm in me stopping right now, and I’m not FEELING hungry anyway (well because of the beads but still, it’s a mental thing). Also.. last night I got into a fight with my bf, and I didn’t get a lot of sleep (we talked all night) and when I woke up I had crazy cramps… so I’m surprised and pleased with myself to have cheated very little during my period, stress, and my brother being over (he eats a LOT and my parents always get a bunch of food when he’s around). In that sense, I’m a bit relieved.
Anyway..
I’m going to go fill up on more water and then maybe lie down.. (feeling a bit crampy again).

Okay.. so I haven’t been good. In fact, I think these couple weeks have been the worst.. For the past few days, I tried getting back on track and I would do so well all day and then cheat at night!
I was happy a on Saturday when I ran about 2.2 miles on it and the intensity level was much higher than usual.. so fitness-wise I was happy about that, but then I cheated..
Then I went shopping and I walked a lot, easily another mile.. unfortunately when I got home, I undid the day’s work and cheated a bit.. but still I was pleased with the fitness.

Anyway, Saturday was a major shopping day for me… went shopping for clothes especially with the new semester coming about… I hadn’t really bought anything all summer except a pair of Roxy wedges and a still-too-small top on clearnance from macy’s (the top was.. $4.24 believe it or not!!!!)

So I have 2 weeks left until college starts and I decided to go shopping, I still have 17 more pounds to lose so I went in knowing I’d pick up items that were a bit too small on me for now but would fit later (this is what I did before and it’s great because as I lost and reached a certain weight, like 150, I had nice “rewards” sitting in my closet, waiting for me to reach out and grab em!)

I’m a pretty frugal spender and I LOVE love love bargains.. my mom used to be in the clothing business so I’m very picky about how much I spend and if I believe the quality of the item is worth the price.
So I hit up Marshall’s, Century 21, and Daffy’s.

I bought a really nice variety of clothes and I’m so happy!! It was really hard narrowing down what I wanted to buy because there were soo many clothes that either fit or I could see me wearing 15 pounds from now..
I tried to stay with the medium’s, I have broad shoulders and a medium frame so I know I’d have to lose more than 15-17 pounds to get down to a small.
I also tried on this really pretty skirt, size 9 and it fit!!! Well, it COULD sit lower on my hips after I lose more weight, still it fit!! I was soo happy!

I also bought a vest, I really wanted a nice vest to throw on, and I found this killer reversible red plaid vest, great quality and it’ll last. I tried on a large (honestly, my bust is what kills me in sizes, everything fits except that area) and it fit.. though it would fit better after.. maybe 3-5 pounds. The medium, well I knew it would take more but I had a hard time debating.. then I realized vests only look good if it is fitting, not loose, so I decided to go ahead and buy it!

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^ I wrote that up yesterday..

Today I’m feeling pretty bad.. Ugh, period. I feel soo bloated and crampy grr. 
Funny thing is, that I finally kept to my diet yesterday! I kept to it yesterday and so far today with no feelings of cheating. It’s good because I really just need to get through a few days without cheating..

It’s bad because I reverted to old habits from the last time I was on this diet.. where I would cheat here or there. It’s stupid because it slows it down immensely.. (remember this diet isn’t ketoctic).
I’ve already wasted a few weeks of hard work.. so I gotta just pull through, it is only 17 more pounds..
I know i’m retaining water and also from the cheats.. so I’m avoiding the scale. Next time I weigh myself will be next Monday. My goal? Well since I’ve been cheating a lot and I’m on my period, I’d be happy with 1-2 pounds lost. Better than the stall that I’ve been putting myself through.
I’m optimistic though.. I can do this. I just gotta get back on track. I’ve been dreading updating this blog just because of the cheats!
But let me focus on the positives..

Yesterday I had an appointment with Bumble and Bumble.. I filled out the form online and they invited me to model call. Bumble and Bumble is this high-end salon in Manhattan that is renowned and teaches other salons and has their own university. I went in for model call, and what they do is evaluate your hair and if they like it, they would set up and appointment.
So my friend told me to dress up a little because they are kinda, high-class.. so I thought well I feel bloaty today (first day of period, wasn’t feeling terrible, just a little bloated) so I knew I didn’t want to wear skinny jeans.. but other jeans wouldn’t be “nice” enough. So I thought, okay well I’ll wear a skirt. Now I bought a skirt from Charlotte-Russe, size medium, and I thought it didn’t fit me but it would eventually. Funny thing is.. it is actually a high-waisted bubble skirt with a plaid waist-band and bow in the front (really really cute). So yesterday I realized I could wear this.. I liked it because it was more slimming than the other a-lined skirts, and even then, I couldn’t find a good top to wear with the other ones. For the high-waisted skirt, I just tucked in a sleeveless top and wore a light black half-jacket… Really cute and nice.
I can’t express how much of  a big deal it was for me to wear that outfit! I felt self-conscious but I forced myself to wear it and I told my other friend to dress a little nice too and she isn’t used to it so I knew I wouldn’t be the only one… Also, I had a reason to dress up and I knew it wouldn’t be a big deal to walk around like that in nyc. So, I swalled my insecurities and forced myself to go.. and I’m so glad I did.
I looked great. I felt great. I felt confident. I felt pretty and feminine and for once in a skirt.. I’m really glad I wore that outfit because I’m finally starting to dress nicer.
Oh and B&B liked my hair, they said they were doing a workshop right now for curly hair and needed someone with looser curls like mine, so they gave me an appointment next monday!
So, this would be a great reward if I go down to 145 by Monday (thought 146 would still be fine b/c I’m not setting my goals too high this week). I’m excited for next week.
It would be great to hit 140 by the time I move into the dorm but it isn’t a dealbreaker if I don’t.. I’ll still stay on my diet anyway!

I’ll update later.