So I very much went over on the restrictive amount of calories that I wanted to have today. But in slight defense, I went over with a skinny iced cinnamon dolce latte (which is like, 200-300 calories) and then things like Whole Grain Tuscan Linguine (less than 400 calories AND I didn't eat it all) and Thai Curry Soup (less than 200 calories) from Noodles & Company.

So it's not like I went for the massive sugar. But I wasn't a saint. And it's my last night home, so I didn't want to turn down my mom taking me to dinner or meeting Jenna for coffee. And I worked out today, though I was only on the machines for 30 minutes/300 calories. =/ Meeting Evan Friday. I'm so excited. I can't express.

I'm going to try to start restricting my diet to around 1500 a day + massive cardio. I'm also doing the European style of shopping with shopping every week instead of one and done. Hopefully this will help both with finances and with keeping fresh things in reach.

I packed a "lunch" for the trip back to Auburn tomorrow, so that I won't stop for fast food. It includes such goodies as:

• bottle of water (nalgene ftw)
• handful of baby carrots
• 9 almonds (did you know that 9 unsalted almonds is about a serving size?!)
• 2 fruit leathers
• handful of blackberries (yummy!)
• 1 sunsweet prune (okay, these are delicious!)

I mean, it's not really a meal, but I don't want to be driving and eating a meal anyway. It's supposed to just be enough to hold me over.

Drawback is I know I'll be so tired after tomorrow I probably won't want to head to the gym. Pray for me that I can find the strength for at least 30 minutes of cardio.