Alright, it is a new year and like other Americans, we nursing students also have new year resolutions. Last semester I tried the 17 Day Diet, which by the end of the 12th day was making me lose plenty of weight, but was making me a very miserable human being. I was not able to concentrate and it was finals week, VERY BAD MOVE. I still passed my finals, but left me slightly demoralized. That diet gave me head aches, a bad mood, and clogged me up to the point in which it looked like I had a beer belly…not pleasant, but now that i think about it, hilarious. I self-medicated with Milk of Magnesia and it was brutal, ha ha ha. So, I definitely stopped doing that diet.

My last year’s resolution was to lose weight in general. I went from 189 lbs to 155 lbs. So, I’m happy with that. My 2012 new year’s resolution is to get down to 120-130 lbs, which I think is very doable. I have had a good start by finally starting to work out again. I just have to continue this routine when second semester starts. I am sticking to a Mediterranean style diet, in which I can eat lots of seafood, but I have to remember to keep it under 1200 calories a day. So, I will be going back to using myfitnesspal.com again. If it works, why not use it again.