Finals

Stressing is an understatement. I have finals starting Monday. Here is the order of the tests:

• BacT on Monday
• Pharm on Tues (AAAHHHH!!!)
• Viro on Wed (tears. just tears.)
• Path on Thurs

Here is the order of the exams based on scary factor:

1. VIRO
2. Pharm
3. Path
4. Bact

For the last two nights I didn't even get home from school before midnight. Tonight I am finding it hard to focus so I am trying to get things sorted out so that all I have to concentrate on is finals. Hopefully pre-finals planning will really benefit me and my diet. Last semester I was so freaked out that I just went to the grocery store and bought 6 days worth of hoagie sandwiches (12 total) chips, and a ton of diet coke. Lets just say after 6 days of eating nothing but junk I felt miserable. I know that the stress of finals is something I have no control about but I can plan to make my body be the absolute best. And lets be truthful, I have worked hard to lose 15 lbs (yay me!) and I don't really want to complete screw it up because at midnight I get the munchies and order pizza. So here is my diet plan -
-PROTEIN! You always hear how protein is brain food, well Lord I hope it is!
-lean deli turkey, tuna, white beans, chicken, and nuts for snacking
-Soup! filling comfort food that actually has veggies!
-I made a cabbage soup that is full of veggies and I froze it in individual portions
-pre-packaged soups - hey chicken noodle is comfort food! and I know exactly how many calories I am consuming.
-Fruit: peaches, pineapple and banana - already sliced up and in individual servings.
-Veggies: those in the soup (seriously my cabbage soup probably has 3 servings of veggies for every portion!); celery and salsa - my new favorite snack. I honestly don't think I will ever go back to chips and salsa. Celery is SOOOO much better and it gives that crunchy bite!
-Carbs: okay, I am actively avoiding these but I do have whole wheat cracker sticks because I do get the munchies.
-Yogurt!
-WATER!!! lots and lots of the stuff. I know that I will be downing the coffee and diet coke (Lent ends on Sunday!!!!) but I am hoping to keep it to a minimum.
-Eat a mini meal every 4-6 hours. Hopefully this will keep me from feeling any kind of crash or feel like I am starving myself.

So that is the diet plan. Other than that I have picked out clothes to wear for each day of the week to save time. I have to be as efficient as possible. No wasting time because time is precious. I think I am prepared. It really just needs to be all about school. No distractions. It sounds like I am going to battle. But in a way I am. Failure would be about a $40,000 failure. Failure would be pushing my wedding back. Failure is a constant threat hanging over my head that I refuse to allow to squash me and my dreams. I am going to go study some more.