diet

so, I'm on a diet. yes the wedding and honeymoon are over, and now I am (slowly) packing on the pounds (5 to be exact). bummer. I've decided this is going to be a diet and personal finance blog.

A list of all I have eaten today:
1 c. raisin bran - 190 calories
1 c. milk - 60 calories
1 orange - 40 calories
2.5 80-calorie soy "sausages" -- really good! - 200 calories
30 calories of eggbeaters
2 pieces homemade pizza - 500 calories
salad - 100 calories
165 calories worth of chocolate pudding
total calories for today: 1285
I also went on a 4 mile walk/run. running approximately 2 miles and walking 2 miles. I would approximate that I burned 400 calories. not a bad saturday!


Personal finance from 2008: I fully funded 1 Roth IRA last year and put the minimum on another one as of December 31, 2008. For a total of $8,000 saved. Not bad. Plus there was the $12,000 I put towards paying off in full one of my private loans. I saved $20,000 last year on a salary of $55,000. that was a take home of $37,700, more than half of that was put towards my debt. I am pretty happy with the results!

Goals for 2009:
Fully fund 2 2009 Roth IRAs: $10,000
Pay off my last private law school loan: $14,500
lose 10 pounds

My salary goes up to $70,000 this year (started January 1st), so I should be able to meet my new goals of saving $24,500, plus pay $1,500 towards my 2008 taxes.