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Posted geekychica on April 1st, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

I’m still here.

Ate horribly the past couple days and I honestly don’t know why. I just want to eat. I’m not hungry. My stomach isn’t telling me to eat. But that’s all I want to do. Yesterday, for example, 2 toaster scrambles (360) and a thing of chocolate milk (360) *Reduced fat does NOT mean low calorie or good for you — keep in mind* and then 5 chicken nuggets with a spoon of pasta sauce (?), small bowl of ice cream (?), lots of Diet coke at work, granola bar (200), 2 cheese sticks (?), Crunch crisp bar, butterfinger crisp bar, diet pepsi. And then I made supper. I made 10 popcorn chicken (220) and put that with a bag of veggies (150) and put a little bit of pasta sauce on it. Totally gross. So then I tried putting some cheese *no no* on it and that was even worse. So then I ate another granola bar and later a pudding snack.

Oh dear…

And not once did I actually feel hungry. *sigh*

Good news, I did Zumba last night. And wiifit plus the night before and the wii said I lost 3 pounds since last time, but who knows.

So, I’m calling this my restart version 2.0. Getting a good handle on the exercise, no lets work on the eating part!

<3


It ends today.

Posted geekychica on March 19th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

I really think that I’ve been eating for a week straight. Exercise has been laughable. And I am done with it. Yesterday, I was feeling so cruddy about what I’ve been doing that I decided to just suck it up and knock it off. I could list off about a hundred excuses why I went so badly off track this week, but really, not a single one of them is worthwhile.  So, last night I got up and went back to the gym and worked out for almost 2 hours!

20 minutes treadmill (speed 3.0 incline 3.5)

30 minutes Rippin’ Abs class (owww)

45 minutes Zumba class (soooo much fun)

And you know what? I felt a hundred times better even though I hadn’t eaten the best earlier in the day. I just need to reevaluate some things and restart.

Why do I want to lose weight?

1. The many many health reasons

2. Confidence

3. Being able to buy cute clothes without fear

4. To be able to exercise without the stabbing pain and no-breath feeling

How?

Tuesday and Thursdays - Rippin’ Abs and Zumba

Wednesday - Treadmill and Zumba

Days I can make it to gym - Treadmill

Days I can’t due to work or school - Biggest Loser DVD and WiiFit Plus

Leancuisines until I can trust myself to cook and portion better

I need a new scale. I realized the other day that there is a 10 pound difference between the left and right side of my bathroom.

Here we go again!

<3


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Posted geekychica on March 4th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

Went to Zumba last night. So much fun but I feel like an idiot. They offer it on Tuesdays and Thursdays also, but I think I”m just going to stick with Wednesdays for now. There’s less people and I like this teacher better.  Otherwise, Monday I worked too late again. Tuesday I did an hour on the elliptical. Wednesday was Zumba. Today is work. Boo. Tomorrow, I’m going to try to make it to the kickboxing class in the morning. I really think I need to shift my workout to mornings so nothing can get in the way. But ahhh, I hate mornings!  But really, what’s more important? Currently debating the issue….

I need to figure out this work thing. I don’t hate my job. I loathe my job. I detest my job. I have to literally force myself up in the morning to deal with it. And today, I swear I about walked out/cried about 4 different times just from having to deal with this place. The people are nice enough. But I hate,hate,hate with a bloody passion working with food. (haha. me and food at war again :P ) The smell, the heat, the feel of making and serving food just about makes me sick. And it’s a buffet type of place so the only interaction with the actual customers I get is when someone has a complaint or needs something right this very second. Ugh.  I’ve applied at so many places, I honestly have run out of ideas of where to send my resume next. And to make things worse, I snack at work. Today at break I ate a couple chicken nuggets, a spoonful of potatoes w/ corn, and a small brownie. Now, everything was small. But a brownie? Really? I’ve been getting better about it, but not quickly enough. I work 5 hours every single day (plus 2nd job) and while I really do appreciate the fact that I DO have a job and the paycheck…I just feel so completely…lost.

I know all this isn’t really weight loss related except that it’s really stressing/depressing me. In addition to this, I’ve realized in the last week or so that I have no real friends outside my bf that I really care about anymore. I’ve never really been a people person. But I’ve realized that my two so-called “best friends” should probably get out of my life. On the few occasions that I’ve hung out with some work people, I’ve had more fun with them than anytime with my “friends”. I’m just so sick of the negativity. They are the two most negative people that I have ever met. All they want to do when hanging out is drink and talk about how much life sucks (even when it doesn’t). And after several years of listening to them, I just don’t want to anymore. They blame the world for their imagined issues. Nothing’s fair and it’s not their fault. I dont’ know…maybe I’m overreacting…but I don’t feel like I can talk to any of them about anything.

*sigh*

Well after all that, I’m going to go work until midnight. Tomorrow’s a new day.


Posted geekychica on February 24th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

Today was somewhat of an improvement. Didn’t snack as much at work. Breakfast was a yoplait banana yogurt and a banana. Lunch was a healthy choice meal and supper I’ll eat later. Bad part was about 1115 I had a few chicken nuggets and 2 itty bitty manicotti bits and some chocolate milk. I bought these juice packets that are only 10 calories a pack. They’re small but nummy. Still no pop. :)

Yesterday I went to the gym like I said I would. woohoo. Did 65 minutes on the elliptical which is somehow harder than the treadmill. My legs hurt so I didn’t do Zumba afterwards but still 65 minutes is pretty darn good. Tonight I’m going to go and do some more elliptical.

Edit:

Went to the gym. Did 50 minutes on the elliptical. Had 2 tuna sandwiches on wheat and 2 10 calorie juices pouches.


rawr

Posted geekychica on February 23rd, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

So Dairy Queen has this neato little tool on their website where you can create your own meal and it will calculate calories, fat, sodium, and all that good stuff. Too bad I found this out after I went. What in the world made me go to Ice Cream Heaven I have no idea. But I did. Then I saw that they have Quesidillas which stupid me I thought would be a good thing. Probably because the ones I make at home are actually good for you. I didn’t think of the pile of cheese they put on or that they came with onion rings. So, after checking the website I realized that I have eaten 2020 calories just in that little bit. I just about want to throw up I’m so disgusted with myself. That’s way over the calories I should have all day.

Pending a nuclear disaster I will be at the gym for a couple hours.


Quick post before work.

Posted geekychica on February 23rd, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

I was so disappointed last night. It started really well. I got off of my first job early so I had some time in between. Went to my 2nd job and packed my gym clothes so I could go straight to the gym, no excuses. Well…I was supposed to be off at 6 but that turned into 845. So by the time I would’ve got there, they would’ve been closing down. Ugh. So then I spent the rest of the night feeling like a blob. I should’ve joined a 24/7 gym but no I wanted the classes and the no boys allowed. And now I’m off to work at the restaurant and we’ll see if I can keep my willpower up enough to not snack on everything.Wish me luck!

<3


Posted geekychica on February 21st, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

Thanks for the comments! It’s so great to know I’m not the only one going through this. I’m not some freak allergic to weight loss! haha.

I know there’s a lot of room for improvement even though these last couple weeks have been a massive improvement already. I mean, I have only had maybe 1 1/2 pop in the last 2 weeks. That’s amazing for me.


32 pounds by the May 3

Posted geekychica on February 21st, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Possible?

It’s about 3 pounds a week. I’d love to be under 200 by then (even if thats only 199 :P ).

That’s my new goal for now.


Posted geekychica on February 20th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

First off, Marilyn Monroe is gorgeous.

Second, today has been one of the worst days I’ve had in a long time.   How do you gain 10 lbs in two days? I know yesterday was bad but I didn’t think it was THAT bad. And today, I’ve barely eaten a thing. But yesterday my scale said 221 and today its up to 230. And this is on top of everything else that’s happened today. ugh.

P.S. what really confuses me is that I’ve actually been going to the gym minus a couple days.


Posted geekychica on February 8th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Comment now »

All I can say is wow…

Do any of you remember the movie Heavyweights? With Ben Stiller about the kids from fat camp? Remember towards the end when the kids take over and they eat absolutely everything? Yea…that was me this weekend. Went out of town for school related stuff from Friday to yesterday. Got to the hotel, ate a philly chicken sandwich (with french fries!), then a pepsi and a cookie, vending machine junk, beer…and that was Friday.  Saturday was Ihop omelet, and big huge giant buffet for  supper, 1/3 of order of beer bread and Asiago dip, more alcohol, and finished up with more vending machine junk.  It doesn’t end there. Oh no. Then yesterday was a 1/2 coffee, Diet Pepsi, and Olive Garden. The cheesy gooey goodness of Olive Garden…Then we got home and I had McDonalds.

And if it isn’t obvious…no gym.

Here I was doing good all week and now I’m probably up 10 pounds at least. I am honestly just so completely embarrassed by myself right now…

I’m going to get up, go to the gym, try to make up some of this nightmare, and when I get back I think I need to reevaluate some things.

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