Yes I did not gain! Man I wasn’t sure with how many times I messed up this week. I lost 1.5 lbs and I could not be happier. Okay, so it’s not that much but it’s better than nothing. I’m just happy to know that I’m continuing to go down on the scale. This week I need to get back to the gym and healthy eating. I’m keeping today short and sweet as I have a day of complete rest ahead of me to enjoy. Thanks for reading guys.

Wow, I haven’t blogged in over week. Well at least not any current blogs. This was my second week of healthy eating, and let me say it did not go well. I didn’t exercise once this week. I ate out four days this week. One was inevitable because of my mom’s birthday. One was supposed to be a reward, and the other two were just bad self-control. Here I am the second Saturday in a row, writing before weigh in day after stuffing my face with Chinese food.

I need to do better. I don’t expect to see a weight gain tomorrow, but man I’d be ecstatic if I maintained my 5lbs weight loss. This week I need to get back to working out the five times a week. I felt more sick and lousy this week which I’m attributing to not going to the gym. I need to not eat out this upcoming week as I did this past week.

Okay, so just a recap of my goals for this upcoming week.

1. Workout five times

2. Eat less and healthier food

3. Stick to my eat takeout once rule

Let’s see if I can do better this week. I know I can!

Okay, way back when, almost a week ago now, I had my first weigh in day. Despite thinking that I had messed up horribly, I actually lost a good amount of weight. As of the 5th I’m down 5.5lbs, resting at 215lbs. My buddy found out on weigh in day that she has gotten down to 220lbs. Man did we feel good. I’m making today short and sweet. Thanks for reading guys.

Friday was a pretty normal day. Ate well, exercised and stayed in after running some errands with a few friends. Unfortunately, Saturday is where it all feel apart. Here I am a day before weigh in and I go crazy. I had a slow morning, just felt kind of sluggish, so I decided not to go to the gym and exercise at home instead. Comcast on demand has a variety of exercise programs so I picked a 12 minute ab session. Although I exercised the entire time, I didn’t do their exercises to the end. All their ab exercises were standing which was fine, but they utilized the arms a lot. I found my arms getting tired, so I opted out for some other ab exercises for the remaining time. It did make me realize I probably need to get started on lifting weights pretty soon.

The rest of the morning I just laid in my bed playing games on my phone until afternoon arrived and I had to be off to work. Now as usual I packed Fig newtons and grahams for me to snack on at work to avoid eating the food there, pretzels! I work at a pretzel shop. Well I couldn’t avoid temptation any longer and I decided to have myself a pretzel and cup of cheese. A pretzel has 300 calories, 8 points, and a cup of cheese has between 100 and 150 calories and between 3 to 4 points. Let’s just say it was a total of 12 points. That would have been fine. After eating that my daily total would have been 18 points, leaving plenty of points for dinner.

Well after work some friends invited me out. I was tired, not really in the mood to party but they insisted so I gave in well. Well while in the party spirit I suppose I totally forgot I was on a diet. I binged on a lot of Chinese food, a lot. Even after I was stuffed I still ate more. I was so disgusted with myself but that didn’t keep me from shoving more food in my mouth. All in all not a good day. I have no idea how many points or calories were in what I ate but probably a lot. I do know this as I said before when we rewarding do it later in the day. I rewarded myself too early then I turned back on my decision to sacrifice later. If you reward yourself later in the day then you’ve already done the sacrificing and can’t turn on yourself.

Well I must say today was probably the most stressful, stress free day I’ve ever had. I woke up feeling extremely pressured in school as I’ve fallen behind. Today was the deadline, midnight to be precise. Well I went off to work thinking there is noway I’m going to finish all my school in time. I felt bewildered and honestly wanted to eat everything in sight. Then on the way to work I find out we’ve been given an extension until Monday. I felt like I just had 100lbs lifted off my body (If only that were literal). Having that stress lifted helped me control my cravings.

Today was my “Day of Rest.” I decided not to go to the gym and to eat some less than healthy take out. In other words I decided to use today as reward. As much as I hate rewarding myself with food it’s what helps me stay on track with dieting. I think there is no use depriving yourself from the foods you like. It’s all about portion control right? Well yes and no, or at least for me. If you like something that’s higher in calories, the portion control rule says you can have it, but way less than you really want. Now that works for every day life, but sometimes you need a reward. Rewarding works in a different way, it utilizes sacrifice. You sacrifice now so you can reward yourself later, and vice versa. I personally believe it’s better to do the sacrificing first and the rewarding last, so you can’t turn on your decision to sacarifice once you’ve already gotten the reward.

Today I rewarded. Rewarded myself for working hard in school, doing well transitioning into my healthier lifestyle, and well for just being me. Smaller breakfast, smaller lunch… huge dinner. I had two cheeseburger beef bites from 7/11 for dinner. It was 600 calories, for those on weight watchers it was 14 points. I finished my day out with 23 points out of my given 27 points. Ahh sacrafice, the wonders you do. My tip for today would be to reward. Reward as often as you need to, to be successful, but be careful to over-reward. For me, I don’t want to reward more than once a week. Also, rewarding and going out to dinner probably should not be combined. To read more on my thought about Portions, Rewarding, Going out to Dinner, and Parties, click here: it’s number two. Thanks for reading today.

Hi. I got through two days and now I’m on the third. Actually I’m writing this right before I take off for a trip to the gym. I must say my spirits are high and I’m in a genuinely good mood. Goal for the gym today is to do a mile on the stepper. Still a bit intimidated by the whole gym idea to leave the machines and use the weights, but I’ll get there. To give a sample of what I’m eating, I’ll list what I ate yesterday and for those who are on weight watchers, I’ll list the points too.

Breakfast: 1/2c. egg beaters, 2 slices bacon,  1slice of cheese, 1 apple

Calories: 220, Points: 4.5, Satisfied: Yes.

Lunch: Yogurt, a couple of pieces of pork

Calories 200, Points: 5, Satisfied: Surprisingly Yes (Thanks to Lida I believe)

Dinner: Smart One

Calories: Not sure, Points: 9, Satisfied: Yes

Desert: Candy bar, Candy Stick, Gummy Lifesavors

Calories: Not sure, Points: 6.5, Satisfied: Yes ( The candy bar was most of these points. It satisfied my chocolate cravings. The hard Candy stick made the sweetness linger while only being 2 points.

Days total points: 25, just shy of my given 27 points. Stayed satisfied throughout the whole day, and only ate when I was hungry. I left myself with enough points to have an after dinner snack of yogurt if I really needed it, but I ended up being satisfied all throughout the rest of the evening and night.

If you like yogurt I think it’s a really amazing, cheap, healthy diet tool. The worst part of dieting for me is the period of time when I’m trying to get my stomach used to eating less food. That means I might wake up in the middle of the night feeling quite hungry. Instead of feeling sick while I toss and turn trying to ignore the pain in my stomach, I’ll have a yogurt. A light yogurt usually has between 80-100 calories, 2-3 points. I admit it won’t stretch forever, but it will take away immediate hunger helping you to make it to the next meal, or through the night without snacking on unhealthy junk food. It’s also quite tasty and doesn’t cause bloating. Yes! Also if you don’t like drinking milk, it’s a great dairy side dish to any meal. That’s my tip for today. Eat yogurt it’s healthy, full of protein and calcium, delicious, low-calorie, and filling.

Hi everyone. My first couple of posts will be rather long as I introduce to my situation. This is not my first time trying to lose weight or blogging, but hopefully it will be my last. No, it will be my last. I want to blog during my journey to serve partly as as therapeutic exercise, as a way to get how I’m feeling out, and way to let others see what what’s working for me.

Sunday was my first time at the gym. Worked all day then hit up the gym. Probably wasn’t the best thing to go to the gym right after work, seeing as how I was very tired, but it kind of proved to myself that I can do things I don’t want to if I’m really determined. I made a goal to do a mile on the stepper machines and I met it with a time of 15 minutes and 30 seconds. This is my first time having a gym membership actually. I always reasoned before that I was to self conscious, or that I could do better workouts at home. The truth is when I don’t have to get up and go anywhere, I can always find an excuses as to why I can’t do it at home. The gym I joined is called Planet Fitness. They’re pretty much taking over for the common people. They advertise a no judgement zone and even though I was little intimidated walking in 100lbs overweight, I became comfortable with the situation pretty quickly.

To help my success my finally time trying to lose weight, I’m trying some new foods and products to help out. First off I’m doing weight watchers. If your like and don’t want to spend a whole bunch of money on meeting or online tools, grab a smartphone(or various website) and a buddy and BAM you have your own personal weight watchers support system. I paid once before to attend meetings, and I have to honestly say that for me, meeting with strangers to talk about my weight wasn’t that helpful. The new points plus system makes a bit harder, but I think it’s helping me choose healthier foods, not just low-calorie foods. When I started weight watchers I weighed 214 and my points came out to 27. Now somewhere between now and then I wen through the holidays and totally lost myself. I gained 6.5 lbs. Now I’m starting again at 220.5, but I’m leaving my points at 27 as I’m just barely in the 28 point range.

Along with weight watchers I’m trying a weight loss supplement called Lida Daidaihua. I tried this supplement before and it helped me lose 14 lbs rather quickly. Although I’m not sure if it was the supplement, because at the time I was working out intensely each day and eating less than I should have been. We will see at the end of the week. I’m weighing in every Sunday, and taking my measurements monthly. I’ll post pictures for every 25lbs I lose. Even today I feel less bloated than on Saturday. My stomach is no longer hanging over my legs from me stuffing food down my gullet.

Well I think it’s about time I wrap this up for now. I’ll be detailed as a travel along this rocky path. I’ll also keep posted my experience with new products such as Walden Farms products, Miracle Noodles, Carba Nada, and others. Thanks for reading.