Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

Archive for January, 2008

24 Jan, 2008

Not a bad weigh in Day!

Posted by: travelgal In: General

Hi All,
So I weighed in the morning and guess what!? 220.8!!! I’m so excited! I realized how much a weekly weigh in and mini goal can keep me motivated! I think there are a couple of reasons for my couple pound loss this week!
1) last week when i weighed in, it was at [...]

im still sick today which sucks. ive been trying to stay on my food plan, but havent been exercising much except going to and from class (biking)
today i had a bigger breakfast than usual because i knew it would be a while till lunch
breakfast: 1 airborne drink (5 cal) , 1 lower sugar oatmeal packet [...]

23 Jan, 2008

Argh..being sick throws everything off

Posted by: travelgal In: General

Hi All,
After a weekend back home, I’m back at school with a cold!  which sucks. cuz i ate well today, but i didnt go to the gym! boo!
well, even though i was at some big family events this weekend.  i think i did quite well!
ok FJ for today:
breakfast: 1 lower sugar oatmeal and one tangerine, [...]

17 Jan, 2008

calorie counting, not quite possible for me

Posted by: travelgal In: General

hi all,
sorry ive been out for  a couple of days. these past few days have been so hectic and non stop.  i was in a meeting on tuesday from 4pm until midnight! it was nuts!
ok well a few things.  i did my weigh in yesterday and i was at 225.4! so a loss of 1.6 [...]

15 Jan, 2008

Changing My Calorie Limits!??

Posted by: travelgal In: General

OK, So after doing a bit of research online, i’ve realized that my 1000-1200 calorie range for a day is just too low, and could directly promote fat retention.  So I’ve decided to move it up to 1200-1500 range with 1300-1400 being the idea range for one day, but 1500 being acceptable.  The calculator thing [...]

15 Jan, 2008

Monday’s can be hard…but i worked through it!

Posted by: travelgal In: General

ok today was long and tiring especially because i did not sleep well last night at all, and probbaly got 3-4 hours of sleep. definitely trying to fix that tonight.
ok gotta do this fast cuz i have a ton of work:
Breakfast: oatmeal (120), string cheese (70), red bull (10), total 200
Lunch: Spinach Salad with [...]

13 Jan, 2008

The end of the weekend already?!

Posted by: travelgal In: General

Hello hello! It’s already 4:40 on Sunday afternoon which is disconcerting because I just havent been very productive with schoolwork this weekend.
I realized it may be very hard to write consistent entries on the weekends because I am always so busy running around doing errands, seeing friends, trying to do schoolwork etc. But [...]

11 Jan, 2008

hmm..fitday??

Posted by: travelgal In: General

so i read someones post about fitday and i decided to try it.  even though i thought i ate well today, with the acception of one or two slip ups, i realized i ate approximately 1540 calories which is shocking and semi horrifying to me as im trying to keep my calorie level at about [...]

10 Jan, 2008

day 2–1.10.08-calorie counting…help?

Posted by: travelgal In: General

breakfast: one lowfat stick of string cheese (7o cal),
one pack of lower sugar oatmeal (120cal),
one sugarfree redbull (10 cal),
1 banana (110 cal)
a few sips of pomegranate juice(35 cal)
= 345 cal for breakfast. that kinda seems like a lot to me, even though before i counted the calories my breakfast seemed light. i guess i [...]

09 Jan, 2008

Day 1! The first food and exercise journal

Posted by: travelgal In: General

So today I’m not having breakfast because I dont have class until 2:15, so I didnt get up in time.
But this morning, I had one 10 calorie Fuze drink, and a few reduced fat wheat thins.
For Lunch: A few forks of a southwest chicken salad and one inari sushi (rice covered in soybean/tofu stuff). [...]