Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

im back at school and I weighed myself and I think my scale at home must have been different, because I’m definitely not 206.5 at my scale here, which is so sad. in fact i think im still at my plateau here which is awful. so for the next four days I’m going to get back on track with eating and the gym, but I’m just not sure what to do to break this stupid plateau so i can actually get down to the lower 200s and into the 190s. if i dont go down at all on thursday, i’m really going to have to think of something to change or mix up. argh.

anyways, back to tracking food, etc today.

Lunch: 1 turkey pesto panini with only 1/2 the bread (175), some soup (75), some tofu (95), some quinoa (60), salad with one egg white (35), some frozen yogurt (100), some watermelon (15): lunch total- 555

Snack: 1 SBD snack bar (100)

Dinner: 1 chicken breast (bourbon chicken) (160), some rice (80), 6 veggie potstickers (260), some salad, just veggies (45), 1 small apple turnover (180), piece of a chocolate muffin (100), tiny bit of peanut butter (60)-dinner total…uh oh arghhh my dinner was way way way too high: total: 885!!! ahh how awful. i went over to my friend’s house where the food is amazing and i just didnt exhibit self control.  well, i guess i’ll definitely still be going over in calories today. that’s annoying. i guess back on track tomorrow.

Total Calories eaten today: 1540 ; appx left: 60-110 MAX

Workout: 40 in elliptical 18 min treadmill 35 min weights and abs.

arghh today was not a good first day back. i really need to get back into the rythym of staying on track and eating well and portion control.  im worried about thursday weigh in. argh. anyways, i’ll try much harder tomorrow and really try to stick to my plan/rules.

according to my weigh in this week, I am 8.5 lbs away from my next mini goal and first real reward, an ipod nano. 8.5 should be rather reasonable to reach once i get back on track at school. i just have to really make sure that I can get 100% back on food and exercise track on monday. i know i can, i just have to focus.  here’s to 8.5 lbs and a lovely pink ipod nano.

breakfast: 1 activia (70), go lean crunch (70), blackberries (100?)-240

snack: trail mix (250)

lunch: a few chips with spinach artichoke dip (200) , some mushroom soup (200) and half of a small chinese chicken salad (200)-lunch total 600

snack:  medium pinkberry (154) with strawberries (25), blackberries (35), and some captain crunch (45): total: 259

dinner: pretzel dog (290), and some cinammon pretzel bites (150)-440

all of today was complete estimations, but approximately: 1789-certainly not great, but not awful for sb either. excited to get back on track and back at school and working out on monday.  siiigghhh

SO! many things to update about.

1st-I have seemingly broken through my plateau this week, and gotten down to 206.5 (though i weighed in on my scale at home, not at school, so i will need to verify that once i’m at school). also we’ll see if that sticks around, depending on how the rest of the week goes. i have been eating “conciously” but not on track.  i’m not making super stupid food choices, but im certainly not being as discening as i could be…i’ll have to work on that.  or just get super back on track on monday when i’m back at school…

2nd-i havent been working out everday (aka weds and thurs) because i’ve had a house guest and we’ve been running around doing fun stuff. we went on a walk today, but it wans the normal intense workout…yeah., dont know how much that will be fixed before i get back into routine at school.

3rd- i’m super happy i “broke” my plateau, we’ll see if it’s actually rue when i get back to school, but either way, i really should try to eat more on track tommorrow. i think now that i’ve acknowledged it and written about it i think it will be more in the front of my brain.

ok so tired. off to bed.  will update soon

Breakfast: Vanilla tea nsa nf latte (120), 2 egg white omelete (35), 1/8 cup of cheese (40), some deli turkey (35), 1 cup of strawberries (50)-bfast total: 280

Snacks: 9 almonds (77), kellogs bar (90), some m&ms (40)-snack total: 207

“lunch“: 2 hotdogs (90), 2 ketchup packs (30), 1 spoon of pb (90) and some tortilla chips (40):”lunch total”: 250

Dinner: 1 yogurt (70), 1 cup of strawberries (50), 1/2 cup of kashi (70), 1 rice cake (35), 1 cheese stick (60), and some turkey (60)-dinner total:  345

total calories eaten so far today: 1082 ; total calories left: 518

Workout: 40 min dog walk, 30 min weights, abs and stretches

blister still hurts.

Breakfast(ish): 9 almonds (78)

Lunch: some wheat bread (130), some butter (65), some chicken tortilla soup with cheese and some tortilla strips (~280?) and some salami (135)-lunch total: sheesh, bigger lunch total than i thought: 610

After workout snack: a little less than 1/2 a cup of blueberries (35), some almonds (~120)totat: 155
Total Calories Eaten today: 843 , appx left:757

Dinner: 600ish

Evening snack/drinks: 157(160?)

Workout: 30 min dog walk, 35 min treadmill, 30 min weights abs and stretching

Hi all,

Happy Sunday! I’m feeling really good about my Spring Break food and exercise plan, and have been sticking to it pretty closely, which I’m happy about! I’m sore from some of the new exercises I’ve been doing, but still really happy that I’ve been doing my workout consistently every night! go me!

Breakfast: 1/2 cup of kashi go lean (70), 1/2 cup of nonfat milk (45), 1/2 cup of blueberries (40)-bfast total: 155

Lunch: Lunch was definitely a big meal today and i wont be eating much for the rest of the day, but I’m going to try and be as accurate as possible in estimating and recording it. so: some small pieces of breads and cakes (275), some spoonfuls of greek yogurt, berries and granola (150), 1 small piece of french toast with some berries and cream (225), 1/2 a salad (300)-lunch total: ACK 950! haha, its ok, i’ll fit it into my daily calorie plan! i wont let this ruin my day, calorie wise!

Dinner: tiny piece of rotisserie chicken (85), tiny piece of skirt steak (85), small piece of baked potato (70), some yam fries (75), some green beans (60), some broccoli (25), and some sauteed mushrooms (40)-can you tell it was leftovers night? dinner total: 440

Snack: Some almonds (30) and a few m&ms (30)-snack total 60 

Total Calories eaten so far today: 1605–>Done.

wow i’m pretty proud of myself today.  i could have done a lot worse, but I stayed within range.  also, i didnt work out tonight, because I feel a cold coming on, so I decided to make tonight a rest day, but I’m doing a full on workout tomorrow a.m. after breakfast with full treadmill and weights/abs/stretching.  i’m loving this relaxing spring break so far.  i’ve also been looking at some old pics of me in my bedroom here at home, and i’ve just always been chubbyish–>fat. i’m gonna make it to thin and healthy, and nothings gonna stop me.  i’ve never been so on  plan and so focused before. i just need to break out of this stupid plateau, but I feel like this week may do it.  go me.

back tomorrow! nighto

hiiiii all!

so, im kinda sore from my workouts the last two nights, in the best way possible. i started doing squats which I’ve never done before, and I feel them, but I love being sore because I know my body is working and changing.

anyways, i’ve been able to completely stay on plan here, which is fabulous, and I’m so happy about it. I like doing my workouts at night while I’m at home, because I can have the downstairs to myself, and then i can do my treadmill, weights, abs, and stretching and then have my yogurt/blueberries, shower, and go to bed. and then it doesnt interrupt my day time routine. the question will be whether or not I can stick to it once my friend comes, but I really hope i can!

anyways:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup of Kashi Go lean (70), 1/2 cup of blueberries (40), 1/2 cup of nonfat milk (45), a few sips of fruit smoothie (25)-breakfast total: 180

Lunch: 1 cup of corn chowder (150) and a chicken cesar salad with light, non oil based dressing (340), some M&Ms (55), 1 piece of dark chocolate (25)- 570

Snack: 4 almonds (35), 6 m&ms (20), some tortilla chips (65)-snack total 120

Dinner: some rotisserie skinless chicken really not sure about the amount in ozs. will say ~(200),1/2 baked potato~(125), some olive oil (140), some broccoli (30)-dinner total: 495

After workout snack: 239 (1 yogurt 70, 1/2 cup blueberries 40, 15 almonds 129)

Calories eaten so far today: 1604 –>done

Workout: 52 minute treadmill,30 min weights abs and stretvhing

hi all!

breakfast: 1/2 cup of kashi go lean (70), 1/2 cup of nf milk (45), 1/2 cup of blueberries (40) and a taste of a fruitish/proteinish smoothy (~45)-bfast total: 200

after walk snack: 1 spoon of lf cottage cheese (20), 1 rice cracker (35) w/ 1/2 tbsp of peanut butter (45), and a no sugar added blended mocha (110), 1 clementine (35), 1 kellogs snack bar (90)-total snacks: 335

Dinner: 6oz of grilled skirt steak (~380), some french fries (210), 2 spoons of mashed potatoes (65), 2 spoons of rice (55), some sauteed mushrooms (125), and some sauteed green beans (60)-Dinner total: 895 (big dinner i know, but totally within my calorie limits, and that’s the point of my eating plan, learning to eat what I want, within reason)

Snack after my workout: 1 activia (70) and 1/2 cup of blueberries (40), 10 m&ms (34)-144 total

Total calories eaten today: 1574–>DONE

Workout: 40 min dog walk, 4 games of bowling (does that count haha?), 52 min on the treadmill, 30 min weights and abs. i love working out. seriously.

wow, I’m eating way better at home with less snacks etc than at school! woohoo. maybe i can ACTUALLY lose weight this week. if not, i’m really going to need to come up with a “break the plateau plan” for next monday… cuz this is getting ridiculous. im working out and weight training a ton and not seeing actually results. i really should/need to be losing 1-2 lbs per week, and it’s just not happening.

off to shower and bed! night y’all

Ok, so I’ve been majorly slacking in the blogging/tracking/self control department. I know I should have been keeping track, but I haven’t been because this week was just so crazy. And I know a crazy life isn’t an excuse, but this week it was for me. I really needed to focus on my school work and that was definitely my top priority. So, long story short and I weighed in this week and there was no good news and no bad news. I stayed exactly the same. Which in a sense is positive because it means that if I don’t track my food or write about it specifically, I have some insight and skills into how to do maintenance. But, that’s obviously not where I am or want to be right now. I want to be losing. Which means that I really do need to stay on track of my food and exercise every day. I really think that when I don’t track, im just so much more careless and flippant about my food, which is something I cant really afford to be right now. So, this is going to be a big test, because I’m now on Spring break. I’m sitting at the airport right now and going home. You’d think in going home that it would be easy to stay on track but I think this whole “changing environments” thing from going from home to school could be a semi problem. There are various problems when going home, food wise. A) I wont have all my snacks etc that I normally have at school. But, I did bring some easy to bring stuff home: almonds, Kashi go lean, and some bars, and some yogurt. And, obviously, I can always go to the market to get some stuff. B) we eat out or take in a LOT at my house. No one cooks. And I like where we go etc, because it’s great food, and my parents pay, and I like eating out, etc. The main challenge will be to go these great places and pick the foods that I should be eating and not the ones I want to be eating. i.e. salad or chicken breast instead of pasta or pizza. I know that I CAN do it, the question is whether I WILL do it. But I think if I think about it consciously, and pay attention to hold myself accountable this week, I can do it. The other thing is about exercise. I have a treadmill and set of weights at home, which aren’t as exciting as an elliptical or the machines at the gym, but they will definitely do. So, my goal is to do 45 min of treadmill and 30 min of weights everyday with MAYBE one or two rest/break day if it’s necessary or if it’s too busy. (I’m having people over for spring break and it’ll be a challenge to find free time to workout, but I think I can. Also, I think it would be better if on a really busy day, I did my 45 min treadmill and not the 30 min weights, if I only have time for one thing, I definitely should get my cardio in.
Ok so I know food (& perhaps drinking) is going to be a challenge this spring break, especially because I’ll be eating out A LOT. But I know I can do it, I just need to focus. So here are some specific spring break food rules that I am going to specifically try to adhere to these for the next week +:
-Never order an entire pasta or pizza dish. If I am at an Italian restaurant or something, get a cesar salad, or chicken breast with veggies or even a side of pasta, but just never order an entire plate of carbs. That’s a death trap
-Never get a side of French fries, onion rings, etc. Always get a side of veggies, or if anything, baked potato or brown rice, roasted potatoes etc
-If I am at Asian restaurant get nothing that has a sweet/thick sauce, keep portions to a reasonable amount and always opt for brown rice instead of white.
-If I am at Mexican restaurant, stay AWAY from eating massive amounts of tortilla chips, quesadillas, cheese enchilas etc, go for the tamale, or the grilled chicken fajitas etc.
-Wherever I am or whatever I’m eating, opt for the complex carbs, ie brown rice, whole wheat bread, etc.
-STAY AWAY from diet coke, juices etc. Water and Iced Tea will be my best friends. If I’m out in a drinking situation, stay away from beer or big fruity drinks and go towards vodka and diet coke or gin and tonic etc.

I think the other biggest rule I will need to follow is just to follow common sense and be smart in my food choices. Every food that I put in my mouth DOES directly affect my body and how I feel. For example, yesterday I ate some bad junk food and candy, and my body felt gross. Eww.

Also, I will track every food or drink I consume from now onwards. No break days etc. This site has been helping to keep me accountable, and don’t want to lose track of my progress and all my hard work.

I’m reading this book called “Secrets of a Former Fat Girl” and I’ve really liked the books so far. The lady’s story and tips are really relevant to me and really helpful. Anyways, one of her tips is to keep your weight loss journey/goals a secret. I have found this to be REALLY helpful/useful. In the past when I’ve (the author too) have told people that they want to lose weight, it become a public affair, which it shouldn’t be. People try to offer advice, tell you to exercise, say stuff about what you’re eating etc, and it ultimately just isn’t useful, for me at least. So since I started exercising a ton and watching what I eat etc, I haven’t told anyone. And I like it that way. I like having my own little secret plan and goals and I liked that the only one involved is me. So, when I go home, I’m keeping myself secretive. I like it better that way, and I don’t need anyone else to be involved except for me.

So after that huge thing, onto today’s tracking:
Breakfast: 1 activia (70), 1 Special K bar (90), 1 mini lemon poppyseed scone (80): Total 240

Snack:1 airplane pack of dry roasted peanuts (~65)

Lunch: some chips and salsa (~250), 1 small spincah, cheese chili tamale (~230?) and some lettuce with balsamic vinagrette dressing (~100): total 580

Snack: 10 plain M&Ms (34)

Dinner: leftover tamale (~230), small amount of lettuce, parmesean and some cesar dressing (~120?), some chips and salsa (~175?), and a few tiny pieces of roasted chicken (50), 2 m&ms (7)-dinner total: 582

Snacks: 1 activia (70) and 1/2 cup of blue berries (40): total 110

Total Calories eaten today: 1611

Workout:52 minutes on the treadmill, 35 min weights and abs!

Ahh I’m HOME! I really hope I can do this!!! I know I can! I Just have to stick to it. And, I don’t just want to maintain while I’m at home this week! I want to lose! And I will! (I really hope…haha)..