Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

Wow, weekends are so hard for me.  Not for self control or issues like that, but lack of planning that I can do during the week and also due to an increase in fun, etc. Anyways, I didnt eat anything crazy this week, but still REALLY hope that I am able to get back on track tonight/tomorrow and see a lower # on the scale Thursday a.m. So Yeah, I really gotta keep on plan this week and go to the gym Mon-Thurs to really make up for a couple of my slacker days this weekend, and I have to maintain my 1400 cals through dinner and my 200 cal evenings. I know I can do it, and really, I have to, because I am SO sick of my ipod shuffle and am ready for the nano!

OK back to full food journaling etc, tomorrow,

i can so do this!

workout today: 35 min elliptical, 20 min treadmill, 50 min weights and abs!

ugh i’m really tired but I had to get up to finish something, so i’m going to go drop it off, then come back and nap, then go back to the gym and then run errands. yay me

breakfast: 1 fiber 1 bar (140) and some strawberries (80)-220

when I get myself to comfortably running a 12 min mile, I’m going to start the C25k program.  I currently run/jog a 14-15 min mile.  But I think when I get down to a 12 min mile, it would be a good time to start the C25k program, and then maybe by the end of it I’ll be done to a 10 min mile! woohoo, anyways, just an idea I had.

So, I weighed in today and i’m down to 202.4! Woohoo! finally the scale is actively moving down! and now If i can lose 2 lbs a week for the next two weeks, It will be time to by my first reward, the ipod nano! I’m so excited and I cant wait to be out of thr 200’s forever!!!!

So, it’s funny, I’m trying to figure out, what in my food and exercise plan works best for me and I’m still not just sure. For example, I think when I was plateauing around 208.6ish, I was working out almost every day and very intensely, and I guess my body doesnt like that. I think it seems that my body may prefer 5-6 workouts a week and that they dont always need to include an incredibly intense weight lifting session. I think my body is also reacting really well to this recent jogging one mile on top of an elliptical and maybe it’s giving my body a cardio workout it wasnt getting before. so who know’s but maybe next time I plateau, which hopefully wont happen, I’ll add some running, or change some cardio.

Also, foodwise, I think it’s safe to say that I can stay at counting, and 1600 cals a day for now. the one thing I have noticed though is that it is inevitable that I snack at night after dinner, and usually around 200 calories, whether i have those calories left or not. So, i think from now on, I’m going to have a 1400 limit through dinner, so then I can always have a 200 calorie buffer in the evening. yeah. i like that plan, we’ll try it for now.

so of course, if any thing starts to plateau or I stop losing at least a 1-2lb a week, I can look at what I’m doing, and adjust both my exercise and my food limits. So yeah! go me! I’m so excited about my weigh in! also, sidenote, this is definitely the lowest my weight has ever been! woohoo!

also, another side note, I never used to get 7-8 hours a night of sleep on average for most of my years in college. now I do and it makes such a difference both in how I feel and I think in my weightloss. also a very postive change for me!

Today:

lunch: Cesar salad (425)

Snack: 1 yogurt (70), 1/2 cup of kgl (70) and 1/2 banana (55)- 195

dinner: chow mein with veggies (400), tofu (125), salad (60), 1 small piece of watermelon (10), a splash of nonfat milk in my coffee (30) dinner total: 625

Snacks: some celery and snap peas (25), 2 pretzel sticks (28), popcorn (140), frozen yogurt with a couple gummy bears (160)-353

total calories eaten today: 1598–>done and full! yay

No gym today because I have a ton of work to get done and want to get to bed early, but i should be hitting the gym tomorrow, and both days this weekend! woohoo

Hi all!

i’m trying to stay super on track today, like yesterday to make sure I see results tomorrow for weigh in, and hopefull see the right results to I dont have to change my eating plan, but we’ll see. i actually made my limits yesterday and today around 1400 mostly because i didnt gym sat sun or mon. but i did gym yesterday and i most likely will today. anyways, i just wanna make sure my weight loss continues. but depending on what my official weigh in is tomorrow, we’ll see where the official eating plan needs to be headed!

breakfast: 1 yogurt (70)

morning snack: 1/2 banana (55), 3 pretzel sticks (56)-111

lunch: shredded chicken breast (130), roasted potatoes (90), small piece of watermelon (10), salad with egg white (35), beef noodle soup (70), lucky charms (50)-lunch total: 385

snack: 1 fiber 1 bar (140), 2 pretzel sticks (56)-196

dinner: 2 grilled chicken kabobs (115), some brown rice and veggies (180), some salad with balsamic (55), some tortilla chips (150), 1 chocolate covered almond cluster (70), some chocolate covered raisins (60)-630

snacks: some frozen yogurt about 120, 1.5 pretzel sticks (28), some cheese crackers (50), and a tiny piece o’ chocolate (30)-snack total: 228

total calories eaten so far: 1620–>done, i guess my attempt at 1400 didnt work so well, we’ll see how weigh in goes tomorrow, and that will determine how to proceed.

workout: 45 min elliptical 30 min weights

got a great night’s sleep last night! which feels so good! about to go to the gym!

anyways, slept right into lunch time, which i love!

lunch: cesar salad (425), fruit cup (100)-525 total

snack: sugar free hot cocoa (60) 3 turkey slices (25) and a rice cracker (30)-115 total

Dinner: some salad with an egg white (75), small egg white omelete with spinach, mushroom and a tad of cheese (120), tiny bit of tofu and like 4 french fries (75), some soup (80), Frozen yogurt (100)-dinner total: 450

Snack: fiber 1 bar (150), green apple (35), 1/2 banana (55), yogurt (70)- total 310

calories eaten today: 1400->done

Workout: 33 min elliptical, 15 min treadmill (14 min mile, woohoo!), and 30 min weights abs and stretching

breakfast: SF redbull (10), yogurt (70)-80

snack: NF SF vanilla latte (130)

lunch: 6inch turkey on whole wheat with provolone (330)

snack:1 soup (90), 3 walnuts (80), 3 pretzel sticks (56)-snack total: 226

dinner: some pasta (200), some sauce (100), some tofu salad (150) and some carrot cake (200)-650

total so far today: 1416 cals left:184

brunch: eggwhite omelete with some spinach, brie and proscuitto, didnt eat much of the brie, it was too strong, small piece of baguette with butter and jam, a few breakfast potatoes

snack: 3 small slices of leftover pizza (personal size, not a big one) that had gorgonzola, ham and apple, some walnuts

dinner: SBD orange beef meal (SO GOOD!), 2 veggie egg rolls, 1/4 cup of chinese veggies. tall iced skinny vanilla latter

ahh i know i didnt track, but oh well, ps that SBD meal was seriously so good.  also, completely back on track tomorrow with food and gymming, i had weekend visitors but it was all worth it. just hope i make it to 203 on thursday, otherwise, time for a plan change!

wow, the weather’s just great here!

breakfast: 1 yogurt (70), 1/4 cup of KGL (35), 1/2 banana (55)-total: 160

Lunch: asian food, no idea cals, but I had some pretty good self control I think.  I’m pretty happy about it, i nibbled more or less and took no huge portions of anything. better than nothing

lunch and dinner are entirely unknown. also not sure if I’ll be getting in my gym time today, but if anything I wouldnt mind getting in at least some cardio. the main objective today is just to eat cautiously and with awareness, and to stay within the 1600 goal.

if I’m not down to 203 by this thursday’s weigh in, i’m going to stop the calorie counting and going to switch and try a nutritional plan that a nutritionist made me that is based on specific servings and portions of food groups, and less about specific calories. but if i get down to 203, then I will keep calorie counting cuz it will be working. but if I dont, it’s definitely time for a switch up.