Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

ahh the weather got so lovely today!

yay! i already have my workout clothes, so when the clock hits 3:45, i go to the gym without delay!

breakfast: 1/2 banana (55) & 1 yogurt (70) -125

morning snack: 1/2 cup of kashi go lean (70)

lunch: cesar salad (425)

snack: 1 rice cake (30), 1 light cheddar stick (70), 2 turkey slices (17), 3 almonds (26)-total: 143

Dinner: turkey burger (no bun) with provolone, grilled pineapple, mixed greens, egg white, and some bbq sauce, and some sweet potato fries.

snack: banana blueberry strawberry smoothie with some lowfat yogurt and organce juice. 1 chocolate almond cluster. some tortilla chips.

Workout: 33 min elliptical, 17 min treadmill (still with a mile under 15, woohoo), and 35 min weights abs and stretching!

i slept a lot yesterday and last night and feel a lot better! woohoo

breakfast: 1 yogurt (70), 1/2 cup KGL (70)-140

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

Snack: 1 rice cake (30), 1 string cheese (60), 3 turkey slices (25)-115

Dinner: Sauteed Tofu (150), Asian rice noodles with some veggies (275), salad (50), frozen yogurt (75)-dinner total: 550

Snacks: Fiber 1 bar (god these are good (140), second fiber 1 bar (150), and a few tiny curly fries (40)

Calories eaten so far today: 1660.  <–im really proud of myself. i think i exhibited excellent restraint. i was at a bowling alley tonight and I didnt drink ANY beer or buy any fried food or bad junk. i had a few tiny bites of my friends curly fries, but really no damage there. im glad I had my fiber 1 bar in my bag, and man they are good. im gonna have to buy more this weekend or coming week. i hope they are still on sale! anyways, go me for self control.

Workout: 33 min elliptical, 17 min treadmill [14:15 mile woohoo!], and 50 min weights abs and stretching. im also glad when i go back to the gym after a few day of not going, but i should remember that it is good to have a rest day here and there so that my muscles arent fatigued., and about 2.5 hours of bowling, that’s got to count for something…

gooshh i hate 9am class. im so tired.

anyways:

bfast: 1/2 banana (55) and 5 slices of turkey (41)-96

lunch: 1/2 a sandwhich with ww bread (90), some turkey (50), some cheddar cheese (85), some ketchup (30), some french fries (130), one egg white (18), and some asian salad (75)-lunch total: 478

Snack: SBD Bar 140

Dinner: Chicken strips (477) and french fries (200)-total 677 (note to self, this was not nearly good as I had hoped, remember not to get this next time). and i shared a banana nutella crepe with someone.

evening: fiber 1 bar

argh, workouts not looking so good, im exhausted, if i dont get do one tonight, i will definitely do a full one tomorrow. i napped a lot today. doing full workout tomorrow. also weigh in tomorrow, its that week, and im not expecting the best, oh well.

breakfast: 1 activia (70) and 1/2 of a small banana (45) and a sugarfree redbull (10)-125

Lunch plan: tofu in black bean sauce (90), sandwich with two pieces ww bread (80), 2 slices of deli ham (65), and 2 slices of cheddar (140), ketchup (30) and salad (75)-Lunch total: 480

Snack: SBD protein bar (140)

Dinner: Hoison tofu (255), small bit of pasta with ground beef (175), salad (75), tiny bit of frozen yogurt with some crushed cookies and sprinkles (70) -dinner total: 575

Evening snacks: nf frozen yogurt with some fruit (150), and some brownie (130): 280

total 1600–>done

Workout: 46 min of elliptical

I had a lovely brunch at the farmer’s market but it wasnt necessarily low cal. so I need to definitely count it well so that I can adjust the rest of my day to fall within my cal limits, so here it goes:

Brunch(all entirely guesstimated, but it’s better than nothing): Whole wheat crepe (130), with 1 egg (75), a lot of shredded cheddar (~275?), some ham (115), and some spinach (15)-crepe total: 610, then I had 1/2 a poppy seed pastry (175?), a a small NF SF iced vanilla latte (90)-so my total Brunch was: 875…which i accept because it was amazing, and I will adapt my food choices to it for the rest of the day

Snack: 1 activia yogurt (70)

Dinner: Chicken tikka masala (200), 1 piece of naan (20), Rice (115), salad with just veggies and some rice vinegar & olive oil (30), tiny piece of watermelon (10)-dinner total:390

Snacks this evening: 1 green apple (35), 1 fiber 1 bar (140), 1 bag of popcorn or something for 100 calories (100), 1 sf jello (10)-snack total: 285

Total for today: 1620<–done and happy

Workout today: 33 min elliptical, 18 min treadmill, 35 min weights abs and stretching

Sleep last night: about 8 hours.

overall, I’m feeling good and loving life

aside from clothes fitting, etc etc! I jogged/ran a mile in under 15 minutes, i think around 14:30ish! i know that’s a horrid time for a mile in the real world, but for me, I’ve never done it under 16/17 minutes! i was jogging, and planning to slow down so i could walk a bit, which i always do, but I didnt. i just kept going and i didnt stop until i hit a mile!!

Go me! next goal! 10 minute mile, though i’m sure that will be in months, at least now i know I CAN jog a full mile, now stamina/speed is the thing to work on!

Woohoo! GO ME!

I have really had trouble blogging daily this quarter because it’s been so hectic back at the first week of school. i wrote down my food yesterday in a little journal, but I really need to be tracking and blogging online. so I’m pretty stress free right now! one of my favorite professors asked me to be one of his research assistants this summer, which takes a huge load off the ever stressful question of “what is travelgal going to do with her summer”!?!?! it’s great pay and would be great experience, so I’m pretty psyched. I havent officially accepted it yet, and I want to think about it a bit more, but It’s looking good.

I had a few scheduling conflicts this week so my gym time was sometimes cut short, but I went as much as I could and tried to do as much cardio and weights etc as I could. I’ll be two full gym sessions this weekend. I have gone a bit off track a bit this week at various times, so i really need to make that up this week with gym and food tracking so that I dont mess up my upcoming way in and i really hope that 204.8 isnt any kind of fluke. so, here’s to getting back on track and gymming, etc.

Brunch (so far, i’m getting back in bed after I type this, lol): 1 green apple (35),egg white omelete with spinach, mushrooms, cheese and bacon (~250?), small bit of potatoes (60), some apple sauce (30), and some low fat cottage cheese (40), and some milk (35) with some coffee. Brunch total: 450

Afterworkout snack: sandwich with 2 light pieces of WW bread (80), some turkey (50), cheddar (60), and a dab of cream cheese (30): 220

Dinner at Japanese place: cucumber roll, chicken udon

Evening snacks and drinks:wow cow froyo, some drinks, jello shots, ayiyiyi…

Workout: 33 min elliptical, 18 minute treadmill, 50 mins weights and abs. mannn i love the weekends

i weighed in today at 204.8! i’m so excited. that actually means I’ve even lost weight from last week which was spring break and my indulgence in red velvet cake last night didnt hurt me too badly! and the fact that I didn’t fully track what I ate yesterday or blogging didnt hurt me. i was actually considering going down to 1400 calories this week, because i feel like i eat a lot with 1600 but i guess i wont do that until i hit another plateau. anyways, im happy! woohoo

breakfast: 1 clementine (35)

now off to lunch!

arghhhh seriously must go back to accurately reporting.  i lost track, i need to not get off track.

Breakfast: 1 clementine (35), i ate lunch about 5 min after breakfast: 35

Lunch: Crispy Hoisin Tofu (255), Turkey noodle soup (100), salad with an egg white, etc (65), 1 banana (110) lunch total: 530

Snack: 1 coffee creamer (30), string cheese (70), rice cake (35), some oreo thin crips rest of pack (45), 4 almonds (34), snack total: 214

Dinner: Kung pao chicken (190), 2 veggie egg rolls with some sauce (135), some tofu (140), salad (65)- dinner total: 530

Evening dessert/snacks: 98% fat free chocolate frozen yogurt (75), some strawberries (10), some nonfat milk (75), tiny bit of baileys (60), tiny bite of brownie (50), tiny bite of pad thai (30)-total: 300

Total Calories eaten so far today: 1609 <–DONE. i’m feeling pretty good about staying on track, but we’ll see what happens come weigh in day!!

Workout: 40 min elliptical, 20 min weights

Hours of sleep last night: about 8 hours and 25 min! woohoo!