Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

welll, it’s friday, and I still havent gotten full nights of sleep which means I’ve been to tired to do full workouts which is bad. im going to sleep as late as i need to tomorrow, and then do my full cardio, weights, ab workout.

also, im kind of worried that 1500 cals is too high, so im thinking of bringing it down to 1300-1400 per day, and then leaving the rest as a buffer in an emergency. because, i dont want to continue with this slow weight loss. I want to speed it up for the summer which im controlling my food. so i’m gonna say that my top limit is 1400 durintg the week. we’ll see about the weekend.

ok:

breakfast: (the norm) yogurt (70), cereal (35), 1/2 banana (55)-160
lunch: sandwich (180), sf jello (10), carrots and celery (50)-240
snacks: coffee with half and half (90), fiber 1 bar (140)- 230
pre-gym snack: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese (80)
dinner: brown rice (160), some dumplings (160), salad (120)-440
dessert: frozen yogurt with dark chocolate, raspberries, and some graham cracker (130)
snack: 100 cal popcorn

cals so far: 1380–>done

gym: 33 min elliptical, 9 min treadmill

I like tracking my food and blogging. i like planning my meals/calories. i like being in control. i like feeling good about my body. i like going to the gym. and I know, I’m going to make huge progress this summer, and I’m so excited. It’s like my “Secret diabolical plan to rid my body of soooo many excess pounds” and i’m SO excited.

so, I weighed in today, at my exact same weight as last week, 195.6. I think this is a pretty big victory, because it means that it was pretty easy for me to maintain my weight during tons of graduation and birthday meals and no gymming for a while, and it means I still made good choices, which I’m so happy about.

but, I plan on being out of the 190’s within 2-3 weeks, cuz, they’re boring me haha! (like m3at49–>she got out of the 190s, and I want out too!).. so let the summer weight loss journey officially begin!!!

So today:

breakfast: yogurt (70), cereal (35), 1/2 banana (55)-160
lunch: bread (80), cheese (50), turkey (50), jello (10), carrots and celery (55), 1/2 brownie bite (65)-305
snack: cereal (35), nectarine (70), 4 almonds (35), cottage cheese (80), 1/4 cup of egg whites (30)-250                          
dinner: a tad more than 1 cup of whole wheat pasta (275), 3 turkey meatballs (150), 1/2 cup of tomato sauce (50), some mushrooms (10), some Parmesan cheese (35), salad (120)-640
snack: 1 pudding cup (60)

total for today: 1415–>Done

total for the day should be between 1350 and 1500 max

Workout: 50 min elliptical and 10 min abs. ive been so tired these past few days that my gym workouts werent great, but I’m glad im working out and plan on doing a full workout starting sunday.

also, I got really hungry today in the afternoon which I think means my lunch wasnt enough, so i think I’ll add in an sbd or fiber 1 bar to my lunches to see how that makes me feel hunger wise.

also, thanks for the comments everyone!!

Hey All,

I’m back, graduated (from undergrad), started my summer research job, moved into my summer apartment, re-started going to the gym, and have semi filled my fridge with yummy and healthy things! See, I was definitely super busy, so during that time, blogging was super impossible, but I’m back and ready to get this SUMMER LOSS started.

So! Here we go. General plan, low cal-during the week trying to keep it under 1500 during the weekend 1600, not sure what I’m going to do about carbs, cheese and sodium yet, and I dont have enough time to fully think about it yet, but at this point, I’m just going low cal. Just re-started going to the gym yesterday after a couple day absence. General reqs are at least/minimum 40 min cardio and 30 min weights per day. Hopefully bumping up both as the time allows.

So ya, that’s the gist of it all! Let’s see how it goes!

Breakfast: yogurt (70), 1/4 cup kgl (35), 1/2 banana (55)-160
lunch: bread (80), cheese (50), turkey (50), chips (130), cookie (70), carrots and celery (45) diet snapple (0)-425
snacks: cereal (35) and almonds (70), latte with nf milk (60), granny smith green apple (80), cottage cheese (80)-325
dinner: salad (150?), mini pizza (290), sf fudgesicle (40)-480

total cals for the day: 1380–>done

(note to self: in the future, say no to the cookie and the chips!!)

workout:50 min elliptical (i was too tired for full gym today, so im getting a full nights sleep tonight so i can do a good/full workout tom.)

glad to be back on track and blogging! nighto!

this week has been so hectic, but finally everything is settling down. official food blog and workout blog will recommence tomorrow, though there will be no weigh in the week. goal is to be officially at 195 for next week’s weigh in. gahhh

must get back to blogging. i miss my order!

back tomorrow! miss you all!

I’ll take that one pound loss with super joy because: i didnt go to the gym this week, i didnt track my food much this week, i didnt sleep much this week, and last night was full of pizza, chips and alcohol! So i’ll take that one lb loss any day!

WooHoo!

I’M DONEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! AYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA! now onto gradschool ahahah! but done with undergrad!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYA

food so far today:

2 yogurts (140)

sf redbull (10)

apple (35)

1 rice cake (30)

turkey (100)

banana (110)

total: 425

back to the gym tomorrow! yaya

lunch: 1.5 small whole wheat pancakes (180), syrup (50), peanut butter (50), brown rice (115), tofu (170), edamame (45), turkey (20), water melon (20), french fries (30)- 617

Snack: 2 shots of espresso with nonfat milk (45), honey (30), tall nf sk va iced latted (80)-155

Dinner: Couscous with raisins (120), bbq tempeh (227), vegan chocolate cake (200)-547

Snacks: 1 sf redbull (10), sunchips (210), apple (35)-255

total cals: 1574

off to write more papers!

well, after hours upon hours of studying and working and paper writing today, I’m off to bed to restart this lovely cycle tomorrow.

anyways–>overall, I’m really pleased with my food choices today. in the past I have often justified that working on a paper and the end of the quarter crunch time is a justified reason to eat junk food but it isn’t..at least not for me.  So i restrained myself.  and at first I was bummed that I ate those sunchips, but in retrospect, I could have done  so much worse. for example, I was REALLY craving chicken tenders and fries, but instead I picked the whole grain no preservative sun chips. obviously an apple would have been better, but in the grand scheme, the sunchips arent really going to affect my weigh in this week. and they satisfied by salty crunchy craving. so…I’m proud of myself.

now im off to bed, so i can wake up and do a quick hour gym trip tomorrow before I buckle down and finish paper # 1. and then move on to paper # 2.

I also want to thank everyone for all the comments and support I received today! my blog usually isn’t highly
read or commented on, but all your support really came at the best time and made me smile and really push through! so, thank you all so much for the support and cheerleading. it makes SUCH a difference and motivates me to no end, so THANKS!

night all!

Ahhh so much work. so much studying! i’m pushing through! anyways!

Brunch: ½ WW English muffin (65), some cream cheese (40), egg white omelete with spinach and mushrooms (140), 1 bite of cottage cheese (tasted gross–maybe it wasnt cold enough. dunno) (25), ½ grapefruit (50), some h20 melon (20)-total: 440

Snacks: grande sk vanilla latte lite ice (120), rice cracker (30), apple (35), yogurt (60)- total: 245

Dinner: Some brown rice (115), Some Broccoli (65), some broccoli and Chicken (185), egg white (17), salad (80), 1 slice lite WW bread (40), some pb (75), some jam (20)-total: 597

snacks: sf red bull (10), 1 piece lite ww bread (40) with tiny bit of pb (50) and a tad of jam (20), sun chips (190), nf latte (55) -365

total so far today: 1642–>Done

Workout: 46 min on treadmill, 10 min abs–>woohoo! basically a 5k, yayyy

today has been all library. i took a dinner break, and now im back in the library…great.

brunch: 2 hard boiled egg whites (34), cinmmon raisin bread (90), cream cheese (35), cottage cheese (70), syrupy strawberries (50), apple sauce (40), some tater tots (150), some ham (70), ketchup (20), tiny bit of bacon (40), some bfast potatoes (40), milk in my coffee (25)- 664

dinner: roti prata and curry sauce (140), pad see ew (590), some white rice (65),a few bites of pad see ew (110)-905

1569 so far–>aiming for light to no snacks tonight.

workout: all mental–>in the library… booo