Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
~Christina Aguilera “Fighter” (this will be discussed later in my blog)

I threw a temper tantrum. Now I’m moving on and figuring out how to proceed.

So, as you all may or may not have witnessed yesterday, I threw quite the weight loss temper tantrum on this blog. So, I know it was childish, and whiny, but I was annoyed and I thought, and took the comments from tiny2b and m3at49 and decided to figure out a new plan.
So, I’ve decided two things:
1) Obviously, I’m not going to give up. I’m motivated and I will continue to work hard, change my methods and plans to be as successful as possible, and ultimately, no matter how long it takes, I will reach my goal
2) There is no for sure way to do this whole crazy weight loss thing. It’s all trial and error. So when something goes wrong, or doesnt succeed they way I thought it would, i have to try something new.

So, I’ve developed a new food plan that is a definite work in progress. m3at49, brought to my attention that I may not be eating enough during the day, and maybe leaving too many calories until the night time. So i’ve decided to change my calorie breakdown to look something like this:

breakfast: 300 cals

mid-morning snack: 50 cals

Lunch: 400 cals

Afternoon Snack: 150 cals

Pre-gym snack: 100 cals

Dinner which includes a big salad: 400 cals

For a total of 1400 calories per day.

I think this calorie break down looks really good to me, and very manageable. I kind of feel like I might be constantly eating all day, but if it’s healthy eating, and fueling me, I dont think it will be a bad thing. So, I’m going to try it for a week or two, and see what happens.
The other thing I have been trying to figure out is how I should be dividing carbs, protein, dairy, veggies, fruit etc, because I havent really figured out what the right balance should be. I found this great modified food pyramid from Harvard School of Public Healthy, and it includes a great discussion about why the US gov food pyramid is so wrong, and corrupt if you will, considering a lot of lobbying goes into it etc. the link is: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid-full-story/index.html .
Anyways, it’s pretty interesting that the pyramid DOESNT give serving sizes, which is good because when you look at the US food pyramid, it’s ridiculous how much food they want people to be eating. But this pyramid just shows what the general ratio etc should be of foods in one’s diet. The one curious one to me is the dairy portion, which they DO say you should only have 1-2 servings per day. I have 3. I have one nf yogurt in the morning, 1/4 cup of cheese or 1 slice of cheese in my lunch, and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese in my pre-gym snack. So, i cant decide if this is too much dairy, or if, because the portions are so small, it’s okay. So, that’s the one thing I need to figure out. other than that, I think i’m doing pretty okay with all the other food groups, except I think I need to be slightly less scared of whole grains because they do seem important.

So, it’s looking like the biggest thing that I will be changing about my food in the coming weeks is the distribution of my calories throughout the day, and making sure I keep the dairy and cheese to a minimum.

I’m also really pleased that I have an absolutely completely free weekend JUST FOR ME because I have the longest to do list of stuff to do! But aside from the fact that I AM THRILLED to have my free weekend, it also means that I am going to PLAN AND TRACK AND BLOG my food this weekend, which I never really get the chance to do. So, hopefully, I’ll really be able to be on a good track for this week, and not playing catch up, and maybe making a real dent in this weight loss gig.

If anyone has any comments, suggestions etc on my food plan/changes thoughts, as always you know I’m so open and love to hear from you all, so dont be shy! I love the support as always!

LAST PIECE OF BIG NEWS!
I completed the 20 minute run for the c25k week 5 day 3! I did 20 minutes at 4.5mph, and I did NOT feel like I was going to die at all. tiny2b was so right, that once you get to 20 minute runs, they go so well with your own music especially when it’s not all techno. so, I’m so excited with myself and with that 20 minute run, and because i have a really free weekend, I’m going to just do my regular full gym workout tomorrow, but not c25k and i’m going to start week 6 on sunday.

So the title of my blog relates to the song which popped up on my “Treadmill!!!” mix while running tonight. it’s christina aguilera’s song “fighter”, and while the actual lyrics are about how she has overcome bad stuff with guys etc, i feel like it also applies greatly to my weight loss. so, it really motivated me and as it came on, while I was running, I couldnt help but smile, and think I AM A FIGHTER, NOTHING’S GOING TO HOLD ME DOWN. and while it may be cheesy, it’s definitely true for me.

So, I had an awesome run tonight, and I’m so excited to have such a free weekend, where I can just work through my to do list, track and plan my food, and workout.
I really appreciate y’all putting up with my whinny tantrumy blog yesterday, but it had to happen.

happy weekend!

xox
travelgal