Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

Well, it was lovely to wake up to M3@49’s motivating and tough love comment , I needed that kick in the butt and reality check this morning. Even though I did mess up rather big time this weekend, I know I can do a lot to fix those mistakes in the next few days. I know that when I count and blog, I do a lot better, so I hope to blog ALL meals this week, to really keep me on track. I WILL hit the 180’s SOON! If not THIS WEEK! I can do this! (thanks m3@49!)

Breakfast: 1 yogurt (50), cereal (35), 1 tbsp of flax seed (30), 1/2 banana (55) and 1/4 cup of milk (23) in some instant coffee. I decided it’s too much to have a full iced latte everyday and I’m becoming caffeine dependent-193

Lunch: turkey sandwich (no cheese) (170), 20 grapes (68), carrots and celery (45), 8 medium strawberries (50)-333

snack: plum (30) and small piece of a brownie (75?) total: 105

Dinner: Rice (170), chicken (150), Cesar Salad (250?)- 570 (i exhibited EXCELLENT self control at the dinner that was served to me, and didnt go back for seconds)

Snack: Apple (70)

Total for today: 1271

I’m lowering my grainy carbs today and replacing them with fruit and veggies in hopes of some damage control. Also, I’m being served dinner tonight at my meeting, so whatever they serve, I’m really going to have to exhibit super self control. I can and WILL do this!

Back much later! Happy Monday (I hope!)

Final Update of the day: I did so well today.  Except for a tiny bite of a home made brownie someone brought into the office, I exhibited amazing self control and stayed entirely on plan.  I’m going to raise my cals back to 1400 tomorrow, especially because tomorrow is my big workout day, but I’m going to try to stick to the low carb, high veggie, fruit and protein regime.  I WILL get to the 180s this week! woohoo! i CAN AND WILL!

Night!

this weekend turned into an absolute food disaster. I had absolutely no self control.  My goal of hitting the 180s this week is out the window and in all honesty, I’ll be lucky if I am even last Thursday’s weight this coming Thursday.

Ugh, I’m so disappointed, I really hope I can gain control this week. we’ll see.

This is the first free Saturday that I have had in weeks.  I have no schedule except to go to the gym, run a couple of errands and clean my apartment.  I didnt realize before that by having so many plans with friends, it can end up making the weekend stressful, by never having a day to myself, with no schedule.  So today is that day!  I’m going too go off to the gym in a minute, and do a full workout.  I’ve also decided to take advantage of the fact that I’m not eating out at all today, to be really careful with my food and keep the carbs low, etc, because I know that it’s going to be harder tomorrow when I’m eating out with a friend and baking etc.

so today:

pre-gym food: yogurt (65), cereal (35), 1/2 banaa (55)- 155

off to the gym now! i’ll be back later!!!

I had a GREAT summer weigh in today!! I weighed in at 190.6, which is exactly 4 lbs down from last week’s ugly weigh -in! I know that I can and will hit the 180s next week! I just have to stay really focused with my food and exercise plan! The real challenge will be this weekend, which always present the problems. But, I think if I plan this weekend’s calories well, I should still be able to eat out once or twice and be okay. And, I’ll definitely be hitting the gym Saturday, and hopefully Sunday as well! And I have to finish week 3 of c25k, before starting week 4 next week. I cant help but wonder if this addition of running to my workout routine is contributing to this great weight loss I had this week. Maybe running DOES have magic weight loss powers! :-p

Tonight I think my workout routine is going to be a bit different. I am meeting a friend to play squash for an hour, so I think that will be my cardio for today, and then afterwards I will go downstairs to the gym and just do 30-40 minutes of weights and abs to make up for what I missed yesterday.

I’m feeling good about the day, good about life, and great about my Summer Weightloss plan! I know I can do it, and I will! 180s, here I COME!

~~today:

Breakfast: 1/3 cup of KGL (68) and 3/4 cup of nf milk (47)-115 (no banana because it was way too ripe, so i’ve got to go to the market tonight and stock up on more everything)

Iced Latte- 70

Lunch: sandwich (165), Cheese(50), Apple  (70), Rice cake (30), Andes mint-30- Total 345

Snack: almonds (86), Oreo no cream (30), Bite of brownie and banana bread (150)

Pre-squash snack: ¼ cup of cottage cheese (40)

Dinner: Salad (120), stirfry (350)-470    and some chocolate (50)

total today: 1476–>over, annoyingly.  I cant get off track! I was doing SO well! must get on and stay on track! especially now that it’s the weekend

workout: 1 hr of squash

Today was awesome, not only did I do awesomely at the bbq after work, but i also fit in some gym time!  Go me!

Breakfast: yogurt (70), 1/2 banana (55), cereal (35)-160 

Iced Latte (70)

Lunch: Sandwich (165), apple (70), rice cracker (30), cheese (50)-315

Bbq food: 1 chicken mango sausage (170), ketchup (30), chips and salad (300?), 1 s’more (120ish) to be safe, 1 piece of watermelon (20), oreo cookie without the cream (30)-bbq total: 670

Total for today: 1275

Workout: 38 minutes on the treadmill, Week 3, Day 2 of the c25k and then about 13 extra minutes on the treadmill!

I DID an AWESOME job today! There are two main reasons why I think I did SUCH an awesome job today!

Reason # 1: I was at a barbeque where there was chips, salsa, cheese, smores, hot dogs, hamburgers, brownies, cheese cake, double stuff oreos, and I stayed TOTALLY within my calorie range at the event! I had planned out my day SPECIFICALLY to have 700 calories free for the barbecque and I stayed entirely within that range for the event! I realized (AND I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS), when I am in good company, with good people, having a good time, I DO NOT need to stuff my face! I realized that I am COMPLETELY content to nibble or have small tastes but that Quality is SO much more important than quantity and I REALLY proved that to myself today.  And I’m SO pleased with myself about that.

Reason # 2:  A bunch of people wanted to go back to my friend’s place to watch a movie, but I KNEW that I really wanted to get in at least my C25k workout in today, and that I wouldn’t be happy if I didnt.  So I told my friend that I needed to go run before I went to his house, and I told him that I was willing to just come late if they wanted to start.  And he said, “no, we’ll wait for you”.  SO, I went to the gym super quickly and did my C25k workout plus about a mile, and then ran home, showered, and went to my friend’s house.  In my “past life” I could have easily been swayed to a) eat a TON more at the bbq and b) skip the gym without hesitation, but I stuck to my guns on both of those, and I did an awesome job, in my opinion.

SO, GOOD JOB today, ME! And I’m pretty psyched about my weigh in tomorrow! We’ll see what happens! Wish me luck!

I don’t have time for the gym today, and I’m unsure if I can make it to the gym tomorrow night because I have a work bbq after work tomorrow (eek!), so the main thing for me to focus on today and tomorrow is staying SUPER on track with food, and maybe trying to hit the gym for like an hour or something tomorrow night if possible! I can do this! I WILL get out of the 190s!! I DONT want to be here anymore!!!!!! I want to vacation in the 180s before zooming on to the 170s!!!!!! woohoooo!

Breakfast: yogurt (70), cereal (35), 1/2 banana (55)-160

Iced latte (70)

Lunch: Pb2&J sandwhich (165), snap peas (30), plum (30), jello (10), pretzels (55) total: 290

Snack: 10 almonds (86), 1/4 cup of cereal (35) -121

Dinner: 1 piece of cheese pizza (300ish?), some cesar salad (170ish?)-470

Snacks: Some chocolate covered pretzels (120), some tortilla chips (140), 1 small piece of cheddar (50), fudgsicle (40), some corn (80)- 430

Total: 1541-went a little over, but nothing crazy.  tomorrow is last day of “off plan” dinner this week with the work bbq, but im hoping to a) go to TJ tomorrow night to re-stock food (im out of everything! especially veggies and fruit) and b) i hope to at least make it to the gym for an hour tomorrow night! at least to do some cardio and week 3 day 2 of c25k and maybe some abs! ahhh i thought the summer was going to be easy! anyways,

main goals for tomorrow are:

a) stay “on plan” at the bbq. make smart and portion conscious decisions

b)  go to the gym for at least an hour!!!

c) make it to TJ for a quick restock!

night y’all!

I went home this past weekend and had a lovely time. I ran one night, and swam a bit the next but didnt do anything super serious. I didnt stay on track, per say, but I definitely ate better than I would have. And my Grandma said it looks like I’ve lost a lot of weight! Maybe 30 lbs does make a difference! I really want to hit 170 by the start of school so that I’m no longer in the “obese” BMI category, and then I’d officially be in the “overweight” category. That will be only one category away from healthy! woohoo! haha, oh man! I’ve really got to get my act together if I am going to try (WILL) lose 23 lbs in 11 weeks. It’s TOTALLY do-able, but it means that I’ll have to lose 2+ lbs a week, which means I’ve got to be disciplined both with food and exercise. I really want to hit 170ish by September 22, if not sooner, so i’ve got to stay on track and really keep a check on carbs and sodium too.

Overall, I did pretty well today!:

Breakfast: Yogurt (70), 1/2 banana (55), some berries (15), cereal (35)-175

Coffee: Iced nonfat latte (70)

Lunch: sandwhich (150), baby bell cheese (50), snap and snow peas (40), jello (10), nectarine (70), pretzel slims (55)-375

Snack: 1/2 piece of banana bread (55), apple (70) and 10 almonds (86) -211

Pre-gym Snack: cottage cheese (40) and some berries (15)-55

Dinner: Salad (120), corn (80), 2 turkey burgers (200), ketchup (30)- 430

Total so far: 1316; appx left: 84

Workout: 32 min treadmill (I did week 3 day 1 of c25k, and I’m really excited about the program!), then i did a few extra minutes to get out 2 miles.  then 29 min of the elliptical, and 1hr+ of weights and abs.  I don’t have time for the gym tomorrow, so I had to do an extra good workout today! and i have to make sure to watch my food tomorrow because no gym AND i’m being served dinner!
Hope you all had a great weekend! I’ve been reading your blogs and you all have been doing a fabulous job!

breakfast: yogurt, i tried dannon this time, and liked it. i think once my activia runs out im gonna switch to dannon (60), cereal (35), 1/2 banana (55)-150

snack: nonfat small iced latte (60ish)

lunch: sandwich (with a new awesome, more filling flaxseed bread from trader joes!) (200), pretzel slims (110), carrots (40), jello (10)-360

snack: ww blueberry muffin (95) and plum (30)- 125

pre-gym snack: 1/4 cup cottage cheese (40), 1/4 cup berries (15), 1 tablespoon of pb 2 (27) and a few pretzel slims (24) -106

pre-gym procrastination and tom craving: blue corn tortilla chips (140) and some dark chocolate (30)-170

dinner: tofu (70),1 tbsp of low sodium soy sauce (10), carrots, mushrooms, snow (25ish), [that was all a stirfry together], chicken (170), salad (120)-395

small dessert to come..

total cals so far: 1365 ; total left: 35

Some notes about my food today: so, today I decided to stop at the little coffee stand on the way to my lab and i got an iced nonfat latte. and, it had a variety of affects on me in the morning: 1) it made me way less tired and much more alert (duh!), 2) it made me WAY more productive and focused and 3) it made me much less hungry. I think my productivity and increased in alertness let me focus more on my work before lunch, and less on hunger or snacking. so im thinking of (ironically) getting up a bit early tomorrow morning so that I can go and get the latte again and then get to work a bit earlier. I really liked how the espresso affected me, and espresso is SO low cal, only the nonfat milk really counts.

second, even though my new flax seed bread is 20 cals more for two slices that my other whole wheat bread, it is WAY more filling, so my lunch felt much bigger today. so, YAY! i feel like I’m really working out my food balance finally. I also brought an apple to eat in my lunch if I was hungry, but I found that I didnt really need it. I’ll continue to bring it, in case I do get hungry, I will have a healthy snack on hand.

Well! Off to the gym now! Back in bit!–>aghhh, its taking me forever to get to the gym. i dont really want to go, but i know i should, and im just gonna do a normal length workout. im tired. blahhh.

Finally made it to the gym, though way too late. Workout: 47 min elliptical, 40 min weights and abs