Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

Hey Chickies! Life is going just wonderfully today! i got an EXCELLENT night’s sleep (9 hrs! woohoo) woke up, ate some pre-gym food, had an AWESOME workout, came back and had some healthy and very filling late lunch! now im off to do some work and maybe go out tonight. i decided if I do go out to a bar, my one drink will be a rum and diet coke! and that’s that! i’ll be back later! hope you all are having Fab weekends!

Today:

Pre-Gym: ½ cup of cottage cheese (45) and ½ banana (55)-100

Late lunch: egg whites (125) and spinach (25) and 1 slice of toast (50) with cream cheese (15) and jam (10)- 225

Snacks: 1/2 cup of kgl (70), nectarine (70) and kombucha (35)-175

Dinner: thai food shared, so some noodles brown rice, tofu chicken and veggies.  so, I’m going to estimate it at about 595 or so, becuase I think my portions were pretty good.

Bar stuff:  1 rum and diet coke (150), 1/2 cranberry vodka (85), and some peanuts (95?)- 330

Total: 1425–>so I went a bit over than I had planned, but nothing drastic, so I’m pretty happy! and I had a REALLY fun time with my friend at the bar! AND I wore my new jeans, and UM they aren’t tight at all! they fit perfectly! WOOHOO!!! yay!

Workout: Day 3 week 7 of c25k completed. (will start week 8 on Monday) I’m still running at a 4.5 pace and then once in a while upping it to 4.6/4.7 and finishing it with 5.0 for about 2 minutes. then i did some slow and fast walking to come to a total of 45 min and 3 miles. Then I did 45 min of weights and abs! i love the weekends when I have time to do all the workouts I want to do!

enjoy your saturdays!

Today was a pretty good day! I was quite good with food except in the evening I had a few too many snacks at the end as I was watching tv.  That has been my pitfall for the last 2 nights, so I really need to kick in my self control button from now on especially for the next two weeks so that I stay on plan entirely.  In other more exciting news,I went shopping today and ALL OF THE BOTTOMS I GOT WERE SIZE 14! JEANS AND A COUPLE PAIRS OF PANTS.  UM AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Now, it’s not to say they arent a tad tight, but they do fit perfectly well that I can wear them everyday.  And as I lose more pounds, they will become looser and looser, but um they totally fit and are WEARABLE! i fit into a size 14.  I started at a Size 20, and 40 lbs later I’m at 14.  WOOHOO! i’m SO excited.  I need to keep this at the forefront of my brain so that I continue to stay on track and exercise and eat right so that maybe within the next few months I will be at *GASP* size 12!!!!!!!!!! i know i can do it! i just need to focus.  I also got some tops, all in size large.  so im down to size Large tops (and leggings! i got a pair of those too) and size 14 bottoms. NOT TOO SHABBY!

anyways, here’s the food for today. no gym again today. fridays I’m too social, but i’m doing full workouts both saturday and sunday.  tomorrow is day 3 of week 7 of c25k! WOOHOO!!! life’s good, but just so busy!

breakfast:1 tofu dog (45) + ketchup (15), kombucha (35), yogurt (65), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), 1/4 cup of berries (15) -295

lunch: 1 chicken apple sausage (120), snap peas (30), plum (30), fiber 1 bar (140)- 320

snack:  1 plum (30) ½ marsmellow (13)-43

Dinner: mongolian bbq with very few noodles (200), some tofu (150), and some veggies (80), and some sauces (50)- 480

Dessert: tiny (like REALLY SMALL) piece of  my friends homemade red velvet cake (175?), small piece of dark chocolate w/ almonds (42)- 217

Snacks at home after (what i need to control in the future)- 100 cal popcorn and a pudding cup (60)-160

Total for today: 1515–>so nothing crazy, but need to start keeping to my plan more and leaving a greater buffer for accidental snacking.

Off to sleep now! i’m going to plan out all of my food tomorrow morning for tomorrow so as to avoid this issue of overeating/less control at night.

but i’m going to bed cheerful because SIZE 14!!!!!!!! WOOHOO! night yall!

hi kids,after an excellent weigh in and self control throughout most of the day, i just BLEW it this evening and I’m reconciling with it. i think i ate about 500 calories over my normal 1300 limit. so nothing AWFUL but certainly nothing that can continue, so BACK ON FULL TRACK TOMORROW. i certainly dont want to ruin the successes that I’ve been having and want to continue to have.  SO food today, including the nitty gritty foods I shouldnt have eaten:

breakfast:1 tofu dog (45) + ketchup (15), kombucha (35), yogurt (65), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of berries? (30)-total: 310

 lunch: tortillas (120), cheese (80), pepperoni (40), salsa (10) -250, plum (30), and carrots and snap peas (35)-total: 315

snack:  4 hershey kisses (100)

Where the problems start:Dinner: tofu (55), brown rice (65), edamame (60), mac and cheese (150), pizza (250), frozen yogurt (115)- 695

Snack at home after (THIS REALLY KILLED IT!) Brown rice and some dumplings-300

total 1720, but im gonna call that 1800, AHHH help!? 

 Today was a no gym day, since I had dinner plans right after work.  I’m sure you can tell from my awful eating.  It’s really hard for me to understand why some days I have SUCH excellent control and on other days (ugh especially a day where I reached a 40 lb loss) I just have TRULY no self control.  it’s really disconcerting to me, and very frightening, just because I find it is SO easy to lose self control sometimes. ugh.  very bad. I hope/plan/will get back on track tomorrow and stay on track so hopefully i can have a great weigh in next week as well!someone give me some tips on how to not cave into eating whims!!!!!! HELP! get me back on track before i get off!thanks chickies! friday! woohoo! 

Hi Chicks,

Today’s a HAPPY WEIGH IN DAY! I lost 1.6 lbs from last week which is definitely the biggest loss I’ve had for a while.  But, on a bigger scale (ha!), when I had my weigh in today, it put me at the 40lbs lost since the beginning of my decision to lose weight back in January, which I think is kind of a mile stone.  I think this really shows myself that I’m definitely serious about this and I can do it! I still have 60 lbs to go, but thats WAY less daunting than 100 lbs and also seems way doable!  When I was younger, throughout high school etc, I tried so many times to lose weight, start food journals, go on the treadmill, try diets etc, but they never seemed to work, and I was never committed.  I was always easily tempted by the french fries or candy bars.  But, not this time.  When I came back from vacation in January, I saw pictures of myself and I just WASNT happy.  I HATED going to other countries and being that OBESE American! I hated going places where I could by the jewlery and purses, but never the clothes.  I even have one rather traumatic story horsebackriding, which I think I’ll save for the post when I lose a bit more weight.  But, the truth is, it took me from all throughout middle school, highschool and the first 3.5 years of college dealing with my weight to figure out that a) i wanted to do something about it and b) that I could.  Earlier on someone’s blog they posted the “5 steps to behavioral change” which starts with awareness where people have that “AHA!!” epiphany moment.  It took me a long time to have a true “Aha” moment.  But once I had it, everything clicked.  I knew I needed to lose weight before it got to late, and I suddenly had the motivation and self discipline to do it.  And I couldnt have done it without this blog, and all of you.  Thank you all for helping me go from fat to fit and being an incredible support system.  I am so thrilled with myself, and this blog!

So, to summarize:

I have lost 40lbs since January! ALSO KNOWN AS THE WEIGHT of a NORMAL SIZED GERMAN SHEPARD!

I have 60 more to go, but at this point, it doesnt look all that daunting.  I know I can do it.

Thank you all so much for your help and support the past few months.  I don’t think I EVER thought I could do this, and be on the road to fit and happy, but I am.

xo
Travegal

Today was a hard food day! but, I planned for it, and I think I did quite well! I might have gone slightly over in cals, but nothing drastic AND i just rejected what looked like SUCH a good piece of cake that my roommate offered me. WOOHOO! GO ME!

today:
Breakfast: kombucha (35), yogurt (60), 1/4 cup of berries (15) -110

mid-morning snack: 1 homemade muffin that a coworker gave me, that I had planned for (130)

Lunch: 1 piece of burrito (370) and some tortilla chips (70)-440

Afternoon Snack: 1 plum (30) and some milk in my coffee (15)-45

Dinner/BBQ: 1 boca burger (100), ketchup (20), Chips and salsa (250), 1 Smore [treat!] (150) and some strawberries and watermelon (70)- 590

Total for the day: 1315–> i thought I did worse and I really tried to overestimate but that’s truly what I ate and nothing more. I’m really really proud of myself. My planning REALLY paid off because I just wasnt tempted to eat over my plan, since I let myself have things. I let myself have 1 smore according to plan and I SAVORED it. I kept heating it up and have the chocolate melt more and more. I nibbled on it and I truly tasted the flavors. I didnt feel the need to stuff my face with more than 1. and I think my meal plan really shows some progress in this whole lifestyle because I ate EXACTLY what I wanted and it was totally within plan.

After the bbq I went to the gym. I did Day 2 of Week 7 of C25k. and did some additional running and walking. so in total i did 3.35 miles in 52 min which included quite a bit of walking after I finished C25k, which I did entirely successfully. I ran at speeds between 4.5 and 4.7 and never below 4.5, for 26 min! go me! then I did 40 minutes of weights and abs. I love working out!!!

Now i’m off to shower and plan my meals for tomorrow and go to sleep! Hope you all are doing fabulously! (although I’m really sad that I dont have my recent blogs thing, still)

nighto!

Wow today was a great day! I didnt eat off plan AT ALL!  And while I didn’t have time for a FULL workout I did manage to get in a pretty nice workout! YAY! more at the bottom about the challenge tomorrow is going to bring! and of course, before weigh in day! lame! but I can work through it! woohoo!

Breakfast: 1 tofu dog (45), ketchup (15), kombucha (35), yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of berries (30) -305

Lunch: Spelt corn tortillas (120), cheese (80), vegan pepperoni (40), salsa (10): [250], plum (30), and carrots and snap peas (40)-total: 320

Snack:  nectarine (70)

Dinner: ½ cup of WW pasta (127), 3 turkey meatballs (150), ½ cup of sauce (50), spinach (15), parmesean cheese (35), Salad (140) and small piece of dark chocolate (25)- 542

Total: 1237–>DONE WOOHOO!

Workout: 40 min on the elliptical & 10 min abs (45 crunches on the captains chair! most I’ve ever done! WOOHOO)

So, tomorrow, a Wednesday (AKA day before my weigh in) is presenting QUITE the challenge for me! I have a lunch meeting with a catered lunch AND on top of that in the evening I have a bbq to go to.  The plus side of all of this, is that I know what will be served at both events, so I have already planned and calculated what I am going to eat for each meal so that it stays entirely within my calorie range.  The true CHALLENGE tomorrow will be to STICK to my exact plan and not eat ANYTHING more than I have alloted for each meal.  But, all of that will really come down to self control.  The other awesome thing tomorrow is that the BBQ is basically happening right next to my gym! So after work, I am biking home and getting my car and the stuff for the bbq that I’m contributing.  I will then ALSO PUT ON MY GYM CLOTHES (WOOHOO!) and therefore I will not be able to have ANY EXCUSES as to why I cannot go to the gym tomorrow evening.  It will also be a big motivation to then eat less, since I know I will have to go work out soon after.  I think that as long as I can keep my self control on high alert, I have a rather fool-proof plan that will allow me to avoid messing up tomorrow. eh?? Tomorrow will be Day 2 of Week 7 of c25k, along with a full 45 min weights and abs workout. I cant imagine that I will possibly be at the bbq for more than 1.5->2 hrs which leaves me minimum 2 hours at the gym before it closes, so I wont even be able to use that as an excuse to not doing a full workout.  So my two things to work on tomorrow are 1) sticking to my already planned out foods and remaining entirely in control and 2) not eating too much at the bbq so that I can workout to my maximum potential tomorrow night.

Ah, i know a lot of talk right?, but I really feel like all this planning puts me on the road to success! if you actually read down this far, you’re SO AWESOME.

much love chicks,

travelgal

Hi Chicks,

Today was a pretty damn good day. I stayed quite on track and started week 7 of C25k. I wanted to be at the gym for longer, but I stayed at work really late to make up some hours, and I had barely 35 min at the gym to do c25k. However, tomorrow will be a FULL gym workout with 45 min weights and 45 cardio. I still am happy that I went to the gym at all because it could have been really easy to say, welllll I only have 1/2 an hour till the gym closes, so I should just not go, BUT NO, I went and completed day 1 week 7 successfully! WOOHOO AND GO ME!

So today:

Breakfast: 1 chicken apple sausage (120), kombucha (35), yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), 1/4 cup of berries (15)- 350

Lunch: 2 tofu dogs and some ketchup (110), carrots and snap peas (35) and a nectarine (70)- 215

Snack: 1 rice cracker (35) with 1 tbsp pb (27) and a bit of a cookie bar at work (50?)- 112

Dinner = Chicken teriyaki bowl [it was planned!] -615

Total-1292–>DONE

Workout: 33 min treadmill, 26 min of jogging non stop, 2.33 miles, Week 7 Day 1 of c25k COMPLETE!

Back tomorrow! WOOHOO!

nighto kids!

Hi Friends,

So I was inspired by M3a49’s awesome ticker that was on her page and I wanted one! SO i did it! But in the midst of changing all my crazy widgets around, I lost the thing on my sidebar that shows other 3fc bloggers’ recent blog posts.  (i dont care about my own recent blog posts).  does anyone know the code or text that I can type into my widget thingy so I can get that box back on my side bar?? Or does anyone know how I can get my default widget sidebar back so I can have that box back?? I really liked knowing when people blogged, and I’m pretty sure that I’d rather give up my awesome ticker, so that I could default back to my old sidebar and see when people updated their blogs.

Any advice or help or remedy???? PLEASE AND THANKS!!!! Help me so I can read all your blogs and know when you update!!!

THANkS!

xo travelgal

Hi Chicks,

So I had a shockingly on plan weekend on a small vacay with my parents. There was a bit of some roughness, but I’ll get to that in a bit. The main thing is I totally kept track on Saturday and Today AND I went to the gym yesterday at the hotel. So first thing’s first I’m gonna blog my food, and then get on to talking about the trip a tad.

Saturday: (all foods are estimates, obviously)

Breakfast: coffee with small bit of cream (80), 1 piece of ww toast (100?), spinach, mushroom, lf mozarella egg white omelette (200?), strawberries (60)- 440

Snack: Frozen yogurt with some toppings (250)

Dinner: tomato soup (200), chicken and a slightly carby side dish (600)- 800

Total: 1490–> so while not particularly LOW CAL, on a vacation I’d say that was pretty damn controlled! WOOHOO

And workout: 52 min treadmill which included completion of week 6 day 3 of c25k and a total of 3.5 miles!

Sunday (today):

Breakfast: nf latte (150), omelette (230), ww toast (100), strawberries (60)-540

Lunch/Dinner: sweet potato fries (300), turkey burger (200), salad (150)-650

Snack: plum (30), kombucha (35), vegan chicken noodle soup (90)-155

Total: 1345–>done!

So, I think overall I did a fantastic job this weekend. I had really good self control ordering and eating food, etc. My one tiny-ish problem came with my family, particularly my mom. She also has a weight issue, and she would sometimes make comments about my food or lackthere of on my plate. And for example, she asked if i was getting a drink (alcoholic) and I said no, and she said “why too many calories?”, but not exactly in a nice tone. But the funny thing, if her comments were meant to make me feel bad, they backfired, because they only motivate me MORE to get fit, and lose more weight so that I can be the person I want to be and not worry about being another overweight member of my family. I KNOW i’m going to get fit, and I KNOW that it might be a slow process, but i also KNOW that it WILL HAPPEN, i am on the verge of fitting comfortably in a size 14, and I know that that isnt too far from a size 8, my goal. This mini vacay also made me really happy, because I am going on a longer trip with my parents in a few weeks, out of the country, and this just showed me that i CAN and DO have self control! and I CAN USE it! and it makes me FEEL GOOD to be in control! so, I’m looking forward to that! I also really WANT to hit 180 before my vacay which is in 3 weeks which means I REALLY have to get my ASS IN GEAR these next 3 weeks! So here are some goals I have for the next 3 weeks!

1) Finish the c25k program: I just finished week 6 of the program. there are 3 weeks left. I have three weeks left, ie the perfect amount of time to finish c25k. it will get done.

2) Go to the gym 5 days a week, no matter what my social plans are. I’ve gotten lazy about the gym and not going as much as I should. I’ve become passive and let my c25k become my whole workout. NO! I need to also get in my weights and abs and other cardio. for the next 3 weeks, I need to do the gym 5 days a week and 4 of those need to include weights and abs, and all need to include 45 minutes minimum of cardio.

3) Don’t eat over 1300 cals a day. Because I am estimating and not exactly measuring my food, I fear that I am estimating too lightly and maybe eating more than 1400 cals a day. So i’m lowering my daily cal MAX to 1300 to take into account my loose measuring system

4) Fit nicely into my new pair of size 14 jeans.

So, those are my goals for the next 3 weeks. I think if I truly follow those goals, and stay disciplined and in control, I will be able to reach 180 in the next three weeks. Let me know what you all think!! Comments, questions, criticisms, suggestions!? I Want to hear it and I want to make it to my next mini goal! WOOHOO! see you all tomorrow!

Well, today was a bit of a shit show food wise.  First I will do a food journal, just because I like to keep it as a record, and then I’ll go into my lovely description of my weekend circumstances and coming events.

Food today:

Breakfast: 1 tofu dog with ketchup (55), kombucha (35), yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of berries (30)-300

Snack: 1/2 blueberry muffin (100)

Lunch: 1 chicken apple sausage (120), carrots and snap peas (35) and a strawberries (50) - 205

Unexpected work snacks given out of a presentation that were sadly too good to pass up: hazelnut and dark chocolate wafer cookies (200)

Snack: Protein bar (120)  and  nectarine (70) – 190

Dinner: Chicken and cheese quesadilla and chips and I should have stopped before i got so full, but i didnt! AHH (630?)

Dessert: Frozen yogurt (120)

Total: 1745–>SO OVER, but I still think it’s better to be honest and admit it, so I can move forward…le sigh

So the weekend challenge:

So, long story (not really) short, my parents are coming into town this weekend and we’re going to stay in the city over the weekend and do lots of fun city stuff which obviously includes eating.  So on top of today, which was a pretty shitty eating day, I also have to deal with them for dinner tomorrow, all of my meals on Saturday and a meal or two on Sunday.  Which means ALL meals at restaurants, ALL with fancy and most likely very caloric foods.  argh, eating in restaurants is TRULY my downfall, but I KNOW if I screw up this weekend, than the entire week will be spent correcting my mistakes, and not working to lose more.  So I don’t really know what goals to set.  I plan on going to the gym at the hotel at least once on Friday and Saturday, if not both days.  Other than that, I think my main goal is just to make really really smart, conscientious decisions that are “Within” calorie range that wont mess up my whole weekend.  So in general I think that means LOW CARB, LOW CHEESE/DAIRY, LEARN PROTEINS and FULL OF VEGGIES, and in general no desserts because restaurant desserts tend to be SO RICH.  on top of that, I’m going to really try to track and estimate my food calories on paper, so that ideally, I can stay accountable to myself.  I’m also going to bring a couple of plum and fiber 1 bars with me, to prevent any bad snacking.

any other tips from you all on how to keep on track on a weekend where I will be eating at a restaurant for every meal??
THANKS and wish me luck! I’ll be back to blogging on Sunday Afternoon/Night!

Happy Weekend!