Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

breakfast: light double shot (70)

lunch: big salad (230?), small amount of noodles with mushrooms (150)? and some tator tots (100)- 480

snack: 1 mini airhead (45), coffee with 1/2 1/2 (40)-85

Dinner: chicken burrito, i didnt eat all of the tortilla, but I ate some chips so i’m gonna say about (470), a super overwhelming cookie (130?)-600

Snack: some cheese and crackers (120?)

Total so far: 1355–> i’m okay with this. honestly im happy to be tracking my food. both my gym classes tomorrow. yay. slowly but surely really getting on track.

did not get 7 hours of sleep, and i feel it. definitely need to work on that.  trying to make it to the gym today, but i’m just not sure…if so i’ll get in about an hour of workout. if not, i have 2 athletics classes tomorrow, so i’ll be back to the gym asap (if i dont make it!).  still getting my routine, sleep, work etc together.

brunch: chicken naan wrap and g skinny vanilla latte

snack: an orange

dinner: russian dumplings, some tortilla chips, a russian cookie, a few gummy bears and a reese’s pb cup.

no exercise because I’m trying to finish my homework so that I can go to bed early, get a good night’s sleep and not be tired the whole week, and also work out every day at the gym and in my classes.

got 8 hours of sleep last night.

im slowly but surely getting back on track, exhibiting more self control, and getting into a routine. obviously my food choices and self control need some work, but at this point, i dont think that any of it seems TERRIBLE which is good. im excited for gym and my workout classes this week.

happy sunday y’all!

I posted my friday blog wrongly, so here it is again at the bottom, and the Saturday Blog too!

Saturday:

Lunch: sandwich, 1/2 a cookie, some nila wafers, and some chips

Dinner: japanese bento box with miso soup, some gyzo, chicken, rice tempura. frozen yogurt. gin and tonic.

-no exercise, but i DID spend my day at the beach

-got right about 7 hours of sleep

yay! maybe tomorrow i can do some kind of exericse

Friday:

So, im tired and need to go to bed. but im going to blog my necessary things:

1) Blog everyday-CHECK

2) Track ALL food that I eat.

lunch: vietnamese food, some chicken and broccoli and some chicken fried rice

dinner: 2 bbq tofu skewers, 1/2 rib, some garlic bread, a bit of apple pie

Snack: some chips and pretzels, tiny piece of pepperoni pizza.  alcohol.

how i feel about what i ate: wish i had had less carbs and healthier snacks. i could have drinken(?) less, but it could have been much worse.  i’ll work on it

3) Physical activity: 1 hr at the gym. 33 min elliptical, 20 min some weights and abs, 10 min hellish bikeride home.

4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep a night.  yup.  got 9 hours last night. tonight im barely going to get 7, so im going to sleep RIGHT NOW.

night chicks. thanks for the comments, as always!

So, I’ve been back at school a week, but this week was ABSOLUTELY NUTS CRAZY! the first week is always hard and i’ve been SO tired and have not gotten a  lot of sleep. all of that needs to change.

i also havent been paying attention to my food at all, which is SO bad.

so, i decided to set a new mini goal, because those have in the past, kept me quite on track.  so in 4 weeks, i am hoping to lose 6 lbs and be down to 179.  So, on OCTOBER 23rd, I plan on reaching 179 and finally getting out of the 180s.

Also, because I have been SO exhausted this week, I havent been going to the gym etc.  So aside for my weight loss mini goal, im also setting some other goals that I would like to acheive daily.

Daily Goals to Achieve:

1) Blog everyday

2) Track ALL food that I eat.  Estimate calories and be very honest.  Also, choose healthy foods at all meals and for all snacks.  Keep in mind that my food choices really do matter.  I definitely need to get back on the healthy food track ie stopping the chips and cheese, pretzels and cream cheese, nutella etc. God, i loveeee my house, but the kitchen is a death trap! Self control and perhaps a mantra needs to come into play.  Maybe “INO-It’s not an option”? anyone have self control tips, when you have a kitchen full of junk food in front of you?

3) Do some kind of physical activity every day.

4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep a night.

OK, im off to bed. I’m excited to get back into all of this tomorrow, and for the rest of the year. 40ish lbs down, 60ish to go.  i can do it!

Glad to be back!

xox chicks,

travelgal

Breakfast: 1/2 banana (55), yogurt (100), healhty heart (37)-total: 192

Lunch: Big Salad (200), banana nut muffin (150?), some Mushroom soup (75), some sun chips (75)-500

Dinner: some roast beef (200?) and mac and cheese?, some peach cobbler (UGHhhhhh why is the food in my house so delish?)

Snacks, some tortilla chips, pretzels, and a bit of brownie i baked for hte house.

ugh, i really need to work on self control. what a b*tch.

the good news is i had two athletic classes today: yogalates and abs and glutes. yogalates was good. abs and glutes seems HARD. but im sticking to them.  so ill do those 2 days a week, and gym 4 days a week. so, i feel good about that.

ugh, now i just need to focus on food and portion control…every day is getting better, right?

Today’s the first day of school! YAY! i loveee my house and people living in it, and so far love my classes.

I decided that even though I didnt count calories today, I’ll at least track my food. I actually dont think counting calories is going to work this year, because I’m not preparing any of my food, but I dont actually know what to do about that? Should I switch to counting portions of things like grains, proteins etc, or just strictly track my food and write down everything I eat without counting calories, or what do you all think would be the best option for me.  to give you a basic run down of my situation: i live in a house with many many other people, with a fully stocked kitchen, and 2 meals cooked for us daily. so, since I’m not preparing the food and dont know the calories, etc, whats the best way for me to track/control my food?

food so far today:

Breakfast: (not so good, will be more controlled tomorrow)-1/2 raisin bagel with cream cheese and some yogurt.

lunch: pastrami and cheese sandwhich on wheat bread, some tator tots, tomato soup, salad and a mini baby ruth.  ughhhhhhhhhhhhh so bad. too much when i type it out. blah. im gonna have to work on this, the problem is how..

Well, school starts tomorrow which means I HAVE to be in a blogging, tracking, exercise routine by then, right??? The good news is that I am going to try to track all of my food today, and start blogging DAILY (and many times a day again!) so that I can fully get back on track.  Also good news is that I’m weighing in at 184.4 which means that even though I havent been tracking my food or exercising a ton, I have been maintaining my weight and not gaining, which is good.  Bad news is that I have a cold, so I’m not gymming it today, because I REALLY need to be better before school starts tomorrow!

Other good news! I’ve signed up for two awesome exercise classes this quarter.  I’m doing Yogalates and then Abs/Glutes back to back, so two days a week, that will be my exercise, and the alternating days will be cardio and weight training, so I really hope that will help.  I really am anxious to start tracking my food, exercising more, and losing weight again so I really hope I can get totally back on track starting this week. So, YAY! i really miss blogging, reading your blogs, and losing weight! So, weight loss, HERE I COME! woohoo!

Brunch: Grande sk vanilla latte (80), Starbucks bfast sandwich (350)- 430

Snack: Salad (340) and some cookies (110)-450

Total so far: 880, appx left:320–>eek

ahhh gosh this is hard. i weighed in at 184.8 this morning which isnt terrible. it actually means i’ve maintaned all these past few weeks, which i’m really happy about. i just need to start actually losing again.

i also didnt get much sleep. lame.

so, im trying to track food!

no breakfast, i was sleeping.

lunch: ww bread (150), turkey (80), cream cheese (100), greens (10), tortilla chips (150)-total: 490

Total so far today: 490, appx left: 710

everything is slipping away! i’m not watching my food. im not practicing portion control. i’m not blogging.

how do i make myself blog and track and calorie count every meal? how do i stop eating late night snacks? how do i stop eating tortilla chips and pretzels and cream cheese like they are zero calorie foods? i went to the gym yesterday so i feel good about that, but how do i get entirely back on track? how do i say no to the bad foods?

please? im slowly but surely falling back into my old habits! and i was so close to 12 jeans..

so this whole routine thing, is going slowly but surely. yesterday i didnt track my food or blog, but i did do a full workout at the gym, which was awesome and i drank a ton of water. today im going to try to continue to gym and drink lots of water, but also blog and track my food.

So:

breakfast: yogurt (35), green apple (70)- 105

lunch: basmati chicken wrap (400?), a small cookie (100), and some chips (100)-600

Total so far: 705, appx left: 495

yayyyyyyy i feel like tracking today just might work! woohoo!