Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

So! (back on full track tomorrow!)

travelgal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:54 +0000

So, i’ve been out of town and just got back and catching up with work, even though I’m going out of town again next week, but I’m going to be back on track and blogging tomorrow, including gym tomorrow, hopefully saturday, and sunday monday tues and weds!

trying to do higher protein less carbs these days! fingers crossed and working towards onederland, ASAP!

Sunday–iffy on track

travelgal — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:16:44 +0000

today was iffy on track, and i didnt make it to the gym, but food was alright. sad i didnt make it to the gym, but im going to try to make it tomorrow. going out of town on tuesday for a week, so i’ll try to keep on track with food as possible.

breakfast:two egg whites (32), 1/2 banana (40)- 72

lunch: tofu shirataki noodles with peanut sauce and carrots (160), baby carrots and snap peas (50), cottage cheese (90), some kombucha (25)-325

dinner: cheese and crackers, some steak, gnocchi, salad, and chocolate cookies (delish but not sure its low cal!)

snack: popcorn

yikes! tomorrow, hopefully fully on track!

Friday/Saturday Updates

travelgal — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:16:06 +0000

Friday was an almost perfectly on track day! woohoo!

Friday food:

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of blueberries (42) -222

snack: coffee with milk (30)

Lunch: 1/4 cup of dry WW pasta (50), 3 turkey meatballs (150), ½ cup of sauce (50), spinach (25), mushrooms (20), 1 tbsp parmesean cheese (20), carrots and snap peas (40), Hershey’s kiss (22)- 377

snack: apple (70), cottage cheese (90)- 160

dinner: tortilla soup (200) and some frozen yogurt (200)- 400

Total: 1189

Water: PLENTY

Gym: 33 min elliptical, 15 min walk, and 45 min weights and abs

Saturday (Had a good unofficial weigh in this am, but wasnt entirely on track today)

Didnt track food very well, but what i ate included:

-small larabar, some eggwhites and spinach, roasted chicken, a cookie, some rum and coke, some peanuts, leftover stirfry and some whole wheat pasta! yikes!

tomorrow should be an entirely on track day with the gym!! yay!

Thurs and SO on track (until dinner..)

travelgal — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:07:43 +0000

Today was pretty on track! I stayed on plan really well (in fact 100%), until my roommate gmail chatted me right before I went to the gym, telling me she was making poutine for dinner..great! not. (for those of you who dont know poutine is a canadian dish with NOTHING healthy in it. it’s french fries (which we baked at least..), gravy and cheese. seriously, nothing healthy. but at least i was COMPLETELY on track before that food and did a full gym work out! so, ya..

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of blueberries (42) -222

snack: apple (70), cottage cheese (90)- 160

Dinner: poutin…so…french fries (300?), beef gravy, less than i thought (65), and cheese (250?)-total: 615

total: 1374–gah! i went over, obviously, but here’s to hoping (fingers crossed) that my on track food and gym can offset my crazy dinner.

Gym: 45 min elliptical and 45 min of weights and abs

Water: Plenty! tons of water and tea. not even coffee today!

so, i wasnt tempted by fresh baked goods today! in fact i brought one of my roomates banana muffins for my coworker, but didnt have one for myself, yay! but yeah…we’ll see how much this dinner will, or will not effect my official weigh in tomorrow. yikes. fingers crossed.

goal for the weekend is to stay totally on track and friggin reach onderland ASAP. ughhh

Wednesday (pretty/kinda very) on track

travelgal — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:54:16 +0000

Today was pretty on track! I stayed on plan really well (except I had a 2 treats and work) and I made another tofu shiritaki noodle dish but this time with peanut sauce and chicken,and not tofu. it was SO delish, the only thing I would do differently next time is add some egg whites into it, but otherwise it was awesome! now ive done two dishes with the tofu shirataki noodles which were SO good–such an incredible discovery!!

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of blueberries (42) -222

(bad snacks at work): 1 small cookie (80), 1 tiny piece of brownie (90)-170

snack: apple (70), cottage cheese (90)- 160

Dinner: tofu shirataki peanut noodles with chicken (320), 1 banana muffin (oops!) my roomate made them fresh (130)- 450

total: 1379–gah! i went over–stupid homebaked goods from work and my roommate etc. aiming for a PERFECT food day tomorrow!! (wish i hadnt had that stupid delicious muffin!)

Gym: 45 min treadmill including day 2 of week 6 of c25k, and 45 min of weights and abs

Water: Plenty! tons of water and tea. not even coffee today!

otherwise, im doing well, just have to have better self control when i have unplanned things around, like baked goods, etc. anyways! tomorrow’s a new day! and im feeling good!

Tuesday and pretty on track?!

travelgal — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:29:15 +0000

Today was pretty on track! I stayed on plan really well (except I didnt count/track fully at night which is lame of me) and didnt make it to the gym, because I worked late, but this is my one rest day of the week.

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of blueberries (42) -222

snack: apple (70), turkey 2 slices (70)- 140

Dinner: some tofu veggie stir fry with Tofu Shirataki (has anyone ever tried this?!?! it’s incredible, two serving of noodles for 40 calories total! it’s incredible!!) (230) and some fresh popped popcorn (120), and 1 small cookie (110)- 460

total: 1199/1200–done!

Gym: none

Water: Plenty! tons of water and tea. not even coffee today!

another on track day tomorrow, + gym!!

Monday on Track!

travelgal — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:47:01 +0000

Today was quite on track! I stayed on plan really well, went to the gym even though it was raining and drank tons of water! woohoo!

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of berries (42) -222

Snack: Coffee with some non-fat milk (30)

snack: apple (70), turkey 2 slices (70)- 140

Dinner: low sodium chicken noodle soup (140), cottage cheese (180), some almond milk/nf milk (120)-440

total: 1209–>done

Gym: 45 min of elliptical and 45 min of weights and abs

Water: Plenty!

woohooo!

Sunday On track! woohoo!

travelgal — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:09:00 +0000

I was not on track at all yesterday (Saturday) because I went to a festival and had a couple delish things like a tamale, pumpkin ice cream, etc and didnt work out.

But! I WAS Completely on track today, Sunday! Woohoo! and I will be doing an unofficial weigh in tomorrow AM and am planning on being on track ALL week and hoping for a GREAT official weigh in on Friday!

So here’s the start to an ON-TRACK and productive week!

Sunday Food:

Breakfast: egg whites (125), spinach and mushrooms (40)-165

Lunch: tofu stirfry (210), ½ cup of cottage cheese (90), carrots (60), apple (70), miso soup (25), piece of chocolate 45 – 500

Dinner: chicken burger (150), some spinach and carrot (30) kombucha (40), pumpkin bread (200), chocolate almond milk with some nf milk (120)- 540

Total for the day: 1205–DONE

Gym: 45 min elliptical and 45 min weights and abs

Water: plenty!!

OK, sleep now! i’ll be back and on track again tomorrow!

Friday and weekend to come–on track

travelgal — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:35 +0000

I feel like i am FINALLY figuring out the pattern for eating the right stuff and exercising which is helping me lose weight consistently. so my goal is to stay almost, if not completely 100% on track this weekend including unofficial weigh ins Saturday, Sunday and Monday am so that I dont do a ton of damage over the weekend (which always happens) and that I can take steps forward without taking steps back!!!! goal is for Onederland EARLY next week and to be almost 100% on track and completely conscientious this weekend about what i eat, drink and do (gym-wise).

also, weigh in was good, down to 203.6 again,…i can FEEL onederland SO close. I cannot lose track of all this this weekend!

Back later! Happy Friday!

Today was pretty darn on track! i’ve really gotten a great handle of my self control!. we went to an all you can asian place tonight and I only got one plate, and didnt go back at all for seconds. and i went to a party tonight and i didnt drink ANYTHING and just talked to people. i’m feeling good! this is going to be an ON TRACK weekend!! woohoo!

Food:

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of berries (35) -215

Snack: iced Coffee with some non-fat milk (30)

snack: apple (70), turkey 2 slices (70), 1 piece of noodle kugel (120)- 260

Dinner: 2 veggie egg rolls (120), a plate with tofu, chicken, eggies and some noodles (250??) and small cone of softserve (110)-480

Total: 1362–DONE

Gym: 40 min of treadmill and 45 min of weights and abs

Water: a ton!

here’s to hoping for a good unofficial weigh in tomorrow and a great on track day. not sure im going to make it to the gym, but definitely going to try to keep food in control!

On Track Thursday!!

travelgal — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:32:50 +0000

Hellooo,

Unofficial weigh in was very good today, I wont hit onederland tomorrow (unless there’s a miracle) but i’m planning on staying 100% on track this weekend and hope to hit it early next week even though the next official weigh in after tomorrow isnt till next Friday. Still doing an official weigh in tomorrow too. WOOHOO.

Pretty darn on track today!

Today was a pretty/very good on track day!! woohoo!!!

Breakfast: yogurt (60), 1 tbpsp flax (30), 1/2 banana (55), 1/4 cup of cereal (35), ½ cup of berries (35) -215

Snack: Coffee with some non-fat milk (30)

snack: apple (70), turkey 2 slices (70), 1 piece of noodle kugel (240)- 380

Dinner: some mushroom barley soup (90), cottage cheese (100), some almond milk/nf milk ( 90)-280

Total: 1282–DONE

Gym: 45 min of elliptical and 45 min of weights and abs

Water: a ton!

here’s to hoping for a good official weigh in tomorrow!