Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

food:
Breakfast: ½ a banana (65), ww bagel thin (110), light cream cheese (35), 2 slices of turkey (50), coffee with nf milk-(40)-total: 300 cals

Snacks: 20 green grapes (70) and some crackers (100)-170

lunch: hot bar at whole foods (450ish?)

dinner: lite mac n cheese (270), apple (90)-360

total: 1280

sadly, no gym tonight because I didnt get a lot of sleep last night (F on my part) and therefore am getting sick.  but im going to bed early tonight to hopefully kick this bug and definitely gym tomorrow.

water was okay.

my plan is to do everything totally on track tomorrow!! (food, exercise, water and sleep!)

today was an okay day, not great:

food:

Breakfast: ½ a banana (65), ww bagel thin (110), light cream cheese (35), 2 slices of turkey (60), coffee with nf milk-(40)-total: 310 cals

Snacks: 20 green grapes (70) and some crackers (100)-170

lunch: sandwich, i think about 430 cals?

dinner: korean food (chicken, glass noodles and veggies)-450 ish?

total:1360

water:ok

sleep: meh

workout: no sleep, but did some walking

tomorrow–plans for everything to be on track, food, water, gym etc.

also, there might not be a weigh in this week, because i am planning on returning my scale and ordering a different one (i dont think this one is accurate) but more updates on that one tomorrow!

So, here’s my weekend recap:

Food was okay, not great but not terrible, and I went to the gym today and did W2D2 of C25k and did a full 40 min weights and abs workout.

So here are my goals for the week:

Gym: Tuesday, Wednesday and at two-three days from Monday, Thursday(?), Saturday and Sunday!

Food: goal is to record ALL food and have calories between 1200-1300 calories per day

Water: plenty of water! make sure to hit my daily goal

sleep: 7-8 hours a night

weigh in: officially weigh in on friday, ideal goal would be in the high 220s by friday, that’s a lofty goal but we’ll see!

Food:

Breakfast: ½ a banana (65), ww bagel thin (110), light cream cheese (35), 2 slices of turkey (60), coffee with nf milk-(40)-total: 310 cals

Snacks: 20 green grapes (70) -70

Lunch: a mexican salad (but no guacamole or sour cream) and a few chips and salsa.  Dont know the exact calories but going to estimate 450 since it was pretty light. (450ish? estimation)

Dinner: bread and cheese (250) pad thai (200)

total: 1280

didnt get to the gym today, water was okay, sleep was okay. no matter what still official weigh-ing tomorrow!!

longer blog post this weekend!

I was in very much a meh mood today, but I did my best to stay on track, motivated and focused.  Also, I did have a good unofficial weigh in this morning which was a nice start to the day!

Food:

Breakfast: ½ a banana (65), ww bagel thin (110), light cream cheese (35), 2 slices of turkey (60), coffee with nf milk-(40)-total: 310 cals

Snacks: 20 green grapes (70) and Apple (90) total: 160

Lunch: Mediterranean food: some rice and some pieces of chicken and beef pieces and falafel (estimating 430, not positive?)

Dinner: egg whites (75), spinach and mushrooms (50), 1 slice of whole grain batard (130) and some cheese (120) total: 375

total for the day-1275–(i do wish I could stick closer to 1200 cals, but I really couldn’t have eaten less today–i definitely needed all of the above food to get me through the day and my workout.)

Also, I think I’m going to buy a small digital food scale so that I can start being more precise with things like cheese, since it’s usually in ounces on the package.

Workout: 40 min on the treadmill including c25k W2D1 and 40 min weights and abs.  my body is definitely sore and tired from these workouts, but I now it’s just a sign I need to get back in shape!!

water: definitely reached my water goal! woo!

sleep: did not reach my sleep goal last night–that’s my main focus tonight–getting in bed on time!

Overall grade for the day B+, sleep needs to be better! But i’m proud of myself that even after a meh-mood day, that I stuck to my food plan and workout! and tomorrow’s already thursday–WOO!

Today was overall an excellent day! Recap and grade at the bottom:

Breakfast: ½ a banana (65), ww bagel thin (110), light cream cheese (35), 2 slices of turkey (60), coffee with nf milk-(40)-total: 310 cals

Lunch: a mexican salad (but no guacamole or sour cream) and a few chips and salsa.  Dont know the exact calories but going to estimate 450 since it was pretty light. (450)

Snacks: 20 green grapes (70) and granola bar (160)- 230 (i’m a little annoyed at my choices here…I had an apple with me which i should have eaten, but had a granola bar on my desk and ate that instead..it kept me full, but i know I should have chosen the apple. i’ll do better next time!

Dinner: egg whites (100), spinach and mushrooms (50), 1 small slice of whole grain batard (120) and tiny piece of hard goat’s gouda (35)-305

total estimated cals for the day: 1295

workout: 40 min of the spin bike and 45 min of weights and abs

water: very good! i always think i could drink more water, but i think i did very well!

sleep: i got a little under 7 hours because I couldn’t fall asleep right away, but at least I was in bed at the right time!

Day Recap/Grade for the day:  I give myself a B+ for the day.  I think overall I made good food choices and I was happy that I got myself to go to the gym and do a full workout even though I left work late and was tired.  Water was good but sleep could be better. Also, ideally my calories would have been closer to 1200 and I would have picked the apple instead of the granola bar, and maybe had less chips and salsa. But overall, I did really well! (also, I read an article in fitness magazine that says that people stay more motivated on focusing what they did well, and giving themselves constructive criticism instead of beating yourself up over bad choices).  So, overall I definitely think I did well, but there’s ALWAYS room to improve.  Also, I might do an unofficial weigh in tomorrow am, because I want to make sure the numbers are moving in the right direction.

Hope you all had a fab tuesday!!

Even though it’s a holiday and I could easily skip the gym like I have the last few days+ (yikes!) i want to start this week off right so I can have a great weigh-in on Friday!

So, I’m off to the gym in a few minutes!

food:

pre-gym bfast: 1/2 banana (60), 1/2 cup of greek yogurt (60), some coffee w/ nf milk (35)- 155 total

post gym brunch(?): nf iced coffee (50), mini chicken pesto baguette sandwich (estimating 250) and a medium red apple (90)–total: 390

dinner: indian food and some ice cream (i’m estimating it at about 750 cals)

cals for the day: 1295–>not bad!

workout: 45 min on the treadmill (including finishing week 1 of c25k–Woo!!) and 45 min weights and abs! i felt really great after my workout and so motivated. i looked in the mirror at the gym and obviously dont like what I see, but at least I’m finally on track with doing something about it! woo!!

water: pretty good!

sleep: got almost a full 8 hours last night and I feel good! hopefully I can maintain that all week! i definitely feel better when I’ve gotten a lot of sleep!

Grade for the day: I’d say B+/A-.  I think overall I did really well, I just wish my dinner had been a bit smaller and less ice cream. and I hope my estimations are okay

I’m hoping for an entirely on track day tomorrow! I’ve packed my gym bag and planned out my food for tomorrow (except for my lunch plans, but I need to make smart choices!)

It’s going to be ugly.  I know I’ve gained A LOT of weight. and because I haven’t gotten a ton of sleep recently, nor drank enough water, nor gone to the gym or eaten properly or tracked my food, I KNOW the result is going to be awful and painful and so much more than I want to see on the scale.  But i’m hoping it will act as my motivation to get my act together to start consistently losing weight and tracking food, exercise, water and sleep like a used to!

See you in the am! im already terrified :-/

No matter *what* my starting weight is, my goal is Onederland by December 23!!