Re-vamped diet - Starting again!
Hey all,
I started with my diet in the beginning of December 2008. At the time I was 5'4", 151 pounds. I chose to try the Special K diet - good decision for the time being, but I got real sick of the food and realized I wasn't eating healthy food at all. I stuck with it until mid January and went down to about 137 pounds. During my small journey, I tried to run every single day. And I did, for the most part. I stopped running every day towards the end because cheerleading was in full-swing and I was there 5 days a week.
Now cheerleading's over and it has been since March. It's summer and I'm realizing that I put on some of the weight that I had lost. I am now at 144 pounds (well, 143 because I already lost a pound)! I want to get back down to a healthy weight (not really a specific number). The most important thing is that my stomach and legs get thinner. I used to be a swimmer, dancer, and cheerleader, so I have a lot of muscle in my legs - but the tops have some unnecessary fat!
For cardio, I am currently on my second week of the "Couch to 5K Run Plan." I LOVE it. It's so easy to just follow what they tell you, and my endurance really is improving. Also, I have been trying to do some strength exercises from sparkpeople.com. I track everything I eat on thedailyplate.com and sparkpeople.com. I like the way the Daily Plate gives the food because you can see the calories and everything and create meals, and I love SparkPeople because it tells you how much fat and such to eat every day.
Here is a sample of what I eat ..
BREAKFAST: Multi-Grain Cheerios with Skim Milk; Half of an English Muffin - usually plain, sometimes with peanut butter.
MIDMORNING: Some type of fruit, it depends what I am in to that week. This week it was red grapes.
LUNCH: Yoplait Light Fat Free Yogurt (Lemon Cream Pie or Strawberry Shortcake are my favorites!), half of a whole-wheat pita with either tuna & low fat mayo or low-fat turkey breast with fat free italian dressing. Sometimes with the turkey I will add a slice of provelone.
DINNER: Oftentimes, it's whatever my mom makes - for example, one night she made chicken on the stove (no oil or anything, just cooked the chicken) and added salsa. It's one of my favorite meals ever! I had a bit of pasta with the chicken and some fruit as well. If she is making pork/beef/red meat, I usually have leftover chicken with broccoli and brown rice.
SNACKS: Other things I munch on are light popcorn, pretzel crisps (very good, low calorie), single-serving boxes of yogurt covered raisins (only on occasion!), and rice cakes (weakness x 10!!)
TO DRINK: Almost 95% of the time I drink water. Sometimes I'll drink skim milk with dinner or just as a snack to fill me up.
Does my diet, along with a half hour of cardio plus some strength activities 5 days a week sound good? On weekends, I work at a bakery - I just bought a pedometer - I am constantly walking back and forth!! One coworker said in a 6 hour shift she calculated that she walked 4 miles. Hopefully, I walk about the same! I give myself the weekends off (I work at the bakery Sat & Sun from 4AM-11 or 12) so I said that walking is enough as long as I DON'T eat the baked goods!!
Thank you for reading.. Good luck to EVERYONE!
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Good luck on your weight loss journey! 
One thing I could recommend on your diet would be to add more veggies. 
