what gives... I just bought some protein shakes in an effort to kick start my diet again.... I have lost 10 lbs and hit a plateau. Mainly cause I have been on vacation for about three weeks, but also to give myself a little push to move on with my weightloss journey. But these protein shakes have 17 grams of protein and 26 grams of sugar..... I know all the weightloss experts say these are great for losing weight... but I can't wrap my hear around 26 grams of sugar.
I have not worked out in 3 days. I have been eating well though. Very well.... I was riding the "i lost ten lbs" i deserve a break....but today I am finding that 2 days was too much. How am i suppose to drop those last 3 lbs before the 23rd???
What is the most weight a person on here has lost in a week?
curious.
I wish I knew how much I could loose in a week..... If I hit the gym and worked out like they did on biggest loser. I am surrounded by special forces fitness people I really need to see about getting a trainer for the month. so i can drop like 10 lbs . I have never lost more than a lb a week. Just once, 3 lbs would be awesome.
It is Nice to see you again my old friend. Although not for long.
I just weighed myself and the news is fabulous! I am official 1 pound lighter than I was when I got married. I hope to be 155 before June 23rd. And then lose more before July.
yesterday i swam laps in an Olympic size pool for exactly one hour. Some of my laps sucked, but the point is...i barely stopped. I am so proud of myself. I still hate my stomach and thighs... so there is more work to be done. As happy as I am I still need to keep my eye on the ball. Off to the doctor (trying to get some ugly moles removed) and then to the gym for a few hours. I am feeling great!
I found this in a weight loss mag. It looked so good I went to the store and made it that day. YUMMY!!!
AMAZING CHICKEN FINGERS
ingredients:
3 chicken breasts
Italian seasoning
1c slivered almonds
1c oats
3/4 c egg whites
olive oil
Take 3 chicken breasts and cut them length wise into three parts
In a seperate bowl add 1 cup of slivered almonds, and 1 cup of oats. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning to your choice.
Pour 2/3 cups eggs whites into another bowl.
drizzle pan with olive oil so chicken does not stick
dunk the chicken into the egg whites, then roll them in the almonds and oats.
sautee in pan until the oats start to brown and chicken is cooked
eat with fingers and serve with either honey mustard, ranch or ketchup.
YUMMY
So Lately, I have been working my butt off. I have decided since I am only 2 weeks away from going on my exotic vacation to cypress...I am going to the gym 2x a day and I am not eating a single carb until I get to the beach. I have been swimming, hiking, and to the gym 3 times in the last 3 days. Today I am going swimming with the hubby. I have been doing great with my steps but I accidently left my pedometer at home yesterday and when I was at the gym the day before so sadly, I have lost count in my weekly marathon. I think I have lost a pound or 2, but I have decided to wait and weigh myself. I am tired of only losing 1 pound at a time.... I am going to wait and hopefully next time I get on the scale it will be a bit more significant.
I am starting to get stressed about moving. We have no idea where we are going to live and the movers will be here in 38 days. We keep finding houses we love on the internet, but they keep selling, and there is no way we are going to buy a house without looking at it in person. So hard to live in Germany sometimes. I am going to miss this place...but I am sooo eager to get back. I just want to go to the beach, and start decorating and get settled.
I wanted to go to the gym, and then to the store...but of course it is another german holiday. I swear they have 3 a month. crazy. And why does everything have to close? Honestly I can't even go to the grocery store today.
Lost a lb in the last 5 days. Very happy about that, but I still need to amp up my work outs. I am so happy I am losing weight but it is not happening fast enough. I have that wedding in 6 weeks, and I will be at the beach in 7 weeks. I also decided not to go to the army ball because I don't think I am ready to wear a dress yet. so maybe next year! until then.... my thigh look thinner, and more toned, and my face looks a tiny thinner... the butt, and gut are are still the same (in my mind at least). I am going to take my measurements when I lose 2 more lbs. So, today, egg white omlet, and lots more walking and abs and arms of course. Can't wait to get my little stick arms back.
yesterday, I continued training for my weekly marathon and I did 8 miles. 3 on a treadmill and 5 on a track. I am starting to think I really am getting more in shape! I started jogging a little bit. I NEVER RUN. felt good though.
Tomorrow our dear friends the Kings are coming to visit. So hopefully I can burn some calories while cleaning too. sweeping, moping, dusting, laundry, and scrubbing, dishes, etc....
Ok. So for those of you keeping track.... I DID MY MARATHON in 9 days. I was originally wanting to do it in 7 days, but one day it rained and another day i had to babysit. So this week I am starting fresh. I am back to resetting my pedometer and this week I insist that i will finish my marathon in a week.
Wish me luck.
In the mean time... weight stays the same. I think it is cause i am gaining muscle right now. I am not worried. YET.
SO PROUD OF MYSELF. Yesterday, I went to the gym, and had a salad at lunch. I walked my 13,000 steps. YES. 13,000. Then I went to the wine fest in Neustat. I only had three glasses of wine in six hours. and had a healthy dinner. I did not eat german potato salad, or bratwursts, or currywurst. I did not eat the brot, or the schnitzel. I ate at home and didn't even snack at the fest. I had a great time. Hubby had an even better time. I still think he is blowing off steam from Afghanistan, but he was really funny last night.
Today is date day. We are going to Ramstein Air Base and going out to lunch and going to walk around. Perhaps a movie too! Then we have a long drive back to Stuttgart. Where we will go to the gym, and start packing the spare bedroom for our move.
Less then 2 months to go and we will FINALLY be back in the states.
So I have officially lost 5 lbs. A SMALL YET SIGNIFICANT POINT FOR ME. I am 1 pound away from passing my pause point. I am going to work extra hard this week. Very Excited. This pedometer has seriously saved my life. I wish I bought one months ago. I am doing my steps and have been doing "2 a days" at the gym. I have eased up on my weights and I have added tons more cardio. When I first started this... I could barely do 2 miles on the treadmill. No I jog one mile and walk 3. Time to take it up a notch with my interval training. sad part. My bra's are getting big. DARN!
Hope everyone is doing well, and remember to drink your water!!!
My goal for the week. a marathon. yep 26.2 miles in a week.
yesterday was day 1 and I am at 5.3 miles. DID I TELL YOU I LOVE MY PEDOMETER???
1) my scale was off because i got my period, which would explain why i am so bloated and gained 4 lbs. I took my anger from my blog yesterday and I double timed it at the gym and at the track.
i logged 12137 steps
workout:
abs,
dcc video
arm weights
leg lifts
dips
10 minutes of vigerous rowing.
10 minutes stationary bike
i feel good.
also for those keeping track. I do log my calories. EVERYDAY. that is why I am allowed a few treats here and there.
my point to my post yesterday is that I didn't get why so little had changed since so much had changed with me. even not exercising the fact that i am drinking water should be a huge difference in my weight instead of the sodas and wine and alcohol i use to drink EVERYDAY.
not that i am excersising more... even if i was eating fast food and schnitzel like i use to i still should be losing weight.
i think some of my friends missed my point yesterday. oh well. moving on. still have my pedometer. and still going to the gym
TODAY needs to be about my hubby. He is getting a bronze star today.
a very very important award in the military. I am SOOOOOO proud of him
ok. So. here is the deal. I no longer drink soda diet or any other for that matter. I have switched to ricecakes instead of bread. I walk everyday. And I go to the gym more than I ever have before. I am sleeping better than ever. I eat more vegetables than I have in the last three years, and I don't have any junk food in my house at all. I am going to the gym more than I have in the last three years. I am drinking skim milk, non-fat, low sugar products. I stay away from salad dressings, I am chugging water until i feel sloshy. I watch my carbs and my sugar on a pretty regular basis. I have layed off the cheese tremendously. I own a pedometer and have been keeping track of my steps, forcing myself to walk a few more hundred steps at the end of the night. I have been doing my work out video religously. I eat a ton of lean protein ( i have not had red meat in months). And I regularly log about 13 miles a week on a treadmill (Compared to NONE in the last 3 years. I hardly drink 1/5 of what I use to do (I used to have a glass or 2 of wine every night which I don't do anymore), when I do drink I opt for low calorie options and space it out over a weekend instead of the friday night binges I use to (minus the one night I had margaritas a few weeks ago) I am doing interval training, weights, and have completely changed the way i think of food. Surely A FEW POUNDS WOULD COME OFF!!!!!!!! I have not lost more than 3 pounds in a month and I feel like I am going crazy counting calories.
this is the third week in a row i have not changed my weight to make a hill of beans of a difference. I wanted to be at LEAST 10 lbs lighter by now.
WHAT GIVES!!?? Starting to think this whole damn things isn't worth it. I am miserable, stressed, and at my breaking point. My legs are sore, My shoulders are sore, and I still don't have one F@#king thing in my closet i think is cute. I hate that tomorrow is such an important day for hubby with photographers and such, and I am going to be a fat pig. I don't even want to go out with my friends anymore cause they are all 120lb hotties. Summer is around the corner and i can't believe I am moving to the beach.
I am about to burst into tears. I use to feel like the prettiest girl in the room a few years ago. How did this happen? I am also starting to resent my husband a little. Moving to Germany has been terrible. I don't have my freedom, my friends, a car, a job... All I did was hang out watching movies and drinking beer for the last three years frozen in a place where there is still freaking snow on the mountains. ANGRY at myself, and sad I don't know how to fix this.
