Ok, this will be a much happier post than the previous. Sorry ladies. I must admit, I'm a writer at heart, it's part of my major, so if I'm lengthy or too analytical forgive me. But I'm loving it here so far! Keep up the encouragement and I love meeting new people, so don't be afraid to drop me a comment.
Today was a good day all around (except for the horrible registration process for classes I went through today) but weightloss wise I'd say today was a win!
Breakfast- Bagel w/ .5 tbsp of cream cheese, cereal with lowfat milk and oj. I know it was probably a lil high in calorie intake but it kept me full til lunch which saved me from snacking.
Lunch- The other half of my grilled chicken sandwinch from Chili's and carrots & a diet soda.
Snack- 1 pop tart..high in sugar but I had a craving, oops! 100 cal
Dinner-2 steak fajitas with fresh peppers and onions in them and fiesta corn. Which I'm proud to say I cooked myself :) And a diet soda...That's because I haven't been to the store to get my Crystal Light.
Another win today was I made it to the gym! I got in 50 minutes of cardio burning more than 400 calories. Then I did my ab workout a trainer made out for me. So it was a good workout! I also had 2 bottles of water so yay water in take. I'll have another bottle before bed so I'll 60 oz of water today.
THE BEST NEWS OF THE DAY WAS I LOST 1LB! So I didnt lose my 2lb from the last week but I'll take that 1lb. I'm happy about it.
Off the weight topic- I had to register for my classes for the spring semester today. You do it online and it's the slowest process EVAR! But then I found out that my advisor forgot to mention I was missing 1 prerequisite to take any of my upper level classes. Ugh! I'm pissed to say the least. If I don't the chair to let me in the classes I might be a semester behind in graduation, UGH!!!! Definately not what I want. Also I could take summer courses but I have an internship in another city. This is all so frustrating. Pray for me , please.
Ok, I'm off to shower and get ready for bed. Have a happy Friday ladies!
I've realized that this weightloss thing is just a mind thing. It really goes back to that quote I've been hearing since I was young, "If you believe it, you can achieve it." My mom told me that EVERYTIME I was stressed about anything going on in my life. So, it's only right to use that same way of thinking with this. For so long I accepted being "the big girl" or making excuses. Like every summer I tell my friends I don't swim because I don't like to or my hair is hard to maintain when I really just don't want to be caught dead in a bathing suit because I don't have the "right body" or I dread spring break because I can't get in a bikini and go where all other college students go for break: A BEACH! Or I have too much pride to do it anyway. But I want this spring break to be different.
With that said, I have a reinvigorated passion to get this weight off. Before I tried and if I didn't quite make it, oh well. But now it's like there is no other option for me. I think my Christmas gift to myself is a Weight Watchers membership. I've heard only good things about it, so I want to try it. We have meetings here, so I'm going to try one, if I don't feel comfortable, I'm going to just do the online. Anyone do WW online? If so, how is it?
Yesterday, my eating wasn't so good but that is expected, Wednesday's are my so busy from the time I wake up until I hit the pillow. So I'd consider Wednesday's my "cheat day."
So to hold myself accountable: Breakfast was stated in my previous post, with a total of 270 calories.
Lunch: wheat noodled spaghetti-300 cal and this time I opted not to have the toast and just had a diet soda to drink*
Snack: I was at an organization mtg and they always serve refreshments and hunger got the best of me so I had a donut and a recess cup. Yea, I wanted to throw up* but I didn't I have learned that I have to deal with my eating choices and if I don't like them I need to change them or work out harder
Dinner: My friends went to Chili's after our school's basketball game and I had a grilled chicken sandwinch and fries :X Yea, fries weren't a good choice but by that time I was so hungry I just wanted something fulfilling.
I know that my part of my problem is I don't eat on a schedule and when I wait so long to eat my body goes into starvation mode and wants to eat the first thing I see. So, I know I have to make smarter eating decisions and PLAN for days like these.
I put *'s by somethings because I wanted to talk about them.
The * is because I have never admitted that I was bulemic because I didn't think I was. Because I didn't do it after every meal or everything I ate, I didn't think I was. I just used to do it when I know I ate too much or it was too fattening. But then I was informed that too is bulemic. So after much praying and help I stopped and haven't do it in almost 6 months. So, that I am proud of.
A lot of people have advised me to get ride of the diet soda and juice to decrease my sugar intake. I can drink water all day but I have to have some kind of flavor drink when I have a meal. Water just doesn't cut it for, I've tried it. I have to be really hungry/thursty to drink water with a meal. So I've bought juicy juice which is 100% juice, is that a healthier choice? And is 1 diet soda a day that bad for a diet?
Ok, I'm gonna grab breakfast(for me since I woke up late) and get ready for my day.
I have been dieting and exercising for a while. So, I thought I knew enough to lose weight. Well, I know that I have the exercising down, I've been doing that since highschool and have a tranier so I know that I'm supposed to do 30min of exercise 3 days a week. I usually do about 50min-1 hour of work out time 4-5 times a week. Although lately it's been about 3-4. I do 40 mins of cardio and 20 minutes of weight training. Abs everyday and rotate between legs and arms. I do high reps and low weight. So I really think I am doing the right thing as far as exercising. I did plyometrics in my room yesterday and walking funny today because my whole lower half is sore. So, it did the job.
The two culprits working against me now is sugar and lack of protein. I've heard about protein shakes with breakfast or for a snack. I hadn't really thought much about it but I think I'll give it try. I heard they aren't the tastiest thing, so does any have any suggestions of protein shakes that are atleast tolerable?
I also need to eat more veggies. Are canned veggies ok? I mean, I am a college student on a limited amount of money to grocery shop. And the school I go to is in a small town so it's not like we have markets or whole food stores.
Last night I didn't snack during my late night cram session. Which is a plus for me. I was up until 2:30am, lets just hope it pays off.
So far today I've had mmy breakfast. raisin bagel w/no cream cheese, 1/2 banana and a water.-270 cal
I will be on campus until atleast 1-1:30, so I will probably grad a fresh fruit cup and another bottle of water for my snack, then head home for lunch. Lunch will probably be another bowl of whole wheat noodled spaghetti. I added plenty of veggies to it and let it marinate, so it's actually really good. Boyfriend even liked it.
Ok, gotta get these last 40 minutes of cramming in.
I was going to start this post with how disappointed I am with my eating today but I think I did better than I have on previous days. The main problem I'm having is my appetite is out of control! I'm hungry every 2 hours like clock work. A lot of people have said it's because I don't eat breakfast but I ate breakfast today and it still happened. And it's like the hunger comes on so strong, like I can't do anything else until I eat. I hate that feeling, I'm not used to it! Before I could survive on 1 or 2 meals a day, although it's not healthy, I know I could. Now it's like I have to eat 6 meals a day. 3 meals and 3 snacks.
I have had this concern plus some other health concerns for a while, I have a doctor's appointment next week, so hopefully I can get some answers because this is impeding my weightloss. I just want to be healthy at the end of the day. Be it a size 14 or 4, I just want my health. Weightloss is just a plus though. A big big plus but health first.
Today I ate: Breakfast: Speacial K bar- 90 cal bannana- 110 cal 6 oz Orange Juice-100 cal
Snack: 10 caramel rice cakes- 70cal 20 oz of water
Lunch: Spaghetti- 300 cal 2 pieces of toast- 160cal diet soda- 0cal
Snack: Pack of chocolate drizzled rice cakes- 90 cal
Dinner: Instead of resisting temptation of eating at home I got a peperroni preztel that was probably 400cal, so instead of eating a meal I'm gonna go without for the sake of my caloric intake
Snack: 1.5 poptarts- 150 cal caprison juice- 110 cal
So without eating any more tonight [which there is since I will be up late studying] I have intook about 1580 calories which is waaay over the 1200 I want to take in. If I would have let the preztel go I would have been ok, but then I wouldn't have had dinner, so I need to do some more reevaluation of my diet and STICK to the plan. Temptation and motivation are my hardest battles right now.
With that said, I did exercise today. I did 3 sets of plyometrics in the house. I just couldn't drag myself to the gym. I had cleaning around the house to do and I just wasn't in the mood=lazy. So that was about 300 cals burned. Not what I like but it's better than nothing, right?
College really makes dieting and exercising hard. After sitting through tedious classes all day and then working it's like who wants to exercise? And with a busy schedule and not wanting to spend a fortune on eating on campus who can afford to eat properly? I can't pack a lunch, so it's like I'll have to go home after a class and eat. That's not feasible really. I'll have to figure something out.
Any ideas?
That's it for my update. I'm gonna start my cram session. Wish me luck!
I was referred here by a friend who has lost weight and said that this place was a really good tool to use, so here I am, trying it out.
This isn't my first time "trying" a new tool in my many attempts at weight loss. Actually I've had many tools but somewhere between loss of motivation, being a full time college student with limited healthy food choices, I haven't keep or lost all the weight I wanted to.
Through out all my attempts I tried to do it alone. I had friends work out with me but none knew how much I put into losing weight. I kept it to myself, so now I'm "openly" losing weight, in hopes of being more successful.
Now, I am a more informed person. I am finding how to give my own self motivation to do this. Because, I will do this. With lots of changes and prayer I can do it, I know I can. I just can't slack and fall back into old habits.
I have been attempting to lose weight constantly since I was in 11th grade of highschool, now I'm a junior in college. I was successful at my first attempt. Thought it was with the help of a doctor who proscribed diet pills and gave B12 shots. After I lost the 30lbs, I felt AWESOME about myself and loved my new look. Then I got a wake up call my by gyn. She said I had protein in my urine do to the diet pills, so I had to stop. After I stopped taking the pills and shots I gained all the weight back. At the time I didn't know about healthy food choices and the right type of excercise.
I arrived at college and realized I did not want to be fat. So I worked out religously but ate horribly so no weight came off. I became discouraged and became to busy to care. So I gained more weight. By the end of my sophmore year I realized just how big I was. I spent the whole summer excersing and eating less. I lost 15lbs and thought I was well on my way. Then school started and I became to busy to pay close attention to my diet.
So here I am now, with all the weight gained and ready as ever to get it back off, Now I am informed about what and how to eat along with correct excercises. I'm considering weight watchers as well.
So this blog will be my journey to weight loss. I want to lose 50lbs in 5 months. Which is 10lbs a month, which is 2.5lbs a month. With a meal plan and excercise routine, I think I can do it.
