BFL day 8

 Well I'm super tired and super sore so i'm going to keep this one short. I had a good day today and I got all six meals in. I made an awesome healthy egg salad today. I made a bunch of it so I would have it for the week but apparently my dad and my brother (who could afford to eat the regular high fat egg salad) thought it was amazing and ate all of it! lol, it's ok though, i'm happy to share. My number one goal for tomorrow is to not sleep though my alarm clock so i'll be able to go do a cardio session before school and not be rushed to get to class on time. 

M1 (11:30): smoothie w/ whey, cherries, and banana. M2 (12:50): egg salad, lettuce, 1/2 whole wheat pita. M3 (3:00): almonds and oatmeal. M4 (6:00): egg salad, lettuce, 1/2 whole wheat pita (again). M5: salad w/ shrimp. M6 (10:00): 2 crackers with tuna

Official Weigh In Day :)

 Ok, so I decided to make today my "official" weigh in day, since I just completed 7 whole days on my Body For Life Challenge (and because I also weighed myself on the same scale as when I started... just to be as accurate as possible lol). The month of January and February I lost a total of 3 lbs (it was 6, but I gained 3 of them back the last week of Feb). Then, within the past week of doing BFL, I lost 5.2lbs! In one week! I feel like I am on the Biggest Loser or something lol. I am really feeling great about myself, especially being in the 160's again (167.8 to be exact). I am so proud of myself to sticking with it and not going off program... I am really committed to this (especially now that I see the results!). My goal for this week is to stick with the program and to stay as excited and motivated as I was this past week. My other goal is to lose at least 2 lbs, so I can be down a total of 10lbs! 

Today went well, I had another great cardio session at the pool. A man even said to me "wow, you are really fast" (of course that was right after my '10' effort and I could barely talk I was so out of breath lol). I only got 5 out of my 6 meals in again today, I woke up late and didn't get home from the gym until 12 and then I had yoga at 12:45... so my early day was kinda packed. Anyways, my brother is letting me borrow his weights tomorrow, so basicly I can just roll out of bed and do my lower body workout (I could even do it naked if i wanted to! lol jk) without even leaving the house... i love it. 

M1 (12:30): protein smoothie w/ whey, blueberries, strawberries, banana. M2 (3:00): other half of my protein smoothie. M3 (5:00)- brown rice and cod. M4 (7:30)- almonds and flax seed muffin. M5: 1/2 whole wheat pita w/ hummus

BFL day 6

 So I just ended day 6 of my BFL challenge. I had an awesome cardio workout this morning at the pool, I really pushed myself and I plan on doing it again tomorrow morning before school. I had a little more fat then I would have liked to today, and I only ate 5 out of 6 of my meals (put it did end up to be 6 servings of carbs, 6 servings of protein, and 2 veggies... so that is good ), but by no means did I do anything "bad" or really off program... but I do want to improve it for tomorrow. I made veggie enchiladas with tofu, black beans, and veggies inside w/o cheese w/ whole wheat tortillas, but I couldn't help myself and I put a slice of reduced fat cheddar on the top of them (which is still like 9 grams of fat!) and I also had a handful of almonds which have a TON of fat in them (even though it is 'good' fat). 

M1 (11:00): eggwhites, spinach, and a sprinkle of feta, piece of whole wheat toast. M2 (12:30): almonds. M3 (3:40): 2 veggie enchiladas w/ 2 oz reduced fat cheese. M4: missed M5 (8:30): protein shake (something called 'pure protein'... it had 35 grams of protein and only 170 calories! but it also tasted like butt  so never buying that again, i'll just stick to my whey powder smoothies). M5 (10:00): 2 pieces whole wheat bread, tuna, arugula

4 lbs down since monday :)

hooray!! So I weighed myself today and i'm down 4 lbs! I can't even believe it, i am so happy. Today was my free day and i definitely was free... but i still felt good because it is all part of my plan lol. I had smoothie for breakfast, baby burrito w/ black beans for lunch, cous cous and talapia and 3 pieces of bread at dinner, and i had 1/2 cup stawberry ice cream for dessert... so yes, it was a yummy yummy day. Back to my 6 meals healthy meals a day and cardio tomorrow.

BFL Day 4

 So today went well, I decided to switch my cardio workout for upper body instead today because my knee still hurts. It is a lot better than last night so I will probably be back to the gym on monday with a knee brace. 

Well tomorrow is my free day so i'm going for moroccan food for dinner, yay :) 

M1: smoothie w/ blueberries, strawberries, celery and whey M2: egg whites and flax seed muffin M3: hard boiled egg and 1 piece whole wheat bread M4: tuna salad on whole wheat pita and tomato M5: salad M6: cottage cheese and whole wheat crackers

Work Out: upper body

Bruise to my knee and my ego

 Ok, so today is day three of my BFL challenge and i've been doing really well, I havent been following the eating plan exactly EXACTLY cuz there will be a few meals where I will just have a protein instead of a protein and a carb, but for the most part it is good. i've been grocery shopping twice already (I figure if I'm going to be eating 6 times a day I want a lot of variety so i dont get bored) and boy is it expensive.... it's worth it though.

Anyways so today was my lower body work out, I was suppose to do hams, quads, calves, and abs... I did my hams and quads and it really burnt so that was good. I went down to the weight room to do my calves and i was standing on a block resting between intervals and I put too much weight on the back of it, it flipped out from under me, and i fell right on the edge of it with my left knee and OMG it hurt so bad. EVERYONE looked at me and asked me if i was ok and it was just so embarrassing (and I knew I was about to cry too) so I just grabbed my stuff and walked out of there. Then I realized I wasnt actually walking, I was more like hobbling. It hurts so bad. I've been icing it and resting for the rest of the day, it doesnt look too swollen right now, but it is already starting to bruise. I am suppose to be doing cardio tomorrow so I thought that swimming would be the best option but my dad says I should wait 2 days before doing anything and then swim and then get back to running in a few weeks. I'm kinda bummed out just because it's my first week and i've already hit a mini roadblock.... but it is just a challenge I am going to have to work through and figure out and move on.

Meals for 2/28- M1: (9:00) Smoothie w/ whey protein M2: (10:45) whole wheat tortilla w/ smoked salmon M3: (2:00) shrimp and egg (hard boiled w/o yolk) and whole wheat toast M4: missed M5: (7:00) cod, baked sweet potato M6: (9:30) whole wheat bread with hummus and tomato

Meals for 2/29- M1: (9:20) egg whites w/ salsa and mushrooms M2: (1:30) smoothie w/ whey, stawberries and blueberries M3: (3:00) flax seed muffin (mmmm, i made them fresh today, soooo yummy) M4: (6:00) 1/2 pita and tuna salad (i managed to make it  with only 1 tbsp of fat free for 4-5 servings of it) and tomato M5: green beans, sweet potato, BBQ shrimp M6: hard boiled egg.

Body for Life Day One

 yay, i made it though one day and i'm feeling good. I did a lot of positive things today; for example, I bought the book like I said I was going to and I can't wait to read it to make sure i'm doing it exactly the right way so i get the maximum results. Also I can't believe I woke up before 10 this morning (a whole 2 hours before!)... i really think it is a miracle lol. It is a wierd feeling actually having a whole day to get everything done (and have some extra time too) lol. I even went to visit my hunny at his work... he works at a sandwich shop but it was so cute cuz when I got there he had already made me a salad with balsamic vinegar and a dill pickle, there wasnt any protein there for me to eat (just meat meat and more meat) so that was it for me :)

So overall I think that the eating went well and I even turned down pizza (omg, i have been craving it for sooooo long too!) and my work out felt good, i know i'm going to be sore tomorrow. 

M1 (8:30am): smoothie w/ banana, celery, blueberries, and soymilk M2 (11:30am): whole wheat (high fiber) toast with smoked salmon M3 (3:00pm): salad with balsamic vinegar and a pickle M4 (5:00pm): whole wheat english muffin with tunafish (mixed with a little bit of hummus instead of mayo) M5 (7:00pm): 1 piece lowfat swiss M6 (10:00pm): baked sweet potato and soymilk

Things I need to look up in the book (or if any of you guys know who are on the BFL plan too)...

Does soy protein count as the same as meat protein?

Should you do a cardio warm up or cool down before/after lifting (cuz i did)?

Free days? 

 

it's early

 It's early... at least it is for me. My mom came in to say goodbye to me at 8 this morning and i was just about to fall asleep when I said to myself "if you want to start your new healthy and productive lifestyle you have to do things that are actually productive" so I got up, made breakfast (a smoothie with blueberries, banana, celery, and 1 cup of soy milk with 7 grams of protein in it) and first thing i did was put on my gym clothes.

Right now I am writing in my journal, drinking my breakfast, and writing all the stuff I want to do today.... and it really is a long list, so I am actually glad I got up this early. I am really trying to stay away from coffee, but we'll see what I'm saying about that at 3 o'clock in the afternoon lol. Well I am off to get a smog check, visit my boyfriend at work, work out, sit down and enjoy 6 small meals, buy my BFL book, study, go to school :)

Bill Phillips

So i have invested my time and money in a 12 week program and I am feeling really good about it. It includes a nutrition outline (almost exactly to the only i am doing right now), fitness instruction, and positive self affirmations. The whole positive self talk thing I thought was kind of silly, but i mean hell, why not, I think it will do me some good. So everyday I am writing down 5 things I can do to achieve my goal for that day, 2 things I can do to support and encourage others, and then at the end of the day you write 3 positive things you did and one negative (focus on the positive right!) and then you mark if you achieved your plan for that day. I really like it cuz you make new goals everyday. Also, the book I bought has a new success story for every day and Bill Phillips tells me how to love myself lol. I am actually super excited about it but like I said, I am invested in this... I dont want to start something I am not going to finish.

I've been doing the 6 meal diet plan for 2 days now but im officially going to start my 12-week plan tomorrow with the workout, meal plan, and "positiveness" lol. It is actually going to take me a little bit longer than 12 weeks to finish the program because of my surgery on May 1st.... so i wont be able to exercise for 10 days, but i will still be able to stick to the meal plan.

So tonight I took some god awful pictures of me in a bikini as my before picture (I kinda think it's part of the whole deal, you take the worst picture ever and post it in your journal so you have to look at it everyday until you reach your goal lol), weighed myself, and measured my body. Right now I'm 173lbs and, between my arm, chest, waist, stomach, hips, thighs, and calves I am a total of 218.8 inches of woman!!! (ok, everytime I freak out about how big this number is, my positive thinking tells me "it's ok, you are doing great making better choices to better your body, health, and lifestyle".... god I am good at this self talk stuff lol). So that's all I have to report for tonight... here is my food journal for today

M1 (10:00)- smoked salmon M2 (12:30)- cottage cheese M3 (2:00)- 2 cans V8 juice M4 (4:00)- smoothie with 1 stalk of celery, 1 cup blueberries, and 1 banana M5 (6:00)- spaghetti squash w/ sauce M6 (10:00)- oatmeal

WorkOut

yoga for 1 hour

primate diet day one

 so i did the monkey thing today (read my last blog it will explain more) and it went pretty well... i wasn't hungry at all because i felt like i was constantly eating. I only got 5 out of my 6 meals in, but i also woke up at like 1 in the afternoon so i dont think it mattered too much.

Meal 1 (2:00 pm): 4 egg whites Meal 2 (4:00 pm): fruit (pineapple, watermelon, and honeydew)  Meal 3 (5:00 pm): 2 pieces high fiber whole wheat toast Meal 4 (7:00 pm): smoked salmon Meal 5 (10:00 pm): 1 hard boiled egg and 1 glass soymilk