Exercise Recap for Tonight

Exercise Recap

• 1.10 miles on the ellipitical in 24 minutes(206 calories)
• 30-45 minutes weight training with Tim

I am going to hit it hard this week....1.8lbs to go to meet my January goal weight of 6lbs. I have to make it, or at least be really close to it! I am so happy with myself, exercising and talking about how hott the new me is going to be makes me feel great and helps me stay motivated! You guys I haven't worn a bikini since I was probably 5-7 years old....I want to wear a bikini and have a rockin' body. I want to turn heads....even though I have the best guy in the universe...it would be nice to be noticed like that. And I am going to be....you just wait...I am going to do this!

The Scales Never Lie - Weigh in Day #5

THE SCALES NEVER  LIE

And for once in my life I am finding myself happy that they do not! I weighed in this morning and this past week I lost 1.4 lbs! *happy dance!* I'm so proud of myself.

Starting Weight: 217.2
Current Weight: 213.0
Goal Weight for January: 211.2

I have to lose 1.8lbs by next monday to meet my goal weight for this month, and I am going to kick butt this week and do it.

CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?

 I asked Tim on Sunday if I look any different after working out with him this past month and he says I do. He told me that he could tell a difference in my legs and how my pants are fitting and that my face was a bit thinner. I'm not really sure if he was just being nice and telling me that to keep me motivated or if it is true though...lol...my pants are a little looser, so I guess it is.I also started to take Hydroxycut this morning. Tim recommended it and told me that it would help me tone up.

MORE TIME AT THE GYM?

I also dropped a college course last night, so now I am only taking 12 hours instead of 15. I just couldn't handle that load this semester. I can make up the class in the summer and still graduate on time, so I will be alright.  I now don't have to be in class until 10:10 on MWF, so I am thinking about going to the gym in the morning and then later in the evening on those days. That way I will double my work outs, but we will see what happens....I am such a big fan of sleep it is stupid!  Plus I would have to get ready at the gym for school. But it is a option that would most likely help me tons in the long run!

TEMPTATION

Oh the sweet temptation. I love to bake, but haven't been lately due to my healthier lifestlye goal. Well needless to sayTims bandmates w ant me to bake a cake for them tonight for pratice tomorrow. I am going to do it, but all I can say is that they better consume the whole freakin think, because that is not coming home with me to be consumed as empty calories....not this week...I have 1.8 lbs to loose! I still might have a tiny piece though and then promptly go to the gym and work it off!

KEEP KICKING BUTT GIRLS!!! WE ARE WINNING THE BATTLE AND WE WILL WIN THE WAR!!!

Finally Friday!

These weeks are flying by, and boy am I glad! I only started classes on the 7th and I am already ready for the semester to be through with. Right now I am procrastinating. I should be writing a paper, but I wanted to check in with you guys! Plus the faster time flys the fast I get the body I was born to have. (you know as long as I stay on track.) I am having a positive week.

I have been journaling my workouts and so far I have been to the gym about 12 times this month. I should be going tonight, but Tim has a show, so I will make up for it on Saturday and Sunday. I just hope his bandmates girlfriend isn't there. I am in no mood to deal with that girl's petty high school drama tonight. Honestly if you guys only knew!

The Fun Has Arrived!!!! ...(that was saracasm) Flow Flew in today....I can't wait until her monthy visit is over with. She is such a nag! Always making me want to eat stuff I don't need. Empty calories.

Ack....I am going to get busy on this pointless paper....5 pages of busy work, and I have till monday to finish the crap....hopefully I will knock it out by Saturday afternoon!

P.S. I Love You

Movie Night

Last night Tim took me out to dinner and to a movie (oh and to the gym afterwards). He even let me pick what we were going to see, and of course I took the oppertunity to pick the girly movie I have been dying to see - P.S. I Love You starring Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler. Ladies, this movie is a chick flick must see. I literally bawled my eyes out for most of the movie. It reminded me so much of Tim and I as a couple, right down to the way we fight (and are apologizing 2 seconds later) to the around five year age difference.  Tim even admited that it was a great movie and told me he would have to buy it for me when it comes out on DVD.

The Gym

As most of you know, Tim and I go to the gym together, we'll last night he apparently decided that he was going to be my trainer.  Haha. Its great and honestly I don't mind, because I don't know what I am doing half the time when it comes to weights. So he is teaching me and pushing me, and when I complain he just reminds me how much I am going to thank him later. Boy is he right. When we get married and I finally have my rockin' body I am sure it is going to be a scandalous affair, only it won't be an affair because we are in a loving marriage, but you know.   I am so glad he is there to support me, and thankful that I found EP so I can get emotional support from you guys on things men just can't understand!

Exercise Recap

• 1mile in 25 minutes on the ellipitical
  
• Weight lifting with Tim for 20-30 min.

Flow

Flow should be sneaking up on me in a day or so. I hope that it doesn't really effect my weigh in on Monday, especially since my last weigh in was a bust. I feel like I am doing good this week though. I am most definatly not looking forward to her attendance on  my weekend, but oh well. The salt and chocolate cravings will be controlled!

Keep pushing it girls, you have to want it hard enough to achieve it!

Weigh in Day # 4 - I was doing good...

So I weighed in yesterday and I gained a pound back  ....but I am not going to let that get me down.  I know where I messed up last week. I know what I ate that put that pound back on and I also know that Tim and I missed more days at the gym last week than we should have. I also know that it was really cold down here and I have a tendency to eat more when I am freezing. I am forcing myself back on track this week... I have to get this weight off of me. For once in my life I would like to feel comfortable in shorts and a swim suite.

Last night there were a bunch of people in the gym and I pretty much had a panic attack and almost didn't work out, but I pushed through it and worked out anyway. I don't liked working out around a bunch of people, especially if the majority are males. I just get really self concious, and of course Tim doesn't get it.  I hate being the prodical fat girl working out at the gym....but if I can keep going then I won't be the fat girl anymore.  And I won't get those looks from skinny girls that say "OMG why is that hott guy with that girl" I mean I know how girls are.  In the long run I know all of it doesn't matter what others think, but it can sure take a chunck out of your self esteem.

Exercise Review from Monday

2.16 miles on the ellipical (which equaled 421 calories burned in one hour)

 

Where are all you girls at? I noticed most of you haven't posted since last week! Don't go MIA (Missing in Action)on me! We are all going to do this together!

Staying on track!

 Exercise Recap from 1-14-08

• 1.0 miles on the treadmill
• 1.05 miles on the ellipitical

Hey everyone! I've been reading everyone's blogs and it sounds like you guys are doing a great job so far this week.  Meanwhile I have to get myself back on track for lunch the past two day I have been eating 2 slices of pork loin, sweet potato casseroll and stuffing for lunch. I cooked it for my boyfriend sunday night, and can't see letting the leftovers go to waste and I don't feel guilty about eating it, but it is way more calories than I have been consuming for lunch.  Tomorrow I am switiching back to my turkey and lettuce on a wheat pita,  or maybe a wrap. Plus, I am thinking about going to the gym tonight to burn off the extra calories. Tonight is usually an off night, but I am not sore so I should be fine if I decide to go.

On a side note I just found out that Tim's cousin is getting married in August to a girl he just started dating about 2 months ago! Shocker, I always thought Tim and I would be the next down the aisle seeing as we have been dating nearly 2.5 years.  I gues not!  Tim and I are pratically engaged now (he calls me his future wife..awww), but an official proposal hasn't been made.  That is kinda a good thing though, because I want to be a skinny minnie at my wedding. My sister is also getting remarried in April and I am a bridesmaid.

 

Weigh in # 3

Today is my 3rd weigh in day since starting this journey to a new me. And once again I suprised myself. I had a 2lb loss over the past week! :)  I guess my efforts at eating healthier are paying off, and guess what I hardly realize that I am "depriving" myself of the unhealthy junk food we all know and love. My caloric intake has been drastically reduced and so have my portion sizes. Oh and I haven't had a coke in 2 weeks, which is hard to belive because I love coke.  When we eat out, we eat healthy (subway, wraps, etc) or we cut our normal large portions in 1/2

  I hope I can keep this up, for once in my life I would like to weigh less than my boyfriend.  Oh guys I am seeing the 190s fastly approaching, and I cannot wait to say hello to them again! Today is a positive day.

Rough Day

So this was my first week back at school and it has kinda been tough. It is hard to control hunger when you are stuck in class, and I hate climbing all those stairs, they hurt my knees, but that is because I am overweight. I'm sorry I haven't really blogged but this week has just kept me super busy. That is no excuse though.

I didn't go to the gym last night, but the night before I did 3.6 miles on the treadmill. Today I am really fighting to keep myself motivated. I want one of those lazy weekends to where you don't do anything, and can lay around and eat junk. But that isn't going to happen, because that is not going to give me the body that I want. I am going to the gym Tonight and I will go Saturday for sure.

I think the hardest part of this is learning what is healthy for you to eat, and when it is okay for you to have that dessert and when to stop. The learning is just bogging me down. Not to mention the time managment issue, now that the semester has started. I mean when can I fit my hour in at the gym, plus work, plus that homework, and 200 pages of reading, oh and then there is my boyfriend.  I think I am going to start an insperation board, and paper clip chain for each pound I loose.

Guys I am 20, I can't be this way for the rest of my life.  I mean how do I explain to the love of my life that I am just not happy with what I am when he thinks I am beautiful. How do I stay motivated when he tells me I am not fat and that he doesn't understand why I am so unhappy. I mean he supports me going to the gym and wanting to be healthier, but I just don't think he understands the root of the problem because he has never been this way.  And I can't believe that I let myself get back this way, plus some.

Guys I need some, insperation, some motivation, some education and some recipes for good food.

Another Good Day + Food Tip!

Gym Recap From Last Night

• 1.5 miles on treadmill
• 4.11 miles on the bike
• .10 on the stairclimber ( hate that thing!)

Grocery Shopping Again

I went grocery shopping again today and picked up some other great stuff, and when it is divided by serving sizes I would say that I didn't do half bad.  I've come to terms with the fact that if I am going to start eating healthier I am going to have to be willing to spend the money to do it.  In the long run it is going to benifit me tremondously, and I am worth it.  I am on a mission to find good low calorie, high fiber foods...and when I find something I will post about it!

(Oh and I also had eyes made at me by a young good looking UPS guy at the Deli Counter. He started talking to me about the tv show "how its made" and then everytime I would see him aroung the store he would smile really big.  LOL I have the best man in the world, but it made me feel good that another man thought I was nice looking enough to flirt with. Especially at my weight.)

Boca Veggie Burgers

Has anyone else tried these? Let me tell you I am such a meat lover and I never thought I would say this, but I had a veggie burger today and it was wonderful! The burger itself was only 90 calories and once I added a Wheat Bun, Mustard, Ketchup and Lettuce I had a great burger for around 260 Calories! There are 4 "burgers to a package and they cost me $2.24 ( Only .37 cents per burger) at Walmart. You want to talk about one excited person...you should have seen me take that first bite. It doesn't taste just like the real thing, but is a great substitute if you ask me! This is healthy food that I can get used to.

From now on I I will try to post all the good healthy food I find, so you guys can benifit from my experimentation! Stay motivated!

 

 

 

Weigh in Day # 2 and Healthy Foods!

Good Afternoon my voluptuous vixens! I hope your Monday is off to a good start.  I know that mine is! I decided today that Mondays would be my official weigh in day because I don't have to be in class until 9am. This results in me having a much more private moment with the scale.  I was nervous this morning because I splurged over the weekend and had some french fries and later ice cream, but they were smaller helpings that I usually eat and everything else I ate was healthy. So anyhow I stepped on the scale and I lost 1.6 lbs this past week! YAY! I do not think that is bad at all for a starting week considering my approach to losing the weight.

Over the weekend I walked/jogged a totol of  5.5 miles on the tredmill on Friday and Saturday. (We took Sunday off, and should be back in the gym tonight.) I also went shopping and bought  some healthier snack and lunch foods!

Whole Grain Fig Newton Minis. Available in Strawberry or Fig  (130 cal, 2g Dietary Fiber) Wheat Pitas Whole Grain Sandwich wraps ( 100 Cal - Approved by Best Life Diet) Lettuce Garden Harvist Vegtable Chips Plain Yogurt (for smoothies) Strawberries (for smoothies) Deli Turkey Apples Oranges Rasin Bran

Thats what I have so far. Feel free to share any healthy snack foods you eat. The more options the better!