Ahhhh, what a nice feeling it is to have gone 4 days without bingeing! It doesn't seem like a lot of time, but to me those four days are amazing because in that time I feel like I've got control again over my eating. Happy dance!
In other news...yesterday I worked from 6:15-6:30 (12-ish hours, not 15 minutes) and today looks to be a similar day. So what did I do yesterday? WELL, lemme tell you!
- I...ate healthy!
-I...brought my laptop and looked at Pinterest and the WW message boards all day
-I...worked out on the treadmill at work! Unfortunately it's broken and stuck at a 10% incline which is freakin high people! I started out going at a 3.5 mph and then I ended up at 3.0 mph. I kept wanting to lower it and then remembered that I couldn't. But I did watch Desperate Housewives on Hulu on my laptop while doing it =) I never realized I could put my laptop on a treadmill before until my friend did it! Savior!
Anyway, I'm getting all geared up for some friends to come to town this weekend because my boyfriend and I are taking them skiing this whole weekend and two days next weekend! Snowboarding is a lot of work and it's a great way to burn some calories, Sunday I burned almost 900 calories and it's awesomely fun.
The hard part will be getting some running in at the same time, even though my legs will be dead from all the snowboarding. But it's got to be done! I have to take a break off of my training when we go to Disney on the 17th-23rd. There will be lots of walking, but I can guarantee there will be zero training.
Today on my list is a 3 mile run which I will be completing at the gym after work! Here's hoping I don't have a huge migraine by then =)
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
The binge monster
Lately I've gotten into this habit of eating my lunch around 11-11:30, and they're good sized lunches too. Afterwards I just want to keep eating and eating and eating. So I eat my snacks. And then I eat the points that were for dinner on more snacks. And then I don't have any left to eat for dinner which doesn't matter because I'm usually still full by then anyway. But it's becoming a problem- I don't want to eat only two meals a day. A normal and filling breakfast and a gigantic lunch.
For example, today's menu
Breakfast- 8:10 am
1/2 c. kashi go lean crunch cereal
1/2 c. chobani vanilla fat free greek yogurt
1 banana sliced on top
snack: clementine 10:30
Lunch-11:30
1 c. high fiber spaghetti with sauce
1 slice meatloaf
2/3 c. satueed brussel sprouts
afterwards between then and now (3:15)
handful of graham cracker chocolate bunnies, a graham cracker, special k fruit crisps, sugar free pudding with cool whip on top, string cheese, an apple, and half a banana.
Now for dinner I'll be having soup. Yup. Soup.
I am also trying not to talk myself out of my 3 mile run tonight, as I am starting to get nervous about the Disney Princess half in February. If I don't train, I won't do well. If I eat too much, then I don't train. Blah.
I will do this! I'm going to force myself to until I enjoy it. That's healthy right?
For example, today's menu
Breakfast- 8:10 am
1/2 c. kashi go lean crunch cereal
1/2 c. chobani vanilla fat free greek yogurt
1 banana sliced on top
snack: clementine 10:30
Lunch-11:30
1 c. high fiber spaghetti with sauce
1 slice meatloaf
2/3 c. satueed brussel sprouts
afterwards between then and now (3:15)
handful of graham cracker chocolate bunnies, a graham cracker, special k fruit crisps, sugar free pudding with cool whip on top, string cheese, an apple, and half a banana.
Now for dinner I'll be having soup. Yup. Soup.
I am also trying not to talk myself out of my 3 mile run tonight, as I am starting to get nervous about the Disney Princess half in February. If I don't train, I won't do well. If I eat too much, then I don't train. Blah.
I will do this! I'm going to force myself to until I enjoy it. That's healthy right?
Saturday, December 3, 2011
12 week challenge!!
Today I am beginning a 12 week challenge with myself!! Technically this challenge will end on a day that I'm at Disney so I'll have to post my results the day that I leave...so really it's an 11 week and 6 day challenge. But that's OK!!!
I give myself 12 weeks (roughly 3 months) to lose the last of my weight =)
Here are my starting statistics:
Weight: 134.8 -- I've technically only gained less than 5 lbs but it feels so SO much more! 5 lbs really makes a difference
Goal Weight: 120!
--I am going to get there, this isn't an option this time. I have so many events coming up this next year that I want to feel confident and look good for-- my roommates wedding (bridesmaid!), my boyfriend's graduation from USAFA (so many dinners and events leading up to it) and hopefully my own wedding eventually-- he still has to propose
These are my measurements!
Calf- 13.5"
Inch above knee- 15"
Thigh- 22"
Hips- 38"
Stomach- 35"
Waist- 27.5"
Chest- 34.25"
Arms- 11.5"
Starting photos! Sorry for the poor picture quality, my apartment doesn't have overhead lighting and these are obvs taken with my iphone. And yes, I'm dressed in my workout gear because I do indeed intend to go workout in about an hour.
Outside? No. Outside is a frozen tundra death trap that I just don't feel like facing. I'll be tough some other day, today I just want to get a run in and not get frost bite.
The view from my window. The picture doesn't even do it justice, it's snowing and the winds are about 25 mph and it's 19* F but it feels like 4* F.
But this month (month 1) I will be strictly focusing on cardio, to get my weight loss jump started and so that I won't get overwhelmed by my workouts. Next month I'm going to add in my own weight training on the machines around the gym, twice a week. Then month 3 I will start going to the weight lifting classes that are at my gym (they are crazy intense!!)
So that's my plan, off to digest my breakfast and then go for a run on the treadmill.
I give myself 12 weeks (roughly 3 months) to lose the last of my weight =)
Here are my starting statistics:
Weight: 134.8 -- I've technically only gained less than 5 lbs but it feels so SO much more! 5 lbs really makes a difference
Goal Weight: 120!
--I am going to get there, this isn't an option this time. I have so many events coming up this next year that I want to feel confident and look good for-- my roommates wedding (bridesmaid!), my boyfriend's graduation from USAFA (so many dinners and events leading up to it) and hopefully my own wedding eventually-- he still has to propose
These are my measurements!
Calf- 13.5"
Inch above knee- 15"
Thigh- 22"
Hips- 38"
Stomach- 35"
Waist- 27.5"
Chest- 34.25"
Arms- 11.5"
Starting photos! Sorry for the poor picture quality, my apartment doesn't have overhead lighting and these are obvs taken with my iphone. And yes, I'm dressed in my workout gear because I do indeed intend to go workout in about an hour.
Outside? No. Outside is a frozen tundra death trap that I just don't feel like facing. I'll be tough some other day, today I just want to get a run in and not get frost bite.
The view from my window. The picture doesn't even do it justice, it's snowing and the winds are about 25 mph and it's 19* F but it feels like 4* F.
But this month (month 1) I will be strictly focusing on cardio, to get my weight loss jump started and so that I won't get overwhelmed by my workouts. Next month I'm going to add in my own weight training on the machines around the gym, twice a week. Then month 3 I will start going to the weight lifting classes that are at my gym (they are crazy intense!!)
So that's my plan, off to digest my breakfast and then go for a run on the treadmill.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Where to start?
I posted a while back about having binge eating disorder and how I'm starting to see a therapist about it. I haven't seen her since my first session and I have been really struggling with the bingeing. It was so so so easy a couple of months ago to just 'flip the switch' and do so well for about 5 weeks and then something happened (I'm not sure what) and everything went downhill and I haven't been able to get back to that point since.
Which brings me to now. What am I doing? Where am I at? What's my plan of attack?
Right this second I am watching How I Met Your Mother on Netflix--SCORE
I weighed in this morning at 134.6 and will probably weigh more tomorrow because I had a huge binge today, fruit twists, fruit snacks, graham cracker bunnies, pizza, string cheese etc etc and my belly looks roughly 5 months pregnant. I am at -95 points for Weight Watchers for the week<-- that's unfortunate
BUT BUT BUT!!
Tomorrow my WW week restarts afresh and I have a scheduled run with my sister as I am going to start getting serious about this training. The half marathon is 12 weeks from Sunday *mini freakout!!*
So tomorrow I am going on my run in 16 degree weather while it's snowy and windy and I'll be so proud of myself when I'm done! Exercise and eating well goes hand in hand for me. And I am going to cook a meal that I'll be able to eat all next week because I'll be working 9-12 hours days and then going to the gym!
Plan plan plan, this will be the key to my success.
Failure just isn't even an option this time, I need to get through this. I will update about my weigh in, my measurements, and my run tomorrow!!
Which brings me to now. What am I doing? Where am I at? What's my plan of attack?
Right this second I am watching How I Met Your Mother on Netflix--SCORE
I weighed in this morning at 134.6 and will probably weigh more tomorrow because I had a huge binge today, fruit twists, fruit snacks, graham cracker bunnies, pizza, string cheese etc etc and my belly looks roughly 5 months pregnant. I am at -95 points for Weight Watchers for the week<-- that's unfortunate
BUT BUT BUT!!
Tomorrow my WW week restarts afresh and I have a scheduled run with my sister as I am going to start getting serious about this training. The half marathon is 12 weeks from Sunday *mini freakout!!*
So tomorrow I am going on my run in 16 degree weather while it's snowy and windy and I'll be so proud of myself when I'm done! Exercise and eating well goes hand in hand for me. And I am going to cook a meal that I'll be able to eat all next week because I'll be working 9-12 hours days and then going to the gym!
Plan plan plan, this will be the key to my success.
Failure just isn't even an option this time, I need to get through this. I will update about my weigh in, my measurements, and my run tomorrow!!
Monday, November 21, 2011
A New Beginning
Obviously I haven't written anything on this blog for a while. I lost my steam, my motivation, my mojo. Its sad but it's true. I weighed in at 133.8 this morning, not bad but not good. I've been struggling a lot with binge eating, in fact I'm seeking help about it. I went to my first therapy session today and I feel really drained and I am not in the mood to talk anymore.
Binge eating is a dark place to be. A dark place indeed. For the most part it happens for me at my job, when I have nothing going on, no mental stimulation. It's like a switch flips and my body goes numb and everything goes into autopilot and eats anything and everything in sight and it doesn't stop until I'm painfully full. I guess for now to help with things my therapist wants me to write my feelings out in a journal and keep note of what causes these binges.
Bingeing affects nearly every area of my life
1. I hide how much I eat from nearly everyone-- If you look in the bag I bring to work it is full of wrappers because I'm too embarrassed to throw them in the trash can in case they figured out how much I actually eat.
2. Bingeing stops me from getting to a lot of stuff, I cancel things if I binge, I don't work out if I binge because I'm painfully full, I don't eat out at awesome restaurants because I've already eaten so much prior to going out.
3. Also, eating too much causes weight gain (huge duh) and also gives me like permanent food baby. awkward.
4. Weight gain in turn affects my self-confidence in my relationship and social situations
Unfortunately all of this is happening around holiday season. I leave the day after tomorrow to go to TN to Andrew's family's house. I hate going there when I'm over weight, although realistically I am the smallest I've been when visiting, sad right?
Thanksgiving at his house will be tough, his mom is a fantastic cook with homemade breads and all sorts of good meals and sweets. Their milk literally comes straight from their cows and it's delicious-- but it also has more fat than whole milk. It makes delicious hot chocolate though...
Training is practically non-existent. I think about doing it and sometimes I go, but it follows no pattern. My lack of sleep and eating patterns have made training hard to keep up with. I still have about 14 weeks though to train and after thanksgiving week it'll be 13 weeks to train with a week off for Disney world. So I think I'm going to just follow a traditional 12 week program and really stick to it (I know, it's been said before)
Lastly, I started Weight Watchers again. Calorie counting became too obsessive for me and didn't allow me to have special treats like Weight Watchers does with the extra points that I get per week. So there's that
I'll be checking in much more often so I'll be see'in ya
Binge eating is a dark place to be. A dark place indeed. For the most part it happens for me at my job, when I have nothing going on, no mental stimulation. It's like a switch flips and my body goes numb and everything goes into autopilot and eats anything and everything in sight and it doesn't stop until I'm painfully full. I guess for now to help with things my therapist wants me to write my feelings out in a journal and keep note of what causes these binges.
Bingeing affects nearly every area of my life
1. I hide how much I eat from nearly everyone-- If you look in the bag I bring to work it is full of wrappers because I'm too embarrassed to throw them in the trash can in case they figured out how much I actually eat.
2. Bingeing stops me from getting to a lot of stuff, I cancel things if I binge, I don't work out if I binge because I'm painfully full, I don't eat out at awesome restaurants because I've already eaten so much prior to going out.
3. Also, eating too much causes weight gain (huge duh) and also gives me like permanent food baby. awkward.
4. Weight gain in turn affects my self-confidence in my relationship and social situations
Unfortunately all of this is happening around holiday season. I leave the day after tomorrow to go to TN to Andrew's family's house. I hate going there when I'm over weight, although realistically I am the smallest I've been when visiting, sad right?
Thanksgiving at his house will be tough, his mom is a fantastic cook with homemade breads and all sorts of good meals and sweets. Their milk literally comes straight from their cows and it's delicious-- but it also has more fat than whole milk. It makes delicious hot chocolate though...
Training is practically non-existent. I think about doing it and sometimes I go, but it follows no pattern. My lack of sleep and eating patterns have made training hard to keep up with. I still have about 14 weeks though to train and after thanksgiving week it'll be 13 weeks to train with a week off for Disney world. So I think I'm going to just follow a traditional 12 week program and really stick to it (I know, it's been said before)
Lastly, I started Weight Watchers again. Calorie counting became too obsessive for me and didn't allow me to have special treats like Weight Watchers does with the extra points that I get per week. So there's that
I'll be checking in much more often so I'll be see'in ya
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Pitiful attempts
Monday's day went well eating-wise though I didn't exercise, I had an unfortunate muscle spasm in my back from snowboarding the day before. Yesterday was just awful, I lost weight and weighed in at 132.6 and then I ate super unhealthy. I'm not entirely sure why I have this pattern of losing weight and then sabotaging myself, to figure it out I'd have to delve into some dark pits in my mind.
But! I did keep track of what I ate and I ate around 2,350 calories! Which all in all could have been way worse based on my track record, but I'm still not happy about slipping (again). I recommitted to working out in the morning and yes, I did get up before the sun in the freezing cold to go to my friends apartment to use her gym to workout in.
But, she's got a bajillion roommates and 2 showers and I feel uncomfortable getting ready there so I made the executive decision to make today my cross training day and just walk so that I wouldn't sweat and get nasty and require a shower immediately.
Don't worry! I plan on walking some hills with the baby today in her stroller and I even packed all sorts of good and healthy things to get me through my day.
I mean, when you have the capability, why not just go for it?
But! I did keep track of what I ate and I ate around 2,350 calories! Which all in all could have been way worse based on my track record, but I'm still not happy about slipping (again). I recommitted to working out in the morning and yes, I did get up before the sun in the freezing cold to go to my friends apartment to use her gym to workout in.
But, she's got a bajillion roommates and 2 showers and I feel uncomfortable getting ready there so I made the executive decision to make today my cross training day and just walk so that I wouldn't sweat and get nasty and require a shower immediately.
Don't worry! I plan on walking some hills with the baby today in her stroller and I even packed all sorts of good and healthy things to get me through my day.
I mean, when you have the capability, why not just go for it?
Monday, October 17, 2011
P90x
So today I am taking on the challenge of p90x, my mom bought it and now I can take it and use it! I am pretty excited about it, I'll be able to do a weight lifting routine in the privacy of my own home. The gym I belong to has a fairly small weight lifting area and it's always full of me. Well hello there guy with a neck the size of my thigh, let me just do my bicep curls of 10 lbs. yea I'm good.
Also, it'll allow me to not spend so much time at the gym getting my cross training days in because I'm doing this instead. And and and!! The crazy results that people have from the program!
I know I know, you're thinking, how can you do the 6 days a week workouts for p90x and also train for your half marathon?? Well let me tell you, you dubious person. I plan on not doing two of the videos! No cardio x ( I'm already running so what's the point) and no kenpo x. I just plain am not a fan of myself doing martial arts. So I'm using that day to snowboard instead because the snow fairy came early this year! And I usually head up to the mountains at least once during the weekends.
My schedule will be sort of like this:
3 days of running
4 days of p90x
1 day of snowboarding
1 day of rest
Some days are going to have to be double workouts like in the morning and after work but it's not like I really have anything better to do...
Also, it'll allow me to not spend so much time at the gym getting my cross training days in because I'm doing this instead. And and and!! The crazy results that people have from the program!
I know I know, you're thinking, how can you do the 6 days a week workouts for p90x and also train for your half marathon?? Well let me tell you, you dubious person. I plan on not doing two of the videos! No cardio x ( I'm already running so what's the point) and no kenpo x. I just plain am not a fan of myself doing martial arts. So I'm using that day to snowboard instead because the snow fairy came early this year! And I usually head up to the mountains at least once during the weekends.
My schedule will be sort of like this:
3 days of running
4 days of p90x
1 day of snowboarding
1 day of rest
Some days are going to have to be double workouts like in the morning and after work but it's not like I really have anything better to do...
Long time no see!
You people/person behind the computer screen may have been questioning my lack of posts and wondered if I popped into oblivion like the evil mushrooms bopped on by Mario... I have been a bad blogger and may or may not have been avoiding people because of the topic of my blog: running/weight loss. I guess that's the type of dieter/exerciser I am. I avoid the problem until it gets too big. I fell of the wagon about 2 weeks ago with my healthy eating and it's been a spiral of back alley deals with myself and desperate binges in a dark corner. Not a good place to be frankly. But finally, thanks to all the people around me who are also trying to get healthy (I'm looking at you mom and racheal!) I hopped back on the veggie train yesterday and have been doing well.
The verdict is, I gained 3.6 pounds (gah!) and am now at 134.0 even. Annoying.
It's easy to tell yourself that you'll eat healthier tomorrow when you are already stuffed, but it's a totally different thing to make the right choices when your mind is begging for sugar. Even when it doesn't feel good in your stomach, it still tastes good in your mouth. It's a tough place to get past.
My plan for today:
Eat healthy goodness
Go for my scheduled 2 mile run
Oh, and my workout last week were non-existent except for snowboarding yesterday. I have to get back to that
The verdict is, I gained 3.6 pounds (gah!) and am now at 134.0 even. Annoying.
It's easy to tell yourself that you'll eat healthier tomorrow when you are already stuffed, but it's a totally different thing to make the right choices when your mind is begging for sugar. Even when it doesn't feel good in your stomach, it still tastes good in your mouth. It's a tough place to get past.
My plan for today:
Eat healthy goodness
Go for my scheduled 2 mile run
Oh, and my workout last week were non-existent except for snowboarding yesterday. I have to get back to that
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Sweet Sweet Weekend
So yesterday was my day off from work (because I asked it off and it was A-mazing!) let's recount the things that I did yesterday shall we?
9:00 am- Drag my sorry butt out of bed and watch an older episode of the bachelor pad with my roommate
10:30am- Leave house to go to the closest Y to run 3 miles on the indoor track
10:45am- Arrive at Y
10:50am- Find track and realize its 14 laps to a mile. 14!!
10:52am- Begin running, think this isn't so bad, keep a fairly awesome pace.
11:02am- Am questioning my counting abilities...did I run 12 laps already? Am I on the 12 one? Let's just say this is the 12th lap to be safe...
11:05am- "14" laps complete and my phone tells me I've only gone half a mile, decide not to trust my phone
11:10am- Realize I have no idea how many laps I've actually gone, but keep trying to count
11:25am- Start getting pretty tired of running, running in circles is even less fun than the treadmill, have been watching kids play in a bouncy castle on one court and metally-challenged kids play basketball on the other. Not entertaining
11:30am- Think that my counting skills have seriously lapsed because have gone at least 32 laps (2.3 ish miles) in 35 minutes (VERY slow- am not actually running this slow..) begin walking another 5 laps because am sweaty and tired
11:40am- Begin stretching and sweating buckets all over the floor- attractive.
12:00pm- Home and watching Army Wives!
For the rest of the day I...
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Took out the trash
- Vacuumed the apartment (and a mostly dead spider- ew)
- Cleaned bedroom
- Cleaned bathroom
- Dusted
- Watched more Army Wives (it's an addiction...)
- Took a bath in clean bathtub
- Shaved my legs! (finally!)
- Got rid of some facial hair (shhhhhh)
- Painted my toenails!
- Got ready for a date- esquired him and his roommate to a bar and drove them about
- Watched Lord of the Rings- did not understand any of it.
- Fell asleep watching Doug around 3 am.
Yes I was so very very productive on my much needed day off! Today is Saturday and includes wedding dress shopping with one of my best friends (so excited for her!), being whisked off to some outlets to go shopping with my awesome boyfriend--I get to pick out his clothes! FINALLY and then to Denver for some galavanting and a Rapids game. Shaping up to be a pretty good weekend,
Also, yesterday I weighed in at 130.4!!! 7 lbs lost in a little over 3 weeks!! I am going to make an appointment next weekend for that much needed haircut
9:00 am- Drag my sorry butt out of bed and watch an older episode of the bachelor pad with my roommate
10:30am- Leave house to go to the closest Y to run 3 miles on the indoor track
10:45am- Arrive at Y
10:50am- Find track and realize its 14 laps to a mile. 14!!
10:52am- Begin running, think this isn't so bad, keep a fairly awesome pace.
11:02am- Am questioning my counting abilities...did I run 12 laps already? Am I on the 12 one? Let's just say this is the 12th lap to be safe...
11:05am- "14" laps complete and my phone tells me I've only gone half a mile, decide not to trust my phone
11:10am- Realize I have no idea how many laps I've actually gone, but keep trying to count
11:25am- Start getting pretty tired of running, running in circles is even less fun than the treadmill, have been watching kids play in a bouncy castle on one court and metally-challenged kids play basketball on the other. Not entertaining
11:30am- Think that my counting skills have seriously lapsed because have gone at least 32 laps (2.3 ish miles) in 35 minutes (VERY slow- am not actually running this slow..) begin walking another 5 laps because am sweaty and tired
11:40am- Begin stretching and sweating buckets all over the floor- attractive.
12:00pm- Home and watching Army Wives!
For the rest of the day I...
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Took out the trash
- Vacuumed the apartment (and a mostly dead spider- ew)
- Cleaned bedroom
- Cleaned bathroom
- Dusted
- Watched more Army Wives (it's an addiction...)
- Took a bath in clean bathtub
- Shaved my legs! (finally!)
- Got rid of some facial hair (shhhhhh)
- Painted my toenails!
- Got ready for a date- esquired him and his roommate to a bar and drove them about
- Watched Lord of the Rings- did not understand any of it.
- Fell asleep watching Doug around 3 am.
Yes I was so very very productive on my much needed day off! Today is Saturday and includes wedding dress shopping with one of my best friends (so excited for her!), being whisked off to some outlets to go shopping with my awesome boyfriend--I get to pick out his clothes! FINALLY and then to Denver for some galavanting and a Rapids game. Shaping up to be a pretty good weekend,
Also, yesterday I weighed in at 130.4!!! 7 lbs lost in a little over 3 weeks!! I am going to make an appointment next weekend for that much needed haircut
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Day 23
Starting weight: 137.4
Current weight: 131.2
I've lost 6.2 lbs! I'm breaking my plateau! Exercise definitely helps, people. So do it.
Today is my rest day :) and tomorrow is my day off work so I'm very very excited to go grocery shopping and get some chores done around the house
Grocery List:
Eggs
String cheese
Fat free milk
Protein powder
Kashi granola cereal
Tub of light yogurt
Fruit
Apparently I ran out of my dairy all at once! Tonight for dinner I'm making the healthy baked chicken nuggets from Gina at skinnytaste.com and a side of sweet potato fries. Yum!!!
Anyway, here is a fancy chart of my weight loss from my calorie counting app on my phone. As you can see I sort of jumped up and down for the past week and now I'm right where I need to be. The dotted line is my projected weight loss to be done by my goal date of November 14
Current weight: 131.2
I've lost 6.2 lbs! I'm breaking my plateau! Exercise definitely helps, people. So do it.
Today is my rest day :) and tomorrow is my day off work so I'm very very excited to go grocery shopping and get some chores done around the house
Grocery List:
Eggs
String cheese
Fat free milk
Protein powder
Kashi granola cereal
Tub of light yogurt
Fruit
Apparently I ran out of my dairy all at once! Tonight for dinner I'm making the healthy baked chicken nuggets from Gina at skinnytaste.com and a side of sweet potato fries. Yum!!!
Anyway, here is a fancy chart of my weight loss from my calorie counting app on my phone. As you can see I sort of jumped up and down for the past week and now I'm right where I need to be. The dotted line is my projected weight loss to be done by my goal date of November 14
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Oh THERE you are willpower!
So it seems as if the more you eat healthy the easier it is to say no to bad food. The family that I nanny for obviously have children (duh) and kids like sweet foods so occasionally there will be Halloween candy (and Christmas, and Valentines, and Easter....) and donuts, and brownies. BLAH. Seeing that stuff usually reminded me that I couldn't (shouldn't) eat that stuff and then all I would think about is FOOOOOD and then *boom* binge.
Today at work there were donuts, and I didn't even think about having any! They just aren't worth it--especially if they are not fresh krispy kreme donuts (YUM)
So I am feeling pretty stinkin good about everything and I got to color in another box on my training schedule! I got 30 minutes in on the bike today while I was watching 19 Kids and Counting. I love love LOVE that show! I was going to go longer, but stupid bike made me start cooling down at 30 minutes. Annoying.
Anyway, tomorrow is a 2.5 mile run and a weight lifting class that is sure to kick my a$$.-- like that rhyme?? EH??!! But I'm looking forward to a rest day that will be much needed on Thursday
Signing out
Today at work there were donuts, and I didn't even think about having any! They just aren't worth it--especially if they are not fresh krispy kreme donuts (YUM)
So I am feeling pretty stinkin good about everything and I got to color in another box on my training schedule! I got 30 minutes in on the bike today while I was watching 19 Kids and Counting. I love love LOVE that show! I was going to go longer, but stupid bike made me start cooling down at 30 minutes. Annoying.
Anyway, tomorrow is a 2.5 mile run and a weight lifting class that is sure to kick my a$$.-- like that rhyme?? EH??!! But I'm looking forward to a rest day that will be much needed on Thursday
Signing out
Oh Scale!
So last night I indeed got my awesome 2 miles in (REALLY far distance right? RIGHT?) and yes I played that game where I constantly stared at the distance I ran and tried to calculate based on my pace how much longer it would take me, apparently I do a lot of math while I run.
Then after my workout I had a smoothie! I would post pictures but I'm being lazy as of the moment and they will come tonight! Because, yes, I am having a smoothie for dinner again.
So after a day of working out and not really eating a whole lot (seriously, I wasn't hungry, in fact I often feel ill after a run) my phone said I was set to lose 7 1/4 ounces! Which, if ya'll do the math, is .45something lbs. Oh little calorie counting app! You set my expectations high! Saturday I had weighed in at 132, unfortunate but true, and then after a weekend of awesome calorie counting and even a walk on Sunday in my hungover state I weighed in yesterday at 131.6 which meant today should've been 131.2. But was it?! WAS IT?! NO!!! I was back up to 132.0!!! Blast!
Moral of my crazy-good story: Don't trust calorie counting apps, they aren't always right because your body does what it wants. Math-wise I should have lost weight, but realistically, I'm probably holding onto water from my run and because I drank a lot yesterday and also didn't go to the loo (don't judge, you probably do it too)
Am I ok with it? Marginally, I'm really pumped to get to 130.0 because a) I haven't been that weight in about a year and b) once I get to 130.0 I get to get a haircut which is much needed because my hair looks ridiculously awful. I am hoping to reach that milestone this weekend...LE SIGH. We shall see
Tonight's agenda = 30-45 minute cross training on the elliptical! Unless my blasted hip starts hurting and then it'll be the bike!!
Then after my workout I had a smoothie! I would post pictures but I'm being lazy as of the moment and they will come tonight! Because, yes, I am having a smoothie for dinner again.
So after a day of working out and not really eating a whole lot (seriously, I wasn't hungry, in fact I often feel ill after a run) my phone said I was set to lose 7 1/4 ounces! Which, if ya'll do the math, is .45something lbs. Oh little calorie counting app! You set my expectations high! Saturday I had weighed in at 132, unfortunate but true, and then after a weekend of awesome calorie counting and even a walk on Sunday in my hungover state I weighed in yesterday at 131.6 which meant today should've been 131.2. But was it?! WAS IT?! NO!!! I was back up to 132.0!!! Blast!
Moral of my crazy-good story: Don't trust calorie counting apps, they aren't always right because your body does what it wants. Math-wise I should have lost weight, but realistically, I'm probably holding onto water from my run and because I drank a lot yesterday and also didn't go to the loo (don't judge, you probably do it too)
Am I ok with it? Marginally, I'm really pumped to get to 130.0 because a) I haven't been that weight in about a year and b) once I get to 130.0 I get to get a haircut which is much needed because my hair looks ridiculously awful. I am hoping to reach that milestone this weekend...LE SIGH. We shall see
Tonight's agenda = 30-45 minute cross training on the elliptical! Unless my blasted hip starts hurting and then it'll be the bike!!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Back to normal
Last week was incredibly long what with working 55 hours, watching army wives (I swear it's addictive) and gearing up for the weekend. Eating-wise I give myself an A! But exercise happened only once with a 2 mile run so I get a D-...
But but but! This week is going to be awesome awesome as I am recommitting to my training plan and I now belong to a gym and I am back to working my normal hours :) yay!!
So tonight is a 2 mile run! (everyone has to start somewhere)
I guess I should update my weigh-ins.
Current weight: 131.6
Weight lost: 5.8 lbs
My weight loss is slowing down so it's to the gym I get!
I will be playing that game on the treadmill where I try really *really* hard not to look at the time or how far I've gone but then I do anyway so I'm looking back and forth and back and forth, listen to my iPod a bit and then I just keep watching the distance as if that makes it go by faster.
P.s. It doesn't.
But but but! This week is going to be awesome awesome as I am recommitting to my training plan and I now belong to a gym and I am back to working my normal hours :) yay!!
So tonight is a 2 mile run! (everyone has to start somewhere)
I guess I should update my weigh-ins.
Current weight: 131.6
Weight lost: 5.8 lbs
My weight loss is slowing down so it's to the gym I get!
I will be playing that game on the treadmill where I try really *really* hard not to look at the time or how far I've gone but then I do anyway so I'm looking back and forth and back and forth, listen to my iPod a bit and then I just keep watching the distance as if that makes it go by faster.
P.s. It doesn't.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Life Update!
The past few days have been fairly hectic what with babysitting all night Saturday, spending the day in the hospital Sunday because my brother shot his foot (yes, he shot his foot with a shotgun...) and working 12 hour days. This is not helping me get my exercise in! Luckily, I have signed up for a membership at a YMCA on the way to work which I'm pretty excited about and hopefully I'll be able to go after work tomorrow--if they let me off early. Today I got to work at 6:15 am and tomorrow will be 6:00am.
Consequently I haven't weighed myself since Sunday which is a weird feeling but why would I weigh myself at 5:30?? Surely I lose some sort of weight in the following hour and a half? At least by going to the bathroom again! So I just haven't gone there and won't weigh in until Thursday because I'll be waking up at my normal time!!
Oh big news! The biggest loser comes on tonight! So excited! I watched diligently for the first several seasons but then I got bored and then I got hooked again! Plus, it helps that it shows on local channels as I am too poor to afford cable. Lame.
Stay classy blog readers
Consequently I haven't weighed myself since Sunday which is a weird feeling but why would I weigh myself at 5:30?? Surely I lose some sort of weight in the following hour and a half? At least by going to the bathroom again! So I just haven't gone there and won't weigh in until Thursday because I'll be waking up at my normal time!!
Oh big news! The biggest loser comes on tonight! So excited! I watched diligently for the first several seasons but then I got bored and then I got hooked again! Plus, it helps that it shows on local channels as I am too poor to afford cable. Lame.
Stay classy blog readers
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Happy Sunday!
Party party party party party!! I've lost 4 lbs!!! YAY!!!
Current Weight: 133.4
Weight Lost: 4 LBS (<<<<YAY!)
I'm proud of myself because I feel like this has been a turning point. Normally I lose a few pounds and then lose my motivation and then eat horribly that day and spiral out of control for a few days or weeks and lo and behold I've gained the weight back! But, I've been feeling very strong and motivated and I'm pretty stinkin excited!
To celebrate I'm going to share my list of rewards that I plan on giving myself once I reach my little mini-goals
Once I reach...
130.0- Hair cut from Veda Salon-- crazy excited for this one, I need a hair cut really badly...
125.0- New earrings/ pj's-- I only have like one pair of earrings because I keep losing mine and I am obsessed with finally being able to wear cute pjs. Currently I am a wearer of the large t-shirts from the boyfriend and pj pants
120.0- Shopping trip!! I can't wait to go shopping for Fall clothes!
I love love love Fall and I really want to be able to buy some size 2 jeans and long sleeve shirts without having to worry about muffin top and back rolls (ya'll know what I mean) and what about skinny jeans tucked into some really really awesome boots! I've never been able to feel comfortable in skinny jeans because I feel like I look like an ice cream cone with my large hips! Momma says I got them birthin' hips.
So yea, 3.4 more lbs until I can get my hair cut and 4 lbs closer to my goal!!
Current Weight: 133.4
Weight Lost: 4 LBS (<<<<YAY!)
I'm proud of myself because I feel like this has been a turning point. Normally I lose a few pounds and then lose my motivation and then eat horribly that day and spiral out of control for a few days or weeks and lo and behold I've gained the weight back! But, I've been feeling very strong and motivated and I'm pretty stinkin excited!
To celebrate I'm going to share my list of rewards that I plan on giving myself once I reach my little mini-goals
Once I reach...
130.0- Hair cut from Veda Salon-- crazy excited for this one, I need a hair cut really badly...
125.0- New earrings/ pj's-- I only have like one pair of earrings because I keep losing mine and I am obsessed with finally being able to wear cute pjs. Currently I am a wearer of the large t-shirts from the boyfriend and pj pants
120.0- Shopping trip!! I can't wait to go shopping for Fall clothes!
I love love love Fall and I really want to be able to buy some size 2 jeans and long sleeve shirts without having to worry about muffin top and back rolls (ya'll know what I mean) and what about skinny jeans tucked into some really really awesome boots! I've never been able to feel comfortable in skinny jeans because I feel like I look like an ice cream cone with my large hips! Momma says I got them birthin' hips.
So yea, 3.4 more lbs until I can get my hair cut and 4 lbs closer to my goal!!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Oh hey there!
Happy Friday ya'll!
It took me an hour to get home today (normally takes me 15) so you can think about what kind of mood I am in right now. Yea.
Anyway! So today I made healthy pumpkin (actually sweet potato) cupcakes with pumpkin (SWEET POTATO) frosting! I got the recipe from skinnytaste.com which I totally recommend because she does a fantastic job of lightening up recipes! I'm not well acquainted enough with cooking to attempt it on my own very often so I just use recipes from her. I really love her macaroni and cheese! Also, did ya'll know that there has been a shortage of canned pumpkin for 3 years now?? Hence, my sweet potato substitute and it was still awesome.
Nothing to report on the weight loss front, I didn't weigh in today because I looked in the mirror and saw a belly that looked 3 months preggo so I opted out. I just don't like seeing a higher number, even if i know if it's because I need to go to the loo or whatever because I've been doing fan-freaking-tastic with eating! My grade for exercise would be an F+ because I totally ran on...Wednesday morning. Yea, the am workouts aren't workin' out if ya know what I mean. So I'll have to figure that one out because whether I like it or not the half marathon is coming! I've already ran one without hardly training and that sucked.
Also, a friend of mine recently bought the Brazilian Butt Lift dvds from beachbody.com and she's going to try them out and let me know what she thinks. I don't currently have a gym membership but I use my apartment gym which is seriously lacking with the weight lifting area so I've been wondering what I can do in my own apartment with dvds and whatnot. So here's hopin!
It took me an hour to get home today (normally takes me 15) so you can think about what kind of mood I am in right now. Yea.
Anyway! So today I made healthy pumpkin (actually sweet potato) cupcakes with pumpkin (SWEET POTATO) frosting! I got the recipe from skinnytaste.com which I totally recommend because she does a fantastic job of lightening up recipes! I'm not well acquainted enough with cooking to attempt it on my own very often so I just use recipes from her. I really love her macaroni and cheese! Also, did ya'll know that there has been a shortage of canned pumpkin for 3 years now?? Hence, my sweet potato substitute and it was still awesome.
Nothing to report on the weight loss front, I didn't weigh in today because I looked in the mirror and saw a belly that looked 3 months preggo so I opted out. I just don't like seeing a higher number, even if i know if it's because I need to go to the loo or whatever because I've been doing fan-freaking-tastic with eating! My grade for exercise would be an F+ because I totally ran on...Wednesday morning. Yea, the am workouts aren't workin' out if ya know what I mean. So I'll have to figure that one out because whether I like it or not the half marathon is coming! I've already ran one without hardly training and that sucked.
Also, a friend of mine recently bought the Brazilian Butt Lift dvds from beachbody.com and she's going to try them out and let me know what she thinks. I don't currently have a gym membership but I use my apartment gym which is seriously lacking with the weight lifting area so I've been wondering what I can do in my own apartment with dvds and whatnot. So here's hopin!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
One week Later...
I finally stepped on the scale again this week after a disastrous day on Sunday and it said....(DRUM ROLL)
134.0! YAY!! I lost .8 lbs since Sunday and I've lost 2 lbs overall for this week! And all without exercising except for yesterday, because I hopped back on that wagon.
Ahh, what a great way to start my day! Except that for some unknown reason my stomach is rebelling against me so instead of having an awesome breakfast of...toast... (I'm running out of groceries ya'll) I'm sipping on a slimfast! No, I'm not a huge fan of slimfast, I bought a thing of like six a year ago and had one and then the rest have been sitting around in my pantry and I can't bare to throw food away so I thought I'd take this opportunity to drink them... Ugh pantry clutter! I'm looking at you raw almonds and low fat yogurt! Yes, I realize these are healthy, but I'm just not a fan of unsalted nuts and yoplait light, it's a weird texture.
ANYWAY, to start off my day I'm going to do something positive and list things that I like!
134.0! YAY!! I lost .8 lbs since Sunday and I've lost 2 lbs overall for this week! And all without exercising except for yesterday, because I hopped back on that wagon.
Ahh, what a great way to start my day! Except that for some unknown reason my stomach is rebelling against me so instead of having an awesome breakfast of...toast... (I'm running out of groceries ya'll) I'm sipping on a slimfast! No, I'm not a huge fan of slimfast, I bought a thing of like six a year ago and had one and then the rest have been sitting around in my pantry and I can't bare to throw food away so I thought I'd take this opportunity to drink them... Ugh pantry clutter! I'm looking at you raw almonds and low fat yogurt! Yes, I realize these are healthy, but I'm just not a fan of unsalted nuts and yoplait light, it's a weird texture.
ANYWAY, to start off my day I'm going to do something positive and list things that I like!
- having a good weigh-in
- The Air Force
- My family (miss you dad! no he's not dead. Just overseas)
- My best friend Racheal!
- Living in an apartment
- Spring tulips
- Fall
- pumpkins
- leaves changing colors
- hiking in the mountains
- mountain biking on trails
- snowboarding
- The Duggar family (shhhhh, it's my obsession)
- Spending time with dear boyfriend
- Baking cookies (obviously)
- The satisfaction after getting a workout in
- My dog who lives with my parents still!
- Being cozy inside when it rains
- Hot chocolate with marshmallows
- New shoes
- Going shopping- for anything, shoes, clothes, stuff for Andrew, groceries (LOVE IT)
- Reading good books- I'll need to make a post about all the awesome books I love and all-time favorites
- Cajun food- My family's from Louisiana ya'll!
- Taking naps
- Being a nanny to a one year old and her old sister- I've been with the same family for over 3 years!
Yea, that's all for right now, I like a lot of things...so this could've gotten super lengthy and who cares *that* much right? RIGHT? right.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Still happy I got my workout in and I didn't have to wear a pony tail to work (again) because of the conundrum on when to shower?! In the morning to do my hair, but if I workout later I have to shower again...so don't shower but wear pony tail but then don't workout because lazy... Morning workouts have solved my problem.
Le Morning
Yes, dear readers, I did haul my arse out of bed this morning with a hop and a skip and headed to the gym! Just kidding, I mean I did, but with less enthusiasm.
Yea that's me. Note the spandex pants, it was chilly this morning but then it got too hot while running.
Also note in the second picture my lack of makeup and under eye bags! Dedication people! Luckily nobody goes to the gym room and so I didn't offend anyone.
Also, I only ran 2 miles, and then walked .33 miles for a total of 30 min. Don't judge y'all it's been like 2 weeks almost!
Conclusion: I'm glad I got up and will be attempting it again tomorrow.
291 calories burned
23% from fat
2.33 miles
Yeehaw! (yea. I went there.)
Yea that's me. Note the spandex pants, it was chilly this morning but then it got too hot while running.
Also note in the second picture my lack of makeup and under eye bags! Dedication people! Luckily nobody goes to the gym room and so I didn't offend anyone.
Also, I only ran 2 miles, and then walked .33 miles for a total of 30 min. Don't judge y'all it's been like 2 weeks almost!
Conclusion: I'm glad I got up and will be attempting it again tomorrow.
291 calories burned
23% from fat
2.33 miles
Yeehaw! (yea. I went there.)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Exercise yes? YES!
Tomorrow's plan: 3 mile run at 6:20 am!
I even put out my workout outfit, yay!
So this photo includes...
- My saucony shoes- I totally recommend going to a running store to get fitted for shoes, the best stores will take a video of your stride and analyze your foot placement and all that crazy stuff. I've bought a few pairs of shoes that have given me blisters and shin splints and all sorts of awfulness! Running is hard enough as it is!
- Puma running socks, they totally help me with my blisters
- Nike running shorts- I'm still experimenting with shorts because if the lengths are too short or too long then you get a crotch wedgie which is not so attractive when you have to keep picking it out...
- Under armour top- I recommend getting running tops because cotton is rottin or whatever they say. But it keeps you from chafing and you don't feel so sweaty and nasty...(HATE sweating)
- Under armour bra- also, if you've got bigger boobies like I do (34 D) then you definitely need to invest in a good bra. This one cost me about $50 but it keeps them in place so they aren't slipping under my bra or whopping me in the face...
- My heart rate monitor! Tells me my calories burned, sweet
- Body Glide- Oh so very important when you battle against the chub rub on my thighs like I do
So anyway, that's me being prepared for the morning and whatnot, we'll see how it goes. I'll have to get to bed pretty soon if I have an semblance of hope to wake up at 6:00, it's been hard enough getting up at 7. Ack!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Dinner
Dinner is flounder, uncle ben's whole grain medley and canned green beans! I need to figure out why my fish is always slimy...it's cooked, but slimy. Gross. Eventually I'll post about cooking on a budget as I am just out of college, but I'm new to budgeting and so far, it sucks. 
Ohmygoodness
So this past weekend was of mixed results...the football game on saturday was super fun but Air Force lost against TCU (lame). I didn't gorge myself on rice krispie treats at the tail gate (win!) and I had eaten a healthy breakfast before (win!) but then we went to a friend's house for *more* football and I finally caved into the bbq food- pulled pork, potato salad, cheese (lame).
Sunday I awoke with renewed vigor to eat healthy! I had weighed in at 134.6 and I was so pumped and skipped on my merry way with a healthy breakfast in my belly of fibery goodness and watermelon! I even ordered a salad for lunch at Red Robin's and then promptly remembered that I abhor salad. So I ate some of the chicken which was also pretty gross- think, McDonald's style chicken. Blegh.
But, alas, my good intentions did not last long and with the high running emotions of Sept 11 combined with an emotional eater led to a food baby... Don't eat without thinking kids, it may lead to an unwanted belly bump roughly the size of a 5 month pregnancy. *awkward*
Anyway, so my plan for today was to eat healthy (check!) and get my workout in (not check). I came home feeling nauseous and with a headache so I moved my scheduled rest day from Sunday to today. But I'm still making a healthy dinner and I even made some headway on the blanket I am knitting!
I have this theory that the day after a period of time of eating poorly or bingeing is the "food hangover". Consistently the day after I always feel like complete crap even though I'm eating super healthy and drinking a ton of water, it's as though my body is detoxing itself and I have to feel the side effects....
This week SHALL be awesome because I demand that it be
Sunday I awoke with renewed vigor to eat healthy! I had weighed in at 134.6 and I was so pumped and skipped on my merry way with a healthy breakfast in my belly of fibery goodness and watermelon! I even ordered a salad for lunch at Red Robin's and then promptly remembered that I abhor salad. So I ate some of the chicken which was also pretty gross- think, McDonald's style chicken. Blegh.
But, alas, my good intentions did not last long and with the high running emotions of Sept 11 combined with an emotional eater led to a food baby... Don't eat without thinking kids, it may lead to an unwanted belly bump roughly the size of a 5 month pregnancy. *awkward*
Anyway, so my plan for today was to eat healthy (check!) and get my workout in (not check). I came home feeling nauseous and with a headache so I moved my scheduled rest day from Sunday to today. But I'm still making a healthy dinner and I even made some headway on the blanket I am knitting!
I have this theory that the day after a period of time of eating poorly or bingeing is the "food hangover". Consistently the day after I always feel like complete crap even though I'm eating super healthy and drinking a ton of water, it's as though my body is detoxing itself and I have to feel the side effects....
This week SHALL be awesome because I demand that it be
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
So today I had a battle of the wills sometime around 3:00 today, the food from the pantry was calling to me ya'll! By name! Here is the conversation that I had:
Food: Kylie, Kylie, C'mere KYYYYLIE! You know you want to to! You know I'm delicious!
Yours Truly: No food no! I can not succumb to your tantalizing tastes! No matter how you make me feel with your carby chocolateness!
Food: But one bite won't matter, or even TWO bites. Heck, why not have the day off? You already lost a little bit of weight! One day won't matter!
Yours Truly: Oh how you speak the tongue of logic...I see your reasoning.... but NO! One day DOES matter! I want to have a good weigh in AGAIN tomorrow!
Needless to say I have a bit of a battle with food. I wasn't hungry, I was just bored and the mid-afternoons are the absolute worst. I may or may not have literally run from oreos in the supermarket before because I was having one of my conversations (awkward).
Usually when situations arise like the one above I *try* to do a few things so that I can shift my thinking from FOOD to something else.
1. Drinking a diet soda- right now I am obsessed with Cherry Diet Dr Pepper- makes my stomach feel full and it's sweet
2. chew a piece of gum- essentially like brushing your teeth, but much more portable. And we all know nothing tastes good with minty breath
3. reading a book- today this wasn't super helpful, I'm lacking in good books lately. Sadly my budget is not covering new books for my Nook
4. Eat a small bit of what I'm craving- this is what I did today, I had a 100 calorie pack of some Keebler cookies and then readjusted my plans for dinner.
I'm about to start knitting a blanket for myself because the winter months are a'comin to Colorado pretty soon and I'll be freezing my tushy off (sadly it's not a permanent thing) and this will be keeping my hands busy.
I'll hit on the topic of exercise eventually...but I have to be doing it to have something to talk about...(I said eventually people!)
Food: Kylie, Kylie, C'mere KYYYYLIE! You know you want to to! You know I'm delicious!
Yours Truly: No food no! I can not succumb to your tantalizing tastes! No matter how you make me feel with your carby chocolateness!
Food: But one bite won't matter, or even TWO bites. Heck, why not have the day off? You already lost a little bit of weight! One day won't matter!
Yours Truly: Oh how you speak the tongue of logic...I see your reasoning.... but NO! One day DOES matter! I want to have a good weigh in AGAIN tomorrow!
Needless to say I have a bit of a battle with food. I wasn't hungry, I was just bored and the mid-afternoons are the absolute worst. I may or may not have literally run from oreos in the supermarket before because I was having one of my conversations (awkward).
Usually when situations arise like the one above I *try* to do a few things so that I can shift my thinking from FOOD to something else.
1. Drinking a diet soda- right now I am obsessed with Cherry Diet Dr Pepper- makes my stomach feel full and it's sweet
2. chew a piece of gum- essentially like brushing your teeth, but much more portable. And we all know nothing tastes good with minty breath
3. reading a book- today this wasn't super helpful, I'm lacking in good books lately. Sadly my budget is not covering new books for my Nook
4. Eat a small bit of what I'm craving- this is what I did today, I had a 100 calorie pack of some Keebler cookies and then readjusted my plans for dinner.
I'm about to start knitting a blanket for myself because the winter months are a'comin to Colorado pretty soon and I'll be freezing my tushy off (sadly it's not a permanent thing) and this will be keeping my hands busy.
I'll hit on the topic of exercise eventually...but I have to be doing it to have something to talk about...(I said eventually people!)
Day Two: 135.4 lbs
Oh happy day! What a joyous occasion to see a lower number on the scale! Always before I step on the scale I sort of analyze my body (not on looks) but how it feels so I can 'predict' what the scale will do. You know you totally do it too, you feel a little bloaty and you expect a bigger number. Or, you know you haven't gone to the loo (hush, that's important, fiber people!) and you expect a gain or a maintain. So I was pleasantly surprised because I was expecting a gain.
*note- if you can't handle weighing everyday like I do then I recommend weighing in every few days or once a week. I like doing it everyday because it makes me stay in tune to how my body is doing and what I'm eating. Also, google 'Why the Scale Lies'
Oh Lawd, it is FRIDAY! Today is another fabulous day of nannying a baby and trying not to walk into their pantry every time I get up- little kids food is WAY better than adult food, I'm just saying.
And then tonight is hopefully a healthy home-cooked meal (depends on dear boyfriend) and then tomorrow a football game! GO AIR FORCE!
Over and out ya'll
*note- if you can't handle weighing everyday like I do then I recommend weighing in every few days or once a week. I like doing it everyday because it makes me stay in tune to how my body is doing and what I'm eating. Also, google 'Why the Scale Lies'
Oh Lawd, it is FRIDAY! Today is another fabulous day of nannying a baby and trying not to walk into their pantry every time I get up- little kids food is WAY better than adult food, I'm just saying.
And then tonight is hopefully a healthy home-cooked meal (depends on dear boyfriend) and then tomorrow a football game! GO AIR FORCE!
Over and out ya'll
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Diet and Exercise vs. Yours Truly
You, person on the other side of the computer screen, are probably wondering how I plan on embarking on my fabulous weight loss journey (which I'll totally finish this time...) Well let me tell you!!
I tried Weight Watchers for a while, new Points Plus and the old momentum plan. The Points Plus plan left too wide of a range of calories with the points and 'free fruit' I felt and we all know that calories matter, and the old plan I felt starving on. And let me tell you, I DO NOT like to go to bed hungry. Makes me angry Kylie.
AND THEN AND THEN, I tried the whole I-totally-know-how-to-eat-healthy-and-don't-need-to-track approach. Yea, that ended this week when I realized that I was only maintaining...or gaining. Which is basically what you don't want to do when dieting. Just so you know.
So where does that leave me, people (person?) out in the interwebs? It leaves me counting calories. Hooah and all that.
So here's the DEETS of Kylie's weight loss/get sexy awesome plan:
I tried Weight Watchers for a while, new Points Plus and the old momentum plan. The Points Plus plan left too wide of a range of calories with the points and 'free fruit' I felt and we all know that calories matter, and the old plan I felt starving on. And let me tell you, I DO NOT like to go to bed hungry. Makes me angry Kylie.
AND THEN AND THEN, I tried the whole I-totally-know-how-to-eat-healthy-and-don't-need-to-track approach. Yea, that ended this week when I realized that I was only maintaining...or gaining. Which is basically what you don't want to do when dieting. Just so you know.
So where does that leave me, people (person?) out in the interwebs? It leaves me counting calories. Hooah and all that.
So here's the DEETS of Kylie's weight loss/get sexy awesome plan:
- Stay around 1200 calories a day- yea apparently the shawties don't need to eat as much as their 6' playas. For reals. Wait, what? I'm white? Shhh, judgers.
- Train according to my half marathon training plan- I might post this at some point, along with pictures and crazy cool charts, but so far I'm happy I know how to make my font BOLD
- Also, apparently eating 1 potato chip every once in a while adds up as do the couple of chocolate goldfish every time I go into the pantry. Must stop this.
- I should probably eat more fruit and veggies. ((FRUIT))
So far this is what I've got and it seems to be working. Here's to tomorrow's weigh-in!
Goodnight blog reader(s?)
Day One: 136.0 lbs
Oh hello there! Welcome to my humble blog. I'm Kylie and this is my very first post on any sort of blog. WHAT?
Yea, I'm not especially attune to the inner workings of the interwebs but I am always searching for good weight loss blogs. Because we all know that if we read about others doing it we'll magically be inspired right? RIGHT? right.
So anyways, Little Blog, this is my journey to go from pleasantly plump to sexy awesome! Here are a few facts about myself to kick off this little shin-dig
Yea, I'm not especially attune to the inner workings of the interwebs but I am always searching for good weight loss blogs. Because we all know that if we read about others doing it we'll magically be inspired right? RIGHT? right.
So anyways, Little Blog, this is my journey to go from pleasantly plump to sexy awesome! Here are a few facts about myself to kick off this little shin-dig
- My name is Kylie
- I am 21 years old
- I am 5'2'' (don't judge ya'll)
- I weighed in today at 136.0 lbs
- But my highest weight ever looked at was...158
- My goal weight is 120.0 lbs
- I am in the beginnings of a very long half marathon training schedule set to end February 26, 2012 at the Disney Princess Half Marathon
Yes yes I realize that 16 lbs doesn't seem like that much to lose, but I've been trying to lose it for about...5 years now. And when you are as short as I am, 16 lbs seems like a lot more. In high school the summer before my sophomore year I went from 152 to 130 and then lost another 5 lbs throughout the school year because of sports that I was doing.
FAST FORWARD to college and I gain about 10 lbs from a lack of team sports at my teeny tiny University. Ok, ok, not a total lack of sports but the only one that I showed any adeptness at was swimming and they didn't have that. SO THERE. It's totally a good excuse.
Anyway, so I've been losing and gaining the same 6 lbs FOREVER. And now I am done with college (yea, be jealous) and on to my time consuming job of NANNYING!
So there, Little Blog, you now have the necessary deets of my life. Let's make this a good friendship yes? Yes.
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