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

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

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!!

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.

I have the best roommate and friend!

Wednesday weigh-in

Starting weight: 137.4
Current weight: 132.4
Pounds lost: 5!!

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

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!!

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!

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!

• 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.

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.)

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!

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

Football game yesterday at Falcon Stadium


We will NEVER forget.

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!)

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

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:

• 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?)

You know what I really hate? Getting all pumped up for a day of healthy eating and then getting to work and realizing I left my awesome packed lunch at home. Le sigh. Great start to a great day, Little Blog.

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

• 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.