Week 4, Day 2

Pretend I posted this last night!

Well...let's see...I went to bed at 1:00AM and woke up at 4:00AM to continue my readings and preparing my presentation. I had a poptart at work, because I was starving by 10 and had no food. Then I ate a small bowl of leftover lo mein....Dinner consisted of a bowl of cereal at 4, then some chips with hummus at 10. HORRIBLE DAY!!! I had worked all morning, then went to class to do a presentation...didn't get home until 10PM. Needless to say...I didn't work out.

But...today (really...today) should be better. I am not nearly as busy as yesterday, and I actually got like 7 hours of sleep last night. YAY!!

Week 4, Day 1 Update

Today was just as busy as the other days. I worked all morning, came home, ate, started reading for class, had to take care of some pet business...and now I'm reading again. I took a break to do this, just so I don't get yelled at anymore.

Food today:
Breakfast: Cup of coffee, half of an apple
Lunch: 1/4 of a mushroom and onion calzone (this thing was huge!)
Snack: A cookie
Dinner: 1 small bowl of vegetable lo mein, and a spring roll
Dessert: a bite of cheesecake

Not the best food day, but definitely not the worst. I drank a lot of water too. I didn't get to work out due to the above mentioned reading and stuff. I plan on staying up all night working on a presentation...YAY SCHOOL!!! :P

Week 4, Day 1

I suck! I know this...and my current weight loss shows why. In the last two weeks while I wasn't updating, I gained a pound.

Weight this morning: 171lbs
Total Weight loss: 3lbs

I am a little behind...but I'm starting back up full force today. These last two weeks were just extremely busy, I don't know where the time even went. I will post tonight what I ate and how much I worked out.

I can't let up anymore...thank you to everyone who has pressured me to start posting again. I am my own worst enemy!

Week 2 Day 2

ok...I know I've slacked, but there have been reasons. 1) the fair 2) got sick 3) had class last night...

I weighed myself this morning: 170
Loss of .5 lbs

Total loss: 4lbs.

I will let you all know that my weight fluxuated a lot this week. A couple of days ago I was 168...either way...I'm still on track averaging 2lbs per week! I will update later tonight.

Day 12

Today (pretend I'm posting this last night), I made up for lack of working out I've done in the last couple of days.

We woke up in the morning and went on a bike ride. The ride itself was about six and a half miles...but...one of those miles was seriously nonstop uphill. I almost died (dramatic, I know). I seriously had to stop about 3 or 4 times while going up in order to not:
a) die
b) throw up
c) pass out, or
d) fall over

anyways...we made it...and one day I will conquer that damn hill without all of the above feelings.
Then we went shopping and I got rollerblades!!! yay!!! So of course we had to break them in. So later that evening we went to the park and rollerbladed next to the lake. It was wonderful, except for the fact that I probably looked like a loser on rollerblades since it had been so long and I felt like a 6 year old trying to get used to them for the first time! It was still fun though, and I felt that by the end I had kind of gotten the hang of it.

Food time!

Breakfast: Coffee and a fiber bar

Lunch: Eggplant moussaka and a salad

Dinner: a bowl of soup and a slice of yummy garlic bread (which I am still tasting)

Desert: 4 sections of a Milka chocolate bar and a no sugar jello pudding (I deserved a little reward for all my hard work!)

Until tomorrow (which means tonight)

Days 10 & 11

Ok, so I've been pretty bad about blogging this week...but it's just been super busy!!

Yesterday I was pretty good. I had a shake in the morning, a fiber bar for a snack, and my remaining two raviolis for lunch. Then for dinner we went to Emy's department bbq. There I was a little worse. I ate a veggie burger, and some pita with hummus...and perhaps a mini cookie or two. I also had a couple sips of beer later that night.

Today we went to the farmer's market and got tons of peaches and tomatoes! They were selling them for ridiculously cheap prices...following that we went to Sam's Club and bought a couple of things...like some more fiber bars (they are the new kellogs fiber one bars that are frikin amazing!)

For breakfast I had a cup of coffee and one of those fiber bars. For lunch we pigged out...but not in a bad way. Emy and I each had one pita. We ate it with a little hummus and labne...alongside we cut up some cucumbers, onions, arabic pickles, and some cherry tomatoes. We also each had one boiled egg...following the amazing lunch we took a long nap, woke up and started cooking and cleaning (as we had some friends coming over for dinner).

Dinner consisted of 1 slice of homemade olive bread and a bowl of soup (fantastic! Thanks Coucourou!). Then I ate a little bit of Emy's eggplant moussaka with some nonfat yogurt. It was a wonderful dinner with good friends :)

Tomorrow I'm going to have to work out some more. These hours just fly by every day. Soon it will be time to weigh in again.

Side note: once I hit day 14, I'm going to start saying Week 2, day 1...etc. It would be a little ridiculous to be like...day 176.

Day 9

Emy got back into town the other night, which is why I have not blogged...ok lets see...

today was an ok food day.

Breakfast: Protein shake and a fiber bar (which was damn tasty...shocking I know)

10am Snack: A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which was intended to be lunch

1:00pm lunch: 2 cheese raviolis

5:00 dinner: a soy "chicken" sandwich and corn on the cob....mmmmmm

after dinner we went on a 5 1/2 mile bike ride, which was really nice. We met a cool old dude who bikes a lot and told us about a group of people that go on "short" (25-30mile) bike rides 3 times a week...so we might be joining his friends this weekend :)

Now that Emy's home I can start packing good lunches and not going out to eat. We did a lot of grocery shopping last night!

Until tomorrow!!

Day 7 - Part 1: The Weigh In

So...stepped on the scale a few minutes ago...and I am proud to say that I am on, if not a little ahead, of schedule.

170.5lbs after 7 days of being on my best behavior...this is a total loss of 3.5lbs!

I will update my workout and eats later tonight!!!

Day 6: The brag and blog...

I'm going to brag in today's blog...because, well...I deserve it.

After much laziness and excuses, I worked out today. Not only did I work out...I worked out to get to my workout destination! I biked 2 miles to Coucourecou's (Spelling?) apartment...then did a 30 minute Jillian Michael's workout...then biked two miles home! I'm pretty damn proud of myself...not to mention sweating profusely...

Now...to food

Breakfast: same cup of coffee (I know it's not good that I'm only drinking coffee for breakfast, but honestly I have to wake up really early to go to work and I get nauseous when I'm sleepy...I'm sure I mentioned this before...but seriously...everyone needs to not worry about my lack of breakfast)

Lunch: Egg salad sandwich and a pickle sphere

Dinner: One pita with some hummus, babaganoush, and labne (a thick yogurt paste)...very high protein...

After workout: nothing yet, but I'm planning a bowl of nonfat yogurt with some granola and honey (mmmm...)

Tomorrow is the official weight measurement...wish me luck!!!

Days 4 & 5

This weekend has been hectic! I've been working on Emy's birthday present nonstop! I can't remember what I ate all weekend, but I didn't do anything to feel guilty about. I even went to Olive Garden and was on my best behavior. Soup, salad (dressing on the side), and 1 breadstick! This is progress my friends...

I did not work out this weekend...I wanted to go on a bike ride but it was kind of really rainy...plus I really have been so distracted with this birthday project...I have witnesses!

Side note: Gabby was the first person to tell me about pink ladies, but I never tried them until Jen bought some...so I owe Gabby some thanks too!

Also...thank you Sibel and George for helping me out with said birthday project...

I'll be more detailed tomorrow...I really suck at this blog thing!

Day 3

I'm planning to only weigh myself once a week, so there will be no weight update for another 4 days! EEK!!! Only 4 more days to lose two pounds?!?! I can do it...

Today:
Breakfast: same cup of coffee...and an apple

Lunch: 2 hardboiled eggs and a peach

Dinner: 2 bowls of cereal and milk

Snack: a spoon of peanut butter

Water: 8-9 glasses (yeah...I'm awesome!)

Exercise: nothing to strenuous...seeing as it's that time of the month...but I danced around the house like an idiot for a good 30 minutes...and that does produce quite a sweat!

Tomorrow is Saturday, so I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight...and maybe go for a long bike ride tomorrow.

Happy note: I bought all sorts of sugar free jello puddings...they have all these new flavors like cinnamon roll, dulce de leche, and...ok two new flavors...but still...I'm excited!

Day 2

Ok...so Day 2 was nowhere near as productive as Day 1. I knew I was going to mess up, but didn't think it would be this soon...

I would like to blame feminine problems...so I will...tomorrow will be better though! Also, the guy at work who sprayed so much cologne that it literally made me dizzy all day didn't help...

Breakfast: 1 cup of coffee with a little cream and sugar, and some grapes (see the progress there?)

Lunch: an egg salad sandwich with a slice of pickle (I need to start packing my lunches)

Snack: 1 serving of chocolate covered raisins (please refer to the excuse mentioned above)

Dinner: a small bowl of leftover pasta Jen made that had brussel sprouts in it (I hate letting food go to waste, and since she left I had to take care of it)

Water: 7-8 glasses today (improvement)

Exercise: nada - This is where I'm mad at myself...the food thing wasn't too bad today...a few more carbs than I would have liked, but if I had worked out it wouldn't have been a big deal.

Tomorrow I am working out hardcore! No matter how tired/grumpy/moody/annoyed/anything else I am.

If I don't...I'm sure there will be a certain someone coming after me with jillian michael dvd's, threatening to kick my ass...

So...until tomorrow then...same bat time...same bat station!

Day 1

In true fat kid nature, I am late posting this because I was distracted by the first episode of the new season of Top Chef. It's going to be a great season...anyways...

I stepped on the scale around 7AM...and was saddened by what it told me. The numbers read 1-4-7 and not in that order :(

So here it is:
Current weight: 174lbs
Goal weight: 124lbs
By when?: February 19, 2010

Before I get in to what I did and ate today, I would like to say that there was a woman on Dance Your Ass Off whose starting weight was 173lbs...this was only slightly depressing. Maybe I should have gone onto a reality weight loss show, but it's too late for that now...

So today I worked from 7:30AM-4:00PM
Then I came home and went on a little bike ride - 5.3 miles to be exact. It took about 30 minutes, because there were a lot of inclines (Syracuse is extremely hilly).

Basically, I sat on my ass for 8 1/2 hours and then tried to get in a little bit of exercise before I plopped down on the couch to watch tv!

Food Consumed Today:
Breakfast - 1 cup coffee with a little sugar and cream

Lunch - 1 small California roll, 1 piece of shrimp, crab, tuna, and salmon nigiri
(this might sound like a lot, but sushi is healthy, right?)

Snack: 1 apple after work (Pink ladies are awesome...thanks Jen!)

Dinner: A yummy salad with a fresh Asian/peach vinaigrette and some seared Ahi tuna slices

Glasses of water: probably 6-7...I will need to improve this.

All in all, not too shabby. I don't think I'll be eating fish for awhile though...

It's going to be a looooong six months!

The Goal

Like many people in the United States, I am unhappy with my weight. I was not always a big girl, in fact, I was pretty thin. I am 5'0", and at the age of 18, I weighed around 112lbs. I used to joke back then that I was a fat kid, because I loved food so much. Now, I'm 25 and I no longer have to joke about being a fat kid...I am one. I have tried dieting, and all sorts of exercise routines, but I have yet to stick to one. I'm sure I have the same problem that others do, I never continue what I start. So this time, I figure if I make myself blog every single day and update my weight, activities, and exercise then I will have to stick to it. So...here is my goal:

In six months time (February 19, 2010), I want to weigh 50lbs less. Tomorrow morning, at 7:00am, I will weigh myself. And that's where we'll start. I'll update each evening, exactly what I ate, how much I exercised, and whatever else I did with my time that day. I want to be healthy in my weight loss, so I'm hoping to lose about 2-3lbs a week, with just eating right and exercising.

The truth is...I need to not be fat...

So here goes!