weigh in monday. (week 24)

No, I didn’t go shopping but I decided that I will save my money for a big shopping spree when I am able to squeeze my but in to my size 7 jeans!  I feel good when I’m working towards a goal.

I got to drive a car to day! It was fun! I wish I took the time to learn how to drive at 16. I’m a 20 year old newbie driver. My mom says she can see a change in me. She not only sees my body changing she sees the way I carry myself changing. Knowing that makes me even more determined to lose the weight I packed on. I can’t wait until I can feel 100% confident in myself.

“You’ve got to let go of the stuff from past – because it just doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you choose to be now.”— Kung Fu Panda 

I’m addicted to this song. I need to add this to my work out play list.

If you are a weight loss /fitspo tumblr keep up the good work! If I can do it then you can do it too!

Two spoonful of honey before bed will help burn off fat while you sleep.  The hibernation diet promises to help people lose weight while they sleep.

This diet was developed by an Edinburgh pharmacist and sports nutritionist, is said to be endorsed by Olympic gold-winning cyclist Chris Hoy and used by champion boxer Alex Arthur.

The diet advises eating a couple of teaspoons of honey before bedtime and training with weights instead of long aerobic workouts.

Mike McInnes and his son Stuart were working with athletes and thier nutrition, when they discovered that eating fructose-rich food such as honey, helped burn fat and increase stamina.

The best time to burn fat they found is while you are sleeping.  When you eat fructose, it is converted to glucose in the liver. This stabilizes blood sugar levels and allows the body to activate recovery hormones which rebuild muscle and skin cells. You then burn more fat sleeping.  Eating two teaspoons of fructose rich honey before bedtime will do more fat burning than even exercise. 

Hormones are fuelled by fat, so when you eat honey before going to bed the body burns more fat. Instead of working to regulate blood sugar use honey before bed.

Mik McInnes said “The key time for fat burning is in the first four hours of sleep when we go into slow-wave sleep.  This switches on the pituitary gland and out of that comes a series of hormones that break down and use fat as fuel.”

“Take your liver to bed empty, and your body can’t get to work with those hormones because it’s desperately trying to sort out your blood glucose levels.”

“So stabilizing your blood glucose at night by fuelling up your liver - honey is the key - allows that recovery to take place as it should.

“We also discovered that athletes who were using our liver fuelling strategy were reporting that their appetite was controlled much better.”

You can also increase the amount of fat you burn by doing 15-minute weights sessions three times a week, according to the diet. Resistance exercise stresses a muscle and then the body repairs it while you are sleeping by mobilizing fat and you reap the benefits, Mike McInnes claims.

McInnes said: “We know it’s revolutionary because we see the results we have had for athletes. It is a whole new approach as the liver is the organ that all the sports literature misses out. The sports establishment don’t like us because we are coming at it from an angle they haven’t thought of.”

Source: http://www.nmhoney.com/nmhoney/Sub%20Files/A%20Spoonful%20of%20honey%20before%20bed.htm

so I didn’t get fired from work, but I did get a write-up and some sense talked into me. an icky feeling resides in my stomach; it could be my guilty conscience, or hunger pangs, I can’t decide which!

today was okay. I ate (roughly): one cup special K with 1/2 cup fat free milk, a yoplait light strawberry yogurt, subway’s black forest ham sandwich with no cheese and tons of vegetables, a bag of pretzels, a hamburger with extra lettuce, extra tomato, ketchup and mustard, the rest of my bag of pretzels, string cheese… yep. I had a bite or two of my coworkers fries, so I added up 100 calories for that, and I’m about 200 calories under my daily intake.

so why do I feel so shitty?

I keep forgetting I’m only five days into this caloric intake readjustment. I’m only six or seven days into my gym membership. I’m only six days into this blog. the race is long. I just wish I could get some instant gratification, you know?! my mind is pleading for results because I’m used to seeing them so soon in my life. like, work 30 hours, get a paycheck in a week. wonder what your plans are for tomorrow, text a friend, find out. crave frozen yogurt, buy frozen yogurt.

the commitment I’m making is a commitment that’s going to last a lifetime. I want to be healthy. right now, I’m feeling down on myself when there isn’t any big setback to feel down about! well, not with my diet at least.

I think I’m eating too many carbs. wait… yeah… I’m definitely eating too many carbs. those have ALWAYS been my weakness! mmm bread bread bread pretzels bread. any suggestions for filling foods that aren’t so… bready?

Nutrition

Breakfast
1 Slice Whole Wheat Toast with 1 tbsp. Peanut Butter
Honey Nut Cheerios with 1/2 Cup Skim Milk
Athenos Greek Strained Nonfat Blueberry Yogurt
1/4 Cup Bear Naked Fit Triple Berry Crunch Granola
1/2 Grapefruit
Calories: 585

Post-Workout Snack
8 oz. Low-Calorie Grape Gatorade
1 Rounded Scoop Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard Double Rich Chocolate blended with 8 oz. Skim Milk
Calories: 226

Lunch
Subway Turkey & American Cheese on 6” Honey Oat with Lettuce, Tomato, Black Olive, Mayonnaise, Mustard
Fit and Active All Natural Strawberry Fruit Strip
Calories: 420

Dinner
Tyson Chicken Breast Patty
1 Small Banana
Mixed Steamed Vegetables, 1 Cup
Calories: 310

Nighttime Snack
Up & Up Women’s Daily Multivitamin Dietary Supplement
10 Medium Strawberries
1/4 Kit Kat Bar
Dreyer’s Fruit Bar, No Sugar Added
1 Chips Ahoy! Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
Calories: 176

Water Consumption
14 Cups

TOTAL CALORIES: 1717 (goal 1756)
TOTAL CARBS: 251 (goal 219 g)
TOTAL FAT: 47 (goal 49 g)
TOTAL PROTEIN: 99 (goal 109 g)
TOTAL SODIUM: 2535 (goal 2500 mg)

Fitness

5K practice run, 33:21
Calories Burned: 406

Sleep

8 Hours

2 weeks ago I was 126.6

Today, I was 126.0

I don’t understand why this is. I literally can’t fault my eating on any day over the past 2 weeks - the single “bad” thing I’ve eaten has been an ice cream last weekend which I factored into my calories anyway. Just checked back through my MFP diary and I’ve not been over 1350 calories on a single day. I’ve worked out 6 days a week burning between 300 - 800 calories at a time. The maths simply doesn’t add up. 

YES, a loss is a loss, and I know that because I’m so close to goal I can’t expect to lose more than 1lb a week, but half a lb over 2 weeks? That’s terrible, and a poor effort on my part.

The thing is, I’m actually starting to feel slim and happy with my body. I can feel my shape changing and muscles starting to appear. I woke up feeling great, and this STUPID set of scales has pissed me off. I’m annoyed. Rant over.

Edit - Just realised this means I’ve failed one of my June goals which was to be 124 or 125 by the end of the month. So I’ve lost a grand total of 2lbs this month. Feel free to point and laugh. Biggest Loser’s got nothing on me!

This was me at my thinnest back at the end of 2009. I want to get back to this - and then some (a lot) more.

SW: 79 kg (174.2 lb) 2011.1.10
UGW: 56 kg (123.5 lb)

Last week: 67,2 (148.1)
This week: 66,9 (147.5)
Lost: -0,3 kg (0.6 lb)

Total: 12,1 kg (26.7 lb)

Seems like another plateau…. I’m gonna beat you!!

so, for tomorrow

““What positive things have you said to yourself today? Acknowledge your greatness.””

- Chalene Johnson

I need to have a game plan for this week!

Oatmeal & bananas for breakfast every day!
Veggies & chicken for lunch every day!
10+ glasses of water every day!
Start & end the day with green tea.

Exercise (next two weeks):
Gym in morning, pool at lunch, walk in evening - Mon
Gym in morning, walk or pool at lunch - Tues
Gym in morning, walk to carnival at night - Weds
Walk -Thurs
Walk - Fri
Hardcore gym session (2-3 hours) - Sat
Longggg walk - Sun
Workout vid - Mon
Walk - Tues
Rest - Weds
Gym in morning, pool at lunch, walk in evening - Thurs
Gym & walk - Fri
Hardcore gym session - Sat
Rest - Sun

I miss being in the 170s. I will get there this week. And I’ll be under 175 by July 10th’s weigh-in. :) 

I think the universal answer to this is yes. Regardless of your size, girls make weight comments at all times. I do not think this is  an issue exclusively reserved to girls who are overweight.

I myself have dealt with the cruel onslaught of negative comments; I’ve been told I’m fat by people who I knew well, and by strangers on the street. One is not worse than the other, really.

I just hope that people realize this problem exists for all girls of all sizes. I’ve known gorgeous and impossibly thin girls who are self conscious of themselves because people make comments assuming they have eating disorders, when they don’t.

People should really stop using weight as the end-all for insults. If you really don’t like a person, making a comment about their lack of intelligence is a lot more damaging than making one about their appearance. I mean, newsflash - fat people know they are fat. So pointing it out doesn’t really do anything for you. 

Our society has a sick obsession with appearances and I for one am done with it. I will, to the best of my ability, try to tune out any negative comments, and try and stay in the positive, always.

I’m here for anyone who needs a reminder that no one has the right to make you feel inferior.

xoxo

I barely ate a thing. About 180 calories. Why do I feel so proud?

“HAVE YOU GAINED WEIGHT?”

- i want to die whenever i hear this question. it seems i’ve heard it so often lately. starve starve starve.Just spent all night reading the nutrition information on this website. AMAZING!

Today, ladies and gentlemen, makes a year on my Natural Hair journey. Time went by quickly. I’m gonna give ya’ll pics and lessons learned, but right now it is a crunchy dry mess from a late night, all day at work schedule.

Also, I weighed in today… I’m down to 192 point something pounds! woot woot! That’s down 9 point something pounds from where I began! #TeamFineinaMinute

Things I realized today:

• Every Sunday with my family reminds me why I came home.
• Sometimes people with start to not like you suddenly, all because they want something you have that you don’t even understand why they want it.
• For all of my moments of self-esteem weakness, my skin is indeed getting tougher. It does hurts to be rejected/denied, but I’m realizing that I’m not a “one-size-fits-all” type of girl. And I’m becoming okay with that.
• I love Kevin Hart
• Zumba is my workout utopia!

I’ll be back tomorrow ya’ll!

i drank two of these today. :)

i train bi’s, tri’s, chest, & abs. it will be my heavy weight day. ill be using weights around 15-20 pounds, as well as 20-35 pounds - it all depends on the move im doing. ill also complete 4 sets (one warm up set, and three hard sets). here is what im going to do:

curls 
push ups
v-ups
kickbacks
cable crossovers
side to sides
barbell curls
bench press
plank
dips
side to sides
cable curls
cable crossovers
tricep pulldowns

also, i will be doing slow & steady cardio. probably jogging or stair stepping for half an hour to 45 minutes.  

ill let you know how it goes.

Might make a tuna sandwich in about an hour and a half. Since I just ate lunch and I don’t...

So I’m finally back on tumblr. The visit with the boytoy was incredibly fun. 

So I was supposed to be interviewed for a job today, but alas, the guy didn’t show up. I know right? Dis bitch put makeup on and everything.

My mum and I are on this new diet. It’s basically replace one or two meals a day with these chocolatey protein shakes. They’re Jillian Michaels brand, and only 100 calories per scoop. I blended one scoop with a bunch of ice and a teeny bit of milk, clocking in at about 120 calories. Seriously, it kept me full from 6 pm last night to 10 am this morning. I felt really sick to my stomach though, so maybe it requires getting used to. All in all, I would recommend it. I do ask my lovelies to make sure they get all their fruits and veggies too if they decide to try it. 

And fitness wise, I may be joining a gym with mum; we’re going to check it out this afternoon. I highly recommend the myfitnesspal game for the Kinect. It kicks my butt, and burns some serious calories. I’ve also been doing yoga and running more often. So far, 4 pounds lost since coming home. Of course, I’ve temporarily gained it all back with the rich food people keep shoving at me. Now that the celebrations are over, I’m looking forward to going back to my normal eating habits!

I also got contacted by my future roommate. I’m pretty excited about living with her.

And finally, who’s going to the Poison concert this Friday? I propose a Tumblr meetup. I’ll be there with my crazy mum. It’s gonna be fun.

TL;DR:

Diet/exercise recommendations, Poison Concert, meaningless babbling.

Have a great afternoon, darlings!

Talk to me.

My awful attempts at J. Crew styling.

P.S. - Don’t mind my legs trying to explode out of these size 2s! Fact: a runner’s legs cannot be contained.

Right and starting from tomorrow I am actually going to put myself on a strict diet because UGHHHHHHHHH. Seriously some of the photos from last night are horrific. 

I need to lose a stone before I go to Beni methinks, can’t stand the idea of hanging out with my mates in only a bikini in this state.

Just realized since I already had a boca burger today, I probably shouldn’t have a tuna sandwich. Too much bread! So maybe I’ll just make tuna and eat it out of the bowl. hmph ok

So if you haven’t noticed, I am expanding to more than just fitness and weight loss and eating. 

I’ve officially ventured into fashion and beauty!

I have two new people helping me out, Hilary and Lisa.

Hilary is going to be helping take care of the fashion and beauty portion with me and Lisa is going to be in charge of the Recipes.

You want to help out too you say?

WELL OF COURSE YOU CAN!

All you have to do is submit something related to fitness, healthy eating, beauty and or fashion.  Of course we will have to go over it and make sure it fits our ideals of living a healthy life style, but we know you are all wonderful.

What do you think of the improvements I’ve made to my blog, are there any other pages you’d like to see?

Day 02 - How tall are you? Do you like your height?

i believe that i am either 5’4 or 5’5. im not sure which one.

personally i dont really care much for it.  i honestly feel short for my age.  this past school year(my senior year) i was even mistaken for a freshman-junior(more than once)..not too happy about that. but whatever. doesnt matter anymore. i still have time to grow. sometimes i even think that its my weight thats holding me back a few inches. who knows, only time will tell.

So I started my weight loss shake diet today. With the legit shakes & not just the chocolate water, so Ive taken in 300 calories today so far, and I feel gross.

Not with myself for eating that many calories, because it isnt at all, and with the way I look at it, Im going to be taking in way less than 1500 calories today.

But I cant just drink these things alone, Its like I suddenly started a crash diet and Im crashing… hard.

& its that time of the month where my appetite goes up and UFHHEWENSO.

I better lose this fucking weight in 4 weeks or else im throwing all this chocolate stuff on them.

a snack, dinner & shake to go. plus work from 5-930. blegh. 

i could go on. i could tell you all what i have eaten so far today (strawberry & peaches protein shake & a veggie burger with turkey bacon & swiss cheese), but i am watching tangled. so i gotta go!!!!

I don’t know if everyone out there loves Alton Brown from the Food Network as much as I do, but if you don’t, you should. He does a wonderful show called Good Eats, in which he teaches the science and history of a particular food while teaching various recipes. Watch it! You’ll feel like you learned so much in half an hour. 

Well, anyhow, Mr. Brown recently did an episode on how he lost 50lbs without any crazy diets. He called it the “four list method” and it’s a brilliant healthy eating hack. Here are the lists:

daily 
fruits
whole grains
leafy greens
nuts
carrots
green tea 

3x/week 
oily fish
yogurt
broccoli
sweet potato
avocado 

1x/week 
red meat
pasta
dessert
alcohol 

0x/week 
fast food
soda
processed meals
canned soups
“diet” anything 

That’s it! By “obeying” the four lists, combined with exercise of course, he lost 50lbs! That’s a huge amount of weight! While I’m not exactly looking to lose weight, but rather to tone up and be healthier, I still love the concept and intend to give it a shot.

Might make a tuna sandwich in about an hour and a half. Since I just ate lunch and I don’t want to be scolded by another anon for only eating 330 calories in a day.

There’s things that keep popping up in my dash, y’know? Things i don’t enjoy!Let...

Lots of Uni work to do today so not completely focused on my goals :/

I went way over on carbs I think :(

Food

Daily Milk 3

B. Beans 4

   Brown Toast 4

   Scrambled eggs 4

D. Haddock 2

   Potatoes 2

  Vegetables 0

  Rice 8

Snacks

Shredded wheat 4

Fruit salad and natural yogurt 1

Slice of Brown Bread 2

Slice of chicken 1

Total 35

Exercise

Day 7 of the 30 Day Shred

Moo

:)

Sweats for t-t-t-todayyyyyyy!!

Body Attack was a KILLER! I think that I work harder when the class has more people (i.e. not SO many people that I’m bumping into broads left and right, but enough that I wanna show off). And considering the routine was almost the same as yesterday, I was pretty accustomed to the moves and could just work it.

Today, for dinner, we’re making a BBQ chicken pizza!!  Whole wheat dough, BBQ sauce, baked chicken, and 2% fat cheddah!  Mmmm.  Can’t wait to try it.

ALSO: weighed myself today and was 174, 2 lbs down since my initial heart attack of a weigh in yesterday/Wednesday so I feel like that’s at least reasonable.

Things are looking up, with no major MEAL related events this weekend (when things revolve around eating, I tend to join in on those things…)

Tomorrow: Farmer’s market early in the AM, pancake saturday, and BodyJam followed by the POOL! Glorious.

From 325lbs (5/4/07) to 187 (6/3/11).  Still 20% body fat.  BUT  Traps showing up nicely.  Same with shoulders.  But my head looks huge in this picture, no?

 I won’t be able to finish these 30 days because I’ll be in Korea in 20 days, so I’m going to cheat and answer some questions ahead of time.

Day 01 - Your stats

Day 02 - How tall are you? Do you like your height?

Day 03 - A picture of your fitspiration. What features do you like about this person? 

Day 04 - Your greatest fears about weight loss.

Day 05 - Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?

Day 06 - Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.

Day 07 - Do your friends and family know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they support you? 

Day 08 - Your workout routine.

Day 09 - Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way?

Day 10 - What was the hardest thing you gave up during your weight loss journey?

Day 11 - Your favorite fitspo blog and why?

Day 12 - What food plan do you normally follow each day?

Day 13 - Are you losing weight in a healthy or unhealthy way?

Day 14 - What is your ultimate goal weight/look?

Day 15 - Are you vegan or vegetarian? If so, has this helped you lose weight? If not, would you ever consider turning vegan or vegetarian?

Day 16 - When did you first decide to lose weight?

Day 17 - What is your favourite treat meal?

Day 18 - What food is your weakness?

Day 19 - When is your favourite body part to work on? Why?

Day 20 - What is your favourite form of cardio?

Day 21 - What is your favourite resource for healthy living info?

Day 22 - Quick! What are the 5 things you like best about yourself?

Day 23 - Did the media play a role in your wanting to lose weight?

Day 24 - When did you first notice your hard work paying off?

Day 25- When you reach your goals, what do you plan on doing to maintain your results?

Day 26 - What excites you most about reaching your goals?

Day 27 - How do you stay on track in tempting situations? (e.g. BBQs, Birthday parties, out with friends, etc.)

Day 28 - Have you had any setbacks you’ve had to overcome? How did you do it?

Day 29 - Your definition of beauty.

Day 30 - 10 facts about you! And now, what are your stats?

Tonight Im doing my Coach plan run from Nike+

so I only have to do .64 miles. which is cool cause my feet really hurt.

I have to run for 1:00 and then walk for 5:00, relatively easy.  Im on the Walk to Run program so, 

and then after I’ll probably do some Yoga err something./

i wanted to get up and run a mile before getting in the pool, but my feet were still sore from running the past few days (high arches are a bummer), so i took a short nap before getting in the pool and swimming 100 laps. i’m so tired, like i feel like i’m about to fall asleep typing this, but it felt absolutely amazing. 

afterwards i was starving, so despite my binge earlier i made myself a bowl of whole grain wheat penne pasta. i normally just kind of estimate what i put in, but i actually measured out everything this time. i’ve been really overestimating the amount of pasta i eat. i measured out 1 cup, like i figured i normally eat, but it turned out to make a HUGE bowl. and i always thought i used a full cup of sauce, but 1/2 a cup was plenty, even with the extra pasta. the bread was more calories than i thought though (150 calories for a medium sized piece of french bread, extra 30 for the tsp of butter…so worth it though). so dinner ended up being 517 calories. oh well. 

food journal:

breakfast- whole wheat bagel with ~1 tbs butter (170 calories…i remembered the calories for butter wrong. whoops.)

lunch- pb&j on whole wheat (270 calories)

snack- fudge (400 calories), 2 pieces of taffy and a few tortilla chips (100 calories)

dinner- whole grain wheat penne pasta with mushroom red sauce and french bread (517 calories)

desert- skinny cow ice cream sandwich (140 calories)

total- 1,597 

exercise journal-

swimming (100 laps-45 minutes)

yikes. weighing in tomorrow, let’s hope it goes well. if not i’ll have to stick to a strict 1300 calorie a day food plan…

I’m 5’3” and I’m fine with my height. I wouldn’t complain if I was an inch taller, but I’m really cool with what my height is right now because when I wear heels, I look about 125908125 feet tall.

That’s a lie, but heels > no heels but I’m still a good height.

…was a bad day. I only made it to the gym for half an hour and totally binged after dinner…like 500 calories worth. I don’t feel too bad because I did work my ass off this week, but the thing is I’ll be away all next week and my routine will be all messed up!! Just need to work out a little extra tomorrow and try to stay on track the rest of the weekend. I need a hug.

thepictureofhealth replied to your post:CalorieKing is telling me to lower my intake to 1230 calories per day.

How many do you eat now? 1230 isn’t that ridiculous. And your body can still function on that if you keep it as your net calories.

I was eating 1250 calories but the problem is I never have that as my net calories. I need to start eating back my exercise calories. I used to do it, then I stopped and had great results but now it’s slowed down heaps and I need to fuel my body. I’m more active than “light” but less than “moderate” thanks to my job. I’ll go back through my study notes today and work out my BMR and go from that. I think I can trust my own career change over a website that doesn’t give inbetween options.

jess-nelsonreblogged your post:CalorieKing is telling me to lower my intake to 1230 calories per day.

That’s the calorie intake…by daily…It’s not that bad if you eat light frequent meals.

No, it’s not bad but my problem as I mentioned above is that I don’t tend to eat back my exercise calories. I think 1230 is too low for me, because I’m more active than CalorieKing says I am because they don’t have an “inbetween” option from light to moderate like it does when you calculate your BMR. So I’ll be doing that today and working out my calorie needs for myself.

What good is learning this stuff to become a Personal Trainer if I don’t practice what I preach? I need to work these things out for myself before I can work them out for anyone else.

There’s things that keep popping up in my dash, y’know? Things i don’t enjoy!

Let me post the picture and i’ll explain why it pissed me off.

Now, before i begin, i am NOT promoting anorexia or bullimia.

Anyway.

You guys do realize that not all insanely skinny girls are Anorexic, right? There are some with extremely high metabolisms who cannot control how skinny they are. Now before you go off saying, “Well there’s a difference from someone with a high metabolism and someone who is Anorexic and a bag of bones,” I’d like to dissagree.
My stepmother has a very high metabolism and is just as skinny as that girl on the right. She eats A LOT but never gains a pound. Because of people saying things like that picture above she has a low self esteem. She tells me every day that she hates being this skinny and wishes she could gain some weight. People approach her and tell her that ‘there’s help out there’ so many times, and it makes her feel horrible. She feels disgusting. She hates it. But she can’t control it. How do you think it makes her feel when people say things like this? It’s horrible.

Why is it that when you call a fat girl ‘gross’ everyone hates you and calls you a monster, but when someone walks up to a skinny girl and tell her to eat a burger, everyone praises you and agrees? Double standard much?

Not all skinny girls want to be that skinny. Many can’t control it. But yes, there are girls who are anorexic and bullimic as well.

But just as there are issues with weight in America about how so many are overweight and unhealthy, there are girls who feel so horrible about theirselves that they actually stop eating and lose mad amounts of weight. To me it goes hand in hand - they are both eating disorders. Why should a girl with such a low self esteem that they are actually putting their life at risk get so much hate? It’s not going to make them eat, let’s face it. It’s going to lower their self esteem even more. Instead you need to offer them advice, talk to them, and help them seek professional guidence or they will die.

Same with overweight individuals, they need professional help, you can’t tell them to go eat a salad.

So why are overweight individuals easily sympathized with while Skinny girls are treated like demons? Like its their fault and they oughtta be ashamed, when its also the overweight individual’s fault for being bigger?

It’s ridiculous.

So i’d be really interested to hear your opinion on this matter, but please refrain from insults or i will not answer you. I want an intelligent conversation, not a fighting match, because i wont deal with it.

Again, i am not promoting Anorexia/Bullimia no more than i am promoting overeating. I’m simply trying to have my say on the matter. They are both disorders that should BOTH be sympathized with instead of ridiculed.

Thank you.

Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.

6/4/11

337.8lbs, down 4.2lbs from last week!

No pics yet.

I can feel myself being more… not bony but… bony?  I don’t know how to put it.  

Basically I’m able to feel things on my body I haven’t felt in a long time, like my collarbones, and my feet and hands are a lot more sinewy than they were before.  I’ve been noticing muscles I haven’t seen ever since I started p90x. 

Yay!

also, personal time is a lot more intense, ngl, and I’ve noticed that I’m slimmer *downstairs* as well. ;)

989 calories burned walking 2.46 miles in 50:00 minutes.

Day Twenty-Two- What was your lowest weight? How and why did you gain?

To be honest, I have no idea. I don’t weigh myself often. I’m going to guess about 100.

I gained mostly because I quit sports towards the end of high school, but also because I went to college, where healthy options are available, but less healthy options are plentiful.

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I must start by saying that I ate entirely too much last night for dinner. I must also say that I don’t believe one should do any differently when eating at one of the highest rated Italian restaurants in San Francisco. In fact, those are the only two things I will say about that.

I didn’t eat too terribly today, considering what I wanted to eat.

Breakfast- Apple, a few cashews

Lunch- Falafel wrap, and I took a lot of the pita off, and my first soda in a month

Dinner- A grilled cheese made with 1 slice of whole wheat bread, a serving of Healthy Choice red beans and rice soup

I’ve been sneaking bits of chocolate, sips of my family’s coffee and other random things all day. I think it’s PMS. Also, even though I’m glad I ate so much yesterday (because it was so good and so worth it), I’m feeling really gross today.

We got home too late from our trip for me to work out. I start work tomorrow, and am planning on loading my lunch with fruit and veggies to hopefully make me feel better. I’ll throw in a little chocolate or something sweet just in case, because these cravings are terrible! I haven’t had any cravings until now!

I think I’ll go drink some water in an attempt to clean out my system.

so i finally got a real gym membership! (yay)

the whole going to my university gym just wasnt working out. the city upped street parking fees so it was like a quarter for five minutes. and then the gym was only open certain hours and not on the weekends and i could only park on the street for like this two hour window…it just wasnt working out. hahaha

so i trucked myself down to the local la fitness and the guy was pretty nice about setting me up with a membership that i could afford.
i went to a place last summer for like $75 for three months which was really small and like my entire high school went there. i just didnt feel like dealing with people hah that sounds horrible, but its true.
you know when you run into someone who like you ‘know’ and its all awkward cause you should probably say hi, but you dont. and then the other person doest say anything so its just this big awkward encounter.

…yeah thats my old gym.

but anyways, this la fitness its pretty nice. its really large and i can take yoga classes for free and stuff so im pumped about that.

today i just jogged on the treadmill for an hour. i was kinda intimidated to go down with the juice head guido’s (okay..they werent really guerillas. but i still felt stupid going down there. :P) to lift weights and do leg machines.

i have this huge bubble blister on my pinky toe, which im hoping takes care of itself by tomorrow…cause i actually want to go to the gym. haha

oh! and today i also pulled weeds and put up this gazebo in my backyard.

in other words, today was pretty successful. right?

sweet dreams. :) 

Breakfast: oatmeal with a sliced banana, some walnuts, and cinnamon-sugar; coffee

Mid-morning snack: bagel twist from DD; more coffee

Lunch: spinach salad with red cabbage, cucumber, carrots, raw pumpkin seeds, raisins, and oil/balsamic vinegar; multigrain tortilla chips with guac

Dinner: (at Pizzeria Uno) Veggie Curry Pasta (small plate- I love that they have this option!) with a side of broccoli and a breadstick; unsweetened iced tea

Nighttime snack: (at Starbucks) Skinny Vanilla Latte (tall)

Exercise: elliptical for 1 hour

Sorry I haven’t been posting! This past week has been madness! I had to get all my traffic tickets straightened out. I did traffic school for one and went to court and lost for the other… But hey. Haha, at least they’re dealt with!

On the way, I lost track of my eating habits because of all the stress… But I’m back on it. And I actually spent two hours on the elliptical at the gym today because I was engulfed in the NBA Finals (GO MAVS!). Hahaha.

Anyway, I’m going to Disneyland on Thursday! Woohoo! Every time I go, I always manage to lose weight. I guess it’s because we don’t eat as much, and we’re always walking!

But until then, it’s healthy eating and being a gym rat. (=

xoxo sarah

Hey there! I’m actually not tracking my calories for weight loss reasons, I’m doing it to ensure that I’m not undereating.. which is very possible considering I’m not used to getting all of my calories from fruits and greens.

I have nothing against those foods, I just like to keep things simple and concentrate more on fruits and leafy greens. I also don’t particularly like the taste of those foods. I actually have a ton of different fruits and greens in my kitchen (I’ll be sure to do a post one of these days), I just don’t eat all of them on the same day. For example, I would eat a bag of grapes for breakfast on one day.. and mangos the next. Uncomplicated mono-meals are the easiest to digest, and it’s kind of fun to be able to dedicate an entire meal to one of my favorite fruits.

But yes, variety is key. Oh, and so nice to see that produce gets you excited.. that is quite rare in this day and age!

I am afraid that I will not be about to loose enough weight in time to look good for my wedding, also that I won’t notice/be able to recognize and be happy when I reach a good weight

Photo

yay for trying on old jeans :-)

had 30 cals today and going out now with friends to avoid eating! bye xx

I’m now 141lbs :’)

1 more pound and I’m at my 1st goal weight!

how can being thin be more important than my parents. when did i become so disgustingly self centered?

Going a little easier on myself today since I haven’t had a real rest day in 2 weeks.  Just...

Tomorrow I am going for a run. All my organised sports have finished… so it’s time to do something I’ve always hated and run on my own.

Weight: 156.6

The boyfriend and I woke up this morning, resistant to going to work, but in a good mood with energy nonetheless. I will be fasting again today, I’m hoping it will go better than yesterday, since I do have a shorter day at work today. I may even get a walk in after work, but who knows since I have a shit ton to do before I leave town for the weekend. I still need to get some money out of the bank for bills and start shopping for fathers day.

I will probably do a small workout at home before I head off to work, I need to do whatever I can today since I will be at my boyfriends for the rest of the weekend. I know fasting Saturday and Sunday will not be entirely possible. So I plan to pack up some of my own food, some vegetables and fruit to bring over, so that he knows that I’m eating something at least and doesn’t force me to go out for dinner.

It’s 3 a.m. Going to the beach at 11a.m. If I don’t fall asleep soon, I’m gonna be napping on my beach towel all afternoon! Not ready for this, but compared to the last time I was there, I am noticeably improved so I’m not gonna fret. Confidence (even forced) makes you more attractive. And I got numerous comments today from people I hadn’t seen in awhile that said I looked skinny! Yay!

300 calories today. Goal for tomorrow—> keep calories under 450, go to gym and do workout DVD at home, and drink more water. Easy.

Send here or to my ask box which is even better…..

long overdue goal weight/progress pictures. second goal weight was actually 275, but i am now 273. 75 pounds of healthy weight loss.

slloooowwwlllyy

Do skinny girls make more money?

While it should not make any sense at all, the sad reality is that no only do thin girls easily find relatively good jobs, they also make at least $22,000 more each year.  In a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, overweight or obese women make even less than a woman of average weight.  If you are not mad yet, listen to this one, for guys it makes no difference what their weight is.  Actually, most of my middle aged bosses are pot bellied slobs.

Day One- Your stats

Age: 24

Height: 6’0”

Weight: 177lbs

Size: UK 14-16 (bottoms) and 14 (tops)

Day Two- How tall are you? Do you like your height?
Day Three- A picture of your thinsperation. What features do you like about this person?
Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.
Day Five- Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?
Day Six- Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.
Day Seven- Do your parents know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they care? 
Day Eight- Your workout routine.
Day Nine- Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way?
Day Ten- What was the hardest thing you gave up during this “weight loss.”
Day Eleven- Your favorite thinspo blog and why!
Day Twelve- What do you normally eat?
Day Thirteen- Are you losing weight in a healthy or unhealthy way?
Day fourteen- What’s your UGW? When you expect to reach it?
Day Fifteen- Are you vegan or vegetarian? If so, has this helped you lose weight? If not, would you ever consider turning vegan or vegetarian?
Day Sixteen- When did you first decide to lose weight?
Day Seventeen- Do you have an eating disorder?
Day Eighteen- What food is your weakness?
Day Nineteen- When is the last time you ate fast food?
Day Twenty- Favorite diet?
Day Twenty-One- What are your clothing sizes?
Day Twenty-Two- What was your lowest weight? How and why did you gain?
Day Twenty-Three- Did the media play a role in your wanting to lose weight?
Day Twenty-Four- How do you feel about the terms pro-ana/pro-mia
Day Twenty-Five- Have you ever purged? If you have describe your first experience. 
Day Twenty-Six- What excites you most about reaching your ugw?
Day Twenty-Seven- How do you deal with being around food?
Day Twenty-Eight- Do you want that “gap” between your legs? Why?
Day Twenty-Nine- Your definition of beauty.
Day Thirty-  10 facts about you! And now, what are your stats?

Gotta get my wedding ring sized down and some links taken out of my watch! Nice problems to have.

DON’T EVER WORK OUT IF YOU HAVE NOT EATEN ALL DAY!!!!!!

I hadn’t eaten all day but I worked out anyways, figuring I would be okay.

WRONG.

Close to the end of my work out, I felt like throwing up so bad and my stomach hurt so much I couldn’t even concentrate anymore. I had to stop for a bit so I wouldn’t throw up all over the floor. I just finished working out and my stomach is still hurting really bad.

Shitty work out, ughh.

My five mile bike ride turned into a 6.3 mile bike ride. The weather went from dreary to beautiful and I didn’t want to stop.

sooo sweaty.

Lunch time!!!! Yummy :)

Any suggestions?

Starting: 252

Last Week: 248.5

This Week: 247.5

I’ll take it! It’s been an icky week.

For my peanut butter and jelly sandwich I have been using Buddy Fruits strawberry apple for my jelly! It tastes really good, it is not too thick, and the entire pouch is just 60 calories!!!! Of course I do not use the whole thing for one sandwich so really it is roughly 15 calories per sandwich!!! Think about it… 1-2 tbsp. Regular jelly is 50 calories and this whole entire pouch is just 60!!

every. single. day.

I’ve calculated all of my calories for the day, and I can easily have pancakes, a piece of non-buttered toast, a Morningstar maple sausage patty, and 2 Morningstar Bacon strips. I love breakfast for dinner!! (Morningstar is an all-vegetarian brand, btw).

And wanna hear the best part? I also have room for an oreo. That’s right- I’m gonna put oreo bits in my pancakes.

I’m so excited for dinner that I’m counting down the hours I have left: 3.5

2 slices of Pepperidge Farms Light Style soft wheat bread is just 90 calories!!!

sooo sweaty.

walked dogs at the animal shelter for an hour this morning.
then did insanity interval training.

me so tired!

time to find some food to eat

girls night tonight! may contain pizza and ice cream

i think some people are only meant to be in your life to help you lose weight by creating stressful situations. and i will stick

But I’ve had exams up until today!! It’s quite literally consumed me.

And it’s done weird things to my eating, like being too stressed to eat most of the time. And when I am hungry? Its all cravings haha

We’ll see the effects on the scales tomorrow.

team flippyfloppies. more like team WINNERS.

yeah, that’s right.

this girl right here.

As of today, I weighed in at 169.2 lbs.

I started losing weight last spring/summer when I weighed 210 lbs. This puts me at almost FOURTY ONE POUNDS lost, and about 5 lost for this summer.

Hahahaha I love it.  About to eat, run, then go to work.  I love my life. 

I have finally considered myself on track enough to know that I won’t fall behind.  This means I’ve accepted that I will not get back up above 230lbs. I’ve reached my first goal weight.  Now on to my second.  Only 7 pounds. :)

You’re not hungry; you’re bored. It’s not time to eat. Wait until noon, and then we can have green beans and carrots. You always like that. By next wednesday, you’ll weigh around 156 lbs. Who knows, if we eat healthy and don’t go overboard, maybe 155 lbs. So, be quiet. It’s all okay. I’ll take care of you. 

Breakfast:

Watermelon

Lunch:

Peanut butter sandwich, Dr. Pepper

Dinner:

Salad

Work out:

30 jumping jacks

10 crunches

Walk (not sure how far yet)

Dance

I finally hit 110. Went in to see my doctor for a regular check-up. She saw that I came down from 140. Said my BMI was underweight (really?!). I’m wasn’t planning on losing anymore, but she said that if I did, I had to come back and see her.

I still have a considerable amount of arm flab. Hip bones are not apparent. I’m not so dense that I think I’m not thin, but there are definitely healthy, thinner girls out there who aren’t getting fingers wagged at them by their doctors.

Guess it’s time to focus on muscle tone.

picture irrelevant. 

Day fourteen- What’s your UGW? When you expect to reach it?

125, honestly? never. I know that’s not good to think like that but I really just do not feel like I will ever see that weight. Plus if I get to a healthy look, and I am happy I will stop. I do not want to look sickly and I like my breasts and butt ( so I don’t want to loose too much of them) and that means more weight. But I am shooting for 125 at the moment.

D25: Keep on Truckin'

Still going, still pushing, still working, still KILLING IT!

Feeling MUCH better today than I was yesterday - thank goodness.

Today’s ventures:

B: cheerios, 1% milk, apple, PB (9)

S: pineapple/blueberries/raspberries, Larabar (o yea! They’re back! 5p), veggies and dip (1)

L: Chicken teriyaki (7)

D: Chicken Cacciatore (just a LITTLE bit)

Because…

POWER YOGA NIGHT!

This week is going to be a perfect point week, I FEEL it.

Need to make sure I drink lots and lots of water today so that I can power through my power yoga like a boss!

Week Four Day Five

Today was one of the most frustrating days ever! Just no one cooperating and getting ready and leaving. But against all odds I made it to Sea World! So that was good because I was walking around all day! (or half the day rather). I’m not really sure how much of a work out that really is, but it feels like it, and I imagine that walking (Even if its not continuously) for that long has to be some type of exercise… Anyway here’s today:

B-Omelet with ham no cheese with OJ

L-the rest of my Mongolian food

D-some mini quarter sandwhiches which added up to about 1 ham/turkey and 1/2 peanut butter, with a spoon full of rice

S-popcorn and soda =[

E-just the walking we did around the park…. hopefully something

#Motivation

I just tried on half the unworn dresses in my closet. They were all bought when I was at least 20 pounds lighter. I was in the mood of playing dress-up and gave them a try. Last year the outcome of such a thing would have led me to a binge or deeper into my depression. This time, as I was testing to see just how high the zippers would go, I was filled with a sense of determination. I have the most beautiful dresses in my closet and I WANT to wear them. I have lost 10-20 pounds twice before and I can do it again. All it takes is motivation and will power and I know I have them in me. I used to let these silly things bring me down but not anymore. Anyone else wanting to lose weight should try on a favourite dress that no longer fits and make it your motivation to get healthy again. I have this beautifulllll emerald green Chloe dress in a size FOUR! My cracked out mother bought it for me thinking that I would fit into it…. The zipper stops half way but no worries, by the end of August it will go up all the way. I can already imagine myself in it with a nice summer’s tan. 

Wow! Fat Joe looks great! We love that folks are using their...

Wow! Fat Joe looks great! We love that folks are using their celebrity status to speak out on the importance of maintaining a healthy weight and being healthy. And he’s right, people don’t live as long as they use to these days, stay away from the foods that are killing you! xoxo

Another Day

I have to go to work today and I don’t want to. Blah. I enjoyed my day off.  I enjoyed doing absolutely nothing.  I had a ton of homework to do and I skipped it.  I have all next week off so I figure that’s what I’ll be doing next week.  That and I’ll be getting myself back on track as far as exercise goes.  I’ve been craving ice cream like no other lately.  I don’t know what the deal is. :/

My arms are sooooooore from benchpressing yesterday.

That’s how I know I had a really good workout :-)

An 8-Minute Toning Workout Trio! :)

I just discovered this tonight, and it’s nearing midnight and I’m about to go to sleep so I won’t do it right now. But I’m definitely doing this starting tomorrow (all 3!) for twice everyday - one round when I wake up and one round in the evening.

The 8-Minute Ab Workout - Now I have been recommending this and talking about this so much, that I’m sure those who’ve been following me for quite some time now are probably thinking it’s getting too repetitive, but I just think this is so amazing! I never did this long enough to see results (longest was 4 days straight, haha) but now I’m so determined to not miss a day of this! It’s really fun and the burn feels GREAT. :)

The 8-Minute Butt Workout - On a normal day, I wouldn’t think much of what my bum looks like but now that summer’s coming and that I’ve been seeing the lovely, firm bums of these girls here on Tumblr, I became more self-conscious of my own. It’s not a negative kind of self-consciousness though, I just know that my butt isn’t what I want it to look like, and I’m really hoping this workout does wonders. I’m pretty sure it will, if I do it consistently twice everyday for 30 days. :)

The 8-Minute Arm Workout (with or without weights!) - My arms are by far my biggest insecurity. I love wearing dresses in the spring and summer seasons, but I always have to cover them up with either a cardigan or a denim jacket, which is often uncomfortable in the heat. I’ve been doing a decent amount of cardio, and since I started this journey, my weight loss is visible everywhere EXCEPT my arms, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed with this workout. :)