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.

June Measurements

How tall are you? Do you like your height

I’m 5’3 1/2 and yes i love my height. Sometimes I wish i was a little taller because i feel I’m a little short for my age (im 21) haha but i dont think i will be growing anymore. The best thing is that I can wear heels and not look too tall. 

I just want some pizza

a large cheese pizza from dominos oh my god that sounds so good right now FUCK

when I lose 20 pounds I will allow myself to have three slices of cheese pizza from dominos. 

184 here I come

one of my favorites

Breakfast!! Nomnom :)

Strawberry yogurt, berries and almond flakes

Green tea

thinspo update :]

It bothers me when people post pictures of girls and say things like “I can’t wait to look like that!” or “She has the perfect body!” 

Why can’t you wait to look like yourself when you get fit? I don’t see the point in obsessing over someone else’s body just because you don’t look like them. Sure, seeing someone’s success story is amazing. I love reading about another’s journey, because it helps motivate me. I have the “If they can do it, I can do it!” mentality. 

But don’t beat yourself up if you don’t look just like them, and definitely don’t aim to look exactly like them. If you do, you may end up being sorely disappointed, because (here’s a shocker) your body isn’t exactly like someone else’s.

Just aim to do and be your best, and you will love yourself even more when you finally reach your goal. 

i’m 5 foot 6 inches. here’s my story: I’ve lost 0 pounds and been dieting/working out since January (i’ve been slacking off this past month). BUT i’ve gone from an XL to an L in shirts! and alomost 3 sizes in pants! i know it might be muscle gain but like i said, i’ve been slacking this last month and i just really want the scale number to drop. pleeeeease, i would love advice/motivation from ANYONE!

STAYY—BEAUTIFULL.TUMBLR.COM

It’s called a combination swiss ball pike and roll-out.

Sounds like a medieval torture device. But it’s actually easy to learn and extremely efficient. In fact, you can probably get a killer ab workout by doing this move fewer than 10 times.

“If someone was looking at one exercise and wanted to make sure he was getting the most abdominal work done in a way that makes him look better and function better,” says trainer Nick Tumminello, “this is the exercise to do.”

To start the pike/roll-out, simply hold yourself in a pushup position with your feet on a swiss ball. (To make the exercise easier, move the swiss ball towards your belly button) With your body in a plank (straight) position, keep your legs straight and push your hips towards the ceiling while keeping your back flat. After straightening your hips and coming back to the start position, push your body backwards on the ball until your arms are fully extended in front of you and your legs are fully extended behind you.

If you can’t see this video, you can watch it HERE

(source)

Finally got a tape measurer…here my June measurements. I will compare on July 2!

Height: 5’11

Weight: 229 lbs.

Bust: 44.5

Waist: 37.5

Hips: 49 (YIKES!)

Left Thigh: 24.5

Right Thigh: 24

Left Calf: 16.5

Right Calf: 16

Left Arm: 13. 5

Right Arm: 13.5

That was kind of scary, especially the hip measurements. My goodness. Still, I would rather know and face the problem head on than ignore the problems like I have been for almost 2 years!

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

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.

Lunch

Work up this morning to find my fiber cereal is all gone. Someone ate the rest of it which doesn’t really make me too happy. There wasn’t much else in my house for breakfast besides a breakfast drink mix. It was filling but I would have much rather had my freaking cereal. -.-

Anyways, I’m changing up my exercise routine today. I’m going to go ahead and eat lunch then maybe go for a quick walk around the block then eat dinner around 5 or so then exercise for about an hour at home. I really wish I had a gym membership somewhere close to my house but I’ll work with what I have I suppose.

I’m also trying not to eat past 6 in the evening and trying to get to bed around 10 pm and no later. Having a little bit of struggling with going to bed earlier because of insomnia but I’m hoping pumping up my exercise time will help tired me out a bit and allow me to start going to bed earlier.

I feel really good today, like reaaaally good, best I’ve felt in a while and even though I’m not seeing much change, there is a little, I can feel it.

Here’s to feeling motivated today!

Yeah now I’m sitting here cooling down from Wii Fit. I swear, I push ridiculously hard at that thing! 

Highlights include 60 jackknives and holding a plank for 114 seconds. Not bad for a fat girl! 

Completely unrelated, but I have a hole in my sneakers. No, not my converse or TOMS, my Asics. Guess it really is time for a new pair, I was going to wait until I reached 230 to get them but it looks like I’ll have to get some next week regardless. 

When you do it for them, you lose. You have to do this for y o u.

When my mom used to tell me to stop eating so much, I used to blame her. Looking back, I was so wrong. It was all me. I ate too much and I didn’t exercise enough. But when she would tell me to put down all of that junk food and the extra helpings, I got angry and I just wanted to eat more and more.

But, on that February Tuesday after I went out to dinner with my friend and ate a slice of pizza with ham, chicken, mozzarella cheese and vodka sauce, that’s when I knew it had to end. That’s the day I started my journey and I never looked back. Yes, of course I had my binges and my days when I quit exercising, but that was my lowest point. It was also my highest weight. I’m down at least 12 pounds since then, and while it might not seem like a lot, it’s a hell of a lot better than nothing. 

So do it for you. 

More reason to starve :)

No lie, that 149 lbs weigh in discouraged me a bit :( Lol! I’m pretty sure I sound like a big sap but I really wasn’t expecting to weigh that much. I definitely have to get a second weigh in. Hopefully the next one will show me weighing less ( a lot less) and I can find my motivation.

I’d love to go for a run [okay, okay, a jog broken up with short periods of walking because I’m still not a runner], but earlier this week I stepped on a piece of metal the size of a nail and ran it completely through my big toe. Yeah. Fun. I’m trying to avoid anything high impact for a little while to give it time to heal.

For that reason, I’m thinking of putting my 8 pound dumbbells to good use. I’ll be sure to post whatever exercise I end up doing.

I’d love to know your favorite way to work your arms. Drop some ideas in my ask box? : ] 

I love looking at other healthy blogs and I want to share my own tips. I’ve lost 32 pounds in the past year the healthy way and I would like to have something to keep track of this progress aside from a number on a scale.

I don’t know.

So delicious! It’s filled with veggies and couscous is super easy to make (it actually cooks itself, just boil water, add couscous, take off heat and cover for 10 minutes, that’s it!).

You don’t have to bake this but I like it with the little bit of crisp on the outside!

Recipe here: http://piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/pastapossibilities

123 calories, 2 fat, 24 carbs, 2.5 fiber, 4 protein

I didn’t drink enough water yesterday which is why I didn’t lose anything. I drank a bit less than normal and that combined with the incredible heat/ massive sweating in my workout means I got dehydrated. I’m rehydrating today and looking forward to being back where I should be tomorrow! :)

The good side is I informally took my measurements and am going to be down at least another inch from my hips and half inch from my waist again! I love that what I’m losing is fat loss because it’s really noticeable. I’m wearing a tank today that I’ve been too embarrassed to wear since I got it and it’s actually loose on me now! :D

Today, I had a free 15 minute personal training session. I was sweating like hell and out of breath by the end of it! I can’t wait to start doing it every week. She was great.

After that, I came in and got a nice glass of ice water. I am trying to cut out soda for now. I am a diet soda ADDICT! I don’t drink coffee or tea so I drink diet soda for my energy. But I drink anywhere from 2-5 cokes a day! It’s way too much.

So right now there is no soda. I am going to try to do no soda until the 16th.

So, I made Caroline a mayo, cheese, and tomato sandwich on wheat. Phil had left overs from when we had mexican the other day. And I made myself a reduced fat peanut butter and banana sandwich on wheat bread with my water. I feel good right now. Exhausted… but good

When I go back to school after summer…

i would just like to say that everyone should stop talking about Yuri’s weight loss. it’s her body and she has every right to look how she wants to look. what’s important is that she feels beautiful, and it looks like she enjoys the way she looks so stop gossiping about it.

Cool.

Dear Young Me,

Sorry, I won’t ever add approximately 60 pounds to you again…

Love always,

4 Years Later

iknowicandothis: I was shocked when I saw the first picture on the left…It’s working!:D

So today my total was 740 calories, 85g carbs, 60g protein, and 15g of fat :) I know realisticly I should be eating more, but I’m honestly not real hungry, and I really really need to lose this weight fast for summer parties that are coming up. I have to be at 125lbs before I feel like I’m good enough to wear a bikini. That’s almost 20lbs I have to lose ASAP!!! yikes!!!

I did the 100 workout today too! I loved it, I was sweating and felt good about it. The only thing I didn’t like were the leg lifts, I may replace them with something else, like barbell curls to work my arms, because I felt the leg lifts did nothing. Although I may just be really bad at them XD

whoo hoo! Weight-loss feels so good :)

Sunshine…

I went a little overboard today. Over 200 calories past my daily budget. Ugh. I guess I was bound to slip-up sometime. It just sucks because I was doing so well before and now…gahh.

It’s been a very long time since I’ve done a text post.  As Sharon said to me last week “You’ve lost your mojo”

I have to agree.

My life has changed in so many ways in the last month.  I was a grad student living with one of my best friends with two more of them living down the street.  I drove across the country and went on adventures that are way out of my comfort zone.  I left California (after dropping off my roommate) and came back to Massachusetts and move into a one bedroom apartment.  (I would like to break for a moment and say don’t you put “an” in front of words that start with a vowel? It would be an octopus, an octo-mom.  But on an one bedroom apartment is wrong?)  Back on topic.

I started working full time at my internship-turned-contractor job doing tax returns that are beyond my knowledge and coming home so exhausted I just lay in my bed and try to find the energy to cook dinner.

I’m lonely.  I’m tired. I’m just trying to figure this new life out.

So yes, I lost some mojo.

But it’s coming back. Soon.  As soon as I get my credit card so I can earn miles so I can be reunited with Ashley.  

When I go back to school after summer…

I want to see their jealousy.

I want to walk in there and see all people staring at me.

I want them to get compliments on my weight loss.

I want to be skinner than her.

I want to make them feel desperate.

I want to support my followers.

I want to wear my old jeans.

I want to feel healthy and fantastic.

I want to be confident.

I wanna have a reason to go shopping every day.

I want it. Now.

Day 1: Starting Weight/Measurements

See ya later level 1 of the 30 day shred; it’s been nice knowing ya. I want to measure again just because the level is over but realistically it’s been 3 days and I’m not doing that shit. Today was the first day I actually did it with real weights because I finally had time to go and get some last night………haha the books I was using were probably only 1.5 pounds (I say this after working out today). I bought 3 pound weights because I knew 5 would be too much right now. I can definitely feel it in my arms ahah. I had no idea the books were so light. At least I can say Harry Potter helped me get thin ;)

One thing I will say is that I wish there was a timer or something on the video just so you knew there was only 10 seconds left of something. I listen to music and turn down the volume of the instructions usually but I keep it loud enough so I can still hear it. Every once in awhile I here Jillian say “just a few more” and it is much more than a few. ahah it’s just deceiving and I like to know what’s going on justttt sayin.

Anyway food has been good today. I have some tofu marinating right now. I think I’ll back some and have it with stir fry and tomorrow I’ll use the rest for veggie tacos.

Ps. I don’t know about you guys but I like sour cream soo instead of using that on my tacos I usually use a lil low fat ranch. TAS-ty.  hahah that’s my suggestion for the day.

Now I’m going to do an inner thigh workout followed by homework forever. sigh.

UK8/US4 to a UK4/US0

Zero calorie chewing gum = A binging life saver!

Breakfast this morning. Half a bagel with low calorie light cream cheese and one scrambled egg White

I was at 13 years old about 265 pounds. I currently weigh: 175 

Shit son, sometimes I even forget how much that is.

Another one of my favorite diet foods. I am eating these instead of any other noodles. Only 18 calories for an entire package of them. I am looking for some good sauce recipes (low calorie ones). Let me know if you have one :) 

breakfast: 10g apple (4.5 calories) 10g kiwi (3.7 calories) tsp yogurt (5 calories) 5 oats (1 calories)

lunch: broccoli (10 calories) pepper (10 calories) 1 tomato (20 calories)

supper: chedder thing (20) slice of apple (3)

total for today: 4.5+3.7+5+1+10+10+20+20+3= 77.2

walked for like 10 minutes, 100 sit ups done.

MUST RUN TOMORROOOWWWWWWW

Swim lesson time! I love giving lessons because the kids are great and I burn over 700 calories! After I'm making a fantastic grilled Mediterranean couscous dish, 200 calories 3.5 fat, 10 protein! :D

I eat when I have to and when I’m hungry, which is a rare occasion as of late.

I’m about 80% sure we’re going out to eat on Sunday for father’s day so that will be my first big meal in about a week (don pablos from monday)

I’m not having a big meal until then.

As of May 30:

195 pounds

Right Arm: 14 1/2 inches

Bust: 43 inches

Chest: 35 3/4 inches

Waist: 35 inches

Hips: 44 inches

Right Thigh: 27 1/4 inches

Right Calf: 16 1/4 inches

Breakfast- one oatmeal whole wheat (homemade) muffin (small!)...

Breakfast- one oatmeal whole wheat (homemade) muffin (small!) and some fruit

"I seriously go through a pack of tissues with every episode of The Biggest Loser. Why do they make..."

“I seriously go through a pack of tissues with every episode of The Biggest Loser. Why do they make this show so emotional!? These people are AMAZING.”

woo hoo!

woo hoo!