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

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

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

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

Goals:

6.16.2011

• Walk 3.5 miles
• Make a new smoothie
• Read you crazy woman
• Have a fantastic Curves workout
• Attempt yoga again

Aaand… I can’t think of anything else. But I am sure there is more that I need to do!

6.15.2011

•  Make it home in time to walk before sunset (Walk 3.5 miles)
• Make snacks for apartment hunting in the morning
• Eat healthy while away from home

I ate relatively well while looking for apartments (and I found two that I love!). I didn’t need that small french fry… but oh well. It happened. I’m bummed I didn’t make it home to walk. I made a pathetic attempt at yoga to at least burn some pitiful amount of calories. It was truly pitiful… Extremely so. Thank god everyone was asleep.

I need to be asleep. I need to stop staying up so late. I have a sneaking suspicion that going to sleep earlier will help with this weight loss thing. What is going to make me go to sleep? I NEED TO. I can’t be awake when The Mighty Boosh is on anymore.

…because I’m doing it the healthy way.

…because I’m doing it the healthy way.

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.”

Okay, so it's 2:45 a.m. here.

But, since I’ve destroyed my normal sleeping pattern (which I’m working on getting normal again :D), I’m wide awake.  Since I sat for basically 2 hours watching a movie, I decided to stretch.  There are many good ways to throw in a little extra exercise to your busy life.  All these stretches are a song long!

• Listen to a catchy song.  Jog in place during the verses, and touch your toes (and hold it) during the chorus.  This should limber you up really well.
• Listen to fast paced song.  Do crunches during the verses, and using a weight, do some bicep curls during the chorus.
• Listen to a slow, calm song.  Hold each stretch for 15 seconds.  Do an ab stretch, toe touch, left arm stretch, right arm stretch, lower back stretch, upper back stretch, hip stretch.  Repeat this until the song ends.

Easy enough, right?  Every little thing helps.  So do every little thing you can!  Remember, drink plenty of water, get enough sleep, and eat a ton of greens.  Making little steps will lead you to a better, healthier life.

Friday: June 10th 2011

Breakfast:

• Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage and Egg D-Light Bowl: 230 calories
• Half an apple and peanut butter: 160 calories

Lunch:

• Kinda forgot about lunch… it just skipped by!

Dinner:

• 1/2 rack of ribs in honey barbecue sauce: 619 calories
• Potato wedge fries (8): 155 calories

Snack:

• Banana: 89 calories
• Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies: 140 calories
• Mini pretzels: 115 calories
• Apple juice (8 ounces): 110 calories
• Mini vanilla meringues (15): 100 calories

Total calories: 1718

Exercise:

• Curves: 550 calories

Total net calories: 1168

My arms are sooooooore from benchpressing yesterday.

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