I'm Back!

It's been a week since I have posted! And in that time I absolutely did not diet or exercise. I ate whatever i wanted and i did not go to the gym. Why? I will tell you why. last week, everyday, i was feeling extreamly exhausted. Iwasn't getting a lot of sleep from waking up so early and working out so hard. I also wasn't eating the best. i was keeping my calories to a minimum...but i think my body just said "hey! can I have a vacation! its been 7 weeks!". So i did. i gave myself a vacation. i slept in in the mornings, and i ate whatever my body wanted me to eat. I didn't go crazy, but i definitely relaxed over the week.

Now, i feel great! i brought my gym clothes and plan to hit the treadmill once more after work. I want to have another 6 weeks of focus. It was great to have a little hiatus there, but i am repidly approaching the 3month mark to the wedding, so i am quickly running out of time! I am so close to the 160s, and now is NOT the time to give up.

So 6 weeks from it will be mid October...U am quite excited! So here I go, pushing it to the finish line...hoping to be in the 150s for the wedding. 15 more pounds!

motivation acceleration

It's been a while since i posted. I am sensing that with the end of summer and begining of fall I am hitting a "i have been doing this for almost 2 months and i am tired" wall. I hope I can get through it. Luckily I haven't gained any weight, but I havent lost any either. Stats as this morning:
SW:185
CW:174
Weight Lost: 11

Soooo, I really want to focus this week and really watch what I eat so that I can get rid of those pesky 5 pounds and finally make it into the 160s. I wont be able to runa t the gym this week really at all because of being so busy...but I hope to make up for it in eating right. I am not eating carbs this week, hopefully to get that fat burning going on.

In other news: I have offically gone down a size :) I started at a solid 14...which i never thought was too bad...but now that I have been losing weight I am like "WHAT!?!" i am sooo happy to be out of those clothes and back into my 12's, fitting well into all of my college clothes, short skirts and such :) I love now finally being able to have legs that I feel like I dont have to hide!

Also, I ran a mile 1/2 straight on the treadmill. My endurance is really increasing! I just hope my hiatus from running this week wont take too much of a toll on my progress :)

OK, I hope everyone else is doing OK with their diet/exercise goals. There is no time like the present!

I take it back...

Ok...weekend water weight off, new stats:
SW: 185
CW: 174.2
WWL: .8 lbs
TWL: 10.8 lbs

:)

GHUAHAGA#P%&*_@#($#{($

UGH! So frustrated!!!!! I think I am plateau-ville right now. Currently at 177. I have not missed the gym, I actually did extra work outs this weekend.

ok...maybe i wasn't the greatest when it came to sticking with my 1200 calorie limit. I had dinner 4/5 nights during the week, and sat night had 3 Miller Lites late at night...beer = BAD. So i HAVE to be honest with myself. I can work out all I want, but if I am not including healthy eating in small portions, the weight will stagnate!

OK...so my end goal was to be 170-169 by the end of August. I have exactly 2 weeks to do that. I think i have about 3-4 pounds of water weight on me, which means I have to lose 5 legit in 2 weeks. I can do it, but I really have to stick to my plan and be good!

ugh, i dont want to, but here are the stats.

SW: 185
CW: 177
Toal WL: 8 pounds
WWL: 0

EWWWwwWWWww

So today I had off work, but picked up a shift at the gym life guarding ( i do that part time for the extra dough) and I swam before my shift.  Well I was working from 12-330, and I started swimming at 1115...I dont like to eat before I work out, so  I picked up a power protein bar on my way in to eat in between.

ANYWAYS after i swam and before my shift i ate the bar.  About half way through it I started to think about what I was eating.  It has a gooey texture with a vanilla flavor...then all of a sudden it hit me "this doesnt taste like any natural kind of food what-so-ever".

Then I started to read the wrapper.  It was filled with words that I wouldnt even begin to know what they mean!  At this point i was chewing and became throughly disgusted.  

I decided then and there that I am not going to eat foods with ingredients that I dont know the name of, or cant pronounce.  What chemical was I putting into my body?  I had no idea!  Ugh it was soooo gross...the texture, the taste of that bar was sooo unnatural!  It didn't taste bad...it just tasted totally fake!  I thought "how is this helping my body?".  God put fruits and vegetables and meat on this earth that are delicious and healthy for our bodies, and what was I doing?  After thinking about it for a while, these foods have an amazing taste to them, but we have been so numbed to it because we eat all this fake chemicals on ice cream and Doritos (addictive!) and whatever else.  These flavors are made to be so intense, we forget just how delicious a natural plum can be over anything in a bag.  

Anyways, next time you eat something that is coming out of a box, a bag, or a wrapper, read the ingredients...it might help you to think twice before eating that...whatever it is!

re-energized!

Sooooo I rested yesterday, and this morning (yay 7 hours sleep!) so skipping 2 workouts helped me feel all the more energized!

And I found out this morning why i wasnt losing any weight, not wanting to work out, was tired, and scarfed down a chocolate and peanut butter cupcake yesterday without breathing. At least its not me! well its me, but not having to do with poor choices or lack of exercise :)

So this weekend I am going to kill it. I plan on swimming tomorrow, run sat, and weights sun...all the while sticking to my 1200 cal limit. i am excited for Mondays weigh in!

KILL IT!!!

worn

So i feel pretty tired today. Not sure if its my 5 hours sleep I am averaging, my surpressed political anger making me an emotional time bomb, or just that I have been working out A LOT. I am on week two of my August gym rally and already feel exausted. I feel like I just want to take the day off. Not eat whatever i want, but take a break from running at the gym. I think today, even though its my cardio day, will do some other kind of cardio other than run...like the row machine or bike...i just feel like I need to shake it up a bit. I do feel pretty tired, but i will regret not going and skipping entirely, especially since I just are ate a biscuit with my lunch...it was good though :) no carbs tonight!

How do people do this 5 days a week for months and months? On cardio days i reaeaalllyyy work out hard. I mean, you know you see people at the gym that barely break a sweat or are doing something while reading...i mean, if you can READ while working out...you are NOT working out! me on other hand am a sweaty mess after 30 min on the treadmill...i actually have to push it to do 40 mintues. Just thinking about it makes me want to take a nap. Like Mark Twian said (paraphrased) "whenever I get the urge to run, i lay down on the couch till it goes away" hahaha, nice :)

anyways, just tired and just want to see 170 as soon as possible, which means working through the tired....

Weekends...suck!

Ohhhh weekends! Ok, so i usually can keep it together on weekends, eat correct portions and keep active (well I have for the last 5 weeks or so) but THIS weekend, like I said, i went away for the weekend giving it that 'vacation' kind of feel. Well i am sure you all know what THAT means...it means throwing all your convictions to the wind and even though you gave yourself pep-talk after pep-talk about how you will be good, you get in the situation and are like "whatever! i am on vacatioN! I never go on vacation! Carpe Diem!"

well carpe diem my ass! literally! so, sometimes you have to learn the hard way...but if I want to lose this weight by wedding day I have to commit 100%, and no matter what the "excuse" is, I need to realize that it wont be the last opportunity that I will ever have ice cream, or alcohol, or bbq...i just need to stick to my plan, weekend or not, and do it right. I was 173 friday morning, then sunday night 178! JOKE!~Needless to say, here are the weigh in stats after week 5:

Starting Weight: 185
Current weight: 175
Week Weight lost: 0
Total Weight lost: 10 lbs

Also, here are some pics that made me go "DAMN!! I need to LOOSSSEEE WEEIIGGHTTTT" looking at them now even makes me more determined than ever...I hope to be in the 160s by the end of this month... I will try to post a new pic of 10 pounds down soon...but yea here are the WTF shots...

look at those oh-so scary arms! literally bigger than Donalds legs!

same as below...ugh, so ashamed! though Disney was a fab trip :0)

maybe its me, maybe its that all my friends weigh a buck oh five!

Another weekend!!

AHHHH so i weighed in at 174 this morning!! With the new eating habits and total dedication to the gym (yea, 530am to work outs plus after work!) and the pounds are melting off!

but...looming is the blessed weekend. And this weekend I am heading out to a cabin in WVA which will be filled with awful snack foods and worst yet...liquor. UGH! I KNOW that I want to have one night of intoxication for funsies, but I don't want to ruin everything i did this week because of one night of frivoloty! But this is prob that one time I will see some of these friends until the wedding, so i definitely want to have a good time, and trust me, you do not want to be the one sober person with the crowd I am going with, its 10x better to participate in the festivities, so i was looking at ways to be able to feel the buzz that wont ruin all my hard work.

anyways, looked up this article for some help on what to order...
http://fatlossschool.com/blog/low-calorie-alcohol-drinks/

I will be probably getting some wine for myself (high alcohol content, as well as a natural drink thats good for you, approx 150 calories for 4 oz), as well as making a max of 2 mixed drinks- manhatten and mojito. I also plan on not eatnig a lot tomorrow so that I dont have to drink as much to feel the buzz ( not that I am looking to get sloshed by any means, but I need a drink or two more than the avg person to get just a buzz)

info- did you know a Long Island iced Tea had OVER 1000 calories? Yikes!


Luckily there will be a pool so I will be swimming laps sometime over the weekend for some cardio (maybe sat afternoon?) to work those arms, and burn that mojito off!

Good luck to everyone this weekend! Think healthy and have fun!

Fun chart I am keeping to track the progress :)

HOORAY!!!!

Weighed in at 175 this morning!!!! I ACTUALLY started dieting and wokring out after the 4th of july, july 6th to be exact...to teeecchhniicallyy it has NOW been one month, and i have met my goal!

10 POUNDS LOST!!!

I have to admit, my clothes are looser, I feel more energized, and I am much more aware of what I put in mouth.

Though, only 1/3 of the way done. Its nice to have gotten over that first hump!

Now on to 165!!!

oh yea...Alyson...my measurement for my arms are 13 inches...over a foot of fat there...uugghhhhh...i hope I can lose something of those inches! we shall see...

New Month, New Tactics

So this month of July I am super-duper busy. I have something to do and somewhere to be pretty much every weekend. Still, this month i am totally dedicating myself to the gym, and eating right to get out of the 170s as quickly as possible...i think that the 160s are going to last me a good month 1/2 or 2!

So far (even though it has only been 2 days) I have been to the gym everyday, alternating cardio with weights...though weights feels like a waste because I feel like there is no point when all my muscles are covered with fat! i guess that is why you DO weights. Also, I am naming this month "Arm Month" because that is the bodt area I am going to work on every day! Anyways, so doing that, but I have been thinking about it and now will be changing up my eating habits to have 5 small meals a day within my 1200 calorie limit. Once at 8/12/4/8...and maybe a snack in between if i need it.

Looking forward to seeing what the results will bring!

And oh yea, weighed 176 this morning :)

Excited

Welcome August! So I have been officially been "dieting" for a month. Stats today:
Starting Weight: 185
Current Weight: 177
Week weight lost: 3 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 8 lbs

Again, Sat I started the day at 175, and sunday too, but sunday had mac and cheese...ugh! its ok though, I think again, this weight was a water flux. and after being good today i will weight 175 tomorrow thus pretty much having acheived my goal.

I am so excited for August! I think this is a very pivitol month when it comes to my weight loss plan. Month 2 is where I could potentially have lost 15 pounds, and soon be seeing the 160s :D....just the thought of that makes me want to go run 3 miles!

Some goals that I am going to commit myself to doing are going to be more aerobic in nature than than my diet. I am going to hitt he gym 5 times a week. 3 for cardio/ 2 for weights. All of august. I have certain goals on how to shape my body...I want/need to do a lot of toning with the arms (very important when it comes to a bridal gown!) and toning the thighs (very important when it comes to a honeymoon!) hahahaha :) But yes, i am really looking forward to being a work-out fiend this month! Mean while i also want to keep up my healthy eating habits- for go the mac and cheese...and occasional ice cream :) Like i keep telling myself, i will have it next month!

Ok, here I go for month 2!!