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....