FitGirl Daily

I'm going to begin posting my daily workouts and menus on this journal, as has been suggested by many of the members on fitness.com, in order to watch my progress and keep myself accountable.

My goals:
Get healthy. Maintain an overall balance of fitness and nutrition. Form lasting good habits. Lose a little weight and develop some tone.

Stats: I am currently 5'2 and about 128 lbs.
I would like to be more like 120. Ideally most of that weight would come from the below problem areas....
Problem Areas: Butt and Thighs- HELP!

My bad habits:
Over the past 6 or 7 years I've developed too many "all or nothing" habits- for example, no carbs for 2 weeks, and then junk food binging for 3. Not good.

Same goes for the exercise- I'll go to the gym every day for a week, and then not go back for a month. When I do go, I do about 30 minutes of cardio (elliptical or treadmill), and crunches. Honestly, I'm usually a little intimidated by all the big guys hanging out in the weights section, and tend to stay away....

hmmm, I think that's a pretty good overview.....So, here goes
 
Monday

Breakfast
-1 WW English Muffin (100)
-1 egg (70)

Snack
-1 Red Bull
-8 Honey Wheat Pretzels

Dinner
-Stirfry w/ ground beef, red/green peppers, 1/2 cup Uncle Ben's 90 second chicken flavored rice
-1 Fudgesickle (40)
-Emergen-C Water (20)
 
Tuesday

Breakfast
-1 WW English Muffin (100)
-1 egg (70)

Snack
-1 Red Bull (113)
-1 Special K Bar (90)

More to come....
 
Hi fitgirl,

Glad to see you got your diary up and running. It really helps.
Get a lunch in (I.E. chicken and salad) and swap those Red Bulls for Crystal Light.

Greg
 
Just as a first glance it looks like you're taking in too few calories a good portion of which are processed. Having 5 or 6 meals a day with whole, natural foods might be something you want to aim for.
 
I usually do eat lunch- I swear! :) I recently started a new job and am trying to get into the habit of preparing my food each night for the next day- so when I got behind and didn't do it for Monday, I was trying to stay away from all the fast food around here, and wasn't sure what to eat, so I decided to hold off....

Yeah, the Red Bull has become a bad morning addiction....so have the snack bars, like the Special K bars....they're just so easy to unwrap and eat :(
 
Tuesday

Lunch
-Salad w/ romaine lettuce, baby tomatoes, 1 green apple, red onion, crumbled blue cheese, and honey mustard dressing (about 1 tbsp)

Snack
-Dannon All Natural Strawberry Yogurt (110)
-8 pieces of Orbit Lemon Lime Gum (40)

Dinner
-2 baby lamb chops
-tomato, cucumber, blue cheese salad
-dinner roll (white bread)

Dessert
-100 Calorie Pack of Popcorn (100)
-Fudgesickle (40)
 
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I just started having Kashi bars as my mid morning snack! They have a good amount of fiber and protein plus very yummy!!!
 
I was wondering about those! I can never figure out which ones are just sugary crap, and which ones are more substantial, you know?

I guess I need to figure out how to read the nutrition labels better, instead of just looking at calories.
 
So you only do cardio and nothing else? Except a few crunches, and your problem areas are butt and thighs?
 
Hi girl! :)

If you have food question, I would for sure ask Stingo first. He is a good resource in this department. (& I betcha he will direct you to recipezaar ;) )

I just tried kashi bar too. not bad.
 
Make bars? Do you have a recipe? What are they like?

In a word... delicious :) Here's the recipe I used. I got it from the then manager of the gym I go to. I was talking about making protein bars and that's what she came up with. Finally got around to making 'em last night and they're awesome. As they turned out they were very peanut buttery and pretty soft/chewy (might have to see about firming it up somehow, but not to the point of cracking). I definitely won't go back to storebought unless I absolutely have to.
 
Don't be intimidated by the guys at the gym!!! I am friends with all the guys that go to mine, and I was so scared to go out on the floor with them... but the results are worth it. Everyone is always intimidated by that person that is a little bigger for the guys or a little smaller for the girls, but in the end everyone is there for the same reason!:D

Good luck with your journal!
 
So you only do cardio and nothing else? Except a few crunches, and your problem areas are butt and thighs?

I know, I know :)

I need to get more comfortable with going to the gym....and the other thing is, I'm short, so sometimes the machines don't seem quite right, even after I adjust them. I read that I should do squats and lunges- does that sound right? Everyday?
 
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