10 Kg to go! - I can do it!

little_star

little_star

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Hello everyone!

I don't think anyoneremembers me. I am Little_Star and I tried to get rid of those 10 kg for a LOOONG time. And now I am just tired of desiring it, I want to make it a reality!
The past months have been really hard for personal reasons and I found "excuses" not to exercise and I cuddled myself with food! Bad bad girl, I know.
As probably many of us did, one of my 2013 year resolution is to get in shape and reach my goal weight. This time I feel it is different, because I am literally frustrated with "I can have this candy now or skip the workout today. I can do it tomorrow". Well, my tomorrow has been for many years and I am sick of excuses now.
I have been all January without any candy and I don't miss them at all. I am happy and I will probably continue on the same track next month.
I have made a goal plan for the next year, but I need your support and experience to help me. I want to make it this time.
Why? Because I am going to my honeymoon in July. I am going to the States, I am so trilled and excited. And I want to look back at the pictures of the amazing trip we are planning and be proud for the first time of what I see. Think how and good and healthy I look. Yes, I want to be proud without the desire of hiding the pics and feeling I look horrible. This is my goal.
I want to get healthy and be strong! Exercises relax me and makes me feel good I just... cannot stick to regular schedules. I was never able to just follow a program regularly before. I want to change that.
A lot of quotes everywhere says to live the moment and encourage to be happy. I am an happy person, but I am not HOW I want to be.
So, this year I started this project of improvement, as a person in general and I will start from the most visible thing I can improve, my look. My body first of all.

I am generally very busy person, I am doing my Master's Program now and I am seriously thinking of applying to be a PhD student. If I succeed in that I don't see how I continuously fail in getting into shape. This is a challenge. It is a challenge for my brain as well!!

Before now I kinda refused to get too exposed into the forum also, even over the net I am afraid of judgement. Well, that is insane and I decided that time is over. This is how I am, I will do all it takes to reach my goals.
I am 27 years old, 165 cm tall and I weight 64Kg.
In one of the worse time of my life I reached 69 Kg and during an other very bad period of my life I reached 61 kg.
The lower weight I can remember is of about 8 years ago when I was 57 Kg.
So, I don't consider myself very much over weight, but I am not satisfied with my look. Especially because all the extra kilos I have are in the belly area and top area, so not flattering at all.
I convinced my husband to join the gym with me and we try to go there about once or twice a week, but I feel I can do better (even if I am very busy, as I have - except from my studies, also a part time job that keeps me busy about 20 hours per week at the moment).
My plan would be to loose 1.5 kg per month, which I think it is fair and realistic.

Well, I think I took out of my chest all I had to say to begin this journal with you guys. Hope to know you better and succeed together!!

Below I will summarize how all the "Getting fit" Project proceed:

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*** GETTING FIT - THE "FOX" PROJECT ***
Latest update 18.09.2013


GOALS
[X] Week 35 - Reach and mantain 60 Kg
[ ] September 2013 - Reach and mantain 58
[ ] June 2014 - Be proud of how you look in a Bikini
[ ] Summer 2014 - Be able to run 10 Km daily


CHALLENGES
[X] July-August 2013 - Go running everyday
[ ] September 2013 - StarCloud challenge (Information here)


MY NEW ROUTINES
[ ] 2013/14 - Workout daily routine that works for you
[ ] 2013/14 - Make healthy food choices, also in social situations


MY SHOPPING LIST (for when I reach my goals and mini-goals
[X] Yoga mat (20e) - for Running everyday in July-August
[ ] Sport bra (40e)
[ ] Workout shoes
[X] Pulse watch - Got as a present :)
[ ] Yoga pants



 
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Hey Little_star

Welcome back and great stuff that you focused to lose the weight. We are all here for the same reason, so don't be afraid to open up and put your feelings down. Thats the great thing of this forum - we all help and encourage each other.

Well catch up regularly and I'm rooting for you!
 
So, let's get down to business!
When I was done at work my husband called me and asked me to get him some coca cola zero and treat from the shop. He deserved it as he is trying to stay healthy and even joined the gym to give me support.
Well, I was very strong and I got him 2 of his favorites candy bars and the coca cola. But I wanted a treat for today too. So I went to the fruit and vegetables sections and took bananas and melon. I sliced them together with some other fruits I had already home and there I had it, a nice and sweet snack for the evening.

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Really proud of my choice and strength to walk out of the candy section with no carving for chocolate or sweets. It's so true, the more you eat sweets, the more you crave them. I have been now since 2nd January almost totally clean from chocolates, candy bars and sweets and I feel "free" (had in over 20 days 1 single chocolate bar). No unmanageable cravings. I feel I have so much more control on myself. I know it is a small change and it may not mean much, but I am happy!!
 
hello everyone!

Today my scale said 64.2. Not bad.
Last Monday I did a serious workout and my legs are STILL sore for it. I am starting to worry if it is normal. We plan to hit the gym on Saturday as well, but I am worrying if it would not be too "soon" as I almost cannot move my legs.
I just cannot imagine how I could survive on the treadmill if only walking is such a pain. But be sure I will not skip the workout day. I will try my best to resist the pain. If I really cannot train my legs, I will work mostly with my upper body and abbs. :)

Oh, Today as breakfast I am having two small bowls of kellogg's all bran original high in fiber. :)

So, this is what I ate today:

Breakfast: 2 small bowls of Kellogg's all bran original high in fiber
Snack: 1 Banana
Lunch: Mais and Tunna in curry sause
snack:1 banana
Dinner: Fruit salad
 
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Breakfast: 1 small bowl of kellog's
Lunch: Fish, baked potatoes, salad and ananas
Dinner: 3 small chicken legs baked with potatoes and salad

I know, having too much potatoes. :S
 
It usually takes 1-3 days to recover from DOMS after a good workout, any longer than that and you either over done it or are completely new to exercise. After the second time you do the same routine the DOMS will take a lot less time to heal. You should not work the same bodypart on consecutive days. What did your leg workout consist of ?
 
Thank you very much for the reply. After few days I fully recovered, but on the first two days it was painful even to walk.
I did 200 (divided in 4 sets) step-ups on a chair.
An other exercises that I did using the legs was lighting weights from standing.
I am totally new to gym exercises (before now I used to go by bike a lot, and sometimes jogging). I suspect I didn't do a proper warming up time before the real exercise.

Can someone suggest me some good work-out program to lose weight?

Breakfast: 1 bowl with of Kellog's all bran
Lunch: Eggplant rolls with mais, mashrooms, bellpepper and philadelphia (5% fat)


Workout: 3 kilometers walks to the dog park and back
Today was gym day, so I did 1 hour exercise there.
20 minutes bike at level 5. Then worked out arms, legs and abbs.
 
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Thank you for informing! :) Waiting for the plan!

Yesterday was a nice day, full of exercises and healthy eating.
Most of all I am glad because I went to the gym and gave my best. On the bike I was struggling between level 4 and 5. 4 I didn't really feel anything, level 5 seemed way too thought for me. After the first 2 minutes going back and forward between those two levels I just thought of my body, that it is a long way to go before it is the way I want to be. So I just putted 5 and continued without "complaining" for the 18 left. Yes!!! It felt amazing!
Then, after gym we went grocery shopping and I got a lot of nice vegetables and fruits. I got an eggplant (here are SO damn expensive, argh) and got an idea.
Few days ago I read a nice recipe about some kind of pastilla with creamy cheese and ham which actually was a bomb of calories. So I thought to make a lighter version. Eggplant seemed to make sense, and Philadephia 5% fat is problem the less caloric creamy cheese I know. I chopped up 1 bellpepper and few mashrooms, put in the mix mais and rolled the mix into eggplants that I grilled.
Very very good. You can try it! :)

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About today:
Weight: 63.7

Breakfast: 2 bowls of Kellog's
snack: 1 banana
Lunch: 3 home made sandwiches with philadelphia, cucumber, tomato, ham, boiled egg
Dinner: Fruit salad
 
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Wow you are doing amazing!! Very proud of you that you walked out that candy story with fruit - amazing willpower - HIGH 5 for that!!

Your exercise routine is going well too. All in all I think "you've got it down girl" (in my gangsta voice :coolgleamA:)

Keep it up!!
 
Ohhh, thank you very much Mands. Your words encouraged me!!

Today I feel very satisfied with how I feel. After 3 weeks I joined the gym I already feel different. Even if you cannot really tell the difference I feel "more in charge" of my body and movements. If it makes any sense. I feel more energized and active in general.
Of course I just started and I still get sad looking at myself in the mirror and I am so disappointed with myself. How is it that in 27 years I was NEVER strong enough to keep my diet and healthy lifestyle to be just the way I wanted to be?
I consider myself smart and I am very proud of my ideas and brain and I have accomplished so many things for my age... alone, with help from no one. I speak more than 1 language fluently and succeeded in academic life. How is it that I cannot accomplish this one thing? Am I such a weak person? Usually I am so determined, why I cannot keep determined on healthy lifestyle?

Well, now something is changing. I feel things are different now. I am just tired of postponing to be how I want to be. In fact this is my "motto" now and try to keep myself motivated and focused to achieve my goal. Living an healthy and balanced life. Not only according to diet and working out, but in general. I want to improve as a person. I'll try to keep going until I become the "little star" I pictured in my mind for so many years. :)
 
Weight: 63.7

Breakfast: 1 banana
Lunch: chickpea and 1 banana
Snack: grapes
Dinner: two small fish croquette and 2 mandarins

Today I am considering going to the gym again. I am getting a bit sad because my weight is not going down as fast as I expected. Usually, at the really beginning of a diet I usually loose a lot of weight (mostly water) very quickly. But not this time. Probably because I am drinking a lot of water and because I am exercising.
Before now it has been a very long time since the last time I exercised regularly, but I already noticed that when I work out I would not lose weight. Maybe because I am building muscles?
Anyway it starts to be a bit frustration. I am really trying my best. Eating healthy and working out 1 a week makes me feel much better and more active, but I wonder if I should increase the times I visit gym now.
The schedule is a bit complex, because I am free only on Monday and Friday evenings.

After we joined the closed gym it turned out that Monday evening the gym has a "women night", which means only women are allowed in.With my husband we agreed to go together I was "forced" to work out only on Fridays.
But since this feeling of frustration I am actually thinking of going Mondays alone and he is ok with it.
 
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Weight: 63.8

Breakfast: I was late today, so had time only for a cup of tea.
Lunch: 2 and half backed potatoes and fish in almond sauce with half of the plate with salad. I ate at the university, so I had no much choice. In there you can have mostly potatoes + something. So I only try to have small amount of potatoes this "low carbs month" :)
Snack: 1 banana and 2 orange
Dinner: goal cheese and fruit salad
 
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little star don't get discouraged. You are obviously losing cm, have you measured yourself. You are definitely buiding muscle and thats why you don't see the rapid weightloss. Be guided by your clothes and how you feel. Just stay focused, the weight WILL drop!
 
Thank you for the reply.
You are very sweet! I haven't tried to measure myself, maybe I should try. Yes, I know what you are saying and I know that the scale just shows a number and it doesn't mean that I am not getting fitter. I do feel more active and better in general, but it would be satisfactory to see smaller numbers.
Well, there is no other way than keep continuing and work hard. The results have to come.
 
Weight 63.7

Breakfast: Tea
Lunch: Again at uni. So I had again baked potatoes, with carrots hamburgers and salad.
Dinner: Fruit salad and philadelphia.

I think I am a bit under stress right now and this is affecting my motivation as well. Maybe I am a bit overwhelmed. Well, One thing is for sure, exercising and eating healthy inspire me to be in general a better person. And I knew this was not going to be easy, but I want to become the person I always wished to be and I will be strong.
Now work is waiting me, but I promise I will be strong!
 
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Today is going to be a good day!! :)

Weight: 63.6

Breakfast: tea and 1 peach
Lunch: Grilled potatoes with 3 meatballs filled with cheese and bacon and a lot of salad and melon.
Dinner: 3 tacos with shrimps, philadelphia cheese, cucumber, tomato, salad and 1 peach.



Today between studies, projects and work I barely had the time for eating. Tried to do the best choices on the road.
 
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Today I am again late... -_- Starting to hate myself for that, but anyway I am happy to see what the scare showed me in the morning, even though yesterday I had tacos.

Weight: 63.4

Breakfast: Tea with an orange
Lunch: 1 cordon blue with boiled potatoes and green salad and olives. 1 glass of milk extra to normal water.
Snack: 2 peaches
Dinner: 3 small chicken and potatoes baked in the oven.
 
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