A goal without a plan is just a wish...

Good Morning Sarah! I couldn't log in again yesterday - so frustrating!!! I was reading journals and wanting to comment and couldn't!! grrrr
I can't believe you don't like cucumbers! They are my fav!
Nice workout yesterday - your getting so fast on the treadmill!
My house is pretty messy too and could use a good cleaning but I just don't seem to care like I normally do - I would rather sleep in and go to bed early. I can't for the sun to come up earlier and go down later - always gives me more energy when the sun is out.
Have a good day.
 
skkroll said:
Well I realized that I do NOT like raw veggies! BLEH! The only raw veggie I like is celery. Which I have plenty of it. So I got rid of the cucumber and peppers because there is just no way I can eat them! I'm pretty picky :blush5: But I have lots of fruit and I LOOOOVE fruit so that won't be going to waste.

~ Sarah
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:smilielol5: You're so funny!! Did you try a dip before throwing it all away? I know how much you love you cream cheese... "Philly" makes a great light garden veggie spread that goes great with raw veggies. There are also a few yogart salad dressings that are pretty good too. I give them to the girls to change things up a bit. Don't give up so quickly, the benefits greatly outweight the challenges!!

Workouts look fabulous, as always :) Think positive... only good things to come!!!

Marie
 
Lisa - I agree with you! Sunshine always makes me so upbeat! I took a nap yesterday and when I woke up, the sun was shining. Had it been gloomy... I probably would have gone straight back to sleep and skipped the gym! I wonder why your account is being so fussy... hopefully that stops soon. You should try to contact someone on here. When my account wasn't working, I sent a message to the site telling them my problem and a few hours later I was able to get back in again. Not sure if it was just a coincidence but it's worth a try!

Marie - I DID use dips! I bought dill dip.. which I've never really tried... didn't like it! I used ranch dressing... only liked it on my celery! LOL I'm just not a veggie person... well, unless they are cooked veggies!

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So last night as I was sitting in bed... I kept thinking of what to eat. I wanted to eat one of my skinny cow ice cream sandwiches sooo bad but I knew I would go over my calories if I did, and I knew I would only crave more sweets if I ate it. After a lot of consideration, I stuck with my original plan to have fruit. I cut up some strawberries and a kiwi and had a delicious and filling snack for only 50 calories :) And I was satisfied with that. My calories ended up at 1,295 for the day.

This morning at the gym I ran 1 mile around the track. Then I got on the treadmill and put the incline at 5% and did side shuffles for 2 minutes each side @ 2.0 mph-2.5 mph. I did each side twice and a little walking between switching so I did 11 minutes total on the treadmill. After that I did dumbbell press, biceps curls, triceps, chest press, leg extension, leg curls, and abs.

Food:
Snack - Fiber One bar (150 cal)
Breakfast - Strawberry banana smoothie (200 cal), rice cake w/peanut butter (140 cal)

Now I'm doing laundry and homework... can't WAIT for this day to be done with! Tomorrow is Thursday and my weekend starts :) I'm staying out here tomorrow night instead of going home... so I'll be partying with my friends.. and I'm going straight to work from school Friday morning so I won't be going home to weigh in. It will have to wait til Saturday morning!

That's all for now!
~ Sarah
 
Ruined the day by snacking very badly. Agghhh I don't think I'll ever just have one whole good week! :(
 
skkroll said:
You should try to contact someone on here. When my account wasn't working, I sent a message to the site telling them my problem and a few hours later I was able to get back in again. Not sure if it was just a coincidence but it's worth a try!

~ Sarah
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I did send them a message but never got a response back - I'm wondering if it's the computer I am using on Tuesday's because I work in a different location - not sure but really annoying.

:smash: that's for snacking last night!! Come on let's have a great week next week - don't give up - you can do it - you just have to be dedicated which you are and stay consistent - I know I shouldn't be giving this advise but really just one day at a time! We can do this - we did do it and we can do it again! I really like what you said yesterday in my journal about 98% good and 2% bad - you were just part of the 2% yesterday! Make sure to get back in to the 98% today! Have fun tonight with your friends - I miss uni when I hear about fun things like that! I was such a party animal! Which is also how I got up to 224 pounds!! It's that easy!
Happy Thursday!:waving:
 
Lisa - I'm soo bad :reddevil: I did really good yesterday too up until the night time! I have been eating good so far today, but tonight I'm going out to drink with my friends so I know that the calories are going to be way over. Tomorrow I will eat healthy and drink lots of water, so maybe Saturday's weigh in will go alright. But I realized today that I'm not sure that I'm going to or even WANT to lose weight before spring break... I'm more worried about toning up right now and getting in better shape now that I have a better frame to work with. I'm still going to count calories as usual and eat good when I can... if I lose weight, I'll lose it. But if I don't, it's alright. Right now I think I'm okay with maintaining. But I'm all about getting these good workouts in so don't worry I'm gonna work my butt just as hard still :D
 
Morning Sarah,
Hope you had fun with your friends last night and your not too hung over for work! Drink lots of water!!! I think you are doing amazing maintaining - I am so worried for that part - once I get there. I know how to gain weight and loss weight - have never maintained a weight for even a month in my life. I don't want to think about that yet - when I get there I will get a plan together. I understand the toning up though - I have been so worried lately my arms aren't going to be where I want them to wear a strapless dress! I have never worn anything like that and really don't want to ruin my day thinking about my big fat arms all day - I will hate the pics too if I don't start working on them harder! I'm paying a lot for the photographer so I better be happy with myself to be in those pictures. I'll get there and so will you - let's just keep pushing! One day at a time! Have a great weekend - looking forward to hearing about it all Monday!
 
i am on my itouch so I'm gonna make this short and sweet since it's hard to type on this thing. After eating everything bad for me the past three days I weighed in at 136.4 this morning And I wasn't surprised. Monday it's back to eating healthy. I have no excuses next week because I'm getting it all out of my system this weekend. Still working out good though and feeling stronger than ever. I will be back Monday
 
Hi there; I've been falling off the wagon myself and Monday is my GO day for re-commitment also. I'm reading a book that uses cognitive psychology for weight loss and it says the psychology of thin people is when they over-indulge,they don't panic because they feel very confident they'll simply cut back the next few days to compensate for the extra calories they consume and they don't think they're on a slippery slope, because they know the over-indulgence is a rarity ... whereas people who struggle with weight loss, will view these things in an entirely diff way. We'll think it's a slippery slope and experience real fear that we won't, or can't, get back on track.

Damn that fear all to hell! lol You can be confident because you are in charge. Social life really makes healthy eating choices difficult. I wonder if the psychology of thin people in their social lives involves super strong thinking and belief patterns about consequences of little choices. A sister-in-law of mine told me once when she saw other people stuffing their faces while she was choosing to abstain, she'd feel an internal sense of pride that she had the discipline they did not. It wasn't a condescending feeling, just personal pride. I'd like to get there in my social life. Something to strive for. Good luck, not that you need it. Enjoy your week !
 
2Skinny - Thank you very much for your post! I sort of feel like I have the mindset of a "thin" person. Because I KNOW I can get back on track. However, the rarity of me overindulging is not so "rare" anymore! This is probably the biggest reason I've been maintaining. It's like I take 1 step forward and 2 steps back week by week. It is SO difficult for me with my social life. I ate sooo much today only because my roommate kept eating and eating all day. If she was not around, I wouldn't have binged but I feel like it's okay when someone else is doing it too. But it's not! And I told her today that we both need to eat really healthy this week so hopefully now she will look out for me when I'm tempted to go snack-crazy! Tomorrow is Monday, let's go!

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One crazy weekend, let me tell you. But I'm all set now. No more of these shenanigans! 3 weeks til spring break... it's crunch time! I'm so looking forward to the gym tomorrow. I think I will get there extra early because I have a lottttttt of calories to burn off! OH, and after going out this weekend, the drinking and being with a bunch of people and walking everywhere in the cold weather, I'm getting sick!!! :( Sort throat, sneezing, body aches, stuffy head. GREAT! I hope it doesn't last long.

Well I'm going to take some medicine and go to bed. I'll report back in the morning after the gym.

Goodnight,
~ Sarah
 
Hey girl, orange juice and Nyquil are my drugs of choice when I'm getting sick. Probably doesn't work as well as I think it does...but at least I THINK it helps! :)

Seriously though...forget about your crappy eating weekend...you got this! Bring the intensity this week!!!

Fit
 
Hello Sara

I don't have a very active social life, but even I fint it hard to stay active on weekends, with the two kids requesting my attention I tend to eat something (anything I get my hand on) when ever I have a minute ev en if I am not hungry because I know my next break could be in 6 hours lol. Don't feel bad just move on!
 
Thanks guys! Fit, I just went to the grocery store and got myself some dayquil and nyquil and some citrus cough drops and a carton of orange juice :) I hope it does the trick! Verobc, thanks for the support and you're right, I can't feel bad I have got to move on and that's exactly what I'm gonna do!

I'm terribly sick! :( I slept pretty good up until about 2 in the morning when I woke up and my mouth was soo dry because I can't breathe through my nose so the following 4 hours I just tossed and turned and could not get comfortable. I'm so stuffy and my head feels like a balloon but I still made it to the gym and I had a pretty good workout. I spent most of the time on the track, where I ran one mile, walked a lap around the track, ran another mile, walked a lap around the track, ran another mile, and walked a lap around the track. I could have kept going but I didn't want to push it with me being sick and all. I worked my arms by doing dumbbell bench press, dumbbell fly, biceps curl, and 3 way dumbbell raise. I went straight to abs after that and that was my workout for the day.

Gotta go,
~ Sarah
 
Colds suck!:ack2:
I can't believe you made it to the gym yesterday feeling the way you were - that's committment! I would have gone back to bed. I eat really crappy when I'm sick too - some people don't eat at all but I tend to eat more. Maybe that just goes along with feeling sorry for myself when I'm sick. I'm a big baby.
Do you have lots of school work to finish before your break? Or is everything due when you return?
Get lots of rest and drink lots of water!! Hope you feel better soon.
 
chubbygirl said:
Colds suck!:ack2:
I can't believe you made it to the gym yesterday feeling the way you were - that's committment! I would have gone back to bed. I eat really crappy when I'm sick too - some people don't eat at all but I tend to eat more. Maybe that just goes along with feeling sorry for myself when I'm sick. I'm a big baby.
Do you have lots of school work to finish before your break? Or is everything due when you return?
Get lots of rest and drink lots of water!! Hope you feel better soon.
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I'm glad I did go yesterday, cuz I'm not today! I actually took the day off. I e-mailed my professors because I needed to just rest today, and I did! I had a very long nap and have been taking medicine and I hope it's going to make this cold go away sooner! I am going to have a lot of things for school due before break, but nothing I can't handle :p

So I found these reallllly gross pictures of me from last year when I went to a different university and I am DISGUSTED with how I looked! EWW. I HATE how I look in these pictures... but I'm glad I found them because now it reminds me - this is what I look like when I DON'T exercise and I eat whatever I want!

The first 2 pictures I am on the left... the last picture is a very recent one and I'm on the right. It's a goofy picture so don't mind the bandana, lol.
 
lol when I first read your post I thought you said don't mind the banana and I was looking so hard for a banana in that pic!! lol I think people at work think I'm crazy because I was just laughing so hard for so long about that!!
So glad you took a day off to rest! Get lots of water too!!
Your so gorgeous - even in the before pictures - you have such a great smile it's contagious! You must have the boys banging down your door now that your single! Glad I got to read your post before I went home for the day - I miss it otherwise. Take care of yourself. Chat tomorrow.:waving:
 
Wow girl!! You really have come so far.

Nice job getting to the gym yesterday!! I did that last week. I figured I could go home and lay around in bed while Sam was in school, but then I would just feel the same as I did before. After the gym, I still felt like crap, but my body was happy :)

Hope you feel better after a nice well deserved day off!!!

Marie
 
Heyyyy,

Such a difference in the pictures!! What did you weigh in the first couple/at your highest weight, if you dont mind me asking?

You must be so happy to be so close to your goal now. :) Keep at it! x
 
Lisa - LOL that made me smile and laugh to myself that you were looking for a banana in my picture! And thank you for your kind words, it means a lot.
Marie - So happy to hear from you! I agree with you, I still felt like crap yesterday but my body thanked me for making the effort to exercise! Today my body is thanking me for the rest :)
TuttiFrutti - I'm not exactly sure what my weight was in those before pictures but I'm assuming it was around 160. At this point, I hadn't been weighing myself often as I did not have a scale, but the absolute highest number I saw on the scale was 158.
 
Was it just me or did anyone else get a little nauseous while watching the Biggest Loser last night during the temptation challenge!? That was so gross. I can't believe they had to MAKE each other eat all that junk food. I thought that was just wrong, personally, and I felt bad for the contestants. I had just finished eating a Skinny Cow 100 calorie truffle bar and I almost wanted another one until I saw that on TV! LOL so I did good last night - the last thing I ate was around 7PM and I didn't go to sleep until 10PM. I chewed a piece of gum when I wanted something else and watched TV and totally forgot about wanting anything to eat so yay! My calories ended up at about 1,300 for the day, that was good too!

Today I'm feeling much better and I'm ready to get back to the gym! I just got my period today so I'm going to really try to stay away from sodium and I'm going to try to drink lots of water because I want my weight to be DOWN this week!

Later!
~ Sarah
 
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