Thanks so much all of you! It's really wonderful to hear such great things from other people, especially some who have had huge transformations!
What I usually do for excercise is on Tue, Wed, and Sat, I do 30 min of core training and then 45 min of interval training on the elliptical or bike. Then on Mon, Wed, and Fri, I alternate upper and lower body weight training, and 30-45 min of elliptical or bike. It's been working great for the past month. I also take an hour-long ballet class Mon and Fri (which is extremely difficult, but my flexibility and balance has greatly improved!). I try to fit in other classes at the gym here and there, like step aerobics and kickboxing. I rest on Sundays.
I have very early classes throughout the week, so eating breakfast is sometimes very hard for me. I try to eat some weight control oatmeal and an apple, but if time doesn't allow I just take the apple and go. I eat out a lot, because I really can't cook, so sometimes it's dangerous because I don't know exactly what I'm getting. But most restaraunts and food places have healthy menus and nutrition info thingys, which are very helpful. I try to keep my daily caloric intake to about 1200-1500 a day, which equates to 3 small meals and some snacking room in bewtween. I eat lots of salads, chicken, fish, fruit, and veggies whenever I can. This method has worked for me. Whenever I get desperately hungry (which is most of the time late at night), I grab the baby carrots and the low fat peanut butter! One thing I miss though....chipotle burritos. Those were the cause of my initial downfall. I treat myself to one once a month, even though they are absolutely horrendous for you.
And that's been my plan for the past month. I find it harder to keep up with it as time goes on...I'm in kind of a stabilization period...but I think a week or two of taking it easy will be good for me, and then getting back to the plan 100%.
Again, thanks for all of your support
