Getting Thin for Summer!

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deannaaaxx3

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I've been putting off starting a new journal for a few days now. I couldn't decide on staying with my old one or starting over fresh. Or on a title. Alas, I decided to start over and found a decent title.

ANYWAY.

I was really hoping to start this journal on a good day. Read: eating healthy and exercising, but unfortunately, I did not have that kind of day (let's just say it involved 8 slices of cinnamon-raisin toast and sitting on my ass all day). Since I'm the biggest procrastinator there is, I figured I might as well start it now or else I'd never get around to it. Another motivator is the fact that I'll be taking a trip to California and possibley Florida. Meaning: I need to get serious, fast.

So here is the beginning post. I'll post my introduction, measurements, pictures (gasp, maybe), and food intake later, when it's not midnight.

Chat soon!
Deanna
 
Well what did I say about being a procrastinator? It's been 6 days since I started this thread and this is the second post :p MY B! I've just been too lazy to post. Or exercise (eek!) This past week was my April vacation so I spent most of the time sleeping, hanging out with friends, and just generally being lazy. BUT I'm back at school and my schedule will make it a lot easier to workout and eat right (you'd think I'd be able to workout more when I'm on break, but nope.) I've had a good time but now it's time to get SERIOUS

Two good weight-related things occured this week: The scale read 165 (lowest I've seen in forever!) and while it may not be totally accurate in regards to my actual weight, it still shows that I've lost weight. The other great thing is that I fit into a size 11 shorts from Hollister. Now, they weren't the jean shorts, so the material may have been a bit stretchy (and the fact that they's short and my thighs really aren't taken into consideration) it still felt great! Last year/summer I had made it down to an 11 but then slowly climbed up to a 12/13, so knowing a size 11 fit great made me so happy! Now I just need to go back and buy them .. I am a little confused, though. I mean, the past two weeks I haven't exercised a whole lot and I sort of binged two days in a row, so I don't really get how I could've lost weight. Hm.

Deanna
 
Just an overview:

GOALS:
below 160- May 8th
145- June 19th

Eventually I'd like to get down to 135 or 125, but for now, 145 will do.

EATING Aim for 1200-1600 cal/day; MORE WATER; incorperate more fruits and veggies; less fat and carbs!; more PROTEIN

Exercise
M: Cardio- 45-60 min on elliptical/Turbo Jam; ab workout
T: Strength- 45-60 min; cardio- 30 min
W: Cardio
T: Strength
F: Cardio
Sa: OFF
Su: Strength

*Rest days will vary, depending on what comes up during the week.
**May take 2 rest days/week

Now for some measurements! I'm not sure how accuracte some of these may be because of TOM, but that probably won't make a huge difference.

MEASUREMENTS
Neck (just because): 13"
Left Arm: 13.75" (ew)
Right Arm: 14.75" (EW!)
Left Forearm: 9"
Right Forearm: 9.5"
Chest: 33"
Bust: 38.5"
Waist: 33"
Belly: 40.75"
Hips: 39.5"
Left Thigh: 24.5"
Right Thigh: 24.4"
Left Calf: 15.25"
Right Calf: 15"

*Arms/thighs measured slightly before biggest part of body, calves/forearms measured in the middle part of body.
**Waist= smallest part of torso, Belly= right below belly button
(just to remind me where to measure next time!)

That was so frustrating! Trying to get as a close a mesaurement I can and not knowing which part to measure, ah! I'll be taking measurements every two weeks (maybe every week) as well as checking my weight. I'll do this every Sunday.
 
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Hm it's a little disappointing to see that no one has said anything on here. Oh well. I'm not gonna let that stop me from continuing posting!

Today I had a GREAT workout. An hour on the elliptical and around 30-40 min of abs and stretching. Usually on my cardio days, I'm lucky if I can make myself go 45 minutes on the elliptical, but today I did an hour! I don't even know when the last time I did an hour of cardio was ..

But I need to vent. So after I finished my first 30 min, I headed toward the stretching area to get to work on my abs. Of course there was absolutely no room. So I walked a lap around the gym and checked again: no luck. I decided to just use the abductor machine while I waited for a space to open, and when I was done I went back. STILL NO ROOM! In a huff, I went back to the locker room (as to not look like a creep walking around the gym). When I came out I hoped that I'd find a little space to sqeeze in but there wasn't any. I was finishing a set on some arm/chest machine when I saw someone get up from th area. I quickly cleaned my machine and darted over before anyone could take it. Before I was half way there, some gut out of NO WHERE comes walking along and takes that spot. By now I'm LIVID! Seriously, I've been waiting over 20 minutes to get in there and this guy just happens to be wondering by?! Did a set on the adductor machine when I saw a girl leave the stretching area and practically booked it there. FINALLY I found a spot, but JESUS it took forever! Ok, ok that's my story. I feel better now.

FOOD:
B: Rice Krispies w/ sugar and skim milk
L: 2 Bosco sticks (awful, but SO DELICIOUS) w/ nacho cheese
S: Donut w/ chocolate icing (I work at a bakery and needed something to hold me over til dinner after the gym!)
D: Ham, mashed potatoes, corn, applesauce, slice of whole wheat white bread w/ butter

So food today wasn't that healthy, but I ate around 1600 which is my max calories. I'm going to have to figure out some healthier meals.

160 is looming in my mind and I'm determined to get there by May 8th wooo!
 
Good day today! So glad I'm still on the right track. It's only been two days but I'm actually excited about working out so hopefully I can keep it up!

FOOD:

B: Onion bagel w/ butter and little bit of cream cheese
L: Half a salad, chocolate milk, small roll
D: Lean Cuisine Artisan Four Cheese Pizza (DELCIOUS!), applesauce
S: Chocolate pudding, little bit of skim milk

EXERCISE:

10 min stretching
50 min full body strength
30 min elliptical

LOVE going to the gym lately. I love pushing myself to see what I can do! Let's see if I can continue this.
 
Hey congratulations on making to firs step to getting thin for summer! Woop!
I'm trying to slim down too, really wanna feel great in a bikini this year :D
Your exercise routine sounds good. I find the trouble I have is keeping up, so I'm making myself do it everyday because if i have a day off it will turn into 2, 3 etc
Good Luck with everything we can both do this!
 
Good going on the exercise. You sound like you are determined.

I don't know how I would survive if I worked at a doughnut shop. I think you show great resolve in not eating 6 a day. Although maybe you get sick of them being around them all day. I know I once had a job working in a spice packing plant. 24 YEARS later and I still don't like cinnamon as a result. :)

As for your diet - it looks like you are already making some better choices. Loading up on the vegetables will make your meals bigger and make you feel more full (not to mention all those good micronutrients), than smaller amounts of calorie-dense foods.

I can imagine how your gym experience would feel. It is one of the things keeping me from joining a gym right now (another is the onset of Spring - I plan to get as much exercise outside as I can before the nasty weather sets in again, at which point I will probably join a gym). I think you did the right thing - finding other exercises to do while waiting for the spot you wanted.
It does sound annoying, though.

Are you limited in the times you can hot the gym? Maybe you can go during quieter hours?
 
Kirsty: I know EXACTLY what you mean! I've been doing well so far but I'm terrified something's going to come up and I'll have to miss a gym day and that will turn into another missed day and so on. But you're right we CAN do this! :D

Cord: Ugh, it is so hard. Last week they gave me a bag of 5 doughnuts and the other day they gave me 3 cinnamon buns! It sucks because even if I don't have money on me at the time they will let me take something and bring the money when I work again. I only get something on week days because I don't get back from the gym for a while and it would be like, 7 hours since I've last eaten, and on Saturdays because I work at an awkward time of the day (1-5) where I don't usually get time to eat lunch before :p I try to find something pretty low in calories though. But man, when they have me bag up the plain and cinnamon donuts it's all I can do to resist eating one!

That's actually the first time I've really had to wait forever for an open space. Usually I can just take a lap around then a spot opens up. I'd love to exercise outdoors but I hate working out in the heat! Plus, I do love the gym haha.


Haven't gone to the gym yet. I was gonna go right after school but decided to wait a little later because I have stuff to do (plus I need to buy new headphones! Not only are they the really old school HEADphones, but the sound goes out when I move the cord). Hopefully I can stop and pick some up later because they are driving me insane! It's cardio night so I def need my music to keep me going. Think I'm gonna stop by the tanning salon too (;
 
Just finished my fourth workout in a row! It may not sound like much, but Thursdays are my downfall. During a good week, I'll work out Monday-Wednesday, then Thursday comes and that's the end of that. FINALLY I made it through Thursday and tomorrow is my rest/cheat meal day! It feels so much better taking a day off when you know you've worked so hard.

FOOD 4/29/09

B: Rice Krispies
L: 1 medium soft pretzal w/ nacho cheese, medium chocolate chip cookie
S: peaches and cottage cheese
D: half a Stouffers ham and cheese panini (so gross!), 1 cup chocolate milk
S: 1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt

I think that's it, but I might have forgotten something :p

EXERCISE 4/29/09:

1 hour elliptical (840 cal)
Ab workout/stretching (?)

FOOD 4/30/09:

B: 2 slices whole wheat white toast w/ butter
S: chocolate dipped chocolate chip Chewy bar (might have been half, can't remember!), little bit of coffee
L: 1 medium soft pretzal w/ nacho cheese, medium M&M cookie
S: about half cup French vanilla coffee w/ cream and sugar, Rice Krispies w/ skim milk and sugar
D: Lean Cuisine pizza, Chewy bar

Mm, kind of ate a lot today, but I kept around my calorie range so it's ok. Didn't eat dinner til 10 though because I was at the gym.

EXERCISE 4/30/09

10 min stretching (?)
50 min strength training (?)
37 min elliptical (500 cal)

So proud of my exercise this week! I stayed on the elliptical a little longer tonight because I was watching some TV show on the Kentucky Derby (yeah, IDK but it was interesting!) and ended up buring 100 more calories than usual :D

Alright, so tired. Finishing some homework and going to BED.
 
Hi Deanna

You are doing very well. I know what you mean about procrastination. I sit here on my butt with my treadmill 2 feet away. I cant believe how hard it is to just jump on for 30 to 50 minutes out of my day. I have been doing well with my exercise for about a month now and I DO actually find myself craving it now, but the procrastination thing is still there. Hopefully if I keep going, it will become a habit and a normal part of my daily/weekly routine. At least you have a game plan, and goals...thats great.

Anyway

stick with it!!!

Karen
 
Hey Karen! Yes, I know what you mean. I'm just praying I stick with it and it becomes a normal part of my routine, like brushing my teeth or taking a shower haha :p

Today was my rest/cheat meal day. I feel guilty for not exercising but I know I need to rest my body. In fact, as I was coming back from the mall I was right down the road from the gym and contemplated going. It's pretty much my second home now ..

So today I went to the mall and bought those shorts from Hollister I tried on last week! Size 11 yay! I even grabbed a pair of 9's to see how they fit and they fit pretty well, but just a little short. I also went to American Eagle just to try bottoms on for fun and found out I'm not a 10 yet! But different stores having different sizes, so I'll take my
11's!

FOOD:

B: 2 Chewy Bars
L: Chocolate poptart, grape juice
S: Few kettle corn chips
D: Side caesar salad and chicken quesadilla from Chili's (CHEAT MEAL!)
S: Small chocolate milkshake from McDonald's

Loooots of sugar but I stayed where I wanted to be, calorie-wise (about 2000 for a cheat day). I'm full now so water is probably going to be the only thing I have for the rest of the night.
 
Hey glad to see your doing well! I have a cheat day too on a Thursday, I think it helps in a way because it puts me off pigging out for the rest of the week until thursday comes around again lol.
And having to stop yourself going to the gym! Definitely shows your getting into it :)
Good Luck!
 
Sooo today has not been so great with eating. Started off good, had Smart Ones breakfast sandwhich (delicious and only like, 210 cals!) and some applesauce. Then I went to work, were I had a maple round, which is a round donut with maple frosting and French cream in the middle. Of course, today my boss decided to let me take home some donuts- so I did. I had another maple round on teh way home cause I was planning on going to the gym and I'd need to eat something to hold me over. Only I decided not to workout then, so there was no point in eating it. I also just polished off the jelly donut I had been picking at as well as half of another maple round and half of a maple square (like a round, but no cream), after having a Smart Ones pizza .. AND to top it all off, I'm going out for ice cream later with a friend.

Now, I might have turned down this invite, but it happened to come from a friend who I've grown apart from and would love to catch up with. Don't worry though! I'm getting something small, plus I usually don't finish my ice cream, and coming home to get in my cardio!

PS: I threw away the rest of those donuts. Well, I kept the two untouched ones for the family but I have no intentions of eating them!
 
Got my workout in for the day! I almost didn't go because I had a bad headache and forgot my spandex, but I figured if I missed a day that would turn into a few more days. Today was strength training day and did a full body workout with 30 minutes on the elliptical! Yesterday was another day where I almost didn't go to the gym because I was upset and was just in no mood, plus it was late. Thankfully I decided to just go and went from like, 830-10 so there weren't many people there. Did an hour on the elliptiacl and some ab work. I like going later on at night, that way I can get the things I need to get done, done and jsyut be able to come home after the gym and relax.

Eating, however, has not been so hot. I've been getting around 1700-1800 the past two days and it's so frustrating! I don't overeat, but what I do it just has too many calories in it. I honestly have no clue what to eat that's low in calories but will keep me full, arghhh. I'll have to stalk some other journals on here and see what others are eating.

Another frustrating thing was when I got on the scale this week and it said i GAINED weight. Um, HELLO?! I worked my ass off at the gym and watched what I ate, and even though I only worked out 4 days last week and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday weren't good eating days, I don't understand how I could possibley GAIN weight. WTF. I mean, I do weight myself often (haven't yet this week, though!) and it fluctuates a lot so who knows what my actual weight was the week before. But on the other scale I use that doesn't show nmy actual weight (something's wrong with it) it does show and weight loss or gain and it said I gained. SO ANNOYING!

Ok, LASTLY, what is realyl frustrating me is the weekends! Friday is my rest day, so maybe that's why I find it so difficult to work out on Saturday and Sunday after taking a day off, but I can't seem to ever work out over the weekend. I just get really lazy. It's got to be because going to the gym is a part of my weekday schedule when I don't have as much giong on, but I need to really need to step it up and get my butt to the gym on weekends. And I need to eat better. Once again, it's because my normal schedule is replaced by my weekend schedule which is no schedule at all. I can't let this sabatoge my weight loss, but it's so difficult!

Alright, that was my little rant, but I'm just so frustrated. Not putting up my food intake because I don't feel like it, but I got around 1700 or 1800 calories.

Hope everyone else is having success!

Deanna
 
hi deanna :waving:

just checked out your journal, and i must say, you are doing a great job with sticking to your workouts. you definitely have your mind set on it, and its really motivating to read about!!!

after looking at your meals, im wondering if you will get more out of your workouts if you replace a meal or/and a snack throughout the day with less sugar, and more protein? after all, your muscles respond to protein, and without it, your body is really just burning off the sugar... yet, the more muscle, the more burning of fat.... also, are you eating enough (curious)? i know you are counting calories, but maybe you can eat MORE with the same calories... for example, rather than a chocolate poptart, how about an egg white sandwich on wheat bread, or a big cup of oatmeal... something that is way bigger and filling than a poptart, but more bang for your workouts?

just thought id mention that since i noticed (for me at least) a difference in my workouts when i swapped out sugar for protein. and i get to eat more too!! :piggy:
 
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