Inspired, motivated, and READY!!! :)

anand - I guess by really having no money in my wallet with me at college!! LOL my mom sends me back with a bunch of groceries so I don't get any junk food.

here is what i ate yesterday:
breakfast: special k cereal w/skim milk, 12 oz coffee
snack: almonds, granola bar
lunch: egg salad sandwich, fat free chocolate pudding
snack: apple
dinner: salad w/light thousand island dressing, lasagna cheese rollup thing my mom made lol
after dinner: 1 1/2 miller lites, pistachios

I think my calories were somewhere around 1,300-1,400.

I'm meeting with my mom's personal trainer today for a free workout session. I'm really excited! I am going to be running with her in the 5K in November! :)

Later!!!
~ Sarah
 
Helloooo....

so this morning I got to meet my mom's personal trainer. I have been e-mailing her back and forth for a while now about exercise/diet. She showed me a lot of different things to do for arms, legs, back, abs workouts. It was nice! Can't wait to try some new moves ha!

breakfast - half honey wheat bagel w/ low fat cream cheese
lunch - egg salad sandwich, banana
snack - mixed nuts, sugar free pudding
dinner - italian sausage, salad w/ light ranch dressing
snack - yogurt

week 2 of training for the 5k starts tomorrow... woo! :)

~ sarah
 
Good morning.

I went to the gym today... I was kinda upset because as I was working on intervals, my shins were hurting really bad. I could not finish my set of intervals, I had to stop halfway through :-/ So I only got 17 minutes on the tredmil and then I did 15 on the elliptical thing. I was very unsatisfied with my workout, but I decided to listen to my body and take it easy. I still did my abs routine.

Not looking forward to today... it's only 60 degrees and there is a wind advisory - up to 45mph winds! UGH, it's going to suck walking to class today. I have so much to do! :(

Later....
~ Sarah
 
Woo! I got a ticker! LOL

Yes, I finally have figured out how to use this ticker thing that everyone has! HAHA! Today was a good day, but I'm REALLY excited to hit the gym tomorrow since this morning was sort of a flop. Hopefully I can run a little! I love running... stupid shin splints!

Breakfast - honey nut cheerios w/ skim milk
Snack - granola bar
Lunch - Turkey, mayo, cheese, mustard sandwich, salad w/ light ranch
Snack - Mixed nuts
Dinner - Lasagna roll up thing, salad w/ light ranch

So.. did you guys know that yellow mustard does not have any calories? Maybe it's just the kind that I have... but I can't believe that. I have french's classic yellow mustard and the nutrition facts on the bottle say 0 calories. wtf?? LOL fine by me tho!

total calories: 1,300

GOODNIGHT! :)
~ Sarah
 
Hey Sarah!

Looks like you are doing such a great job with eating healthy and working out! 7 pounds in 2 weeks?! That's fantastic! I hope I can get th same results (;

Ughh, shin splints suck! I used to get them and the sports trainer would have me stretch them out and it helped! I can't describe the exact stretches, but it's definitely worth it to look up. You'll have a better workout if you're feeling good!
 
skkroll said:
Good morning.
Not looking forward to today... it's only 60 degrees and there is a wind advisory - up to 45mph winds! UGH, it's going to suck walking to class today. I have so much to do! :(

Later....
~ Sarah
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Hey I just realized we are pretty close to each other. I can drive 3 hours and be in Duluth and 7 hours and be in Minneapolis - not sure if either of those places are close to you. It was crazy windy here yesterday too and sooo cold! I'm not looking forward to winter - I become a home body and never want to go out! I'm going to need to steal my mom's treadmill.
Hope your day off was relaxing and your back into it today! Keep it up and thanks for stopping by my diary.
 
I live in the Milwaukee area... I'm not sure how close that is. But I'm glad someone can share the pain with me on this COLD WINDY WEATHER! What the heck, it was like 80 degrees all last week and now it's in the 50's!?

So here's my update for today...

I'm feeling kind of down. I don't know why. I feel like I was doing so good and now I feel like I'm not. I haven't stopped my routine - working out in the morning, counting calories. I AM however NOT drinking enough water, and I NEED to do that. I don't know why but I feel like I'm not progressing right now. I guess I just look at myself and see that nothing has really changed. Maybe things have changed, but now I'm used to it and want to see NEW change. I feel like I'm am just and a standstill right now. To top it off, my throat is sore and my nose is stuffy... I feel a cold coming on. NOT COOL!

I'm also feeling negative about weighing in on Friday because I know that I'm going to be out drinking on Thursday. I feel like the scale is gonna go up and really disappoint me. And I'm going to go out Saturday night too, then I'll be at a family party on Sunday and I just feel like these are the things that hold me back, where I eat like crap and get lazy. I hope this weekend isn't a total bust for me.

I guess what I'm gonna do is work my ASS off tomorrow morning at the gym. Maybe that will boost my confidence and make me feel a little better.

I know there are going to be a lot of highs and lows throughout this process.... but I CAN'T TAKE THE LOWS!

I need support. I feel like I'm losing it..... :(

Here is my food log for today....
breakfast - multigrain bagel w/low fat cream cheese, one egg
snack - granola bar
lunch - peanut butter sandwich, sugar free pudding, apple
dinner - lean cuisine deli style pizza
dessert - fat free vanilla pomegranate swirl frozen yogurt - YUM

calories - 1,320

ya i ate pretty crappy today. oh well.

work out:
30 min tredmil
15 min bike
5 min rowing machine
ab routine

Tomorrow is a new day....

~ Sarah
 
skkroll said:
I'm feeling kind of down. I don't know why. I feel like I was doing so good and now I feel like I'm not. I haven't stopped my routine - working out in the morning, counting calories. I AM however NOT drinking enough water, and I NEED to do that. I don't know why but I feel like I'm not progressing right now. I guess I just look at myself and see that nothing has really changed. Maybe things have changed, but now I'm used to it and want to see NEW change. I feel like I'm am just and a standstill right now. To top it off, my throat is sore and my nose is stuffy... I feel a cold coming on. NOT COOL!

I'm also feeling negative about weighing in on Friday because I know that I'm going to be out drinking on Thursday. I feel like the scale is gonna go up and really disappoint me. And I'm going to go out Saturday night too, then I'll be at a family party on Sunday and I just feel like these are the things that hold me back, where I eat like crap and get lazy. I hope this weekend isn't a total bust for me.

I guess what I'm gonna do is work my ASS off tomorrow morning at the gym. Maybe that will boost my confidence and make me feel a little better.

I know there are going to be a lot of highs and lows throughout this process.... but I CAN'T TAKE THE LOWS!

I need support. I feel like I'm losing it..... :(

Here is my food log for today....
breakfast - multigrain bagel w/low fat cream cheese, one egg
snack - granola bar
lunch - peanut butter sandwich, sugar free pudding, apple
dinner - lean cuisine deli style pizza
dessert - fat free vanilla pomegranate swirl frozen yogurt - YUM

calories - 1,320

ya i ate pretty crappy today. oh well.

work out:
30 min tredmil
15 min bike
5 min rowing machine
ab routine

Tomorrow is a new day....

~ Sarah
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What's so crappy about that? Are you within your calories? I bet you are so you are ok.

It sometimes takes the mind a while to catch up a realize what is going on. Sometimes you just need to focus on one day at a time. Remember it didnt go on overnight and it wont come off overnight.

I know we are a society that wants everything yesterday. JUst try to focus on the positives. You are taking control of your health. You are seeing the scale go down. You are eating healthy. The Packers won this weekend.....What could be going wrong?

Stay motivated!!!!
 
matt.... :cheers2: (loved the packers comment LOL) once again thank you for your encouragement, i needed it. it is so hard to take this one day at a time. i'm scared that i won't get to where i want to be, that this is how i'm supposed to look..... i'm just having a moment right now :nopity: i should just go to bed and get over it already!

yes that sounds like a good idea.... goodnight!
 
GOODmorning!!!

Hello :) so today is MUCH BETTER than yesterday... I feel GREAT! I had a really nice work out...

40 minutes tredmil - 3 minute warm up, 3 min run / 1 min walk intervals 7x, 2 min run, walk incline to end at 40 min
10 minutes elliptical thing - level 13 crossramp / level 3 resistance
5 minutes rowing machine
abs routine

For breakfast I had pineapple orange juice, a banana, and peanut butter and oats 'morning minis' for breakfast. yummmy :drool5:

I'm feeling really great this morning. I DID need to sleep that negativeness off! Though I could BARELY sleep last night... I woke up almost every hour! UGH!

More later!
~ Sarah
 
So glad to see you are feeling better! This morning was -3 degress and frost on my window! I have to start parking in the garage so I don't have to scrape.
I'm glad to see you are incorporating more fruit into your diet. I was going to mention something about the bagels & cc for breakfast because I know for me on WW that equals 8 points and I'm only allowed 22 a day so I like to have more like 3 or 4 points so I can have more for lunch and dinner. I do this by having fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, berries, bran cereal w ff milk, etc. and try to leave out the breads. It also gives me some extra fiber which really gets things moving throughout the day. Just my suggestions though so whatever you find works for you.
I hear you about hating the lows to the weight loss - like yesterday I called my fiance and told him I didn't want to go to the gym and wanted to go and eat some cheese burgers and he reminded me how much better I feel after my workout and how I just have to wait until weigh-in and then I can try and work in a day where I reward myself with a cheese burger or half or maybe make a veggie burger and add a ff cheese slice, anyway I went to my spin class and felt better like he said and wasn't craving that cheese burger anymore. I do get that feeling like I want to give up sometimes and just come back here and look for some support or read someone else's journal who feels like giving up too and feel like I'm not alone and it always makes me feel better.
So, sorry to go off on a rant in your journal but I want you to know I am here for support anytime you need it and glad your positive spirit is back with us today - you are inspiring me to be positive too! Keep it up!
 
-3?!?! Oh my gosh! I guess I can't complain then. It was 43 degrees this morning when I left for the gym. And I thought THAT was cold!

Thanks for sharing your suggestions... I must have known someone was gonna say something cuz I went grocery shopping last night and bought 2 appels and 2 bananas! hah! I LOVE BAGELS though and yes I'm a cheese head so I also LOVE cream cheese. I could have had half of the bagel which would have been a way better choice but I couldn't resist it! lol

And that is good that your fiance is helping you keep up with your diet! It is SO true that after a work out, cravings go away. I guess it supresses your appetite a little. Sometimes I'm not even hungry for breakfast because I run before I eat! It's weird. And I also did look around journals and stuff last night to clear my head a little and re-gain the motivation. It is so helpful to read other people's stories, especially when you can relate. Thanks for your feedback!! Appreciate it!! :) :)
 
food log for the day:

breakfast - pineapple orange juice, peanut butter & oats morning mini's, banana
snack - apple
lunch - turkey, cheese, mayo, mustard sandwich, sugar free pudding
dinner - salisbury steak

calories: 1,050

i am soooooo tired i hope i can sleep this cold off tonight :(

goodnight
~ sarah
 
Hey Sarah!

I loooove bagels and cheese too! Seriously, some of the best food :) And because bagels are so damn good I don't even buy them because I'd eat them way to much. Fridays my little "cheat day" and I'm planning on one for breakfast yumm! What are peanut butter + oats morning mini's? Whatever they are the sound pretty good haha.

Hope you feel better! I have that nasty cold also :/
 
the morning minis are by quacker oatmeal they are like bite size oatmeal cookies i guess. you can find them by the granola bars n stuff :)

anand- whats bagels? only the greatest food on earth, HA!

sooooooo yeah i'm officially sick. this REALLY sucks. i did make it to the gym this morning but it didn't make me feel much better. i made a doctor's appt this morning so hopefully i don't have the flu... i would be really sad :( it's the weekend and now im gonna have to spend it laying in bed all day!!! UGH!!! :( plus this cuts into my workout routine. i hope i can run this weekend!!

here is my workout this morning:
30 minutes incline fast walk on treadmill
15 minutes elliptical 13 incline 3 resistance
5 min rowing machine
NO abs today... sick :(

later.....
~ sarah
 
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skkroll said:
i REALLY don't want to stop running, i am trying to train for this 5k and I want to be ready for it. The pain in my knee comes and goes... it's not excruciating but it does bother me, like i want to massage it out but i cant! :( :( :( help!
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I had some knee pain a few months back and it was due to my shoes not supporting my foot properly... id make sure your shoes fit properly... go to a local footlocker or whatever..... and make sure you know where you push off of and land on when you run ( inside of foot, outside, neutral)

also.. glucosamine and chondroitin supplements have really made mine MUCH better... just a thought!!! Very good for your joints all together.. helps with knee pain a good bit!
 
hey guys... so i've been laying in bed for the past 8 hours now :( what a lazy day. 3 hour nap. the rest is much needed tho if i want to get better! i still plan to run in the morning unless i physically CAN'T.

food log:
breakfast - some juice and oatmeal that i could not finish cuz i was nauseous!! so i had a half a bagel w/low fat cream cheese when i felt better
snack - banana
lunch - chicken noodle soup, toast
dinner - yogurt, apple w/ peanut butter

gotta take some medicine and go to bed :( hope tomorrow is better than today!!!

OOOOH AND MY WEIGH IN IS TOMORROW MORNING... WISH ME LUCK!!!

goodnight!
~ Sarah
 
Good luck at your weigh in! Looks like you're doing a good job, despite being sick. I'm sure tomorrow's weigh in will be great :D
 
Hi Sarah!

You've been pretty active on the forum over the last 2 weeks, so I thought I should read your diary, find out what you're all about, and say hello.

I love your positive energy and enthusiasm. That will go far towards getting you to your goal, and you've already made great progress!

I saw your photos - you look fantastic at 150, and I'm sure that at 135 you are going to be stunning. Look forward to seeing those photos!

It must be a challenge to eat well while in college. I will give you a piece of advice - go get yourself a rice cooker. You can cook all kinds of stuff in them, they're supremely easy to use, clean up well, aren't very big - I just can't extoll their virtues enough. I wish I had had one when I was in university, back in the Neolithic.
For instance, I use mine to cook my steelcut oats in the morning. I put it on, have my shower, and by the time I am out and dressed breakfast is ready. And much much better for you than special k.

Hope you're feeling better soon, and hope your weigh-in goes well tomorrow.
 
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