Justina's diary

Justina

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Here comes my diary..i finally got around to do it.
I started (continued) my road to "slimdom" :) 3/January 2011 - 2 weeks ago and i lost 5,5 kg :) I m happy about it. But i have grown to be an expert on dieting so i know that from now on its gonna be a lot slower than that. which is probably good news for my skin. My constant and biggest fear. I think about it nearly non stop. I can totally deal with eating less and doing loads of excercise..but the skin thing is the hardest for me.

I thought i ll list a summary of my stats/diet plan
Age: 29
Height 176cm
Start Weight: 125kg (in 2008)
Current Weight: 100,5kg
(it took me about 6 months to lose those 25kgs....i just stayed at my current weight for long)
Target Weight: 85kg by Easter hopefully
Sports: I do sports every single day for at least 1 hour - i go to my local sports centre -
I do cardio excercise (cross-country/skating/bike) 5 times a week and swimming 2x a week.
I would like to add some toning/weight training to it.
So far i chickened out to go to the classes - everyone seems so fit and energetic. I wanna do the fitness ball class and the body sculpting class
I also try to add an extra 30-60 mins walking every day - when i can fit it in
Eating plan:
i dont count calories. for me its portion control as well as trying to follow some ground rules by me:
-breakfast: wholemeal toast (a la catalana: with tomato&olive oil/ butter +sesame seeds/ butter & jam)
-lunch: carbohydrate with vegetables (amazing how tasty food you can make)
-dinner: salad & low fat cheese e.g feta/ vegetables + lean meat (fish/chicken) / miso soup with sea vegetables
-snack: fruit (i try not to go for the sugary ones like banana) / nuts (unsalted/natural)
& i dont eat after 7pm
Other: i try to include food that is good for the skin (done much research on this)/ take vitamins/food supplements

The first few days were really hard...i was craving chocolate and sweets etc (after the Christmas celebrations of course) but once i wasnt high on sugar it became easier.
So i m keeping the good job up...determined to reach my goal....Easter is around the corner!
 
time off

since i m pretty free until february - workwise - i try to make the most of my time.
I started off the day by a walk down to the marina (downhill) - i needed to buy some earphones - i like my music when excercizing - and back (uphill) - took me about 50mins altogether!! :coolgleamA:
Yay go me :)
I have just had lunch - some lean grilled chicken breast with grilled aubergine wraped up in an arabic flat bread! very nice....i usually dont eat meat for lunch....so this is kinda breaking my rules...but i had some overleft meat from yesterday.
I also (image) googled s.marks...and i found some comfort in seeing that some famous and skinny cebrities have them too...it actually made me feel a lot better.
now..i m planning to go swimming for an hour later on. i love swimming - it really distresses me. I used to be really self conscious about my "walk of shame" in my swimming suit - but i really dont care anymore...i got used to it. i also wanna go to the sauna for 10 minutes - skin lifting is listed amomg its benefits! (i know - i m obsessed with my skin)....
 
some lean grilled chicken breast with grilled aubergine wraped up in an arabic flat bread!

That sounds delicious! As for the stretch marks--Don't worry! Nearly everyone (myself included) has some! xxx
 
It was indeed delish! :) thanks sunflower!!! (love your name btw)
well i guess i just have to deal with those s. marks..little by little...i need to get to like them!!! :)

Just back from the swimming pool - loved it!!i alternated breast stroke, backstroke and "dog paddle" :)
sauna was cool..well hot really.

I have just finished dinner: fresh spinach salad with feta, cherry tomato with lemon/olive oil dressing :) and a small slice of wm bread.

So i m done with solid food for today - 6 20pm now....bring the tea/water on!

6 more more days till "scale-day"
 
another day...scale seems to be stuck at 100.4kg.... :smash:
but then again i was thinking...maybe i am losing fat and gaining some muscles. :Angel_anim: go me! hehehe...welll i need to keep myself cheered on somehow.
i have done no walking this mornig - i didnt have the time.
i had usual breakfast : wm bread with jam n butter
i had some fresh redcurrant for snack mid morning - tasty.
and now i m about to prepare lunch:
pita bread with a mix of : kefir, cottage cheese,powder paprika and garlic.
then i ll have my workout late afternoon. its the gym today...
got some new songs on my ipod...anything to make it more enjoyable!!!
:seeya:
 
Hi Justina :seeya:

You seem to be doing really well so yay go you :D Not loosing anything is better than putting weight on, right?
 
Hey girl - thanks for stopping by!!! Sure :) it is defo better to keep the weight than to put some on!!!

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I just got back from the gym.....1 hour and 5 mins... woohooo..just cardio.
tomorrrow i m trying a new class and i m dreading it....all those fit people. but hey i need that excercize...its fitness ball - toning up is a must.

I m about to have dinner. Tuna/fresh spinach/cherry tomato/cucumber with lemon/flaxseed oil. With a slice of wm bread.

Then some nice herbal tea to follow later on.
Fingers crossed the scale is nicer to me tomorrow morning!!
 
Hi Justina, i'm with you there. I don't have a problem with eating healthy, or doing lots of exercise, but I do have a big fear of how my skin will turn out, I too have some stretch marks! :( I know it sounds awful but I kind of think, well at least i'll look good in clothes, rather than look awful in and out of them :p:
 
Hey Stacey - you are so young - i think your skin will bounce back!!
i have done the weightloss once already when i was 24 - i lost about 7 st in a year - and my skin was fine!!! (i was an idiot :banghead: not to keep my then weight) yes i got the strechmarks...they are faded now but other than that no saggy or loose skin. i m 29 now. again it s not too old...but yo-yo dieting has taken its toll. You should be fine!!!! :)
 
Wishful thinking

Well new day - and no - still no chnage on the scale....then again my official scale day is Sunday - so i guess - i just gonna have to give it time...at least i hope i m gaining muscle and losing fat..!!! muscle is heavier. so there :)

I also did some research about skin (yes...again) and found an interesting article about the myth of loose skin...which gave me so much hope!! even though i read pages and pages of discussion pages - disagreeing with the findings of the author of the article.
It doesnt hurt to give it a go. and its really doesnt cost a thing. i m more determined than ever to eat properly and balanced rather that eat "diet food" with artificial things. I know people have different preferencies for losing weight that work for them just fine. (yes yes also the age, the amount of weight lost, the time taken doing so and genetic has to be taken account when it comes to the skin - i know) But this really kicked me into gear to eat the proper food. The theory (in a nutshell) is that people with loose skin after losing much weight do not have a proper body composition. Too little muscle or lean body mass and still some fat.
I guess its hard to get the balance right - but i will defo try it.
I dont have loose skin yet despite of my yo-yoing...but i m dreading it.
i think i should post some pictures...
 
woohooo

Yay!!! :hurray: I went to the fitness ball class today. It was a small class today - so i couldnt exactly hide. I could actually keep up with the pace of the class - apart from one thing i did everything...i even attempted that one excercize...i really have NO abdomen muscles.....
i m going back on friday - there s another class :) :)
my next challange is body sculpting...maybe next week..that is more scary.
I also did 50 mins cardio(20 mins bike before class and 30 mins cross country/skating after class)

Food today:
Breakfast: 2 small slices of wm bread spread w butter/blueberry jam
Lunch: quinoa salad w spinach feta cucumber. it was ok - i didnt like the cucumber in it.
Snack: kiwi
Dinner coming up: boquerones (anchovies) in green leafy salad. mayb a small slice of wm bread
 
Morning......i m in pain....i think workout yesterday is paying off...

also - scale is on 100 kg!!! :) :biggrinjester:

well not official - scale day is on Sunday.
 
Blueberrry mmmm

mmmmm just bought some amazing blueberries :)
they were 99c!!!! they are usually 3 euros :) i m happy
that s my snack for today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow :Angel_anim:
 
Still in pain

Good day as far as diet goes.

Today i had:
breakfast: wm bread w jam n butter
lunch: spaghetti pasta with king prawns in garlic/corriander and a splash of olive oil
dinner: green salad with cherry tomato and white anchovie w thin slice of wm bread
snack: BLUEBERRY :) Yum

Gym: 65 mins cardio workout

I m still in pain though from the class yesterday. ad tomorrow i have another one coming up - dreading it...i can hardly walk down the stairs.
 
Hi Justina, what part of Spain are you living in? I've been living in Mallorca for nearly 29 years.
Don't worry about the scales not going down. They definitely will if you carry on the way you are. Are you drinking enough? Lack of liquids can make you retain water causing the scales not to move.
Good luck with the scales you are doing everything you should be so the kgs will soon start to drop.
 
Hey ecky - i live in the South - in Andalucia - near Malaga.
Mallorca is nice - went there a few years ago :) Loved the train to Soller.

You know you are probaly right about the water..i weighed myself today and im back to 100,5 kg - not happy. and i havent snacked on anything naughty.
eat healthy and even had an hour workout in the gym... :nopity:

it better be the water mising - otherwise i dont know what i did wrong.
 
I haven't been to Andalucia yet but I here it is beautiful.
I'm sure that it is just a water retention problem so don't worry about it.
 
It is pretty - you should check it out sometime :)

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today was ok.
i didnt really feel motivated - bc of that 0.5 the wrong way- and i have no idea why...well apart from the water thing - i m hoping it is about the water...
i should step up my water consumption.
i already drinking 1 litre a day...i guess it s not enough.

today i m STILL in pain bc of the fitness ball class on wednesday - i cant actually believe it. so i gave a miss to the class this morning. i could barey walk down the stairs.
Instead i went swimming for an hour followed by sauna.

Today i had:
breakfast: wm bread w butter & jam
lunch: brown rice with cucumber salad & kefir
dinner: salad with bonita (tuna) and black olives & slice of thin wm bread
snack: blueberry
 
I understand that the road to becoming healthier is different for everyone, and people achieve their weight loss goals in a number of different ways.
But are you sure you aren't being too strict with yourself (ie eating meat during lunch breaks one of your "rules")?
I understand how important limitations are, but I feel like too many of them often result in people falling off the wagon.


Just a thought.
Best of luck to you!
 
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