Losing Myself, At least 40 lbs Anyway

Lol, hey Jessa! I've had a heinously busy weekend. I didn't even bother counting the calories, but I think I'm going to try to recap now.

Ok, I think I need a recap for the 18th, 19th and the 20th.

On the 18th my day looked like this:
Fiber: 19/25g
Protein: 83/100g
Veg/Fruit: 6/7 servings
Cals: 1444/1200 cals
Water: 2/2.2 liters

I also learned on the 18th that just because I order a salad and get my veggies in, it doesn't mean that I'm not taking in a whole lot in fat calories. I had a cobb salad and a caesar salad on the 18th, both of which killed my caloric intake with the amount of cheese on them. Next time, cheese on the side. I should note, however, that I was up until 3am working from home on Friday night so I assume a burned some extra calories just being awake instead of sleeping.

Saturday morning I had an fried egg on a 100 calorie english muffin with a slice of turkey bacon and .5 oz of cheddar cheese. Then I had a coffee with splenda around lunch. Had a bowl of rice with soy sauce. I'm pretty sure there's probably and orange somewhere in there. I went out to the dinner party for my best friend's birthday and chose an ahi tuna salad which was in theory great, until I blew my calories on alcohol and birthday cake. Doh. I should note that according to fitday over 25% of my calories came from alcohol. I was a bad bad girl.

Here's what Saturday looked like:
Fiber: 11/25g
Protein: 65/100g
Veg/Fruit: 2/7 servings
Cals: 1548/1200
Water: 1.5/2.2

So yesterday I get up and have an iced coffee and half a vietnamese sandwich before heading over to my cousin's place (she had her 18th birthday party yesterday) where I had a sparkling cranberry juice, 3 small bacon wrapped mushrooms, 6 boiled shrimp, 2 cups of broccoli, 4 strawberries, 3 small rice cake things, .25 cup of fried rice, 0.5 cup of beef stew along with 2 small slices from a French baguette and a bowl of rice noodles. This, all and all isn't too bad considering I was grazing on that stuff throughout the day. After the party, however, I had to party like a rockstar and meet up with my girlfriends at a local bar where the bartender loves the fiance and I so he always sends us comped drinks. One was a bloody mary that I'm going to take the liberty to count as one serving of vegetables. Lol.

The total damage on my highly social Sunday:
Fiber: 13/25g
Protein: 57/100g
Veg/Fruit: 5/7g
Cals: 1675/1200 cals
Water: 1/2.2L

I did, however, spend at least 30 minutes cumulatively in the bouncy thing burning I'd say 218 calories.

Today I am exhausted and plan on napping before heading out to ballroom dance class. I'm happy to be back on the wagon. And to be honest, I'm pretty impressed with myself for not breaking the 2000 calorie barrier. I thought for sure I was going to get killed.

I hopped on the scale this morning and I'm at 152.5 which is basically a .5 lb loss which I can only attribute to dehydration.
 
Good job, really!! Honestly if you think of how easy it is for calories to add up you did really really well!

So I need your advice:

I take this Body Scupt class 2x a week at my gym with this chick Sam. She is super energetic and motivating. Anyway she also does personal training. So its kinda pricey but I could do it just till March to jumpstart myself for my trip. So she said I can choose 1, 2 or 3 days a week. She recomends 2 days.

So from your exerperience, is it worth it?? Its going to hit my wallet hard. But I really want to be able to wear a bathing suit comfortably (and confidently) for my trip so its probably worth it. How many days do you do??
 
Hey Jessa, I responded on your diary before I got a chance to read the details here. I'll give you the low down on my trainer.

We see our trainer only once a week. The real benefit we're getting right now is that he keeps us coming in to the gym, a problem that you definitely don't have. You're more than motivated on your own!

In the beginning, however, our first sessions were beneficial because he walked us through 3 different workouts that shock our bodies into burning again by activating muscles that our normal workouts don't address. He also showed us how to properly use the machines, which to me was very valuable.

The big tips he gave us for making good weight loss head way was making sure that at least half out workouts were weight training. The idea is that each lb of muscle burns 30-50 more calories per day, whereas fat only burns 3 calories per day or something. So if you built at least 10 more lbs of muscle you'd be burning at least 300 more calories per day on top of the exercise.

But our sessions are also relatively inexpensive. We got a great deal when we first joined the gym (5 sessions for only $50) and our trainer didn't charge us for 5 additional sessions because we became pretty good friends. Further sessions, if we chose to do them with 2-4 (the fiance and I almost always go together) would only cost between $15-$30 per 1 hour session per person. I think this is only if you can work it out so that the trainer doesn't have to book the sessions through the gym (some trainers won't do that, some will.) If it was more expensive, we wouldn't really do more than the original sessions.

If you do want to jump start your weight loss with a personal trainer and not spend very much I would just have your trainer give you the most effective workouts to achieve your goals.

The 3 main workouts that Anthony gave us were like this:

1. Rapid circuit training on the gym floor. After doing a 20 minute cardio warm up, he has us do 1.5 minutes nonstop of ab exercises, 2 minutes of upper body weights on the machines, then 2 minutes of cardio on the machines keeping up a consistently high cadence. We go through this cycle non stop until our hour is up.

2. Plyometrics, which uses our own weight to help weight train. All the workouts include a 20 minute warm up that we usually do before we start with him. The plyometrics workout he taught us so that we can workout at home instead of having to come to the gym any time we want to get a good workout. It includes a running in place high knees thing for 2 minutes, various ab workouts for 2 minutes, sumo squats with dumb bells for 2 minutes, ice skater lunges (he calls them apollos) for 2 minutes. The workout is more effective with him there because he's constantly correcting our form and changing the tempo.

3. Weight training on the machines. These sessions are almost entirely only about building muscle after the 20 minute workout. We told him our body goals and he walked us through the exercises we would need to do on the particular machines that were made to achieve those results. He gave us the appropriate weights we should be working at on each machine depending on our strength levels.

I'm sure we could do this on our own but having him stand there watching us makes us accountable to give 110%.

I would say the only real difference between having a trainer and going to classes, aside from what I've described above, is that the trainer in the class can't constantly be correcting your form because of all the other people in the class and that the workouts classes don't have targeted workouts to address your personal problem areas.

I don't know if that answers all your questions, but if you have anymore I'll try to answer them to help you make your decision!
 
I'm thinking about how I'm not regularly meeting my nutritional goals and maybe if I posted what I was actually eating it would keep me more accountable to eat clean. The general rule is that it takes 30 days for something to turn into a habit. If I can eat clean for 30 days straight, I think that I can actually change what my body craves.

I'll start detailing my food today. Yesterday looked like this:

Fiber: 10/25g
Protein: 51/100g
Veg/Fruit: 3/7 servings
Cals: 1237/1200
Water: 1.5/2.2L
Exercise: 60 minutes of ballroom dancing, complete with some bickering about how I should let him lead. About 124 cals according to Fitday.

Today I started the morning with a fried egg, a 100 calorie multi grain English muffin, 1 piece of turkey bacon, and .25 oz of aged cheddar. I had a cup of coffee with .25 cup of non fat milk and a teaspoon of splenda.

I planned out my snacks which includes 2 oranges and 30 baby carrots and about a tablespoon of chipotle ranch dipping sauce.

For lunch I'm going to run over to el pollo loco and pick up a small grilled chicken breast (without skin) and have it with the mixed steamed veggies (1 cup).

For dinner we'll have filet mignon (3 oz) with zucchini and tomatoes (2 cups).

That's the plan. Hope it sticks.
 
Lana,

Thanks for all the info... its really helpfull!

Yeah, I also need a little direction when it comes to the equipment at the gym. On my own I don't really know how to make a plan to suit my needs/my body.

It's pretty expensive at my gym.

One Session per week: $40/wk.
Two Sessions per week: $70/wk.
Three Sessions per week: $100/wk.

If I can find a buddy then I'll be able to split the cost.

So I think I'm going to do two days per week for the next two months. Plus, I'm going to meet her in the am before work (if I have to meet someone I'll HAVE to get up!).

I think it'll give me the boost I need plus I'll have more goal-focused direction as far as working out.

Sounds like you're doing well, Lana! Keep it up! Honestly reading what you eat it sounds like you're doing well.
 
Omg, I missed a whole day of posting! Darn.

Ok, so today I started out with this 80 calorie muffin from Trader Joe's that has like 51% of my daily fiber requirement. I supplemented that with about .5 oz of cheese.

I didn't eat again until the late afternoon because I was so freaking busy. I ended up having half a bag of cheeze-its which is around 85 calories. Then I had 1 cup of rice noodles and 4 oz. of beef stew meat. I had an orange and half and apple in there too.

For dinner I had a large Chai Latte from this awesome little coffee house while I chatted with some girls at a meetup. It was probably around 18oz of chai tea.

When I came home I had about .25 oz of cheese.

I didn't really feel hungry for most of the day but most of my calories were bad calories.

Here's how the day shaped up:

Fiber: 20/25g
Protein: 61/100g
Veg/Fruit: 1.5/7 servings
Cals: 1014/1200 cals
Water: 1.5/2.2L
 
Yesterday I finally hit the gym again and did about 20 minutes of cardio on the stairmaster plus 30 minutes of weight training. Woo hoo! If the weather holds up today I might go for a run after work.

Yesterday here's what I ate.

For breakfast I had a cup of rice noodles, 4 oz of beef stew meat and a cup of raw spinach.

I munched on some grapes (10 of them) and didn't eat again until later in the day. When I ate again I had a small grilled chicken drumstick without the skin and a cup of button mushrooms raw.

I ate about 15 raisins, .5 cubic inch of celtic cheddar, 2 small slices of multigrain baguette and orange and an apple as a snack.

Then the fiance came home with a burger for us to split but instead I had a 1/4 of the burger and had leftover chateaubriand with a cup of sauteed vegetables.

After working out I had a half a protien shake and then .5 cubic inch of blue cheese and a slice of multigrain baguette.

Wow, that's a whole lot of food. Here's how it stacks up on fitday:

Fiber: 20/25g
Protein: 121/100g
Veg/Fruit: 7/7 servings
Cals: 1566/1200 (Damn cheeseburger and muscle milk pushed me over my limit.)
Water: 2/2.2L
Execrise: 218 cals
 
Hi! How did the dinner at the place for you rehersal dinner go?? Looks like you are doing well!

Everything you're eating seems healthy, balanced, whole foods.

Keep up the good work!!!
 
Hey Jessa, you are too kind! I've been eating like crap but I always think I have an excuse, like birthdays and parties. It's like I totally get caught up in the moment and think F-it.

We didn't end up going to the possible venue because my mom is having some health problems. We rescheduled for this week.

Here's the damage from yesterday:

Breakfast: .75 of the high fiber muffin and an orange.
Lunch: 6 oz of beef tenderloin, .5 cup of whole grain stuffing.
Snack: 1 cup of egg noodles with carmelized onions.
Dinner: 1 cup of spinach, .75 cup of white rice, 2 oz. of stewed chicken.
Snack: (I shouldn't have but I totally did because friends came over to play Rockband) 1 cubic of cheese, 4 small slices of multigrain baguette, 2 olives, 1 snickerdoodle cookie and 1 glass of syrah.

This is what Fitday had to say about my bad bad diet:
Fiber: 26/25g
Protein: 91/100g
Veg/Fruit: 3/7 servings (I'm really going to have to start buying more snack veggies.)
Cals: 1539/1200
Water: 1.5/2.2L

I'm going to a personal training session today and then to Disneyland so I hope to rack up a lot of exercise and not rack up a lot of calories. Packing some healthy snacks.
 
LOL ... we have Rockband too. Its like The Hit.. our friends come over and play all the time!!

I know you'll turn it around foodwise.. honestly 1500 isn't that bad.. Its probably good for your body to increase your calories at times. Plus you can't be too off track if you're still using fitday and tracking your food.

Having company over is hard... dietwise. I'm having a dinner party for my employees this Saturday-- I need to make a solid plan around the menu (including alcohol!) I should also have a really good Thurs and Friday to counter balance any damage I do!!
 
Jessa, omg, Rockband is Josh's new obsession. I bet our men would be great friends! Lol. What are you making for the dinner party? I had one on Wednesday and fluctuated between cooking only healthy foods and cooking good comfort foods. I mean, I know if I only make healthy foods I'll only eat healthy foods but if I'm having a dinner party I should cook stuff they would definitely like right? And what if they don't like my high in veggie dishes? I ended up making a beef tenderloin roast (hence all the leftover Chateaubriand), sour cream and butter potatoes, sauteed vegetables, whole wheat stuffing, a chopped salad and a cheese spread. I tried to only eat the good stuff.

Here's how today shaped up:

Breakfast: High fiber muffin, 0.5 high fiber English muffin, 0.25 cubic inch of brie, 1 cup grapes
Snack: 1 cubic inch cheese, 1 cup mushrooms, 0.5 protein shake.
Lunch: 10 potato chips, 1 cup mushrooms, 2 cups cherry tomatoes, .5 roast beef sandwich, 1 beer, 1 cup grapes.
Dinner: 2 oz. beef skewer, .3 jalapeño pretzel, 1 shot whiskey.
Snack: Small apple, 1 oz pineapple frozen yogurt, 2 fl oz pinapple juice, 10 potato chips.
Exercise: 30 minutes of cardio, 20 minutes of weight training and core with PT, 2 hours straight of walking around Disneyland in the rain with no lines and 1 ride on the Jungle Cruise.

Fiber: 29/25g
Protein: 69/100g
Veg/Fruit: 7/7 servings
Water: 2.2/2.2L
Exercise: 518 calories

So I blew my calories even worse today but it wasn't too bad considering I was at Disneyland and ended up getting a lot of walking in after a hard workout. I conservatively estimated my calories burned.
 
Was Disneyland fun even though it rained?

I haven't decided what to make yet for Saturday. I agree I should alternate between healthy and comfort foods. Thats a good idea. I have wanted to shovel out the grill and make kabobs but that might be overly ambitious!

LOL. I always have to sing at RockBand... lol. The boys make me. I've gotten pretty good at the drums though, Its fun! We've gotten a little sick of some of the songs... and some of them are just ridiculous!
 
Jessa, Disneyland was awesome even though it rained! Actually, I used to work there for a while so it kind of feels like home but I never went there to hang out when it was raining. Josh has been there tons of times as a kid when it rained with his family; they're kind of hard core Disney fans. It was pretty amazing because the park was pretty much empty and it was like a romantic stroll around a city.

I think you should do kebabs! You can marinate the meat and precut everything the day before and then just pop everything on the sticks and put it on the grill. I think grilling is one of the most social forms of cooking. :)
 
Oh yeah, you can buy new songs for Rockband now! I've been jamming out to Oasis's wonderwall!

Here's what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast: High fiber muffin, 2 scrambled eggs, .5 cup of veggies, .5 slice of bacon. (I was at the hospital waiting for my mom so this was cafeteria food.)
Lunch: 2 cups bok choy, 2 cups chicken broth, .5 cup spinach noodles, 2 oz ground pork
Snack: .5 cup of spinach noodles, 1 small apple.
Dinner: .25 cup of rice, 3 oz of flank steak, 2 cup veggies, 3 slices of french baguette.
Exercise: 60 minutes of dance class.

Fitday says:
Fiber: 37/25g (woo hoo)
Protein: 94/100g
Veg/Fruit: 5/7 servings
Cals: 1399/1200
Water: 1.5/2.2L
Exercise: 124 cals

I'm thinking more working out, more veggies, more water, less bread. Lol.
 
I'm really loving my new phone. I'm able to record everything I eat as it happens and it's so easy to type. Here's what I had yesterday:

Breakfast: High fiber English muffin, turkey bacon, 1 fried egg, 1 thin slice of cheese.
Lunch: 1 slice blood orange, 3 cups of broccoli, 3 oz beef sirloin.
Snack: 60 calories of turkey, .5 cubic inch brie, 45 calories of toast.
Dinner: 4 oz tenderloin, 2 cups asparagus, 3 cups cherry tomatoes, .5 onion, 1 cubic inch of cheese.
Exercise: 20 minutes on the stairmaster, 20 minutes of weights, 10 minutes core.

This is what Fitday has to say:
Fiber:27/25g
Protein: 116/100g
Veg/Fruit: 8/7
Cals: 1315/1200 cals
Water: 2.2/2.2
Exercise: 202 calories
 
I was thinking today, after remembering someone else's blog who rated their days on a 10 point scale, what is a 10/10 day for me?

In regards to health and fitness a 10/10 day for me would look something like this:
A 60 minute workout before breakfast. 40 minutes of interval cardio and 20 minutes of weights.
Each meal (3 a day) with 25-30 grams of protein, 2 servings of fruit/vegetables, and about 8 grams of fiber for around 300 calories.
A snack of fruit or vegetables (2 a day) for around 150 calories.
A 30 minute yoga or pilates session after work.
No consumption of alcohol or white carbs. More than 2.2L of water per day.
Asleep by 10pm.

Now that I actually *think* about what my perfect fitness day would look like I feel like I could really do that, on a regular basis.

What's a 10/10 day for all of you?
 
Yesterday I had a bit of a wonky day. I went out to Newport Beach to see my best friend who is in town for a conference with the pharmaceutical company he works for. They set him up in an amazing time share for the rest of the week that overlooks the ocean. When Josh and I drove onto the Marritot Villas property I was just amazed. Every inch of that place has a point of interest.

We had planned on getting together, drinking some single malt scotch and the boys lighting up some high end cigars and just start talking investments. Because time was tight between getting off work and actually making it to Newport, Josh and I picked up some food from a local fast food place, Charo Chicken. I chose it because flame broiled chicken can't actually be that bad for you but turns out my burrito did more damage than I had planned.

This is how my day shaped up:
Breakfast: I totally skipped this because I had a very early meeting at work.
Lunch: Someone brought me an early lunch. It was a chargrilled chicken salad wrap.
Snack: I scarfed down 2 apples at around 4pm to get me over the hump.
Dinner: A grilled chicken burrito with cheese, no rice or beans.
Snack: A jigger of Dalwhinnie scotch. It's one of my favorites right up there with Laphroig.

Here's the damage:
Fiber: 14/25g
Protein: 74/100g
Veg/Fruit: 3/7 servings
Water: 1/2.2L
Exercise: None :(

I have a LOST viewing party tonight so I don't know if I'm going to make it to the gym. Tomorrow, however, I'm hitting the gym in the morning for sure aiming for my 10/10 day. Today has the possibility of being a 9/10 day. I'm keeping my eyes on the prize.
 
I'm a little bummed out today that it's the day before 2/1/08 and I missed my GW1 by 5 lbs. I know I could have easily lost that 5lbs if I were more committed to working out. Anthony (my PT) and I had a talk yesterday about how I really need to start getting more serious. The past month has just been about a lifestyle change for me but he pointed out that I'm basically in "training." A lifestyle change might be good for long term sustainability but I have a goal to reach and it's looming near.

We planned on doing my first dress fitting in April to pick out which gowns I want. And from April on I'm only going to be able lose around 10-15 lbs, anymore than that and the tailor won't be able to fit the dress properly. So from now until April I need to lose around 20 lbs to be ready for fittings. That's actually 10 lbs a month.

I need to create a caloric deficit of 35,000 calories a month, which is a caloric deficit of around 1200 calories a day. My regular calories burned per day is 2262. Assuming I don't workout I would need to intake no more than 1062 calories per day to achieve this goal. I'm going to have to burn at least 200 calories per day so that I don't fall below the 1200 calorie intake mark while still creating a 1200 calorie deficit.

I really hate this feeling of pressure. But I got myself into this mess, I have to get myself out.
 
I feel ya, Lana. I mean I've definitly made a change since 1/1/08 but I really think I could be doing alot more. Like tonight it was just snowing so hard when I got off work that I didn't feel like going to the gym. Right now, I'm sitting on my butt on the couch!

I mean if I look at the month as a whole I did lose 9 lbs. But I really do feel I could be doing alot more. Like water intake for example -- I really slack on that one. Also I should be working out 5 days a week. I'm averaging 3-4.

When is your wedding date?
 
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