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MilaDota

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Hi all,

So I'm new here and thought I would start a diary. I guess it's no surprise that I'm here to lose weight. I figure now is the perfect time for me to start getting into shape for summer. Ideally, I'd like to lose somewhere between 15-20 pounds, but numbers aren't really that important. I'm pretty disappointed in my lifestyle and I want to turn it around. Some of my vices...smoking (blah), alcohol, and junk food. Hello college life!

I weighed myself this morning and I was somewhere around 138 lbs. I'm a short girl too, but luckily (I think) my weight distributes itself well. So I don't feel that I look awful or anything. I just feel unhealthy and I hate feeling like that! Hopefully there are some other college kids on this board who can identify with me.

I've also started working 26 hours a week and have a pretty full schedule at school, so I feel super busy all the time. But I'm hoping to stop making excuses for myself..and just go work out. I know I can fit in a half hour or an hour in the gym here or there. It's no biggie, I just have to do it. I also hope to start drinking water. I'm not drinking NEARLY enough.

My 20th birthday is early in June...so I thought it might be fun for me to make myself a little slogan...Losing 20 by my 20th! Haha :) I'm kind of a nerd but that's okay. I just have so many exciting things in life coming up and don't want to be held back by not feeling my best.

So that's all for now, I will post later...I think I'm out the door to go...work out! :) Hope to meet some of you. Thanks for reading!

-Mila
 
Ayiyi-

So I just worked out for the first time in...months (no lie) and you better believe it when I say I didn't last very long. I did the elliptical and the treadmill for about 45 minutes altogether. I don't know if this counts haha but I had a meeting right after I worked out and had to climb 13 flights of stairs to get there. I was pretty exhausted at the top! Tonight I will probably do some exercise ball exercises but that's a maybe as I work pretty late.

I figure I should probably start writing down what I'm eating...since junk food and take are are staples in my life. I'm really going to try.

Breakfast:
Two scrambled eggs
Two pieces of whole wheat/whole grain toast
Black coffee

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine shrimp/veggie/pasta thing
Water

Dinner:
I haven't thought this far ahead today. It's probably going to be pretty spontaneous since I have to eat on break at work. I will probably take some Healthy Choice soup...and maybe some dry cereal as a snack. I will update this later.

One of my biggest goals is to let myself sit around as little as possible. That's when all my overeating happens...when I'm just sitting around. Because what else is there to do? It also doesn't help that my boyfriend can eat anything and not gain an ounce. (Grr.) I'm really going to try though. He can order out if he wants but I just don't want to do that anymore.

I'm glad I've found my way back (or am starting to) to a lifestyle where fitness is important. I hate being lazy and I feel so much better when I am active and healthy.

Hope everyone else has a great day!

-Mila
 
Day 2!

Today's been okay so far. I woke up and had two small cereal bars and some black coffee. For lunch I had a spinach wrap...with lots of yummy veggies and some chicken. For a mid-afternoon snack right now I'm eating some healthy choice soup and some pretzels.

I was going to go workout today but it's sooo freakishly nice out today that I can't imagine being in a gym. I think I'm going to do some exercise ball stuff and drag my boyfriend on a walk after we're done doing work for our classes. Happily...I don't work today!

I wish that I didn't live in such an urban area so that I could really go out and enjoy the weather. There's puddles everywhere so that kind of blows too. Ugh but I know that I have to commit to getting into shape so that I can enjoy REAL summer when it finally gets here. I hate winter. I do.

I'm kind of itching to go for a run though...pretty badly. So we'll see where that gets me.

I'll probably be back with more later. :)

-Mila
 
Woowie. Day 3!

So I'm easing into my routine. I've still been doing good but I feel like I should be counting calories or something. But maybe not.

Breakfast:
Lots of black coffee...I don't know if this is good or bad for me but it's an addiction. And I guess there's not very many calories.
I also had two small cereal bars.

Lunch:
I've got some talapia in the oven right now. I love love love fish.

Dinner's going to be a guessing game again. I work super late tonight.

Yesterday turned out great! I didn't get a formal workout in but my boyfriend and I went to the beach (it was too nice not to!) and walked around for a long time. It was really nice and I'm glad that we got out and did something instead of just sitting inside watching TV. I talked to him last night and told him I really need his support. He's got this super high metabolism and can afford to sit around watching TV, eating, and still be skinny. (I'm so jealous.) Physical health isn't something he really concentrates on. But he seemed like he really wanted to be that support for me so I'm pretty happy!

I think that I've decided that I going to weigh myself once a week. I feel like it's better for me to concentrate on patterns rather than small changes between day to day weigh-ins. I've done that before and driven myself crazy. :)

It's rainy and yucky today. I don't think I'll get to workout. I'm on a break between classes right now to eat some lunch and then I have another class and then it's pretty much right to work until 11:30 tonight :(! But tomorrow I don't work so I am thinking I'll get to the gym after my morning class.

Hope you're all having a great day!

-Mila
 
Hey Mila, thanks for stopping by my diary and welcome to the forum. I read your posts so far and you're in the same boat as alot of us here with a hectic schedule and school. I took this semester off from college but usually by midterms I'm a mess on my food. I'm trying to get a good start now while I'm off so when I go back the ground work is there. Anyway looking forward to having a new weight loss buddy :) Looks like you're off to a great start. Take care ~Lisa
 
Thanks Lisa :) It's nice to share our experiences, isn't it? Life is so busy! I just transferred to a new school this year and it completely through me out of whack. But I'm getting the hang of it!

Dundundun...I've decided to start counting calories. I don't really have a range, I guess something reasonable like 1200-1600 depending on the day? More so, I just want to be aware.

Breakfast:
Cereal Bar: 140 Calories
 
I read around the forum alot when I switched from counting carbs to calories. I found some great advice and from that I googled for a BMR calculator that added in activity to figure out how much I burn each day. Then the suggestion is to subtract 500-1000 calories to create a deficit. Just a suggestion so you don't start too low right off and leave yourself no where to go later :) Also there's places like sparkpeople and fitday that you can make free accounts and do your calories there. It's pretty handy because you look stuff up and it has the calories there. I was doing that for a while but now I just google and keep track on my own. All personal preference but there's lots of fun tools out there. Anyway you're doin great! Talk to you later :) ~Lisa
 
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