Stay on track!

Well done on the weight loss and going to the gym hardcore!! You are such an inspiration!!! I wish i was like you, i have a gym membership but i still feel too fat to show my face there!! I know, how stupid of me, but i cant help it!!!

Keep up the fab work chick!! xoxox
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You are NOT too fat to go to the gym!!!! That is so silly! When I see people who are struggling with their weight at the gym I want to go over and high-five them for taking steps in the right direction and having so much motivation! There might be people in the world who judge others at the gym for being heavier, but those people are not worth their weight in water. Anyone who knows anything about weight loss and making healthy strides will support you, anyone else is just stupid. The only time I might judge a heavier person is if they were riding around the grocery store in an amigo cart with the basket full of chips and cookies and ice cream and processed foods... not proud that I would judge, but honestly I would. We have nothing to be ashamed of at the gym, no one should be made to feel unwelcome! If I ever saw someone being treated badly I would tell the other person to cram it and shut up. Stand up proud and be healthy! Sweat out your self-consciousness!!!! Yayyyyy!!!
 
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Herroo everyone!!

B -
40g oatmeal - 150
2tsp brown sugar - 40
1/4 cup milk - 25
total - 215

Snack -
meal shake - 150
8oz lite soymilk - 60
total - 425
 
This is true. There is such a big difference between being at the gym and being at the grocery store and buying unhealthy food. However, I feel the same way sometimes. Embarassed that I'm bigger than a lot of the people there. I know if someone came up to me and said that, it would really motivate me. You're great Chelsea!
 
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So I rested yesterday, and I ate less than my maintenance calories, but this morning I was a pound heavier than I was the day before! I have such a hard time not weighing myself every morning. I just love seeing the numbers go down, but when they don't I feel so BAD!! uGh. :cry:
Breakfast -
2 pieces bread - 180
egg - 70
cheese, nonfat - 30
canadian bacon - 20
total - 300

snack -
meal replacement - 210
total - 510

lunch -
almonds - 180
chobani - 120
total - 810

snack -
meal replacement - 210
total - 1020

dinner -
pasta - 200
butter - 54
brussel sprouts - 45
cucumber - 20
vinegar, mayo, sugar, 1 tbsp - 60
shrimp - 75
total - 1475

pudding - 100

total - 1575
 
ASo I ran 2.7 miles tonight without stopping! And honestly, when it got hard, the only thing keeping me going was thinking of all the positive things people have posted on my diary and thinking of all the awesome things everyone has accomplished on here!!! I ran from our house to the gym and then worked out for about an hour doing bi's, tri's and core.

And then when I was running, I was thinking about how in magazines like People or Self, when celebrities are interviewed about their workout and eating habits, that they're always like, "OMG I love working out, stepping on the treadmill is so liberating and it makes me feel so empowered and healthy." Or "I seriously don't even like junkfood. I feel totally satisfied eating carrots and celery wrapped in low-carb rice and salt-free seaweed with some delicious carbonated water on the side." Or "I lost my 15lbs of baby weight when I had my 14 pound baby and then took a big poop after the delivery." They are all delusional liars. Tonight when I was running, I felt like my right leg was going to fall off at the knee, and my arch hurt. Then I accidentally stomped on some littering a$$hole's five gallon bucket-sized McDonald's cup full of backwashed warm soda and it soaked my left foot (can you get Hepatitis from backwash?!) There were bugs in my eyes and throat and ears, I almost got hit by fifty cars who decided they don't need to move over a teensy bit to make way for my shrinking butt (I imagine they are eating buckets of KFC while driving and they haven't worked out in years, to feel vindicated), and when I got to the gym you could see my butt sweat through my yoga pants. Having said that, I will say that I love nothing more than seeing that sheen of sweat across my ever-apparent collar bones (I really have them now! I do!) and the way my whole face turns a violent shade of red, fading after a few minutes to healthy pink and freckles. I love making my muscles hurt with new exercises (I've decided I have exercise ADD or ADHD or AADHDD or whatever they call inability to focus due to zero integrity nowadays). I love that today I added a 25lb weight to my back exercises on that slanty stand where you bend down and lift back up, and that I added 10lbs to my tricep move!

So, I want to thank everyone out there who has ever commented, because you are the reason that I kept pushing myself up all of the hills tonight on my way to the gym. And I want to say that we can all do this, no matter how much weight we have to lose. It can and will happen!
 
Thanks for keeping it real! I'm sorry you had a hard time but that was hilarious to read!


Positive thinking brainwashing helps motivate...those celebs take it to freakish levels. They're all aliens so never mind them.


Without stopping! Excellent!
 
A40g oatmeal, old fashioned - 150
brown sugar - 50
1/4 cup milk - 25
total - 225

snack shake - 210
total - 435

lunch -
almonds - 180
chobani - 120
total - 735

Ran/walked (mostly ran) 3.16 miles at work today during my lunch break.

snack shake - 150 (ran out of soymilk)
total - 945

dinner - 1 pork chop - 259
1tbsp peanut oil - 100
bell pepper, onion, zucchini - 30
total - 1284
Went to the gym and met with a trainer (1 of 2 free sessions) and I will share what I learned in a new post.

after gym snack -
deli flat - 100
1tbsp peanut butter - 94
1tbsp jam - 50
total - 1528

It was pay day today!! So I'm spending most of the day planning the next two weeks' menu and making a grocery list (it's a slow day at work, give me a break :)) Gonna shop around for some low-cal recipes and coupons. Woo hoo! LOL

There's a cookout at work today.. pasta salad, brats and hamburgers. I'm going RUNNING because I already ate my lunch and I will have snack #2 in a couple hours. Baaaahhhh!!! MUST AVOID CRAP.

PS - WHERE THE HECK IS MY TICKER??? IT SHOWS ON THE PROFILE PAGE BUT NOT ON MY SIGNATURE BLOCK IN POSTINGS. **FUMING** j/k but really, I like that little guy. I want him back. It's motivating to MOVE THE TICKER.
 
ASo I learned some very valuable information from my free training session this afternoon.
I gave him a breakdown of what I eat every day and we went over a typical day at the gym in Chelsea's Life. Things I am going to change:
1. I am not eating enough complex carbs. I am going to add some in at lunch time.
2. I am going to eat a small snack after my gym workouts (hence the deli flat PB&J yesterday).
3. I am never going to eat less than 1500 calories.
4. My cardio workouts do not need to be 45 minutes. They need to be 20-30 minutes of MORE INTENSE cardio exercise in order to keep improving. Hello intervals!
5. I have issues with my back during pushups. You're never going to guess why my lower back never gets any stronger... my whole life, I have been engaging my core wrong. Every time anyone has ever said, use your core, engage your core, I have scrunched up my stomach muscles and made a wincing face. ACTUALLY, engaging your core starts with kegal exercises. So you contract the muscle you use to stop pee in midstream (yep, kegal), and the contraction washes up to the top of your rib cage in the front and the back. Even as I sit here at my desk and engage my core, I can feel the pressure on my lower back release. I was never engaging my back when I "engaged my core" before. So that is new. I also just need to work on doing pushups with proper form (engaging my core). So we'll see how that goes.

I was nervous about eating after the gym yesterday, but this morning I weighed 154.8. The man is a genius! My BF% was 30.8 on the electric thing, which is pretty high. But less than the Navy's stupid tape test where I am 32%. I would like it to be 25-27% on the Navy one, which means a 27in. waist and 38in hips, for example. It doesn't matter, since I won't be taped because I am well below the weight requirement. But I would still like ot see it happen since I know it's a crappy tape and it would mean my BF% is actually lower. He also told me to throw my scale away but I absolutely cannot do that. But he did tell me that focusing on the number isn't good and I will get obsessive (which I can see) but it is the easiest way for me to keep myself accountable. He said I should have my new size 8 pants (which are kind of tight but the 10s are loose so it's an inbetween thing) out in plain sight and I should try them on every 2 weeks. But during that entire 2 weeks I would be so nervous that I was screwing it up or that they wouldn't fit, that if I tried them on and they didn't fit any better, I would be so disappointed and feel like two whole weeks had been wasted.

So that is what I learned. I have another free session next week where we will actually work out.

I did some assisted dips and pull-ups. One of my life goals is to do a pull-up from a dead hang. So I am going to start working on that. It will also help me with my push-ups, the dips and pull-ups will.

While were at it, I will write down my current life fitness goals:

Fitness Bucket List:
1. Pull-up from a dead hang.
2. 25-27% BF.
3. Run 2 miles in 16:36 NOT on a treadmill, in regular outside conditions.
4. Do 39 push-ups in two minutes.
5. Do 73 sit-ups in two minutes. (arms crossed across the chest, knees and feet together with someone sitting on my feet.)
6. Run a marathon.

That is it for now.
 
AGood morning:

Breakfast -
1 deli flat - 100 (19g carbs)
1 egg - 70
1 piece non-fat cheese - 30
1 canadian bacon slice - 20
total - 220

Snack 1 -
shake - 150 (8g carbs)
8oz soymilk - 70 (7g carbs)
total - 440

Lunch -
giant salad - 180
granola bar, whole grains - 140 (19g carbs)
total - 760

Snack 2 -
shake - 150 (8g carbs)
8oz soy milk - 70 (7g carbs)
total - 980

dinner -
2 pitas - 300
pizza sauce - 50
cheese - 150
olives - 10
pepperoni - 60
bell peppers - 30
blueberries - 100
total - 1680

walked about 2.5 miles after dinner.
 
ABreakfast -
2 servings multi-grain cheerios - 220
1 cup milk - 90
blueberries - 95
total - 405

Late breakfast, will skip my morning shake today, and probably afternoon.

Went to the local high school track and did intervals. I hate tracks!! I feel like a #*$& gerbil. Anyways, I was pretty proud of my times... I did 8 laps around the track as fast as I could (the last ones were pretty pathetic though, I was crawling by the end).
0 - 1 warm up lap, 2:45
1 - 1:45
2 - 1:46
3 - 1:54
4 - 1:59
5 - 2:02
6 - 1:56
7 - 2:04
8 - 2:04
0 - 1 cool down lap, walking
Then I went and did 10 sets of 5 Navy-reg sit ups and 5 push-ups on my knees practicing "engaging my core". It's getting easier. I would have liked to practice a full push-up, without being on my knees but I was too dang tired. It was so hot today! blah

Then I came home and ate lunch -
2 carrot sticks - 85
2tbsp low-fat ranch - 80
1 pita - 150
pizza sauce - 30
mozerella - 100
turkey pepperoni - 60
total - 910
Now I'm going to get ready and go kayaking for a couple hours with my "little" and then find somewhere healthy to eat... wish me luck :( I hate restaurants!!!
snack - 1 pluot - 40
total - 950

then we went kayaking! and it was so fun and a good arm workout. we were out there for two straight hours, but we took a half hour break at a sandy beach.

then at the restaurant i had -

2 very small pieces focaccia bread - 150
salad w/ olive oil & balsamic vinegar, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion - 150
chicken breast, small - 100
feta - 50
total - 1400

dessert - 1 pluot -40
total - 1440

going to have some pudding w/ chocolate chips -
total - 1560 :D
 
Alove the tips from the free training session!! you are doing great and your diet seems really balanced...your august goal is so close...well done :hurray:
 
ASo I am beginning to see why the scale is the devil... I weighed 158.7 this morning!!!! WTF??? Almost 5lbs in like, three days? And after I was doing physical activity almost all day yesterday, and I've been eating PERFECTLY? ?? THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING

Breakfast - banana, - 100
gatorade - 50
total - 150

Went for a walk, about 2.3 miles.

had second breakfast -
2 corn tortillas - 110
1.5 eggs - 105
turkey sausage - 60
bell peppers, tomatoes, mushroom - 15
salsa - 10
fat free cheese - 60
pluot - 40
blueberries, handful - 20
total - 570

cereal - 220
blueberries - 56
milk - 90
total - 936

dinner -
83g of chicken breast - 153
pasta, 3/4 serving - 150
onion, red bell pepper - 30
lentils, 1 serving - 60
clam sauce - 75
olive/peanut oil, 2tbsp - 200
yellow squash - 36
2 clementines - 44
total - 1684

ran to the laundromat, about ten minutes. today it was so hot out, i felt crummy all day... partly because of my weight this morning and partly because of the weather. i can tell I'm super bloated, my fingers are like sausages and my ankles are turning into cankles... blllaaaah. hate this feeling, can't wait for fall!!!
 
AI am absolutely devastated. I have been pretty bloated for the last couple days, but this morning I weighed 158.6 again. I don't understand this. I haven't lost my motivation, but I feel so defeated. My new size ten pants are tight and I just feel disgusting. I don't know what is wrong with me.

Breakfast -
2 servings multigrain cheeriors - 220
1 cup milk - 90
total - 310

snack -
shake - 150
soymilk - 70
- 220
total - 530

lunch -
83g chicken - 153
1/4 serving pasta - 50
sauce - 60
bell pepepers, onion - 30
oil, 2 tbsp - 200
493
total - 1023

snack - shake - 150
soymilk - 70
total - 1243


dinner - whatever it is, it's gonna be small...
onion - 10
chicken stock - 60
lentils - 140
carrot - 40
1tsp oil - 40
1/4 cup nonfat cheese - 60
1/4 cup milk - 23
2 tbsp flour - 56
total - 429
final total - 1672

went for a walk at work, 2.3 miles. will work out later when it's darker.

went for a 3 mile run and then came home and did 30-ish push ups.
 
ASo I think I discovered the culprit. In the past I have tested for low iron, and my mom encourages me to take an Iron supplement. I recently (within the last 5 days) started taking iron again, and lo and behold, iron supplements cause bloating and constipation. That would explain why I weighed 156.4 this morning (a 2lb difference) and didn't take iron last night. Whew! It feels better to not feel like a balloon that's about to pop. I think I'd rather eat a whole bag of spinach every day than feel like that from supplements.

Breakfast -
2 pieces whole wheat toast - 180
1tbsp peanut butter - 94
1tbsp strawberry jam - 60
total - 334

snack -
granola bar - 140
total - 474

lunch -
string cheese, low fat - 100
1/2 cup cottage cheese - 80
124g canned pears in light syrup - 60
240
total - 714

snack -
granola bar - 140
total - 854

2 cups cooked brown rice - 432
cooking oil - 119
carrots, onion, cabbage - 40
soybeans - 94
shrimp - 60
nutrigrain bar - 120
total - 865
total - 1719

Ran about 2 miles after dinner, did about 20 pushups.
 
ABreakfast
2 pieces whole wheat toast - 180
1 egg - 70
1 piece nonfat american cheese - 30
1 piece canadian bacon - 20
1 cup milk - 90
total - 390

snack - granola bar - 140
530

lunch -
1/2 cup nonfat cottage cheese - 80
132g canned pears - 64
strawberries - 101
total - 245
775

snack - shake - 150
soymilk - 70
total - 995

dinner
pasta - 200
oil - 100
spinach - 20
tomatoes - 30
carrots - 20
olives - 75
caesar dressing - 60
evaporated milk - 60
quorn - 40
parmasean - 20

total - 1620

sugar free chocolate mousse - 60
1680
 
A1.5 cups cheerios multigrain - 165
3/4 cup milk - 68
1 chobani - 120
total - 353

snack -
granola bar - 140
total - 493

lunch -
chobani - 120
nutrigrain - 120
- 733

snack -
granola bar - 140
total - 873

almonds - 100
973

dinner?
1 piece tilapia - 124
3 cups watermelon - 138
1 cup curried rice w/garbanzo beans, raisins and soybeans - 250
oil - 119
1tbsp ranch - 40
total - 671
total - 1644

I have been raging hungry every single night this week. I could seriously eat my own arm. I swear. My calories have been up from around 1400 to 1700-ish... before I wasn't ever hungry after I ate dinner or really before, but now it's just like, nom nom nom all the time. Tonight I only cooked two portions, so that was good. But I really need to reign it in or my weight loss is going to slow even MORE than it already has. :(
 
AI've been feeling the bloat monster too....I'm up a pound....no matter how much water I push....it won't go away!!! So hang in there girly...we will get through it!!!! ¦
 
AGot my period... it's all screwed up since I stopped taking my pills. I get it every two-three weeks. BLAH!


Breakfast -
1 nutrigrain bar - 120
2 servings multi-grain cheerios - 220
1 cup milk - 90
430

Snack -
almonds - 100
530

Lunch -
romaine lettuce, carrots, cucumber, cherry tomatoes - 40
2 tbsp caesar dressing - 80
1 chobani - 120
1 string cheese - 50
290
820

snack -
almonds - 100
920

1 cup lite vanilla soymilk in some coffee - 70
990

dinner -
tilapia - 125
oil - 119
melon - 144
bell peppers, cabbage, onion - 50
couscous, tomato - 200
ranch - 40
678
total - 1668
 
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