wannabefit's attempt at being healthier

wannabefit

wannabefit

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I am a lazy lazy person. I want to be fit, but every time I book an exercise class or plan to go for a walk or run, I can't be bothered. Well that has to change. I'd like to lose 5-10kg, so I'm aiming for 8kg from 60 to 52. At 160cm, that will bring me from a BMI of 23.4 to 20.3. Just to add, I'm a 19 year old girl, and just started uni last autumn and gained 10kg! probably the drinking and mindless eating...(I'm in the UK btw, so drinking age = 19). But I don't drink very much anymore, only two or sometimes three units of alcohol whenever I go out, maybe once a week or so.

So here I will try to keep track of my eatings and attempts at exercise. I used sensewear once for a week and found out a burn 1800calories on a regular day (with walking around and all, but no workout), so I want to aim for 1500-1700ish calories, and exercise whenever I can, and never have more than 2000 even on 'special' days. Also, I'd gotten my body fat % measured by a doctor in January and it was 26%. Since then I've gained about 4kg so I'm just going to estimate that it's about 27-28%. I'd love to get that down to like 20% but that means loads of exercise and I'm lazy lol. 23-24%ish should be fine.

So far today:

Breakfast:
-multigrain bagel with goat cheese and salami
450ish calories

snack:
apple
70 cals

Lunch:
-multigrain bagel with goat cheese and salami
350 (with less cheese and salami than the breakfast one)

Lunch#2:
-multigrain bagel with mozzarella cheese (too much, like 125g)
550kcal

snack:
-pear
80kcal

That already totals 1500 calories, and there is still dinner to go! And yes, I know it's not a very healthy/balanced day. I really need to go food shopping, and finish off all my cheese and bagels because I eat them too much.
I've already got dinner prepared, which will be teriyaki-marinated chicken and bulgur, probably about 400 cals (didn't really measure it accurately, so this is an estimate), which will add up to 1900 calories today! 100 more than I burn :(

I might go for a walk at night, but I'm seriously feeling too tired for any vigorous exercise. Right now I'm going to do some tricep dips, pushups, situps, squats, and the plank for a start.
3 sets of 10 each - does that sound alright?
3 sets of 20 each for situps though because that isn't as hard for me
and the plank for 30 seconds at a time in between


All comments, advice, or ideas welcome :)
 
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measurements

Okay now I just wanted to add my current measurements and what my goal measurements are (with help of the greek ideal body proportions tool), all in cm

current
waist - 77
chest - 84
hips - 90
thigh - 59
forearm - 22
biceps - 28
neck - 34
calf - 37

goal
waist - 64
chest - 91
hips - 78
thigh - 49
forearm - 28
biceps - 33
neck - 34
calf - 31

okay, after looking at this it seems mainly impossible. Ofcourse, the calculator doesn't take height into account. I'd love to have those proportions, but for example, my chest will never be that large. My arms are thin and flabby, while my waist and hips are much larger. Also, I naturally have very large thighs, so even if my waist gets that small, they will probably be bigger. So in general, I think I will use the hips or waist as a real goal.

It would be awesome if my waist was 64cm and my hips 78, soo awesome! I guess I will have to start working out more! Just did several sets of pushups, situps, squats, and dips. I realized dips and pushups are so much harder than I remmeber them...I can barely do pushups so I think I will do them more against a desk rather than the floor (that way I can watch something on my laptop while I'm at it too! xD)
 
It is all about eating less calories per day than your body needs. By reading between the lines, I assume you are a man. You are going to need to be specific about your age, weight and height in order to give you specific help. It would be interested to know something about your weight history. Have you always been overweight or recent?

By the way, don't worry about being lazy. It is our nature to be lazy. It will not prevent you from losing weight.
 
ohh I'm a girl :) sorry I should probably have clarified that. So, what made you think I'm a guy?

No I've never been overweight, and I'm not now, but I've gained weight recently and I'm not happy with it. I'm 19 and 160cm so that puts me at a BMI of 23.44 at 60kg, and I'd like to be anywhere between 50 and 55kg. Actually, last time I weighed myself was like 2 weeks ago and I've been eating alot due to uni stress, so I might be 61 or 62kg by now :p

So I'm aiming for a 200-500 calorie deficit, which I've read would make a slower weight loss, because I'm really in no big hurry, I'd rather lose slow and steady than suddenly becuase I think that will make it harder to keep off. Maybe around next autumn would be nice, atleast before 2011!

I've been putting on weight slowly for the past few years, and I'm sure untill 3 years ago I was underweight, but in just this past year I've put on 10kg after starting uni, and I was gaining weight before that too, but it was a slower weight gain and probably normal because I ended up at around 50kg last summer. Before, I was probably around 45 so pretty underweight, but I've pretty much been gaining weight my whole life! so now I decided I should do all my research on calories and everything, and after lurking around in different website forums for a while, I thought I'd finally do something about it :)
 
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Food shopping list

Next shopping will probably be Thursday or so...What I have now is some onions, garlic, 2 bagels, a bit of chicken, cottage cheese, 3 pots of activia yogurt, pears and bananas, and the usual things like sauces, jam, pasta/rice, tomato paste, cereal, oats, frozen veggies, etc.

shopping list:

Cucumber
carrots
cherry tomatoes
mushrooms
onions
cabbage
green peas
corn

Apples
mandarins

plain activia yogurts
weight watchers vanilla & toffee yogurts
skim milk
laughing cow extra light wedges

wholemeal tortillas
warburtons seeded brown bread

smoked salmon (havent had this in AGES, and just found out about the healthy fats. Hell yeah I'm getting some!)
eggs




hmm can't think of anything else at the moment.
 
20/02/2010

Okay so today I woke up a bit too late for breakfast...it's 11:54

So here's what I'm planning on eating today...if anything changes I'll add it again later

Lunch: stirfried chicken and veggies!
-100g chicken
-cabbage leaf
-1 red onion
-1 garlic clove
-1 tsp olive oil
and on the side:
-defrosted frozen cauliflower and broccoli
-1/2 cucumber
-several cherry tomatoes...5 or 6
-a large carrot
I think that adds up to about 400 calories and will be extremely filling...good since I missed breakfast

Dinner: spicy prawns with whole wheat noodles
-100g defrosted frozen prawns
-1 tsp olive oil
-1 red onion
-1 garlic clove
-1 red chilli pepper
-blue dragon wholewheat noodle nests
total is about 400 cals again

Snacks for throughout the day:
-cottage cheese with sweetcorn
-activia yogurt with a pear
-2 ryvita crackers with extra light laughing cow wedge
-apple
-mandarin
-chocolate
snack total: 600

which makes the daily total 1400. hopefully I'll stick to it and won't mess up. It's 12 now and i'm not even hungry yet, but I think I'll start making lunch already - I might end up never feeling hungry lol (happens when I wake up not hungry).

I also weighed myself properly today - woke up, went to toilet, then weighed myself. Apparently I'm 62kg, 2 kg more than I thought! Well then, that leaves me 10kg to lose, although I'd still be happy with 7
 
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Just wanted to say hey and good luck!! I think you are very wise taking it slow! Slow and steady wins the race and you are much more likely to keep the weight off this way!
 
okay so for the day I ended up not eating all the snacks I planned, so I added some cheese and and egg to dinner and so the day has been about 1300 calories. I also did some minor strength training type exercises at home, with whatever I could (ankle weights, body weight, etc), and went for a short walk. yay for day 1.
 
Wish you all the best on your weight loss adventure!! I'm trying to lose 10kg as well. Slow and steady is definitely a good way to go- changing your lifestyle permanently rather than just for a few months will help you keep the weight off when you reach your goals!
 
Thanks for all the good lucks!
Today I plan to have:

Breakfast:
-30g oatmeal
-150ml skim milk
-3 tbsp flaked almonds
-banana
350

Lunch:
-80g chicken
-onion
-garlic
-chilli
-1/2 bagel
350

Dinner:
-scrambled eggs (2 eggs)
-100ml milk
-onion
-garlic
-redchilli pepper
-1/2 bagel
360

meal total: 1100

snacks:
-cottage cheese 100
-pear 80
-mandarin 40

snacks total: 220

DAILY TOTAL: 1280

Saving some space for alcohol later...it's my friends birthday and so I will probably drink a little bit - probably vodka (diet) lemonade!
 
Well okay, I didn't get around to breakfast untill it was like 11, so I decided to double the oatmeal and almonds, and call it brunch.

so instead of lunch, I'll just be having more snacks. I filled a big tupperware box with a cucumber, carot, and cherry tomatoes, all in small snack-size pieces. Then for dinner I'll have a whole bagel instead of 1/2, to make up for no lunch.

Dinner is meant to be early anyway because I will be doing Jiu Jitsu afterwards and it can't be to soon after!

So now Brunch: 500
Snacks: 320
Dinner: 480

which will add up to 1300 calories, plus the alcohol tonight (I'll limit myself to 300kcal worth!)

And if I am somewhat not satisfied with my eatings, I'll add in an apple or a yogurt.
 
update: fail!

Okay so after having my snacks I couldn't help myself and had the original lunch plan anyway, with a whole bagel, which means I've had 1280 cals already!
I guess I'll just take away the bagel from dinner and add more vegetables, and make it a daily total of 1600ish....plus alcohol!

this means I'm going to have to stop being lazy and push myself real hard at jiu jitsu!
 
woo that was alot of drinking done yesterday....bad hangover this morning:

so I first had lunch with my boyfriend, which was kidney bean chilli with rice...omnomnom. was starving though so I had alot, probably around 600calories worth.

I've also had a carrot and half a banana for snacks, and a tiny bit of my boyfriends cereal too. I'll estimate this at 100 calories. So 700 so far.

It's 14:30 now, so that means a few more snacks and then dinner. I've been craaaaving a fry up all day, so I might just go and buy some sausages or bacon and have some of that with a fried egg and toast, for dinner....I mean, 1 egg=80, bacon or sasage = about 100 each, toast = about 100 each, half a can of baked beans = 100ish. that adds up to like 500 if theres 2 slices of bread, or 600 if the breads are made like french toast.....so if I have that, my meal total will be 1200 calories, and with the snacks I've already had, 1300. So I'll have another apple, and maybe a yogurt and a cucumber for snacks.....and it's all good...

but then again, I can't just buy ONE sausage or slice of bacon...and having more in my fridge means I'll be eating it too much - theyre one of the things that I'll eat constantly if it's there...

On second thought, I could just go a bit high sodium and buy one of those big packaged all breakfast sandwiches....they have egg, sausage, bacon....and whatnot....for about 500 calories I think...not very healthy, but extremely filling and will satisfy my fry up craving....that will be my dinner I think.
so 700 so far + 500 = 1200. Apple, yogurt, cucumber, pear = about 200, which means daily total = 1400! might add a mango to that and go for a walk :)
 
okay poop. the day did not end well. I ended up eating all sorts of junk, and now I feel soooo full and stressed and bloated. I don't think I'll be able to sleep now, I guess I will just have to drink loads of water and relax or something.

Jiu jitsu tomorrow, I better make as much of it as I can before I feel lazy or get sick!
 
today I got a 6 week gym membership! And went to the gym for maybe 30-40 minutes...
Yeah LAME. I can't go for long, I get nauseated if I do more than 15 minutes of cardio....

besides that, the eating has been going well today, cereal w/ yogurt and banan for breakfast, chicken and rice with broccoli and cauliflower for lunch.....a tortilla with cream cheese and a pear for snacks... so about 1000ish so far
 
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