Weight Loss Journal

Amanda, I think that having a class that is too light says a lot. You are now at a point of fitness where you can do so much more and what would have killed you a few months ago now is just too easy. Nice! :sifone:
 
Wow, well done for the awesome workouts lately!

And yeah, no worries about small losses, look at the big picture, you're really doing well!

Sorry to hear bout the car troubles :( most of us know THAT one!

Have a good weekend!
 
Thanks for dropping by guys. I am at a higher fitness level whether I've gained back my weight or not. I am still able to run at 6 mph for 30 minutes compared to 4.2 mph for 12 when I first started, so it definately does say alot.

So i cleaned my car last night from top to bottom. And it looks really snazzy now. Almost snazzy enough to not want to sell. It's in almost the best condition I've seen it in, which means I can possibly get more for my dollar. I may raise the asking price to 3799 instead of 3499 and hope for 3299. I dunno but I should probably decide soon haha.

I did the step class yesterday and something happened (kinda bad... not really sure how bad). Well my quads were still sore from the pump class, but I didn't think it would really effect my step class. But she decided to do lunges for the strength part. When I bent down with my left leg I could feel a really deep pain in my quad. like in the center of my quad. I'm not sure what this is.. a pull? a train? just a deep workout? I dunno but I'm thinking I should take an unvoluntary day off today. It feels fine when I walk, so I might run tonight after work. But I have so much free time and the step class is at 1:10. I'm thinking I could do it if I skip any lunges. Any advice withing the next hour would be really appreciated.

So I came home last night and ugh... another bad night. I can't say the cravings won the battle nor lost it. It was probably a tie. I had 2 slices of whole wheat pizza (cheese and bruschetta, super thin crust). Then I had another slice. Then I wanted dessert. I had probably a tsp of ice cream then grabbed a whole wheat waffle and put jam on it (totalling 100 cals). I went to the bar with my friends afterwards and had a couple drink. A couple meaning 2. Then I went home. I gave into some of the voices in my head but I can't even count how many times I pulled something out of the cupboard and put it back in without taking anything. I just said no. So went on the scale today and was up .2 lbs. Unfortunately not a loss but it could have been up 2 lbs if I didn't tell myself no all those times.

So I'm back to it today. I had one slip up in the last 5 days (and only at one meal) and it was a semi-controlled slip, so I don't think it's enough to really effect my progress very much. I'll still be down tomorrow.

Ok I've written enough lol.
 
The daily battle we fight, huh Amanda? You're doing great though! Stop weighing yourself so much... it'll get into your head if it hasn't already.
 
The saying is that abs are made in the kitchen. I'm not so sure I agree completely. There are people who work out so much that no matter what they eat it's burned off. Amanda, I think that keeping up with your fitness is what is going to make all the difference for you. Sure you fall off the wagon diet wise, but by increasing that fitness you will make the gains that you want. Like you said, you are now running at a pace 45% faster for 250% longer time. You have made exercise a very important part of your daily life. The little slip ups with eating will eventually get less and less to the point where it won't make a difference. (And from the lack of your posting about it, it sounds like your unwanted partying has lessened, too.) Good things all around you.
 
Back to what you just posted Trops, I have noticed that since I decided to get back into working out back in March, I have been very consistent with it. Sure I've missed a couple of weeks, but it's always so easy to get back into it for some reason.

I'm still doing pretty well. I didn't get a run in after work yesterday because the gym closed in 20 minutes. So I just said whatever. I almost destroyed the day eating wise, but quickly came to my senses. I met up with my friend Jamie at the bar and had a cran and vodka. After that, we went to his house and I had a tall can of beer, and then a half a mug (regular sized coffeemug) of beer. I noticed some cookies on the counter and had two of the smallest ones I could find (they were home made oatmeal with m&m pieces in them). At that point I decided to stop eating. I really didnt want to but knew it would be in my best interest after my buzz was gone. So I had the outside of an apple on the way to class and sobered up before going to work. I had a 250 cal lunch and skipped a 150 calorie snack which kinda made up for the small slips.

So I went on the scale this morning and was down 1.4 lbs from yesterdays weigh in, which I was VERY happy to see. This morning I went to the 8:30 cardio class at the gym (1 hour), then decided to stay for the body pump class at 9:30 (1 hour.). 2 hours of intense working out today. I had a hard time with the lunges but just eased up on the leg with the bad quad so I didnt stretch the muscle so much and hurt it more. Eats have also been decent, but I've been a little more lenient because I probably burned 900 cals this morning. I had a ham, egg, and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bagel for breakfast and skipped the snack. Lunch was at Mr. Greek. My mom and I shared a chicken souvlaki dinner (chicken, 1/4 of a pita, greek salad, tsaziki, and roasted veggies). I think it was an excellent choice for a healthy lunch. I'm going to be going out with friends for dinner and will definitely have something healthy. I also plan to have a few drinks tonight (won't be overindulging). I'm sure the scale will still be down tomorrow.

Alright I'm out. have a good evening :)
 
Sounds like you are doing great Amanda! I have to say I am wicked jealous of all the classes you are taking. I would love to be able to take so many classes back to back and daily!! But LIFE likes to take over and I don't have time for anything but work and school it seems like... weightloss has been pretty much stale-mate... But school is out in 4 weeks... then I have 4 weeks off till the spring semester and I plan to make HUGE strides during that time...

Ha anyway sorry for the rant!! Just wanted to cheer you on a bit! I think you've really gotten past your vices and made a healthy comitment... even though you still eat... the healthy thoughts are there and that's what matters in making a change!!!
 
Dee, there is a major difference between you and I which is probably a very important fact when considering how much I workout. That is, you are very focused on school it seems. You get homework done on time and even study when there's no exam. Me... I procrastinate. I avoid homework at all costs and will do anything else before I do my homework. It's unfortunate, but that's how I get through school and still exercise lol.
 
So this weekend was pretty nuts. Not the whole weekend, just a portion of it. I went out for dinner with my friend Aurora on Saturday night and decided on the salmon salad at the very last second. A choice I was very pleased with. After that we went to the bar and began drinking. I had about 6 drinks the whole time out, and then we went to my ex's (Mike) for more drinks. When I got there I had a few rum and cokes, and then had 2 beers. I also gave in to the cocaine, but since I haven;t done it in a month, I allowed this. I ended up staying up till 10 and my ex said that I could crash there (I was too drunk to drive) and the obvious happened lol. I woke up at 2 and, well, ate like shit on Sunday. I had a poutine, and angus burger, lasagna, and some pie... oh and ice cream. I didn't overeat in the day and that's why I think things weren't too bad on the scale this morning. I weighed in at 144.4.

Today I went to the gym and did the cardio attack class. I have had a good day with my eats so far. Fiber One for breaky and tuna sandwich for lunch. I'm just very happy that I was able to jump right back into my diet after yesterday. I'd really like to see 140 this week and will really push for it.
 
Oh man I had some serious temptations yesterday. Fortunately I wasn't really craving anything bad so I didn't give in. There was a reservation for 60 at work for a boys hockey team and all the boys got ice cream. Well my manager made too many ice creams and started handing them out to whoever wanted them. I was offered, but I kindly turned it down. There was also an extra pizza and two mini burgers that were given away to staff. I didn't eat any of it. I wanted the scale to go down. And alas it did. 143.4 today. Eats are good today. I had a low fat cranberry muffin for breakfast and a granola bar for snack. Lunch was a ham sandwich on whole wheat with some granola 90 cal snack pack thing. Dinner will be some chicken with veggies (from work). I will go to the body pump class tonight and will hopefully get a decent run in after the class. I wanna see a nice drop tomorrow since it will have been a couple days after my bad sunday. My mini goal for this month is to hit the mid-130's. It's a long shot, but I'll try my best. Even to see the 130's in general would be wonderful :)
 
You can do it lady!! Amazing job passing those temptations!! I think you are over the hump!!! Now lets move forward and drop some pounds... we will get into the 130s together... even if its 139!! We can do this!!! (PS I too am at 143).

How much school is left?? And how is that going? I've got 4 weeks left including this week and I am sooooo ready for it to be over! This semester has sucked big time!!!

Anyway you are doing great! Remind yourself you are beautiful and strong!!

:):)
 
MissDFITT said:
You can do it lady!! Amazing job passing those temptations!! I think you are over the hump!!! Now lets move forward and drop some pounds... we will get into the 130s together... even if its 139!! We can do this!!! (PS I too am at 143).

How much school is left?? And how is that going? I've got 4 weeks left including this week and I am sooooo ready for it to be over! This semester has sucked big time!!!

Anyway you are doing great! Remind yourself you are beautiful and strong!!

:):)
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Thanks Dee! I am definately over the hump. I'm so ready to get down to my goal weight. I don't care what it takes anymore. I'm so sick of just letting go and jumping back up to my start weight and then feeling miserable. School is meh. I think we are out the week of December 12th. I hear you on being done with school. I just want it to end. I finally got caught up on my late assignments, and now I just need to stay on top of things. This is my last year though and I'd really like to pass everything the first time. And thanks very much for coming by and for the wonderful compliments! We will do this together. Now that you have your goal of 2 lbs a week we should be cruising along together. LETS GET 'ER DONE!! :D
 
And now for my daily log. Yesterday ended pretty good. I was very close to blowing it but I held tight. Eats were good. I had the chicken for dinner and probably ate more chicken than I should have. Then after body pump I came home and had 3 strawberries and a little vanilla yogurt with granola in it. Then I watched the biggest loser families and went to bed. I didn't get my run in after the pump class like I had wanted because my mom wasn't feeling it. I was scared the scale wasn't going to really move today but it did. 142.2. Woot woot!! I am so close to 139 I can't wait. It's been so long since I've seen the 130's. I'm so determined to get to my goal this time. Now that I'm back into a good thing I really don't want to ruin it.

Breakfast today was a PB and J on whole wheat. Snack will be a granola bar, and lunch will be ham on whole wheat. My late snack will be an orange or something (from the school) and dinner will be salmon with salad. I work tonight so I should be able to hold off on any temptations.

I plan on doing the cardio kickboxing class on my break today. I'm aiming for 141 tomorrow. And you can bet I'll be getting there!

I'M BACK AND HERE TO STAY!!!:party::party:
 
Well I'm not sure if anyone noticed but I started up my ticker again. I figured it may be an added incentive, just like the writing my weight in my calender. Yesterday went well. I did the cardio kickboxing class. It's such a stupid class... compared to the step and the body pump classes, but it's a workout so I do it. Went to work yesterday and did very well with not eating and stuff. I had salmon and a cheddar salad with raspberry dressing for dinner then had half a multigrain roll at work. I actually snuck in a cream puff thing and a couple of mandarin oranges. Came home and was feeling like snacking, but just had a werthers candy. I watched supersize vs. super skinny, a show where an extremely obese and an extremely thin person swap meals for a week. The super skinny girl was a hard workouter lol... and she restricted carbs from her diet as much as possible. She actually feared them. She was bone thin and actually very gross looking. She got a 3 month plan an began incorporating carbs into her meals and she looked smoking hot after the 3 months. They also said that 50% of every meal should be starchy carbs, but I don't buy that one bit. I think 25% should be carbs and 50% should be veggies. the other 25% being protein. But that's just me.

Anyways I got on the scale today and didn't expect to see what I did. 141.0! I was like HOLY SHIT!! Now I don't know if this is good or bad because I am eating enough to my knowledge. I try to stick to 1200 but sometimes go up to 1400 and exercise daily. I do not eat to make up for the workout defecit either. I don't know if I'm undereating or if maybe the weight is dropping so easily because I've been down to 133 before and the fat I'm losing now has not been on me for so long. Anyways I'm 141 and quite happy about it.

Breaky today was some fiber one and snack was a waffle with pb and j on it. Lunch will be a chicken breast sandy on whole wheat and I dont know about anything after that. I am going to do the step and strength class today at the school, and might do the body pump class tonight with my mom. If I don't go she probably won't go and the last thing I want is to discourage her from going to the gym.

Speaking of my mom... not sure if I've told anyone about the way my mom is. She is about 160 or so lbs and has been part of a gym for 11 years. She does go but makes excuses for not going more often. "I got home late", "I couldn't leave the dog here any longer", "I had to make dinner". Speaking of dinner... her eating habits are not the greatest. She'll eat well some days and crap other days. She says she just wants to lost maybe 10 lbs which is fine, but everytime she gets motivated with something she gets so easily side tracked and just falls off the wagon. It's so frustrating and I just wish she would eat like she always talks about how she should eat. Sorry just wanted to rant a bit there. I know she wants to lost weight and I want a weight loss buddy that's as motivated as me so we can do it together!!!!!! (that's probably my main reason for the frustration)

OK I'm doneski.
 
Good job on the ticker. I was noticing that you weren't updating it, but I wasn't going to mention anything. It's tough to push it backwards. I've tried to make a point of bushing it back just because I hate it so. It motivates me to get it back to where it was. My graph looks like a mountain range, but that's ok because it's steadily going down.
 
Hey Adeon! Just wanted to say hi. From what I've read, it looks like you're doing really well. I also got back up to about 138, and I've found that the weight has been easier to lose the second time around. Lets hope its the last time.
 
Woot Woot :party: 141.0!!! You go girly!! I weigh tomorrow so we will see what's the weeks damage is!!

Have a good weekend!!
 
Well I've done it again. Fallen off the wagon. I drank on Saturday and then ate bad on sunday and then DRANK AGAIN on sunday and ate BAD monday. Yesterday I was ready to get back into the swing of things but then I didn't want my chicken sandwich for lunch so I had pizza. I had a chicken salad for dinner and then caved.... AGAIN. So the scale is back up to a very very temporary 146.8 this morning. I'm going to get back into my good vibe today. Haven't started out the best though. Had a 12 grain bagel with butter for breakfast. I have my other meals packed though I just hope I can stick to eating them. I'll probably go for a run after work tonight. I have too much homework and just can't make the cardio kickboxing class today. I still have my goal of the mid 130's by the end of November and that gives me no more time to F up. So I'm going to really really push to not drink again till December. I have bdays coming up and shit but it's just not worth it. I was watching the miss fitness usa the other day and oh man what I'd give for their bodies. Not even too muscular just super toned. I really want one. :(

Anyways no more drinking for me for a bit and just purely focus on 138 by the end of the month.
 
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