Wittbound's Diary

Hi Wittbound,

Nice start to a dairy entry and hope your doing well. As for water try and drink it the colder the better, if you can your body uses up a couple of calories to heat it up to your own body temperature. Every little bit helps.

I would suggest having a few more calories but as your trying to loose 15 pounds you'll soon get there and shouldn't do too much harm.
 
I thought it was nice opening statement. haha

I didn't know that about water. Pretty cool. Well, I am definitely trying to drink as much as possible. I'm about to finish my 4th glass today.

And my goal is to eat about 1500 calories a day. That may be a little low, but I think that's what my trainer told me to eat. I am a little low, today, so I'll have to eat a snack. I need meat in my dinner, so that should add some calories, too.

I just got back from running. I found it a little bit more difficult to get motivated today than the past 2 days, but not by a lot. I really need to figure out how far I am running. Maybe today I'll drive the course that I run (because it's all along the road), and figure out exactly how many miles it is. When I was done running I went upstairs took off all my sweaty clothes, and just laid down in front of my mom's fan. It felt so good.

Now I'm tired and want to take a nap.

But check this out. This is one of the slides at the new water park I mentioned earlier. AWESOME! I'm definitely getting a season pass. :)
 
I saw a Simpsons episode like that where Homer gets stuck in a water slide, and all these little kids keep running into him. Eventually, a crane has to be used to remove a whole section of the slide to get him out. I wonder if that has ever actually happened? :eek:
 
Alright...so dinner was really good. My mom made a new dish that had some noodles, boneless, skinless chicken, mushrooms, and celery with some sauce made from cream of chicken soup. It was good! I had quite a bit of it! But that's okay since I needed to eat nearly 1000 more calories. We also had fruit salad (again) and sugar snap peas, which happen to be the only kind that I like. All in all it was a rally good meal, and I drank lots of water, so now I'm stuffed.

Breakfast - 240
Lunch - 365
Snack - 150
Dinner - approx 500

That adds up to around 1,300. Now all I have to do is refrain from snacking tonight, and I'm good!

I haven't gotten a chance to take a shower yet because right when I was about to it started thunder storming, and my mom won't let me take showers when it's lightning. Gross.
 
Your dinner sounds good. I had a late lunch, which was a ginormous salad with BBQ chicken from Paradise... I don't really like peas either, so I eat snap peas sometimes... Why won't your mom let you take showers when it's lightning? Is there a danger there? I've never heard of that... Perhaps I'm just out of the loop or stupid or something.... There was a big thunderstorm here last night according to everybody at work. I slept right thru it, but I ran last night and took a tylenol pm before I went to bed, so i probably would have slept thru an earthquake...

-Sam
 
Wish I could go out and run like you and Sam. I totally can't, I run maybe 1/2 mile then have to walk. Takes a lotta work to move me, haha. I do bust out a good 30min on the elliptical though. Think I did almost 3 miles today.

Your diet looks good, my advice (dont know if you're looking for any) is to try to do whole-wheat/whole grain carbs. More fiber = more weightloss and the wholewheat/wholegrain stuff is great for fiber. So is fiber-one cereal. Its kinda like good carbs vs bad carbs. Try it out and see what ya think.
 
Sam, because lightning could come through my house and strike our piping, which would then send an electric current through the water and on to my head. :) The chances of it actually happening are slim, but mom's just lookin out for me. haha

nc, it will come with time. You just have to have patience. You'll progress without even knowing it. Last year, before I got my gym membership in the winter, I ran this one course. A few months later, after I had worked out a lot of course, I ran that same course to see if I had improved. I thought that I was running at the same pace, but when I was done I had actually cut 8 minutes off of my original time! You will become more conditioned, and you'll continue to have less and less weight to carry as you progress. Believe me, the only reason why I can run this long is because I have been playing soccer since I was 4. And I used to work out on the ellipticals all the time last year. They always gave me an awesome workout. I am going to look into the whole wheat thing. Several people have mentioned this in the past, and I think I might go to the store and buy some whole wheat bread and some stuff to make sandwiches with, so that I can have an actual lunch. haha

Well, I just got done eating half a bag of popcorn. That's only 15 calories. Wow! 130 unpopped and 15 popped. Weird. haha

Tomorrow I am sneaking into a pool around here! Well, it's not exactly sneaking in since I will just walk in, but it's a private apartment complex pool. It's so nice though, and I'm really excited to get to hang out with my friends. That just means that I will have to run in the morning.

Back to work tomorrow. Boo.
 
Pretty tired this morning. I dont really want to run today to be completely honest. My plan is to run 6 days a week, so if I don't run today then I have to run tomorrow and Saturday. But I will also feel skinnier at the pool if I run. I dunno.

For right now I get to focus on eating! Be back soon!
 
Alright so I had a pretty yummy breakfast. I had a fried egg white sandwich with 2 thin deli slices of ham on light wheat bread. I also had a small side of fruit salad. I just realized that these things are the same things that I used to eat, but I would have way more of them. Like maybe a month ago I would have had 2 sandwiches instead of 1.

And guess what...I went running. Yeah, I actually sucked it up, and went for my run. I noticed though that I'm not as tired when I'm done as I have been. I think I need to add something in to my course to make it a tad bit longer. My boyfriend passed me while I was running. He must have been on his lunch break. :)

The bad thing about running at this time is that this is usually when I eat, but since I just finished running food sounds disgusting.
 
Hey guys. So let's see.

Last night at work I called my boyfriend, and he picked up a chipotle burrito bol for me. I didn't eat a 1500 calorie pasta dish! YES! Progress.

And, I've lost my first pound. Man, did that take a while. So I'm at 139ish right now.

Now, it's time for breakfast.
 
Just got in.

Well, let's see. I got my training program, and it is going to take a lot of devotion, time, motivation, etc. Lifting, running, ball skills, ab workouts, ladders, cone drills. AHHH! Starts on Monday.

Today, I didn't run. I woke up at about 12:30 (disgusting), and went downstairs to eat a bowl of dry Honey Bunches of Oats. Then at about 3:30 I ate 2 slices of light wheat bread with 0 cal butter. I had a few pieces of cantaloupe, then my boyfriend and I ate at AppleBee's. My old-time favorite, the sampler, was ordered, and I ate one mozzarella stick, 2 small pieces of buffalo chicken, 1 tortilla chicken thing, and maybe 3 chips. For my meal I had a chicken portobello sandwich with herb seasoned potatoes as a side. The sandwich was about the size of my palm, similar to the size of a McDonald's cheeseburger, and I got about 4 pieces of potatoes. haha It was good, but definitely lacking in size. Then I had a side salad at my house with light italian, banana peppers, cucumbers, and 6 croutons. So....

Breakfast - 200 cals
Lunch - 100 cals
Dinner - 700 cals
Snack - 200 cals

= 1200 calories...a little low, but I also didn't run today.

Well, I work tomorrow at noon, so I'm going to figure meals out now. For breakfast I am going to have a blueberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese, and a banana. I am going to pack a lunch. Light wheat bread with pepperjack cheese, turkey, light mayo, lettuce, and onions, and a bag of Multi-grain cheerios. If I find something else to take as I side, I'll include it, too.

Alright well...night!
 
Breakfast has never tasted so good. Strawberry cream cheese = heaven.

The one good thing that work does for my diet is that I drink tons of water without even realizing it. We get the tall styrofoam cups, and I just sit there and drink away. Drinking out of boredom?

Well, I have a feeling that I am going to be doing a lot of running around at work since it's Father's Day, and a lot of people will come out for lunch. Partial exercise.

Weighed in at 139 again today. I just can't seem to get that scale to budge. I think that I should start seeing results on Tuesday morning when I've started my conditioning program.
 
Breakfast - blueberry bagel w/strawberry cream cheese (300 calories)
Lunch - Turkey Sandwich, 1 cup of multi grain cheerios, and 1 banana (510 calories)
Snack - Pepper jack cheese on 5 crackers (140 calories)
Dinner - 2 pigs in a blanket, a side salad, and 1/2 of a banana (600 calories)

Total = 1,550 calories

Not sure what is for dinner.

So here is a more detailed look at the first week of my summer conditioning program...

Week 1

M, W, F
Lift upper body
20 minute run
18 yard course
150 yard ladders
Ball Skills/Moves
Passing & Serving
2 50 yard sprints w/ ball
Ab Workout

T, Th
Lift lower body
2 cone course sets
18 yard course
150 yard ladders
Dynamic Workout (Plyos)
Quick Feet workout (jump rope, ball touches, ladders)
Ab Workout

:eek2:

I'm going to die.

Still need to get a gym membership.

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Dinner was good. My mom used to make these things called pigs in a blanket all the time, and they are basically balls of ground beef with green olives, onions, green peppers, and bread crumbs wrapped in a piece of bacon. Not the healthiest, but not terrible either.
 
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I think tomorrow I am going to head out to the middle school track, so that I can see how far I run in 16 minutes and also for my 20 minute run. We have to be able to run 2 miles in 16 minutes by the time our season starts. Sometime before July 4th I have to check in with my 2 mile time, and then again sometime in August.

When I ran XC in 7th grade my slowest 2 mile time was 15:35. But that was back when I was in great shape. Im kinda nervous about this, but not to the point where I am freaking out...yet.
 
Wow. I would feel like a pretty cool kid if I could run ONE mile in 16 minutes :hurray::hurray:

I keep forgetting to come here and check your diary...

Congrats on drinking and eating so well!! I have to admit...I am not. I just can't bring myself to stress out over whether I've had 1 TBLSN of sour cream, or one and a half, whether I should consider it a large banana or a medium, if the pizza I ate early was cut in 1/8 or 1/12...grr. But what I'm doing now (which is eating whatever I want, whenever I want) is not working so well either.

Anyway...your diary, not mine. Maybe I should start one. but I still have one at CPH, and I'm not sure I can keep up with two..

Have a good afternoon!!
 
I know just what you're talking about with the food. In fact, just today I couldn't decide if I had eaten a medium or large banana. haha And I literally measured out my cream cheese today in measuring spoon things. The things we'll do to lose weight.
 
Okay so I'm going to write out the game plan for tomorrow...

Wake up at 9:30 and eat my blueberry bagel, and also a banana (hear it's good for preventing running cramps?). Then, I am going to head over to the soccer park nearby and get all of the running over with first. This means the 20 minute run, the 150 yard ladder, the 18 yard course, and the 2 50 yard sprints with the ball. Then, after running I am going to do ball skills for 30 minutes, and nothing less. Ball skills are something that I really need to work on. Last thing at the park is the ab workout. Then when I get home I will immediately go into the upper body workout.

Note - I need to find a wall to do passing against, so I will search for one at the park, but there are no guarantees.

I am definitely feeling a little nervous about tomorrow. I hope to hell that I can post some positive results though.

I need to buy a stop watch. For now I'm using the stop watch on my ipod, but it's hard to start and stop while sprinting since it is on my arm. I need to find a big water bottle tonight, so that I can take that with me tomorrow.

Hmm...anything else? I'll probably think of something later.
 
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