yummysnow's Diary

[yummysnow]

Never thought I would be doing this but here it goes

GAAAAAHHHH VERY LONG DIARY POST AHEAD

Hopefully this can help me to keep going.

-- How much weight do you want to lose? 30+pounds

-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight? 4 months

-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)? Eat less, no junk food, no soda, more water, THE GYM!

-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal? The mirror (and scale hehe)

-- How realistic is your goal? Kind of tough but possible

-- When will you start? Started about 3 weeks ago

Soon going to be 21 years old.
Got shocked when I saw 165 on the scale!
I'm 5'4 and I'm just too big

So over the course of about a month I went from around 165 to roughly 158.. I guess a couple of days ago I had some food out at restaurants... wasn't really greasey stuff at all... and I didn't have any sodas... got back on the scale after constantly losing and what did I see? a 2 pound gain back to 160 =(...

Yesterday I said "this is it" the time is closing in on me and if I keep letting myself have 2 or 3 occassional splurges then the weight will just pile on and stay on... no matter how much I work out or eat well during the rest of the week.

I try to calorie count... and when I don't know the exact calories I'll try and add on an extra 100-200 calories to what I ate. I kind of figure instead of underestimating I can overestimate! I just try to eat low calorie foods and I only eat when I'm hungry... which is weird because on some days I'm eating about 900 calories and I have to find something extra to eat so that I don't 'starve' myself even if I'm not hungry...

I've been going to the gym about everyother day for the past 2 & 1/2 weeks... I usually do about 15 minutes of various weights for my arms... then I always try to go 30 mins on the treadmill at 4.5 mph. For me that's jogging...

The only thing that really annoys me about weight loss is that there are tons of opinions out there that totally contradict one another =(

For simply losing weight some say 'you must run & work out for 45 minutes a day 5 days a week...'
Some say 'run for 30 minutes only 3 days.'
Some say 'run everyday for an hour!!'
'If you run your legs will get bigger because of more muscle' (I DON'T want bigger legs haha)
etc etc

'If you exercise that hard you'll only burn carbs for the first 20 minutes'
'If you don't exercise that hard you'll end up wasting your time'



I guess I've been seeing results with what I've been doing... running and weights... hopefully by the end of this month (after 2 months) I'll actually be able to feel/see some kind of muscle in my arms? or see my legs get thinner?

Well I don't know... for this week I'll just try to walk at around 4mph for 45 mins every other day and see what happens at the end of the week

NO EATING OUT FOR ME >=(

Ooo almost forgot! here is what I ate today so far:

1 strawberry banana yogurt (fat free 120 cals)
2 large boiled eggs 148 cals
water to drink

for later
whole wheat pasta & sauce 500 cals
1/2 odwalla chocolate protein shake 170 cals

hummus & a small whole wheat pita 230 cals

plain chicken breast (little olive oil on pan) 140 cals
add some onions and green pepper 30 cals

gotta shop tonight for tomorrow =)

 

[yummysnow]

Ok wow I missed almost a week and a half of exercise... couldn't go to the gym because I had my feminine issues if you know what I mean and I had to go home for my 1 week vacation. No treadmills around home =(

During my week at home I tried as hard as I could to stick to my diet and I believe it really worked. I totally limited my portions and tried to count those calories (while overestimating a bit). But other than that I was on my butt the whole time iggy:

I was so afraid of stepping on that scale when I got back. I FELT as if I got bigger while back at home. I was ready to see a 2 pound gain. BUT I DIDN'T I actually lost weight!! I think it was a pound

anyway I'm down to 155.4!
Everytime I step on the scale I say to myself "when I see 154 then I'll know this is working. Then when I reach that mini goal the next time I just tell myself "when I see 153 then it's actually working" and so on and so on. It feels great to see the numbers go down.

To make up for all the time lost not going to the gym I have to try to go there 5 days this week.

three of those days doing weights and all 5 on the treadmill.

Tomorrow I'll buy a ton of chicken =) and my favorite! Lowfat light yogurt =)

My favorite breakfasts:

*2 boiled eggs & 1 light yogurt
*bran flakes with 1%
*instant oatmeal

My favorite lunches/snack:

*whole wheat pasta & sauce
*hummus

My favorite dinners:

*baked salmon chunk
*chicken fajita
*sushi

If I have a drink with my food it's usually a protein shake... I figured if I'm doing weight training I should have a bit more protein.

Water has really totally replaced soda to the point that when I go out I actually ask for water!!! this has never happened before in my life!

well that's enough crazy ranting for me

 

[yummysnow]

Well since mid feb till now I've officially lost a total of 10 pounds =)

I put my ticker from 164 to 165 because it has been bugging me. I started at 165 but then after a pound loss I made that ticker

Anyway

On Tuesday I went to the gym for about 50 minutes and really tried with the weights. Did my regular 30+ mins on the treadmill
Next day was rest day

Today I did a bit of weights but I made the mistake of doing the treadmill first. Basically I wasn't energized enough to go a whole 15 minutes of weights. I did some though... my armpits hurt haha so I couldn't really do much if I wanted.

Tomorrow I'm going to go back and hopefully do a bit of weights and another 30 mins of cardio.

As for food... hmm

I had:
1 light fat free yogurt - 100cals
2 boiled eggs - 140cals

Chinese boiled pork thingies - 370cals
low sugar drink - 50cals

1 mini strawberry rice cake - 90cals

I'm going to have a chunk of baked salmon tonight

... seems like I need a lot more calories for today
and since I burned off about 270 that gives me even more to eat
Ahhh I'll barely be over 1000! I wasn't hungry at all today either soooo..

I guess I can also eat a chocolate fiber bar

 

[yummysnow]

Well... I'm back...

Got some devastating news (at least for me) way up in the year and I've completely fallen off track ever since. I've gained back more than half of what I lost.

My weight ticker isn't even alive anymore...

Considering it's been so many months, and my 'depression' drove me to ice cream and Mc Donalds, I would have thought I'd be way heavier than I am now.

Highest point was 165
Lowest point was 153
Currently I'm 160

Well recently I got some news that I wanted to hear I'm totally ready to diet and exercise again! woohoo.

I'm going to try to check out the school's gym tomorrow. I know I'll feel pretty uncomfortable if it was packed. I've been there later in the day before and there were 'barbies' everywhere on the treadmills and tons of guys showing off their muscles.

I think the place is usually pretty empty in the morning. Will investigate.

This forum is still great, reading posts and advice gives me more confidence.

I went out and got whole wheat stuff, granola, vegies, and whatnot.

Time to study up on exercise routines again and time to plan meals!

 

[jeffisbig]

welcome back, i'm sure you'll do great. Don't be discrouage by the barbies and muscles they're too busy looking in the mirror to care about you.