Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
My Back Hurts
My back has hurt for a couple months and I am now trying to sleep on my floor to see if my bed is too soft. It hasn't stopped me from working out though!
This is the week of March 21st:
Monday:
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese w/6 pineapple chunks
2 ind bag sunchips
Pepperjack cheese stick
Porkchop w/bean salad (both Biggest Loser recipes)
6 mini sausages w/6 bites gouda
Workout: 1 mile walk, 1 mile run, 25 mins arms and abs
Tuesday:
Rasp yogurt
Pepperjack cheese stick
Sauteed spinach, grilled asparagus, grilled shrimp, onions, shallots, w/feta and olive oil
Oatmeal raisin quaker chewybar
Nut mix w/soybeans
Mini Turkey biscuit
4 mini sausages w/6 mini chunks gouda
Workout: 1/2mile walk, 1/2mile run, 30 mins legs
Wednesday:
chewy bar
Kind bar (nut and fruit bar)
chicken fingers/fries
boiled pnuts
bunch of beers and bunch rasp martinis.....i'm hurting this morning
Workout: 2 hrs bowling
Thursday:
This was bad because I was hungover and on my period, so I just gave up.
Mcdouble from Mcd's
2 tbs all natural peanut butter
Quesadilla with rice and chips and salsa
1 piece thin crust pizza
3 slices dessert pizza with caramel and nuts
1 cup heath bar ice cream
No workout.
Friday:
Cottage cheese w/pineapple
Hot nut mix with soybeans
1/2 protein bar
10 wings w/blue cheese
Workout: 5.6 miles (ran 1.6 without stopping!! I've never been able to run more than 1/2 mile before--ever! It was amazing)!!
Saturday and Sunday don't count, even though I did try to eat lowcarb. No alcohol, but I went out to eat: Mexican and King Street Grill.
Scale: 129, which doesn't count because like I said, periods make you gain about 5lbs of water and bloat weight....which got me thinking....Does The Biggest Loser take into effect the weeks the girls are on their periods?
This is the week of March 21st:
Monday:
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese w/6 pineapple chunks
2 ind bag sunchips
Pepperjack cheese stick
Porkchop w/bean salad (both Biggest Loser recipes)
6 mini sausages w/6 bites gouda
Workout: 1 mile walk, 1 mile run, 25 mins arms and abs
Tuesday:
Rasp yogurt
Pepperjack cheese stick
Sauteed spinach, grilled asparagus, grilled shrimp, onions, shallots, w/feta and olive oil
Oatmeal raisin quaker chewybar
Nut mix w/soybeans
Mini Turkey biscuit
4 mini sausages w/6 mini chunks gouda
Workout: 1/2mile walk, 1/2mile run, 30 mins legs
Wednesday:
Sauteed spinach, grilled asparagus, grilled shrimp, onions, shallots, w/feta and olive oil
small ziplock of pork rindschewy bar
Kind bar (nut and fruit bar)
chicken fingers/fries
boiled pnuts
bunch of beers and bunch rasp martinis.....i'm hurting this morning
Workout: 2 hrs bowling
Thursday:
This was bad because I was hungover and on my period, so I just gave up.
Mcdouble from Mcd's
2 tbs all natural peanut butter
Quesadilla with rice and chips and salsa
1 piece thin crust pizza
3 slices dessert pizza with caramel and nuts
1 cup heath bar ice cream
No workout.
Friday:
Cottage cheese w/pineapple
Hot nut mix with soybeans
1/2 protein bar
10 wings w/blue cheese
Workout: 5.6 miles (ran 1.6 without stopping!! I've never been able to run more than 1/2 mile before--ever! It was amazing)!!
Saturday and Sunday don't count, even though I did try to eat lowcarb. No alcohol, but I went out to eat: Mexican and King Street Grill.
Scale: 129, which doesn't count because like I said, periods make you gain about 5lbs of water and bloat weight....which got me thinking....Does The Biggest Loser take into effect the weeks the girls are on their periods?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Rockin' and Rollin'
I think I missed a week here or there, but nevertheless, I'm going to put the week of March 14-20th. Let me preface this week by saying that I went to the gym Friday and Saturday before....yehaw!
Monday:
1/4 smoothie w/strawberries, no sugar vanilla yogurt, 1 scoop protein powder
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese with 2 tbs pineapple
2 pieces beef jerky
Steak stirfry w/broccoli, side of spinach
1 cup Heathbar ice cream
Workout: 6 mile walk (1 burst of running 1/4 mile) on Cooper River Bridge (that's what I still call it, not the Ravenel)!
Tuesday:
Everything bagel w/cream chz and tomato (prob not the best idea, carb load)
9 mini crustless sandwiches from publix tray (Parent night at school and I was starving. And plus they equaled about one real sandwich)
6mini pieces steak
3 crab legs dipped in tad butter
Workout: 2 mile run/walk, 35 mins abs/arms
Wednesday:
Banana
Bag sunchips
Handful almonds
2 chicken fingers, fries, 1 cheese stick, 1 piece of pizza (bowling night and again I was starved)
4 bud lights
Workout: 5 min walk, 20 min elliptical, 30 mins legs/machines, 2 hour bowling
Thursday: St. Patty's so don't judge
1/2 cup chicken salad
7 nachos w/chicken, cheese, jalepenos
10 "chips" w/balsamic vin and blue cheese
5 Miller or Bud lights
Cheeseburger and chicken sandwich from Mcd's
No Workout
Friday:
Half chicken salad sandwich w/salad and kettle chips from Atlanta Bread Company
Mushroom swiss burger with fries (out to din with the fam)
1 Mic Ultra
Saturday:
2 eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon
2 chicken skewers, 2 beef skewers
2 grilled chicken sandwiches w/fries (it was so great until I got drunk and not only ate my grilled chicken sandwich, but Sarah's as well)
4 mimosas, 1 beer w/Grandmarnier, 2 pbrs, 1 miller lite
Workout: ab ripper X
Sunday:
couple bites chicken salad
Glazed pork chop w/green bean salad
rasp yogurt over grilled peaches
(all of these were Biggest Loser recipes)
NO workout
Despite my pitfalls, I've lost another 2 lbs. Your current weight is..........126. However, we have another scale in the house that I weigh more on, but I still lost 2 lbs. So my bathroom scale says 126, my guest bedroom scale says 132. I started out at 135 on my bathroom scale and 138 on my guest bedroom scale. So I either lost 9 lbs or 6. Either way, I'm losing!
Monday:
1/4 smoothie w/strawberries, no sugar vanilla yogurt, 1 scoop protein powder
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese with 2 tbs pineapple
2 pieces beef jerky
Steak stirfry w/broccoli, side of spinach
1 cup Heathbar ice cream
Workout: 6 mile walk (1 burst of running 1/4 mile) on Cooper River Bridge (that's what I still call it, not the Ravenel)!
Tuesday:
Everything bagel w/cream chz and tomato (prob not the best idea, carb load)
9 mini crustless sandwiches from publix tray (Parent night at school and I was starving. And plus they equaled about one real sandwich)
6mini pieces steak
3 crab legs dipped in tad butter
Workout: 2 mile run/walk, 35 mins abs/arms
Wednesday:
Banana
Bag sunchips
Handful almonds
2 chicken fingers, fries, 1 cheese stick, 1 piece of pizza (bowling night and again I was starved)
4 bud lights
Workout: 5 min walk, 20 min elliptical, 30 mins legs/machines, 2 hour bowling
Thursday: St. Patty's so don't judge
1/2 cup chicken salad
7 nachos w/chicken, cheese, jalepenos
10 "chips" w/balsamic vin and blue cheese
5 Miller or Bud lights
Cheeseburger and chicken sandwich from Mcd's
No Workout
Friday:
Half chicken salad sandwich w/salad and kettle chips from Atlanta Bread Company
Mushroom swiss burger with fries (out to din with the fam)
1 Mic Ultra
Saturday:
2 eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon
2 chicken skewers, 2 beef skewers
2 grilled chicken sandwiches w/fries (it was so great until I got drunk and not only ate my grilled chicken sandwich, but Sarah's as well)
4 mimosas, 1 beer w/Grandmarnier, 2 pbrs, 1 miller lite
Workout: ab ripper X
Sunday:
couple bites chicken salad
Glazed pork chop w/green bean salad
rasp yogurt over grilled peaches
(all of these were Biggest Loser recipes)
NO workout
Despite my pitfalls, I've lost another 2 lbs. Your current weight is..........126. However, we have another scale in the house that I weigh more on, but I still lost 2 lbs. So my bathroom scale says 126, my guest bedroom scale says 132. I started out at 135 on my bathroom scale and 138 on my guest bedroom scale. So I either lost 9 lbs or 6. Either way, I'm losing!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Things Are Happening
I missed the week of Feb 21st, so I'll put that in here first.
Monday: Roast beef and swiss on jalapeno bread w/jalapeno potato chips, handful peanut m&ms, 12 kashi crackers w/Ruth's chicken salad, Whole wheat pasta w/4 beef meatballs, garlic marinara sauce, 1 choc turtle
No workout bc I was super freakin' lazy on the nice day we had and watched tv in bed ALL DAY. I'll make up for it tomorrow, Wed, Thurs and Fri.
Tuesday: 1 cup trail mix (holy shit, I put this in my counter and it was 700 calories, WHAT?!), 1/4 bag of spinach sauteed with salt, pepper and garlic, little bit olive oil
1/4 package edimame, little salt, Low carb pita w/100 calorie tuna ready-to-go packet, Half ind bag of dirty jalapeno potato chips, 1 cup no sugar added, lowfat neopolitan ice cream w/sugar free, fat free caramel syrup
Workout: 1hour body combat class that kicked my ass!
Wednesday: Turkey Reuben from East Bay Deli with potato chips (I ate all the chips, but only 1/2 the sandwich), 1/2cup chicken salad, Handful sunchips, Homemade burger (on a foreman) with swiss chz, mushrooms, lettuce and tomatoes on a 100 cal wheat sandwich thin, Medium sweet potato, 1 choc turtle
Workout: 2 mile walk, 2 mile bike ride, tricep pushups, tricep kickbacks, bicep curls, bicep hammercurls, shoulder raises!!--killing it!
Thursday: BLT on sandwich thin w/provolone cheese, handful sunchips, 5 teriyaki wings & french fries (kickin chicken), Cajun boiled pnuts, Blue chips w/cheese dip, 2 choc turtles
Workout: 2.6 mile walk (half on beach, half on pavement), 2 hour skating
Okay so that week I was all over the place. My workouts were good, but my eating is just whatever.
Have you heard of Tim Ferriss?
He's my inspiration for chronologizing my journey with food and exercise. He's done it all and wrote about it.Tim Ferriss has this one plan that is supposed to get you down to like, 7% body fat. Can you imagine?? SEVEN PERCENT..That's like the rock or those girls from the ab climber infomercials. Amazing. Here's the plan, you eat lean meats, veggies and beans at every meal. You can have calorie free caffeine or water. I started a version of this that is kind of minus the beans, because that's weird and I don't know if I could suffer through beans. I also am kinda making it like just meats, no carbs. I'm playing by his rules, I'm just not incorporating veggies and beans every time I eat meat. John, my boyfriend, says that it's not supposed to be enjoyable, it's supposed to make you look like a supermodel. FINE, I get it. You can have one cheat day a week that does not limit you at all. In fact, you are supposed to gorge yourself so your metabolism has to work hard and that you also get so sick of eating shitty food that you are back on track the next day. Seems simple enough. I started last week....
Monday: 2 eggs w/sprinkle 2% cheese (I'm not supposed to have dairy besides eggs, but my eggs needed a sprinkle cheese, oops), 6 slices oscar mayer maple ham, 5 habenaro almonds, 1/2 bag beef jerky, 100cal starkist tuna salad pack
Workout: 20 mins walk/run (1.5 miles on incline 4), 30 mins abs, biceps, triceps, shoulders!
Tuesday: 2 tomato slices with pesto and mozzarella (60 cals), 9 slices oscar mayer ham (90 cals), 6 sirloin bites w/onions & peppers (250 cals), 1pk salmon w/cup zucchini (300 cals), Handful pnuts & raisins (200 cals)
Workout: 20 min walk/run, 45 mins legs and abs
Wednesday: Homemade hamburger patty 90/20, with ketchup and mustard (210)
10 slices oscar mayer maple ham (75), 5 french fries (ugh bowling alley and starving), 2 kids chicken fingers (this apparently is allowed) (300)
3 Miller Lites (this is not, but I'm also not playing by the rules that I can't drink)(200), 5 buffalo chicken bites (harris teeter) (200), 4 brown rice spicy tuna rolls (harris teeter) (200)
Workout: According to myfitnesspal, 2 hrs of bowling burns 350 calories. I bowled for 3, but gave myself the low-end of the calorie burn...woohoo!
Thursday: 1 piece beef jerky, 1/4 cup chicken salad, 3 slices honey turkey, Homemade hibachi--grilled steak w/peppers and onions dipped in white sauce (only 100 calories per tsp)
Workout: none bc i was depressed that I may not have a job next school year because of loss of grant funding. (Debbie Downer face)
Friday: 2 eggs scrambled w/ 2% cheese, 1 slice turkey bacon, grilled chicken pita w/bacon, cheese, lettuce, honey mustard, Arroz con mescicos (scallops, shrimp over rice with cheesy sauce), Mexican chips, bunches of lite beer
I decided that 24 hrs was a day and I could start my cheating at 9pm on Friday and end at 9pm on Saturday night.
Saturday: CHEAT DAY. Anything and everything: chips, dip, fettuccine carbonara, bread sticks, chocolate, ice cream
Sunday: 2 eggs scrambled, 1 piece turkey bacon, beans & cut up hotdogs, 1/4 cup chicken salad
Workout: 2 mile walk/run
Still taking Adderall, Claratin, St. John's Wart. Stopped taking microgestin. I want to see if that has an effect on my hormones, causes me to hold onto fat.
After the first week of Tim Ferriss's plan, I feel a lot leaner even though my clothes fit the same. After stepping on the scale, it's around 128. I want to stay on this plan for at least 4 weeks to see if it helps. I have one month until the bridge run and my bet with Angela is up. I have to lose more % of body fat than her in order to win my Target gift card. Wish me luck!
Monday: Roast beef and swiss on jalapeno bread w/jalapeno potato chips, handful peanut m&ms, 12 kashi crackers w/Ruth's chicken salad, Whole wheat pasta w/4 beef meatballs, garlic marinara sauce, 1 choc turtle
No workout bc I was super freakin' lazy on the nice day we had and watched tv in bed ALL DAY. I'll make up for it tomorrow, Wed, Thurs and Fri.
Tuesday: 1 cup trail mix (holy shit, I put this in my counter and it was 700 calories, WHAT?!), 1/4 bag of spinach sauteed with salt, pepper and garlic, little bit olive oil
1/4 package edimame, little salt, Low carb pita w/100 calorie tuna ready-to-go packet, Half ind bag of dirty jalapeno potato chips, 1 cup no sugar added, lowfat neopolitan ice cream w/sugar free, fat free caramel syrup
Workout: 1hour body combat class that kicked my ass!
Wednesday: Turkey Reuben from East Bay Deli with potato chips (I ate all the chips, but only 1/2 the sandwich), 1/2cup chicken salad, Handful sunchips, Homemade burger (on a foreman) with swiss chz, mushrooms, lettuce and tomatoes on a 100 cal wheat sandwich thin, Medium sweet potato, 1 choc turtle
Workout: 2 mile walk, 2 mile bike ride, tricep pushups, tricep kickbacks, bicep curls, bicep hammercurls, shoulder raises!!--killing it!
Thursday: BLT on sandwich thin w/provolone cheese, handful sunchips, 5 teriyaki wings & french fries (kickin chicken), Cajun boiled pnuts, Blue chips w/cheese dip, 2 choc turtles
Workout: 2.6 mile walk (half on beach, half on pavement), 2 hour skating
Okay so that week I was all over the place. My workouts were good, but my eating is just whatever.
Have you heard of Tim Ferriss?
He's my inspiration for chronologizing my journey with food and exercise. He's done it all and wrote about it.Tim Ferriss has this one plan that is supposed to get you down to like, 7% body fat. Can you imagine?? SEVEN PERCENT..That's like the rock or those girls from the ab climber infomercials. Amazing. Here's the plan, you eat lean meats, veggies and beans at every meal. You can have calorie free caffeine or water. I started a version of this that is kind of minus the beans, because that's weird and I don't know if I could suffer through beans. I also am kinda making it like just meats, no carbs. I'm playing by his rules, I'm just not incorporating veggies and beans every time I eat meat. John, my boyfriend, says that it's not supposed to be enjoyable, it's supposed to make you look like a supermodel. FINE, I get it. You can have one cheat day a week that does not limit you at all. In fact, you are supposed to gorge yourself so your metabolism has to work hard and that you also get so sick of eating shitty food that you are back on track the next day. Seems simple enough. I started last week....
Monday: 2 eggs w/sprinkle 2% cheese (I'm not supposed to have dairy besides eggs, but my eggs needed a sprinkle cheese, oops), 6 slices oscar mayer maple ham, 5 habenaro almonds, 1/2 bag beef jerky, 100cal starkist tuna salad pack
Workout: 20 mins walk/run (1.5 miles on incline 4), 30 mins abs, biceps, triceps, shoulders!
Tuesday: 2 tomato slices with pesto and mozzarella (60 cals), 9 slices oscar mayer ham (90 cals), 6 sirloin bites w/onions & peppers (250 cals), 1pk salmon w/cup zucchini (300 cals), Handful pnuts & raisins (200 cals)
Workout: 20 min walk/run, 45 mins legs and abs
Wednesday: Homemade hamburger patty 90/20, with ketchup and mustard (210)
10 slices oscar mayer maple ham (75), 5 french fries (ugh bowling alley and starving), 2 kids chicken fingers (this apparently is allowed) (300)
3 Miller Lites (this is not, but I'm also not playing by the rules that I can't drink)(200), 5 buffalo chicken bites (harris teeter) (200), 4 brown rice spicy tuna rolls (harris teeter) (200)
Workout: According to myfitnesspal, 2 hrs of bowling burns 350 calories. I bowled for 3, but gave myself the low-end of the calorie burn...woohoo!
Thursday: 1 piece beef jerky, 1/4 cup chicken salad, 3 slices honey turkey, Homemade hibachi--grilled steak w/peppers and onions dipped in white sauce (only 100 calories per tsp)
Workout: none bc i was depressed that I may not have a job next school year because of loss of grant funding. (Debbie Downer face)
Friday: 2 eggs scrambled w/ 2% cheese, 1 slice turkey bacon, grilled chicken pita w/bacon, cheese, lettuce, honey mustard, Arroz con mescicos (scallops, shrimp over rice with cheesy sauce), Mexican chips, bunches of lite beer
I decided that 24 hrs was a day and I could start my cheating at 9pm on Friday and end at 9pm on Saturday night.
Saturday: CHEAT DAY. Anything and everything: chips, dip, fettuccine carbonara, bread sticks, chocolate, ice cream
Sunday: 2 eggs scrambled, 1 piece turkey bacon, beans & cut up hotdogs, 1/4 cup chicken salad
Workout: 2 mile walk/run
Still taking Adderall, Claratin, St. John's Wart. Stopped taking microgestin. I want to see if that has an effect on my hormones, causes me to hold onto fat.
After the first week of Tim Ferriss's plan, I feel a lot leaner even though my clothes fit the same. After stepping on the scale, it's around 128. I want to stay on this plan for at least 4 weeks to see if it helps. I have one month until the bridge run and my bet with Angela is up. I have to lose more % of body fat than her in order to win my Target gift card. Wish me luck!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Second week, here we go!
Alrighty...I'm beginning to see definition in my arms. They are still bigger and flabby in the bat wing area than I'd like, but at least I have the motivation to continue.
Monday: February 14
Leftover pad see ew--1/2 cup
Chewy bar
Lowcarb pita w/turkey, 4 slices bacon, swiss cheese, handful chips
1 turtle chocolate
1 cupcake
Workout: 30 min elliptical, weights for arms and abs-30 mins
Tuesday:
Green giant cheesy rice and broccoli
Target yogurt parfait with strawberries, blackberries and blueberries w/almonds
1 cup chex mix
homemade taco salad with lettuce, black beans, 2% kraft cheddar, taco sauce, 1 tsp ranch, 7 blue corn chips.
Workout: 1 hr weights and cardio w/trainer (abs, balance ball, mountain climbers, boxing, leg machines, etc)
Wednesday:
Protein shake w/skim milk
1 piece beef jerky
Luncheon food: 5 pigs in a blanket, 7 meatballs, 1 epinada, 2 mini chicken fingers
Boiling alley food: 1 piece pizza, bunch of french fries
4 Miller Lites
Workout: 3 sets of 12 tricep kickbacks and bicep curls. Weak sauce
Thursday:
2 slices whole wheat bread w/raisins and cranberries (fresh baked from Saffron)
1/2 medium banana
1/2 bag Teriyaki beef jerky
Grilled chicken stuffed w/spinach & goat cheese
6 Kashi crackers w/goat cheese
1 chocolate turtle
Workout: 20 minute run/walk intervals (4 min brisk walk, 2 min fast run), 1 hour weights/machines for legs, butt, and abs!
Friday:
1/2 bag Teriyaki beef jerky
2 slices whole wheat bread w/raisins and cranberries (fresh baked from Saffron)
Appetizer of steak bites w/grilled vegetables
1 tempora fish taco
1 grilled shrimp taco
Movie popcorn w/butter
Bag of lays
Beers, shots, margarita, UGGHHHH
No workout :(
Saturday and Sunday, not much better. Carbs, chips, etc. :(
So in addition to my workouts, I've been taking my regular medicines: Microgestin, Tetracycline, Adderall, St. John's Wart, and Claritin
Weigh-in: 129!!
Monday: February 14
Leftover pad see ew--1/2 cup
Chewy bar
Lowcarb pita w/turkey, 4 slices bacon, swiss cheese, handful chips
1 turtle chocolate
1 cupcake
Workout: 30 min elliptical, weights for arms and abs-30 mins
Tuesday:
Green giant cheesy rice and broccoli
Target yogurt parfait with strawberries, blackberries and blueberries w/almonds
1 cup chex mix
homemade taco salad with lettuce, black beans, 2% kraft cheddar, taco sauce, 1 tsp ranch, 7 blue corn chips.
Workout: 1 hr weights and cardio w/trainer (abs, balance ball, mountain climbers, boxing, leg machines, etc)
Wednesday:
Protein shake w/skim milk
1 piece beef jerky
Luncheon food: 5 pigs in a blanket, 7 meatballs, 1 epinada, 2 mini chicken fingers
Boiling alley food: 1 piece pizza, bunch of french fries
4 Miller Lites
Workout: 3 sets of 12 tricep kickbacks and bicep curls. Weak sauce
Thursday:
2 slices whole wheat bread w/raisins and cranberries (fresh baked from Saffron)
1/2 medium banana
1/2 bag Teriyaki beef jerky
Grilled chicken stuffed w/spinach & goat cheese
6 Kashi crackers w/goat cheese
1 chocolate turtle
Workout: 20 minute run/walk intervals (4 min brisk walk, 2 min fast run), 1 hour weights/machines for legs, butt, and abs!
Friday:
1/2 bag Teriyaki beef jerky
2 slices whole wheat bread w/raisins and cranberries (fresh baked from Saffron)
Appetizer of steak bites w/grilled vegetables
1 tempora fish taco
1 grilled shrimp taco
Movie popcorn w/butter
Bag of lays
Beers, shots, margarita, UGGHHHH
No workout :(
Saturday and Sunday, not much better. Carbs, chips, etc. :(
So in addition to my workouts, I've been taking my regular medicines: Microgestin, Tetracycline, Adderall, St. John's Wart, and Claritin
Weigh-in: 129!!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
First Week In
Okay, here's what I've been eating and doing the past week or so.
Monday: 2 pieces ham, 2 eggs into egg salad w/low fat mayo and mustard, Chewy bar, 2 homemade tacos.
No workout :(
Tuesday: Nature Valley bar, Potato soup and half a turkey and swiss sandwich, 6 slices turkey w/ 1 slice swiss, Handful cape cod chips, Amy's organic veggie lasagna
Workout: 1 hour yoga (but really like 20 minutes bc the instructor talked too much), 15 min run/walk
Wednesday: 2 egg whites w/sprinkle cheddar, 90 cal Special K bar, Small Banana
Low carb pita w/turkey, swiss, and bacon(u can eat 3 pieces for 50 cals), handful potato chips, Starbucks light frapp to-go bottle (bc I needed caffeine and it was right there by the checkout counter--i only drank half)
Workout: 35 mins elliptical, 35 minutes arms and abs
Thursday: Homemade taco salad w/grilled chicken, 2 cups chex mix
Workout: 30 minutes elliptical, 1 hour body pump
Friday: No sugar added vanilla yogurt, chewy bar, tuna tar tar, bunch of alcohol.
No workout :(
Saturday: Lowcarb pita w/bacon, turkey, lettuce, dijon mustard, swiss cheese and I can't remember anything else
No workout :(
Sunday: 2 cups chex mix, Pad See Ew from Basil, 3 fried wontons, 2 beers, 2 glasses champagne
No workout :(
Monday: Leftover pad see ew--1/2 cup, Chewy bar, Lowcarb pita w/turkey, 4 slices bacon, swiss cheese, handful chips, 1 turtle chocolate, 1 cupcake
Workout: 30 min elliptical, weights for arms and abs-30 mins
Tuesday/Today: Green giant cheesy rice and broccoli, Target yogurt parfait with strawberries, blackberries and blueberries w/almonds, 1 cup chex mix, homemade taco salad with lettuce, black beans, 2% kraft cheddar, taco sauce, 1 tsp ranch, 7 blue corn chips.
Workout: 1 hr weights and cardio w/trainer (abs, balance ball, mountain climbers, boxing, leg machines, etc)
Monday: 2 pieces ham, 2 eggs into egg salad w/low fat mayo and mustard, Chewy bar, 2 homemade tacos.
No workout :(
Tuesday: Nature Valley bar, Potato soup and half a turkey and swiss sandwich, 6 slices turkey w/ 1 slice swiss, Handful cape cod chips, Amy's organic veggie lasagna
Workout: 1 hour yoga (but really like 20 minutes bc the instructor talked too much), 15 min run/walk
Wednesday: 2 egg whites w/sprinkle cheddar, 90 cal Special K bar, Small Banana
Low carb pita w/turkey, swiss, and bacon(u can eat 3 pieces for 50 cals), handful potato chips, Starbucks light frapp to-go bottle (bc I needed caffeine and it was right there by the checkout counter--i only drank half)
Workout: 35 mins elliptical, 35 minutes arms and abs
Thursday: Homemade taco salad w/grilled chicken, 2 cups chex mix
Workout: 30 minutes elliptical, 1 hour body pump
Friday: No sugar added vanilla yogurt, chewy bar, tuna tar tar, bunch of alcohol.
No workout :(
Saturday: Lowcarb pita w/bacon, turkey, lettuce, dijon mustard, swiss cheese and I can't remember anything else
No workout :(
Sunday: 2 cups chex mix, Pad See Ew from Basil, 3 fried wontons, 2 beers, 2 glasses champagne
No workout :(
Monday: Leftover pad see ew--1/2 cup, Chewy bar, Lowcarb pita w/turkey, 4 slices bacon, swiss cheese, handful chips, 1 turtle chocolate, 1 cupcake
Workout: 30 min elliptical, weights for arms and abs-30 mins
Tuesday/Today: Green giant cheesy rice and broccoli, Target yogurt parfait with strawberries, blackberries and blueberries w/almonds, 1 cup chex mix, homemade taco salad with lettuce, black beans, 2% kraft cheddar, taco sauce, 1 tsp ranch, 7 blue corn chips.
Workout: 1 hr weights and cardio w/trainer (abs, balance ball, mountain climbers, boxing, leg machines, etc)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Battle of the Bulge
So for the past 2 years or so I have been increasingly gaining weight. My entire high school and college life I was a size 1 or 2. High metabolism, danced, did gymnastics but liked to drink beer too. Always fit into cute tiny clothes and thought my life would be like that forever.
Flash forward to 26 yrs old and my metabolism took a nose dive and it's been hard for me to not keep gaining weight. I don't know what the culprit is, but here, in this forum, for the next 6 months, I am going to document my weight-loss journey.
As you've seen on shows like The Biggest Loser or Celebrity Fit club, trainers take extremely overweight people and get them down to a healthy weight. This is NOT that type of blog journey. I am healthy. I am at a normal weight.....for most people. For me, this is not normal and I don't feel like myself. So if you can stand it, I'm going to tell you about everything. What I eat, what medications I take, how much I sleep, what workouts I do, and what I drink. You will get it all here. And we'll find out together, what I'm doing wrong, and most importantly, what I'm doing RIGHT.
Come along, won't you?
The STATS: Dec 2010= 130lbs. I'm 5'4, 27 yrs old, and have a body fat index of 26%.
December 2010 is when I decided to get my life back on track. I decided I would start hitting the gym and paying attention to what I put in my mouth.
What I started eating: turkey lunchmeat, 2% cheeses, eggs, turkey bacon, yogurt
Meds: microgestin, tetracycline
Sleep: 9-10hrs a night
Workouts: 1 hr cardio, 3X a week
Drink: diet coke, water, beers on 1 weekend day
Clothes: Size 6 or Medium
January 2011: Scale at home says 135. WHAT?
Eating: low-carb pitas, turkey lunch meat, low fat swiss, roast beef lunchmeat, eggs, turkey bacon, yogurt, salads w/grilled chicken, vin dressing
Meds: microgestin, tetracycline
Sleep: 9-10 hrs a night
Workouts: 1 hr cardio/1 hr strength 4 X a week
Drinks: diet coke, water, beers on 1 weekend day
Clothes: Fit the same
Which brings up to February 2011: Scale says 137. ARRRGGGHHHH
Eating: low-carb pitas, yogurt, deli lunch meat, bacon and eggs, nuts, beans
Meds: microgestin, tetracycline, adderall
Sleep: 8-9 hrs a night
Workouts: 1 hr strength, 30 minutes cardio 3X a week
Drinks: diet coke, water, beers on 1 weekend day
Clothes: Fit the same, shirts becoming tight.
Now once or twice a week I stray from the so-called "healthy" eating. I'll have a hamburger or a mexican dish.
So here you have an idea of what I've been doing. I'm going to start posting my daily food and workout regime. I'll tell you what I've changed or the "theory" I'm pushing. February is going to be lean meats and veggies month, mixed in with some metabolism boosters. Wanna see what happens? Stay tuned my friends.
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