dancypants_diet

I have been really training myself to eat better lately. I did a lot of research to find out what a healthy balance of carbs, protien and fat was. Its 50%-30%-20% I think...and I was way off for what I WAS eating, too much fat, not enough protein.

Anyway I am sure to eat more oatmeal, yogurt, even meat...I was eating too much processed foods. Generally, if I go for low-fat things, I do ok. Well I am at a STEADY 129 now, and its been a steady decline for the past few days. Usually its 129 one day, 131 the next.

It really does make a difference when I make the effort to drink a ton of water. I also bought 4C green tea (with splenda) at 15 calories a drink...so when I am sick of water, I have that. Plus there is the stockpile of various teas I have but during the summer thats not so good.

I need caffiene. meh.

I had the best lunch the other day, it was cottage cheese with fruit salad...I keep forgetting how tasty cottage cheese is. I am a cheese addict in general.
Yesterday, my lunch was a pita (60 calories) cut in to two halves, with chicken slices and salsa jack cheese, microwaved and melted. It was sooooo good. And really low-calorie/low-fat. mmm...I ran out of pitas though.

So on my grocery list of things I love that are healthy:

pita bread
ginger snaps
cottage cheese
jalepenio pepper jack cheese (NOT cabot! eew!)

That is all, I just felt like talking about food.

I have not exersized as hard as I wanted to this week due to period craps :(

Well, now that I have gotten back to schedule...I plan to step up the work outs. I feel as far as food intake goes, I am doing well but just not losing the weight which means I need to put in a little more effort when it comes to my workout.

For food I DO need to cut out a few more grams of fat each day and I need to up my protein, so that means more pasta. My carbs are on target (I am not on a low-carb/no-carb diet).

This is my planned exersize schedule for next week, subject to adjustments. I plan to up the eliptical time the week after.

Sun:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
*Stretch/tone
Yoga 30 min


Mon:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
Walking dog 20 min
*Stretch/tone
Yoga 30 min


Tues:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
Walking dog 20 min
*Stretch/tone
crunches 20 min


Wed:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
Walking dog 20 min
*Stretch/tone
crunches 20 min


Thur:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
Walking dog 20 min
*Stretch/tone
Yoga 30 min


Fri:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
Walking dog 20 min
*Stretch/tone
crunches 20 min


Sat:
*Cardio
Elliptical 30 min
*Stretch/tone
Yoga 30 min

The weekend sucked. I gained 3 lbs from it. I think today I can shed a couple because it might be just water weight...I dont know.

I am getting toned in my stomach though, I don't look half bad in a bikini now.

Goals:
move eliptical into bedroom and start using for 30 minutes daily
continue to do 30 minutes running outside daily
continue to do 20 minutes/300+ situps daily
start to make the afternoon dog walk daily rather than weekly.

Get to be 125 lbs by the end of this month. I was 131 this morning.

My sister is also trying to lose weight. We are having a "girls night out" friday night and will look all cute and head out to the clubs, so losing a few pounds before then is our goal.

I lost 1 pound so far (currently 130) but I think I can lose a couple more which includes a little water weight, by friday. Who knows.

All last week I was able to walk in the morning, get on the eliptical and do 300 crunches. Today I walked, and did crunches.

Today, monday, is the first day of my summer. I finished my class friday so that means I have the rest of summer to devote to getting fit and thin. Here is my daily schedule:

6:30 get up

Take Twobit out for a run/jog/fast-walk, getting cardio in. Takes about 30min.

Stretch and 300 crunches. About 15 minutes
Elliptical for 30 minutes. (did not do this morning).
I PLAN to replace the stretching with yoga.

I will do this every day.

I downloaded a program called CalorieKing (from calorieking.com). It is really great, I highly recommend it. When I put in my information, it recommended 1200 calories a day for weight loss, but I lowered it to 1000 for me, that is my goal. Doing exersize though, ups it anyway. It keeps track of what I eat (and the calories, fat, protien, fiber and carbs). It is a free 14-day trial and I could not find a crack for it, so I might buy it after the 14 days if I think its worth the $30. It seems pretty good so far.

Thinspiration:
I took this photo at a bikini contest I want to look like this.

Summer goal: 120 lbs, size 4.
Currently: 131 lbs, size 6/7

Ok, well the gloves are off. I just have not been able to do much since I have had classes. My class lasts 1 more week after today, and at that point I will work out harder than I have before.

Currently, I just do crunches in the morning and afternoon, about 200 morning, 300 afternoon...but it does not help much except keep me from getting too flabby. I have gone up to 133 due to eating out too much lately.

So starting today I am going to kick myself into eating better...hoping to lose that 3 lbs by the end of next week which will bring me down to 130. AT THAT POINT when my class is over, I will do 300 crunches in the morning, 40 minutes on the eliptical, and 200 more crunches in the afternoon. My goal will be to lose another 10 lbs which will bring me down to 120...I hope to lose that by the end of August, and then I will just try to maintain that through the wedding (and throuhgout my life).

I NEED TO STOP EATING WHEN I AM BORED.
I NEED TO EAT BETTER.
I NEED TO CONTROL MY PORTIONS.

Down to 131 today :)

I started back up on the elliptical tonight. Since my class is in the morning through the afternoon (long class) I have to exersize afterwards. So tonight I was on the elliptical HARD for 20 minutes (was surprised I lasted that long since I have been away for so long and I feel/look unfit). Then I did 300 sit-ups/crunches and then some stretches in addition to some weight training (just 5 lbs for tone on my arms and shoulders). Took a shower too, so then in the morning I do not have to shower and can just go to class and homefully not be late.

Mike got me a gift certificate for tanning...so that is my little reward for getting back to exersizing.

I ate around 1000 Kcals today too, I bought a little notebook to keep track since I am not always at my computer. Since I have memorized what foods contain how many calories (or gotten good at estimation) than this will be more convenient. My vow is to not go over 1200 but even better, 1000. Thats 600 (if you take into consideration my RMR is 1600) I am not eating, and then an additional 200 burned through exersize at least...so I should lose the weight fast initially.

I am currently 134 as of this morning.
36" chest, 26" waist and 33.5" belly. My goal is 120 lbs, 34" chest, 24" waist, 30" belly....boy did I let myself go this month...

Since I have started classes back up, my exersize schedule is off...but I plan to at least stay on track with my diet. I will keep to less than 1200 cals/day. I was hoping to be 125 by May 20th but I am 5 lbs away still...

Because of my mom being in the hospital and the stress of my school work, I had put off exsercise for two weeks! It sucks. I will still do crunches in the morning but hardly any cardio. Funny, my moms heart attack should have made me more determined to be healthy.

The good news is that I had not gained any weight so not all is lost.
I hope to get back into the swing of things over the weekend and into next week. I start an early class next week so I will have to exersize at night.

I broke the 130 mark! I got on the scale at exactly 129 lbs. Its so nice to see that "2" in there. That keeps me very motivated. I did 30 mins on the eliptical and 350 crunchey-type-things for about 20 minutes. Very good workout and I felt energized.

I could not get my cardio (eliptical) done this morning...its that time of the month, and I just felt crappy. But I did 20 minutes of my "crunch mix" which includes crunches, sit-ups, "dying cockroaches", cross-over type sit-ups. etc. I think I did about 400 of them along with stretches and breathing exersizes....just to get some blood flowing in the morning.

My weight has been sticking around 130 for the past couple weeks...I am in a real slump. :(

October 2004
weight: 175 lbs
waist: 32"
belly: 41"

Current
weight: 130 lbs
waist: 25"
belly: 33"

Goal
weight: 120 lbs
waist: 25"
belly: 30"

This journal is separate from my personal one. It is for my dieting/body-makeover progress. I will post pictures, weights, measurements, my successes, my failures, etc. My goal is to be the best weight I can be, develop my abs, toning, getting healthy skin and hair, eating right, and basically be the healthiest I can.

My background:
As a teenager I was skinny but not healthy, I never exersized. When I got to college I gained not only the "freshman 15" but a bunch more extra weight. I entered college at 140 lbs. When I stepped on a scale in October, I weighed 175 lbs and vowed to lose weight.

I initially struggled with what I ate, I had lost my appetite almost all together and barely ate but learned that that is not the healthy way to do it. My fiance and I (who diets with me) score off fast food and the constant eating out. Once in a while we eat out to celebrate a good day but this is rare (and boy do we save money!).

My RMR (resting metabolic rate) is 1600 calories.
I try to keep my caloric intake at about 1100 calories, no more than 1500.

Every morning I am on the eliptical for 30 minutes then for another 20 minutes, I tone with 5 lb weights. I also do crunches, stretches, sit-ups, about 300 of them.

I drink 2 liters of water daily, and 3 helpings of green tea. I take a multi-vitamin and a calcuim suppliment (I hate drinking milk and I do not trust milk either).

I will post my current stats in a separate post.