YAY!
i couldnt get an appointment to have my official measurements taken yesterday, which was the LAST day of the challenge, so this morning at 10:30 im headed to the gym where everything will come to a (hopefully happy!) major finish.
this program has been SO AMAZING and good - i have learned so much!
1. posting every day has been hard, so if i do this again i should post every few days.
2. understanding portion sizes has probably made the biggest change.
3. second biggest change - my program has me eating less carbs (without even noticing it!)
4. WAY more fruits and veggies - again, without even noticing it!
i RARELY felt like i was on a "diet", the only "diety" thing about doing this program was having to report what i was eating, otherwise, it felt easy to do and i was certainly never hungry, nor did i feel anxious about not being able to eat something.
im really excited and am wishing 10:30am would come faster! ill post my results asap!
thanks to all my friends who have been so supportive!
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Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
3-25
WELL! ill start by saying ive been doing REALLY WELL! skipped the gym twice last week, which was BAD, but it happens. ive eaten REALLY well these last many days, yesterday went over my carbs by SIX grams, which is NOTHING really. i am SO proud of myself, i LOOK and FEEL so much better than i have in FOREVER! this is truly fun!
today i had my first actual food 'slip-up' in a really long time - wait, i wont even call it a slip-up. i went to a store to return something and in the line they had candy - its a clothing store, and all of a sudden they are carrying candy in the checkout line! i got some Nerds and Whoppers, and decided ill save them until the end of the program, or if i go crazy at the gym tonight maybe ill indulge - the minute i got to the car, after thinking about them so much, i sortof felt like id already EATEN them! i was over them!
i looked at the nutritional info on the nerds, decided a tiny bit is COMPLETELY okay, opened them up and had about two scoopfuls... a little more than a 'serving size' from the box, and let me tell you, A)gross! TOO SUGARY! HA! and B)its PERFECTLY OKAY to let yourself have a little something now and then! obviously i know this, and in fact have had a sample of a cookie at a store, or have had a bite of someones ice cream here and there, because those kinds of things are naturally around and i need a calm balance. BUT, ive also decided that being on this plan is only about a month and a half, and if a bite of something comes my way then fine, but i wont go out of my way for this month and a half to BUY anything bad. so i broke that today, but after two little scoop of NERDS i am OVER THEM, and ill save the whoppers for another time too. remember, i have my "think thin bars" that are chocolate and WONDERFUL and totally do the trick when i want chocolate - tons of protein and very VERY filling too!
kay, well anyway, just wanted to 'report' this choice i made today, the choice to buy sugary candy and have a bite (and then hate it!).
here is how ive been this week:
today is thursday and my numbers are really low so far, but its because im still in the middle of the day! notice tuesday... 1.11! that means i did 111% of my goals. good girl. (i worked out SOOO hard that day!)
april 1 is coming up really fast! excited.
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today i had my first actual food 'slip-up' in a really long time - wait, i wont even call it a slip-up. i went to a store to return something and in the line they had candy - its a clothing store, and all of a sudden they are carrying candy in the checkout line! i got some Nerds and Whoppers, and decided ill save them until the end of the program, or if i go crazy at the gym tonight maybe ill indulge - the minute i got to the car, after thinking about them so much, i sortof felt like id already EATEN them! i was over them!
i looked at the nutritional info on the nerds, decided a tiny bit is COMPLETELY okay, opened them up and had about two scoopfuls... a little more than a 'serving size' from the box, and let me tell you, A)gross! TOO SUGARY! HA! and B)its PERFECTLY OKAY to let yourself have a little something now and then! obviously i know this, and in fact have had a sample of a cookie at a store, or have had a bite of someones ice cream here and there, because those kinds of things are naturally around and i need a calm balance. BUT, ive also decided that being on this plan is only about a month and a half, and if a bite of something comes my way then fine, but i wont go out of my way for this month and a half to BUY anything bad. so i broke that today, but after two little scoop of NERDS i am OVER THEM, and ill save the whoppers for another time too. remember, i have my "think thin bars" that are chocolate and WONDERFUL and totally do the trick when i want chocolate - tons of protein and very VERY filling too!
kay, well anyway, just wanted to 'report' this choice i made today, the choice to buy sugary candy and have a bite (and then hate it!).
here is how ive been this week:
today is thursday and my numbers are really low so far, but its because im still in the middle of the day! notice tuesday... 1.11! that means i did 111% of my goals. good girl. (i worked out SOOO hard that day!)
april 1 is coming up really fast! excited.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
3-19
great day. ate great, lots of sugar-free jello, thanks to friend GWEN! she reminded me that its a great/easy snack, and boy did i make up for lost time on some sugar free jello yesterday. ps, it has protein! (you know why... gelatin... erg)
anyway, great day. took a long long walk, and could have had lunch at any 'healthy' place along the way - subway, chipotle, jimmy johns, etc,... but i waited to get home and make something i was sure i could feel great about. had a giant salad. yummo.
ps, the last day that is filled in is saturday, today, so of course it is low because its only noon!
things i could improve: lift weights at gym, burn more calories.
UGH get me ON THAT!!!
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anyway, great day. took a long long walk, and could have had lunch at any 'healthy' place along the way - subway, chipotle, jimmy johns, etc,... but i waited to get home and make something i was sure i could feel great about. had a giant salad. yummo.
ps, the last day that is filled in is saturday, today, so of course it is low because its only noon!
things i could improve: lift weights at gym, burn more calories.
UGH get me ON THAT!!!
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
3-18
good day.
beat my workout goal, ate perfectly, took care of all of my responsibilities.
happy!
tomorrow will be really good - LOTS of walking ALL over the city, plus a big workout.
good stuff!
published this, then forgot: i lost ANOTHER pound! i know a pound here and a pound there really doesnt make a huge difference because so many things affect that, but to see some 'new' numbers on the scale was really exciting!
*i hope my body fat numbers are just as exciting, since thats really what we are looking at!*
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beat my workout goal, ate perfectly, took care of all of my responsibilities.
happy!
tomorrow will be really good - LOTS of walking ALL over the city, plus a big workout.
good stuff!
published this, then forgot: i lost ANOTHER pound! i know a pound here and a pound there really doesnt make a huge difference because so many things affect that, but to see some 'new' numbers on the scale was really exciting!
*i hope my body fat numbers are just as exciting, since thats really what we are looking at!*
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3-17
hi!
yesterday was good/interesting...
since i skipped some meds on TUES, (but i refilled and took them yesterday) i was still sortof nauseated from having skipped a day. i have been taking them TOO LONG to act as if im surprised, and you know what? one of my goals for next month is going to be NOT LETTING ONE DAY GO BY THAT I DONT JUST TAKE THEM WITHOUT EXCUSES! i always skip a day or so when its time to refill, and sortof act like "oh well, its only one day" but i know by now that my body reacts with nausea the day after i "accidentally" skip. its a major fault i have, and if i were better i would never let it happen. ERG. so yesterday i was sortof out of it and nauseated, but i still went to the gym and ate really well. like a poor idiot, i fell asleep around 9pm and was out COLD, like SOLID, until 7:30am. i planned to do another round at the gym in the evening, so obviously i didnt make it there... so, of course, didnt make my goal. making that stupid meds mistake affects other things and really prevents me from being really happy. LESSON LEARNED. for, like the 300th month in a row. somebody smack me!
i ate well yesterday, just very lightly. couldnt eat much, but met all my goals. had a salad in the afternoon that took me two hours to eat!
i didnt meet my burn at the gym, and ate too few calories even though i met all my other goals. erg. bad day for numbers. but whats important to me is that i didnt ruin the day by eating a giant irresponsible dessert or something, or skipping the gym altogether, i still stuck to it really well.
whatev. today will ROCK. yup.
yesterday was good/interesting...
since i skipped some meds on TUES, (but i refilled and took them yesterday) i was still sortof nauseated from having skipped a day. i have been taking them TOO LONG to act as if im surprised, and you know what? one of my goals for next month is going to be NOT LETTING ONE DAY GO BY THAT I DONT JUST TAKE THEM WITHOUT EXCUSES! i always skip a day or so when its time to refill, and sortof act like "oh well, its only one day" but i know by now that my body reacts with nausea the day after i "accidentally" skip. its a major fault i have, and if i were better i would never let it happen. ERG. so yesterday i was sortof out of it and nauseated, but i still went to the gym and ate really well. like a poor idiot, i fell asleep around 9pm and was out COLD, like SOLID, until 7:30am. i planned to do another round at the gym in the evening, so obviously i didnt make it there... so, of course, didnt make my goal. making that stupid meds mistake affects other things and really prevents me from being really happy. LESSON LEARNED. for, like the 300th month in a row. somebody smack me!
i ate well yesterday, just very lightly. couldnt eat much, but met all my goals. had a salad in the afternoon that took me two hours to eat!
i didnt meet my burn at the gym, and ate too few calories even though i met all my other goals. erg. bad day for numbers. but whats important to me is that i didnt ruin the day by eating a giant irresponsible dessert or something, or skipping the gym altogether, i still stuck to it really well.
whatev. today will ROCK. yup.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
great stuff
hi guys!
i had an AWESOME day yesterday - i have to say i am getting REALLY good at the eating part of this - ive made all my goals almost every single day (give or take really tiny details, like overeating carbs by 2g or something, which, for the numbers TOTALLY counts, but for the point of the project doesnt count to me)... and, BEST OF ALL:
RESULTS, RESULTS, RESULTS!
seeing them in the mirror and on the scale. feel way better, feel different, love how different my body feels energy-wise, etc.
yesterday i had an incredible workout and even beat my goal by like 10%, which doesnt sound like a lot but after a hugef workout, doing even more was hard.
travelling is done for the rest of the month and the countdown REALLY starts now... about 15 days until THE DAY when we compare our body fat loss. i hope the numbers continue to reflect the hard work ive put into this! (im pretty annoyed with the scale at my gym AND the body fat calculations they do there, i am sure they are off.)
what im glad to say is that while i was away over the weekend, i NATURALLY ate on my program, pretty much without thinking about it at all! **I SHOULD MARKET THIS!**
so monday's numbers were good, except didnt meet water, fruits/veggies or protein goals (i was a smiiiidge behind in all of them - in reality it was fine, but the numbers look for perfection, so fine)...
tuesday was PERFECT and even better (i ran on the lake AND went to the gym AND overdid it at the gym!) - except i ran out of my meds and didnt refill - doing that first thing today. so my #s were a tiny bit low for that reason.
today will be great. youll see my #s are totally low, but ive just started the day! watch me KILL THIS DAY! woot!!
even though lbs arent what we are going for necessarily, i ive lost close to 10! bodyfat wise, like i said, my gym's measuring is definitely off, since it says ive lost zero fat. ill have to find another way to measure for the big day.
im also going to commit to LIFT every day till april 1. yoikes!
happiness!
i had an AWESOME day yesterday - i have to say i am getting REALLY good at the eating part of this - ive made all my goals almost every single day (give or take really tiny details, like overeating carbs by 2g or something, which, for the numbers TOTALLY counts, but for the point of the project doesnt count to me)... and, BEST OF ALL:
RESULTS, RESULTS, RESULTS!
seeing them in the mirror and on the scale. feel way better, feel different, love how different my body feels energy-wise, etc.
yesterday i had an incredible workout and even beat my goal by like 10%, which doesnt sound like a lot but after a hugef workout, doing even more was hard.
travelling is done for the rest of the month and the countdown REALLY starts now... about 15 days until THE DAY when we compare our body fat loss. i hope the numbers continue to reflect the hard work ive put into this! (im pretty annoyed with the scale at my gym AND the body fat calculations they do there, i am sure they are off.)
what im glad to say is that while i was away over the weekend, i NATURALLY ate on my program, pretty much without thinking about it at all! **I SHOULD MARKET THIS!**
so monday's numbers were good, except didnt meet water, fruits/veggies or protein goals (i was a smiiiidge behind in all of them - in reality it was fine, but the numbers look for perfection, so fine)...
tuesday was PERFECT and even better (i ran on the lake AND went to the gym AND overdid it at the gym!) - except i ran out of my meds and didnt refill - doing that first thing today. so my #s were a tiny bit low for that reason.
today will be great. youll see my #s are totally low, but ive just started the day! watch me KILL THIS DAY! woot!!
even though lbs arent what we are going for necessarily, i ive lost close to 10! bodyfat wise, like i said, my gym's measuring is definitely off, since it says ive lost zero fat. ill have to find another way to measure for the big day.
im also going to commit to LIFT every day till april 1. yoikes!
happiness!
Friday, March 12, 2010
travelly badness/goodness
OKAY.
boy am i LEARNING FROM THIS PROCESS!
1. travelling throws me off my workout progress but NOT off my eating progress anymore! i have done so well understanding what im eating and why, seeing it all in chart form and value form, i have accomplished one of my major goals - making this a natural habit.
2. like i said: travelling throws me off my workout progress. i know i could do better with that, and ill work on it.
3. a major reason ive ever gained weight: portion sizes. thats simply it. and i think thats the issue with lots of people: you cant go to panera and get a salad and think youre eating healthfully, you cant just have a turkey sandwich or a fruit salad and think its healthy. yeah, its a 'healthier' food choice than doritos, BUT, portion-sizes-wise, you may have stayed within calories/carbs/sodium/fat etc with a bag of doritos! and staying within calories/carbs/sodium/fat limits is what helps you lose body fat.
4. im very good at this. and im very happy. however im annoyed that i havent gymmed it up harder. ive been away from home for 16 out of the last 21 days, in 4 different cities! keeping up the eating part is something im proud of and happy with.
so, in general, this project is going well, doing its job.
still, need to keep it up hard-core.
starting this monday, i am not going anywhere until the end date (april 1) - so ill have every single day to hit the gym hard and continue with my great progress so far.
thanks again for all your support - im really surprised how many daily encouraging texts/emails i get, and your encouragement on this blog is super fun, especially from new friends across the country!
thanks, all!
happiness!
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boy am i LEARNING FROM THIS PROCESS!
1. travelling throws me off my workout progress but NOT off my eating progress anymore! i have done so well understanding what im eating and why, seeing it all in chart form and value form, i have accomplished one of my major goals - making this a natural habit.
2. like i said: travelling throws me off my workout progress. i know i could do better with that, and ill work on it.
3. a major reason ive ever gained weight: portion sizes. thats simply it. and i think thats the issue with lots of people: you cant go to panera and get a salad and think youre eating healthfully, you cant just have a turkey sandwich or a fruit salad and think its healthy. yeah, its a 'healthier' food choice than doritos, BUT, portion-sizes-wise, you may have stayed within calories/carbs/sodium/fat etc with a bag of doritos! and staying within calories/carbs/sodium/fat limits is what helps you lose body fat.
4. im very good at this. and im very happy. however im annoyed that i havent gymmed it up harder. ive been away from home for 16 out of the last 21 days, in 4 different cities! keeping up the eating part is something im proud of and happy with.
so, in general, this project is going well, doing its job.
still, need to keep it up hard-core.
starting this monday, i am not going anywhere until the end date (april 1) - so ill have every single day to hit the gym hard and continue with my great progress so far.
thanks again for all your support - im really surprised how many daily encouraging texts/emails i get, and your encouragement on this blog is super fun, especially from new friends across the country!
thanks, all!
happiness!
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