well, this week has been bad. I've been off track all week. I got sick at the beginning of the week, so my exercise schedule is just all off. I've had a major sweet tooth, and a little stress, but trying to stay away from the sweets if I can make it. My computer was buggin' out at the beginning of the week too, so I haven't been able to post. Today was a moderate day, no exercise though. here are my hopes for tomorrow...
1. abs and yoga plus some cardio!!
2. eat better, no snacking, no sweets.
all for now... I'll get back on track tomorrow.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday
Exercise:40 min mega cardio walking on the Hammond trail in McKinleyville while the boys rode bikes and scooters
30 min moderate walking with entire family at the Arcata marsh
Food: Bfast - shake
Lunch - Taco
Snack - carmel rice cakes (very yummy)
Dinner - 1/2 a slice of cheese pizza that tasted horrible
Today was an odd day. I packed some healthy snacks and such, but we were out and about all day today and didn't have the best time with food. I kept my portion sizes down, and actually, at dinner we were at the Jacks basketball game, and I got a slice of pizza, and it tasted so horrible, that I could barely eat 1/2 of it and I shared the rest with my son, Quinn, who loves anything with cheese on it.
goals for tomorrow: 45 min of hard core cardio (like I wanted to do today, but I forgot the fact that healthsport doesn't open until 8 AM on sat and sun, and we had to leave at 8:45 this AM)
to keep the desire for some ben and jerry's at bay... i've been craving coffee heath bar crunch all day today...
30 min moderate walking with entire family at the Arcata marsh
Food: Bfast - shake
Lunch - Taco
Snack - carmel rice cakes (very yummy)
Dinner - 1/2 a slice of cheese pizza that tasted horrible
Today was an odd day. I packed some healthy snacks and such, but we were out and about all day today and didn't have the best time with food. I kept my portion sizes down, and actually, at dinner we were at the Jacks basketball game, and I got a slice of pizza, and it tasted so horrible, that I could barely eat 1/2 of it and I shared the rest with my son, Quinn, who loves anything with cheese on it.
goals for tomorrow: 45 min of hard core cardio (like I wanted to do today, but I forgot the fact that healthsport doesn't open until 8 AM on sat and sun, and we had to leave at 8:45 this AM)
to keep the desire for some ben and jerry's at bay... i've been craving coffee heath bar crunch all day today...
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday and Friday
Thursday
Exercise: 1 hr cardio and abs
Food: Breakfast - bfast shake
Lunch - Cheese and Apple Quesadilla
Snack - at work/school - fruit and nut trailmix, wheat thins
Dinner - 1 serving (1/2 c. approx) Hamburger Helper
2 pieces of bread
Friday:
Exercise: 45 Min of hard core cardio
Food: Breakfast - Shake (I can't help it, I'm not hungry much in the AM and I love my bfast shakes)
Snack - at work/school - pita chips, fruit and nut trailmix
Lunch - PB&J sandwhich on Oat bread, 1 orange, 1/2 c. mac salad
Snack - at work/school - cheese, apples and PB
dinner - 1/2 c. mac n cheese.
Water Intake - another hot day, I tried to drink all I could while at school
3 bottles water, un flavored, 3 bottles flavored (by 5 pm) and drinking one now.
Something I learned for today. First of all, I need to write down what I eat at the end of the day, or else i forget... I could have eaten more yesterday, but I really don't remember. Writing down what I eat helps me to realize what I'm eating, and that's good, it also makes me think about what i'm going to eat because i'm accountable for it more, or at least i feel more accountable for it to myself! i also learned that working out in the evening, before dinner, is good for me. The hard part, i'm often so run down that I don't feel like I have the energy or time to do it... BUT, if I do it... I'm not AS hungry for dinner, which is good, I don't over eat. I also find that if i make myself do it, I end up having energy after. I feel good about what i've done. Today I did real strenuous cardio... Not running, it hurts my knees, but on the treadmill i walked at a faster pace (4.3 mph... usually i'm between 3.5 and 4 mph) and today I increased my grade (ok, i normally walk flat... no grade, today I did a 6% grade!) I put my time at 45 min... but... i wanted so badly to stop after 20 min!! But, I made myself keep going, and I'm so glad that I did!! I felt good when I finally accomplished that 45 min!!
Tomorrow's goal: Do the same 45 min hard core cardio workout that I did today... I like to change it up, but I think tomorrow, I need it!! :)Also would like to increase my abs tomorrow to 10 min of Abs (usually 5 does me in... because it's 5 min of solid abs, not breaking it up... but I think my body is getting used to it by now... so i need to up it! :)
Exercise: 1 hr cardio and abs
Food: Breakfast - bfast shake
Lunch - Cheese and Apple Quesadilla
Snack - at work/school - fruit and nut trailmix, wheat thins
Dinner - 1 serving (1/2 c. approx) Hamburger Helper
2 pieces of bread
Friday:
Exercise: 45 Min of hard core cardio
Food: Breakfast - Shake (I can't help it, I'm not hungry much in the AM and I love my bfast shakes)
Snack - at work/school - pita chips, fruit and nut trailmix
Lunch - PB&J sandwhich on Oat bread, 1 orange, 1/2 c. mac salad
Snack - at work/school - cheese, apples and PB
dinner - 1/2 c. mac n cheese.
Water Intake - another hot day, I tried to drink all I could while at school
3 bottles water, un flavored, 3 bottles flavored (by 5 pm) and drinking one now.
Something I learned for today. First of all, I need to write down what I eat at the end of the day, or else i forget... I could have eaten more yesterday, but I really don't remember. Writing down what I eat helps me to realize what I'm eating, and that's good, it also makes me think about what i'm going to eat because i'm accountable for it more, or at least i feel more accountable for it to myself! i also learned that working out in the evening, before dinner, is good for me. The hard part, i'm often so run down that I don't feel like I have the energy or time to do it... BUT, if I do it... I'm not AS hungry for dinner, which is good, I don't over eat. I also find that if i make myself do it, I end up having energy after. I feel good about what i've done. Today I did real strenuous cardio... Not running, it hurts my knees, but on the treadmill i walked at a faster pace (4.3 mph... usually i'm between 3.5 and 4 mph) and today I increased my grade (ok, i normally walk flat... no grade, today I did a 6% grade!) I put my time at 45 min... but... i wanted so badly to stop after 20 min!! But, I made myself keep going, and I'm so glad that I did!! I felt good when I finally accomplished that 45 min!!
Tomorrow's goal: Do the same 45 min hard core cardio workout that I did today... I like to change it up, but I think tomorrow, I need it!! :)Also would like to increase my abs tomorrow to 10 min of Abs (usually 5 does me in... because it's 5 min of solid abs, not breaking it up... but I think my body is getting used to it by now... so i need to up it! :)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday
well, it's thursdays, but this was about wednesday:
Exercise: 25 min cardio, 5 min abs 1 1/2 hours yoga (YEAH!! LOVE IT!!!)
Food: Breakfast - morning shake
Lunch - sandwhich
Snackk - ice cream (ok, my son had shots, it was sort of a treat for being brave.. i didnt have the will power in the sun... didnt' want to have the will power! )
Dinner - 1/2 chicken breast with apple-pear chutney (YUM!)
so, all in all, I think I did good today on keeping with my goal. not too unhealthy on the eating, and great exercise. The thing is, I'm beginning to think maybe I'm not getting the sleep I need. Studies have shown that if you don't get enough sleep, your body needs the energy from somewhere, so it looks for it in food. Last night, I actually got 10 hours of sleep, and I still feel tired... I dn't think I got too much sleep because, well... I have barely gotten 6 hours alll week, and have been working my butt off, AND craving food like no tomorrow... So, My goal is to try to get more sleep. The problem is, it makes it so that I dont'see my husband as much. He's a night owl, I'm the morning person, worked out great when our kids were babies, but not now... But, we have a busy weekend aheaed, so I know I'm going to need my sleep.
Goals for Today:
Exercise - 1 hour of cardio and abs
other - get to sleep no later then 9:30 again tonight! AND drink my full 8-10 glasses of water today!
Exercise: 25 min cardio, 5 min abs 1 1/2 hours yoga (YEAH!! LOVE IT!!!)
Food: Breakfast - morning shake
Lunch - sandwhich
Snackk - ice cream (ok, my son had shots, it was sort of a treat for being brave.. i didnt have the will power in the sun... didnt' want to have the will power! )
Dinner - 1/2 chicken breast with apple-pear chutney (YUM!)
so, all in all, I think I did good today on keeping with my goal. not too unhealthy on the eating, and great exercise. The thing is, I'm beginning to think maybe I'm not getting the sleep I need. Studies have shown that if you don't get enough sleep, your body needs the energy from somewhere, so it looks for it in food. Last night, I actually got 10 hours of sleep, and I still feel tired... I dn't think I got too much sleep because, well... I have barely gotten 6 hours alll week, and have been working my butt off, AND craving food like no tomorrow... So, My goal is to try to get more sleep. The problem is, it makes it so that I dont'see my husband as much. He's a night owl, I'm the morning person, worked out great when our kids were babies, but not now... But, we have a busy weekend aheaed, so I know I'm going to need my sleep.
Goals for Today:
Exercise - 1 hour of cardio and abs
other - get to sleep no later then 9:30 again tonight! AND drink my full 8-10 glasses of water today!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Daily food journal - Tuesday
Well, as part of this, I want to be logging in my daily food and exercise,but I'll have to do it the day AFTER so I get everything in that day (or at night, but that didn't happen last night).
Tuesday 1/13/09
Exercise: 25 min. cardio 10 min abs
Food:
Breakfast - Breakfast shake
Snack - at school/work 3 ritz cracker sandwhiches with PB in them, 1 piece of cantalope
Lunch - 1 serving stovetop stuffing (only 2.5 grams of fat!), 1/4 c. mac salad, 3 celery with PB
PM snack - at school/work 1 banana
Dinner - 1 small square waffle, 4 chicken nuggets
Daily water - 2 12 oz bottles, plain 4 12 oz bottles flavored with crystal light
My goal was to get to the gym again in the evening for another 30 min of working out, but I came home with a massive migraine that I'm pretty sure was due to me getting a bit dehydrated. it was unseasonably hot and i didnt' realize until much later that I wasn't drinking a lot of water. So I got home, tried to make dinner for everyone, and I took some medicine, and tried to get rid of the headache, which went away around 8:30... the gym closes at 9 and I didn't get out.
Todays' goal is to get to the gym this AM for about 30 min of cardio and tonight for an hour of yoga.
Tuesday 1/13/09
Exercise: 25 min. cardio 10 min abs
Food:
Breakfast - Breakfast shake
Snack - at school/work 3 ritz cracker sandwhiches with PB in them, 1 piece of cantalope
Lunch - 1 serving stovetop stuffing (only 2.5 grams of fat!), 1/4 c. mac salad, 3 celery with PB
PM snack - at school/work 1 banana
Dinner - 1 small square waffle, 4 chicken nuggets
Daily water - 2 12 oz bottles, plain 4 12 oz bottles flavored with crystal light
My goal was to get to the gym again in the evening for another 30 min of working out, but I came home with a massive migraine that I'm pretty sure was due to me getting a bit dehydrated. it was unseasonably hot and i didnt' realize until much later that I wasn't drinking a lot of water. So I got home, tried to make dinner for everyone, and I took some medicine, and tried to get rid of the headache, which went away around 8:30... the gym closes at 9 and I didn't get out.
Todays' goal is to get to the gym this AM for about 30 min of cardio and tonight for an hour of yoga.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Beginning
Well, a friend of mine decided to blog about his weight loss journey, and I thought "gee, that's good for him, but not for me." Well, ok, I've decided that maybe it would be good for me. I'm not really all about loosing the weight, though that is a big part of it, but I'm all about getting healthy. So this blog is dedicated to that idea, of getting healthy. Yeah, for the most part, it will be about ME and MY journey to health, but any time I get good ideas, I'm going to post those too.
So, to start off, here is where I began:
I've always been overweight. I mean, I look at early pictures of me as a child, and I'm not overweight, but starting at about 3rd or 4th grade, I'm definitely getting there. Of course around that time, I'm also taller then most of the other people in my class. I was one of those girls who reached her peak heighth by 6th grade! In Jr. High, I'm most definitely overweight, and I look at the pictures, and I'm disgusted with myself. I look at my High School pictures, and I'm equally disgusted. When I got my driver's license, I had to lie about my weight, putin 175 lbs on the card. I can't believe now that 175 was what I said, and that I was lying. Even at that weight, I'd be overweight!! My problem? well, I never really exercised, I never enjoyed it. It was like a chore. In Jr. High, I certainly perfected the leisure walk, going as slow as I possibly could. PE in Jr. High Sucked.... so it's not like that made me want to get fit! High School wasn't much better. I was never into sports, mostly because my parents didn't push it, and in High School I wanted to play volleyball, but soon didn't because I wasn't good enough, and certainly not fit enough for it.
I graduated from High School and things began to change. I got my first job at a Girl Scout camp and for the first time, I was exercising daily (sort of had to in order to get from place to place) and eating healthier (no way to really snack and get junk food all the time.) I went to College and again, was exercising daily, having to hike up at least 100 stairs just to get my food at "the J" and also another 100+ stairs to get to my classes, or hike 1/2 mile to get to some of my classes from the dorms. It was good for me, and I actually began enjoying walking a lot more, especially since I had no car, I'd walk all over arcata. the 2nd year I lived off campus, and often walked a couple miles to get to school. Later that year, I actually reached my Driver's license weight and a size 16, something I hadn't been in since I was in Jr. High (another sad fact!)
I always told myself I'd never get over 200 lbs. Well, when I was pregnant with my 1st child, I did get over 200 lbs, but I was pregnant, and in all actuality, my total weight gain was only 15 lbs, so getting over that mark while pregnant wasn't a big deal. I lost it easily, and became pretty healthy between pregnancies, and also during my 2nd pregnancy. After my 2nd pregnancy, I start loosing weight sort of naturally for about 2 years, but then, all of a sudden my metabolism began evening out a bit and I started gaining. The next thing I knew, I was 213 lbs!! Well over the mark that I never wanted to go over. It was also during this time that my mother, who has also struggled with her weight off and on, was really going through a lot of pain and medical problems, many of which was due to her weight. I told myself that I didn't want to have those similar problems when I get older. I've got this one body, and I need to take care of it! It was then that I began loosing weight!!
So, how did I do it? I had to get really strict with myself. I gave myself some really important rules, I started eating better, and the biggest thing, I began REALLY exercising. in 1 1/2 years, I went from 213 lbs to 154 lbs!! Wow, what an accomplishment! From a size 18 to a size 10/12!!! Yeah, I'm pretty happy. But, I still have a ways to go. This summer we had a lot of life changes and my entire routine is all messed up. So, I haven't been able to loose any more weight... in fact I've gained a little and am up to 159 lbs. So, its 2009 and time to get back into the swing of things!!
My goals:
1. to loose a little more weight, my goal weight: 130 lbs
2. to get back to eating healthy, more fruits and veggies!!
3. work on my core muscles, I don't really want a 6 pack, but some nice abs would be nice.
So, to start off, here is where I began:
I've always been overweight. I mean, I look at early pictures of me as a child, and I'm not overweight, but starting at about 3rd or 4th grade, I'm definitely getting there. Of course around that time, I'm also taller then most of the other people in my class. I was one of those girls who reached her peak heighth by 6th grade! In Jr. High, I'm most definitely overweight, and I look at the pictures, and I'm disgusted with myself. I look at my High School pictures, and I'm equally disgusted. When I got my driver's license, I had to lie about my weight, putin 175 lbs on the card. I can't believe now that 175 was what I said, and that I was lying. Even at that weight, I'd be overweight!! My problem? well, I never really exercised, I never enjoyed it. It was like a chore. In Jr. High, I certainly perfected the leisure walk, going as slow as I possibly could. PE in Jr. High Sucked.... so it's not like that made me want to get fit! High School wasn't much better. I was never into sports, mostly because my parents didn't push it, and in High School I wanted to play volleyball, but soon didn't because I wasn't good enough, and certainly not fit enough for it.
I graduated from High School and things began to change. I got my first job at a Girl Scout camp and for the first time, I was exercising daily (sort of had to in order to get from place to place) and eating healthier (no way to really snack and get junk food all the time.) I went to College and again, was exercising daily, having to hike up at least 100 stairs just to get my food at "the J" and also another 100+ stairs to get to my classes, or hike 1/2 mile to get to some of my classes from the dorms. It was good for me, and I actually began enjoying walking a lot more, especially since I had no car, I'd walk all over arcata. the 2nd year I lived off campus, and often walked a couple miles to get to school. Later that year, I actually reached my Driver's license weight and a size 16, something I hadn't been in since I was in Jr. High (another sad fact!)
I always told myself I'd never get over 200 lbs. Well, when I was pregnant with my 1st child, I did get over 200 lbs, but I was pregnant, and in all actuality, my total weight gain was only 15 lbs, so getting over that mark while pregnant wasn't a big deal. I lost it easily, and became pretty healthy between pregnancies, and also during my 2nd pregnancy. After my 2nd pregnancy, I start loosing weight sort of naturally for about 2 years, but then, all of a sudden my metabolism began evening out a bit and I started gaining. The next thing I knew, I was 213 lbs!! Well over the mark that I never wanted to go over. It was also during this time that my mother, who has also struggled with her weight off and on, was really going through a lot of pain and medical problems, many of which was due to her weight. I told myself that I didn't want to have those similar problems when I get older. I've got this one body, and I need to take care of it! It was then that I began loosing weight!!
So, how did I do it? I had to get really strict with myself. I gave myself some really important rules, I started eating better, and the biggest thing, I began REALLY exercising. in 1 1/2 years, I went from 213 lbs to 154 lbs!! Wow, what an accomplishment! From a size 18 to a size 10/12!!! Yeah, I'm pretty happy. But, I still have a ways to go. This summer we had a lot of life changes and my entire routine is all messed up. So, I haven't been able to loose any more weight... in fact I've gained a little and am up to 159 lbs. So, its 2009 and time to get back into the swing of things!!
My goals:
1. to loose a little more weight, my goal weight: 130 lbs
2. to get back to eating healthy, more fruits and veggies!!
3. work on my core muscles, I don't really want a 6 pack, but some nice abs would be nice.
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