A Month of Change

Starting Weight: 218.6 lbs
Current Weight: 216.8
Goal Weight: 145 lbs 
Weight to lose: 71.8 lbs

So, it's been a little over a month since I blogged last (oops!). But here are the things that have changed in the last month...

1. I started working out with a personal trainer once a week. And she's helping me be more consistent with my diet and exercise (mostly because I fear letting someone else down and I need someone to get upset with me when I don't do what I'm supposed to). Basically, she's the best!

2. I've started running.. err.. jogging/walking again.

3. Ya know those crazy sit ups where you throw a ball to someone else, or the squats where you throw the ball and catch it? The ones you watch on the biggest loser and think "HA. yeah right. nobody actually does those." I've got news for you. PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO THAT! I did that on Tuesday..

4. Previously I LOVED potato chips and french fries, do you know what I discovered last week? THEY DON'T TASTE GOOD ANYMORE!

Okay. end of learning things... at least, for now. :)

Revelations

Today, I ate like I was supposed to.. success.

Today, I went down one size at Target... success.

Today... I went to zumba (even though I didn't want to, but my best friend talked me into it) and had the biggest and best revelation:

I can actually do this. 

Before I always talked the talk, but I didn't walk the walk. Today, I felt like I actually could do this. I felt like I had control over this and I wasn't going to let it defeat me again. 

Today I realized that I can actually do this... success. 

New Motivation

Starting Weight: 218.6 lbs
Current Weight: 218
Goal Weight: 145 lbs by Christmas
Weight to lose: 73 lbs in 167 days.


So, after a week of hard work I've kinda not been the best at counting calories and exercising.. actually, I have sucked at it. I haven't done it at all. However, one of my best friends got engaged last weekend... and thus, asked me to be a bridesmaid and the wedding is in the next few months. New motivation to get into shape faster? oh heck yes.

I found these blogs today on pinterest. The first one is about losing weight and being dedicated. She says to make your goal attainable. Yup, check. got that. Do it because I want to, not for others.. check. Eat breakfast: check. Things to be done: make a goal chart (easily done since Liz & I have made some goals for ourselves), schedule my workouts like I schedule work and class (things that I can't skip), keep up with my diet and workout journal.

The next blog is called "The College Girl Diet". First thing that I love that she said: This is a lifestyle, NOT A DIET. You can't just diet and get to your goal weight and then let everything go. You have to eat like that and exercise like that for the rest of your life. It's not just a "one and done" deal. It's an ALL of the time deal. The no's that she talks about that I'm implimenting starting right now:
1) No soda... yes, I know I started drinking it again after not having it since October. My bad. But it's gone now.
2) No fast food. This one is probably going to be the most difficult. This is America.. where we practically live on fast food. My family practically does. But, I'll have to pass on that now. If I want this, that's what I'm going to do.
3) No alcohol. It's a waste of calories. It really is. Those calories that you spend on that drink, are so much better spent on something else.
4) No ordering Large or Extra Large or Biggie.. that's so not needed. Order the half order of everything.
5) Drink more water. Hunger pains are often a sign of dehydration. I wonder if everyone in the country knew this how much healthier our country would be.
6) MOVE, MOVE, MOVE! no more sitting on the couch while a beautiful day passes by.. or even nasty ones. I have 4 workout games for the Kinect, and how often do I play them? uh.. never. Plus, I discovered On-Demand workouts yesterday. I have no excuses for not working out.
7) No mindless eating. No eating while watching TV or on the computer. If I must eat, pick fruits, veggies or healthy items.
8) Allow moments of cheating. Without tiny moments of chocolate or the like, I'd only feel more deprived and it would make that awful binge eating worse.

So.. ready? I am! ....I think.

I'm sorry.. it's what day, again?

Starting Weight: 218.6 lbs
Current Weight: 216
Goal Weight: 145 lbs by Christmas
Weight to lose: 71 in 170 days.

I know.. I know.. I haven't blogged in a week and 2 days. but in that week and 2 days, I've worked... 56 hours, I think. If it weren't for the fact that my family just left all together, I wouldn't know it was Sunday morning because the only time they ride together is to go to church. Seriously, I'm surprised that I'm still functioning.

Okay, so that whole thing that I blogged about last time. It failed right away. BUT.. I did lose 1.4 pounds in the last week and 2 days. I attribute this to eating right (per my new plan on myfitnesspal. (see profile). This works well for me because they have a free app for my phone.. so I can take it everywhere! It's so much easier than when I was using livestrong because I had to wait until I got home and sometimes I forgot.. so, now I can work on it when I'm out and about.. without making excuses.

I also attribute my weight loss to working at a pizza place in 100 degree weather. With 2-3 pizza ovens on, an air conditioner that wasn't built for handling the ovens, and it being 100+ degrees outside, we got very.... toasty. No.. toasty isn't the word.. sweaty? I'm telling you... I was sweating, my sweat was sweating, and my sweat's sweat was sweating. It was a bit ridiculous.. but I'm alive with no damage!

Also, with having been so busy with working I neglected working out this week. Next week will be better. 

Ch-ch-changes

Starting Weight: 218.6 lbs
Current Weight: 217.4
Goal Weight: 145 lbs
Weight to lose: 72.4

So, I gave up facebook for a week.. and that has been my excuse as to why I haven't written anything.

*insert imitation of my own voice* I can't tell people I blogged, what's the point?

I did however weigh myself... My partner in crime, Liz, and I agreed on weighing ourselves every Wednesday morning. So, that weight up there, my friends, is this weeks weight. 

Also.. Liz discovered this website on pinterest (our favorite place to waste time haha). It's about how different body types need different foods and exercises.. which seems like a no-brainer.. but honestly, it was a new revelation for me.

So, I looked at all the different body types and realized that I'm a endomorph. Which means.. I store fat a heck of a lot easier than other body types. Which totally makes sense.. because while I don't eat a lot, I sure look like I do. So, I'm going to try to follow their eating plan.. I'll do a couple of weeks of it because we all know one week isn't enough. and if it's working, then the plan stays.. if not, then I change it up!

So, here's the plan for the next few weeks:

1. avoid all sugars (including fruits, except berries)
2. avoid simple carbohydrates (sweets, white flour products, pasta, white rice, potatoes)
3. Eat starchy vegetables, brown rice, whole grains
4. Eat quality protein (chicken, turkey, lean beef, whey protein)
5. Eat healthy fats: Omega 3 sources (fish, seafood), and coconut oil.
6. Eat smaller portions, and have food handy every 2-3 hours. 
7. Tone up muscle mass 3-4 times a week (my absolute favorite kind of exercise.. no joke)
8. Aerobic exercises 5-6 times a week (**this may be hard right now as I'm fighting being sick.. but I can try)