Slacking....

Since I've been slacking, figured I'd at least give my Monday weigh in update.

Week 3 weigh in: 153.2 lbs
Total Lost: 5 lbs vs. goal of 6 lbs
Exercise Sessions: 3

Day 15 and 16 -- Boot Camping it up!

Haven't felt like going to Boot Camp the last two days, but forced myself to anyways! I'm starting to get discouraged because I still feel like my clothes are just as tight as they have been and the scale isn't going down either :( I feel like 2 weeks into the diet I should be noticing either loss of inches or pounds or both... I guess I better start increasing my protein and reducing my carbs more rather than just watching my calories, b/c I'm not getting anywhere!I definitely over ate on Tuesday but still was under 2000 calories and went to Boot Camp... so it shouldn't have been that bad.. No cheat day for me this week, that's for sure!


Day 15 
Food Consumption
Breakfast: Special K Honey Nut Bar
Lunch: Turkey and Swiss Sandwich on MultiGrain Bread with Lettuce, Pickle, Tomato, and Olives and light Mayo
Snack: Fiber One Brownie
Snack: Clif Peanut Crunch Mini Bar
Dinner: Ling Ling Potstickers and Tilapia Tenders (I was starving!)

Estimated Calories Consumed: 1857
Estimated Calories Burned: 500
Days of Exercise for Week: 2


Day 16 

Food Consumption
Breakfast: Clif Builder's Bar Mint Chocolate
Lunch: Chickfila 6 pk Nuggets w/Small fruit cup and Kid's Ice Cream Cone
Dinner: Lean Cuisine Mini Pizza's and I piece of Sesame Encrusted Chicken
Dessert: Skinny Cow Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream Cup

Estimated Calories Consumed: 1333
Estimated Calories Burned: 500
Days of Exercise for Week: 3

Day 14 - Puppy Day!

Well completely off topic but we rescued two puppies today! Kind of spur of the moment, we had filled out an application online and they called us back on way to Boot Camp today, and then we went to meet them and fell in love.. They are two little girls and soo adorable! I'll post pics once we pick them up on Thursday!


Now as for my diet... I did good today. I didn't make it grocery shopping so I didn't have my regular fruit for breakfast and I was starving after having my lunch so I went to the cafeteria and had a 2nd lunch which held me over all day and through boot camp, which was good b/c I didn't have enough time to eat between work and Boot Camp. I think I'm starting to get a cold, so I almost didn't go to Boot Camp today, but I'm glad I did, it was a great work out! I asked the trainer how many calories he thinks I'm burning during each session, he says with my effort around 700-900. I'm only counting 500 per session though since the app tells me only around 300, figured I'd take the middle ground to estimate


Today's Food Consumption
Breakfast: Special K Honey Nut Bar
Lunch: Smart One's Pizza Minis
Lunch: Orange, Ginger Tilapia, Green Beans, and Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Dinner: Lean Cuisine Market Creations Asiago Cheese Tortellini
Snack: Green Giant Cauliflower and Cheese


Estimated Calories Consumed: 1149
Estimated Calories Burned: 500
Days of Exercise for Week: 1

My Birthday / Birthday Weekend

OK, well I've been slacking on updating... lets see where I left off
Day 10 - My Birthday - I was good all day long and only had a few chips/cheese while tailgating, and considering the amount of beer and food we had there, I did really good!
Day 11 - My parents came to town and we went for my Birthday Dinner at Bonefish Grill - I had Tilefish, which was pretty yummy, I was good all day, and I stuck to my guns about no alcohol, but I definitely ate too much bread!
Day 12 - Cheat Day - Drinks around the World, enough said lol (Although I did run a 5k in the morning)
Day 13 - Since I was pretty hungover it helped me to not eat a lot, I didn't keep track though all weekend b/c we were out and about, overall I didn't do too bad though.




Week 2 weigh in: 156.4 lbs
Total Lost:  1.8 lbs
Days of Exercise: 5


Overall, I should be down 4 lbs by now.. but considering my Birthday weekend, I can't be too mad, and I FEEL so much better from going to boot camp!! 

Day 9 - Jello Arms!

Wow, I was sore today! My arms and chest got worse as the day went on, and my legs stayed about the same as yesterday. I was glad to learn we weren't doing any strength training today at Boot Camp b/c my knees hurt since I can't do push ups yet without being on my news and we did a ton yesterday and I wasn't sure I'd be able to hold myself up with my arms since they were so sore and jello like. We did a lot of cardio work and running today, actually did a fair amount of running yesterday too. We never did any running at the previous boot camp we attended. I definitely like this one much better than the other one. The other people in the class are friendlier (there are only 2-3 others) and the trainer is better at showing you how to do things correctly. I ate too close to the start tonight because I felt dizzy/nauseous for a lot of the class tonight - or maybe i was just working that hard? I'm thinking it's more likely that I ate too closely to working out b/c I kept burping up potstickers lol  - I'm going to try to go Friday this week before my parents get to town for my Birthday, which will be 4 times this week! I want to keep this up, I want to see results!! :) 


Today's Food Consumption
Breakfast: 2 Bananas
Snack: Special K Chocolately Pretzel Bar
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Angel Hair Pomodoro 
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Ling Ling's CHicken and Veggie Potstickers
Snack: Luna Protein Chocolate Bar


Estimated Calories Consumed: 1076
Estimated Calories Burned: 297
Days of Exercise for Week: 3

Day 8 - Day 2 of Boot Camp

Alright, so tonight was day 2 of boot camp... I was only slightly sore today, but after today's work out, tomorrow it's going to be rough to even brush my hair with how sore my arms are already - really hoping I'm able to move tomorrow since I plan on going back to boot camp tomorrow. I want to go at least 3/week during the 4 week "deal" I have.. and this week I'm busy Thursday and Friday, so MTW is when I needed to go. Next week I'm going to try to go all 4 work days for me.. but we'll see if life permits, but at a minimun I'll be there 3 days! It's definitely hard to get off work in time to make it there by 6pm, but by going in early before 7am I've managed to leave early (which is still a 10 hr day for me!) 2 days in a row. Then again nothing critical has come up at work either... Today was also Lunch Club day... luckily Agata brought in what appeared to be healthily cooked boneless/skinless chicken breast with a good flavoring, and I had 2 pieces of potato, which is about 1/2 of a regular size potato total, so I think I did very well.


Today's Food Consumption
Breakfast: 2 Bananas
Snack: Special K Chocolately Pretzel Bar
Lunch: Chicken Breast with half a potato
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Lean Cuisine Chicken Margherita
Snack: Banana
Dessert: Fiber One Brownie

Estimated Calories Consumed: 1019
Estimated Calories Burned: 303
Days of Exercise for Week: 2


Inspiration Picture:
This is from September 2009 when I was on my way of losing weight last time, I was about 145 lbs here... my face and arms look so much skinnier! I can't wait to be back to this size!

 

Then here I was at my "skinniest" (since I was in middle/highschool) - 138 lbs - My goal weight!

Just got to keep it up!! Although when I was doing that diet, I had ZERO cheats days, so hard not to have them when there is so much going on in the next few weeks... and I feel like I NEED them... although the next opportunity to not have one in a week, I will definitely do it. 


This is what I'm thinking for the next few weeks...Once we hit December and depending on where I am, I will designate my cheat days.


Week 1 Cheat Day: UCF Game (10/29)
Week 2 Cheat Day: Drinks Around the World (11/5)
Week 3 Cheat Day: None - although I'm going to IOA on the 12th so it may be hard to eat healthy, I'll try my best so if I go over my calories it will be this day, but I'm not intentionally making it a cheat day
Week 4 Cheat Day: Wonder Works Comedy Dinner Show (11/19) - we have all you can eat/drink groupons to use
Week 5 Cheat Day: UCF Game (11/25) - nope not Thanksgiving for me!