Hey y'all!! Yep, me again. So, as the title may suggest, today I will be discussing the new reasons I've found to lose weight and the old that I have remembered!!
Let's start with the old reason that jump started (aka slapped me in the face) my resolution:
-I'm going to be a bridesmaid in May! The bride, my bff, has been working her fanny off and losing tons of weight, as has the groom. The other two Bridesmaids are tiny ladies. So, that's 7 months to work my booty off and look good in that dress!
As for the new reason that I thought of just today, I'm ready to prove the generalizations wrong:
-I'm a gamer. A girl gamer. A very geeky, nerdy, dorky girl gamer. I'm actually quite proud of that, but there seems to be a stereotype that girl gamers must be overweight and single. I think that's a load of bologna, but in my case it does happen to also be true. While I can't fix the single part, as that is God's timing, I CAN fix the other half. Time to prove those people wrong!!
Tonight is the launch party for eating healthy, drinking lots of water, and working out! The great thing is that, while these things may be pushing me right now to do what I have to to get into healthy shape, it will give me lasting results. I may be working extra hard right now to look good in May, but I'm not going to just take off the bridesmaid dress and go back to being unhealthy, I'm going to continue to look good! And one day, I will be a thin, married gamer girl. Win, win, and another win!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Day Two!!
Hey there! Look at that, I'm back for yet another day!!! Now, my day in food has been good and bad, depending on what stats you are looking at (such as cals, sodium, sugar, etc.). It was great in some areas, not so great in others. SO I'd like to start by saying that my weigh in this morning had me at 244.8, which is a 2.8lb loss just from yesterday! Tomorrow is my official weigh in day, though, so I'm not going to record it on myfitnesspal unless it stays that way tomorrow morning.
Anyway, my meals today looked like this:
1. No breakfast. Bad, bad, bad.
2. Coffee w/creamer and sugar (the creamer is worse in cals than I realized!).
3. Snack: 4 small celery pieces with hummus - healthy and yummy!!
4. Lunch was 1 cup leftover taco soup. Healthy lunch!
5. Dutch Bros smoothie. Thought it'd be healthy...really, really wasn't!
6. Dinner - white fish, green beans, and broccoli. Really healthy dinner!!
7. Skinny Green Monster Smoothie - not bad, and really healthy!
8. Fried eggs & whole wheat bread to up fiber and protein (still had plenty of calories left) and a cup of Yogi Slim Life Blueberry Green tea. Comes out fairly healthy.
I came out under in calories and WAY under in sodium. I was WAY over on Vitamin A, but I doubt that's a bad thing. I went over on carbs, fat, and protein by a small amount, though. I still say it was all in all a good day. My water consumption averaged around 4-5 cups.
As I said, tomorrow is weigh in!! Wish me luck!
Anyway, my meals today looked like this:
1. No breakfast. Bad, bad, bad.
2. Coffee w/creamer and sugar (the creamer is worse in cals than I realized!).
3. Snack: 4 small celery pieces with hummus - healthy and yummy!!
4. Lunch was 1 cup leftover taco soup. Healthy lunch!
5. Dutch Bros smoothie. Thought it'd be healthy...really, really wasn't!
6. Dinner - white fish, green beans, and broccoli. Really healthy dinner!!
7. Skinny Green Monster Smoothie - not bad, and really healthy!
8. Fried eggs & whole wheat bread to up fiber and protein (still had plenty of calories left) and a cup of Yogi Slim Life Blueberry Green tea. Comes out fairly healthy.
I came out under in calories and WAY under in sodium. I was WAY over on Vitamin A, but I doubt that's a bad thing. I went over on carbs, fat, and protein by a small amount, though. I still say it was all in all a good day. My water consumption averaged around 4-5 cups.
As I said, tomorrow is weigh in!! Wish me luck!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Goals for February!
Fitness Goals:
- Lose 2 pounds (I know that's low, but I'm trying to be realistic)
- Exercise 3 days a week
- Eat 3 servings fruit daily
- Eat 3 servings veggies daily
- Drink 1-2 cups green tea daily
- Drink 64+ oz water daily
- Pay attention to serving sizes
- AVOID FAST FOOD
Other Goals:
- Spend more time in meditation
- Read 3 books
- Finish all HW assignments ahead of time
- Spend time studying!!
- Read Bible Daily
Okay, so those are my February goals! That gives me 6 days to get more accomplished before this takes affect!
New Beginnings!
Alright, folks. One thing you should probably know about me: I tend to fall off the wagon a LOT. I mean, I'm only human, so you have to just kind of stick with me (and give me a little (kind) shove once in a while!). Today I am starting it all over, along with one other big thing. Today is the first day that I am tapering off of my anti-depressant that I have been on for years. I will be tapering off either weekly or bi-monthly depending on how it goes. Exercise and eating right will be HUGE in getting me through this without having a mental breakdown!
So, let's start with today. Now, today didn't exactly start off healthy, and as far as food goes, the entire day may be a little iffy. But it's a start. So, what has my day included so far?
1. A 20oz Caramel Macchiato was my breakfast (BAD I know).
2. A Philly Cheese Steak lean pocket was my lunch (not the greatest, but could be worse).
3. Some sort of veggie/fruit snack will be inserted here.
4. Homemade taco soup will be dinner.
5. Insert another snack here.
Water will be chugged, as I am very far behind on my water consumption, but it isn't like I can exactly fit it into specific places on my diet plan, so it's sporadically thrown between those things!
I am going to do 20-40 minutes of Wii Zumba this afternoon, depending on how I feel having just gotten back into it.
What am I currently taking?
-30mg Citalopram (anti-depressant. Went to 30mg from 40mg today).
-2mg generic Xanax
-2 pills fish oil
-2 pills Sam-E
-Vitamin C Chewables
-Multi vitamin
-Vitamin D
-Vitamin B12
-CoQ10
-Zantac
-Lutera (Birth control for hormones and regulation).
Now for the weigh in and measurements!
HW: 260
CW: 247.6
UGW: 130
(I'll use left for measurements as I can do it more easily being right handed)
Upper Arms: 17in
Lower Arms: 10in
Upper Leg: 26in
Lower Leg: 18in
Butt: 48in
Bust: 49in
Stomach: 52in
Hips: 47in
Neck: 15in
((Okay, first time doing measurements...that is scary!))
If that doesn't scare me into losing weight, I don't know what will!! In the past I have never done this, as I already said. I have learned, though, that you are most likely to see results in inches rather than pounds. I need that to keep me going!! So here we go on my new journey!
Fruits, veggies, and water here I come!!!
I will be keeping you updated as often as possible. School makes that tough, but I will try! I will be checking my weight once a week, probably on Fridays. I will do my measurements somewhere between every 2-4weeks (probably 2). So keep an eye out for my meal plans, weight, measurements, success (and failure) stories, and hopefully even some recipes!!!
So, let's start with today. Now, today didn't exactly start off healthy, and as far as food goes, the entire day may be a little iffy. But it's a start. So, what has my day included so far?
1. A 20oz Caramel Macchiato was my breakfast (BAD I know).
2. A Philly Cheese Steak lean pocket was my lunch (not the greatest, but could be worse).
3. Some sort of veggie/fruit snack will be inserted here.
4. Homemade taco soup will be dinner.
5. Insert another snack here.
Water will be chugged, as I am very far behind on my water consumption, but it isn't like I can exactly fit it into specific places on my diet plan, so it's sporadically thrown between those things!
I am going to do 20-40 minutes of Wii Zumba this afternoon, depending on how I feel having just gotten back into it.
What am I currently taking?
-30mg Citalopram (anti-depressant. Went to 30mg from 40mg today).
-2mg generic Xanax
-2 pills fish oil
-2 pills Sam-E
-Vitamin C Chewables
-Multi vitamin
-Vitamin D
-Vitamin B12
-CoQ10
-Zantac
-Lutera (Birth control for hormones and regulation).
Now for the weigh in and measurements!
HW: 260
CW: 247.6
UGW: 130
(I'll use left for measurements as I can do it more easily being right handed)
Upper Arms: 17in
Lower Arms: 10in
Upper Leg: 26in
Lower Leg: 18in
Butt: 48in
Bust: 49in
Stomach: 52in
Hips: 47in
Neck: 15in
((Okay, first time doing measurements...that is scary!))
If that doesn't scare me into losing weight, I don't know what will!! In the past I have never done this, as I already said. I have learned, though, that you are most likely to see results in inches rather than pounds. I need that to keep me going!! So here we go on my new journey!
Fruits, veggies, and water here I come!!!
I will be keeping you updated as often as possible. School makes that tough, but I will try! I will be checking my weight once a week, probably on Fridays. I will do my measurements somewhere between every 2-4weeks (probably 2). So keep an eye out for my meal plans, weight, measurements, success (and failure) stories, and hopefully even some recipes!!!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
New Experiences
So this is not quite "tomorrow" as I said in my first post, but at least I did come back! It'll take a little work to get into the groove of blogging regularly, but at least I have been logging onto myfitnesspal daily!! So, onto what I was supposed to do last week....post my weight (dun dun dunnnn). Yeah, not looking forward to this AT ALL to be quite honest, but here goes: SW: 250.4. Ironically, this was also my original starting weight last year when I started MyFitnessPal. I guess my body likes that number. I'm in a contest over on MFP to lost 5lbs for the month of October, and my SW for that was 248.4, so I guess now I have to actually lose 7lbs this month. Well, I will be extremely excited if that happens! It will put me at my lowest weight since starting this journey. My UGW is between 120 & 130, as a healthy weight for my BMI is between 116 and 140. My doctor told me I should probably not go below 130, though.
Yesterday I had the new experience of being waaay behind on calories, protein, and fiber at 9pm. Not good to have to eat over half of my daily calories that late at night, but I knew I shouldn't consume less than 1200 cals by the end of the day, and so I ate. I had almost exactly 1200 at the end of the day, which was a first for me. I lost .6lbs between yesterday and today, so I guess it worked, but I'm thinking if I had spread it out more I would have probably lost more. That means today I will be eating breakfast!!
Off to eat I go! And, of course, drink coffee!!
Yesterday I had the new experience of being waaay behind on calories, protein, and fiber at 9pm. Not good to have to eat over half of my daily calories that late at night, but I knew I shouldn't consume less than 1200 cals by the end of the day, and so I ate. I had almost exactly 1200 at the end of the day, which was a first for me. I lost .6lbs between yesterday and today, so I guess it worked, but I'm thinking if I had spread it out more I would have probably lost more. That means today I will be eating breakfast!!
Off to eat I go! And, of course, drink coffee!!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Welcome to My Journey!
This is not my first time keeping a weight loss blog, but it WILL be the first time I stick with it. I am tired of trying and failing, and therefore I have found the one and only solution: SUCCEED! I am Irish, which for those of you that aren't aware, that means I am stubborn. Very, very stubborn.
I have not decided the entirety of what I will be doing on this blog yet, but I will be keeping you up to date. You will know when I do. First off, though, I think I should introduce myself and give you a quick bit of info about myself. I am Katie. I am a 22 year old college student, majoring in Criminal Justice (yeah, an overweight girl picked a highly physical field. Irony at its best). I have battled weight for a few years now, however I thought I was battling it long ago, when I was actually a normal weight. I had it beat into me that I was fat back when I was healthy, and I guess after a long enough time of hearing it, I finally made it the truth. When you suffer depression you are even easier to convince of your flaws, even if they aren't there. Which brings me to a point - this is not merely about me losing weight for vanity, or even losing weight in general, this is about me being happy with the person I am. Getting there means being healthy. See where a big circle of doom can form there? Well I'm breaking the circle. For once this is all about me and only me.
Tomorrow I will be back with my weigh in and measurements, and hopefully an idea of what I am doing!
I have not decided the entirety of what I will be doing on this blog yet, but I will be keeping you up to date. You will know when I do. First off, though, I think I should introduce myself and give you a quick bit of info about myself. I am Katie. I am a 22 year old college student, majoring in Criminal Justice (yeah, an overweight girl picked a highly physical field. Irony at its best). I have battled weight for a few years now, however I thought I was battling it long ago, when I was actually a normal weight. I had it beat into me that I was fat back when I was healthy, and I guess after a long enough time of hearing it, I finally made it the truth. When you suffer depression you are even easier to convince of your flaws, even if they aren't there. Which brings me to a point - this is not merely about me losing weight for vanity, or even losing weight in general, this is about me being happy with the person I am. Getting there means being healthy. See where a big circle of doom can form there? Well I'm breaking the circle. For once this is all about me and only me.
Tomorrow I will be back with my weigh in and measurements, and hopefully an idea of what I am doing!
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