Alright, ladies! From July 19th to August 20th, you are on a mission. A mission to de-chubb!
Today's summary: Exercise-30 mins on the exercise bike. Two shakes, two apples, melba toast, a yogourt, almonds, a potato, some spudz sticks a piece of cheese, and .... coffee.
This week (so far) has been harder than the whole last month. I don't know why, but I suspect it has something to do with the lack of competition. I can't wait for this weekend full of delicious camping junk food :P
Hey everyone. Well this weekend wasn't a very good start so I am counting those two days as "free days." Too much junk food, wayyyyy too much junk food. Anyways, here are the measurements to date:
Waist: 35"
Tatas: 38" (bugger)
Ribcage: 33"
Hips: 42.3" (yes I actually measured a point two)
Thighs: 25"
Arms: 12.5"
So last month must have done some good. First two days this week haven't been great either. Back to the shakes, fruit and veggies, and then Monday I didn't have time for supper so I had some spudz sticks and melba toast. I succumbed to hunger and cookies at the game. I had 2 oatmeal and 2 chocolate digestive cookies. Tonight I ate about a million almonds, pickled beets, chicken, beans, and a potato. I'm feeling a bit too full right now and it isn't pleasant. Hopefully regular posting in the blog will keep me on track ;)
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I went to the gym both days so far.
Congrats Heather I guess you are the Winner !!!!! Good Job You will get a Cake Now !!!!!
Me I really dont have time (Sunday evening I am still at work!!!! Yday went back at 7.30 friday 9pm........ I am eating like crazy though may be because of stress !!!!11) to measure I will put my results sometime this week. I know I have not lost any weight let me check measurements !!! Defnitely as Heather has said we have learnt so much in past 1 month. I have gotten in habit of some kind of workout be it stairs or walk or when I get back home I walk. Thats a very big thing for me because I have not stuck 1 full month of exercise ever before in my life.
I will defnitely continue with my exercise and stupid diet here and there,,, though I may not be prompt in writing to blog I am still with you heather !!!!!!! If not blog I will keep you updated everyday as usual ,,,,,,,,
Ha, well, Wednesday was fine for me....until I went home. I had the 2 shakes and stuff for breakfast and lunch, and pork chops, beans, and potato for dinner. However, I ate the entire can of green beans, and two whole potatoes. After dinner I snacked on sorbet, some cheese, some melba toast I believe, veggies and fruit, pretty much anything I could find. So although I didn't eat junk, I just ate way too much food. I didn't go to the gym, either. Not for any good reason, I just didn't want to. I had a lazy, gross night of laying around. Oh yeah, I had a coffee as well.
Yesterday was better. I forgot my drink container here, so no shakes. I had a coffee on the way here, a grilled chicken sandwich and side caesar salad for lunch - although I didn't eat the salad b/c it was nasty - pork chops, corn, potato and cabbage salad for dinner. Later on I had strawberries and vanilla mousse yogourt for a snack. (It is actually better than Cool Whip with berries.) That was it until I went to bed. I went back to the gym yesterday, and had a pretty decent 30 min workout.
UPDATE: The final results are in! It appears I have lost about 8.5 lbs., and almost a full inch from my waist. I will get the exact measurements up sometime this weekend. I have to thank you guys - without this challenge I would have thought I had no willpower in me. This group gave me a reason to stick to something for longer than a day, and each week's progress has motivated me to keep going for one more. I have surprised myself, and I am so ready to keep going for as long as it takes. My goal for the next month will be 5-7 lbs again, and the same therea`fter, ultimately getting down to a weight of 150 lbs. (But I'd probably be happy with 155, too.) If anyone else wants to keep going, I would love to have some company. If I am going to carry on solo, do you guys mind if I keep using this blog?
Points to Ponder: It takes smokers an average of 5-7 tries before they are successful in quitting. Hundreds of thousands of people smoke - thousands more are overweight. It can't be easy. I think everyone learned something about herself this month, and about what they need to do in order to meet their goals. I learned that whether I'm hungry or not, I have to eat snacks during the day, or else I won't be able to stop snacking at night. I also learned that cardiovascular endurance can be improved DRASTICALLY in a short period of time. What did you learn? What could you improve on? What do you need in order to be successful? What are your pitfalls? Remember too, that everyone is their own worst critic; I think you all did really well.
There is no such thing as quitting when you're on a diet. Maybe this week you ate poorly ... doesn't mean you're finished, it's just a set-back. If you're not happy with where you're at right now, get back on the horse and make a change. So here I go, saddling up for the next few months. Who's coming along for the ride??
Hi hi. Wow, 30 days already. Um yesterday was fine. Shakes and veggies (and one delicious coffee, d’oh!) throughout the day, turkey scaloppini, corn, and salad for supper. After dinner I had a yogurt, and later on I had a couple handfuls of spudz sticks. I went rollerblading for about an hour last night as well.
Remember how I was so excited about the cheaper no-name slimfast? Why haven’t I been going to wal-mart?! They have no name kind even cheaper, and their price on the actual SF is what I paid for the no name, lol. Duh. Heather “sucker for a really BAD deal” Switall. Anyways, that’s it for me today. Keep on truckin’ ladies, two days left!
OK well yesterday was better. Back on track if you will. I did the 2 shakes, fruit and veggies during the day, then on my way to baseball I had Melba toast. On my way home I had 2 pieces of a Kinder Bueno bar thing. (Chocolate filled with hazelnut cream….*drool*) For supper I had steak, rice, and carrots. (Thanks Joneses!) And actually that was it for the night. I didn’t exercise, but I did get around the bases a couple times yesterday, and was running and jumping around like a fool for most of the game. (I’m 12, what can I say.) I also got in the 8 glasses of water. I had a coffee though yesterday. An extra large, of all things, but that was Tim Horton’s fault; I didn’t ask for an extra large. Can’t waste it ;)
I am now excited because I found Life Brand weight loss shakes at Shoppers! It’s about time, eh? They have 3 more calories per serving than SF, a tiny bit more fat, and slightly less of a couple vitamins, but the carbs and protein are the same, so I figure it’s the same crap. Its not as finely milled as SF, so it doesn’t blend quite as well, but its $2 less than what I pay for SF at Food Basics, and $3 less than Shoppers charges for it. I worked it out, and that means I would be saving between $0.25 and $0.50 per day. (Sharron, stop laughing, you know I’m cheap.) And actually I discovered new flavours of SF that I will have to try at that Shoppers as well. I would just like to say how much I am enjoying the shakes, in case you ladies were wondering. They taste so good, and actually keep me feeling pretty full. I could see myself drinking them for breakfast even when I’ve lost all the chub. Anyways, back to work…
Let’s see if I can remember what I ate. Friday same breakfast and lunch. I went home and had some tuna and cottage cheese for dinner, then maybe a yogurt or something. Then while watching the game I had a few drinks of the alcoholic variety. Empty calories, I know. That was it until I went to bed I think.
Saturday, started off with melba toast (I’m addicted) then probably a yogurt, um I can’t remember if I ate anything between then and dinner. If I did it was melba toast, guaranteed. Then I had salad, 6 chicken nuggets (baked but still terrible) and rice for dinner. I ended up snacking on more melba toast after dinner and maybe some mushrooms? I also had a coffee later on that night. Oh, and I think I had some orange sorbet that day.
Sunday, more melba toast, some salad, a few mushrooms, and then I had a Mr. Sub turkey wrap for dinner. It was really good but I was hungry about half an hour later. I also had a yogurt after supper, some veggies, and melba toast I think, then some orange sorbet at bed time. Good grief, I’ve really god to kick the melba habit, don’t I? It’s a good thing I didn’t try to do low carb.
I just weight myself before lunch, and I am proud to say that I actually HAVE lost some girth. To date, I have lost 6 pounds! I'm as surprised as anyone. Also, I've lost up to a half inch off my waist, (this one comes and goes depending on the time of day) ½ inch off each thigh, ½ inch from around my ribs, between ½ and a full inch from around my hips, and the same from around the tatas. (Damnit.) The only measurement that hasn’t moved is my upper arms, but I guess they can wait. I was almost certain I was imagining things getting smaller, but apparently not. Not too shabby.
Guess what else? FOUR DAYS LEFT!!!
Ha ha ha what about that remember the plan?!?! Well it looks like I temporarily forgot the plan as well. I had the usual for breakfast and lunch, but then for dinner I was like, you know what, I really want a sub. So I ended up having a sub. (Guess what kind, haha.) Large turkey on brown with mustard and veggies, no cheese. Of course, I got the chips for Ryan, but he didn’t want them so…I ate them. Sunchips, but still. If Mr. Sub’s nutrition information is accurate, my meal (including the yogurt I had after) was at least 800 calories last night. Yikes. Oh well, it was damn tasty. I went to the gym as well for 30 minutes on the treadmill, but I walked most of the time so I doubt I really did much good. Tonight I’m going to the doctor after work, so I won’t be able to go to the gym. Looks like I’ll have to actually get outside tonight and enjoy this beautiful summer day, haha. Remember when August used to be HOT?
Holy crap guys...hang in there....less than a week to go! Less than a week to meet those goals! Make these last few days count!!
Well, today it was back to basics for me. Two shakes, fruit for snacks. Fish for supper again. (It was a new kind today and was actually quite nasty. I'm not looking forward to eating the end of it tomorrow.) I did cave and have a coffee today however. Snack was a Danon Mousse yogurt and oh my lord it might be my new favourite food. Incredibly dessert-like, and only 70 calories. Um yeah so was my snack. Oh yeah, i almost forgot I had one chicken nugget since they came from Chez Sharron and I didn't know if they were gross. I liked them, lol.
I also got some herbal tea tonight (Sharron stop laughing) because Elisa always used to drink it and it smelled so good, but I couldn't bring myself to try it. So I was finally like screw it, it's only 1.97 if I hate it. I loved it though. I am going to start bringing it to work to help kick the afternoon coffee habit.
What else...I hit the gym tonight for 35 mins on the eliptical. I upped my gym coolness factor by very nearly having an asthma attack, and by walking into a treadmill. Oh yeah, I rule that place. Hopefully tomorrow will be less painful! Wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday already. Feels like this week just got started...
I’m getting all confuddled with the days, but anyways. Yesterday was not that great. I did the 2 shakes fruit and veggies during the day – except for the ice cream Lynda brought! Then for dinner I had more fish with beans and rice, and salad. (I was starving yesterday.) After dinner I had some sorbet, then a few spudz later, then 2 packages of melba toast! I was so hungry, I just couldn’t stop eating. I didn’t work out, as my body is still fighting back from my ab workout on Sunday, but I did get in some quality relaxing time. I am going to el gym tonight though. Back to the plan…back to the plan…
Wow is all I have to say about yesterday. I started the breakfast shake again, and it's true, I did feel much less hungry later in the day. I had grapes and an apple for snacks, and raw veggies with my lunch. For dinner (when I finally at at like, 9,) I had fish baked in tomato, red pepper, corn sauce. Yeah, I pretty much cook by throwing all the things I like together in a pan and seeing what comes out. After dinner I had a few spudz sticks and a few honeycomb. Mmm honeycomb. (The cereal, I don't keep bees.)
But my wow yesterday comes from what happened at the gym. So, as it was Monday and EVERYONE works out on Monday, I didn't get on an eliptical cause they were all full. So I hopped on ye olde treadmille and started to walk. Usually I walk for about five minutes and jog for maybe two, and alternate. (Yes, I'm that out of shape.) Well, I walked for just over two minutes, and then jogged for a full ten minutes. I'm not even kidding. I wasn't even out of breath, I just had to slow down because I got this funny pain in my back. (I'm assuming it was my lungs going "WHAT THE HELL??" Then I walked for a few more minutes, and then jogged for another...8 or 9 I think...I even ran for the last 3 minutes flat out. This might not sound like much for anyone else, but for me that's the equivalent of the New York City marathon. You know what else? I LIKED it. I wasn't going very fast, mind you, but it was still more than I have ever been able to do before. I could see myself becoming a serious gym rat soon, folks.
Hey hey. Well, this weekend was a pretty big write-off for me. Although today I was able to get in my fifth workout (30 mins cardio and 20 mins abs and weights,) I also ate crap all weekend. Saturday I had a Wendy's salad for lunch, but I got the one that comes with the chicken strips. Then, I ate a whole lot of peanuts because for some dumb reason I bought a big bag of them bulk. My dinner was healthy at least, salad, chicken, potato and corn, but then after dinner I think I ate a fruit to go, some sorbet, and then I went to see a movie and ended up eating some of Ryan's nibs. Not a great day overall. I was determined to make today better. I started off by eating melba toast, then umm...some more peanuts...then I had a few spudz sticks, which aren't that bad, but for dinner I had spaghetti. With salad, but still, carb nightmare. Then just now I ate about 1000 peanuts while watching this movie. I drank a lot of water with them too so I'm feeling incredibly, disgustingly bloated. Also, I have to take my inhaler. Peanuts always make me kinda wheezy...probably should stop eating them but they're soo good....lol.
Anyways, so yeah, totally blew the weekend, but what can you do. I am surprised I have gone this far without spaghetti. This week, I think I'm going back to the first week's plan of two shakes, three snacks, one meal. I seemed to snack less when I was eating breakfast, so I'll try that and see how it goes. Five workouts seems to be working for me, so I'm going to try and keep that up. Here is something interesting: The scale at the gym, the slidey one, says that I weigh at least 5 lbs less than mine does. It actually says I'm less than 170, which is shocking since I haven't seen that weight since I was like 16. It also says I've lost a pound this week, so I'm hoping that's consistent with mine ;) See you all tomorrow.
Hey ladies! Well I don't think I did anything special foodwise on Thursday other than ate a bagel for supper instead of having something better. When I got home from baseball Ryan made me eat a handful of popcorn and a homemade muffin. (haha, made.) But I managed to get to the gym for a half an hour, so it's all good.
Friday I forgot to make my lunch, so I ended up having the spinach salad from Wendy's. That one's my favourite. (With low fat dressing, of course.) Then I had some fruit at the meeting. I went to the gym for 30 mins of cardio after work, and ended up doing a few chest exercises and some leg presses. Then some sweaty guy tried to chat me up, so I left. I had a sub for dinner, 12 inch turkey on brown with no cheese, just mustard and veggies, but I also had a bag of sunchips. 250 calories, but except for the cake I'd been good all week.
Today I am going to do some errands, so I'm not sure if I will work out or not. I am feeling good about the weigh-in on Monday. Anyways, off to do groceries and buy a not-so-ugly sweater, much to Sharron's delight I'm sure :P
Where do the days go?? Well, yesterday, let me see if I can remember what I ate...no breakfast, but I was REALLY hungry so I had a plum and an apple around 10:30, lunch was shake and veggies and a COFFEE. I know, I know, but I was sooo tired. I also had a whole wheat bagel with nothing on it around 4 because for some reason I was super hungry yesterday, and I knew if I went to the gym without eating I would probably pass out. For dinner I had tuna, cottage cheese and raw veggies, then later on I had a bit of sorbet and a fruit to go.
I did get to the gym, and managed to do 30 minutes on the recumbant bike and 30 minutes on the eliptical trainer. I didn't do any weights because I am still a little intimidated by the weight room. (I don't know what the hell I'm doing; the machines have no instructions on them.) Someday soon I'll go workout with Ryan and he can show me what they are all for. Today I might go to the gym between work and baseball, I haven't decided yet. It is a double header though, so I won't have much time to eat if I do that. Ah well, I might just do it anyway.
Harshala, I feel your pain about the bathing suit, but I find if I go swimming with a swim cap and goggles on, 1) I feel like I'm in a disguise and no one will recognize me anyway, 2) I look so stupid from the neck up that no one is looking at my body!
Also, I retract my statment about the inches lost. I measured again yesterday and it was back up to the old number, lol. I must have been sucking in. Still, I am now able to get into the shorts that were WAY too tight a few weeks ago. With room to spare! Hurray!
God.... Ladies you reallly write sooooo much.... I was trying to find my last posting and I am alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way down though I am positive I wrote last week!!!!
OKay I will stop crying ( I cant type what to do !!!)
Well I have stopped my cabbage soup diet but still watching out what I am eating last week I use to eat very less during day and was tired and hungry at night and then would stop myself from eating at night tooo. Result : Very tired could not concentrate on anything
So for this week I changed my game plan I am eating good lunch at then very light or nothing(coupla days) for dinner....
Exercise : We just found out that when me and Sue go for walk we actually walk 2 kms... and I think that is Grrrrrrrreeeeeat
And stairs 520 stairs up and 520 stairs down
For the first time in my life I am doing exercise steadily since 3 weeks thanks Pals.........
Heather glad to know you have lost few inches I am tempted to measure too. Maybe I will tonight
HEy sharron I not only said no to cookie but I did not eat a single choclate covered almond out of 2 jars they got lat week.I feel great!!!!
Kate good to know that you are working out during lucnch!!!
I am thinking of joining a gym but none are close to my house ????!!!!
I almost registered for swimming but could not picture myself in swimsuit so cancelled registration....
By the way whole of last week after I go home (once I am done with cooking which starts at 6 and ends at 8 pm ) my son has been Mommy can we go for a walk and then he is on his bike and I am running behind me ... GOood exercise!!!!
Well Ok I am really done for now..... I will try to write more often so that I will not have to type so much in a stretch................(I had fingers exercise today ???)
Hey hey. Well Monday I never did exercise, but food wise I did fine, same meals, a few rice chips as a snack, and I did OK yesterday too. I went out to dinner with my family, and ordered salmon. No appetizer, no alcohol. But then....dessert. Oh dear god. I don't know why I ordered it, I didn't really want it, but for some reason, eating chocolate mousse cake seemed like an easy way to make the family time pass, lol. It even had whipped cream with it guys, and I ate every last bite. I tried to make up for it by going to the gym, but somehow I don't think half an hour on the eliptical burned that bugger off. After I ate it, I was like, "why did I even do that, I feel gross and bloated." Lesson learned, I guess.
So today I'm going to the gym again, and I'm going to try and get some weights in as well. I'm so tired though, that I might not want to stay that long.
This has nothing to do with this, but I would like to point out how irritated I am at the fact that there is no hot water in my building again today for the SECOND day in a row. I had to bathe with boiled water like some sort of pioneer. Note to self, shower at the gym tonight.
Well, it would seem that things are still percolating along nicely. I did have chicken last night for supper, with some corn and a potato. I had some orange sorbet afterwards, and damn was it good. You know what's neat? I don't really feel like I'm dieting. I just feel like I'm eating more normally. Meals instead of random food that I grab.
Also, the weekly weigh-in results suggest that I have lost more weight! Between one to two pounds. I can't believe it, I hardly exercised at all this week. Also, here is something REALLY neat....I thought my stomach has been getting flatter, so just for shits and giggles I measured. Unless I'm measuring differently than I was before, I have already almost lost an inch from my waistline. I doubt all of that is fat loss, some of it can probably be chalked up to the random bloating and shrinking that women go through, but still, that's impressive. I think I've also lost almost half an inch from each upper arm as well. I didn't measure anything else, but my pants are fitting better all over. If I keep it up, I might just surpass my own expectations, and frankly, that would be GREAT. Talk about motivation.
So the plan this week is not going to be as ambitious as last week. I think I should stick to aiming for at least half an hour five times a week. Basically that means trying to do something almost every day. I am going to the gym tonight. I plan on doing 30 minutes of cardio, and hopefully 30 minutes on the weight machines if I can figure out how to use them!
I hope everyone is as excited as me to keep going!
Oh boy, what happened to my exercise plan? Well Friday I had the same breakfast and lunch as always, no snacks again, then I had the same supper as Sharron, lol. I didn't work out because I was still feeling lazy and sick. Then yesterday I slept in till like, noon, ate a stale bun at some point, then had a gross burger king chicken salad for lunch, some melba toast for a snack, and then lemon pepper salmon for supper. Mmm so good. Just the fish, this tomato saucey stuff, some grilled veggies, and a baked potato with margarine. I didn't work out yesterday either, but I was up hanging out outside until like 4am, so hopefully that burned a few calories.
So far today all I have eaten is some cottage cheese and a fruit to go. I plan on having chicken, a potato and some sort of vegetable for supper, and maybe I'll go for a walk. I'm feeling better, but I'm really tired. Wonder why, lol.
I finally bit the bullet and signed up for a gym today. I now have access to all City of Mississauga community center gyms and pools. I think it's going to be good. I will prefer working out with old people than muscleheads, lol. I am really going to have to step up to the plate if I want to make my goal....there are only 19 days left!
