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so if i work out after midnight does that count as working out for the next day or the technically previous day? anyway, i biked 7.5 miles, did abs and pushups last night.

breakfast in the caf (12:00pm)
-1.5 cups rice krispies
-1.5 cups raisin bran
-1.5 cups 2% milk
-1/2 cup fruit salad
-1 stick of pocky

okay. so i know i've been bad. i admit this. today i had a cadbury egg, at least 2oz of mixed nuts, AND a fun dip (though that was 50 cals...). but you know what? it's okay. it's o.k.a.y. i will not give up because i slip up. i will not give up my happiness because i fail like anyone else. because its not a failure until i quit. it's a roadbump.

i was about to give up on this blog today. this inspired me:

Neck: 13''
Shoulder: 22''
Bicep: 11.5''
Chest: 34''
Waist: 30''
Hips: 37''
Thigh: 24''
Calf: 14.75''


I made progress in my thighs and calves! insane for what i felt like was a week of failures! just goes to show soemtimes you get yourself down more than you think you are!

i bought alli today. i'm hoping this will help regulate my intake of fat and also it will help me lose weight faster. I am going to be using the alli site in order to track my progress but i will still try to update with food progress. i felt like it was easier to track when i was writing in a physical notebook so i may keep that up instead. i'm not sure yet. i feel very compelled to run right now though.

SNOW DAY!!! Food and exercise Feb 10th, 2010

wooooooooo!! I had a class canceled last night and BOTH of them today due to the storms that came through! super exciting! also, later I'm going to be out taking pics with a friend of mine of all the ice and such around. yay! I've also been very productive in my homework. so like quadruple wins. PLUS i've been good about eating! so basically, it's a perfect day so far :)

Foooooooood:
Breakfast at home: (11:15am)
2/3 cup frozen blueberries
1/3 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup plain yogurt

Lunch at home: (12:30am)
1 slice whole wheat toast
2 egg whites
3.5ish ounces of salmon (mmm!)
1 roma tomato

(lemme just say that that meal was DELICIOUS and nearly 4 hours later, i'm JUST starting to get hungry...for a meal less than 350 calories, that's AWESOME!) I bought an entire pound of salmon at the grocery store last weekend and cooked about half of it today so I should be using lots of it in the next week and I'm super excited!)

Food and Exercise Feb 9, 2010

So last night, I didn't complete my log yet. I was very bad. My roommate and I went out to buy some ink for our printers and got caught in a storm of traffic. We were going to a Pure Romance party and were running superrr late because of the traffic so we headed straight there and guess what? BBQ chips and pink lemonade were sitting abundant after I hadn't eaten in almost 5 hours. Let's just say I ate my weight in BBQ chips and felt awful afterward. I tried to balance it out and ate some roasted chicken when I got home. sighhhhhh. But I did over 100 squats so that was cool!


Brunch at home: (11:15am)
2 eggs
1 slice whole wheat toast
1 clementine


Afternoon snack: (3:00pm)
1 egg bagel
1 side cream cheese (1 oz maybe?)
shared a chocolate pudding with my roommate

Dinner at home: (6:00pm)
white meat chicken
2-3 cups white rice
1 twix ice cream bar
1 clementine

Food and Exercise Feb 8th, 2010

So yesterday I was pretty bad in general and need to get it together. I'm trying to think of ways to create whole food desserts as I was dyingg for chocolate ice cream last night. In any case, I'll do my research (and hopefully my homework) today.

Breakfast at home (11:30am)
1 clementine
1 med. apple
1/3 cup plain yogurt
2tbsp mixed nuts

Lunch at home (3:15am)
1/2 pita
3 tsp hummus
1/2 cucumber
1 roma tomato
1 clementine

Food and Exercise Feb 7th, 2010

So I woke up this morning, feeling much better than I was last night. I went down to the cafeteria and had:

Brunch at caf (11:30am)
2 egg omelette with tomato, ham, red and green peppers, and onion
1 bowl of rice krispies with 2% milk
fruit salad (grapes, cantaloupe, honeydew, strawberries, pineapple)


Snack at home (4:20pm)
1 clementine

Beginning of dinner (5:15pm)
1 half pita
1 1/2 tsp. hummus
1 med. pear
3 tbsp. mixed nuts

Rest of dinner (7:45pm)
2 pieces whole wheat bread
1 slice swiss cheese

Snack at home (10:10pm)
1/2 pita
1 tbsp hummus

Snack at home (12:30am)
too many mixed nuts

Only after I ate did I realize rice krispies are a processed food!! Oh well, these things happen and I will not let it defeat me! Unfortunately, right after I finished eating, I started to feel very sick again. I'm now chillin in my bed, probably going to take a small nap and then try to get some homework done. I'm hoping I'll feel good enough to start week 2 of my 100 pushups program sometime today! Yoga didn't happen this morning as my friend who I was goign to go with has gotten veryyyy sick with the flu. Hopefully we'll go next week!



came across this today:

"Remember that only you control what goes in your mouth. Food does not control you!"

Food and Exercise Feb 6th, 2010

Helllllllo. I slept in quite late today and am just now getting ready to go run a few miles on the treadmill. Afterward, my roommate and I plan to go grocery shopping (where I'll be getting no processed foods!) and to Potbelly's for a sub (which I've already checked nutritional information on and will be getting the just under 350 calorie turkey whole wheat lite sub!) So I will report back when I'm done :D


OKAY!

So i just got out of the shower. I ran 1.5 miles and then stretched for a while. I still haven't eaten anything today which I know isn't good, but my roommate and I are leaving like now to get food and groceries. I'm debating whether we should go to the regular grocery store or make a trip to Whole Foods. I'll see what she has to say. Wish me luck!



edit:

Snack before lunch (famished, 2:45pm)

1 piece of whole wheat bread

Lunch at Potbelly's (3:30pm)

TKY sandwich with swiss cheese
1/2 serving of coffee ice cream

Dinner at cousins families house (6:45pm)

diet ibc root beer
mixed greens salad with balsamic vinaigrette
baked chicken (seasoned with heaven) on mashed potatoes
green beans
glass of sparkling cherry juice
creme brulee

Snack (2:00am)

clementine



Now, since I live in the dorms and my family resides across the country on the coast, I was extremely excited to have a home cooked meal, especially from my cousin's parents who I haven't seen in quite some time. While I do feel guilty about having so much to eat, it was all homemade, from scratch, and so it follows my "no processed" rule and I truly didn't even care about the counting calories. Homecooked meals is what I would eat everyday and feel outrageously satisfied if I could have them! My parents were never much for cooking big meals and I grew up on instant potatoes, and dinners consisting of pasta with canned meat sauce and frozen vegetables. I am not complaining AT ALL, but I do enjoy the richness of a meal made from scratch and hope to someday treat my family to that regularly.

It should be noted that after I came home from the dinner, I got extremely sick (not puking, the other end) and laid down and fell asleep for a few hours. I'm worried about getting the flu and hopefully will keep away from that! (hence the clementine for vitamins ;)) Oh, I also should say that I take a multivitamin every morning.

Exercise and Food 2/5/10

So I was looking at the 100 pushups site and noticed there was a 100 squats challenge too!! I've always enjoyed squats so I figured I'd take this one on during the off days for the pushups (both are done 3 times a week with at least a one day break between days. so currently I'm doing Sun/Tue/Thur for pushups and I figure I'll do Sat/Mon/Wed for squats! Plus, as a bonus (to my ego) the initial test placed me at week 3!! So I only have to do this one for 3 weeks till I'm supposed to be able to reach the 100 point!

So far today (it's 5:30 and I've yet to eat any dinner) here is what I've consumed:

Breakfast: (In class, 8:30am)

1 large honeycrisp apple
Green Tea

Lunch: (Cafeteria Food so portions are approximate, 12pm)

1 cup mac & cheese
1 cup broccoli w/ cheese (very small amount)
1 cup of steamed corn
3 medium baked chicken fingers with ketchup
1/3 of a raspberry crumble dessert
1 chocolate truffle (damn you skinny roommates that bring home amazing goodies!)
4 chocolate covered almonds

Snack after class: (4pm)

1 1/2 cup of mixed fruit (mostly cantaloupe and honeydew, with a few grapes)

Dinner at home: (leftovers from lunch, 6:30pm)

3 baked chicken fingers with ketchup
2/3 raspberry crumble
Green Tea

Snack at home: (10:45pm)

1 slice of toast + raspberry jelly

Snack at home: (1:20am)

2-2 1/2 cups Special K w/ red berries
1 cup skim milk

See what I mean about the desserts? One thing leads to another and it's just kablam! But I'm not going to hold it against myself. What is consumed, is consumed. I should keep that as a mantra to keep me from taking it in in the first place!

Exercise wise I did:

75 squats
15 minutes of hooping while reading

I plan to hoop and read for a bit right after I post this, but I will not post anything until after it's been done or consumed to avoid any lying on my part! :)

edit: to say add the hooping :) + dinner!

Inches Out, Happiness In: My Goal Blog

Today is February 5th, 2010. My goal for now and hopefully forever, is to be healthy and happy. I will use this blog to not only be responsible for my eating and exercise habits, but also to track my progress and use it as motivation for a healthier, happier life.

As of today, here are my measurements using the standards on this website plus a "belly" measurement as they don't have one and I'd like to see that progress:
http://www.gain-weight-muscle-fast.com/body-tape-measurements.html


Neck: 13''
Shoulder: 22''
Bicep: 11.5''
Chest: 34''
Waist: 30''
Hips: 37''
Thigh: 24.5''
Calf: 15.5''

I am, by the way, female, 5'4'' and around 145lbs. I say around because I don't have a scale, and am more concerned with my inches than my weight. According to BMI and the Healthy Body Calculator (http://www.dietitian.com/calcbody.php) I am on the verge of being overweight. My BMI is 24.9, while the cap for being healthy at my height is 25. I have in the past had a BMI of 22.5, which is basically what I would like to achieve again.

My end result is to just be happier with my own body. I am an extremely outgoing and confident person, but waking up in the morning dreading putting on my jeans because I'm worried they might feel tighter than yesterday gets me in a depressed mood to even start with. I know to make this change in lifestyle, I need to depend on my own strengths, because I know I can do this. I need to not allow stress to get in my way as it has been a HUGE source of weight-loss failure in the past. I know I need to eat healthier and exercise more.

As far as exercise goes, I play pick-up soccer with friends once a week, hula hoop while I read/watch TV, and running (usually 1 or 2 miles on the treadmill) and doing ab work 1-3 times a week. I am also about to start week 2 of the 100 pushup challenge and am super excited to see that I've already progressed from being able to do only about 17 pushups to over 40 in just a week!! My goal for exercising is to really motivate myself to just get going because once I do, I always come out refreshed and energized.

In general, I eat above average on the healthy scale. I eat a ton of fruit, drink more water than I can keep track of (I have a 1L water bottle with me at all times, as well as usually carrying a 16oz thermos of hot green tea..and I also pee hourly) and I enjoy vegetables and whole grains. My biggest problems nutritionally are desserts and overeating.

I am a strong believer that every meal should end on a sweet note and it gets me into some serious trouble. While it's not always a decadently rich dessert, it leaves me craving even more sugar afterward. Additionally, I tend to get into moods where I binge slightly for absolutely no reason. It's not fueled by anything in particular, but rather I see food, I want to eat it, and I don't stop until I guilt myself into doing so. I know that in order to become the healthier, happier person I want to be that I MUST stop doing this. I often go an entire day eating extremely well and doing exercise, only to reverse it all by consuming 800 calories of special k cereal while watching tv. I need to keep away from bringing things to eat while I do mindless things like sit at the computer or watch tv.

Additionally, as far as diet goes, I have a goal to cut out all processed foods until further notice. I know that processed foods are filled with preservatives, and tons of fake junk that fills my body with crap. Also, they do nothing for me and truly don't taste as good as fresh foods. I am in college and live in a dorm and have an extremely small meal plan at my cafeteria. I have access to fresh foods there, though dessert is often tempting! What I do need to do is get myself away from the areas where I keep food in my home. The problem with this is my home is literally one big room so it's not like I can shove them in a closet somewhere (We don't even have real closets haha) But I will get back to that when I have more ideas.

Well, this was a shitload of information but I think I really needed to get some of it out. It's embarrassing to admit I have eating problems and I've never truly told anyone about it. While no one may be reading, this is still a form of liberation for my secrets and I hope it does enough to keep me going :)