8.11.2013

No gym today :( Things just got too chaotic so I'm going to make today my off day for the week. I took the advice of a fellow counter and only ate half of the pancakes I ordered at breakfast. I haven't had something that dense to eat in a really long time! Even though I only ate half, feeling that full afterwards was not a great feeling! Plus, it threw a wrench in my eating plans for the rest of the day. While I've wanted them for a while, I don't think I'll order them for another while again!.Just got home so it's way to late to do a full dinner. I'm really proud of myself for only eating half of my order today. Then, I gave my leftovers away! Even though that seems a little silly, doing that was really hard for me since since I usually just come home and stuff myself with whatever I bought home. Changes like this help me show myself that I'm serious about changing my lifestyle!

B+Grade

1,078Calories

-943Net Cals

29Points

6

Goals

8.10.2013

The gym was amazing today! Such a great workout. I was surprised at how I pushed myself so hard considering I haven't even been going for a full week yet, but I'm hoping to work up to always going that hard every time I go over the next 1-2 weeks. Discovered some amazing soup for dinner. Pretty proud of myself for trying to try new things! I also picked up a larger variety of veggies from the store! Going to make some tasty meals this upcoming week!

AGrade

1,260Calories

-1,238Net Cals

34Points

8

Goals

Fantastic Workout

Oh man, that was amazing....

1 hour: elliptical + treadmill 

#endorphinsfordays

8.9.2013

Pretty good day. Definitely ate enough. Need to cut down on my treats though. I was pretty hungry by lunch and my sister called me up wanting Chinese food so I went along with it because I was tired and irritable  Food that I know that isn't necessarily the healthiest for me is becoming less and less appetizing  If I'm going to work out, then there's no point in counteracting all that work for some food I don't really need. My fatigue was pretty bad today :/ Didn't really get anything done today, but it's good to relax every now and then. Health always comes first! In other news, the gym was amazing today! I really like my hour-long routine so I'm looking forward to tomorrow even though the gym opens later. Pretty proud for increasing my potassium intake today too!

AGrade

1,527Calories

-948Net Cals

35Points

8

Goals

Trying New Things

About to get on the treadmill

#pray4me

#jesustakethewheel

8.8.2013

Too many treats! Felt like I over did it a little bit. I haven't had this much food in a little while, but I really enjoy my frappucino and burrito. I haven't had those two things in years. Gym tomorrow morning, but not at 5 am. I don't even think the gym is open that early on Fridays......Skyping friends then going to sleep. Might try a little yoga tomorrow!

AGrade

1,688Calories

-18Net Cals

48Points

7

Goals

Treat!

Hazelnut Frap. Soy milk. No whip. 180 cal. 100% Delish 

:/

Bad batch of strawberries. They were pretty all bad and this bad boy had mold on it. Very sad camper this morning :(

8.7.2013

I'm starting to realize that exercising may be curbing my appetite so I need to plan accordingly/ get creative with my menu items.I was finally pretty hungry by lunch time today, but when I came home, I wasn't really feeling dinner. I faintly remember these types of patterns when I used to work out each day in the past. Wasn't really feeling work today. I pushed thru, but I could have walked around the office more if I had just really tried. I think I just need a break today. On days where I've been feeling good, I just push thru, but now that I have days where I feel good and I've been working out, the motive to walk around the office to the extent that I used to is decreasing! I don't wanna over kill all these new changes I've made. I really want my new habits to last. I've also made a contentious effort to focus less and less on the number of calories I burn each day and more and more on making sure I get tot the gym at least once I day. I view walking around the office as secondary exercising because before it used to be my only real way to moving my body around the day. I like the new system better. It gives me an opportunity to at least try and focus on getting my work done. If anyone has any advice or creative suggestions about today's ramblings, I'm all ears!

AGrade

1,128Calories

-1,260Net Cals

27Points

6

Goals

TIred

Too sleepy to eat, but I know skipping meals is not an option. Need to go ahead and get ready for tomorrow. My whole family is coming to the gym with meeeee!

CWU #1

Current Weight Updates are the best! 195 to 192.

8.6.2013

So bummed about how my morning and evening played out. Alarm didn't go off and errands after work led to no gym today. I also have to try harder to stay motivated at work. No excuses. Getting ready to go to bed as soon as I finish this report (and set my alarm correctly haha) so I can get up tomorrow. On the bright side my Dad might go with me. I like my me time in the morning, but I've realized that I can help my family make better choices by encouraging and including them. My dad will typically do stuff with me if I ask, but he's not really into changing his diet. My mom pretty much copies what ever I do to a certain extent, but I've got to keep pushing her to commit. I've already asked my sister if she wanted help making changes in her diet and I always invite her to the gym. I know I can't change them, but I can always try to help them without beating them over the head with advice. In other news, I ended up splitting my lunch in half today. My appetite just ain't what it used to be...Can't wait to the gym tomorrow morning. I know habits take a while to form and it's ok to stumble along the way, but I can't wait to wake up one morning and realize that I really did turn things around and I'm sticking with it!

AGrade

1,015Calories

-1,003Net Cals

38Points

10 *
Goals

* forgot to add activity

Discipline

Not being disciplined enough today and yesterday is was what not finishing an assignment  that could have easily been missing my workout this morning, not getting any of the time-sensitive work I needed to get done last night, not prepare my lunch early and being late to work led to. 

Even though discipline is hard, it's necessary. 

Phone Fail

I didn't hear any of my alarms go off :/ I guess I'm going to have to go to the gym tonight!

8.5.2013

So proud of myself today! Still need to work on getting enough fats and potassium, but this is the first time in a long time that I've pretty much gotten enough of everything in one day! Appetite is still acting funny, but I've found that I'm not as hungry for lunch and dinner as I normally am. Might make it harder to eat enough at each meal. Part of it might be my increased fixation with watching the number on the scale decrease and really committing to working out and my social media outlets. Everything has been positive thus far, but this can be a dangerous slope so I'm trying to curb this before it turns into a real problem. I used to become very fixated on my weigh-ins in the past and I won't be having any of that this time around! Lookin' forward to another morning at the gym. Today was fantastic. Perfect quality me time.

A Grade

1,096 Calories

-1,466 Net Cals

38 Points

10 Goals

Progress!

Down to drinking 1/2 cup of coffee and up to anywhere from 8-15 8 oz of water a day :)

Gym @ 5am

Lying in bed waiting for the gym to open! First time going in the morning, but if I want my lifestyle change to stick, I gotta do what I gotta do. 

8.4.2013

No gym today :/ Pretty bummed. Tomorrow, I'm going to try going before work. I think if I wait until I get home at the end of the day, I'll be too tired to go. Yeah, it'll be a pain to get up, but at least I'll know that I got it done and out of the way. The picnic that I was at didn't really have vegan options so I grabbed a banana before I left and got a cookie while I was there. Still working on my sweet tooth. My baked yam for dinner was so tasty! I forgot to steam my veggies for my stir fry so it ended up not tasting just like I wanted it to, but that's ok. For some reason, my appetite has been off over these past couple of days so I just a) haven't been hungry or b) interested in eating all of my food. I know I'm not eating enough but I don't want to force myself to finish food that I'm not hungry for. Hopefully cardio in the morning and on the weekends will help with that too. Going to get to bed soon since I have to get up pretty early!

A Grade

1,040 Calories

-988 Net Cals

27 Points

6

Goals

Gym Today :(

Kinda sad I might not be able to go to the gym today. The one near my house that I go to has weird hours and I have to go to a luncheon during the whole time it will be open :/

Also, I've started to notice that now, if I'm going to pay for gym, I need to care even more about that I put into my body. No point in undoing all my work over one poor food choice.

8.3.2013

Pretty good day today. Went to an art museum to see a painting I've wanted to see for a couple of months. Rest of the exhibit was fantastic as well. My dad which was fun. Appetite was all over the place today. Super hungry for lunch and diner but after I made dinner and had a couple of bites, I wasn't hungry. I had eaten pretty light all day so that was kind of bummer. Now, I'm hungry again, but it's too late to eat. I also wanted to go the gym today, but I didn't realize it closed super early. Bummer.... but that's ok. I'm proud of myself for getting up and putting on clothes when I didn't want to. On the bright side, I got my social media sites running the way I wanted to today, so I'm pretty proud of myself right now haha.

B+ Grade

677 Calories

-1351 Net Cals

26 Points

5 Goals