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So yesterday was an intense day full of physical activity for me.  It left me hungrier than normal…And that’s okay, I’m burning energy and it needs to be replaced.  Today has been filled with ravenous hunger too, but I’m dealing with it like a pro.  I’ve had a fiber rich english muffin (120 calories!) with some turkey on it for lunch, with some original yogurt, not the low fat kind.  I opted for the original yogurt with fat because fat helps you feel satiated.

And after lunch I went to the gym.  There I did the stairstepper and an eliptical, totalling about 35 minutes total..I wanted to push myself to go longer, but I didn’t want to over do it again like yesterday as I am planning on riding my bike to work tomorrow.  It’s difficult to workout today, but plan on tomorrow’s workout.  I do have a tendancy to over do it, get sore, and not be able to walk without pain.  Although I feel guilty today about only 35 minutes of cardio, I know I will benefit from it tomorrow morning when I ride my bike to work.

Other than that, it’s been a smooth day, I’m planning on taking a walk later too. 

Rode my bike to work today (totals 10 miles)

Went to the gym, did 25 minutes of the stairstepper, 25 minutes of walking on an incline on a treadmill. 

Lifted weights.

Did ab stuff.

Now I’m really hungry!!

Other than that, I’m sitting pretty at about 155 lbs…I’m not sure if my body is able to get lower than that..I will continue to shoot for 150.  Although the numbers aren’t moving, I am finding that I’m more comfortable in my “skinny” clothes.. Today I put on a longsleeve shirt that had been to given to me just a month ago.  A month ago I felt uncomfortable in it, today I was feeling damn sassy in it.  Can’t go wrong feeling sassy!

And I’m still not logging my food…I don’t think it’s neccessary at the moment, but if I feel things are starting to creep up on me I will resume that.

So last night I was at a board meeting for where I work… And of course there was a buffet line of all sorts of foods, and I knew there would be one there ahead of time.  And mostly there isn’t anything that my fragile metabolism can take from those sorts of things, so I ate before I got there.

When it was time to eat, I didn’t get up to get a plate, I just sat & drank my diet coke.  Older lady A told me to go eat, and I politely told her, “Oh no thank you, I ate before I got here”.  Then older lady B whispered in her ear, “She tries to watch her weight”.

Then older lady A rolls her eyes, “Well you certainly don’t need to watch your weight!”.

These sorts of circumstances drive me crazy…While I may not appear to need to watch my weight, does not mean that I don’t have to watch it.  Infact, yes I do.  Obesity runs in my family.  I work my ass off to look a “normal” weight. 

And frankly, it’s really no one’s business why or why not I eat at social gatherings.  I’m not walking around emancipated looking.  I’m very polite when people offer me their cookies and donuts.  I just choose to eat a healthy diet.

Aside from that, today has been a wonderful day.  I rode my bike to work (10 miles total biking today).  After work I went for a jog.  Stopped at a park & did squats & crunches, it’s BEAUTIFUL outside!  And then jogged one more block home.

I didn’t log my food today, I don’t know if I’m going to.  But I know I’m doing well.  I know I’m doing well because I feel damn good.

Okay.. So I haven’t used this website in almost 2 weeks.. I used it the first week to get me on track, which helped tremendously.

The 2nd week I didn’t log my food & exercise, but continued with what I was doing the first week.

Now this is the third week.

I have lost 4 lbs.  And I think I’m looking pretty good.  I’m walking confidently in my “skinny” clothes.  I’ve been really active aside from going to the gym. 

I hope everyone else is staying motivated & doing well on here!

Stupid rain in the forcast but not happening, (yet)!

I would have rode my bike to work again but I knew we were supposed to get some rain, but that didn’t happen.  It was actually a really nice looking day until about 3:00.

After work, my husband and I biked to a local community garden, approximately a mile there.  There were 2 hills to struggle up, so that was good for the mini-workout.  And I am pretty sore from yesterday’s workout, but only on one glute, haha.  I should probably do some leg lifts on the other side to even things out.  While we were at the gardens the clouds started to roll in and it was getting windy, so we decided to head back home as quick as possible…

But then it never rained. 

I did get my Hip Hop Abs DVD that I ordered from Amazon today.  I put it in for a preview.  I did the 25 minute ab sculpter.  I didn’t feel much of a burn until the last few minutes of it.

Then we watched 27 Dresses, cute movie!  During the movie I did some more crunches.

And at the moment I’m at a little oer 1500 calories for the day.  Since I didn’t do much for cardio I’m not going to eat anything else today.  If I have to, I’ll have some crystal light.

Tomorrow is Friday, I’ll weigh myself for the first time this week, hopefully I will see ATLEAST 1 pound lost.  If not, atleast I’ll have good motivation to stay away from the rum for the weekend! 

Sore today!

Rode my bike to work (5 miles there, 5 miles back).  It was really windy so I was really pedalling hard!

After work my husband asked if I would like to play tennis, “Of course I would!!”.  We ran around and chased balls on a tennis court for 45 minutes, and I can already feel that I’ll be pretty sore tomorrow.  I’m glad that I was able to do a workout other than my normal eliptical, treadmil, or stairstepper.

Foodwise I’m about 1600 calories and it’s only 6PM.  So I’ll be filling up on water, and if I need a snack I’ll have some grapes and/or an apple.

So far I feel like I’m doing everything right, hopefully results will show soon!

Another smooth day today…

While I was at work I noticed that the chocolate royale flavored SlimFast has 10 more calories than the other flavors that I usually drink.  Ten calories, boohoo, right? 

Right now I’m at about 1300 calories for the day…seems low, maybe I forgot to add something..I feel like I’ve eatten more than yesterday….

I did an hour and a half at the gym today, 30 minutes on the stairstepper, 30 minutes on an eliptical, and 30 minutes of strength training.

I could use some different types of ab work since I can’t seem to feel a burn anymore on my abs when I work them, if anyone has any suggestions please tell me!

Food Log

Exercise Log

(tried to post this last night but it didn’t publish for whatever reason). 

I did something shocking today… I made a meal from a recipe!  This is something that I have never done.  I hate recipes.  They always have these random ingredients that I’ve never heard of, too many directions, too many odd words I’ve never heard of, I don’t have patience for them, and my kitchen is tiny!

But I found this recipe: http://www.diet-recipes.buddyslim.com/RecipeCommentReview.php?rcp_recipeid=599 and thought I would give it a try.  It had few ingredients, and not too many steps.  It was delicious!! 

Other than that, the day has been A Okay..My calories are at about 1500 right now.. I did my 45 minutes of cardio at the gym, lifted weights, and did some ab work.  So all in all, not a bad Monday, hopefully the rest of the week is as smooth as today.

So…. first blog (fitness blog).

I joined this site last week and by midweek I crashed & burned because I got too motivated and over-did it.  Ran too hard, fast, long, did too many squats.  My legs were so sore it hurt to walk.  Menstral pain didn’t help.  The crash & burn stressed me out, my dumbass-ness at work stressed me out, so Friday became the kick off of a rum-binge weekend.

Now it’s Sunday, I’ve been good with eatting all day.  I jogged around the neighborhood this morning.  I did some squats when I got back to the house.  That’s an improvement for me, I usually don’t workout on the weekends.

At the moment (6:30 PM) I’ve had a little over 1500 calories, not bad, but i am hungry, so I’ll drink another bottle of water and have some yogurt. 

The game plan for tomorrow is to hopefully ride my bike to work, depending on the weather.  If I don’t get to ride my bike to work I will head off to the gym, do 45 minutes of cardio, probably the stairstepper & then some strength training.  Also, John (my husband) bought me some Cortislim, so I’ll start taking that tomorrow.  He thinks Cortislim might help me because I’m a high stress person, and that’s what it’s supposedly good for.  I know that diet pills are gimicky and a waste of money, but he bought it, so there’s nothing more than $30 lost.

Food Log

Exercise Log