Day 7 – Week 1 complete!

Sunday was a great day!  I went to my aunt’s house for breakfast.  It was nice to have bacon and eggs.  I’m happy that I didn’t overdo it.  I only had a few slices of the greasy stuff.  Yum!  I weighed myself today – I’m down to 141.5  lbs!  That’s down 2 lbs this week!  I know it doesn’t seem like much, but if you lose more than that a week, it’s mainly water weight.  I’ll post my measurements at the end of week 2.

Then it was off to skating.  I had a blast on skates!  I used to figure skate since I could walk.  I miss it at time.  This was a fun way to exercise while doing something I love.

I’m not feeling so hungry at night anymore.  The first few days were unbearable, but it’s getting better.  Little by little.  Still wish I could fast forward to the end result, but I guess you have to live it to appreciate it!

Day 6

My friend and I were going to go to the gym again, but after our late night, we decided to take a rain check.  That’s no big deal since I have tons of errans to run and Christmas decorations to put away!  Plus I have to get some school work done before going back to work on Monday.  I’m sure all of the running around today will somewhat be a good substitute for my missing workout.  I’m getting used to my new, healthy meals, so when there’s no time for a workout, I’m still on track!

Day 5

Went to the gym today with a good friend of mine.  It was really nice to have someone with me!  She had never gone to my gym and really liked it.  We did cardio (separately), then I showed her 2 bicept curl exercices, then some ab routines.  It was a good workout!

Later on, she had a dinner party and reassured me that it was going to be healthy.  It’s so nice to have supportive friends!  It was a wonderful meal: boneless, skinless chicken with patatoes and asparagus.  I had never tried asparagus.  My only experience was watching my mom make asparagus sandwiches with some from a can (smelly!).  I actually like it and might just add it to my veggies to eat list!   The dinner party was great and it was nice to have a true girls’ night!

Day 4

Okay, so I’ve decided that I’m not going to write down everything I eat on my blog, since I’m already doing it in my health journal.  It’s hard enough to write it one, twice is too much!  Instead, I’m just going to blog about my thoughts, challenges and goals during this journey.

No workout today since it’s January 1st and nothing was open.  It’s back on track for me tomorrow though.

Right now I’m thinking that I’m sooooo hungry!!!  I really do hope that things get better faster so I don’t feel so hungry.  It’s worse in the evening.  I guess that’s when I used to snack.  I usually eat late too, so actually eating during normal meal times is out of my routine.

Well, I’m going to bed…  at least when I’m sleeping, I’m not feeling hungry!

Goodnight and let’s hope I’m not dreaming about chips, fries and take out!  LOL!

Day 3

NYE and I thought I was ahead of the game by going to the gym.  Little did I know the gym closed at 1pm and when I showed up at 3:30, I was out of luck.  Needless to say, no workout for me today! 

Goal: WAS to do some weight training, as well as cardio…  goal not achieved

Breakfast: 2 slices of WW toast with jam, 2 hard boiled eggs (planned on 3, but one didn’t turn out!), banana, glass of 1% choc milk.

Lunch: 1 skinless boneless chicken breast, bowl of mom’s turkey and barley soup, 1 slice WW bread with margarine

Dinner: 1 pork chop, rice with green peppers and green onions

Snack: apple, Mott’s sauce, carots

Snack: tortilla chips, carots, 5 sausage puffs (at a NYE party!)  and wine (is that a snack???  LOL!)

I didn’t do too bad at the NYE party *pat on the back*!

Day 2 – the hunger continues

Well, I got off my butt today and got my gym membership.  I made it to the gym with 5 minutes to spare.  I’m always last minute!  Afterwards, I had a great workout.  I warmed up on the treadmill with 5 minutes of walking (3.0 mph), then ran for 9 (5.0 mph), followed by a 1 minute sprint (7.0 mph).  Then I did 15 minutes on the stairclimber (30) , followed by 15 minutes on the eliptical machine (alternating between levels 8, 9 and 10 every minute; the last minute, changing the level at every 10 seconds).  I ended my workout with abs.  1 sets of 20 crunches and 1 set of 20 bicycles.

Health journal:

Goal: Get gym membership

Breakfast: 2 pieces of whole wheat toast with jam, 3 hard boiled eggs (without yolks), peach, glass of orange juice.

Lunch: one skinless, boneless chicken breast, 3/4 cup white rice with green peppers, green onions (one tsp margarine, garlic and onion powder), one glass of 1% chocolate milk

Supper: Chicken pesto sandwich, brown rice (McGinnis)

Snacks: carots, apple

Water: 5 glasses, 1 L (workout)

After all that, I’m still feeling slightly hungry.  I know it won’t last forever.  My body just has to get used to it!

Day 1 – A journey begins…

Here’s my entry in my health journal:

Goal for the day: Buy healthy food

Fitness: 2hrs – boxing

Breakfast: 2 slices of whole wheat bread with jam, 2 hard boiled eggs (whites only) and a glass of orange juice.

Lunch: small meat pie with potatoes, bowl of mom’s turkey barley soup, 1 slice whole wheat bread with margarine.

Supper: 1 cup white rice with one can of mushrooms, one tsp of margarine

Snacks: Nutrigrain bar, carots, an apple, 1 bowl of light popcorn.

Water: 3 tall glasses and 1 L during workout

It wasn’t an easy day for eating.  I had gone grocery shopping and didn’t seem to buy very much.  I was afraid to buy something that wasn’t healthy, so not much ended up in my cart.  Frustrated, I called my brother for some advice.  I ended up just eating rice for supper out of this frustration.  I felt very hungry at the end of the day

Getting started…

So I figure I’ll get a leg up on most people who decide to lose weight as a new year’s resolution.  I thought to myself, why wait until January 1st?  I know all gyms are closed and I’ll probably be out of sorts from the “beverages” consumed at a “gathering” to ring in the new year.  No use waiting until then.  Why not start now?  Actually, I have to say that I started getting into it Christmas week, when my brother, who is studying to become a certified personal trainer, brought me to the gym at home.  I’m not a stranger to the gym.  I started going in 2001, when I first started my job and gained 30 lbs.  I was able to lose the weigh back then, so I’m confident I’ll be able to do it again.  I was inspired by some TV watching over the holidays: “The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp”.   This show is geared towards people who are in need of losing that last 10 lbs.  The episode I saw was one of a girl my heigh and weight lose 11 lbs over a period of 4 weeks.  So, I came up with a plan, in consultation of my brother.  Here it is: 

Step one:  Get rid of all junk in my fridge, freezer and cupboard.  It wasn’t that difficult, since I didn’t have as much crap in my house as the girl from the show.  She was a sweet junkie.  I crave salt.  Salt=bloat.  Not good.

Step two:  New workout clothes!  This was the fun part.  I already had a lot of workout clothes, but they were worn out.  I bought 3 new tops (boxing day sales!) and 3 pairs of pants.  I also bought another workout bra and some undies too.  There.  All set!

Step three:  Join the gym.  Again.  I was a member this year, but didn’t renew my membership when it was over in September.  Instead, I joined a Hip Hop dance class, which I love, but is only once a week.  I also box twice a week (which is usually reserved to once a week, depending on my work schedule).  Boxing is a sport I’ve been doing for over a year.  It’s great cardio and I can do push-ups no problem now!  Still, it’s not enough workout time as I used to do.  So today, I got my new membership card!  Woohoo!

Step four: Smart grocery shopping.  This was the most difficult part.  I know what foods are healthy, but not always certain if what I like to eat is.  In consultation with my “trainer”, I bought lots of fresh fruit, some veggies, lean meat, and such.  

Step five: Keeping a health journal.  I bought a great journal made just for logging your food and water intake, as well as fitness.  I bought it at Chapters.  Probably the best investment I’ve ever made!

Step six: Mesurements.  Yuck!  Not my favorite part!

Week 1 weight: 143 lbs (5’1)

Bust:  38″

Waist:  31.5″

Hips: 39.5″

I feel really positive about all of these changes.  I’m not doing anything drastic.  Just improving what I’ve been doing.