10/11/10

Hello everyone!

Started weight watchers today- beginning with my first weigh in. I wasn't pleased. 

New starting weight- 262.5 pounds / 120 kg... Uggghhh..... I have never weighed this much, ever. Well, it's a starting point.

Daily Points- 33

For those of you unfamiliar to Weight Watchers, food is assigned a points value based on a calculation of its calories, fat and fiber.  As you lose weight, your daily points value will go down, causing you to eat less or eat more healthy stuff. 

At the beginning, 33 is kind of a lot, gives a lot of leeway as to what I can eat.  Another good thing about weight watchers is no food is off limits as long as you stay within your points value. Also they give you 35 extra per week for splurges, but those are optional.  You can also earn points by exercising, eating those are also optional. (I'm going to try not to)

So here's how I ate-

Breakfast-

Oatmeal- 2 points

Lunch-

McDonalds Quarter Pounder- 12 points

Dinner-

6 inch subway BMT sandwich- 13 points

Extras-

2 cans of coke- 6 points

Not healthiest but Mondays I am stuck at the office/school for almost the entire day.

I did manage to get a good brisk 10 minute walk doing errands for work, and about 5 minutes brisk walking to the bus to go to work.  That earned me 1 activity point which I am not going to eat.

Mondays are also the hardest days for me to do the Tracy Anderson Method because when I get home I am so exhausted, they are my work- class days.   Tomorrow I will crank out some TAM! 

So all in all, I did alright today. Alright, off to bed. See you tomorrow~

10/10/10

Hey guys!

Well, today is 10/10/10, and it won't happen again for another 100 years!

Anyway, tomorrow begins my next dieting attempt, this time with Weight Watchers until I get within 30 pounds of my final goal, where I will then likely do Tracy's 30 day boot camp/lose 20 lb in 6 weeks diets to get that last little bit off. 

Also another resolution this time- NO EXCUSES!! Even if I feel sick, do SOMETHING, even if it's just for a walk around the block. As someone commented on my blog before- ANYTHING is better than nothing, even if it's just 5 minutes.   It's really ridiculous how easy I just make excuses for anything. I have to really really stop. Not just on weight loss but in general. Ugh.  I guess the only way to stop making excuses is... well... STOP MAKING EXCUSES! :) 

Alright- tomorrow is Day 1 again, hopefully my plan works.  I'm glad I have people both in real life and online as support! Thank you so much!!!!

Updates updates, updates!

Hey guys!

A little update for you since I haven't posted in a while.  It seems this whole week my sinuses have decided to put me through my annual autumn hell.  As I write this now, the right side of my face feels swollen/pressurized and my whole front of my head hurts.  My old go-to, Sudafed, isn't doing it this time. That's the main reason I haven't been exercising, I just haven't been feeling up to it. 

On another note, I'd like to discuss the idea of going on Weight Watchers while exercising with the Tracy Anderson Method.  For me, at this time, her diet seems way too restrictive for me because I have a LOT to lose, being on her diet would have to be for the long term, and she says being on the restrictive eating plan is really for the short term.  My idea- go on Weight Watchers until I get to about... 150 pounds/70 kg and THEN adopt Tracy's short term diet to get me the rest of the way down.   

I have tried Weight Watchers before and I did lose weight- an average of 4-6 pounds a week, without having to say no to any "bad" food.  I did notice my portions in general were smaller and that I was much more mindful of my eating.

A couple girlfriends and I are going to be doing Weight Watchers, each with our own form of exercise- one wants to ride her bike more and walk, one wants to do the elliptical at her job, and I will be doing TAM.  It would be interesting to see how it works for us too.

Well, that's it for now, can't wait until Monday when I try yet again... (I hate that I keep falling off and not doing something too.  I feel really bad about it to be honest.)

Have a great weekend!!!!

10/6/10

Hello!

This is my first day back to being healthy in QUITE a while. Just been going through a lot, mostly being sick in some way or another. 

The bad news- I didn't exercise. However, the good, no, GREAT news- I kept to the diet very well!  I was just super busy today and didn't have the chance to work out, and at night I am usually tired, a workout wouldn't be worthwhile if I half ass it because I am tired.

Breakfast:

1 bowl of oatmeal

Lunch:

2 cups of romaine

2 Tbsp of Italian dressing

3 oz of lean beef roast

Snack:

1 cup of raspberries

Dinner:

3 oz of lean roast (these are leftovers from the weekend)

1 cup of steamed broccoli

Water- 7 cups

I'm pretty proud of myself. No snacking, only 2 cans of diet coke, and that's it!  Tomorrow I will be doing my workouts. 

I also heard Tracy was on the radio today and I MISSED IT.  A couple of people I communicate with on the Tracy Anderson facebook board were on the show! So cool! I'd be so pumped to talk to Tracy myself!

Alright, off to bed now! See you all tomorrow and I'm glad to be back on the Tracy wagon~

Getting back in it...

Hello!

I know it's been a while since I posted or worked out.  I was going to work out starting Monday, but the past couple days I've been sick.  So, I am going to start working out tomorrow (wednesday) but start my new official day 1 on Monday, with measurements/weight.  Tomorrow I am going to do a little kick start, get my system sort of cleaned out and back on track. Lately I have been eating waaay too much and I'm admitting it. I am still holding myself accountable after all.  If I am going to screw up, I am going to let you know, no matter how embarrassing it may be.

I am going to following a diet very similar *but not exactly, it's a bit TOO restrictive, I will follow it as much as possible* 

Lose 20 pounds in 6 weeks diet

Exercise will be my usual Perfect Design 1 (still have yet to master it but I am getting there... I think!) and rebounder cardio as seen here:

Tracy Anderson Rebounder Workout

Well, lets hope I feel well enough tomorrow to start doing it.  Also, I am going to make every attempt to work out as early as I can, as in in the morning about an hour after breakfast.  The more the day goes on, the lazier I get and the less likely I am to do my workout.

Alright, see everyone tomorrow!

9/29/10

Hello!

Another good day here back in the swing of things.  2 days back in and already I see myself flattening out again and the scale starting to go down. Very motivating!

I had a pretty low cal day today I think.  I don't really count calories anymore, but eat cleaner and keep my portions smallish instead. 

Breakfast:

2 hard boiled eggs

1 cup of strawberries

1 cup (measured) of orange juice

Lunch:

Romaine mixed salad (a good size bowl, two really big handfuls and a little more)

1 Tbsp of balsamic vinegar

Dinner:

Grilled chicken breast 

1 cup of brown rice

Green beans

I wasn't too hungry today but I made sure to eat when I was.  Also drank 12 cups of water (about 3 liters)

Exercise:

PD1 with 15 reps per leg.  The butt workouts after the arm section KILL me even to do 10. It's always been like that.  I have always had trouble building muscle.  At one point I even tried personal training and lifting weights, and I did so every other day and barely got stronger.  In 4 months I went from curling 15 pounds to 20. And that was a struggle in itself.  I actually took a body type quiz and found out that I am a mix of an endomorphic type and an ectomorph type.  The endomorph causes me to have a slower metabolism, and the ectomorph part keeps me from building muscle to boost it.  Makes perfect sense.  I was slim for a lot of my life until I blew up in my early adult years. 

If interested, the quiz is here:

http://www.mybodymakeover.com/tools_for_success/body_blueprinting_quiz.aspx

As for cardio, this time I wasn't able to do QUITE as much (only 5 minutes, running late for class) but I really put my all into it.  When I enter it into my ipod app, I list it as vigorous rope jumping (At this point I'm doing mostly jumping jacks and jumps because my legs are really weak... Even after 5 minutes I'm on fire!) and it comes up as I burned about 100 calories.  I believe it. :)

9/28/10

Hello!!!

Today was a great day for me, workout wise and diet wise.  This morning I was feeling the pain of a sinus headache (the weather is changing here to autumn), so I slept until noonish and didn't feel like eating breakfast or lunch.  Ate a big but healthy dinner- recipe below.

Beef Stir Fry-

This either serves 4 sort of hungry people or 2 really hungry people. :)

8 ounces of beef (preferably steak, fat trimmed. I used top sirloin)

1 large red pepper

1 large green pepper

1 medium onion

1 carrot

8 oz of baby bella (small brown crimini) mushrooms

2 Tbsp of canola or olive oil

Soy Sauce (to taste)

1. Cut beef into bite sized strips and heat the oil in a wok.  Brown the beef in the oil, then add about 2 Tbsp of soy sauce.  Continue cooking until the meat is fully cooked.

2. Slice all of the vegetables into bite sized pieces. Add them to the cooked meat and cook, stirring frequently until onions are almost translucent.  Add more soy sauce while cooking, to taste. 

3. Serve with rice.

1/2 of this recipe has about 450 calories in it, and it's a pretty heaping amount.  I ate that, plus 1 cup of brown rice. 

Snack- Motza cracker

Exercise:

I did PD1 but I was quickly reminded how out of shape I am.  Taking two weeks off makes me feel like my body regressed almost all the way back to the beginning.  I am back at just 15 reps per leg movement, and I can't do the bridge movement at all anymore. Well, more to work toward!

I also did 10 minutes of full out dancing/jumping on the rebounder.  That worked me out MUCH harder than dancing on the floor. My legs were on FIRE and my heart rate was really up there, dripping with sweat, red faced, etc... WITHOUT the knee pain and noise that kept me from going all out on my floor.  10 minutes is going to be my new starting point, the goal to add 5 minutes a week. But, I DO love rebounding. If I wasn't so pooped out when I was done, I'd have done more. 

Alright, off to bed with me!!!