Doing Awesome

Hey there. I wanted to share my daily plate menu with you all.

http://www.livestrong.com/profile/mellowyellow821/

That is where I track ALL of my food choices :) I'm pretty proud to say that I have stayed under 1500 calories since last Monday. On Friday it says that I only ate 642 and that is wrong. I ate a little bit under 1500 calories but I couldn't find my dinner food on the website. That day I did the calculations in my head and it turned out better than I expected. This was because I went to National Coney Island and ate a Hani....:) Yum!

Anywho, this week went extremely well and I have to say that I feel better about myself. I particularly do not feel good about myself today, but that's the depression talking I'm sure. I just woke up after a 2 hour nap and that's how my Monday's normally go.

This week I plan on having eggs and toast for breakfast. My cereal is good, but I want a lower calorie breakfast so it'll last me longer throughout the day. My lunches are still okay. I usually have a sandwich and some chips. This week I have been measuring out 1 oz of chips to take with me for lunch and it works, but I want to buy a lower calorie type of chip. I saw these new Late Night Jalapeno Popper chips and they were 150 cal for 1 oz. So good!!! My dinners consist of a salad and a smart one's meal such as the fettuccine alfredo with broccoli. So yummy!!! So all in all, I just plan on changing my breakfasts and my choice of chips. I think I'll do better this week.

Also, I feel like I'll lose inches before weight. Not sure, but I know the weight will come off gradually. I'm in no hurry to drop weight. I just want to make this a routine.

Ha!

I never stayed under 1500 calories last week like I said I was going to. I never counted any of my calories last week. I did have an "ah ha" moment though. I posted a video in my youtube vlog about it. I have no summer shorts/capris that fit me this year. They did last year, but not this year. All of this summer weather >70 degrees is making me want to get skinny.

I really want to be down at least 20 lbs by July 1st. 2 lbs a week is gonna be hard to keep up with. I'm sitting at 191 lbs right now so my goal will be 171 lbs by July 1st. It's gonna be hard, but I think I can do it. I'm going to vlog daily because I need some motivation to continue to do this. I want to actually SEE the progress I'm making instead of just talking about what I want to do.

Here's to this week.

Hello

I can't believe it's already April 19. In two more days, it'll be our 4 year anniversary :) How exciting is that?!?!?! :)

Ok.....I have been super depressed lately. Lots of emotional things have been going on in my life and I don't see it getting any better until after graduation. I graduate on June 13th and I hope that's a happy day with my family and I.

My friend Randy (a friend of my fiance's and I's) is also trying to lose 50 lbs. His method is to just eat healthier options and exercise. Seems simple right? He's doing a fantastic job right now and I know he's losing weight.

Me, on the other hand, probably still weigh 190 ish and my emotions are still getting the best of me. Every time I get really depressed, I turn to food :( Like today.....:( awful day ....

I'm using a formula that I mentioned in one of my previous blogs to lose weight (calorie counting) and it says I need to stay under 1500 cals to lose 1 lb a week.

I'm gonna do that this week. :)

Motivation

I just opened up my old food journal from last May (2008) and I am going to be counting my calories again. I just typed out my calorie cycling days and how much I need for each day and I glued it to the inside of my journal to remind me.

I'm gonna start working out at Fitness again. My plan is to go 3x a week and while I'm there I'll do some cardio and then some weights if I feel up to it. I know it will work and with calorie cycling, my weight will come off :)

yay!!!

Failure

I do not have any good news to report. The diet I was on for a week is going to be a no go because it's not something I can do if I go eat outside of my house therefore it would make my eating habits just stay in the home and I want a life!!

Of course I want to lose weight...who doesn't? I'm still struggling with why I want to lose my weight. Is it for me or for my mom? I had this problem when I was living here before I moved out for the first time. Once I was on my own, I became my own individual who knew what I was doing. Now, it seems like I'm back to my old ways....and it's sad.

I'm hoping to get a teaching job this summer and fall :) so here's to getting a new apartment huh? lol :)

Weigh In Day

So today I weighed in at: 189 lbs!!!

That is a 4 lb loss this week. I totally don't feel bloated anymore, but I am rather quite hungry!! This week I am going to incorporate more foods into my diet plan because that first week is good for a short fast. I miss some of my foods so I'm going to stick with having a certain amount of calories every meal. I will not count calories, but I will try to stick with about 300-400 per meal and about 100 per snack and that's about 1 time a day.

Things are going well.

What A Week!

This week has been so emotional!!!

For student teaching, we started a new math this week called Connected Math and let me tell you...for sixth graders, I really had to start slow with them because they are not used to this type of math. They have to take notes and graph a lot of things before they move on to their hw. It's very difficult. I will admit that I became a little stressed out this week. I cried.....(after school) and I ended up getting sick on Thursday afternoon. I tried my best, but my throat hurt so bad I could barely speak. I'm getting better so tomorrow will be better...:) I want to be there for my students :)

DIET NEWS: I started a new meal plan last Monday weighing in at 193 lbs. This plan is from when I did Medical Weight Loss Clinic Diet two summers ago and lost a ton of weight in like two months. The only difference is that this time I am not paying to go and I am not on their vitamins or taking their nutrients three times a day. This meal plan is just simply regular food (good food and healthy) and I eat a breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner. I will update tomorrow, but it's DEFINITELY WORKING!!! I weigh every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday just so it keeps me on track. Weigh in is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because I was so emotional all week, last night (dinner) I wanted nothing but my comfort food. I wouldn't have accepted anything else because I was missing that one thing that made me feel better for the moment.....I said for the moment lol. So I ate off plan just for my dinner only and boy did it catch up with me. Talk about an upset stomach!!!!!!!!!!! I had to leave the restaurant right after eating because yea, enough said lol.

If anyone wants a copy of the diet plan, I will work on it and give it to you. I promise you will see results within the first week!!!!!! :)

more later :) bye