Weight Watchers, Day 1

So it's my first day counting my points, and it is tough. I am forced to stay away from all the delicious fattening foods, and eating lots of fruit instead. It's easy counting points and keeping track of everything, which helps me keep my portions smaller. I noticed that by writing down what I eat, I am eating a lot less and am more conscious of what I am eating. I am still hungry, but this will go away in time. So now I am going to work out a bit, and get ready for the day. I feel healthy and strong today, and even though it's tough quieting my cravings, I feel really good about it this time!


**Just got done running 2 miles. It was so easy! I could have kept going but I didn't want to be too burnt out for my workout tomorrow. Time to set my mini goal! My goal for this week is to run 10 miles. I already ran 2 miles, so I have 8 miles left.

My mini long term goal is to lose 10 pounds by my vacation. That's about 3 weeks from today. I know that thy say you are only supposed to lose 1-2 pounds a week, but for someone my size, it's like 3-4 pounds a week. :)

Lost some weight.

Since the first post on this blog I have lost 10 pounds. That's not a lot but at least I didn't gain anything! I am proud of those ten pounds but know I can do much better. I've decided to try weight watchers again for free at home. I made my own points calculator and I really think it will help me get my eating under control.

So for the past few months I have been finishing up school and trying to enjoy the summer. I have not been working out as much as I should, if at all, and am still eating normally. Although, the summer has put me into a craze to get healthy. It must be the subconscious "bikini body" wanting to come out. Recently I have attended relay of life with my family and I was very inspired to start getting healthy. I was envious of my aunt, excuse the phrase) booking ass on the track and wanted to run there beside her. I miss how happy I was at 200 pounds. Even though I was still overweight, being 50 pounds less is literally like having a weight lifted off my chest.

So to take one day at a time, starting weight watchers, playing wii fit, running at night, and walking Sabie, should be enough to help me lose some weight in time for my California trip in 3 weeks. I won't make promises or vows because I don't want to feel pressured. All I can promise myself right now is that I will try.

Bought some healthy stuff :)

After I got off work, I bought some fruit, salad mix, yogurt and lean cuisines. I honestly have been thinking a lot about trying a vegetarian diet for a while. I think it would be interesting to try. I am not that in love with meat, and chicken just doesn't taste good anymore. Neither do porkchops. I want to give up meat for a week and see where it takes me. I will still have milk products, minus ice cream which i shouldn;t be having anyway. But I won't eat cheese. I feel really good today, energized, healthy. Even though I didn't workout today, I kept my calories uder 1500, which was my goal, and I ate really good. If I keep this up, just dieting will help me lose for sure. I keep saying that I want to come up with a workout plan, but I think that won't help me. Sure consistency is great, but if i promise to workout at a certain time or for a certain length of time, I won't want to do it, and what if something comes up? That's why I just want to work out when I can. When I'm stting on my butt doing nothing, I'll think, I could be working out right now, and then I'll go do it. The most important thing for me right now is to get my eating under control because if I'm working out and not eating right, then it's all for nothing and I won't see those results. I haven't had fast food in almost 2 weeks! Go me! I gave up soda, and water is my bff. Woot for being healthy!

Wiiiiiiiiii!!!!

Just did almost an hour of Wii fit. Man that is so fun. My favorite thing is the island bicycling. I burned 520 calories! woohoo! I am hoping that if I keep this up, as well as trying not to eat so much, I can lose some weight. My goal of the first 2 weeks of this month is to lose 10 pounds, and so far, I have lost 1.2 pounds. It's not much, but it's a start. So now I only have 8.8 pounds left to lose :) yay!

I am really pround of myself lately too because I have had some extra spending cash this week, and instead of going through a fast food place or getting some DQ (which I might add taunts me everytime I come home from school) I save my money and go straight home. School has been getting a lotr busier, making me a lot busier. Now I don't really have time to watch t.v. or eat all day long. Yesterday I was busy from the time I woke up until it was time for bed. Those are ideal days. Sitting around and being bored makes me turn to food, and I am glad that lately I don't have to deal with that.

So yeah, I am doing good, and I am looking forward to seeing some results. Now I think I'll go on the bike :)

Being very very bad.

So I have gotten back to that point where I am smuggling and hiding food in my room. Part of me says its because my brother will eat it all, and part of me just wants to have access to food that is all mine. Sorry for not posting on the blog topics, I'm not the only one who hasn't committed it seems. I am afraid to weigh myself, and I am very embarassed to admit what I have eaten lately. I just need to STOP. Seriously, or i am going to die. today is february 26th, so very conveniently, march 1st rolls around on a monday. I am not going to necessarily start on that day and say, look, im finally gonna start because everytime i say that it NEVER happens. so, this weekend, i will try and gear myself up in preparation for hardcore dieting and exercising monday. I plan to cut my calories to 1500 a day maximum, eat 3 square meals and snacks in between. I absolutely CANNOT eat after 9 p.m. because that's a major issue. I will also not be eating while watching tv, and will cut back on tv in general. unless im folding laundry or waiting to go to work or something, the tv will not be on. I will only get a maximum of 8 hours a day, including weekends. I MUST eat breakfast everyday.
As far as working out goes, i want to try and burn at least 500 calories a day, however long that takes me or what i have to do, it doesnt matter as long as i get it done. Also I would like to work on other litle things, like writing when im bored instead of watching tv or playing games. I want to work on my posture. I want to work on my language and try not to be so vulgar or unladylike all the time. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am giving up my amp. Cutting back on sugar and sweets and punching temptation in the face. Goodbye pints, hello sugar free jello.
i seriously am going to get my shit together. I am so irritated that i let myself keep slacking and that i've let this go on for so long. it's the hardest thing to do. I did it before, and i can do it again. Listen up fat, you can seriously S my D!!!!!!!!

Unhealthy heart.

so I just worked out. I am sweaty and feel very proud of myself. But today I don't feel well at all. Today, I don't know exactly when, I noticed that my heart has been skipping and jumping. I can actually feel it flutter in my chest and it scares me. I looked online and read about arrythmia and its most of the time quite harmless, but it can also be a sign of heart disease. I know my heart isn't healthy because I eat bad stuff, but I don't want to have heart disease. I ruled out caffeine because I haven't had any today. I stayed away from sugar and I got enough sleep last night. I'm not too stressed out so I don't know what it could be. I did have mcdonalds last night for the first time in a while, so maybe the cholesterol and sodium is kicking me in the heart today. It's just not comforting knowing that your heart isn't behaving the way it should be. Maybe I'm just having an off day. I won't stress it because if I do it won't get any better. A wake up call? I think so!

My Support Group!

My support group is very important to me. We meet every tuesdays and thursdays, dressed in various character costumes. We talk like pirates and laugh like crazy chocolatiers, and we confess our obsessions and gush over look-a-likes we may see passing on the street. We call ourselves inDepply obsessed.

Oh, you meant my workout support group??

Don't really have one. I mean I get a 'good job' comment every once in a while from the parentals, and some 'likes' on facebook when I post my status about working out, but I don't really have a support group. I never really needed one. I think there's a difference between a support group and just people who motivate you.

I am a youtuber, and I am always searching before and after videos fo people who have lost weight. I frequently come across members who have posted weight loss video diaries and those are inspirational as well. Heres a video from a guy named Shay Carl. He is really funny and I thought this would be fun to share :) Just click on the link. You may or may not like it so if you do, that's awesome :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSqiQQHkeWE