Tue. May 28

Just another short entry.

I sorta feel like I've thrown in the towel when it comes to my weight. I'm not like giving up and eating everything in site, but I seem to be a little better at shrugging it off lately. Especially since I know there's basically no way in hell of me dropping basically 20lbs in a week. So, I've just been focusing on how I look and feel for the most part. I'm hoping things will kinda fall into place and eventually the numbers on the scale will what I want to see.

Had a good work out last night and tonight. Ran consistently for 30 mins both nights. Hoping to get to the gym tomorrow and Thursday and then try to get a 30 min run in before work. That'd be nice. Honestly, I just need to clean up my eating and I should start seeing better results.

Pic from last weekend. Feeling good and loving my shirt. :)

Fri. May 24

Not even sure what I want my opening line to be.

Ok, so, I haven't been eating great, I only got to the gym twice this week and I actually ended up with heartburn a couple times this week. That being said, I feel a little smaller. Some of my tighter clothing has been... well, not fitting fine, but noticeably less tight. I guess that really proves you can't go by the weight, you need to go by the inches. I've actually been considering only weighing myself on days when I'm feeling good physically. Not if I'm bloated or maybe had a bad binge the night before or if I'm really sore (and therefore retaining water) from the gym.

Anyway, next week I have a fairly busy work schedule, but I'll still be doing my best to work out as much as I can. Still gonna be working on my 5K endurance, lifting heavy and hoping to up my bench pressing weight soon. I've also JUST started watching The Biggest Loser from the very beginning. I'm on episode 4 of season 1 and so far, I think I can get into this. I'm still waiting for something super inspirational to jump out and bite me, but I do feel slightly more knowledgeable about weight loss and calories and all that good stuff.

Oh, and short story about yogurt being on sale this week. Was $1.99 instead of $1, but anything is better than full price. Went to my local grocery store and all they had was plain and vanilla. Barf. So, my dad offered to take me to the next closest store in that chain and see if they had more selection. They did, but only had 4 blueberry left, so I snatched those bad boys up. lol. I was really tempted to ask if they had more in the back, but we were on a bit of a time crunch, so I'll trying going back in a day or so to see if I can grab more.

Alrighty, that's all. Gonna get back to watching TBL now. : ) 

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Wed. May 22

Gonna keep this short and sweet cuz I'm worn out.

I was finally able to (just barely) get into the next lower weight bracket that I was aiming for, but it didn't last long. The weekend wasn't good for me food-wise and that's kinda carried over into this week. I don't wanna say I've been binging (cuz I haven't really), I've just not been making good food choices for meals and snacks. So, I have put a little weight back on, but I'm trying to "pull up my socks" and really get my ass in gear. My Ke$ha meet and greet is in 2 weeks. At this point, I'd settle for just getting back into that lower weight bracket. At least I know I can do it now. That plateau felt like forever.

Anyway, I increased my squat weight by a little tonight and I did 26 mins of constant running at 4.6mph. Everything felt fine except for after a few mins, my lower left calf got really tight for some reason, but I pushed through and I'm glad I did. : )

K, that's it. Looks like yogurt is on sale at a local grocery store again. Huzzah! lol

Fri. May 17

God. Damn. -.-

Well, I've been eating pretty well and working out pretty consistently and what does my body do to repay me? Has me at a plateau for a few days and then goes up .2lbs this morning. Am I discouraged? Yes. Am I pissed and heartbroken? Yup. Did I say "F it" and have chicken fingers and poutine for breakfast? Mm hmm. Am I going to just give up for a while? Hell no. I continued with my decent eating today, I went for a run after work and now I'm just sitting, doing my nails, waiting to get sleepy and then paying for some results in the morning.

Um, I think that's all to report right now. My work schedule for next week only has me working 3 days, so I'll definitely be making it to the gym probably like 4 or 5 times. Oh, and starting to train for the breast cancer 5K in October. I started at 4.5mph for 20 mins, then 4.6mph for 21 mins, then 4.7mph for 22 mins and tonight I ran for 27 mins, but cuz it was outside, I dunno my speed. But I was consistent and actually probably could've gone for longer. : )

Ok, that really is it for now. I make no promises for the weekend, but I'll do my best. Laterz.

(Crap. Still not letting me upload pix)

Tue. May 14

Today has been going pretty well so far and it's times like these that leave me worried that I'm gonna mess it up.

I weighed myself this morning and it was the same number that my friend's scale said I was on Saturday, which is awesome. I then had a good breakfast and headed over to the gym, where I burned 1003 cals in 1h33m. I came home, cleaned up and put all my workout and food info into myfitnesspal and, so far, I'm still pretty well under my calorie intake allowance. I'm just worried that since I have the day off, I'm gonna eat a bunch of bad food and ruin all my progress. Obviously, I don't want that to happen, but it sometimes feels like I can't control myself.

Anyway, there's still another several hours til I go to bed. Just gonna try to still with chicken, yogurt and water tonight. And find something to keep me occupied; either cleaning my room or taking care of my nephew. Don't wish me luck, wish me will power. lol

Mon. May 13

I have both good and bad news to report.

I guess I'll start with the bad. I know I've put on a bit of weight, but I was too chicken to get on the scale today and find out exactly how much. I shouldn't be too surprised though; I ate pretty badly on Sunday. Waffles, nachos, honey roasted peanuts, etc. I also didn't do very well on Saturday and I had a bunch of chocolate today too. And my hockey team (Toronto) is now out of the playoffs. Not overly surprised by that, but we did come pretty damn close. There's always next year.

As for the good news, I DID have a pretty good weigh in on Saturday morning. My fat percentage was down a bit. And even though I felt pretty bloated, I was able to fit nicely into a pair of my jeans on Sunday. And yogurt went on sale FOR A DOLLAR and it was the fat free kind where an entire 650g container is only 227.5 cals. Wooooooo! I picked up 8 containers and I'll probably pick up a handful more before the sale finishes. lol. So, besides the chocolate today, I would actually consider my eating today pretty good. And the batteries for my heart rate monitor came and it looks like that was what the issue was, so I got to use it again today. : ) Um, I think that's just about everything, so I'll leave it at that.

My schedule this week allows for some pretty decent gym time. I went tonight after work even though I have tomorrow off and will most likely good then. I'm gonna try to keep in mind that it's better to go to the gym whenever possible cuz there's always potentially something that could throw a wrench in your plans and then you don't end up going at all. Did that make sense? I dunno. I'm sleepy. Ok, night.

(Can't upload a pic and I dunno why)

Wed. May 8

Finally got back to the gym tonight.

It felt good and the week off didn't seem to affect my strength all that much. I still wasn't able to use my heart rate monitor though. I hope the replacement batteries get here soon.

Anyway, it seems like one of the upsides to being sick is that for the first few days, I was more concerned with getting better rather than stuffing my face. After that, cuz my nose was kinda plugged up, I couldn't really taste much, so there was no point sitting around, eating sweets. I've also started keeping food and exercise diary through myfitnesspal.com. I find it's been fairly decent so far, but it's obviously not a super exact thing. I'll see how long I can keep it up for though.

Still not feeling 100% back to myself, but I'm getting there. And I'm definitely much better than I was last weekend.

Guess I'm a big slut. lol