Wed. January 30 (pt 2)

Quick little post.

Had yogurt and fruits during both my breaks at work. And about half way through my shift, I got really bloated and uncomfortable and it friggen sucked. Best guess, I put too much Benefiber in yogurt. I've noticed in the past that too much has made me gassy. lol. I walked to the gym after work and was feeling sorta better. Got my work out done in a bit over 1h40m and had a very light snack when I got home.

So, I had my heart rate monitor on for most of the day and here's how my day went calorie-wise...

Walk to work - 149
Work - 1308
Walk to gym - 201
Work out - 1024

2682 calories that I know of. Awesome. Here's hoping I lose some of that little extra weight I put on. (Damn you, delicious pizza. lol)

Mother who got a tattoo of her baby's birthmark. So sweet.

Wed. January 30

Feeling blah right now.

I got down a few more pounds yesterday and was really happy about that, but I knew I'd have to be really careful with my eating. Isn't that one of the sucky things about weight loss? The more results you get the more careful you have to be? Anyway, breakfast and lunch were both fine and then I decided to hang with a friend after work to watch the hockey game, and then Snooki & JWOWW, and then head to the gym. That didn't really happen though. The game went a little long due to overtime and I figured we'd probably just pop over to the grocery store to grab something quick, at which point I would grab some fruit or whatever. But that didn't happen either. We ended up deciding on pizza from Dominos. We split some cheesy bread and had a medium pizza to ourselves. I went with a thin crust pizza with pep, bacon and beef. I was definitely full before I reached the half way point, but I didn't want to have to wrap it and risk it spoiling at the gym before I could refrigerate it at home. So, I just ate the whole thing. Anyway, it just kept getting later and later and the weather was pretty crappy and slippery and I was feeling really bloated and yucky from the pizza, so I ended up not going to the gym. :/

However, on the bright side, I was actually able to tell when my body was full, the pizza left me feeling like crap,  so I don't foresee myself eating that or overdoing it like that in a while, and apparently I was super tired and needed a rest day cuz I ended up passing out earlier than usual.
So, right now, I'm just chilling out before work after having my protein shake and toast with peanut butter for breakfast. Definitely gonna go to the gym tonight after work and cuz of the hours I'm working, I get to walk 20 mins to work and then 40 mins to the gym. So, that'll be some nice extra cardio. :)

In other good-ish news, when I put on my freshly laundered work pants yesterday, they weren't as tight and usual. And I currently have some chocolate and gummies calling my name in my room, but I'm telling them to F off til after Cuba. haha 

Me, last night. lol

Mon. January 28

Feelin' good right now.

I just got home from a late night work. I upped the weight on a few of the machines I use, including adding another 10lbs to my bench press, bringing my bench to 125lbs. I was able to do a few sets with a handful of reps. So, I think I'll make that my new normal and work on getting better at it. Anyway,  it took me just under 1h45m to get to 1000 cals, but I wasn't too bothered by that. At least I was able to get to 1000.

So, today was fairly alright food-wise. I had my protein shake in the morning, but I also had some Chinese leftovers that I guess my parents had had over the weekend. Lunch was good, dinner was decent, snacks were fine and after the gym, I just had a piece of toast with some peanut butter. I was about to say that (with the exception of right before dinner) I haven't felt all that hungry today, but my stomach just let out a loud growl. lol. Whatever, I'm in bed now and will probably fall asleep soon.

Hmm, I can't recall if there was anything else I wanted to say at the moment. Oh well, if I think of something, I'll add it later. Hoping for a pound or so of weight loss tomorrow (since I was up like 1.5-ish lbs after the weekend). Ok, sleepies. Bye.  

Sun. January 27

Random thoughts and various things to say and report. Ok, let's try to make this coherent.

Was down another .4lbs on Saturday morning, but this weekend has not been good food-wise. Especially Saturday. I went to a hockey game and I'd say almost everything I ate in the entire day more or less junk food. And my body was not happy. I was super bloated and felt yucky, so first thing tomorrow (Monday) back to protein shakes and yogurt and fruits.

I picked up some multi grain bread tonight that I went to try out this coming week. Also, tomorrow will be the last day of my water weight flush. I'm thinking I may give myself several days and do another one. And I'm giving myself til the end of the week to be down at least a couple more pounds. If not, I'm gonna take more... restrictive measures. Not gonna skip meals or anything, but really make sure that I'm only eating stuff that's really healthy.

On top of that, I was just reading some old entries from a different blog that I was writing like a year and a half ago, just to see if there was something I was doing or anything I said that will help me with my weight loss now. This blog was kept when I was losing weight the first time. In it, I apparently dropped like 5lbs from October 2-11. And I was basically the same weight on Oct 2 that I am now, but I didn't seem to say exactly what I did. Best I can figure, just a lot of clean eating an using my treadmill. Well, I can certainly do that and this may just be the motivation I need; proof that I can do it cuz I've done it before.

So, I think the plan for this week is just to try and do some basic meal planning so I know how many calories I'm taking in, gyming as much as I can (really hoping for another 4 visit week), using the treadmill when I've got the time and just not beating myself up too much about this whole process.

Gonna be honest, I am a little scared for my weigh in tomorrow morning, but it is what it is and I can only try to do better.

Love this hair. Can't wait til mine is naturally this long. It's never been.  : (

Fri. January 25

Thank God this week in finally over. Mainly for the work aspect, but I'm also just looking forward to having a proper weekend.

Anyway, I started the day by sleeping in a little, which is ok, but I was expecting to woken up some time around 8am due to the laxative pill I took at 8pm the previous night. Didn't happen and I saw next to no results for the pill. So, when I weighed myself this morning, I was up like .6lbs. Still in my new "weight bracket" though. I tried not to get to bummed out by the and just went about my day.

Had my protein shake and water weight flush drink, messed around on the computer a bit and was even able to make myself use my treadmill for 45 mins (at various speeds and inclines, burned 570 cals :]). I did have 345 cals worth of perogies today cuz I ran a little short of time before work and and didn't want to have too much fruit and yogurt today. It was a nice treat and I don't think really affected me that much.

Work was meh, as I figured it would be. Afterward, I raced home to get ready to hang out with a friend. For whatever reason, I was compelled to weigh myself, which I did and I apparently weigh the same thing I did this morning. Sweet. Anyway, got ready, texted my friend a couple times and didn't hear back. So, I'm assuming he fell asleep (I was ready at like 1:20am, so I can't complain, lol). So, I hung out with my dad and nephew a little and was sorta bad food-wise. I had like 6 or 7 tortilla chips and a hot dog (sans bun) with a little ketchup. I knew I was hungry not just bored, but I could do better than this. So, I poured myself a big glass of water and had three 5cal jello cups. After that and a good night's sleep, I'm hoping this'll put me back down where I was and maybe even a touch lower.

Ok, so here's hoping. Also, I'm going to a Toronto Marlies hockey game tomorrow. First 3000 fans get a free pair of pom poms. Holla! lol

Thu. January 24

FINALLY. Some progress.

So, yesterday, I was down close to 3lbs.  :) I've been putting in a good effort at the gym, doing that water weight flush, having protein shakes every morning. Again, my food hasn't been super perfect, but it's been really good. Haven't been dipping into goodies or over eating and the last couple nights, when I've come home from the gym hungry, I've just had some fruit and that's it. So, that's been that since up to yesterday.

Now, this morning, I got close to 8 hours of sleep, went to the bathroom as soon as I got up and prayed to the weight loss Gods for something. Even just .2lbs. Please not the same and definitely not an increase. So, I stepped on the scale, waited for the numbers to stop and.... Huzzah! .2lbs down. Not great, but I'll gladly take it. I really am gonna have to put my nose to the grindstone though. Gotta eat really well and healthfully and at proper times. And I'm gonna need to work smart at the gym. The only major issue I'm having I'm kinda sore and tired for all the working out I've been doing. Part of me knows I need to "rest" for my muscles to repair themselves, but the other part of me keeps thinking "burn calories, burn fat, push push push". So ya.

As I'm typing this, I just got a text (from work) saying they don't need me to come in til 6pm, as opposed to 4. I'm not looking at my treadmill wondering if I should do 20 or 30 mins on it just cuz I have the time. Hmmm. I guess I'll see how I feel. Either way, time for some lunch. Chicken and cheese, I think. Maybe one of my homemade peanut butter protein bars after. I'm starting to drool. Ok, bye. lol

This will be every day in Cuba. lol

Mon. January 21

Short post cuz I'm tired and my head hurts.

Went to WalMart after work and picked up more protein powder, green tea capsules, flaxseed oil, bananas and a large thing of peanut butter. They didn't have lemon juice, but apparently we had a bunch in the back of the fridge at home, so cool. Gym work out went well. Increased the weight on a couple of machines, burned more cals than I thought I would on the elliptical and dead lifted 88lbs. Yay!

When I got home, I made up the water weight flushing drink to start tomorrow. I had a little taste of it and it's not terrible, but it's still something I'm gonna have to force down. I just had a thought though, I wonder if I could add some Crystal Light to it. Hmmmm......

Ok, sleepy time cuz I have work at noon and blah.