Today was actually a pretty good day. I did my early morning workout. Ate pretty healthy...I'll admit I was bad at dinner, but not that bad. I was keeping track of what I ate and I was trying to be good. It was date night with my husband and I. We usually only do a date night maybe 2-3 times a month. I'm pretty proud of myself though, it was an appetizer I misbehaved with, not dessert! I also did a mid-afternoon weight workout / little bit of treadmill workout. I kept track of everything on 'MyFitnessPal' (besides my morning workout). I only went over my 1,200 calorie goal by 76 calories. I will for sure be burning that off in the morning when I do my morning workout and hit the workout room!
MORNING WORKOUT:
-10 push ups
-20 squats
-30 lunges
-40 sit ups
-50 second wall sit
-90 jumping jacks
-50 leg raises (per leg)
*repeat one more time*
WEIGHT WORKOUT / TREADMILL:
-Leg press; 5 sets up 10 on 20 pounds
-Leg press; 5 sets of 10 on 25 pounds
-Lat pull; 7 sets of 10 on 20 pounds
-Leg extension; 2 sets of 10 on 15 pounds
-Tricep push back (or down?); 2 sets of 25 on 10 pounds
-Treadmill (just to finish up workout on a star trac); 8 mins on a 3.4 speed, no incline.
I'm not going to post about my food intake today in detail. Breakfast was the same as yesterday, only I had half an english instead of a whole and 3 boiled eggs no yolk, not 4 (total, 219 cals). Lunch was a little different, lemon tuna on 6 crackers (200 cals). Dinner, we went to Culinary Dropout. I ordered the fried chicken but I only ate a quarter of it (one piece of chicken, the thigh, half a biscuit, half the mashed)! I should have just stuck to the appetizer and no meal that was so filling (these small soft baked pretzel bites with provolone melted fondue cheese. Don't worry, my husband shared it with me!). If I tracked my food right, I only had 645 calories. I know that's probably not the exact, but it's close enough. I've drank almost a whole gallon of good 'ol H2O and I've had about 2, 12 ounce cups of unsweetened ice tea.
I always hate going out to restaurants and not knowing what the exact caloric (right word?!) intake is. When I use to track my food, that was actually the reason I stopped eating out. I would only eat out at places that had the "healthy and fit" menus, since they usually have all the info that goes along with the meal you're getting. I think I might be doing that for now on.
Well, folks, it's way past my bed time (11 pm!). I'm exhausted. My husband is already snoring up a storm. I know my little lady will probably be up bright in early (please, Baby Jesus, not 5 am!). I'm hitting the sheets.
Good night!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Day 2!
I know in my last post I said I was officially starting my whole new healthy life change today. I lied! I started yesterday. So today makes day 2 of my new healthy change. I started my 'MyFitnessPal' account back up so I can track everything I eat and my workouts. I didn't do anything for workouts besides about 20 minutes of Zumba (I didn't even log that in as a workout). I was going to do a much longer Zumba session but my little lady woke up from her nap.
I tracked everything I ate yesterday and I ate pretty healthy and I was actually 7 calories under my 1,200 calorie goal. Here is a list of everything I had throughout the day:
SUNDAY JULY 8, 2012:
*Breakfast
-Light multi-grain english muffin ; 100 calories for 1 whole muffin
-Peanut butter (for my english) ; 95 calories for 1 table spoon
-Ready to serve fully cooked bacon ; 70 calories for 4 slices
-Hard boiled eggs (no yolk) ; 68 calories for 4
TOTAL CALORIES: 333
*Lunch
-Crispy Fish Fillets ; 210 calories for 2
-Mesquite BBQ chips (Kettle cooked) ; 140 calories for 1 serving (about 16 chips)
-Tomato ketchup (for fish) ; 20 calories for 1 tbs
-Gold Peak unsweetened ice tea ; 0 calories for 12 ounces
TOTAL CALORIES: 370
*Dinner
-Swedish Meatballs (Lean Cuisine) ; 290 calories
TOAL CALORIES: 290
*Snacks
-Cocoa roast almonds (100 calorie pack) ; 100 calories (had this in between breakfast and lunch)
-Fudge shop mini brownies (100 calorie pack) ; 100 calories (between lunch & dinner)
TOTAL CALORIES: 200
*Workouts
None for today
*Water
About 46 ounces (two 23 ounce Smart Water bottles)
Overall, I think I did pretty good for my first day. Today I'm going to do about 45 mins of Zumba and hopefully do about 1-2 hours at the gym. I'll post about my workouts and what I ate later on tonight before I go to bed. I want to try to post every night about progress and my food intake. I'll do my 'before' pictures at the end of this week (probably Friday). Then hopefully in about a month from now I'll have some progress pictures to post.
I'm still new at this whole eating right and working out thing, so bare with me! I'm going to do some looking into on new recipes and get to cooking some new healthy food! I'll even post about those and add them into my cookbook. I've found some inspirational blogs that have really put my mind into that "you can do this" mode. I know I can! I just need a kick in the butt to make me motivate.
I tracked everything I ate yesterday and I ate pretty healthy and I was actually 7 calories under my 1,200 calorie goal. Here is a list of everything I had throughout the day:
SUNDAY JULY 8, 2012:
*Breakfast
-Light multi-grain english muffin ; 100 calories for 1 whole muffin
-Peanut butter (for my english) ; 95 calories for 1 table spoon
-Ready to serve fully cooked bacon ; 70 calories for 4 slices
-Hard boiled eggs (no yolk) ; 68 calories for 4
TOTAL CALORIES: 333
*Lunch
-Crispy Fish Fillets ; 210 calories for 2
-Mesquite BBQ chips (Kettle cooked) ; 140 calories for 1 serving (about 16 chips)
-Tomato ketchup (for fish) ; 20 calories for 1 tbs
-Gold Peak unsweetened ice tea ; 0 calories for 12 ounces
TOTAL CALORIES: 370
*Dinner
-Swedish Meatballs (Lean Cuisine) ; 290 calories
TOAL CALORIES: 290
*Snacks
-Cocoa roast almonds (100 calorie pack) ; 100 calories (had this in between breakfast and lunch)
-Fudge shop mini brownies (100 calorie pack) ; 100 calories (between lunch & dinner)
TOTAL CALORIES: 200
*Workouts
None for today
*Water
About 46 ounces (two 23 ounce Smart Water bottles)
Overall, I think I did pretty good for my first day. Today I'm going to do about 45 mins of Zumba and hopefully do about 1-2 hours at the gym. I'll post about my workouts and what I ate later on tonight before I go to bed. I want to try to post every night about progress and my food intake. I'll do my 'before' pictures at the end of this week (probably Friday). Then hopefully in about a month from now I'll have some progress pictures to post.
I'm still new at this whole eating right and working out thing, so bare with me! I'm going to do some looking into on new recipes and get to cooking some new healthy food! I'll even post about those and add them into my cookbook. I've found some inspirational blogs that have really put my mind into that "you can do this" mode. I know I can! I just need a kick in the butt to make me motivate.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
New, Healthy Chapter...
I decided to start another blog. This one will be much different then the personal, open blog I have. I need a change in life. A healthy change. I'm in my early 20's and constantly gaining weight. I have a 13 month old daughter. I need to be healthy for her. I need to stop the fast food, junk food, midnight snacking life style I'm living right now. I need to be more active. This change is going to start, now.
I've cleared out all of the junk food and processed crap from my kitchen (besides Chloe's goldfish, animal cookies, and some other snacks that are just for her). I've been thinking of what I'd like to accomplish in my new healthy journey. I'd like to drop any where from 20-30 pounds. I'm currently 160 and would love to be back to 130, or at least somewhere in that range. Before I had my daughter I was 130 pounds. I was a lovely size 6/9 depending on the brand of clothing. I was healthy and fit. I had a flat stomach and was very toned. I use to cheer-lead and once I stopped that I was still active. I'm currently a size 11/13 sometimes even a friken 14 depends on the brand of clothing (curse you chubby thighs!). I typically wear a L/XL in shirts. I use to wear a S/M.
When I became pregnant I wasn't concerned about gaining any weight. I knew if I did it was all for my daughter. I tried eating healthy and keeping active (as in walking and yoga). During my whole pregnancy I was loosing weight instead of packing on the pounds. My OBGYN even told me to eat more and try to gain some pounds. That never happened though. At the end of my 8 months of being pregnant (I had my daughter early) I was only 140 pounds, a size L in shirts (I had to cover the basketball tummy somehow!) and I could STILL fit in my pre-pregnancy jeans (I just used the hair tie trick to button them). I gained a whole 10 pounds. You could hardly even tell I was pregnant from the back. After I had Chloe I went right back to my pre-pregnancy weight, I even lost a few more pounds then I wanted to. I was down to about 128. I was breast feeding her for the first few months of her life. Once I stopped, the weight packed on. I figured that it would stop after a while, but I kept on gaining.
I started cosmetology school when my daughter was about 4 months old. I decided to take night classes so I could spend time with her during the day and be a stay at home mom until I graduated. Classes started at 5:45 and ended at 9:45 pm. I always ended up arriving early to school and would get there around 4:30, sometimes 5. I never really had dinner before class. I made a HUGE mistake and always ate after. McDonalds saw me almost every night (Monday-Thursday). Fridays my husband and I would always have a date night and go out for dinner with our close friends, which didn't help either. I know I should have packed a healthy dinner / snack for school, but I hardly ever did. Every date night ended with a delicious chocolate cake or some type of dessert. Worst mistake, ever.
It was just recently I put on one of my favorite bikinis and thought to myself "Holy shit! I use to wear this last summer. I looked pretty decent in it (especially for just having a baby). Now, I can't even fit in it". I almost cried. I know I've gained a ton of weight. I have cellulite on my legs and butt. My thighs are now starting to touch one another. My belly is very pudgy and I look like I'm pregnant again. I have a huge muffin top. I've never been this heavy in my life, ever. I feel disgusting. I really do. I hate the way my body looks now. My husband says I'm still beautiful and he'll always love me. Sometimes, I don't believe him.
I need to make a healthy change. I need to feel good again. I need to be active. I am officially starting my work outs, weight training and healthy eating on Monday. I'm going to take a nice long walk early tomorrow morning and start making my goal list. Once I have everything planned out, I'll be doing another post. I'll be posting pictures (before and afters, even some from the past). I'll be updating probably 3 times a week. I'll be posting new recipes of healthy, yummy food I'm eating. I know I can do this. I know I can be healthy again. I just need to put my mind to it. I want to be that girl, who others can look at and say "Wow, she inspires me to be healthy and fit". I WILL be that girl. I promise myself that.
I've cleared out all of the junk food and processed crap from my kitchen (besides Chloe's goldfish, animal cookies, and some other snacks that are just for her). I've been thinking of what I'd like to accomplish in my new healthy journey. I'd like to drop any where from 20-30 pounds. I'm currently 160 and would love to be back to 130, or at least somewhere in that range. Before I had my daughter I was 130 pounds. I was a lovely size 6/9 depending on the brand of clothing. I was healthy and fit. I had a flat stomach and was very toned. I use to cheer-lead and once I stopped that I was still active. I'm currently a size 11/13 sometimes even a friken 14 depends on the brand of clothing (curse you chubby thighs!). I typically wear a L/XL in shirts. I use to wear a S/M.
When I became pregnant I wasn't concerned about gaining any weight. I knew if I did it was all for my daughter. I tried eating healthy and keeping active (as in walking and yoga). During my whole pregnancy I was loosing weight instead of packing on the pounds. My OBGYN even told me to eat more and try to gain some pounds. That never happened though. At the end of my 8 months of being pregnant (I had my daughter early) I was only 140 pounds, a size L in shirts (I had to cover the basketball tummy somehow!) and I could STILL fit in my pre-pregnancy jeans (I just used the hair tie trick to button them). I gained a whole 10 pounds. You could hardly even tell I was pregnant from the back. After I had Chloe I went right back to my pre-pregnancy weight, I even lost a few more pounds then I wanted to. I was down to about 128. I was breast feeding her for the first few months of her life. Once I stopped, the weight packed on. I figured that it would stop after a while, but I kept on gaining.
I started cosmetology school when my daughter was about 4 months old. I decided to take night classes so I could spend time with her during the day and be a stay at home mom until I graduated. Classes started at 5:45 and ended at 9:45 pm. I always ended up arriving early to school and would get there around 4:30, sometimes 5. I never really had dinner before class. I made a HUGE mistake and always ate after. McDonalds saw me almost every night (Monday-Thursday). Fridays my husband and I would always have a date night and go out for dinner with our close friends, which didn't help either. I know I should have packed a healthy dinner / snack for school, but I hardly ever did. Every date night ended with a delicious chocolate cake or some type of dessert. Worst mistake, ever.
It was just recently I put on one of my favorite bikinis and thought to myself "Holy shit! I use to wear this last summer. I looked pretty decent in it (especially for just having a baby). Now, I can't even fit in it". I almost cried. I know I've gained a ton of weight. I have cellulite on my legs and butt. My thighs are now starting to touch one another. My belly is very pudgy and I look like I'm pregnant again. I have a huge muffin top. I've never been this heavy in my life, ever. I feel disgusting. I really do. I hate the way my body looks now. My husband says I'm still beautiful and he'll always love me. Sometimes, I don't believe him.
I need to make a healthy change. I need to feel good again. I need to be active. I am officially starting my work outs, weight training and healthy eating on Monday. I'm going to take a nice long walk early tomorrow morning and start making my goal list. Once I have everything planned out, I'll be doing another post. I'll be posting pictures (before and afters, even some from the past). I'll be updating probably 3 times a week. I'll be posting new recipes of healthy, yummy food I'm eating. I know I can do this. I know I can be healthy again. I just need to put my mind to it. I want to be that girl, who others can look at and say "Wow, she inspires me to be healthy and fit". I WILL be that girl. I promise myself that.
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