Thursday February 17, 2011 [182.0 lbs]

I gained two lbs this week. :( I'm not happy about it. However, this past week I've started working weights into my work out routine, so I feel like that could have something minor to do with it. I, however, am straight up SICK of seeing 80 on the scale. I've been stuck on this plateau for weeks and weeks. I lost my motivation as soon as I stopped seeing that number go down and now that it's going up, it's definitely not taking a good toll on me. So, to give me a little assistance, I went and purchased Slimquick. I read reviews online and mostly everyone said that it worked for weightloss and it was very good to bust people out of their plateaus. That's what I need. Today is the first time I've taken it. I took it with water and had a protein bar and a bowl of life cinnamon cereal for breakfast right after our 40 minute work out at the gym. (Granted, we went into the gym and our goal was an hour, but it's so blistery cold and rainy and windy that the power went out 40 minutes into it!) Anyway, so far I feel fine with the pills. I don't feel any different. Maybe a little more energized, but that's about it. I'm crossing my fingers to see 170's on the scale next week. PLEASE, Jesus. Even though I've gained weight this week, I decided to take my pictures anyway. We'll see if this was a mistake or not.

Indeed a mistake. I guess the fact that I don't wear the same bra and underwear everytime might have something to do with it. I don't know. All I know is that I feel like I'm slipping and I really want to just hurry this thing along. I'm sure everyone does. I hope these pills work, if nothing else- at least hope they give me some motivation. I'm slacking.

Saturday February 12, 2011

Yesterday I took in 839 calories total. That doesn't seem like a lot, but I wasn't starving myself. For breakfast I had two scrambled egg whites with a tablespoon of ketchup. I like eggs because they keep you feeling full for quite a while- at least until lunchtime. For lunch I had a turkey sandwich on whole grain double fiber bread with spinach leaves and mustard. For dinner I had spaghetti-os, an uncrustable grilled cheese, and 30 baked sour cream and onion potato chips. That brings my grand total to 839. I also worked out on the treadmill for an hour and burned 610 calories.


:) I lost a pound yesterday, so I must be doing something right!

Friday February 11, 2011

I didn't do pictures yesterday. I weighed myself and actually gained a pound! Like I said, I wasn't expecting much. I kinda feel like I'm slipping. I've been in the 180's so long, this is DEFINITELY my plateau :( I'm so sick of seeing the 80 on the scale and I hate to admit that I'm getting slowly discouraged. We've still been eating right,  it just hasn't been a structured diet, which I think is what I need right now- at least to see the quick results I want in order to get myself back on track. So, today I'm starting to calorie count. I'm going to take in no more than 1500 calories a day and I'm going to work my ass off at the gym. Losing weight is hard work, and it's pretty stressful :/

I'll update later tonight with what I ate, the number of calories I've took in, along with how many I burned at the gym and I'll update you all every day! I promise. I just need to find my sweet motivation again. Life is stressing me out lately, and I don't want to end up turning to food for comfort. So, hopefully this new approach will be just what I need. Wish me luck!

Wednesday February 9, 2011

HI EVERYONE! It's been forever, I know I've been slacking. I've just been so busy! I've worked 6 days in a row, still been going to the gym everyday, and I spent a couple days hanging out with Jessica. I haven't really had time to update and I haven't taken any pictures. Ray got a job working on a new TV show written by J.J. Abrahams (writer of Lost & Fringe). The show is called Alcatraz and it's shooting on Alcatraz island. It stars Robert Forster, Jorje Garcia, and Sam Niel! Pretty big stuff. So, I've seen him for a total of 10 minutes in 3 days. It sucks, I miss him.

I've been working more on arm and leg weights this week rather than cardio. So I don't expect to have lost much weight if any. My arms are SOOOO sore. I've been lifting 14 reps of about 15 or 20 lbs with free weights. I've also been doing some calf exercises, some side abs exercises, and some bicep, tricep training. It's been hard! Weights are crazy. But I feel good about it. I'm not going to the gym today because I have a dentist appointment this morning and then I have to work tonight. SO, today is going to be my rest day.

I bought Ray some tickets to see his favorite comedian (Brian Regan?) for Christmas. Sunday is when it is so we're going to road trip it down to Fresno and have ourselves a jolly little time. :) I'm excited to finally spend some time with him. I guess I better get used to days like this though if this is the industry we're both going to be in. I'm not so sure how much I'm going to want to sacrifice the time with my family for my job in the future. I'm scared of what kind of consequences that could have. Anyhow, I'm out of here! Hope you're all well. PICTURES TOMORROW!!! :)

Thursday February 3, 2011 [180.0 lbs]

I lost 4.5 lbs this week!! That's super exciting. That's much better than the lousy 2 lbs I lost the past couple weeks! I'm super excited about it. Here's the picture from last week versus the picture from this week.

             

I notice a slight difference. Nothing drastic, but that's okay because the scale doesn't lie :) I took some more pictures for you guys ( or maybe for just so I could do the comparing myself, who knows. ) Here's the very first image of my full body that I posted on this website at 188.5 lbs. compared to 180.0 lbs now.

I definitely notice a difference in the size of my ridiculous lovehandles. Glad those are making their way out of my life. Haha. Now, here's a full body profile.

That's all the pictures I took today. This was a good update! I'm proud of myself. Now for a food update, it's only 11 and I, again, wasn't hungry for breakfast but I'm pretty hungry now. So, I think I'm gonna go get my grub on. We'll be going to the gym once Ray gets home. Then, I'm off to work. I'll update later! Love you, all.

February 2, 2011

Hey everybody :) Today has been such a good day. First of all, I was off work. Which is a nice change of pace when you work 6 days a week. Ray and I woke up at the ass crack of dawn again and hit the gym. I burnt near 550 calories and was walking at 3.7 mph at a 9% incline most of the time. It was rough, haha. But I felt very accomplished afterwards. When we got home, I wasn't really in the mood for breakfast, so I committed a dieting sin and skipped breakfast. I just really wasn't hungry.

For lunch, I had a cup-o-noodles with some added siracha sauce, hot sauce, soy sauce, and worchishire (sp?) sauce. I also had a smoked ham sandwich on a sandwich thin with some mustard and ketchup. I forgot to take a picture! Oops.

For dinner, Ray cooked us up some delicious talapia with a side of mushroom rice mixed with brown rice and some marinara. It was suuuuuper good.

I had a friend come over today and do my taxes for me. I wasn't expecting much, (being a server you get raped by taxes) but SOMEHOW.. My total state and federal refund was 1,000 dollars!!! That was definitely the best part of my day. Once I get back that hefty return, It's all going into my savings and that will bring me up to 3,000 dollars saved. Only 2k away from my 5k goal! And I still have 6 months to go :) Life couldn't be any better. I'm so excited to take my picture tomorrow!! i hope I can tell a drastic difference. I hope I've lost more than 2 lbs! We'll find out tomorrow. Goodnight, bloggers.

Tuesday February 1, 2011

This morning- I drug my lazy tired butt out of bed at 7 a.m. and hit the gym with my boyfriend and roommate. We stayed for an hour. Again, I did interval training via treadmill, and also did 20 minutes on the bike. I burned 400 calories roughly. When we got home, we had an everything bagel thin with hot ham and cheese, some mustard, and some saracha sauce. It was divine.

I went to work, and while I was waiting for my last table to close their tab- I had a ceasar salad with a little cheese, some grape tomatoes, and ceasar dressing on the side. It was also delicious.

After making some business calls and trying to gain some donations for this next film project we're working on, we had some dinner. I made a SUPER good spinach salad with strawberries, raisins, onions, roasted sunflower seeds and smothered in low fat asian roasted sesame seed dressing. It was so good. I also added some pineapple after the picture was taken.

I'd say it was a pretty good day :) Tomorrow, we're waking up at the ass crack of dawn once again to hit the gym. I'm excited to weigh myself on Thursday and take my picture for you guys! I really look forward to my Thursdays :)