First day at my new job: the guy training me came late, I was "assigned" to another cashier and she was really cool and helpful! She showed me a few things and oversaw me for a little and then I was on my own and it was really easy and smooth. I gotta say the time flew by pretty quickly too, it was so busy there! And guess what? It was SUNNY today! Not just you could see the sun, but it was warm, almost hot even! On my walk home I even got a funny tan from wearing a short sleeve shirt. Follow that all up with hanging out with Laila and Anaya and it was near non-stop laughter and amazing moments! BTW- if you want to make a bonfire make sure you have some wood around first, our one of many fails today while attempting to make s'mores! And when making ridiculous comments about certain pedestrians, make sure the car windows are rolled up- they may hear you otherwise. LOL! Today was a practically perfect summer day: friends, laughter, sunshine, wise-cracks, and being outside!
Food: pbj for breakfast w/a glass of soymilk, pbj for lunch w/a light peach yogurt, apple, carrots, two s'mores, marshmallows, a few chocolate chips, two little burritos, and a pbj to finish the day. (There is almost no food in my house beside pbj- need to go SHOPPING)
Calories: I don't really know, I just know it was way over...
Protein: your guess is as good as mine
Water: need more of it
Exercise: walked 3.5 miles home from work, walked around the Columbia River, played some volleyball passing, and tons of laughter (it works your ab muscles lots!).
Saturday, June 12
Claire: Day 34
Got to say that today has been another crap day. I woke up from a terrifying dream in which Jaws trying to eat me while I hung on for dear life from a bridge that had collapsed. (I'm so terrified of sharks, it was a horrible dream). This is never a good start for a day. I did get to go shopping for my work clothes, which is a very good thing!
Food: I don't know, subway, pbj? and a strawberry yogurt and some other stuff...
Calories: didn't count today. (Stress is a HUGE factor here)
Water: trying to get more in
Exercise: don't ask
Frankly, I am stressed about starting a new job. I'm supposed to be training with some guy but I don't know where I'm supposed to meet him or what's the hey-diddly is going on. I'm stressed about working at a job that's only part time and isn't getting me any closer to any of the things I would like to do for a career. I'm stressed because of all of this and more.
Positive things:
I have a job
I have food and a home and family and a few friends
I have good health and clothing, a bed and freedom
(There is a lot to be thankful Claire, COME ON)
Food: I don't know, subway, pbj? and a strawberry yogurt and some other stuff...
Calories: didn't count today. (Stress is a HUGE factor here)
Water: trying to get more in
Exercise: don't ask
Frankly, I am stressed about starting a new job. I'm supposed to be training with some guy but I don't know where I'm supposed to meet him or what's the hey-diddly is going on. I'm stressed about working at a job that's only part time and isn't getting me any closer to any of the things I would like to do for a career. I'm stressed because of all of this and more.
Positive things:
I have a job
I have food and a home and family and a few friends
I have good health and clothing, a bed and freedom
(There is a lot to be thankful Claire, COME ON)
Friday, June 11
Laila: Day 32
Yesterday I went shopping as a reward to myself for finishing up school. I tried on a dress that normally I wouldn't take to- more form fitting, and accentuating the curves more than I used to. I was tempted to fall back into my comfort zone and get a sundress (nothing against sundresses, but I have about 4 right now). Anyways it feels good to shop out of the comfort zone a little bit and to wear something that I'm not quite used to. Plus it fit perfectly. Retail therapy is such a good thing :)
Today's update:
Calories: 1600
Exercise: None today
Vitamin: Yes
Water: 8 glasses
Today's update:
Calories: 1600
Exercise: None today
Vitamin: Yes
Water: 8 glasses
Thursday, June 10
Laila : Days 30 & 31
So classes finished for me today at the community college I'm attending...the next time I'll be in school will be in Colorado!! Yippe!
Yesterday I had 1610 calories (I know, I went over), and sadly I didn't keep the list on which all of the food that I ate I had written down.
So for day 30:
Calories: 1610
Vitamin: No
Water: 9 glasses
Exercise: None :(
TODAY! I did keep track of what I ate. Here goes.
Food:
1 bowl Special K cereal, 1 granola bar, salad (with cherry tomatoes, cheese, eggs and ranch dressing), 1 bag 100-calorie cereal, 2 grahm crackers w/ 1 tbsp peanut butter, 1 patty (I'm not sure if that's the right term) cooked chicken w/ green beans.
Calories: 1573 (back on track!)
Vitamin: forgot again
Water: didn't keep track of this today.
Exercise: good 90 min swimming.
I also learned of an ENORMOUS goal to work towards. I will have a swim meet this August (yes, before the move to CO). I did this race last year and set a record for my age group, and I am working hard to getting back into shape to possibly set a new personal best in the 1500 meter freestyle! This gives me a concrete goal to work towards...I always seem to do better with these as opposed to "I want to lose this many pounds in this much time". So that'll give me more incentive to get into shape. Plus, I will be doing a 10K swim (that's a LONG way in the swimming world) later this September. Yet another goal!
:)
Yesterday I had 1610 calories (I know, I went over), and sadly I didn't keep the list on which all of the food that I ate I had written down.
So for day 30:
Calories: 1610
Vitamin: No
Water: 9 glasses
Exercise: None :(
TODAY! I did keep track of what I ate. Here goes.
Food:
1 bowl Special K cereal, 1 granola bar, salad (with cherry tomatoes, cheese, eggs and ranch dressing), 1 bag 100-calorie cereal, 2 grahm crackers w/ 1 tbsp peanut butter, 1 patty (I'm not sure if that's the right term) cooked chicken w/ green beans.
Calories: 1573 (back on track!)
Vitamin: forgot again
Water: didn't keep track of this today.
Exercise: good 90 min swimming.
I also learned of an ENORMOUS goal to work towards. I will have a swim meet this August (yes, before the move to CO). I did this race last year and set a record for my age group, and I am working hard to getting back into shape to possibly set a new personal best in the 1500 meter freestyle! This gives me a concrete goal to work towards...I always seem to do better with these as opposed to "I want to lose this many pounds in this much time". So that'll give me more incentive to get into shape. Plus, I will be doing a 10K swim (that's a LONG way in the swimming world) later this September. Yet another goal!
:)
Claire: Day 33 Frustration
Went off track today. Was doing really well until I got super bored....
Foot: oatmeal w/pb and a glass of soymilk, a pbj sandwich, a burrito, baby carrots, tortilla pbj style, lasagna Florentine, three more tortillas, and another two w/ butter and cinnamon sugar (instead of cinnamon rolls).
Calories: 1665-1800??? I honestly don't know.
Water: 10 glasses in!
Exercise: I was lazy... grr! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????
I'm so frustrated right now. I felt half awake the whole freaking day and felt that it was ok to binge. It's NOT ok to binge! EVER. I'm a little stressed about starting my new job, plus the fact I have to go out some how and get new clothes for my uniform. Plus friend issues. Today has been stressful and boring and downright no good and I chose to sabotage myself on top of it all... Great.
Foot: oatmeal w/pb and a glass of soymilk, a pbj sandwich, a burrito, baby carrots, tortilla pbj style, lasagna Florentine, three more tortillas, and another two w/ butter and cinnamon sugar (instead of cinnamon rolls).
Calories: 1665-1800??? I honestly don't know.
Water: 10 glasses in!
Exercise: I was lazy... grr! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????
I'm so frustrated right now. I felt half awake the whole freaking day and felt that it was ok to binge. It's NOT ok to binge! EVER. I'm a little stressed about starting my new job, plus the fact I have to go out some how and get new clothes for my uniform. Plus friend issues. Today has been stressful and boring and downright no good and I chose to sabotage myself on top of it all... Great.
Wednesday, June 9
Claire: D 32, More Changes!
I have a drawer of shirts and in the bottom of that drawer are a few shirts that I don't wear much anymore because, they're a little tighter fitting and I look "lumpy" in them. LOL! For some reason I tried one of them on today. A purple 3/4 sleeve number. I may not be exactly where I want to be, but the shirt fits again. And that is pretty dang great to me! :-) I also noticed that my most of my t-shirts are too big. I'm really excited about these changes!
First day of work is this Saturday too! Wish me luck!
Food: oatmeal w/pb and a glass of soymilk, apple, 2 eggs w/2 slices of toast, a small hand full of peanuts, a light strawberry yogurt, a lasagna Florentine, and a tb of Almond Butter.
Calories: 1470
Protein: 65.5 g
No vitamin. :(
Water: I'm noticing that I've been drinking less and less of it. Gonna go back to counting!
Exercise: 4 sets of 15 reps- front and lateral raises, bent over fly, Arnold/shoulder press, full and hammer curls, kickbacks w/palms towards me and w/palms forward, and chair dips. My left foot/ankle is bothering me today so I went on a longer walk with one of my friends- 3.8 miles. I'm really hoping that if I just give it some rest I'll be fine.
First day of work is this Saturday too! Wish me luck!
Food: oatmeal w/pb and a glass of soymilk, apple, 2 eggs w/2 slices of toast, a small hand full of peanuts, a light strawberry yogurt, a lasagna Florentine, and a tb of Almond Butter.
Calories: 1470
Protein: 65.5 g
No vitamin. :(
Water: I'm noticing that I've been drinking less and less of it. Gonna go back to counting!
Exercise: 4 sets of 15 reps- front and lateral raises, bent over fly, Arnold/shoulder press, full and hammer curls, kickbacks w/palms towards me and w/palms forward, and chair dips. My left foot/ankle is bothering me today so I went on a longer walk with one of my friends- 3.8 miles. I'm really hoping that if I just give it some rest I'll be fine.
Claire: Day 31
I just double checked my calendar to see how long I've been doing this thing "officially." 31 DAYS! That has to be a record for me sticking with changing my eating habits, regularly exercising and all! WOO!!
Food: oatmeal w/pb, soymilk and a light peach yogurt, a half pbj sandwich, an iced skinny latte, 2 Reese's Peanut Butter cups, and a lasagna Florentine.
Calories: 1340
Protein: 55 g
Exercise: ran 3.5 miles
Today I had my new job's orientation and during our break they set out this HUGE bowl of candy. I mean beastly big bowl, filled to the top with Reese's, snack/bite size Hersey bars, Whoppers, and more. Normal I would have had one, and then another and another- never really stopping munching kind of thing. I mean free candy, come on! But tonight I had one and savored it. And right before the end of the whole meeting I had just one more. It was unreal. I was fine having two Reese's. This is a BIG deal. I ran home after the meeting too. It started raining about two minutes after I left. Made it home in record time! Plus I was carrying a big folder full of work stuff. Feeling proud!
Food: oatmeal w/pb, soymilk and a light peach yogurt, a half pbj sandwich, an iced skinny latte, 2 Reese's Peanut Butter cups, and a lasagna Florentine.
Calories: 1340
Protein: 55 g
Exercise: ran 3.5 miles
Today I had my new job's orientation and during our break they set out this HUGE bowl of candy. I mean beastly big bowl, filled to the top with Reese's, snack/bite size Hersey bars, Whoppers, and more. Normal I would have had one, and then another and another- never really stopping munching kind of thing. I mean free candy, come on! But tonight I had one and savored it. And right before the end of the whole meeting I had just one more. It was unreal. I was fine having two Reese's. This is a BIG deal. I ran home after the meeting too. It started raining about two minutes after I left. Made it home in record time! Plus I was carrying a big folder full of work stuff. Feeling proud!
L: Day 29
Today was a verry busy day today, so I didn't really have to worry about eating. Plus an early morning dentist visit that numbed half my mouth curbed the hunger as well.
Food:
Bowl honey nut cherrios, 1 protein bar, bread roll, 1 bag 100-calorie chips, 1 bowl tomato soup + toasted cheese sandwich, 1 banana, 1 100-calorie ice cream bar.
Calories: 1550
Vitamin: yes
Exercise: 1 hour moderate swimming (not real hard, but the sprints killed me a little)
Food:
Bowl honey nut cherrios, 1 protein bar, bread roll, 1 bag 100-calorie chips, 1 bowl tomato soup + toasted cheese sandwich, 1 banana, 1 100-calorie ice cream bar.
Calories: 1550
Vitamin: yes
Exercise: 1 hour moderate swimming (not real hard, but the sprints killed me a little)
Tuesday, June 8
L: Yippppe!!
I tried on a dress earlier tonight that I got for the Christmas of '08 but never seemed to fit right. It's a sleek little black dress, one that is hard to disquise the body under, meaning that I haven't even worn it outside the house yet.
And guess what.... IT FITS!!!!
Yahooo! Yay for results!
Also, I looked into the records of the adult swim team I'm on, and turns out I set a record for the top 12 in the mile swim I did last summer! All this time and I didn't know I made it (top 12 in the state. Way cool).
So I think that's the motivation I've been lacking.
Also (this is the last also. I promise) I was listening to the radio tonight and the topic was overweight teen girls and their self-esteem issues. I found myself nodding my head in agreement to nearly everything that was said. As I've said before, I have definite body issues, for accepting myself physically for what I am. I remember once taking someone's comment as "aren't you a curvy girl" as an insult, hinting that I was fat (granted, as I look back, this was the time where I was at my lightest weight and extremely fit). It's just so sad how I've let other people's comments bring me down over the years. Anyways, back to the talk show. Someone was saying that it's very popular to think that "if I could only look like THIS/ be THIS size, I would be happy", when infact, that idea is false. If one cannot accept themself for the way they are, no physical factor is going to boost that self esteem.
Now, while I have a certain size / weight that I would LIKE to be, I am no longer making that a priority. I am stepping back and working on accepting myself for who I am RIGHT NOW and going from there.
Just a little insight into my night.
And guess what.... IT FITS!!!!
Yahooo! Yay for results!
Also, I looked into the records of the adult swim team I'm on, and turns out I set a record for the top 12 in the mile swim I did last summer! All this time and I didn't know I made it (top 12 in the state. Way cool).
So I think that's the motivation I've been lacking.
Also (this is the last also. I promise) I was listening to the radio tonight and the topic was overweight teen girls and their self-esteem issues. I found myself nodding my head in agreement to nearly everything that was said. As I've said before, I have definite body issues, for accepting myself physically for what I am. I remember once taking someone's comment as "aren't you a curvy girl" as an insult, hinting that I was fat (granted, as I look back, this was the time where I was at my lightest weight and extremely fit). It's just so sad how I've let other people's comments bring me down over the years. Anyways, back to the talk show. Someone was saying that it's very popular to think that "if I could only look like THIS/ be THIS size, I would be happy", when infact, that idea is false. If one cannot accept themself for the way they are, no physical factor is going to boost that self esteem.
Now, while I have a certain size / weight that I would LIKE to be, I am no longer making that a priority. I am stepping back and working on accepting myself for who I am RIGHT NOW and going from there.
Just a little insight into my night.
Monday, June 7
Laila : Day 28
I've been a real butt about counting my calories lately. I don't think it's that I'm losing motivation....in fact I've been seeing results (on the scale, in workouts, and how my clothes are fitting). I'm not too sure what it is. All I know is that I need to get back on track.
Swim suit season is almost here (well it would be if this dang weather would cooperate), and I'm ALMOST ready!!! I'm workin hard to fit into some clothes from last year. I'm feeling really good about my results so far.
Water : 8 glasses
Vitamin: yes
Exercise: 30 min bike (burned about 350 calories), 15 min treadmil walk, 1/2 mi walk around the track, 30 min weights.
Swim suit season is almost here (well it would be if this dang weather would cooperate), and I'm ALMOST ready!!! I'm workin hard to fit into some clothes from last year. I'm feeling really good about my results so far.
Water : 8 glasses
Vitamin: yes
Exercise: 30 min bike (burned about 350 calories), 15 min treadmil walk, 1/2 mi walk around the track, 30 min weights.
Claire: Today's Update
Today I have been feeling so "blah." I don't know exactly why either.. But felt just plain crappy.
Food: oatmeal/pb and a glass of soymilk, iced tall latte (I asked for a "Skinny" but I'm not sure if that's what I got), light peach yogurt, tortilla, 3 eggs, apple sauce and a few green beans, and more pb.
Calories: WAY over- between 1707.5 and 1785.5
Protein: 71 g
Vitamin: the last one, till I buy some more.
Exercise: 3 sets of 10 reps- push ups normal and push ups on knees, set of 20 reps- low rows, high rows, rach pulls, chair dips and lat pulls; then a 4.2 mi run (1.2 of those miles were the warm-up/cool down walk section).
Food: oatmeal/pb and a glass of soymilk, iced tall latte (I asked for a "Skinny" but I'm not sure if that's what I got), light peach yogurt, tortilla, 3 eggs, apple sauce and a few green beans, and more pb.
Calories: WAY over- between 1707.5 and 1785.5
Protein: 71 g
Vitamin: the last one, till I buy some more.
Exercise: 3 sets of 10 reps- push ups normal and push ups on knees, set of 20 reps- low rows, high rows, rach pulls, chair dips and lat pulls; then a 4.2 mi run (1.2 of those miles were the warm-up/cool down walk section).
L: Day 27
Sorry this is a bit late.
Here's my update for SUnday.
Vitamin: yes
Water: 10 glasses
Food: 1 protein bar, 1 cup yogurt, 1 bowl soup, 17 veggie chips + dip (I counted them out),
dinner of pulled pork, 1/4 cup potato salad, and 1 smoked chicken breast.
Calories: The stuff I could count (everything but the dinner), added up to 690 calories.
Exercise: 30 min stationary bike, about 1/2 mile walking around the track, 20 min walking on treadmill, going up to 12% incline! And it hurt!
Here's my update for SUnday.
Vitamin: yes
Water: 10 glasses
Food: 1 protein bar, 1 cup yogurt, 1 bowl soup, 17 veggie chips + dip (I counted them out),
dinner of pulled pork, 1/4 cup potato salad, and 1 smoked chicken breast.
Calories: The stuff I could count (everything but the dinner), added up to 690 calories.
Exercise: 30 min stationary bike, about 1/2 mile walking around the track, 20 min walking on treadmill, going up to 12% incline! And it hurt!
Sunday, June 6
Claire: Beginning of Week 4
Food: oatmeal w/pb, apple, Subway Veggie Patty Sandwich w/Pepper Jack cheese and lots of veggies, soymilk, a light peach yogurt, green beans, and refried beans.
Calories: 1345
Protein: 68.5 g
Vitamin: I forgot.
Exercise: 30 mins on Spin bike (10.24 mi), about a mile's worth of laps on a track w/intervals, and then a treadmill interval workout w/ intervals of 5mph @ 0% incline, and 3.5 mph @ 50% incline.
Went to a local gym/community center with Laila and holy cow was it muggy in there! Sweaty, sweaty, sweaty! I had planned to have a picnic with a couple of my friends, sadly WA weather was at it's "finest" and it hasn't stopped raining ALL DAY. No joke it rained 18 straight days in May. And every day of June except for yesterday. Blarg! I wish it would at least seem more like summer now that it's June. Well at least I got a good workout in!
Calories: 1345
Protein: 68.5 g
Vitamin: I forgot.
Exercise: 30 mins on Spin bike (10.24 mi), about a mile's worth of laps on a track w/intervals, and then a treadmill interval workout w/ intervals of 5mph @ 0% incline, and 3.5 mph @ 50% incline.
Went to a local gym/community center with Laila and holy cow was it muggy in there! Sweaty, sweaty, sweaty! I had planned to have a picnic with a couple of my friends, sadly WA weather was at it's "finest" and it hasn't stopped raining ALL DAY. No joke it rained 18 straight days in May. And every day of June except for yesterday. Blarg! I wish it would at least seem more like summer now that it's June. Well at least I got a good workout in!
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