perfect diet day

hey everyone!

today has gone so smoothly, i love this feeling. i hit the gym after work for weights and 45 minutes of cardio. i came home, had a lean pocket (yummm) and then went on a 35 minute walk with my sister. that means 80 minutes of cardio! i'm sure this won't be the norm but it felt good :) i am pooped now though.

might stop for a mcdonalds frozen yogurt as a treat...i've been so good all day, i deserve it.

ta ta mis amigos

back in the saddle again

yes, i'm finally feeling it again! inspiration! woo!! i have to admit, i've let my dieting and exercise slack lately. i've been pretty good but not as good as i knew i could be. oh well. sometimes i get sick of counting points and going to the gym and i rebel. but luckily, i caught it early this time.

new plan:
-gym at least 3 days a week
-walk outside on days off
-watch less tv, get outside more and enjoy the pretty weather
-read more
-cut back on wine during the week
-go to bed early
-pack a healthy lunch every night

so these are my goals for the month of may. today has been good so far, i'm excited for this new motivation.

i know i need to get back to the gym and really push myself. i started to notice new definition in my legs, a "new muscle" as i tell my boyfriend. its right above my knee (i don't have muscular legs...well i guess i do now but never have before) and its very nice. i can't wait to see what else lies beneath the fat!!

weight: 136 :( boo. weekend weight i'm hoping.

what do you use for motivation?

rain rain go away

so...not much to say but TGIF everyone!! :)

i need to slow my roll with the eating and drinking. i've gone a little too far this week. oh well, sometimes you need a break. monday is a fresh start. i'm going to a baseball game tonight....rain or shine. and its definitely raining! yuck! spring showers bring may flowers :)

have a great weekend blogging buddies!

blogging & brownies

weight: 133.5

i've been a bad blogger, i admit. i've been watching my food intake, but letting myself slip here or there. i dont know what it is about getting off work on a beautiful spring day that makes me want to sit outside of my favorite mexican restaurant, eat chips and salsa and drink a frozen margarita. but hey, i'm young and as they say, you only live once.

but that's not to say i'm not watching what i eat the other 85% of the time. i'm a good dieter. i'm perfect at work, it's actually pretty weird. because once i get home i have these cravings and sometimes i give in.



i know you've all probably heard of no pudge fudge brownies but WOW. they are sooo good. the best part is you can make single servings. for those of you who love chocolate but have a problem with portion control, these are the brownies for you. all you do is add fat free vanilla yogurt (or plain yogurt with a splash of vanilla extract) to the mix and pop it in the microwave for 1 minute. it comes out as a hot, fudgy brownie bowl that is DELICIOUS. tastes just like the real thing if you ask me. add some fat free cool whip and its a delicious 2-3 point treat. you REALLY have to try these. so good. i've never made a batch of them, i'm sticking with the single servings.

hope everyone had a good week! i'll try to be a better blogger!!

t g i f

so its that time again. TOTM. blah. i hate it. the good news is i'm at 134, during this bloated, fat feeling, time of the month. so hopefully by monday i will be down a few. you know what? my clothes feel better, i've been working out harder, so i feel good. i need to stop obsessing about that damn number! go away scale, you're evil!!

this weekend i'm going to go to my boyfriend's little sister's soccer game. maybe some shopping, and plenty of relaxing :) it should be wonderful!! :) have a great weekend everyone!!

hump day binge drinking

ugh. why do i do this to myself? i stayed up until 1:30 last night drinking at my boyfriends house. his roommates had an inpromptu wednesday night party and i decided to join in. bf went to bed and i stayed up wayyy too late and drank too much. i am feeling the repurcussions as we speak. i came in late to work. i feel like shit. oh well. i guess sometimes i forget that i'm not in college anymore. or maybe i wish i still was?

so i've been a bad blogger. but don't think i've stopped my healthy lifestyle. aside from last night, i've been GREAT all week. i've just been to busy to blog at work. i'm down to 133 which is great. however, the scale said 130.5 this morning. i am extremely dehydrated though so we'll see what it says tmw. :)

had sushi last night with my bf and STOPPED...*gasp*...when i was full! i made myself put the chop sticks down and i felt so much better afterward. usually we order WAY too much sushi and i end up helping him finish it. but this time, i didnt. yay me :)

hope everyone is doing good! i've been reading all of your blogs :)

later alligator!!

100 calorie ice cream sandwiches

SO YUMMY!!

slim-a-bear 100 calorie vanilla or chocolate ice cream sandwiches

i love me some friday

slight movement: 133.5

well i guess 131 came and went! oh well! i will keep pressing on. my weight fluctuates and i'm okay with that. so, i went to the gym last night. there is nothing like seeing a former sorority sister that makes you push yourself just a litttttle bit harder on the treadmill and elliptical. i really pushed myself and i did 25 mins of cardio. yay me :) considering how tired i was after work, this is definitely a good thing. i need to get at least 30 mins in and i need to add another day of cardio i think. i've only been going 2 days a week and sometimes i take a walk on sunday afternoons for an hour.

not much planned for the weekend, hopefully it will be relaxing :) hope everyone has a good one!!

up up and away!

so i'm back up to 134. i'm not changing my side panel. why? because i dont want to. okay okay, maybe i will but not today. hehe :)

going to the gym tonight after work...in a couple of minutes actually. i hope the weather warms up so i can start running outside again, i like the challenge.

i guess thats it. work has been busy and i've been eating healthy. (aside for the easter candy i ate last night...oops!!). thank god tommorow is friday :)

where, oh where, have i been?

nowhere. i guess i've just been too lazy to blog. i think i'm in a non-diet but still eating healthy mood this week. i just feel really hungry. i dont know what my problem is. oh well. i didnt weigh myself this morning. but monday i was 134. weekend weight i think, who knows. im not changing my side panel, im going to see what it has to say on friday and go from there.

i think its pms. i'm just in a blah mood. i think i'm going to have a snack...be back tmw when i'm more exciting :) hehe

sushi & the evil scale

went to sushi last night and actually restrained myself. my sister ordered a lobster roll, which had fried lobster in it. i only had 1! yay :) the rest was alaskan roll, california roll & a philadelphia roll. the philly roll had a small amount of cream cheese in it, but it was worth it!

i'm so happy its friday. i'm tired this morning though!

scale: 131.0 :)

this low carb thing is working. i do eat bread and fruit, just not as much as i used to. i think cutting back is helping me get over my plateau.

i almost bought a new scale last night because i felt as if mine was lying to me. but i was happy to see it decided to be friendly this morning.

have a great weekend!!

faster....faster!

this is my 100th post...wow!!

went to the gym last night and got on the treadmill. i wasn't really feeling it so i decided that i would run faster for a shorter amount of time. i usually run around 4.8ish (i'm slow but it feels fast...and i have short legs hehe). yesterday i ran for 15 minutes, with 1 minute intervals at 5.0, 5.2, 5.6, 5.8. wowie. it was fast. i then walked and then ran more at 5.0. i ran for a total of 25 minutes and walked for 10. i'm pretty happy about it and i burned more calories on the treadmill than usual, which was very nice :)

not much is new, still trying to stay low on the carb front. i had some wheat bread yesterday with peanut butter for lunch. today i brought 2 hard boiled eggs, string cheese, turkey slices stuffed with laughing cow, baked chicken (i made it last night, delicious), broccoli and a fiber one bar. so i should be good to go. i probably won't eat all of that bc i want to save my points for tonight. going to dinner with my sister for applebee's weight watchers menu. i really like that cheesy chicken they have :)



alright...back to work.
HAPPY HUMP DAY! :o)

monday monday, can't trust that day

i am so lazy today! i think its the whole monday thing. not much to say. i had a good weekend. ate pretty low carb and didn't go out saturday night. so that was good!! i had mexican on saturday though, it's turning into my weekly splurge.

scale this morning: 133.5 <--weekend weight?

going to the gym tonight...maybe. its so beautiful, i'm thinking i should run outside. yesterday my sis and i went for a 55 minute walk! WOOHOO! :)

hope everyone has a great monday...

one thirty two

down one more lb!

scale: 132.0

yes!! looks like this lower carb eating is helping me get over my plateau :) love it!

boring post

this one is going to be boring, sorry!!

scale this morning: 133

ate low carb today except for a fiber one bar and a miller lite. went to the gym for 45 minutes of cardio, only 14 minutes of running but i ran at 5.1 instead of 4.7 so i think that made a huge difference. i think i need to do some more interval training (ala couch potato to 5k) and run faster. or maybe i should work on distance? i don't know. i also did the elliptical for 15 minutes...i was only going to go for 5 but the minimum time you can set is 10 so i made myself push through. tricky little elliptical.

anyway, it was a good day. tommorow i am going over to a friend's house for a girls night. she told me to bring an appetizer and/or drinks but stressed "no weight watchers on girls night!!". well seeing as i'm the only one who's on ww she was definitely directing that towards me. i feel like when people say things like that they have no respect for what you are doing and maybe don't want you to get too skinny?. i know what i want to do and i know how to get there and i don't need anyone encouraging a setback. i'm going to drink red wine or bacardi and diet coke and bring some low fat apps. take that! girls are so petty.

do you ever feel like people don't want you to lose weight? or try to sabotage you? (not to be dramatic but you know what i mean)

ok i'm sleepy...see you in the morning :)

running on empty...literally

hey there!

so today i finally got back to the gym, after 6 days of being away. it was an okay run, i guess since i started back on the low carb thing yesterday, i felt like i was just running out of steam. i ran for 20 minutes, in intervals and walked for 30. then i hit the elliptical for another 10 minutes. i definitely pushed myself and was happy with myself for at least doing some sort of movement.



i just had a really yummy dinner. gordon's shrimp scampi (10 shrimp in a buttery creamy sauce = 3.5 pts), a vegetable boca burger (1 pt), small slice of avocado and sprinkle of cheddar cheese (1 pt for both) and some brocoli on the side. i was so stuffed!! i was dipping my brocoli in the shrimp scampi sauce, YUMMY! i think i may just eat the shrimp scampi on top of the brocoli next time so that the brocoli catches the extra sauce. the sauce was so rich.

scale this a.m.: 133.5...come on, don't stop now scale, we only lost 1 lb :) hehe

what is your favorite boca burger or boca product?

what a difference a week makes!

so if you recall i was doing the low carb thing last week. during the week (mon-fri) i didn't eat any bread, i did eat fruit and i drank a few glasses of wine. during the week i went from 137 (which i admit was mostly water weight) down to 132 on saturday. it was amazing. since i'm usually 134, i would say that i have lost 2 lbs. i indulged in some carbs over the weekend but here i am, back on track and no breads for this girl this week!!

i finally feel like its starting to work. i'm starting to "look skinny". my roommate, my sister, my coworkers and my boyfriend have all made comments this week about how i look skinny. yesterday my roommate said, "i meant to tell you earlier, you look really good, how much weight have you lost?" ... maybe its me, but that may be one of the best feelings in the world. i think its just a sense of accomplishment more than anything else. that my hard work is paying off. that my point counting and daily trips to the grocery store are working! :) yay!
i hate to keep talking about myself, but....i'm going to. haha! i went to a bridal shower saturday and went to put on an outfit i wore to my graduation last year. size 4 white pants from banana republic and a pretty navy blue & white top from ann taylor loft. both were snug, the top was snug in the chest and the pants just didn't fit. so i went to try them on and they slipped right on, and zipped, no problem! woo!!!

okay enough about me....

what do you use for motivation? a pair of jeans, a dress? a smaller size?

quick weekend weigh-in

so just a quick post. i've had some carbs this weekend but still tried to stick to protein and veggies for the most part.

saturday: 132

sunday: 133.5

just want to keep track of what that damn scale says so i can try to see any patterns. i'll be back to low carb this coming week but i'm glad the scale is moving!! :)

miso happy

YES! WOOHOO! the scale has finally budged!
scale: 133

initially i did my personal scale ritual like sonya - strip naked, activate scale. step slowly, one foot. lightly with the other. take a deep breath. concentrate. will the scale to tell me a lower number. repeat 3-4 times depending on consistency of number. hehe :) first it said 131.5 and i knew that was way too low. i had to redo it. 133. then 133 again. so there we have it people. i went from 136 on monday to 133 today (while PMSing) and i think its due to this low carb thing....so far so good :) i just hope it doesn't all come back once i start eating breads again. i know that happens but i'm going to try to stay low cal.

today i tried panera bread's low fat garden vegetable soup. it was yummy and only 90 calories for a serving. it tasted like tomato soup with a lot of veggies thrown in. there were some beans in it but not very many so we're all good on the carb front.



new favorite thing: instant miso soup. just add hot water!! only 35 calories and i'm having it as a mid afternoon snack, its yummy and easy to make at work. i bought mine at safeway.

alright, hope everyone has a great weekend!! toodles poodles! hehe

one thirty four

back down to 134!! nice! size 4 work pants, feelin looser. this low carb thing seems to be working.



i am getting sick of eating eggbeaters every day for breakfast but i can see a light at the end of the tunnel. i just want to drop a few more lbs sometime soon. i've been going back and forth between 134 and 136 for the past 2 months. come on fat, fall off already!!

went to the gym last night, i'm still feeling kind of low energy bc of this low carb thing. i ran for 15 mins, walked for 10 uphill and hit the elliptical for 5. i just wasn't feeling the gym last night. i need to hit up the red bull before i go next time. i'm thinking i might head back tmw.

so, sanjaya seems to be sticking around on AI. strange. i feel for him though, he looks like such a genuinely nice kid, he just can't sing. he reminds me of that guy last season, chicken little. he really didn't have that great of a voice and he lasted so long. good for him.

almost friday :) this weekend should be pretty mellow. i have a bridal shower to go to which will probably mean appetizers, wine, and maybe champagne? i plan on going for a run before hand.



all this bridal stuff! i guess i'm getting to that age where everyone is settling down. going to all of these wedding events and buying all of these presents seems to be a running theme in my life lately. don't get me wrong, i love the excitement of it all. but it's starting to become a little bit much, i have 3 more wedding to go to this year. which means 2 engagement parties, 3 bridal showers, 2 more bachelorette parties, and a rehearsal dinner. GEEZ.

i'm a bridesmaid in one wedding. the dresses are from jcrew...so it's going to be a very beachy/low key feel to it. but according to my friends who already bought the dress, its tight in the chest. my one friend wears a size 4 and she had to buy a size 8. i wear a size 4/6 so i'm thinking a 10? why does that number bother me so much? i know what size i am but it seems like wearing that number will just make me feel fat. no offense to the size 10s but ive never worn a 10. i'm a small framed person for the most part.

why do sizes matter so much??

oh well...i'm rambling about weddings. off to a meeting!

menu:
breakfast: eggbeaters (ehhhh) & turkey bacon
snack: brocoli
lunch: leftover salmon, mushrooms & brocoli/cauliflower medley
snack: apple?
dinner: no clue yet?