hmmm .. not happy

well ..

let me rephrase .. im am currently at 150 ...which is good ..but i have been stuck at this weight for a bit .. which means ..i need to do one of the "things" to get over this "pause" . ..

however .. i am losing inches .. i am officially in my "didn't fit pants" .. .

15 lbs

thats all i have to say .. .and im 2 measly pounds away from the 140's .. sweet!

the good, the bad and the skinny

alright so good new or bad news first?

bad news - i caved and had some mc'd french fries .. it was so good ..and so bad ..and im not sure if it was worth it or not

good news - haven't really noticed much weight loss lately.. but i did notice that my pants have a little more room .. . nice!

End of Week 2

Alright .. so lessons lessons lessons ...


well im down to 153 .. not as much progress as I would like .. but its something .. and I did pretty damn good (not great ..)

so i went to the state fair on friday .. oh my gosh .. that was a bad idea ..(but i did good!) i didn't have anything to eat . ..and i wanted everythign .. . corn dogs ..corn on the cob ..(x3) and fries .. oh jeex! so yeah for me!

satruday was a bbq ... and i did very well as well ..

sunday i went to california pizza kitchen wiht friends and got a roasted vegetable salad .. with a vinagerette dressing .. .

umm hell yeah.. i wanted to be bad all weekend and all i wanted was deep fried foods, starches and butter ..lol .. all the "good" things in life ...

so yeah to learning about portion size and also learning to pick when im going to "cheat" and have a bad day .. .!

d-day

ok well not quite d-day ..but anyway .. . it has been 1 week .. and ..the results (drumroll please) .. . 5 lbs .. do u know what this means ladies (and gentleman)? Thats right ..not only am i beneath the dreaded 160 range .. i am at 155 .. and that means im so much close to a 140 range .. . etc etc .. (I think you see where this is going) ...

so the good news ..this diet is doable .. .and I see results ..

the bad news .. its a diet ..and i still crave fries, onion rings, pasta .. .:(

the other good news is ..biggest loser is on again .. and somehow i get addicted to this show like craxy ...tuesday nights!

i can't wait till week 2 .. . do you think I will be under 150???

alright now we are talking!

Ok . .so the new diet .. "thing" im trying is HCG (you want more details .. feel free to email me at lysh05@gmail.com and i'll hook you up with my connections!)

Anyway . .so essentially .. the way this thing works .. is i take the hcg .. and i eat a very specific amount of food .. . 2 starches ..2 fruits .. 2 veggies and 2 proteins a day ..

Its not easy ..but its very easy to motivate yourself .. while the wieght comes off .. .

it will be 1 week tomorrow ..and i have lost 2 lbs .. not great ..but defintely motivating .. .

Now .. this blog is about honestly ..so i will tell you my thoughts

1. Pretty sure I dont believe the hype about hcg
2. Pretty sure it still is mentally motivating me ..and therefore worth every damn penny
3. It is teaching me some great things .. for example . ..portion size(always been my hard thing) .. .eating healthy good foods ..and if i cheat ..i cheat small .. for example

yesterday we had a family bbq ..and there was lots and lots of food ... so I had a turkey burger (with no bun) and my healthy avocoda salsa .. .then i really really wanted all the yummy desserts ..but instead my mom .. had dessert and i had one small bite of cheesecake ..and 1 small bite of blackberry cobbler. and then 1 chocolate dipped strawberry ... now u may think this is horrible or great ..but let me tell u .. before i would have had 1 slice of cheescake .. some cobbler and a couple strawberries .. .

so ... my feelings so far .. is that this diet is 1. managable 2. i am losing the wieght ..and 3 ..i have good hopes that i can continue to lose the weight .. .

we shall see if i am on the money or not. :)

whoops btw .. i have lost 4 lbs .. in 1 week .. .

Eek! Goal???

Ok so I have a little over a week to accomplish my goal of 10 lbs. Can i do it? Well so far i have lost 6 lbs ... so i have a weekish to lose 4 lbs ... this is going to be tough ....

On to some new goals ...

well .. .I will be starting a new diet-ish thing .. Monday .. .for 6 full weeks ... it will be hardcore ..so we shall see how that goes ..(more details to come)

On to other news ... here are my goals

1. no more coffee. check. goal accomplished.
2. no more soda. at all. eek! tough one
3. stick to diet-thing for 6 weeks

I think that is all I can manage ..but Im sure I can do it ... So I will post very soon my new "uber-secret" 6 week thing. More to come! Wish me luck!

Week ?

ok ok ..so i suck at this .. .but im trying to not be hard on myself ..and realize this is a lifestyle change ..not just a diet for 2 months .. .

so here is what i have "accomplished" and yes i do use this word ever so lightly

1. no more coffee - offically complete i believe
2. drinking more water (although even more could be better)
3. gym has been a hit 3-4 times a week ..
4. i am eating less starches at dinner ..but its hit and miss ...


so on to the new stuff .. im quitting soda .. .oh i hate saying it!!!i hate it!! i definetly love diet soda . .. diet coke ..is my crack .. and diet dr. pepper is my heroin .. .i can't help it .. HOWEVER .. .

the goals for this week are set:

1. Soda 2 times a week ... (im sorry i can't go cold turkey..its just to hard - im weak)
2. gym 4x this week .. ..i have an occasional gym buddie emily ..so this should help
3. continue with the rest of the goals ...

what do i think? hmmm i think these is definetely a step in the right direction ..and yes i seem to be taking my sweet time about this .. however. ..life changes ..not temp changes ... here is looking till next week :)

Goals for Week 2

Alright so week 1 did not go so well .. however its ok .. i got a little un-motivated .. i think for 2 reasons .. 1. i saw my weight ..ouch 166 lbs .. and 2. my goal seemed so far off

so to fix this .. i am going to have a smaller goal .. (a short term one) my long term goal will still be the same ..but that way i can have a bit more confidence and not think "its impossible"

so my goal is to lose 10 lbs in 1 month ..that is 09/10/2009. Ok it is stated .. . now here are my weekly goals

1. eat breakfast every day!
2. drink water (no more coffee)
3. eat 5 meals a day
4. no starches/carbs for dinner

Also I would like to go to the gym 4 days this week. I am also going to set up a workout plan (roberts plans and mine are a bit different and i think i need something more structured.) However, I did learn a good lesson from him. i need to definetly be lifting more than I am.

wish me luck!

Day 2/3

Alright so this is the reason for the blog ..so i can figure out what i need to improve on ..

easily done after looking at the last 2 days ...so it was tondra's birthday and we went to chinese ..and then had ice cream cake ..so the day did not go so well ...and i was so tired .. that i forgot to grab breakfast ..or even do my sits up in the morning ..

so resolution

1) Need to make a better plan that is visible so I know what is going on
2) Need to post a sign for me to remember to do the morning warm-up ..i keep forgetting about that

alright so i now .. lets see where we are at

plans:

- going to eat a healthy lunch (tuna sandwhich)
- going to get my shots, go to the gym, and go grocery shopping

DAY 2

Ok ...well first off i think more creative blog title names will be in need once i am done with week 1 .. but anyway ...

started off my morning with this:

25 situps
25 crunches
25 pushups ...

this is supposedly so my body gets a pumpin and moving ..and hopefully that works .. not sure if i should do more or not .. do i need to be working up a sweat or??? better ask the "trainer"

also breakfast

1 cup of coffee (with cream and sugar) - i plan to remove this from my diet week 2 .. .no more coffee ..so sad
had a fiber breakfast bar ... 35% of my daily fiber 130 calories saturated fat is 2.5g or 13% ...

I do have to mention that I will not have a great dinner as we are doing a farewell dinner for reuben (my cousin) at chin wah (chinese resteraunt) ...

i wonder if i get a cheat meal a week? hmmm

Week 1: Workout 1

Alright so the first work out went so so .. .

I did a 5 min warm up on the bike
10 minutes running (alternate speeds, each for a minute)
10 minutes on the eliptical (random setting)
10 minutes on the stair stepper (alternated between 2 different settings)

then i went to the machines ...

leg press at 115 lbs
hamstring at 50 lbs
unable to find the v squat .. nobody had heard of it ..so i did the opposite of the leg press (forgive my ignorance) and i forget what weight i did it at ..opps

I then did 25 crunches ..and thats it (this is where i kind of faltered) .. however in my defense when we went jet skiing this weekend i did something to my neck and it hurts to turn it in either direction ..the crunches were not helping

i then went home ..and took the dogs on a 30 minute walk

so .. like i said so so ..lets see what robert has to say .. .

Week 1: Eating

ok ..well .. i have been so busy (I know i know make time for yourself .. .blah!) so i have not set up an exact schedule yet .. half the time I forget to grab breakfast ..my bad . . .

however I will try to do a food diary ..we will start with today and dinner

Dinner:

1 bowl of turkey chilli
- black beans
- kidney beans
- tomatoes
- corn
- onion & spices
-non fat cheese and non fat sour cream

-hmmm not horrible . .not amaxing ..its the cheese that throws it off .. .but not bad for throwing stuff together when i didn't want to go shopping ..

Week 1: Workout Plan

Alright so this is the workout plan that robert created for me for week one:

30 minutes cardio (10 minutes on stair stepper)
--- i assume he is not going to let me cheat and do the stair glider things ..or the eliptical :(

Leg Press - 3 sets of 10 -push weight with hells and squeeze butt as u push
V- Squat 3 sets of 10
Hamstring curl - 3 sets of 10

More crunches and situps -using decline crunch bench

Then he writes .. this is pretty much just a warm up ..lunges, obliques, lowerback, hips and more lunges? huh ..im lost .. hmm well first day at the gym .. so i will test this out ..

--- i do this 3x the first week ..
---go to the gym 4x a week
--- every morning i do crunches and situps


So far my personal trainer needs to be a bit more clear ..on the warm up ..and crunches part ...