Tips for sucessful weight loss in college:
1. If it's been fried, stay away. Once a week is okay, but no more than that. This includes fried chicken sandwiches, french fries, and chicken nuggets. [This is surprisingly a pretty easy goal to meet!]
2. Stay away from high fat foods at the dining hall. [This year I have been checking the online dining hall menu before every meal to find low fat foods. I was shocked when the majority of foods there have 10+ grams of fat per serving. I'm much more conscious of the food choices I make there. Instead of picking things that I think will just taste good, I go for the things that are good for me. :) ]
3. Lots of water! This means no sodas, teas, or coffee. [This has been an easy for me because I hopped on the water train this past summer. I can drink water day in and day out and it's the best :). There have been a few late nights and early mornings that I grabbed a caffeinated drink on the way to class, but I'm doing really good sticking to water everywhere else!]
4. Live on the opposite side of campus from your classes! [This tip is mostly about walking. I happen to live on the opposite side of campus from ALL of my classes. So everyday I am walking at least 1.75 miles just to get to class, sometimes I do it twice. It is true that I have a bicycle now and I ride that to class sometimes, but have I mentioned how hilly campus is? :D]
5. Stay positive. Keep it up! You can do it! [Even if people aren't saying anything directly to you, they sure are noticing your new fabulousness.]
I realized it had been awhile again since I'd last blogged. College life gets hectic, especially when you attend an NCAA football school and happen to be in the marching band.
I've been feeling kind of discouraged and stagnating for awhile now. But then I have to start thinking about the numbers and everything doesn't seem so bad.
I started this journey at 228 pounds. Right now, I weigh 195! That's a different of 33 pounds! Holy shiznit, that's a lot!
Most mornings I still don't feel any different. I still feel like that really fat girl that everybody is friends with cause she's kind of funny. And then I put on a tank top that shows off my skinny waist and I feel amazing again.
I need more clothes that make me feel amazing. Wearing the same bulky clothes that I had to wedge myself into 30 pounds ago isn't very inspiring. I see a shopping trip or two in the future.
Love and kisses and lots if inspiration,
the Bob
P.S. Today's title is a throwback to our first marching show of the season which was Beach Music and Jimmy Buffet inspired.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Her face is a map of the world
Today, M went to go get her hair cut. She likes me to go with her to Cost Cutters to sit and wait with her and then see the results when she's done. I like to go and look at their OPI nail polish selection. It's been a few weeks since M has been (she tends to go every 6 weeks, lately more). Instead of sitting inside to wait, I walked around the shopping center in the hot sun, hotness. I got a little more sweaty that my liking, but I at least got some walking in instead of sitting on my bum waiting.
I came back just as M was getting done. The same lady always cuts M's hair and she knows us pretty well by now. When I got back looking kind of hot, she asked if I had been out running or something. I just told her I been walking around the shopping center. She was like yay for getting exercising in. (M has been telling her about our walking and Salon Lady has been trying to loose weight too.) She looked me up and down and then told me she could tell it was working. I looked nice and that I used to be "thick".
Now I know that was supposed to be a compliment and everything, but the only thing I heard in that entire statement was "Damn you used to be fat. At least you're doing something about it now." I'm not one to usually focus on the negative in situations, I try to be positive and think of the fun in everything.
I knew comments like this would happen if I lost weight. Things like, how much better I look now and good I look. To me, it feels like a slap in the face. Like I was just ugly and fat before and no one said anything.
It's like this little cycle of negative feelings. To get myself out of the depressive spiral, I am going to remember five positives everyday to remind myself of how awesome I am and how much awesome-r I'm getting!
Five Positives:
1. I fit into a lot of gorgeous clothes I never thought I would wear again
2. I have WAY MORE energy to walk around and move!
3. I get to spend quality time with M during the walk/runs
4. I will be more fit and fabulous for marching band season
5. My body feels awesome!
Did I mention I went to Old Navy today? I was wearing a Size 16 at Old Navy and I know their sizes run larger than most stores. They had a fab sale today. I picked up a skirt for $6.50! I grabbed a size 14 since I knew I've lost weight (my size 16 jeans from Old Navy are falling off me!). I wasn't really expecting the skirt to fit quite yet but I went to try it on anyway to see how far away I was from the skirt fitting.
Surprise surprise. The skirt fit! I went out and told M I had good news and bad news. The good news? The skirt fit. The bad news? None of my size 16 skirts from Old Navy probably fit anymore. Oh well :)
That just made me feel fabulous!
Friday Favourites:
1.OPI Muppets Nail Collection Sneaks
2. Custom Printed Yoga Mats (Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Dino yoga mats! Too bad its $85 bucks a pop!)
3. Sweet Tomatoes
4. Self - Your Best Butt, Fast! Workout
5. Dino Vandelism
Have a great weekend, chicos!
I came back just as M was getting done. The same lady always cuts M's hair and she knows us pretty well by now. When I got back looking kind of hot, she asked if I had been out running or something. I just told her I been walking around the shopping center. She was like yay for getting exercising in. (M has been telling her about our walking and Salon Lady has been trying to loose weight too.) She looked me up and down and then told me she could tell it was working. I looked nice and that I used to be "thick".
Now I know that was supposed to be a compliment and everything, but the only thing I heard in that entire statement was "Damn you used to be fat. At least you're doing something about it now." I'm not one to usually focus on the negative in situations, I try to be positive and think of the fun in everything.
I knew comments like this would happen if I lost weight. Things like, how much better I look now and good I look. To me, it feels like a slap in the face. Like I was just ugly and fat before and no one said anything.
It's like this little cycle of negative feelings. To get myself out of the depressive spiral, I am going to remember five positives everyday to remind myself of how awesome I am and how much awesome-r I'm getting!
Five Positives:
1. I fit into a lot of gorgeous clothes I never thought I would wear again
2. I have WAY MORE energy to walk around and move!
3. I get to spend quality time with M during the walk/runs
4. I will be more fit and fabulous for marching band season
5. My body feels awesome!
Did I mention I went to Old Navy today? I was wearing a Size 16 at Old Navy and I know their sizes run larger than most stores. They had a fab sale today. I picked up a skirt for $6.50! I grabbed a size 14 since I knew I've lost weight (my size 16 jeans from Old Navy are falling off me!). I wasn't really expecting the skirt to fit quite yet but I went to try it on anyway to see how far away I was from the skirt fitting.
Surprise surprise. The skirt fit! I went out and told M I had good news and bad news. The good news? The skirt fit. The bad news? None of my size 16 skirts from Old Navy probably fit anymore. Oh well :)
That just made me feel fabulous!
Friday Favourites:
1.OPI Muppets Nail Collection Sneaks
2. Custom Printed Yoga Mats (Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Dino yoga mats! Too bad its $85 bucks a pop!)
3. Sweet Tomatoes
4. Self - Your Best Butt, Fast! Workout
5. Dino Vandelism
Have a great weekend, chicos!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Hah! New Challenges!
The family get together was nice today. It was nice to see people I saw a few weeks ago. I'm getting to know my extended family a little better. The weather was gorgeous and the food wasn't too heavy! I made a delicious veggie lasagna that was around 250 cals per serving! I had prolly half a serving and it was delicious! I don't even like regular lasagna!
I was kind of disappointed G didn't say anything about how I looked other than my dress was nice without being prompted. She told me a few times she really liked my dress (it's new, it was $12.5 on clearance at target and its like a cute, short floral summer dress). Then finally later M goes, does she look like she's lost any weight and G goes "Yeah yeah I can tell." Which pretty much means she didn't really notice. Le sigh.
It also just kind of makes me want to work harder so in the future it's like BAM! I'm awesome and fab!
Speaking of awesome and fab, after the walk tonight (and a tad bit of running), I came back and C was doing a Self Magazine workout video on the wii. She did "Bikini Ready Fast." It looked rather interesting. Glamorous girls on the beach working out with a constant stream of chatter to guide you through the workout. It looked like a refreshing change from Richard's "hug yourself" and "don't ever give up" mantra. I watched C finish up the workout and she said she could really feel it. She mentioned there were other Self workouts on Netflix so I decided I might check it out.
I debated on doing the "Slim and Sleek, Fast!" or the "Your Best Butt, Fast!" I want to work on getting slim but as everyone knows, I have a nice round butt. I finally asked M and she said the Butt one.
I watched the intro the to video and it sounded really exciting. Kickboxing?! I LOVE kicking stuff around campus: signs, trashcans, bins, buildings. Yoga? I love Yoga on the WiiFit and I just bought a beginners Yoga Dvd to try out doing a more smooth Yoga routine. Dance Moves? Hello! I love doing the Richard dances. I was really stoked to do the workout!
Warm-up: The warm up was nice and decent. Lots of walking and easy steps. It got my heart going and the constant reminder to think about my butt muscles made me really THINK and FEEL them working during my exercise.
Kickboxing: This was awesome! You start out with small moves and slowly add them together to move into fab kickboxing quick steps/kicks. I worked up a sweat and really jammed out during this portion. In terms of thinking/feeling butt muscles, I didn't do so well during most of this portion. I think I was too busy focusing on the moves still to really start honing in on the muscles working and tensing to firm that area.
Weights: This section was killer. I had to stop and just walk for a bit. Seriously. I'm not the best at lunges and squats. Fat thighs and weakish knees doesn't add up. Normally I could push myself through and finish it anyway, I'm a very determined gal, but after storming through Kickboxing, I just wasn't ready for the intense squats, pulses, and jumps this section entails. I will definitely try to work myself up to ace-ing this section.
Dance moves: This bit was good. I really could feel, think, and work my butt muscles during this section. It's like taking basic dance moves and slowing them down for maximum butt workout. I really enjoyed this. I could feel the workout here and it was good!
Yoga: This was AMAZING! I really loved the Yoga section! Like I mentioned before, I enjoy doing the Yoga poses on the Wiifit but I have a hard time trying to keep my stupid balance in the bubble or between the lines. I knew I wanted to look into some Yoga outside of that but I still haven't yet. This section really showed me how much I need to get into Yoga! The moves were very fluid and controlled. I could feel my body using my butt muscles in each movement to hold and strengthen my poses. I really felt like a got a good workout here! My only complaint was that I sweated so much during the previous sections that during the Downward Facing Dog, sweat kept running in my eyes. Eww.
Cool-Down: This was a great section. My heart had already cooled down some from doing the slow dance moves and then the Yoga and slower breathing. This section really focused on stretching out the muscles you used and I could feel it! I kept going "Oh oh oh!" during the stretches, it was rather obscene. Lol!
Overall Impression: I loved this video! I will definitely do it again! I think this week I will alternate nights of Richard Simmons and this video just to see how my butt muscles get worked (and to see if it helps with the losing weight!). It's a much more intense workout than Richard so I feel alternating them will really help to work my body.
Like I mentioned before, we haven't been doing Richard so I haven't lost any weight this week. I'm still sitting around 210-214. I really want to weigh 209 or less because then I won't be in the obese category anymore!
The new goals for the upcoming week:
-Walk every day, Run every other day or more
- Richard video every other night
- "Your Best Butt, Fast!" video every other night
- 50 crunches a day
- 15 arm curls with the 10 lb weight, a day
- Eat 400-500 calorie meals, focus especially on cutting back when eating out
- Limit number of snacks (no extras!) and keep calories under 150 per snack!!
Wow it's a lot of work! But I've been kind of slack lately so I need to work extra hard to keep up the weight loss and not let myself get into a rut. It's hard to stay motivated when the scale isn't moving.
I will try to be more accountable about my goals. Every Saturday night, I will start doing a recap of how well I accomplished my goals for the week. I'm hoping this will give me the much needed kick in the pants to jump start more weight loss!
I've rambled enough for tonight. G'night fabulous people!
I was kind of disappointed G didn't say anything about how I looked other than my dress was nice without being prompted. She told me a few times she really liked my dress (it's new, it was $12.5 on clearance at target and its like a cute, short floral summer dress). Then finally later M goes, does she look like she's lost any weight and G goes "Yeah yeah I can tell." Which pretty much means she didn't really notice. Le sigh.
It also just kind of makes me want to work harder so in the future it's like BAM! I'm awesome and fab!
Speaking of awesome and fab, after the walk tonight (and a tad bit of running), I came back and C was doing a Self Magazine workout video on the wii. She did "Bikini Ready Fast." It looked rather interesting. Glamorous girls on the beach working out with a constant stream of chatter to guide you through the workout. It looked like a refreshing change from Richard's "hug yourself" and "don't ever give up" mantra. I watched C finish up the workout and she said she could really feel it. She mentioned there were other Self workouts on Netflix so I decided I might check it out.
I debated on doing the "Slim and Sleek, Fast!" or the "Your Best Butt, Fast!" I want to work on getting slim but as everyone knows, I have a nice round butt. I finally asked M and she said the Butt one.
I watched the intro the to video and it sounded really exciting. Kickboxing?! I LOVE kicking stuff around campus: signs, trashcans, bins, buildings. Yoga? I love Yoga on the WiiFit and I just bought a beginners Yoga Dvd to try out doing a more smooth Yoga routine. Dance Moves? Hello! I love doing the Richard dances. I was really stoked to do the workout!
Warm-up: The warm up was nice and decent. Lots of walking and easy steps. It got my heart going and the constant reminder to think about my butt muscles made me really THINK and FEEL them working during my exercise.
Kickboxing: This was awesome! You start out with small moves and slowly add them together to move into fab kickboxing quick steps/kicks. I worked up a sweat and really jammed out during this portion. In terms of thinking/feeling butt muscles, I didn't do so well during most of this portion. I think I was too busy focusing on the moves still to really start honing in on the muscles working and tensing to firm that area.
Weights: This section was killer. I had to stop and just walk for a bit. Seriously. I'm not the best at lunges and squats. Fat thighs and weakish knees doesn't add up. Normally I could push myself through and finish it anyway, I'm a very determined gal, but after storming through Kickboxing, I just wasn't ready for the intense squats, pulses, and jumps this section entails. I will definitely try to work myself up to ace-ing this section.
Dance moves: This bit was good. I really could feel, think, and work my butt muscles during this section. It's like taking basic dance moves and slowing them down for maximum butt workout. I really enjoyed this. I could feel the workout here and it was good!
Yoga: This was AMAZING! I really loved the Yoga section! Like I mentioned before, I enjoy doing the Yoga poses on the Wiifit but I have a hard time trying to keep my stupid balance in the bubble or between the lines. I knew I wanted to look into some Yoga outside of that but I still haven't yet. This section really showed me how much I need to get into Yoga! The moves were very fluid and controlled. I could feel my body using my butt muscles in each movement to hold and strengthen my poses. I really felt like a got a good workout here! My only complaint was that I sweated so much during the previous sections that during the Downward Facing Dog, sweat kept running in my eyes. Eww.
Cool-Down: This was a great section. My heart had already cooled down some from doing the slow dance moves and then the Yoga and slower breathing. This section really focused on stretching out the muscles you used and I could feel it! I kept going "Oh oh oh!" during the stretches, it was rather obscene. Lol!
Overall Impression: I loved this video! I will definitely do it again! I think this week I will alternate nights of Richard Simmons and this video just to see how my butt muscles get worked (and to see if it helps with the losing weight!). It's a much more intense workout than Richard so I feel alternating them will really help to work my body.
Like I mentioned before, we haven't been doing Richard so I haven't lost any weight this week. I'm still sitting around 210-214. I really want to weigh 209 or less because then I won't be in the obese category anymore!
The new goals for the upcoming week:
-Walk every day, Run every other day or more
- Richard video every other night
- "Your Best Butt, Fast!" video every other night
- 50 crunches a day
- 15 arm curls with the 10 lb weight, a day
- Eat 400-500 calorie meals, focus especially on cutting back when eating out
- Limit number of snacks (no extras!) and keep calories under 150 per snack!!
Wow it's a lot of work! But I've been kind of slack lately so I need to work extra hard to keep up the weight loss and not let myself get into a rut. It's hard to stay motivated when the scale isn't moving.
I will try to be more accountable about my goals. Every Saturday night, I will start doing a recap of how well I accomplished my goals for the week. I'm hoping this will give me the much needed kick in the pants to jump start more weight loss!
I've rambled enough for tonight. G'night fabulous people!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Ain't No Mountain High...
With all the renovation household goals and my losing weight goals, I feel like I'm starting at Mt. Rushmore and I just climbed up a teeny tiny little hill to get the big view of the climb ahead.
It's hard to take out the time every single day to do all my exercising. Right now, I'm walking/running over a mile a day, doing a Richard Simmons Tape, doing strength exercises on my arms with 3lb weights, and some leg lifts. It sounds like a lot but it doesn't really feel like a lot. When I'm doing it and right after I feel awesome! And then it's been like an hour and a half and I feel like I just spent my entire evening dancing around. xD
Wow I thought I had a lot to say tonight but I guess not. Not a lot of progress to report, besides increased strength. My weight is hovering between 214-217, hasn't budged much in the last few days. I was feeling really discourage about it yesterday, then I went back and re-read all my older blog posts. It made me feel spectacular! Just to know that I've come such a long way in a few short weeks. I could barely run a stretch without puffing like a freight train and my muscles seizing up.
Things I'm Cheerful About:
1. Running longer stretches
2. Making great decisions about meals and snacks
3. Cooking tasty and low fat/cal meals
4. Encouraging M and C to follow me in my fitness goals!
Oh and I dressed up today! Dressing up and looking pretty always makes me feel good. I put on a dress and makeup and did my hair! I think I looked rather fab! It was kind of funny though. My dress hung a little looser on me; I bought it in the last few months so now that I'm dropping a few pounds, recent clothes will start getting baggier. Oh well...it just means more clothes shopping eventually! :D
Ta!
It's hard to take out the time every single day to do all my exercising. Right now, I'm walking/running over a mile a day, doing a Richard Simmons Tape, doing strength exercises on my arms with 3lb weights, and some leg lifts. It sounds like a lot but it doesn't really feel like a lot. When I'm doing it and right after I feel awesome! And then it's been like an hour and a half and I feel like I just spent my entire evening dancing around. xD
Wow I thought I had a lot to say tonight but I guess not. Not a lot of progress to report, besides increased strength. My weight is hovering between 214-217, hasn't budged much in the last few days. I was feeling really discourage about it yesterday, then I went back and re-read all my older blog posts. It made me feel spectacular! Just to know that I've come such a long way in a few short weeks. I could barely run a stretch without puffing like a freight train and my muscles seizing up.
Things I'm Cheerful About:
1. Running longer stretches
2. Making great decisions about meals and snacks
3. Cooking tasty and low fat/cal meals
4. Encouraging M and C to follow me in my fitness goals!
Oh and I dressed up today! Dressing up and looking pretty always makes me feel good. I put on a dress and makeup and did my hair! I think I looked rather fab! It was kind of funny though. My dress hung a little looser on me; I bought it in the last few months so now that I'm dropping a few pounds, recent clothes will start getting baggier. Oh well...it just means more clothes shopping eventually! :D
Ta!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Dear Blog
Dear Blog,
I've been avoiding you lately. I've been flat-out avoiding the computer lately. I don't know what this is about, besides been crazy busy every single day.
The short of it: I lost roughly 8 lbs doing the Special K Challenge.
I'm not going to change my diet extravagantly far from the Special K Challenge for the future. Just replacing the cereal or bar meals with small, healthy meals with lots of fruit and veggies.
I haven't been running lately. I'm still trying to walk every day. I did today, plus some weight exercises for arms on the balance ball. And then C wanted to do a Richard Simmons tape, so I did that too! And then I sat on the balance ball and wiggled and bounced around forever. I just had the jitter bug today and needed to dance it out.
Speaking of that, today was a good day. I danced in the car. I walked with M and entertained her with my crazy awful dancing. I bought two new tops today and some lounge pants at Rue 21. I wore one of the new tops right after buying it and C told me I looked soo skinny. That comment just like reminded me of all the hard work I've been putting in recently.
And yeah, the scale read 218 tonight. That's seriously down 10 lbs from where I started (and down 16 lbs from my highest)! How exciting!
I can do this you guys! :D
I've been avoiding you lately. I've been flat-out avoiding the computer lately. I don't know what this is about, besides been crazy busy every single day.
The short of it: I lost roughly 8 lbs doing the Special K Challenge.
I'm not going to change my diet extravagantly far from the Special K Challenge for the future. Just replacing the cereal or bar meals with small, healthy meals with lots of fruit and veggies.
I haven't been running lately. I'm still trying to walk every day. I did today, plus some weight exercises for arms on the balance ball. And then C wanted to do a Richard Simmons tape, so I did that too! And then I sat on the balance ball and wiggled and bounced around forever. I just had the jitter bug today and needed to dance it out.
Speaking of that, today was a good day. I danced in the car. I walked with M and entertained her with my crazy awful dancing. I bought two new tops today and some lounge pants at Rue 21. I wore one of the new tops right after buying it and C told me I looked soo skinny. That comment just like reminded me of all the hard work I've been putting in recently.
And yeah, the scale read 218 tonight. That's seriously down 10 lbs from where I started (and down 16 lbs from my highest)! How exciting!
I can do this you guys! :D
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