Calories are the devil
Screw it. This weight is going NO WHERE without counting calories.
UGH. I hate it I hate it I hate it!
Anyhoo...Maximum calories per day will be.....1800. Sunday will be a semi "Free Day".
I love exercising...but counting calories is just EVIL!
Okay so this whole week I will count calories then I will step on the scale Friday or saturday and check to see if there is a difference. There better be OR ELSE. =)
sick
Last night TOM and a moderate fever decided to visit me at the exact same time! I feel a cough coming on too..I felt awful...I still feel awful, I still have a slight fever and have no energy what so ever. I was upset that I couldn't workout. HOWEVER, today gave me a chance to really focus on my food intake.
I HATE COUNTING CALORIES.....I tried to start again but I just can't. Can you lose weight without counting? Honestly? I just want to eat healthy and clean and not have to worry about logging it in everyday.
Today I had a good breakfast...I was happy, usually I have a tiny breakfast, and I have realized I need to change this habit. Today's menu so far:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with natty PB, honey and banana + Tea
Snack: apple with part skim cheese
Lunch: Whole wheat wrap with ground chicken, onion, tomato, lettuce and a tiny bit of salsa.
Snack: not sure yet
Dinner: I'm thinking maybe a turkey sandwhich?? yum.
How does my menu look so far? I'm pretty happy with it. I know I need to up my veggies and protein.
I want to so badly get in shape for the summer...I want to lose at least 30lbs by July. That gives me about 4 months. I feel like I know I can do this. I mean I don't want to focus on a number but it's hard not to...OK maybe I should say this instead, I want to be in GREAT shape by July, I don't care what the number is as long as I can look decent in a bikini lol. I'm going to Toronto and I'm so excited to see my cousins.
Clean eating, cardio, weight training..will get me there. Go me!
Summer is coming
Meals
Breakfast: Regular Oatmeal with PB, banana and honey with tea
Post workout meal: Protein shake: Whey protein, half banana, 1/4 tablespoon pb, slim milk
Lunch: Home made LF curried chicken (1 medium chicken thigh) with 1 cup white rice (was out of brown) with salad of carrots and cucumber
Snack: ???
Dinner: Home made tandoori chicken with salad.....YUM
4 litres of water
Workout
5 minutes warmup
Lower body strength training
20 minute cardio
Down 2
GUESS WHAT?
I LOST 2 POUNDS!
I checked my weight last week and I was still hovering over 186 pounds.....and today when I checked I was 184! I couldn't believe it so I ran downstairs to grab my glasses to make sure lol. YAY! I'm hoping I can get into the 170's really
SOON..like by the end of feb. *crosses fingers*
And you know what? I only counted calories for
ONE day..and I just picked healthy choices (actually last night I had a couple of treats but oh well...they were worth it ).
I can't wait to work out today! Thank you
SHAPERS! Honestly without all you girls, I don't think I would be doing this the
RIGHT way. =D
I just did my workout for today...it was a little late because I had to wait till my mom came home.
I walked 3 miles in 47 minutes today! And after did a 3 minute cool down and then some stretching. That's a big improvement. I was hovering between 3.7-4.0mph so it was a really REALLY good workout for me. I'm drenched in sweat right now lol.
Burned 348 calories according to
www.caloriesperhour.com
I feel
good today.
Eight days a week
I have been wearing my pedometer for 4 days now and everytime I have been able to make it over 10,000 steps! I honestly had to jump around, walk in place, dance like a maniac to get to that much, it was great and SO MOTIVATING! That's awesome right? I mean I realized that if I didn't have the pedometer I would only be getting in about 2000 steps MAX per day. Holy shit. That's like nothing. I hope this really makes a difference. I can't help but thank
Chris for this awesome idea.
On Tuesday I had my lower body workout but I didn't do cardio afterwards, I felt like crap the rest of the day.....am I starting to get dependent on my exericse? I felt so tired and moody Tuesday. I made sure to do my cardio for the rest of the week and I feel GREAT I am happy and feeling so energized. What a difference right? I love exercise. Who knew?
Ok I know this is going to sound bad but it's 12:09 and I didn't eat anything yet! Only because I got up at 10 and had a cup of tea then I worked out at 11 cause I didn't want to eat anything before I worked out.
Workout today was 57 minutes long..I usually never have workouts this long the only reason it was so long was cause I taped the OC last night and I was watching while I was walking on the treadmill and lost track of time. I was walking at a pace of 3.5mph so I burned about 338 calories.
Anyhoo, I'm going to eat something now, I think some cereal and fruit cause I have to go run some errands and then I'll come home and have some lunch with my mom.
About the title of the post: I'm a tad obsessed with The Beatles right now..lol. Honestly their music makes me want to get up and dance. I'm a little late arent I?
