Posts by apple_pie

2.58 miles in 25 minutes.

wow. It wasn't the easiest workout ever but wow, it feels great. That ends week 6 for me and I'm hoping to get week 7 done before Sunday and maybe crunching some of the last two weeks together because of the start of school!

hope everyone is doing well!

Day 1 of Week 5

YAYAYAYAY!

I was really happy with the workout today. To measure my time, I created my own podcast with my music and little "beeps" when I should run/walk and by accident, I ended up hitting the "next" button instead of the volume buttom on my mp3. needless to say, I freaked out and kept trying to find my original spot but I couldn't stop running and I think I ended up going for 8 minutes straight and the best part is, I knew I could do even more if I wanted.

It was amazing and I think it really shows (to me, at least) the importance of the mind in a workout. Like, five minutes killed me but once I broke past that barrier, I was like "Hey, this is okay." and soon I began to really enjoy it. Pain, during exercise, to me is starting to become an obstacle rather than a side effect of a good workout. When I got to 8 minutes, I didn't feel any pain and my breathing wasn't messed up. I just felt like this is what I want to do and I kept going. I think now, more than ever, I'm starting to realize that it's not about weight loss or flattening that stomach. Weight can go and come back but to feel the way you do after you've fought against your own mind is just a whole new experience for me. (I'm sorry if this is a rant, but I guess the runner's high does that to you =P)

I've heard people talk about this kind of stuff, read posts on the forums and it's nothing until you've experienced it yourself.

Time to go eat something =)

I am in LOVELOVELOVE with peanut butter. Or I was until I had to make my mom stop buying it.

Seriously, I could eat like 3 or 4 peanut butter and banana sandwiches in a sitting. At first, I used to buy it to "test" myself and for the first few days, I'd limit myself to one tbsp but by the end of the third day, the entire thing would be GONE.

That, and cheesecake.

I did p90X for a month and half and it was amazing :) I got really good results though they went as soon as I stopped exercising and began eating badly again. I'm trying to get back into it all again, though!

Sorry to jump in with a question, but how often should one be working out with videos? I currently do 30 minutes of hard calisthenics about three times a week (maybe four if I feel ambitious).

Is that good enough?

thanks for the replies, guys :)

I'm guessing that home based workouts are the best option for me right now. The gym at school is available but never when I have time so I guess that's out of the question.

I know what you mean about reprioritizing. I mean, education for me is the number one thing in life and I don't think I could ever sacrifice that but I'm going to try and see if I can work out before leaving for school in the morning.

Anyways, thanks for your help!

I'm 16, 5'2

my bmr is apparently 1850 calories (or something like it... so I'm not sure)

bump

:)

ah sorry, there was a typo in my original post. I increased it by about 600 calories. And as for eating 1800 calories, my doctor told me, but I find it really really hard to. Here's my current meal plan:

 b: a small bowl of cereal with 2% milk/or toasted cheese on bread with a glass of milk

s: usually a serving of grapes/baby carrots/an apple

l: an egg sandwich on whole wheat/cracked wheat bread with some sort of fruit/vegetable

s: an apple

dinner: a generally large-ish serving of vegetables (or a vegetarian sort of meal) with two small pieces of chicken

I'm pretty sure that adds up to less than 1800 calories a day, but honeslty, I feel stuffed when I eat all that. I have the occasional raisins or a small biscuit here and there, but generally, I'm pretty full with a meal like this. Is there anything wrong with it?

wow this is so familiar to me! trust me. I'm 5'3" and I weight 125 and I've been trying to lose 10 lbs. everyone keeps telling me that i'm not fat but I'm just not...thin. I really want to get fitter and flatten my belly and lose some fat off of my hips but it's really very hard! I made a resolution to lose this weight 3 months ago and since then I have fluctuated constantly but I guess the good thing is that I'm aware of the food I now eat.

 I think dinner binging is the thing that always kills me. but it's great to know that i'm not alone :)