idkmybffjill27's Journal

stop and start- and motivation

Nov 05 2008 22:16

Okay, I just realized that I've really just been doing a stop and start thing here. And I've also realized that that is not going to work at all. But I need to find something to motivate me to just keep recording everything here. Maybe I'll choose my trip to Brazil- that's coming up soon and I use it to set up a short-term goal. I want to lose at least 2-3 pounds before we go, because Ana's mom, Fatima, is an amazing cook, and in South America apparently it is bad manners to not eat everything on your plate. Plus, we'll be spending three days on an island in Sào Paulo and I want to look something not like a giant blob in my swimming suit. We'll see how it goes, and maybe this little goal will help me start moving toward my big one, 136.6.

Getting Out of the Lazy Rut

Oct 10 2008 22:25

wow, i have been really lazy about keeping track here lately. at least i've managed to maintain my weight, but my goal is to lose, not maintain. so somehow these last couple days i got the motivation out of nowhere (well maybe not nowhere) to start really watching myself and keeping track of what i eat. i'm proud, even though it's been a couple days. any improvement is good :)

i'm especially happy because i went with my family to this amazing italian restaurant tonight, and instead of having an italian soda or lemonade or whatnot, I got water, and i had a salad instead of soup, and I didn't pig out on my rigatoni pasta. I ate until i was full and then i put the rest (which was like a ton) into a box and so i will have that for lunch tomorrow. and maybe the next day. it was a lot of pasta...

so anyways, i'm feeling good about this and hoping i'll keep motivating myself to take the time to get on here and just write down what i eat, every time i do i see an improvement in how and feel and even my weight. so i'm cheering myself along, and trying for 136 by the end of the school year!

Laziness...

Sep 07 2008 17:32

So, I've kind of been extremely lazy about keeping track of what I eat. and guess what? I've gained like 3 pounds, and that makes me feel not so great! So when I looked at the number 168.6 on the scales yesterday, I vowed to get back on track here on CalorieCount. I've been getting into these really bad habits of snacking on chocolate chips and fruit snacks, and not paying attention to how much I'm eating at meals, etc. So I have paid for my mistakes and i am going to undo it!

I also need to work on the whole exercise thing? Sure, weight loss comes from eating right, but I also want to be fit when I weigh 136 sometime here in the future. So, I'm trying to figure out how to get to the gym on a regular schedule. I tried going before school, but that was just hideously early and it wasn't working. I've been sort of wanting to go after school, but I either forget or just say, 'meh. i've got too much homework/piano'. So, i've been thinking I might go with my mom to yoga classes at the church on tuesdays and thursdays at 6 am, see how that goes, and then maybe on saturdays go to the gym and do weights. we've got a stationary bike at home, I should probably take advantage of that.

Anyways. I'm working on it. And by the end of the school year, I want to have a different body!!!

those dang skittles

Jul 12 2008 22:57

Well, now I've really realized how my body has gotten used to healthier foods lately. I was sitting in the waiting room outside the NICU tonight waiting for my mom/cousin to come back out, and i found myself eating a package of skittles from the vending machine. Now I feel all gross and disgusting, and just blah. I'm going to try and have a NO CANDY week! I'll feel better, I won't look like a pig and it will give me more room to fill up on healthy fruits and veggies and grains.

And I'm really excited for my new workout deal! I haven't been doing much formal stuff lately, but I talked to my doctor yesterday and he told me to go to the gym 2-3 times a week and do a full circuit of weight training, and he said that in 6-8 weeks, I'll start to see a definite difference in my physique and what he called 'functional fitness' aka just everyday tasks like carrying in the groceries will be easier, and I'll be able to sit on the piano bench longer without my back hurting! Yippee! Onward with the journey to 136.6!

Chuggin' Along

Jul 09 2008 13:54

Okay, I'm here on my 1 week mark of using CalorieCount, and I've already dropped two pounds on my journey to 136.6. Looking at the scale today made me feel awesome, because for the past year I've been watching numbers slowly but steadily going up and up, and I've been fighting to keep myself under 170. But then I found this miracle of a website and I'm feeling like there's actually a way that I can keep myself going! and I have a motivation buddy that is keeping me honest, and today, because I knew I'd have to report it if I slipped up, I did NOT eat that piece of cherry cheesecake sitting in the fridge for lunch-- instead I had an English muffin with turkey and mustard and an oatmeal raisin granola bar. :D I'm proud of me! Yay!

Tonight is Kung Food Night! I'm so excited, because this week for my amazing Asian cooking night, I'm making Dim Sum with Onion and Bean Sprout, Curry Coconut Rice with Snow Peas and this amazingly awesome marinated chicken recipe I came up with myself! Although I'm gonna have to watch my portions, especially on the rice... I get kind of crazy with yummy stuff like that where you've got a really big serving spoon and you're like, maybe just one more spoonful, but that ends up being another 50 g of carbohydrates... so yeah. I shall make amazing food and I shall eat amazingly *hopefully* good portions of my amazing food!

Okaaaay... I'm trying to think of something to write. I dunno. Um... ooh Aha! :) I found something to talk about. So I think I know one of the reasons I've been seeing my weight go up: I think it was this past year, I had a lot of stress with friends and love triangles and crazy Biology teachers and not being able to find a piano teacher and a crazy exchange student, and before whenever I've been stressed I tend to gain weight, but I've never really connected it before.

So this summer is a good time to start on my journey to 136.6 because I haven't seen some of my stressful friends in a few weeks, I'm just kinda hanging out, and I am extremely excited for my Chinese camp in less than two weeks!! granted i've been having lots of really lame dreams about it where there are no cool guys there and these people that can't say ni hao to save their lives somehow got into the program that i've worked for a year to get into. but that's not stressing me out because i've done my research and I know it's going to be amazing and wonderful in spite of my exceedingly lame dreams. anyways. So now that my life is definitely less stressful, I'm feeling like I'm queen of trying to be healthiness! woot woot!

Yay and Joyness

Jul 08 2008 22:12

I decided to call this entry Yay and Joyness just because I'm happy today. I got to spend the entire day with my friend Lydia and we went to the mall, got snowies at the grocery store, and sat in the shade by the elementary school and talked for like an hour. :) Then we came home and she helped me make dinner. Tonight's menu was Southeast Asian Grilled Flank Steak, rice, and homemade coleslaw. It was SOOO good. But I kept my portions down!!! I was so proud!

My motto for cooking lately has been 'if it's not amazing, I didn't make it', haha. I make Asian food every Wednesday for my family, and everything except for the Tofu Noodle Bake (BARF) has been amazing. :D And I've managed to find mostly healthy recipes, since Asian food is WAY more nutritious than most stuff you eat in America.

Anyways, while I was at the mall today, I found this awesome shirt at Rue 21 that has a huge smiley face on it and it just makes me happy to wear it! Granted, it is a size XL but I think I look pretty good in it and it is EXTREMELY comfortable. :D

So, today has pretty much been a success. Like, at the mall I did *blush* have a pretzel dog, but that was the only thing I had for lunch and so I was able to keep my calorie count down around my goal. YAY! *singing with joy*