what day is it? you do the math

The sad truth is, I prob weighed in at 127-126 the day of the formal. I still looked hot tho- I wore my corset and sucked my belly in extra with "spanx". Everyone said how great I looked(it's nice to be the hot alumni). Sometimes I wonder if I will ever attain 'that body'- 122 pounds that is apparently my 'happy weight'. Its very hard. you have to find time to work out and time to eat right and time to relax... it all adds up

Day 21... monday, mondaaaay

Well, not too disappointing- today's weigh-in was 126.5... so weekends cost me 1lb. But have you ever seen a pound of body fat? It's pretty disgusting! When you think of it that way, its nothing to be happy about that splurging only deviated that much. The worst thing is... my treadmill is broken- so there goes one workout source. So today I did like 150 or 200 crunches before my shower, ran some errands before work, and at work I tried to walk around as much as possible. Now I'm going to do some more crunches while I install powerpoint on my computer... but work-out wise today was pathetic : /
And I didn't go tanning... whitey! lol
food-wise, I kept it pretty minimal... a slim fast at noonish, 2 cups of coffee, a whips yogurt at 4:30 and 3 small pieces of papa johns pizza at 7:30ish... I know not to starve myself or the body stores fat in 'starvation mode', but why does the body not pull the fat when it hungry?? Why store it, instead of use it? Ugh for how technologicaly advanced we think we are, our bodies retain the primitive urges...

Day 20... Weekends are my downfall

I said it before and I'm sticking to it- especially for me, weekends are the killer to a diet. Everything runs irregular on the weekend. Waking times, plans, work hours, bedtime. If I go to bed at 2AM Friday and Saturday, how am I to get up at 9:30AM to exercise? And if I have work from 8-12 or 11:30-6 how am I to exercise and schedule a meal plan? You cant just stop work and make yourself a healthy meal. Enough complaining, because as far as most people are concerned this is an ill fated project. There are 6 days til the formal...not only limited on time but I have not weighed myself since day 18, so tomorrow's weigh-in may be a complete surprise in any direction. In my defense, I have readily noticed that I am not hungry every moment of every day, and that I enjoy housing my water bottle more than I do eating something in its place. Also, I have been getting rid of water weight that is just taking space, and I have seen the direct results. I feel leaner. Now the body is 70% H20 on a normal basis, but women's bodies are known to retain a lil extra. On the safe side, I continue to hydrate instead of eating unneccesarily, I'm just not retaining thanks to my Aqua-Ban : ) I was thinking of following the 3-day diet at some point this week... that plus exercise- I propose morning powerwalks on the treadmill, night powerwalks to dunkin, and possibly some step work-outs or light softball action in between- should help me reach my goal. But the real goal is to keep the weight OFF. Yeah, Get it!

Day 18

I forgot to mention yesterday that I played dress-up in my formal dress! I won't lie, I looked hot! Good choice Jack! And to make me happier, today I weighed in at 125.5 : ) Now I have to work 9 hrs and then waitress five hours... 14hr day............ ugh
So I sit at work, half trying to stay awake and half trying to let myself fall back asleep.Not that it would help me any. Its not like I don’t get enough sleep on any given night, if anything I oversleep every day! And that seems to be the biggest problem. Apparently scientist/doctors say that people who sit behind a desk need the least amount of sleep. The doctor I work for even said that why we are all slightly over weight because we are not up and moving about like he is, we sit in the chairs behind the counter all day. So I sleep too much, I snack too much, and the work I do doesn’t provide me any exercise… how am I supposed to not be in the overweight category?

Day 17...

OMg so active today... hyper active that is! I got up early, argued with the insurance companies, had some breakfast, walked around my house argueing some more, got ready for work, ran sme errands and went to work.... geez! So weighed in at 127 again this am, but that was after I had a bowl of oatmeal and some juice. I usualy weigh myself when I wake up after ive gone to the bathroom and before I eat. Which I will do when I get up mad early for work toorrow. But this is why i keep this blog. it doesnt matter how many people tell me i'm not fat... pictures show that im not that thin either. but these last few pounds just wont come off... and millions of americans struglle with the fact that they dont have the extra time to tone up and melt off the excess junk. Any suggestions from anybody who's out there as to what I can do?
Had fun playing some softball... catching&throwing, hitting around, chasing down line drives and fly balls, and just being hyper : ) coffee, norepinephrine and chocloate will do that... plus i was bored at work, but got out a lil early, soooo : ) I think i had a good exercise session. Definately very active

Day 16

Breakthrough... weighed in at 126.5 this AM. Finally a step in the right direction! Maybe its the waterpills or the late night walk that boosted my metabolism. Switching up your routine jump starts weight loss/gain. My abs hurt, I did like 100 of those pike crunches plus some other ones from 8 minute abs. My fav ab work out is 8 minute abs+2 minute abs : )
Did some errand running this morning, had breakfast at like 10 the earliest i've eaten it in a while. work : ) all day
Had a little sushi for dinner, saving the rest for lunch tomrrow. It was a 'GLT' kinda day(Gym, laundry, tanning lol)- minus the laundry, unless you count me putting away the piles that were all over my room.
Those water pills make me pee like a racehorse lol... worse than just drinking water all the time! Set up the date for my oral surgery, April 20th(after formal <3). Took another 4 mile walk to Dunkin for another small coolatta that we shared, And I even stole someone's f250 diesel for shits and giggles. I feel energized but tired... if that makes sense. I feel like I'm making progress, but I need recharge time : ) crunches and bed!

Technically today is day 15

Stress hinders weight loss. Thinking your car has been stolen when in actuality the township towed it for "blocking a driveway" by a bumper is stressful, especially when its not my town. So needless to say, besides the walking around Wallington I have done today, I don't have too much time to exercise before work. INstead, I will clean my room so my moher keeps her mouth shut and maybe fit in 100 or so crunches before i go to run errands and then off to work. Maybe, otherwise I'll try to do something when I get home. weigh-in @ 128. Apparently with daily activities and semi healthy eating habits, thats the best I can do. FML. 11 days til the formal, and 3 or more pounds to drop.

Update:
After work and NCIS I decided to take a 4 or so mile walk with my friend to the Dunkin Donuts in town to share a vanilla bean coolatta. The walk home was mostly uphill : )
Also, I think because i drink so much water and just finished mentrating that I'm still bloated from water weight, so I'm giving water pills a try. As for calories, I prob had about 1100 but I wasn't counting. Minor Oral surgery tomorrow... not looking forward to THAT.

The weekends kill the weight loss project

friday- work 15 hour days and party hardy all night
Saturday- sleep late and work all nght
Sunday- this one happened to be a holiday that I owrked from 11-4 anyway and then stayed at home with family
SOMEHOW i weigh in, today(monday) at 128. The holiday binging didn't hurt too much. Today there are drs apptments and cleaning to do and tanning to do after work and then i will try to schedule in a workout. But i learned this over the weekend
DO NOT SKIP WORKOUTS. Schedule them into your day... legit. You wouldn'y miss a meeting or an appointment or work that you're scheduled for? so why miss a workout. Schedule it at different times when your days become too routine.

More Later

Day 11-- give yourself a break sometimes

I won't lie, when mother nature calls a woman, its hard to be on a diet. But I did ok. I mean by the time I left work I'd only consumed 548 calories. After work I let loose. I think sometimes you have to just forget to count and be "normal". So I met my family at the chinese buffet and had some yummy chicken and broccoli, pork dumplings, and lo mein...mmmm. And then later on I went to friendlys with my boyfriend and my two friends and shared a kitkat sundae with Cristy. I don't feel like I over ate at the moment, but I sure do feel bloated.... I felt bloated and a little fatter all day. But its April 1st... so 17 days til the formal. Which means easy on the alcohol, crunch away, and try to weigh 123 by the 17th. Its only 5 pounds... coooome on! lol

So, those tips I found the other day- well here they are:
1. Buy a scale to measure foods(uncooked) b/c portion size is key!
2. Drink a gallon of water a day-water is apparently a fat burner.
3. Eat a protein or carb, but at the end of the day as your metabolism slows your carbs should be fibrous sources.
4. If you can't kill it or it's not grown, don't eat it!(clean, unprocessed foods only)
5. Eat a small meal every 3 hrs, and DO NOT SKip meals(negative effect)
6. Eat 1st thing in the morning(w/in 30 mins) and 30 mins after a workout
7. Prepare your own foods, or order plain and season them yourself
8. No fruit after 4pm(will be just another sugar)
9. Don't consume more than 1500 mg of sodium a day
10. No more than 75mg of sugar a day(including artificial sweeteners!)
11. Cardio 40 mins/5 days a week. target zone= 220-your agex75-80%
12. Multi vitamin every AM, supplement w/ antioxiants
13. Get enough rest (sleep) and for your body- do not over train
14. For better results, log your foods