Week 11

This week I was able to ride my bike everyday for an hour.  It is getting a little bit easier for me to ride the bike consecutively, because I watch shows, play games, make phone calls, and read books while I ride.  By combining exercise with things that I enjoy, I am hoping to make getting on the bike a more positive experience.  The biggest thing for me is to make sure that I continue this process, even when it may start to get tedious.  I was pretty good with what I ate, except for indulging in having some cookies.  But it is good to let myself indulge, otherwise I might go on a bender.  This past week I celebrated my birthday with my sister, and we went to Chili's.  Chili's is one of my favorite restaurants, so I was prepared for the worst.  However, I only had some chips and salsa, and then I ordered a salad for my main course, and I was able to take the buffalo chicken from the salad home for dinner.  That was a big thing, because buffalo chicken is one of my favorite foods.  Sometimes I may eat a little bit too much, but I am really trying to find out where my full point is, and to not exceed that.

Here's what you want to know:  294 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 144 pounds to go!!!!

Goals for next week:

• exercise everyday M-F for an hour
• eat more fruits and vegetables
• pay attention  to (count) calories
• stop eating when full

Week 10

Hey guys, so sorry that this is late, but I found out that I had cleaning checks today at the last minute, so I had to postpone my post until today.  So this past week I tried, but couldn't get myself to "count" my calories, but I still made sure that I was very aware of how many I should have and how many I am having.  I just think that that is what I need to do at the moment, and maybe someday I will be able to officially count my calories.  And because of my roommates schedule changing we canceled the whole walking in the morning.  However, I have started riding my bike everyday.  I missed one day, but then the next I worked out for over an hour.  Since then, I have tried to work out on the bike for at least an hour, but I usually ride for 30 minutes, and then I take a break and then ride again for 30 minutes.  Because they made the mistake of when the cleaning checks are, I was forced to work really hard last night and today to make sure that everything was clean.

Here's what you've been waiting for:  294 (current weight) - 150 (goal) = 144 pounds to go!!!!!

Goals for next week:

• exercise for an hour every day M-F
• eat more fruits and vegetables
• pay attention to how many calories I eat

So it has been 2 months since I've started, which means pictures!!!

Here's a little bit of info about the pictures:  

• pink shirt with socks =  beginning
• blue shirt = 1 month 
• pink shirt with no socks = 2 months

Here is my current picture!!!  Since the begging I have lost 21 pounds!!!!!

Seeing the progress from the beginning to now!!

Comparing beginning picture to today!!

Week 9

So this past week was an interesting one for me.  I had my birthday this past week, so I ended up going out with my friends.  I was good about not eating too much.  In fact, I even split my meal with one of my friends.  We did get an ice cream cake, but I only had 1 piece on that day, and then 1 the other day.  Sweets have never really been my problem.  So I felt like I did a good job of not eating too much.  I still need to watch myself, and make sure that I don't eat too much, even if it is good for me.  My roommate and I started going on walks in the morning, which has been interesting.  We are trying to work our way up to jogging/running in the morning.  We did a little jogging the other day, but just walked this morning.  We are starting slow and working our way up to running.  But when we did the jogging section, both of us wanted to quit as soon as we started it, but we kept going even though it was hard.  We downloaded this cool app that is to help people train for a 5k, but instead of running when it says "run," we either speed walk, or jog.  Since it does a 5 minute warm up, then rotates back and forth between a minute of "running" and a minute and a half of "walking" and then 5 minute cool down, it is not too hard to do.  It is also nice to have some extra time of walking to work our way back up to running.  I was not very good this week about getting on the bike.  I need to get back to work on the bike.  What I've been trying to do is just ride it whenever I am watching t.v.
As far as eating is concerned, I have been doing a pretty good job of not overeating, but I can always improve.  I really just need to figure out how many calories I can have in a day, and try to start getting within that limit.  I was finally able to find some good strawberries, but I ended up having too many because they were so good.  So I need to watch myself still even if they are fruits or vegetables.

Here's what you've been waiting for:  297 (current weight) - 150 (goal) = 147 pounds to go!!!!!


Goals for next week:

• exercise everyday M-F for 30 minutes
• ride the bike 3 days for 30 minutes
• eat more fruits and vegetables
• stop eating when full

Week 8

So this week was an interesting one for me.  I completed all of my exercises, but I noticed that I started to get bored with them.  So now my roommate and I have started to figure out what new things can we do to spice up our workout routine.  So today we got a new app for my phone to train for a 5k.  Now, I'm not ready for a 5k by any means, but we are using this app in a different way.  The app is really cool because it sets up your training, like how long you need to walk and run, and it varies back and forth between running and walking.  However, I'm not ready for running yet, so we varied between walking and power walking.  Then each day we are going to try to go a little faster than the day before.  So we will go from power walking to jogging, and finally to running.  I've never been a fan of running,  but I think that this app can help us improve and become runners.  Plus we can play my music through my speakers while we walk and it sends a voice that prompts us when to run, walk, halfway, and for the warm up and cool down.  Plus we have a lot of neighborhoods by us, so we can easily change where we go for our walks.  We have other plans as well, but this seems like the best thing to do at this moment.

This week I was also finally able to get the cable finally set up in my apartment, so I think that I am going to ride the bike at least 3 times a week as well, instead of my strength training.  Since that has gotten old for me as well, and the good thing about riding my bike is that I can do that while I watch something on tv, and we have a lot of good channels.

I also went back to using ranch from a bottle for my salads, and found out how many calories that that was actually adding to me each day.  I realized that that was a big part of the reason why I didn't lose any weight this week!  So since I have not found any light ranch that has been good, I'm going to go back to making my own ranch, since my ingredients are light.

I did also do something that I was proud of.  This weekend I ordered a pizza and I am happy to say that I still have 2 pieces left for dinner tonight!  I have been able to stop myself from eating too much pizza, and instead I've been able to have it for many meals instead of just 2 huge ones.

Here's my weigh in: 298 (current weight) - 150 (goal) = 148 pounds to go!!!

Goals for this week:

• Exercise every day M-F for at least 30 minutes
• Ride the exercise bike 3 days a week for at least 30 minutes
• Eat more fruits and vegetables
• Use light dressing on salad
• Do something active on Saturday