The Perfect 10 Diet Day 3

Alright well after today i'm going to switch to weekly updates, no one wants to hear what I eat every single day! LOL well since I finally got to the grocery store and spent $40 (not bad I bought mostly produce/fruits and I spent $6.99 on a giant thing of ground turkey) Breakfast consisted of cereal again (big shocker) lunch was a grilled piece of chicken and edamame and for dinner...oh my I had a taco salad with ground turkey and no tortilla chips, it was super delish, for dessert i'm going to be having some vanilla yogurt that I found at safeway thats organic and some diced strawberries...YUM!!!! Well thats it for my day today, from now on it'll be weekly updates so I don't bore my readers! :)

The Perfect 10 Diet...Day 2

Alright so Day 2 is drawing to a close, If it takes 21 days to break a habit then I know the worse is yet to come but I can do it. Todays meals were about the same (btw I cannot wait to go grocery shopping tomorrow! I won't be spending a ton but i'll be able to get some basic essentials so i'm excited) Breakfast consisted of my trusty whole wheat honey nut o's with whole milk, lunch consisted of edamame (which is basically the only type of soy you can have because of the fact that it's not as processed as other types of soy such as tofu and temeph) and celery with peanut butter which I used very minimally as it's not part of the perfect 10 diet (but since I need protein well that was my option) I skipped the optional midmorning and midafternoon snack because right now i'm in sedentary. And for dinner I opted for grilled chicken tenders with my favorite seasoning and a fistful of pasta (unfortunately not whole grain as well) with a tablespoon of ragu. So far today i've had 3 8oz glasses of water. I'm slowly trying to increase my intake of water but i'm trying a different technique, in the past I would just chug water quickly to reach my daily goal but after doing so I would literally have to pee like every 10 minutes. So my plan is to increase my water intake by a glass a day so essentially in a few more days i'll be up to 8 glasses a day and it will be a lot easier, i've thought about dressing up my water with limes and other fruits but I haven't had the chance yet without the obvious groceries (ha ha) But I will definitely be loading up on fruits and veggies so that I can satisfy my sweet tooth without sidelining my diet. This book has been so eye opening in so many different ways and i'm so excited to see the results!!! I took my measurements yesterday and i'm just sticking with the basics right now until I can get back into the gym and then I will take more measurements. I'm ready, its not easy this diet is definitely not a cake walk but i'm sticking with it. It's hard going from one way of life and thinking that you are eating healthy and essentially getting a slap in the face and telling you that you are doing it all wrong. Low fat/Low carb is wrong High fat/Low carb is wrong, granted I never liked diet soda minus Diet Dr. Pepper so that wasn't a shocker at all but the fact that soybean oil is cancer causing?? And its in EVERYTHING???? I never really used to look at the ingredients, I looked at the calories and the fats but never the ingredients....I love the fact that this book breaks everything down and it's convenient even down to shopping lists and recipes...once your past the 3 week mark essentially it's everything in moderation and just eating clean and avoiding processed food and enjoying things like butter and full fat cottage cheese and cheese and lobster (omg I love lobster) and shrimp and all the good things in life that you are told to avoid. This has had not only an effect on me but an effect on those around me, Brian is now taking things from this book and putting them into action, for once I am informing him of new things and stuff he didn't know about processed foods etc whereas in the past he was always telling me. Now you might be asking well do you feel hungry?? Yes and no, right now because I don't have all the necessary ingredients I can't really have the portions that I would have according to the book. So right now I feel hungry in between lunch and dinner but instead of reaching for a snack I just drink some water and it tames the hunger, I will get used to the regime that is outlined in the book in time. about an hour ago I was craving a chocolate bar so bad and truth be told I know where a couple are but i'm not going to touch them. Yesterday I forgot to mention that I had some and even though it didn't really derail me because I am allowed to induldge here and there and I definitely didn't feel guilty after I did it because I did stop myself but I know it'll definitely be easier when I have sweet fruits in the house that I can eat should I have a sugar/chocolate craving. So you might be asking whats different, well truth be told this is for me. I'm not getting any younger and I when Brian and I get married someday and go on our honeymoon or when we go on our next trip to Hawaii I want to wear my bikini without covering up, I want to be able to wear a skirt without my thighs rubbing together which if any of you have experienced that its horrible because you get a really bad rash that hurts :( I also want to buy that bandage dress and wear it with confidence, I want to wear the wedding dress that I want not settle for something so that I can hide my body. It's so funny how motivation comes about, its like you see something and one day a lightbulb goes off in your head....and it all makes sense, a plan is formed and you take action. It's that simple and thats how this is going to be....simple and uncomplicated, eat less processed food, get my hormones in order and lose weight, hit the gym so that I can tone up and feel proud. Well thats all for tonight, tomorrow I go back to work so I will probably have to have a snack but we will see how the day goes. Stay tuned!

 

 

Hips: 45"

Waist: 39"

Chest: 40"

Day 1

Okay so I've pretty much finished reading "The perfect 10 diet" and I have to say I love it, it's simplified and every question that popped into my head was answered, the first 3 weeks are going to be the toughest ESPECIALLY since I can't clean out the pantry and I have absolutely no money to buy groceries, it does look like I will be able to buy some later this week so in the mean time I'm trying to stick to it closely as possible. Stage 1 is a Paleolithic diet I can only have vegetables, fruits, poultry, seafood, beans, nuts and seeds. While grains are introduced back into my diet in stage two. Anyways so I eat 3 meals a day tapering off as I go, ie large breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner. I also have the option of 2 snacks which I will add in once I get back into the gym. So since I don't have a ton of groceries today was interesting, thankfully Brian scoured the health food stores and found me the healthiest alternative of honey nut Cheerios at Whole Foods, it's really yummy and as closed to unprocessed as you can get! No high fructose corn syrup or any nasty ingredients and when it's mixed with some organic whole milk well it's a treat that wont push me off my path :) so that was breakfast for lunch I had some celery with peanut butter and chips and salsa, (heathly chips!) again tortilla chips and the peanut butter aren't part of the diet but im scrounging here and it's definitely better than most of the stuff we have left in the refrigerator since I just threw 2 trash bags full of nasty stuff out. Anyways onto dinner, I had celery with peanut butter again and a slice of grilled chicken with some yummy seasoning I got from penzy's spices in clackamas. Tomorrow will be interesting, going to try to mix things up but I can't wait til Wednesday when I can stock my fridge up with organic produce and hormone free meat, it'll be more $$$ but so worth it in the long run!

12 week 24lb challenge

Alright I'm back from my vacation in Hawaii! I loved every minute of it and I can't wait to go back there or possibly somewhere more tropical next year, and while it was a vacation Brian and I pretty much walked everywhere we could, even doing 11 miles in one day which is a personal best for me (I have the blisters to prove it!) I didn't keep perfect track but a rough estimate would be that we did above 20 miles in the 9 days we were there which I'm really happy with, we only got to do 1 hike because we actually were there during tropical storm Flossie! So 4 out of the 9 days were rainy and just not fun. So anyways I'm starting a new challenge my shoulder is feeling better and although its not 100% better I don't want to wait, I'm super stoked to get back to running and the gym (yes I miss the gym) I didn't make it to my goal this vacation and you can bet I won't make that mistake again! I've got a year to lose 55lbs (stupid weight gain) and I'm ready to shed the pounds for good! I've decided to break it down into 12 week challenges that way I don't get distracted by thinking oh I have 8 months left or 6 or 3 or whatever it's no I've got 3 weeks to lose so many lbs, the minimum goal is 2lbs a week I'm doing it the healthy way again and if I lose more than 2 a week that's awesome I really want to keep losing inches in my waist as well I can't wait to have a flat stomach, I've never had one for as long as I can remember, well the jet lag still has a grip on me so I need to get some sleep so I can get back on Oregon time and off Hawaiian time. Goodnight!

Ready.....Set.....Hike!

So today was my first hike, Brian took me and our friend Mitch up to Multnomah Falls, while it was a gorgeous hike it was also scary for me, for those of you who don't know me or maybe some of you who do know me and don't know this, I am severely afraid of heights, we are talking panic and tears people. Now some of you might be a little suprised at this due to the fact that I have jumped off a 50ft bridge into the reservoir below AND skydived. Perhaps because on those occasions I was somewhat safe whether it was because I was strapped to a professional while skydiving or jumping into a large body of water idk but for some reason when I climb tall heights and have no safety aka a barricade or fence or some sort I start to freak out, and today was no different, not only was the paved trail very uneven and falling apart there were tons upon tons of people coming down and going up and keep in mind the trail is not very wide and in some parts its considerably steep. But I made it to the top of the 600ft waterfall, we had originally planned to do the entire 5.4m loop but after finding out that it went up 1000 more ft we decided not to do it, not to mention by the time we actually got all the way back down and left it was already after 5pm and it was an hour drive home. I am truly exhausted that was pretty much the longest calve workout I have ever done so far lol but i'm sure my body will thank me after it gets over the pure shock of what I did to it today. Well only a few more days until Hawaii and I haven't even started packing eek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I smell change on the wind.....

Today was an interesting day, I attended my first ever morning wedding (11am) and I don't know if it's the fact that i'm becoming delusional from lack of sleep due to the fact that I cannot get comfortable when I sleep which therefore keeps me up all night or if it's the fact that I haven't been able to really hit the gym in about 3 weeks or maybe it was even the fact that I had to go commando today with the dress I was wearing (lol) but the fact is that I took a look in the mirror and when I did I found motivation. My life is passing me by and while i'm enjoying it i'm not happy. I'm miserable body wise, I haven't REALLY dressed up in weeks, I never wear makeup to work anymore, for the last couple weeks I haven't even really done my hair, i've showered and let it air dry and then just threw it up in a messy top knot (which btw i'm getting really good at ha ha ) I also haven't worn a pair of heels in I don't even know how long...which is sad considering I have so many pairs of them, some of which haven't even been worn yet~ As I was going through my clothes trying to figure out what would fit and what wouldn't for Hawaii it shocked me that only 1 pair of my shorts actually fit me and don't cause a muffin top, the other pairs are 2 sizes too small and won't even go across my wide hips even if I were to grease them up with crisco. I have 2 pairs of jeans that fit 1 of which only semi fit and I hate and the other are my recently purchased Buckle jeans that I received as a gift, I haven't even worn them yet because A. I don't want to wear them to work and have them ruined by spray tan solution when cleaning and B it's just been wayyyy too hot. Brian makes me feel amazing and motivates me with suprises like a new workout gear sometimes to help me feel better and want to work out more. I miss the days when I was in the gym for several hours at a time and always left dripping in sweat, I hate the fact that I can't go to the gym right now and I hate the fact that I haven't had time to run this past week because of work and my exhaustion. I hate the fact that I don't have a workout buddy, but then again I can't really say that because when I have someone with me I for some reason don't workout as hard as I do when i'm alone, maybe it's because I can't really have my music on idk. So many things need to change to help me live a healthier lifestyle, I need to make more money so that I can actually afford to buy more healthy groceries and make my own healthy dinners because what my parent's have in the house and make aren't exactly healthy....(we are talking more frozen tv dinners then you can imagine, chocolate, cookies, candy, soda, chips, all of the essentially illegal and off limit things that you shouldn't be around when on a diet.) If I did it once I can do it again, now am I disappointed that I am going back to Hawaii in less than a week weighing almost 20lbs more then I did last year? You bet I am, do I think i'll lose some weight before I go and while on vacation? There is a good chance i'll lose a couple lbs before I leave and while one vacation simply because we will be doing so many activities and practically walking everywhere we go that is within walking distance. We only have a rental car for one day and thats because the shark adventure is on the North Shore and it would cost a lot extra for them to come pick us up, plus this allows us to do all the stuff that is out of walking distance. LOL which that reminds me I need to figure out what things are over there that we can go see and do while we have the rental car...(Ok it's on my list, phew!!) Anyways i'm just sick of looking at all my clothes and shoes and not being able to enjoy wearing them, which btw brings me back to my uncomfortable commando moment, The dress I was wearing today made it impossible to wear underwear with simply because of how clingy it was, if I had worn underwear or even a thong you would know it. The other uncomfortable part was the fact that I have an allbeit interesting shaped lower body, I have wide hips which taper in for a bit heading up and then my lower waist bulges back out, not as wide as my hips but close and then as you continue looking up it cinches back in so it's like I have 2 hourglass shapes on my body not 1 which is really weird to me, I don't know if any of you guys have bodies shaped like that or if i'm the only one lol. Anyways this made me wearing the dress even more uncomfortable because you could clearly see the shape of my overweight body. I wish I could look as good as I feel on the inside, but since thats not possible obviously I need to do some serious damage control, being a little more than 10lbs away from my previous scale tipping weight of 195 does not sit well with me, It actually disgusts me, although I love my body I don't love the fact that all of my weight is in my middle section so no matter what I do I always have a muffin top, I also hate the fact that the top of my arms are nice and toned and the bottom hang there like soggy dough, or the fact that I have wide hips and even wider amounts of fat on top of them. why is it whenever we aren't able to do something we find we want to do it more than when we could do it??? Isn't that how it always is?? Well atleast it seems that way to me. So while I am recouperating I figure now is the perfect time to put together my new weight/cardio routine, not to mention since I have 4 days off before I even leave! And don't worry I will make sure to post my routine, i'm also going to be doing a 30 day challenge courtesy of Jodi Higgs, and her amazing challenges on Facebook! Well my little minions that is all for tonight, i'm simply exhausted and seeing as I am going hiking tomorrow with Brian to Multnomah falls I probably should try and sleep tonight...No one likes a grumpy hiker...just sayin.

Ohhhh....Now I get it

So i'll admit i've been a little perplexed as to why I haven't even really lost ANY weight i've toggled between 182-184 for several weeks now and last night I had a "hand to head" moment. So yes i've been drinking soda so I know thats one reason, but another reason I hadn't really thought of besides that was sodium, in an effort to reduce my soda intake and increase hydration (sorry i'm not a fish I have to force myself to drink water unless its like ice cold and then I guzzle it down) I have been drinking bottles upon bottles of Rain Berry G2 Gatorade (omgsh so delish) thinking that I am doing really well by drinking that instead...um wrong...my little 80 calorie drink is more like 200 calories because lets face it, you finish that bottle of gatorade you don't pour it in a glass and drink the recommended serving size. Well not only is there that little miscommunication I also have found out that each serving has 160mg of sodium! Yes so I am literally drinking 400mg of sodium on top of the sodium that I get from my everyday foods !!!! So there is my extra weight...its water. I'm actually considering taking the water weight loss suppliment after realizing this last night, now do I recommend this for someone else? No but i'm curious to see just how much water I am holding onto because of the fact i've been downing so much gatorade and essentially overloading on electrolytes when i'm not even working out or losing enough of them to need that amount of gatorade. There is less sodium in a 20oz sprite then there is in gatorade! I am dumbfounded by that and the fact that the Sprite is one serving where the gatorade is 2.5 and only 12oz bigger than the bottle of Sprite... Well anyways thats my thoughts for the day, I will let you guys know how the big water weightloss theory plays out, I wish I could just do a fitwrap at work but plain and simple I can't afford it right now so this is the next best thing!!! I'm also thinking a few sauna sessions at my gym will come in handy, Since tomorrow is my last day at work for 2 weeks I definitely have time to do it. Stay tuned for an update !!