I swear to god, Pizza Hut will be the downfall of this diet for me.
I haven't been doing great the last couple weeks. Mostly on track but a couple days where I eat crap, even if it's within my calories. Yesterday was bad though. A) I worked 7:30am-10:00pm so we b) ordered Pizza Hut.
I will never get over how delicious it is, even if it's so bad for me! I put $1 in my cheat pot though.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Another Day, Another Cheat
Sooo it's Brad's actual birthday today. While I've had some tummy issues ALL DAY, I was so hungry at dinner. If it weren't for dessert I wouldn't have gone over my calories. But 1 slice of my Miracle Whip cake is like 293 calories, plus a scoop of frozen yogurt... I'm over by probably 300 or 400 calories, so I added $1 to my cheat pot.
Both Jana and Erin expressed a desire to get back into this and drop $5 into the cheat pot to make up for the last couple weeks. Victory! Tomorrow I'm gym-ing it up, and I went yesterday as well. Other than today, I'm doing pretty well this week.
Fingers crossed it keeps up haha. I didn't lose anything last week, but I didn't gain either. I want more loss... I want March to be a good month. I'd like to weigh 180 by the time it's over. That's another 5.8 lbs to go. Wish me luck!
Both Jana and Erin expressed a desire to get back into this and drop $5 into the cheat pot to make up for the last couple weeks. Victory! Tomorrow I'm gym-ing it up, and I went yesterday as well. Other than today, I'm doing pretty well this week.
Fingers crossed it keeps up haha. I didn't lose anything last week, but I didn't gain either. I want more loss... I want March to be a good month. I'd like to weigh 180 by the time it's over. That's another 5.8 lbs to go. Wish me luck!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Oops
Wow, it's been almost a month since we last update our blog. Fail.
It feels like lately the three of us haven't been as into this competition and we'd been planning. It's probably due to the fact that we all live in different cities and never see one another, but I'd really like us to get back into it. Record any issues we're having, talk about our successes. Work out as often as possible.
I've been keeping up by myself, and not really checking in with the girls. I want to check in more often and make sure all three of us are on track. I'm making sure to work out AT LEAST 3 times a week, and each time is at least 45 minutes of cardio on an elliptical or an arc-trainer at the YMCA. I probably only do strength training once a week, and I should do that more often.. haha. But I don't have a whole lot of drive to do strength training. I bought a Wii fit and now that I have a gym membership, I never use it. That was probably a waste of money... but if I continue to not use it, I'm going to sell it. I've been staying well within my calories every day, except for a couple of cheat days (which I have charged myself $1 for each time on here), but I'm getting into a rut. Same food every week, not a whole lot of variety! It's mostly because I don't have the money to try a whole lot of new things, so I stick with what I know, what I have, and what I can afford. Boring right?
Anyways, I'd really like us to try harder to keep up with this competition and this blog. Don't forget, it IS going to cost 2 of us money! Only one of us will be the winner!
It feels like lately the three of us haven't been as into this competition and we'd been planning. It's probably due to the fact that we all live in different cities and never see one another, but I'd really like us to get back into it. Record any issues we're having, talk about our successes. Work out as often as possible.
I've been keeping up by myself, and not really checking in with the girls. I want to check in more often and make sure all three of us are on track. I'm making sure to work out AT LEAST 3 times a week, and each time is at least 45 minutes of cardio on an elliptical or an arc-trainer at the YMCA. I probably only do strength training once a week, and I should do that more often.. haha. But I don't have a whole lot of drive to do strength training. I bought a Wii fit and now that I have a gym membership, I never use it. That was probably a waste of money... but if I continue to not use it, I'm going to sell it. I've been staying well within my calories every day, except for a couple of cheat days (which I have charged myself $1 for each time on here), but I'm getting into a rut. Same food every week, not a whole lot of variety! It's mostly because I don't have the money to try a whole lot of new things, so I stick with what I know, what I have, and what I can afford. Boring right?
Anyways, I'd really like us to try harder to keep up with this competition and this blog. Don't forget, it IS going to cost 2 of us money! Only one of us will be the winner!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cheat!!
Oops! I cheated again last night. To be fair, I didn't go over by too much... but Brad and I went to Pizza Hut and while I just had a personal pan pizza, I had 3 cheesy breadsticks, and those are like.. 130 calories PER BREADSTICK! Isn't that ridiculous? Amazingly deliciously ridiculous? hah. I then followed it with 5 rye and cokes. So I went over my calories by quite a bit, so I am definitely counting it as a cheat night.
Worth it though. I've been doing a lot of reading on random things, like which exercises are best and if cheat foods really hurt, blah blah, and while a lot of the information I'm reading in on My Fitness Pal and input by users and not professionals, I've done some on like... the Globe and Mail as well and they all say the same thing: cheating every once in a while, or fitting the food you love that you would consider cheat food INTO your diet, will help you be more successful than depriving yourself of all the things you love. Because if you have say... 9 mini eggs a day (100 calories! I know!) and you don't go over your daily intake, you're less likely to sit down one day and eat half a giant bag of them in one sitting. By allowing yourself some foods every once in a while and making it fit into your diet, you're less likely to binge one day and go WAYYY over.
These are the things I tell myself whenever I eat the food I think is bad for me, but fits into my calories haha. But I'm doing really well! I didn't lose any weight my birthday weekend but I definitely didn't expect to, and last week I lost 3 lbs! In total I'm at almost 10 lbs. I'm pretty proud of myself. I also got a YMCA membership the other day, since I bought my new car and can actually drive myself to the gym after work... I much prefer the gym to working out at home. There are some videos and stuff I like to do at home, and I also just bought a Wii Fit (hoping I don't forget about it and it wasn't a waste of money...) but I love the ellipticals at the gym. I burn 50% more calories on an elliptical than I do on a treadmill, and I find I can be on them longer because they don't hurt my feet and they have little TV's attached so I can watch whatever I want while I work out. There are also strength machines at the YMCA that I LOVE, so that's a bonus :)
All in all... things are looking up! I've noticed actual physical changes in my body. My stomach and boobs are shrinking, and the little underboob rolls are half the size. I'm feeling good, I'm looking good... things are coming up Milhouse!
Worth it though. I've been doing a lot of reading on random things, like which exercises are best and if cheat foods really hurt, blah blah, and while a lot of the information I'm reading in on My Fitness Pal and input by users and not professionals, I've done some on like... the Globe and Mail as well and they all say the same thing: cheating every once in a while, or fitting the food you love that you would consider cheat food INTO your diet, will help you be more successful than depriving yourself of all the things you love. Because if you have say... 9 mini eggs a day (100 calories! I know!) and you don't go over your daily intake, you're less likely to sit down one day and eat half a giant bag of them in one sitting. By allowing yourself some foods every once in a while and making it fit into your diet, you're less likely to binge one day and go WAYYY over.
These are the things I tell myself whenever I eat the food I think is bad for me, but fits into my calories haha. But I'm doing really well! I didn't lose any weight my birthday weekend but I definitely didn't expect to, and last week I lost 3 lbs! In total I'm at almost 10 lbs. I'm pretty proud of myself. I also got a YMCA membership the other day, since I bought my new car and can actually drive myself to the gym after work... I much prefer the gym to working out at home. There are some videos and stuff I like to do at home, and I also just bought a Wii Fit (hoping I don't forget about it and it wasn't a waste of money...) but I love the ellipticals at the gym. I burn 50% more calories on an elliptical than I do on a treadmill, and I find I can be on them longer because they don't hurt my feet and they have little TV's attached so I can watch whatever I want while I work out. There are also strength machines at the YMCA that I LOVE, so that's a bonus :)
All in all... things are looking up! I've noticed actual physical changes in my body. My stomach and boobs are shrinking, and the little underboob rolls are half the size. I'm feeling good, I'm looking good... things are coming up Milhouse!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Unhealthy Way of Weightloss
So about two weeks ago, I came home from my internship to find that my niece and 6 month old nephew had come down with the stomach flu, shortly followed by my other nephew the next day. And since I, like most sane human beings, dislike the idea of vomitting, I chose to avoid them (which is easy since I'm usually out of the house and they stay out of my room). A couple days later my mom comes home early with the same symptoms and my brother stayed home from his classes that day. Its a bit harder to avoid them, but I tried my hardest. A week passed and my father, sister-in-law and I remained unaffected by the illness, so I thought I was home free.
Until Tuesday this week.
I should have realised something was up on Monday when I couldn't finish my brocoli, as it made me gag. I blindly assumed that I was just over full. I hadn't been expecting the food my mom had made me, so I'd eaten only an hour beforehand, so it really wasn't that unreasonable to assume. Until the next morning when I woke up around 5:30 with and upset stomach. I thought maybe I was just really hungry, since I hadn't eaten anything other than a small amount of popcorn since about 4 the day before. But I was wrong.
While I don't exactly understand why it took me 2 weeks to finally get sick, I do count myself rather lucky in the fact that it hit me early after a day where I hadn't had much to eat later in the day. I was sick first thing in the morning, so I emptied out right away, then knew better than to try eating anything, thus avoiding that unpleasantness for the most part.
However it's two days later. I was only sick that one time, but my stomach is just not my friend. I haven't really eaten that much of substance in almost 3 days. Little things, here and there. And even though I'm hungry, when I look at food, its just sooooooo unappealing. I feel sick thinking about actually ingesting anything. Its a problem.
However I'm trying to look on the bright side. I think I might have gained a pound or so with cheat week and Vday, but now I've lost like.... 3 or 4. Not that I condone not eating as a solution to weightloss. I just really need something to make me feel better, so let me have it.
Until Tuesday this week.
I should have realised something was up on Monday when I couldn't finish my brocoli, as it made me gag. I blindly assumed that I was just over full. I hadn't been expecting the food my mom had made me, so I'd eaten only an hour beforehand, so it really wasn't that unreasonable to assume. Until the next morning when I woke up around 5:30 with and upset stomach. I thought maybe I was just really hungry, since I hadn't eaten anything other than a small amount of popcorn since about 4 the day before. But I was wrong.
While I don't exactly understand why it took me 2 weeks to finally get sick, I do count myself rather lucky in the fact that it hit me early after a day where I hadn't had much to eat later in the day. I was sick first thing in the morning, so I emptied out right away, then knew better than to try eating anything, thus avoiding that unpleasantness for the most part.
However it's two days later. I was only sick that one time, but my stomach is just not my friend. I haven't really eaten that much of substance in almost 3 days. Little things, here and there. And even though I'm hungry, when I look at food, its just sooooooo unappealing. I feel sick thinking about actually ingesting anything. Its a problem.
However I'm trying to look on the bright side. I think I might have gained a pound or so with cheat week and Vday, but now I've lost like.... 3 or 4. Not that I condone not eating as a solution to weightloss. I just really need something to make me feel better, so let me have it.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
ADVENTURE!
So it's been a while since I posted. I've been crazy busy. Bouncing between 2 jobs in two cities and managing my time to see friends and such is hard.
The last couple weeks have been mmm... not so great. Not terrible, but not as good as they could have been. Last week (as Amy mentioned) I only lost about half a pound. I wasn't discouraged though, because I knew I deserved that. I was eating things that weren't the healthiest, but not in abundance. So staying even wasn't that big of a shock. I was much better this week.
One of my biggest problems, and I think I've mentioned this, is that I'm a VERY picky eater. I know what I like and I try to stick with those thing. But lately I've been trying to be less critical of my food. For instance, a couple weeks back I was at the office and my friends came back with mexican food for everyone. I'm not a fan, but I didn't really want to go out alone to get something else, so I tried some. I thought about picking out the peppers and onions (I did a little for those I won't lie) but in the end I just ignored them, and honestly they weren't that bad! I only had like 3 little taco's about the size of my pointer finger, but still, rather delicious. Also a on Friday night I went to this special thing they have in Toronto called Winterlicious. I ordered a salad thinking I could pick out the tomato's but it turns out said salad was basically 3 tomatos and a couple leaves. I didn't like it, but the point is I tried a couple pieces before I traded someone for their garden salad. So yeah, I'm really trying to be more adventurous with my food. Its working well for me.
Anyway, I'm down over 3 pounds this week! Thats my biggest drop so far. I'm quite proud of myself. On the other hand, I think it could have been better. Yesterday on my way home from Toronto, to pay my mom back for picking me up, I took her out for lunch. There was a huge line up at Cora's so we ened up going to Pizza Hut (there was NO ONE there). Needless to say I didn't really behave myself, as it's impossible to do so at Pizza Hut. So I added a $1 to my cheat pot. Only one because I was actually full enough that I didn't eat anything other than a bit of popcorn at the movie last night. So I don't really know if I went over my calorie limit in the end. Oh well.
Oh! And I might also be doing some (not a lot) of Hot Yoga when I go up to Toronto. My friend is doing a 30 day Hot Yoga challenge (she's nuts I know) and she wants me to come along. It actually really nice. All my co-workers and friends are on a get fit train of thought right now too. Its making it easier :) I'm looking forward to doing some though, and I don't even like yoga that much.
Anyway, my cheat day is coming up on Wednesday. Its a pub night for the program I took in college and a bunch of my friends/co-workers are going to invade it. Hahaha, I always seem to save my cheat days for days I plan to drink in abundance, lol. I'm excited to get trashed though.
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMY!!!! Even though I'm a twatface who missed your party, I hope you had a good time both nights and are have an especially great birthday today!
The last couple weeks have been mmm... not so great. Not terrible, but not as good as they could have been. Last week (as Amy mentioned) I only lost about half a pound. I wasn't discouraged though, because I knew I deserved that. I was eating things that weren't the healthiest, but not in abundance. So staying even wasn't that big of a shock. I was much better this week.
One of my biggest problems, and I think I've mentioned this, is that I'm a VERY picky eater. I know what I like and I try to stick with those thing. But lately I've been trying to be less critical of my food. For instance, a couple weeks back I was at the office and my friends came back with mexican food for everyone. I'm not a fan, but I didn't really want to go out alone to get something else, so I tried some. I thought about picking out the peppers and onions (I did a little for those I won't lie) but in the end I just ignored them, and honestly they weren't that bad! I only had like 3 little taco's about the size of my pointer finger, but still, rather delicious. Also a on Friday night I went to this special thing they have in Toronto called Winterlicious. I ordered a salad thinking I could pick out the tomato's but it turns out said salad was basically 3 tomatos and a couple leaves. I didn't like it, but the point is I tried a couple pieces before I traded someone for their garden salad. So yeah, I'm really trying to be more adventurous with my food. Its working well for me.
Anyway, I'm down over 3 pounds this week! Thats my biggest drop so far. I'm quite proud of myself. On the other hand, I think it could have been better. Yesterday on my way home from Toronto, to pay my mom back for picking me up, I took her out for lunch. There was a huge line up at Cora's so we ened up going to Pizza Hut (there was NO ONE there). Needless to say I didn't really behave myself, as it's impossible to do so at Pizza Hut. So I added a $1 to my cheat pot. Only one because I was actually full enough that I didn't eat anything other than a bit of popcorn at the movie last night. So I don't really know if I went over my calorie limit in the end. Oh well.
Oh! And I might also be doing some (not a lot) of Hot Yoga when I go up to Toronto. My friend is doing a 30 day Hot Yoga challenge (she's nuts I know) and she wants me to come along. It actually really nice. All my co-workers and friends are on a get fit train of thought right now too. Its making it easier :) I'm looking forward to doing some though, and I don't even like yoga that much.
Anyway, my cheat day is coming up on Wednesday. Its a pub night for the program I took in college and a bunch of my friends/co-workers are going to invade it. Hahaha, I always seem to save my cheat days for days I plan to drink in abundance, lol. I'm excited to get trashed though.
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMY!!!! Even though I'm a twatface who missed your party, I hope you had a good time both nights and are have an especially great birthday today!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A week
Apparently we've all been slacking on updating our blog lately haha. It's been a week and two days since anyone updated, and that was me!
I think it's because last week was kind of a shitty week for all of us. At least it seems that way. Jana is down and out being lonely so far away, and since she's human, she's been eating stress. I've been stressing out over a car loan I'm waiting on, and I had a decently fun weekend but it involved eating out two nights in a row (stayed relatively around my calories, even so..) but drinking Friday a bunch and not counting those calories. Erin just made it sound like this week has been decent but not great for her. All in all it seemed like a slump week.. maybe that's just the way I'm interpreting it?
Jana dropped another 3 lbs, like a champ. Erin and I each lost less than 1 lb. I lost 0.8 and Erin says she lost only half. Woo... haha but at least it's a loss at all. This next week and weekend are going to be really hard on me.
This week is going to be tough, not eating wise, but exercise wise. I've come down with a dirty headcold, and I know one of the worst things I can do to myself when I have a cold is work out. It kills me, and makes my head ache 100x more than before. But we'll see how it goes and I will attempt to work out tomorrow or Thursday. Bad Amy.
I wonder if cleaning house counts as a workout? Between Brad and I, we have an entire apartment that needs cleaning, and that at least burns SOME calories haha. It's my birthday this weekend so I expect it'll be a bad weekend all over. It's my entire Cheat Weekend in February haha but can you blame me? I'm turning 25!! I'm going to try to be really good the rest of this week and all of the week after to make up for it. No going over my calories! Fingers crossed I still manage to drop a pound or so, cuz Jana is kicking my ass! You go girl!
I think it's because last week was kind of a shitty week for all of us. At least it seems that way. Jana is down and out being lonely so far away, and since she's human, she's been eating stress. I've been stressing out over a car loan I'm waiting on, and I had a decently fun weekend but it involved eating out two nights in a row (stayed relatively around my calories, even so..) but drinking Friday a bunch and not counting those calories. Erin just made it sound like this week has been decent but not great for her. All in all it seemed like a slump week.. maybe that's just the way I'm interpreting it?
Jana dropped another 3 lbs, like a champ. Erin and I each lost less than 1 lb. I lost 0.8 and Erin says she lost only half. Woo... haha but at least it's a loss at all. This next week and weekend are going to be really hard on me.
This week is going to be tough, not eating wise, but exercise wise. I've come down with a dirty headcold, and I know one of the worst things I can do to myself when I have a cold is work out. It kills me, and makes my head ache 100x more than before. But we'll see how it goes and I will attempt to work out tomorrow or Thursday. Bad Amy.
I wonder if cleaning house counts as a workout? Between Brad and I, we have an entire apartment that needs cleaning, and that at least burns SOME calories haha. It's my birthday this weekend so I expect it'll be a bad weekend all over. It's my entire Cheat Weekend in February haha but can you blame me? I'm turning 25!! I'm going to try to be really good the rest of this week and all of the week after to make up for it. No going over my calories! Fingers crossed I still manage to drop a pound or so, cuz Jana is kicking my ass! You go girl!
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