Oopsie

I went to Chuck E. Cheese yesterday and had four of their small slices of pizza and 2 large Sprites. That seriously threw me off my fixed calories. I went way over, especially since I had a root beer with dinner. I need to watch it. All had for breakfast was a bagel with scrambled eggs on it, but throw in the butter the deli put on it and my 2 cups of iced tea and that was more than half my allotted calories right there. Guess, I'll be eating light the rest of the day.

Let's try again...

Ok. I'm going to try this again. I went to the site and entered my breakfast. Just that, nothing else. no exercise or lunch or anything. I'm going to start off slowly.


Wish me luck.

Off the wagon

Not too long after my last post, I stopped going to My fitness Pal. I don't know exactly why I lost my motivation, but something about having to document everything I ate and not always being able to keep up with it played a part. And the fact that it's so hard for me to exercise here and without that I won't lose weight. Lastly, there aren't a lot of fruits and veggies here at my dad's house and they are so pricey here. I wanted to spend my money on fun things. It's all pretty discouraging. Anyways, I hope to get back on track soon.

Lata...

YAY!

I did it! I ate the meals I said I would eat yesterday and fell well within my calorie range. I did a lot of walking yesterday with my aunt so that earned me extra calories. I actually fell short of the amount of calories they said I could have. I didn't even feel hungry yesterday! I can't wait to see results in my weight. I exercised yesterday, so today I'm all nice and sore. But that wont stop me from exercising today! I am so pumped.

This morning I mapped out today's meals and snacks and I am still below the limit. I put in what exercises I'll be doing and as soon as my dad leaves the house I'll go in there and do them. I can't remember when was the last time I was this excited about fitness.


Lata!

Continued...

Best of all, that site is free! I got a ticker which I installed at the bottom of this page, you can scroll down and see it. Also, you earn extra calories by exercising. I LOVE THIS SITE!!!

I'm actually hopeful

Weight: 231


Seems I've reached a plateau. Hardly surprising when I don't exercise. Anyways my aunt told me the more i exercise the more I can eat. For right now, though, she gave me some sites to try. The one I found the most helpful was www.myfitnesspal.com . See, my aunt said I need to be counting calories and exercising in order to continuously lose weight. The more weight I lose, the more I reduce my caloric intake. She said to start at 1,800 calories, then gradually reduce that, week by week, to 1,200. However, this site started me off at 1,200 calories based on my weight and activity level. If I go by their food plan, I should lose about 1.9 pounds per week. That's with doing at least 10 mins of cardio a day. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that 10 mins of cardio a day works wonders according to my aunt. One can then build up to 15-20 mins a day.

It's also what Bob Green said in his book. Actually, he said a lot of things about how to exercise and what intensity your exercises should be in order to lose weight and effect a change. I'm glad my mom gave me the book.

Anyways, this site is amazing. it has all foods, bascally, and their caloric value. It has a food diary, and exercise diary...feel free to check it out, I've included a link to the right of this page. I think I can really achieve my goals this summer!

Some help

My aunt went over some sites with me about weight loss. It was good. What was even better, though, was her decision to help me devise my own workout plan tomorrow morning, inshallah. She also showed me a modified jumping jack that wouldn't kill me. I will definitely be doing those instead of the traditional ones I tried before with the kid. I remember a horrible sensation of my flubber bouncing like mad....


Anyways, once back in Kuwait, I'll be trying to start up my own local Biggest Loser contest. My aunt said she'd help me with that, too. I swear, it's so good to have help and encouragement in these matters.

New elements

I added some links to the page.

Water

I should be drinking half my body weight in ounces...that's about 115 ounces of water or 14 8- ounce glasses. But I just went on this site and they told me (based on my weight and the hot climate I live in and other things) that I should be drinking 139 ounces of water, or 4 liters a day. Basically a gallon. Here's the site, it's pretty cool:

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

I Hate walking!

Last night while trying to see fireworks I walked almost 2 miles at a grueling pace. I think that should count for something. I know I said I would walk this summer no matter how much it kills me, but I've realized something. It's a pretty embarrassing and shameful thing, so it hurts to admit it: I'm mostly talk and no action. It's horrible, but I see evidence of it in practically everything I do.


I have to change that.

*sigh*

Weight: 231



I guess the only thing I have to be happy about is the fact that I'm still losing weight. I swear, I haven't been walking, or eating right. I tried to do some of the cardio, even got the kid involved, and I collapsed after 1 minute. Kid kept right on going. I suck. But I'm going to keep trying.

Least I still have my water bottle. I've been guarding it. No measurements today.