April 2010
1 post
Ok I am back on a diet today times a lot. I am thinking of hitting up South Beach since we have eggs and I like eggs. Dress fitting is in a month and a half and I better be looking slimmer asap for it. I am also not leaving town again for a month and a half (except for a day trio here or there) and hitting the gym and thesis like a monster. My own little GTL = GTP (Gym, Thesis, Philly).
First...
December 2009
8 posts
I haven’t exercised since Tuesday because I’ve been too swamped with work and today there is a wintry mix which is not going to motivate a visit to the gym. I guess I’ll do the Shred and call it- easing back into working out?
School work makes me eat a LOT. It is just insane. I am tired and eat and am stressed and eat and take breaks to eat. I guess it’s all part of my procrastinator coping skillzz.
- 1 set of running shoes + work out clothes does...
And after the emotional exhaustion I felt yesterday it is rather amusing that I tried to convince myself that after I napped I would hit the gym. yeah right. instead I ordered a pizza from this place I have been wanting to try, had a beer and watched myself some steel magnolias. Oh I also consumed bread with butter and jam, a sugar free pudding, cheerios and a granola bar. But I did eat a...
zumba
got off my tukkas and made it to zumba.
Stress Eating
I haz it.
I am at a coffee shop and the lady here must think I am an insane binger (which I sort of am). I already have had coffee, tea, a greek salad, some stuffed grape leaves, lentil soup and I am already planning for some tuna rice later with more tea. Really… it’s not 12 yet! I am not getting enough work done but I am eating my calories for the week. And no, I am not planning on...
I got on the scale after a lot of anxiety and fear about my weight gain over the weekend where I had food in my mouth all waking hours AND I didn’t gain any weight! I didn’t lose weight but I didn’t gain any either! Halleluja! Praise the thanksgiving gods! I feel like this means my weight loss… All 5 total lbs of it in many months of sweating to the oldies… is real!...
My bed won out. But today I am going!!
November 2009
61 posts
dear exercise gods
should i get off my butt and go to bodycombat or stay sitting in my bed and keep writing?
As is often the case, Alisa, we are in the same boat here. I feel like I am referencing a lot of vehicles here…falling off the train but in the same boat. hah!
I am feeling your lack of motivation, ladies!
I am about to start a week of hell where I will be sleeping, writing, eating and writing and then writing some more. I am a little anxious about all that needs to be written and that usually leads to- stress eating! Yipee. Tomorrow before writing I am going to get a lot of “acceptable” snacks that I can reach for during moments of stress.
Oh la la.
I wil be in and out of touch.
p.s. and i kid you not I consumed a stick and a...
I have no motivation to exercise today. I think the exercise train left the station without me while I was away on vacation. boo.
i ate like a queen this weekend. It was so fun. ...
Time to get serious again
This morning I am back on the diet train. I haven’t weighed myself since I’ve been home. I ate a LOT of sugar, starch and in general had no regard for my waistline. Today I went on a run and wanted to throw up, a few days away makes my body sway. Maybe I’ll try to go on another run this afternoon. I am also back to my protein meals, i might need to stop at the store here to get...
Thanksgiving Non-Diet
I already ate chocolate, cornbread, cranberry sauce and 2 cookies. Oops. I am going to try to have a salad for dins.
yo dogs
pumped it today
still have 500 calories to eat.
oh wait just had a pudding
subtract 60. heh hehe
I tried on a green dress today.
It did not fit over my bum, well it did, but barely.
The thing I like most about being fit is tryin on clothes and not looking flabby in the dressing room.
Getting there but not quite there yet.
I am sore and loving it.
Ok day, good work out
I had standard-ish SB meals except that for dinner we had lamb chops and I couldn’t resist some wine with it! But I had steamed broccoli and no starch so it’s not SO bad. So really- I can’t seem to be on SB as a lifestyle. Oh well. No weight loss, muscle gain. I think I don’t do so well with rules and restrictions, my natural inclination is rebellion.
Benefits of Being on Two Diets
If you fall off one you might still be on the other one. Like today for instance I was on south beach in the AM and just a low cal in the afternoon. I am sure that cancels out my south beach and makes it gone but I don’t feel like a total failure because I still stayed at my calorie budget. Just in a bad unhealthy way- I had a tough afternoon with car breaking and needing gas and getting...
i got back on the wagon today
ate like i supposed to
and worked out like I supposed to
and now I need to look up how many calories are in an ounce of turkey.
I am hungo.
AND I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL I EAT MY PUDDING!!
Daniel is getting some Dim Sum with a school friend right now and I am getting Dim None. Sad for me. Now all I can think about are little carts with foods I can’t eat but want to.
Pudding is SO freaking good. OMFG.
I did 30 day shred today while D watched and agreed that it was sort of hard. Now I have more thing to do and shower and go to NYC. Tomorrow is a very busy day.
Vegan before 6pm
Apparently Mark Bittman (NYTimes, Minimalist) is vegan before dinner daily. I read this on Nutritionista who tried being vegan for a week without much trouble. So what my take away is not necessarily “vegan” but maybe not processed. This is not something I am thinking of pursuing while on my current diets but something to maybe put in the file to me mindful of in the future. This would...
black bean soup fail AGAIN
last time i tried to make this soup we couldn’t eat it due to the amount of salt i accidentally added.
this time i accidentally bought black SOY beans. i am an idiot. i am not sure why this recipe is such a brain buster for me but i seem to be a major FAIL with it.
the soup is at least edible with the soy beans but certainly is not as satisfying.
i give up.
bad bad food weekend!
i ate 1,379 ish (in reality much more) over my food budget on saturday. yes, there were complicated circumstances, yes i was up early and away from home and so on and so forth but that’s a pretty bumpy fall off the diet. i feel a bruised motivation.
i am sad, i also didn’t exercise. that i will remedy today by pumping it hard.
that said:
the food i got to eat was DELICIOUS->...
DITTO
the body is a mysterious thing and we can’t understand why it sometimes gains and sometimes loses.
also- aliya it could be muscles. i am not kidding.
it’s a process. i still have my 2 lbs from yesterday sitting on my scale.
i made the mistake of weighing myself yesterday...
When will I learn to resist the drive to see evidence of progress instantaneously when I want it? I am happy that I am working out and making that a priority and my body has definitely changed for the better. And I am in the swing of things. I have to remember that this is a process!
I had an OK food day, I went over my cals a little and that’s ok because I ate some sugar free pudding- YUM!!
I didn’t have time to work out which is bummer but ok since I worked out for the past 5 days which I am certainly ok with. I can’t be a crazy.
xoxoxox
today i have consumed only coffee and soda (drink wise…i have been eating also). that is bad news. i am tired…probably crashing. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah so tired of stats.
Black Bean Soup
I added spinach, it would have rocked my world of soups EXCEPT I added too much salt by accident. So much salt that we were unable to eat it. Sad, a whole pot of soup with major potential completely destroyed. Strange, since Ive been thinking about your recent sodium limits and STILL managed to screw this up. Next time it won’t happen.
Rest of dinner: London Broil leftovers from last night....
I could eat a bucket of chocolate pudding. Really, I could.
ok so i am on day 10 of making the cut
and i am feeling a little ill. Good thing today is my day off at the gym. Although yesterday I felt better after I pumped it, so maybe that is not a good thing. I had forgotten to look at this blog because it wasn’t coming up on my dashboard.
I realized that in order to keep fitness as a regular part of my life I need goals.
I do well with goals. I had this realization upon reflection...
at the coffee shop again
i am thinking about going for day 2 of that yummy salad… i didn’t go to the gym today, i guess there is still time but i am not nearly as far as i want to be on my thesis. crappy shit poop dung!
i am drinking tea, going to get the salad maybe that’s the fuel i need to get movin.
I didn’t lose anything since yesterday. :( It’s ok since at least I didn’t gain anything, right?! I think maybe the large amounts of meat did it. Even with pumping it at the gym… Although maybe I did lose fat and gain muscle from my work out?! That will make me feel better. Great. Done and done.
went to body combat tonight, and thought i was going to die. okay, maybe not die, but definitely wanted to collapse on the floor. now i have a headache, which means definitely over did-it. i blame it on the 20 jumping kicks i did.
Dinner tonight:
London Broil (mustard, lemon, garlic, rosemary marinade)
“Mashed Potatoes” with cauliflower
no salt = quick change
wowzers. is that a mr. gadget saying? it sounds like it should be if it is not. anyway, watching salt in one day and def. feel lighter, and lost 2 lb! crazy.
I feel like I am getting sick, but I am in disbelief b/c I leave for Barbados on Friday, and I do not want to be. I am pumping my body full of zinc and fluids.
i lost 3.2 lbs this weekend, pumpers!
i am not sure if it’s going to last or is a weird weight due to water, etc. but i am pumped.
i am in my work out clothes now finishing a school project and then hitting the gym.
today is going to be a test, i have class from 6-10 which usually results in 11pm road fries. i must bring lots of snacks in the car with me: almonds, hard boiled eggs,...
yup—my unhealthy weekend shows on the scale. eek—bathing suit in less than a week. I think I am going to follow Aliya’s tip she shared from “making the cut” and try to lower my sodium intake this week and eat less prepared foods. Did you know that a cup of milk has around 100 mg. of sodium? i didn’t.
this weekend was a bust of unhealthiness…lots of takeout because of this training, lots of fried food at the cellar (but delicious :)), followed up by takeout chinese tonight b/c i was too exhausted to cook. also no workouts since friday. tomorrow is back to the healthy swing.
alisa, you are not going to be a heffer bride even if you don’t lose a pound. when i saw you in philly i...
Healthy Yummy Lunch
Can of Tuna
2 Spoons of Hummus
Fresh Dill Sprinkled
~230 calories, delicious, nutritious
I would have taken a picture but I ate it too fast.
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Is this going to be Alisa’s food feelings journal? I am sorry if you guys aren’t into it. I am bombarding.
Maybe I’ll start another secret blog to keep track so that I stay healthy. I usually haven’t had this much trouble with weight loss because I did it in really unhealthy ways. Maybe doing a journal (like bitch nutritionist suggested) will be helpful and prevent...