beautiful weather!

today was so beautiful here.  got up to 70*!  thats amazing for February.  so i took advantage of the beautiful weather and rode my bike.  first i went to my friends house to visit, about a mile away.  then rode over to the gym, another mile.  then worked out a lil at the gym, 30 min on the elliptical and then some strength training.  then rode my bike over to the tanning salon! for TANNING TUESDAY!  that was about another 3/4 mile.  then back home, about 1.25 miles!  

so i feel awesome about today.  i did have to eat a little, my mom & sister wanted to do lunch, so I got a side salad with no dressing.  

anyways, this morning i was 133.2 lbs... slowing getting back there.  i really need to stop letting myself go... but sometimes its just soo hard to say no to food. 

things to keep me on track

So I've decided to dedicate each day of the week to something particular...

Maintenance Monday - pamper thy self!  mani, pedi, etc.  (today I took the most amazing bubble bath!)

Tanning Tuesday - at my tanning salon its "Twofer Tuesday"  so I this is a no brainer! (looking forward to tanning tomorrow)

Weight(less) Wednesday - Do my weights workout plan at the gym and hopefully it will help me burn more fat!

Thinspo Thursday - post new thinspo

Fasting Friday - no food, just water, coffee & other zero calorie drinks!

Social Saturday - thanks to Depressed Skinny Mess... make saturday a social event, go out with friends!! 

Funday Sunday - do something fun, creative, etc.

On Funday Sunday, yesterday, I saw this really cool idea on pinterest, where you put marbles in jars to help track weight loss.  So I made my own.   Here's a pic of my wonderful creation!  I am using 2 marbles per pound.  So if I loose just 1/2 lb I still get to move a marble!!

help... im hopeless

So I had made it to the 120s and then I totally blew it. Pretty much went on a week long binge!!! I feel disgusting. I weighed 134 this morning. Grrrr. I work soo hard then go n blow it... n for what??? O well. Back on track this week. I am fasting Monday for sure and hopefully Tuesday as well... then back to 500 cal or less. And try fasting every Friday. Hope to get back to the 120s this week.

a new reward

so since I made it to MG3 a while back I finally got my new running shoes, absolutely loving them. I spent like 4.5 hrs at the gym the first day I had them b/c I was soo excited about 'em! (nerd, i know!)

but I've decided that when I get to 125 lbs, I am going to buy a Keurig! I know one of my rules is don't reward yourself with food, but technically this is a beverage, and the products I like/want to drink from it are calorie free! so i think it will just reinforce weight loss, and plus its definitely motivating!

 now i just need to keep on going, and get to 125 lbs! It'd be awesome to be there by March 1st, but I don't think that losing almost 5 lbs is realistic for a week at this point... but I sure am going to try!!!

finally...

So finally 129.8 lbs... under 130 and in the 120s. Now I just have to keep it this way!!! I'm so excited. Ive been doing well so far this week. Only 250 in on Sunday, 625 on Monday and i burned nearly 1000 at the gym. And so far only 375 in today with no gym Bc I worked 11 hrs. I only hope the rest of the week goes as well!

death by pizza

i swear pizza will be the death of me...

So  abc diet didn't last but 3 days, this time. *sigh*  I'm such a failure!!  at work they bought pizza for all of us, and these huge cookies.  i tried to say no, but I just wasnt strong enough... i mean really its pizza?  how can you say no?!  so this just started a spiral... then last night my b/f and i decided to get the $10 box from pizza hut, and again, disaster! oh but it doesnt end there.... after we were eating the pizza, my mom called and said that we are having pizza again tonight for my dads birthday.   Eek!   Its  horrible.   I am no longer close to the 120s.   But I am getting ready to go to the gym.  and I have a plan for next week... if I have such trouble saying no to pizza, I am going to have pizza everyday next week!  but diet pizza.  I will have an apple for breakfast, and then either the smart ones pizza minis or a lean cuisine marg pizza.  btwn 280 - 310 cal at lunchtime.  then try to skip dinner or eat another apple.  so i won't be denied my favorite food, and hopefully I'll be able to resist temptation, and finally see something in the 120s on the scale soon!

rollercoaster

sorry that its been soo long since a post.  its been a bit of a roller coaster with my weight loss.  

 After the 1.2 lbs in a day, i just knew that was too good to be true, I weighed in over +1.2lbs the next day.  I was soo frustrated, that I binged, and pretty much ate whatever for 2 days.  Lucky Sunday I came to my senses and started back on track.  I began the ABC diet again, just to get back on track, but I am going to see if I can beat my previous record of 14 days on ABC.  But I will end on a high note, this morning I weighed in at 130.2 lbs!!! I've lost over 10 lbs now!!! and I am almost to the 120s!!  Im soooo happy, 120s, here I come!

reviewing an old journal

so i found an old ABC diet journal today while looking for something.  i found my lowest recorded weight since I've started being obsessed with weight and calories, etc.  it was 123.4 lbs.... my GW is of course 125 lbs... then my UGW is 116 lbs.   so now i really know that I won't be satisfied at 125 lbs. b/c i realize that I wasn't happy at 123.4 lbs.... so i guess my GW should really be 116, and use 125 as a mini goal.  and i thought I was halfway there....  not even...  if 116 is my goal i'm only a third of the way there... with 16.2 more pounds to go....  

Words 2 Live By

I was doing some thinspo searching b/c I was hungry....  I made a new page "Words 2 Live By."  Check it out.  Def. motivated me and got me past feeling hungry!

-1.2 lbs!!!

so this am i weighed in at 132.2 lbs!!!  that a loss of 1.2 lbs!  in one day.  woo hoo.  what an awesome feeling.  getting closer to my pre vaca weight everyday!

i have to go back to work tonight... after 14 days off... eek.  please don't let anyone have made cookies again!  i need to keep up this pace!

 

gym x2 today!

This mornings weigh in = 133.4 lbs... down another 0.4lbs!  

Went to the gym this morning did my 30 min C25K workout, and then an extra 20 minutes on the elliptical.  I can't believe I am actually liking exercise now!  That only took about a month.  

I was suppose to go Body Pump class tonight with a friend, but my babysitting gig ran a little longer than anticipated and I didn't make it.  But I did met her afterwards and brisk walked for about 25 minutes.  So I'm feeling pretty good about my exercise for the day.

Food wise I did pretty well too.   

Breakfast - Fiber One Fudge Brownie @ 90 cal

Lunch - Smart Ones Mini Cheeseburger @ 200 cal

Dinner - 3 Pepper & Onion blend (sauteed & a lil mrs. dash) @ 100 cal

And of course lots and lots of Diet Citrus Green Tea!

Total Intake - 390 cal!!

Oh and I went tanning again today.  With the free sessions, I had to start at 6 min yesterday and then I could move up to 8 min today... grrrrr.  that's hardly anything. 

Come on 130... come on....

GTL

GTL day! Went to gym, did my 30 minutes C25K workout on the treadmill, then did 20 min on the elliptical.  And felt awesome afterwards.  Then went to tan, I got a card in the mail for 5 free tanning sessions! sweet! then finished up some laundry.  pretty productive.  

So far today I've had like 6 glasses of diet citrus green tea... and that's it.  Don't even feel hungry.   We'll see if that lasts.  But if I do feel hungry I need to remember the following thinspo!

Hoping for a great weigh in tomorrow!

headed the right direction

so this am i was 133.8 lbs!  yah!  at least i'm headed in the right direction.  please let me keep this pace up.  but 0.6 lbs in one day, i'm not complaining! 

Thought this was good advice!  Today I plan on going to the gym and doing treadmill/elliptical for a total of 2 hours.  If that doesn't help shed off pounds... idk what will. :D

btw thanks for all the best wishes and congrats on the engagement! 

back to reality

so this am I weighed in at 134.4 lbs... thats a 3 lb gain over vacation....  :-(   hopefully by next Monday I can be back to 131.4 pre-vaca weight!   

vacation was wonderful.  nassau and key west were beautiful.  and all the food on the ship was amazing.  i'm surprised I didn't gain more than 3 lbs!  i had the most amazing birthday! my boyfriend proposed, and I said yes!!  Beautiful diamond ring, just beautiful.    now i really have incentive to lose this weight and keep it off, have to be looking the best i ever have for my wedding photos! :D

so this week its back to hardcore dieting.  i'm going to try and stick to diet green tea, water, apples and carrots.   wish me luck!