Did three miles today on the elliptical, and burned 400 calories. Will try and give the total amt of pedometer miles tonight. I really need to focus on my nutrition next!

Melissa

My workouts so far.

Well, last week after Wed, I worked out Thursday and Friday.
This week I worked out both Monday and Tuesday. My two days off were Wed/Thurs due to the menses. Today is friday and I am going to get back on Track and workout today. My damn allergies have kicked my ass. I changed my meds at the beginning of this week to Aprodine and they have done nothing but put me to sleep the whole week. So I am going to get back into the game and keep my progress up. I've lost five and a half pounds so far! Woo Hoo! Do you know that is the first time in I don't know how long that I have actually lost weight before I started instead of gaining five to seven pounds in water weight. Too cool. I have been trying to watch what I eat. I didn't eat that great yesterday, but I did manage to drink three liters of water which is awesome. And I wasn't consuming as many calories as I normally do. I've noticed that alot this week. My calorie consumption is a lot different. I'm not eating near as much, and I'm making better choices. I chose not to eat out last night for pizza, and instead made myself something here. I'm taking alot of calcium/mag supplements right now, and I'm still doing my fish oil and tinctures for the ADD. That's helped as well. Other than that, I'm just plugging along and trying to stay on track. I've done really really good on keeping up with the house, and I turned the spare bedroom into this really cute workout room. All in all I'm really proud of myself. :o)

worked out.

Well, I got it out of the way this morning and did four miles and burned 461 calories. I felt so guilty after eating that CRAP last night! I'm going to go weigh myself in a minute, let's just hope I didn't put any weight that I had lost back on. Maybe I could go do karate tonight or a class.

Melissa

Lost three pounds!

Well, I worked out twice last night. I'm trying to figure out if I want to go to the gym tonight or not, and I'm starting to really enjoy going! Imagine that. LOL I think I might go :o) That class last night kicked my ass. I think the teacher was a sadist. LOL I did really good though. Sweated a whole lot, did weights and endurance which I've discovered is my weak spot. need to work at that. I'm tired right now from all of the anithistamines I'm takin for this stupid cedar fever. (rolls eyes) I'm really proud of myself for losing three pounds. I should probably go work out just so I can work off the earl cambell sausage I had for lunch! Yikes. LOL Not a healthy snack. I notice my eating habits are as healthy as when I've gone to the gym that day.

Monday.

Well, I met a workout partner on exercisefriends.com and I've been doing really good. I worked out this morning and did weights, and I'm on my way to the gym to meet someone else right now. Need to go meet up with her.

Sunday Jan 8th.

Did great today. Walked three and a half miles. Ate nothing but healthy sandwiches and drank lots of water.

I'm on a roll!

214/212.5/170

start/current/goal.

Worked out!

So I worked out tonight. I am so proud of myself. This is the first step towards me being fit this summer.

I did forty minutes of cardio that = three miles. and 383 calories burned.

Weights: I did slow reps, focusing on the lowering of weight slowly, working on resistance.
I did the Leg Extension, Hamstring Curl, and Inner and Outer Thigh. Abs, and stretching.

I feel great. I had low fat chicken fajitas for dinner with Bri. I had a shitload of coffee and not enough water, which I'm going to work on tomorrow.

Tomorrow is my steam and dry sauna day. It helps with the lactic acid that I will surely be suffering from tomorrow, and with detox.

If I keep this up, I will see results in a month or so. I want my clothes to fit less tight, and I really want to be in a size 14. If I keep my head on my goals, I know I can do it. I just need to stay focused, and even go if Brian doesn't. If I start getting in shape, he will eventually come back to it.

It would just be nice to have a guy hit on me when I go out. LOL

Mel.

Monday, Jan 2nd, 2006

Well, I got the herbal stuff for the ADD. Hopefully I will see some results soon. I finished up the day with 3000 steps, low i know. So I will try and shoot for five thousand today. That's my goal.
I'm really proud of myself as a whole with the food aspect of things. Ive done really good. But jesus this fish oil is coming up and god it tastes like ASS. Ughhh. That will motivate me to drink more water, just to keep the shit down. LOL I hope I don't taste this all day. Gross.

So now for the positive visualization. What I want is to be tan. I see myself on May 1st as skinnier. I want leaner thighs., more muscular legs. And a much smaller tummy. You know what would be total badass? To be excited about wearing a swimsuit! LOL Now there's a concept. It's so damn hot here in the summer. I remember being embarrassed about the way I looked in shorts, and you HAVE to wear shorts here in the summer! I know I won't always be so hot either, if I'm smaller. so here is my short term goal. I want to work towards getting into a size 14 short. The cute ones from Old Navy. And then once I hit that goal (which I totally know I can) I will aim for a size 12, and so on. I've got five months which is a long time. I'm not eating out, I'm eating healthier and I'm ok with that. I'll log my daily steps, nutrition, and hopefully this will keep me on track! Now to log those steps. LOL

Food Log:

Breakfast- 1C of blackberries and cherres cooked with 1C of milk and 1C of quick cook oats. 1Tbl of Honey, and 2Tbl of All Natural Westin's Lecithin granules. 2 cups coffee.

Supplements: Tinctures of St. John's wort, American Ginsing, and Rhodiola. Max DHA Fish oil (six total every day broken up in two capsules with every major meal)

Snack: 2 scrambled eggs with 12 oz water.

Lunch: chicken breast on whole wheat bun with mayo, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
one serving of vanilla yogurt with fresh blackberries. 120z water.

Breakthrough.

So i realized a couple of things last night. What's been normal to me the last ten years is not a normal thing. the forgetfulness, the absentmindedness, the inability to concentrate, unable to finish projects, unable to focus on anything for a long period of time.. that was normal to me. I thought that was "normal." and then brian was all over my ass about how i didn't care about the house because I was always leaving things out, how I could never stick with one thing, etc, and I just lost it. Had a total breakdown, something that's completely alien to me. I never really put two and two together. So I got on the webmd website and looked up my symptoms, and guess what popped up. Adult ADD. So I'm looking into natural homeopathic remedies for the symptoms, and I hope that they help. Maybe it will help me feel like a normal person again instead of someone who can never finish anything.

Melissa