November 2010
6 posts
When I'm stressed I eat.
And I’m effing stressed. I have a total of 65 pages to write (which means heaven only knows how many pages to read) before Christmas break/the end of the semester.
Also, as a poli sci major (and going to a liberal arts school), i feel like i am exposed to all sorts of social problems and am beginning to understand the solutions to them, but also understand that most of them will never...
Goals for the rest of the semester
Max two nights drinking a week.
Eat healthy and count calories
Work out 3x/week
Eat fruit/veggies at every meal
Healthy changes, Monday November 15th
Breakfast:
egg whites on a whole wheat english muffin with hot sauce + 1 c. skim milk
Morning Snack:
14 almonds
Lunch:
salad bar salad: romaine, sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, red onion, chickpeas and a tbs of honey mustard
Afternoon Snack:
mini bag of microwave popcorn
Dinner:
rice with vegetable stew
Study snack:
animal crackers
Exercise: oops.
Calories: 1455
This isn’t...
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I’m reemerging. I have been in denial of what my crazy college life is doing to me. I eat A LOT. I drink A LOT. I haven’t been exercising. I am coming off a really nasty foot sprain and my options are limited, but that’s probably an excuse. I need to get back on the bandwagon because I weighed myself for the first time in months and I’ve gained weight and am the heaviest...
“The key to weight loss is about eating and creating a healthy relationship with...”
– Keri Gans, spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. (via meredish)
October 2010
1 post
I’m on a journey of self acceptance. I’m not sure I can maintain any weightloss with out it. I’m gaining, I’m sad and it seems like it’s all spinning out of control.
September 2010
12 posts
WIW
CW 158
Okay. So I’m up an lb from last Monday. I eat like shit from tuesday-sunday so I couldn’t expect 2 days of minor changes and progress to turn anything around. I gotta stop this scale from continuing to creep.
Tues Sept 14
Breakfast: english muffin with egg whites and hot sauce
Work-out: 3.35 mile run: out to the nature trail, 2 laps of the trail, back through campus, up and down the access road that is a pretty steep hill and back to the dining hall.
Rugby practice including 1 mile run, 15 minutes of fitness practice: 10 pushups, 10 m sprint, 10 burpees, 10 m sprint, 10 sit ups, 10 m ...
Monday Sept 13
Breakfast: english muffin with egg whites and hot sauce
Lunch: salad: romaine/spinach + feta cheese, onions, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, chickpeas and mushrooms & a granny smith apple
Dinner: vegetarian paella w/ steamed veggies and a granny smith apple
Snacks: chobani w/ cereal and almonds (afternoon), dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds (library), air popped popcorn w/ a little...
Running is a big question mark that's there each...
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New week, new start.
Being healthy in college is fucking hard.
12:31 a.m.
Just finished my work.
I overate today.
I AM NOT IN A ROUTINE YET AND IT SUCKS. I’m going to bed and forcing myself to still wake up way before class to get a run in.
“Without my friends, my grades would be better, my waist would be thinner, and my wallet would be thicker.”
SO TRUE. I can’t help but NOM NOM when I’m with my friends. I live with 8 people and am always with my rugby team…so they are ALWAYS around. IT’S SO HARD!
Tumblr Tuesday!
In honor of my semi-triumphant return to the Tumblr scene, I’m making a list of my favorite FITBLRS that I missed when I was gone. If you don’t already follow them….you should.
@smaller-and-smaller
@fitambition
@kelseyshrinks
@biggirlnomore
@milfitude
@pinkpineapples
Lots of love and luck to everyone :)
September 6th
Today is Monday. It started out with my semi-normal breakfast with the girls before my 9:30 Political Theory class. I skipped the usual english muffin and had to add milk because the hot sauce was too much without the bread.
Breakfast:
Egg whites w/ hot sauce
1/2 grapefruit
1/2 c. skim milk
I met Hannah and Katie for lunch after spending an hour after class doing work in the library. There...
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Not like I didn't see this coming
Monday Weigh In: 157.0
I’m up four pounds in a month. That’s what happens when you have the “i don’t give a shit attitude” and the “I’ll get back with it tomorrow” mentality.
Welp, looks like I have some work to do. I’m going to weigh myself on Mondays and Fridays to keep me in check on the weekends.
Confession
I haven’t counted calories in almost a month. I’ve been exercising semi-regularly (mostly because of rugby practice, not my own personal efforts), but I KNOW I’ve gained weight. I’ve been eating like I’m going to the electric chair. It’s not only about slacking on the calorie counts, but also in my choices. I wrote about how my work schedule effecting my eating,...
August 2010
57 posts
I’m at school. I have three practices a day. I eat well at meeals but need to cut out snacking. Why is getting back on track so difficult?!?
i’m alive. i’m finishing up working, being with my family & packing for school on monday! once i’m there, i am promising that i will get back to posting regularly!!
i’ve been eating moderately well and working out on a regular basis (less than usual, but 3 days this week because i’m busy!).
Cutting the excuses. Cutting the shit. I’ve been less than healthy lately. Back to it today.
i just binged. i got home from a total of 11 hours working and just started eating. it’s so hard. i just get so tired. i can’t wait to go back to school and regain a normal schedule.
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“If you want to be a better runner, you’ve got to run more. It’s as simple as...”
– Tom Fleming, running coach (via crossingtheasymptote, eatprayrun)
@milfitude
really…because you have a baby (babies?) and a real life. i’m a college biddie who works all summer for booze money. not real life. YOU’RE MY FITSPO, mama!
Daily Fitness
Cardio
30 min elliptical cross training program
Strength
2 x 10 squats with shoulder press (15 lb dumbbells)
15 assisted pull-ups
2 x 10 (each leg) walking lunges with bicep curl (15 lb dumbbells)
15 assisted pull-ups
2 x 10 tricep extensions (15 lb dumbbell)
2 x 10 lateral arm raise (5 lb dumbbells)
2 x 10 jackknife on stability ball with push up
12 assisted...
working doubles makes me
eat
cry
want to kill myself
my feet hurt
binge
cry
tired
exhausted
cry
Fresh Salsa from my garden + multigrain tortilla...
flawless
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Daily Fitness
Cardio
35 minutes on the elliptical cross training program
Strength training
15 assisted pull-ups
10 jackknives
10 pushups
10 side crunches to each side
10 crunches
20 squats
rest 30 seconds; repeat x2 (3x total)
2 x 10 lateral arm raises
2 x 10 tricep extensions
2 x 10 standing shoulder presses
@fitambition
I logged my run (6.65 miles, 77 minutes, avg. speed 5.2 mph) into MyPlate and that’s what it spit back. I don’t know how accurate it is…but I don’t typically eat all the calories I burn anyway (unless I go out drinking…and get the drunk munchies…etc.)
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Daily Fitness
Long run day. I mapped 7 miles, but accidentally missed a turn and ended up at 6.65 miles. I averaged an 11:30 minute/mile. There was a couple large hills and I made sure not to drop the pace I was maintaining going into it to get in a good leg workout. I did afford myself a 30 second break at the top of the highest hill in my town to soak in the view. I also threw in some tempo work because there...
I'm eternalizing how it feels
to eat way too much bad food in one night. Because last night was out of control. Sarah and I went to the race track with some vodka sodas, which i budgeted for. I didn’t budget for meeting these two guys who bought us beers. Then I didn’t budget for them peacing out and me and Sar getting the drunk munchies and getting nachos, sandwiches and french fries…and ICE CREAM. OHEMGEE i...
WIW
HW: ~165
SW: 160
LW: 153.4
Today: 152.4
+/-: 1.0
GW1: 149
GW2: 141
GW3: 135
I need to dig myself out of this mental rut.
I feel like I’m at a standstill in terms of progress. I am so frustrated and tired. I also feel so tired because of my work schedule at home (6am-12noon 6 days/wk; 4 or 5pm- 10 or 11pm 4/days wk). I hope tomorrow’s weigh in pulls me out of this funk.
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Daily Fitness
4 mile hill run
One hour yoga class
“Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that’s all...”
– Caballo Blanco (via nycultramarathon) (via moveyourbooty) (via fitnfun)
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Daily Fitness
1 Mile Run
Circuit
20 Squats
20 Pull-ups
10 Jackknives
10 Push-ups
10 side crunches to each side
10 crunches
1 minute rest
Repeat 3 times
3x 10 single leg squats, each side
3x 10 bent over dumbbell row
3x 10 incline bench press
3x 10 overhead tricep extensions
3x 10 side bends, each side
3x 10 hamstring curls
1 mile run
20 minute elliptical
food diary 8.8
breakfast
english muffin w/ pb and banana
morning snack
oatmeal
orange
lunch:
breakfast burrito w/ avocado, tomato, salsa, egg whites, black beans, and cheese
pineapple chunks
afternoon snack
rice cakes w/ pb & j
grapes
dinner
salad with spinach, summer squash, tomato, radish, celery, veggie burger and goat cheese
pickles
snack
kashi crackers with hummus
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Daily Fitness: Treadmill in the basement addition
I had scheduled to do 3 miles today…but I procrastinated and lost all the day light. My mom has an old treadmill in the basement….THAT FACES A BRICK WALL. wtf.
I ran 1 mile and decided to do the other 2 tomorrow in addition to my crosstraining. Not going to make this a habit, but as long as I don’t skimp on my long runs, I should be okay. 1 mile is better than no miles…...
Food Diary 8/7
breakfast: plain instant oatmeal w/ peanut butter, blackberries & blueberries
morning snack: peach + string cheese
pre-workout: larabar
lunch: zucchini, summer squash, mushrooms and chickpeas sauteed in olive oil, garlic, basil, parsley and chili pepper sprinkled with sunflower seeds + plum
dinner: chobani honey greek yogurt w/ kashi honey sunshine cereal + banana + clif c bar
snacks:...
Daily Fitness
i just ran 5.5 miles through downtown…including 2 borderline massive hills. i avg’d at a 11:30 min/mile pace.. not to shabby. it felt SO GOOD.
This weeks workouts….
Running: 4 days
Strength: 3 days (one was just abs, though…)
yoga: 2 days
crosstraining: 0 days
Next week, I’d like to add on another full body strength training day & a crosstrain day.
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Food Diary & Daily Fitness
breakfast: spinach and feta wrap from starbuck’s
snack: granny smith apple
lunch: larabar, orange
snack: some trail mix
snack: plum and blueberries/blackberries
dinner: scallops (panseared with olive oil), corn on the cob, fresh cucumbers, orzo with tomato and red onion
post run: cherries
evening snack: 1.5 s’mores!
*4 mile hilly run!!! with my best friend!!!!! AT...
shrinking in the city.: 10 THINGS THAT ARE MORE... →
via the September 2010 issue of Glamour.
Birthday cake.
Falling in love, running a company, buying a home — you know, the real stuff.
Magic underwear. (Why do you think our grandmas always looked so good?)
Dumping the guy who answered, “Uh, yeah,” to “Does my butt look big in this?” There,…
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So I went 260 calories over last night. Things happen. Moving on. I’m currently sitting in Penn Station waiting for my connection. I bought an egg wrap from Starbuck’s for breakfast at Union Station and just got a Larabar and an Orange for lunch. The last two days have been “bad,” but yesterday was totally unforeseeable. I could beat myself up or I could move on to make...
So. There’s no power here and we just had to eat out. I had a small, 3” diameter soft pretzel and a black bean wrap with onion and avocado and some rice and beans. It was really the best I could do at a sports bar. Someone encourage me! I’m falling off the wagon the last two days with eating out. I had about 800 cals before hand. I don’t think I’ll be abnle to work...