This LJ is dedicated to my weight loss efforts. I started weight watchers July 2005. Please feel free to friend this LJ if you are interested in reading my daily food menu, exercise, water intake, recipes & other things weight related.

Record of weight since I started WW. .. I got lazy with this. It's only until April 2008.

Current Stats

Height: 5'7"

Highest Weight: 265ish

WW Start Weight: 258

Lowest Weight: 157.4

Current Size: 12/13 & M

Goal Weight: 158 new goal weight: 150

Weekly WI: Wednesday

Latest 'Official' Loss: -2.2 lbs

Plan: WWonline

Mini Goals
First mini goal: get down to 225 by October/05 (Hockey season) I want to be able to skate faster and stay on the ice longer.. First mini goal achieved Oct 17, 2005. 231.4 lbs.
2nd mini goal: 225 lbs by Christmas Eve.. Second mini goal achieved December 20, 2005. 225.2 lbs.
3rd mini goal: to get to Onederland.. Third mini goal achieved June 28, 2006.
4th mini goal: 190 lbs by January 18/07.. Fourth mini goal achieved January 11, 2007.
5th mini goal: get out of size 16 at Old Navy.. Fifth mini goal achieved April 14, 2007. Size 12!!
6th mini goal: 175 lbs by May 19th, 2007.. Sixth mini goal reached April 28, 2007. 175 on the dot.
7th mini goal: 165 lbs by October 31, 2007.. Seventh mini goal reached October 20, 2007. 164.8.
8th mini/end goal: get to my goal weight of 158 by my bday Jan 18th May 31st/08.. Goal achieved February 8, 2008. 157.4

Big-Goals
To get down to 158 lbs. (Reached 157.4 Feb 8, 2008)
To be able to run for 1 hour without stopping. (I ran my first 10K in 62 min Sept 2. Only 3 min of that was walking) .. finally ran an hour without stopping June 8th/08 .. then the following Sunday, I ran the half marathon in 2:11 without stopping!
To no longer shop at "fat girl" stores (because that is totally out of my comfort zone). I haven't been into a fat girl store in FOREVER. I don't think I would be able to fit into the clothes there anymore.

Ultimate Goal
To have my thighs not rub together. That is my definition of thin.

Wendie Plan
MapMyRun
Weights & muscles


( Links & stuff )


( Measurements )

( June 7/06 )

I posted some pics of myself in a community over here, I guess I look more different than I thought. .. I posted another one too, because OMG, I look skinny. I did another post since I lost 90lbs, I had to share with everyone! .. Feb 8, 2008, I made goal!!

My progress photo post
My before & during photos

Points and measurements ( so I don't forget )

Yes - I have been MIA for some time. I just have been super busy with work and not really into eating good. And I have major leg/knee/foot pain on my right leg. It sucks. I am going to try and not run for a month.. which means I will get super fat again. Ugh. Which then means I really have to watch what I eat and will probably end up counting points again.

A couple things:
1) going to Vegas next week. My first time there. I plan to OVER indulge.
2) I have set a goal to run a full marathon come June 2011. Watching TBL last night inspired me.

And that's about it. I haven't been reading LJ at all. Hardly been on facebook. I'll get back into it once I get back from Vegas.

Have a good one!

It's been awhile, eh? I've still be following the GI Diet and staying between 163 & 167. I've toned down my exercise because my leg sucks and hurts more often now. When I play hockey, my right foot is so cold. When I am done the game, it is boiling hot. Then I am messed up the entire next day. It sucks. There's got to be some sort of nerve damage in there somewhere. I need to go see my doctor again. I am not sure if physio is helping or not. I know I am way more sore the day or two after I go. I am still going once a week.

OK, did you know that one can be in a sugar coma? Who knew?! Sunday, my BFF had a gift cert for 2 brunch buffets at a fancy schmancy hotel (c'mon, it costs $45 per person!!) OMG. My first plate was breakfasty & lunchy stuff. Bacon, waffles, fruit, more bacon, chicken, eggs.. Plate number two. Desserts. And lots of them. OMG. They had a chocolate raspberry cheesecake. SO RICH & GOOD. A chocolate fountain in which I dipped in fruit. Fudge. Ice Cream (I didn't have any!) and SOO much more (oh, and I added more bacon & some chocolate sauce got on it. oops. mmmm..) When we were done, I was dizzy and sleepy. I got home, around 1pm, and had a 3 hour nap! I had to get up for hockey, if I didn't have to, I would have laid there all night. I woke up with the alarm the next morning to go to the gym, but couldn't get myself out of bed! I ate good all day yesterday, and I had absolutely no trouble getting out of bed to go to the gym this morning. Seriously, this has really opened my eyes to what sugar does to you. Not that I didn't know it before, but this really sunk it in.

All is going well. One month until I am in Vegas. wooo!!

Weight: 165.4

5am - cranberry cinnamon bran muffin
7:40am - small mandarin orange & another at 8:30
8:25am - Homey oatmeal (recipe below) & cup of half caff w/ praline sf syrup
10am - ff plain yogurt w/frozen blueberries & bran buds, apple
12:30pm - subway 6" ham sub loaded with veggies, monterary jack cheese & mustard on honey oat, raw veggies (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower), apple
3pm - 1/2 zone perfect bar
3:51pm - had about 20 pieces of candy corn. oopsie poopsie! :P
6pm - might have my last piece of lasagna - or something else.. I'll check the cookbooks.
8pm - frozen berries in lime juice w/ff plain yogurt

( Homey Oatmeal )

Burned 450 cals at the gym. Ran2/walked1 for 20 minutes & worked arms & core. Felt good. I did notice that when I had the threadmill at an incline of .5, the lower part of my right calf was hurting, so after 23 minutes, I was like, maybe I shouldn't have an incline, I went to 0 and no pain. So that's it, I can't run at any incline. Grrrr. Injuries are so frustrating!!

Man, last night I wanted sweet everything. I ate my apples & crumbles, and I topped it with a scoop of 1% cottage cheese. OMG you guys, I had NO idea how salty that stuff is. Because I had switched to dry cottage cheese and mixed it with ff plain yogurt, which at 80000% less sodium then the wet cottage cheese. Anyway, it was gross, but I got it down because I wanted the apples & crumble. THEN that wasn't enough, so I had 2 apple cookies that I had made on the weekend (I'll find the recipe later) with skim milk, and a small bag of my smartpop carmel pecan chocolate popcorn (not low GI friendly) and a tbsp of natural peanut butter - I love that stuff.

It's so weird how tastebuds change, eh? Like that cottage cheese... I could not believe how salty it is! Holy smokers. And sweetened peanut butter? No thanks. Gimme natural or PB2. I have hard time eating certain chocolate bars. I love the super dark bitter chocolate way better now.

I also have a nice evening dessert/snack on this diet. Thawed(ish) frozen mixed berries, tossed in lime juice & a scoop of ff plain yogurt. SO good.

Anyway, too much food talk. I feel good about the number on the scale. This is day 7 of the GI Diet since i started last Saturday at 170, and I am 165.4. So 4.6lbs gone so far... a few things though. Saturday will be my official WI day, and I am going to a hallowe'en social tomorrow within walking/bussing distance of my house. I am going to try hard to not drink tooo much, but I am Tina. I like drinking. I am going as an Angel & my bff is going as a devil. So original, eh?

Weight: 165.8

Day 2 of TOM. yay? I checked my calendar at home yesterday. Last time I had it was July 31-Aug 1. Woes me.

So you want to know what I eat during the day on the GI Diet? The concept here is to eat something every 2-3 hours so that you don't get hungry and devour everything crappy in site (or in mind). Here it be:

6am - egg white omelet (1/2 cup naturegg w/ 1/2 cup skim milk, cooking spray, cooked veggies [asparagus, green onion, spinach, yellow pepper & tomato] and maybe a tbsp or less of fat free cheddar cheese - which I will buy more of next time I go to the states) & a travel mug of half caff w/ sf hazelnut syrup & about 10oz of water, oh and my handful of vitamins
8am - cranberry cinnamon bran muffin (recipe from the GI clinic book - below), small mandarin orange & water
10am - ff plain yogurt w/frozen blueberries & fibre first cereal & water
11am - cup of half caff w/ praline sf syrup
noon - leftovers from my dinner last night: 1/2 chicken breast topped w/ a saute of tomato, basil, green onion & mushrooms. I added some yellow beans w/pepper. Made a side sald w/ spinach, yellow pepper, asparagus, red onion, tomato, cucumber & beets. Topped with a the Basic GI vinaigrette (red wine vinegar, olive oil, dijon mustard, garlic & some herbs), strawberries
2pm - 1/2 zone perfect bar
4pm - 2 high fibre crispbreads w/ a wedge of laughing cow cheese
6:30pm - Easy Bake Lasagna (recipe below)
8pm - apple & crumble topping

GI DIET RECIPES
( Cranberry Cinnamon Bran Muffins )

( Easy Bake Lasagna )

( Hot Apple Slices & Crumble )

Taking a day off from exerise today. Might walk to my surgeon appointment after work, which will be like 30-45 minutes.

Weight: 165.4

OK, I seriously. I started my period today, (first one since August I think), and my weight is still good. And I ate the most awesome dessert last night. I sliced 4 apples, melted 2 tsp margarine in the pan, dropped in the apples, topped w/ 3 tbbs splenda, 1 tsbp cinnamon & 1/2 tsp nutmeg, then I added 1/2 cup water & 1/2 cup unsweetened applejuice and brought that to a boil, then simmered on low for 10 minutes until the apples were soft.. then I made a crumble topping with 1 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup brown sugar splenda, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 cup melted margarine. OMG! SOOOOO GOOOOD! Then I added a dollop (hee!) of ff plain yogurt. The hot & cold contrast were amazing. Chad loved it too. I have some left over (the recipe is for 4 servings).

Had my weekly physio appt yesterday. The outside of my ankle has really been bothering me. I am just not getting better (I also had accupuncture for the first time. I liked it)! Had a talk with my physio therapist about my running and said I really don't want to give it up, but wonder if I should?? She said no, but maybe don't run as much in one period of time. Like I have been cutting it to 10-20 minutes at a time of continuous running. She said to maybe try 2s/1s (yuck!).. but i did that this morning on the threadmill for 30 minutes. It was alright. I had some outer ankle pain at during my second set of 2s, but it quickly went away. The thing that I did really like about 2s/1s, is that every time I went to my 2s, I would increase the speed. I started at 6.0, then walked at 4.3, ran 6.1, walked 4.3, and so forth up to 7.0. Next time I want to start at 6.1, and go to 7.1. We'll see how that goes. This has actually gotten me a little more excited and motivated again.

Are you guys wondering what I am eating on this GI Diet? Do you want me to post what I eat? Do you even care? ha. I'm awesome. I haven't been writing down what I've been eating. I've just been following the weekly meal plan in the GI Clinic book, loosely. And making green light recipes. I am only on day 5, and love not counting points... but this is what got me into trouble after I reached goal last year. Stopped the counting, and gained back 20lbs. I really want to be closer to 150 when I go to Vegas in December, so I can eat & drink my weight back up to 160ish! :P What a horrible goal, I know.

BREAKING NEWS! Jillian to Star in 2010 Show

NBC announced today a new 8-episode series to air next year: Losing It With Jillian. In each episode, Jillian brings her tough love to a family struggling with weight and wellness issues. She will get to the bottom of the issues each family member faces and will arm them with the tools necessary to make life-altering changes.

Read about it here!!

This pleases me very much.

Weight: 166.0

So, I haven't been around LJ land much as of late. I don't want you to think that I have given up on the weight loss again, because I haven't. I just need to switch things up and find something right for me. I think I have found it.

I'm sure we've all heard alot of low GI and what not lately. I really like GI Diet. I am following the GI Clinic. I've bought books quite awhile ago, and believe in the concept, just hadn't had the desire to try it out hard core, since I was always doing WW.

Anyway, here's a little insert from the GI Diet website:

The G.I. measures the speed at which foods are broken down by the body to form glucose, the body's source of energy. High G.I. foods break down quickly and leave you looking for the next food fix. Low G.I. foods break down more slowly and leave you feeling fuller, longer & you can eat less without going hungry. It is these low G.I. foods that form the core of the diet.

The G.I. Diet makes all the calculations for you by listing all foods in three traffic light colour categories: red light foods which you avoid if you want to lose weight; yellow light listings are foods that are to be used occasionally; and green light foods – eat as much as you like.

In short, the G.I. Diet will not let you go hungry or feel deprived. It is simplicity itself for as one Columnist put it "if you can understand a traffic light, you can follow this diet". Finally it will not harm your health like many of today's diets, but rather will actually reduce your risk from heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and many cancers.

So far so good, but I've only been doing it since Saturday (where I was back up to 170!). I've done tons of baking & cooking for snacks & meals. I even made a tofu lasagna, which was totally awesome! Seriously, I was scared to try the tofu, but it rocked. Chad even loved it and said I can make it anytime I wanted to. It was something he'd pay for at a restaurant. YAY! I done good. I am finding it pretty easy so far and I don't have to count calories or points or anything. We'll see how long I can keep this up before I have to go back to WW.

On the exercise front, I think I mentioned in my last post how sore my legs were. Seriously, they are still not great today, and I took Thursday - Saturday off of any exercise (I cannot tell you how hard that was), and I only went for a 5k walk and raked the yard for an hour on Sunday. I did make it to the gym this morning and did arms, ran 10 minutes & did the stepper for 10 minutes (burned 377 cals in total - I am remembering to wear my heart rate monitor when I work out. I love it). I feel okay, except my hernia is pretty sore. I think it was from all the twisting when I raked yesterday.

I just want to find something to excite me about eating again. I always think I find what it is, but lose interest or focus for awhile, and make my way back to WW because I know how it works and that it works.

My quads are SO sore. I did a mega leg workout yesterday, which I hadn't done in awhile, and man, between the leg press, squats & lunges, I am feeling it... and it's not a good hurt either.. well, sorta a good hurt.. I need to stretch I think. I ran for 20 min & did arms at the gym this morning. Taking the day off from the gym tomorrow because I have a hockey game at 9:40pm tomorrow.. which means I will be taking Friday morning off from the gym, but maybe I will go in the evening, or just go for a run outside. We'll see.

My weight didn't go so well over the thanksgiving weekend. Although I ate lots of veggies and lean protein, that's just it, I ate lots. And had some cake, and fried chicken & fries.. no booze though, so yay me (oh, I lied, I had one booze coffee drink Sunday). I made it to the gym Saturday and went for a run Monday. We were too busy running around and visiting Sunday to get much done.

Blah blah. I keep going back and forth between 163 & 171. 8lbs difference.. how can one fluctuate SO much over such a short period of time. It's so hard to lose the weight, but my god, if you want to put it back on. No problem. I doubt I will make any kind of goal before Vegas in December.. maybe I will make the goal for January when I see my NHL boyfriend in Minneapolis (he better not be injured!) I should just be happy where I am at, but I am having a really hard time with it. Especially when you have a number in mind, and you want to be at that number.

I am using the daily plate pretty much daily, but honestly haven't been paying attention to my numbers/percentages of my daily values. Except that my diet is a decent ratio between protein, fat & carbs, but mostly carbs of course. Whatever, I'm struggling, but doing.

And that is that. Oh, and my official weigh in weight is 168.6. Whatevs.

Weight: 166.2

I've been using the daily plate since Tuesday. It's a little more time consuming because my favourite foods are not a click away anymore. I guess if you don't sign in for like a year, they delete your old info.

I like that I can log my daily weight and see the graph. I also like that there are TONS of food choices - but then I get confused on what I should actually pick because the label on the food in my house is different from any of the nutrition info I can find on the site, and I am too lazy to scan my label and upload if I can't find it online. Whatever. I'm going to try this for now. My online WW membership expires on the 16th of this month. I won't renew for awhile if the DP works for me. I also really like seeing how much protein, fiber, fat, sugar & sodium I consume. And I like that I can download it into an excel spreadsheet! I enjoy spreadsheets.

I've also started a paper journal noting important things to me. Weight, measurements, times I eat, water & coffee consumed, sleep, bowel movements (yes, I am keeping track of that), and once I can figure out my body fat measuring thingy, I'll keep track of that. Also calories burned by actual physical activity.

I just feel like I am stuck in the same rut and am hoping that using something different will help me climb out. And if not, back to WW I will go.

I wore my heart rate monitor at hockey last night. This is the first time that I have done this. I burned 533 cals in 61 minutes. Max heart rate was like 230 or something ridiculous like that. Those were my fast burst of speed! Average heart rate was 140. I was "in the zone" for 24 minutes. I really like wearing the heart rate monitor. I don't know why I don't wear it more often.

I strained my groin at hockey last night. Real nice mental image of me on the bench, hitting myself there.. then when I got home, I gave myself a nice little deep massage then iced it. Nice.

Have a work function tonight. The ol' Wine & Cheese. I will try and contain myself, but we all know how that usually goes. Free food, but $5 drinks, so I won't be indulging in those. I hope there's lots of veggies and some sort of lean protein.

ps. official WI yesterday was 167.2. Down .8 from last week. Whatevs.

Weight: 167.8

Pre-workout: banana (1.5) water
Post-workout: cantaloupe & pineapple (1)
Breakfast: 'bowl full of health' [steel cut oats w/bee pollen, flaxseed, wheat germ, oat bran] (3) black coffee
Snack: ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1) 4 almonds (.5) ww oatmeal raising cookie (1)
Lunch: high fibre tortilla w/egg salad & sprouts (3) broccoli slaw w/thai dressing (.5) carrots, cucumber, peppers (0) light string cheese (1)Snack: apple (1) fibre one bar (2)
Supper:
Snack:

Points Used: 15.5/22 (26)
Total APs earned: bike (1) elliptical (2) stepper (1) walking (1) legs (2) = 7
WAPs: 44

I started using the daily plate again (name there is beannis). I like to know how much nutrition I am getting in and not just count points.

Weight: 167.6

Pre-workout at 5:30am: banana (1.5) water
Breakfast at 8:35am: 'bowl full of health' [steel cut oats w/bee pollen, flaxseed, wheat germ, oat bran] (3) black coffee
Snack 10am:apple (1) 11am: ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1)
Lunch 1pm: high fibre tortila stuffed with cucumber, broccoli slaw & 1oz chicken breast w/ff mayo & chopped veggies (2) cantaloupe & pineapple (1) broccoli, carrots, cucumber (0)
Snack: 3:40pm: apple & unsweetened PB (2)
Supper 6pm: 2 tortilla pizzas (7)
Snack 7pm: smart food popcorn (2) 1 cup skim milk (2)

Points Used: 23/22 (26)
Total APs earned: run 25 min (3) walking (3) arms/core (2) = 8
WAPs: 37

I got my order from the Low Carb online grocery store today. I am SO pleased. 3 more jars of PB2, a couple packages of high fibre pitas & tortillas (1pt a piece. woo!) and a HUGE bottle of Davinci sugar free praline flavoured syrup. Holy crap, I can't believe how big the bottle is.

It's 2 in the afternoon and I am CRASHING. Lack of sleep. I don't sleep well, or much. So I grabbed a cup of coffee and added a little sugar free caramel syrup. I am feeling a little better.

So, I had my first hockey game yesterday. Let me tell you that skating in short, hard bursts is nothing like my daily workouts/cardio. I was out of breath pretty quickly, but I did recover very fast, which is more than I can say for some of the girls on my team! I admit that I am hurting somewhat today, my lower back, my right leg & my left forearm (I shoot left). I can say that I am SO happy to be back on the ice. I missed playing so much, I didn't realize how much until I got back on the ice. We play again Wednesday and then not until the following Thursday (it's Thanksgiving this coming weekend.. yikes. I have two dinners to go to so far).

The social on Saturday wasn't too bad. I had 2 light beers before I got there, then I had maybe 5 there. Dinner was good, I had white meat turkey, maybe 1/3 cup potatoes, a couple meatballs, and lots of steamed yellow beans & broccoli. No gravy or margarine, only a little cranberry sauce. Then the social food came out around 11pm, where I indulged a little in the meats, cheese & rye bread. I was up a couple pounds Sunday, but I expected that. OH, the reason why I only had like 5 beers was because the hall ran out of booze around 10:30! We are a bunch of lushes I guess!! :)

Weight: 167.2

OK, I tried something different this morning because my morning routine has to change. Like I said, my bike is put away so I have to catch the bus in which I have to walk 23 minutes to, and the bus comes at 5:48. I left the house around 5:20 since this was my first time taking the early bus in a long time, so I wasn't sure how long it would take me to walk there and I wanted to make sure I read the bus schedule properly. I did.

Alarm went off at 4:30 and I got out of bed into the 4th minute of the snooze. I made my lunch and packed my gym bag last night, so it was just a matter of feeding the cat, getting dressed & somewhat groomed, having something to eat and gathering my belongings.

I didn't think I had enough time to down my bowl full of health and have it digest before I got to the gym at 6:05. So I had something small, some cantaloupe, 2/3 cup of kashi vive cereal and a mug of black coffee. That was enough to get me started. By the time I was done my workout and showered, I was starving! I left the gym around 7:40, and because traffic was so bad, it was quicker for me to walk most of the way to work. I walked about 15 min, hopped on the bus, then walked another 13 minutes to the office.

I had a fantastic morning. My workout was great. I ran on the treadmill beside MGBF. I just did 20 minutes at 6-7.1mph. I felt like I could run forever, but I wanted to make sure I had enough time to work my arms & core, as well as get 10 minutes in on the stepper. And have enough time to shower, change and get to work. I did. I got to the office at about 8:20ish. I start at 8:30.

Here's my food intake for the day:

Pre-workout at 5am: cantaloupe (1) Kashi Vive 2/3 cup (1.5) coffee (0)
Breakfast at 8:35am: 'bowl full of health' [steel cut oats w/bee pollen, flaxseed, wheat germ, oat bran] (3)
Snack 10:30am: black coffee (0) ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1)
Lunch 12:30pm: homemade pizza (5) 8 strawberries (0) celery, carrots, cucumber (0)
Snack: apple (1) 2 girl guide mint chocolate cookies (3) small piece of cake (3.5)
Supper: pork tenderloin, sweet potato, brussell sprouts, light beer(8)
Snack:

Points Used: 27/22
Total APs earned: run 20 min (3) walking (4) arms/core (2) stepper (1) = 10
WAPs: 22

Plans for the weekend include our baseball windup tomorrow night, which means buffet & beer. Nice.

Weight: 167.6

Breakfast 'bowl full of health' is what I call steel cut oats w/bee pollen, flaxseed, wheat germ oat bran (3) black coffee w/sf hazelnut syrup (0)
Snack: black coffee (0) fiber bar (2) ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1) 8 strawberries (0) cucumber & vinegar (0)
Lunch pm: sweet potatoes w/veggies in spaghetti sauce (2) ww brownie (2)
Snack: celery, carrots, cucumber (0) apple (1) cantaloupe (1)
Supper:
Snack:

Points Used: 12/22 (26)
Total APs earned: day off today.. did some walking to/from bus (1)
WAPs: 11

I am super sore from my leg workout yesterday.. maybe because of the elliptical too because that's a machine I never go on. And last night Chad & I went to the park and played a round of disc golf, which, for some reason, really tired me out. Depending on where your disc lands, you may be required to do lots of walking up and down hills (yes, there are small hills in Manitoba!), and my throwing was off, so I did alot of hill climbing.

Anyway, taking a break is nice. I am also done cycling to work for the year. I bought my bus pass yesterday, so my plan now is to walk 15-20ish minutes to the bus, so I will have to leave the house before 5:30am to catch the 5:48 bus to the gym, which should get me there around 6:05. If I start my workout by 6:10, I can do 30ish minutes of cardio, and another 30-40 minutes of strength, which leaves me enough time to shower, dress and get to work. I did it last year in the snow, I think I can do it again. The only pain in the ass is getting all my shit together the night before and then hauling my workout gear around. I hate carrying a bunch of stuff around. Drives me bananas.

Weight: 168.0 - down 1.6 from my horrendous WI last week. That sucked. 168 sucks. At least it's not 265, right? Right.

Breakfast 5:45am: 1/2 cup eggwhites w/spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini & ff swiss cheese slice, 2 slices toast (3) black coffee, drank 2/4 litre water at the gym during workout
Snack 8am: apple (1) 8:30am black coffee (0) GNC banana dream protein shake (2)
Snack 10:30am: ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1) 11am: all bran bar (2)
Lunch 1pm: spinach salad w/zucchini, red pepper, sprouts, mushroom & 1tbsp paul newman thai dressing (.5) apple (1) broccoli, carrots, cucumber (0) 8 strawberries (0) ww oatmeal cookie (1)
Snack: fibre one bar (2)
Supper:
Snack:

Points Used: 13.5/22 (26)
Total APs earned: went to the gym at 6:30am. Cycled hard 10min (1) legs/core (2) elliptical 20min (1) walk to work, walk at lunch (3)
WAPs: 8


Whatever, today is another day. TBL was crazy last night. I don't think I yelled at that show so much before. Ugh. So not happy with the end result. It's only a show, but still!! I heart Jillian big time. No bullshit with her.

Weight: 168.0

Breakfast 5:30am: toast w/ff cream cheese & tsp natural pb (2) water
Snack 8am: apple (1) black coffee (0) 9am: GNC banana dream protein shake (2)
Snack 9:30am: ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1) apricots (1)
Lunch 1pm: english muffin w/pb & jam (3) apple (1) broccoli, carrots, celery, cucumber (0) vitatop (1)
Snack: yoplait ff banana cream pie yogurt (2)
Supper:
Snack:

Points Used: 14/22 (26)
Total APs earned: went to the gym at 6am. Ran 20min (3) arms/core (2) stepper 10min (1) walking (1)
WAPs: 50

My mood is 100% better, this is because I went to the gym this morning and worked out. Also, I didn't eat that crappy yesterday, which also puts me in a good mood. Plans for the weekend include our baseball windup banquet and social, which means we will be within walking distance of our house, and there will be beer, and food. And beer. Did I mention walking distance from our house? I already know I am going to blow it so why pretend that I won't?

Got my hockey schedule a couple days ago. First game is this Sunday. Yikes. I hope my hockey pants still fit. I bought a small size last year. I should try some of my equipment on before the first game, so I don't get there and be surprised or disappointed. I am about the same weight I was end of last season, and my pants were a little tough to get on. Eh, more motivation to get toned.

I tried the stepper at the gym this morning. I don't do that very often, or for very long. I did 10 min this morning and I was sweating. Wow. I think I may try that everytime I go to the gym, even if it is for only 10 min. I will increase my time 5 min each week and see how it goes.

Weight: 168.8

Breakfast 6:30am: Steel cuts oats w/bee pollen & blueberries (2) water
Snack 8-9am: apple (1) black coffee (0) cucumber (0) water
Snack 10:30am: ff plain yogurt with blueberries & fibre first (1) black coffee (0) apricots (1) water
Lunch 1pm: homemade veggie soup (1) apple (1) light babybel (1) ww cookie (1) 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce (1)
Snack 2:30pm: nuts (1) fibre one bar (2)
Supper 7:30pm: large protein smoothie (4) I mixed some kale into it, interesting.
Snack 8pm: slim fast bar (3)

Points Used: 20/22 (26)
Total APs earned: walking am 28:00 (2) walk/run at lunch 5s/1s 30/6 (4) walked after work 20 (1)
WAPs: 43

My head was not in a good place this morning. I felt blah, and bloaty, and fat. I know it's because I only made it to the gym twice last week, I ate so many carbs via 100 cal snack packs, and I was hurting from playing 2.5 games of slo-pitch on Saturday. That was too much for me. Since I've developed a hernia, I can't do that much baseball-wise anymore. Last weekend I played 5 1/2 games, Saturday I played 2.5 full games. I felt like throwing up all day yesterday and somewhat today.

Then I went for a run at lunch and I feel better. Going grocery shopping for fruits/veggies & meat only tonight. I need to lay off the processed stuff.Once my bin of goodies is gone, that's it. I will cool it with the junk.

Weight: 166.8

Breakfast: Kashi Vive cereal w/skim milk at 7am & 1 glass water (4)
9am - 2 mandarin oranges at 9am & 1 cup coffee (.5) & 1 glass water
Snack: ff plain yogurt with frozen berries & fibre first (1) at 9:30am & 1 glass water, 10pm 1 tbsp PB (1) ww cookie at 11am (1) fiber one bar at 11:30 (2) and I've had a litre & a glass of water thus far.
Lunch: homemade veggie soup (1) carrots & cucumbers (0) 3oz pickeral w/ff tartar sauce (2) eaten at 1:30
Snack: protein shake throughout the afternoon (2); ff keylime pie yogurt eaten at 3:20 (2) apple eaten at 4pm (1)
Supper:
Snack:

Points Used: 17.5/22 (26)
Total APs earned: bike to work 31:00 (4) Run at lunch 5s/1s. Ran 6x5 + 2:51 = 32:51 (5) , walked 6x1 = 6 (1)
WAPs: 26

I am in a snacky mood today. Uh-oh. I am happy it's Friday.

I only made it to the gym twice this week. I am all stressed out about it. Maybe I'll go tonight or tomorrow evening, after the day of baseball. Our last ball tournament of the year. Finally, even though our weather has been better than it has been all summer, I am ready for it to be over, especially since I am on the ice as of October 4th. First hockey game of the season. Finally!! I am so looking forward to it, except I see we are bumped up a division. I don't know how much I will like that, I don't want to lose all the time. But we have new players this year, and a different goalie (ours is pregnant), so we'll almost be a whole new team.

Anyway, yay weekend!

Weight: 168.0.. slowly going down again.

Breakfast: fruit smoothie w/protein powder at 6:30am (4)
9am - 1 mandarin orange at 9am & 2 cups coffee, the 2nd orange at 11:30 am (.5) & 1 glass water
Snack: ff plain yogurt with frozen berries & fibre first (1) at 11:15am & 1 500ml water
Lunch: homemade veggie soup (1) carrots & cucumbers (0) vita muffin top (1) nectarine (1) broccoli slaw w/ paul newman thai derssing (.5)
Snack: apple & pb (2)
Supper: more soup (1)
Snack: going to an NHL game tonight. Oilers vs. Lightning! WOO! Going for ice cream before hand. I'm sure it'll be minimum 10pts!

Points Used: 22/22
Total APs earned: rest day. 30 min walk to bus/work (2)
WAPs: 13

I wasn't going to post today because I am so embarrassed of my weigh in, oh well, here it goes...

Weight: you want to know how much I gained? 6lbs. No, I am not kidding. The scale said 169.6 this morning. I am more angry than depressed about it. I did this to myself. My eating was HORRIBLE this weekend. Friday I ate half a pizza and had like 3 beers. Saturday ate whatever I could find, downed a couple more beers and had chips & burgers. And chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Sunday, I only had 1 beer but still ate anything I could fit into my mouth, and then when I was full, I ate some more.

Breakfast: steel cut oats w/ 1tbsp each bee pollen, flaxseed, wheat germ & oat bran w/ blueberries (3) eaten at 5:30 am w/1 glass water
half litre of water at the gym, then at 7:40am ate an apple (1) on my walk to work.
9am - GNC mixed berry protein shake (2) & 2 cups coffee (between 9 & 10am)
Snack: ff plain yogurt with frozen berries & fibre first (1) at 10:30am
Lunch: 1:10pm- 3oz pickeral w/ homemade ff tartar sauce, asparagus, 1/2 cup brown rice w/soy sauce (4) celery & 1 tbsp PB (1) ww oatmeal raisin cookie (1) carrots (0)
Snack: 2 small mandarin oranges one of which I ate before lunchtime run at 12:15 & the other at 2pm(.5) eaten at 2:10pm - light string cheese (1) apple (1) eaten at 3pm - Smartfood Popcorn Clusters (chocolate cookie caramel pecan) (2)
Supper: homemade veggie soup w/parm topping & fibre first (1) eaten at 6:30pm
Snack: 6 cups air popped corn (3) at 7:30pm, slimfast peanut butter crunch (3) 8pm

Points Used: 24.5/22 (26)
Total APs earned: 20 min run at the gym (3) [well, 19:11, ran 2 miles] walk to work, warmup at gym, at lunch, more walking after work (4) legs/core (2) ran 25 min at lunch (3) did 5s/1s for 30 min.
WAPs: 12

So, new game plan. Concentrate on more cardio, and cut my strength training by half.. or a little less than half. As much as I LOVE building muscle, my cardio isn't as great as it was last year. And when I lost most of my weight, I was doing mostly cardio. I only got into the weights hardcore this year. Also want to concentrate on more clean eating. I'll still eat some non-clean foods, because convenience yay! But try to limit it. I think I do a pretty good job right now, but sometimes I over do it. Also, I want to keep track of when I eat, and maybe if anything triggers the eating & cravings. I don't know. I have to do something to stop this yo-yoing.


Question: What is the best way to get rid of the belly bulge?

Jillian (I <3 U!): Contrary to what you might think, getting rid of the belly bulge is all about diet and cardio, rather than strength-training exercises that target the abdominals. This is because belly bulge results from excess body fat, not lack of muscle. The best way to reduce the bulge is therefore to reduce your body fat, and we all know what that requires — diet and exercise, baby!

It is possible to carry extra water weight in your tummy. To get rid of this: try cutting your sodium intake to 1,500 mg a day and increasing your water intake. This will help you reduce water retention and reduce the spongy appearance of belly fat just a bit!

But really, it comes down to healthy eating and consistent cardio workouts. Stick with it, kid — it’ll come off. Just keep at it and be patient with yourself.