So I forgot to post like I wanted. This morning(Sunday) I weighed myself. 287! Yay, that means I have lost 17lbs since January 1st. I barely ate anything today...drank 1/2 juice(freshed squeezed). Some brownie. Then an avocado for lunch. Went and worked out for 1hr at 24. I even ran for a bit on thew treadmill. Then a banana. A pie slice of mushroom coustade. And then some nachos for a snack! Maybe a 900 calorie day. Night.

24 Hour Fitness

That's where I WENT today after work.  I decided that, YES, I am paying for it.  So I might as well use it.  I was told to do weight training first before doing cardio and that seems to work for me.  I did some legs machines, then one arm machine.  I am trying to hard to get rid of my underarm flab.  So then I went on the treadmill for 15 minutes going up hill at 2.7 miles per hour.  Then I did almost 30 minutes on the bike.  I got tired.  It was nice.  I sweated.  So then I went to dinner with three friends.  Applebee's but I stuck with a shrimp and rice dish(under 500 calorie meal or something).  Now I am babysitting some kiddos.  Their daughter is sweet and she combed her fingers through my curly hair.  I just love so much when people play with my hair that I don't care that the curls are now sticking out at all ends and I look like I have a pomp-pomp on my head.  LOL.  I forgot to weigh myself this morning so I can't wait to see what it says tomorrow.

Fitness & Food

This has been my typical view when working out lately.  I like the bike.

I  just made some raw frosting to go with my raw brownies(recipes a friend gave me) and it is SO good!

I also made a yummy mushroom quiche thing.  It has mushrooms, cream cheese and eggs for the filling. and the crust was breadcrumbs and butter and oatmeal.  I didn't really like the crust so much.  It was kinda dry.

So I kinda cheated today.  I had an opportunity to have a kit kat bar and a reese's peanut butter cup>>>I took it.  Boy did I pay for it.  I was in the bathroom for a little.  My body really wanted to get rid of those toxins.  I was almost wondering if I would make it to the toilet.  Ok...tmi(too much information)?  Oh well.

You are now reading the blog of a 24 Hour Fitness member(a gym).  I was kinda pushed into it by them.  My room mate has a membership there and I got a two week guest pass, which I only used twice.  I was only gonna go in today and talk to a trainer.  The guy who I was suppossed to talk to wasn't even there and I talked to someone I had never met before.  Anyway, he was gonna sign me up to do a 3 time training thing with a trainer which was like $120.  I was like, "I don't think so."  I was only gonna talk to a trainer one day...  So he took that off and decided we would just sign up for the membership today and then after that I would get one free consult with a trainer.  Gah.  I actually feel kinda good that I did sign up.  I like that they have a pool, steam room, sauna, and hot tub.  Not to mention tons of machines.  More than the one in my apartment gym.  But we'll see. I have a feeling I might use 24hr more since I am paying for it.  So that was my day.  How was your's? lol

Explaining How I Feel

I weighed myself this morning. Still 289. I try to explain to some people how I feel eating this new diet. Or even since becoming a de mi-vegetarian. I read it in a book the way a guy described it. This is how it goes... I feel less congested or stuffy. I have a new breathe of life and a blast of energy. "I have never felt so clean, so light; the feeling was weightlessness, my body felt like quickly moving energy rather than dense solid matter. I knew this was the way it should be, that everyone's body was made to feel this good all the time." - Raw Spirit, by Matthew J. Monarch

Yummy Enchiladas

I am currently at a friends house where I was able to update this site.  I am going to have some yummy enchiladas she makes.  I have been thinking about them for a while.  I juiced a bunch of carrots before coming here and then also two Pears. I tasted it but I felt it needed some apples to make it a bit sour.  While here I had to get some enchiladas so I just went to the fruit market and got a pineapple, 2 peaches, and also apples, and then some bananas too.  I needed some more fruit.  So now I am  going to enjoy the enchiladas and be good by not pigging out on them.

YUMMY!

So happy and healthy

289.0 this morning! Still losing. Today I am going walking with a friend at Bush Park after work. Who knows what the day will bring today.

A Defeat

I just had to mention that I had a great defeat today. I went to McGrath's to eat! Made myself get a shrimp louie salad. I left a third of it on my plate, I wasn't really hungry anymore. AND I didn't get a box to bring it home. I almost always do that even when I have food left. Yay me!

A Black Dress

Yay! I just put a dress on I haven't had on since before the new year. I am 15 lbs lighter now. And the dress fits much nicer with less bulges. Just had to share. I am treating myself to some yummy seafood at McGrath's. Laters.

Brownie

Yay! This morning I was 289.2! I haven't been here in years. Yesterday I made non bake brownies yesterday. A friend gave me the recipe. So I made them and cooled them. And they were good. I might add less dates and some "can't remember the name" syrup. Ok. Bye now.

Burning

My scale said 291 this morning. I am so excited. My calves are finally stopping hurting from my 12 mile hike. I didn't get to work out today but I went to visit friends and then semi-cleaned a friend's house. So, that burned calories. I am gonna be sweating up a storm on the treadmill tomorrow though.

12 mile hike

I went hiking with a friend the other day and man my calves and shins are killing me. We were only gonna walk 8.6 miles but it turned out to be more like 12. I took a wrong turn and we had to go around a short distance again. This consisted of a set of stairs. It was alteast 50 steps. But I saw beautiful waterfalls. It was dark when we got back to the car. We were wet cause it was raining all day. But I am proud of myself.

24hr Fitness with room mate

So, today I went with my room mate to her 24hr fitness club.  She got  me a 2 week free pass.  We went in the talked to the guy about my goals.  We worked a little on the machines he showed us.  I really want to work on the fat hanging from my arms.  So I was interested they had a machine for that.  And we did a little then went into the steam room.  It was interesting.  I have been in saunas but not in a steam room.  We went in there and literally you couldn't really see other people.  I was just hoping everyone was clothed.  HAA HAA.  Anyway, we were in there a little bit and sometimes I was like, "man it's hot in here" but I stayed in.  Then we finally went out after about 10 minutes and we showered and left.  It was fun.

Today

  I had a very productive day today. After work I went to a place called "Life Source" to see if they had any ingredients for this Superfoods thing that my friend from Norway was talking about. They had one thing that was worth getting...coconut oil. It was clear and liquidy when I bought it and when I got home it was in a solid form. Well, interesting. While there I also bought hemp oil and pomegranate pills and pills to stimulate your thyroid.
  All of these things have only natural ingredients. Then I noticed they had a hot bar! So I got my lunch there. They had a yummy quinoa casserole and I also threw some broccoli on there. Let's just say it was not cheap. Then I stopped at Wal-mart and got some oranges and bananas for juicing. Plus some other things like folders and clothes hangers. Then home. I went to the gym(which is a building by my apartment) and worked out for close to an hour. Went on the bike, ab crunches, treadmill, more ab crunches, and last the stair stepper. I was sweating after that. Then did paper work and watched a film. Now I'm ready to hit the sack, which I should have done 2 hours ago. I forgot to weigh myself again this morning, that's 3 days in a row. Here's hoping I don't forget tomorrow. By the way, if you are reading this blog, I would like your thoughts/comments/suggestions. Nighty night.

post for 01/3/11

I tried to post this but it didn't go on. I think it's cause I tried to add a picture...but here goes.
So I got on the scale this morning and I got a higher number but I chop that down because I stopped eating real close to my wake up time.  And the food had not digested enough.  Though I did not work out yesterday.  I did clean my room and help some friends move.

So anyway, I came home from work today and worked out. Running on the treadmill has been coming easier to me.  I also went on the stair stepper and boy, I really broke a sweat.  Then I did some stomach crunches on the machine. Afterwards my abs were doing weird spasms.  Kind of freaked me out.  But I stretched them.  Then I went to a Thai restaurant and had some yummy shrimp stuff.

Forgot to Weigh

I forgot to weigh myself this morning. Bummer, but I can always do it tomorrow.

Alli-yay or nay

I read that if you eat too much fat you get the runs while taking Alli. It even said "uncontrollable runs". Well, I kinda had that effect last night. Luckily I was able to make it time. At first, I was like ok I am not liking this. I get an email this morning from Alli saying that I might experience something like that especially the first two weeks of taking Alli until my body can adjust to not eating so much fat. Guess I better be better at not eating so much and stock up on foods with no fat, for munching.

A Sucess is a Good Sign

Yesterday at work, right when I was getting off, they decided to offer samples.  And sometimes we also help ourselves to the samples.  And the first I passed was the Raspberry Bistro Cake and I thought, "oh man, there is also gonna be pizza samples."  But I said no...actually I said(out loud), "I hate myself."  Just  like that.  And so I went out the door but not before seeing they were also offering Starbucks coffee samples.  I almost did but I said no and out the door I went.  So home I went and I worked out on the treadmill for 1/2 and hour.  I even ran for about a minute then.  I don't remember the last time I did that.  I like to run, I just always get short of breathe. 
  And I did the same thing today.  But I ran about 3 minutes, 1 minute at a time.  I feel great.  And I don't have to work tomorrow either so I am just relaxing and sitting on the couch watching TV.  Haaa haa it's kind of going the opposite way.  

Another thing I did, I bought Alli.  It's a pill I take 3 times a day with a meal that has fat in it.  It's supossed to help you lose 2-3 pounds for every 5 pounds you lose.  They make you excercise and eat low fat meals as well.  If you eat too much fat in one meal and take the pill you can end up getting the runs, even uncontrolable ones.  LOL. So anyway, that's my blog today.

First Post - What it's all about.

I have decided to start a long journey to losing weight.  I really made this to share my thoughts and also new things I learn from losing weight...about 4 months ago I decided to be a vegetarian for 4 weeks.  Well, that turned into 5 and half weeks, my deadline being my birthday Aug 27th and I went to The Melting Pot(a fondue restaraunt).  It was so good.  I ended up losing almost 20 pounds!  Since then my weight has been going up and down.  I am tired of that.  I am going to do this full out.  I have actually been doing this already for 3 days.  I thought, "why not?  it's encouraging to start early."  So I am.  I am going to be putting personal information on this blog but I'm not too worried.  Hopefully you guys will keep this site private and not share it with others.  If someone wants to go here just direct them to me and not to this website so I can decide who sees this.  THANKS!!