I'm On My Way... (Ashley's WISH Journal, Please Comment!)

[LittleMissMickey]

Well, I'm on my way to a healthier lifestyle. After two months of WISHing, I need to start staying even more accountable. I am doing the half-marathon in January, and want to look and feel like I belong there. Also, I have gained about 25-30 pounds since coming to college, and I want to leave them HERE! So, I hope to have those gone by the time I'm done!

My goal is to workout daily. A half-hour a day with some longer days reserved for running should not be too much of a date with myself. Therefore I have Monday, Thursday, and Saturday as my running days. Tuesday and Friday as my cross-training days. Wednesday and Sunday as my strength-training days. I have made myself a schedule and officially signed myself up as a part of a team. If I do not make it to practice, I am letting myself down.

I also give up eating out. DBF and I made a commitment to eating out only once per month together. This way we are encouraged to spend less money and eat better foods. It should help me lose, too, as we are not buying unhealthy foods at the grocery store anymore and are making menus each week to follow.

I work best with a plan, and I think I have devised one that even I can't find a loophole in. I can't wait to start seeing the effects of my new healthy lifestyle! So, it's the start of a new month and a new week, and I am READY TO GO!

So, here's the results of day one:
Breakfast: Yogurt with Grape-Nuts.
Lunch: Roast beef, ham, and toast.
Dinner: Fish, corn, and Texas Toast.
Snack: Tropicana Orange and Cream Bar

Exercise: Run - 4.5 miles in 55 minutes
Kneeling Butt Blaster (with a name like that, I hope it
helps!) - 50 (25 each leg)
Crunches - 125
Push Ups (the wimpy kind) - 25
Side Lying Leg Lifts, Inside and Out - 100 (25 each,
each leg)

It feels good to get all of this in! Butt Blasters through Leg Lifts done right before posting this, right before bed! If only I can work this into a morning and evening routine!

I should post that starting weight was 161, I am now at 155. I will post weigh ins every Monday. My goal is to get down between 125-135 and fluctuate in that range.

WISH me luck!
I'll be back to post another successful day tomorrow!

Ashley

 

[toystoryduo]

Welcome to the World of WISH Journaling Ashley!
You will find a lot of support and encouragement here! Your plan looks great and your goals sound very attainable. Plus, you are motivated and have a lot of enthusiasm; both of which wil help you meet your goals.

Have a great day today!

Tracy

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Thanks, ToyStoryDuo! It's nice to receive such a nice and encouraging welcome!

Today so far...
Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi GoLean Cereal with Skim Milk
1 cup Orange Juice
Lunch: Ham Sandwich on 7-Grain with Spin Blend and Mustard
Carrots
16 oz. Skim Milk
Dinner: Steak (fist size, no larger!)
Baked Potato with Butter and Sour Cream (I need to
work on this!)
Green Beans
12 oz. Skim Milk
Snack: One slice buttered 7-Grain bread
A few tastes of DBF's Kielbasa

Water: 16 oz. + 16 oz. + 32 oz. = 64 oz!!

Exercise: KBB - 60 (30 ea. leg)
PUs - 30
Crunches - 125
Cardio (marching, etc.) - 10 min.
LLs - 120 (30 ea leg, in & out)
TOTAL - 20 min.
+ Evening Exercise
KBB - 61 (30 ea. leg)
PUs - 30
Crunches - 125
LLs - 120 (30 ea leg, in & out)

Hooray for another day spent on plan! I'm going to go update my Cheat Free Bear!
Ashley

 

[Strings]

Hi Ashley,

Welcome to the WISH journals. There are so many supportive people here. Your goals are very attainable. You have a great plan, and your exercise routine is very impressive. Keep up the great work.
Beth

 

[DavidandDenise]

Welcome to journaling, Ashley! You definitely sound like you have a good plan. With your attitude and DBF's support you are definitely going to succeed! Make sure you journal often and hold yourself accountable. Good luck and let us know if you have any questions. You will find great support here.

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Thanks Strings, David, and Denise! (I don't know who posted it!)

It's nice to find a place with so much support! You are all amazing. I feel bad because I am kind of a lurker, I will post to you guys eventually, still kind of finding my grounding here on the journals.

DavidandDenise, are you a teacher? I think I noticed that! Let me know! I am doing my student teaching in the fall, and am always looking for someone to sound ideas off of!

Thanks to everyone on the WISH boards for always being a motivation to me. I only need to stop on here to remind myself that I owe it to myself to get out and do that exercise!

Will post again tomorrow...

Ashley

 

[LittleMissMickey]

I'm off to another good start to a day!

Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi GoLean Cereal with Skim Milk
1 6 oz. cup Dannon Light 'n Fit Lemon Chiffon Yogurt
1 cup Orange Juice
Lunch: 1 Baked Potato, with butter and sour cream
Green Beans
Few bites Cottage Cheese (1%)
One Slice Buttered 7-Grain Bread
Snack: 4 Airheads
Dinner: Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Ragu Ssauteed Mushroom
and Onion Robusto Sauce
Green Beans
2 Pieces Texas Toast
Skim Milk
Snack: 1/2 cup Haagen-Dazs Fat Free Raspberry Sorbet

Water: 32 oz. + 32 oz. = 64 oz!!

Exercise: Strength Training Day
5 minute cardio warm-up
3/15 Bicep Curls (each arm) - 8 lbs.
3/15 Tricep Extensions - 8 lbs.
3/15 Shoulder Press - 10 lbs.
3/15 Wrist Curls (each arm) - 5 lbs.
3/15 Reverse Wrist Curls (each arm) - 5 lbs.
3/15 Pectoral Flys - 10 lbs.

KBB - 60 (30 ea. leg)
Crunches - 125
Side Lying Leg Lifts - 120 (30 ea. leg, in & out)
Evening Exercise:
KBB - 60 (30 ea. leg)
Crunches - 125
SLLL - 120 (30 ea. leg, in & out.)
PUs - 25

Things to do today:
Read more of ANGELS & DEMONS. Anybody read this? It seems really great, only on page 100, though!
Clean and pack some stuff to send home with Mom and Dad this weekend.

I'm gonna be successful today! (Never underestimate a little self-affirmation!)
Thanks to all encouragers!
Ashley

End of day report: All went well. Up to 3 days cheat free!! Also, would like to note that I am NOT biting my nails anymore! They are all pretty and polished, and I plan to keep myself pretty and polished all summer. Skin, hands, feet, hair, etc. No more "just getting by," I want to be happy-looking on the outside, too! I have been flossing my teeth daily, too. So these are also going to be factors on the cheat free bear.

Here is what the Dear Ol' Cheat Free Bear Represents:
Healthy/Sensible Diet
Sticking to Marathon Practice Schedule
Morning/Evening Routine Exercises
Nails
Flossing

Now I'm off to bed to read more of that book! I want to finish it by Monday!

-ME! (again.)

P.S. Does anybody else find this to be an awesome place to track your day and keep on yourself?! WOW!

 

[Strings]

Hi Ashley,

I think that a large part of journaling is it is a place to be honest and accountable. On more than one occasion I've thought, " Ugh, would I want to journal that?" It helps keep me on the straight and narrow. I loved Angels and Demons . I actually like it better than Davinci Code, and that is saying something. I just picked up Digital Fortress. I hope to start that next week.

Keep up the great work and attitude,
Beth

 

[DoeWDW]

Hi Ashley! Glad you've joined us on the WISH Journal board! I'm not sure what I did before I journalled - oh yeah, I ate too much, didn't exercise & weighed more than I should! Seriously, journalling has helped me stick with my healthy living habits better than anything else I've ever tried.

Your exercise is amazing - keep it up!! Looks like you're eating low-fat.

Is it working?? Are you starting to feel thinner??

Have a great Friday!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Ashley!
You are off to a great start! Keep up the good work and you will see results!

For me, the journal has helped me to stay accountable with my exercise and my food choices.... well, okay... sometimes with my food choices. It has helped me a lot on this weight loss journey and the encouragement and support that I have gotten is amazing.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Tracy

 

[LittleMissMickey]

For some reason the boards wouldn't let me post last night? It said the boards were down, so, here's a recap from yesterday.

Breakfast: 1 Cup Kashi GoLean Cereal with Skim Milk
1 Cup Orange Juice
Lunch: 1 Vanilla PowerBar Pria
1/4 Cup Cottage Cheese (1%)
Snack: Ice Cream Sandwich (with my 2nd graders, not my choice!)
Dinner (Early): DBF's Leftover Chicken Tettrazini (This wasn't the best choice, but he was so happy to have brought me dinner!)
10 oz. Skim Milk
Snack: Baked Potato (w/butter and sour cream )
1/2 bottle FUZE Slenderize (I can use ANY help I can get!)

Water: 64 oz.

Exercise: AM & PM ROUTINE
KBB/CR/PUs/SLLL
60/125/25/120
60/125/25/120

Nearly 5 mile run-walk on the Lakewalk in 50 min. (FELT GREAT! I Didn't want to stop! Unfortunately, I had a haircut to be at.)

Overall, good day! Except for that dinner and snack that snuck in there on me! No need to get down, though.

Ashley

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Good Morning!

Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi GoLean Cereal with Skim Milk
Cut up Banana with Skim Milk and light sugaring.
1 cup orange juice
Lunch: Pizza Rolls (gotta love the world of babysitting )
10 oz. Skim Milk
Snack: String Cheese
1.5 cups Cut Grapefruit
Dinner: 2 Hot Dogs (THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!)
WOW Potato Chips (Saved myself a few calories
10 oz. Skim Milk
1 Can Diet Mountain Dew (BAD DAY BAD DAY BAD DAY!)
Snack: Peach

Water: 32 oz. + 16 oz. + 16 oz. = 64 oz. STILL THIRSTY! +

Exercise: AM Routine
KBB/CR/PUs/SLLL
60/125/25/120

CRUNCH Fat Burning Pilates Video - 45 Min. WOW! It's hard, but I feel great now!!

Things to Do Today:
Pilates Tape (NEW!)
Read
Clean
Pack

Will edit as the day goes on!

Ashley

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Well, another day down! Almost a week on my cheat free plan! One week will mean 1/3 of the way to my new Healthy Habits Lifestyle... Only 21 days to make or break a habit!

Today:

Woke up late. Alarm forgot to go off!!!

Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi GoLean with Skim Milk
Snack: 1 Oatmeal Toastable with Skim Milk
Lunch: Roast Beef Sandwich on 7 Grain Bread with Butter
Snack: 2 slices 7 Grain Bread with Butter
Post-Run: Marshmallows (for sugar craving)
Dinner: BBQ Chicken
Baked Potato with Butter and Sour Cream
Salad with 2Lightful Ranch and Cheddar Cheese
Milk
Diet Mtn. Dew
Snack: Popcorn (planned!) while watching HP Prisoner of Azkaban!

Exercise: Run-Walk 5 miles with 1/2 mile warm up and 1/2 mile cool down on Park Point. RW Portion in 59:26, WU & CD add'l 12 min.

PM Routine. Will post numbers when I raise them higher again.

Water: 64 oz. on the nose! (I even took it into the movie theater! Does that make me a bad person? Smuggling water?)

Report: Big Blister on Heel!! Got blister band-aids today.

Anyway, off to bed I go! Sleep tight!

Ashley

 

[LittleMissMickey]

WAHOO! Once today is over, it iwll be ONE WEEK!

Breakfast: 1c. Kashi GoLean Cereal with Skim Milk
1c. Orange Juice
10 oz. Skim Milk
Snack: 4 Marshmallows
2c. Leftover Movie Popcorn (I was trying to fall off the bandwagon!)
Lunch: Bagel with Salsa Cream Cheese
1 Dannon Light 'n Fit Yogurt
Carrots
Dinner: Luce's Baked Potato Pizza (2 pieces)
Cookie
Diet Sierra Mist
Snack: Mom and Dad are in town, so will be having S'Mores tonight, this is planned.

Water: 64 oz!

Exercise: Rest Day (needed after yesterday's workout, and before tomorrow's!)

Day went well, but not as well as it should have. I need to remember, though, that I can't expect miracles out of myself. I did my best!

Ashley

 

[Strings]

Wow you are doing great. Congratulations and keep it up.
Beth

 

[DoeWDW]

Ashley, you said you did your best. Please remember that your best is always good enough!! You're doing a good job and I'm sure you'll see the results you're looking for!

Have a healthy day!!

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Thank you Beth and Doe for the wrods of inspiration!! I need to motivate myself a little bit again, because I'm starting to slip (moving workouts around, snacking, etc.) and it's because of my job babysitting! AARGH! The kids don't need to "be healthy" and can "graze" all day. It drives me nuts, because I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT! How do you cope with this?!

Today:

Breakfast: V8
1 cup Kashi GoLean with 1% Milk (that's what they use at their house)
Peach Yogurt

Lunch: Bologna and Cheese Sandwich iwth Miracle Whip
Milk
5 Pizza Rolls

Snack: Cheese
Just A Taste of Cinnamon Roll
Fruit and Nut Trail Mix Bar

Dinner:

Water: 48 oz.

Exercise:

That's all for now! I will post after I finish my exercise today! If I pick up the ball today, I am not going to take away my cheat free bear. If I don't make it, then it's going back to zero! I udnerstand that I didn't do well for a couple of days with my family here, and that's why I am being more lenient. No excuses now!

Ashley

 

[CheapMom]

you are doing great! you have tremendous discipline. have a great day.
Mary

 

[LittleMissMickey]

Isn't that a sad love song or something?

I have been horribly off track, so here I go again!

I weighed in today at 155, with a goal to lose ten pounds by Labor Day (joined the Labor Day Challenge).

I am going to focus mainly on exercise and not eating out. My cupboards are in the process of being cleaned out while trying to save some money with DBF, so my eating habits may look like junk. It is all in an attempt to make the cupboards a cleaner, happier, healthy place to select food!

My exercise plan is:

A quick ten-twenty minute walk or run in the morning to get me energized.

A fifteen minute routine midday consisting of crunches, push ups, leg lifts, butt blasters, and stretches.

Marathon training on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.

Pilates or other cardio on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, adn Sunday.

Matt and I have five dollars down on fast food. The loser (first one ot break down and buy it) has to pay up!

So, here I go...

Tomorrow will be Day One Cheat Free!

Ashley

 

[ohMom]

hi ashley!!! how's it going ????

i know you are at peace with your plan and eating habits now! right! you should be! you are very disciplined and will be smoking for the 1/2 in january!!

btw - who won the fast food challenge??? i like that!