Running From Time (comments/advice appreciated!)

[Penguin23]

I totally forgot last night to mention that I fit into my high school graduation dress again! I tried it on last night and it zipped up all the way! And then this morning, I hit 134.8! That is the lowest I've been in a very long time, at least a year. About a year ago was when I was weighing in around 136, and then went home for a month and came back at 144. Now I've lost that 8 pounds, plus another two! And now I'm only 2 pounds away from being a normal weight on the BMI scale! I recently decided to focus on losing five pounds, rather than the ten to get to 125, and that's my first one! Each time I lose a pound, I still fluctuate among three pounds, but I consistently get lighter. Right now the highest weight I've seen in the past few weeks has been 137, so now it will hopefully be 136.
I think I'm ready to set some goals for the next two weeks, so I can focus on this before I go on vacation (and like I said, I'm expecting to lose over vacation). Here are my goals:

1. 30 minutes of cardio/6 days a week, taking Sunday off
2. strength training 3 days a week, including tumbling work
3. stretch every day, focusing on extension for dance
4. aim for no more than 1500 calories a day
5. eat at least three servings of fruits or vegetables each day
6. drink water every day/minimize juice and soda intake

I have 16 days until I leave, so each day I will report on here how well I did with my goals. This Wednesday is my birthday, though, so I may abandon all goals that day to have fun.

I'll report back tonight! I hope to reach 132 by the time we leave!

 

[Penguin23]

Well this morning I expected my weight to go up, because it almost always does after hitting a low, but instead I hit a new low! Still 134, so not too exciting, but 134.4, whereas yesterday it was 134.8. I would be so excited if I hit 133 tomorrow, on my birthday! I'm going to try to be extra good today! I'll indulge my other addition today (shopping!) since I got birthday money in the mail yesterday!
Here's my results from yesterday:

1. did about 40 minutes of dance- very good cardio, got me sweating
2. no strength training
3. did not stretch
4. ate around 1700 calories
5. only one serving of fruit
6. drank a lot of juice when I was sweating, when I should have had water, though I did have some water yesterday. The juice accounted for almost 500 of the calories from yesterday, so if I had exchanged it for water, I would have only had 1200 calories!

Okay so yesterday wasn't terrible, but I can do better. Today I'm going to do some hard core strength training and stretching this morning- including cardio inbetween exercises to keep up my heart rate, and then I will go running tonight for my cardio. I've vowed to not eat out today, since I will be eating out tomorrow, and that should help me immensely in having fewer calories. I think today will be a great day, and I want to see 133! I think 132 is totally doable before I leave, so I'm shooting for that. And I think on Thursday I'm going to be buying a new bathing suit, so hopefully that will be another incentive to shape up. I don't like anything too skimpy, but I will get a two piece with good coverage and support on top and bottom. I need to focus on my stomach and thighs if I want to be truly confident in this bathing suit!
Okay, I will report back tonight or tomorrow morning on my progress!

 

[Penguin23]

I took my measurements yesterday, and they have gone down quite a bit since the last time I measured. Here are my old ones:

As of 1/9/07:
upper arm- 12
bicep- 11.5
bust- 38
waist- 30.5
abdomen- 35
hips- 38
thigh- 22.5
calf- 14

As of 2/19/07:
upper arm- 11.5
bicep- 11
bust- 37
waist- 30
abdomen- 35
hips- 37.5
thigh- 22
calf- 14

As of yesterday:
upper arm- 11.5
bicep- 10
bust- 36
waist- 29
abdomen- 34
hips- 37
thigh- 20
calf- 13.5

So I lost inches in most places, but most importantly, my bust has gone from 38 to 36, my waist from 30.5 to 29, and my hips from 38 to 37. Not to mention my thigh from 22 to 20! That was probably from dancing at work. Anyway, I feel great, and if I can just lose a few more pounds and tighten up a bit, I'll be looking awesome. The 120s feel so close now!

 

[Penguin23]

Okay, the past few days have sucked big time. It is so hot here in Arizona, that I just don't have the ambition to do anything at all. That's no excuse, though. I need to step it up. I had fun on my birthday, but now I need to toughen up on myself and set some rules. I always crave eating out and yet afterward I always feel like crap. I have a hard time getting myself to exercise and yet I always feel better when I do! You'd think I would learn, but no!
Okay, so here's the deal. No more eating out unless I have to because I'm on the road or whatever. No more leaving the house for lunch just because I'm craving something. Fast food is not good, and neither are the high calorie meals at sit down restaurants. I bought a lot of good food for my house, and I should be eating it! I bought some fruit and have yet to touch it, but that is where I need to be getting my sugar from, rather than other snacks. If I'm hungry, I should be reaching for celery first, before other snacks. I need to be getting up in the morning and heading straight to exercise, because when I wait until evening, I don't do it. I need to get up and go for it and then I can enjoy my day without feeling guilty, and with that extra boost that I get from exercising.
I tried on bikinis yesterday and I was very disappointed. I need to tone up everywhere, and even though the scale and my measurements say I'm looking better, I'm still not looking good. I've lost ten pounds in six months, and now I could get pregnant any month, so I need to try a lot harder if I'm going to reach my goals. I'm very proud of myself for losing that ten pounds and for keeping it off for so long, but I need to shapen up my habits and make my life healthier.

So, that being said, let's hope tomorrow is a better day. I have no obligations for tomorrow, so I'm going to get up and get started!

 

[Penguin23]

So I haven't posted in a few days, but I have been doing pretty well. I was weighing in at 136 and 137, so I was disappointed at first, but then I realized my period was coming, and I always weigh more then, and then drop in the next few days. Just like usual, yesterday I weighed a new low at 134.2. I worked out yesterday and I was hoping to get 133 this morning, but I was back up to 135.4. Today I did strength training and cardio, and I'm going to watch my eating carefully, so maybe tomorrow I'll get a better weight. Anyway, one week from right now I'll be on a plane on my way to Korea, and I'm really hoping that I will come back a few pounds lighter. We'll be walking around a lot and eating Korean food. I'm a really picky eater, and I think I will eat less there, even though the food is okay. Of course, the day after I get back I'll be on another plane to Maine, where I'll spend the week with my family and probably (but hopefully not) put back on any weight I may have lost! Actually at my parents' house I can go swimming, so that will be a new exercise that I hardly ever get to do. So I have a lot of traveling coming up this summer, but I think I'll have lots of chances to work out as well. The first two weeks in July we'll be up at a camp, and hopefully I'll do a lot of running and playing sports.
Yesterday I went shopping at Target, and I tried on some size 4 skirts that totally fit! They weren't even tight; they fit perfectly. However, I want to go back and try on pants, because skirts are much more forgiving, and I don't know if I'd be a 4 in pants.
So obviously I'm not pregnant, and as much as I want a baby, it's been a little bit relieving each time because that means I have that much longer to try to lose weight and do other things I want to do. It's made such a huge difference to have lost ten pounds, and I just know that I'd be slammin if I lost another ten, or even five, so I'm going to keep trying.
I was watching Making the Squad yesterday, which has tons of really hot girls auditioning to make an NFL cheering squad, and I also like watching shows like Top Model, and you'd think that those shows would just make me insecure, but instead I watch them and think, I could look like that! It actually inspires me to try harder and get what I want. I know I can look however I want, as long as I work for it! So here goes!