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mudnuri

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First- the introduction....

31 year old, single mom of 2 dd's 10 and 9. Full time college student in the Respiratory Therapy program....1 year left! WHOOHOO

So why am I here? What do I hope to gain?

Basically I'm here because I need a place to be held accountable I guess or better yet a place to keep track of what I'm doing thats right and what I'm doing thats not so right.

What I hope to gain is a sense of better living. I have always been 'active' played 3 sports a year in high school etc, coached my kids sports teams, trained lifeguards for rec depts etc. and then I enrolled in college. To say I gained the 'freshman 15' would be correct :)

I started drinking full beer, no more mich ultra I went to mich lagar....couple of them here and there and wow the pounds come on. happy to report, haven't had a drink since January 1st, 2007 at 2:48am...

Sugar- addicted I am. Wait, I can say was now. I switched my coffee sugar over to splenda, stopped drinking regular soda, switched to diet caffeine free coke, and have been trying to eliminate anything 'white' in my diet. NOTE*** when I say diet- I dont mean 'diet' i mean, diet as in what i'm eating.....

Carbs- i'm a junkie. Crunchie, salty, etc... yup those are all carbs, so what am I doing about that? Carrot sticks- thats the crunchy snack of choice...

My main goal would be to be healthier, and lose weight, however I don't own a scale, so I'm not that concerned with my overall body weight. I personally think that number is deceiving, since it tells you nothing.

As of today, I've started keeping track of what I eat, and what I do for exercise. I'm going to join the gym at some point next week ($) and will have 3 sessions with a trainer, to help me set up my plan. the gym is in the town I go to school, so I drive by it every day anyway!

I do have stuff here to use, but I dont 'make' myself do it. By paying out money, hopefully I will actually go everyday!

I figure if I quit smoking (GASP!) a respiratory therapy student that smokes! I could use that money to pay for the gym membership, and my budget wont take the hit.

Anywho........here's the daily foods so far.

1/2 C Special K
2/3 C 2% milk
1 bananna
1 C orange juice (loaded with sugar, but I take my pills with it!)
3 12oz C coffee
3 tsp splenda
3 TBL 1/2 and 1/2

1 Tom/Basil whole wheat wrap
1 chicken breast (grilled)
3 large romaine lettuce leafs
2 tbls low fat ceasar dressing
12 baby carrots

1 12oz can diet caffeine free coke

I'll add dinner later, after I eat it :)
******** dinner*************

6 slices bacon
4 leaves argula lettuce
1 thomas's whole wheat bagel square (GOSH THOSE ARE GOOD!)
1tbl mayo

12 baby carrots afternoon snack

4 more diet cokes throught the day

total for today was just under 1600 calories 38% protein 30% fat, 32% carb
45 minutes shoveling porches and walkways...

now I'm off to find that calorie counter thing thats online somewhere!

Brandy
 
Day 2 Sunday

chocolate slim fast shake, 1 C milk (YUCK!)

1 thomas's whole wheat bagel square
1 tbl fat free cream cheese

5 cups coffee (addict!)
5 tsp splenda
5 tbl 1/2 n 1/2

1 peanut butter natures farm granola bar thing

1 tomato basil wrap
2 tbl ceasar dressing
3 leaft arugula lettuce
1/2 breast chicken

4 diet caffeine free cokes
3 8oz glass h20

cleaned house, mopped every floor, tub, shower etc.. for exercise LOL

Off to fit day to plug it all in, will be back with numbers

Brandy
 
Brandy,
You are off to a great start! I am finding that eating only things that are natural ( not processed I mean) is what works. My motto is you have to eat like the cavemen did, essentially it is the perimeter of the grocery store.
Good Luck, Linda
 







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