twenty four lbs

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DAMN YOU SXSW

Ok, so scratch my previous post. SXSW, I blame you for my weight gain. I gained back some of that weight, probably from BEER and street food. Tomorrow, I will get BACK ON TRACK with gym and salad. Hooray vacation! Back to real life. 20 lbs left to lose. 

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Lost 6 lbs

Oh hey kids! I haven't updated my progress. 

SO! I have lost 6 lbs. Not a miracle, I know, but progress nonetheless.

That means I have 18 lbs left to go! Not shabby! That's about 2 lbs per week! Go me! I haven't been logging all of this here, because I have gotten addicted to a handy little app called MyFitnessPal. 

My next goal is to amp up my fitness. I feel like I have my diet mostly under control, I just need to really add on some exercise if I want to lose these 18 lbs. 

do it do it do it

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Wednesday & Thursday Eats

These were my last two days before starting my diet and exercise regiment. I'm not going to bore you with the gory details, but it involves a delicious veggie pizza, a celebratory cupcake and last night's chips & salsa. Farewell to you, pizza! Farewell to you, desserts! Farewell to you CHIPS! I love you all. 

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Tuesday eats.

Yesterday, man. Total fail. Not the best day. I woke up late to start and missed my gym opportunity. Later, work was crazy and just getting lunch was a feat: first I knocked my homemade salad over while gesticulating (working and eating at the same time), then I left work to get another salad only to realize at checkout I’d forgotten my debit card at work. Third attempt at lunch finally worked and I hit up the nearby Whole Foods salad bar. It’s a wonder I didn’t hit up Taco Smell with the day I was having. Here’s what I crammed in my pie hole:

Vitamins! 1 12 oz coffee with cream 1 egg sautéed with 1.5 c spinach, some onion and 1 tsp olive oil 2 apple slices 1 c kale salad, 1 c coconut rice and beans and 1/2 c steamed veggies (all from Whole Foods salad bar) 1 can of La Croix 1 Harmless Harvest coconut water 1 c steamed rice w/ 1 and 1/2 c of broccoli and shrimp 1 c egg drop soup 2 fried wontons 1 Chinese donut 1 cup of tea with tsp honey

Trouble spots before starting my hardcore dieting in February: obvs I wouldn’t be eating a goddamn donut, people. Boyfriend was sick and brought home a dozen and I ate it as my parting dessert before diet town. TEVS. Also, won’t be eating anything fried. I ate those fried wontons last night. Aaand the steamed white rice won’t be happening. Not so bad for the crappiest day in a while, but I do see huge improvements needed.

Besides my cravings for salt (CHIPS), the other BIG thing is going to be waking up about an hour earlier than I do. I tried again this morning and it didn’t work. I might have to murder my snooze button if I’m gonna get to the gym in the AM.

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What is self control? [inhales food]

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My BMI is currently 29. I am overweight. In order to reach the highest point of "normal" I need to lose 24 lbs.

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Monday eats.

Before I start following my self-imposed diet and exercise rules, I am getting real. 

Here's what I stuffed into my gullet today:

Apple & 1 tbsp peanut butter

Two 12 oz. cups of coffee with cream

1 serving of homemade veggie soup (veg broth, various veggies)

15 pita chips & 1 tbsp hummus

Grilled tilapia plate w/ spanish rice, black beans and pico de gallo with 2 flour tortillas

Lots of water

A sneaky handful of leftover movie Reese's pieces. (bad)

Reviewing today's munchies, in February, I would not have the pita chips, but would replace them with celery or carrots to dip in the hummus. I would also cut out the spanish rice (sub with brown rice) and the flour tortillas. Oh, and definitely ixnay on the Reese's ieces-pay. 

Could have been worse. 

Tomorrow's goal? Waking up at 6:30 am, hitting the gym, and taking Bro for at least a 20 min walk at work, PLUS my lunchtime stairs and walking routine at work. 

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Overweight.

Today I entered my height and weight into a BMI calculator and the motherfu**er told me I'm obese. The nerve. To get to normal? Lose 24 lbs. Great. How the hell did I gain 20 lbs in two years? And with this whole past month being vegetarian?! Happy new year to me!

To be nice and forgiving of myself - and in my defense - I am a small girl. I'm short! And I'm naturally gifted with some junk in the trunk. But it's obviously a big enough number that means I'm overweight, if not morbidly obese.

Current BMI: 29.0 - Overweight.

FINE. It's time to drop some weight. So, I set up some rules myself that I will now share with you, dear internet accountability machine. 

Goal: Lose 24 lbs as soon as healthily able to starting Feb 1 (2 lbs per wk)

In meantime, record all eating habits. I've got three days before I go all out on this regiment I've created, and I'll be able to spot my weaknesses. (Ok, I already know, it's chips and salsa/queso/hummus.)

Rules: 

DIET

No dessert, sugar

No diet sodas - they are the devil, give me headaches, cause inflammation and cancer, etc.

No alcohol (this is probably where the 20 lbs came from, if I am honest with myself) - EXCEPT special occasions where I can have AT MOST 2 drinks (but this is to be used sparingly, only for actual special occasions since this is definitely a trouble spot).

No CHIPS :-( at all. (Sorry, me!)

No white starches (potatoes, rice, bread, etc)

Avoid too many soy-based vegetarian products

DO drink lots of water

DO take vitamins

EXERCISE

Wake up earlier (630 AM!) in order to work out at the gym 3 times per week (add weights, not just cardio)

Walk up and down 7 flights of stairs on lunchbreak at work as well as around the building (get off your sedentary office-butt)

Dog walks should be at least 20 minutes every morning

No TV or hanging out with friends unless I've already gotten in a workout

***In March, I will up my gym days to 4x per week and maybe add CLA. 

Boyfriend says I am pretty active and eat healthfully in general, so we are pretty sure the weight gain is due to my very social calendar that revolves around drinking with pals. If I cut out alcohol and chips and get better about hitting the gym, I am confident I can cut these twentyfourlbs.