Day 19

Today was a baaaaadddd food day. I barely ate anything in variety and the calories weren't there either :/. For breakfast I started out ok with my 3 egg whites with pico de gallo on 2 wheat tortillas and a half a grapefruit (348 calories). Good right, on track so far. Then for a snack I had 2 large carrots (60 calories) and a couple of hours later I had meal 2, a peanut butter and banana smoothie (378 calories). Still good right? This is when it gets rocky. I made these really amaazzziiiiinnnngggg wheat thins that I found a recipe for on blogilates.com. Get this, only 101 calories for 20 crackers (29g)!!!! Insanity, right?

Don't they look tasty, they were so legit, tasted like the real thing

So I made the whole recipe's worth, about 13 dozen crackers and  pretty much ate them all....all day....and that was it. They were soooo gooooddd. I ate about 6 servings worth (gram wise) and left the other serving for tomorrow.  It totaled about 606 calories but I was constantly munching. I want to feel guilty but it's hard because they were so low in calories -_-. Anyhow, after my workout I forced myself to eat something else, even though I didn't want to. I ended up making a huge ol bowl of seasoned mixed vegetables (153 calories), so yummy, so worth it even though it was kinda late to be eating. My final caloric intake for the day was 1545 calories leaving me with about 442 calories. After I worked out though I was about 1135 caloriesin the negative.

Now for the workout. Today was cardio day on my blogilates calendar so naturally it kicked my butt. The first video I did was the new one for the week, butt on fire. Honestly should've been renamed butt in inferno. My butt burned in places where I didn't even know muscles existed. Totally felt like dying and in no way made it through every rep but boy was I was being challenged. Even though I didn't make it through all the reps I did as many as I could bear at my current fitness level. The rest of the cardio was deadly from there to be honest since my but was burning, and pretty much all the cardio kept working it. It was totally worth it when I finished though. I felt accomplished. Getting back in shape has been really hard and discouraging at times but I keep reminding myself that I'll get there eventually.

Tomorrow my goal is to do better on the calories since I didn't really hit all my food groups today. You know what, I love how all my goals are to eat more during the day. Weird right? Usually people have issues eating too much. Ah well, I'm just strange I suppose. My roommates actually laugh at me on nights where I'm trying to figure out how I can get the rest of my healthy calories in because usually I'm like 500 or 600 behind. Not fixable by a few tbs of peanut butter or a chicken breast and vegetables. Ok everyone, wish me luck!!!

My sweattastic picture

Day 8 sticky gone, I'm really making my way down this thing!!

Day 18

So today was my lovely off day and it's FATHER'S DAY!!!  Started the day off right with homemade mini pancakes (equaled about 3 normal sized pancakes) with homemade syrup totaling 942 calories for meal 1. Then I snacked on a carrot (30 calories) and for meal 2 had a peanut butter banana smoothie (350 calories). Meal 3 I had mixed vegetables and a turkey burger patty (353 calories). Then to finish off I snacked on my 1/4 a bag of butter lover's popcorn (62 calories). My total caloric intake for the day was 1738 calories. Today I reset my activity level in my calorie app as very active (since my body has adjusted to the new workout schedule) so my new caloric intake is 1987 calories.

Look how summery and fun that is!!!

This week my goal is to do better about packing/eating enough meals everyday no matter how busy my schedule is. I also want to be good about not letting the scale be a distraction since I got one (see week 2 update). I also have some new recipes that I found on blogilates.com I will be trying to make this week since I went to the store and hauled some serious healthy foods. GET EXCITED EVERYONE!!!!!

Day 17

Today was a pretty chill relaxed day. Not too much on the food or workout front so this should be a quick one. Today was my, as Cassie from blogilates says, YOLO meal day. Right before my first meal I had about 3tbs of Greek yogurt (42 calories) so I wasn't ravishingly hungry when I ate. Then for my actual breakfast I had homemade mini pancakes (equivalent to 3 normal sized ones) and homemade syrup totaling 910 calories. Yikes right, but don't worry it works out. For meal two I had  a smoothie with Greek yogurt, a banana, and 1 tbs of natural crunchy peanut butter (273 calories). Lastly for meal 3 I had a turkey burger patty with mixed vegetables (353 calories, check out pictures below!!). So, all in all that brought my daily caloric intake to 1578 calories. I decided to forgo meal 4 because it was only a toning workout day and I didn't feel the need for it. Should I have? Probably, but I slept most of the day so I think I made the right decision.

Meal 3, doesn't it look delish!!!

For my workout it was day 15 of blogilates which meant arms and abs. When I say my triceps were on fire I mean ON FIRE!!! That girl was relentless and we got no break except for during the ab parts but my arms were so sore having to use them at all during the ab part burned more than the ab workout. The most deadly part of the workout was the toned triceps payphone challenge. Not gonna lie, I got no where near completing the whole things. My triceps hurt, my legs hurt, and most importantly my wrists hurt. The calendar said we had to do it twice and honestly I barely got through the first. For the second round I played "I love it" by Iconic over the sound of the video to make it more bearable and then I limited myself to doing just the dips instead of the variations. I figured it was more beneficial to do the reps I could handle as opposed to the reps that were causing me physical pain. I was soooo pooped when I was done but hey, train insane or remain the same right?

Tomorrow is my off day so my goal will be to simply enjoy my day off and replenish my body both food and water wise. Until then stay healthy everyone.

Not super duper sweaty but I had beads of sweat. Cooled off a bit before taking the pic though.

Finished day 6 today of my 21 day challenge. Another sticky peeled off :)

Week 2 Weigh In!!!

So so so sorry this took so long everyone. It's been crazyyyy!!!!! I can't believe it's officially been two weeks. I bought a scale today so I could weigh myself at home and not have to go all the way to the gym on campus. Anyways you want to know the good stuff right? I lost a total of 2.3 pounds since my last weigh in!!!!

I lost in fat the same weight of this mega burger!!!

Seriously, what is this maddness, I've lost 5.6 pounds in two weeks, all naturally, no gimmicks. So if you all remember from last week I said if I lost 3 more pounds I would be out of my danger zone. This weeks loss puts me only 1 pound away from that. Not that I want to stop there but it is rewarding. I swear, if people would just commit to finding a program that works for them to be healthy all the rest would line up perfectly. I never would have thought I could have lost this much in such a short amount of time. I do anticipate though after this I'll probably lose about a pound a week since I've lost all my supposed water weight. Still if I can do a pound a week that means over the next few weeks I can lose around 10 pounds of pure fat by the time school picks up again. That  meaning I would have lost 15 pounds total. That's half of my total weight loss goal. I'm patient, I would rather lose it the right way and keep it off feeling proud and great because I'm healthy instead of just thin. Healthy living is me now everyone, think I'm silly and going overboard if you want but what's wrong with eating natural things and treating my body with respect? Nothing. I was given this vessel to use while I'm on earth and I plan to have it running for a long time.

Ok, rambling again. That's it for now, I'm still working on getting a tape measure so I can have a more accurate record of my weight loss but until then I'll just make do. Still going strong into week 3 so lets git er done!!!!

Post week 2 pics, I can see subtle differences but I could be making them up lol

Day 16

Today was a pretty good day. Started the day off with 3 egg whites on 2 whole wheat tortillas with pico de gallo and a half a grapefruit (495 calories). Then I snacked on 3 large carrots and a banana (totaled 188 calories) before meal two which consisted of a peanut butter (natural crunchy) and apple jelly sandwich on two slices of whole wheat bread (225 calories). A few hours later for meal 3 I had a YOLO meal, beef ravioli (240 calories). Although it didn't have a lot of calories it has a lot of carbs and sodium which for me isn't good to have all the time. Then after my workout I had meal 4 which was 2 servings of whole wheat thin spaghetti with Sofrito (a type of tomato paste), Parmesan cheese, and a few dashes of kosher salt (495 calories, see picture below!!!). At the end of the day my consumption was 1499 calories but after my workout my total caloric intake ended up being 758 calories total under my 1713 calorie budget.

YUM YUM!!

For my workout it was day 14 on the june on fire blogilates calendar. Today was cardio day and I ended up burning around 545 calories!!! My crowing achievement today however was that I ran a mile in 10 minutes and 10 seconds (last week I was at 13 minutes flat). That meant that I shaved off a total of 2 minutes and 50 seconds from my time. Pretty impressive progress in only a week I think. The rest of the workout however was not too fun, burpees somehow found there way in there and obviously after yesterdays burpee burnout I was not up for those at all. But I persevered and lasted much longer during reps and wasn't so quick to stop and take a break. 

All and all today was pretty fab as far as healthy living goes. Tomorrow my goal is to finish the workout week strong and do better with calories. Wish me luck!!

I was definitely a sweaty betty today, glasses kept sliding off and I was sliding all over the floor. 

Totally worth it though of course

Finished day 6 of my 21 day challenge, day 6 her I come!!!

Day 15

Today was definitely insane!!!! Both calorie wise and workout wise it was just plain crazy. For meal 1 I had my normal 3 egg whites on 2 wheat tortillas with pico de gallo and a half a grapefruit (371 calories). Then a bit later I snacked on 2.5 large carrots (75 calories) and then for meal 2 I ate a banana and a peanut butter and apple jelly sandwich on 2 slices of whole wheat bread (323 calories). Pretty normal up until now right? Well this is when the first insanity struck. I had the worst sweet tooth when I got home and I pretty much through a hodgepodge of sugary things together to satisfy it. Here's what I had 2 servings of marshmallows, a 1 serving of walnuts, frosting (2 servings of powdered sugar and a tbs of butter), and a tbs of caramel syrup. I bet you're wondering how many calories this explosion of sugar had: a whopping 920 CALORIES!!!! A picture is included below. But yea, it was pretty insane, I promise I evened out in the end though. After that tragedy of a meal I only had one more meal (meal 4), which consisted only of a skinless baked chicken quarter with sweet potato fries (262 calories). Then it was time to get my butt kicked in my workout.

Sugary fatty calorie filled goodness

Today was lower back and legs workout on my blogilates juneonfire calendar and it SUCKED. My legs hurt, my abs hurt, my arms hurt, and my wrists hurt. Also my shoulder was doing this weird thing so it hurt too. I'll definitely take it easy the next few workouts until it kinks its self out. I don't want to hurt myself.

Ok, that's about it for today. Fairly short but hey, not everyday is that adventure filled but hey, these days still matter.

Another not so sweaty looking pic but trust me I was glistening.

Day 5, was definitely no piece of cake

Day 14

Sorry this is so late getting up but hey, life get's happens right? Plus just to mess with you guys I'm going to write this as if I wrote it yesterday!!!


Today for breakfast I had 3 scrambled egg whites with pico de gallo on 2 wheat tortillas and a grapefruit (355 calories). Then a few hours later I snacked on 3 large carrots (in carrot stick form of course).  For meal 2 I had a peanut butter and apple jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread (250 calories). Then for meal 3 I had a chicken quarter and for a snack after that about 4oz of greek yogurt (70 calories).  Meal 4 I had kind of early considering it was my last meal but anyways I had a turkey burger on a whole wheat hamburger bun with balsamic vinaigrette dressing and bbq sauce on top and a side of sweet potato fries (594 calories). My daily caloric intake was 1509 calories but after working out my total was 1209 calories for the day (left over balance of 5040 calories).

I swear I feel like I'm eating so much but the calories still are short. I think I'm going to have to modify my diet a bit. Obviously it's better that I haven't gone wayyy over my budget but I am concerned with inevitably slowing down my metabolism. Although for the record, today it was burning through all my food lightening fast, literally every 2-3 hours I was hungry. Even before I worked out I was hungry but by the time I finished and took a shower I wasn't anymore.

Now for the workout!!! It was another tiring day today, I attempted to take a nap before my workout but that plan was foiled as I had to go to the store to buy some more healthy food (nothing bad about that right?). I even managed to get a new water bottle see!!!

Anyways once I got back from grocery shopping I dove right in to my workout. Today's target was muffin top and I definitely needed that. Let me tell you though, I thought it was going to be easy, since it was just toning abs and lower back but boy I was wrong. I was dripping sweat just like any other workout day. MADNESS I TELL YOU MADNESS. But as always it was worth it. I got through more reps of the exercises I had done before so that's progress in my book.


I do have to admit, I was a little discouraged today that my appearance is still the same but I reminded myself that internally I feel healthier so with time that same healthiness will show on the outside. I'm doing this the right way so excess weight won't drop quickly but hopefully when it comes off it will stay off.  Back on track though tomorrow is the 100 burpee challenge so my goal is to do 80 of them (10 more than last week). June on fire is going to own me but at the end of the month I will own it as I would have done every challenge. Wish me luck.

not so sweaty workout pic because I cooled off before I remembered to take it