BAM! Day 1

This is me as of last night.

Yesterday when I weighed myself I was at 152.6 and today when I weighed myself I was at 149.9 so I'll average it out for my starting weight.

Starting Weight: 151.25

Highest Weight: 152.6

Goal Weight: 125

I used to tell myself that if I ever got to 130 I would do everything to lose those couple of pounds that kept me from getting there. But things happened at I got up to 135. I made of excuses as to why it happened and told myself that once I moved back or once I did this or that I would go back to my original weight. Of course I was lying to myself. Thanks mostly to a medication I put on and a huge lack of self esteem I continued to pack on the pounds until I leveled off at about 146. I actually made my first attempt at this blog over the summer when I first started working out but it was too little too late before I went on vacation to Hawaii and got out of my workout routine. Then I made my second attempt at getting into shape in November. That was also terrible timing. I was doing a really good job of keeping on track for the week leading up to and the week of Thanksgiving. Yes, I actually managed to keep working out despite being at my parents' and it being a holiday that is all about stuffing your face. It was the week after that ruined things. Finals were creeping up as were a number of deadlines. I abandoned everything from working out to cooking and just spent all my time in bed eating gas station food and frozen meals. I pretty much just gave up altogether until the holidays were over. Once I got back to my parents' for break there was just so much holiday food specifically tons of animal products, more specifically lots of prime rib and creamy, cheesy things. You see, I try to abide by as much of a vegan diet as possible. I don't buy red meat, poultry, or dairy products when I go grocery shopping, but I'm not hardcore so I do buy seafood and less obvious non-vegan items and I won't deny myself if I'm eating out. Everything got thrown to the wind and instead of just staying at my current weight I managed to put on six more pounds. Seriously? Six pounds in a month. That is horrible, but not fixable. I officially decided that starting today, Monday January 2, 2012 I would get my ass back into shape and stop gorging myself on whatever food gets put in front of my face. It's going to be a little harder this time because I developed some bad habits these past few weeks, but this time I won't have big holidays or tests to stop me before I even really get going. They say it takes 21 days to turn something into a habit and so far I'm one day down. Ok enough gibber jabber. 

What I Ate Today

Breakfast: mixed berry and banana smoothie with almond milk

Lunch: tortilla crusted tilapia tacos [2] and leftover wienie rolls [6]

Dinner: CPK Spaghettitini

So I strayed from my original meal plan for but it's because I decided to stay an extra night at my parents' house.

Today's Workout

C25K (Couch to 5K): Week 1 Day 1

Monday Workout: minus 25 of the reverse curls

C25K is seriously the best discovery I have made [god bless you Pinterest]. Basically it's an app for your phone that helps you build up enough endurance to run 5k in 9 weeks. It involves 3 days of walking/jogging/running a week so I was combining two weeks into one that way I would get six days of running in and I would build up my endurance quicker. I got up to week 5 day 1 before everything fell apart. The Monday workout comes from something I also found on Pinterest. I'll post the picture at the end of this. There is a workout for Monday-Thursday and then Friday you're supposed to pick one of the previous days to repeat but I decided to pick my favorite exercises and combine them for a more intense Friday workout. I'll post Monday's workout at the end of this.

Normally I won't put this much text in my posts, but today I felt I had a little more to share. I'll only be doing weigh-ins every couple of weeks because 1. weight is not as important as being fit and tones [muscle weighs more than fat] 2. I only have a $5 Ikea scale at my apartment so in order to get a more accurate reading I have to use my parents' fancy Weight Watchers scale when I visit them. Anyways, I hope the first two days of the new year haven't been to rough on you and if you're also starting your journey to weight loss, thinking of starting, or are already on your journey feel free to share your words of wisdom. If I have any I'll be sure to post them here...if I can remember. Now that I've taken up enough of your time here is the Monday workout. I'll post the other three tomorrow as well as my make-shift Friday workout.