Day 2

Alright so I might have failed at multiple things yesterday including: doing my workout, sticking to the meal plan, and making a post, just to name a few. But all is not lost. I finally got my ass grocery shopping and I got myself a new toy.

It's a smoothie kit attachment for my blender! I've been putting it off for over a month because last time I went shopping I had to pick up a $50 prescription which = not being able to afford this. What's so great about it is that it's super easy to clean so now I'm about 10xs more likely to have my blender available on a regular basis because I won't be to lazy to take the 20 seconds it takes to clean the attachment + the 40 seconds it takes to clean the cup. No more jabbing myself right under the nail with the stupid blender blades as I try and stick my sponge wielding hand into the narrow depths of my regular blender. WOOT! And of course I had to test it out last night so I could experience all its amazingness. If you have an Oyster brand blender [I think any of the newish models work] it costs about $14 at Walmart. There aren't enough words to describe how excited I am about this. Now for the not so fun stuff, and I say not so fun because I did such a bad job.

Food:

CPK bread with butter* and garlic powder

tortilla crusted tilapia [2]

orange juice [2]

Starbucks peppermint white chocolate mocha [medium serving**]

Trader Joe's popcorn [handful]

Pirate's Booty

Annie Chun's Udon***

banana, mixed berry, almond milk, spinach smoothie [2]

specialty chocolate [2]

CLIF bar

Denny's Fit Slam

*I rarely use real butter so when I say butter I mean something along the lines of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter or one of those other butter substitutes.

**My dad is addicted to Starbucks so weekend mornings he gets up a little early to run down to Starbucks and bring my mom and myself stuff back. I asked for the peppermint white chocolate mocha once because it was the holiday season and that's the only reason I need, but he bought it for me two other times so I put them all in a big container and I'm rationing it out so I don't drink 500 calories at once so my portion sizes aren't based on their drink sizes but how much I put in my mug.

***I absolutely LOVE Annie Chun's. It's $2 at Trader Joe's and a little more expensive at other grocery stores. I can eat just the little bowl but if I have some extra veggies or tofu laying around I'll add it to make it a little more filling. You can also add other things like chicken or shrimp to spruce it up even more. Trader Joe's also has their own version with rice noodles that only cost 99 cents.

Exercise:

"Morning Routine" = 50 jumping jacks, 5 pushups, 20 situps, 20 mountain climbers, 30 second plank, 7 burpees - do cycle twice - I call it the morning routine because it's recommended you do it right when you wake up in the morning before your body has a chance to fully realize what you're doing, which apparently makes it easier to do.

2 hours walking around/waiting in lines at Disneyland

And of course as promised here are the daily workout pictures I said I would post.

I've recently found some other weekday-specific routines that I'll post later once I've taken a better look at them.

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.