HeartPellet's journal

[heartpellet]

Hello fellow sex-ay body achievers! I'm Sharon, and I really wanna lose 10-20pounds. I'm 5"6 and 121 lbs at the moment. I know it seems unneccessary, but believe me when I say this: I have been an emotional eater for several years now. This harmful habit of mine was what caused me to gain unwanted weight in a small period of time. I'm graduating this summer and I want to regain my confidence by then.
So in order to lose 15 pounds by June, these are my goals:
1. Drink 1-2litres of water a day
2. Cut back on sugar desserts, especially ice cream which is my guilty pleasure, to at most once a week.
3. To avoid binging, I pledge to walk away from the kitchen for at least 20 minutes after a healthy snack
4. I will do cardio four days a week 45min+ a day
5. I will do my 'turbo sculpt' (weight training) workout once a week
6. I will stretch every morning once I get out of bed

I'm going to be posting what I eat every day (starting tomorrow because i don't remember what I ate today, though I'm sure it was a large improvment from the last few days) as well as my workout of the day.
As for weigh ins, i'll be doing that every other week from today. That way I'll be able to be more patient with myself and stay in tune with my goals.

Wish me luck!  

[heartpellet]

Breakfast: packet of quaker's instant brown sugar oatmeal w/ 0% milk
(Ack, so much sugar in those oatmeals!)
Lunch: 2 chicken wings, small bowl of spaghetti with tomato soup and cottage cheese, random veggies
Snack: small apple, 2 cups of water
dinner: small bowl of rice, carrots, potato chunk, tofu, fish,
mashed yams with pecans
snack: (BAD BAD) candy cane. *sobs*

I guess I did remember today's food intake.

Workout: 45 minutes on the excercise bike.  

[heartpellet]

Jan 2, 2009
breakfast: corn flakes, raisins, 0&#xmi;lk 2 cups water
snack: two organic crackers w/ grape jam, 1 small apple
lunch: chai apple tea, mashed yams, spaghetti w/ chicken and tomato sauce
dinner: spaghetti w/ chicken and tomato sauce, tofu, fish, 2 cups water
*snack: 6 hershey's kisses, 2 cups of water

Workout: 45 minutes turbo jam cardio party

*40 minutes on the treadmill (300 cals)  

[heartpellet]

January 4, 2009
Breakfast: homemade banana walnut muffin
Lunch: (my family and I went out for dim-sum. I did surprisingly well to hold back though!) 3/4 of a custard bun, about a fist-sized portion of mixed rice and noodles, 2 mini curry oyster things, one steamed shrimp dumpling, 1/4 of a shrimp crepe.
LOTS of tea and hot water!!! I think I had 10 cups, no kidding.

Dinner: My family went shopping after lunch and by the time we were finished it was already six, so we went to a buffet. Thankfully, my mom wasn't too hungry either, so we just ordered two dishes to share amongst the three of us. We had steamed (yet pretty oily, surprise surprise) broccoli and shrimp, and this peppered battered seafood dish.
I normally eat the peppered stuff with the batter and everything, but tonight I peeled off the batter and just ate the seafood.
It's so gross when you do this because there's actually only so little food under the batter.

Also, I drank 3-4 glasses of water at dinner!
I found that I ate significantly less by trying using my non-dominant hand to hold my utensils at lunch and dinner.
If we all did this, we would feel our stomachs saying STOP much clearer and earlier!

Workout: I took the stairs up and down to get to my grandma's apartment level.
I also walked around the mall for about 3-4 hours
Turbo jam cardio party 45 minutes, and the 20 minute cardio

After my workout I let myself have a small apple and a bit of apple juice.  

[heartpellet]

Today was a depressing day. It was the first day back to school and tomorrow my sister is returning to Toronto for university. =[

Breakfast: corn flakes with raisins and 0 % milk
1 cup green tea, 1 cup water

Lunch: 2 gala apples
Snack: 2 cups green tea
1 shrimp, a whack load of boiled carrots and broccoli
dinner: 1/2 cup rice, sauteed onions, steamed broccoli
I was still hungry so I made a whole wheat pita pizza with ketchup, mozzerella, and roasted ham.

Snack: hot chocolate drink w/ 0% milk
candycane.
2 cups water

No time for workout, but I did take the stairs a lot at school.  

[X Halt Salute]

We have the same name! I go by Shari though.
Good luck good luck with your fitness journey, and I just wanted to say that eating with the non-dominant hand is a really good idea. I think I'm going to try that! I just have a quick question though: What's the turbo sculpt? Is it a video by someone or something I could get access to without buying? Just curious. :]  

[heartpellet]

Yay! First poster other than me!!! Hi Shari!
Turbo sculpt is a 40minute weight-lifting video. You can probably find it on you-tube in ten minute intervals.
I ordered the package from beachbody.com.
If you have access to a credit card, I highly recommend you get the Turbo jam package from them. They'll give you a 20 minute cardio excercise, a 45 minute cardio "party", an amazing 20 minute ab workout, and another bonus: the Tony Thorton 'great abs guaranteed' workout, which is only 10-15 minutes long but works your stomach sooo much.
They also give u a lot of tips to eat healthy and include a food guide and workout schedule. They claim that you can burn up to 700 calories per hour with their program.
I just know that I sweat A LOT in 45mins.

The entire package cost me around $80. There are other programs packages offered too, so check it out.
But yeah, if you don't wanna risk it, you could check out youtube. They have a lot of similar and same videos. I hope that helps!  

[heartpellet]

This post is for jan 6. I was studying late yesterday.
Breakfast: corn flakes w/ raisins and 0% milk 1 cup water, 1 cup green tea
lunch: skinny pumpkin pie latte.
Snack: 2 almond thins
1 cup water
Dinner: rice, green veggies, salmon, small piece of beef
2 cups water

Workout: 65minutes on the treadmill. I started at 3.7km/hr, then jumped to 4.3km/hr for 10 minutes, then the rest of the 55 minutes was at 3.7 again.
Then I drank 1 litre and a cup of water!!!!!  

[heartpellet]

Jan 7, '09
Breakfast: semi-smaller portion of cornflakes w. raisins and 0% milk
1 cup water
Lunch: sugar free red bull, fat free pudding cup
500 ml water
Snack: cup of green tea
a pear.
cup of water
--Still hungry after 30 minutes, so i allowed myself to a small apple.
snack (totally unnecessary!!! i couldn't wait for dinner!!) 2 almond thins
dinner: rice, eggs, green veggies, 2 small pieces of beef

Workout of day:
45 minutes Cardio Party
40 minute turbo sculpt
Drank 500 ml of water during workout.  

[Sarena128]

I think your being way to hard on yourself.
Your exercising excellently and your eating pretty well not be so hard on yourself hon. <3  

[heartpellet]

Thank you Sarena! It's really encouraging to have people posting on my journal!
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Jan 8
Breakfast: 1 bun with homemade jam
Lunch: skim milk and reduced sugar coconut smoothie w. tapioca pearls
500ml water
snack: instant quaker maple sugar oatmeal w. 0% milk
1 cup water
dinner: rice, tomatoes, chicken, egg, and green veggies
500ml water

Workout:
30 min on the excercise bike
50minutes speed walking (3.7km/hr) and 13 minutes running (4.0 km/hr)
I want to build up my stamina in time for track season this spring. Woo hoo!
1 Litre of water

After my post-dinner water I was still hungry, so I ate two mini mandarin oranges and an apple.
Yay! I didn't take any cookies like my mind was pressuring me to do!
=]  

[heartpellet]

Jan 9
Breakfast: bun w/ home made jam
1 almond thin
1/2 bottle water
Snack: red tea w/ less sugar and tapioca pearls
500 ml water
Lunch: Toasted whole wheat pita w/ reduced fat salsa
1 carrot
steamed broccoli
500ml water
cup of green tea
Snack/dinner: apple, cottage cheese, and a banana(like an hour after one another) then I had some plain yogurt and berries
500ml water

Workout: 15 min jump rope
50-55 minutes on the excercise bike
couple weight lifts (toning the area under the bicep. I have no clue what that muscle is called.)  

[heartpellet]

ughh I am so ashamed. I threw up again this morning. I think it's the stress with diplomas coming up next week that really pressured me.
What happened was I ate a few teaspoons of icecream, then ate a veggie pastry bun, then two eggos and chocolate syrup. Then I rushed up and shoved a bendy straw down my throat.

I'm getting so annoyed with my habits! It's like I know how i'm supposed to eat a "balanced diet" and "allow myself a treat once in a while" yet I still don't follow these guidelines.
After a few hours, I did something else:
I toasted a pita with some shredded cheese on it (supposed to be lunch) but once I took a bite, I decided to spit it out. I did this for a series of foods. So basically, I only consumed an orange for lunch.

This is my food intake so far today:
breakfast: cornflakes w. berries and 0&#xmi;lk
a bun w. jam
Lunch: med. orange
Dinner: cornflakes w. milk
small piece of angel cake (friend's birthday)

EDIT: please see Jan 11 post  

[Starlurk]

How often do you throw up after you eat?

Or a better question, how often do you eat guilty pleasures and then throw up afterward? neutral  

[Soi Tsuba]

please please please go make an appointment with a doctor or a registered dietitian.