The Bitter journey to success <before pics pg.5>

[BitterFantasy]

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Ok well the day has come! LET'S GET FIT IN 2010!!

STATS
Age:19
Height: 66.5 inches (5'5.5")
Beginning weight:217.6
Current weight: ????
Pounds lost confused ???

GOALS
1st Short term goal: 30lbs. (hopefully by May 1st so 1.8lb/wk)

2nd short term goal- 12 more pounds by July 4th (so 1.33lb/week) for a total of 42lbs lost by July 4th.

My Long term goal:60-70 (or get to a size 5)
Overall Goal weight:140-155


I will try to post daily.
(If not then if i miss a day I will do a recap of that day.)

Day #
Breakfast:

Lunch:

Dinner:

Any Snacks:

Exercise:

 

[BitterFantasy]

Day 1

Breakfast: Breakfast wrap & orange juice

Lunch:3 small chicken tenders and some fruit (pear) & tea

Dinner: bowl of honey bunches of oats

Any Snacks:90 cal granola bar

Exercise: N/A  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 2
Breakfast: 90 calorie granola bar

Lunch:turkey swiss sandwich on wheat and tea

Dinner:turkey swiss sandwich on wheat and tea again

Any Snacks: half a snickers bar and a bag of lays

Exercise: went to gym and did martial arts for 1 hour and 30 minutes

As you can see i love my school's turkey swiss sandwich on wheat lol.its the healthiest thing on campus and the best filling and tasting.lol. It's rather big and only 400calories. Everything else is at least 700cals for dinner and lunch. Also I should be heading to the gym soon hopefully.  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 3
Breakfast:breakfast wrap.hashbrown.orange juice.

Lunch:3 chicken tenders, spoon full of beef (put half a spoon full of cheese and guacamole and sour cream), tea

Dinner: turkey swiss sandwich.tea

Any Snacks:90 cal granola bar x2

Exercise: N/A because im so sore from martial arts.

Note:A breakfast wrap is made up of bacon,egg, cheese in a tortilla shell.

Fact I learned: When your stomach growls, you do NOT always need to eat. A growling stomach doesn't just mean you are hungry. Stomach growling occurs when your small intestine and stomach are digesting food. The noise is just air bubbles (gas) showing that its all done digesting. Eating quiets it because you are giving it more to digest even though it doesn't need it.  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 4
Breakfast:some french toast and a sausage,egg, and cheese bagel.orange juice.

Lunch:i had tiny tiny portions because i was eating with this guy i like. smile . i had some steamed carrots and broccoli. a few french fries (like 5). pork.

Dinner:breakfast wrap

Snacks:sunchips

Exercise:martial arts for 90 mins  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 5
Breakfast:breakfast wrap.orange juice

Lunch:3 small onion rings.half a plate of a spaghetti type of pasta that has bell peppers and i added my greens to it.small bowl of peaches.tea.

Dinner:turkey swiss sandwich.tea.

Snacks:

Exercise:30mins on elliptical. might work out a little more later.

Feedback from anyone?does this appear like i am doing ok??
Also im going to regularly attend martial arts class tues. and thurs. because its fun.so there is 2 days down i know ill get a workout  

[Stars in my Pocket]

It looks like you're doing fine. Just be sure you're eating enough, and working out. When it comes down to it, you just have to burn more than you eat. :]

I would calculate your BMR (how many calories your body burns doing absolutely nothing for a full day) and then aim to eat that many calories and then burn 500 calories extra a day with exercise. Martial arts is a serious workout.

Hope that helps. :]  

[BitterFantasy]

Stars in my Pocket

It looks like you're doing fine. Just be sure you're eating enough, and working out. When it comes down to it, you just have to burn more than you eat. :]

I would calculate your BMR (how many calories your body burns doing absolutely nothing for a full day) and then aim to eat that many calories and then burn 500 calories extra a day with exercise. Martial arts is a serious workout.

Hope that helps. :]

Moderately Active
Moderate exercise or sports 3-5 days a week
BMR=2,833
RMR=2,762

and so true about martial arts.im working muscles i didnt even know i had and im a dancer.haha.im so sore.


ALSO i made a couple of motivation flyers to put up into my dorm room.i put one on the door so everytime i leave ill see it and i put one on the wall by my bed so when i wake up it will be the first thing ill see.  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 6
Brunch surprised melet.a little pasta with scallop sauce.

Dinner:a poptart package and a snicker.cranberry juice. (i woke up too late to go get real food)

Any Snacks:none

Exercise:1hour of body combat (tae bo/marital arts fusion)


NOTE:Thus far this week I have worked out 4.5 hours and may hit the gym again tomorrow!  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 7
Brunch surprised melet.french toast.tea

Dinner:turkey swiss sandwich.tea.cranberry juice

Any Snacks:na

Exercise:na  

[BitterFantasy]

i think im going to starting doing ab machines at the gym since thats my problem area. which ill be posting pics asap took them today.my stomach is flabby but i have really nice legs.also i need to lift some weights to tone up my arms.  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 8
Breakfast:bacon,egg, and cheese bagel.orange juice

Lunch:pizza topping of 1 small slice (cheese, olives, sausage, tomato).tea.mash potato with gravy. pork with spicy tomato sauce and half a tablespoon of guacamole.(sounds like a big meal but it wasn't)

Dinner:fries.turkey swiss.

Snacks:

Exercise:na.  

[BitterFantasy]

i went to my campus nutritionist today and it was great. she was saying how if i keep exercising the way i am i need to consume about 1300 calories a day for my goal.i can go as low as 1100 cals/day.but to even out i should aim for 1200cal/day.and she gave me a list of foods that are 400cal or less.Since my school only allows 3 meals then 400*3=1200 even. So ill either hit 1200 or below which is fine.im excited.pics to come soon.i took then before i started but im having trouble loading them.  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 9
Breakfast:na (slept through)

Lunch:turkey swiss

Dinner:na.(worked through it.)

Any Snacks: cherry coke.

Exercise: 90 minutes of martial arts

Note:start my cycle today. sad . ugh.im already cramping.  

[BitterFantasy]

Day 10
Breakfast:breakfast wrap.orange juice

Lunch:mushroom stroganoff, vegetable sticks, peaches

Dinner:na

Any Snacks: snickers

Exercise: na