Just another manic monday....

I met my daily goal on Sunday. I logged all my food into Daily Plate (www.livestrong.com) and I got some exercise. I watched the inspirational Ruby on Style (love her, wish she was my BFF! Twitter: @rubysjourney) and felt super motivated so I got up and got ready to go to the gym at my apartment. And I found this:

So in all my genius, I decided to go for a walk when it was 105 degrees here in the desert. My body was overall pretty unhappy with me and I can't really blame it. I feel so much better today having actually met my goals for yesterday. 2.8 miles @ 4 mph = 348 calories burned which doesn't sound like much in the scope of things but I sure do feel better today. I slept good last night and woke up at 8:30 this morning. The funniest thing about my walk.... no sunscreen. I was super red when I got home but luckily it went away overnight.

I thought I might find something interesting near the apartment to blog about but there isn't really anything around but houses and chain stores. Maybe, I should jump a fence into one of the fancier subdivisions and see what's going on in there. Maybe, it will be like Wisteria Lane.

I read chapters 2 (Recognizing Emotional Triggers) & 3 (Reconfiguring Your World and Developing Support Systems) of the book yesterday too. These weren't particularly ground breaking for me since the only emotional trigger I have are boredom and stress. I don't currently really have any stress and I am going to try and combat boredom by walking when I feel the desire to eat when I know I am not hungry. My work has been greatly reconfigured already. Justin is very supportive and is working toward becoming a vegan. Maybe, this move to Vegas will be good for my body afterall!

My new plan to get healthy

So I realized that I have spent TONS of money over the last 2 years trying to loose the weight that I gained while I lived in Texas. I have done Weight Watchers, hired a trainer, spent lots of time at they gym, bought equipment, bought a Body Bugg etc and don’t get me wrong, I was pretty successful. I lost about 50 pounds but then this past October, when I went to a conference, I just quit and now I have gained about 30 pounds back. I started trying again a few weeks ago and since I don’t currently have a job, I am doing it by myself. I have a few items that I bought before that I am still using but I am not buying anything new to help with my weightless journey until I think I have actually made a change in my behavior. Before, I did “everything” that I was supposed to do; however, I didn’t actually make a change in my head. I was following the rules but not really making a change. I am hoping I can change that by doing things differently this time.

I am only using the things that are already at my disposal. I have several workout dvds, some tension bands, new running shoes, my ipod, and the nike plus system. I am using the Daily Plate on the Livestrong website to track my calories and am tracking my body fat percentage with a digital body fat monitor. I am using the Jillian Michaels books “Winning by Losing: Dropt the Weight, Change Your Life” and “Making the Cut” as a guide. I am making it my goal to work through each chapter of Wining by Losing over the next few weeks and blog about it.

Chapter 1: Getting Real: Planning for Success

As the title implies, this chapter is about really understanding your body, setting goal, and developing a plan to reach it. The book stresses the need to write down you thoughts and how you are doing so I thought I would just include this in my blog. I look at this weight loss as a part of my journey here in Vegas. The book stresses setting goals and rewards at the beginning of the journey. So here is my plan:

Weight to Lose: 45 lbs

Time to loose it: 5 months aka 21 weeks aka 153 days.

Long-term Goals:

• I will lose 45 lbs
• I will have less than 10% body fat
• I will have a 32” waist
• I will be healthy
• I will do a triathlon

Long Term Reward:

• A week at the beach with friends

Monthly Goals:

• I will lose at least 9lbs
• I will reduce my body fat by at least 1%
• I will run ½ mile without stopping

Monthly Reward:

• I will get one new article of clothing for my goal wardrobe.
• I will get new workout gear.

Weekly Goals:

• I will loose at least 2lbs.
• I will workout for at least 1 hour at least 4 times a week.

Daily Goal:

• I will log all calories online and get some exercise everyday.

I chose not to set weekly and daily goes because I don’t think I need a reward that often. I should also mention that as part of my journey and quest to be healthy. I am slowly weaning myself off of meat and processed foods. I stop drinking all carbonated beverages and caffeine last week. I feel much better. So enough blabbering, I will keep you posted.