7dsd meals

7dsdmarch

Trimspiration!

• M1: 1 PFP slim pancake w/ black tea
• M2: 1/2 grapefruit
• M3: Turkey on Wheat w/ green beans
• ((air popped popcorn again to watch bachelorette. My new weakness?))
• M4: Protein Smoothie
• M5: Antioxidant Salad

Ran 1 mile this morning after M1. Then dived into more book editing. It's going so great and I'm incredibly excited for the progress. I talked to my boyfriend about how he didn't follow through with his promise... He told me he's reward me when I reached certain milestones and he didn't do anything for my 160 mile stone, which was my first big one. My next milestone is 150 (changed from 140), then 140 is another, and 130 if I make it there. WHEN I make it there, I mean. He said we can book a weekend beach vacation so that's motivation for me to start kicking butt and get down a few more lbs!

June Goals Checkin

I set out my June goals, here.
So how am I doing????

• I'm on my way to 153 lbs, but I doubt I'll make it. Maybe 155?
• My fat is at 30% so I'm ALMOST THERE. I think I'll make it.
• I'm def. getting 110 g every day. I might be getting too much? like 120?? Gotta cut a little.
• Muscle is creeping up. I think I should aim for 34% this month. :)
• No where close to a 9 min mile. I think I backslid and am at an 11 min now instead of 10. ha
• I'm still struggling with a 2 min plank.

Also, starting a 7DSD today to detox from the overeating I've been doing.
M1: PFP Pancake
M2: 1/2 grapefruit
M3: Antioxidant Salad
M4: air popped popcorn in coconut oil
M5: 3 beers... >_>

Healthy Thursday

7DSD Day 7 Down 3.2

Last day of 7DSD. Did it help? Can't wait to find out!

158.2 lbs (Back down from the bloating, but the same from before the bloating. lol)
30.3% fat (down .5%)
51% water
33.5% muscle (up .3%)

These are better results! So...it seems like eating more is helping me lose weight??! And pushing my fat down and muscle up! Because the last few months I was lucky to see a .1% change each week, and this week my fat went down .5%. :) I think that's my favorite result this week!

Yesterday I mostly stuck to the 7DSD, except I didn't drink enough water and I had some whole wheat tortillas. Not bad though!

7DSD Day 6

So Memorial Day got me....! I was strong all day and ate perfectly, but then I got off work and my boyfriend had off...and we just wanted to relax. We watched "Gangster Squad" with Ryan Gosling and ordered a pizza, and drank a few (or a few more than a few). I went to bed at 7:30pm and woke up and midnight from a storm and couldn't get back to sleep. :/ It's going to be a long day! Got my coffee brewing, and trying to figure out how to approach today. I'm beyond frustrated with the weather. The only thing in the 7 day forecast right now is rain and 60 degree temperatures. I can't take this any longer. I CANT TAKE IT.

I was in the best routine of running at the forest preserve every day and this bad weather totally threw me off and I can't seem to get motivated to go to the gym. I prefer running outside now! Hah, thanks #k&k.

Today I will eat my 6th day meal plan for the 7DSD. I cant complain about my results now though since I messed up day 3 and 5. Lol. But I will complete this! I will count this as my official first time, no matter how bad I messed it up. :) I have a chart to remind me how many tasks I did not fulfill that the 7DSD asks us to, so next time I can simply try to do better.

7DSD Day 5

Well I slipped up on Saturday and had 1/2 PFP pancake about an hour before bed and I also had 2 beers while watching Hemingway and Gellhorn. I've been really down for about a week and I cant seem to shake that. It could be from the bloating and the fact that my numbers aren't budging, but the thing that is strongest on my mind is that I'm not in school and I want to be. I want my PhD and I can't even get my associates! And on top of that, I feel like I'm rotting away in this stupid town. It's been raining and cold and it's nearly june! Ugh, I feel like I'm suffocating. My boyfriend was talking to his friend up in California this week and his friend wants us to move out there. Once that idea got into me head, it's like I mentally gripped on to it and the chances of it happened are probably 2.5%. Basically not possible! My boyfriend will never go for it, although he did tell his friend that I could transfer stores and that it IS possible... I'm going to push for him to really consider this. Who wants to settle down or end up in the suburbs of IL!!!!? That cannot be the dream. lol. Well I'm sure we'd be happy enough doing that, but so much happier in warm sunny California.

Day 5 of the 7DSD. I'm glad it's day 5 so I can stop eating salt and hopefully, as the plan indicates, the bloating will blast down! This should be the best part of the slim down. Then I'll have to stay strong on Thursday which shouldn't be too hard since I work 8-4 that day, then Friday we are headed to the Cubs game and Saturday we are getting my first CARBSaturday lunch at Macaroni Grill. :)

Also, my mood may be low because I haven't been doing as much cardio the last week AND I have to work 8 days straight before my 3 day weekend. I'm sure none of this helped.

I JUST WANT TO WRITE FOR A LIVING. I'm so tired of retail. It's not even the helping guests part that bothers me most, it's upper management. They just don't care at all about the team. They care about scores and impressing corporate, and that's IT! It's really hard to keep taking. And they never stop reminding us how disposable we are but then they also never stop asking for favors. It's a really unhealthy dynamic happening.

Did 50 TIU Twisted Knee Raises yesterday w/ 5 lb weights.
Today I'm going to try to do 75 TIU lower ab toners. :) Ab goal every day till summer!

 1. Complete all the workouts going forward. I have been struggling weeks 3 and 4 to complete all my routines. I started off so incredibly strong and then as the weather took a turn, so did my motivation. I wish I didn't depend on mother nature as much as I apparently do. I will feel so proud of myself for doing these workouts even despite the crappy weather.
2. Reach 155 lbs at least. It's been a struggle to get out of the 160's for months now. Some weeks I creep down to 157, but other weeks I creep back up to 163. I want to get to 155 and not creep up anymore! This will feel amazing because the lowest I remember weighing in was 158 at the end of 2009. After all my hard work, I cant wait to see the scale reflect that!
3.Lose 2 more inches, anywhere! I think it's totally possible for me to lose 2 inches in 3 weeks. I was losing inches at the beginning of the bikini series but they seem to have come back on? I want to see 2 inches come off again. I dont care if it's from my waist, tush, or bust! lol. Take a 1/2 from everything, I just want to start shrinking again. <3 

Week 17 Review | 7DSD Day 4

Week 1

7DSD Day 3 | Body Applicator!

Still struggling with workouts this week, but the eating is on track and I think I might be down some weight now that I upped my calories? Hah I swear if this works... I'll be thrilled..but REALLY?! oye.

I tried on all my dresses this week just to gage where I'm at. The black dress in the middle is the one I wore to my cousins wedding when I was losing weight the unhealthy way. I'm glad to see they all fit again.. And the black and white one.. I bought last May for a wedding and it was really tight then, now it zipped right up! So that in itself is an awesome feeling. Cant wait to shrink out of these dresses and buy a whole new batch of cuteness! :) This summer is going to be awesome!



And now for the surprise! The body applicator came in yesterday so I hurried and put it on, squeaked around in my ceran wrap packaging, and slept in it.  Check out my results the first time I did it, here. This time, the sender gave me a ton more information than the last person I bought it from on amazon did. She gave me an ingredient list, explaining what each ingredient is as well. The ingredients are: Horse Chestnut, Green Tea Extract, Eucalyptus extract, Ivy extract, Menthol, Rosemary extract, Guarana Seed Extract, Hydrocotyl, Panthenol (vitamin B%), and Methylsilanol Mannuronate (which "binds moisture in the epidermis, thus firming and strengthening skin. It is also known to act as an anti-oxidant to actively precent the acceleration of premature aging.") So overall I feel that the ingredients are all natural..... Just seems like they combined them into the greatest lotion/bandage! I love it. Hahah I'm so excited for the results. She also gave me information on hosting a body wrap party!! So, that's something I might be interested in.. Although, I can only think of maybe 3 people to invite, unless some of my girlfriends had a friend or two to invite as well. Something to think about!

My before stats were: Abs: 39" and Waist: 33.5" and my weight was 158.8 lbs. (Fri, 3pm)
My 12 hour after stats are: Abs:  38" and Waist:   33" and my weight is 158.0 lbs (Sat, 3am)
My 38 hour after stats are: Abs 38" and Waist 33" and my weight is  158 lbs (Sun, 5 am)
My 50 hour after stats are: Abs __" and Waist __" and my weight is  _____ lbs (Sun, 5pm)
My 70 hour after stats are:  Abs __" and Waist __" and my weight is  _____ lbs (Mon, 3am)

Here is my first set of pictures after sleeping in the wrap. The biggest results are supposed to happen in the hours after removing it :). So I'll check the results again tonight, and again tomorrow for my Sunday check in. After

Yoga Poses | 7DSD Day 2

I wanted to give a recap of my nutrient intakes since I started compared to my fat/muscle percents. As carbs and fat decrease, so does my fat (slowly, but surely) and as I increased my protein and workouts, the muscle is even more slowly going up. I'd really like to see these have more dramatic changes, but at least they're still mostly going in the right directions. I just know that with how little I was eating and how hard I was working out, something wasn't working right.

I'm still struggling to understand what my calorie intake should be per day. My BMR is around 2200, so I switched my daily goal from 1200 to 1700 per day, hoping that cutting 500 from my BMR will be one pound per week. If I work out, too, then that other 500 calories will be a 2nd pound per week. Since the beginning I had my calories cut to 1200, then I'd work out 500-700 calories a day and end with only 500-600 calories. I thought this was how I would lose 1 lb a week, but apparently that has put my body into a starvation mode and it is holding onto fat and burning muscle instead. I was told we need to eat more to fuel the new muscles, and assured that the new muscles will burn off those extra calories anyway. I'm trying to steer a bit away from counting calories and more just listening to my body, but I don't want to get too lax so I'm still tracking daily.

And here is where I'm at for my workouts this week (not going well but still doable!)
Sun - Get active w/ friends at zoo
Mon- none/sick
Tues- none/sick
Wed - Yoga +  Santorini Bikini X2 + Malibooty X3
Thurs - Surfers Paradise X3 + Cowabunga X3
To do:
Fri: Surfers Paradise X3 + Bikini Cardio
Sat: 60 jog (to make up two missed 30 min cardios) + Bridal Babe w/o

Healthy Thursday | 7DSD Day 1

Just wanted to add that yesterday I was finally starting to feel better, after being overly tired all week (crashed Mon-Wed!) but I still felt not myself. I had a big bowl of whole grain pasta for M3, and today I started the 7DSD, but today I feel way less bloated, and way more awake. Is the carbs connected, or did I finally pass whatever bug/virus I had? I dont know but a TIU sister suggested I add healthy carbs on Saturdays to improve my Sunday Runday and I love that idea, especially after seeing how great I feel today! Maybe I was accidentally avoiding carbs because I figured proteins and leans were always a better options? Not always true! "Carbs are the fire that fats burn in" as Katrina always says. Anyway, not this Saturday (because I'm on the 7DSD and I fully plan to complete it) but every Saturday going forward I want to try having a heavier carb M3, and see how I feel. :) Wish me luck!

 

Week 11 review | Drinking Fast | 30 Day Shred

The scale is finally showing that I'm below 165 more than it's not which makes me confident that I've pushed through my plateau of 168. YAY! I did really good this whole week sticking to the TIU Nutrition plan but I did not complete the 7DSD. I was thinking of trying it again this week but I work over night on Monday so I'm not sure if I'm set up for success there either. I think I'll wait till my Perfect Fit Protein comes in so I can make pancakes instead of eggs. I just really cannot wait for my gut to come in. My waist, butt, and boobs have shrunk but that gut is seriously stubborn! Eventually it will come in though, that much I'm sure of. I ended up drinking Friday night and this time I wish I didn't. All day I told myself I wouldn't and I really didn't feel like it. Then after a few hours of running errands I started to want to drink (because people drive like idiots!!) but even when it came time to drink, I said I didn't want to. I was staying strong and I know I wasn't going to give in. My boyfriend didn't want to drink alone... He wanted to have another fun drinking night like we were having last week so I gave in (trying not to be a party pooper) and had a few with him. It wasn't fun and it wasn't worth it and I just regretted it. The hangover wasn't bad or anything, but I couldn't stop scolding myself for drinking when I wasn't dying to because ITS NOT WORTH IT! Ugh. Anyway, yesterday I decided to cut drinking for a month... hopefully this will get him off my case if he knows I've gone cold turkey. The next drink I plan on having will be on my 24th Birthday (may 10th) when we go down town to see Big Fish on broadway! eek! DRINKING FAST! Anyone with me?!! WE CAN DO IT! This is conjunction to Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred DVD.... I should be golden for my Bday.

Down 4.6 lbs

163.4 lbs
31.3% fat
50.2% water
33% muscle

I feel really thin today and I'm glad the scale finally budged. Yesterday was an incredibly long day waiting for my sister to get out of surgery and then it was a really long night thinking about how much pain she was in. I tried to stick to the 7DSD yesterday but by the time I got home I had a couple beers just to take the edge off.

Today I had tea and grapefruit for breakfast and no BC. I'll be going to the hospital right after work to go see her. I dont really care about my sticking to the 7DSD right now..I'm just worried about my sister. I'll do another slim down later this month or next month.

Anyway, keep my sister in prayers for a speedy recovery! Or for stronger pain meds that are not addictive..!

Pilates Tuesday!

I started doing Pilates again. I use the "Intermediate Mat Workout: with Ana Caban. I really like her training.  It felt so great to do Pilates again. In high school (probably my sophomore year) I used to do it every day! I remember my sister and cousins telling me how impressed they were that I did it every day and how long/lean I was looking. I always thought "It's not that hard, just lay on the floor and do it" Lol. Well turns out it is kind of that hard. 

It felt amazing to stretch out my legs after all the muscle I built in them last month.

Pilates is also, so far, the only workout I can manage to do at 230am so for now it has become my morning BC. It's not the best for cardio but it gets me stretched out and my blood flowing so it'll work!

Pilates is best for strengthening the core and improving posture. I definitely need work in both areas so it cant hurt! Plus it's something I actually enjoy doing.

Today I did the TIU Cocktail Dress Workout before I set out for the day at the hospital. Today is my sisters surgery. I tried to meal prep but it didn't really turn out. Pray for my sissy! 

7DSD

Got my meals planned out for the week. It's the 7DSD from the TIU plan as closely as I can possibly follow it.  Yesterday I made breakfast for me and my boyfriend (as it's become habit almost every sunday now). I did my 3 egg whites w/spinach and tomato and then made him a huge 5 egg scramble w/ corn beef hash. 

In my goals for April I said I would take 30 minutes each week to reflect and remember why I'm trying to lose weight. The goal is not to deprive or torture myself... I feel really good about my progress so far. I'm so proud of myself for persevering through the scales set-backs and pushing forward towards my goals. In the past I have often lost momentum when I saw the slightest progress. I suppose I did again this time but not to the same degree. I stayed conscious of my decisions throughout and have now regained momentum. 

My ankle was bothering me at the end of this week which had me worried. When I was on the elliptical it was really bothering me and I couldn't think of anything to focus my mind on. I know my ankle is not injured... I should clarify wasn't pushing through pain! I think the repetition was just bothering it. Anyway, I started to brain storm things to think about to keep me motivated. I pictured myself sliding into jeans without having to pull them over my gut. I pictured myself feeling lighter as I walked down the street or ran through the park for my workouts. I pictured myself taking a progress picture with a flat stomach! And lastly, I pictured myself at the beach wearing a bikini. The image of putting jeans on is honestly what stuck with me the most... perhaps because it's something I do every day? 

This morning I tried on a pair of work pants that have been too small on me since I bought them (bought them with the intention of slimming down ASAP and a year later...) and the pants slid right on! Good thing because my old work pants were looking really dingy and baggy :D

It got me thinking...Do long term goals actually set me back? Do I need the daily reminder of putting jeans on to keep me focused? And if so, will I stay motivated even when I get into a jean size I've never fit in before? 

Just some things to think about! Happy slimming!

Week 10 Review

• 165.4 lbs (down 2.6 from last week)
• 31.7% fat (down 9% from last week)
• 49.9% water (always varies)
• 32.8% muscle (up .4% from last week)

Successful weigh-in, :) Glad to see my hard work paid off this week. Today I start my 7DSD and I'm hoping that kick-starts my weight loss even more since I've been stuck in the mid 160's for a month now.

We saw Jurassic Park in IMAX 3D yesterday and tried out a brewery neither of us had ever been to. It was a really good day but I splurged a tad. I ate well and kept my portions in check but I had 2 too many drinks which makes this the perfect time to start my 7DSD.

Obviously I'm bloated today and dehydrated. lol. Cant wait for my pictures next week!