The first thing I need to blog about is of course, the weight issue. I've always been some what "think" as our latino male friends would point out. I'm pretty tall, 5'9", and have quite the supple rack, all on a considerably wide frame. I'm no delicate flower. According to the calculators on line, I am "moderately overweight." That sounds nice, right? At least it doesn't say I'm obese.
Before when I was losing weight, it seemed fairly easy. Keeping the weight off has been the difficult part. I can't ignore it though, so I have a plan:
I went online and found a calorie calculator. You type in your current weight, height, age, gender, and your level and hours of activity. Then it calculates how many calories your body burns in a day. For me, I typically burn 3036 calories a day (assuming I ride my bike to school.) 3500 calories burnt or not consumed means 1 pound lost per week. Based on these calculations I figured out how many calories I burn in one week, then subtracted 10500 calories from that total, meaning I should hopefully lose 3 pounds a week. (I only have 4 and a half weeks to loose 13 pounds!) Based on these numbers, I am allowed to consume just about 1500 calories a day. (I will probably aim for a little less. When I was dieting before I ate 1300 calories a day.) It is important to guarantee that you consume at least 1200 calories a day or your body will go into starvation mode and GAIN weight...no, no, no.
My diet this week includes:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal- 110 calories
Slimfast chocolate mixed shake-200 calories. (I need to to to the drug store and
buy a fiber supplement and add it to my Slim fast shake. That adds 25 calories.
Lunch:
Slimfast canned shake (vanilla)- 180 Calories
turkey sandwich on 1 piece of bread-- about 220 calories.
Snack:
Carrots- 35 calories
Granola bar-- 90 calories
Which puts me at 850 Calories before dinner, meaning that I can have about 550 calories at dinner time.
My dinners for the week are a bomb-diggety Chicken Tortilla soup that I made with Brandon that's full of veggies and salads. Its so good! I'll let you know how it goes!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Na-na na na, Life goes on.
I deleted everything from the old blog. I need a fresh start. There aren't many areas of life that you can actually have a fresh start. You can't go back and delete old relationships, or bad grades, or job histories... but blogs- blogs can be started over.
Here's the back ground info:
I'm STILL in school. Shut up you- yes still. Lots of people take 7 years to finish college, most of them will have some sort of professional degree, and I will just have student loans to pay off. At least there is light at the end of the tunnel now. I'm in the middle of my upper division classes, and should finish regular classes in the winter of 2009. I, however, cannot go to field camp until summer of 2010, so I won't actually be done until then, but at least I feel like I have some direction.
I work for a tutoring company in Fullerton. Every single student is Korean. I teach 3rd and 4th grade reading, writing, and math, and occasionally, I get the change to tutor a few science students, as well.
I'm still living with Nicole. One of my best friends from high school. It's totally fun living with your best friend! I have a boyfriend, Brandon, and I love him dearly. He's fresh out of the Coast Guard, and just started school at FJC and is kicking ass. I'm super proud of him.
The main reason I restarted my blog was because I need to make some kind of life style change in the weight department. Really, it doesn't matter to me the actual number associated with my weight, but I have no excuse for being pudgy. From February to July of 2008 I lost 33 pounds. I made it into size 33inch jeans (a first since high school) and felt awesome! However, the stress of school and the comforts of a loving relationship have led me to gain 13 pounds back!! Oh no!!! So on Sunday I started dieting again. My goal is to lose the weight I gained back by the time Brandon and I go visit John and Tiffany in Texas at the end of December. With the "food" holidays in the middle of my goal time, I need a little something extra to help me out-- like making myself accountable to the blog. So it is my goal to be good on my diet to look good on paper. Is that shallow? Well, I don't care.
Here's the back ground info:
I'm STILL in school. Shut up you- yes still. Lots of people take 7 years to finish college, most of them will have some sort of professional degree, and I will just have student loans to pay off. At least there is light at the end of the tunnel now. I'm in the middle of my upper division classes, and should finish regular classes in the winter of 2009. I, however, cannot go to field camp until summer of 2010, so I won't actually be done until then, but at least I feel like I have some direction.
I work for a tutoring company in Fullerton. Every single student is Korean. I teach 3rd and 4th grade reading, writing, and math, and occasionally, I get the change to tutor a few science students, as well.
I'm still living with Nicole. One of my best friends from high school. It's totally fun living with your best friend! I have a boyfriend, Brandon, and I love him dearly. He's fresh out of the Coast Guard, and just started school at FJC and is kicking ass. I'm super proud of him.
The main reason I restarted my blog was because I need to make some kind of life style change in the weight department. Really, it doesn't matter to me the actual number associated with my weight, but I have no excuse for being pudgy. From February to July of 2008 I lost 33 pounds. I made it into size 33inch jeans (a first since high school) and felt awesome! However, the stress of school and the comforts of a loving relationship have led me to gain 13 pounds back!! Oh no!!! So on Sunday I started dieting again. My goal is to lose the weight I gained back by the time Brandon and I go visit John and Tiffany in Texas at the end of December. With the "food" holidays in the middle of my goal time, I need a little something extra to help me out-- like making myself accountable to the blog. So it is my goal to be good on my diet to look good on paper. Is that shallow? Well, I don't care.
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