MT 9/28- 9/29

9-27-10
Hey it let me back in! I think it was cause you were signed in somewhere else.
Anways…

Damn. I haven’t posted everyday, have I? Okay, here’s the thing- all of my progress was lost in the last month. I think my muffin top is back. Wah. Since I can’t seem to get a chart in here, I’ll post the three measurements and dates:
Biggest part of stomach- July 16th- 31 inches, August 30th- 30 inches, Sept 26th- 31 inches. Waist (smallest part)- Jul 16th- 27 inches, Aug 30th-25.5 inches, Sept 26th- 27 inches. Legs, widest part- 21 and 20.5 inches respectively. Aug 3oth, 19.5, 19, sept 26th- 20, 20. Butt, biggest part- Jul 16th- 37.5 inches, Aug 30th- 35.5 inches, sept 26th- 37 inches.

So as you can see, I made about an inch to an inch and a half worths progress all over my body in two months, then I lost all the progress in one month of not paying attention to what I was eating or how often I was working out. DANG IT!!!! And I’ve got my Halloween party coming up and I want to be the chick from resident evil in my red dress and I look like I’m 2 or 3 months pregnant when I wear it (and don’t suck in).
I’ve read that you can lose 2 inches in one month if you’re really diligent. I could do it and the dress would look way better on me! I imagine not just the size but the shape of my stomach would change. So I gotta do it.
Okay, enough ranting.
Today, eating- had a smoothie for breakfast (oj, protein powder, frozen mixed berries, anti-oxidant powder and electrolyte powder), snack, had these crackers that I’m stinking obsessed with – let me go check nutrition info- CRAP! That’s no good. I prob ate 3 servings, and each serving has .5 grams sat. fat (naturally occurring from sesame seeds, but still!), 2.5 g polyunsaturated fat and 1.5 grams mono fat. No sugars, but 3 grams protein and 3 grams fiber. Calories 140- so I ate nearly 500 calories just from these crackers today. Okay, there were two bags in the box and the next bag is NOT getting opened till November. Damn you really got to check labels because these crackers had me believing in them- organic, kosher, nongmo, whole grain, vegan, gluten free, no hydro oils or trans fats, omega 3 fatty acids- but that doesn’t mean they’re low calorie ;( At least I can read the label cause they’re from cali, most stuff here I can’t read the label cause it’s in Chinese.
Okay anyways, lunch, greasy Chinese food but mostly stuck to the raw stuff and veggies (still a lot of oils though)
And so far I’ve had another serving of those crackers then I’ll have a grapefruit and call it a night. Oh no but I’ve got shrimp and veggies that are going to go bad. Eat the shrimp aned veggies and call it a night. Then tomorrow!!!!! Sensible eating!

Exercise today- surfed for an hour and hooped for 30 min, will do more exercise tonight! Squats and yoga and such.
I did surf a ton this weekend, and HARD cause the waves were awesome- my arms are aching and it feels GREEEEAT!

9/29/10
I suck! I’ve been night snacking and I didn’t work out today except for my 30 min hula hoop walk! Argh!!!

9/27/10 - CQ

Been doing pretty well on my eating habits. Would like to incorporate more fruit and water!

Did yoga on Friday for roughly an hour.

Went on an excruciating hike on Sunday and did some climbing while I was up there. The hike included hauling some gear up the side of a mountain through some rough terrain. The walk up to the trail and the hike up took atleast 2 hours. Got to climb around on some cool outdoor stuff. It was fun. Check out my facebook, there are a ton of photos. Surprisingly, I am not sore today!

So yeah, good stuff!

CQ - 9/20/10

Okay, so I have been doing pretty well food wise this week. Didn't do any yoga but got in a long hike this past weekend. The beau and I are going to go there again this coming Sunday. We also discovered there is a place that does free yoga on Sunday mornings near his house.

We also found out that in April there is a 'CF Surf Camp' that will give us free lessons. I would like to go before then, but atleast if I don't make it prior, there will be that.

I have decided (too) that I would like to get some shaping up prior to my birthday.

Here are my goals until mid november:

Exercise atleast twice a week.
Eat at most 1200 calories per day.

9/13/10 - The Butt Crack of Dawn. - CQ

Well MT, sometimes we have setbacks. It's okay. Chocolate can do that to a woman.

I have been doing well with exercise. I went to yoga again last week, and plan to do so again this morning, and another time later on this week. Also, I went climbing yesterday, and had a reaaaallllly good climb. It was awesome.

I've been doing well with the eating for the most part. Over the weekend I ate a few random things because I hadn't planned what I was eating, but it wasn't anything horrible. Just random stuff, which I do when I am starving.

I've lost a pound or two. Yay!

At some point I will figure out something I want to fit into and take a photo.

I've been super busy with physical therapy, cystic fibrosis events, BBQ's, get togethers, stuff Eric has planned, dr. appointments, writing my book, etc. I've found planning my food out a little has helped. Two light meals a day of cereal or cottage cheese w/ apple sauce and one regular meal. I've found it hard to coordinate my one big meal of the day when I am at home by myself. Any suggestions?

I am worried that I am not eating a balanced diet. And I've decided I want to try and reduce my intake of sugar and breads. How does one make vegetables fun? Without adding all sorts of processed crap to it?

I think I may check out some raw foods recipes or blogs.

I am going to try and schedule a surf lesson within the next three weeks. Eric is interested in it too, so that is kind of exciting. There was actually an article posted on the benefits of surfing for people with CF. How it helps their breathing when surfing is in salt water. So, maybe he and I can learn together.

mt

9-13-10
Okay so I’ve sucked lately, been eating like mad, but that’s okay, it starts NOW and I’m going to lose inches!

Today I had a breakfast sandwich when I woke up (not healthy, but ooo ooom good) tuna, egg, lettuce, and lots of mushy condiments.

Then I had two smoothie pops (healthy) lots of water, and a handful of almonds. I should have snuck in another meal before now (4pm) but I”ll be plenty hungry by dinner time. I hula hooped for a half hour and slacklined for a half hour, and I’ll hula for another hour tonight. So overall, a good day, and I’ll be posting every day from now on (barring a major catastrophe or a fit of suckiness)
I made a lot of progress when I was going strong before but I think the muffin top might be back a little. Sigh.

MT after a brief hiatus...

9-8-10
K so I totally backslid with the coming of the bday! My Mom sent me reeses peanut butter cups (which are not available in my particular part of asia) and I ate a million of them! Luckily only two left that I’m saving for a rainy day. Also, all my students gave me chocolate, so I’ve got tons of chocolate around and have eaten a good deal of it
Today my eating wasn’t that good, but I slacklined for an hour and hooped for an hour--- good exercise!!!!
I’ll start keeping up to date every day again, because come Halloween I want to be wearing a very tight red dress that will not like the tummy buldge. I’ll post pics of how I look in it now and hopefully we’ll see some changes by the end of oct!

Oh by the way sad news but I think my muffin top may have comeback so I'll keep the name for bit. Here's pics of the halloween dress...

CQ - 9/1/10

Still haven't come up with a new name for myself, or heard from our new blogger.

I did however find a new yoga studio in my town, and I went today! I really liked it. I plan to go once a week. Twice a week if I can make it for the free 7am class on mondays.

They have a hooping class there on the weekends, which I'd like to check out some time. I'm usually not in town though on the weekends, I'm at the beaus house.

Anyhow, I am proud of myself for going. I'd love to learn more about it, and am thinking maybe I could be a yoga teacher someday and/or open a studio! Wouldn't that be awesome?

I did okay with the eating today. I've decided I am going to have two small meals a day and one big one. Today I didn't get it together enough to have the one big meal, but my calorie intake was on target. I had an extra snackish.

I really like this ricecrispy cereal with fresh berries in it with almond milk. Or cottage cheese with apple sauce. Or yogurt with granola. My dessert has been chocolate covered pomegranite seeds as well as plain ol manderine oranges, or fresh apple with peanut butter.

I need to plan my big meal of the day better though. The beau and I made fresh pasta sauce on Monday. I am going to bring some home and eat that this coming week.