Bikram!
I should start doing this again at home. I bought one of those weird vinyl suits so I could simulate the heat of bikram without making my whole house 100 degrees.
Reblogged from My Healthy Life and I.
3 lbs down.
So that’s like 1 lb a week, which is okay.
Back when I had shakier eating habits, I dropped like 20 lbs without trying. I’d be freaking out and losing my crap trying to get to a nice, even number weight and spaz out with my friend who was in the states from S. Korea. We’d work out together, me because I was a lb heavier than I was 3 days before, her because she’d broken the 100s (she normally weighed like 95 lbs apparently). Then the next night, we’d split a Dominos pizza and eat tiny pecan pies she made. Yet I still would lose weight without trying most of the time (I would usually gain weight whenever I freaked out and tried to lose it - go figure!). But I was also walking waaaaaay more. Now I spend like 12 hours sitting. It sucks.
So I’m relying mostly on diet to get the weight off so it’s way harder and far less satisfying. Diet is most of weight loss, which I know and understand well, but I love exercise. Even just a quick walk. Having to spend the bulk of my day studying sucks. Not having time to really work out sucks too. I’ve just been doing quick push up reps and arm workouts at my desk between studying/when I wake up/ before I shower/ whenever I can basically.
I need to quit slacking so I can hit the gym. I know that won’t help my weight loss but so much, but I feel better when I do it.
Bleh
Visited the boyfriend. His blender sucked so I gave up smoothies for what was only supposed to be a few days. Turned into a week and a half. Got home a few days ago and have been eating all the things.
Smoothie reboot tomorrow. Less green this time ‘cause I don’t have much stuff to go in them and I don’t have time to go buy it. Maybe later in the week.
Whoooaa
I had Chick Fil A for lunch. And then followed that up with some froyo. Guess who’s going to the gym to walk/jog forever while reading so she can eat soup along with tonight’s smoothie? *sigh*
Not even worth it. Stupid salty grilled chicken.
Edit: walked/jogged a few miles, biked like one mile because I was spending too long in the gym and needed to come home. My shoes officially suck and my feet hurt a lot. No more junk food to work off, bleh.
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
Dinosaurs. I’m a biology gal and I want to see them!
So it looks way more green in the picture than it does in real life, but it’s the least green of all of my smoothies, but the grossest colored - it looks like vomit. I opted for a somewhat yummier smoothie for dinner tonight and breakfast (there’s always enough for 2, sometimes 3, good sized smoothies): kale and spinach, wedge of lemon (no peel), whole orange, frozen strawberries, carrots, a slice of pineapple, half a banana, and flax seeds. There’s a nice orangey flavor instead of that background of celery that’s usually there. Banana too, but that’s always there regardless of how little banana I use.
Current health plan
I just realized I haven’t really put what I’m trying to do and keep just posting about smoothies.
Short term goal is to lose 10-15 lbs. Medium (?) term goal is to lose 20-30 lbs. Long term is to lose 45 lbs, give or take. I’m a lot more muscular than I was when I weighed way less so I may be happier at a higher weight than I anticipate. The lbs don’t matter as much as how I feel and look.
Plan, for now, I’m doing 2-3 smoothies a day and one healthy (**failing at this part**) normal meal for lunch or an early dinner, with some healthy snacks (**also failing at this**). Long walks, jogging, body weight exercises, weights, yoga, and some Insanity work outs are my exercise plan. I have to do at least one thing a day, which has recently been long walks with my dog and some body weight things.
I need to make better snack choices. I have a ton of fruit, but I keep picking up candy or chips when I’m out. I’m trying to be better about this by forcing myself to walk to get said candy or chips, but the short walk to get them doesn’t cancel out the calories I consume. Small changes slowly though, and I’m really just getting into the smoothies everyday. They’re really easy and they taste good so it’s something I can stick with.
Oh dear.
Tonight’s smoothie is not a winner. Toooooo grainy - too much flax? Too many carrots? It tastes just fine. It feels like I’m drinking sandy mud, bleh.
Walked a few miles with the pup today! We jogged just a bit. We’ll get up to jogging the full thing soon.
Yummy afternoon boost smoothie! Flax seeds, spinach, strawberries, carrots, celery, orange, banana, pineapple, and some water. It was pretty good and I have some left over to have soon. So excited!
Tonight’s dinner! Kale, romaine, celery, orange, strawberries, carrots, pineapple, flax seed and water. Maybe a bit too much celery, but it still tastes just fine. Notice the giant boba straw, perfect for my slightly too thick smoothies.
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