Losin' It!

My own harshest critic.

gymbunny — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:10:33 +0000

EJ thinks that I’m doing well to have lost the weight that I have lost in the last three weeks. Yet, I am still beating myself up about the dessert, less than healthy food that I ate during my cheat meals. I mean, 1.5kg from not even over eating but more, like not eating according to plan is just NUTS. I hate that my body does that.

My cheat days will likely not be cheat days until I see some real significant weight loss. Aside that, I am still fighting to say no to eating out. I rather eat in, or eat at a place that I know will have what I eat because, I invariably will eat more salt and have MSG which is what I really don’t want. Afterall, how healthy can Indian food be? I can’t be eating tandooris all afternoon.

How do people do it?

food journal week 4

gymbunny — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:01:07 +0000

DAY 1:

Breakfast: Egg White Omelette (Est. 120 calories)

Snack: Handful of walnuts, almonds and peanuts (Est Calories: <100)

Lunch: Beef Slices with Mixed Salad (Est: 400)

Snack: Handful of walnuts, almonds and peanuts (Est Calories: <100)

Dinner: Japanese- 170g of raw salmon, 120g of octopus, a couple slices of tuna, and a small bowl of miso (Est. 400)

Status: Really annoyed with putting on 1kg over the weekend by having a small plate of desserts (FUG!) and more tasty chinese food, the upside is that my denim skirt feels abit loose so I have to be losing inches.

DAY 2:

Breakfast: 5 pcs of meatballs -garlic, lean pork, lean beef (Est. 200 calories)

Snack: Handful of nuts – almonds, pistachos, cashew (Est. <100 calories)

Lunch: Chicken Caesar Salad with sundried tomato, no crutons (Est. 400 calories)

Snack: Handful of nuts – almonds, pistachos, cashew (Est. <100 calories)

Dinner: sweet n sour pork, pork with french beans, miso soup, crunchy cucumber, tomato egg (Est. 450 calories)

Status: Dinner is my kryptonite. I really need to work into getting a lighter dinner.

DAY 3:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with a dash of tabasco, salt, and pepper

Lunch: half a caesar chicken salad wrap without chips (Est. 350)

Snack: Roasted Chicken Fillet with garlic and olive oil(Est. 150 calories)

Dinner: Iced Lemon Tea (Est. 100 calories)

Status: I need to find alternative for missing dinners on Wednesday. It is not acceptable.

DAY 4:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with tabasco, pepper and salt

Snack: A handful of nuts (walnuts, macadamia, almonds) plus a couple dried raisins and cranberries

Lunch: Salmon with mozzarella slices, tomato and salad with pesto, olive oil

Snack: -

Dinner:

Status:

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

gymbunny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:45:50 +0000

This morning, I spent reflecting on the changes in my life. What I want to do in the future, what I am giving up in exchange for attaining those dreams. As a recovering foodie, I guess it’s a matter of prioritising what’s important to me right now as I approach my thirties.

Is it more important that I have this sinful dish, in excess whenever I want (which will likely be VERY often)? Or is it more important that I am absolutely fit enough to do all the hiking in the world that I want. With that in mind, my new eating habits aren’t that different to upkeep. The biggest challenge is making sure I plan ahead, for me the girl who doesn’t plan might be my greatest downfall.

Accountability, that is weighing heavy on my mind. There’s a part of me that wants to track this progress. Not that I want to look back at fat girl pictures and gloat, but it’d be nice to see where I came from.

Is that strange?

Fitness Week 3

gymbunny — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:16:50 +0000

Monday

Warm Up:

jumping jacks x 20

30 secs of Side Plank (Right + Left + Centre) x 1

Work Out 1:

4Osecs of Kettlebell deadlifts / 20 secs of rest x 5 (16kg)

40 secs of push ups / 20 secs of rest x 5

Work Out 2:

40 secs of burpees /20 secs of rest x 5

40 secs of dead row / 20 secs of rest x 5 (16 kg)

Completed all 10/10 sets, current rep average 12-16 except for burpees which is at 6-8. This week’s goal is to get at least 10 reps in for burpees.

Thursday

Warm Up:

jumping jacks x 20

30 secs of Side Plank (Right + Left + Centre) x 1

Work Out 1:

4Osecs of Kettlebell deadlifts / 20 secs of rest x 5 (16kg)

40 secs of push ups / 20 secs of rest x 5

Work Out 2:

40 secs of burpees /20 secs of rest x 5

40 secs of dead row / 20 secs of rest x 5 (16 kg)

Completed all 10/10 sets, current rep average 15-17 except for burpees which is at 6-8. Still have yet to reach burpee goal

Saturday

Warm Up:

jumping jacks x 20

30 secs of Side Plank (Right + Left + Centre) x 1

Work Out 1:

4Osecs of Kettlebell deadlifts / 20 secs of rest x 5 (16kg)

40 secs of push ups / 20 secs of rest x 5

Work Out 2:

40 secs of dead row / 20 secs of rest x 5 (16 kg)

40 secs of shoulder press /20 secs of rest x 5 (4kg x 2)

Progress: Completed all 10/10 sets, current rep average 15 except for push ups which are at 12.

Food Journal Week 3

gymbunny — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:06:02 +0000

I weighed myself this morning and, it is the second lowest weight that I have recorded for myself since forever. Approximately, about 4lbs loss which is not much at all but, the realisation that it has come from only a week of eating better, that’s quite astounding esp since I don’t consider myself a binge eater or an unhealthy eater.

DAY 1:

Breakfast: Tomato & Bacon Omelette (Est Calories: 350)

Snack: Handful of walnuts, almonds and peanuts (Est Calories: <100)

Lunch: Roasted Garlic Chicken with Romaine & light Ranch dressing (Est: 300)

Snack: Fruit Salad (Est. 200), Egg Tart (Est. 120)

Dinner: half a steamed fish, bowl of soup with carrots (Est. 200)

Status: Good, really healthy sans the egg tart which was a sweet (no pun intended) gift from LF but, pretty sure, I busted my caloric budget by 200 calories at least. Ah well, at least tomorrow’s breakfast will be healthier.

DAY 2:

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs with 1 egg yolk (Est. 100)

Snack: a handful of nuts (peanut, almonds) (Est. <1oo)

Lunch: Beef salad with raspberry vinaigrette and olive oil (Est. 350)

Snack: 4 tbsps from yogurt cup with pomegranate granola (Est. <100)

Dinner: stir fried pork with capsicum , a smaller than palm sized beef/chicken hamburger patty (Est. 450)

Status: VERY satisfied with my meal plan. It takes a considerable amount of planning.

DAY 3

Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs (Est. 250)

Snack: handful of nuts (Est. 100)

Lunch: 12 meatballs with yogurt dip and romaine lettuce (Est. 250)

Snack: Fruit Salad (2/3 mango, 1 orange, a couple of strawberries) (Est. 200)

Dinner: Steamed Tofu with minced chicken, Mini Portobello Mushrooms (Est. 400)

Status: Extremely full, I loved that I ate so healthy inspite of the temptations i.e Starbucks Java Chip

DAY 4:

Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs (Est. 200)

Snack: Mini Portobello Mushrooms with Olive Oil, Garlic, Bacon (Est. 174)

Lunch: Quarter Chicken with Green Beans and Corn (Est. 300)

Snack: -

Dinner: Beef with Broccoli and meatballs. Pork Soup (Est. 350)

Status: Reasonably happy with my food choices. Extremely proud I said no to corn muffins from Kenny Rogers. It was funny seeing E and J agreeing about how tasty the corn muffins REALLY are. Next week’s food goal is to have a light dinner and possibly a heavier lunch but I really can’t imagine eating heavier than I already am for lunch.

DAY 5:

Breakfast:3/4 servings of Scrambled Eggs (Est. 150)

Snack: -

Lunch: Herbal Chicken Soup + Baby Kailan & Garlic (Est. 300)

Snack: Nuts (Est. <100)

Dinner: Tofu with minced pork (Est. 250)

Status: Perfect except I am down with something

DAY 6:

Breakfast: -

Snack: -

Lunch: Soy Sauce Chicken Quarter, Steamed Egg and Minced Meat (Est. 3oo)

Snack: -

Dinner: 6pcs of salmon, 5 chicken satay, a handful of pasta, 6 mussels with tom yam sauce, a slice of eggplant pakora, small square of chocolate brownie, pistacho cream with walnut,

Status: really guilty even though, not much carbs to begin with.

DAY 7:

Breakfast: 2 half boiled eggs

Snack: -

Lunch: bangoli fish curry, vegetable curry, bangoli chicken curry

Snack: -

Dinner: Coffee pork ribs, tofu with mushrooms and chicken bits, bean sprouts with salted fish, thai style chicken, yam paste with gingko and pumpkin

Status: not as bad as dinner on saturday but not great

Finding middle ground

gymbunny — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:11:53 +0000

Turning into one of those people, that’s my biggest fear. Which people? The ones that lose a bunch of weight and that’s ALL they talk about. Their gym routines, how much they benched, what they’ve given up, new habits, foods that they avoid like a plague.

Which is why this journal is separate from the usual. I suppose, this is one’s chance at being absolutely self absorbed. Isn’t it?

The routine - With my work out, I find it tough to find middle ground. I am going to increase my weights next week. Two weeks in, and I have finally accomplished doing the ENTIRE routine. With at least 10 reps for the tougher ones i.e: bloody burpees.

10 reps in 40 seconds sounds quite pathetic but, I will concentrate on better form this upcoming week and hope that translate into more reps in the future.

Food Intake – Truthfully, I do not find myself constantly hungry. Occasionally, I will yearn for a pastry of sorts but, there has not been an uncontrollable need to have carbs. That surprises me quite a fair bit. It is an expensive choice, because meat costs so much more than just plain ole’ bread.

Weight Loss – Expectedly, there has been weightloss but not the amount that I had hoped in exchange for giving up carbs.

Persistance.

Food Journal Week 2

gymbunny — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:18:18 +0000

Day 1:

Breakfast: Tomato, Yellow Pepper Scramble

Snack: Walnut & Date Bar (1/2)

Lunch: Laksa (!!!!)

Snack: -

Dinner: DTF Xiao Long Bao, Hot & Sour Soup, Cucumber App

STATUS: FAIL! EPIC FAILURE!

DAY 2:

Breakfast: Yakult, BTYP Scramble

Snack: A couple of almonds (<5)

Lunch: DTF Cucumber App, braised tofu with meat, spinach with sesame, pork rib soup (drank less than half the soup cos it was extremely sweet)

Snack: A handful of walnuts (<5)

Dinner: 2 pcs of dime size fried chicken, 1 drumstick braised, green vegetables,

Snack: Goji berry Tea

Status: Not bad, could have done better for dinner but otherwise, okay

DAY 3:

Breakfast: 3 tbsps of tuna with tabasco, a smidgen of mayo, pepper

Snack: Green Tea

Lunch: Soup Spoon Caesars Salad with chicken breast (I miss the ones at Menotti)

Snack: A handful of nuts (walnuts, peanuts, almonds), a cup of green tea

Dinner: Mango Smoothie

Status: quite hungry because of the lack of dinner but, it was too late to eat, 10pm. Will remember to pack a salad for lunch

DAY 4:

Breakfast: Mango Smoothie

Snack: 1 cup of green tea

Lunch: 2 fresh spring rolls, a plate of stir-fry chinese vegetables

Snack: Yoghurt Cup with Granola and 1 cup of green tea

Dinner: 3 BBQ chicken wings

Status: Mini breakdown in the arvo from work related stress, MB immediately called it as the result of being carbless for the last 3 days! BAH!

DAY 5:

Breakfast: Mango Yoplait Cup (50cl)

Snack: Cup of green tea

Lunch: Sandwich Shop Roasted Chicken Caesar Salad with 2tbsp of dressing

Snack: Cup of green tea

Dinner: 12 slices of salmon, 6 slices of tako, matcha tea, 4pcs of california maki, 1 iced cafe latte, handful of popcorn, 10 pcs of chilli cheese fries

Status: Great the entire day, I wish I didn’t have the cafe latte and made the wiser choice of tea instead.

DAY 6

Breakfast: 2 sticks of bacon with asparagus, two sticks of chicken with green pepper and 1 stick of chicken ball. 8oz glass of sweetened soy bean milk

Snack: -

Lunch: Can of campbell soup with small can of mushrooms

Snack: -

Dinner: tapas (curried prawns, mushrooms and tomato, fried calamari, meatballs with mint yogurt dip, half fajita, circle of puff pastry with chocolate) with two glasses of alcoholic soda (!!!!)

Status: Satiated but REALLY guilty about busting the no carb more than two meals policy.

DAY 7:

Breakfast: scrambled eggs (3 eggs)

Snack: A glass of iced lemon tea

Lunch: half a can of campbell soup with mushrooms

Dinner: 2 bowls of chicken broth with carrots and do miao, unsweetened soy bean milk

Status: Wish I had more healthy protein instead of a crap mushroom soup

Food, oh ye glorious food.

gymbunny — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:38 +0000

EGH has worked out goals for me, nutrition wise. It is all facts that I know but it’s tough to eat without planning

Goal 1: Have breakfast consistently. (Accomplished as of last week)

Goal 2: Attempt to have breakfast without carbs (Perfect healthy breakfast on Monday)

Goal 3: Keep 5 days clean, and have two meals over the weekend with what you want (Tomorrow is Day 1)

Week 2

gymbunny — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:33:31 +0000

The first week of HIIT has been relatively tough. Finding middle ground is what is proving to be the challenge. Day 1, I pushed myself too hard and almost fainted. Day 3, I was so afraid of fainting, I did not really push myself. With the lack of afterburn, I really felt guilty and pushed myself more on Day 6. With a day of rest in between that and today, I think I got the right amount of burn on Day 6. I could possibly push myself more

Compared to BP which I really love, HIIT is a different kind of burn. I found myself more injury prone with BP.

Warm Up:

40 secs of jumping jacks x1

40 secs of Side Plank (Right + Left + Centre) x 1

Work Out 1:

4Osecs of Kettlebell deadlifts / 20 secs of rest x 5

40 secs of push ups / 20 secs of rest x 5

Work Out 2:

40 secs of burpees /20 secs of rest x 5

40 secs of dead row / 20 secs of rest x 5

Completed 5/5 of work out 1, and 4/5 of work out 2. Already a marked improvement! My own target is set for 12 -15 reps for ALL. Plus, my current burpee form is just sad but that’s all I can muster up so tough, sad is what I’ll take.

HIIT

gymbunny — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:52:00 +0000

NZ told me about HIIT more than two years ago. Still adamant on Cali Fit, I stuck to my guns. While there has been *some* weight loss, it has not been significant for me to go “woop dee doo”

Two years later, I went for my first HIIT sesh. Typically, I hurt the most 48hrs after the fact. 24hrs ago, I realise that I cannot bend my arms without pain. Ouchie.

Warm Up:

40 secs of jumping jacks x1

40 secs of Side Plank (Right + Left + Centre) x 1

Work Out 1:

4Osecs of Kettlebell deadlifts / 20 secs of rest x 4

40 secs of push ups / 20 secs of rest x 4

Work Out 2:

40 secs of burpees /20 secs of rest x 4

40 secs of dead row / 20 secs of rest x 4

Completed 2/5 of work out 1, and 1/5 of work out 2. I wish I had pushed myself more but the reality is, I felt faint and had I continued, I would have most likely fainted. I definitely had that *puke* feeling that all HIIT aficionados talk about.

Pain Level: 7/10