I'm pretty much... Amazing :D

So today was my rest day from my diet and exercise program... However, I still managed to workout at the gym for an hour and do the 2 short videos on the National Body Challenge. Also I worked reallllly hard on my school work today and managed to finish my 15 page paper in one day! Woot. I am incredibly proud of myself today. I'm gaining confidence. That is soooo amazing. I'm excited about life, I'm excited about what I can do. I can't wait to see what happens next! I will be back on track with diet and exercise tomorrow for sure. I kinda over did the calories today, but it's ok because I have been doing so well lately. I can have a day off! Anyways. My family is coming to see me this weekend. I cannot wait! I haven't seen them since early January, and that is far too long. I've never felt more proud of myself in terms of school work. I am getting things done and making excellent progress. Also, my weight is steadily declining... For the first time ever it seems. I am actually seeing results. OMG :D I'm so excited. Hard work is definitely paying off :) Ok I'm off to sleep now good night world!

I want results!

So... I've upped my cardio time from an hour to an hour and a half... I burn about a thousand calories... + a little bit. Today I did the elliptical for 1 hour 40 minutes. I burned 1215 calories. I feel pretty good about that except that I'm really sleepy now. Also I signed up for the National Body Challenge. I put in my height and weight and I set a goal for eight weeks from today. By April 17th my goal is to weight 147 pounds. Today I weighted 162. Sooo that is a total weight loss of 15 pounds. That sounds good, I would love to lose twenty, but I will work hard and see where I am in 8 weeks. I'm still watching what I eat. It's a little bit harder because I'm burning so many calories, but I think I'm still burning more than I consume. ( I should start keeping track again but I'm feeling lazy!) Anyways, wish me luck and feel free to ask questions or give me suggestions. I could use all the support I can get!

Back on track.

Soooo I went to see John in Georgia for the weekend and somehow my diet was forgotten. Again.. it's eating out! So when he comes here I'm making dinner at my place and we aren't going to sabotage my diet again. Excellent. Anyways, I'm back on track. I went to the gym yesterday and started eating right again. So I'm excited about seeing some more results. I'm considering upping my cardio workouts to about an hour and a half. I know that I can do it. I just need to push myself in order to see the kinds of results that I want to see. Soo here I go! A friend is going to start working out with me today so I hope that goes well. I hope that by motivating him to workout it will motivate me to workout harder. :D I've been doing really well in my classes. I'm getting all of my assignments in and I feel good about my progress. My aunt and uncle are going to take me to dinner tomorrow night! EEK I'll have to pick somewhere healthy. Any suggestions?

I see John again in a few weeks. That is so exciting for me because it makes me feel like we aren't that far apart. Spring break is coming up so he will come to see me this time! Also my family is coming to see me not this weekend, but next weekend. I'm so excited about that too! I'm going to be kept busy with all of my visitors. Also... I'm graduating in May I have so much to prepare. Yikes!! But I'm excited today. I feel like I can achieve anything at all! Woot! Have an excellent day!

I'm working hard

So... I've been working out hard and working on my diet hard. I'm actually pretty proud of myself. I put on my goal jeans a couple of days ago... and they fit, but I'm not ready to wear them yet. A teeny bit too tight for my comfort. I have been slacking on writing down my caloric intake, but I've been doing a pretty good job of keeping track of how much I consume in my head.

I read that for weight loss you should kinda shock your body. For instance, sprinting through out the workout... of going at a faster pace for a while... working at your maximum ability. So I did sprints, and on a different day I did stairs again... But for the past two days I've been doing the elliptical machine for an hour, but for almost every minute I go at a moderate pace for 40 seconds and then I "sprint" (go as fast as I can) for 20 seconds, and repeat. It's a much more difficult workout, I feel like it will work. I'm exhausted after haha. So yeah... cardio for an hour 6-7 times a week, and 3 times a week I will do some form of strength exercising. I'm feeling pretty good about it. Any input in my plan would be very much appreciated.

Depressed...

I dont know what is wrong, but for the past two days I have been down down down. Perhaps my hormones are getting to me. Yesterday when I got out of bed, I busted flat on my face... It was ridiculous and probably pretty funny to see. Also, when I was in my first class my eyes started flashing lights. It was really strange and I couldn't see anything. So I got scared and went to the health clinic at school and she told me that it was probably a migrane. So I took some medicine and went back to class. (which makes me think it wasn't a migrane) Anyways, if it happens again I am supposed to see a neurologist. Ick.

So I decided to eat a little more yesterday, and I took the day off from exercising because I felt that my body was trying to tell me something.

Today I woke up for class and read an email that said my class had been canceled. Soooo I didn't leave my house once. I did the Shape Magazine workout in my room. 3 Sets. That work out has made me so sore. It's insane.

I ate:
cheerios: 150
omlet: 100
cheerios:150
cheerios:150
total 550

haha Wow... I might eat something in a little bit just to have a little more nutrients, but this is all I was hungry for today. Honestly, I think I could live off of cheerios lol. I love them.

John and I fought again today. We are fighting alot because of the distance. It is getting sooooo hard. I really wish he didn't live so far away. I'm trying to think positively, but with my hormones going wacko and missing John its really hard. I have a lot of homework that I need to do this weekend. I was invited to go dancing tonight, but I didn't feel like it. It is so strange. I really don't feel like myself right now. It sucks. I want to be the Reanne that is happy and excited about things. I need to find her again... and soon! John is going out tonight with some friends. That is good for him. I wish I was with him though. I miss hanging out with that boy.

Alright, well that is pretty much the update of the past two days. Pray for me. :) Send me a happy note... Something. I need to be brought back to reality.

Still working

I'm completely exhausted. But I had a pretty good day. I went to class and then I worked out at the gym. I did three sets of the shape magazine workout. It is making my legs and arms and... everything so sore. Then I did sprints at the track. The workout suggestion is to do these things on different days, but I want to badly to see results that I am working over time.

Today I ate:

Oatmeal 160
Turkey Sandwich 205
Chicken Salad 100
Salad 350
Fruit Snacks 100
Rice cake 45
Cheerios with milk 150
total: 1110

So I did pretty good on the calories today. I was craving something sweet soooooo bad and so I had fruit snacks and I snacked on chicken salad before my workout because I was feeling weak and thought that the protein would help. Then of course after class I was starving... hence rice cake and cheerios. I honestly think that I could live off of cereal. I love it. Ha, there are a lot of things that I could live off of. But I understand that I need to have a balanced diet. I feel like I'm doing ok with that.

I guess today or yesterday a year ago is when Garret asked Ashely to marry him. It's also Eranne's birthday. I've been thinking of those two things all day long. I miss my family.

OH! I weight 163 now... So that's good. Slowly but surely. Anyways, that's all for today! Good night world.

Longggg Day

I don't know why but I have been really down lately. I felt pretty sad the entire day and I didn't really get any better until the very end when I skyped with John. I wanted us to wait until we actually saw each other to see each other again, but it just got too hard. It was so nice to "see" him. I felt like we were drifting apart a little bit. But seeing him smile at me made my heart smile.

So, in working towards my goal today I did pretty good.

I ate:

Slim fast shake 200
Tequila Lime Chicken soup from select harvest 140
Apple 60
Salad... I'm gonna guess somewhere around 450 but it had spinach, hard boiled egg, beans, cous cous, green beans, banana peppers, a little bit of Caesar dressing.... that was basically it. It was really satisfying.
Cheerios with milk 150
total: 1000 calories

I did the shape workout again today, but this time I only did 3 sets. I was feeling really light headed this morning and I was also running out of time before my class. Tomorrow I plan on doing the Shape workout before class, and after class either doing sprints at the track... or getting on the elliptical machine. I feel like I workout really hard on the elliptical and I burn a lot of calories. Anyways, it was a long icky day. I wanted to run after I got out of class, but it was FREEZING so I will just have to make up for it tomorrow.

I'm rambling. I am exhausted and I am going to "hit the sack" as my dad likes to say. (I miss my family a lot! But I get to see them at the end of February I think!! yay :) ) Alright. I will probably check my weight at the gym tomorrow, but my current goal is not a number, I'm trying to fit into a certain pair of jeans that are taunting me before I see John... 9 days :) I can't wait.

New workout... new me

So today was good. Although I woke up in an insanely awful mood I managed to get a great workout in.

food....:
Slim fast shake 200
Tequila Lime Chicken Soup from select harvest 140
apple 60
turkey sandwich 205
cornbread... only a bit lol 75
cheerios with milk 150
total: 830

The workout I did today is the "lose ten pounds this month" workout in the Shape magazine. It was pretty exciting. John keeps telling me I need to do things to challenge my body soooo there ya go. Also I have read that long cardio workouts aren't necessarily the best when it comes to losing weight. You have to do quick bursts and or challenge your body in new ways. So today I did 4 rounds of this Shape magazine exercise and I also did stair sprints with my roommate. Basically I live in an apartment complex and we jogged around it and sprinted up 3 flights of stairs on several buildings... next time I do it I will have to count how many buildings we sprint, but today I just forgot. Anyways.. My calorie intake today was fairly low and that kinda concerns me. I don't want to be unhealthy, but I feel satisfied. I'm really excited to start seeing some results for my hard work. I read on a bodybuilding.com transformation today that trying isn't enough... I have been "trying" for a long long time now and if I was really putting in a sufficient amount of effort, I really wouldn't have to still be "trying" to lose weight.

I get to see John in ten days... WOW I can hardly believe it. It feels like it has been forever and I'm soooo excited. One really cool thing about living in different cities right now is that it motivates both of us to work really hard towards our fitness goals and surprise each other when we finally do see each other. He has been working out really hard to gain weight and I have been working hard (though not hard enough) to lose weight. I have had a bad week this past week and I could be a lot farther along in my goal had I not slipped up so I will not "try" I will get on track and show myself how strong I am. I will finally stop sabotaging my results by convincing myself that it's OK to snack here and there. This is the beginning to the new me. I honestly think that I am scared to change. I think in a weird kind of way I am comfortable in my less than satisfactory body. Does anyone else feel that way? Like you want to reach your goal... but it scares you too? HA maybe I'm crazy!! Oh well I will move past this weird hang up I have and put my effort into becoming the person I have always wanted to be. ... GO ME!!