Weight Update!

okay so I've currently lost -9 pounds so far, I have weigh in Wednesdays so hopefully I'll be in the double digits this week! Its been a little discouraging because my clothes haven't been fitting that much different, but I think my work pants were getting too tight anyways so financially its okay for now...You need to lose 10% of your body weight before its noticeable to other people (so I've heard) so I just need to keep on trucking, I've noticed my hands seem thinner but thats about it.

But another one of my accomplishments (and yes this is an accomplishment) is I have not eaten Halloween candy at all so far! I'm trying to wait until Halloween and I'm sure there will be pieces around for the next couple days so I'm going to allow myself 3 days of 1 piece of delicious candy.

I'm not sure what to do about the next 2 months-meaning T-giving and ESPECIALLY Christmas!

Does anyone have any weightloss, holiday maintaining tips?

Planning a whole day worth of food - Grad School Edition

I work full time and go to grad school at night, this leads to a very important dilemma...what am I going to eat while being away from my house for a solid 14 hours? Here's a look at my end result, pasta salad w/ FF mozz cheese, tomatoes, peppers and cucumber and balsamic vinegarette. A Turkey and cheese sandwich, grapes and pretzels....I think I need another snack.....I'm freezing the grapes so I'm a little worried I'll forget them tomorrow :(

just a quick look at my pasta salad makings, I made extra pasta for another meal and cut up extra veggies for a salad... I'll be gone for my weekend class saturday from 9 to 5 so planning my dinner is essential b/c I'll go out to lunch with classmates

this is ronzoni smart taste pasta so the calories are a little higher than normal pasta but it has a lot more fiber and vitamins than regular pasta.

Workout - 5K training Edition

Just got back from Sunday's gym workout, I'm running a 5K Thanksgiving morning so my workouts have duel purpose: weight loss/learning how to run for 3.1 miles without dying.

Elliptical-3.1 miles (personal trainer mode) in 32:02 minutes

When I am on the elliptical I alternate 3 minutes with hands on the moving bars and 3 minutes off

Treadmill-1 mile in 13:30 minutes

1 minute @ 3.8/40 seconds @ 5.3

The method I'm following along to is Couch to 5K but I have to modify it a bit since I don't have 9 weeks

Stretching- 2 minutes on metal arch following along all the pictures

Weights- 10 on each leg-lunge with arm curl-5lb weights

10 on each side- weights shoulder to straight arm above head-10lb weights

10 both at once-arm curls-10 lb weights

30 seconds- arms straight behind as far as I can pulsing-5 lb weights (felt self conscious and stopped sooner than I should have)

left gym, will try to remember to do sit ups while watching TV

I am one of those people that HATES running but am trying to run a 5K with dignity since I don't have a lot of choice in the matter (marathon running sister doesn't understand how a person would have trouble running 3 miles, its easier to give in) please give any tips to a novice and unenthusiastic runner.

Indian food the Calorie Counting way

I love indian food a lot! The problem with indian food is I never really know how many calories are in it when I go out to eat. Since I want to eat it more than once in a blue moon packaged indian food is my answer! Kohinoor is a great indian food brand, I've only been able to find it at Christmas Tree Shop and England so whichever is closer for you I guess (if its England I am super jealous!)

My recipe is
1/2 Spicy Paneer Masala package
1/2 Valley Fresh Steamers Broccoli Florets
1/4 cup of Jasmine rice

all together this is 389 calories and 42% of my sodium for the day
(I cooked half a cup of rice and put the rest of the broc and masala in a bowl and I have another meal ready)

Soup Love/Sodium War

So as I've said in my first post I am on a diet/changing the way I interact with food. One of the foods I eat A LOT is soup, soup is filling, low in calories and has veggies. In my current diet I'm working very hard to eat healthy foods while cutting calories but sodium is really killing me. My first thought was not to care but monitoring my sodium I'm usually at 150% of my daily value every day, if you have any information on sodium please comment!

All Hail the Cow!

I love this stuff, I've tried the Garlic and Herb(favorite), Chipotle Fresco (2nd favorite), Blue Cheese (not a fan) and have just bought French Onion for the first time. Whats your favorite?

Don't Worry I'm back!

After a super long hiatus (over a year I can't believe it!) I am finally blogging again. I am excited, especially because I need some accountability in my current "diet" I know some people hate this word but I can't say "lifestyle change" without cringing. My current weight loss is 8 pounds! Which is a lot for 3 weeks but we'll see how this plays out. My goal was 12 pounds by Thanksgiving but thats only 4 more pounds in seven weeks so I think I'm going to pass it! I would love to hear any weightloss tips healthy not crazy (please don't tell me you shoot up cow hormones or something equally weird) but post away!