Productive!

Hey Friends, 

So this week has been an extremely healthy week! I’ve been eating well… I haven’t been working out extremely hard. I’ve been trying to get into a routine though. So far things seem to be working. 

I’ve decided that I’m not going to hop on the scale or do measurements or anything like that more than once a week! I think its pointless. You won’t see a difference in one day or two. Even when you work hard you don’t see a difference right away within the week. Its usually within the next two weeks that you see a slight difference. So there isn’t a point in bogging down my mind and stressing about numbers. 

I’m measuring my achievement through the little things… like being able to run an extra km, or just getting up in the morning at 7am and feeling amazing! I’m measuring how I’m doing by the way I feel. Not what the numbers tell me. 

I’ve already started noticing a difference though. Theres a bounce in my step, and I have a lot more energy in the mornings! 

Hope everybody is keeping safe and healthy this summer!

Love,

J 

Oh no…

WTF? 

First time in ages that I log onto this blog via my computer and I discover that nothing I’ve blogged via my phone has been posted????? GAH. That was essentially every single blog post about my progress and my days, and cool tips I’ve discovered…. URGH. SO FREAKING FRUSTRATING. 

K. To sum it up a lot of my posts were about how I had started to just focus on maintaining my weight, being healthy, and not getting sick. School had started getting insanely busy, and stressful. So I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to focus completely on overhauling my diet, and fitness regime. I’ve pretty much lost about 5 pounds…. Fluctuating a bit during exam time… aka gained it back during exam time. I think all those 4/5am snacks were what did it. :P

From now on, because it’s summer and I don’t have an extreme amount on my plate I have come up with an action plan.

I’ve been going for a run 5 days a week, as well as doing exercises and what not at home. Along with eating extremely healthy! I found a wonderful app for my iPhone called MyFitnessPal which will help me keep track of my weight, measurements, as well as what I eat. 

I’m also reading this really informative book called Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman. Its a great book that talks about transforming your diet not just to lose weight but to BE HEALTHY! 

My official mission is to get down to about 130ish pounds and be able to run 10k in under an hour by July 6th which is when I leave for Europe. After that my mission is to not gain any weight and find a way to still get exercise in Europe! 

Anyways, time for me to go for a run on this lovely and beautiful day! 

Lots of Love, 

J

Like I said

Hey followers, 

I said it was going to be a rough week, and alas it was. :( 

BUT

I managed to get through it. I got my work done, got organized, and then at the end of the week I caught a stupid stupid cold because the country I live in FINALLY decided that winter has arrived. I spent less than an hour outside in -10 weather and get sick. I know I always get sick when the weather changes drastically but this is just silly… I had plans to get up early and go to the gym every day this week. Unfortunately, that isn’t happening because my mother dear has decided that me going to the gym will be bad for everyone else… which is true but I still want to go workout. *Sigh* 

I have been doing a lot of do-it-yourself at home workouts. I’ve found some super effective! You don’t always need to go to the gym and work out tons to lose weight and tone up. I’ve also been eating really healthy this week, so I think that’s helped me. 

I’ve lost about two and a half pounds in the last week, since in the morning for the past 3 days I weigh around 146 pounds so I’m super happy about that! :)

I’ll post a link of what I’ve been doing in another post!

Now its off to drink my scalding hot tea, and get some school work done. 

Love, 

J 

This is going to be a rough week.

I can tell this is just going to be a slightly rough week … what with the beginning of school and with it being that time of the month. GAH. I ate too much chocolate today, but I don’t really care because it made my hormonal self feel a little bit better. Tomorrow I’m going to try going to a class with thepancakezoo we’ll see how that goes! A lot of people say you should be active during that time of the month because it helps the cramps go away, so if it works tomorrow I’ll keep at it… Allthough I’m thinking I’ll probably take it easy this week. I’ll still eat really well and healthy, but not do as much running. I’ll just be doing at home workouts until I figure out my school schedule do all my book purchasing and getting ready for school and then I can add going to the gym and figure out when I’m able to go to certain classes that my gym offers! 

I think when you’re trying to get healthy and get into a certain routine you’re allowed to give yourself certain slack days/weeks just as long as they’re not weeks where you completely let go of yourself. You have to maintain some kind of balance, but you sometimes also need some time to figure out logistics, especialy when you encounter a change like the beginning of school. Its easy to workout and be healthy during the holidays, but during university its not that easy because sometimes you find yourself sacrificing work outs for homework or assignments, or you find yourself eating unhealthily because you’re going out with friends.

So you have to be careful but you should give yourself time to figure out things like what mornings you’ll go to the gym, when you can leave food in your locker in the mornings and at what parts of the day can you run and get it, also find that microwave, or fridge. Figure out those things that’ll help you stay healthy and fit during the school year! You don’t want to let yourself go just because you forgot to pack a lunch so you’re going to go to the on campus restaurant and eat everything! You have to get started right because once you start bringing your own healthy food and what not you’ll get used to it! :) 

Good luck to anybody else starting university tomorrow and don’t forget packing your own food keeps you healthier AND helps you save money! 

Love,

J  

Goals

I’m a 19 year old female and I am 5 foot 8.5 inches tall.

Right now I weight 148.7 pounds and I would like to lose 20 to 30 pounds.

My current measurements are: 

Waist: 29.6”

Hips: 36.8”

Bum: 40.3”

Chest: 37.5”

I’m hoping to at least go down 3” in all areas except Chest. Chest I’d be happy with 1-2 inches!

I also used to be an avid runner but I find I’m not as physically fit anymore since I kind of stopped running. Right now I can run 4k in about 30 min, but I would like to be able to run 10k in under an hour by the time I have completed my fitness training! 

I will also be removing most unhealthy sugars from my diet such as chocolates, candy, etc etc. I will stop eating processed food, not that I did in the first place. I’m pretty good about eating healthy. I also want to eat less carbs, and more proteins and nutrients!

I’ve already started with this since the 1st of January 2012, and I’ve already lost 4 pounds just by cutting out bad foods, and I find I’ve also lost a lot of water weight!

Hopefully things keep on going this well!

Love,

J 

A little bit about me

I’m a 19 year old girl in my second year of university. No I don’t have a weight problem. I’m also not obsessed with body image and being perfect. I know I’m not perfect. Nobody is, and thats what makes us all beautiful. 

A lot of people are shocked when I tell them I’m planning on losing weight and they tell me “But… you don’t have to lose any weight, you’re a pretty fit girl”. Trust me. I’m not that fit, and I’ve finally realized it, and what I do with my body should not be anybody else’s concern, well… unless you suddenly see me becoming obsessed with weight loss, and becoming unhealthy. Then you can step in and help me, please. For now, as I go on my journey of trying to be healthier I’m going to get annoyed when people tell me I’m perfect and don’t need to lose any weight because I’m not doing this for anyone but myself. 

I want this to be a journey to a healthy and fit body. I’m going to do this with healthy dieting and exercise. I’m not going on a 2 month crash diet. I’m going on a lifetime cleanse. I’m going to reform my diet so that I can go running up mountains with my brother, so that I can experience nature at its finest through hiking and running trials, go swimming in the ocean, so that when the Zombie apocalypse happens I can finally run away, so that I have a way to relieve the stress when it comes to those rough exam weeks, so that I can expel everything thats bad within my body and replace it with good, so I’m not getting sick anymore. I want to be extremely healthy.

I do believe that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind, and I think both are very important. I feel that if I take control of my body, and get it back to being fit and healthy I can take control of other parts of my life and slowly things will fall into place. Once I’m healthy again I’ll be more confident, and good confidence can do so much for your life. 

I know because I used to be there. I used to be confident in my body and myself, I used to model, and then school got in the way of modelling, and I gained my freshman 20 and some more. I’m not that confident anymore not just in regard to my appearance, but life in general, and I feel like this is a step in the right direction. 

You may wonder why I decided to start a blog. Well, I decided to make my journey public. Not to everyone I know, but to some close friends. I feel that if I make it public I’m more likely to stick to it. So this is a way to motivate myself, and to help keep others motivated.

I’ll try posting an actual post with my progress and how my week went at least once a week. I’m thinking I’ll probably post on Sundays. If I’m lagging behind don’t worry I’m probably just swamped with studying for exams, projects, and essays. I’ll likely tell you when those come along. I will also be queuing daily motivational posts! So look forward to those. :)  

Thanks for reading, and honestly, if you have any questions AT ALL please ask, and I’ll be more than happy to answer.

Love,

J