August 2011
46 posts
two goals.
I only have two goals for the month of August: run 50 miles and get under 175.
The running 50 miles will not include hikes or walks I take during the month. It will only include the mileage from specifically going out and running. I wanted to do 100 miles, but I don’t think that was a reasonable goal right now.
I also want to get under 175. That is the weight on my driver’s license...
July 2011
98 posts
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Well obviously this week’s planned runs did not go as planned. Between the car accident and TOM, I have been super lazy and not really feeling all that great. But those are just excuses. If I really wanted to go out there and run, I could have…there was absolutely nothing holding me back. I just made the conscious choice not to.
Next week I am not making any running plans. I think...
planning.
Is anyone else a planner? Like I still have a month before classes start up again, and yet I am already making lists of what needs to be done, what I need to get, etc. I am even starting to make meal plans for myself since I’m going to be way busier and I’m trying to increase my calories to 1500-1600. This means I will probably start counting calories again, but not to the extent that I did...
planning for the county fair!
I’m going to the fair next Wednesday. It’s opening day and I’m weirdly stoked, since I usually hate the fair, haha. I’ve decided to only go once, and that will be the day since that’s when my friend asked me to go.
I was planning on bringing my own food since the food there doesn’t really look that appetizing in the first place. However, if I want something...
I wasn’t really hungry today, which is really weird for me. Each meal was around 200 calories and then Chobani yogurt with sunflower seeds for a snack which came to around 240 calories. In all, I had about 900 calories after dinner. Then I still had an entire cupcake left from yesterday so I ate that. I was only going to eat half, but whatever. I am estimating it at around 350 calories so at...
Woah there! So many new followers! My before and during pictures were just posted so I’m kind of excited :)
Feel free to ask me anything or even just stop by and say hi..I promise I’m friendly!
I decided to take a peek at the scale today since I was positive it was going to be up since I had a stressful day yesterday. NOPE! It was about a pound lower than the day before!
I was positive that I was going to gain a little bit because I had felt like I had eaten a lot. Went out for lunch, had frozen yogurt, ate half a cupcake, along with a normal breakfast and dinner. I wasn’t...
VERY eventful day.
Well, today was definitely an adventure. My friend and I decided to drive to Thousand Oaks and spend the day there. We started in Ventura (where we live), and got lunch at Urbane Cafe. It is a sandwich/salad place that has amazing food. I just got a simple salad with mixed greens, mandarin oranges, a little feta cheese, chicken, with a little balsamic vinaigrette. They serve the salad with a side...
I’ve been the same weight for at least two weeks now. It is really getting me down because I am eating healthy and exercising a few times a week. It’s so frustrating. I already know I can maintain like a champ, but I’m still overweight. I still have 40ish pounds to lose until I am at a healthy weight.
In other news, I am getting frozen yogurt today with my bestie. We...
07/25/2011
Before run: half a banana.
Breakfast: double fiber bread, one and a half pieces of turkey bacon, an egg, and half a slice of lite white cheddar cheese.
Snack: a pink lady apple.
Lunch: homemade black bean enchiladas.
Snack: mango chobani with a sprinkle of raw, unsalted sunflower seeds.
Dinner: big bowl of frozen yogurt, 4 flavors topped with a tiny bit of pineapple and some strawberry...
august challenge?
I really want to set some kind of activity challenge for myself for the month of August. It would probably be walking/running somewhere between 50-100 miles during the month. I just don’t know what would be reasonable for me. I am a fairly new runner (at least this time around), and definitely don’t want to injure myself.
Any suggestions?
Anonymous asked: You are beautiful.
I did my run this morning and made it in under 40 minutes. Well barely…39.43, but it still counts. I ran a lot of the first lap, but I guess I pushed too hard because there were way more intervals of walking and running during the second lap. The first quarter of a mile my calves were kind of tight and my shins were a little achey, but that when away quickly.
I felt really good afterward....
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exercise for the week.
I am actually going to be organized that create an exercise for myself this week. Hopefully I’ll stick to it. I want to have a reward if I finish it, but I haven’t decided what that will be yet :P Ideas?
Monday: Timed 5k again. Hopefully a better idea. And I will be icing my legs this time afterwards.
Tuesday: A hike or walk with my best friend. It depends on what we feel like, but...
I really wish my family understood the concept of calories. I was debating on whether or not to go get an iced passion tea from Starbucks. I get it unsweetened so it has no calories. But I didn’t really need it, I just wanted something besides water. I had mentioned this to my mother, and she ends up coming home with one of those big cans of Arizona iced tea. I used to drink these all the...
new jeans!
I finally bought new pants! My mom has been bugging me for months about buying new pants because she is tired of seeing me constantly tugging at my baggy pants because they keep falling down. I went to Target because I love their jeans, and they are on sale this week!
This is a picture of my old size 14 jeans. There was a huge gap and they went wayyy farther up on my back than they were...
about me.
In celebration of my 100th post (and 100th follower), I am going to do an about me and my history with weight loss and such. It is kind of long and I don’t want to clog up peoples’ dashes, so the story is under the ‘read more’
Firstly, my name is Brittany. I am twenty years young. I am in college, studying human biology, wanting to get into the field of nutrition and fitness. I really enjoy...
next semester.
So school starts back up in about a month and I just realized how crazy my schedule is going to be. I start in the morning, anywhere from 8:30 until 10:30 depending on the day, and go until about 1:30 everyday except Friday. Plus an easy online class. I also have an exercise class Monday through Thursday, so that means I have to wear my workout clothes to my other classes, because most of my...
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my morning.
I wanted iced coffee, but there wasn’t any coffee already made, so I had to make a fresh pot. We keep our coffee in the freezer, so I got it out and was opening it on the way to the counter where the coffee pot is. As I opened the container of coffee, the lid flew off and I dropped all the coffee on the floor ._. That pretty much sums up the kind of morning I am having. Needless to say, I...
I am going running tomorrow. Right when I get up. I don’t know if I’ll run three miles again, but I will at least do a mile and a half. I’m hoping the trail isn’t too crowded tomorrow because I feel slightly self conscience running in front of other people. Oh, well I’m going to do it anyway.
I’m only posting it because I feel accountable to you all. I am...
I just made the best dinner ever. It started with a bed of romaine lettuce, had a 1/4 cup of cooked wheat berries, a 1/2 cup of home made black beans (love them!), two small zucchinis cooked in a little olive oil, a little cucumber, and I topped it with sone balsamic vinegar and hot sauce. Ohemgee, it was so good. It wasn’t very photogenic, so there isn’t a picture. But it was a good...
I know athletic apparel is hella expensive, but I wish they didn’t make incredible cute things that I have a deep desire to buy. I was browsing a sporting goods store, and came across a gorgeous Under Amour track jacket. It was pink, a full zip up, and had holes for your thumbs. Pretty much everything I had been looking for. I knew it was going to be expensive, the $55 price tag was a...
so sore.
Going from no running in several months, to doing three miles probably wasn’t the best idea. Especially without stretching afterward. My quads are so soreee :(
twentytwotolife asked: Lentil Recipe
1 chicken breast
1 can whole tomatoes
Half cup lentils
Chicken stock (use reduced fat reduced sodium)
Rinse lentils and let them soak for a couple hours.
Add a little oil to a pan on medium-high, brown the chicken breast on each side.
When sides are brown, add the can of tomatoes. Let the tomatoes get hot and break down...
1 chicken breast
1 can whole tomatoes
Half cup lentils
Chicken stock (use reduced fat reduced sodium)
Rinse lentils and let them soak for a couple hours.
Add a little oil to a pan on medium-high, brown the chicken breast on each side.
When sides are brown, add the can of tomatoes. Let the tomatoes get hot and break down...
I have so many grains in my cupboard, but haven’t gotten around to making meals with them. I have barley, wheat berries, brown rice, lentils (ew), steel cut oats, and quinoa. Tomorrow I’m making a wheat berry salad with black beans, grilled zucchini, and maybe cucumber since it needs to be used.
But that’s as far as my creativity goes. Does anyone have any super delicious...
Totally just bought a little meal planning calendar. It is a dry erase board for the week and has sections for lunch and dinner. It also comes with a notepad for making your grocery list. I definitely want to start meal planning once school starts again because right now I just buy whatever looks good and come up with a plan for meals as I go.
I will also be saving money once I start meal...
backtocoxswainweight asked: You've inspired me to go on my run today! I'm already a runner, but my new meds have made it harder. But you just went out and did it, very inspiring!
iftheydontbelievemakethem asked: Congrats on your running today!
i ran! well kinda..
I finished the three miles and feel great! You know how you set a realistic goal for yourself and then you set a “I really want to accomplish this” goal. Well my realistic goal for the 3 miles was 50 minutes. Yes, this is super slow, but it was my first time running in a long time. But my real goal was anything under 45 minutes, which I didn’t think was possible. BUT IT WAS! I...
starting to run.
I am going to run today. Actually, I am going to run this morning.
I am going to get up, put on my running clothes and shoes, drive to the park, and run/walk around that path twice. I don’t care how long it takes, I am going to do it. And when I make it around that path once, and try to convince myself that once was enough, I am going to tell myself to woman the fuck up and do it again. And do...
binged.
Today was just a sucky day. I ate horribly (probably about 3500 calories over what I should have). I pretty much had whatever my brain wanted, even if I wasn’t hungry. And now I feel like shit. My body cannot handle that many calories, not to mention the chemicals and shit that was in the food I ate.
Tomorrow is a new day though. I can’t dwell on my choices today because I...
running challenge?
So I really want to get into running again, since it’s what all the cool kids do. Plus when I was doing it this time last year, I felt amazing and actually loved it.
Couch to 5k isn’t something that works for me. I tried it, but it just progressed too slowly and I hated having to time the intervals while I was running. I started running by just running as much as I could, taking a short walk...
to-do list update.
•go to the DMV and take care of shit
•clean my room and vacuumed!
•laundry working on it, but will be done tonight.
•inspiration board umm, kinda worked on it…not enough to cross it off though, haha.
•organize closet
•clean my car well I took all the trash out, which is what mainly needed to be done
•organize cupboard found out my sweet potatoes went bad :(
•meal planning? (we’ll...
living at home.
I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this, but I still live at home. It doesn’t bother me because I go to school super close and it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than getting my own place right now.
And as most of us who still live with our parents know, it is usually incredibly difficult to eat healthy while at home. I pretty much solved this problem by starting to cook my own meals. At first, my...
to-do list for 07/20
•go to the DMV and take care of shit
•clean my room (I always say this but never do it)
•laundry
•inspiration board (I really wanna get it done so I can take a picture and show you guys)
•organize closet
•clean my car
•organize cupboard instead of throwing food in there
•meal planning? (we’ll see..)
Most of this is organizational/cleaning but I have been slacking on this part of my...
Sorry I haven’t been on much today, it was super busy and I had so much to do. My eating was fantastic most of the day, and then it pretty much took a nosedive :-/ And I think I’m on a plateau because I haven’t been losing weight like I was even though my eating has been phenomenal (except today of course). It is kind of sad, but I am also at a happy-ish weight. I know I still...
intake 07/18/2011
breakfast: nothing except for a venti iced passion tea from Starbucks (no water + 4 Splendas) lunch: peppered turkey on a piece of bread with cucumber and a slice of low fat white cheddar. serving of BBQ Popchips. snack: tiny bowl of cherries and a low fat string cheese. dinner: whole wheat linguine with broccoli and tuna. with a laughing cow cheese wedge. and sone zucchini. snack: a vegan oatmeal...
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Oh, I forgot to tell you about my encounter at Lassens! I only went there to get stuff at the bulk section, because everything else there is like UBER expensive. And while I was getting my stuff, one of the employees started sweeping around the area and started chatting with me. He asked if I had already had already worked out today (I was in gym clothes). I told him I hadn’t yet, and that I...
Anonymous asked: anon request: more pictures of your gorgeous self? i absolutely LOOOVE your blog, btw:)
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groceries finally!
So I know you aren’t supposed to go grocery shopping while hungry..but that’s what I did. And ended up spending way more than I needed to. But I have groceries :) I didn’t take a picture before putting it away, but I’ll list it all by store under the cut.
Lassens (healthy food store): •Popchips (x2) •barley •steel cut oats •black beans •wheat berries
Trader Joe’s: •vegan oatmeal...
