weigh-In # 12 and yesterdays eats.

Didn't post weigh in yesterday because I have a ton of hw and totally forgot to post at night. Yesterday I weighed in at 174.4. I was surprised because that's a loss of 1.4 lbs when I didnt eat the healthiest this past week. Then I started thinking and came to the conclusion that I'm losing muscle. I've notice that my arms and legs are becoming mush again. I need to get back to it if I don't want to go back to where I use to be! I think I'll start tomorrow because today I have a ton but I mean ton of hw that has to be turned in first thing tomorrow morning. If I finish early I will exercise today.

I feel proud of myself for what ate yesterday :).
Yesterdays eats
BIG Breakfast: 1 green monster - 4 small frozen strawberries, 1/2 frozen mango, lots of spinach, 1 c soy milk. (wasnt hungry until 5 hours later!)
LUNCH: 1/2 c leftover rice, grilled chicken fillet, carrots, 1/2 avocado and spinach.
SNACK: 1/2 c grapes, 1/2 c frozen non fat plain yogurt.
DINNER: 1 c of minestrone pogresso soup, 1 mozerella cheese, mushroom, spinach sandwich.
( I accidently switched my dinner and lunch...hehe)

I had nothing sweet, or 'bad'. I think I did pretty darn good :).

Have to get back to the stack of hw waiting for me if I want to finish early.

Thanks for reading!
-Rosa

p.s Will be back later for todays eats.

OMG!

OMG! I just want to say a big THANK YOU to Kaytee from Vegan Imperfection and Carla from 32 down 15 to go! Their kind and motivational words made my busy day today! When I read their comments I literally wanted to go out for a 10 mile run or something (I stuck with the 'or something' and tried to finish the stack of hw I have). They made me feel way better from how I was feeling.

BREAKFAST: woke up extra late for a school day and only had a couple of spoonfuls of PB oatmeal before I went flying out the door.
Didn't have time to actually pack/eat a decent meal before dinner so through out the day I ate:
2 oranges, 1 pear, 1 bunch beet (seriously boil one of these babies and let it cool and eat, it's deliciuos!), and 2 slices of watermelon.
DINNER: early dinner 5:30ish 1/2c rice,1/2 cup of beans steamed cauliflower (I was going to roast them but I find it easier to just steam my veggies) and baby carrots.
It's been a while since I haven't put a whole healthy meal in my mouth.
I'm glad I did today :).
DESSERT: Peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream (tomorrow's my nephews b-day so today my sister made peach cobbler instead of cake and I had to have some). I even took a pic but the pic doesnt do the cobbler justice, it just makes it look yucky.

I think I did better today than other days
Hopefully I'll improve slowly.
I weigh myself tomorrow and OMG I'm nervous but whatever happens happens.

Thanks for reading
-Rosa

Trying.

Like I said in my previous post I'm struggling. Why is it when I read other blogs about people losing weight it seems so easy to do but actually doing it's hard as hell? Every morning I tell myself this is the day you'll be going back to where you were 2 weeks ago but as the day comes to an end I'm not even close to what I was doing. So frustrating!
Anyways I'm posting the good and the bad food I'm eating just so I can control what I put in my mouth. I didn't even plan on posting today only after what I ate for breakfast.
BREAKFAST: this is embarassing : I had a slice of KFC chocolate chip cake, 1/2 cup of oatmeal, raisins, sliced almonds, and 1 apple.
SNACK: 1 green monster - 1 cup of soy milk, 1/2 banana, 4 strawberries.
SNACK 2: 1 fiber plus bar.
LUNCH: 1 cup progresso soup and 1/2 french roll.
peer "snacks" after that.
4 oatmeal cookies, 1 cup of soy milk, tortilla chips with beans as a dip (too much to count)and 1/2 avocado.

yup its bad and embarassing.
Hopefully will try to do better tomorrow.
Thanks for reading
-Rosa.

Weigh-in #11

Hello,
I'm struggling and can't seem to get back on track. I gained 2.2 lbs ughh! My total weight is 175.6. No excuse nor reasons for the gain. Well reasons are obvious; eating loads of chocolate and junk pretty mush covers it.
Thanks for reading.
-Rosa

Weigh-in #10

Not having been posting for almost a week does not mean I will not let you know my weigh-ins. Good or bad I will always post my weekly weigh-ins. Today the scale read 173.6. That means I lost this week a total of .6 oz. That's good for someone who did poorly the pass couple of days. I'm starting to get back on track, I've been doing jillian for the last 3 days and I went for another 3 mile run this week. Have no pictures of the bad stuff I ate because I'm too ashame. But updates and pictures will resume promptly! I'm starting to get out of the funk I was in.

Thanks for reading!
-Rosa

bleh.

That's how I've been feeling lately. Maybe because of the bad food I've been putting in my mouth and the lack of exercise since Sunday. Also because my fridge is low on healthy food. ugh I need to get my act back together again if I don't want to gain lbs.
I'll keep you posted.

Not health related...

Sorry this isn't my eats or thoughts of any health related thing just a song I cannot get out of my head! I love it though. Maybe every now and then I'll post a song that I like... I love music a lot.


I love Pink. I think I have a big girl crush on her and her killer bod.

a day of snacks.

Why hello again readers =D
I hope you guy's easter sunday was as calm as mine. I didnt really do anything but relax.
My day started bright and early I woke up at the crack of dawn to run 3 miles. I went to my all time fav park and took pics but it was with my sis camera so I'll share those with you tomorrow. In the meantime I'll share this old one I have of me and my other sister.


I haven't ran since maybe one month and a half and I have to say I lost my practice (not that I had a lot). I was gasping for air on my second mile and walked my third.
Oh well I really needed that run, it felt good. I'm going to try to run more often.
Food was all over the place I haven't had a real meal just peer snacks, I think except for dinner.
EATS before RUN (6:00) - a 100 cal mini whole wheat bagel with PB:

AFTER my RUN - 1 green monster that killed my blender: 1/2 frozen banana,5 frozen strwberries, 1 c soy milk, 2 handfuls of spinach. Seriuosly after I made my green monster (more like slushy), the blender started to smell like burn so I think it burnt its' poor little engine out. Now I'm blender-less until who knows when =(.


SNACK #1: 1/2 non fat cottage cheese, 1/2 Kashi go Lean:

(I always take my pics either at the kitchen table or my old desk =)

SNACK#2 : 1 big nectarine


SNACK #3: 1 fiber plus, and 1 yoplait light
(sorry for the lighting I was watching the movie Spider Man.




DINNER was late I went to do exercise with my sister and cooked over at her place. No pic. I made a grilled chicken fillet sandwhich in a whole wheat thin bun.


and that's all =)

Thanks for reading!
Good Night.
-Rosa.

"Before" pics.

Hey Guys!
I couldn't post the pics yesterday because family (who I see maybe 3 times a year) came to visit and it felt weird being on my laptop while they were here.

Before I show them to you I want to say that Friday wasn't a good day at all! I mean it started off really good but then it all went south because I went out with my sister to buy party supplies. I took my snack and thought that by the time lunch came around I would be home but I wasn't! Not even for dinner. I was starving and we were driving around for a long time. My sister always carries those honey buns in her car so I grabbed one then...another one, in total I had 3 honey breads (not at the same time). So on friday I had a green monster for breakfast, 1 fiber plus bar for snack, 3 breads, and 1 mushroon and cheese quesadilla. I know it's terrible!

Yesterday is another story I had 2 plantain empanadas (my mom bought), they are so delicious I couldn't just skip them.
Here's a pic I borrowed from google.


I don't even know how to describe these things, it's just greasy plantains stuffed with some creamy texture. Believe me they are delish (thank goodness my mom doesnt know how to make them).

I also had 1 chili dog and a salad. I wasn't as bad as Friday but I still think I could've done better.
What can I say? Sometimes it's hard to stick to plan. I have my slips and will have some in the future (ahem next weekend for my niece's b-day party) but I can't beat myself for that. I'm okay with it, I'm just not going to do it every day like I use to.

Okay sorry for my ramblings. Now for the moment of truth.
*gulp*
This is hard to post but I thought this should be a big motivator.
Front view


Side view:


and I can't put up my back view. I don't like it. Maybe when I see a difference I will.

My problem areas (what make me uncomfortable) are my stomach and arms. I would love to flatten my stomach and grow muscle on my arms. In order to do that I'm doing the 30 day shred and this is my second month doing it. I haven't lost much yet but here's to hoping =D.

Thanks for reading.
Have a Happy Easter!
-Rosa.

p.s I will post my eats of the day later.

Weigh-in #9

Hey guys.
I seriously do apoligize for my lack of posting. This week the scale didnt budge so I'm still at 174.2. I'm actually quite happy because yesterday was not a good day for me. I went crazy with sweets and I didn't know where to stop. At first I was dissapointed in myself (still am) but thought about it and I'm not going to stress for about it. As much as I would love to be, I'm not perfect and I can only learn from my mistakes.
I did actually did 20 minutes of cardio and my regular level 1 of 30 day shred. Today is another story, I haven't exercised yet because I can't go to my sisters house at the moment and I can't do anything at my house because there isn't a place to do some (company sucks when you have to exercise). Maybe that's a dumb excuse but I'm not confortable doing it infront of people that aren't doing it with me or don't know I do them.
I'd promised that I would be posting my before pics but I also feel uncomfortable letting people see them (except for my sisters). I do promise that I will do it first thing in the morning when I'm positive no one would come visit.

Thanks for reading and I truly am sorry.
Have a good night.
-Rosa
P.S I changed my background. Hope y'all like it =D.

quick!

Hey guys!
Sorry I haven't posted. I will tomorrow with deets and pics of my 'before' (right now) body and my previous eats (the ones i did took pics of). I've been doing my 30 day shred but also may been bad this day.

Talk to you tomorrow.
Have a good night.
-Rosa =D