(mini) Goals.

I gained weight three pounds to be exact.That brings me back to 178.8. oh goodness!!!! It's frustrating but its my fault. I'm not controlling how and what I eat. I need to start planning and stop my habit of just grabbing the easiest unhealthy stuff. I know that I can do it because I've done it before. I just need to start believing in myself agian. I need to take it a day at a time
I have a couple of (mini) goals for today.
1. Exercise for 45 mins.
2. Drink h2o
3. Don't have a single cookie (I had my fair share yesterday.
4. Have snacks! (that's what screws me over, not having snacks makes me eat like a famished person)
5. Don't eat after 7:30!

I will slowly get into my healthy routine back.

Thank for reading!
Have a happy sunday :)
-Rosa

I totally forgot about blogging these two passed days. I've been really good in the exercise department workout out for about an hour. Did "30 day Shred", 20 minute jumprope and a few yoga poses.
The yoga poses are actually getting a bit easier, but I'm still having trouble holding them for a long amount of time. I'll get better.

Today I've been craving a lot of junk, and sadly I've given in to some, I had three Oreo cookies - my favorite! - and three chips ahoy and for 'dinner' I had a frozen burrito.
I haven't done any exercise today but am planning to get 30 minute of jump rope in today.


Breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 apple, raisins.
Lunch: 1 cup of lentils 1/2 cup rice.
after lunch: 1 green monster (frozen cantaloup, mango almond milk, and spinach)
the six cookies I mentioned and a frozen burrito.

Didn't measure my water intake today =/.


Thank you for reading!
-Rosa.

Food

Breakfast:
A delicious 3 egg white omelet - 1 diced portobella mushroom, diced tomato, and spinach, 2 whole wheat toasts, 1/8 honey dew melon.
Lunch:
2 tuna sandwiches, with carrots on the side.
[Big]Snack:
1/2 fuji apple, 1 nectarine, plain yogurt, 1/3 c granola.
DINNER:
2 servings of Kix cereal with almond milk (1 1/2 cups?)

I notice I need to up my veggie intake.

Water intake : roughly 80oz.
Exercise: 20 min jumprope, Yoga Poses - tree pose (getting easier), Down dog (have to bend my legs), Bow pose (oh so hard), Boat pose (hard to hold), Warrior II Pose (I think i got it down), Dancer Pose (need much more practice with my balance)

Thanks for reading!
Goodnight.
-Rosa ;)

daily eats w/ no pics

Breakfast:
Oatmeal - 1/2 cup of oats, raisins, 1 apple and boiling water.
Snack:
1 cup of grapes
Lunch:
1 smoked turkey sandwich
Then went out for five hours with no snack only water. When I arrived home I had 2 sandwiches (same as lunch).
water intake:74 oz.
As for excercise I'm about to do 20 mins of jumprope and some yoga poses.

Thanks for reading and good night
-Rosa :)

Standing back up and eats of the day.

I know I been M.I.A for a long long time, and I apologize for that. I have no excuse exept that I gave up.
When I hit (i think) 168.4 I was stoked, thinking finally I'm out of the 170's, then I gained and kept gaining (not much, highest 176). That's when I threw in the towel and gave up. I wasn't moping around all sad and thinking it was the end of the world (which is good right?) I was just not thinking about it having fun and enjoying myself (I still read everyones' blog - I love 'em).
My weight has been up and down from 173 to 176, at the moment I'm 175.6. On one hand I'm happy because I haven't gained a lot of weight, on the other I haven't loss much either.
But today, I woke up I remembered a blogger (I can't remember which one, but will look for it and will find it and give credit to where it belongs ;) saying something along the lines of the hardest part in doing exercise is putting on your shoes, oh boy is she right. I have three weeks without doing any kind of exercise (Jillian Michaels who?)!!! In this crazy summer all I wear are sandals. Anyways back to my point, I woke up thought about that saying and thought "I need to put my shoes on and do something about it". It took me 1 hour and a half to put them on but I did, I grabbed my jumprope and went outside for 20 mins, I also did a few yoga poses. In the end I felt GREAT.
I'm - I just started today -kind of new to yoga. It's an excited new thing to me. Thefew poses I tried were the tree pose, down dog, bow pose, boat pose (which I could only hold for 10 secs), and the warrior II pose. I'm not good at it but I'm going to practice yoga as much as possible because I want to get better at it. I will get better at it and when I'm good I will post pictures of me in the pose :).

Now onto eats of the day (only took a pic of my breakfast):
a really late Breakfast for taking my sweet time putting my shoes on:
2 whole wheat breads with peanut butter, on the side 1/4 of honey dew melon.
late Snack: Perfect Green Monster smoother for this summer weather - 1 cup almond milk, frozen cantaloupe (1/2 cup?), 2 pieces of frozen mango, and ice cubes.
lazy LINNER: (lunch and dinner) 1/2 cup of rice, 1 cup of beans x2

I might have another green monster or yogurt with fruit for a late snack.

Water intake: 60 oz so far but I'm planning to drink some more as the day passes :)


I'm not giving up that easily ;)
I'm kicking 170's in the butt.

Thank you for [still] reading.
Have a pleasant sunday evening.
-Rosa

Monsters, melon, bompers, ice cream, and lollipops

Need I say more?
That's all I had today and not just a little but my fair share. I didnt have one proper meal besides breakfast, the others were sporadic and full of non healthy deliciousness. Tomorrow perhaps? We'll see
Thanks for reading
-Rosa

weigh in 20

I know this isn't Saturday but I fell asleep before I was planning on. I do have some pics of yesterday's eats :)
Now onto my weight. I gained (.8 oz, brings my weight to 173.8) and despised knowing that I gained I went ahead and ate not very healthy.

I always start my day good with a healthy breakfast and somehow after lunch everything goes south.

Yesterday's eats:
Breakfast 1 green monster - 1 cup of almond milk, 1/2 banana, and a bunch of spinach and 2 peanut butter toasts.

No snack.
Lunch 1 progresso soup and on the side a mango





A few hours after lunch I ate a twinkie,rice and beans, candy chips. No exercise for me again.

Today is another day and I'm going to try my hardest to not do the same mistake as yesterday. I already had a green monter with oatmeal for breakfast but forgot to take a picture of it. I'll take pics of my other eats and post them here later in the day or tomorrow.

Have a happy Sunday!
-Rosa

eh.

I apologize (for the billionth time)for not updating. I had Jury Duty this week, and I know that isn't reason enough but my mind was not in this (so sorry). I've been exercising this week except for yesterday (Thursday) and today. I'm too tired and ate too much I can hardly budge. These past three days I've been eating out for the same reason.
Last weeks' weigh in was 173.0 which is a .2 loss. I'm pretty sure tomorrow's weigh in will be around the same because of the past days. I hope not.
I will have tomorrows weigh in up and some pics.

Thanks for reading.
-Rosa =)

Weigh in 18

I know today is monday and not saturday. Sorry about that :) This weigh in was not as good as the previous ones. It was BAD like really really bad. The past week I manage to gain 4.6 lbs! I weigh 173.2 and it sucks.
I know exactly why I gained and I sorta don't feel guilty about it because I had fun doing it. Five out of the 7 days I ate out 5 times - 3 with my friends and 2 with my family, didnt work out once this week and pretty much ate everything unhealthy.
This week is a clean start. I'm actually taking pictures of what I'm eating to post them here later on today (regular posting from here on out!). I also have plan doing 30 day shred with my sister at 7 pm, I can't wait for that.

I think this is it for right now. Will be back later with my eats of the day and pics.

Have a great Monday! :)
-Rosa

Weigh in 17

HEY!
I'm missing blog world more than anything but CANNOT wait until wednesday because that'll be my last day of school and that means regular blogging. =D
So HAPPY to say that the scale read 168.4 yesterday!
I've seriously have not been this weight since FOREVER! I've been drinking loads of green monsters and water. Not eating after 6:30 helps alot. I haven't done much excersing but will as soon as im done with school. =D

Thanks for reading!
talk to you soon!
-Rosa

Weigh-In 16

Hello!
Today's weigh-in got me stoaked! The scale read 171.4!!!That's a 1.4lb loss. I don't think I remember reading that number since the longest. In high school I was at 172-ish.
I'm so happy! I think this made my hw loaded weekend. I've been drinking lots of green monsters and water, I'm thinking that is what's making a difference. I've also did 30 day shred twice this week.

I have to get back to my hw. I have a twelve page paper due on monday and im just getting started.

Thanks for reading,
Rosa

My apologies and weigh in 15

A BIG sorry to everyone that bothers to read my blog because I havent update. Seriously I've been busy with school; my finals are in two weeks and I have loads of school work and studying to do.
I've been trying to exercise 3 times a week but last week i did only twice, and this week I have one under my belt. The week hasnt ended so I hope I do exercise 2 more times this week =D.
WEIGH-IN: I lost this week! the scale read 172.8 that's a loss of 1.2 I believe.
I've been watching what I put in my mouth now that I want to beat my sister. I think I do good when I'm challenged :).

Need to get back to my hw.
Thanks for reading and sorry again for not updating more frequently.
-Rosa.

weigh-in 14

I know I'm wayyyy too late for this but I swear I barely have time to do my hw. This is going to be quick. I had a gain this week not a big one but a gain. I weighed at 174.0 that's a .2 oz gain. To try to change that I've done Jillian - 30 day shred on both saturday and sunday, I'm crazy sore but I like it. I dont have time to do some tonight because I have to study. I'm not eating as healthy as I should because I'm just going for quick and easy.
In other news I made a bet with my sister. I need to weigh somewhere in the 170.?'s by June 8. If i dont reach goal I'll pay her 20 bucks and if I reach goal she'll give me $20. It isnt much but it's pretty motivating. Have to get back to studying.

Thanks for reading and talk to you soon.
=D

weigh - In 13

Please don't think that I have been hiding, because I seriously haven't. I've been super busy with school, it's freaking killing me (not literally). I haven't had time to exercise or do anything remotely fun this past week, I haven't even had time to keep up with the blogs of my fave bloggers and that freaking makes me unhappy. I've been sleeping super because of hw, and waking up really early. I'm not complaining because I'm pass that stage and I also know that in the end it will all pay off ;)

This past week I've been doing just ok. I did exercise once and it was not pretty. U got tired really easily. I also have been eating a bit healthier. I can honestly say I haven't had a single sweet. I think my cravings are gone...for now.

What I have been having on a daily basis is those delicious green monsters. They are so good! I've been mixing them a little and adding mango, strawberries, blackberries and blue berries, not together though. I put only up to two kinds of fruit at the same time because then I'll go crazy in the fruit department. I have my green monsters as a snack by itself or for breakfast with some toast because the green mosnter alone does not satiate me. Sometimes I see people have it as breakfast alone and I wonder if that's enough for their tummy because I know mines will be demading more food an hour later.

Enough ramblings and back to the moment of truth...hehehe. Yesterday I weigh in at 173.8. That's a loss of .6 oz. Not bad but I don't think is fat that I'm losing because, like I said previously, my body tells me something differently. I need to get cracking before before I lose my whole groove. I promise I haven't lost it completely yet.

I know for a fact that I will not be able to exercise today, nor the next two days. I have a really important exam on wednesday and I need to study as it has I believe 200 q's but its worth 600 pts! That test can make me or break me. Let's just hope it doesnt break me.

I think I won't start updating regularly until after the test.
Wish me luck and thanks for reading.
-Rosa

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.