Geovicsha's Diary - New Years Resolution.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skim milk - 42 cals

Total: 292 cals

Lunch
One lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrot, lean chicken from Subway - 350 cals
Total: 350 cals

Snacks
1/2 glass of skim milk - 42 cals
Two Go Natural Peach & Apple 100% Fruit Bar - 192 cals

Total: 234 cals

Dinner
Roast chicken, skinless - 350 cals
Salad (cucumber, lettuce, onion, carrot, tomato) - 110 cals

Total: 544 cals

Water
2.5 litres

Grand Total: 1,420 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

Steps: 3,589
Distance: 2.261km
Calories burnt: 74 cals

Jogging

Used my original pedometer today, and although during the jogs it is not entirely accurate in contrast to the walking, it did a far better job than the newer one.

I've worked out since I averaged about 1,200 steps every 10 mins (although it is often 1,250), that works out to be 120 steps a minute. Or two steps a second. And since it's more like 1,250 steps, it would be about 2 steps every 0.8 seconds.

This is for the power walks, not the jogs.

Speaking of the jogs, I've never done so much. I'm becoming a lot more fitter, let me tell you.

Steps: 7,752
Distance: 4.883km
Calories burnt: 160 cals
Duration: 68 mins

Total

Steps: 11,341
Distance: 7.144km
Calories burnt: 234 cals

Face exercises

100.

Another fantastic day, I'd love to hear from any of you. :)
Shannon.
 
Oh, I am going to Melbourne (capital of Victoria, a state of Australia) tomorrow for two days for a concert. As such, things might not be part of the routine.

There will be no diary entries during this time, however I will make some comments about what happened when I return.

Cheers!
 
Hi Shannon

I hope that you have a great time in Melbourne and that the concert is good.

I hope that the face exercises are effective.

As far as a double chin goes - I got rid of mine when I had a comparitively high BMI (and I had a really bad one). I fully understand if you dont want to copy what I did - I know that men can have attitudes to things like creaming - but no-one knows what you do in your bathroom! I started putting cream on my face morning and night (including my neck and chin) and I swear that the action of rubbing it helped it to disappear. It was actually perfect timing for me because it disappeared back in October on the Tuesday before I had my school reunion on the Saturday. It was a delight to be able to attend without my double chin. Heaps of people would not know that I have had a double chin for the past 20 years!

Take care
Best wishes
Margaret
 
What kind of cream do you suggest Margaret?

The concert was fantastic. The first day I went (the day before the concert) my calories were reasonable. I had a chicken parma and a pot of beer but for health reasons I took the fattening cheese and ham off and just had the chicken, I was pleased with myself.

The next day it is a bit hard to accurately feed yourself when you're at a concert all day, and I'd say I would have been very under the calorie intake. I was in a mosh for one band for about 50 mins which made me sweat so much, so thus that would have been good exercise.

After the concert we almost missed our train so we had to run a fair few blocks, in fact, across town so my exercise was fantastic.

I recorded a new low of 82.6kg.

A good reason due to that was because I was exercising with the running to the train and moshing.

The bad reason because on the second day I was way under 1500 calories.

Still.... back to it tomorrow, today is a day of rest as my bones are aching.
 
Hey guys, made some stats which might keep me motivated. And what is the cream you are talking about, Margaret? I'd love to get some.

Code: 
WEEK 1
14/01/08: 90.0kg/198.1lb
15/01/08: 89.6kg/197.53lb (-0.4kg)
16/01/08: 90.2.kg/198.85lb (+0.6kg)
17/01/08: 91.1kg/200.81b (+0.9kg)
18/01/08: 90.2kg/198.85lb (-0.9kg)
19/01/08: 90.7kg/199.95lb (+0.5kg)
20/01/08: 90.5kg/199.52lb (-0.2kg)
21/01/08: 90.2kg/198.85lb (-0.3kg)
GAIN: 0.2kg

WEEK 2
22/01/08: 90.1kg/198.64lb (-0.1kg)
23/01/08: 89.4kg/197.09lb (-0.7kg)
24/01/08: 89.2kg/196.65lb (-0.2kg)
25/01/08: 90.0kg/198.1lb (+0.8kg)
26/01/08: 89.5kg/197.31lb (-0.5kg)
27/01/08: 89.5kg/197.31lb (0kg)
28/01/08: 89.2kg/196.7lb (-0.3kg)
29/01/08: 89.4kg/197lb (+0.2kg)
LOSS: 0.7kg

WEEK 3
30/01/08: 88.5kg/195.1lb (-0.9kg)
31/01/08: 87.5kg/192.9lb (-1.0kg)
02/02/08: 87.2kg/192.2lb (-0.3kg)
03/02/08: 86.9kg/191.6lb (-0.3kg)
04/02/08: 86.6kg/190.9lb (-0.3kg)
05/02/08: 86.5kg/190.7lb (-0.1kg)
06/02/08: 86.8kg/191.4lb (+0.3kg)
07/02/08: 86.8kg/191.4lb (0kg)
LOSS: 1.7kg

WEEK 4
08/02/08: 86.2kg/190lb (-0.6kg)
09/02/08: 85.8kg/189.2lb (-0.4kg)
10/02/08: 85.3kg/188.1lb (-0.5kg)
11/02/08: 85.7kg/188.9lb (+0.4kg)
12/02/08: 85.6kg/188.7lb (-0.1kg)
13/02/08: 85.4kg/188.3lb (-0.2kg)
14/02/08: 85.0kg/187.4lb (-0.4kg)
15/02/08: 85.4kg/188.3lb (+0.4kg)
LOSS: 0.8kg

WEEK 5
16/02/08: 84.3kg/185.8lb (-1.1kg)
17/02/08: 83.9kg/185lb (-0.3kg)
18/02/08: 84.7kg/186.7lb (+0.8kg)
19/02/08: 84.5kg/186.3lb (-0.2kg)
20/02/08: 84.4kg/186.1lb (-0.1kg)
21/02/08: 84.5kg/186.3lb (+0.1kg)
22/02/08: 83.9kg/185lb (-0.6kg)
23/02/08: 84.2kg/185.6lb (+0.3kg)
LOSS: 0.1kg

WEEK 6
24/02/08: 83.4kg/183.8lb (-0.8kg)
25/02/08: 84.4kg/186.1lb (+1.0kg)
26/02/08: 83.3kg/183.6lb (-1.1kg)
27/02/08: 83.5kg/184.1lb (+0.2kg)
28/02/08: 83.2kg/183.4lb (-0.3kg)
29/02/08: missed.
01/03/08: 82.6kg/182.1lb (-0.6kg)
02/03/08: 83.4kg/183.8lb (+0.8kg)
NO LOSS/GAIN

WEEK 7
03/03/08: 82.7kg/182.3lb (-0.5kg)
Hopeful 10/03/08 weight: 82.0kg

RECORDS
Best Week: Week 3 (Loss of 1.7kg)
Best Day: 16/02/08 and 26/02/08 (Loss of 1.1kg)

Worst Week: Week 1 (Gain of 0.2kg)
Wost Day: 25/02/08 (Gain of 1.0kg)

Lowest weight since weighing: 82.6kg (01/03/08)
Highest weight since weighing: 91.1kg (17/01/08)
 
Hi!
Thanks for stopping by my diary! It's great to know we have a common goal this week!

Great job with the stats, it sure helps to have the numbers at hand.

I'll stop by during the week to see how you're doing.
Have a great monday!

India
 
Monday, March 3, 2008

Haven't done this since Wednesday. For shame. I guess being away messed me up a bit, updating wise. Oh well, back to daily I go again!

I still haven't joined a gym, my only excuse now is I'm scared. Scared of other people seeing me. And I know this is the wrong thought patterns to have but I can't help it.

Need to get in the habit of weight training, with squats, pushups etc too.

An almost low today of 82.7kg! That is something to yay about!

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skim milk - 42 cals

Total: 292 cals

Lunch
One lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrot, lean chicken 6 inch roll from Subway - 450 cals
Total: 450 cals

Snacks
One glass of skim milk - 85 cals
One apple - 75 cals

Total: 160 cals

Dinner
Roast chicken, skinless - 350 cals
Salad (cucumber, lettuce, onion, carrot, tomato) - 110 cals

Total: 460 cals

Water
2.5 litres

Grand Total: 1,362 cals (A bit down, I was out of my bars today. :()

Exercise

My legs hurt from the concert and this was especially realised when I tried my jog/power walk. My legs hurt so much I had to end it early and cease jogging. :(

Normal Walking

Steps: 5,182
Distance: 3.264km
Calories burnt: 106.5 cals

Jogging (or lack there of)

Steps: 6,294
Distance: 3.965km
Calories burnt: 129.4 cals
Duration: 53 mins

Total

Steps: 11,476
Distance: 7.229km
Calories burnt: 235.9 cals

Day was alright, would appreciate comments from members? :)
Shannon
 
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Today was great in that I reached a new low of 82.0kg and the fact I made my first stirfry. Damn those sauces with the high sodium, but oh so nice. I used brown rice too.

Today wasn't so great in the fact my legs are killing me and it hurts to walk still, let alone jog and on a non-health related matter I didn't do as much study as hoped.

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skim milk - 42 cals

Total: 292 cals

Lunch
Two wholegrain, tomato and lettuce sandwiches - 390 cals
One apple - 75 cals
Three strawberries - 15 cals
One glass of milk - 84 cals

Total: 564 cals

Snacks
Two Go Natural Peach & Apple 100% Fruit Bar - 192 cals

Total: 192 cals

Dinner
Stirfry (sauce, brown rice and frozen vegetables) - 450 cals

Total: 450 cals

Water
2.5 litres

Grand Total: 1,498 cals

Exercise

Legs hurt so much. Stretches aren't helping. Did a couple of dumbbells and sit ups/push ups however.

Normal Walking

Steps: 6,294
Distance: 3.965km
Calories burnt: 129.4 cals

Today was good, just wish my legs weren't hurting so much.

Cheers,
Shannon :cheers2:
 
Hi Shannon,

Who did you see in concert in Melb? My H is from there--beautiful city. :)

Where do you go to uni? I did a semester of post-grad at Monash. It bit the big one. :D

Don't be afraid to hit the gym. I was much bigger than you when I started. I think you'll find that it's not full of just skinny women in skmpy outfits, and big beefy meatheads with bods to die for..lol. There will most likely be people of all shapes and sizes. And, 180lbs, you are by no means huge. Just get someone who works there to help you out and set you up with a program.
 
Hey Kim. :)

I went to the Soundwave concert in Melbourne, it was basically a bunch of heavy metal and hard rock bands. Oh so fun!

Well I'm more cautious of the university gym, a lot of athletic guys and I'm assuming A LOT of hot girls. But yeah, the uni gym would be cheaper.

Congratulations on your weight loss thus far! You're over half way! Whooo. :)
 
Oh and I'm at La Trobe University in Bendigo, two hours north from Melbourne. I know a few people that are at Monash, including my cousin who is currently doing his honors.

What degree were you doing?
 
Geovicsha said:
Oh and I'm at La Trobe University in Bendigo, two hours north from Melbourne. I know a few people that are at Monash, including my cousin who is currently doing his honors.

What degree were you doing?
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Ah! My H graduated from LaTrobe--but the Bundoora campus, I believe it was--the one in Melbourne. :cheers2: I was doing a Women's Studies Masters course. I found the whole thing irritating and tedious. :D

Well, the uni gym might be filled with the buff, athletic types, but at your current weight, you will not stick out like a sore thumb. Find someone who knows what they're doing to show you the ropes and set you up with a routine. The benefits of it far outweigh any self-consciousness you might feel. And you'd turn into a buff hottie yourself soon enough after pumping iron. ;)
 
Oh yeah I am considering transferring to Bundoora for my third year actually, I've been to the campus a couple of times before. Wonderful place.

I was this close to joining the gym before, as I'm currently at uni waiting for my 5pm class (it's 3.17pm now) until I saw someone I know from my hometown who is very obnoxious and arrogant and also athletic and my self-conciousness kicked in due to the fact there is not only someone I know, but someone I dislike.

There's a gym near my house (well, a "community leisure centre") which I should check out tonight when on my jog.

My conclusion is uni gyms are more about body building and for fit people whilst the one near my house will have many similar people with my goals.

Then again I'm probably just making excuses and a gym is a gym. :D
 
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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Thought I might jazz up the old diary and add a few size tags. Haha. A change is as good as a holiday! :cheers2:

A normal day food wise, I can honestly say that after 2 months of doing this I still have not had any major craving for any form of junk food. I was never an avid fan of it anyway.

After Margaret's advice I bought some oil for my chin and decided on bio-oil, which will now be mainly used for stretch marks around my body. The only way to be permanently rid of them is through surgery which is way out of my price bracket.

Was only able to weigh myself after uni (with by which time I've already had breakfast and lunch) and still came in at 82.4kg, so I could only imagine what it would have been like in the first thing of the morning. However, now, after dinner it's 83.3kg. I seriously should stop weighing myself after dinner as I know myself that it will increase as the day goes on... But still.

Was about to join a gym, or at least check it out, the one near my uni but self-consciousness got the better of me as I saw someone from my home town who is very obnoxious and made me nervous. I might look at the one near my house.

I hate myself for being so nervous and self-conscious about a gym, not only am I nervous about being the overweight one with a bunch of extremely fit people (and to make matters worse someone I know), but I don't know how to use the equipment (both the cardio and weight stuff) and I'm even scared the staff will laugh at me.

Paranoia anyone? :willy_nilly:

My legs aren't as sore today, but still not 100%. Monday's and Wednesday's are the worst when it comes to the power walks/jogs. As some of you may or may not know, I've been doing them in the evening, a habit which developed during my holidays in my hometown. Now that I'm back at uni, it's very hard to do so as on Monday's and Wednesday's I don't get home until about 7pm.

That, and the fact that it's getting darker sooner (daylight savings is about to end) I think I have no alternative but to do it in the mornings BEFORE I go to uni. Monday's and Wednesday's anyway (Tuesday's I can do it in the afternoon and I have Thursday's-Sunday's off). What do you guys think? :)

Either way, it's Wednesday night at 11.36pm and I have my four day weekend! :hurray: Tomorrow is going to be devoted to birthday shopping for a friend, going on that jog/power walk as I think my legs are now up to it and some reading for uni.

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skim milk - 42 cals

Total: 292 cals

Lunch
One lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrot, lean chicken 6 inch roll from Subway - 450 cals

Total: 450 cals

Snacks
Two Go Natural Peach & Apple 100% Fruit Bar - 192 cals

Total: 192 cals

Dinner
Stirfry (sauce, brown rice and frozen vegetables) - 450 cals

Total: 450 cals

Water
3.3 litres (Two bottles of 750ml water and three of 600ml)

Grand Total: 1,384 calsUni is seriously screwing this up. It's hard not being able to have a glass of skim milk or an apple.. Fortunately I take my bars with me, however I haven't been ahving the ~200 cal bars lately. Hmmm.

Exercise

Normal Walking

Steps: 8,326
Distance: 5.245km
Calories burnt: 171.2 cals

Muscle Maintenance

10 dumbells in each arm.
15 sit ups.

Not much but it's a start. I'm kicking myself in the head for my nervousness about a gym.

Other

Face exercises (up and down with mouth 100 times) + bio-oil on face.

Hope you all had a good day,
Shannon
 
Hi Shannon

I am pleased to see that Kimberly has been looking in on you. She is a great chum of mine and full of very sound advice.

I am pleased that you popped into my diary when you had a question for me. I am sorry that I do not get around to visiting your diary as often as I would like - but you would be amazed at the amount of people that I try and keep up with. I have told you not to feel abandoned if I do not get by.

I see that you have been signing up for some challenges. They are great for keeping people on track. I always sign up for just about everything. It is worth signing up for quite a few as some do eliminations so you can get eliminated and find that you are no longer in a challenge if you only do one or two. Did you see that there is another one about to close very soon. It is called the Summer Solstice Fitness Challenge. I would sign up for it too if I were you.

It's a shame that you are apprehensive about going to a gym. In all honesty - you now look so healthy and trim that you would probably find it a great place to meet girls. Many of us have irrational feelings and mentally associate a historical shape to ourselves which has been superceded by our recent efforts. Still at the end of the day - we are what we are. We all get nervous about things at times.

I think that it is a good idea to check out different gyms if you have decided to ignore the obvious choice. The most important thing is to keep up your exercise whether or not you go to a gym. Naturally that involves your walking and jogging. It is a good idea to keep up the muscle work that you are doing. Trevor that visits my diary is about your age and he has pretty much got to his goal weight and is working on building up his muscles.

As far as the best time to do your walking / jogging goes - the best time is when you will actually end up doing it. By that I mean that I agree that it is a good idea to move things around because the chances are that you will decide against doing it if it means going and doing it after dark. The morning works well - as long as you get up in time and get yourself out. Alternatively going out for a walk works in the middle of the day if you can tear yourself away from your friends. Only you know whether you are likely to get out and do it at any particular part of the day. The big thing is for you to identify the best time and then build it as a habit into your schedule.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hey!

Thanks for visiting my diary! Looks like you're doing a great job now as well.....I will try and read some more of your diary this weekend as I'm having a really busy week!

I know Brandy (bmohearn) is holding a "summer solstice" challenge, and I believe you can sign up for it today or tomorrow if you'd like.....it starts this Fri!

Also, bikinibound has a challenge starting Friday. Sign-ups were supposed to end yesterday but I think she mentioned something about having more teams join? I'm not sure you can ask her. Both are in the Challenges section, so you should definitely check them out soon!
 
Omega said:
I am pleased to see that Kimberly has been looking in on you. She is a great chum of mine and full of very sound advice.

Take care
Love
Margaret
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Kimberly is also a dirty old lady who likes to flirt with men half her age. :biggrinjester: Watch out!!

I hope you can find some teammates for my challenge. I am keeping my eyes open for some.

I had the same problem with the walking thing a few months ago (as our seasons are reversed). I am not a morning person, so an a.m. walk was out of the question..lol. It was either afternoon or not at all. I tend to stick to my gym and exercise bike this time of year due to the frigid weather and snowy/icy roads.

Ok, something I have learned about Aussies is that they don't winge, and never back down from a challenge. They are some of the toughest, ballsiest people I know--something to do with the climate, I think--that or the convict heritage. :D Anyway, it's time you got over your fear of the gym. I was afraid myself, but let me tell ya--I'm so glad I got over it. People are nice and friendly, and helpful. If you run into an arsehole, don't let it bug you--clearly anyone who makes fun of you only does it b/c they are unhappy with themselves. So live up to your Aussieness and don't let fear stop you from achieving your goals. As F.D. Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." :) Or to quote my H, "Man it out." ;)

There, Margaret, did I do good? :biggrinjester:
 
Hi Shannon

I see that you have a team for the challenge. Check out the challenge thread, get weighed and start either dancing or eating lots of cabbage. Most of us are eating cabbage - because we know that we are quite good at eating. You need to count your hours of exercise too.

bikinibound said:
There, Margaret, did I do good? :biggrinjester:
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Thanks Kimberly for giving Shannon a pep talk.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hi Shannon,
Congrats on getting into the challenge. :D Like Margaret said, don't forget to find your team thread (2 MILFs and an Aussie Battler :D ) and follow the directions. Also, go and read the rules I posted in the main challenge thread, and then I believe it's on page 6 or 7 of that same thread is this week's info. It starts tomorrow. Good luck!

Have a great weekend! :party:
 
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