Julieann's Diary

achieved my goal yesterday!

October 4, 2005

OK, I did it, I ate 4 fruits and 5 vegies yesterday. I am going to try again today.
Victoria, The Arc trainer is an Eliptical machine, but it is much more challenging than the usual eliptical. I do it at the highest incline and i set the resistance to 25-30 lbs. i think you can go all the way up to 100 lbs. I like this machine because it most simulates hiking or backpacking (depending on resistance), so it really helps to condition me for when i go hiking or backpacking. You can look at a picture of it at , i use the total body arc trainer listed under cardio - cross training. I wish i could have one in my house for the winter, but they are very expensive.
I get my nutritional info from a calorie counts book. It is kinda difficult to know how many cals exactly you get from fruit because of the size variance. but we need to eat them :)

Christina, thanks for the encouragement. You are doing great as well. I wish i had more time to do my pilates videos as often as you do. they are great, I can really tell that it improves my strength when i do them regularly.

Ok, the rest of yesterday:

burrito 250
pear 100
I almost forgot: rode bike to and from work 400 cals

Today:
exercise:
arc trainer 45 min 616 cal (i took it easy today, my legs were tired)
upper body strength
ride to work 200
will ride home 200

food so far:

apple 80
V8 70
zone bar 210
water so far 48 oz.

well i got to get going, I have a deadline for my school work and i need to use my spare time to do my assignments.

Julie
 
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wishing I had an arc trainer! LOL
Pilates is only 20 min!!!!! Thats what I love about it.
And Tae BO is only 30! when I get boot camp tae bo were lookin at 50 min, I cant wait!
I love how strong I feel after doing all my exercises.
We rock!
lol
 
made goal two days in a row!

Christina, My pilates videos are only 20 mins as well, at least the three that i have tried so far, i have some longer ones but havn't tried them yet. I have one for abs - one for buns & thighs - one for upper body. I do the abs the most and the lower body second most. It is just difficult becuase I really can't get up any earlier than 5:00 a.m. (sleep is important for your health too) and in the evenings by the time i get home, shower, eat, and feed the kitties, i am just too worn out :( Also, my boyfriend always has the tv on and i hate to take it over when he is watching something. that is his unwind time. I do need to make a better effort though, i always feel so good when i do pilates. I am excited for you that you are going to get the boot camp, make sure you get the Billybands as well they really make a difference. He will kick your but!! well probably not, you do the tae bo all the time so you are probably ready for him! You are doing so great!

well for the rest of yesterday:

food:
WW angel hair pasta (1 vegie) 200
apple 80
V8 70
Pineapple 60
LC rice and beans 290
Hummus 100
soy crisps 300
apple sauce 45

total cal 1505
total water 64 oz water

I need to behave myself w/ the soy crisps, even though they are really healthy, too much of anything is bad. I either need to stop buying them or only put one portion in a bowl instead of sitting down w/ the whole bag.

today:

exercise: arc trainer 45 min 636
I tried to do my walk run program on the treadmill, but my legs still hurt from when i did it on Sunday :(
ride bike to work 200
will ride home 200

food:

1/2 C Fiber one 60
1C soymilk 50
applesauce 45
V8 70
diced pears 50

water so far 48 oz.

well gotta go

Julie
 
Lookin good girl!! =) I am the same way when i sit down with a bag of Quakes - mini rice cakes! Yeah they are good for you but .... not the whole damn bag!! hahah ... pour some in a bowl, good idea!
 
you're right Skinny, I should use the bowl, i shouldn't cut something out of my diet that is good for me and I like. One of the main parts of changing our lifestyles is to learn portion control.

Christina, I am so glad you are enjoying your exercise and how you feel because of it. that is a great motivator. I don't know if the same thing is happening to you or not, but i get a lot less migraines and bad headaches when i exercise.

Ok yesterday i did not eat enough cals.
this is the rest of what i ate yesterday.
LC ravioli 250
1 can mixed fruit 60
applesauce cup 45
V8 70
String cheese 80
protien shake 220
2 svg brocoli 50
total cals 1050
total water 64

on to today:
today I did not go to the gym or ride my bike to work. I only did 15 min of yoga this morning. I woke up with a really bad headache and my back hurt really bad. I think my body was telling me to take a rest day, so i did. or it is because i went to bed last night pretty upset. boyfriend troubles :( As i said yesterday, it has been over a week since i took a day of from the gym. and i can't remember the last time i did not go to the gym and not ride my bike on the same day. so it has been quite a while since i have taken a full day off from any cardio. So i am not going to feel bad about today.

food so far
fiber one 60
soymilk 50
apple 80
protien shake 230
LC lasagna florentinge 270

water so far today 72 oz.

I should get my weight watchers at home kit today so i will calculate my points and see how i did for today. I will post the point stuff later today or tomorrow.
 
I still get headaches, have not noticed if excercise has changed it really. I always have some sort of pain going on... ALWAYS... but I have learned over the years to ignore them, cause they will always be there, or come back... Migranes and cramps are my killers... they really bring me down... Excercise is supposed to be good for those things... I will let you know once I start paying better attention..

You do so good with keeping tract of your cals and such.
Hope the boyfriend probs get better. Those are bummers too....

It used to be so hard to MAKE myself do any excercise... I'm telling you, I am getting addicted... hmmmm, speaking of addictions, I am in the mood for another Tattoo!! lol

hope you get your WW stuff today!
 
Christina, I am the same way w/always having some pain in my head. Every once in a while, I am pain free, and i get surprised and it puts me in a really good mood. but the real bad headaches and migraines are a lot less frequent. I used to sometimes get migraines 3xs a week and i had to go to urgent care for some of them to get shots because i couldn't stand the pain. I haven't had to go to urgent care for about 2 1/2 years now and i only get migrains about 2-3 times a month. The bad headaches are a little more frequent. I still have the real bad one from yesterday today. I can't figure out what will help it. Yesterday, I didn't exercise and took zomig ( my Migraine medicine) it helped a little but today it is back full force. I have tried drinking more and eating more, but that isn't helping either. I am at a loss.
wow, I am rambling about a depressing topic, sorry.

well the here is the rest of yesterday:
V8 70
applesauce 45
diced pears 50
string cheese 80
LC Penne pasta 270

Total cals 1205
total fiber 32.5g
total protien 92g
total fat 19.5g
total water 72 oz
total weight watchers points 22

wow, weight watchers is a lot different point wise. when i tried it last time It seemed like i was eating too much. but i am supposed to have 22 points a day and i ate them all.

well, on to today,
Arc trainer 45 mins 616 cals
I will try to do more later, but my head just hurts too bad to do anymore right now.

food so far
0 pts.1/2C fiber one 60
1 pt. 1C soy milk
1 pt. apple 80
1 pt. 4 oz better n' eggs 60
0 pts. a little brocoli slaw
20 oz water

well, i better get going on my school work.

julie
 
the weekend

Friday 10/8/05
Cal 1395
fibr 63g
prot 84.5g
fat 24g
WW points 22

exercise:
arc trainer 45min 616 cal
arm bike 15 min 60

water: 60 oz

10/9/05
cal 1226
fibr 37g
prot 68g
fat 27g
WW points 22
water: 64 oz

exercise:
arc trainer 45 min 596 cal
bike 10 min 76 cal
treadmill 10 min @ 6mph 17 min @ 3.5 mph 155 cal

I like the weight watchers program. It seems to be pretty easy so far. I have not used any flex points or activity points yet, but i may start, depending on my weight loss. I have read about the wendie plan where you alternate high and low point days to keep you metabolism working and i may try this if i get to a plateau.
 
So your doing better on W.W. than last time!!!!.....Hope it helps you get to be where you want to be!!!...Could you go more into detail about the "wendi plan"...I am curious..
 
The Wendie plan

Kimberly, yes, I am doing better on the new ww program. I think the big difference is the fiber amount cap. Here is the website that has the info on the wendie plan basically you alternate high point days and low point days using your flex points. It is supposed to keep your metabolism guessing. I found out about it on a forum on the weight watchers website. It seems to help people get over their plateaus. I hope this helps
 
I dont think they were doing "flex" points when I use to go. I know my father and mother were doing them when they went.
My points range from 30 - 35.........are you doing the exercise points yet?....Im kinda confused by that..because If I go by what it says.....I can average a total of 9 to 12 points with my exercising and weight ( and thats for one day)
 
weight watchers

Kimberly,
The stuff i got says that you get 35 flex points to use each week in addition to your daily points target. My daily points target is 22. Your daily points target right now is 32. at your next weigh in your daily points target will drop down to 31 because you will be at 299 or less! :) I added the points up for me on the wendie plan and if i have 38 points on my SHD the points used in a week will be the same as if i were to use all of my flex points. I do not use the activity points at all and this first week i ate 22 points a day and did not use any flex points either. I am kind of scared to start the wendie plan being that i am only eating 154 points per wk and on the wendie plan i would eat 189 points per wk. But if i hit another plateau, i will try it for at least 2 weeks and see how it goes. Let me know if you want any additional info from the at home kit that i got.

Julie
 
Wow...all that sounds a little confusing..lol...
I know they kinda changed points on certain food.....salsa use to be 0 points..but someone told me it now has points....what about diet soda?
 
salsa is still 0 points unless you eat a lot of it. You are supposed to calculate the total food values based on the amount of servings you have. so if you ate a whole cup of salsa, you would multiply the cal-fibr-and fat by how many servings you had and then calculate you points based on the totals. and diet soda is still 0 points. I think the biggest change is that you can only count 4 grams of fiber per serving when calculating the points. so even if something has 10 grams of fiber you would only count 4 grams.

I hope this helps

Julie
 
I loooooove salsa!!!...It really helps me drink my water when I am having a bad water day!!....Wonder why they started to do that with the fiber???.......Been hiking any more??
 
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hiking

I am going hiking on Saturday in Maine. We are going to climb Crocker Mountain. It is supposed to be one of the toughest mountains in Maine next to Kattadin. It is only 8.3 miles but it is over 4100 feet tall. I'm a little intimidated. My boyfriend and i are going with some people he knows at Harvard. I hope I don't turn out to be a baby. It will also be pretty cold. A town in the valley next to the mountain is supposed to be 47degrees high and 36 low. that is pretty cold for me. Oh well, it will be great exercise.
I know i haven't been posting much, I have been real busy, but i have been staying on plan, exerciseing daily, and drinking my water. I wish i could post more and be better support for everyone, but sometimes life just gets in the way. sorry.
Oh, i think the reason they changed the points calculation was because people were overeating but staying within their points by eating a lot of cals. a quote from some of the material i got said "Fiber has calories too"

well take care, I hope to be more active on this site soon.

Julie
 
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