Its Been a Week

Hello all!

So its been a week.  I haven't blogged.

Lets take a poll... What do you think?
I quit the diet, this is my last blog post.
I have been cheating like crazy and felt to guilty to blog
I have been cheating a little, and was too busy to blog.
I never cheated, and have just been too busy to blog.
I was sent to fat camp, and was too busy to blog.


Here, let me update you!
I have been exercising and I have been dieting.  I have cheated a bit, more than I wanted to cheat, but I didn't fall off the wagon... And I have been too busy to blog.  Thats a lie, I am a dirty liar.  Truth is that I have been wanting to blog, and every time I go to do it, I either get distracted or the frigin internet isnt working.

Stop doubting me if you thought I quit.  Stop expecting so much of me if you thought I never cheated.  Stop being a little jerk if you think I went to fat camp. 

I Can See a Difference!!

So yesterday my mom asked me 'do you see a difference in your body?' and I said 'no, but I am not discouraged, I will soon enough'.

I was really ok with it, I am patient this time around.

I woke up this morning and happened to notice that one of my rolls on my waste are gone.

Goodbye, Norton.

Yeah, I named my rolls, they were there for me when I was lonely, fat and hungry. ;)

But, sincerely, I am really pretty excited that I am seeing progress.

My friend and I went on a ten mile bike ride yesterday (I just mapquested her uncles house to the ferry which we only said was one mile but is really 2.5) a 13 mile bike ride yesterday.  I used to love biking when I was a kid.  It was my favorite and primary mode of transportation.  I don't remember getting tired or needing breaks back then.

Man, am I out of shape!  Two blocks in, I was like 'I need a break!!!" and we actually almost quit! 

Thank goodness we didn't.  We biked 2.5 miles to the ferry, took the ferry into Manhattan, biked the pier for 4 miles, turned around and did 4 miles back to the ferry (after biking a short while through a neighborhood nearby), took the ferry and did 2.5 miles back to her uncle's house.  We took a few breaks, but honestly were having an amazing time.  And I got my tan on as an added bonus!

While on the awesome pier, we paced ourselves.  We didn't want to feel like we were just there to work out, we wanted to enjoy the scenery, we love watching people, so sure, all types of people passed us.  We saw this awesome guy who was skateboarding while holding his dog's leash who was running next to him which we thought was so cool.  We saw this girl with the body of my freaking dreams pass us (you could crack walnuts on her tushy).  A few 80 year old men on bikes passed us, making me chuckle.  But the fact is that we may not have been going super fast, but we were going for a long time, and it was also the first time either of us fattays had been on a bike in years.  So the 80 year old men, I am proud of them and I hope that when I am 80, I am riding bikes on the pier with my friends.

                                                                           Julia

                                                                         Meh

We ate well yesterday.  Had more carbs than lately I think because we were running low on energy, but nothing bad. I am really not being tempted with much junk, which is an awesome feeling.  UH-MAZING!

I will be a hot bride, and she will be a hot bridesmaid.  Out.

Before Pics and Some Other Stuff

Dieting is hard.  Can't someone just throw me in a cave for the next few months and feed me nothing but veggies?

Exercising is also hard. 


Some more serious stuff before we fade into the fun stuff..

To be honest, I thought it would be much harder.  I am staying so motivated when I have been unable to be since forever.  I think a part of that is due to the blog, another part is that I am really relying on God to help me with this.  I want to be dependent on Him, and when I am feeling the need for some sort of food, I try to press into Him and it really helps.  I know His desire is for me to be healthy, and I want my will to match up with His, so here goes.

I haven't blogged for about 3 days because I dont want to feel like this is my daily homework.  My goal is to blog 3-4 times a week, not daily.  I dont want to feel like if I failed at blogging today, my diet also did not count.  So that is that.


Also, it is really hard for me to share 'before' pictures without 'after' pictures to make me feel a little better.  But, since this is a blog and I am sure 100% of the three people reading this blog see me in person quite frequently, here goes.  Photo cred to my awesome rockstar mom.

See the problem?  I do.  It is long past time to take the bull by the horns, and I will continue to do what I can to look frigging banging on my wedding day (and wedding night, bow-chicka-bow-wow, brown-chicken-brown-cow). 

So, diet for the past few days has been awesome.  I mean it.  I have been really good, which is not like me (obviously).  I have had so many opportunities to cheat where no one would know but I haven't.  I haven't even been craving sweets as much, which is awesome.  I don't know how it happened, but I would like to keep it up. 

Isn't that legit?  It sucks but whatever.  It is life and I need to be careful.  Thin is in, no matter how much I hate the work and effort it takes.

Exercise has also been good, I have been walking/running as if there was cake at the end of the road.  I walked for just over an hour last night with a friend and then walked and ran for just over three hours in the city today with another friend.  Tomorrow is bike day, we want to bike from the house to the ferry, from the ferry to Central Park and back home again.  I want to look good and I want it to happen soon.

I am going to be doing 10 pound rewards.  Meaning when I am 10 pounds down, I will give myself something awesome, in this next case, I want to try a baked good from the bakery that is making my wedding cake, I need to try them and know they are awesome in order to be confident in using them.  Have you guys done this?  Does it work?  I figure that is 6 cool rewards to look forward to for 60 pounds, maybe exercise clothes, caaaaaaaaaaaaake, a baby tiger, you know, the normal things.

Here is something awesome that happened today.  My sister and I were driving and I looked over to the next car and saw those little family decals in the rear window. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it had a huge HONKIN bird crap falling from what looks like the sky onto this poor mother's head.  It made me crack up, so I snapped a picture, assuming the people reading this blog have even a small sense of humor, you will think this is awesome.
                                         
That was my favorite part of the day.  By far.

Don't Dig Your Grave With Your Own Knife and Fork

Ahh, Saturday.

I stayed up late with Jon and his mom last night watching Finding Nemo.  Until a bit after 1am.  Finding Nemo is awesome.

I assumed I would be able to sleep in today, but apparently my body had other plans.  Stupid ignorant biological alarm clock.  So I was up at 7... yeah.  We all know what they say about when you assume.  Yeah, that happened.

Well, anywho I got up and ate breakfast.  I had kashi cereal and coconut milk and guess what? I actually read the serving size!  Like, I checked to see how many calories, carbs, fat, all that jazz, then I looked up and read 'Servings per box' and 'Serving Size'.
OHMYGREATANDSHINYSTARS!  Did you know that a 'serving' of cereal is 1/2 cup?!  I am sorry... WHAT?!

So I am thinking I should let you know that I typically get a salad bowl and put my cereal in there.  I don't mean just a salad bowl for a serving of salad, I mean I grab the bowl that you make the salad in, the huge one that basically fits a salad of a thousand families.  I dump in the entire box of lucky charms, pick out everything but the marshmallows, throw some whole milk on it and call it a day.

Today, I learned a great lesson on what serving sizes look like.  I now know.  Ignorance was really blissful.

But, I really was sincerely satisfied.  Thank goodness.

After that, I went and took a run.  I jello-jogged and walked for about a half an hour.  I kept setting small goals for things to run to... that tree, that house, that fire hydrant (I did feel like a dog running to the fire hydrant, in care you were wondering.)  All in all, I did pretty well!

Then I ate- turkey soup that my lovely mother in law to be made, which was amazing  A banana, roast turkey, green beans and tons of spinach (Popeye says its good for ya), some of my sister in law to be's spectacular cranberry sauce and some strawberries.

I went on one more walk and called this day a SUCCESS!!!!!!  

 

My Eating Habits and Journal Numero Uno

Two posts in one day?
Do me a solid, please don't get used to it.  I hate to disappoint.

 I wanted to share with you my typical eating habits.  Lets talk about the reason I am in this mess.

The problem is, working out is so hard and cake is so yummy.

I do have a gym membership.  I have had one for years.  I pay $20 a month.  Since I never go, basically this gives me a little card to put on my keychain to make it easier for me to find my keys in my purse. 

Ok, so maybe that ISN'T what the $20 a month is supposed to be for, maybe I am wrong.  Maybe I am way too lazy to go to the gym AND put my keys in the little pocket in my purse.

No more of that.  My fiance, Jon hates when I waste money.

Yeah, I am a big enough person so say I deserved that snowball to the face.  No pun intended.

Eating habits, you ask?

I happen to think that is a pretty funny phrase.  'Eating Habits".  I feel like habit means consistency, and I would love to give you a typical day in the life of Sarah's digestive system, but I really cannot.  I guess my main eating habit is the fact that I pretty consistently eat everything in sight, as long as it is filled with sugar and red dye #249.

Ok it may not be that bad but it really isn't good.  Chinatown should be done in moderation.  The guys who work at Teariffic know my order as soon as I walk in, and were in shock when they heard I lived in Staten Island and actually make the drive into the city to drink their Taro Bubble Tea Smoothie.  It really is pathetic.  It is unbalanced and it is changing.  Sorry my Asian comrades, I will not be around for a while.

What is the goal from now on?

Drink water, and lots of it.  No more sugar drinks, just water.
Eat a lot of veggies, especially greens.
When craving sugar, go with fruit.
Eat in smaller portions.
Eat less meat.  I am not saying meat is bad, but according to Dr.Oz, it should be a smaller part of your diet.
Eat less dairy.  Same with above.
Stop bored-eating.  If I am that bored, I am thinking gum may be the route to go.
No sugar-free foods.  These are really not good for you, they have chemicals that actually cause you to gain weight.  Pretty vicious cycle if you think about it.
Go to the gym 3+ times a week.
Work out daily, even if its just 20 mins a day.
Drive less.  Walk more.  Especially now that it is getting to be so beautiful out.

I am sure the list will grow, but I don't intend on being super strict. I don't want to do this hardcore diet, get sick of it and quit in a week.  I am looking to develop healthy HABITS!  Healthy consistencies.  Sounds like a plan.

So today, here is my little journal....

I ate a salad, a piece spinach and cheddar quiche, a small bit of tuna, turkey, fried chicken without breading, 1 banana and a handful of grapes.

I went to the gym for about 1 hour.  I did 1 mile treadmill and 2 miles elliptical.  I thought I would be able to do more, but oh goodness.  

I was doing interval training in the treadmill.  I was standing behind this girl with the body of a freaking supermodel.  I had the urge to walk up to her and say "What are you doing here?!  Clearly, you're done.  Go home and eat a cupcake."  Instead, I reminded myself that she is working on up-keep and one day I will be that girl.  So as I ran (which is really just jogging with a lot of bouncing and discomfort in weird places if you're fat), I allowed skinny cupcake chick to motivate me.  I did only a mile, after which I went to the bathroom and gagged a few times, looked in the mirror and... this happened.  Ladies and Gentleman, my day in a meme...

So I fixed myself up, got back out there and hit the elliptical.  Now, I hate the elliptical.  I am sorry, I meant to say I HATEEEEEEEE the elliptical.  I still did it, though.  I set a goal for a mile.  I hit the mile mark in about 12 minutes.  OCD then took over and I decided to go to 15 minutes.  Once I hit 15 minutes, OCD told me to go to 1.5 miles, since I was almost almost there. Once I hit 1.5 miles, I decided to make a mad dash to try to finish 2 miles in 20 minutes.  I did it.  And I owe it all to OCD.
Once I finished that, I about passed out, and had to leave the gym before I actually did pass out and would have to be carried out while looking like that girl in the picture above.

Goodbye, Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies Dipped in Ice Cream.

Today is the day.

I am getting married in 6 months and 7 days.
Time to start shedding for the wedding.

Yeah, sure, I said that about 6 months ago when I actually got engaged, but don't judge me.  Working out is hard and cake is yummy.  This time, I mean it.  I need to get this weight off.  I don't want to look through my wedding photos and try to choose them based on the ones I look least fat in. 

Did that with my engagement party, did not enjoy it.

My wedding gown is going to be ready to be picked up in July.  This means I have about three months at most to lose the weight.  How much weight, you ask?  A whole lot of weight.

I weigh about 206 lbs.  Yeah, you read that right.  206.  Like, two-hundred-and-six pounds. 

In case you didn’t know- here are some things that weigh LESS than me…
An overweight male red kangaroo
A fat fallow deer
A 40 gallon cast-iron cook pot
A middle aged ostrich
A pot-belly pig.  Are you hearing this?
Two bloodhounds.  TWO!
The complete Oxford English Dictionary set.  I weigh only 60 pounds more than that.

PLUS-------------
Arnold Schwarzenegger weighs only 29 pounds more than I do.
Please, allow that to sink in .

I would like to lose about 60+ lbs.

That, in case you were wondering, is the average size of an elephant’s penis.  TMI?  It’s nature.  I can say ‘YESSSSSSS!  I have officially lost an elephant’s penis’ and if that is not motivation enough to lose the weight, I don’t know what is.