sunday

breakfast: 4 scrambled eggs, sliced cucumber

lunch: grilled hamburger topped with guacamole(no bun) some cooked mixed vegetables and 4 strawberries

dinner: chicken breast, some roasted potato slices, and spinach salad with a low carb italian dressing.

snack: a couple of roasted hazlenuts ( i'm going to try making a nutella recipe i saw)

Since I started crossfit I've almost given up grains and dairy and have upped my intake of vegetables tremendously as well as eating protein at every meal. I cheat a little when I drink coffee because i am a coffee with my cream and sugar type of person, but I have lessened how much of those I put in and don't drink it everyday, maybe even only 2x a week. I also had an amazing rice, chicken and veggie bowl that had tons of soy sauce when I went out to dinner with Justin's family, but other than that I've been pretty good. I'm still a bit irregular but I haven't gotten as many headaches, my mind has felt clearer and I've felt like I have a lot more energy. I lost 4 pounds this week (mon-mon) and I'm down 11lbs from my scary heaviest weight that I reached sometime this summer.

Next Saturday, I'm going apple picking at this farm where they make homemade apple doughnuts, and I am totally having some because they are amazing and warm and gooey and it only comes once a year. I will try to limit it to two and be really strict with myself all week.

I really like these free trackers for weight-loss and waist-loss on realage.com.

Being an artist, I never thought I would miss sports so much. But I do. In junior high through sophomore year I played volleyball and it was so much fun. I miss it incredibly. I gave up volleyball to work on my swimming and I regret it to this day. But waterpolo was also a lot of fun and I was in pretty good shape. I found myself dreaming about swimming this morning, about being long and lean and strong and gliding through the water. I was never a fast swimmer but in my dream I was, or I was at least training to be. I don't know if I'll ever try to become a faster swimmer but I do love the water and anyways I am happy to be working out again.

the workout was really hard tonight but at least i finished yay! going to be sore tomorrow!!

food

I have been eating much better on a consistent basis and I've lost about 5 pounds. I am really looking forward to working out tomorrow night. I think I might go for a bike ride today to get some cardio in. I am nervous about the workouts getting harder since I am so out of shape. I know it's going to be hard work and I'll be embarrassed about being slow and fat but oh well. The only way to get better is to do the work, and I finally feel like I have a good plan I can stick to.

Crossfit!

I am finally working out again and it feels good. It has also made me want to eat better so that I have more energy for exercise. On Monday I started at Crossfit and so far I love it! I'm in a ramp up class which is for beginners. For about 3 weeks I come a couple of days and learn the basic movements and names of exercises and then do some workouts. After that I can go to any of the sessions available. It's high intensity and I should finally see some results! crossfit website

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