Day Four

Day 4:

Okay, so I thought it would be tough to get motivated today, so I forced myself to exercise earlier (at ten, instead of my usual 11:30-ish). It was a good move because I didn't have this nagging "you haven't exercised yet" feeling. I think tomorrow I will do it first thing when I get up and see how that goes.

The dog peed on the floor again, so that's 3/4 for her. Way to go, puppy!

For breakfast, I finished off the cinnamon bread, which means I ate an entire loaf in three days. That's ridiculous.
For lunch, I had another Healthy Choice monstrosity. This was had nasty low-fat cheese in it. It was gross.
For dinner, Hamburger Helper lasagna (minus the hamburger), also not great. I also made brownie cupcakes and have currently eaten two of them. Not promising I won't have a third.
As far as drinks, I drank way more sassy water today, but still a lot of soda. Also, chocolate milk.

By the way, I measured myself today and discovered I have lost an inch and a half across my belly and half an inch across my waist. Curious to see if that holds up.

Day Three

Day 3:

Today, it was difficult to get motivated, but I did it. I am finding that my stamina is increasing, so that's nice, but I dread tomorrow's workout. I really hate Jillian Michaels. I kind of want to punch her in the face.

My dog is still peeing on the floor. Does anyone know how to make that stop? Anybody?

For breakfast, I had 4 or 5 slices of cinnamon bread. It was delicious.
For lunch, it was a Healthy Choice pasta dish. Not so great.
For dinner, I made the Chinese cold noodles I am oh so fond of.
For drinks - I drank my "sassy" (cucumber, ginger, mint and lemon infused) water during my exercise and then once again in the evening. More chocolate milk and lots of diet coke.

Day Two

Day 2:

Okay, that is much better. Today, I got all the way through the workout. Hooray! And check it out, it seems to get easier as it goes along, so that's nice.

Put the dog in the bedroom this time. She thanked me by peeing on the floor.

For lunch, I had spaghetti (whole wheat) with olive oil and parmesan cheese.
For dinner, I had salmon. It was weird.

I drank my water during the exercise, then diet coke, chocolate milk and finished off the tea I started yesterday.

Day One

Day 1:

Okay, so day 1 didn't go so hot. I put my dog in her kennel (which she has never been locked in) and she cried and I felt bad, plus the workout is hard, and I didn't want to do it anymore, so I only got halfway through it.
Then I rewarded myself with a nice piece of cheesecake, a large piece of cheesecake. : / Oops.
For lunch, I ate cold Chinese noodles and diet coke. For supper, I ate ballpark nachos - oh so healthy.
I did drink water during my workout and also some chocolate milk, sweet tea and propel, so I at least achieved one goal - drink less soda.  Baby steps, people. :)

Hello World!

All right. Here it is. My New Year's resolution one month early.

I am going to do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred every day for the entire month of December. (Well, every day but Dec.1, but hey, there's 31 days in December, right?)

First up, some information about me. I am not an active person. In high school, my extra-curricular activities included school plays and show choir, not sports. I prefer pretty much anything to running. It's awful. However, I am not completely inactive either. I walk my dog every day. I don't have a car, so if I need to go somewhere, I have to walk to it (or take the bus). I don't get winded going up stairs and I won't turn down a chance to go hiking.

My diet is pretty much non-existent, but I am a pescatarian and I really like vegetables. I was vegetarian for 16 years, then since I've moved to the west coast, I started eating shrimp, mussels, clams. I was a vegetarian for moral reasons (I love animals and don't want them to suffer), but I have decided, after some research, that for this month, I will eat salmon (wild alaskan or organically farmed) and see how I feel at the end of the month. Then I will determine whether I will continue or not. Other than that, no real diet for me. (Oh, and I drink Diet Coke and that's about it, so I will try to up my intake of water and tea).

All right, here goes. My body type. Oh boy. I call myself Chublet and I think that's a pretty good description. I am certainly not fat. Some people might even place me on the skinny side (people who are wrong). But I have never been in shape and I do have one very big problem area - my stomach. Seriously, I look like I am in my second trimester (eternally).

Here's proof.

My measurements:
Waist - 28.5"
Stomach - 36.5"
Hips - 40"
144 lbs

I just ordered a fancy new scale off Groupon, so as soon as I get it, I will be able to add more info to this - fat content, etc.

Okay, so that's that. Let's do this.