Why?

This is me! 38.8 pounds lighter and still a work in progress. I've been wanting to start a blog for a while now and I just couldn't pick a topic. However, I am deeply committed to exercise and maintaining a healthy lifestyle no matter what. I was hesitant to blog about this because weight loss is so personal and not a topic everyone is comfortable talking about. But I came up with this idea when I was asked by several classmates how I have lost the weight and I have inspired another classmate to join me on this journey. I felt really comfortable explaining to them how much I have lost and how I'm doing it. I am on the weight watchers plan which works well with my incredibly type A personality and I work out like a mad woman. I feel like all of those BS headlines about "the secret to weight loss" and "how to lose x number of pounds in 5 seconds" are ridiculous, misleading, and impractical. I'm here to share the real deal: the ups and downs, championing the victories both big and small all along the way.

Usually I weigh in on Mondays so that is the day I'll update with that

What she ate:
BREAKFAST
1/2 c. egg whites w/ sauteed spinach and 1 oz. fat free feta
2 pieces low cal whole wheat toast (dry)
Coffee w/ fat free half and half and 2 splenda
Banana
(5 points total)
SNACK
1/2 fat free cottage cheese
1 c. strawberries
banana
(2 points total)
LUNCH
tomato sandwich
barbecue popchips
(6 points total)
SNACK
coffee
(2 points total)
DINNER
zucchini and garlic sauteed in 2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 c. brown rice

Workout of the day:
.7 mi warm up
2.25 mi run! (epic win)
.7 mi cool down
* core exercises
10 lumbar extensions
10 mini bridges
10 sit ups
10 plank ups
(repeat 3 times)
*Set 1
10 pull ups
10 push ups
10 squat& kicks (5 kicks from each leg)
(repeat 3 times)
Set 2
10 bicep curl& presses (6lb weights, but probably should have done 10)
10 Kettleball swings, left arm (15 lb wt)
10 KB swings, right arm (same weight)
repeat 3 times
Set 3
5 tricep kickbacks, right arm (10 lb wt)
5 tricep kickbacks, left arm (same weight
10 tricep presses (15 lb weight)
10 tricep dips (Owwwwww!)
repeat 3 times

Let's see a little less of each other next time :)
Jules