skinnyg girl trapped in a fat girl's body week 3

today will be a short post.  i have lots to do for school and psr tonight.  today was the first day of school, and it went really well.  i can't wait to know them better and to see what they are capable of.  i have a lesson that i am doing this week, once i have done it i'll give you the run down on what i did and how it went.

with prepping for school i have been sooooo busy.  i didn't have much time to go to the gym this week, so i actually had to be on top of my eating.  i was very deliberate to make sure i didn't indulge even when all i really wanted was a massive bowl of ice cream and chocolate sauce.

total weight loss: 3 lbs.

i'm so excited to be down a total of 3lbs. this week i'm going to get back in the gym and work like crazy to keep loosing.  i really need ryan to keep me from stress snacking.  so far i've been good about drinking water instead of snacking.  a big success for me this week was when i bought kettle corn and  just ate a half a cut of it instead of the entire brown bag of popcorn they gave me.

i will post more next week.  

skinny thoughts, skinny thoughts, skinny thoughts :)

~laura

skinny girl trapped in a fat girl's body week 2

one week done.

one week of forcing myself to evaluate every speck of food i put in my mouth.

one week of limiting my soda intake.

one week of forcing myself to go to the gym...even on friday night when there were only 7 other people there.

i felt hungry all the time at the beginning of the week.  i was starting to work at school, so i was getting out.  unfortunately, when i was home i was hungry.  i craved food because i was bored.  i stopped myself a lot.  i ate a lot of grapes and carrot sticks when i was hungry.

i am most proud of the workouts.  i worked out pretty much every other day.  i tried zumba on saturday and LOVED it.  the teacher cindy was absolutely crazy!

 i'm also really proud of the food we tried.  tonight we ate spaghetti squash.  it wasn't horrible either.  i've found other replacements too. i love mac and cheese.  but as you know mac and cheese is 480 calories for a cup.  i found a rice pasta from trader joe's that was only 220 calories per cup.  i was so excited!  i bought it for ryan since the protein was 6 grams versus the typical 10+ grams.  (i can post about ryan's diet in another post,,, but for those who don't know ryan is on a low protein diet.  we continuously are looking for low protein substitutes.)  we tried the mac and cheese and it was delicious.  i don't get out to trader joe's often, and while ryan and i were shopping at schunck's, we found rice pasta in their gluten free section.  i'm hoping it is as good as the trader joe's version.

i had disappointment this week, even though it was very short lived.  i weighed myself at night and i was up 2 points.  i was so mad.  how could i watch everything i eat and work out more than i have ever worked out in my entire life and still gain???

i weighed myself the next morning- down 1 pound from my original weight!!!!  i hit my goal! all i wanted was to  lose 1 pound and i did it!!!!

more skinny thoughts this week :)

~laura

skinny girl trapped in a fat girl's body

i'm not sure what initiated it, but last tuesday i talked ry into going to the rec plex to see how much a membership was. i just felt the need to finally commit to making myself healthy.  we ended up at club fitness down the street from our house.  they had a special that waived the enrollment fee.  we both signed up and got personal trainers for four sessions.  my first session with the personal trainer was on friday.  i was shocked into realizing how fat i really am- 178.6 pounds.  may not sound like a lot to some- but i'm 5ft tall!

(me on vacation- 7/2012)

ryan and i went shopping for healthy food the next day.  we bought lots of food we've never eaten before like spaghetti squash and egg plant.  i have already changed my eating habits and it feels good.  i'm hungry all the time, but that will get better. if you know any good, healthy snacks/meals let me know.  especially food that is healthy but tastes bad for me.

i will keep updating every week- the trials and tribulations, the joys and accomplishments.

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* my skinny girl is screaming to come out which gives me plenty of motivation to work out and eat healthy *

my skinny girl wants: to walk without my legs touching

                                to not have an arm jiggle

                                to not have a muffin top

                                to fit in my size 8 pants again

                                to play tennis for fun and not wear out after one game

~laura