Another bad weekend :(

This weekend was my first weekend in NYC. I had an appointment with my trainer last Wednesday, and at the meeting he said make sure that I eat well and exercise this weekend as I could undo all of the progress we'd made so far. However, in NYC I was at a conference so they provided the food (which usually did not have a healthy option) and I went out too. I tried to sub beer with vodka or another less calorie option, but I'm not one for drinking liquor. However, we did do a lot of walking. Probably 5 miles or so a day, but I forgot my tennis shoes so I didn't get any other more intense cardio in. I also didn't strength train.

Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. All I can do is keep moving forward and hope that I can keep up with it now that I'm back in Buffalo. I just have to stay strong and not give in to junk food as much. Today, I put off eating a donut, and didn't eat, didn't eat, but by about 11:30 I didn't have a healthy snack packed so I went and had a quarter of a donut just to tide me over to lunch. That was completely unnecessary.

So, I think I need to start thinking about some small goals and contingency plans for when I am faced with situations that I typically give in to.

Summer

Hey all,

Summer came and I lost my job, which is something I've known for 18 months, and been looking forward to. Since I now have all the time in the world I decided to re-join my gym and go there every morning instead of work. And I must say I've been doing just that. It's only been a week or so so it's not much yet but I'm hoping to keep it up.

I'm trying to eat light and healthy, but then I am also wondering that since I am exercising almost everyday should I eat more? If nothing happens then I better look into that more closely.

The site I mentioned before is www.heiaheia.com it's for keeping up with the exercising. I used to have a very low goal, 2 hours/week, and it was really pathetic when I couldn't even reach that, but last week I did 508% of my goal. This week I changed the goal into 5h. After 2 days I'm only about an hour away from my goal (I spent four days at mom's).

Oh **** I better get going or I'll miss Bodyjam.

Long time!

Hey,
I hope everyone's been doing well! It's been a long time for me. I'm currently in Buffalo NY for the summer, and have been really good since I've been here. I stopped buying meat so have been eating salad and black bean burgers at home, and I don't keep junk food around so that's good.

I do eat lunch on campus with a meal plan, but have been pretty good so far, avoiding drinks, desserts or eating too much. I started running again, but was having problems with my calves, so I joined a gym. So far I have done a few classes there, boot camp, spinning, and core. I also started with a trainer today. He kicked my butt! He does a lot of functional exercises so I did stuff with a kettlebell, lunges, pushups, step ups, planks, some sort of jumping thing, abs workouts. We're going to workout together 2 times a week. Other than that I'll go the other 3 days to do different classes. I guess we'll see what kind of plan he puts together for me.

Right now I have to keep a nutritional journal of what I've been eating, for my next appointment on Monday. I was definitely obese, my body fat was 33.9% and the obese starting zone is at 33.5%. He was impressed with my strength and cardio though, so he said he'll be able to push me soon. We also did all my measurements which I have never done before, so I'm excited to see how they change.

He said people usually lose 10-15 lbs in the first week or so, and if I keep it up I should be down 50 in less than 6 months. I'm only in Buffalo so another 6 weeks, so I need to get in a good habit so that I can keep it up after.

Fun stuff! How's it going for all of you out there now that it's summer???