The Results are in!

Thanks to all of you who have continued reading the blog...it is you that keeps me motivated! I'm beginning to get this whole eating healthy thing down. I no longer crave sweets or bread and am not mad about making the right choice but my problem still remains with portion size.  I once heard it doesn't matter what you eat it matters how much you eat. Carrots may be healthy, but when you eat the entire bag it has lost the meaning of healthy. I've been super good about measuring my cereal and rice but when it comes to anything else, I'm failing hard. Like last night for example: we went to chipotle and I ordered a chicken salad with all the fixins' on it. It was super delicious but because I was always the "clean your plate" child, it is so hard for me to put down my fork and either toss it or save it for another meal!  Any help with this? I'm going to try Bob Harper's Skinny Rules to see if this will help me be able to control my portions a little better...and live a healthier life.

Like I said in my earlier post, I weighed in. My goal was to lose 4 lbs by the 2 week mark and I lost 3.6; close but not cigar. Kind of disappointing. I must say though that I did not exercise much at all and still need much help with my portion control but I'll take the baby step.  So with my current weight of 157.4 my next goal weight will be by my 22nd birthday, next Tuesday, to have lost 2.4 lbs to make it to 155. This would be a total weight loss of 6 lbs in 3 weeks.

I have decided for my birthday that I will not be drinking (alcohol). It is something that I know deep down I will regret and is not worth it. Also, for the 4th, although it will be hard, I'm praying there are plenty of fruit and veggie trays to keep my mind off of the other festive dips and munchies. Holidays are so hard.

I found some flexible measuring tape so I decided to take some measurements. I wasn't really sure the correct measurements to make so this is my Measuring in Layman's Terms: Boobs (36"), Under boobs (32"), Waist (30"), Belt (35"), Hips/Pones (40"), Upper Arms/Mashed Potatoes (12"), Thigh (21")

I'll have to refer back to this when I measure myself again...exactly one month from now!

Last night I watched Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition. I used to love this show but haven't watched it in forever!! So inspiring! The woman on the episode last night was 30 years old and in 1 year went from 355 lbs to 148 lbs...that is 207 lbs in 365 days. HOLY COW!! During the show I decided to whip out my 8 pounder dumbbells and do a few reps. I felt like a lazy butt sitting on the couch watching someone work their ass of on tv so I figured I'd do my part to contribute.

Yesterday morning I decided to start something new: Couch 2 10k.  An iPhone app that trains you for a 10k race. Something I have always wanted to do. I've done many 5k's but no 10k's! I have tried this app before and have completed about half of it but have never finished. The first run is a warmup of 5 minutes and then alternating between 30 seconds of running and 4.5 minutes of walking for about 45 minutes. Now, this has always been one of the easier runs but at 9:30 AM in Texas heat...this is what I would imagine hell to feel like people. Completely drenched, nauseous, and awful! Who says they feel amazing after a workout...in 100 degree heat. No thanks. But I will keep it up, because it means a lot to me. 

Before I ran I found this website with so many good tips to running. Check it out! Find Your Motivation Chaffing is genetic in my family so I decided that wearing a good pair of spandex under my running shorts would be the best choice for me. It worked! I ran in my neighborhood, with lots of hills and I accidentally had the sound turned off for the app (that tells you when to walk and when to run) so I was walking for like 10 minutes to my music without hearing anything and thinking..hey this is pretty damn good. Oops! Have to turn on the sound Lauren! So I missed 2 runs but definitely made up for it on the run UP the last and WORST hill of the neighborhood. Ouch. I also ran an extra one at the end to my house.  On the run, I saw a 10 year old boy running on the opposite side of the street, little did he know, he was my inspiration. When I got home to stretch Jay baby wouldn't leave me alone. Poor baby needed some attention. So she lay at my head and pawed at my face.

 Today I will try running in the evening so hopefully it is not so miserable. If there is one thing I hate in this life it is the heat. I'm not one for summer...

Today I will be eating brown rice for dinner and will be starting to cook at home more. I should not be spending money that I don't have to eat out when I have rice and frozen chicken at home. Need to start eating more blackbeans, for the obvious of reasons; at least obvious to me. 

I really DO want to take picture but hate the "phone in the mirror" look and don't really feel comfortable asking my brother to take pictures...I don't know, we'll see!