Road to 125: October 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

October 8 - Back in the saddle

Weight: 155 lbs!
Height: 5'5

Alcohol: 0
Cigarettes: 0
Vitamins: 0
Other medications: 0

I missed you!!! Hahaha! Honestly, I have been very good with my diet and exercise regime but I was just so lazy to blog! Well, I have a new inspiration now because I lost another pound! YEAH!!

I am so proud of what I have accomplished in the last few months, I just passed the 10 pound mark. I lost 11 pound in total!

My activities today:

- Walk to the gym (warm up)
Time: 13 minutes

- Treadmill (jogging)
Time: 10 minutes
Speed: 7.7

- Circuit training with my personal trainer (combined weight training with cardio)
Time: 30 minutes

- Stationary bike
Time: 15 minutes

- Elliptical Machine
Time: 5 minutes
Level: 5

- Stair Machine
Time: 5 minutes
Level: 5

- Treadmill (Cool down)
Time: 5 minutes
Speed: 5.0

- Walk home (Cool down)
Time: 14 minutes

I would have stayed longer in the bike but I was already getting sore knees. I will try harder tomorrow!

My menu for today:

BREAKFAST
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup skim milk

SNACK
Handful of grapes
Handful of pomelo

LUNCH
1 bowl of Salad with Vinaigrette dressing
1 pc. Baked Chicken Parmigiana
1/2 cup brown rice

SNACK
Frozen Yogurt

SNACK 2
Olive oil popped popcorn

DINNER
Shabu shabu vegetable set

A lil' somethin' about me:

My name is Carla. I have been battling with my weight as far back as I can remember. In the 29 years I have been alive, I have gone through dozens of different diets and yoyo-ed my weight. I have always been fond of going to the gym though. My mom first signed me up to a fitness facility when I was 16 years old. That was in Slimmer's World. I was a member for about a year, but stopped going after about 6 months. I did my own exercise outdoors because I got bored. In 2006, I had the biggest drop in my weight ever. I was also at my heaviest weighing 175lbs. I started with a strict diet and intense workout in January 2006. By May 2006, I weighed 128lbs. I lost 47lbs in 5 months! It wasn't the healthy way too because I was eating no carbs, everything for me was "fattening", and was eating less and less. Sometimes I would eat just 2 meals a day and would workout twice a day! So I gained back 42lbs in less than a year. It took me years to finally start a healthier lifestyle. My boyfriend and I signed up in Fitness First Trinoma and decided to be workout buddies. We have been members since 2008, and have been going to the gym regularly. But, I was not eating right. I would binge on chips and ice cream. Eat fried chicken from a convenience store if there was no time to cook. My work also played a very big role in why I couldn't eat right, my work is on-the-go and is very fast paced that everything had to be ordered out and fast. I was doing this for months until I started to palpitate. Frequent headaches and neck pains, I didn't have the energy to go out even though I was working out every morning, 5 days a week.

Until finally, I made an appointment with a cardiologist and that's when I found out I was bordering on hyper-tension, and have a high risk of getting diabetes early. This disease runs in my family. So, I finally took over my life and battle this weight problem and unhealthy living!

My goal is to lose at least 20 lbs. before my 30th birthday, that is in 5 months! A little bit unrealistic if I want to lose weight honestly, but at least I have motivation. I would want you to be a part of this. Battling with weight and health problems is the biggest problem there is now in society. I hope that my blog inspires and motivates you to begin a healthy lifestyle as well!

I am also a culinary graduate from the Hotel School of DLS-CSB in 2002. Join me as I cook up some healthy dishes, and share these recipes with you. Most of the recipes you'll read about here are my original recipes, but some are from a cookbook called "Reversing Diabetes" by Julian Whitaker, MD (I will indicate the recipes that are from this book). Let's all live a healthier and a leaner lifestyle together!