Need Motivation...Licia's log

Last year my Gyn. changed my pill and immediatly I gained 5 pounds...at the meantime I quit my jog downtown and start working for my fathers company in the bronx...i sit all day...no more walking for me...
I gained 13 pounds in a year...I am so depressed...I knew I gained but now ther is a larger number attached to my thought.
I am getting married in 16 months...I need to loose 20 lbs.
so far I cut all 'picking' out of my diet...an started the gym...
I need to do this...Help...
Any ideas will be great

You came to the right place! I think if it weren't for these wonderful ladies, I would have already fallen off the wagon. They are just great!

Looks like your off to a great start! If it makes you feel better, my wedding is in 9 months and I need to lose 20lbs too! LOL! You think I'm panicking?

Good luck!

Weekend update
Ok...Sat.night my fh took me out to dinner...
I had 3 glasses of wine...and a couple pieces of bread...no pasta...just fish.

On sunday I had a bowl of cereal in the am...and a cup of pasta and 2 small meatballs

The weekends are so hard to stay on track...

1/20
Breakfast: Instant oatmeal

Lunch: Fat Free Yogart
2 bottles of water


Dinner:Chicken soup with a piece of chicken and peas 2 glassses of water


Work Out:
30min treadmil
15min stepmachine
30min free weights and machines
2 bottles of water

Don't worry. We are here to support. Are you drinking water

1/21
Breakfast: Instant oatmeal ½pkg

Lunch: WW Meal 6 points
Bottle of water

Dinner: WW stuffed Pocket
Flavored water

Work Out: 20 min step
150 crunches
45 min misc machines
1 bottle of watter

I try to drink as much water as I can.
I cut soda out totally

1/22
Breakfast: Slim fast shake

Lunch: WW Meal 8 points
Bottle of water

Dinner: 1 chicken cutlet(baked not fried) and mixed vegtables and squash

Work Out: Got my nails done instead...oops

1/23
Happy b.day to me
Breakfast: Honey nut Cheerios, 1 cup
bottle of water

Lunch: Chicken soup
Bottle of water

Dinner: I went out to dinner for my b.day...hot antipasta(eggplant, shrimp, baked clams)
Shrimp scampi with mashed potatos and spinach(didn't finish the whole thing)
wine

Work Out:

Just a couple of tips for all the girls who are trying to loose weight:

1. If you have 20-30 minutes to spare in the morning, do some light -medium resistance cardio, such as the bike or light running BEFORE you eat breakfast. This will speed up the fat burning process!!!

2. Pick carbohydrates that are low-glycemic. That means high grain, high fiber, low or no refined sugars. Pastas, or cereals that have more than 3 sugars in them are a bad chioce.

3. ALWAYS eat protein with your carbs. This will prolong your energy throughout the day, and will not alow the carbs to be stored as fat as quickly while you are sitting all day at work. For instance, don't just eat oatmeal for breakfast!! Have three egg whites (or four) with it. Trust me!!

4. Try to eat something every three hours max. Nothing too big, just a small amount of protein, such as almonds, or a tablespoon of peanut butter on a ricecake. This could occur between meals.

I lived with a personal trainner and my best friend is a nutritionist. I have been working out for seven years now. My friends who had to loose weight followed these rules and they always work!!

Sorry I interrupted your conversation, but I have been reading some of the diets on this site, and want to scream at some of the girls for how little they eat!!

They are slowing down their metabolism, and don't know that they are doing more harm then good!!

Good luck.

1/24

Breakfast: Slimfast Shake

Lunch: WW Lunch 5 points


Dinner: tuna fish 2 slices of white bread and pickle

4 bottles of watter

No workout totay

Saturday: My Fh and parents through me a suprise b.day party...didn't have lunch...
I had only one plat of food...and didn't pick all night.
However,
I had 3 beers and 2 glases of wine..ooops

Sunday:
1 egg in the am with a bowl of cereal

dinner: 1pc of chicken parm. 3 glasses of watter and 1 spoonfull of mashed potatos

superbowl: home made buffolo wings and water.

no working out this weekend