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Day 3

I ended up not waking up to go to lithe this morning. I could not fall asleep last night and fell asleep around 2am. When my alarm went off at 6:30am, I was not gonna get out of bed. I’m avging about 5 hrs of sleep a night. I can’t handle it!!!!

Anyways, breakfast was a cup of oatmeal and blueberries. Lunch will be brown rice and black beans with green beans. I’m going on an 8-mile run today with some friends. Missing lithe this morning wasn’t that big of a deal I guess. Afterwards, I’m cooking dinner with a friend who’s doing the same thing as me. woohoo

Edit: 8 mile run was good!!! For dinner, we had brown rice, 3 kinds of beans, corn and a veggie burger. Yummm

Day 2

So far so good. I woke up feeling good about myself. I went to twiggy this morning, which consisted of an hour of intense jumping, squats, arm flailing cardio goodness.  It was hard waking up for it, but in the end, I know it’s good for and I will feel much better afterwards. I’m also going to an arms class tonight at Lithe. I’ve never been to this class, but I’m excited to try it out.

For breakfast, I had a cup of oatmeal and a half cup of blueberries. It was okay. I’m still trying to wean myself off my bagel and peanut butter breakfast. Just had lunch, which consisted of a cup of brown rice, tofu, and cauliflower (with some nori). I’m thinking of having brown rice and black beans with salsa for dinner.

I slept a bit better last night. I looked up some tips of following asleep. I ended up getting about 6 hours last night, instead of 5, which is an improvement.

Day 1 cont…

For dinner, I ended up having brown rice and tofu. I was pretty full after that (surprisingly), so didn’t have anything else to eat. My fridge is full of veggies (mostly frozen…its easier that way!) and I’m stocked with beans and brown rice. So far day 1 has been good. Now, I’m hoping to get a good nights sleep. 

Day 1 measuresments:

Largest part of stomach: 33.4 inches

Waist: 27.5

Hip: 34

Largest part of thigh: 22 inches

around my butt area: 39 inches

Largest part of upper arm: 12.25

Hopefully I see a difference!

Day 1

Today is Day 1 of Phase 1 of Fat Smash. I  was out of town for the weekend, so was unable to prepare food. I ended up getting a fruit salad for breakfast. Lunch is a cup of brown rice and nori with green beans. I know…this sounds a bit odd.  But, my friend and I will be going grocery shopping tonight, so we’ll have food to eat and I won’t starve!I’m also sipping on green tea. I just couldn’t give up caffeine.

In terms of exercise, I already went to high mini this morning. It was so hard to get out of bed, especially since I haven’t been able to fall asleep (the bf is out of town and it’s too lonely and quiet in my apt). Plus, I’ve been nervous about my doctors appt today. Hopefully, I will fall asleep tonight! Sleeping 5 hours a night is not fun.

My bruised foot is finally getting better, so I’m hoping to up my exercise this week. More running and more more lithing (and hopefully being more tired) and hopefully, another long run  on Sunday.

Will post measurements tonight!

Detox

I took a hiatus after I found out I figured out where I’m going to graduate school. I am back now! I’m still trying to figure out how to use wordpress and change the tagline of my blog. Oh well.

Starting Monday, my friend and I will be doing the fat smash diet.  I chose fast smash because it seems pretty straight forward and seems to go in the direction that I have always hoped to go…eating more produce and less processed foods. I will lithe as much as possible and keep training for the 10-miler that’s coming up in less than a month. I’ll chronicle everything in here. The detox phase is first and lasts 9 days.  We’ll see how it goes.

Last weekend, I ran 11 miles!!! It felt so good to run. The loop was absolutely beautiful because the sun was shining and the flowers were blooming. I was a bit on a runners high after that. I can’t wait for my next long run. It won’t be this weekend because I’ll be out of town. Last year, I hurt my knee from the 10-mile run. I think the key is to stop every couple of miles and stretch out my knee, so it doesn’t get stiff. And, as usual, I’m still addicted to lithe.

The bf is out of town for most of April, so I’m hoping this month goes by quickly. 😦 On the upside, one of my best friends just got engaged! I am so excited for her :).

Look who got into grad school!

I got into Penn! My top choice!!!!! I am officially going to be a doctoral candidate. Phew. I’m so relieved and so excited.

Higher power

I did not make it to high mini last night. Around 4pm, I started to feel nauseous and felt the need to puke. It never went away, so I had to cancel that class. Although I dread this class, I love the feeling afterwards of having an awesome work out. I still felt a little nauseous this morning, I managed to make it to higher power. Higher power is one of the more recent classes I discovered at lithe and has quickly become one of my favorites. Its full body cardio workout utilizing the bands. It’s a pretty difficult class. I was feeling a bit tired and sluggish during the class and due to the fact that I cut two of my fingers on my left hand last weekend, I was having a hard time holding onto the bands. I least I made it out! It does help a lot though that b is waking up early to work out now, so it’s not longer just me waking up to go to pilates.

Mondays and high mini

Let my qualify my previous post. The super healthy eating won’t quite happen until next week. I get paid monthly (and unfortunately, research does not pay well), so I want to finish up the food I have in my kitchen before I go grocery shopping again.

My eating plan for the month of march will not involve restricting myself, making myself eat only 1200 cals a day, or cutting out food groups (which I’ve done in the past). It’s going to be about moderation, trying to eat as healthy as I can when I can, and letting myself indulge when the time is appropriate.  I would like to adopt a vegan life style as much as I can, but let myself enjoy eating whatever when I go out for dinner or have date nights.

I had a relaxing, yet unproductive weekend. B and I watched tons of olympics and made chicken fajitas one night and mushroom risotto the other night. I’ve been trying hard to relax and not think about grad school.  I really really hate the waiting game.

Soo high mini is tonight. I dread this class all the time, especially Krista. It’s a great work out..lots of cardio and leg sculpting moves. But, it is hard and tiring. Krista means business. Every Monday, around the afternoon, I start rethinking going to high mini. I try to change the class to another intense, but not as intense as high mini, class. Of course, I can’t make the change because I don’t want to dinged for a late cancel. oyyy still dreading high mini tonight!

First post

For years, I’ve had a weird relationship with my body. Growing up as a chubby kid, I was always self-conscious about my body. Then in high school, after discovering healthy eating and finding my love for sports, I drastically lost a lot of weight. I spent college battling the freshman 15 and an unhealthy lifestyle that is college. After I moved out of California, I realized what an unhealthy relationship I had with my body. Lots of self-loathing and an obsession with being thin while forgetting about health. My 4 years of living in LA warped my mind to be obsessed with being skinny.

I’m 26 now and am finally learning to love my body. I’m finally not feeling guilty for eating pizza, dessert, french fries,or skipping a work out. I also discovered an amazing pilates studio. It’s pilates based with a bit of cheerleading, dance, and just overall body shaping amazingness. Additionally, I found an amazing guy who loves me for who I am and has never made me feel self-conscious about my body.

So the purpose of this blog? The last 8 months of my life has been dedicated to getting into PhD programs. For anyone who is thinking about applying for PhD programs, please think through it thoroughly..it has been a nightmare…studying during all my non-work time, in hopes of getting excellent GRE scores, spending hours and hours researching and writing, trying to find my perfect program match and then trying to convince the admissions committee why they should accept me. I stopped having a life, I’ve stopped seeing my friends, and I’ve had some sort of break down every other week. I’m now in the waiting period, and it’s wreaked havoc on my life. I’ve been pathetically hoping, whenever I get a call or receive an email, that it is a school inviting me for an interview or offering me admissions. The stress, bitterness, and sense of dread  I’ve been feeling for the last 6 months is finally taking a toll on me. Despite going to pilates 5 times a week, I feel like crap. My body feels like its being poisoned by all the crap I’ve been eating. Now that I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, I decided it’s time to get back on track.

I’m going to be using this blog to keep track of what I’m eating, physical activities, and my running training. Yes, I have a ten miler to run in May. It has been about 8 months since I was running routinely. Hopefully, I get into a PhD program, get healthier, and am ready for a ten miler!