Great Day!

Awesome run this morning. Did 6 miles while listening to a very inspirational Zig Ziglar seminar, The Foundation for Successful Change. It had been a while since I last ran (1 month) so I struggled in the end, but I managed to pull it off in just over 1 hour, doing intervals of run 4 minutes and walk 1 minute throughout. It felt great and I came home to do my 200 squats, 200 situps and Thin Thighs workouts before a nice, long shower. 4 Pure Thermo Burn pills today. 1 serving of Supreme Whey Protein. Note to self: buy flavors other than vanilla for variety. I can get chocolate, strawberry or banana. I love vanilla, but when taking it everyday it can get boring.

New Fitness Resources for Sit Ups and Squats

I found two great exercise routines that I added to my mix: 200 Squats and 200 Sit Ups. They are done three times a week and build you up towards completing (hence the names) 200 squats and 200 situps. They have a 100 Push Ups program as well, but I'm in nowhere near shape to even begin to consider that. I realize I do need to work my upper body as well, and I am currently looking for a comprehensive strength training program that I can start. Something more regimented.

My Strategy to Lose 30 Pounds

So, my strategy will be to do some form of exercise every day. Be it walking, running, rebounding or calisthenics. For my calisthenics workout I do either 8 Minutes in the Morning, Royal Canadian Air Force Exercises, or Thin Thighs in 30 Days.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I will only be using two supplements in addition to my multi-vitamin each day. They are Peak Nutritions's Pure Thermo Burn and Supreme Whey Protein.

Pure Thermo Burn has Guarana that I've taken before to help me with energy and I'm hoping it will help me with my depression as well, as the lack of energy has made it very difficult to get out of the house and exercise. It has other components that help prevent muscle breakdown when dieting and exercising.

The Supreme Whey Protein has 20g of protein and only 8g of carbs. Being a vegetarian and sugar junkie I get enough carbs, but I always seem to be lacking on protein. So this will be my protein supplement. It only has 2g of fat, tastes really good when mixed with water (I'm lactose intolerant) and provides 130 calories overall. I want to try it with Vanilla flavored reduced fat soy milk, but I need to buy it. That would add another 100 calories, but will make it more filling. I don't know about the taste, but if the mix already tastes good with water my guess is that adding soy milk won't make it taste bad.

Cheers!

Starting Point; The Journey of 30 Pounds...

So as you can see I am not obese, but I have been eating all carbs and not exercising, which led me to gain weight, lose muscle, and lose the nice muscle definition I used to have in my body.

I have a couple of products that I bought a few months ago and never used, so I will posting about them later. It's a protein shake and some thermogenic pills, and those will be the only "extras" I will be using aside from adding more protein (in form of eggs and tofu, I'm vegetarian) and exercise to my routine.

I would like to cut down on sweets, too, but I will not swear them off completely as that does not seem to work for me. (Leads to so much deprivation that all I can think about is cookies, candy and ice cream. If know I can have them then I'm not thinking about them all day long!)

Day 1 Picture, Ouch!

Day 1 Stats, Ugh...

Weight: 137lb
Body Fat: 34%
Chest: 34"
Waist: 29"
Hips: 41"
Thighs: 23"

One more

I know. This has been done a thousand times over. I'm here because I fell off the health wagon and cannot be accountable for myself. No self-discipline. Of any sort. I will go public (well, somewhat -- under the pseudonym "Neli") with my efforts to reclaim my health and fitness because at this point with my depression and self-loathing I would do things for others more than myself.

I let it slide way too far. I will post numbers and a picture tomorrow (sorry, no face -- I'm too self-conscious).

What I ate today: 1 box (yes, the entire box) of Cheese Nips and 2 king size Twix (yeah, 4 bars each).