Day 3

Ran 2 miles in 27:42. Felt really hard bc I actually counted the two minute warmup. Faster than when I did it last week at 28 minutes. Here are my eats for day 3 of the competition.

BF
1 pc bread 70
1 fried egg 90
1 tsp butter 102
1 tsp jam 40
coffee 180
1/8 pineapple

Snack
1 full bar 160

Lunch
3 cabbage rolls 300
1/2 cup pad thai 172
1/8 pineapple 29

Snack
3 cookies 144 (I hate it how 3 cookies was similar in cals as a whole fillet of sea bass that I ate for dinner)

Dinner
6 tbsp rice 78
1/2c greens 19
1 sea bass fillet 125

Dessert
5 tamarinds 25

Total 1563

Challenge Day 2

Feeling pretty good. I have worked out every day since last Thursday. I'm really trying to push that scale this week. Yesterday I went to the Sizzler with a co-worker. I tried going to the site before I went to figure out what I was going to eat and did ok:] Here are my cals for the day.

BF
1 pc bread- 70
1 fried egg- 90
1 tsp butter 102
1 tsp jam
coffee 180
1/8 pineapple 29

Snack
1 cup pineapple 78

Lunch
1 hamburger (only beef, tomato, lettuce, onion)- 507 (happy I said no to mayo and cheese)
french fries 286
1 mini snicker 80 (the old me would have ordered a dessert- small changes)

Dinner
3 cabbage rolls (2 tbsp rice and 0.5 oz pork ea) 300
1/3 potato 92

Total cals 1954

Workout- Before dinner I turned on some reggae and did aerobics for 30 minutes (really pushed myself) then did a 5 minute abs and cool down.

My Account Day 1 of Challenge`

Hey challengers,

Please email me with your weight for day 1 of the challenge. If you decided that you don't want to participate please email me at mparham-seotsanyana@usaid.gov so that I don't send you any unnecessary emails.

I felt a little sluggish on my first day of the challenge. I had worked out every day since Thursday of last week so Monday was my fourth workout in four days. I jogged to Lumpini Park where they had an aerobics class. I did the aerobics class for 35 minutes and then returned home. Total workout time: 60 minutes

As far as eating I tried to measure everything as well as possible. Here is what I actually ate.

Meal Food Calories
Breakfast- 1 pc toast 70
1 egg fried 90
1 tsp butter 102
coffee 180

Snack Full Bar 160

Lunch 1/2 mango 68
3 oz fish 119
1 rose apple 25
4 tsp rice 52

Dinner 1 cup pad thai 344

Total Calories 1210

YIPPEE!!! My caloric goal for each day of the challenge was 1300 (If I do this and my starting calories burned per day is 1426 (low-balling) plus exercise at 1.725 (6-7 workouts per week) my new spread is (1426*1.725)-1300= 1159 or 2.3 pounds per week.

Question: Does anyone else out there calculate their spread like this to figure out how many pounds they should lose in a week?

Mandy

10 pound weight loss challenge starts today!

Ok everybody. We have 5 challengers including me! I weighed in at 158.6 this morning 3/8/2010. It seems I am at a bit of a standstill so I am glad that this competition will get me back in the game. When you get a chance sometime today let me know what your start weight was for the competition.

If you find yourself at a standstill with your weight loss here are some tactics to get the scale back moving in the right direction.

1) Start writing down everything that you are eating. I started looking at my writings and noticed that I was getting a little slack with the serving sizes and amounts. For instance I would write down that I had 2 slices of watermelon without weighing the watermelon or trying to figure out the EXACT quantity. Without the exact quantity it is impossible to know the exact number of calories that you are eating. Without being sure about the quantity you can never know if your anticipated spread is correct.

2) Write down what you are going to eat and its associated calories BEFORE eating it and not afterwards. Sometimes the numbers will make you eat less and/or help you make better choices. This is especially a good idea before going out to eat.throught the competition I am going to blog my calories each day so you guys can see what I'm eating.

3) More exercise. Not my favorite thing but if your body is used to what you are doing you have to change up the intensity or the length of time spent exercising if you want to get your body to release more fat. I started jogging on Saturday. Although it was hard I think my body needed it and I think that this will continue to allow my body to push towards the final goal.

What have you done when your weight loss stalls? Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Mandy

10 pound weight loss challenge

THE WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE STARTS ON MONDAY. All of the contestants have been contacted. It's gonna be a blast! Really looking forward to it.

Mandy

10 pound weight loss challenge

OK guys lets keep it interesting.

What if we had a 10 pound weight loss challenge?

We could all promise to send $10 to the winner. So either you have to send the winner $10 or you win the winnings.

How does that sound. Race to the 10 pound finish. If you wanna do it leave a comment in this blog (mention it to your fellow friends on blogspot) and we can have a small competition.

Oh and one more thing. I live in Bangkok so I thought I would add a little something to really keep it interesting. The winner will also be sent an authentic Thai elephant made out of Thai teakwood.

Picture enclosed at the top of the post. Or a set of authentic Thai pillows (I can buy in the market next to my apartment so I'll choose whatever color you like and send to you for free- that is if you beat me).

Just trying to keep it interesting. Let me know if you would like to participate in the challenge.

Still Logging. Still Blogging

Waiting for my period. Still bloated. Pre-men worries. But pushing through. Sometimes it feels harder than others. I feel like " I JUST WANT TO BE THERE ALREADY". I'm looking forward to seeing what life is like for me when I don't have to worry about this weight anymore. What will be on my mind? What sort of projects will come to the forefront of my mind when the thought of weight loss isn't there? Just keeping it real. It's not always a journey where I'm clicking my heels and enjoying every moment. It's not that I want to eat something or that I feel like I'm withholding from myself you know. I just feel like I want to move on to the next level. For now I'm keeping my head down and pushing forward. That is what separates those from finishing from those that don't. We all start off excited and enjoying the process. It's what I do in this moment that matters. What's important is that I don't quit. That I keep pushing. That I keep leaning forward when someone else would lean back.

Here's to leaning forward!

Mandy