Cameron's pool is finally out of commission! Obviously, that means swimming time! I do so love Southern California weather; our Mays are amazing.

Alrighty, confession time! I am not that great of a swimmer. I can float. I can swim across stuff. And that's about it. But I love to swim. Lots. I splash around in pools and at the beach for forever. I like water.

I just suck at swimming in it. D:

Cameron, however, is a jock. One of the [many] sports he's done over the years is swimming. Today he tried to teach me how to do a breast stroke and he showed me a butterfly stroke (which still confuses the hell out of me). I spent the rest of our pool time frog kicking across the pool and generally feeling like a novice, but it was fun nonetheless! My legs are now super tired but at least I got a work out! =]

Edit: I get to go swimming again tomorrow! How is it possible that it feels like Cameron's spoiling me, even though he's really just getting my lazy ass to work out?

Owww.

So, I'm back up to 164.0 lbs. Fantastic.

The weight gain has made me sluggish, and I'm still kinda sick, dealing with another sore throat and more stupid sinus problems. I've finally gotten tired of it (I think the last straw was that I'd gotten a pair of pants that were formerly tight on me to be loose when I'd lost weight, and now they're tight again), and I started exercising tonight.

I'm not as limber as I used to be, but I'm still fairly stretchy-like (perhaps because I've always been somewhat limber). I can only do about 40 sit ups in a row now, instead of about 65 like before. And I'm back to square one with push ups, because I have no muscle mass in my arms. Squats hurt like hell--my legs are still wobbly.

But at least I'm back to exercising again. =]

So...soup diet sucks. I was already sick, but I got even sicker last night (though I did drop a pound and a half), and I'm still kinda sick today.

So...I'm down to 160 pounds even, and I'm sicky. Ugh. This is not how I wanted to lose weight.

I told you I'd be back. =]

It's spring break for me, and after spending a week in Vegas consuming far too many not-diet-friendly foods, I've decided to take on the Sacred Heart diet (check here if you don't know what it is). I heard about this diet back in high school and have always been curious about it, and after a friend mentioned she'd lost weight through it, I decided to go for it during spring break. I figure a detox/all natural diet would be a good idea after a Vegas stint consisting of too much chocolate and coffee. I'm still recovering from being sick, so I can't start exercising yet (I'm hoping to start up again next week), but the energy boost that the diet givines will hopefully give me a good boost toward exercising again. That, and I like soup.

After I got off work today, I went to the grocery store and grabbed ingredients for my soup! I ended up making a double batch (Mom plans on joining me as soon as she gets over being sick), and it almost didn't fit into the soup pot! I will never claim to be a cook, so I was surprised that my soup actually turned out yummy, albeit kind of salty (which I don't mind, because I like salty food).

I'm hoping I can stand sticking to just soup for a week. Granted, I'll get to eat other things (can't wait for Day 5 and meat!), but Cam gave me a chocolate bunny for Easter last night and I want to eat it. Waah. Also, I miss my lattes and getting cream/sugar in my coffee, but oh well. I've been meaning to ease up on the caffeine anyway.

Also, I weighed myself earlier. 161.6 pounds. I gained weight, but I still weigh less than before. Whoo!

I haven't updated in a month. Ugh.

Okay, so...in a nutshell, I'm sick, overworked, and um...yeah.

I haven't worked out in the past month, but as soon as I'm better (and thankfully Spring Break's coming up, so I'll be using that to get better), I'm going right back to exercising! My schedule should clear up a bit by then, and I'll have time to work out again.

Last I remember, my weight had gone down to 158.2, and I'd lost a total of 6 inches around my waist, hips, and bust. However, I'm currently bloated and suffering the female curse, so I can't say what I weigh right now.

Blaaaaaaaah I want to go back to exercising, but I feel so crappy right now. Odds are I'm going to have my wisdom teeth removed during Spring Break, so because I won't be able to eat solid foods, I'll start the Sacred Heart diet then and start back up on exercising that way.

Edit: I thought it might be a good idea to put my current measurements up.

Weight: 162.0
Bust: 38 1/2
Waist:33
High Hip:39 1/2
Hip: 42

My bust went down half an inch, but my waist and high hip went up half an inch. Well...it could've been worse. I've been having chocolate. D:

I suck at updating.

In a nutshell, I've been exceedingly tired lately and trying to trudge through my workouts, but Sunday (Day 21), I got food poisoning (which I'm still recovering from) and today I've been dealing with girly issues(oh how I love having two X chromosomes at times like this), so I've been nauseous and not up to working out.

It's been fun. Not. I'm hoping enough of the nausea will go away by tomorrow so I can get back to working out.

It's been a month since I started working out, so I think it's time for a measurement update!

Weight: 160.4
Bust: 39
Waist: 32 1/2
High Hip: 39
Hip: 42

Did I mention I finally got a new scale? Yay! My weight is usually between 160-162 at different times of the day (anyone else notice their weight changing at different times of the day?), but 160.4 is the lowest I've seen it so far, so I'm using that one for now.

160.4. That's exactly 4 pounds less than a month ago! My bust hasn't changed since my last measurements, but my waist has gone down another half inch, and my high hip has gone down a whole inch. Aside from being sick, I feel fantastic.

Also, Cameron gave me an idea yesterday. I'm going to compare a picture of me from last year to me now. He says there's quite a difference (and because I'm visually stupid, I have difficulty seeing it).

This is me (and Cameron, as I couldn't find a picture of just me) nearly a year ago.



This is me now.



What'cha think?

I got horribly lazy when it comes to posts. =/ It's a tired excuse, but I really have been busy! So busy, in fact, that I skipped day 22. Oops.

Aside from skipping day 22, it's the same stuff going on. Lots of sit ups Saturday night (I did a total of 145!), and the usual push ups, hip extensions, squats, side bends, and one-leg toe raises, though I do try to increase the amount I do every day. I did Helen Kellers today! They hurt. A lot.

My measurements are stagnating, I think. They haven't changed at all lately, so I'm a bit confused. I haven't looked at the scale lately--mine is most likely messed up and I keep forgetting to use Cameron's. Diet has changed to mostly portion control, for convenience's sake. I divide everything into at most half unless it's already been portioned, or if it's really awful and I'm indulging myself, I'll eat about a fourth of it or less.

One thing never ceases to amaze me, even 25 days later: there is NOTHING that can beat the feeling of ripping off my icky slimmer belt after a workout. Nothing.

20 days in, and I finally have some sort of weight loss!

According to my highly unreliable scale, I've lost two pounds. Tomorrow I'm going over to Cameron's house, so I'll probably step on his digital scale and see how much I've lost according to that (I went from 168 to 166.6 on his, so...I don't really know where I am weight-loss wise).

My measurements are still about the same, 39-33-40. But I feel smaller and smaller every day! I did about 80 sit ups total today (30, 30, and then 20), 20 push ups, forty squats, forty side bends, and some flutter kicks and leg lifts (can't remember how many, though). Dieting sucks--I started out by actually counting calories and sticking to about 1200-1400 calories per day. But for convenience's sake (as it's really quite difficult to find something healthy and fast, and I'm not much of a cook) I've taken to simple portion control by dividing my food in half and et cetera.

I nearly did a total right split! I'm about a centimeter away from it, and my legs aren't completely straight, but damn, I'm so close! All of my limbs are terribly tight, like my hamstrings and quadriceps (those squats are killing me!), but I'm working through it.

I'm a little scared of tomorrow though, to be honest. Cameron said he was going to put me through a workout to test my limits, and I'm kind of intimidated. Eeeep.

Sunday and Monday were rest days.

This morning, I got up early to go for a jog and some other exercises.

Jogging is bad for my health. Very bad. At first, the cold air made me feel sick to my stomach, but I pushed through it. On my way back home, I twisted my ankle. While walking off my ankle, I ended up turning down the wrong street. And then after being confused and lost, I walked into a low-hanging branch and hit my head.

(In case you didn't know, I'm completely lacking in coordination.)

Afterward, I went home and did sit ups (first thirty, then fifteen), some push ups (only managed ten), squats, flutter kicks, standing side bends, and one leg toe raises.

Cameron says I look smaller, and my clothes are kind of big on me too. I feel smaller, that's for sure, even if my scale tells me otherwise.

I've done a total of 300 Helen Kellers in the past four days. Did push ups, standing side bends, one-leg toe raises, bridges, flutter kicks, lunges, and squats too. DDR-ed with Kristin yesterday, and decided to do textbook leg workouts (out of the exercise book that Cameron lent me ages ago) instead of DDR today.

Apparently I've been doing Helen Kellers wrong this entire time. I do them in reps of 15 with 30-second planks in between them, and Cameron told me today that I should be doing them en masse, as many as I can within one rep. They're more efficient that way. I can't help but admit myself disappointed, but oh well.

I checked out my measurements today.

Bust 39
Waist: 33
High Hip: 40
Hip: 42

Bust and high hip went down a half inch since last measurements, and waist went down a whole inch! Yet, my scale still says I haven't lost any weight. I'm thoroughly confused. I think I just need a new scale.