wow mandee is actually updating this?

Jeez its been a while hasn't it? Well let's see what is new in my goal to reach 110 (sadly this has not happened yet... much easier said than done I guess.) I'm enrolled in a gym type class at my college in which I have to work out about 4 hours per week to get 2 units for the course. Kind of hard to fit into my busy schedule, but I've got some greaaaat workouts in. The other day I totally ran about 2 and half miles in less than 30 min, then did the eliptical for 20 min, followed by the stairmaster for 15 min, then spent quite a while in the weight room. I try to spend 2 hours there everytime I go because thats the maximum they allow you to go in a day. (if you wait 3 hours you can come back again for 2 hours. but I dont have that kind of time...)

ANYWAY... on to my favorite part... FOOOOOD!

I created a Monday-Sunday schedule of what to eat each day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner thats balanced with fruits, veggies, proteins, whole grains, and calcium rich foods. Also, I'm trying not to eat past 8pm.

I 'm very excited about this because I'm pretty sure I can actually stick to it. : ]

WISH ME LUCK! <33
-Mandee


(p.s. the more feedback I receive in my blog, the more likely I am to continue updating it.... so let me know who's out there and reading!)

ye or ne?

Found this on yahoo!:
sounds about right... I don't really encourage the junk food part but I guess whatever helps you diet efficiently. ..

For a perfectly balanced and satisfying 1,400-calorie daily plan, base your diet on the following foods:

1.5 cups of fruit
1.5 cups of vegetables
5 servings of whole grains
4 ounces of meat
2 cups of milk
4 teaspoons of oil
150 calories of junk food

Here’s what a typical day might look like:
Breakfast: 1 cup whole-grain cereal; 8 ounces skim milk; 1/2 cup berries
Lunch: 1 whole-grain pita; 2 ounces turkey; 1 cup shredded carrots; 2 tablespoons low-fat ranch dressing; 1 apple
Dinner: 1 cup cooked whole-wheat pasta; 2 ounces grilled shrimp; 1/2 cup broccoli; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1 clove garlic
2 Snacks: low-fat yogurt; 150-calorie ice cream sandwich

R.I.P. Michael : [

So I haven't written in a while, but whatever. No major weight changes. I did however decide to increase my fiber intake to at least 20g a day. I've also replaced 2 meals a day with oatmeal. The third meal I just eat something light and healthy. This would actually work if I could resist snacking so much!

"Fiber-containing foods tend to produce a feeling of fullness in the stomach, thus helping you control the quantity of food you eat. Also, soluble fiber slows digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, which leads to a more steady release of natural energy. "

Breakfast today:
I made 1/2 cup of oatmeal with banana
and 1/2 cup oatmeal with strawberries... both had a little nonfat milk and I sweetened them with Truvia.
Drinking lemon lime Airborne because im starting to get sick : [
I'm a weirdo I actually like the taste of it haha.

14g. fiber so far.

No idea what to make for lunch.
dinner will be oatmeal again.

again, no one reads this haha

Well my scale is officially lying to me. The past few days I've been weighing about 116. This morning it said 110. I seriously dont think its physically possible to lose 5 pounds overnight. You need to burn 3500 calories in order to lose 1 pound. So yeah, I dont believe my scale. Its teasing me. Plus, I still have extra fat that hasnt gone away so I know that I havent reached my goal weight yet. Ugh! Its so frustrating!

Go to fitday.com

No one reads this blog, so I don't really feel bad about going almost a month without writing in it. I do however feel very bad about not working out since my last entry. That's probably why I haven't written...
Today's food:
Oatmeal with mixed berries, nonfat milk and a little bit of honey.
2 links of veggie sausage.

Bowl of brown rice with broccoli and Trader Joe's Soyaki sauce.

I'm full.

I found this brown rice from trader joes thats in a package and it's precooked. It says to tear open package, stick it in the microwave for 60 seconds and thats it. Well... The first time I tried it, I did exactly that. The rice tasted chewy and kinda hard. Like it wasnt cooked all the way or something. But it says it is pre cooked.... it kinda sucked. I bought 3 packs of them thinking that I had found the worlds easiest rice to make. So today I decided to try pack 2 and hope to make it better... AND I DID!
Here's the real instructions on how to cook this stupid rice:
Pour all the rice into a bowl.
Cover rice completely with cold water.
Cook for 4 minutes.
Strain the water.
BAM. Much better. Still a teeny bit chewy. But much better.
I just hate cooking rice for like 35 min. I'm just too impatient.

Alright i'm done with the internet for today.

chau.

I stayed up til 4am doing hw last night

I worked out for the 15th time yesterday. I finally got the nerve to try level 3 of my workout dvd.
I think it was the hardest thing my thighs ever had to do ever.
Seriously. This dvd is such a tease. You do level 1 until it feels kinda easy so you try level 2 and then its ridiculously hard and eventually it becomes less challenging, so you feel like you've actually gotten in shape. Then when you try level 3 you feel like a fat man running a marathon! I suck all over again! haha.

I'm going to get my hair done today : ]
I'm going from blond to light brown. Yaaay. Less damage!

I had a very yummy breakfast this morning
Egg whites
turkey bacon... thats only 150 calories
thennnn I mixed 1 cup light soymilk, 1 banana, a cup of coffee, and truvia(natural 0 cal sweetener) in a blender and made a banana latte! It was pretty bomb I must say.
1 cup of light soymilk is 70 calories. plus about 110 calories for a banana. 180+150= 330 calorie breakfast. I'm stuffed too.
Weird thing is when I mixed it all together, it somehow increased in size and filled the entire blender when it started out only filling one coffee mug. That means I could even split it with people if I want to cut calories and I'll still be pretty full.

Try this latte and let me know what you guys think!

Hi will. I know you read this.

I worked out on tuesday as my day 14, but that was saint patricks day.
Because I eat healthy every day, I allow myself a few days of eating whatever I want. Those days are holidays. My friend Liza threw a party with lots of yummy junk food. I ate a slice of pizza, chips and dip, chocolate popcorn, some cookies, chicken strips ... I actually dont really remember everything haha... but lots of terrible things went in my tummy. But the next day I was right back to eating healthy again! The terrible part is that I havent done my workout dvd since that day! I did go hiking on saturday morning with my friends though. This is becoming a weekly thing. Its great. : ]

So I've decided to stick to a 1000 calorie a day diet. Yesterday for breakfast I had cereal with light soymilk and a banana... and some coffee. I had a pickle for a snack. For lunch I had a bowl of pinto beans with a little parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. For dinner I had a pear and endive salad from my work. I was a little hungry late at night while studying so I had a cup of coffee and I was fine. It all added up to about 1000 calories. This morning I had my cereal with soymilk and a banana... thats 300 calories so far. Im thinking maybe a 300 cal lunch and 300 cal dinner with a 100 calorie snack in between ... lets seeeeeeee : ]

gotta get ready for my nutrition class now peaas.