The New Life of Laura

This is my life v.3.0.
I made my way to 50lbs lighter, I've maintained it for the last 6 months - now it's time to go round 3 on this life of mine.
I am my own:
Personal chef
Personal trainer
Weightloss coach
This process is a struggle but I'm working to upgrade my life.
WHY do I have such issues w/ food. Mentally I’m all ‘holy shit I’m over eating today’ but I did WORK at the gym this morning and probably burned 500-600 calories between walking there and back/working out for over an hour. And that isn’t an unreasonable amount of food. In actual fact I could add in a smoothie w/ NF milk, strawberries and banana later and STILL be fine. FML. I haven’t had my dinner yet (obviously as it’s only 3pm) but I’ll eat it before I go to lecture and then most likely won’t eat anything else after. P.S. That 1C noodles w/chicken and cabbage was one cup in total volume not 1C of noodles PLUS chicken and cabbage. And I’ve had 2+ litres of water today.

WHY do I have such issues w/ food.

Mentally I’m all ‘holy shit I’m over eating today’ but I did WORK at the gym this morning and probably burned 500-600 calories between walking there and back/working out for over an hour. And that isn’t an unreasonable amount of food.

In actual fact I could add in a smoothie w/ NF milk, strawberries and banana later and STILL be fine.

FML.

I haven’t had my dinner yet (obviously as it’s only 3pm) but I’ll eat it before I go to lecture and then most likely won’t eat anything else after.

P.S. That 1C noodles w/chicken and cabbage was one cup in total volume not 1C of noodles PLUS chicken and cabbage. And I’ve had 2+ litres of water today.

Photographic foot evidence #bestfriends #running #8k #rundayfunday

Photographic foot evidence #bestfriends #running #8k #rundayfunday

Summer studying at its finest. (at Starbucks)

Summer studying at its finest. (at Starbucks)

Pinterest ain’t got nothin on us. Nothing says romnce like the ambiance of Palm Bay candle holders #pinterest #studentlife #palmbay

Pinterest ain’t got nothin on us. Nothing says romnce like the ambiance of Palm Bay candle holders #pinterest #studentlife #palmbay

GPOY | I call this look ‘size 8 jeans’ also known as ‘this might be a lot of belly button’ Kegger night after an all day baseball tournament

GPOY | I call this look ‘size 8 jeans’ also known as ‘this might be a lot of belly button’

Kegger night after an all day baseball tournament

When you’re starving but have issues eating in front of other people.

Rough stuff.

Good thing the water tastes great…

I don’t want vegetables.

I know I should eat salad for lunch and some vegetables at dinner with some snacks of fruits and vegetables during the day.

I just don’t want to.

I made a salad the other day - brought it for lunch, brought it back home because I never wanted to eat it. Brought it to campus again yesterday… surprise, I didn’t eat it. It then met its demise in the garbage can because I just didn’t feel like having it.

Fruit? All over it.

Vegetables? You can keep ‘em.

However, I’m obsessed with raisin toast and cream cheese - best combination ever. 

Favourite breakfast followed up by a banana on the way to campus and I’m cruising for the next couple hours.

Rest assured this is not a recipe for weightloss or healthy living.

You know you workout a lot when you change your clothes 4 times before 1pm.

Less than Exemplary

My race on Sunday shook me.

My time was average - arguably above average (that’s what finishing before 1000 people of your 1600 person age group means right?) but I’m still mad at myself.

I ran it like a training run; like I was out to see the view not run a race.

I didn’t push it at all.

Did my legs hurt after?

Yes of course, I never run 10km.

We’re my hips feeling 10km the next day?

Absolutely!

But I wasn’t completely exhausted and my time reflected that.

My mood is reflecting my time; frustration.

Yesterday I ate: bagel with cream cheese, strawberries, salad with chicken, Greek yogurt, spaghetti squash with ground turkey, coffee crisp, reduced fat berry coffee cake

Today I ate: 2 eggs with vegetables (threw out the third…), yogurt, cookie, chocolate covered pretzels, serving of crispers, candy, dehydrated apple rings, plantain chips, strawberry banana smoothie with NF milk

Get the drift?

Things are amiss over here thanks to my mood - eat those feelings, #amiright?

I’ve also had a few other things messing with my emotions (damn boys and school all to hell)

Tomorrow morning I’m going to wake up, it’s a new day, hit the gym for intervals until a 10MPH pace doesn’t feel like my feet are flying off my body then hit the ball diamond for the second game of the season.

Hooray for a new day!

Two things.

1. My dad bought me this running shoe charm for running races with him all the time. <3

2. Can you tell I’m stoked for baseball? Modeling what would have been my fist game outfit if the weather was cooperating.