Bri's Own Health

[Day 27] Lol ten days no blog OOPS

2010-08-12T07:55:00.000-07:00

I had an excuse, but I eated it. Because I'm fat.

IN MY DEFENSE, having this blog makes me think about fitness and nutrition a lot more, so that's a step in the right direction, eh??

Food diary (for yesterday):

Breakfast- Powerbar, milk

Borders snack- Small white chocolate mocha

Lunch- Bagel, fake ham, and cheese sandwhich with banana peppers

Dinner- breakfast burrito with beans

Other snack- a popsicle

Video:

Notes: My calves really hurt. Owowowowow. My Wii body test results were: 144 pounds, and my WiiFit age was 26.

26?? What?? I lost .2lbs and stayed still! It's that stupid prediction test that you always make me do because I have no body control! LAME.

Other things. So I've recently become obsessed with this iPhone app called TapBirds, which is basically a virtual aviary where you breed birds and buy them stuff. It's stupid, but I love it. There are both coins and "bird bucks" with which you can buy decorations or other birds, and the only way you can earn "bird bucks" is to download other Apps. My trick is that I download them, get the bird bucks, then delete them.

But the thing is, you can only get up to 6 bird bucks for a free app, and a lot of the things you need to buy with them are upwards of 20 bird bucks. So I decided to BUY an app and get like 32 bird bucks to spend. This app is called "MyNetDiary", and it's basically a weight loss/nutrition app.

The point of this story is that now that I paid two bucks for this stupid nutrition app, I should probably use it. So I'll start blogging again.

Fin.

[Day 17] I'm not very good at this, am I?

2010-08-02T11:39:00.000-07:00

So I've decided to only post every OTHER day, because every day just isn't working, eh?

Food Diary:

Breakfast-banana blueberry smoothie

Lunch- Cheddar cheese/banana pepper sandwich, 1 piece of leftover french toast, some tortilla chips (It was a really weird meal)

Dinner- Can of beans, most of an ice cream bar, a few more tortilla chips.

Video:

Notes: I like this video. Even though the only time I watched it was while I was recording it. But whatever. I think I'm hillarious.

[Day 15] Fancy?

2010-07-31T17:11:00.000-07:00

I did another fancy video to make up for not posting yesterday. I really don't have an excuse... I just didn't do anything.

Food Diary-

Breakfast- Blueberry banana smoothie, 1 reheated pancake with peanut butter

Lunch- 2 tomato/mozzarella paninis, some peach slices (it wasn't a very good peach)

Dinner- Fake hotdog, grilled potato salad (At the time of my posting this, I have not actually eaten yet)

Video:

Notes: I also spent like an hour and a half shoveling dog poop in the back yard, if that counts for anything. I need to find alternatives to carbs.

[Day 13] New camera... FANCINESS!

2010-07-29T16:41:00.000-07:00

I just want you to know that not all of my videos will be fancy like this. I don't have time to edit a video every freaking day. Geez.

Food Diary-

Breakfast- Banana and blueberry smoothie, half a bagel with peanut butter

Lunch- three pieces of spinach wrapped around feta cheese and pesto, then some roasted peanuts and almonds later on. (I know I sort of didn't eat lunch because I was playing with my new camera and watching LOST)

Dinner- 2 pieces of leftover french toast, 1 slice of Pablos Pizza at farmer's market

DailyBooth:

Video:

Notes: I was so hungry because I didn't eat a good lunch today. I should have just made a smoothie but my tummy was screaming "CARBS OH MY GOD CARBS PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE." and I gave in. But I did a good WiiFit workout and then walked around Farmer's Market in the sun for a while. And drank water.

[Day 12] I have an excuse this time

2010-07-28T15:49:00.001-07:00

I just got this BAMF app for my phone so I can blog here. Which is cool because it's convenient. Also it means I might start doing more political blogs again. Woo!

Food diary:

Breakfast- raspberry banana smoothie

Lunch- my favorite muffin spicy Italian sandwich. There was meat and it made me a little sick but it was SO GOOD. I also had a chocolate cheesecake mini muffin.

Dinner-tortellini

Post-free-concert snack- McDonalds soft serve (it was a social thing DON'T JUDGE ME!)

Picture:

Notes: no exercise other than walking around. I had a lot of carbs today which I will counter with wii fit tomorrow.

[Day 10-11] I dunno the days.

2010-07-27T11:21:00.000-07:00

klasjdflkjwa I need to start posting better. Otherwise I forget what day it is. Oops. This post is for yesterday AND today.

Food Diary 7/26:

Breakfast- Blueberry banana smoothie, half a bagel with almond butter

Lunch- Raspberry banana smoothie, half a bagel with peanut butter

Dinner- Leftover french toast

Food Diary 7/27:

Breakfast- Raspberry banana smoothie, half a bagel with peanut butter

Dailybooth:

Video:

Notes: This is harder than I originally expected. But the eating better is going well. My smoothies are simply the best.

[Day 9] I didn't realize how much weight John Green has lost

2010-07-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

Go John!

Anyways. I will start doing something again tomorrow. But I'm still watching what I eat.

Food Diary:

Breakfast- Ciniburst french toast

Lunchish- 1/4 of a quesadilla, some chips

Dinner- Bean burrito, one extra tortilla, some salsa

I think it says something that I'm still posting here. So I promise that I'll start again tomorrow

[Day 7-8] You should feel awfully lucky right now

2010-07-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

I really shouldn't still be up to post this, but I felt bad leaving you two days without a post. Even though no one is reading this or even cares. At least I warned you from the beginning it wouldn't be as consistent.

Food diary-

Breakfast- Banana/blueberry smoothie

Lunch- PB&J at Great Harvest (with Anita!)

Pre-babysitting quick meal- Banana/blackberry smoothie

Post-babysitting quick meal/ midnight snack- bagel toast

Notes: Yesterday was my day of rest because I got really busy and didn't really have time to exercise anyways. Today I spent six hours chasing a 2 year old and a 7 year old around and spent just about as much time lifting up the 2 year old and carrying him. So that totally counts as exercise because oh my god I'm exhausted. My arms are actually kind of sore. Woo.

[Day 6] Oops

2010-07-23T09:08:00.001-07:00

Yeah, yeah, so I forgot to post. Whatever. I also forgot to take a DailyBooth picture, but I think you can all live without seeing my butt for a day.

Food Diary (it was a weird day for food)

Breakfast- Almonds and an apple

Second breakfast- Raspberry and banana smoothie

Writing snack- small white chocolate mocha (from starbucks. Yuck.)

Dinnerish- 1 slice of Pablos pesto pizza

Second dinner- Blueberry and banana smoothie

Video:

MMMMMM

Exercise: Abs and arms today. I did a bunch of sit ups and stuff. Then I got on the Wii and did a couple games. I'm getting really good at the meditation balance game. I can actually sit still for three minutes! A record.
I think tomorrow might be my rest day, but who knows. See, we have company. More on that at my "real" blog.

[Day 5] It's only 76 degrees today!

2010-07-21T15:15:00.001-07:00

And yet I still feel like I've been swimming all day. Yuck.

Food Diary:

Midnight snack stemming from the inability to fall asleep- Bagel toast

Breakfast- Powerbar, milk (I really need to switch this up)

Borders snack- small white chocolate mocha

Pre-work out snack- apple

Lunch- Tortilla with hummus, almonds, peanuts

Snack- blueberries

Dinner- Blueberry/banana smoothie (OMG it was good), 1 piece of lightly buttered toast

DailyBooth:

Video (it's another CAR VLOG.)

Notes:
I did WiiFit again. I sweated. I'll tell you more tomorrow.

[Day 4] It's so hot my sweat is sweating

2010-07-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

You like that image? Me too.

Food diary:

Breakfast- powerbar, milk

Borders snack- medium iced latte (which I didn't finish) (The cute barista made it for me and he KNOWS MY NAME!)

Lunch- apple, roasted almonds and peanuts

Dinner- can of pinto beans, 1 slice of cheese

DailyBooth:

Video:

alakjsdfalkhdgfhaf I talk in this one. I don't just breath heavily.

Notes: I really like the WiiFit. Also, I need a new pair of yoga pants. Also, the video might not be necessary every day. I'll only post a video when I think it's needed, or interesting, or new. I can't just keep posting clips of WiiFit.

[Day 3] This won't be daily for very long

2010-07-19T17:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah. I'm going to go insane. Maybe every other day?

Food Diary:

Breakfast- Powerbar, glass of milk

Blogging snack- Small white chocolate mocha (This is a habit I must break)

Lunch- Roasted, unsalted peanuts and almonds, one apple

Dinner- 1 1/2 slices of leftover pesto pizza (small slices off the small pizza... so not a lot)

DailyBooth:

I think my DB pics look so strange because I have really poor posture, so my butt sticks out.

Video:

We were talking about iPhones and Megan switching from Verizon to AT&T, which I was bad mouthing. I dunno if I'm gonna do daily videos, because they're kind of a pain and also sort of useless.

Notes: I'm not going to be able to walk tomorrow. But I feel good. Hopefully I'll sleep.

[Day 2] Getting the hang

2010-07-18T08:39:00.000-07:00

Not really.

Food Diary:

Breakfast- powerbar, glass of milk

Lunch- Smartdog (it's a fake hotdog), potato salad, strawberries

Dinner- Blueberry pancakes

DailyBooth:

Video:

Notes: Anyone who says the Wii Fit can't work you out is a LIAR. I was pretty sore in my hips this morning when I did my exercises, and hopefully I can keep this up. Tomorrow the video will probably be a bit more exciting, because I'll be biking and swimming with a friend. Cross your fingers that I don't kill myself.

[Day One] Well. This is awkward.

2010-07-18T08:19:00.000-07:00

I hope you read the introduction to this new project, to explain why for the next month there will be two numbered posts a day. If not, it should be right under this post. READ IT NOW.

Food Diary:

Breakfast- Powerbar, glass of milk

Lunch- Grilled peach and chicken kebab salad thing

Snack- Orange popsicle

Dinner- Pablos Pizza (Punk's Pesto!)

DailyBooth:

Starting Weight: 145 lbs

Video: No video today. I was gonna bring my phone on a bike ride but me and Megan decided we weren't gonna go. And I did about an hour on the WiiFit before I came up with this stupid idea, so you'll just have to take my word for it.

Other thoughts: As this is Day 1, there really isn't a lot to say. I like being on the Wii, even though some of the yoga poses are near impossible. I think my goal will be to have the ability to do the triangle pose at some point.

Introduction to Bri's Own Health

2010-07-17T08:12:00.000-07:00

So I’m apparently insane and thought to myself today: “What if I do ANOTHER year-long project? Wouldn’t that be FUN?!?” No, projection of myself ten minutes ago. That would NOT be fun. Bad idea. DO NOT-

I’m starting a new yearlong project, which I’m calling “Losing It”. (Creative, eh?) If you haven’t already guessed, it’s going to be a weight loss project. And I know the only way I’m going to get anything done by way of my body weight is to tell the internet about my progress. Here’s how it’s gonna work:

1. I will take a DailyBooth picture every single day of me from the side.

2. I will make a short iPhone vlog every other day chronicling my exercising. I have to do SOMETHING every single day (even pushups or some crunches count), and the iPhone vlog will just be my proof to you.

3. Every Sunday afternoon, I will post my weight. With the exception of Day 1, of course. Because I’ll be posting my weight today.

4. I will also chronicle, on the blog version of Losing It (where I will also link the DB pic and vlog), what I have eaten on that given day.

A couple concessions to clear up questions:

Sometimes, I will not have an internet connection. Like August 21st-26th ish. And possibly other times because I’ll be in college and doin stuff. So right off the bat, I want to make it clear that this project will not be NEARLY as consistent as the Bri 2.0 project.

That said, if I end up not having an internet connection, I’ll probably still have my phone, or my camera**, so I can continue filming myself doing things and then edit them together when I’m back with my internet.

I am allowed ONE DAY of complete and total rest once every two weeks, unless I am sick, in which case I will maybe have more than one day of complete and total rest while I get better.

During the school year, I’ll no doubt be very busy with college stuff. I will do my best to upkeep this daily exercise blog, but if I miss a day or two, I’ll just catch up. None of this scheduling backwards nonsense.

The only reason I started today, July 17, 2010, a little more than a month before my first year-long project ends, is because otherwise I won’t do it. Also, I already exercised today and I didn’t want it to go to waste.

SO. Does this all make sense? Do you have other questions? LEMME KNOW! Day 1 will be posted later today.

**In unrelated but awesome news, I might be getting a camera with better video capabilities soon.