So I've noticed that I've been gaining weight the past two months since Thanksgiving ended. I kept a stable 175 from 200 all of 2011 until after Thanksgiving, and for the past two months, I've been at 180-185lbs. While I certainly haven't been able to get down to my desirable "androgynous look" goal, 20 pounds in a year is a start. So even though it's nearing the end of January, I've started a new diet and exercise habit.
1) I have to make sure to eat three times a day; breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Because I have an 8am class, and it takes me at least an hour total trip to get to school, I have little time to eat breakfast right after I get ready. So I stocked my locker with cup noodles; one cup for breakfast with a bottle of water before class.
2) After class, grab a footlong sub from Subway, w/ black forest ham and load it with a carp ton of vegetables. Lettuce, tomatoes, extra onions, cucumbers, and vinegar for flavor. No cheese, no mayo, no toasting. Eat half for lunch, save the other half for dinner.
I admit that eating at Subway is a bit contradictory, but it's school lunch. When nothing at home is suitable for dieting, go to school for a daily serving of vegetables. There's also grilled chicken, since white meat is good for you too.
3) Monday and Wednesday, I have consecutive classes til 1 (soon to be 2). So I hit the gym and run the treadmill for half an hour, break, find something else to exercise with for the rest of the hour. Same for Tuesday since I have a 4-hour break.
4) Thanks to these
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videos, I have a daily nightly workout. I can't exactly do crunches yet because I can barely lift my upper abdomen off the floor, save my shoulder blades, but the roll+pushups+kneetucks exercise is enough to get me going. One count is having rolled to both sides, and I aim to at least do 10 of these before I up my game (currently at 7 before my arms gave way).
I'm open for more advice, but this is a starting plan. I succeeded last year, I can probably lose more than 20lbs this year. Maybe I'll take up dancing classes at my school too to get me more energized and more fit. Anyone else successful with any weight loss or body-building?
Edit: If this doesn't count as interesting, I'll...just stop posting in this thread. I don't want to ruin another good thread like I did last year.