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So Sorry!

I'm really sorry I haven't posted in a while, guys! It's mostly because I took a week off from the diet...unfortunately. It was necessary, however. And it gave me time to re-evaluate how I can be successful at losing weight and "sort-of" following Cassey's diet while on a freaking college meal plan. Here is the plan I came up with for myself:

Meal 1: A good, protein-rich breakfast in my room. If I wake up in time, do oatmeal w/ 1/2 banana. If I'm running late, grab a protein bar (I really like Luna and Think Thin).

Meal 2: If I have time for this one (I usually don't), I'll grab something 100 calories or less from my healthy snack supply in my room.

Meal 3: Cafeteria. Go for salad or soup, or 1/2 salad, 1/2 soup.

Meal 4: 150-200 calorie snack in my room (something like an apple and peanut butter, or wheat crackers and one of my 35-calorie cheese squares).

Meal 5: Cafeteria. Look for lean protein and some veggies. NO pizza, pasta (on a regular basis, it's ok after long runs or potential long runs the next day), or pie.

Meal 6: A 100-calorie before-bed snack (like yogurt or cottage cheese).

I'm also allowing myself to have one dark chocolate thing per day, if I REALLY want something sweet. However, I'd like to eventually get it to every other day.

I'm also going to JOURNAL absolutely everything I put through my lips. Every day.

Exercise:

Monday: 3 mile run

Tuesday: Arms and Abs

Wednesday: 4 mile run

Thursday: Core and legs

Friday: Full body

Saturday: 5 mile run

Sunday: rest

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Today's the day. Today I am moving past my slip-ups for the past 3-4 days and I am moving forward. I CAN do this.

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Days 6 and 7

Okay, I'm not even gonna say what I ate this weekend. It's not worth it. But it was almost all crap, especially today. But tomorrow, I'm gonna get back on my feet. I'm gonna eat healthily and I'm gonna exercise. And I am going to lose weight, be fit, and succeed at this challenge!

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blogilates:

Hey guys,

So it’s getting kinda hard trying to copy n paste URLs from facebook to tumblr. I wanna check up on u! Will you simply reblog this and say “I’m on the 90 day challenge” or something so I can follow you back easily?

90 Day Challenge - reblog this if you want me to follow u!

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Day 5/90

Today = completely blown by lack of exercise and desserts (coconut cream pie and halloween candy...ugh). It's amazing how I've noticed my craving for sugar goes up substantially when I don't work out... As far as regular food goes, I ate well. Just...gah! I have such a dang sweet tooth!

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Day 4/90

Today's grade: 90%. The only way I "cheated" today was with the Reeses cup! So, overall, I think I did really well today!

Exercise:

Legilates Legsercizes

Saddlebag Shaver

Inner Thigh Insanity

Diet.com Pilates Leg Slimming Workout

Total Body Cardio Kickboxing

Pop Cardio Fat Melting Routine

This adds up to 60 minutes of exercise!

Food:

Meal 1 (7:30am)-oatmeal with flax and 1/2 banana

Meal 2 (11am)-chicken noodle soup and cobb salad at Panera Bread (my whole meal was 330 calories, and I was stuffed! This is by far the best place to eat out on a diet!)

Meal 3 (3pm)-plain greek yogurt with honey and Pumpkin Granola from Trader Joe's

Meal 4 (5:45pm)-a very small salad (like less than a cup), a small serving of mixed vegetables, 6 oz chicken, an apple, and a Reeses cup (hey, it's Halloween, and a little chocolate has been unbelievably tempting. I'll work it off tomorrow!).

Meal 5 (9:30pm)-1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 tablespoon of raspberry jam, 1/2 banana, and 5 almonds.

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Day 3/90

My grade for today: 75%. I didn't quite work out the full amount of time, and I "cheated" a little bit by eating bread and mayonnaise in my chicken salad sandwich. But overall, it was a good day! I'm starting to notice a few physical changes already!

Exercise:

3 mile run

Cinch Your Waist

So, I did approximately 40 minutes of exercise today.

Food:

Meal 1: oatmeal with flax and half a banana

Meal 2: small salad with avocado, tomato, sunflower seeds, and balsamic vinaigrette

Meal 3: chicken salad sandwich with lettuce (I am a runner, and I noticed a lack of carb energy in my run today. So, I got a good, healthy bread and made a sandwich!)

Meal 4: Chobani Greek Yogurt Pineapple. (OH MY GOSH. This is literally the best yogurt I have had in my entire life. If you have not tasted it and you like pineapple, you MUST go buy some of it and try it.)

Meal 5: Slightly less than half a cup of cottage cheese, 1/4 of an avocado, and 10 almonds (I had a slight case of the munchies tonight...)

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Rewards and Goals

So, I am a new college student, and I have been on campus now for two months. A few days ago, I came to the very sad realization that I have gained 9 pounds in two months! AHH! My goal now is to lose a total of 21 pounds.

Current Weight: 151 pounds

Height: 5'7"

Goal Weight: 130 pounds

My Reward System!

Every time I lose 3 pounds, I get to go buy a few new clothes.

When I drop a full jean size, I get to buy a pair of Miss Me jeans!

If I meet my goal of 130, I get to invest in a pair of Newton running shoes for the marathon I'm training for in April.

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Day 2/90

Exercise For Day 2

Ran 4 miles in 37 minutes

Walked for 10 minutes

The Arms, Chest, and Shoulders POPilates video

Back Attack POPilates video

This adds up to 70 minutes of exercise! Yay!

Breakfast-Plain greek yogurt, honey, and uncooked oatmeal all mixed together (yogurt parfait!)

On Tuesdays, I don't really have time to grab a morning snack, because I'm in class from 8-12:15.

Lunch-a small salad with sprouts, red beans, and balsamic vinaigrette, a 6 oz piece of fish, and 10 almonds

Post Workout Meal-Muscle Milk Light in Chocolate

Little Mini Snack-I found myself hungry about an hour and a half after my post-workout meal, and I knew I wouldn't get to each dinner for another hour and a half, so I had half a banana. I figured this was ok, since I didn't get to eat my morning snack!

Dinner-Sweet potato and half an avocado

Evening Snack-cottage cheese with sunflower seeds and strawberry jam

Today was a SUCCESS!

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Day 1/90

All I can say is: BAD START, in most regards.

I knew this was going to be a bit of a rocky day, because before I decided to do the challenge, I agreed to go eat Cajun food with a friend of mine for lunch.

But...in ended up being one of those "cheat" days where you mess up one meal, and the whole day goes downhill. Sigh.

On a positive note, here was my exercise:

6:30am-Ran 3 miles

Lunch time-Until the World Ends workout

Night time-Bikini Bod 1

Here's what I ate:

Breakfast: 1 package of instant oatmeal w/flax seeds (I don't have the luxury to cook my food on a stove top, I live in a dorm!)

Morning Snack: 10 almonds

Lunch: Chili cheese etouffee at Yatz...sigh.

I skipped an afternoon snack, due to my excessive lunch intake! I was full until dinner time.

Dinner: A SALAD, exactly as laid out in the meal plan for lunch!! Go me. :)

Evening snack: A piece of pizza and a Reeses cup (FAIL.)

I could go into all kinds of excuses about my "cheats," but I'll spare you, and just say I plan to follow the meal plan 100% tomorrow. I guess when I look back at today, I did follow the food/exercise plan about 60-70% accurately, on the positive side of things. Gotta take this thing a day at a time, with our eyes always on the prize!

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blogilates:

BLOGILATES MEAL PLAN & 90 DAY CHALLENGE WORKOUT CALENDAR  REVEALED 

Hello POPsters!

I need to get to bed soon, so I’m gonna make this quick.

I just finished the meal plan. Those of you that signed up for my newsletter have received it by now and I hope you are as excited as I am to get started!!!

There’s a bunch of guidelines in the plan, but here are some key things I want you to remember:

1. Print the meal plan out and stick it on your fridge. This will allow you to stay FOCUSED.

2. Prepare your meals the night before or even the Sunday before, for the whole week, if you���re super busy and don’t have time to cook.

3. You must drink 3-4L of water EVERY DAY.

4. You will eat every 2-3 hours throughout the day.

5. You will workout 1 hr a day 5-6x a week for quickest results.

6. Our challenge starts today Oct 24, 2011 and ends Jan 22, 2012.

Here’s your weekly POP workout calendar:

Monday: Total Body. 

Begin the week with an awesome full body routine! (If there’s a new vid, do that first though!) Pick 50 minutes worth of POP Pilates Total Body videos to sculpt and end with 2 rounds of POP Cardio or POP HIITS to melt fat.

Tuesday: Upper Body & Back. 

Focus on your arms, chest, and back. Pick 50 minutes worth of POP Pilates Arm & Upper Body and POP Pilates Backvideos and end with 2 rounds of POP Cardio or POP HIITS to let those guns out!

Wednesday: Abs & Obliques!

Perfect mid week pick-me-up with core strengthening moves! Pick 50 minutes of POP Pilates Abs and POP Pilates Oblique & Muffintop videos to flatten that belly and end with 2 rounds of POP Cardio or POP HIITS  to let those defined abs of yours peak through.

Thursday: Lower Body.

Time to tighten the legs and tone up your booty! Pick 50 minutes of POP Pilates Legs & Thighs and POP Pilates Butt videos for an amazing lower body shaper and end with 2 rounds of POP Cardio or POP HIITS  to get those sexy runner’s legs.

Friday: Mix it up!

POPster’s choice. Pick 1 hour of anything POP. Try looking under POP Pilates with Equipment and Song Workouts.

Saturday:

Fun cardio day! Give me 1 hr of running, swimming, kickboxing, or salsa dancing! If you can’t decide, doing 4 rounds of POP Cardio or POP HIITS is fine by me.

Sunday:

Rest! Spend time with friends and fam and get your meals ready for the week.

THAT IS IT!!! Simple enough right? Make sure to log EVERYTHING you are doing on your blogs so that your fellow POPsters can be inspired by how hard you push yourself. Tell us what you’re eating, how you feel, what videos you did, and most importantly…how sore you are!!! (Oh don’t forget to take a “before” pic of your front, back, and sides in a bikini or in your bra and underwear. No need to post. This is for self reflection later on.)

Also, I noticed that when I sent out the plan, not everyone got it. Can you guys check your settings and make sure you’re not just following my blog, but are allowing me to email you? Because this is  your first time and the challenge has already started, I’m gonna be nice and just share the meal plan link right here. But please, try to fix your Google Friend Connect account settings for future mailings!

<3 Cassey

YA READY!!??

YES!!

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Just bought all my groceries, and I'm super excited for the big day tomorrow! I can't wait to see some changes in my body!

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 BLOGILATES MEAL PLAN - Grocery Shopping List

If vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, or dairy free – just omit items you cannot eat. If following the regular meal plan, your essentials are in bold. Buy enough for 1 week.

EGGS & DAIRY

 -eggs or liquid egg whites (I’m using liquid egg whites)

-non fat or low fat 1%-2% cottage cheese (I’m eating Trader Joes’s 1.5%)

PROTEINS

-chicken breast

-canned tuna in water (affordable) or any white fish

-firm tofu and/or tempeh

-black beans and/or garbanzo beans

PRODUCE

-bananas and/or blueberries

-romaine lettuce or baby spinach

-tomatoes (I like vine ripened, or roma)

-sweet potatoes

-broccoli

-avocado

-mushrooms

-spinach (frozen for omelet, optional fresh for salad)

-red pepper

-shelled edamame

-spaghetti squash

-asparagus

-baby carrots

-lemon

-You can pretty much buy any green you like

GRAINS

-oatmeal

-quinoa

-brown rice and/or bulgur

NUTS

-unsalted sunflower seeds (I’m eating raw, just because I like it)

-unsalted almonds (I’m eating them roasted, again, just because I like it)

OTHER

-balsamic vinegar dressing

-marinara sauce

-healthy salsa

-vanilla protein powder (I’m using Muscle Milk brand from Costco) – this is optional, but I’ll be eating protein pancakes for sure

-hummus

-ground flax seed

-ground cinnamon

-green tea and/or black coffee are ok

If some of the stuff sounds cool to you but it’s not bolded, go ahead and buy it anyway. It will give you some swap opportunities. If you miss anything, no worries. The bolds will get you through the week! Now grab your wallet and go! This is gonna be fun fun fun!

 Remember your physique is an 80% direct result of your diet. 

I’m gonna go workout now and then will come home and finalize. The official meal plans will be emailed out tomorrow via the Blogilates newsletter. Make sure you’re subscribed. And if you are, check your Google Friend Connect settings to make sure you check-marked the option to receive newsletters.

Also, if you haven’t already, please submit your tumblr blog URL here on Facebook.

Getting ready:):)