From Mikayla, Age 15 - 06/23/06 - IP#: 24.18.50.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'5, Wt. Too much - Set alarm to wake up at 10:00 AM so I do not have sleeping problems all summer. Shower. Eat two egg whites and a banana, grapefruit, apple or a couple strawberries. Go for a 1.5-mile walk around my hilly neighborhood with my dog. Snack will be some more fruit or a serving of Triscuits® and organic string cheese. Then I will spend the afternoon reading, playing or whatever, doing summer homework for my college classes, etc. This summer I am going to start preparing more meals for my family and they will all be vegetarian dishes that are very balanced (and totaling 1200 calories for the day). After dinner, I am going to digest for a while and then go work out again. At that time I will do my usual 30 minutes on a heavily inclined treadmill, 100+ bicep curls with 20 lbs, 100+ squats, 100+ crunches. I will be adding Taebo for about 20 minutes also and during my treadmill time, I am going to try running for as long as I can before I need to walk again. I have a number of reasons why I wish to lose weight, primarily health. I started out at 5’4 205 and now I am 5’5 180. My goal by the end of the summer is to be about 155 if that is possible. I am most likely going to increase the rigor of my workout later on, but we’ll see. My motivation is new school clothes and my crush who is a friend of mine. I want to surprise him on the first day of school. I am also getting my braces off, cutting my hair 10 inches later in the year for Locks of Love, and I will be 16! Yay!! It’s making it easier for me to keep going with this. Sorry this was so long, but what do you all think?