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\nGood news...
31 December 2008 07:31:52
and more good news! First and foremost, I must say that I can't believe I've let my shoulder bother me for the past 4 months or so without doing anything about it...because the ibuprofen is doing wonders! I got in the car this morning (hadn't even taken a dose since last night at dinner time) and usually one of the manuvers that is painful is holding open the car door...I held it open and nothing! No pain! I am kicking myself for not looking into home treatment before now! Hopefully, it will continue to heal and I can leave this little episode behind me!Then, last night I did find the Jillian Michaels dvd on OnDemand. I watched it all the way through to get an idea of what I was up against. It didn't look too hard to me! I don't have any hand weights at the house so I went rummaging through the kitchen to find something I could use and came up with 2 jars of spaghetti sauce :) Nice little improv there! I headed for the livingroom and turned it on. Holy cow! That 20 minutes was no joke! My quads were screaming just by the end of the first circuit! With some moves, I couldn't even make it all the way through to the end of the set. For someone who has been fairly inactive for the past few months, this was a killer! I was sweating and huffin' and puffin'. But, I sure felt great when I got done! It was basically a 20 minute circuit training session where you do 3 minutes of strength training (doing multiple muscles groups at once), 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs...3 circuits. Whew! I'm already dreading doing it again tonight, but I know its going to make a big difference! And to think...that was only level 1 of 3...Lastly, I haven't been sleeping or eating that well since my whole upset in my personal life and I am proud to say that I may have actally got my whole 7 hours in last night! Yeah! Of course, I still feel exhausted, but I figure this means I'm starting to move back in the right direction! I'll probably try to take a nap after work since I'll be up late for New Year's tonight. And on that note, Happy New Year to everyone and see ya on the other side!
Weigh In Monday
15 December 2008 07:54:47
Down 3 pounds this week. That is still too much, but I have a feeling it will start evening out here soon enough. My girl and I have big plans to Wii Fit ourselves to death when I'm home for the holidays. I've been slow to get my workout on...mostly because I feel like I really need to get my eating in check first. Food is my true downfall and I feel like once I've come to terms with that, the rest will be easy. I'm definitely getting there, but not quite "free" of temptation!So, I'm down 5 pounds. I thought I'd be more excited than this. Probably because nothing feels different. Wait...I take that back. This morning when I was putting on my pants, I did notice that the waistband wasn't squeezing me to death, but I was also quite alarmed at all the excess fabric hanging around my butt. Why, God? Why must the butt and the boobs always be the first to go? It's not like I have a lot to spare here! For a "thick" girl, I've never had big tata's and there ain't a whole lotta junk in this trunk! And truth be told...now there is even less! Has anyone yet figured out how to divert fat from our thighs into our butt? Or from our upper arms into our boobs? Maybe I need to get working on that one... :) Happy Monday!
The Good and the Bad of it!
11 December 2008 15:36:30
So, Thursday has kind of been my mid-week check in day with the scale. I don't want to become a crazy person that is jumping on it every 5 seconds, but I also find it hard to make it a whole week without getting an idea of where things are headed. So...this morning...down 5 pounds since I started! Which sounds great, right?! Except I only started a week and a half ago and that is WAY too much weight loss for my body type in that amount of time. Being the overly logical person that I am, this weight loss is a bad thing! I'm losing too much, too fast, which means muscle mass. Noooooooo! Let me be honest here...I feel like I'm eating plenty. I've gotten way past the days of starving just an hour after a meal. But all this healthy food...fruits, veggies, fibery stuff...it has not freakin' calories! This isn't my fault, people! I'm eating. Eating lots. It's just not adding up to much. Everyday I say I'm going to eat more, but when I add it up at the end of the day, I'm always around 1200 - 1300 calories. And it's not enough :(
Test 1: Eating Out
08 December 2008 11:28:49
Test attempted and test passed! I was showing someone around the city last night and we went out for dinner. There weren't a whole lot of vegetarian items on the list, so I was limited. Finally, the Margherita Pizza won me over. Well, it was HUGE when it came out of the kitchen and under my nose. I made a decision that I'd have 2 pieces and I didn't have any problem stopping! That was amazing. Usually, if I have a plate in front of me, I'll pick on it until its gone. Oh yeah...I also had one small piece of bread from the bread basket instead of wiping it out like I usually would! The one bonus to being completely consumed with my current real-life drama is that it leaves no time to be consumed by food. It's great. I don't eat until I'm hungry. I stop when I'm done. I don't pick. I don't dream about what I'm going to eat later. I just plain don't anything. It's such a freeing feeling! And the biggest news! The official weigh in was this morning and I'm down 2.2 pounds! That is actually kind of a lot for what I weigh, so I need to make sure that I'm eating enough, but I'm very happy with it. Just gotta focus on keeping it up!
Still Truckin'
06 December 2008 09:10:41
Amazingly, I have not fallen off the wagon yet...I know, it's only been 5 days :) But, hey, you gotta start somewhere! And, well, I did sneak back on the scale and it was down 2.5 pounds. So, I'm feeling a little better about that previous weigh in. Of course, as I mentioned before, I've been kind of dealt a crappy hand the past couple of days and whenever I'm upset over something, it always comes through in the form of tummy problems. Having an upset stomach all the time is a great way to keep from over-eating. Yesterday I found that I didn't eat nearly enough. I'm trying to pay much closer attention today to make sure that doesn't happen again. I know not eating enough can do as much harm as eating too much! This morning as I got ready for work, I debated packing my gym bag...I even went as far as opening my "workout clothes drawer" and looking for something to wear. But, I couldn't find my favorite pants and quickly decided I would not be working out today. Bad Girl! I still sort of hold firm to the belief that I don't want to get in over my head and get overwhelmed...so, maybe its better to get this whole food thing sorted out first! I'm actually kind of excited to "officially" weigh in on Monday and see a little progress!
Half Empty or Half Full?
04 December 2008 13:53:37
So this morning, against my better judgement I climbed up on the scale...and I'm .2 pounds heavier than Monday! Augh! What am I doing wrong here? Anywho, this got me to thinking. I see this number going up and I want to throw my hands in the air and yell, SCREW IT THEN! Why do through all this "hard work" to see no results? Then, I suddenly thought of those people that would see that number climb and tell themselves that they just need to work that much harder to make this turn around! The people that would actually find MOTIVATION in an increase. Why am I not that person? Am I a glass half empty type of gal?What is your reaction when you see a gain on the scale? Half empty or half full?Still held fast to my good eating habits yesterday and so far today. Although, I will confess that I allowed myself to eat lunch out today. I had a ceasar salad and lucky for me they were out of parmesan :( But I suppose that is better for my waist line any way! I got some upsetting news today that has kind of had my belly in flip flops this afternoon, so I suppose that is helping my waist line too! Hopefully, after the holidays and after I've kicked a few of these bad habits, I'll get this toosh back in the gym and we'll get the ol' metabolism crankin'!
Wow...its been awhile :)
02 December 2008 07:29:04
What can I say? Life got in the way! Well, that and the fact that every time I sat down to write, I just drew a blank. Sadly, I'm in no better place than when I started! Boo! But, I'm back in the saddle and this time I've got my partner in crime along for the ride. Nothing like a little friend support to keep things moving!First, I'm going to try to rid myself of a few vices. The first being coffee. Yes, I know, you've heard it before. Get over it. I'm trying again :) Second, sugar. Sugar is the devil and I've been in bed with it for way too long! And finally, frozen food. I don't know what I would do without frozen meals and my microwave and that is no way to live! No worries, I'm taking these one at a time. Starting with coffee. Once I feel that I've finally gotten past it, I'll move on to sugar and so on. So, Day 1, no coffee :)Here is what I ate today:Tea w/ Splenda - 0Fruit cup - 100Banana - 100Lean Cuisine - 240Hot Chocolate - 190Oatmeal - 160Pasta - 510Total - 1300...a little low, but I'll work on that tomorrow!Not too bad of a start and amazingly, I haven't felt at all hungry! I did start to have the Starbucks craving this afternoon, so I figured going down there and getting a hot chocolate might help...and it did! There is a lot to be said for just going through the motions. I'm not even sure it was coffee I was craving or just the thought of going down there and getting something since I'm so used to it.Day 1 almost over and I'd call it a success!
Holding Steady and Strange Sound
06 October 2008 07:47:52
Well, as of this morning, I'm holding steady on the scale. After a lazy and somewhat free-for-all with food weekend, I'll take the zero loss...cuz its also a zero gain. This is the week I attend 3 bootcamp classes. Based on the times, its going to be a little hard. I think I'm going to work out by myself tonight to take the place of one of them. Then I'll hit the noon bootcamp on Wed and the 5pm bootcamp on Friday. This should be interesting! They are allowing our students in the bootcamp (I work at a college) and I'm a little weirded out by the thought of sweating my butt off next to someone I was chasing down for payment the week before :) Yikes.On a totally off-topic note, there is some strange noise going on in my neighborhood and it's been there for several days now. I first noticed it when I tried to sleep out in my livingroom on Friday night. The sound reminds me of the Wheel of Fortune wheel turning :) But, it goes faster and then slows down, then speeds up, etc...but never stops. It is very faint, but just loud enough to keep me from falling asleep. So, I went to my room to sleep and could not hear it from there. The next morning, I noticed it was still there. And again on Sunday. And yes, this morning as well. Here is the interesting part. As I was walking to the bus this morning, there were moments when all was quiet on the street and I could hear the noise! It must be some kind of machinery or something. I hope it stops soon because if I have to hear that forever, I'm going to go crazy!That's all for now!
Week One
30 September 2008 07:47:30
The Bootcamp chick sent me my Week 1 workouts yesterday. Pretty easy stuff since I told her to put me in the Beginner/Intermediate group :) The way the bootcamp works is that on the odd numbered weeks (1,3,5) I do 3 workouts that she sends me and one personal training session with her. Then on the even weeks (2,4,6) I go to 3 bootcamp workout sessions with the group. Of course, ToM arrived yesterday...perfect timing. Oh well!Did a big, healthy grocery shopping last night to stock up on all the goods to do this thing right. I'm not much of a cook so its a lot of easy to prepare things. But, I tried to make it healthy! Whenever I workout a lot, I obviously get hungrier, so I'm going to try to not let myself get carried away with that and go crazy. It's easy to excuse yourself from eating a little too much because you worked out. Other than that, not much going on! I'm working on two scarves right now that I've been totally meaning to post pics of. I love them both! It's really going to take some time management on my part to get them done in time for Christmas, but I'll have to find a way!I drove to work today and parked in a garage that you have to be out of by 7pm. Since I get off at 6pm, the workout is going to have to be a quickie. I'll probably only do the cardio piece and double up on the weight training one day. This is how I think the week will shake out:Mon: --Tue: 30 min cardioWed: 30 min cardio, weight trainingThu: Personal training sessionFri: --Sat: 30 min cardio, weight training (2x)Sun: --Wish me luck!
This ain't pretty...
24 September 2008 07:41:24
The numbers from my bootcamp Pre-assessment, I mean! Augh! She pinched me all over with that little fat squeezer device and it came up with an ugly number! 30%!!! She did say that the margin of error was 3%...but that could also mean that it is 33%!! Not that I'm really all that surprised since my WW scale says I'm 28.something%, but still! So, my goal for bootcamp is to lower that by 4% over the 6 weeks. That would put me solidly in the "Fair" category. I've never really aimed for body fat loss so I'm not even sure 4% is a realistic goal...I guess we'll see!Then came all the measurements. I can't believe I'm actually going to post these for the world to see! Yikes!Shoulder: 39.5...got my daddy's broad ones :)Chest: 36Abdomen: 35...holy cowWaist: 29Hips: 41.5...I don't want to see any number in the 40's!Thigh: 24.5...crazy that my thigh is almost as big as my waist! But, I've always had thunder thighs, no matter how small I've been, so that probably isn't going to change much!My goal for inches is going to be to lose a total of 6 inches. I think that should be relatively easy. Or I HOPE it will be relatively easy :)My confession: After eating fairly healthy yesterday, I had to run to the Whole Foods to pick up some greens for the bunny and ended up buying a huge cookie from Carol's Cookies. If you've never had one, they are enormous! My intent was to eat only half. Which I did. Until an hour later when I ate the other half :) Oops.
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