I weigh 163 today! That means my BMI is now under 30, which means I am no longer in the obese range - just overweight! I shouldn't be happy to be overweight, but that is tons better than seeing the obese thing. This is so great, considering it has taken me at least a few months to get to this point. I have a feeling I might just get to 160 by the end of this month - wish me luck!
I just finished my first workout on week 7 of my exercise plan and I feel like I could just fall over and die right now! The whole thing took me an hour and twenty minutes to finish, and I just had such a hard time throughout the whole thing. The way it works is that weeks 1 and 2 are the same circuit, weeks 3 and 4 change but are the same circuits, and so on. Its funny how by the end of the even weeks I feel like I'm getting the hang of it, but when the circuit changes up again I am so shocked by how much harder it is. Well I can find comfort in the fact that with days like today, at least my heart rate monitor says I burned a whopping 599 calories! Anyway, I think I might skip my afternoon walk today to do some shopping and let my body rest a bit :)
Just to give a little bit of an update of how I've been doing.
When I talked about my new eating plan, it was the Abs Diet I was talking about. It's basically just making sure to get plenty of protein, whole grains, veggies and fruits like berries into your diet. I have been doing that pretty well for about two weeks now. I really like it, even though I eat more meat than I have been known to enjoy in the past, but I feel fantastic and it really helps me keep me energy up for those tough workouts!
I've been exercising. I'm doing Jillian Michael's 12 week exercise plan in her Winning by Losing book. I will be starting week 7 tomorrow - scary!! I hope I can make it through it - just kidding, I KNOW I can! I've also gotten back into the walking while DD is at school, too bad school ends this week. I still plan on dragging her out in the stroller for an hour walk everyday. I've even talked the boyfriend into walking after dinner with me! That is a feat in itself!
The scale is being kind of wierd. I've been hovering around 166 for the last two weeks, and I'm not really sure why. This morning I did see 164.8, but who knows if that will stick. My only hope is that I'm gaining muscle and losing fat, therefore I am not seeing any changes on the scale. I'm really hoping to get down at least below 163 by the end of the month so hopefully I'll stabilize and start seeing some results on the scale. My body fat is down to 38% though, so that's a loss of 1.5% so far.
I'll give another update next week. Have a great day!
So I have this scale that takes your information (sex, height, age) and I needed to reset the age. So I did, and noticed I had it set as being male also, so fixed that. Then I hopped on it and knew it would be different, but I was dismayed when it said I was actually 39.5% body fat, instead of the 33.5 I had thought. Oh well. Duh.
I've been doing good this week, exercising though not getting walks in like I need to. The Baby is sick and the weather has not been agreeable either so the walking just hasn't happened. Funny thing is I DO have a treadmill, so why not use it?! I guess I'm making excuses. My eating has been good though, except that I think I'm eating maybe a couple hundred calories too many in a day. I have pretty much stuck to the plan though. I'm still not losing weight but I did do my measurements yesterday and I'm down an inch overall. Any progress is good, right?
I've been weighing myself the last few days, and while my weight is not really going down, there is a number on there that did this morning. My body fat went from 34.5% to 33.5%! I know it isn't really huge, but hey, it's progress!
I also finished my last weight circuit of week 4 of my 12 week plan. On to week 5 on Sunday, woot!
I love my new eating plan with lots of protein and plenty of good carbs. Even lowfat ice cream! Can I just say how fantastic it is to feel nourished and NOT hungry?! I almost don't care about the weight, because boy do I feel good :)
Wow it's been a while huh?! I guess I should at least give a recap for April. I didn't lose any weight, well I did, but I guess it is back. To be honest, I screwed around a little too much, and it also didn't help that I got sick for a week and did not exercise.
I am now on week 4 of my circuit training plan. Today's workout was pretty good, it didn't feel as hard as it has been before. I'm even upping my weights as often as every week. I actually look forward to doing the circuits, if you can believe it!
I'm also starting a new 'eating plan'. I knew I needed to get more protein in, and though I don't like doing a lot of dairy and meat it is what my body needs right now to keep me from feeling too hungry.
Sparkpeople says I did 1102minutes of exercise this month. It seems like it should be more, but oh well, I'm too lazy to go through and look at each day to double check.
I took my measurements today and I'm only down 2 inches overall from last time. But at least it isn't up!
I guess I did not do as well as I could have. Or as well as I know deep down that I wanted to. It is a new month, heck a new day even and I feel really good about everything right now. I'm pretty sure I can stick to what I've been doing and cut out the stuff that I really shouldn't be doing (alcohol and eating out). If I just do that I am bound to see some changes right?!
Anyway I will try to update here more often than once a month from now on.
I'll be back tomorrow with a minutes update and the real weigh-in number for the week.
I guess I should give a recap of how my month went, in terms of numbers.
When I weighed in on March 3rd, I was 171. When I weighed in yesterday, I was 167. So I've lost 4 pounds for the month. That really is great! I was so up and down this month, but I think the exercise has really helped me to gain control of most of my issues. I hope I can lose another 4 in April to get to my 'no longer obese' goal!
I started exercising on the 2nd of March. My minutes as of yesterday for the month are 2778. Pretty good! That averages out to be about 90 minutes per day. I'd say that is actually great for a former couch potato ;)
I took my measurements on the 14th, but I don't think I've been consistent in the measuring in the same places. I need to work on that. I can truly say though, that all over my body I've lost about 10 inches so far. It seems like it is too much, but when I look at my before and after pictures I've taken, it does seem plausible. It is amazing how quickly one can lose off of the belly and chest!
So I think I did really, really well for the month. Even though, like I said, I had plenty of ups and downs and a few binges here and there. Apparently I overcame all of it (including being sick for the last two days and still working out!) and pulled through for some great results. Now that I see it like this I'm sure that I can do it again for another great month. I'll be back tomorrow with some goals for April :)
Woot!
I picked up Winning by Losing at the library the other day, and quickly read almost all of it on the same day. I will admit that I love Jillian, I love watching her on The Biggest Loser and I have a few of her workout videos, she basically kicks some serious butt. Would it be lame to even say that I want to look like her? It's not really even that, but I want to be the best I can be, and I know that if I work hard I can also get rid of the weight and also get super toned like her. It is just a goal, and those are good right?! Anyway, I like the book. She obviously gets good results with the people on The Biggest Loser so I figure she knows what she's talking about.
I realized that I needed a heart rate monitor, so I got one - blue of course :) I need to maximize my workouts so that I'm not just spinning my wheels. I tried it out last night and I'm already in love. I'm a sucker for new toys though!
I need to focus more on the math of losing weight, i.e. calories eaten vs. calories burned. So I'm going to quit Weight Watchers. It isn't really doing me much good to earn a bunch of activity points and then eat every single one of them. I need to make sure I'm also maximizing my nutrition so that I can work as hard as I can and get the most results possible for me.
I also need to work on myself. How I see myself, how I talk to myself, how I value myself, and on and on. I truly am my very own worst enemy, really. I could be doing something perfectly, but I would still be able to find some fault in it just for the fact that it was something that I was doing. Lame right? It is something I've done for a long time, and I say I've been working on it for a long time, but I know I just need to let it go. Let it go, move on, and be a new me. And I know it's no revelation, but if I put my mind to it I can achieve anything I want to. So I need to get my mind there, and I will.'
In other stuff, I rejoined Sparkpeople, mostly for the community interaction - even though I'm only in one group so far - lol. I was in another group before, but it seems to have dissolved. If anything it should be interesting and I should get something out of being there and reading and posting. I just don't really want to feel alone in this, and I think SP might help that.
Still doing good with the eating and working out (mostly), though I need to re-think how I'm going to eat and work out and that is my goal today. I did 55 minutes yesterday for a monthly total of 2510.
Just going to update my minutes, though I did well with eating today.
Today's minutes - 160
Monthly minutes - 2465
