Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 61 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.34miles in 20:00
Oh my - my legs were hurting this morning before I even got going. Its rough doing HIIT on the bike the day after a lbwo. I couldn't muster up enough energy and strength to do my 10 minute any higher than 110 rpms. Thats good, but I've done better. Doesn't matter - it is whatever is a 10 for me today at that specific time. And the day after a lbwo is going to be harder than the day after an ubwo.
I need to get back on track with eating clean. I've been so hungry for the last couple of days. Yesterday I just gave in and had some cereal for a snack in between M3 & M4 - it was dry cereal, but still I was snacking on a carb and some sugar (it was Trader Joe's vanilla frosted shredded wheat). I now know that I cannot bring that out on Michelle's deck with me - I brought it out for a snack for the kids, but I ended up chompin away at it:( I need to get back on track and hit it hard for the next three weeks. I want to see some significant changes and it all has to do with me and how much I'm committed to it - it won't happen on its own (unfortunately).
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Day 60
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 60 -
Workout: LBWO
Pretty amazing that we only have 24 days left in this challenge. It has flown by and does not seem like work - just a way of life.
I think I have injured myself pretty badly and really should be taking a break from lifting. My tennis elbow was all but gone while we were away for the weekend as was my lower back pain. After being home for 2 days and having one ubwo my tennis elbow is back in full force, hurting more than ever. This morning during my lbwo I got this weird pain in my left hip/bum area - I am pretty certain it is a pinched nerve from my herniated disks.
Am I being stubborn by wanting to keep going? Am I being stupid? Is this disk issue something that requires surgery? What have I been doing wrong? Am I lifting too hard?
I'm not sure what to do... We're in the middle of week 9 and I feel like I want to just work through it to the end and then maybe take a break from lifting and just do cardio for a week or two to see if that helps, but I don't want to injur myself even worse by overcompensating for whats going on or aggravating issues that are already present.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 60 -
Workout: LBWO
Pretty amazing that we only have 24 days left in this challenge. It has flown by and does not seem like work - just a way of life.
I think I have injured myself pretty badly and really should be taking a break from lifting. My tennis elbow was all but gone while we were away for the weekend as was my lower back pain. After being home for 2 days and having one ubwo my tennis elbow is back in full force, hurting more than ever. This morning during my lbwo I got this weird pain in my left hip/bum area - I am pretty certain it is a pinched nerve from my herniated disks.
Am I being stubborn by wanting to keep going? Am I being stupid? Is this disk issue something that requires surgery? What have I been doing wrong? Am I lifting too hard?
I'm not sure what to do... We're in the middle of week 9 and I feel like I want to just work through it to the end and then maybe take a break from lifting and just do cardio for a week or two to see if that helps, but I don't want to injur myself even worse by overcompensating for whats going on or aggravating issues that are already present.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Day 59
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 59
Workout: HIIT - 5.35 miles in 20:00
Woke up late but got my hiit in this morning - its so nice that its only 20 minutes as opposed to 30 or 45. My legs and bum were burning at the end and I worked up a really good sweat. I could hardly walk up the stairs when I was done.
Another day in my quest to maintain clean eating. I'm struggling with coming off of vacation. We did really, really well while out there, but I'm struggling with being back in general - with getting back to my daily routine and the stuff that needs to be done around the house. I want to just sit and read my book all day (except that I haven't gotten into a new one yet, so it isn't as tempting). I did well yesterday with eating, but I made a huge portion of pumpkin pancakes and I probably ate one or two more than I should have in the name of taste testing.
I was pretty hungry for most of the afternoon and evening - even short times after I had eaten. I'm going to pay close attention to that to figure out if it is just a symptom of coming off of vacation or if I think I need to increase my portions a little bit.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 59
Workout: HIIT - 5.35 miles in 20:00
Woke up late but got my hiit in this morning - its so nice that its only 20 minutes as opposed to 30 or 45. My legs and bum were burning at the end and I worked up a really good sweat. I could hardly walk up the stairs when I was done.
Another day in my quest to maintain clean eating. I'm struggling with coming off of vacation. We did really, really well while out there, but I'm struggling with being back in general - with getting back to my daily routine and the stuff that needs to be done around the house. I want to just sit and read my book all day (except that I haven't gotten into a new one yet, so it isn't as tempting). I did well yesterday with eating, but I made a huge portion of pumpkin pancakes and I probably ate one or two more than I should have in the name of taste testing.
I was pretty hungry for most of the afternoon and evening - even short times after I had eaten. I'm going to pay close attention to that to figure out if it is just a symptom of coming off of vacation or if I think I need to increase my portions a little bit.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Day 58
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 38 -
Workout: UBWO
Had a good workout this morning. Hit several 10's (although not all).
Did an okay job with clean eating yesterday. Cheated a little bit and I'm not sure why - perhaps vacation hangover and wanting to still be somewhat free and independent. I didn't cheat horribly, just a bit. But still every little bit counts. I will do better today as I'm getting back to my daily routine today.
Starting week 9 today - 4 more weeks left to this challenge. I want to see some incredible results by the end so I need to stick to it hard core and eat clean, hit my 10's and watch my free day so it doesn't get out of hand.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 38 -
Workout: UBWO
Had a good workout this morning. Hit several 10's (although not all).
Did an okay job with clean eating yesterday. Cheated a little bit and I'm not sure why - perhaps vacation hangover and wanting to still be somewhat free and independent. I didn't cheat horribly, just a bit. But still every little bit counts. I will do better today as I'm getting back to my daily routine today.
Starting week 9 today - 4 more weeks left to this challenge. I want to see some incredible results by the end so I need to stick to it hard core and eat clean, hit my 10's and watch my free day so it doesn't get out of hand.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Day 57
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 57 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.36 miles in 20:00
Had a good workout this morning. I was well rested after such a nice weekend and my legs didn't feel tired. I felt good.
We were on the summer regional trip over the weekend and we got our workouts in. We got up extra early on Thursday so we could workout before we left, we did lower body weights together on friday afternoon and we both ran for hiit on saturday afternoon instead of joining everyone for pizza. We had to improvise for our lbwo because they didn't have free weights and they only had one leg machine - a combination leg press/calf press. So we hit the leg press hard since we didn't have a clue how much weight we could lift. We did the normal rep/set amounts and then for our 10 we lifted until failure. Since there was no official hamstring machine (the leg press said that it worked hams, too) we did walking lunges around the room while the other was doing leg presses and calf presses. The calf press was nice and I think I finally got a real 10 on my calves for the first time ever. We also did a bunch of crunches for abs and called it good. I was so sore the next day - legs AND abs:)
We went to the batting cages right after our workout and hit some balls. I did slow pitch and fast pitch softball and had a blast. It was free and not many people were in the cages. Cornbread also climbed the rock wall while I chatted with people. Then we went to the water park and did the slides for a while, then sat in the hot tub. My legs and bum and abs were sore on Saturday, but my shoulders were really sore on Sunday.
I think we did as best as we could in terms of eating clean while we were there. Actually, I think you can always do better, but we didn't abandon the plan at all and did our best to eat well. I had brought a bunch of food in a cooler and we actually had a full kitchen so we could put everything in the fridge. We did well on Thursday, but the dinner that was provided was in no way approved - caesar salad, lasagna, mixed veggies loaded with butter, bread sticks, pasta and tomato sauce or alfredo sauce. I chose a little salad, a lot of veggies (tried to drain as much butter off as possible) and I picked the sausage/ground beef out of the lasagna and left the noodles and cheese and had a portion of pasta. Not much we could do with it, but make the best choices we could based on what was available. I had a portion of scrambled eggs and a yogurt for breakfast on Friday and two portions of scrambled eggs and an apple for breakfast on Saturday. We got our mid morning meal in on Friday, worked out, came back to our room grabbed some lunch from the fridge, had a mid afternoon meal after the water park and had dinner at a tapas restaurant, which was definitely not clean.
Saturday proved to be tougher in terms of just getting all of our meals in. We weren't as busy as Friday, but seems that the relaxed day meant that we weren't paying much attention to needing our mid meals. Saturday night started our free day with the awards dinner, which was probably cleaner than our tapas dinner - salmon filet, mashed potatoes, asparagus and a filet. I did not eat the beef, but the rest was good and didn't have cream sauces or anything (probably just lots and lots of butter).
I'm pretty proud of the way we stuck to it all weekend - we got our workouts in and they were tough workouts - and we ate well. It could have been much worse - much, much worse.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 57 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.36 miles in 20:00
Had a good workout this morning. I was well rested after such a nice weekend and my legs didn't feel tired. I felt good.
We were on the summer regional trip over the weekend and we got our workouts in. We got up extra early on Thursday so we could workout before we left, we did lower body weights together on friday afternoon and we both ran for hiit on saturday afternoon instead of joining everyone for pizza. We had to improvise for our lbwo because they didn't have free weights and they only had one leg machine - a combination leg press/calf press. So we hit the leg press hard since we didn't have a clue how much weight we could lift. We did the normal rep/set amounts and then for our 10 we lifted until failure. Since there was no official hamstring machine (the leg press said that it worked hams, too) we did walking lunges around the room while the other was doing leg presses and calf presses. The calf press was nice and I think I finally got a real 10 on my calves for the first time ever. We also did a bunch of crunches for abs and called it good. I was so sore the next day - legs AND abs:)
We went to the batting cages right after our workout and hit some balls. I did slow pitch and fast pitch softball and had a blast. It was free and not many people were in the cages. Cornbread also climbed the rock wall while I chatted with people. Then we went to the water park and did the slides for a while, then sat in the hot tub. My legs and bum and abs were sore on Saturday, but my shoulders were really sore on Sunday.
I think we did as best as we could in terms of eating clean while we were there. Actually, I think you can always do better, but we didn't abandon the plan at all and did our best to eat well. I had brought a bunch of food in a cooler and we actually had a full kitchen so we could put everything in the fridge. We did well on Thursday, but the dinner that was provided was in no way approved - caesar salad, lasagna, mixed veggies loaded with butter, bread sticks, pasta and tomato sauce or alfredo sauce. I chose a little salad, a lot of veggies (tried to drain as much butter off as possible) and I picked the sausage/ground beef out of the lasagna and left the noodles and cheese and had a portion of pasta. Not much we could do with it, but make the best choices we could based on what was available. I had a portion of scrambled eggs and a yogurt for breakfast on Friday and two portions of scrambled eggs and an apple for breakfast on Saturday. We got our mid morning meal in on Friday, worked out, came back to our room grabbed some lunch from the fridge, had a mid afternoon meal after the water park and had dinner at a tapas restaurant, which was definitely not clean.
Saturday proved to be tougher in terms of just getting all of our meals in. We weren't as busy as Friday, but seems that the relaxed day meant that we weren't paying much attention to needing our mid meals. Saturday night started our free day with the awards dinner, which was probably cleaner than our tapas dinner - salmon filet, mashed potatoes, asparagus and a filet. I did not eat the beef, but the rest was good and didn't have cream sauces or anything (probably just lots and lots of butter).
I'm pretty proud of the way we stuck to it all weekend - we got our workouts in and they were tough workouts - and we ate well. It could have been much worse - much, much worse.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Day 52
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 52 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.3 miles in 20:00
My legs were exhausted this morning from my LBWO yesterday morning. I had trouble maintaining any of the higher rpms for a minute at a time. When my 10 minute came up, I actually groaned in complaint:) It was a tough one this morning.
I'm looking forward to doing two workouts in the hotel gym. LB with machines will be very interesting, although, I may have to just go to free weights in order to hit my 10s. I'm also interested to try another piece of equipment for my HIIT while we're there. Not sure if I want to try the treadmill or an eliptical (have never done one of those before, so I'll probably do that).
I'm going to bring a cooler with me for the weekend and stock lots of cottage cheese, apples, string cheese and cucumber and tomato salad. I'm trying to decide if I should bring bars for our last meal or if I should bring a blender or if I can make a bunch of pudding ahead of time and keep it in the cooler. I think cornbread will be eating a lot of bars at his meetings, but I'd prefer to not do that if possible. And I don't want to make a shake in a shaker... I need to remember to buy some ready to drink shakes before we go.
I'm very excited to go away. I'm going to read and just hang out and do nothing and have no responsibilities for the entire weekend. I definitely, definitely need this break right now as I have had it with the fits that Georgia is throwing. Ryann has gotten better, but Georgia is trying my patience on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. I need some time to myself and I'm so excited to have 4 days away, all expenses paid:)
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 52 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.3 miles in 20:00
My legs were exhausted this morning from my LBWO yesterday morning. I had trouble maintaining any of the higher rpms for a minute at a time. When my 10 minute came up, I actually groaned in complaint:) It was a tough one this morning.
I'm looking forward to doing two workouts in the hotel gym. LB with machines will be very interesting, although, I may have to just go to free weights in order to hit my 10s. I'm also interested to try another piece of equipment for my HIIT while we're there. Not sure if I want to try the treadmill or an eliptical (have never done one of those before, so I'll probably do that).
I'm going to bring a cooler with me for the weekend and stock lots of cottage cheese, apples, string cheese and cucumber and tomato salad. I'm trying to decide if I should bring bars for our last meal or if I should bring a blender or if I can make a bunch of pudding ahead of time and keep it in the cooler. I think cornbread will be eating a lot of bars at his meetings, but I'd prefer to not do that if possible. And I don't want to make a shake in a shaker... I need to remember to buy some ready to drink shakes before we go.
I'm very excited to go away. I'm going to read and just hang out and do nothing and have no responsibilities for the entire weekend. I definitely, definitely need this break right now as I have had it with the fits that Georgia is throwing. Ryann has gotten better, but Georgia is trying my patience on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. I need some time to myself and I'm so excited to have 4 days away, all expenses paid:)
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Day 51
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 51 -
Workout: LBWO
Good workout this morning. Hit my 10s on hamstrings and calves (finally). I was close to a 10 on quads, but I'm going to say it was a 9+. I included a few extra exercises (a set of plie squats, some side abs) and still got my workout done in a good amount of time.
I felt my back almost ready to slip while doing my squats. I paid close attention to it for the rest of the workout - I can feel it, it hurts, but its not debilitating. I do need to be careful and rest it as much as I can. I don't have another LBWO until Saturday, so hopefully that will be as much rest as I need.
Still need to put together a list of food to bring with us. Am working on thinking this through.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 51 -
Workout: LBWO
Good workout this morning. Hit my 10s on hamstrings and calves (finally). I was close to a 10 on quads, but I'm going to say it was a 9+. I included a few extra exercises (a set of plie squats, some side abs) and still got my workout done in a good amount of time.
I felt my back almost ready to slip while doing my squats. I paid close attention to it for the rest of the workout - I can feel it, it hurts, but its not debilitating. I do need to be careful and rest it as much as I can. I don't have another LBWO until Saturday, so hopefully that will be as much rest as I need.
Still need to put together a list of food to bring with us. Am working on thinking this through.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Day 50
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 50 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.37miles in 20:00
I have officially done two things today: 1) I have succeeded in completing more days in this challenge than I have in the previous attempt (before I got pregnant with Ryann) and 2) I rode further on the bike than I ever have before. These are huge acomplishments and signs of progress. Great signs of progress! I am getting stronger and more fit and it shows in my distance progress.
Today we are back to eating clean and I'm looking forward to it. We had a good free day - didn't go overboard by any stretch of the imagination and that makes me happy:)
My parents came out on Saturday night so we didn't go to church. Our free day didn't really begin until later than usual because we waited until they got here for dinner. We ate around 9 - Gigantic steaks and a loaf of bread. I cut my steak to about the correct portion size and had only a couple of pieces of bread with butter. Then we had a tiny piece of TJ's cheesecake for dessert. So that was good.
Sunday morning we went to church at 9 so there was no time to have a huge meal. I had a bowl of TJ's cheerios - I MISS cereal:) We went out for breakfast afterward and I had an omelet with shrimp, asparagus and hollandaise sauce, some hashbrowns and some toast. It was very good! Then I went shopping for the afternoon and come home, set up a sprinkler for the girls and we had dinner with John and Michelle - pizza, chips and salsa and beer. We also had a piece of Nora's pudding pie for dessert (I didn't eat much of mine, I don't like chocolate, french silk pie - just the graham cracker crust). I had some graham crackers and milk when we got home, and 2-3 cookies throughout the day, but I would say that overall I kept myself under control and had a good free day - enjoyable, but not overboard. I didn't feel like garbage at the end of the day and I don't think that I totally negated all of my hard work from the previous week.
I'm looking forward to working hard again this week and seeing some progress by then end of next week. We are going to the EJ Summer Regional this weekend in Cheboyagan, WI. We are planning to workout while we're there and eat well. I have to sit down and think about what kinds of foods I can bring with us - what can we eat on the road, what can we store in our room, what can we make quickly and have as a snack. Cornbread will probably be eating a lot of bars because he'll be in meetings most of the weekend... This is going to be a challenge, but one worth fighting for.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 50 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.37miles in 20:00
I have officially done two things today: 1) I have succeeded in completing more days in this challenge than I have in the previous attempt (before I got pregnant with Ryann) and 2) I rode further on the bike than I ever have before. These are huge acomplishments and signs of progress. Great signs of progress! I am getting stronger and more fit and it shows in my distance progress.
Today we are back to eating clean and I'm looking forward to it. We had a good free day - didn't go overboard by any stretch of the imagination and that makes me happy:)
My parents came out on Saturday night so we didn't go to church. Our free day didn't really begin until later than usual because we waited until they got here for dinner. We ate around 9 - Gigantic steaks and a loaf of bread. I cut my steak to about the correct portion size and had only a couple of pieces of bread with butter. Then we had a tiny piece of TJ's cheesecake for dessert. So that was good.
Sunday morning we went to church at 9 so there was no time to have a huge meal. I had a bowl of TJ's cheerios - I MISS cereal:) We went out for breakfast afterward and I had an omelet with shrimp, asparagus and hollandaise sauce, some hashbrowns and some toast. It was very good! Then I went shopping for the afternoon and come home, set up a sprinkler for the girls and we had dinner with John and Michelle - pizza, chips and salsa and beer. We also had a piece of Nora's pudding pie for dessert (I didn't eat much of mine, I don't like chocolate, french silk pie - just the graham cracker crust). I had some graham crackers and milk when we got home, and 2-3 cookies throughout the day, but I would say that overall I kept myself under control and had a good free day - enjoyable, but not overboard. I didn't feel like garbage at the end of the day and I don't think that I totally negated all of my hard work from the previous week.
I'm looking forward to working hard again this week and seeing some progress by then end of next week. We are going to the EJ Summer Regional this weekend in Cheboyagan, WI. We are planning to workout while we're there and eat well. I have to sit down and think about what kinds of foods I can bring with us - what can we eat on the road, what can we store in our room, what can we make quickly and have as a snack. Cornbread will probably be eating a lot of bars because he'll be in meetings most of the weekend... This is going to be a challenge, but one worth fighting for.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Day 48
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 48-
Workout: UBWO
A good workout today, but I didn't hit many 10s - only on chest and biceps. Measurements look good. Weight down to 134.2 - lost another .4 I think. I need to start reigning in my free days so that I'm not negating any progress I make throughout the week. However, I am encouraged by al of this - especially since we worked extra hard this week to eat extra clean and I got a handle on my calorie/day stuff. We also took pictures and I can see a difference in my waist and in my butt/hamstring area. I'm hoping that there are even more dramatic results to be seen in the coming weeks!
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 48-
Workout: UBWO
A good workout today, but I didn't hit many 10s - only on chest and biceps. Measurements look good. Weight down to 134.2 - lost another .4 I think. I need to start reigning in my free days so that I'm not negating any progress I make throughout the week. However, I am encouraged by al of this - especially since we worked extra hard this week to eat extra clean and I got a handle on my calorie/day stuff. We also took pictures and I can see a difference in my waist and in my butt/hamstring area. I'm hoping that there are even more dramatic results to be seen in the coming weeks!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Day 47
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 47 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.30miles in 20:00
My legs were so tired from my lbwo yesterday, but I pushed through it and I rode further than before (while the resistance has been stuck)!!! Very excited about that. My rpms for my 10 minute were up to 115-120 for the first 30 seconds then down to 110 for the second 30 seconds. It was definitely a 10 - I simply could not keep that up for any longer than I did - as it was I pushed myself for the last couple of seconds to keep it going.
This weekend I'm going to try to scale back my free day a little bit. I'm thinking about making protein pancakes for myself rather than regular pancakes - if we are able to have pancakes this weekend. I'm thinking I want to try these anyway so I should make them sometime during the week for me and Cornbread - everyone says they're so good. Anyway, I want to scale down the free day so I'm not negating all of my progress during the week. I'm also wondering if 1200 - 1300 calories each day is way too few given my general daily activity in addition to my workouts. Michelle says that I should be looking more at 1800 per day. How in the world do I find this out?
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 47 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.30miles in 20:00
My legs were so tired from my lbwo yesterday, but I pushed through it and I rode further than before (while the resistance has been stuck)!!! Very excited about that. My rpms for my 10 minute were up to 115-120 for the first 30 seconds then down to 110 for the second 30 seconds. It was definitely a 10 - I simply could not keep that up for any longer than I did - as it was I pushed myself for the last couple of seconds to keep it going.
This weekend I'm going to try to scale back my free day a little bit. I'm thinking about making protein pancakes for myself rather than regular pancakes - if we are able to have pancakes this weekend. I'm thinking I want to try these anyway so I should make them sometime during the week for me and Cornbread - everyone says they're so good. Anyway, I want to scale down the free day so I'm not negating all of my progress during the week. I'm also wondering if 1200 - 1300 calories each day is way too few given my general daily activity in addition to my workouts. Michelle says that I should be looking more at 1800 per day. How in the world do I find this out?
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Day 46
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 46 -
Workout: LBWO
Great lower body workout this morning. Hit my 10's on quads and hamstrings and changed my exercises around for calves and got closer to a 10. My legs feel really strong.
Made chocolate fudge flavored pudding last night. This time I made a "double batch" for both of us to share.
1c. cottage cheese
2 tbls SF FF pudding mix
1/2c. water
Blend.
It was better than the cheesecake pudding, but could have been a little more chocolatey for my taste:) But it was good. I think this is a good, satisfying alternative to the bars at night. I was very, very full afterward.
Little by little I feel like I'm learning and changing and doing things better. My menu is much different now than it was 6 weeks ago. I've gotten so many good tips and ideas and knowledge from the tracker site and I'm able to share them with Cornbread to help him, too. I still don't think he fully believes that he can change his body they way the pictures show, but I believe he can if he puts his mind to it. Its not my journey though - I can only worry about myself and encourage him where he needs it.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 46 -
Workout: LBWO
Great lower body workout this morning. Hit my 10's on quads and hamstrings and changed my exercises around for calves and got closer to a 10. My legs feel really strong.
Made chocolate fudge flavored pudding last night. This time I made a "double batch" for both of us to share.
1c. cottage cheese
2 tbls SF FF pudding mix
1/2c. water
Blend.
It was better than the cheesecake pudding, but could have been a little more chocolatey for my taste:) But it was good. I think this is a good, satisfying alternative to the bars at night. I was very, very full afterward.
Little by little I feel like I'm learning and changing and doing things better. My menu is much different now than it was 6 weeks ago. I've gotten so many good tips and ideas and knowledge from the tracker site and I'm able to share them with Cornbread to help him, too. I still don't think he fully believes that he can change his body they way the pictures show, but I believe he can if he puts his mind to it. Its not my journey though - I can only worry about myself and encourage him where he needs it.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Day 45
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 45 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.27miles in 20:00
I got my distance up by.03 miles! I didn't think that would be possible - I've felt like I'm pushing it as hard as I can, but apparently I can push harder:) Actually I pushed a little harder during my down minutes and ended up being a little more tired during my 10 minute (107rpms instead of 108-112). I also messed up my timing and did my 10 minute during minute 17 instead of 18 so I had 2 minutes of recovery before I was done instead of 1 - I pushed myself to maintain 75-80 on those two minutes whereas before I could barely hit 65 during the first 30 seconds of recovery and 70-75 during the last 30 seconds. Maybe that made a difference.
I did not go for the 5 egg white omelet idea. I was going to - I was all ready to do it and then I realized that I would be going through at least 3 dozen eggs for myself every week. I don't want to deal with the expense of that and the room that it would take in my fridge. I also can't go too extreme and strip everything of enjoyment or I will end up bailing. If 1 yolk a day means I make a little slower progress, then I'm going to have to be okay with that for now. At least for this 12 weeks I'm going to be okay with it. Maybe if I see some major changes by the end of the 12 weeks and I want to be even more serious about it, I will consider cutting out the yolks.
I also changed my handfull of baby carrots to 1/3 of a cucumber (sliced). I was told that carrots and corn have the most sugar and I need to be eating green veggies. So I opted for cucumbers and brocolli. The brocolli has the added bonus that the girls were even willing to eat it - who would have thought? I never would have. They're going to get sick of it because we're going to have it with every dinner from now on:) And I tried the protein pudding that was suggested to replace the bar at the end of the night. It was okay, but it made quite a lot and I got a little sick of it. It could be because I made the cheesecake flavor and I think that would get a little sickening even for regular pudding. I will try other flavors, though, because its better for me than having a bar.
Recipe:
3/4c. cottage cheese
2 tbsp SF FF pudding
1/2c. water
blend in a blender and eat.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 45 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.27miles in 20:00
I got my distance up by.03 miles! I didn't think that would be possible - I've felt like I'm pushing it as hard as I can, but apparently I can push harder:) Actually I pushed a little harder during my down minutes and ended up being a little more tired during my 10 minute (107rpms instead of 108-112). I also messed up my timing and did my 10 minute during minute 17 instead of 18 so I had 2 minutes of recovery before I was done instead of 1 - I pushed myself to maintain 75-80 on those two minutes whereas before I could barely hit 65 during the first 30 seconds of recovery and 70-75 during the last 30 seconds. Maybe that made a difference.
I did not go for the 5 egg white omelet idea. I was going to - I was all ready to do it and then I realized that I would be going through at least 3 dozen eggs for myself every week. I don't want to deal with the expense of that and the room that it would take in my fridge. I also can't go too extreme and strip everything of enjoyment or I will end up bailing. If 1 yolk a day means I make a little slower progress, then I'm going to have to be okay with that for now. At least for this 12 weeks I'm going to be okay with it. Maybe if I see some major changes by the end of the 12 weeks and I want to be even more serious about it, I will consider cutting out the yolks.
I also changed my handfull of baby carrots to 1/3 of a cucumber (sliced). I was told that carrots and corn have the most sugar and I need to be eating green veggies. So I opted for cucumbers and brocolli. The brocolli has the added bonus that the girls were even willing to eat it - who would have thought? I never would have. They're going to get sick of it because we're going to have it with every dinner from now on:) And I tried the protein pudding that was suggested to replace the bar at the end of the night. It was okay, but it made quite a lot and I got a little sick of it. It could be because I made the cheesecake flavor and I think that would get a little sickening even for regular pudding. I will try other flavors, though, because its better for me than having a bar.
Recipe:
3/4c. cottage cheese
2 tbsp SF FF pudding
1/2c. water
blend in a blender and eat.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Day 44
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 44 -
Workout: UBWO
Good workout today, although I only hit a 10 on chest - couldn't even get the bar up for rep 12 and had to call cornbread to come down and do it for me. That sucked, but I knew it was a 10. I can't find a second exercise for my shoulders that doesn't hurt my elbow, so there was no 10 there. Used a different exercise for my second back and am still figuring out weights so no 10 for back. Triceps were questionable - probably more like a 9+. And for biceps I'm still finding the right weight for my second exercise - no 10 for that, but I feel like I hit a 10 for my last set of reps of the first exercise. Must push harder on Saturday and look for new shoulder exercise by then.
I entered my daily menu into fitday.com and figured out that I've been eating right around 1350 calories per day. I don't think thats horrible, but I should probably be closer to 1200. So after posting my menu on the tracker site and getting some suggestions, I'm going to tweak things a bit. Today I'm going to try a 5 egg white omelet instead of having 3 whites & 1 yolk. I'm going to really miss that yolk... I'm going to trade my wasa crackers for 1/2 of a ww pita, use Pam instead of olive oil to sautee my morning veggies, have brocolli instead of carrots at lunch, add a salad to dinner and try some protein pudding at night instead of a bar. I don't know about all of this - part of me wonders if I would rather just have slower progress and enjoy myself a little bit (like have my yolk:) I will have to try it for a day and see how I like it before I decide - I should probably try it for more than one day, actually. We'll see.
I'm also going to have to watch my free day a little closer - I have to get that under control so that everything that I work for during the week isn't lost in one day.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 44 -
Workout: UBWO
Good workout today, although I only hit a 10 on chest - couldn't even get the bar up for rep 12 and had to call cornbread to come down and do it for me. That sucked, but I knew it was a 10. I can't find a second exercise for my shoulders that doesn't hurt my elbow, so there was no 10 there. Used a different exercise for my second back and am still figuring out weights so no 10 for back. Triceps were questionable - probably more like a 9+. And for biceps I'm still finding the right weight for my second exercise - no 10 for that, but I feel like I hit a 10 for my last set of reps of the first exercise. Must push harder on Saturday and look for new shoulder exercise by then.
I entered my daily menu into fitday.com and figured out that I've been eating right around 1350 calories per day. I don't think thats horrible, but I should probably be closer to 1200. So after posting my menu on the tracker site and getting some suggestions, I'm going to tweak things a bit. Today I'm going to try a 5 egg white omelet instead of having 3 whites & 1 yolk. I'm going to really miss that yolk... I'm going to trade my wasa crackers for 1/2 of a ww pita, use Pam instead of olive oil to sautee my morning veggies, have brocolli instead of carrots at lunch, add a salad to dinner and try some protein pudding at night instead of a bar. I don't know about all of this - part of me wonders if I would rather just have slower progress and enjoy myself a little bit (like have my yolk:) I will have to try it for a day and see how I like it before I decide - I should probably try it for more than one day, actually. We'll see.
I'm also going to have to watch my free day a little closer - I have to get that under control so that everything that I work for during the week isn't lost in one day.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Day 43
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 43
Workout: HIIT - 5.24miles in 20:00
So I guess 5.24 miles is about my norm for HIIT at this point (with the resistance stuck at 5 like it is). I'm happy with that. Before the resistance began to stick I was hitting 5.31, 5.34 and moving up, but I would say this is good and I'm happy with it. And again - I FEEL like I'm getting a better workout than I was before. My legs burn and my butt burns by the end.
Had a very gluttonous free day yesterday where I grabbed a cookie or a piece of TJ's toffee every time I was in the kitchen. By then end of the night I felt like absolute garbage. I am so glad I don't feel like that everyday anymore. And I need to stop doing that on free days, too. One key will be for me to not buy any of it.
Today we begin hitting it hard for the next two weeks - being really strict with our diets, cutting off free day at 7pm on Sunday - no exceptions. No beer during the week. No cheating. I'm going to try to figure out where I can cut a few calories here and there throughout the day - like no cheese on my eggs. I'll probably sit down and figure out how many calories I should be eating each day and then plug my normal menu into a website to find out how many calories I am actually eating and adjust according to that. I'm hoping that Cornbread will see some significant changes in the next two weeks to motivate him to continue being strict with this. I'm not sure if I will since the end of the two weeks will be the "magic 8 week mark" that I hear so much of - many women don't start seeing significant changes until AFTER week 8... but if I can boost my progress for after week 8 at all, then by all means, I will.
I need to start thinking about how I'm going to accomplish eating on the BFL plan at the Jones regional meeting - and I need to talk to Cornbread about how strict he wants to be while we're there - that will be the end of our two weeks. Hmmm.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 43
Workout: HIIT - 5.24miles in 20:00
So I guess 5.24 miles is about my norm for HIIT at this point (with the resistance stuck at 5 like it is). I'm happy with that. Before the resistance began to stick I was hitting 5.31, 5.34 and moving up, but I would say this is good and I'm happy with it. And again - I FEEL like I'm getting a better workout than I was before. My legs burn and my butt burns by the end.
Had a very gluttonous free day yesterday where I grabbed a cookie or a piece of TJ's toffee every time I was in the kitchen. By then end of the night I felt like absolute garbage. I am so glad I don't feel like that everyday anymore. And I need to stop doing that on free days, too. One key will be for me to not buy any of it.
Today we begin hitting it hard for the next two weeks - being really strict with our diets, cutting off free day at 7pm on Sunday - no exceptions. No beer during the week. No cheating. I'm going to try to figure out where I can cut a few calories here and there throughout the day - like no cheese on my eggs. I'll probably sit down and figure out how many calories I should be eating each day and then plug my normal menu into a website to find out how many calories I am actually eating and adjust according to that. I'm hoping that Cornbread will see some significant changes in the next two weeks to motivate him to continue being strict with this. I'm not sure if I will since the end of the two weeks will be the "magic 8 week mark" that I hear so much of - many women don't start seeing significant changes until AFTER week 8... but if I can boost my progress for after week 8 at all, then by all means, I will.
I need to start thinking about how I'm going to accomplish eating on the BFL plan at the Jones regional meeting - and I need to talk to Cornbread about how strict he wants to be while we're there - that will be the end of our two weeks. Hmmm.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Day 41 Part Two
I found a person on the tracker site that is the same height and build as Cornbread and showed him his before photos and his progress. He can't imagine being that muscular because he never has been. I told him that he could be, but he has to get more serious about the program. He does well - he hits his workouts hard, but he cheats a little bit every day i would guess and he has no issues with having a beer a few times a week while he grills. I think that kind of stuff hinders his progress and he isn't seeing as big of a change as he could... although he weighs less than he has in a long time, he isn't seeing himself lean out as much as he could.
We are halfway done with this challenge. We decided to commit to being very strict with our diets for the next two weeks and to take our photos at the end of week 8 to see if there is a dramatic change. In my opinion - if we see results it will spur us on to continue being strict for the rest of the challenge. I NEED him to be more strict about it - I feel a lack of support in some respect and I need him to kick it into gear. I'm glad he is willing to hit it hard for the next two weeks and to buckle down at least for that. I know he can be like that guy we saw - he just needs to be more committed. We both do.
We are halfway done with this challenge. We decided to commit to being very strict with our diets for the next two weeks and to take our photos at the end of week 8 to see if there is a dramatic change. In my opinion - if we see results it will spur us on to continue being strict for the rest of the challenge. I NEED him to be more strict about it - I feel a lack of support in some respect and I need him to kick it into gear. I'm glad he is willing to hit it hard for the next two weeks and to buckle down at least for that. I know he can be like that guy we saw - he just needs to be more committed. We both do.
Day 41
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 41 -
Workout: LBWO
Had a good workout. Hit 10 on quads, hamstrings, and calves (on the second set of 12 of the first exercise). Feeling good about my workouts, although still wondering if my form on the deadlifts is proper. My lower back is feeling it and I'm thinking it shouldn't be - I should look around the web to find out if they are supposed to be working the lower back muscles in addition to hamstrings or if that means I'm doing it wrong.
I had a couple of TJ's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies yesterday. They are the size of a quarter so I'm not too upset, but still mad at myself in a way. I also had some popcorn with the girls while we watched a movie. After they went to bed I put in my movie and I had planned to have my own bag of popcorn with my movie, but I decided that what I had eaten with the girls was good enough and opted to have a protein bar and some water instead. I also had a beer, which I wasn't too worried about until I stepped on the scale this morning - I was up 2 pounds from last week (I was the same on Wed as I was last week). So I'm thinking that I just can't allow myself to Okay a beer every once in a while... besides I've been reading that alcohol slows down the fat burning process and your body doesn't recover from it for a day or two afterward. I'm not sure if that means only if you get loaded or if you just have one...
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 41 -
Workout: LBWO
Had a good workout. Hit 10 on quads, hamstrings, and calves (on the second set of 12 of the first exercise). Feeling good about my workouts, although still wondering if my form on the deadlifts is proper. My lower back is feeling it and I'm thinking it shouldn't be - I should look around the web to find out if they are supposed to be working the lower back muscles in addition to hamstrings or if that means I'm doing it wrong.
I had a couple of TJ's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies yesterday. They are the size of a quarter so I'm not too upset, but still mad at myself in a way. I also had some popcorn with the girls while we watched a movie. After they went to bed I put in my movie and I had planned to have my own bag of popcorn with my movie, but I decided that what I had eaten with the girls was good enough and opted to have a protein bar and some water instead. I also had a beer, which I wasn't too worried about until I stepped on the scale this morning - I was up 2 pounds from last week (I was the same on Wed as I was last week). So I'm thinking that I just can't allow myself to Okay a beer every once in a while... besides I've been reading that alcohol slows down the fat burning process and your body doesn't recover from it for a day or two afterward. I'm not sure if that means only if you get loaded or if you just have one...
Friday, June 8, 2007
Day 40
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 40 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.24miles in 20:00
Sometimes I feel like maintaining 85 rpms for one minute is like a 10 - and I have to do it 4 times with each HIIT workout. This workout does kick my butts most mornings and I'm so glad its only 20 minutes! I got up to 100 rpms for my 10 minute, but maintained closer to 108 for most of the minute.
My arm still hurts, although I "met" a physical therapist on the tracker site and she gave me some physical therapy ideas to treat it. Stretching, ice, advil or aleve, massage, and no over-gripping. It did seem better last night, although I forgot to ice it. I will have to do better at including all of these things throughout the day. I want it to get better and I don't want to further aggravate it. She also said to back down on the weights and to be careful with what exercises I'm doing. I did stop some exercises yesterday due to pain. I emailed her my list of UB exercises and she gave me some good alternatives. How nice is that? I thought it was awesome! I am really enjoying that website.
One more day of working out and then my body gets to rest. I can feel that I need it pretty badly. My whole body feels incredibly tired by dinner time - not me, not my brain - my body is physically tired and needs a break. I think that is a good sign:)
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 40 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.24miles in 20:00
Sometimes I feel like maintaining 85 rpms for one minute is like a 10 - and I have to do it 4 times with each HIIT workout. This workout does kick my butts most mornings and I'm so glad its only 20 minutes! I got up to 100 rpms for my 10 minute, but maintained closer to 108 for most of the minute.
My arm still hurts, although I "met" a physical therapist on the tracker site and she gave me some physical therapy ideas to treat it. Stretching, ice, advil or aleve, massage, and no over-gripping. It did seem better last night, although I forgot to ice it. I will have to do better at including all of these things throughout the day. I want it to get better and I don't want to further aggravate it. She also said to back down on the weights and to be careful with what exercises I'm doing. I did stop some exercises yesterday due to pain. I emailed her my list of UB exercises and she gave me some good alternatives. How nice is that? I thought it was awesome! I am really enjoying that website.
One more day of working out and then my body gets to rest. I can feel that I need it pretty badly. My whole body feels incredibly tired by dinner time - not me, not my brain - my body is physically tired and needs a break. I think that is a good sign:)
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Day 39
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 39 -
Workout: UBWO
My workout was so-so this morning. I think I have tennis elbow and it limits some of the kinds of exercises I can do - seemed like it limited my second exercise (my 10) mostly. So I didn't do a complete second exercise for shoulders or back. I also changed my second exercise for biceps (because I think thats what caused it to begin with - inner bicep curls) and I didn't have nearly enough weight for what I was doing and didn't reach a 10 on that. I did hit a 10 on chest and triceps, though.
My LBWO on Tuesday was so tough that I'm feeling it more now than I did yesterday. My hamstrings are sore and tight and my lower back is sore. My body is just all around tired and exhausted, especially at the end of the night.
I successfully got through the first pool party of the summer without cheating. We had Trader Joes Chili Lime Chicken burgers, whole wheat buns and cucumber tomato salad. It was easy and good enough that I will probably bring that every week. I did not have a beer, which I really wanted, but I need to stay clean and not give in during the week and think "One will be fine" because pretty soon it turns into more.
Food does not control me.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 39 -
Workout: UBWO
My workout was so-so this morning. I think I have tennis elbow and it limits some of the kinds of exercises I can do - seemed like it limited my second exercise (my 10) mostly. So I didn't do a complete second exercise for shoulders or back. I also changed my second exercise for biceps (because I think thats what caused it to begin with - inner bicep curls) and I didn't have nearly enough weight for what I was doing and didn't reach a 10 on that. I did hit a 10 on chest and triceps, though.
My LBWO on Tuesday was so tough that I'm feeling it more now than I did yesterday. My hamstrings are sore and tight and my lower back is sore. My body is just all around tired and exhausted, especially at the end of the night.
I successfully got through the first pool party of the summer without cheating. We had Trader Joes Chili Lime Chicken burgers, whole wheat buns and cucumber tomato salad. It was easy and good enough that I will probably bring that every week. I did not have a beer, which I really wanted, but I need to stay clean and not give in during the week and think "One will be fine" because pretty soon it turns into more.
Food does not control me.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Day 38
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 38 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.11miles in 20:00
Well, obviously by the distance i rode, my legs are tired. My hamstrings hurt! None of my other muscles hurt, but my body is tired and I could tell when I first got on - it was hard to maintain even the lowest rpms in my cycle. But I pushed it and got there. I was up to 108 rpms on my 10 minute... tired - last time it was 112 rpms that minute. It was still definitely an interval workout and was absolute a 10 for that last minute.
My right arm is hurting. Michelle thinks I might have tendonitis in my right elbow. The pain is not muscle pain, but feels like structural pain - bone or tendons/ligaments. It is on the front side of my elbow closer to my lower arm muscle. It hurts to pick up my coffee or to even open the door at times. I'm not digging this - I'm a little worried about my UBWO tomorrow and if I'm going to be able to do it and if I should do it. I don't want to take a break at all if I don't have to. I'm going to go take some tylenol and see if that helps at all.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 38 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.11miles in 20:00
Well, obviously by the distance i rode, my legs are tired. My hamstrings hurt! None of my other muscles hurt, but my body is tired and I could tell when I first got on - it was hard to maintain even the lowest rpms in my cycle. But I pushed it and got there. I was up to 108 rpms on my 10 minute... tired - last time it was 112 rpms that minute. It was still definitely an interval workout and was absolute a 10 for that last minute.
My right arm is hurting. Michelle thinks I might have tendonitis in my right elbow. The pain is not muscle pain, but feels like structural pain - bone or tendons/ligaments. It is on the front side of my elbow closer to my lower arm muscle. It hurts to pick up my coffee or to even open the door at times. I'm not digging this - I'm a little worried about my UBWO tomorrow and if I'm going to be able to do it and if I should do it. I don't want to take a break at all if I don't have to. I'm going to go take some tylenol and see if that helps at all.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Day 37
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 37 -
Workout: LBWO
Made some form changes in my lower body workout and I could feel a difference.
* I bent forward at the waist for my squats because I had read that doing so would engage the glutes more than keeping the torso straight. I didn't feel it so much in my glutes, but I definitely felt a difference in my quads and hit a 10 on my lifts in only 12 reps (I had been doing 20 reps to get to a 10).
* I paid very careful attention to my form while doing my romanian deadlifts. Kept my torso straight, bent at the waist, pushed my bum out toward the wall. I could feel a difference in that - they were much more difficult than they were for my last lbwo. Hit a 10 on my hamstring curls after that.
* Based on advice from the tracker site, I took my shoes off to do my calf work. What a HUGE difference that made. All around - for both exercises I noticed a difference. I don't think that I hit a 10 for calves, but it was definitely closer than it has ever been. I will increase my weights the next time and see what happens. This is a huge improvement for me!
Ate clean yesterday and was glad to be back to it. I went to Walmart and bought as many bars as I had coupons left. Our coupons are now gone and I have a cupboard stocked (28 bars). I'm going to try making my own protein bars after these are gone. There are a lot of recipes on the board and I'm suspecting that it will probably be cheaper to do that than to continue buying the bars - especially if I don't have the B1G1F coupons. I hope they taste good:)
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 37 -
Workout: LBWO
Made some form changes in my lower body workout and I could feel a difference.
* I bent forward at the waist for my squats because I had read that doing so would engage the glutes more than keeping the torso straight. I didn't feel it so much in my glutes, but I definitely felt a difference in my quads and hit a 10 on my lifts in only 12 reps (I had been doing 20 reps to get to a 10).
* I paid very careful attention to my form while doing my romanian deadlifts. Kept my torso straight, bent at the waist, pushed my bum out toward the wall. I could feel a difference in that - they were much more difficult than they were for my last lbwo. Hit a 10 on my hamstring curls after that.
* Based on advice from the tracker site, I took my shoes off to do my calf work. What a HUGE difference that made. All around - for both exercises I noticed a difference. I don't think that I hit a 10 for calves, but it was definitely closer than it has ever been. I will increase my weights the next time and see what happens. This is a huge improvement for me!
Ate clean yesterday and was glad to be back to it. I went to Walmart and bought as many bars as I had coupons left. Our coupons are now gone and I have a cupboard stocked (28 bars). I'm going to try making my own protein bars after these are gone. There are a lot of recipes on the board and I'm suspecting that it will probably be cheaper to do that than to continue buying the bars - especially if I don't have the B1G1F coupons. I hope they taste good:)
Monday, June 4, 2007
Day 36
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 36 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.24 miles in 20:00
Just got done working out... I'm sweating like mad and my legs and bum are burning. Good signs of a good workout:) My distance was good, I was on top of my rpms (70, 75, 80, 85... 110) and it felt good.
I weighed myself and measured on Saturday morning after my UBWO. I have lost .8 lbs in 5 weeks. I'm happy with that because my measurements show losses in inches - great losses, like I'm super impressed losses. Here are my measurements so far (the first number is the beginning number, the second number is the measurement from end of week 5, the third number is the difference.)
Weight: 135.4 134.6 -.8
Neck: 13.5 12.0 -1.5
Shoulders: 42.5 41.5 -1.0
Chest: 35.0 33.0 -2.00
Waist: 30.5 28.75 -1.75
Abdomen: 33.5 32.50 -1.00
Hips: 37.5 36.75 -.75
Thigh: 25.5 24.25 -1.25
Knee: 16.0 14.75 -1.25
Calf: 15.0 14.75 -.25
Ankle: 8.75 8.25 -.50
Arm: 12.5 12.25 -.25
Forearm: 10.5 9.75 -.75
Wrist: 6.0 6.00 00
Body Fat % 33.27 31.14 -2.13
I'm really impressed by these numbers. I'm sure that some of it is due to measurer error, however, I don't think that measurer error can be that far off in some of them - he couldn't be 1.75 inches off, so there was definitely a loss there.
We took our week 5 photos and I see slight differences - very slight, but they are there. I posted them on the tracker website and mentioned it to the team that I joined and they said they could see differences. I'm very happy so far. I think this is what I needed to get that boost to go on positively:) I was having a slight freak out for a while there...
Regardless of the changes in size and weight, I am beyond happy with the difference in eating. We are eating healthier than ever before. We have good guidelines for what are good choices in eating and we are both having better, more balanced meals throughout the day. I feel good about our decision to do this and I feel better about doing it long term. I'm not going to get the rock hard hot body that I'd love to have in just 12 weeks - I'm not that disciplined - but I will see some changes and by my 32nd birthday I will be different person - inside and out.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 36 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.24 miles in 20:00
Just got done working out... I'm sweating like mad and my legs and bum are burning. Good signs of a good workout:) My distance was good, I was on top of my rpms (70, 75, 80, 85... 110) and it felt good.
I weighed myself and measured on Saturday morning after my UBWO. I have lost .8 lbs in 5 weeks. I'm happy with that because my measurements show losses in inches - great losses, like I'm super impressed losses. Here are my measurements so far (the first number is the beginning number, the second number is the measurement from end of week 5, the third number is the difference.)
Weight: 135.4 134.6 -.8
Neck: 13.5 12.0 -1.5
Shoulders: 42.5 41.5 -1.0
Chest: 35.0 33.0 -2.00
Waist: 30.5 28.75 -1.75
Abdomen: 33.5 32.50 -1.00
Hips: 37.5 36.75 -.75
Thigh: 25.5 24.25 -1.25
Knee: 16.0 14.75 -1.25
Calf: 15.0 14.75 -.25
Ankle: 8.75 8.25 -.50
Arm: 12.5 12.25 -.25
Forearm: 10.5 9.75 -.75
Wrist: 6.0 6.00 00
Body Fat % 33.27 31.14 -2.13
I'm really impressed by these numbers. I'm sure that some of it is due to measurer error, however, I don't think that measurer error can be that far off in some of them - he couldn't be 1.75 inches off, so there was definitely a loss there.
We took our week 5 photos and I see slight differences - very slight, but they are there. I posted them on the tracker website and mentioned it to the team that I joined and they said they could see differences. I'm very happy so far. I think this is what I needed to get that boost to go on positively:) I was having a slight freak out for a while there...
Regardless of the changes in size and weight, I am beyond happy with the difference in eating. We are eating healthier than ever before. We have good guidelines for what are good choices in eating and we are both having better, more balanced meals throughout the day. I feel good about our decision to do this and I feel better about doing it long term. I'm not going to get the rock hard hot body that I'd love to have in just 12 weeks - I'm not that disciplined - but I will see some changes and by my 32nd birthday I will be different person - inside and out.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Day 33
Beginning Date: April 30, 2007
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 33 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.15miles in 20:00
My legs were tired from my LBWO yesterday and you can tell by the decreased distance in my workout this morning. My rpms were 70, 75, 80, 85 and then 98 for my 10 minute. It was a decent workout, but I don't think it was a great workout and I wouldn't say that I hit a 10 at the end, unfortunately. I didn't quite realize this WHILE I was working out so I didn't kick it up a notch at the time. Now I wish I would have, but cannot go back.
I was pretty hungry last night. I don't know if I had too small of a dinner (ranch chicken salad from the efl book) or what, but I was starving. Maybe it was because I had my shake at my scheduled time of 4:00 instead of at 5:00 when it always seems to land on other days. I think I'm going to go back to the 5:00 shake as it just seems to feel a little better all the way around that way.
I cheated a little yesterday and I'm admitting it. I had an oreo cookie in the evening because I wanted one. I also had some rice krispies before my dinner (which is another reason why I wondering how I could have been hungry). This is very unusual for me - to cheat at all and especially to that extent. I have to say, though, I'm proud of myself for not going all or nothing and just giving up the entire day.
Ending Date: July 20, 2007
Day 33 -
Workout: HIIT - 5.15miles in 20:00
My legs were tired from my LBWO yesterday and you can tell by the decreased distance in my workout this morning. My rpms were 70, 75, 80, 85 and then 98 for my 10 minute. It was a decent workout, but I don't think it was a great workout and I wouldn't say that I hit a 10 at the end, unfortunately. I didn't quite realize this WHILE I was working out so I didn't kick it up a notch at the time. Now I wish I would have, but cannot go back.
I was pretty hungry last night. I don't know if I had too small of a dinner (ranch chicken salad from the efl book) or what, but I was starving. Maybe it was because I had my shake at my scheduled time of 4:00 instead of at 5:00 when it always seems to land on other days. I think I'm going to go back to the 5:00 shake as it just seems to feel a little better all the way around that way.
I cheated a little yesterday and I'm admitting it. I had an oreo cookie in the evening because I wanted one. I also had some rice krispies before my dinner (which is another reason why I wondering how I could have been hungry). This is very unusual for me - to cheat at all and especially to that extent. I have to say, though, I'm proud of myself for not going all or nothing and just giving up the entire day.
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