Workout: swallow cliff - 8x, jog back to car
Workout was tough this morning. I didn't make it the entire way up running my last pass. Not sure why it was so hard today.
Still going strong with WW and doing well. Still in the back of my mind that I need to plan better and spread my points out, but not getting around to doing that quite yet. I also revisited a site that has the Wendie plan for WW and am thinking about putting that into serious action - I kind of do it anyway, this would just involve a tiny bit more planning. I'll have to find the website and think about it some more - will figure it out over the weekend.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
No workout so far this morning.
Today was the goal day for me and Kim. My goal was to lose 4 lbs by today and I've lost 5.2! I'm very, very excited that I'm finally losing and it looks like I will make my goal of 115 by July 31st. I need to talk to Kim and set new short term goals. For now, I am enjoying my starbucks coffee (although it is a tad weak for my liking).
I have not decided if I'm going to lift this afternoon while the girls are at school. I have no motivation to lift weights lately and I'm not sure why that is. I was arguing with myself in bed this morning - get up or lay there. I had convinced myself to get up and lift, but then Georgia started calling me (at 6:15) and needed her sheets changed (when will that girl stop taking her diaper off at night?) Due to the number of toys & books in her bed it was a long process and I decided to go back to bed afterward. Now I have cramps - so I think I will take today off and aim for doing a bunch of body weight exercises on Friday.
Today was the goal day for me and Kim. My goal was to lose 4 lbs by today and I've lost 5.2! I'm very, very excited that I'm finally losing and it looks like I will make my goal of 115 by July 31st. I need to talk to Kim and set new short term goals. For now, I am enjoying my starbucks coffee (although it is a tad weak for my liking).
I have not decided if I'm going to lift this afternoon while the girls are at school. I have no motivation to lift weights lately and I'm not sure why that is. I was arguing with myself in bed this morning - get up or lay there. I had convinced myself to get up and lift, but then Georgia started calling me (at 6:15) and needed her sheets changed (when will that girl stop taking her diaper off at night?) Due to the number of toys & books in her bed it was a long process and I decided to go back to bed afterward. Now I have cramps - so I think I will take today off and aim for doing a bunch of body weight exercises on Friday.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
April 22, 2008
Workout: Swallow Cliff - 8x
Time: 30:00 on the stairs, 10:00 walk to and from the car
Good workout today. I pushed myself pretty hard at the end - ran the last two passes and wanted to puke afterward. Also jogged back to the car. Brady is one pooped pooch - he didn't come up with me for the last pass. He's getting a lot of exercise lately and he is exhausted. He sacks out at the top of the steps (in our house) at the end of the day and looks like he can hardly move. I guess we're working him pretty hard:)
Tomorrow I find out if I get my pound of starbucks - I'm pretty sure I will. I was still at 131.6 this morning even after having a bag of popcorn last night (sodium). I am feeling like I'm at a point where I want a break from the strictness, but I can't let myself. I have to go with the momentum and keep being strict and keep losing. I have 16 pounds to go and I will get there. It definitely works better to be strict about this over the weekend, too - things move along faster that way... My parents are coming in on the weekend of the May 10th to bring the trampoline. I'm hoping they will want to go to church and out for dinner afterward and I'm going to allow it to be a bit of a free meal - I'm not going to go crazy, but I'm not going to kill myself worrying about the points, either. And I think I will have some dessert. It is going to be my next goal - keep things strict until then and look forward to a free meal.
Things are good - I feel really, really good being this disciplined and eating well. I have lots of energy. I quit my job and I feel much more relaxed and focused on my girls. Its good.
Time: 30:00 on the stairs, 10:00 walk to and from the car
Good workout today. I pushed myself pretty hard at the end - ran the last two passes and wanted to puke afterward. Also jogged back to the car. Brady is one pooped pooch - he didn't come up with me for the last pass. He's getting a lot of exercise lately and he is exhausted. He sacks out at the top of the steps (in our house) at the end of the day and looks like he can hardly move. I guess we're working him pretty hard:)
Tomorrow I find out if I get my pound of starbucks - I'm pretty sure I will. I was still at 131.6 this morning even after having a bag of popcorn last night (sodium). I am feeling like I'm at a point where I want a break from the strictness, but I can't let myself. I have to go with the momentum and keep being strict and keep losing. I have 16 pounds to go and I will get there. It definitely works better to be strict about this over the weekend, too - things move along faster that way... My parents are coming in on the weekend of the May 10th to bring the trampoline. I'm hoping they will want to go to church and out for dinner afterward and I'm going to allow it to be a bit of a free meal - I'm not going to go crazy, but I'm not going to kill myself worrying about the points, either. And I think I will have some dessert. It is going to be my next goal - keep things strict until then and look forward to a free meal.
Things are good - I feel really, really good being this disciplined and eating well. I have lots of energy. I quit my job and I feel much more relaxed and focused on my girls. Its good.
Monday, April 21, 2008
April 21, 2008
Workout: interval running on the treadmill - 2:00 walking, 2:00 running
Speeds: 3.6 / 6.7
Distance: 2.66 miles
Time: 32:00
Activity Points: 3
Wow, its been a while since I've updated - not sure why. I should get better at this again.
Things have been going well. I'm enjoying the discipline of eating like this again. I feel better having it under control rather than being thoughtless about my food choices. I just feel better about it and about myself because of it.
I'm still having issues with eating a majority of my points after 8pm. I eat 6 points up until then, and then eat a bunch of little things to add up to my 19 points for the day. I think I figured out that part of the issue is that I like to have all of these different tastes... a little soup, a hot pocket, some fried rice, some popcorn, etc. etc. Most of those things are low point values, so I feel like I can have a bunch of my favorites tastes all in one "meal". Not sure if it really matters how I do it, but I should probably plan things out a little bit better.
I have not been as dedicated to working out as I have been in the last year. Last week I only did cardio 3 times and no weight training. I'm making a goal for this week to do all 6 of my workouts.
Weight:
March 31, 2008: 136.8
April 21, 2008: 131.6
(5.2)
Saturday morning I weighed 130 and I was shocked. I weighed myself again yesterday just to see if it could be true and I was 129.8 - I haven't seen the 120's since I was pregnant with Georgia! I was very excited about that! I was worried that I wasn't going to make my goal of 4 lbs by April 23, but it looks like I'm going to make it and I'll be able to buy myself a pound of starbucks!
Speeds: 3.6 / 6.7
Distance: 2.66 miles
Time: 32:00
Activity Points: 3
Wow, its been a while since I've updated - not sure why. I should get better at this again.
Things have been going well. I'm enjoying the discipline of eating like this again. I feel better having it under control rather than being thoughtless about my food choices. I just feel better about it and about myself because of it.
I'm still having issues with eating a majority of my points after 8pm. I eat 6 points up until then, and then eat a bunch of little things to add up to my 19 points for the day. I think I figured out that part of the issue is that I like to have all of these different tastes... a little soup, a hot pocket, some fried rice, some popcorn, etc. etc. Most of those things are low point values, so I feel like I can have a bunch of my favorites tastes all in one "meal". Not sure if it really matters how I do it, but I should probably plan things out a little bit better.
I have not been as dedicated to working out as I have been in the last year. Last week I only did cardio 3 times and no weight training. I'm making a goal for this week to do all 6 of my workouts.
Weight:
March 31, 2008: 136.8
April 21, 2008: 131.6
(5.2)
Saturday morning I weighed 130 and I was shocked. I weighed myself again yesterday just to see if it could be true and I was 129.8 - I haven't seen the 120's since I was pregnant with Georgia! I was very excited about that! I was worried that I wasn't going to make my goal of 4 lbs by April 23, but it looks like I'm going to make it and I'll be able to buy myself a pound of starbucks!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
April 8, 2008
Workout: stairs
Wow, I am exhausted and drained today. I fell asleep at 10:15 last night and never heard the alarm this morning until it went off at 5:55 and I heard the radio guy announce the time (it was set for 5:15). I got up, got dressed and was out the door by 6:05 to go to the stairs.
Did 8 passes on the stairs - normal, toes, left, right, normal, 2 at a time, run, run. By the last running pass I was dead. But I accomplished something huge - I ran the entire flight two times in a row. Big deal since I used to not even make it one flight running.
I'm wondering if I should be eating my activity points or if I should just skip them. When I did WW in the past I always skipped them - and that was successful, but now I get one point less than I did back then and I'm kind of wishing I had more:) Maybe I'll just take it day by day. I still have not done a great job of balancing out my points throughout the day - I eat more than half of them between 6:30-9:30 and that probably isn't the best of strategies. Today I will try to spread them out more through the day. It is going to require me to actually think about dinner before dinner time, though...
Ugh, it is rainy and dreary today, which combined with my tiredness = a pretty shitty day. And I have a gigantic pile of shirts to iron... on a day when I just want to sit on the couch and read.
Wow, I am exhausted and drained today. I fell asleep at 10:15 last night and never heard the alarm this morning until it went off at 5:55 and I heard the radio guy announce the time (it was set for 5:15). I got up, got dressed and was out the door by 6:05 to go to the stairs.
Did 8 passes on the stairs - normal, toes, left, right, normal, 2 at a time, run, run. By the last running pass I was dead. But I accomplished something huge - I ran the entire flight two times in a row. Big deal since I used to not even make it one flight running.
I'm wondering if I should be eating my activity points or if I should just skip them. When I did WW in the past I always skipped them - and that was successful, but now I get one point less than I did back then and I'm kind of wishing I had more:) Maybe I'll just take it day by day. I still have not done a great job of balancing out my points throughout the day - I eat more than half of them between 6:30-9:30 and that probably isn't the best of strategies. Today I will try to spread them out more through the day. It is going to require me to actually think about dinner before dinner time, though...
Ugh, it is rainy and dreary today, which combined with my tiredness = a pretty shitty day. And I have a gigantic pile of shirts to iron... on a day when I just want to sit on the couch and read.
Monday, April 7, 2008
April 7, 2008
Workout: Treadmill steady state - 34:00
Weight: 134.6
So I've officially lost 2.2 pounds. I have to say that I have a mixture of disappointment and excitement. Disappointment because I was pretty certain that the 2.2 pounds were water retention weight and that my scale weight would be down a little more than that by now, but excitement because I've actually lost something and my pants don't feel as snug as they did a week ago (hallelujah!)
I was able to stick to my points throughout the weekend. It kind of sucked to have to count over the weekend, but if it is what I have to do, then I will do it. We went out for sushi on Saturday night with Doug & Jenny and then to Houlihan's for dessert (which I declined). The sushi sucked up a majority of my extra 35 points, but it was yummy! Actually the beer and the appetizer sucked up most of them. And I was good and didn't have a beer on Sunday night when I really wanted to. I also drank a TON of water on Sunday in an effort to make sure I was well-hydrated (always a problem on the weekend).
Today I ran on the treadmill. I decided that I'm going to do 2 days on the stairs, 1 on the treadmill, 1 long walk and 2 days of weights (cutting out legs). So I ran today while Dave was at the stairs. It felt really, really good. I concentrated really hard on my breathing and was able to run a full mile without any breaks. I think I could have probably kept going, but by that time I had accomplished the goal I had set for myself. It ended up being about 11:30 straight. I think my total run distance was 2.75 miles or was it 2.5? Regardless, I felt good while I was running and afterward. I feel like I'm on track to getting into great shape!
Weight: 134.6
So I've officially lost 2.2 pounds. I have to say that I have a mixture of disappointment and excitement. Disappointment because I was pretty certain that the 2.2 pounds were water retention weight and that my scale weight would be down a little more than that by now, but excitement because I've actually lost something and my pants don't feel as snug as they did a week ago (hallelujah!)
I was able to stick to my points throughout the weekend. It kind of sucked to have to count over the weekend, but if it is what I have to do, then I will do it. We went out for sushi on Saturday night with Doug & Jenny and then to Houlihan's for dessert (which I declined). The sushi sucked up a majority of my extra 35 points, but it was yummy! Actually the beer and the appetizer sucked up most of them. And I was good and didn't have a beer on Sunday night when I really wanted to. I also drank a TON of water on Sunday in an effort to make sure I was well-hydrated (always a problem on the weekend).
Today I ran on the treadmill. I decided that I'm going to do 2 days on the stairs, 1 on the treadmill, 1 long walk and 2 days of weights (cutting out legs). So I ran today while Dave was at the stairs. It felt really, really good. I concentrated really hard on my breathing and was able to run a full mile without any breaks. I think I could have probably kept going, but by that time I had accomplished the goal I had set for myself. It ended up being about 11:30 straight. I think my total run distance was 2.75 miles or was it 2.5? Regardless, I felt good while I was running and afterward. I feel like I'm on track to getting into great shape!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
April 3, 2008
Workout: stairs
Weight: 134.6
I went and did the stairs again this morning after fighting with myself to get out of bed. I wanted to just give in and give up on the rest of this weeks in terms of working out. On the second time up the stairs I was wishing I had stayed in bed:) My legs were so tired and sore and I didn't know if I was going to make it my full 7 times. I did. By the time I got to the top for the 7th time I wanted to crawl home - my quads were basically numb. I tried walking down the stairs, but I feel really off balance doing that so I ran. And then I ran back to the car and wanted to throw up. All in all it was a good workout LOL!
I have not had problems sticking with 19 points per day, but I'm finding that I don't eat much during the day and then I have to try to find 12-14 points at dinner time, which is probably not a very good strategy. The biggest reason for this is poor planning. I haven't made a dinner menu plan for the week and I really should - I just don't feel like it. I need to work on this for next week.
I have been eating good, nutritious food, though. Here was my menu for yesterday:
8:45 - oatmeal w/ splenda & cinnamon - 2pts
12:30 - 1c. Grape Nut Flakes & 1c. Skim milk - 4pts
4:00 - 1 grapefruit - 1pt
7:15 - 1 apple - 1pt
8:30 -1c. TJ's corn & roasted pepper soup & 15 TJ's oyster crackers - 4pts
9:00 - 1 1/2c. TJ's shrimp fried rice - 4 1/2pts
9:30 - 3/4c. cottage cheese - 2 1/2pts
I'm not saying that eating all of that food between 8:30 & 9:30 is a good idea, but at least it was all good food. Trader Joe's is the best for really tasty low calorie food.
Since Monday, I've lost 2.2 pounds, but I'm sure it is all water weight. I will take whatever I can get, though. My jeans still feel a bit snug.
Weight: 134.6
I went and did the stairs again this morning after fighting with myself to get out of bed. I wanted to just give in and give up on the rest of this weeks in terms of working out. On the second time up the stairs I was wishing I had stayed in bed:) My legs were so tired and sore and I didn't know if I was going to make it my full 7 times. I did. By the time I got to the top for the 7th time I wanted to crawl home - my quads were basically numb. I tried walking down the stairs, but I feel really off balance doing that so I ran. And then I ran back to the car and wanted to throw up. All in all it was a good workout LOL!
I have not had problems sticking with 19 points per day, but I'm finding that I don't eat much during the day and then I have to try to find 12-14 points at dinner time, which is probably not a very good strategy. The biggest reason for this is poor planning. I haven't made a dinner menu plan for the week and I really should - I just don't feel like it. I need to work on this for next week.
I have been eating good, nutritious food, though. Here was my menu for yesterday:
8:45 - oatmeal w/ splenda & cinnamon - 2pts
12:30 - 1c. Grape Nut Flakes & 1c. Skim milk - 4pts
4:00 - 1 grapefruit - 1pt
7:15 - 1 apple - 1pt
8:30 -1c. TJ's corn & roasted pepper soup & 15 TJ's oyster crackers - 4pts
9:00 - 1 1/2c. TJ's shrimp fried rice - 4 1/2pts
9:30 - 3/4c. cottage cheese - 2 1/2pts
I'm not saying that eating all of that food between 8:30 & 9:30 is a good idea, but at least it was all good food. Trader Joe's is the best for really tasty low calorie food.
Since Monday, I've lost 2.2 pounds, but I'm sure it is all water weight. I will take whatever I can get, though. My jeans still feel a bit snug.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
April 2, 2008
I didn't workout today - not on purpose. Someone turned the volume down on our alarm and neither of us woke up until 6:30, which is too late to get ready and actually get a decent workout in. I really SHOULD workout after Nora goes to school, but then there are so many other things I should do, too (like watch Oprah).
I have been doing well with sticking to my 19 points each day. I have to say, though, that I saw the receipt from Chilis that we had on Sunday night and I got a bit wistful - like I will never again be able to get good, bad food on Sunday night (we had Shanghai boneless chicken & hamburgers). I don't think those things are a "Never Again", but instead a "Not Right Now" thing. I have to be strong and super committed for at least a couple of weeks so I can see some progress and the scale going down which will increase my motivation.
I still have to sit down and really figure out a possible point total for Sushi dinner this weekend. We are also trying to get a babysitter so we can go over to Mark and Heather's and meet Mason. We want to bring some takeout dinner with us, so I'm hoping that we can do Subway or some kind of sandwich - at least for me - to make that night a little easier... I guess I'll work on that after we find out for sure if we're going.
I have been doing well with sticking to my 19 points each day. I have to say, though, that I saw the receipt from Chilis that we had on Sunday night and I got a bit wistful - like I will never again be able to get good, bad food on Sunday night (we had Shanghai boneless chicken & hamburgers). I don't think those things are a "Never Again", but instead a "Not Right Now" thing. I have to be strong and super committed for at least a couple of weeks so I can see some progress and the scale going down which will increase my motivation.
I still have to sit down and really figure out a possible point total for Sushi dinner this weekend. We are also trying to get a babysitter so we can go over to Mark and Heather's and meet Mason. We want to bring some takeout dinner with us, so I'm hoping that we can do Subway or some kind of sandwich - at least for me - to make that night a little easier... I guess I'll work on that after we find out for sure if we're going.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
April 1, 2008
Weight: 136.8
Workout: Stairs - 30:00
Today is my second day of Weight Watchers. I'm committed this time. The extra 2 1/2 pounds that I've gained in the last couple of weeks really pushed me to the point of being committed to do this. I joined and investigated the Global Health & Fitness program, but ultimately canceled because I need to focus on ONE thing and not have a million ideas and possible solutions clouding my brain. Ultimately my goal is to lose weight and after that I can consider trying to lean down and lower my BF % to the point of definition, but right now I need to just focus and that program was not going to do that. I still think it is a great find - they would customize a diet & workout program based on my likes and goals & health concerns and budget limitations. It seems like a great thing, but again, it is based on the same things as BFL & BFFM - several smaller meals/day, protein/carb/fat ratios, carb cycling, calorie tapering, etc. I thought I could do them both, but then I tried to figure out a day's worth of meals based on their general suggestions and I found myself spending too much time on it and going back to that same obsessive feeling and the same dread of "Well, lets hope this works." I emailed the guy and told him that I've been successful on WW twice and have been successful doing things that way exactly 0 times, so it is time to just focus and concentrate on one thing. I can't spend my time trying to fit pieces into a puzzle and hope for a good result and then be upset when I don't get one.
So back to WW it is.
"You have to want to change more than you want to stay the same."
I think this is finally really true for me now that I've added an extra 2 1/2 pounds. Its amazing how those 2 1/2 extra pounds have really pushed me to wanting to be really serious about the weight loss - until then I was pretty okay with just maintaining, but living a healthy lifestyle. Now I'm in it to lose and I'm serious about it. I am going to count points on the weekend and I amd going to workout just as much as I want to, not harder than I want to. I need to see some results in order to keep myself motivated. I can't wait to see the scale go down by the end of this week - even if it is only water weight.
I did well yesterday. I get 19 points each day and I had 18.5. I did not workout yesterday, but I went back to the stairs today. I haven't decided if I'm going to intentionally eat my activity points each day or just have them as back up if I need them. I didn't have too much trouble sticking to 19 yesterday, however, I was super busy all day and hardly ate anything until dinner (5 points up until I sat down for dinner at 8:20pm - then I had 10 points and had 4 a little while after that).
We are going out for sushi this weekend for my birthday. I'm going to have to sit down with the WW points tracker and the menu from the restaurant and try to figure out the points and hope that I don't go over at all. I'm going to save most of my daily points for dinner and use a lot of my flex points because I want to have a lot of sushi:)
Workout: Stairs - 30:00
Today is my second day of Weight Watchers. I'm committed this time. The extra 2 1/2 pounds that I've gained in the last couple of weeks really pushed me to the point of being committed to do this. I joined and investigated the Global Health & Fitness program, but ultimately canceled because I need to focus on ONE thing and not have a million ideas and possible solutions clouding my brain. Ultimately my goal is to lose weight and after that I can consider trying to lean down and lower my BF % to the point of definition, but right now I need to just focus and that program was not going to do that. I still think it is a great find - they would customize a diet & workout program based on my likes and goals & health concerns and budget limitations. It seems like a great thing, but again, it is based on the same things as BFL & BFFM - several smaller meals/day, protein/carb/fat ratios, carb cycling, calorie tapering, etc. I thought I could do them both, but then I tried to figure out a day's worth of meals based on their general suggestions and I found myself spending too much time on it and going back to that same obsessive feeling and the same dread of "Well, lets hope this works." I emailed the guy and told him that I've been successful on WW twice and have been successful doing things that way exactly 0 times, so it is time to just focus and concentrate on one thing. I can't spend my time trying to fit pieces into a puzzle and hope for a good result and then be upset when I don't get one.
So back to WW it is.
"You have to want to change more than you want to stay the same."
I think this is finally really true for me now that I've added an extra 2 1/2 pounds. Its amazing how those 2 1/2 extra pounds have really pushed me to wanting to be really serious about the weight loss - until then I was pretty okay with just maintaining, but living a healthy lifestyle. Now I'm in it to lose and I'm serious about it. I am going to count points on the weekend and I amd going to workout just as much as I want to, not harder than I want to. I need to see some results in order to keep myself motivated. I can't wait to see the scale go down by the end of this week - even if it is only water weight.
I did well yesterday. I get 19 points each day and I had 18.5. I did not workout yesterday, but I went back to the stairs today. I haven't decided if I'm going to intentionally eat my activity points each day or just have them as back up if I need them. I didn't have too much trouble sticking to 19 yesterday, however, I was super busy all day and hardly ate anything until dinner (5 points up until I sat down for dinner at 8:20pm - then I had 10 points and had 4 a little while after that).
We are going out for sushi this weekend for my birthday. I'm going to have to sit down with the WW points tracker and the menu from the restaurant and try to figure out the points and hope that I don't go over at all. I'm going to save most of my daily points for dinner and use a lot of my flex points because I want to have a lot of sushi:)
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