Has anyone ever tried this? If you have I'm curious to know what your results were. I also want to know your opinion, likes and dislikes.
Yesterday started my first day on the program. I must admit I didn't think I was going to make it. Eating off of 20 points, that doesn't sound like much! I wasused to eating 29. To me that is a big difference. I literally thought I was going to starve, however I'm back to report that my day went just fine yesterday and the 20 points where actually enough for me. However today is a different story, if I need to I'll be munching on some 0 point snacks!
Anyhow yesterday I didn't finish my workout, due to my serious problem with procrastination but I did makeup for it today along with my other scheduled work out, I did have to omit some things because it was just too much. I still had a pretty decent workout though.
On another note why are men so cheap? My DH has pissed me off once again, but sadly he doesn't even know it. I'm starting to feel that he is so unappreciative. He act like what I do at home isn't work! At first I admit I use to think that house wives had it easy. That is so not the case especially if you have two kids. As of now my responsibilities are to take care of our two kids ( feed em, bathe em, clean em, take my son and pick him up from school etc), clean our house (2 story 4bed/2.5 bath lot of work!). Everything that comes with it, laundry, dishes etc.. Make sure all the bills get paid(which I hate but somebody's got to do it) Wash the car (on ocassion). Go grocery shopping which I also hate. I pretty much take care of everything when my DH is at work (BTW, he works out of state) . My DH's reposnsibility is to basically make the money. Nothing else. Not saying what he does isn't hard work . I just think he has it a lil easier than I do. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, however he is showing me his ass right now and not recognizing what a good job I'm doing.
Now due to the fact that I'm not working I don't like to ask DH for personal things that I would like to purchase. However he tells me he doesn't mind , but when I go to do it he catches a fit. WTF? You say one thing but do something else. I know they say whats yours is mine and vice versa. I really don't feel that way. He claims he only gets mad at me for using money on things that are not necessary, but do I get on his case when he goes out and by a PSP or little things that he likes, hell no because he deserves it. I think even if I was working my DH would still catch a fit when I spend money. He act like when he die ( God forbid ) he's going to be able to take that money with him! Now aint nothing wrong with be finacially stable, we have come along way. But damn loosen up some! I was originally suppose to start back working at the end of March but I can't take this Sh#% no more, I hate feeling so damn dependent.Plus I miss socializing with poeple who understands me and actually talks back! Lol All this baby talk is getting to me! Now when I do go back to work, and still have all those other responsibilities, WHO WIll BE THE MAN THEN ? ME! I wonder will I be appreciated then? Oh well enough of my soapbox I just had to vent. I hope you all have a good week! until next time much love!
On the scale that is, but you know what I'm not even mad!
I managed to gain .4. So that puts me at 202.4 I have been feeling great all day. So I decided not to let that number on the scale bother me. I had a feeling this would happen today so I had a plan. I decided to give the WW's KickStart program a try. It's a program for beginners or for people who have hit a plateau. I feel my body has hit a plateau and is starting to get comfortable, no can do sweetie we got to keep moving! The thing that I love about this program is that they have a menu already planned for the entire week! Due to my laziness I decided to follow that plan to the T. So bam I have my menu planning done for the week! The catch is that this program only allows you to have 20 points for the day. I was thinking about decreasing anyway so we will see how this goes.
I knew to expect a gain due to my weight training. So I know its muscle. I look at that gain as a positive because eventually that muscle will help me burn more calories even faster! Resulting in faster weight loss. Since we are on the subject of exercise today I was contemplating about running outside, I didn't want to because I knew today was suppose to be harder due to the fact that my running time increased. However I knew if I didn't do it today, I wouldn't do it later. I was afraid of running/walking today. But I knew I had to at least try. Well I'm happy to report that I made it through the whole program. It didn't kill me infact I felt great the enitre time! (My Non Scale Victory) I ran 3min/ walked 2 min for 25 min with a 10 min warm-up and cool down! I burned 300 cals, total distance 2.30 miles, my best pace was 9:07 , I have to come back and report my best speed. (My Garmin program has disappeared off my computer) Anyhow I still have to do 30 min on the elliptical, my crunches and pushups so I'll report that later as well
As I look back I have realized that I've been on this journey for 3 months now. I've only managed to lose 10 pounds. (Don't worry I'm okay with it). You would think that all the ups and downs that I had I would've quit by now! But I can't quit the other part of me won't let me. Plus failure is not an option, at least I'm trying! I came across two quotes that really remind me of myself and I wanted to share them with you all.
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in RISING EVERYTIME we fall." Author Unknown
"Our greatest WEAKNESS lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try one more time." Thomas Edison
So I figure as long as I keep trying that should stand for something.
So my plans/goals for this week is to do my best! Stay on WW's KickStart program. Absolutely no cheating. (I've leared that nibbling every now and then does add up so I need to start accounting for every thing I eat.) Continue to drink my 12 cups of water EVERYDAY and extra 2 cups on days that I exercise (Which still is everyday but not as intense). Exercise everyday. EAT before 7Pm. I have no excuse, my meals are already planned! Anyhow I'm pretty siked about what this week has instore for me.
I'm so giddy right now I can go up to a stranger and give them a hug! I feel like I have so much energy! Like I'm having a caffeine overload and I haven't even drunk any coffee! Whats up with that? I don't know what it is, I just hope it last all week! Well I'm off I need to go pick up my kids before the traffic gets bad. I hope everyone has a great day and I wish you all a great week. Lets kick some major ass this week! WE can do it! Until next time much love!
Now I know you all know that drinking water is very important when it comes to weight loss, but how do you know if you are getting enough.
Now there is this rule out there that you take your total body of weight. Then divide it by 2 and the amount that is left over, that is the amount you are suppose to drink in ounces. For example my weight is 202 that number divided by 2 is 101 ounces divided by 8 ( there is 8 oz in 1 cup) This equals 12.6 cups of water! (Technically I'm suppose to drink close to 13 cups of water but I know 12 is not too far off)
However on the days you exercise that is clearly not enough. I stumbled across several water intake caluclators and found out that I'm not drinking enough water on the days I exercise. WTF? You mean to tell me that 12 cups aint enough?
One Site told me that I needed to drink 20 cups of water for about 60 mins of exercise! I thought they were nuts, so I checked out another site that didn't sound too bad and was a little close to what I already drink, which was 14 cups, thats not too bad. You can also find out how much you need to drink when you don't exercise just in case the above formula is too difficult!
Oh yeah there is a such thing as Water Toxicity so please don't over do it. You will end up knocking your electrolytes out of wack! I'm sure you all over head about the lady who drunk too much water too soon and then died from doing a radio station contest. You can find out more about that incident here> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Strange
If you are like me and have a hard time drinking water, it can be challenging so spruce it up if you have too! Put lemons, in it or if you are ghetto like me put sugar in it (okay I don't do that anymore but I use too). Try Crystal Light they have alot of differnet flavors you can try. Also keep in mind coffee and tea can count as water intake as long as it is Decaf. Majority of the food we eat also has water in it and can counts as water intake but if you can figure out how much water you are getting in from food go ahead and be my guest, but I don't have time for all that so I just drink the actual amount of water to be safe!
Last Tip: Those hunger pains may not always indicate hunger it could be your bodys' way of telling you that it is thirsty so drink up!
My feelings toward my weigh in tomorrow. I don't really care to go. I still feel the same weight, and It feels like my muscles have swollen due to my weight training this week, so I have a strong feeling that the numbers will be up again. Oh we will see! Hope everyone has been good! Until next time much love!
P.S Can someone please show my slow a$$ how to insert a link, because everytime I do it the whole link is pasted and I don't know how to short cut it. I think I'm missing a step or something, please be patient with me.
Today was my last chance work out before weigh in on Monday.
Does anyone know if working out before a weigh in is a good thing or a bad thing? ( For example working out the morning of before the weigh in? Please let me know.
Anyhow today I had such a burst of energy to workout. I was dragging my feet at first but once I got started I was on fire!
My plan was only to do my run/walk 5 K training program and skip out on the elliptical due to the fact that I worked out so hard yesterday . But I couldn't resist! I did 35 mins on the treadmill, Run 2 min/ Walk 3 min (Repeat 5 times for 25 mins) Including warmup and cool down for 10 min. Spent 35 mins on the treadmill Burning 335 cals. This upcoming week I'm suppose to increase my run time to 3 min and decrease walk time to 2 min. I honestly don't think I'm ready. I don't know if its because I'm afraid to move on or afraid to push myself. I don't know we will see. I wanted to try running 3 min during the last interval, but I had cought a cramp which made it difficult to continue on, but I kept going anyway!
On the elliptical I spent only 15 mins couldn't go any longer. Burning a total of168 Cals.
My regular routine of 200 crunches, 20 (female) pushups and 8 min ABs . Took me 15 mins. Burning 97 cals.
Total Time Spent: 65 mins Total Cals Burned : 600
I have a feeling that doing so much weight training this week will show a gain in the scale but I'm not worried or even going to let it get me down. I know weight training will pay off later.
Hope everybody is behaving this weekend! Oh and if you havent read or checked out the videos in my last post please do! It is a total mouth dropper Seriously! Until next time much love
I forgot how much fun Turbo Jam was. I really enjoyed my first workout today! Which is not usual. I haven't been using my videos as frequently due to my run/walk training and weight training. However I try to stick it in my routine eveynow and then so it wont be a total waste of money.
Today I woke up late ( for some reason this is becoming a trend), not good. I was also suppose work on my weight training for 20 -30 min. However I have a few errands to run, maybe I'll do it when I get back.
I have a confession to make, well actaully half of a confession. I was a bad girl yesterday, too bad to spill the details. Lets just say it wasn't pretty, but I am back to reality....., again. I'm over my lil frustration mode. I have learned to expect ups and downs. And when ever I mess up just pick myself back up and keep going. NO MATTER WHAT! Even if I have to start over everyday. Eventually I will get tired of starting over and be more serious.
Anyhow I haven't planned my eating plan for the day. I know thats bad, but I plan on getting back on track with my planning my meals ahead of time.
As far as my exercise so far...
Exercise:
200 Crunches, 20 Pushups and 8 Min ABs ( 16 mins) Burned: 136 cal
Turbo Jam: Cardio Party (44 min) Burned: 459 cal
Weight Training:Worked out my legs, shoulders, traps & neck, and triceps. ( 40 min ) Burned 200 cals I had no idea it would take that long. That is counting breaks from erps so it was a little shorter time.
Total Time Spent: ( 1 hr and 20 mins) Total Cals Burned: 795
This is how I feel today. I don't know why I started feeling like this when I have been feeling great all week. The feeling just came from out of no where and I wish it would go away! Pronto before I get myself in trouble.
I guess it boils down to my previous weight loss journey ( in 2004) and how I lost 45 pounds in no time. Three to four months to be exact. I guess I feel that this time around I am not making any progress and the weight is dropping off so slow. I really feel like I am doing something wrong and I don't know why. I know as I look at my old posts and food journals I am doing great but my mind is telling me the opposite. I guess I really need to tell myself to chillout and be patient, every journey is different and don't dwell on the past. I know how I need to think but for some reason I end up thinking negative. I have honestly gotten over my scale addiction. I decided to hide it although I still know where it is. I haven't gotten on it, in 2 weeks now, maybe more. So it's not like I'm getting on the scale or anything.
I don't know I sure hope this feeling of negativity passes soon! I don't need it in my life right now especialy when it seems like I am on the hardest journey ever! I know I will get over it like I get over my other mistakes or downfalls but this feels a little different. Oh well I'll be alright.
I didn't post yesterday because my son came down with a low grade fever and apparently he had it while in day care and no one noticed. So I was taking care of him all day trying to get his tempt down. I gave him Motrin and a cool bath and made him sleep ontop of the covers. It didn't budge at all. This morning it was still up there. I gave hime some more Motrin and some water( duh) why didn't I think of that at first. Sometimes when you work in the medical field you forget how to take care of your own children. So his temperature is down now, but I will still keep an eye on it.
Elliptical : 20 Mins (I was pressed for time in other words I woke up late) Burned 200 Cals
TreadMill: 5 K Training 35 Min Run 2 Min(Speed 5.0) Walk 3 Min( Speed 3.5)at 2% incline for 25 min and warm up and cool down for 10 min. It was intense I almost didn't want to do it at first but I got over it. I covered 2.238 Miles Burned 250 Cals ( My HRM says I burned more than that but the number seems outrageous so I took away some calories)
Total Time Spent: 70 Min Total Calories Bruned: 550
Snack: Large green apple ( 2 points), Light String Cheese ( 1 point)
Dinner: Vigo Red Beans & Rice 1 cup (3 points), Banana Nut Muffin (3 points) and California Style Vegetables Mix 2 servings of 2/3 cups ( 0 points) I decided to have another muffin even though I was not hungry it tasted soooo goood and I had a handful of cashews. I dedcuted from my weekly allowance. For some reason I feel like when I use those weekly allowance points I'm defeating the purpose but we shall see.
As for today I already ate breakfast and have my meal planned for the day. I am so over cereal. I think today will be my last day on that challenge! At least I tried I actually started on Sunday so I did do it for a total of 5 days. I don't think I was doing it right anyway. I haven't done any exercise yet. I kinda took the opportunity to sleep in since my son didn't have to go to day care. Today is my not so intense workout day anyhow. I think I can reach my goal of exercising /doing some type of activity everyday this month. As of now I will have completed 7 out of 29 days. So here are my plans for Today!
Exercise: 200 crunches , 20 pushups and 20 min Pilates workout. (I will add the cals burned later!)
Lunch: Cinna-Rasin Crunch by Kashi ( 3points) SoyMilk Vanilla ( 2 points) Romaine Lettuce 2 cups ( 0 points) 0 cal dressing (0 points) and a 2 point snack I havent decided yet
Snack: Thomas Mini Bagel ( 2 points) Philadelphia Fat Free Cream Cheese 1/2TBS ( 1 point) Cucmbers & Vinegar ( 0 points)
Dinner: Baked Potato ( 3 points) with just I can't Believe It 's Not Butter and seasonings ( 0 points), Green Giant Pasta, Broccoli, Carrots & Cheese ( 3 Points) Hey maybe I could top that on the potatpo to give it more flavor) Also another veggie French Style Green Beans ( 0 points)
I have noticed that although I lowered my evening meal points I still feel heavy & lower in the evening and I really don't like that feeling so I'm thinking about dropping it lower maybe to about 5 or 4 points. As long as I eat 0 point veggies in the evening I should be okay. I don't know I will see how the rest of the week plays out.
I hope everybody is having a better day than me. I'm off to read some blogs for motivation. Until next time much love!
Do you know all the benefits of having muscles? I know many people are afraid of having muscles or getting them in that case because they add on nto your weight, but it is for your benefit in the long run. Some poeple are afraid of getting muscle because they are afraid that they will end up looking like this!
Talking about the one on the end! Now that is just disgusting and so NOT attractive. Who the hell would hunch him? I mean how would they? Whatever?
I never cared about having muscle until I went on myfirst weight loss journey back in 2004. I started lifting weight as soon as possible. I started seeing results in some areas in about 2 months and they really started to show at around 4 months!
However due to me getting comfotable, I stopped lifing weights,exercising and got pregnant! SO I basically lost my muscle. However I they haven't gone too far because with the little activites I have been doing recently I am starting to feel them form whcih is so great. I'm also starting to feel in my arms ( side of biceps I think those muscles are called Brachialis). Anywho I figured since I have all this weight . I figure I would turn it into to muscle to help aid in a faster weight loss.
TIP: For every pound of muscle you have it helps burn 50 extra calories per day. Isn't that great. Burning calories while not even trying to.
So please don't be afraid of muscles although the numbers may be higher you will look smaller and lean. I had written a post a while ago about muscle versus fat. Which is why I will never be the ideal weight that the professionals suggest! I'll try explaining again. Think of 5 pound free weight as muscle and jello as fat. That free weight is small, solid and condensed. Now think of jello its lightand all over the place! Now think of how much jello you would need to equal 5 pounds of the free weight! Thats a lot of damn jello. So you see why muscle can be your friend instead of the enemy!
To find out more info on the benefits of weight lifting click the link below
The lady that I have posted in my post is Tanji Johnson. She is a famous physical fitness person. I know she is also famous for being in AMercian Gladiator. In this picture belowI think hjer aems are too big for my liking butI I just wanted to show a female with decent muscles.
Doesnt she look great?
Ok about my day. Today was another good day. I woke up late this morning so I wasn't able to exericse until about 10 which I hate. I really prefer to exercise at 6 am. Because its done and over with and I don't have to worry about it later.
Turbo Jam 20 Min Workout : Burned 270 Cals (20 Min)
Weight Training I decided to start using my DH's weight machine since it has just been collecting dust and plus I know I will get more of a work out then using turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt. Maybe I'll alternate the two on different weeks! Today I worked out my Abs, Back,Biceps & Forearms, and chest. i won't go into to details of which ecxercises I did but it totals to about 11. I did 3 reps of 10 for each exercise. I burned 269 Cals in 30 min. It was challenging but I know I will get used to it.
Total Cals Burned: 640 Total Time Spent : 64 Min( 1 hour and 4 min)
Food (Alotted 29 Points)
Breakfast: SoyMilk Vanilla(2 points) Fiber One Caramel Delight (2 points) Fiber One Honey Clusters(2 points) 1 cup Cantaloupe(1 point) 1 Cup of Grapes (1 point)
Snack: Cheddar Rice Cakes (1 point) Large Grapefruit(2 points)
Snack: Banana ( 2 points), 100 cal Kettle Korn Popcorn Mini Bags ( 1 point)
Dinner: Green Giant Garden Veggie Medley 2 servings which equals 1 cup ( 2points) , Garlic Cheese Toase ( 3 points) Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Bliss (1 point)
I still haven't eaten dinner yet but that is what I plan to have. My meal is quick an easy I'm sure that I will make it before 7pm.
Overall I had 6 or7 servings of fruit and 4 servings of veggies. Which is excellent and for al that don't know.
Fruits: Recommended Daily Servings: 2-4 Serving is 1 medium apple, orange or banana. 3/4 cup juice. 1/2 cup of diced fruit, 1/4 cup of dried fruit.
Veggies: Recommended Daily Servings : 3-5 1 cup faw, leafy vegetables: 1/2 cup chopped raw or cooked veggies; or 3/4 cup vegetable juice.
So today was another great day. I am proud of myself. To anybody out there who feels down of have came across a road block in your journey. Push that damn road block of the way and jump back on the wagon it is not too late! Just be patient, remember slow and steady wins the race! Until next time much love!
Walk/Run 25 min with10 min warm-up and cool-down: Burned 266 Cals My total distance was 2.11 Miles(14 laps) My best pace was 9:48. I have no idea how but I did start slowing up tremendously towards the end. My slowest speed while walking was 3.3mph and my fastest speed while running was 6.8mph. I did meet my goal of running outside at least one day a week. So I feel good about that. Running outside was a little difficult for me today, but I got through it. I ran an extra 2 min by accident I was looking at my clock wrong, oh well I'm sure thats a plus for me anyway!
Total Cals Burned: 606 cals Total Time Spent: 80 Min (1 Hr and 20 min)
Eating: Points Allowed 29
Breakfast: SoyMilk Vanilla (2 points), Fiber One Caramel Delight (3 points), Fiber One Honey Clusters(3 points), Banana
Snack (Forgot was out shopping!)
Lunch: SoyMilk Vanilla(2 points), Kashi Go Lean Crunch(3 points), Large Red Apple (2 points), FiberOne Oats & Peanut Butter Bar (3 points), Baby Carrots( 0 Points)
Afternoon Snack: Large Green Apple (2 points), Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Bliss Bar ( 1 point),
Dinner: Italian Style Vegetable Mix (0 points), Sweet Potato (3 points), (To thychyck you made me crave sweet potatoes, lol). GardenBurger Mama Mia Meatless Savory Soy Meatballs (6 for 2 points), Weight Watchers Caramel Cake( 1 point)
I procrastinated as usual and so I ended up eating after 7. I did make it before 8 though. I need to set an alarm or something! lol
Water: I did drink my 12 cups of water. I also managed to eat a fruit/veggie with all my meals so that is good.
Overall I had a pretty good day. I plan to have another one tomorrow. My legs are sore from running but I'm sure I'll recover soon. I'm going to log my food on Daily Plate as well I'm curious to see how everything adds up . Especially my sodium intake. I hope everyone had a great day! Until next time much love!
Edited 10:30pm My salt intake today was great. I only took in 1, 650 mg today. Last week I was over everyday by alot so this is really good. My fat intake was good as well. My sugar still needs work, but I know I got in some good sugar today because of all the fruit!
Another Plus! Everyone was mentioning measurements. So I decided to measure my body parts according to the measurements listed here on EP. I have lost a total of 11 inches! So thats a positive note in my book!
Well this week I have gained 1 pound! I'm kind of disappointed so please allow me to vent for one sec....
I am a little pissed as usual every now and then EP does something to piss you off! I had a picture here and it disappeared from out of no where. So I went to apply it back to my post and when I did that I lost the rest of the post!
I don't remeber everyting that was in this post so I'm not even going to bother! I wish EP would get their ish together!
I'm afraid that if I get on the scale tomorrow this is whats going to happen!
I suppose I can get on the scale like this...
If that doesnt work, maybe I'll try this trick! LOL
Why is it so hard not to think about the scale? I mean all it does is read out stupid numbers! Anyhow I guess I'm nervous about my weigh-in because I don't feel any lighter. Infact I think I feel heavier now then I did last week! The good things is, is that I didn't break my rule of weighing myself. So I guess that is why I am so anxious. Not knowing is really getting to me. However I guess I'll be patient, my scale may be different anyway. I really hope that, that cookie binge doesn't affect my weigh-in, besides I did add it in to my points. However I did use some of my weekly allowance points which was only 5. That shouldn't do any damage right? Oh well It is a new week so I must forget about the past!
Tomorrow I'm bringing my baby with me to my weigh-in,due to the fact I don't feel like driving out of the way to drop her off. So I hope she can be quiet for a few minutes. Hopefully no one gives me any weird stares. I do plan on staying the entire meeting. I'm also doing my run/walk training with her at the park. That should be interesting. Can you imagine me trying to run while pushing a stroller? I know I will look so funny but oh well. I got to get the job done! I did set a goal to run outside at least once a week. So I like to get it done on the first day. Well I have set some new goals and plans for the month of February I will post them tomorrow! Wish me luck at my weigh-in. Until next time much love!
I pretty much take care of everything when my DH is at work (BTW, he works out of state) . My DH's reposnsibility is to basically make the money. Nothing else. Not saying what he does isn't hard work . I just think he has it a lil easier than I do. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, however he is showing me his ass right now and not recognizing what a good job I'm doing. 
I ran 3min/ walked 2 min for 25 min with a 10 min warm-up and cool down! I burned 300 cals, total distance 2.30 miles, my best pace was 9:07 , I have to come back and report my best speed. (My Garmin program has disappeared off my computer) Anyhow I still have to do 30 min on the elliptical, my crunches and pushups so I'll report that later as well
Whats up with that? I don't know what it is, I just hope it last all week! Well I'm off I need to go pick up my kids before the traffic gets bad. I hope everyone has a great day and I wish you all a great week. Lets kick some major ass this week! 
(Technically I'm suppose to drink close to 13 cups of water but I know 12 is not too far off)
. Burning a total of 168 Cals. 
