Body fat down by 10.6 percent!

I had a wellness screening at work today.   Part of the screening involves a body fat composition analysis.  Last year I had 44.8% body fat (eww!); this year it is only 34.2%!   I weigh 30 lbs. less than when I had the test performed last year, and I am more active as well.  It's great to see results!

I skipped cardio yesterday...the evil headache monster was still plaguing me, and the idea of bouncing around to loud music was just not appealing.  So much for going every week this month.  I ought to make myself compensate by hitting the bike for some cardio, but whether I will is dubious at best.

Food continues to go well...this week is less temptation-laden than last week, happily. 

missed strength training

I stayed home from work today with a migraine, and so I didn't get to go to strength training =-(.  Tomorrow is cardio, though, and since I plan to go to work tomorrow, I'll have no excuse to blow it off.

Food/water intake today have been good...but I am hungry.  Time to make more of that soup, I guess!

A pleasant surprise!

Today's weigh-in was good--I lost 1.8 lbs.  Considering the cheating I did on Saturday, that makes me very happy.  Maybe next week I'll lose enough to make the -100 mark with which I have been flirting for a month.

I also had my measurements taken today.  My bust, which was 51" before I started the diet, is 39.75".  My waist has gone from 53" to 36", my abdomen has gone from 63.5" (yikes!) to 45", and my hips have gone from 62" to 48".  I ain't no Skinny Minnie, but I have lost a total of 60.75"! 

This week's goals:  lose a minimum of 2 lbs, work out twice at the cardio and strength classes.

Crash, burn.

All week long, I have been assaulted by temptation.  Leftover halloween treats, coffee cakes and chocolates in the English department office, and so on.  All week long, I worked so hard to not give in.

Then, last night, at my niece's 4th birthday party, I snapped.  I ate anything, everything, as much as I wanted.  Carne asada with guacamole on tortillas, birthday cake, fried chicken (!!), rice, you get the picture.

Today has been OK, but I hope yesterday's indiscretions don't blow all my hard work this week.  I really need to get it into gear--I know Tgiving will be a splurge, and then the holiday brunch at school.  Gotta hit 200 by Jan 1, 2007!

This week, I WILL go to cardio and strength again.

Woohoo! I did cardio!

That's right.  I went to a one-hour cardio class yesterday with my co-worker; that's after going to a 1-hour strength training class on Tuesday.

Food intake is going well this week too.  Maybe I'll hit that century mark at this Monday's weigh-in!

Now I just need to make it a routine to attend both classes each week.  My goal is to do that for the whole month of November.

Le sigh...

I gained .6 this week.  This, in actuality, was a relief, as it was a pretty bad week.  It wasn't great, but then I topped it off by having 5 pints of beer, 2 fried shrimp, a potato skin, and 2 hot wings.  I expected to have put on a few pounds, so .6 ain't bad.

THIS WEEK, however will be better.  I am going to the strength class tonight, and plan to do cardio after work tomorrow.  I also am going to eat out less, and exercise more self-control.  To quote one of the incredible ladies on the Jenny Craig message board, NO EXCUSES!

My work pants are getting too big, so they are hanging lower, and almost dragging on the ground dispite my high heels.  Guess I'll have to have them altered...what a pain in the butt.  But it is for a good reason, so I ought not complain.

Well, that's all fer now.  Hopefully I'll have much better news next Monday at my weigh-in.  I have to get my butt in gear...I want to hit 200 (which is my "official" JC goal, although I want to lose another 40 lbs after maintaining at 200 for a few months) by the end of the year!

A little bummed out...

Okay...so this week hasn't been perfect.  I ate a bit too much on Sunday night, I pigged out Monday at the Japanese buffet, and Wednesday we had a Chinese lunch, purportedly low-fat, but I may have overeaten somewhat.  Yesterday I was out to lunch with a friend, and ordered one of the 500-cal low fat entrees at TGI Fridays. 

Nonetheless, it is pretty irritating that according to my scale, I've gained weight.  I've been really careful with the exceptions noted above, and my body sucks for not forgiving me a few transgressions.  I should use my disappointment to fuel some good cardio this weekend, but who knows whether I'll get myself to do it.  It is this wishy-washy attitude that keeps me from adhering to an exercise program.  At least I went to strength training on Tuesday...my luck, I'll gain weight from increased muscle mass.  Which I suppose isn't so bad,except I REALLY WANT TO LOSE THAT LAST 2 POUNDS so that I'll have lost 100. 

I want to hit my goal by Xmas break, which is going to be challenging in holiday season.  *Sigh*.  Wish me luck. 

Not perfect, but not bad.

I am really trying to be good this week, since I had a decadent day on Monday.  Yesterday, we had a luncheon in my English Dept. with low-fat chinese food.  Even the egg rolls were baked.  Nonetheless, I think I may have overdone it.  Today, I started my day by eating a Starbucks sandwich sample, which I am sure had 100 calories (but it was good, and free!).  I'm really hungry at the moment, so after this I am going to go have my JC blueberry muffin.

Oh--weirdly enough, I am not sore from my workout on Tuesday!  I guess my body got accustomed to it fast 

Boy, am I gonna be sore!

Well, I subjected myself to an hour of punishment at the strength training class again!    I do pretty well on arms and legs, but all the abs and core and stuff just isn't happening for now.  I hope that I see some improvement...I plan to try to attend this class regularly.  Tomorrow, if I am a really good girl, I'll go to cardio, where I can turn beet red, sweat profusely, and look generally unattractive.  Good times.

Today has been a good food day, but I am famished.  After I type this, it is a JC dinner for me!  If I can keep on track this week, maybe I'll lost those last couple of pounds to hit that century mark!

Still working towards the 100 mark...

I weighed in on Monday...and despite the fact that I had an awesome food week, I gained a pound.  That has to be water retention, since TOM arrived on Sunday.  Next week ought to be better...

Yesterday, I went with my sister to a Japanese buffet place.  She is on Seattle Sutton, but we decided to just throw caution to the wind and chow down, and chow down we did.  Mainly I had sushi, but I also had tempura, lemon chicken, and many a dssert.  I won't go into detail on desserts, because if you are reading this, it means you shouldn't be eating them :-) I am going to try to be a model of perfection for the remainder of the week, so that I don't pay for my sins next weigh-in.  I plan to go to strength training again tonight.  Call me a masochist, but last week, even when my muscles were so sore that I could barely move, I liked it because it meant the work-out had done something.

If I am good, I'll even go to the cardio class tomorrow, but we'll see...