Feeling a bit better
So I'm sitting in my bed with my laptop (again - best way not to late-night snack for me is to put a floor between me and the refrigerator!) and feeling a bit better. I stayed on plan today with my points, and got to the gym. I got my new HRM (scroll down for the link) and I'm in love with it. I did an hour on the elliptical and aimed to stay between a HR of 137 and 156. (According to the max HR formula of 220 - age, which translates to 220 - 25 = 195. Then I wanted to be in the cardio zone (70% to 80% of Max HR, which translates to 137 and 156 for me). I was constantly checking my watch, and upping my speed when my HR started to fall. Definetely kept me motivated. I struggled to do an entire hour, but I got through it. When I checked my calories burned (I had to put my weight into the watch so that it would calculate calories) it came out with 992!!! So I did a bunch of crunches so get those missing 8 calories!! But seriously - could I possibly have burned 1000 calories in an hour? That's kinda insane. When I put "elliptical - high intensity - 60 minutes) into the WW Activity Point Calculator, I only get 8 AP's (which is roughly 800 calories.) So I decided to only count 8, since I figure it's better to be conservative about my AP's.
So tomorrow: going to be a challenge to stay on plan, but I'm going to do my best. Embarassing fact about me: I've never done my taxes before. My dad did mine while I was in high school and college, and last year I paid an accountant to do them (waaaaaay too complicated year to learn: in school for half the year, 4 W-2's in 2 different states, moved for a job, bought a house, student loan interest, etc.) So I was complaining about how nervous I was about doing my taxes this year at work, and my boss offered to have me come over to his house one night and he'd help me do them. HOW AWESOME IS HE. So that's what I'm doing tomorrow after work. So that blows my usual Thursday night BodyCombat class plans. So I'm going to get up early tomorrow and exercise before work. YUCK. But I'm really really still mad at myself for skipping so many days of cardio, so this is my punishment.
And on top of it, my boss is on the South Beach diet, so he only cares about carbs, not calories and fat. So I might bring another Smart Ones and eat it before I go over to his house. And bring a snack or two in my purse. I just don't want to be derailed because I'm going over to his house after work. Luckily, he knows that I'm trying to lose weight too (the WW way) so he's not going to be weird if I bring my own food. And then I just need to resist the Snickers ice cream at Nick's afterwards. SUGAR FREE POPSICLE. That's why I bought 'em and put them in his fridge - so that I could make a healthy choice!
Side note: 4 out of the 5 people I work with are doing South Beach. It's kinda annoying. I mean, there's some good things about it. Clearly, we're all trying to lose weight, which is cool. And none of us want to the Girl Scout cookies or Easter candy around. But all they care about is carbs!! One of my coworkers has already lost 50 pounds in six months from South Beach! But I'm convinced that WW is a better lifestyle change for me, and I don't want to do a "fad diet" where I cut out entire food groups and can't enjoy a simple sandwich. But sometimes it feels weird to be the only one who cares about calories and fat. But whatever.
Double side note: I think I'm finally going to come clean with Nick about trying to lose weight. I've tried to tell him "I'm trying to eat healthier" and just lead by example, but he's still all "Let's order pizza tonight" or "I have a great idea: Snicker's ice cream". ARGH. I love the kid to death, but GOOD LORD - I do not have the metabolism of a bumblebee like SOME PEOPLE. So I think I'm going to have to say that I've gained a bit of weight, want to take it off, and need to have healthy choices for awhile (or forever). So can he order pizza on the night that I'm not there? Or can we go to Subway instead of Qdoba? Or do you care if I go next door to Subway if you really want Qdoba? I think I just need to lay it all on the table. I'm sure he's going to do a bunch of "But you don't need to lose weight!" so I'll need to figure out what to say to that. Feel free to give me any pointers!
And thanks for the two comments on my last post. It really really helps to know that there are supportive people out there reading my blog! Hopefully I can return the favor!!