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| Start weight: | 260.00lb |
| Current weight: | 222.00lb |
| Goal weight: | 160.00lb |
| Lost to date: | 38.00lb |
| Remaining: | 62.00lb |
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I'm just checking in for today. I didn't check the scales today, but things were favorable yesterday. Today I walked 3.5 miles at a nearby park and then I came home, rested, ate lunch, and then did 30 minutes of my circuit training (after my lunch settled, of course). All I can say is now I understand why Curves gets rave reviews. Maybe I should switch from Jazzercise to Curves... lol 
I hope everyone's having a great week!
The title sums up my mentality & mood for today. I weighed today and was down a little... the scale even toyed with 211 for a split second and I was very happy to see that! I think going back on JC 100% is going to do the trick for me this week, both physically and mentally. I really thrive when I have structure imposed upon me, but I'm NOT good at imposing structure upon myself. (Yes, I'm still a 6-year-old at heart, I guess. lol)
I also decided to try something new this morning, in terms of my workouts. I knew I wasn't going to go to Jazzercise, so I did 30 minutes of circuit training using my treadmill and son's home gym. (He got really 'into' weight training during PE last semester, so that was his Christmas present, but mom & dad are actually using it, too. It's the cheapest home gym we could find, so there aren't many bells & whistles, but it meets our needs.) Anyway, it was my first attempt at circuit training, so I didn't expend as many calories as I should or could have, but MY GOSH did I sweat! I actually enjoyed it, so I'm going to try to do that about twice per week.
Anyhoo... there's a lot of work to be done around this house, so I'd better not spend my entire day sitting in front of the computer.
Have a great day!
My weigh-in this morning showed 212.6 pounds, which is more than it showed yesterday. Not a big deal, though. When I entered my weight, I realized that I haven't posted a weight here since February 10th and that was 212.4. I haven't gone below that, nor have I gone much above (the max was 215) since early February. My body likes hanging out here and I knew it would, despite the fact that my first JCC told me that this range was too "early" for a plateau. Just goes to show that having lived in this body for 37 years, I know more about it than a JCC who.... doesn't know me at all.
I don't know about exercise today. We'll be at the Austin Kite Festival for most of the day. Hopefully, I'll feel like going to Jazzercise afterwards.
I'll be back to check on y'all later!
I actually think I've managed to undo the b-day damage (almost) completely!! When I weighed myself this morning, I was at 213, which is just a smidgeon above where I had been. My JC appointment today confirmed that weigh-in, as I was .2 ...... that's two-tenths of a pound up. Wow! It's a freakin' miracle.
I went ahead and got a full week's worth of food on a planned menu. As of tomorrow, I'll be checking off what I eat, just as I did in the beginning. I want to be 100% on plan this week so that I'll start March with a good loss. Send some positive thoughts my way - I could use 'em!!
I woke up this morning with a headache, right off the bat. Plus, I was simultaneously feeling nauseous and hungry... huh?? So, basically, I ate breakfast and went back to bed. (That's a good weight-loss strategy, right? lol)
Anyway, I woke up (again) just before 11 AM and I'm feeling somewhat better. But now, at 11:50, I am freaking starving. I think my body has grown accustomed to the extra food I've been eating this week and is craving more. I won't comply, though. My brain is stronger than my stomach.....and I need to be aware of what's going into my mouth and why.
Oh, yes, and it's "that time" again.... the 2nd visit in February, yay. Maybe that has something to do with my crazy cake-eating fest earlier this week. My cycle is so out of whack and has been since late 2005... which is why we had surprise baby in 2006. The doc said my bloodwork, etc. was in the "normal" range so there's no real medical explanation for this. Great. Could it be the soy milk, I wonder..? Even though I prefer the taste of the soy milk, I think I'll go back to low-fat dairy for a while to see what happens....
I'm doing a good job of staying on track with my exercise. Both yesterday and today I walked on the treadmill a minimum of 30 minutes before going to a 1 hour Jazzercise class. So, each day I've burned over 600 calories through exercise.
Today, I also managed to eat well; although, I did probably eat a little too much at supper time. But, I was hungry and, according to the Daily Plate, needed to eat an additional 1200 calories. Tomorrow, I'll be 100% on target with my eating.
Geez, I really hope I don't show a 5 lb. gain at JC on Friday... that's all I can think about right now! LOL
Well, it seems that I've been given the perfect excuse to go off plan and really, really INDULGE.... or binge, as the case may be. I've been really frustrated with my lack of progress this month. I have been hovering around the same weight for the entire month (I've checked the numbers). So, it has been super easy to "allow" myself to eat whatever I've wanted to celebrate my b-day. I'm going to list my indulgences so that when I'm depressed about my WI later this week... I'll know why - I have "celebrated" my birthday for basically 4 days, instead of just 1..... and I have not had anything in moderate portions so I'll be lucky if I haven't gained 10 pounds by Friday.
Here's the damage:
* Friday night out with the girls - 1 large margarita, 1 small margarita, quesadilla appetizer plate (1 quesadilla cut into 4ths)
* Saturday - one day of sanity & control!
* Sunday - Pizza... lots and lots of it, including dessert pizza
* Monday - too many breadsticks for lunch (4 or 5), birthday cake(S) - chocolate caramel cake & strawberry cheesecake (2 servings each)
* Tuesday - too much chicken for lunch (1.5 servings); strawberry cheesecake AND chocolate caramel cake (2 servings each...at least, I'm sure)
There it is.... in all its glory - my indulgences. I've probably eaten an additional 20,000 calories this week without even really trying. I think I've been on a real binge with the cakes... they are gone now, though.. thank goodness! Fortunately, I did not eat the cakes by myself, but I did eat most of them.. .and why not? They were for ME! LOL (There's an emotional-eating food addict's excuse for ya..)
I can't keep stuffing my face like this. The cakes were good, the pizza was good, the margaritas were REALLY good, . . . but I have to make a choice. Do I want to stay in this fat suit for the next 40 years or do I want something better?
On Friday, I'm going to buy a planned menu's worth of food at JC, even though I really shouldn't spend that much money, but I need to slap myself back into reality. Also, I'm going to get in as much exercise & water as possible between now and then. None of that will cancel out all the calories I've eaten over the past few days, but maybe... just maybe it will mitigate the damage a little bit.
Ohh, yes... and THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everybody who sent me happy birthday wishes. You gals are awesome!!
Last night I was going to go get on the treadmill after I logged off here, but... well, you know.... I didn't. So, this morning, that was the first thing I did. I got up, got dressed, got my water, and hopped on the treadmill. I decided that I really need to get in some mileage to prepare for the 10K, so I walked a 5K today. Instead of doing the usual interval walking and jogging, I just walked using variable inclines and ended up burning 504 calories, 50% of which were fat calories. Yay!
Here's the course elevation for the Cap10K that txlass and I will be doing together. As you can see, it's pretty hilly so I've got to make sure my legs will be up for the challenge
Well, that was short and sweet... now I've got to take my 9-year-old to her Girl Scout meeting. Oh, yes... and we're DONE DONE DONE with Girl Scout cookies!! YAY!
Wow. I can't believe it's almost been 2 full weeks since I've posted here. I've been super busy - shuttling kids to and fro, going out of town for a weekend, helping my daughter finish selling those damn Girl Scout cookies, and so on and so on.
Anyway, I feel like I've been bouncing around the same weight for, I swear, at least a month. I need to go double check the feelings vs. reality issue so that I know the actually time period I've been doing this - losing, gaining, then losing again. All I know for certain is that I can't seem to get down to my "original" half-way mark no matter how well I eat or how much I exercise. So, getting to Onederland by the end of March is shot to hell.... and that's actually another reason it has been so easy for me to let the blogging fall by the way-side. I really have no desire to whine about this set point or plateau or whatever it is.
Well, it's 9 PM and my husband is finally off the treadmill, so I can go get on it now.
Have a great weekend!
Things have really come together his week, it seems. Not only am I seeing definite improvements in my general fitness, but also the scale is showing a "happier" number today.
Yay! Only 12.8 lbs. to Onederland! I can do it!
