Hey everyone! This morning I finally got my keester out of bed and exercised. To prepare last night I added a bunch of workouts to the instant queue on netflix, then I watched the one I wanted to try start to finish without doing it. Crunch: cardio salsa. It looked really fun, and a few of the moves were very familiar. So I put it on this morning and I discovered that my coordination at 7:20am is lacking greatly! I switched to a yoga workout. Which I had done before, it is very beginner, and very relaxing. I enjoyed it, but I think I need a workout with a little more oomph. I'm looking forward to my netflix dvd getting here next week I have quite the assortment in both dvd queues. Here's a list, feel free to comment on any you may have tried.
DVD Queue
1. Jillian Michaels: 30 day shred- this is going to kick my butt! I'm looking forward to it though. Once I have mastered the whole thing I plan to send it back and move on. I will do that with all the workouts I like.
2.The Biggest Loser: Weight loss yoga
3. Leslie Sansone: Walk your belly fat
4.Dance Fitness for beginners-Joby Brava
5.Jillian Michaels for beginners: Backside- I'm looking forward to the frontside of this workout becoming available on netflix.
6.The Biggest Loser: The Workout: Cardio Max Weight Loss
7. The Biggest Loser: The workout: power walk
8. Jillian Michaels: Yoga Meltdown
9. Jillian Michaels: No more trouble zones
10. Yoga Booty Ballet: Complete discs 1-3 -This just plain looks like fun. I always wanted to learn ballet as a kid, I guess that's never really gone away.
11.Trainers Edge
12. The trainers edge: Fiesta Fitness Dance
13.Ballet Conditioning
My Instant queue is rather long, but it is mostly Crunch workouts, and a few misc yoga workouts.
I am doing the dvds because I really need to step up my game if I'm going to make it to my goal in less than 10 weeks. On Wednesday my weigh in was 202.8, down .4 from Monday. Which is great, but not enough to cut it. To be on track with my goal I need to weigh in at 200 this coming Monday. My new workouts are going to make a significant difference, and I'm looking forward to seeing results from it. The other thing I am doing is a 2 day detox on Saturday's and Sunday's every weekend until I reach my mini goal. I think I've mentioned this 2 day detox before, it's very simple and easy to follow. And here's the best part, effective!
I want to get to my ultimate goal as healthy and quickly as possible. Because the step after that, and maybe the hardest part will be learning to maintain my weight. Thats the real challenge I think, keeping this going throughout my life.
Here is my stat update
Week 2
Lost: 0.4 (as of Wednesday)
To Mini Goal: 23.8 lbs
Current weight: 202.8
Measurements
Old Bust: 45" - New Bust: 44" =Lost: 1"
Old Waist: 41" - New Waist: 38" = Lost 3"
Old Thigh: 26" - New Thigh: 25" =Lost 1"
Old Hips: 50 - New Hips: 47 = Lost 3"
For a total of 8" lost in 5 weeks.
I'm very excited about that, but I'm also ready to really step things up. Because the reality is, I've been lazy about my exercise. I think it was okay, because I took the last few weeks to really get my eating plan down, and be adjusted and used to it. I'm ready for another change, and more hard work!
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
mm mm mm Doritos!
Over the last couple of weeks I have had some successes, but I've hit some challenges as well.
Success:
This week I had a loss of 1.8lbs on the scale, I'm back to 214lb.
I'm feeling good, and I've gotten back in the habit of drinking all my water.
I am eating pretty healthy meals, while still apeasing my hubby's preferences. I am opting to put my chicken fingers in the oven instead of in the fry daddy. Or my chicken quesadillas in the oven instead of a skillet with oil. I did not eat a French Bread Pizza with him last night.
The measurements of my waist has gone down. My arms went up, not sure how the worked out but it did.
Here's the one I am most excited about! I mentioned previously buying a belt, well about a week ago I bought a pair of size 16 Levi's. I put the belt in them last week and instead of the second hole, I found the 4th! I am so excited to be using the 4th hole in my belt instead of the second!
Now for my Challenges.
Bingeing. That's a word I don't like to think about, and haven't really admitted to either. On Sunday I arrived home from church, I was hungry. I had and orange, and a couple of other healthy choices. Then my husbands food was ready, a plate of cocktail weenies, and some fritos with cheese dip. I ate 3 bowls of chips, one of doritos and two of fritos. I enjoyed both spinach dip, and salsa.
A little background, I got married to an American, and we decided that we needed to live where he is from in Alabama. We have suffered through immigration proceedings, waiting, paying fees, and further stress for nearly two years now. It's exhausting, and the stress is unbelievable. I feel like these strangers have my life, my marriage, and my future all in their hands. That said, yesterday I got an email from the National Visa Center, that is currently handling our petition asking for me to file another form. Which in turn requires me to file my husbands taxes for 2010. I was very stressed because our important papers were not filed. I knew there was just a pile on a shelf in the closet I would have to sift through. I did end up getting all that sorted and filed. And I felt better for awhile, but then I started thinking about the ordeal of filing my husbands taxes in a few hours. I started for feel hungry and then a little shaky. So what snack did I reach for? Doritos, I'm honestly not sure how big of a serving I had, but I know it was way too much!
Last night while I worked on taxes from 6:30pm until nearly 11pm, including being on hold with the IRS for over an hour, I did not snack! I wanted to, but I resisted. I still don't think I made up for how I ate earlier, but I am trying.
My other challenge, I haven't been exercising in the morning. I want to, but I'm so tired, stressed, and in the mornings my body hurts. I got some yoga programs saved to my netflix, but I haven't tried them yet. I'm hoping to have a better handle on this in a few days. I'm still trying, I did walk for a little over a mile on saturday just because it was nice out.
Success:
This week I had a loss of 1.8lbs on the scale, I'm back to 214lb.
I'm feeling good, and I've gotten back in the habit of drinking all my water.
I am eating pretty healthy meals, while still apeasing my hubby's preferences. I am opting to put my chicken fingers in the oven instead of in the fry daddy. Or my chicken quesadillas in the oven instead of a skillet with oil. I did not eat a French Bread Pizza with him last night.
The measurements of my waist has gone down. My arms went up, not sure how the worked out but it did.
Here's the one I am most excited about! I mentioned previously buying a belt, well about a week ago I bought a pair of size 16 Levi's. I put the belt in them last week and instead of the second hole, I found the 4th! I am so excited to be using the 4th hole in my belt instead of the second!
Now for my Challenges.
Bingeing. That's a word I don't like to think about, and haven't really admitted to either. On Sunday I arrived home from church, I was hungry. I had and orange, and a couple of other healthy choices. Then my husbands food was ready, a plate of cocktail weenies, and some fritos with cheese dip. I ate 3 bowls of chips, one of doritos and two of fritos. I enjoyed both spinach dip, and salsa.
A little background, I got married to an American, and we decided that we needed to live where he is from in Alabama. We have suffered through immigration proceedings, waiting, paying fees, and further stress for nearly two years now. It's exhausting, and the stress is unbelievable. I feel like these strangers have my life, my marriage, and my future all in their hands. That said, yesterday I got an email from the National Visa Center, that is currently handling our petition asking for me to file another form. Which in turn requires me to file my husbands taxes for 2010. I was very stressed because our important papers were not filed. I knew there was just a pile on a shelf in the closet I would have to sift through. I did end up getting all that sorted and filed. And I felt better for awhile, but then I started thinking about the ordeal of filing my husbands taxes in a few hours. I started for feel hungry and then a little shaky. So what snack did I reach for? Doritos, I'm honestly not sure how big of a serving I had, but I know it was way too much!
Last night while I worked on taxes from 6:30pm until nearly 11pm, including being on hold with the IRS for over an hour, I did not snack! I wanted to, but I resisted. I still don't think I made up for how I ate earlier, but I am trying.
My other challenge, I haven't been exercising in the morning. I want to, but I'm so tired, stressed, and in the mornings my body hurts. I got some yoga programs saved to my netflix, but I haven't tried them yet. I'm hoping to have a better handle on this in a few days. I'm still trying, I did walk for a little over a mile on saturday just because it was nice out.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
WI & Measurement Monday!
Last week was a difficult one for me, for one reason or another things just did not go right. The water tasted bad so I didn't get to complete that goal. My pain problems spiked and I had difficulty completeing my exercise. I gave in to temptation and ate most of the candy my parents sent to me for Christmas. There is plenty of Macintosh toffee left, but I'm not interested at the moment. Maybe because of my Weigh In. Oh I also gave in and drank two cans of Mountain Dew on Saturday, I KNOW that didn't help!
WI stats
New Weight: 215.4
Gain: 2.4 lbs
To go: 70.4 lbs
Here is my theory, most of that is retained water. That's what I am thinking, because in the last two weeks I still lost inches. I lost 3.75" in the last 2 weeks. Which brings me into my first inches mini goal (10-13" lost), I haven't decided if I will reward myself now or wait another two weeks and see how I do. I'm leaning towards now just because it was such a difficult week last week. And I've decided that I want to get myself a new pair of shoes! Shoe depot has a 50% off sale right now, how can I pass it up when I have such a great excuse?
Good news is that I am getting back on track with my water goals, and food goals. We have had company sleeping on our couch since last Friday, so I haven't exercised in the morning. I am hoping to do so tomorrow, and we'll see how a fitness class goes.
Overall I do feel pretty good, encouraged even, to keep working and keep striving. The other day I had to buy a belt to keep my size 18petite jeans on. I bought a 2x belt, but I can have to do it up in the second notch in order to keep it on as well LOL. I thought it was funny that in the first notch I could still pull my pants all the way down. It's a good thing, and I can't wait until I'm using the 3rd notch! And when I need it tighter than the last notch I am celebrating! And I think I will keep the belt to remind me of how far I have really come.
Measurement stats:
Bust (old 47")- new 44.75"= 2.25"!
Waist (42) -new 40.5"= 1.5"
Belly Button (49)-new 47"= 2"
Hips (51)-new 49.75"= 1.25"
Right Thigh (25) - new 23.75"=1.25"
Left Thigh (24.25)- new 23.25"= 1"
Right Arm (14)-new 13.25"=0.75"
Left Arm (13.5)- 12.75"= 0.75"
I think that speaks for itself. It's only been 4 weeks of goals and changes, those are some really important results!
WI stats
New Weight: 215.4
Gain: 2.4 lbs
To go: 70.4 lbs
Here is my theory, most of that is retained water. That's what I am thinking, because in the last two weeks I still lost inches. I lost 3.75" in the last 2 weeks. Which brings me into my first inches mini goal (10-13" lost), I haven't decided if I will reward myself now or wait another two weeks and see how I do. I'm leaning towards now just because it was such a difficult week last week. And I've decided that I want to get myself a new pair of shoes! Shoe depot has a 50% off sale right now, how can I pass it up when I have such a great excuse?
Good news is that I am getting back on track with my water goals, and food goals. We have had company sleeping on our couch since last Friday, so I haven't exercised in the morning. I am hoping to do so tomorrow, and we'll see how a fitness class goes.
Overall I do feel pretty good, encouraged even, to keep working and keep striving. The other day I had to buy a belt to keep my size 18petite jeans on. I bought a 2x belt, but I can have to do it up in the second notch in order to keep it on as well LOL. I thought it was funny that in the first notch I could still pull my pants all the way down. It's a good thing, and I can't wait until I'm using the 3rd notch! And when I need it tighter than the last notch I am celebrating! And I think I will keep the belt to remind me of how far I have really come.
Measurement stats:
Bust (old 47")- new 44.75"= 2.25"!
Waist (42) -new 40.5"= 1.5"
Belly Button (49)-new 47"= 2"
Hips (51)-new 49.75"= 1.25"
Right Thigh (25) - new 23.75"=1.25"
Left Thigh (24.25)- new 23.25"= 1"
Right Arm (14)-new 13.25"=0.75"
Left Arm (13.5)- 12.75"= 0.75"
I think that speaks for itself. It's only been 4 weeks of goals and changes, those are some really important results!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Measurement Monday!
We all know that weighing in is an important aspect of tracking our progress. It helps us know each week how we've done. And it helps to know which habits are good and we should maintain and which are not good and we should work to eliminate or control.
There are lots of other ways of tracking, joining programs, sites, etc. Food journals where we track calories or points.
Here is my new invaluable tracking tool. Measurements! Two weeks ago when I started I took my measurements to get a baseline, my starting point. Now every second week, on Monday I take my measurements again. This is huge for me! And I wish I had done it my first go around last spring. It could have given me the extra boost I needed to keep motivated.
In the last two weeks I lost 7 inches off my body! That's huge! My scale loss of 2 pounds (lost 0.6 this week) did not reflect that, and I would have had no idea.
Here were my baseline measurements.
Bust: 47"
Waist: 42"
Belly button (it is the largest part of my middle, so I decided to measure around it too):49"
Hips:51"
Right thigh:25"
Left Thigh:24.25"
Right Upper Arm:25"
Left Upper Arm:24.25"
New Measurements!
Bust: 46", loss of 1"
Waist: 41", loss of 1"
Belly Button: 48", loss of 1"
Hips: 50", loss of 1"
Right Thigh: 23.75", loss of 1.25"
Left Thigh: 23.25", loss of 1"
Right Arm: 13.5", loss of 0.5"
Left Arm: 13.25", loss of 0.25"
It feels so good to know that what I have done has made a difference! It's also good to see my own reality. It's hard to live healthy and reach goals if you don't know where you started, and then where you are at. Huge Tip, If you want to change something about your life or yourself do not be afraid of reality!
I've spent most of my life fearing the scale, or any other measurement of my body. I simply did not want to know! That attitude is part of what got me where I am today. Fear does not enable progress, it holds us back and weighs us down (in my case literally). Courage, determination, and resolve are what I need to change my body and my habits. And yes, facing this reality does take courage.
It's not as if I was unaware of the state of my body, every mirror, every article of clothing, every shopping trip, every ache and pain. All of it reminded me of the state of my body. But going through life adapting, ignoring it, just making do, is not facing it. I feel better since I have taken measure of myself, it is liberating. I have freedom!
Stats:
213.6 pounds, loss of 0.6
68.6 pounds to go!
Total loss: 2.0 pounds
8lbs to first goal!
inches lost: 7!
3-6" to first goal!
There are lots of other ways of tracking, joining programs, sites, etc. Food journals where we track calories or points.
Here is my new invaluable tracking tool. Measurements! Two weeks ago when I started I took my measurements to get a baseline, my starting point. Now every second week, on Monday I take my measurements again. This is huge for me! And I wish I had done it my first go around last spring. It could have given me the extra boost I needed to keep motivated.
In the last two weeks I lost 7 inches off my body! That's huge! My scale loss of 2 pounds (lost 0.6 this week) did not reflect that, and I would have had no idea.
Here were my baseline measurements.
Bust: 47"
Waist: 42"
Belly button (it is the largest part of my middle, so I decided to measure around it too):49"
Hips:51"
Right thigh:25"
Left Thigh:24.25"
Right Upper Arm:25"
Left Upper Arm:24.25"
New Measurements!
Bust: 46", loss of 1"
Waist: 41", loss of 1"
Belly Button: 48", loss of 1"
Hips: 50", loss of 1"
Right Thigh: 23.75", loss of 1.25"
Left Thigh: 23.25", loss of 1"
Right Arm: 13.5", loss of 0.5"
Left Arm: 13.25", loss of 0.25"
It feels so good to know that what I have done has made a difference! It's also good to see my own reality. It's hard to live healthy and reach goals if you don't know where you started, and then where you are at. Huge Tip, If you want to change something about your life or yourself do not be afraid of reality!
I've spent most of my life fearing the scale, or any other measurement of my body. I simply did not want to know! That attitude is part of what got me where I am today. Fear does not enable progress, it holds us back and weighs us down (in my case literally). Courage, determination, and resolve are what I need to change my body and my habits. And yes, facing this reality does take courage.
It's not as if I was unaware of the state of my body, every mirror, every article of clothing, every shopping trip, every ache and pain. All of it reminded me of the state of my body. But going through life adapting, ignoring it, just making do, is not facing it. I feel better since I have taken measure of myself, it is liberating. I have freedom!
Stats:
213.6 pounds, loss of 0.6
68.6 pounds to go!
Total loss: 2.0 pounds
8lbs to first goal!
inches lost: 7!
3-6" to first goal!
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