It’s been almost two weeks since I began my weight loss plan.
When I decided I needed to take action, I was weighing 125.9 (last Aug, I was 115#).
The good news is I weighed in this morning at an even 120.0#. Of course, this doesn’t really mean I lost 6 pounds. My weight fluctuates daily. The only way to know for sure is to watch my weight over the next week. Whatever my peek weight is, is where I really am.
BUT… my tummy does feel like it’s getting a little flatter and this morning I was able to put on a Day1 pair of jeans without a struggle. (for those that don’t know what Day1 jeans are.. in Texas, you can wear your jeans twice before you have to wash them… but only if you work indoors and don’t sweat.).
Now for the bad news.. I only worked out one day this week. I have all kinds of excuses.. but that’s really all they are. I’ll workout hard tomorrow since it’s Saturday. That will help me feel a little better. I’ve also been doing some weeding.. that ought to count for something. :-)
As for the candy and cookies.. well.. I started off right. The first week I had one small rice krispy treat on Tues and Thurs morning. No other treats until Saturday. I broke down and bought a candy bar. But I only bought one bar.. not a family pack! I tried buying fruits, but everything I buy is bad.. I mean bad as in not very fresh or it has bruises. Last Tuesday, my husband started complaining because I hadn’t bought any candy. It was so funny. Normally he complains because I buy too much!
Today I may have motivated one of my co-workers to start exercising. I’ll know for sure on Monday.
Other than that, it been a super busy week at work and I’m exhausted.. and it’s FRIDAY!! yippee!
This morning I pulled out the workout routines Terri started me on six months ago. My gosh.. I had no idea it would be so hard.
Since I’ve been working out on my own (without Terri), I started focusing on building muscle. I dropped the cardio part of my workout (which I hated). It’s amazing how quickly the body can change.
In January, after following Terri’s instructions for a few months, I could not get my heart rate up to 140 even with 50 minutes on the tread-climber. Today, after 5 minutes my heart rate was 150. At 10 minutes it was 165! It stayed between 150 and 165 the entire workout. Plus.. I sweat!! I forgot all about the sweat. The routines I’ve been doing have 2 to 3 minutes rest between sets. Terri’s routine offers NO rest. It was really thought, but it felt so good.
I also completed one full day (yesterday) with no junk food.. no candy, no cookies, no rice krispy treats!
One day down, 13 to go.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking the last few days about this fat stuff and I think I’ve come up with a plan.
My problem is that I weight 11 pounds more than I did a year ago. Some of this is muscle, some of it is fat. My goal is to lose 6 pounds in 4 weeks.
To achieve this goal, I’ll be returning to the basics. I’ll repeat the program Terri put me on 6 months ago. For the next two weeks I’ll eat 3 meals a day, no snacks and no junk food. I’ll follow the same workout routine she started me on. At the end of the two weeks, I’ll re-evaluate and commit to the next two weeks.
I figure I can do this as long as I set a realistic time period. I can wait out two weeks. But when I start thinking about no candy for a month.. or 6 months.. or EVER, I’ll feel frustrated and not put forth any effort. So, I’ll only plan 2 weeks at a time.
I AM fat! The time has come for me to get past my denial and face the truth.
So how did this happen? WHEN did this happen?
As I drove to work this morning I thought about this. I’ve concluded it is Terri’s fault. Seriously!! I can justify that.
Last August when I started working out (on-line) with Terri, she told me to start eating 3 meals a day. Before that time I always skipped breakfast and lunch. I would eat dinner occasionally. I use my sweet addiction to supply me with the daily calories. This allowed me to maintain my weight. Then.. suddenly I start eating three meals a day. To force me to do that, she removed all sweets and snacks from my diet for two weeks. This insured hunger when meal time arrived. I followed her instructions completely and it worked. When meal time came, I was ready and willing to eat.
BUT THEN.. the two weeks ended. I had been counting the days. Once I hit the two week mark, the sweets got a green light. Terri didn’t say anything and I wasn’t going to remind her.
Now I had new eating habits. I eat 3 meals a day AND the sweets I always ate. This means.. double calories. See?? It *is* Terri’s fault. :-)
I’ve noticed my pants getting a little tight. But I kept telling myself it was muscle. Of course, some of it is muscle.. but last weekend I was shopping and decided to try on a bathing suit. Above the waist band (actually, it was a bikini.. but you know what I’m talking about), there was a small overhang. My stomach.. which has been flat my entire life had about a 1/4 inch flabby fat hanging on top of the suit. I mentioned this to my husband and he assured me it was just excess skin. I believed him because I wanted to.
Then this morning I noticed I had flab over the waist of my jeans!! There is no way I can ignore that one. All I have to do is put my hand on my waste and I feel the little roll.
So what does this mean? Am I ready to trash the trash food? I thought I was, but then I started getting hungry and thinking about the candy bowl on my secretary’s desk. I’ve got some serious mind-psyching to do before I commit on this.
I may be (somewhat) regular with my workout routine, but I still have terrible eating habits. Yesterday I stopped at the grocery store on my way home from work. I bought a big box of Rice Krispy Treats, a family size bag of Hostess powdered Donettes, a bag of Reese’s Miniatures and a package of Keebler cookies… and I’ll have everything eaten in less than four days!!
It amazes others (and me) that I’ve been able to maintain a normal weight. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky the last 48 year. I suspect my body may decided to give in one day soon and the pounds will start pouring on. I know I need to start developing better eating habits now, but.. all I have to do is look at a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup and I cave. I’m like a sweet alcoholic :-)
As soon as I start feeling all confident and disciplined in my fitness routine, I skip one. The worst part is that I wasn’t even sleepy. I woke up on time and decided I didn’t want to workout. So.. I turned on my Nintendo DS and played for 2 hours! Gosh.. I’m so bad. :-)
Of course it’s not the end of the world. I’ll just have to workout the next three days.
I’ve been noticing some serious body changes lately. Specifically..my butt smile is disappearing. You know.. that horizontal line just below your cheeks. The one that extends the entire width of your body and creates pointy corners on the side of your hips. Well.. mine no longer reaches to the outside of my thighs! This is truly an achievement. Everyone told me I’d just have to live with the overhang. Unfortunately, there’s not many age-appropriate ways to say “Hey! Look at my butt!”.
Did you miss me?? I can’t believe how quiet these blogs have been lately.
My “Terri” subscription expired a few months ago and I wasn’t sure if I was should still blog or not. I monitored the other blogs, but it looks like everyone started fudging on the blogs.
Well, I can’t hold my peace any longer. I still enjoy reading the blogs and find them very motivating. With that said, I’ll keep blogging.
I decided not to renew my “Terri” subscription. Terri gave me the knowledge and foundation I needed to build on. Now it is time for me to take what I learned and use it.
I started searching the web for workout routines and stumbled upon global-fitness.com. Global-Fitness is a bigger (less personal) on-line training service. There is a lot of fluff at global-fitness. For example, they offer oodles of free e-books to subscribers. They also have a fitness software application you can download and run on your own computer. But, they also have an amazing training program that includes a different routine for every workout.
I’ve continued to workout 4 days a week.
Here is today’s workout:
- Incline Bench Press (3 sets)
- Bench Press - super-set (3 sets)
- Cable Flys - super-set (3 sets)
- Shoulder Press (4 sets)
- Lateral Raise w/Cable - breakdown training (3 sets)
- Upright Row w/Cable - super-set (3 sets)
- Shrugs - super-set (3 sets)
- Lying Tricep Extensions (3 sets)
- Dips (3 sets)
- Pullover Crunch with weight disc (3 set).
These blogs have sure been quiet lately. I know I’m also guilty of neglecting my blogs. Some weeks just slip by and you never even realize it until Friday. That’s what’s been happening to me. Once I get to the office I get hit with tons of work. Before I know it, the day is gone and I didn’t even get to do any web-shopping! :-(
I worked out on Monday and Wednesday this week. I still need to get in two more workouts. I followed the same schedule last week, so I’m not worried. I actually like working out on weekends. I’m not rushed to get to work and have time to throw in a few extra exercises.
I’m getting bored with the egg-breakfast thing again. I wish I could make hi-protein pancakes. Or even better!!! I wish they would make Cocoa Krispies with protein!! Yum!
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