Due to a persistent hip issue, my weight training has been put on hold. In the mean time, my husband has me doing a series of exercises to help heal my physical imbalances that are causing my hip issues.
I'm glad that I'm working towards health, but I don't want my lack of hard core exercise to slow my progress. However, I do need to get over my "race to the finish line" mentality where weight loss is concerned.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
11/10/07 Stats
The results of today's weigh in are:
Current Weight: 188
Lbs Lost: 22
Lbs Lost: 22
Lbs From Goal Weight: 53
Back up the garbage truck...
Tomorrow is my cheat day and it can't get here soon enough. The diet I'm on keeps my blood sugar levels really steady so my cravings are few and far between. Unfortunately, all that flies out the window when Aunt Flo comes to town. It's taken all my will power to stay away from junk food for the past two days. To curb my cravings, I've been eating alot of grilled zucchini. I'm really surprised that it's just not hitting the spot. In honor of my excitement about tomorrow, I'm compiling a list of all the foods I plan on consuming:
1 - Girl Scout Cookies! I received these on Tuesday and they've been taunting me ever since. I can't wait to rip into those boxes and show those tagalongs, samoas, and thin mints who's boss.
2 - Halloween Chocolate! This is left over from last week. We didn't give out any Halloween candy but we bought some for our personal consumption. Bite size twix, milky way, milky way midnight, baby ruth, and snickers are the stuff of dreams.
3 - A Starbucks Venti Frappuccino! Not sure what flavor. Either coffee or caramel. Last spring I was addicted to the Dulce de Leche Frappuccino and I'm having a hard time now that they don't offer it. There's nothing like it. It's caramel, but not super sweet, kind of deep and smoky. SO GOOD!
4 - Chips and Bison Dip! My husband is a season ticket holder for the Buffalo Bills. Where there's a season ticket holder, there's tailgate food and that means chips and bison dip. I cheat on Saturday, the Bills games are on Sunday. That means we have Bison Dip in our house from the day after my cheat day up until my next cheat day. Usually I can resist, but this week it's taunting me.
Notice there's no actual food on my wish list. I'm such a junk food junkie. I'd rather skip every meal and spend the whole day consuming thousands of calories in garbage. I plan on doing just that tomorrow :)
1 - Girl Scout Cookies! I received these on Tuesday and they've been taunting me ever since. I can't wait to rip into those boxes and show those tagalongs, samoas, and thin mints who's boss.
2 - Halloween Chocolate! This is left over from last week. We didn't give out any Halloween candy but we bought some for our personal consumption. Bite size twix, milky way, milky way midnight, baby ruth, and snickers are the stuff of dreams.
3 - A Starbucks Venti Frappuccino! Not sure what flavor. Either coffee or caramel. Last spring I was addicted to the Dulce de Leche Frappuccino and I'm having a hard time now that they don't offer it. There's nothing like it. It's caramel, but not super sweet, kind of deep and smoky. SO GOOD!
4 - Chips and Bison Dip! My husband is a season ticket holder for the Buffalo Bills. Where there's a season ticket holder, there's tailgate food and that means chips and bison dip. I cheat on Saturday, the Bills games are on Sunday. That means we have Bison Dip in our house from the day after my cheat day up until my next cheat day. Usually I can resist, but this week it's taunting me.
Notice there's no actual food on my wish list. I'm such a junk food junkie. I'd rather skip every meal and spend the whole day consuming thousands of calories in garbage. I plan on doing just that tomorrow :)
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Working Out - Definitely Not Stinker
I've had 3 workouts with my personal trainer (my husband) at our fitness center (located in our basement). I have to say, our gym is pretty awesome. My husband is REALLY into lifting weights and we recently purchased what is the beginnings of his dream gym. We have: a bar, 5,000,000 lbs in various plates, a great selection of dumbbells (none of the 3lb pink variety), various storage for the plates and dumbbells, 2 benches, a lat pull down machine, a "chin up, pull down" monstrosity...it's great!
Since I'm so obscenely out of shape, we've spent my first 3 workouts figuring out what I am capable of. I have to say, I'm surprising myself. At my last workout, I was able to work up to a 135lb dead lift (I had 3 successful reps at that weight).
At my lightest, I was able to crank out several push-ups. At this ginormous weight, I can barely move. Not only are my muscles totally weak, I'm also trying to move a much heavier body. It's a double whammy. To try to get me back into the groove, my husband had me do 10 push-ups...ONE AT A TIME. It was so pathetic because I NEEDED the rest between reps. I tried a few times to "crank out" 2 consecutive push-ups but my body was not having any of it.
Since Monday's workout I have been ridiculously sore. My lower back is killing me. Tied for second place are my abs and the backs of my legs. I can't wait to do it all again tonight!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
11/03/07 Stats
The results of today's weigh in are:
Current Weight: 190
Lbs Lost: 20
Lbs From Goal Weight: 55
Lbs From Goal Weight: 55
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Salads can make you fat!
My husband was on vacation last week and we met for lunch almost
everyday (which was nice).
I ordered a diet-friendly salad at each meal and didn't eat again until
my stomach growled (if at all). Even so, I figured I'd pay for our
week on the scale. I was right.
I only lost 1 pound last week! I'm trying not to be super upset about
it. I mean, a pound is a pound. I just feel that at this hugely enormous
weight, I should lose more than 1 pound in a week. It's not like I
spent the week stuffing my face.
My sluggish results from last week have inspired me to get back into
the gym. It's official: I'm going to start lifting weights again.
everyday (which was nice).
I ordered a diet-friendly salad at each meal and didn't eat again until
my stomach growled (if at all). Even so, I figured I'd pay for our
week on the scale. I was right.
I only lost 1 pound last week! I'm trying not to be super upset about
it. I mean, a pound is a pound. I just feel that at this hugely enormous
weight, I should lose more than 1 pound in a week. It's not like I
spent the week stuffing my face.
My sluggish results from last week have inspired me to get back into
the gym. It's official: I'm going to start lifting weights again.
Progress Pics - 11/01/07
Last night I worked out for the first time in Lord knows how long. My
husband went REALLY easy on me. That's ok because I'm REALLY out of shape.
Even though it was a much lighter workout compared to my sessions of a
year ago, I was still working pretty hard. I'm looking forward to
Friday's workout :)
Today is November 1st and that means it's PROGRESS PICTURE DAY!!! I
don't feel like I'm ready for a photo yet, but I've lost 18lbs since we
started this journey on 09/23. The picture on the left is from 9/22/07 and the picture on the right is from today (11/01/07):
husband went REALLY easy on me. That's ok because I'm REALLY out of shape.
Even though it was a much lighter workout compared to my sessions of a
year ago, I was still working pretty hard. I'm looking forward to
Friday's workout :)
Today is November 1st and that means it's PROGRESS PICTURE DAY!!! I
don't feel like I'm ready for a photo yet, but I've lost 18lbs since we
started this journey on 09/23. The picture on the left is from 9/22/07 and the picture on the right is from today (11/01/07):
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