What an article!
Okay so I know you have known this stuff for awhile but the more I read the more and more I realize all the things I'm putting into my body that are just un-doing everything I do while at the gym. I don't know what this means for me yet. I really want to do more reading and understanding and try to decide what will be a way to incorporate this into my life style.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sunday - update
Gosh, Sundays have gotten busy these last couple weekends. Geez, Louise. My stats didn't change this week either. When I came home from body pump yesterday the scale was super nice but this morning it was up 4 pounds, haha.
I have been contemplating something new with my diet. I'm going to try and go on a low-glycemic index diet. I also would like to give up sugar for lent but after grocery shopping tonight I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to dedicate that much time to food prep during busy season. I feel like every thing I read right now is telling me to get away from sugar so if I don't completely cut it out I'm going to cut way back. I got some books today but they aren't exactly what I'm looking for so I'm taking them back tomorrow and looking for something else. So much information to process out there.
Anyways sorry for the short update. I'll try and do a longer one tomorrow when I have more time.
Weekly Goals:
1. Water
2. Work out 5 times
3. Bed by 10:30
Have a great week dude! Yay for only one more test, Dr. Miles!
I have been contemplating something new with my diet. I'm going to try and go on a low-glycemic index diet. I also would like to give up sugar for lent but after grocery shopping tonight I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to dedicate that much time to food prep during busy season. I feel like every thing I read right now is telling me to get away from sugar so if I don't completely cut it out I'm going to cut way back. I got some books today but they aren't exactly what I'm looking for so I'm taking them back tomorrow and looking for something else. So much information to process out there.
Anyways sorry for the short update. I'll try and do a longer one tomorrow when I have more time.
Weekly Goals:
1. Water
2. Work out 5 times
3. Bed by 10:30
Have a great week dude! Yay for only one more test, Dr. Miles!
Week 7 stats
Are we really on week 7? I got my workout spreadsheet all messed up (I somehow lost a week....) so now i can't keep things straight.
I'm about to head to my parents, so I will update this post later with measurements and such. I just wanted to get on here and say that I didn't have a very good week. I only worked out 3 times and had a emotional eating "binge" on a pack of pop tarts that I bought at Quick Trip. I only ate one pack, but did it in such a way that I would consider it an unhealthy thing.... I did it and then hid it because I was ashamed of it. Like I said, that is not a healthy way to deal with things, but I told James a few days later and he was confused as to why it was that big of deal....so it made me feel better that he didn't care. It feels silly to talk about now, but the guilt at the time was real. So anyway, this is something I'm going to be working on: my relationship with my "emotional" food.
Also, I have joined the bandwagon and got a tumblr. I dislike pinning all the fitness stuff where my family can see it, but I really like looking at it. So I got a tumblr for just fitness stuff. It really motivates me to look at the fitspo stuff, and I needed some motivation this week to get back on the bandwagon (I worked out yesterday, woohoo!). Let me know if you want the link.
Anyway, I am off to celebrate my Papaw's 80th birthday! I'm eating cake damnit--it's not everyday he turns 80! :)
Be back later! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
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I'm back! All the measurements are the same for me, so no news there. We just got back home after a full day of visiting with the family, which is always great. And the cake was good too. :)
Goals for the week:
1. 3 hours of cardio total this week.
2. Plan out meals for the week.
3. Study for your last test of medical school (on Friday) !! <--this just hit me with some shock! :)
It's going to be a great week--I can feel it!
I'm about to head to my parents, so I will update this post later with measurements and such. I just wanted to get on here and say that I didn't have a very good week. I only worked out 3 times and had a emotional eating "binge" on a pack of pop tarts that I bought at Quick Trip. I only ate one pack, but did it in such a way that I would consider it an unhealthy thing.... I did it and then hid it because I was ashamed of it. Like I said, that is not a healthy way to deal with things, but I told James a few days later and he was confused as to why it was that big of deal....so it made me feel better that he didn't care. It feels silly to talk about now, but the guilt at the time was real. So anyway, this is something I'm going to be working on: my relationship with my "emotional" food.
Also, I have joined the bandwagon and got a tumblr. I dislike pinning all the fitness stuff where my family can see it, but I really like looking at it. So I got a tumblr for just fitness stuff. It really motivates me to look at the fitspo stuff, and I needed some motivation this week to get back on the bandwagon (I worked out yesterday, woohoo!). Let me know if you want the link.
Anyway, I am off to celebrate my Papaw's 80th birthday! I'm eating cake damnit--it's not everyday he turns 80! :)
Be back later! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
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I'm back! All the measurements are the same for me, so no news there. We just got back home after a full day of visiting with the family, which is always great. And the cake was good too. :)
Goals for the week:
1. 3 hours of cardio total this week.
2. Plan out meals for the week.
3. Study for your last test of medical school (on Friday) !! <--this just hit me with some shock! :)
It's going to be a great week--I can feel it!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Checking In - Week 6
Happy Valentines week!!! (This is me fully embracing the holiday of love this year)
So workouts weren't very often this last week which is probably why my weight is down. I'm convinced that's what happens. Ready to get back to 5 days a week at the gym this week.
Stats:
Weight: 155
Arms: 12"/12" (same)
Bust: 33" (same)
Waist: 28" (same)
Hips: 34.5" (down)
Thighs: 24"/24" (so close to half an inch down. maybe next week)
Calves: 15"/15" (same)
Sorry I was so late in posting. We didn't get home from PBR til late last night then I had to be in Perkins this morning because Jane was retiring from choir directoring and then I went to see the Vow this afternoon and had to get everything ready for the week. If you have time please go watch the Vow. I loved it!
Weekly goals:
1. workout 5 times
2. Water intake
3. Nightly stretching and gratitude journal
So workouts weren't very often this last week which is probably why my weight is down. I'm convinced that's what happens. Ready to get back to 5 days a week at the gym this week.
Stats:
Weight: 155
Arms: 12"/12" (same)
Bust: 33" (same)
Waist: 28" (same)
Hips: 34.5" (down)
Thighs: 24"/24" (so close to half an inch down. maybe next week)
Calves: 15"/15" (same)
Sorry I was so late in posting. We didn't get home from PBR til late last night then I had to be in Perkins this morning because Jane was retiring from choir directoring and then I went to see the Vow this afternoon and had to get everything ready for the week. If you have time please go watch the Vow. I loved it!
Weekly goals:
1. workout 5 times
2. Water intake
3. Nightly stretching and gratitude journal
End of Week 6 Stats
Good Morning!!
We have officially been going for 6 weeks now! Go us!
Here are some of my stats:
- Arms: 12.0/12.0 (+0.5/+0.5 from start)
- Bust: 34.0 (-2.0 from start)
- Waist: 26.0 (-2.0 from start)
- Hips: 35 (-1.5 from start)
- Thighs: 22/22 (+0.5/no change from start)
- Calves: 14/14 (+0.5/+0.5 from start)
- Calories burned: 3926
- Weight: 140 (+2.2 from start) <---This is amazing to me! How can I weigh more than when I started and look 10 pounds lighter??
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Here's a great link to 60 weight loss success stories
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Goals for the week:
1. Track all food, including water and protein intake (in addition to carbs)
2. Get in your daily vitamin and 2 fish oils.
3. No eating out!cheating on food! (Papaw's birthday is next Sunday--need to save up for a piece of cake!)
P.S. I feel a lot less stressed about this journey now that I can honestly laugh at/ignore the scale. I didn't visit it at all this week (out of sight out of mind I suppose) and it didn't phase me one bit to see that number this morning. It just feels different now and I like it.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Oops
So I usually work til 6 on Monday's so I can head straight to kickboxing. I got off work at 5 and decided to just come home,eat dinner and then go to the gym instead. But....then I got sucked into the voice and sat on my couch til 9. And thus the title of this post entitled Oops. Haha. The best part about this evening is discovering how different I am now. I did enjoy the voice (clearly) but I felt guilty but not in a bad way but a good way. I sort of regretted not working out not just because it was the right thing to do but because I actually missed it. I used to go home, eat dinner and just watch tv on most nights and now that is such a rarity I can't even remember the last time I did that on a week night. It's such a great realization to have. I won't let the guilt get me down. I'll get right back at it tomorrow.
In other news I looked up that 12 week fitness plan from that blog I posted and I think a lot of it sounds amazing. That girl was ripped! I don't like the no cardio so I wonder if you can modify the plan and it will still work like that. I like her calorie mentality she writes about on her blog. It makes me want to get a fit-bit really bad. That may be my valentines gift to myself. (one of many gifts I'm contemplating haha) Hope you had the most fantastic Monday!
In other news I looked up that 12 week fitness plan from that blog I posted and I think a lot of it sounds amazing. That girl was ripped! I don't like the no cardio so I wonder if you can modify the plan and it will still work like that. I like her calorie mentality she writes about on her blog. It makes me want to get a fit-bit really bad. That may be my valentines gift to myself. (one of many gifts I'm contemplating haha) Hope you had the most fantastic Monday!
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