Good Sunday Morning!!!
Well not much changed this week. I feel like this has been my last several weeks. My weight is at 156 which is 2 pounds less than where I started. My measurements are consistent but my bust is up an inch this week and my thigh measurement looks like it might have increased a little which is disheartening. I was able to get in really cardio this week and yesterday I went to another zumbathon and it was a great workout so I'm not sure what more I can be doing on the workout side which means I need to just suck it up and really attack my food habits and change them. It's so hard to do during busy season. Food is so comforting and I know how bad that is but some days it really does make you feel better. And just to throw a little pity party I had a great date last Friday and I didn't hear from him (which I had a feeling I wouldn't. When I like a guy that seems to be the kiss of death) so everyone said I should text him which I did. We set up a date for Friday but then I felt like I was pressuring the situation and cancelled the date. Yes, I might be truly crazy. Dating really may not be in the cards for me. Looking back on the date I probably shouldn't have said anything about wanting to adopt a little black baby or not wanting to find my husband til I was 87. Yep, crazy. hahaha
I have a busy day today. I need to get some work done, laundry, clean the kitchen, pay bills, grocery shop and then Shanetha and I are having an Oscar watch party so I need to get some stuff done for that.
Sorry for the depressing post. I'm really trying to be positive and I'll get back on the bandwagon. Some days it just needs to be vented and left in the past.
So I've decided to implement a goal/reward into my week. If I don't have any of the chocolates at work (they always have those mini chocolate bars w/all the flavors and after lunch I usually induldge) then I will buy myself a haircut next weekend.
I also decided I think I need a workout goal to focus on. Trying to decide what that should be.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Weekly Check In
Happy Sunday!
I think I am going to re-evaluate my diet this week. I think that my lack of change is probably due to that. I have been doing low-carb/no sugar, but I give myself a free pass on stuff without carbs....so I am thinking my calories are too high. I'm going to start focusing more on calories while continuing the low carb stuff.I mostly track my carbs and not my total calories (i.e. I don't always enter stuff like meat or oil into my tracker because they have no carbs), so my goal is to track everything this week.
This week I also really ramped up my cardio. My goal was to do three hours total of cardio, and I actually ended up doing 5 hours total. I did skimp a bit on strength training this week just to see how my body would react to resting my muscles. Apparently my body could have cared less, haha. My scale is still stuck around 139 and my measurements are the same as they have been. (I do feel better about how I look in shorts though).
Why is it so hard to produce a change right now? I feel like I haven't moved my numbers in the last month! Maybe my body is happy here. Or maybe it is that I am eating too many calories. Any ideas??
So that's where I'm at this week: stuck.
Goals for the coming week:
1. Track all food and total calories, aiming to maintain an average deficit of 500 calories per day.
2. 3 hours of cardio and 3 strength training sessions.
I think I am going to re-evaluate my diet this week. I think that my lack of change is probably due to that. I have been doing low-carb/no sugar, but I give myself a free pass on stuff without carbs....so I am thinking my calories are too high. I'm going to start focusing more on calories while continuing the low carb stuff.I mostly track my carbs and not my total calories (i.e. I don't always enter stuff like meat or oil into my tracker because they have no carbs), so my goal is to track everything this week.
This week I also really ramped up my cardio. My goal was to do three hours total of cardio, and I actually ended up doing 5 hours total. I did skimp a bit on strength training this week just to see how my body would react to resting my muscles. Apparently my body could have cared less, haha. My scale is still stuck around 139 and my measurements are the same as they have been. (I do feel better about how I look in shorts though).
Why is it so hard to produce a change right now? I feel like I haven't moved my numbers in the last month! Maybe my body is happy here. Or maybe it is that I am eating too many calories. Any ideas??
So that's where I'm at this week: stuck.
Goals for the coming week:
1. Track all food and total calories, aiming to maintain an average deficit of 500 calories per day.
2. 3 hours of cardio and 3 strength training sessions.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thanks for posting dude! I got out of work late and didn't have time to make it to kickboxing. I went on Monday and then went to zumba yesterday so I had almost talked myself into just chilling tonight but after dinner I checked the blog and saw your post and it motivated me to get out and workout. I just got back from an hour and 6 miles on the elliptical. Feel so much better!
I've been doing pretty well on my eating this week except I ate cashews from work yesterday and today and I think they might be making me sick so I'm done with that. I'm trying to eat less sugar/carbs but not cut them out. I have been having turkey and cheese stick for lunch w/broccoli and greek yogurt dip. It's super protein packed and really makes me full. I really want to do little/no sugar but I think trying this during busy season is just too much. I'd love to make my own bread and try out new recipes but we are getting into the thick of things and cooking period is becoming a struggle.
That all being said for lent I have given up fast food again. I wanted to do something hardcore but alas I'm back to my standard fallback. Maybe next year.
I've been doing pretty well on my eating this week except I ate cashews from work yesterday and today and I think they might be making me sick so I'm done with that. I'm trying to eat less sugar/carbs but not cut them out. I have been having turkey and cheese stick for lunch w/broccoli and greek yogurt dip. It's super protein packed and really makes me full. I really want to do little/no sugar but I think trying this during busy season is just too much. I'd love to make my own bread and try out new recipes but we are getting into the thick of things and cooking period is becoming a struggle.
That all being said for lent I have given up fast food again. I wanted to do something hardcore but alas I'm back to my standard fallback. Maybe next year.
Mid Week Check-In
Man, am I struggling today. I can't get enough to eat!! I think that the amount of food I am bringing with me during the day is just not enough. I start to falter in my dedication when I get really hungry that's for sure. All day long, I've thought about food I could get on the way home or from the vending machine....all of it unhealthy. I survived without doing either of those things, but am still having a hard time filling up. I brought snacks, ate lots of protein, and still it was rough. I am wondering if I need to start eating more substantial snacks than a cheese stick and cherry tomatoes (my morning and afternoon snacks). Any snacks that keep you full??
Anyway, I am still doing really well for the week. I worked out twice yesterday (regular workout in the morning and Zumba last night), so today is a rest day. I'm going to try and do some yoga or stretching later so I don't get sore.
Hope your week is going well. Give up anything crazy for Lent??
Anyway, I am still doing really well for the week. I worked out twice yesterday (regular workout in the morning and Zumba last night), so today is a rest day. I'm going to try and do some yoga or stretching later so I don't get sore.
Hope your week is going well. Give up anything crazy for Lent??
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sugar/Carbs/Wheat
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.
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.
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!
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