Day #41 - Always learning.
Comments(1) Starting weight (7/15/08): 279.8
Yesterday: 265.0 Today: 265.2
Change today: +0.2 Loss-so-far: 14.6 lbs.
I was scouting around the 3FC forums and happened upon a post which referenced an article about Atkins that I hadn’t read before. I learned a few things from it, important things. Here’s the link:
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/weight-loss/low-carb-and-calories-2/
As I read down through what Dr. Eades had to say, I recognized myself. I had done exactly as he described: I’d gone from eating for hunger to eating for pleasure and had switched to low-carb-but-high-calorie foods, thinking that as long as I kept the carbs low, I’d be okay. Somewhere deep inside me though, I knew that snacking on macadamia nuts was not a great idea — even though they are so low in carbs they are SO high in calories!
The other thing he mentioned that I immediately recognized was cheese. Ahhhhh, cheese. Years ago I had a horrible string of migraine headaches, and a neurologist gave me the cure: Don’t eat chocolate, cheese, or nuts for one whole year. I didn’t miss the chocolate much, and I could easily live without nuts, but what I really really missed was the cheese! I feel the same way now, omgosh don’t take away my cheese! Yeah okay, I can have it, but I just need to watch it. Like earlier today, I made another batch of my yummy broccoli casserole, and son-of-a-gun a serving of that stuff is only 3g carbs but a whopping 300 calories, thanks to the cheese!
So… it’s time to start watching the calories AND the carbs. No problem, I can do that.
It’s also time to make sure and get my exercise every day. I took some time off from the Total Gym workout, well, today I got back on track!
Hey this shows my progress on # of reps each time… woohooo me! =D
| 8/12 | 8/13 | 8/15 | 8/18 | 8/19 | 8/20 | 8/25 | |
| Chest Flys | 25 | 30 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 63 |
| Lateral Raises | 18 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 |
| Hip Abduction | 30 | 35 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 11 | 16 |
| Pullover Triceps | 16 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 31 |
| Pull-ups | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 |
| Bicep Curls | 10 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 20 | - | 23 |
| Obliques Twist L | 24 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 45 | - | 50 |
| Obliques Twist R | 13 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 30 | - | 30 |
For the hip abductions, the # of reps went down because I raised the level of difficulty. For most of these exercises, I’m truly amazed that I can now do as many reps as I’m doing. At the beginning I could never have imagined doing, for example, 23 pullups or 23 bicep curls. It’s neat to feel strength that you know wasn’t there before!
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