310

Yesterday’s Exercise= 10 min stairmaster, 30 min weights, 20 min elliptical

Last night, my husband and I took our 15 yr old son who has an interest in guitars (he has an electric and an acoustic guitar) to see one of hubby’s long time favorite musicans. The concert was small and comfortable. Much of the crowd reaching 40-50 yrs old. Robin Trower himself is 65. I thought it was fun though and interesting to see a 15 yr old, 36 yr old, and 50 yr old all having fun and enjoying the same music. I didn’t expect my son to have much fun, neither did he. It was funny though at the end he heard them say the band would be to the left of the entrance if you wanted to see them and he skedaddled! Problem is he went outside the casino to the left of the main entrance. They meant outside the left of the entrance of the concert hall.

We had good seats. I was in the first seat of the third row and since the rows are angled, I was in plain view of the band. I felt self-conscience and told hubby a hot girl should be sitting where I am. He said, “Next year.” Meaning next year I’ll be the hot girl! Isn’t that sweet? Most of the time we sat; everyone did. At the end everyone was standing for the last few songs. That was more fun. 

I took the younger ones to this nearby park the past two days. I’m sure we’ll be back. It’s quick and easy fun.

Yesterday’s Totals= 2460 calories, 26 g fiber, 153 g protein

Yesterday’s Exercise= 40 lat pull down, 20 squats, upper arm exercise, 10 min stairmaster, 35 min treadmill

Today’s Weight= 277.0

This weeks’ loss= -5.2 lbs

You know you’ve gotten some exercise when you’re feeling wobbly-legged and like you’re walking on stilts; your arms ache and feel both noodly and heavy. That was last night after the workout. I do feel a little achy and tired today. I’ll have to be careful. We’ve already got bad food planned for dinner. (No, I won’t tell you and be a bad influence) Gonna cut up the pineapple and watermelon and try to eat as much of that as I can before ‘the food ‘ gets here this afternoon. (hubby gets home with dinner early) I already canceled this mornings’ gym appt. (going to do some grocery shopping and bill paying, instead) But Joshua wants to go, so maybe I’ll fit in some time tonight. I’m sore but the least I can do is stroll on the treadmill for an hour. You never know, in the past, I have found myself to do much more than I expected when feeling this way. I did want to reach this point though because I wanted to see how far I need to go to get that sore feeling. These days my body recuperates easily. It’s pretty cool.

Have a Happy Friday!

p.s THANKS to my friend Maura for pointing out that 277.0 is a new low for me! How could that have slipped by me unnoticed?!

I’ve noticed when I go through changes in my diet and exercise that some times I do alot of exercise but don’t eat right. Then there’s times I don’t do alot of exercise and do eat right. The days of doing both or neither are fewer.

The Lose 50 lbs plan I’m following as of last week is working. I have the exercise set at semi-active (you workout 3-5x a week) and it has me at 1800-2400 calories a day, 30% of that is protein, focusing also on raw fruits and fiber. I lost weight every day except one, which was mostly due to eating 800 calories in potato chips and being constipated.

Yesterday’s Weight = 279.2 (+1.4)

Tuesdays Totals= 2834 calories, 39 g fiber, 147 g protein

Yesterday’s Totals= 2283 calories, 32 g fiber, 147 g protein

Yesterday’s Exercise= 10 min stairmaster, 120 lat pull down, 35 min elliptical

Today’s Weight= 277.0 (-2.2)

Sunday’s Totals= 2011 calories, 23 g fiber, 104 g protein

Yesterday and Today’s Excitementer er I mean Weight= 278.6

Yesterday’s exercise= a few squats and lunges

Yesterday’s Totals= 2402 calories, 28 g fiber, 154 g protein

TOM here so I weigh the same today as I did yesterday. Funny how that happened last month too. I was the same pound for 3-4 days in a row. That rarely happens. I either go up or down. I’ve found since I started tracking TOM that it’s actually a relief when it’s here because then I know that the hormonal roller coaster is mostly likely behind me.

I’ve been eating good. I have not spent hours on a menu like I did a few days ago. The plan is to eat five small meals, approx every 3 hrs. Raw fruit first, try to get in some raw veggies in each meal. As much protein as possible and fiber through out the day. ( 192 grams protein and 25-35 grams of fiber). Currently at 1800-2400 calories a day. I tend to eat alot of the same things and not be bored with it, so that helps alot.

One of which is quick oats with raisins and agave nectar. Yummy. Another is tuna salad. I don’t even need bread but have been having it some times lately for the fiber. I’ve been using Oroweat Double Fiber. It’s only 70 calories a slice and has 6 grams of fiber, and 3 grams of protein. The tuna (depending on which kind you get) runs about 100 calories and 22 grams of protein for a can. I can’t help glancing at the carbs, though. They’re high. But it still came under the recommended daily allowance. Anyways, I’m not focusing on fat and carbs as much as calories, fiber, protein, and raw fruits/veggies.

Both youngin’s are sick or something. One is just laying around and having stomach troubles. The one who had a fever a couple days ago has had a cough yesterday and today. Unfortunately, this means no gym today. With everyone nervous of swine flu or other germs, I won’t be taking them in. I’m going to try some old fashioned exercise of house cleaning, floor exercises, and maybe a dvd but for some reason I don’t like those. Blast my stereo and clean house is more fun and rewarding.

While I didn’t do much over the weekend, it was kind of fun to anticipate the upcoming summer. My teen son and most of his friends only have a few days of school left. Lots of concerts planned this summer. DH, teen son and I are going to Robin Trower together on Saturday night. I don’t think the three of us ever have gone together. DH and son are going to another one, Micheal Schenker some time this summer. And teen son and his friend are going to see Judas Priest and Whitesnake on Aug 8th.

The bad thing about summer in Las Vegas, is … it’s HOT! Once it’s hits noon, the only thing outdoors I wanna do is the pool. And of course our clubhouse pool needs fixing, as it always does when it’s time to open! So here we sit, waiting for them to open it. I plan to take the kids to a couple small water parks this year. Since I’ve lost 30 lbs, I don’t feel as bad as I used to about being in a more public place with a suit on. I used to love taking our oldest to Wet N Wild. Too bad they tore it down a couple years ago. These two younger sons would love that!

And at the end of the summer, my oldest will be a junior in high school and my middle baby starts kindergarten! Oh but just before that is my getaway with hubby alone for two nights in a cabin, up in the mountains, away from the Vegas HEAT. Gotta love that!

Yesterday’s totals= 2145 calories, 33 grams fiber, 122 grams protein

Today’s Weight= 278.6 (-2.4 lbs)

Thanks everyone. My son only had a low fever, but was much more mild mannered than usual, and often laid down on the couch. Later in the day, the fever was gone, so I’m assuming everything is fine.

SO I’ve lost 3.5 lbs in the past two days.. we’ll just see where it’s at on weigh-in day (Friday). I’ve peeing alot and the fruit and fiber are making things move smooth.

I don’t know if I had 5 small meals. I pretty much ate every couple hours, all day. Focusing on fruit, fiber and protein as much as I could. It was much easier today but I think the big factors are more energy and little to no stress, on a mostly quiet, easy day.

oatmeal, raisins 2x, agave nectar, watermelon 2x, apple 2x, tuna salad on double fiber bread, subway 6 inch, protein drink, 10+ cups of water, 2 pieces of Dove dark chocolate, one can of Coke.

I did get some house cleaning done, half while squatting. I got my heart rate up, had labored breathing and my knees hurt a little so I know I did some good stuff. I was cleaning the white walls with Mr Clean Magic Eraser. Why is every wall, tile, and appliance in my house white? Everything within the kids reach has a dirty look to it. The walls and appliances I was cleaning, were all dirty at about hip level and down. The magic eraser works great. You just have to chase it with a dry rag to wipe away any smears. My only complaint is, it’s too small. My big hand and the vast area I’m covering needs more. I killed two of those little erasers in 30 minutes. I love the result though. Looks like fresh paint again. I’m gonna go get some more of these!

The living room is cleaned and organized and ready for setting up multiple Hot Wheels track sets after church.

Today’s Weight = 281 (-1.2 lbs)

Thanks everyone for your comments yesterday. I should’ve probably mentioned in the blog that originally my goal was to hit about 2300 calories. That was the middle ground for 1900-2600. SO really I went over by about 400 calories and still I lost weight. You’re all right, though. Even that is not really all that much. I don’t know why I took it so hard. I think yesterday was just a tough day. I did, after all, dump half the can of Coke instead of drinking it all because it was bothering me!

You’d think that after 8 months of this, I should’ve learned enough by now to have it down. But I guess it’s still a long learning experience to go.

My youngest has a low fever, and while I guiltily admit that I savor the moments of being able to play Dr. Mommy to a calmer little boy vs constantly pulling apart two fighting little boys, no one likes to see their child sick. I canceled the gym appt. and since they close about the time I get home from church tomorrow and are closed all day Monday for the holiday, it’ll be three days of not going to the gym. The SCARY thing is that I’m happy about it! I don’t wanna get to comfortable with not going, so I’m determined to keep busy in intervals, like cleaning the house.

Maybe I can make time to figure out foods, menus, and learn more tips.

Have a safe weekend, have fun in the sun!

Today’s Weight= 282.2

This weeks’ gain= +2 lbs.

I spent hours reading and planning today’s menu. This is the first time I have everything I eat pre-planned. It’s nice. I just hope it’s not too hard to stick to. Now I just need atleast 6 other pre-planned menus and shuffle things around. I used my-calorie-counter and it was easy to tally up the protein, fiber, and calories which is what I watching for. Plus I printed it out to refer to as the day goes on. I’ve got atleast one raw fruit or veggie in each of the 5 meals. I’ve tried my best to spread out the 30 grams of fiber, and it was tough to balance 198 grams of protein and keep it under 2600 calories! I had to remove the pat of butter. It was purely fat and calories, no fiber or protein. Really this is a ton of time spent on this. Most people don’t have this time, including me! But I’ve got to try.

Yesterday, three times I went upstairs in the second part of the day, and each time I was short of breath! I haven’t had that in a long time! How quickly it returns if you get sidetracked.

A shout out to my friend and reader, Maura, who has been drinking more water and trying to get more exercise. I’m excited and proud of her and her determination. Hey maura, maybe you should start a blog? Aw I just checked and this link is already taken by someone who only posted once! You can make a new one though: http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/wp-blogsignup.php I know you like to write and there’s alot of support here at 3FC. Either way, just letting you and the world know I’m proud of you. Keep it up!

Thanks to everyone for their support yesterday and the past week.

updated~

OK So Today was a tough one. It was so much like Day 1. From early morning I was dragging butt, playing catch up on the food menu, and then somewhere in the middle I got ahead of the food menu. I had already eaten my evening snack or 5th small meal two hours ahead of time. Then came the stress of dealing with fighting family members and PMS. Then I started shifting numbers to fit in pretzels, a coke, and dark chocolate. In the end, I’ve eaten 180 calories more than my limit. Not as bad as it could’ve been but not nearly what I was planning!

Today’s calories= 2748, Protein= 187 grams, Fiber= 40 grams

The biggest problem is I don’t have a plan for tomorrow. So I guess I’ll try what I did today as a guide and hopefully make another pre-plan for Sunday. The number of calories seems way high.

Today’s Exercise= 17 min treadclimber, 13 min arc trainer, 5 stairmaster, 25 min treadmill

The exercise this morning was even hard to do! I had planned to go a second time this evening and ended up canceling it.

8am- apple, oatmeal, agave nectar, blueberries, yogurt

10:30am workout 30 min. 15 min break. 30 min. completed
1/2 protein drink,  1/2 carrot juice

Noon- tuna, onions, celery, mayo, double fiber bread

2pm- cottage cheese, flax seeds, celery with peanut butter,

3pm- watermelon, pineapple

5pm- milk, roast chicken breast, cooked broccoli, pineapple

6pm workout- 90 minutes plus a 20 min break- canceled

snacks- 1/2 carrot juice, mozzerella cheese, half a can of Coke, 2 servings pretzels, Dove dark chocolate

Last but not least, I made frequent trips to the bathroom. I guess I had to start over with the water thing. I must admit, I’m disappointed and discouraged but there’s no other choice than to continue on. I seriously hope that alot of this is hormones and PMS stuff that will pass real soon! I don’t want to be in this spot. It sucks.

Let’s say this was a Day 1, and it doesn’t get any harder than it was today! Really on the true Day 1, I didn’t tackle this much, so I know I’ve come a long way. It just bites to have backpedaled a few miles.

Thanks for listening. Learn from me. Stay on the narrow path and don’t fall off.

5 of the last seven days I didn’t eat right. 3 of them I didn’t exercise. 6 of them I didn’t weigh myself. Tomorrow’s weigh-in is sure to be a gain. One night I ate a whole frozen pizza. 960 calories.

I do feel a little less out of control today. I’m going to pour over the Lose 50 lbs post I posted back in February. (The plan I put off until I returned from that upcoming trip) This particular post is almost 3 months ago and I am probably higher in weight now than I was then, so something’s got to change. I’m going to plan the food to eat and the exercise to do, for each following day. I really don’t like spending this much time on all of this, but maybe it’ll help and maybe I’ll start liking it. I’ve rejected meal planning, budgeting, and organization for so long…ah to be careless and carefree!

updated~

Hi Ladies, I came back to add some useful information I found and was teary eyed over all of the great support. It’s only been an hour or so since I posted and yet look at you four already giving me these great words of encouragement and advice. It is greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!

That link above about how to lose 50 lbs has a TON of information in it. I go by face value without digging deeper, assuming that the information I am being given is accurate until otherwise found out. I just don’t have the time to go double checking everything right now. In the meantime, I wanna pass some of it on to you.

One of the rules is to eat 5 smaller meals. With each meal eat atleast one raw fruit and/or vegetable.

Raw Fruits & Vegetables

Every time you’re eating RAW fruits & vegetables You’re losing weight because of the negative calorie effect so for example…

When you eat an 85 calorie apple - Your body may have to burn 95 calories to digest that apple so in this example… You’d burn 10 calories every time you’d eat an apple so…

The more RAW fruits & veggies you eat… The easier it’ll be for you to maintain your weight &… If you eat lots of fruits & veggies while on a weight loss plan, you’ll lose weight much faster.

Your body burns 16% more calories after you eat a meal that’s mostly fruits & vegetables than if you ate a meal without any fruits or vegetables plus…

Fruits & vegetables high in vitamin C like… Oranges, lemons, pineapples, grapefruit, apples, limes, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, celery, carrot, and watermelon liquefy (or burn off) body fat so the fat can be easily flushed out of your body.

31 fast weight Loss Tips

1. Workout smarter

Did you know you can actually lose more weight & keep your metabolism fired up longer by doing 3-to-4 shorter 10-minute workouts instead of 1 big 30-to-40-minute cardio workout?

A research study at the university of Pittsburgh found that women who split up their 40 minute cardio workouts into 4 separate 10 minute cardio workout sessions during the day LOST 20 pounds while… the group of women who did one big 40 minute cardio workout only lost 14 pounds and…

The reason why more shorter workouts are better is because you never give your fat burning metabolism a chance to slow down.

2. Take a break to lose weight faster

A University of Tokyo study found that people who took a 20 minute break about halfway thru their hour-long cardio workout burned 20% more fat than the people who worked out for an hour straight non-stop because… Taking short 20 minute workout breaks makes your fat-burning hormones work much better.

4.Eat More Fiber

Getting more fiber in your diet can help you control your weight. Eating fiber prevents you from overeating because it makes you feel full.

You’ll have an even greater feeling of fullness and higher energy levels throughout the day if you eat meals that are mostly made up of fiber, protein, and water.

Fiber also slows down the digestion of foods you eat keeping your blood sugar/energy levels in check preventing you from getting hungry.

Good sources of fiber are vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, and some cereals. The amount of fiber in a food product is listed in the nutritional facts found on most food labels.

You should try to eat 20-35 grams of fiber each day spread out evenly in all of your meals.

Don’t underestimate the power of fiber. Because fiber takes so long to be digested by your body, a person eating the recommended 20-35 grams of fiber a day will burn an extra 150 calories a day or lose 16 extra pounds a year.

5. Drink Green Tea Studies show you can burn 35-43% more fat during the day when you drink 3-5 cups of green tea

I really like tweetin’. Especially with Mozilla Firefox Twitterfox. I’m wondering if anyone else (especially 3FCers) is tweetin’ and what your user name is. You can follow me at:

http://twitter.com/inkheartmeg

After reading getupnow’s blog lately and realizing the amount of exercise laps in the pool are, I decided to start doing them more often and measure my success by increasing the amount of laps I can do. Six months ago I could hardly do half a lap before tiring. A month or so ago I was able to 4-5 laps.

Yesterday’s exercise= 5.5 laps in the pool

I’m in a mood. One that’s lasting days. Some of it must be PMS. I’ve been eating alot. Why is it when we don’t eat right, we feel the need to save the good diet stuff for a day when we are eating right and therefore eat more junk?

I’m thinking I need to go back to calorie counting. I need to be more disciplined. What good is my rule of no more than one Coke a day if I end up drinking 3 or 4 on a day I ‘cheat’?

Anyways, I’m around. Just doing some thinking and trying to come up with a better plan to start June off with. Ever since I joined the w8challenge website, I track and overview my progress through it, since it’s easy to do so. Check out the members’ testimonials on the home page.

Yesterday’s Exercise= 5 min stairmaster, 35 min treadmill, 20 min weights, 30 min elliptical