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MARCH Feather's Chat!
Continuing on from here; http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/feat...s-chat-16.html
Man oh man, March already! The first of the month is always a good time to do a check-up and jot down some goals for the month. Anyone care to share? Mine are to stick to my workout program (no problemo) and stick to a healthy diet all but ONE night this month, while visiting my husband. It'll probably be 8 or 9 March. Aside from that, I still have a goal I want to accomplish soon so I'm going to work hard and prove I don't need a coach to get me there! |
Well, I didn't see 148 this morning, but I'm pretty unhappy with my digestion at the moment so I'm not that surprised. Should be soon anyway! My goal for March is to log all of my calories and stay under my max every day.
Fitting in a planned treat every week and a half or so is still working for me. I avoided caving to a cookie craving last night because it meant I couldn't try the cappuccino flavored almond ice cream I bought for Wednesday. |
krampus ~ Yuuuuuckkkkkk to the sick! No good, man. Feel better. Rest up and hydrate!
Turbo ~ lol - you sound like a master of the houswife arts. I think the reason the floor I was watching this tv show on ayurvedic healing and there was a guy on with almost the exact symptoms I have and Cameron (the model guru) recommended that he sleep on the floor to help align his back. It works because the floor doesn't support any misadjustments, although I can imagine that it would be wearing after awhile. I did it again last night and it was a bit more difficult. Not sure if it's going to get easier or harder. Joss ~ Good goals! :thup: You got this and it sounds like hey, you are your best coach. Yayay and excited for your visit to see your hubby. Were you putting it off b.c you were on the restrictive program, or was it more your/his schedules? Either way, so glad you guys will be together soon and that's the best reward of all!!!!! bunneh ~ logging cals is a powerful tool and glad that your "expensive treat" motivation is working, too! ~~~ So early check in today as I'm planning to "motivate" through this work day, too. Children's concert last night went better than expected. I worked hard, yo. Practiced a ton on my own and after running the symphony we're playing, I feel pretty prepared. My stand partner has three kids and two are applying to college this year, so stress galore and hasn't been able to prep as much as she would have liked. We muddle through, but it's kind of an interesting position to be in where I'm the one who feels more prepared. Came home wrecked but happy after the concet. Had a mug of peppermint tea, practiced, then went to bed. On a downward trend weight-wise, but I've been resting too high too long, so I'm guessing it's going to take serious work to get back down to where I was four months ago. Feeling positive and dedicated, though. Let's do this thing! Happy March! |
TGIF!
I knew my weight would be up today...I feel puffy! 113.0 isn't bad but it means no refeed meal this weekend for me :( I'll check in later for personals! |
It is already March!
Joss : That is some pretty interesting goal you've got :) They're big enough to challenge you, but on the other hand still manageable! I can't wait to hear you say : TAKE THAT, FREACKING COACH! ;) TheBunneh : Awww, sorry you did not see the 148 you were hoping for. But as you said, if it is because of digestive problem, you should see see it soon enough :) cappuccino flavored almond ice cream? That sounds delish! Alexis : I'm glad to hear the Children's concert ran smoothly! I love your positive attitude about what you are doing and what needs to be done concerning the diet :) You are still my hero for sleeping on the car, I guess I'm a pricy princess when it comes to sleeping ;) Bayzee : Aww, hope this puffy feeling will go away soon! *** So, I weighed in at 139.0 this morning, which is a loss fromthe 139.2 I was standing in all week long after the Oscar night. At least I'm back down where I was supposed to be, but that also means I not no not loss for this week. OH WELL. At least it is not a gain! :) Last night, I officially subscribe to TWOOO races (the prices were increasing on March 1st, what a great trigger huh :P). I am now in for Sherbrooke (my current town) half-marathon (did it last year as my first half ever) on June 29th and for a Sprint Spartan Race on May 26th. I'm super excited but stressed too, my cardio will need a loooot of work. But I was in a pretty bad shape when I started training for my first half last year.. it's gonna be painful, but I think I can do this. I want to improve my time to, so I put myself in a stronger training program and the time I am supposed to run is so fast, it is scary LOL Leaving tomorrow for the snowshoeing little expedition, I need to prepare all the stuff today. I said I'd bring cookies for dessert, so the challenge today will be not to eat all the batter :P *** To answer Joss questions, here's what I would like to accomplished this month :) - Start my half marathon training program and, most of all, trade my 2 threadmill run during the week for OUTSIDE runs. - Pushing on the weight training ; because of the Spartan Race coming up in 3 months, I'd love to make my way through making a chin-up at some point. Maybe not this month, but working in that direction. - I'm gonna designed some weekly training plan that will put together runs outside and gym training. This gonna need dedication to stick to my plan, but I want to do this! - As a weight goal, I'd like to be down to 137 by the end of the month. That would make losing 0.5 pound a week. I think it is do-able! -Control the treeeeeats. This is starting tomorrow :P There will be wine, chips and other thing... I'd like to enjoy them without DIVING in them LOL |
Happy March! I can't believe how fast February flew by!
I'm starting the month at 135, which has become my new friend. :) Today is my off day. I'm going out with 2 gfs tonight for drinks & apps & I am going to enjoy every second of it. I NEVER do this, & I deserve to have fun & eat good food every once in a while. I lost 6lbs last month so I think I can stand to have one night of fun. I'm clearly going to have to do something very different from what I've been doing because I've bobbled between 135 & 136 for 2 weeks. My body doesn't respond to low carb - like not at all. I gain, if anything. So, I may try a week of hitting 1200 cals & see if that changes anything. BUT tonight...I'm going to wear a hot dress, have fun with my girlfriends & enjoy my night. I haven't gone out like this since before I was married...6 years ago. And I was tubby then so this will be a lot more fun being a size 6 :) Happy Friday, my bishes! |
Maddie, you haven't been out with your girlfriends for SIX years?! My goodness woman, you are overdue! Take your hot little 135 pound body out for drinks, yummy appetizers, and enjoy it!
I'm hanging out at 1200-1250 calories for this week too, just to offset the damage from Monday and Tuesday and to hopefully offset any damage I do having dinner out with my hubby. I don't think there is anything wrong with going low calorie to minimize some damage or to bust out of a rut. I hope it works for you! Turbo - Congratulations on signing up for the events! That's definitely exciting but I can also see how you are a bit worried about your cardio. I'm sure you'll do just fine though; you've done them before and you know how to train for them, so just listen to your body and lets hope for no more injuries. I think that a .5 pound per week weight loss is super doable, especially if you're going to be beginning all the training runs for your events coming up. You should have a big enough calorie burn that your diet shouldn't really require too much tweaking to get you there. Yeah, I do think my goals are manageable, especially after having just done nearly 6 weeks on a program that was mentally a lot tougher. Keeping my big indulgences limited to one night for the month shouldn't be too difficult, especially considering I just killed some cravings earlier this week, and I'm visiting my hubby next weekend. Really it just means I have to be back 'on plan' for like 3 weeks and then I can set goals for April. :D Bayzee - Recomp! :D Your weight is going to go up! You'll be fine... I'm just hoping that means you're feeling better? Alex - Not seeing my hubby was a combination of both things, but mostly my program during this point. Can you imagine trying to fit in 1-2 hours in the gym while traveling and going to visit my hubby whist preparing my chicken and salads to such rigid specifications? It would have been no fun for either of us. When I go visit we still go to the gym but we have more fun with it and workout together, and we still eat mostly healthy but we like to cook together and make healthier versions of fajitas, french toast, and stuff like that. We also like to go out to eat, and if I choose to indulge I can, but I can also choose to eat something healthier. I see you'll be joining us on the daily weigh ins! I think that I'm going to continue with it as well. I plan to weigh in tomorrow and then every day that I can thereafter. I won't be on the 8-11th because I'll be visiting my hubby but I have found that I actually like weighing daily and I think it might motivate me a bit more. I've realized that my weight fluctuates so much that if I just so happen to weigh in on a high day (for whatever reason) and thats my only weigh-in for the week, it might be discouraging. If I weigh every day I might see those spikes but it's more a mentality of "meh, we'll see what happens tomorrow". We'll see how it goes! Maybe it will help you break your high streak down a bit as well. TheBunneh - Hey, you were close though, and you had a great NSV holding out for the treat you REALLY want! Thats fantastic. ---------------------------------------------------- I have mixed feelings about my workout today... here's what I did; Pullups superset with dips 10 minutes Jacobs Ladder hang cleans superset with ab wheel rollouts incline barbell chest press superset with dumbbell split squats 10 minutes running bicep cable curls superset with cable tricep extensions hanging knee raises superset with machine chest fly 10 minutes standing bike (Unit PT this afternoon, so I plan to add another bit of cardio) My pullups and hang cleans were (IMO) pathetic. I should have expected as much considering I haven't been doing them lately, and it will take some time to get back into the swing of things again. On the other hand, my cardio was a breeze and I was doing my cable bicep curls with 70 pounds... thats a 30 pound improvement from about 7 weeks ago. I feel like some things have obviously improved, but the things I equate with overall fitness like the heavy olympic lifts and pullups have drastically declined. It gives me areas to focus on, but also makes me feel like a weenie. In other news, it's Friday! Whoot! I might be running out here in a few minutes to go with my roommate to get a tattoo (her, not me) and then tonight I'm looking forward to one of my recent favorite dinners; Tilapia with a zesty slaw served hot topped with avocado. Yummy! |
Hoping this month's first-of-the-month weigh-in will be on the high end for March: 124.6. I got a boost of energy at the end of the work day and completed Upper Body B of my program - pull-ups, dips, lateral raises, tricep cable pulldowns and cable curls.
I feel like such a WIENER on the lat raises - I used 10 lb dumbbells and probably could have used 12s but found I was making all kinds of "involuntary" straining faces - oh well, this is how people improve. I also was sort of embarrassed using the Gravitron machine for dips and pullups, but with 30 lb of assistance I know I can work on it. Ended up going out with people in the evening - I stress ate a footlong from Subway for lunch and had a healthy dinner of chicken on kale, but ended up eating half a turkey reuben and 4 wings with bleu cheese at the pub...then went home with my BF and had PB&J minus bread or crackers or anything. Got up late today so no Lower Body B until next week. Cold is still there but I'm just ignoring it and chugging Vitamin C which is making me feel nauseous. But in GREAT NEWS our friend who was in jail/detained by immigration police was successfully bailed out - we all wrote him character references and it would seem he is free for now. Not sure about what the next step will be...but he can see his daughter now and that's all he cares about! My goals for March are: -Eat right for strength gains. -Focus on IMPROVEMENT on my lifts versus losing scale pounds. -Run outside whenever the weather's nice enough. -Go to more group classes at the Y to get my money's worth! Maddie ENJOY girls' night out - I seriously can't believe you haven't been out in 6 years, live it up and have a great time with your girlfriends!!! 6 pounds in a month as a featherweight is serious progress and I hope you and 135 continue to make nice and you meet 134 soon. Turbo You're so motivated and inspirational signing up for all these races and events. With plenty of time for training you will totally be able to meet the challenge (cardio and running...and not eating ALL the cookie batter, hehe). Your March goals sound very solid - I'm so excited about FINALLY being able to run outside without freezing to death and hating every second of it! Bayzee Sorry you're feeling puffy. If I were you the little satan on my shoulder would win and say "have the refeed anyway - you can't spend your whole life at a deficit" - I hope you will debloat soon. How is your health/cold? Alexistrophic Awesome to hear that the concert went well. Being the stand partner who is more on top of things feels great - I remember being concertmaster once and KNOWING my stand partner should have been, and the way he looked at me I think he knew it too. Peppermint tea...mmmmmmmm...I forgot I have like 2 boxes at my desk. Will load up today! Bunneh Tell your tummy to get moving! Your discipline around desserts is mighty impressive, it's great that you found a system that works for you where you don't wind up feeling deprived and overcompensating for too much puritanical goodliness. JossFit I hope your March will be fantastic and filled with JOSSFIT workouts. Prove your $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ coach wrong! I found Minsoo Go yesterday, she's a Korean-American bikini competitor and trainer in TX who is someone to aspire to...if I lose 10-15% body fat I probably will look nowhere near as good as she does, but we have a similar natural shape! http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz...40opo1_500.jpg HOLD THE PHONE - you're bicep curling 70 pounds with ONE ARM? Ohhhh maaaaaan. Try not to feel too discouraged about the pullups and hang cleans, like you said you've not done them in a while - it will probably be a few sessions before you're back to a place you're happy with. You mentioned you were starting to be displeased with the aesthetics of your program results - did it make you top-heavy, or what? I notice a lot of Bikini competitors are very upside-down triangle shaped. |
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Krampus - that girl is HOT! You could totally do that! I actually want to up my weights to 8 or 10lbs. I read the other day that you should be dying with 8 reps with heavier weights...? Is that true, Joss? I like my arms, but I'd like to love them. :)
And yeah, 6 years. I've gone out for dinner or whatever with friends, but this is like a different kind of thing. Our group kind of dispersed to various parts of Colorado, so I've been slowly making some new friends outside of church & outside of family (who are CRAZY). I'm going to wear my hot girl dress that wore for my birthday a few weeks ago. If I'm going to try to get knocked up next month, then I need to take advantage of my tiny frame now. :) I'll post pictures so you can tell me how hot I look :P |
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Trainer Joss, what training moves would you suggest to someone (hear this : THIS GIRL) who is weak as h*ll but who wants to someday be able to do chin-up and stuff like that? krampus, after googling exactly what were lateral raise (I though it was another move I saw the guy at the gym do- I'm actually calling those 90 degrees raise), BLAAAAh this stuff is hard. Right now I am just able to do rep with 8 pounds, I increased from 5 pounds last week. By my 12th rep I start making ugly faces... Don't wanna know what I would look like if I try 10 pounds right now. My wrists are week, they'd probably break :P God, this trainer in the picture is so fit. I want those abs! |
Turbo - No matter what exercises you do, the key is PROGRESSION. You should strive to add weight and/or reps EVERY workout. You might not be able to, but you should be trying.
As an example, try this with lateral raises; Aim to do 3 sets of 12 repetitions to start. If you know you can do them with 8 pounds for 12 reps, go ahead and increase to the 10 pound dumbbells and keep the 8's nearby. Do as many reps as you can with the 10's and when you can't do any more, drop down to the 8's and finish until you get to 12 reps. You might only be able to do 4 reps with 10 pounds, but next week you might be able to do 6, and soon after that you might be doing all 3 sets of 12 reps with the 10 pound dumbbells. Then, repeat again adding in the 12 pound dumbbells. I would recommend you do a good full body routine, just the basics; Bench press, squats (barbell, dumbbells, etc.) bicep curls, tricep extensions, pushups, bench tricep dips, lunges, ab exercises, low back extensions, etc. No need to get super duper fancy. ;) Basically just make sure you do exercises for all your body parts and don't neglect anything! Shoulders glutes hamstrings quadriceps delts (shoulders) calves back chest abs Maddie - I agree for the most part. For STRENGTH gains, 6-8 reps is optimal. For maximum HYPERTROPY (e.g. size) 10-12 reps is best, and for endurance, 12-15 (or more) reps are best. I vote you use a combination, but put the emphasis where you need it based on what your goals are. |
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For example, today I looked at last week and saw that I had used 60 pounds on my bicep curls, so I decided to add 5 more pounds just to see how that felt. I banged out 15 reps so that was OBVIOUSLY too easy, and added another 5 pounds which made for a good burn at 12 reps -- which is what I was aiming for. I could have done lower reps at 75 but I will save that for next week. :D |
Happy March and Happy Friday, Feathers!
I weighed in slightly higher today, as expected, since I had that really hard run yesterday. My food intake was otherwise pretty good, aside from something a little sodiumy for dinner. I am okay with it. I had a HARD run today (intervals). I was literally drenched with sweat when I left the gym. I LOVE that feeling. SO Spring break is on my mind. I have three different choices. Maybe you guys in all your wisdom can help me come to peace with something, although I'm sort of leaning toward one thing, haha. SO option 1: I have credit through American Airlines because of a canceled trip back in December. My best friend in LA has said that it would be awesome if I visited her. However, first weekend her boyfriend has a birthday so it's better if I let them celebrate that day AND she has to work much of the week, so I wouldn't get to see her as much as I like (although she has some flex time). American Airlines goes into LAX but not the airport that is actually closer to her. Also flying out of my town is super expensive which means I'd have to drive or figure out transportation to another airport. Also, I hate L.A. (no offense if anyone here is from there or likes it, haha). Option 2. Use my airlines credit and take a short, three day trip and splurge on a beach front hotel in Florida (because it's usually warm there that time of year) and spend the rest of the break at home relaxing. Plus side: Doing something really nice for myself when i've had a rough year. Sun and warmth and ocean! Negative side: I'd be alone (which is okay for parts of the day but maybe not as enjoyable as getting to go with someone) AND I'd feel guilty for spending the money when I do want to buy a house in the next few years. Option 3. Stay at home and create a writing retreat and get a massage and treat myself to a few things here in town (I'm a writer, but I never mention it -- why? Because I never get to write because of my current schedule/situation with having to take all these classes and work full time on top of it). So I'm leaning toward 3 and considering using my airline credit in the summer some time. Taking a trip in early August last year was really pleasant last year and maybe I'll repeat that again. But whenever I think I've decided on 3, then I start second guessing... @Krampus - I HOPE you're starting to feel better! My friend is doing much better and I did think about what would happen if she had an accident of some kind in my car, lol! That would have been unpleasant! :D And yum at the PB&J in any form -- bread or no bread, lol! And that woman in the picture looks awesome, but you could SO get there. @TheBunneh - I've had two good runs in a row this week, yay, and thank you! I like the idea of the treat every week and a half. I find that a "cheat" day or meal helps me, too. I can give up anything the other few days if I know I can have it on a certain day. And then sometimes the day comes and I don't even really want it. @Jossfit - so awesome that you get to go visit hubby now! YAY!!! And I agree with you that I think you know best of what you need to do to lose the weight and get fit. You've done it before and you can/will do it again! I'm sorry your body feels so wonky right now! It will balance out soon, I'm sure. It WAS a very hellish week. Probably one of the worst as far as being exhausted and having more and more stuff to do and no free time. @Alex - I do need to drink more water, that's for sure. But my problem is literally time, lol! I know. Ridiculous, right? But it's true. I don't have time to go to the bathroom all the time at work/school. Curious: Why do you think your program isn't suitable for kids? Glad to hear it went well! And yikes, hope you can get a new mattress soon! @Turbo - and I have the opposite "like" -- I like to have dinner stuff for breakfast since I don't like most breakfast foods, lol! Yeah, my friend seems much better, luckily. Seems like a fluke thing. And awesome on the races!!! I always feel so simultaneously freaked and excited after I sign up for a race! There's this "point of no return" feeling about it, haha. @Bayzee - hopefully the puff will go down soon and you'll feel good. Drink lots of water today and that should help hopefully! @Maddie - congrats at starting the month at a good weight! Wow, can't believe it's been so long since you've been out with the girls! I hope you have a lot of fun! Oh, to answer Jossfit's question, I'd like to get down to 139 by the end of the month. I also want to find a way to deal with weekends. They are my most challenging issues with weight loss. If I learned about the weekends, I think I could easily get down to 139. The truth is, I don't WANT to eat what I do during the week. I feel bored and disgruntled if I have to do that. It's like I need excitement and thrill for the weekend, need to feel "treated." I think there must be a way to trick myself by finding healthy options that are VERY tasty and/or spicy that I don't have during the week. I'm working on it! |
Well, today's weigh in was a shocker... 130 pounds. Seriously?! Up 4.5 pounds?! My body is all out of sorts and I look and feel puffy and bloated but dang, that's REALLY disheartening. My weight on 1 February was 130.2 pounds so essentially I've lost nothing over the past month.
I've got my fingers crossed that some of that will drop off in the next few days but I'm a bit scared that I'm just going to be stuck in this range from here on out. I'm off to the gym and will be back for personals later... hopefully I'll have a better outlook then. |
Drive by to say good morning. :coffee: Didn't see 148 on the 1st, but weighed in at 148.6 this morning so that's close enough.
Joss :hug: I'm certain the gain is just from the shifts your body is being put through. You've been working really hard so you know you've changed something about your body and you couldn't have had a "real" gain. |
So I'm up in weight this morning, but no surprise. I let loose a little yesterday. Not out of control loose, like Fridays of my past, but certainly ate a few things I normally haven't been this week. Ugh, I stopped for coffee at McDonald's and ended up getting a biscuit and hashbrown in the morning. That's so not me, but I just was craving the forbidden after being super good all week.
I did just have a salad for lunch, haha, so that sort of at least maybe kept the damage to a minimum. Then I had an awesome intervals workout which may or may not lead to some water retention. I know I'm not drinking enough water lately. For dinner I finally had going-out plans with some friends, and it was a great time. I had not been to this particular restaurant in MANY years but it is very good and known for really good quality Italian food and pizza to die for (the very thin crispy kind). So i couldn't go to this place that I never ever go to and not have what they're famous for. So I got a crispy pesto pizza and it was DIVINE. I ate the whole thing (it was a personal pizza, but still :-p). Also I had 2 glasses of wine there and 1 later at home. One triumph? Everyone else was ordering dessert. I simply didn't want it. I didn't order it just because it's Friday and I was letting loose a little and I could. I just didn't order it. I didn't want it. So that's a bit of a triumph, I guess? I don't feel so bad today. I got enough sleep finally for the first time all week. I'm determined to eat well today. I will not let Friday's stuff leak into Saturday just because I think I need to be rewarded for having to do homework most of today. I do need to go to the grocery store and replenish my veggies. They all look meh in the refrigerator right now. @Jossfit - don't be discouraged! Your body IS very wonked up right now. You say you feel puffy so a lot of it is probably your body clinging to everything it can right now because it felt so deprived and stressed. It will even out. And think back to your journey from before when you got down to 120. What were you doing exactly? Are you implementing that at the moment? If so, I think you're on the right track. |
Joss : Your body might be in shock after the food your reintroduce in your diet? After being on a strict program for weeks, your body maybe entered a ''OMG WHAT THE F IS GOING ON'' state...
With your dedication, I really doubt you'll be stuck there for long. Hold on! *hug* TheBunneh : Good job on the 148's!!! :D Olehcat : HUGH, hashbrown! And the pesto pizza...! YUMM! At least you did enjoy what you eat, which is better than over eating and being just BLAH about he food you ate. Oh, and I can do to the eating normal foor for breakfast... Never got scare of a part of lasagna for breakfast (even if the boyfriend is disgusted everytime I even mention this :P) *** 139.0 today. I was a bit surprise, my tummy was feeling puffy this morning. But seriously, I think something is up with my scale, I was seeing tons of daily fluctuations in the past. But what is bottering me is that the boyfriend is seeing fluctuations when he weighs himself. Anyways, I'm going to get new batteries next week, maybe they are getting low. Did good yesterday, we enjoyed a steak with sauteed mushroom and a salad for dinner, we did not have red meat in a loooong time. I am a bit ashamed , I ha a second serving of dessert though.. My steak was so tiny, I was still hungry when I hit dessert, so my hand streched for another one without really thinking. I'll know better next time :) Leaving in a few hours for the snowshoe trip, have a fun weekend ladies! :) |
Joss - I'm so sorry! Those ups & downs are just a killer on you emotionally. You know it's not a true gain, so find some kind of peace in that. You'll be back down tomorrow. Hang in there!
Girls' night was a blast! We had a **** ton of food, I wore my favorite hot girl dress & we laughed & had a blast! We already planned another girls' date for next month :) The scale was kinder to me than I expected (136.9), so I'll be diligent today & keep my calories low & wait for it to drop. I'm going to be doing chicken breast & veggies for lunch & dinner until I can see 132 on that scale. Picture from last night! I felt like the hot girl last night! And I have not felt that maybe ever! It was amazing! http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...ps60c24140.jpg http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...psbe6cc005.jpg Look how skinny my arm is!!! I was in love with this photo just because I finally saw it! |
I do feel a bit better after my workout. It was a good one, and during my post-workout cardio I got the chance to think about some things.
I wore my HRM today and noticed that doing my typical style of workout as opposed to the style my coach had me doing, my heart rate was MUCH higher. Its not a huge shocker, because I know doing kettlebell swings and such is more of a challenge, but actually SEEING the numbers made me realize it's no wonder I've been able to get and stay leaner doing less cardio. It was some validation that my style of training works better for me. **Just as an example, at MOST my heart rate would get up to 100 beats per minute doing one of his workouts, and today mine got up to 100 beats per minute just doing abs! It was up to 150 at many points. I didn't like how I looked in the mirror today, which also validates my preferred style of training. 6 weeks doing body part split workouts (chest and triceps one day, back and biceps another, etc.) only served to beef up my upper body. In truth I needed to add a bit of upper body mass but since its still covered in a layer of fat it's not the pleasing look I want to see. Another thing I thought about was that I've never had a real 'goal weight' until recently, and never put timelines on myself to lose fat. Checking my weight was more or less something I did out of curiosity, and when I would go on vacation it gave me an idea of what the damage was and what I needed to do to undo that damage. I said the other day that I want to get to 120 by mid April, and while that's true I'm not going to stress over it. I'm going to tackle each day and each workout as it comes and just try to enjoy the process. Anyway, random musings. :) I feel kind of crappy still and have decided to color my hair a bit redder today. LOL bring the attention up to my head and off my body! :D ------------------------------------------ Maddie - *Some* of it is true gain, I'm sure. I definitely overdid things on Monday and Tuesday (nachos, peanut butter, ice cream, cookies, cereal, cake, chocolates, chips... Oh God, when I start writing it out I feel less and less like ANY of it is water...) but some of it has to be water (I hope I hope I hope). If not, it's just another small set back and diligence and hard work will get it gone again. But, enough about me... Look at you in your hot girl dress! Its so fun and makes me think of summer! I'm happy you had a great time and decided to do it again next month. Its good for us to get out with the girls and I know I'm definitely guilty of NOT doing it enough. Turbo - Yeah, I hope the "WTF is going on?" stuff stops soon! LOL Have fun with your trip this weekend!! It sounds like it's going to be a blast! Oh, and if your scale is stuck for you but not for your BF, it's probably not the batteries. Just be happy it's stuck where it is and not going up, right? Olehcat - 120 is actually a HIGH goal weight for me. I used to maintain about 115-118 up until recently! I am going back to what I used to, and have definitely learned that just because I gained weight doesn't mean my plan/approach no longer worked, I was just eating too much more often than usual. Simple matter of cutting that out! Thin crust artisan pizza is like, the best thing ever. I love crispy thin crust... nothing else appeals to me. I think if you stick to your resolve to eat well and workout today that's another pretty nice NSV for you! It's a slippery slope letting things spill over. I definitely did that on Tuesday, even though I had planned to keep it to one night. TheBunneh - Congratulations on the weigh in! You're getting there :) LOL, if you saw my response to Maddie you can see that it probably IS real gain. Sadly I was back on plan W,T,F and STILL weighed in that high today. My goodness... --------------------------------------------------------- Oh, couple of random photos! Me and my friend Lisa at her baby shower last Sunday; http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...17049357_n.jpg This is my freshly colored hair (not super red, but definitely redder than my natural strawberry blonde); http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...25433404_n.jpg My epic nachos (pre sour cream and salsa); http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...48202776_n.jpg |
Morning ladies!
Weight was down 1 pound today, so thats a start... and I got an email back from my former coach saying that since I had paid for a 12 week program and only used 6 of them he would have the ladies in his office freeze the other 6 weeks worth of services so that I can use them again in the future. I don't know if I will or not, but perhaps it would be something I can do after I move to Colorado and get settled in again. We'll see... :) |
My weight stayed the same today, despite eating ONLY veggies from a veggie tray with a few tablespoons of hummus for dinner. Ah, well! I'm sure it will be up tomorrow, too, because I had an AWESOME workout.
Yes, I ran 5 miles today, but I did it faster and easier than last Sunday. Plus I did some strength training right after and was able to increase SOME of my weights for some of the machines. The goal was to get a weight where it was really a struggle to finish the set. The chin-up assist machine? I still practically have to set it at my own weight, lol. I struggle every time on that one. But I still feel bad*** at using it. Anyway, my body is humming with that good workout feeling that you get. But I know my weight will be up tomorrow, especially because I'm going to my parents' house for dinner tonight and have no idea what I'll eat there. I need to cook for the week (I have salmon and turkey breasts to bake and turkey chili to make, eggs to hard boil, etc.) and my kitchen is a mess. Ugh. I guess I should get to it. @Jossfit - you look VERY tiny in those pics! I can't even imagine what you'd look like 10 pounds less! @Maddie - great pics of you!! Your arm DOES look skinny! I'm glad you had a good time! @Turbo - hope you're having a great time on your snowshoe trip! |
Olehcat - The current profile picture I have is me at about 117-118 pounds, so that gives you and idea.
I also ran five-ish miles today (5.1 actually :D ) but then I did another 20 minutes on the elliptical... I wasn't hardcore enough to do weights like you! Nice job! Today was just cardio for me, but tomorrow I have weights and cardio in the morning and unit PT in the afternoon. You SHOULD feel badass doing ANY kind of pullups! If you stick with it you will improve, and it gets much easier the more weight you lose. I was doing 12 or so pullups per set, but now I can only do like 5-6. :( --------------------------------------------------- Since we all like photos so much, here are a few more! I got my hair touched up today. I colored it myself yesterday but it looked so FLAT. I just wanted a more strawberry version of my strawberry blonde hair, so I think it finally looks that way after some professional highlights and lowlights today; http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...72065403_n.jpg (and yes, I'm super pale.) This is one my mom put on my FB page of me when I was little. I was living in CA at the time so me and my brother were both super blonde from the sun! http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...68456906_n.jpg Who doesn't look hot wearing ducks?! |
Joss - Your hair looks great! And I'm super pale too! Go vampires!
Down 1.1 today! Woohoo! Only up .4 from what I was before my night of 3 apps, a beer & donut holes with caramel sauce :P I walked around the neighborhood yesterday for 30 minutes & took all the hills I could, only to be brought to the reality of my stupid tendonitis in my knee! I was seriously seeing red last night. I can't even go for a dang walk without being in terrible pain!? This isn't fair! My sister & her husband are gym rats & she said they both have had injuries like this & they took months to heal - she said she was shocked when the ER dr told I'd be fine in 2 weeks. And here I am, 5 weeks later, & I can't take a walk without major pain. Thanks, doc. So, I'm back to wearing my old brace & icing my knee & taking it easy AGAIN. :/ I don't want to take it easy, but I can't put any kind of strain on my knee without serious pain radiating up & down my leg. I don't come here to *****, but I'm just super annoyed. I knew I couldn't run or do squats, but walking!? I need lift my saggy a$$! Harrmph! |
Where did the weekend go Feathers?
Very bad weekend for drinking this weekend. It put me WAY over my calories. I did well with eating, but it doesn't really matter IF I drank a bottle of wine on Friday AND Saturday...right? Well tomorrow is another day. I didn't bother to weigh-in all weekend because I knew it wouldn't be pretty (although I am sure Saturday's weigh-in would have a great dehydration one) :). I will weigh-in tomorrow for a "reality" check. I know when I see the number, it will motivate me to get back on track. It was just sooo much fun! Ironically, my trainer cut my calories and my carbs for this week. We have a week off work starting Friday and I thought we might go away (somewhere hot, I am sick of this snow), but we can't find any deals. We left it too late, so I'm not surprised. I know it will be "Eat and Drink" fest regardless, so I have to figure a way to find a balance. My trainer is aware of the week off, and I just going to look at it as a "diet" break, although I have been warned not to go crazy! I am still feeling puffy, having those TOM symptoms and coughing up a lung or two! Let's just say, I am NOT looking forward to Monday. Good times! Lol! :) GOAL for March: STAY OFF THE SCALE! I have to check-in for my trainer, but I do not need to be on it everyday. I REALLY want to work on that this month. Joss...OMG those nachos look amazing. They are by far my favorite snack food. You look so tiny in that pic with your friend :) Turbo...I change the scale batteries too when I think something is up. Sometimes is works, sometimes not! lol! I love red meat...but I try to limit to once a week. Ohlecat...You will see a whoosh soon. Keep up the great work! Krampus...Looking forward to hearing about weekend festivities. I'm sure it involved awesome food and good company :) TheBunneh...Good work girl! Keep it up! MaddieB...That sucks about the pain. I hope you get some relief soon. Looks like a great time with the girls. Love the dress! Sorry if I missed anyone...not much time again tonight! |
Maddie : Oh I love your dress!!!! It suits you so well!!! it is so nice you had a blast with your friends!
That sucks for you knee :( Those injuries take always so long to heal, I do agree with you, it is not fair. Did you see someone since those 5 weeks? Joss : First, yay for the pound dropped! :) Your nachos looks awe-freackin-sooooome. Love what you did with your hair! This color is wonderful on your skin tone! I'm team super pale too :P The ''oh god, are you sick, you're so pale you look so sick'' ''... nop. not sick. feeling just fine. this is my usual february skin tone'' is really a usual thing for me :P Wearing ducks is definitely coming back, in my opinion :P Next fashion week, it is gonna be EVERYWHEREEEEEE Olehcat : Great job on the run! For the assisted chin up/pull up machine, I am planning to use it for the first time this week and I am terrified LOL. I have no idea what weight to put on that thing (and I'm kinda concerned on HOW to get on that thing in the first place... oh jesus) Bayzee : Oh I did bad bad BAD this weekend too. I'm kinda happy I was not the ONLY one screwing up this weekend LOL We don't eat red meat that often anymore, actually :) it was the first in 2 weeks or 3, making it even more awesome! *** Hello ladies! I'm back from the woods, where we had an awesome time. The good news : I really kept it relax on the wine, sipping slowly through the bottle we brought the boyfriend and (one of the girls drank a bit more and wanted to die being hangover this morning. she was feeling so bad we were not feeling strong enough to be mad at her when she all woke us up super early searching for some headache med LOL). I also drank sooo much water, so i don't think I got dehydrated (the downside of that was that I had to use the outdoor toilet-cabin that stinked like H*LL like 5 times over the evening). The bad new : I ate too much :P. Okay, that will sounds vain, but my cookies were really awesome and I ate tons of them LOL. the other people were laughing at me because I was always eating cookies... while they were eating I don't know how many bags of chips. I guess I had a sweet tooth last night... but at least we snowshoed during the afternoon, climbed a big hill to go down sledding and had to carry our heavy bagpack with snowshoe oever 1.2 km in the forest. I'm gonna know what kind of damages I've done when I'll weigh in tomorrow. Oh and I POOPED TWO 4-5 stars pooped today. Everytime I eat crap I have the most wonderful poops in the world. Ain't that awesome. Here is a picture from yesterday afternoon, it was lighlty snowing and the weather was just around freezing point so very comfy. And pretty. :) http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1696/img1186od.jpg |
Turbo - BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! "Everytime I eat crap I have the most wonderful poops in the world."
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oh gosh, feathers, my cats are right now stalking a mouse!!! Ick, ick, ick. I want them to just take care of it before I get home. Yes, this has happened before, I live in a very old house. Unfortunately, I don't get home until 7 tonight, so a dead, mutilated mouse will just be sitting somewhere almost all day, if the cats are successful at least. They key is to not accidentally step in it when I get home and it's dark!
In weight news, I'm definitely up this morning. I'm not changing my profile because I think it's a HUGE water weight issue. I did not eat huge amounts of food yesterday, but what I ate was sodiumy and carby. Plus my epic workout yesterday. AND I was thirsty ALL day yesterday and it seemed like all the water I drank just wasn't doing it for me. It's like I'd drink some water and be really thirsty again a second later. I wasn't drinking ENOUGH water for what my body wanted. Plus, I drank some wine last night. So a perfect storm for my weight to be up all the way to 149.2, which at least is .6 pounds less than it was last Monday. Small triumphs, small triumphs! So I'm drinking tons of water today, even though that's really hard with my work/class schedule. Monday through Thursday is ultra-clean eating for me. My low during the last week was 145.0. We'll see if we can beat that this week. I should be able to run a little more this week, too. It's just today and tomorrow that I can't. @Maddie - so sorry about your injury! I HATE that. So frustrating. @Turbo - that area looks GORGEOUS! And haha on the poop. That is SO TRUE. On the assisted chin machine, I would say just setting it to within 10 pounds of your weight. Like if you're around 140, then set it on 130. That way there's very little resistance to start. If that's easy, then just set it at 120 and keep going down, etc. @Bayzee - oh, those bottle of wine nights. Love them at the time, hate it the next morning! Good luck with staying off the scale. @Jossfit - very cute kid pic! And I like the hair color! |
Olehcat - I wasn't digging my scale today either! I am back up the pound I was down yesterday, so I'm hanging out at 130. I honestly cannot decide WHAT to do about my scale issue. Do I continue to weigh in everyday, lest it get away from me, or do I put it up and just focus on watching what I eat and hitting my workouts hard? Gaaaahhhh.
Seeing your post did help me to just remember that I too had a hard run yesterday, a pretty sodium heavy dinner, and that being in a caloric deficit there is NO WAY its anything other than water weight fluctuations. Regardless, I hope we both see some progress soon! Thank you for the compliments on my photos! The redder tone isn't dramatic to anyone else, but I'm not used to my hair being that dark and I feel like it makes my face look different. I'm sure I'll adjust soon. LOL I hope you don't step on a dead mutilated mouse tonight!! Turbo - The nachos were pretty epic, and since we had discussed them I had to make them happen; chicken, bacon, black olives, jalepenos, shredded cheese, chips, sour cream and salsa... just like we discussed. :D I actually used to tan a lot as you know, and now that I don't I'm so much happier. Yeah, my body looks a bit leaner when I have a nice tan, but my skin is softer and smoother and hopefully with all my moisturizing and sunscreen wearing I won't need more skin biopsies or look like a leather bag in a few years! I WISH that first pound gone had stayed gone, but alas, it was back this morning to say hello. I was displeased. I feel better after my workout but it's still just so frustrating. Your weekend sounds like it was fantastic! Wine, excellent cookies and 5-star poops! :D Why can't all those cookies and wine come without calories? Has anyone ever asked you what you would choose if you could have any superpower? Some people say they would choose to fly, or be invisible, or speak to animals... not me. I would want my superpower to be the ability to remove the calories from anything I choose. :D I'm dead serious too! hahaha! I'm going to try my best to take a page out of your book and go easy on the drinks when I see my hubby this weekend, and also on the food more importantly, but we'll see. My *realistic goal* is to keep the indulgences to one evening and get right back on track for the remainder of March. Bayzee - Between you and Turbo, I want wine right MEOW! :D How many calories is in a typical bottle of wine? *nevermind, just Googled it* - It looks like depending on the type the typical 750ml bottle has like 600-850 calories, so that's a wide range. I am debating which would be better for me this weekend; a bottle of wine OR buying some mini's of liquor and mixing them with a calorie free mixer. An oz of vodka has 75-85 calories depending on the proof, so I could get like 8-10 shots of vodka for the same calories as a bottle of wine... hmmm... Meh, who am I kidding... I'll drink what sounds good at the time. I'll end up eating 5000 calories worth of food anyway... haha How often do you plan on weighing then? Once a week or so for your trainer? I keep going back and forth about what to do. I don't want to keep getting discouraged but I also don't want the excuse of letting the pounds creep up because I'm ignoring the scale. It's a tough call. LOL I do NOT feel like I look tiny at all in that picture. I'm the same size as the PREGNANT WOMAN! Maddie - I'm so sorry to see you're having issues with your knee! Injuries are SO frustrating because you want to workout and I know that for me it just makes me feel like I have to be even more strict with my diet. I sure hope it gets better for you soon. ** Random question for everyone ** for those of you who count, how many calories are you eating per day? I am keeping mine low this week but I don't know if it's doing any good and I'm on the fence as to how many I should be eating. My coach started me out on about 1600 and slowly lowered them. I was eating about 1270 when I stopped working with him (at which point he wanted to bring it down to 1100 or so). I've always had the best results while losing on about 1200-1250, but I'm just so all over the place right now with what to do. My instinct is to keep them at 1200-1250 because that's what I know, but then of course there is the thought that a few more might be MORE effective for fat loss at a faster rate. |
Joss - If you have your best results between 1200 & 1250, then that's where you land. If you check your BMR, it will give you a number to shoot for that best suits your body. My MIL doesn't lose unless she's at 1200. I usually have to aim for 1400-1450 & it drops. I'll drop my calories thinking it will help, only to be frustrated. This "coach" needs to go back to school. 1200 cal/day is the minimum amount of nutrition that our bodies need to function everyday. Below that, your body goes into starvation mode & you won't lose because it's holding on to all the nutrients. #moron
Olehcat - Sorry about the mouse in the house. We have a giant corn field behind our house which is beautiful & such an amazing view, especially with the Rocky Mntns to the left, BUT it also means we get mice year round. No cat either. It's just part of home ownership. No fun. At least your cats have an activity for the day! HA! Bayzee - what kind of training are you doing? I finally whooshed!! 134.7 today!! I have never seen 134 as an adult, so this is a huge a feat for me! I think I was 135 in jr jigh...? I ballooned up to 160 by my sr year, starved myself to get to 145 & then quit until I hit 190 2 years into college. So, all of this...is amazing! Doing it the healthy way, changing my mind about body image & I feel hotter than ever...AFTER a baby! Stop if I posted this, BUT the whole family is going on a cruise next month & we had to have a cocktail dress for at least one night, so my MIL (we are very close) & I went shopping last week & found dresses. HUGE feat here: Forever 21 MEDIUM & it was on clearance for $15.99! Plus, I feel super hot in this dress & my husband said DA MN when I came out of our room to show him :) http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...psbc4b2ef0.jpg |
Maddie ~ You're working it, girl! Looking fantastic. What a great way to go on a cruise!!!
Olehcat ~ Ugh to weight being up BECAUSE Of a workout... Way to rock those workouts, though! And hurray for planning out your meals. Joss ~ That was kind of your former coach to freeze those weeks, but do you think that you Would work with him again? And re:calories - it does look like 1200-1250 is a good losing range for you, but you've commented before that this is awfully low. Maybe more focus on macro-nutrients and less on calories? Your body could surprise you... Turbo ~ Looks like you didn't do too badly on your weekend away! lol - you are the queen of super hydration. What kind of cookies did you make? And what did you end up doing for dinner? Krampus ~ Fun weekend? ;) ~~~ Ate late at night on Friday -- cutest grilled cheese sandwich EVER from a diner post-concert-- but didn't register much of a gain (or digestive issues, really. Interesting). Same on Saturday. THEN yesterday, I bought a loaf of Irish soda bread and ate pretty much the whole thing in one go. Why? You ask... JUST because. Was it the smartest plan in the world? Nope. Did I do it anyway? Yup. *NOTE to self - heavy processed carbs PACK on the weight* I added dairy back into my diet and can definitely tell that it causes some... problems... but I don't think I'm prepared to entirely do away with cheese (had a rockin brie on Saturday). It might also be the cause for some of the gain, too, but taken in stride. I think that just eating too much of anything is a bigger cause of "digestive trouble" than the dairy alone. I did go for 5 mile runs on Saturday and Sunday and that felt FANTASTIC!!! Oh, exercise, how I missed you. It's definitely time to invest in a new pair of sneakers. Bleh. Another expense, but totally worth it. New week, new start. Planning on a light day today, food-wise. Fitness Goal for this week- Log in at least 20 miles and/or 2 hours of yoga. Nutrition Goal for the week - Focus on protein and fresh veg/fruit. This is not intuitive eating, this is just convincing my body that we are on the same team. Healthy really does taste better. |
Alex - Give yourself a break. You have a fresh, new attitude heading into this week & that's the best thing to do. So you overloaded on carbs? BFD. You won't do it again & you'll be better because you saw what it did on the scale & you won't want to do it again...anytime too soon. :) I really wish I could run! Hated every second of it when I did it, but now I wish I had that burn in my chest from sucking in the freezing air :)
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Hi feathers,
I know I have a horrible habit of disappearing for a month or two at a time, and then coming back and posting minimally for a couple of weeks. But I decided today was a great day to post because today is exactly 1 year from when I finally buckled down and started losing weight. Mind you, I've wasted the past 6 months, and am still up 10 pounds from where I was back in September, but at least I'm not up the 50 lbs I was this time last year. There are 5 weeks left of my little weight loss competition, and I plan to make the most of them. I've wasted the last 7 weeks, and pretty much just been regaining and re-losing water weight, but despite that, no one in the competition has been doing overly well, so if I really buckle down, I can at least get my money back (top 3 get a payout, right now I'm in 4th place). My weigh in this week totally sucked, because I ate like crap for 3 days prior to getting a gum graft, because I knew I'd be on a soft food diet for a little while, and felt the need to cram in all the stuff that would be hard for me to eat later. But none of that weight has dropped off post operation, so I think the antibiotics & pain killers have totally been messing with my weight. I've stopped taking the pain killers, because it hasn't been painful at all. My periodontist wanted me to take them at least for the first 3 days for the anti-inflammatory effects, but I stopped taking them yesterday. I'm not sure if they were causing the water retention, because I ate a bunch of crap again yesterday at a family function. I'm still on the antibiotics for a few more days and then I'm hoping to be able to judge where I'm at with my weight a little better. Other than that, we did get a puppy a few weeks ago. He's been helping me wake up for my workouts at least, as I like to make sure he has as much time to play around before I leave for work. So I take him into the basement with me to play while I do my workouts. At least I DID, until this morning when he discovered the litter box, and I was too worried about him eating cat poop, and had to bring him back upstairs. Hopefully I can figure out a way to keep him away from that stuff so that he can continue to run around in the basement while I exercise. I am looking forward to when I can take him for walks, and get in a bit of extra exercise that way, but we need to wait until he is up to date on his vaccines before we can take him out in public. Truth be told, even then, he won't be much of a great exercise partner, because he is a giant breed and I need to be careful not to over exercise him, because it's not good for his fast growing frame. (He's a great dane). Other than that, I'm hoping tonight to go to an info session for roller derby. I don't really enjoy my fitness regime that much, so I'm hoping to add something a bit more fun to it. I just do what I do out of convenience, since I do my workouts while my daughter is sleeping, I'm limited to what equipment I have in my basement (which isn't much). In any case, I still haven't talked to my husband about it, so it's going to depend on whether he thinks we can make it work with our daughter. I am anticipating most practices will be later in the evening so that it will be around her bedtime, and shouldn't interfere too much with family time, it's just more a matter of getting him to commit to being at home when I need him, since he tends to go out to socialize more than I do. I just found out about the info session today, so I haven't had a chance to talk to him about it yet. |
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I don't know if it will work because I have always been a 1200-ish kind of gal, and every program I have done with a trainer had me in that range as well... One could argue that its worth a try but I really don't think I can handle gaining any more fat right now if it doesn't work. EDIT: SUPER HAWT DRESS Maddie!! :) I love it! Alex - Hard cheeses generally don't have quite the impact on your gut, so maybe a good parmesan every now and again won't hurt? Greek Yogurt is generally good on the tummy too... it's mostly milk products that will mess with ya. At least you know what it is now, and there are about a bazillion dairy alternatives nowadays. I don't eat much dairy either, and opt for almond milk, coconut coffee creamer, lactaid cottage cheese, etc. Definitely get some new shoes! Jessica - Hey stranger! Glad to see you back again. I hope you can get up some momentum to help pull out at 3rd place (OR BETTER) finish with your program! ---------------------------------------------------------- Random stuff! I got my Quest bars in the mail today, whoot! I got more of my favorites; apple pie, chocolate peanut butter, banana nut bread, and I got some of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough! I'm really excited to try it, but it won't be until Thursday when I'm traveling. I also got some of the Quest Cravings Peanut butter cups. I tried them before and didn't really like them, but evidently they reformulated them so I decided to try again. Here's an odd tip; try mixing FF/SF jello pudding powder into hot oatmeal before cooking it, into cold cottage cheese (add a bit of water) or into smoothies. Amazing things happen ladies. Seriously. I'm oddly excited about my meals for tomorrow. :D Meal 1 is oatmeal with SF/FF Jello mix, egg whites and flax seed (trust me, its amazing) and coffee w/creamer Meal 2 is cottage cheese and sweet potato with truvia and cinnamon and a vanilla protein shake Meal 3 is a huge chicken caesar salad with crostini Meal 4 is chicken, broccoli, salsa and avocado with fajita seasoning Meal 5 is tilapia, zuchinni, asparagus and sauteed onion YUM! I have been a 6-meals a day girl for YEARS, but I find that I have been doing 5 slightly bigger meals lately and have been happier with that. I'm watching "Hungry for Change" on youtube right now, and it's pretty interesting! If you have an hour and a half and haven't seen it, check it out. (I'm only 10 minutes into it so that is all I can vouch for. :D) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpaFNQM0_GY |
olehcat : Chasing a mouse!! We had a mouse in the cabin this weekend who came running by like 1' of our heads when we were falling. I thought it was some snow falling from the top of the cabin and the boyfriend was ''oh.. yeah.. sure.. it is some snow...'' but we found the little thing in our dished water bucket when we woke up. hope you'll get rid of the water weight soon! D*mn water weight!
Joss : Oh seriously, taking out calories of any food you'd want would be a TERRIFIC SUPER POWER TO HAVEEEEEEE!! Concerning the wine, it was the first time I got some in WEEKS. And seriously, I did the little that if you don't want to have an hangover or something, have a glass of water between each wine, and it just went smoothly, I did not feel the need to dive in the bottle or something.. that was a major win :) (if only I something like that happened with the cookies :P). I really hope everything will go smoothly for you this weekend! Okay, I really need to find those Quest Bars in Canada. I want to try them soooo bad LOL Your meal planning for tomorrow looks awesome! We're having tilapia for dinner too tomorrow! Don't know how I'm gonna prepare it yet though.. Maddie : Wrote it on the daily WI, but congrats on the 134s!! I love the dress!!!! Where are you heading off during your cruise? Alexis : We end up getting spaghetti (YESSS), thank lord, the other 4 we're really not prepared for the ''carrying stuff through the wood'' part (really, an easy thing to carry is obviously a 12 bottles pack of beers). The cookies were chewey chocolat chip cookies and bear-paws molasse big cookies. good job on the runs! 2 back to back 5 miles runs, you rock! Concerning the shoes you need to get, if you have a Running Room near you,, they are giving away 10% discount coupon on their Facebook page right now :) Jessica : I'm sure you can get back in the game of this weight loss competition! Oh I'm a sucker for baby animals ; what kind of puppy did you get? *** Hi ladies! Weighed in at 140 this morning, which is only 1 pound up after two days of over eathing this weekend... OH YEAH. I was expecting so much woooooorst. I'm happy about what I ate today. I had one of my red beans burger patties on an english muffin for lunch with a green salad and we had grilled cheese for dinner with a good cheese (I only had the minimal to cover my bread while the boyfriend was like ''OH YEAH OVERLOAD OF CHEESE'') and caramelized onion and mushroom with a salad and veggies. Super filling! I had maybe a little extra cookie that I could have skipped, but I forgot to eat my apple this afternoon... So I guess damages are minimal. I also tackle my official first run on my half marathon training program and JESUS THAT WAS A CRAPPY RUUUUUN. It was supposed to be a fastest/tempo run but I started wayy to fast for someone who was barely running seriously for the past months. It was supposed to be 5k, but after 1.5 I hit a wall and I had to finish while taking little 20 seconds breaks and dashing a bit more when I was running to maintain my goal pace of 6 min/km or better. Wanting to call it quit after 3.5 km, I consider pushing through 5k a victory... I have another 5k tempo run planned for next week where I'll have to work on keeping a slower but more steady pace that won't need me to walk every now and then. I always was proud of being a consistant runner and not stopping for walk break, I don't want to become that. Oh and the weather was just crappy, there was some drizzling rain going on and the path was icy, I felt my feet go a little back at every stride I took. Really, serious crappity-crap. ... okay, rant over. ;) (oh but talking of crap, I only got rabbit poops today... d*mn you, stupid healthy eating, I eat like a rabbit, don't need to poo like one too!) |
The cats were successful. They proudly led me to the mouse corpse when I got home.
Had a nice water weight whoosh. I drank tons of water today and ate very clean. Went from 149.2 yesterday to 146.8 today! Okay, all. How do you stay in weight loss mode and go out and have a regular life? This is so frustrating to me. I mean, really it comes down to my night out on Friday causing the spike in weight over the weekend. I don't have a problem with keeping and making healthy food at home. It's going out that is a problem. I know I have a dinner I'm invited to this Saturday where the hostess said, "Bring your appetite" -- How do I navigate these things in weight loss mode? Do I become a hermit? Ha. I mean, seriously, those of you who are or were recently in weight loss mode, what do you do? Do you order just a salad every time you go out to a restaurant? Do you just not go out? Do you not except dinner invitations to other people's houses? This is just so hard to go between an extreme desire to get rid of this weight and my life of socializing with friends and enjoying good food and good wine! There has to be a reasonable balance somewhere! @Jossfit - glad to see the scale went down again today! Oh, I wish I could dye my hair reddish, but it wouldn't look very good on me! The video has been removed -- what was it about? I am intrigued by the formula you mentioned and am going to google it. @Maddie - great dress on you! So when you were/are in active weight loss mode, do you count calories for weight loss? What was your "magic" weight loss number for calorie counting? :) Just curious, I always ask people who are being successful. And yes, my cats had a BLAST yesterday! @Alex - yep, just recently noticed that I definitely seem to put on weight after my Sunday workout which is the hardest (long training run + strength training). I guess it's just water retention in my muscles? Still, not very encouraging! And wow, you did those 5 mile runs two days in a row!! Go you! @JessicaB - Puppy!!!! How cute! Let us know how the roller derby thing goes -- I've always been a little intrigued by that! @Turbo - eeep, a mouse in your cabin drowned in a bucket! Ewww! You definitely needed my cats there! And I'm on week 5 of my half marathon training thingie, but I'm doing the ultra novice training, haha, even though I did run a half last year! |
Olehcat - That is a very nice whoosh indeed! I'm sure that felt really nice to see this morning. :) yeah, mine is down a tad again but really I just feel like a huge failure in general. I was down to 125.4 before my massive eat fest last Monday/Tuesday so until I get down below that number its still just a huge feeling of embarassment, disgust and disappointment every time I step on the scale.
I am not the one to give pointers on weight loss mode and a social life, because I don't have one! LOL I'm seriously so picky about my friends that when someone wrongs me in some way they are gone from my life forever. The people around here that I am friends with are a select few, and finding the time to see eachother is not easy! When I do see them, it's generally a movie or shopping and then we'll grab lunch or something. I will scout out the place ahead of time and make up my mind beforehand what I'll be having and plan it into my day. Panera Bread is a personal favorite because they have some decent options and it's casual enough for lunch without feeling fast-foodish. Glad your kitties got the mouse!! Blech! The video I posted was the documentary "Hungry for Change". That's weird that it was removed because I was watching it from that very link when I posted it on the forum here. In any case, I think you could probably just do a search for it. It's basically about our dependence on processed foods but not in a big scary "OMG we're all dying from this obesity epidemic!!" It was more like, hey, your body doesn't like this stuff... love yourself, eat more natural foods, feel better and look better. It gets into a bit of a rant about juicing after an hour but then it moves on. It's not trying to sell any specific products or anything like that, and there are some great testimonials. Turbo - Do you have GNC or Vitamin Shoppe in Canada? I know they sell the Quest Bars there. If you order them from the website you can actually order individual bars, so that's pretty cool. LOL, I know that's the most random superpower to have but I swear that's the one I'd choose! "Why yes, I would love some carrot cake... let me just remove those calories right quick..." That is great that your weight is hardly up after the wine and cookies! I'm sorry to see that your run was disappointing, but you're a determined woman and I know you'll stick with it, push through the rough patches, and end up kicking booty come race day(s)! I think with my tilapia tonight I'm just going to do a quick dry pan "fry" and either go with a simple mix of garlic and dill or lemon pepper to season it up. Simple works best for tilapia IMO, since it's such a delicate fish. Hugenormous pile of veggies on the side and I'll be good to go! Jessica - I forgot to say congrats on the puppy! LOL keeping those suckers out of a litter box is not any easy feat! You're considering doing Roller Derby? OMG that scares the crap out of me! I don't like the idea of getting hurt, and those women tend to beat the crap out of each other, not to mention just wear and tear from falling and such. That's intense! Let us know what you find out at the info session! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Decent cardio session today; 30 minutes of stair intervals, 15 minutes on the jacobs ladder, 16 (yes, 16) minutes on the elliptical and then a fairly difficult ab workout of cable crunches, machine crunches, lying leg lifts, weighted bench knee-ins and weighted trunk twists. My neck feels tweaky today though, so I'm hoping my massage therapist friend can fit me in tomorrow afternoon or evening. I had to cancel on Sunday because I was at the salon getting my highlights/lowlights done, and I really need it! I'm leaving after a 1/2 day tomorrow (from work) anyway so hopefully she can get me in. Weight was at 129 today. Meh. |
Check in time...
111 today. Ragging so badly! I don't usually get PMS but this month I'm super bloated. I've been hanging with friends, tea, movies, gym dates, girl's night out. Haven't had any sugar or junk for a solid week. I just haven't had the craving for it (probably because I'm above 110 right now). Been doing spin and weights, as usual. My state is in the middle of another snow storm today. I'm waiting spring so I can run and bike outside again. I'm craving a switch up in my workouts... Hope everyone had a good week last week. |
114.0 again today...WTH? I have been more than perfect since Sunday and I was hoping for a little whoosh to lift my spirits!!
_________________ MaddieB...I am doing a body recomposition. I am trying to lose body fat so I am eating in a calorie deficit, but I am trying not to lose any of the little muscle I have in the mean time. I am doing a weight lifting program and very little cardio...if any. I might brave a pic one of these days :) But I am not a twig...more skinny fat. I am a typical apple shape, small arms, skinny legs and my fat hangs out in my belly. Unfortunately I do not have enough muscle to support the look I want, so the more weight I lose, the flabbier I feel. The good news is I have seen more results in my body shape in the past 4 weeks compared to last 5 years! I love bootcamps and pilates but I wish someone would have told me about the real benefits of weight lifting much sooner. My advice to anyone trying to lose fat is to lift heavy weights! Aiden...111 is still amazing,. Maintaining that weight at our size is hard to do. I know what you mean about the snow...I am dying for some sun :) Olecat...I hate mice! I would get a cat if I had mice in the house. lol! Turbo...I am dying to try the Quest bars too. Let me know if you find them in Canada. Joss....I think a whoosh is coming your way! It has to :) |
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