[JudgeDread]

Second half of day 18.....

P90x Arms and Shoulders....we skipped abs as we wanted to get to the mall to get my BF some more whey protein hehe. I burned another 297 calories in just over an hour (I left my monitor on about 5 mins after)

As far as this morning goes I AM SO SORE FROM BOXING! UG! my back, sides..you name it... I even f'ed up my neck somehow last night and now that hurts too. I really need a tube of bengay, or bengay bath! LOL

Anyways the scale is starting to piss me off. I weigh myself probably too much, but alas my weight hasn't gone below my low last week. So the momentum is gone. It has to be muscle mass since I am not eating anything close to gaining. So I may have to start eating more I am thinking.

Yesterday I totaled 1320 calories and burned what, almost all that in exercise! Probably not the ideal intake.

But on the bright side my bf and I are noticing changes..I tried on my size 9 pants and they FIT...tight, but they fit! My pot belly has shrunk, and I am starting to see my biceps again!

Today is my day off, I have to be betty homemaker today, again! I miss having a girl friend around when my bf has to work Cleaning and grocery shopping is NOT my ideal day off.......especially at the level of my soreness!

[JudgeDread]

Day 19..binge day! LOL Well not that bad but I ate way more than normal!

Back and Legs + Ab Ripper.

My heart rate monitor was acting all crazy..either that or it was my heart. It was anywhere from 10-20 points lower than normal when I work out. I wasn't sure if it was acting up or for some reason my heart rate was lower. I h ope its not screwed up already I just got the dang thing!

So it said I burned about 290 total, which is over 100 calories less than last week doing legs and back.

Well I am still sore all over, now my butt hurts today and shoulders and triceps are still sore from the shoulder and arm workout. As for the scale it is NOT budging down anymore...so I am going to eat more and see what happens. At the rate I was going the last two weeks I expected to be under 150 already.....oh well I just gotta stick with it!

So I ate a total of 1840! (STEAK! and I had a spiked hot chocolate too )

[JudgeDread]

All I can say is OOFTA!

There's my Swedish side coming out!

DAY 20

TERRIBLE! It started out pretty good, but then we decided to drink, which lead to pizza....and munchies. I have no idea how many calories I put down. Probably a lot! And of course NO workout!

I'm not going to beat myself up too much as I haven't had a day the whole time where I have went over 1500 in net calories. I am sure I did on day 20....eesh!

[JudgeDread]

Day 21!
KENPO! The workout went good, I burned 445 calories in 57 mins! Make up a little from yesterday. I even did the workout with a developing UTI! Luckily I have pain meds leftover from the last one so I am going to hold out until the morning to visit the doc. The ER just costs WAY too much.

So far I have eaten 1300 calories...not quite enough if I am to do this diet change. Good grief I maxed weighed in at 156 lbs today! Alcohol kicked my *** and made me blow up like a blimp!

Blah well, hopefully it goes down soon...

[Candeka]

Good job sticking with everything. I didn't get a chance to read all of your posts here, but I am wondering if you are eating back your exercise calories. I noticed that you eat around 1300-1500 a day, but on some days you burn between 400-900 calories. If you are not eating back those calories, your net calories are only like 400-1100 calories which is really not good. Your net shouldn't be below 1500 for that amount of exercise. Sorry if you mentioned something about this in one of your posts that I missed. Good luck!

[JudgeDread]

Thanks for stopping in!
Yeah that's what I was starting to think too is that I need to eat more because my net calories were majorly depleted. The last few days I have eaten quite a bit more than usual! Although I weighed myself this morning I am still up at like 154! grrr..and the UTI to top it off....so off to the doctor I go!

[JudgeDread]

Day 22- Rest, doped up on Vicodin!
ate 1310 calories

So this morning (technically now day 23) after taking a #2 I still weighed in at 155.6! WHAT THE ****?! It's been since Sunday now that I have been bloated and can't seem to shake the weight. I have been well under my intake every day since Saturday so it can't be fat gain, but I have never seen myself bloat like this. It is quite depressing!

I am baffled. But hopefully today I will ween myself off the pain killers so I can go back to work tomorrow. I just want my body to get back to normal..but now I am on antibiotics for 7 days, which is notorious for giving me a yeast infection to top it off. Just lovely.

Hopefully I will get a workout in today.

[JudgeDread]

Day 23....Core Synergies or whatever it's called!

Well since I was home sick and finally off vicodin I did my workout. I burned 304 calories. A little different work out..a variety of exercises that were all linked to the abs in some way. Not too bad except the rolling on the floor parts.

I ate...overestimating I believe about 1700 calories. I did good up until after supper when we had chocolate fondue. I tried using sugar free chocolate pudding as a dip, but it wasn't the same and I used my bf's frosting LOL! Well all good fruits aside the mini marshmallows and cookie goldfishies. So I didn't count nor did I care too. There was no way I ate 1000 so I am not really worried.

[kateleestar]

I think with a UTI, crazy meds, the booze over the weekend... your body is holding on to water weight. It'll come off, just keep going. How much water do you drink a day? How many ounces?

And GOOD JOB!!!

[JudgeDread]

Thanks Kate!
I am sure it's water, it still sucks to see the scale go that high again! I drink at least 2 liters a day, usually more when I am at work (I've already had 2 now before noon!). It has been so hard to get rehydrated I think from the UTI..I'd drink and drink and still hold onto the water! I just started peeing a lot in the last 12 hours, so maybe it's starting to flush out..I HOPE!

[kateleestar]

Yeah, I bet your body is holding on to it to repair itself and get over its infection. If youre peeing a lot recently, its a good sign for your UTI and the scale!

Just keep going. You can totally do this!

[JudgeDread]

Thanks so much for the encouragement! I need it all the more soon as I am going to be changing shifts I have to work 6pm to 4am instead of the day shift..so I will hardly see my BF..we won't be able to work out together..and who knows. I just hope I can keep it going by myself!

I was also debating on cancelling my gym membership..I haven't been there for a month, and if I stick to this I don't forsee going..just a waste of 25 a month...eesh!

[JudgeDread]

Ok Day 24 KENPO!

I am a little sore from yesterdays Core synergis....but still managed to burn 390 calories.

So my intake MINUS the calories was 1335...not too bad. I had to have a bowl of cereal to top it off

[kateleestar]

I so wish I could get a gym membership for $25, LOL. The cheapest place I've found even semi-close to my house is like, $38. Meh. Stupid prices! And I need to start lifting soon too, so I need to find one! UGH!

And Kenpo was always my fave. Sometimes I still do that one, randomly... lol.

About the shift change.. Maybe you can bet like 'we still have X days, lets see who does it better?' that way you both keep going?

GL!

[JudgeDread]

Eww 38! I get a discount from the work I do but still it's 25 down the drain if I don't use it...I just can't make up my mind. Because if I want to go back I will have to pay the enrollment fee again.

On the bright side I was down another pound of water weight this morning..I got at least 1 or so to go before getting back to my previous low..crazy how many days it has taken!