Although I should know better, I got on the scale this morning expecting a signficant loss from yesterday's efforts. After I wrote that I wouldn't eat again, I didn't. I really stuck to my guns and went to bed feeling hungry but not famished. I jumped eagerly on the scale this morning to find I was 0.2 pounds heavier than yesterday! I was very disappointed, although I know logically that sometimes the scale takes a couple days to catch up on your efforts and the body is mysterious with regard to weight loss. Still, my emotions are caught up in the feeling that I should have seen a significant difference today.
Nevermind, I'm going to continue on and hope that by Thursday I will see a marked change.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
1000 Calorie Burn!
I went to the gym today (yay me!) and 10 minutes into my eliptical workout I decided I was going to stay at the gym until I'd racked up 1000 calories burned on the various cardio machines. Crazy? Definitely. And there were moments that I didn't think I would make it, but I did it! Every time I felt like giving up on the idea, I thought of those BL contestents and how they push through the pain and discomfort to go the final mile. I could do that!
I spent over 3 hours at the gym, but I burned my 1000 calories! This consisted of:
30 mins eliptical
15 mins stepper (which always really kicks my butt)
60 mins stationary bike
50 mins treadmill
Between each cardio machine, I also did stretches, sit-ups and upper body weight-lifting, for which I added 40 calories burned to my total. I actually ended up burning 1010 calories. I was SO sore walking out and I had a horrific headache. I'd also run out of water near the last hour of my workout and my mouth was like paste. I'd also had an embarrassing moment on the treadmill, which was the machine I worked on last before leaving.
I'd been walking along at a moderate pace, listening to an audio book I'd downloaded onto my ipod this morning. As always happens after a long workout, the ear phones kept slipping out from all the sweat (gross, I know) and I had to keep pushing them back in. Well, I accidentally yanked on the headphone cord when I'd gone to adjust the ear piece and pulled the ipod off the ledge of the machine. It hit the treadmill and went flying behind me. In my sudden panic to save my ipod (I don't know what I imagined was going to happen to it), I couldn't think to jump onto the sides off the moving belt. I stabbed at the STOP button a few times but of course it isn't instantaneous. At the same time, I was turning around to check where my ipod was. I ended up being moved down the belt toward the end of the belt and finally just popped off the end. Fortunately, I managed to keep my balance and not fall on my arse. But, I looked up and the people on the machines behind me were looking at me funny and a guy asked if I was okay. I was too embarrassed to even answer and just got back on the now stopped machine. Ironically, I couldn't get the darned thing started again for the longest time and I could feel the weight of the exercisers' gazes behind me. I felt sure they were having a laugh, but I didn't turn around to check. Fortunately, this was the very end of my workout and I only had to do another 10 mins before I could go. I think I'll practice jumping off and on the treadmill with the one in the garage until I automatically just step up onto the sides rather than careening around like a mad person and dropping off the back like a faux stunt woman.
I feel quite okay now except for a slight lingering headache. I did eat a lot tonight (huge salad, then bowl of corn, then 2 cookies, then nectarine, then roast beef sandwich) but I expected that. I'm done eating for the night though, and will not allow myself to eat again. Its not going to work if I don't stop eating so dang much and I put way too much effort in today to sabotage it with overeating.
Tomorrow, I will just do some treadmill work to recover and then back to the gym on Tuesday. I'm very glad I got this membership :)
I spent over 3 hours at the gym, but I burned my 1000 calories! This consisted of:
30 mins eliptical
15 mins stepper (which always really kicks my butt)
60 mins stationary bike
50 mins treadmill
Between each cardio machine, I also did stretches, sit-ups and upper body weight-lifting, for which I added 40 calories burned to my total. I actually ended up burning 1010 calories. I was SO sore walking out and I had a horrific headache. I'd also run out of water near the last hour of my workout and my mouth was like paste. I'd also had an embarrassing moment on the treadmill, which was the machine I worked on last before leaving.
I'd been walking along at a moderate pace, listening to an audio book I'd downloaded onto my ipod this morning. As always happens after a long workout, the ear phones kept slipping out from all the sweat (gross, I know) and I had to keep pushing them back in. Well, I accidentally yanked on the headphone cord when I'd gone to adjust the ear piece and pulled the ipod off the ledge of the machine. It hit the treadmill and went flying behind me. In my sudden panic to save my ipod (I don't know what I imagined was going to happen to it), I couldn't think to jump onto the sides off the moving belt. I stabbed at the STOP button a few times but of course it isn't instantaneous. At the same time, I was turning around to check where my ipod was. I ended up being moved down the belt toward the end of the belt and finally just popped off the end. Fortunately, I managed to keep my balance and not fall on my arse. But, I looked up and the people on the machines behind me were looking at me funny and a guy asked if I was okay. I was too embarrassed to even answer and just got back on the now stopped machine. Ironically, I couldn't get the darned thing started again for the longest time and I could feel the weight of the exercisers' gazes behind me. I felt sure they were having a laugh, but I didn't turn around to check. Fortunately, this was the very end of my workout and I only had to do another 10 mins before I could go. I think I'll practice jumping off and on the treadmill with the one in the garage until I automatically just step up onto the sides rather than careening around like a mad person and dropping off the back like a faux stunt woman.
I feel quite okay now except for a slight lingering headache. I did eat a lot tonight (huge salad, then bowl of corn, then 2 cookies, then nectarine, then roast beef sandwich) but I expected that. I'm done eating for the night though, and will not allow myself to eat again. Its not going to work if I don't stop eating so dang much and I put way too much effort in today to sabotage it with overeating.
Tomorrow, I will just do some treadmill work to recover and then back to the gym on Tuesday. I'm very glad I got this membership :)
Finally...movement!
I know I shouldn't be on the scale but I am obsessed with jumping onto it every morning. Finally, I was down to 168.8 again. Yay! Just 0.8 more to get back to where I was a month ago and then to start losing again.
Yesterday was good and bad. Good, because I ate well for the most part of the day: I had an english muffin, double fiber, for breakfast with 1 tsp peanut butter. We were running errands so I went through Taco Bell drive-thru for lunch, but only ate 1 taco. At dinner, I had 1 cup of spaghetti with whole-grain pasta. Bad, because I had a Snickers bar while I was running errands, apple crisp dessert, of which I ate my entire serving despite the fact it didn't taste that good, and popcorn way too late at night. My only saving grace with the bad stuff is I only at one serving of each and it was spread throughout the day and night. That's probably why I didn't gain 2 pounds. But, its ironic that the day after I have the worst foods AND don't exercise for the first time in over a week, the next morning I've finally lost some weight.
I started a contest with my husband to see who could burn the most calories in a week, so I've been keeping track of my calories burned at home and at the gym. My total for the past week is 2070 calories! That's pretty good, I thought. Even though the contest is a wash because hubby only worked out one day last week and he has no interest in competing with me on it as a source of motivation, I'm going to keep tracking my calories burned so I can push myself to beat myself on previous weeks. I may not be doing well with my eating, but at least I'm doing well with the exercising and that gives me some feeling of being in control of myself.
In fact, I'm motivated to go to the gym today. I was going to just do some exercises in the garage, but I work out harder in the gym. And I want to get out of the house for a lil while. Especially as hubby woke up grouchy this morning and is on the war path.
Yesterday was good and bad. Good, because I ate well for the most part of the day: I had an english muffin, double fiber, for breakfast with 1 tsp peanut butter. We were running errands so I went through Taco Bell drive-thru for lunch, but only ate 1 taco. At dinner, I had 1 cup of spaghetti with whole-grain pasta. Bad, because I had a Snickers bar while I was running errands, apple crisp dessert, of which I ate my entire serving despite the fact it didn't taste that good, and popcorn way too late at night. My only saving grace with the bad stuff is I only at one serving of each and it was spread throughout the day and night. That's probably why I didn't gain 2 pounds. But, its ironic that the day after I have the worst foods AND don't exercise for the first time in over a week, the next morning I've finally lost some weight.
I started a contest with my husband to see who could burn the most calories in a week, so I've been keeping track of my calories burned at home and at the gym. My total for the past week is 2070 calories! That's pretty good, I thought. Even though the contest is a wash because hubby only worked out one day last week and he has no interest in competing with me on it as a source of motivation, I'm going to keep tracking my calories burned so I can push myself to beat myself on previous weeks. I may not be doing well with my eating, but at least I'm doing well with the exercising and that gives me some feeling of being in control of myself.
In fact, I'm motivated to go to the gym today. I was going to just do some exercises in the garage, but I work out harder in the gym. And I want to get out of the house for a lil while. Especially as hubby woke up grouchy this morning and is on the war path.
Feeling Friday
Actually, I feel a tired Friday today. I'm happy its the end of the week and I only have a few hours of work left, but my eyes are burning and I just want to go for a lie-down right now. At least I've already done my gym workout. I did:
20 min eliptical
12 min stair stepper (I'm slowly working my way up to 20 min)
30 min bike
5 min stretch
I wanted to do some strength training, but ran out of time as I have to be home to meet the girls coming home from school. But, it was a good workout and I'm happy with my progress. On the eliptical, I've started doing half forward and half backward. The backward is awkward, but it seems to work slightly different muscles.
I was disappointed with the numbers on the scale this morning and I need to stop jumping on it every 5 minutes. I'm back to tracking my food intake on Fitday and found I'd eaten nearly 1800 calories yesterday. I only did an easy workout on the treadmill, so I probably only burned 100 to 200 calories. Today, I'm keeping my numbers lower, but then again I burned a lot more calories. How do I determine how many calories I should be eating when I have a good workout? I don't want to eat too much, but nor do I want to eat too little. Like maybe 1800 isn't bad on a day when I work out hard for an hour.
I'm thinking of starting a specific diet again, but I don't know which one I would follow and I do have trouble following a specific diet. But, I obviously need more direction because I'm hardly losing any weight at the moment. Maybe following a specific plan will help me keep in line.
I complained to hubby and he's offered to do an added workout this evening with me. Maybe I can do some treadmill walking for a bonus workout.
20 min eliptical
12 min stair stepper (I'm slowly working my way up to 20 min)
30 min bike
5 min stretch
I wanted to do some strength training, but ran out of time as I have to be home to meet the girls coming home from school. But, it was a good workout and I'm happy with my progress. On the eliptical, I've started doing half forward and half backward. The backward is awkward, but it seems to work slightly different muscles.
I was disappointed with the numbers on the scale this morning and I need to stop jumping on it every 5 minutes. I'm back to tracking my food intake on Fitday and found I'd eaten nearly 1800 calories yesterday. I only did an easy workout on the treadmill, so I probably only burned 100 to 200 calories. Today, I'm keeping my numbers lower, but then again I burned a lot more calories. How do I determine how many calories I should be eating when I have a good workout? I don't want to eat too much, but nor do I want to eat too little. Like maybe 1800 isn't bad on a day when I work out hard for an hour.
I'm thinking of starting a specific diet again, but I don't know which one I would follow and I do have trouble following a specific diet. But, I obviously need more direction because I'm hardly losing any weight at the moment. Maybe following a specific plan will help me keep in line.
I complained to hubby and he's offered to do an added workout this evening with me. Maybe I can do some treadmill walking for a bonus workout.
Thursday Weigh-In
I was really hoping to be back down to 168, but it didn't happen.
Weight: 169.0
Weight lost (again): 0.8
So, a month later and I still have 29 pounds to lose to get to my first goal of 140 and then another 30 pounds to lose to get to my ultimate goal of 110. Its going to be a long, long, long, long frustrating road at this rate.
On the upside, I kept to my guns and avoided eating after 8pm the last 2 nights. I've exercised every day since last Thursday and I have been eating lots and lots of veggies. I have also been doing pretty well with my water intake. My biggest problem was eating a lot late at night, healthy stuff sometimes, but it still adds up, so if I can continue to not eat after 8pm, then I think I may start to see more significant weight losses in the coming weeks. I just have to plod on and know that it WILL work. And at least I'm going down the scale, rather than back up.
Weight: 169.0
Weight lost (again): 0.8
So, a month later and I still have 29 pounds to lose to get to my first goal of 140 and then another 30 pounds to lose to get to my ultimate goal of 110. Its going to be a long, long, long, long frustrating road at this rate.
On the upside, I kept to my guns and avoided eating after 8pm the last 2 nights. I've exercised every day since last Thursday and I have been eating lots and lots of veggies. I have also been doing pretty well with my water intake. My biggest problem was eating a lot late at night, healthy stuff sometimes, but it still adds up, so if I can continue to not eat after 8pm, then I think I may start to see more significant weight losses in the coming weeks. I just have to plod on and know that it WILL work. And at least I'm going down the scale, rather than back up.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
WTH was with BL?
What was with the Biggest Loser people last night?? Okay, I can see how if the ranch was your entire world and all you had to think about was working out, eating right and losing weight, you might get dramatic about some really minor stuff, like having to change trainers. But, Bob??? C'mon! Either he's totally wet or he was hamming it up for ratings. Both ways, it was pretty pathetic, IMO. I actually thought the switching teams around was a good thing, stir things up a bit and make it less team vs. team.
Onto me... I just got told off at work for not turning in a report sooner. Seriously, that kinda pisses me off cuz I'm working all hours given to my (by the company) and it was only assigned on Friday. Maybe I could have done it sooner and something else later - I can admit I may have prioritized wrong. However, the tone used by someone who is just an assistant to the manager was what really bothered me. I don't need to be spoken to as though I am a child, particularly by someone who is lower on our career ladder than I am, younger than me, and with way, way less experience. Especially when he didn't even ask the status or what I had going before telling me off. Especially when he really could have done the damn thing himself and, if we wanted to get technical, this particular assignment isn't even in my job description. ugh! I need to let it slide, but these sorts of things always bother me. I really must not dwell on it. Hopefully I can jog it away on the treadmill.
Doing well with eating, drinking water and exericising at the moment. Well, yesterday and today (so far). Yay for progress!
Onto me... I just got told off at work for not turning in a report sooner. Seriously, that kinda pisses me off cuz I'm working all hours given to my (by the company) and it was only assigned on Friday. Maybe I could have done it sooner and something else later - I can admit I may have prioritized wrong. However, the tone used by someone who is just an assistant to the manager was what really bothered me. I don't need to be spoken to as though I am a child, particularly by someone who is lower on our career ladder than I am, younger than me, and with way, way less experience. Especially when he didn't even ask the status or what I had going before telling me off. Especially when he really could have done the damn thing himself and, if we wanted to get technical, this particular assignment isn't even in my job description. ugh! I need to let it slide, but these sorts of things always bother me. I really must not dwell on it. Hopefully I can jog it away on the treadmill.
Doing well with eating, drinking water and exericising at the moment. Well, yesterday and today (so far). Yay for progress!
Rainy Monday
I nearly called and cancelled my reservation for Nathan at the gym daycare, but then hubby walked in and started helping me get ready to go. So, I went to the gym. I did a good workout:
30 min eliptical
20 min bike
10 min strength-training
My food intake so far has been:
1/2 bagel w/ 1 tbs fat-free cream cheese
1/2 pot of low-fat yogurt
4 oz orange juice
Asian Salad
whole grain bread w/ 1 tbs peanut butter
smooshed fruit leather
1 cup coffee w/ 2 tsp sugar & 1% milk
36 oz of water (so far)
Good day so far. I have to make up for Saturday when hubby and I got Indian food (which I could smell on my sweat today, really disgusting). I also had 2 strawberry margaritas and a piece of the kids' pizza on Saturday night. Total self-sabotage.
Yesterday I did 35 min on the treadmill and 15 min on the bike at home. I wanted to go to the gym but just never made it. On a good note, I followed through and made a menu for this week of dinners from my WW cookbook and the Cooking Light cookbook. I came up with 7 meals and was given $200. I spent $180! Usually I spend over $250 at the grocery store. So, not only do I have all the ingredients for 7 healthy meals that are easy to make, I actually saved money that way. I also purchased lunch and breakfast stuff, so it wasn't $180 just on 7 dinners :). I was really pleased with myself, though. Last night I made salmon, rice, broccoli and fresh baked (bought) whole wheat/multi-grain bread.
Tonight we're have thin-sliced broiled steak, baked potatoes w/ light butter, salad and a roasted asparagus/red pepper side dish from the WW cookbook.
I was a little up on the scale this morning and I think its from Saturday's high-fat food and multiple margaritas. I've been exercising everyday, but not enough to make up for my day of over-consumption. I also think I have been retaining water because even with drinking alcohol, I didn't have to keep running to the bathroom like I normally would. I've been drinking tons of water today and yesterday to try to make up for it.
I hope I'm back down on the scale by Thursday!
30 min eliptical
20 min bike
10 min strength-training
My food intake so far has been:
1/2 bagel w/ 1 tbs fat-free cream cheese
1/2 pot of low-fat yogurt
4 oz orange juice
Asian Salad
whole grain bread w/ 1 tbs peanut butter
smooshed fruit leather
1 cup coffee w/ 2 tsp sugar & 1% milk
36 oz of water (so far)
Good day so far. I have to make up for Saturday when hubby and I got Indian food (which I could smell on my sweat today, really disgusting). I also had 2 strawberry margaritas and a piece of the kids' pizza on Saturday night. Total self-sabotage.
Yesterday I did 35 min on the treadmill and 15 min on the bike at home. I wanted to go to the gym but just never made it. On a good note, I followed through and made a menu for this week of dinners from my WW cookbook and the Cooking Light cookbook. I came up with 7 meals and was given $200. I spent $180! Usually I spend over $250 at the grocery store. So, not only do I have all the ingredients for 7 healthy meals that are easy to make, I actually saved money that way. I also purchased lunch and breakfast stuff, so it wasn't $180 just on 7 dinners :). I was really pleased with myself, though. Last night I made salmon, rice, broccoli and fresh baked (bought) whole wheat/multi-grain bread.
Tonight we're have thin-sliced broiled steak, baked potatoes w/ light butter, salad and a roasted asparagus/red pepper side dish from the WW cookbook.
I was a little up on the scale this morning and I think its from Saturday's high-fat food and multiple margaritas. I've been exercising everyday, but not enough to make up for my day of over-consumption. I also think I have been retaining water because even with drinking alcohol, I didn't have to keep running to the bathroom like I normally would. I've been drinking tons of water today and yesterday to try to make up for it.
I hope I'm back down on the scale by Thursday!
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