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Weigh-in Wednesday 5: The “But it’s Thursday” Edition

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I was out sick from work yesterday, but I dragged my butt to the scale early in the morning, I just didn’t post about it.

Thoughts off the scale

I have high hopes for this week. I feel like I did a lot of things right.

Weight goals

Small goals: a pound a week, slow and steady.

Larger goal: 199, to be below 200 for the first time in my adult life.

Overall goal: Not sure about this yet, I really don’t like to look too far ahead because it all starts to feel overwhelming and nearly impossible. I know it’s not, so I’m going to hold off on a long-range goal.

Starting Weight: 227

Last Week’s Weight: 223.8

Today’s Weight: 221.8

Loss this week: 2lbs

Total loss: 5.2 lbs

Thoughts after the scale:  Yay!!!!!


 


Weigh-in Wednesday 4: The But I Don’t Wanna Edition

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Mirror update: Check for a post in a little bit that actually contains fairly recent (Tuesday 3/13) full body photographs. Still no mirror.

Thoughts off the scale

I did better with eating this week. My only real indulgence was Texas Roadhouse. But I kind of resented everything about working out and eating right this week, because I think I have looked the same for a while and I want everything to GO. FASTER. Without, of course, reducing my calorie intake. My body seems to be holding on to everything, but a few friends have told me this is a part of the process, so I’ll just keep slogging on. Dear Spare Tire–I won’t quit, you can’t make me. So no matter what the scale says this week, there’s next week and the next….I’ll get it right eventually.

Weight goals

Small goals: a pound a week, slow and steady.

Larger goal: 199, to be below 200 for the first time in my adult life.

Overall goal: Not sure about this yet, I really don’t like to look too far ahead because it all starts to feel overwhelming and nearly impossible. I know it’s not, so I’m going to hold off on a long-range goal.

Starting Weight: 227

Last Week’s Weight: 224.8

Today’s Weight: 223.8

Thoughts after the scale: Gee, that number looks familiar. ::Sigh:: Well, a pound down is a pound down, even if it is one I thought I already lost once, right?  Today starts a clean slate.

I MAY NOT BE THE LIGHTEST

Do you ever have weeks where even the things that are always easy seem hard?

Weigh-in Wednesday 3: If You Shove It In, You have to Sweat It Out Edition

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Sorry, still no mirror. Maybe by Sunday. Will I ever have a relaxing weekend again? I need to schedule that. I also need to write a post about the rest of the truth behind the “still no mirror.” That goes on the list too.

Thoughts off the scale

I screwed up with eating this week. I know that. I knew that while I was screwing up with eating. I know the right things to do (which does not include eating a whole box of Spicy Buffalo Wheat Thins by myself) and I didn’t do them. I did stick to a good workout schedule this week, but that can only do so much when you are eating like crap. It takes a lot more sweating to burn it off the calories than the effort it takes to shove the calories in. I don’t think this is going to be pretty. I’m going to try not to beat myself up too much. I don’t have a time schedule and the number on the scale is only one of the things I’m using to judge my progress.

Weight goals

Small goals: a pound a week, slow and steady.

Larger goal: 199, to be below 200 for the first time in my adult life.

Overall goal: Not sure about this yet, I really don’t like to look too far ahead because it all starts to feel overwhelming and nearly impossible. I know it’s not, so I’m going to hold off on a long-range goal.

Starting Weight: 227

Today’s Weight 224.8

Last Week’s Weight: 223.8

That’s a 1 pound gain from last week.

Thoughts after the scale: Well yes, that was about what I expected. There are some factors I am considering, not excuses, there is really no need for excuses, but factors to keep in mind. 1) The last time I weighed in was immediately after a 2 mile run/walk interval. There was much sweating. Probably not the best time to get a fully accurate picture of my weight. This time was immediately after the 30 minute weight circuit. If I want to continue weighing in on Wednesday (which I do) it’s going to have to take place right after I work out and before I get dressed for work. I suppose it will all even out eventually. 2) I was feeling very hungry this week, for a reason that I believe most women will be familiar with (enough said on that), but I hadn’t made time to shop for the appropriate snacks. That must be remedied.

Well there it is. Certainly it’s a bit disappointing, but it’s just a small pot hole in the road to take me where I want to be. ONWARD AND DOWNWARD!

Did you make progress toward your goals (whatever they might be) this week? 

Can’t Fake This: Weigh-in Wednesday

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Well, I still don’t have a full-length  mirror.  This is about the best I can do picture-wise. It was an experiment. My hair is wet, I have a strange expression on my face, but here you go:

Thoughts off the scale

I didn’t feel like my week was as good this week as last week. Saturday I didn’t end up eating very much during the day because of getting ready for my apartment warming. So after we worked out on Saturday night (weights) I was starving, and I…well, I might have hit up the closest place to the gym, which is, of all things, a McDonald’s. But like I said, it was pretty much the only meal I had that day. (Disclaimer: I know not eating isn’t healthy, it was just the way things worked out that day and not something I make a habit of doing.) Sunday was the party and I didn’t keep track at all, I grazed all day on all the goodies I made, but I was mostly busy socializing so I don’t think I did too too badly.

Goodies including….

Monday we didn’t hit the gym in the morning because we were doing a bonus night of  line dancing that night, but it was at a restaurant so we ate there as well. I chose two smaller-portioned apps and I had 1 and a half pints of Guinness. Last night we line danced again but we were tired from the night before so it probably wasn’t as much of a workout as it usually is.  All in all, it wasn’t a bad week, but it definitely wasn’t my best week.

Weight goals

 Small goals: a pound a week, slow and steady.

Larger goal: 199, to be below 200 for the first time in my adult life.

Overall goal:  Not sure about this yet.

Starting Weight: 227

Today’s Weight 223.8

That’s a 1.4 pound loss this week.

Thoughts after the scale: I can really see the difference now between trying to lose weight with just reducing calorie intake and trying to include working out with that. When I was on Weight Watchers I wasn’t focused on exercise at all, and on weeks that weren’t great but weren’t awful I’d lose .4 or .6. I’d still feel good because it was going in the right direction, but really that sort of weight loss you can make or break by drinking a couple glasses of water or having a sandwich. I’m finding out a lot about the way my body can function when I’m eating well and working out.

Did you make progress toward your goals (whatever they might be) this week? 

Can’t Fake This: Weigh-in Wednesday

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I hope that today will be the last Weigh-in Wednesday (stealing from here, but I don’t know if it originated with Gretchen) without picture proof. I moved into my apartment at the beginning of this month, and while it has a lot of character and lovely wooden pocket doors, one thing it doesn’t have is a full length mirror. I’ve been standing on the edge of the bathtub in order to see my midsection before I leave the house. It must, and will, be remedied soon; and you’ll get to see yet another shot of someone holding a phone in front of a mirror. I promise not to make the duck face, though. What is with that face anyway?

Thoughts off the scale

I feel like I had a pretty good week this week with food. I even did a bit better on the weekend (I tracked Saturday, woo!). Working out was a bit less successful.  I missed a Friday dance night and I only worked out for 30 minutes instead of an hour on Sunday. I was missing my workout buddy and worried about her, and I considered it a small victory to get myself to the gym to run, I didn’t stay to lift weights. My heart was feeling heavy enough.

Weight goals

 Small goals: a pound a week, slow and steady.

Larger goal: 199, to be below 200 for the first time in my adult life.

Overall goal: Not sure about this yet, I really don’t like to look too far ahead because it all starts to feel overwhelming and nearly impossible. I know it’s not, so I’m going to hold off on a long-range goal.

Starting Weight

I’ll start with the weight at which I began this blog 227, and I’ll continue to use that as my starting weight, although I feel like I really started the mental change at 230 a few weeks before that.

Today’s Weight 225.2

That’s a 1.8 pound loss

Thoughts after the scale: Wow, I’m quite pleased with that number. I’m also eager to see what will be the result if I start doing more lifting, maybe even replacing a day of cardio with a day of  the 30 minute weight circuit. The article I cited a post or two ago says that while you burn more calories while you are actually doing cardio, you continue burning them for longer after lifting weights. That sounds nice.

Did you make progress toward your goals (whatever they might be) this week?