Week 54 Weigh-In

Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 2: 148.6 (-1.4)
Week 3: 146 (-2.6) - Week 4: 147.2 (+1.2)
Week 5: 145.6 (-1.6) - Week 6: 144 (-1.6)
Week 7: 143 (-1) - Week 8: 142.8 (-0.2)
Week 9: 143.6 (+0.8) - Week 10: 141.2 (-2.4)
Week 11: 143.8 (+2.6) - Week 12: 142.4 (-1.4)
Week 13: 142.4 (-0) - Week 14: 141.6 (-0.8)
Week 15: 139.4 (-2.2) - Week 16: 140 (+0.6)
Week 17: 139.2 (-0.8) - Week 18: 139 (-0.2)
Week 19: 138 (-1) - Week 20: 135.4 (-2.6)
Week 21: 137.2 (+1.8) - Week 22: 139.6 (+2.4)
Week 23: 143.2 (+3.6) - Week 24: 143.6 (+0.4)
Week 25: 137.6 (-6) - Week 26: 139.6 (+2)
Week 27: 142 (+2.4) - Week 28: 137.2 (-4.8)
Week 29: 137 (-0.2) - Week 30: 136.8 (-0.2)
Week 31: 142.2 (+5.4) - Week 32: 136.8 (-5.4)
Week 33: 137.8 (+1) - Week 34: 135.8 (-2)
Week 35: 137.6 (+1.8) - Week 36: 143.8 (+6.2)
Week 37: 142.8 (-1) - Week 38: 140 (-2.8)
Week 39: 142.4 (+2.4) - Week 40: 140.4 (-2)
Week 41: 139.6 (-0.8) - Week 42: 142 (+2.4)
Week 43: N/A - Week 44: 141 (-1)
Week 45: 138.8 (-2.2) - Week 46: 139.6 (+0.8)
Week 47: 133.6 (-6) - Week 48: 132.4 (-1.2)
Week 49: 138.6 (+6.2) - Week 50: 138.4 (-0.2)
Week 51: 138.8 (+0.4) - Week 52: 139.4 (+0.6)
Week 53: 137.8 (-1.6) - Week 54: 139.4 (+1.6)
Total loss: -14.6

Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.

Calories eaten Thursday: 1187
Fat: 24g (19%)
Carbs: 86g (30%)
Protein: 113g (39%)
Weight Thursday morning: n/a (One week ago: 129.6)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 85

Calories eaten Friday: 1479
Fat: 25g (15%)
Carbs: 98g (27%)
Protein: 149g (41%)
Weight Friday morning: 140 (One week ago: 129.4)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 317

Weight Saturday morning: 136.8 (One week ago: 132.8)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 150

Calories burned in exercise today: 460

Woohoo! Hey everybody! I had a good weekend here.

First, my weigh-in. I was up 1.6 pounds, so I'm exactly what I was two weeks ago, but that's okay. It's just water weight from the binge on Wednesday and my usual Saturday cheat day. Give me a week or two of being on plan and it'll come right off.

Friday Brad and I walked along the Hayward shoreline. We went for 2 hours and 10 minutes, 317 calories burned.

Saturday I ate a few too many animal cookies at church so I asked Brad if we could take a quick spin around the lake. It's 3 miles, took us just over an hour, 150 calories burned.

In the evening we went out and found a half carafe for wine. I've been wanting one for ages and we finally found one. I am so happy.

We also looked at port wines and Brad bought me a bottle of Tawny. It's a very sweet wine meant to be sipped in small amounts. I had a little when we got home.

Dinner was Boca burgers on low-carb bread with fat free cheese and fat free mayo. Plain veggies on the side. We also had tuna melt sandwiches with more plain veggies. It was yummy and very low in fat.

It went downhill from there for me food-wise. Everything I ate was low-fat, and some was even healthy (South Beach meal bar, protein cereal), but it was too much food and some of it was bad stuff (100 Calorie Packs). I am back on track today and hitting the water to get this water weight off.

Today (Sunday) is my Monday and I went back to the gym. I did upper body weight training for 1 hour - arms, chest, shoulders, back, and abs. Some exercises I had a lot of trouble with and some I could go heavier on.

On the Arnold Press I can easily press out 8 reps with the 20 lb. weights, but if I go up to 25 I can only do about 3 reps. I'm wondering if I should go up to 25 lbs. and do what reps I can, or just stick with 20.

After weights I did my cardio. I ran on the treadmill and decided to go for distance rather than time, so I ran 3 miles in 31 minutes. I ran between 5.2 and 6.2 mph. I used my heart rate monitor and was in the 80-90% range of my MHR for most of the 30 minutes, which is what I wanted. 241 calories burned. It's amazing how much easier it is to move my body when I am at a normal weight and am in good shape. Running isn't a strain.

I got dressed and had my protein and carb snack on the train. I got off the train at my stop and walked the rest of the way to work - 1.5 miles, 30 minutes.

Total calories burned: 460.

I'll probably go back to the gym tomorrow and do lower body, take Tuesday off (my upper body needs 72 hours between workouts), then hit upper body again on Wednesday.

I'll do the same with my calories this week as last - on gym days I'll keep it under 1400 and on non-gym days I'll keep it under 1300. So my goal for today is under 1400.

Oh...Saturday was the anniversary of my changing my way of eating! It's been 4 years since I started Atkins and gave up all the bad stuff in my diet. I live alone so I totally purged the cupboards and gave all the food in there away. Even though I am no longer on strict Atkins, the lessons I learned there will always stay with me. :)

Another milestone is that as of Saturday I have walked 3,000 miles since I started logging steps on August 22, 2006! :)

I'm working on getting some old photos of me up on Flickr, so keep checking my account for those. :)

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