Calories eaten yesterday: 1385
Fat: 24g (16%)
Carbs: 140g (41%)
Protein: 139g (41%)
Weight this morning: 131.6 (One week ago: 131.4)
Calories burned in exercise today: 442
Today was upper body day. I never got to the weight-assisted pull-up machine because everybody else hogged it. But I did do all the other exercises the trainer told me to and watched my form very carefully. I used pyramids on all the other exercises - bicep curls, lying tricep extension, seated cable row, and lat pulldown.
I tried 15 lb. dumbbells on the tricep exercise, but I hurt myself doing it once and I can tell I will again if I push it, so I'm confining myself to using the 12s, 10s, and 8s. My left tricep is woefully weak and I don't want to injure it again.
After weights I got on the treadmill and ran for 30 minutes between 5.2 and 6.0 mph. I accidentally reset the stupid thing 6 minutes in so I'm not sure how far I ran, but it was about 2.9 miles total. I always start slow and speed up because it takes my body a while to settle into the exercise.
Had my protein and carb snack on the train, and walked from the train station to work - the standard 1.5 miles and 30 minutes.
Still sticking to less than 1300 on regular days and under 1400 on gym days. That extra 100 makes a huge difference and is needed when I am burning about 450 calories in exercise! I think I'll allow myself a little more than 1300 (pre-wine) calories on Friday since I do so much walking that day, so I'm a little over this Friday and I'm not going to stress.
I have more overtime this Friday and since Lisa got it a few times before I was cycled in, Brad is going to give me next week, too. So two Fridays in a row (my day off) I'll be working 3 pm-7 pm. God knows I need the money!
By the way, for anyone who uses Walden Farms products, here's the current offer. I stocked up today!
I just noticed I hit 7 million steps on Walker Tracker yesterday! Yay me!
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Week 57, Day 3, and more about Alli
Calories eaten yesterday: 1285
Fat: 19g (13%)
Carbs: 141g (44%)
Protein: 129g (40%)
Weight this morning: 132.8 (One week ago: 133)
Calories burned in exercise today: 458
I've been really hungry lately. I suspect it's because my carbs have been higher since last week. It totally sucks. I nearly caved last week from the sheer hunger and I don't know how I'll make it through this week.
Today was lower body/leg day. I am wiped out from my 12 hour shift yesterday and my workout was a struggle. My diet energy drink didn't even seem to help.
My first exercise (so I would be freshest) was the walking lunges. When I got to the ramp I noticed 8 lb. dumbbells sitting there. I use 5 lb. dumbbells. I took it as a sign and ended up doing 4 sets - 1 with the 8s, 2 with the 5s, and another with the 8s. The 8s were much harder. That extra 6 lbs. makes a difference!
The rest of my leg day was pretty normal and I did a little ab work (plank with leg raise, ball sit-ups, 1 set of men's push-ups).
Ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes. My bouncy iPod music helped me to overcome my tiredness a bit. I ended up running 2.9 miles with a great endorphin rush toward the end. :)
Had my protein and carb snack on the train, and walked the last 1.5 miles to work. I stopped at WalMart for more 100 Calorie Packs. I'm running low on my two favorites.
The next section is about bathroom issues and Alli, so if this offends you, stop reading now. You have been warned!
As you know, I take Alli, especially on Saturdays when I eat more fat. Other than one embarrassing incident where I farted out some grease in my underwear (messy!), I haven't had any accidents. No accidents this past weekend either, but boy have I been pooping out grease! Sunday and Monday, for two days straight, I pooped out grease every single time I used the bathroom.
This isn't a bad thing. I would rather the fat go in the toilet than on my hips, and as long as I'm not having accidents in my underwear it doesn't bother me. I know how Alli works and that it's safe. I wouldn't put a link to the site if I didn't think it was safe.
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Fat: 19g (13%)
Carbs: 141g (44%)
Protein: 129g (40%)
Weight this morning: 132.8 (One week ago: 133)
Calories burned in exercise today: 458
I've been really hungry lately. I suspect it's because my carbs have been higher since last week. It totally sucks. I nearly caved last week from the sheer hunger and I don't know how I'll make it through this week.
Today was lower body/leg day. I am wiped out from my 12 hour shift yesterday and my workout was a struggle. My diet energy drink didn't even seem to help.
My first exercise (so I would be freshest) was the walking lunges. When I got to the ramp I noticed 8 lb. dumbbells sitting there. I use 5 lb. dumbbells. I took it as a sign and ended up doing 4 sets - 1 with the 8s, 2 with the 5s, and another with the 8s. The 8s were much harder. That extra 6 lbs. makes a difference!
The rest of my leg day was pretty normal and I did a little ab work (plank with leg raise, ball sit-ups, 1 set of men's push-ups).
Ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes. My bouncy iPod music helped me to overcome my tiredness a bit. I ended up running 2.9 miles with a great endorphin rush toward the end. :)
Had my protein and carb snack on the train, and walked the last 1.5 miles to work. I stopped at WalMart for more 100 Calorie Packs. I'm running low on my two favorites.
The next section is about bathroom issues and Alli, so if this offends you, stop reading now. You have been warned!
As you know, I take Alli, especially on Saturdays when I eat more fat. Other than one embarrassing incident where I farted out some grease in my underwear (messy!), I haven't had any accidents. No accidents this past weekend either, but boy have I been pooping out grease! Sunday and Monday, for two days straight, I pooped out grease every single time I used the bathroom.
This isn't a bad thing. I would rather the fat go in the toilet than on my hips, and as long as I'm not having accidents in my underwear it doesn't bother me. I know how Alli works and that it's safe. I wouldn't put a link to the site if I didn't think it was safe.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Even more NutriSystem drama
Calories eaten yesterday: 1397
Fat: 22g (15%)
Carbs: 149g (44%)
Protein: 136g (40%)
Weight this morning: 133.8 (One week ago: 134.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 100
12 hour day at work because Brad wanted the day off. I walked to work from BART, stopping for groceries on the way. That was it for exercise.
Had an NSV today - the guy who lives next door to me in my apartment building asked if I've been losing weight. I've been struggling with these last 5 pounds for so long that I guess it didn't occur to me that losing just a few pounds might show. :)
More drama on the NutriSystem boards (that seems to be a common theme considering what I went through when I first joined). I belong to a group called the TLFC - Tough Love Fitness Club. It was run by a personal trainer named Joe who gave advice, encouragements, and sometimes a kick in the butt. I'd leave a link, but the entire NS board is members only so you'd have to sign up.
Anyway, Joe got banned for questioning the mods on something and then creating a new identity so he could come back. The mods are on a MEGA power trip right now and banning people who peeve them. The real troublemakers never get in any trouble, but thinking people get their posts deleted, threatened with banning, or actually banned for daring to question the mods or say anything bad about them.
The mods there do not like to be questioned and act like God - they cannot be wrong so you can't question them. I have even been threatened with banning and when I tried to post that the the TLFC group to tell them, it was deleted. The way that thread is now watched makes me feel like I live in Nazi Germany.
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Fat: 22g (15%)
Carbs: 149g (44%)
Protein: 136g (40%)
Weight this morning: 133.8 (One week ago: 134.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 100
12 hour day at work because Brad wanted the day off. I walked to work from BART, stopping for groceries on the way. That was it for exercise.
Had an NSV today - the guy who lives next door to me in my apartment building asked if I've been losing weight. I've been struggling with these last 5 pounds for so long that I guess it didn't occur to me that losing just a few pounds might show. :)
More drama on the NutriSystem boards (that seems to be a common theme considering what I went through when I first joined). I belong to a group called the TLFC - Tough Love Fitness Club. It was run by a personal trainer named Joe who gave advice, encouragements, and sometimes a kick in the butt. I'd leave a link, but the entire NS board is members only so you'd have to sign up.
Anyway, Joe got banned for questioning the mods on something and then creating a new identity so he could come back. The mods are on a MEGA power trip right now and banning people who peeve them. The real troublemakers never get in any trouble, but thinking people get their posts deleted, threatened with banning, or actually banned for daring to question the mods or say anything bad about them.
The mods there do not like to be questioned and act like God - they cannot be wrong so you can't question them. I have even been threatened with banning and when I tried to post that the the TLFC group to tell them, it was deleted. The way that thread is now watched makes me feel like I live in Nazi Germany.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Week 56 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)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8) - Week 56: 136.4 (-1.2)
Total loss: -17.6
Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1376
Fat: 14g (9%)
Carbs: 145g (43%)
Protein: 128g (38%)
Weight Thursday morning: 131.2 (One week ago: 129.2)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 100
Calories eaten Friday: 1569
Fat: 24g (14%)
Carbs: 127g (33%)
Protein: 145g (37%)
Weight Friday morning: 128.2 (One week ago: 129.4)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 237
A new low! Woohoo!
Weight Saturday morning: 132.2 (One week ago: 132)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 143
Calories burned in exercise today: 448
I ate slightly higher carb last week so since I lost weight I'll do the same this week. Maybe this is just the shock my body needs to lose again.
Friday:
Went walking with my friend Brad - 1 hour 40 minutes and about 5 miles.
Saturday:
Church in the morning. Brad and I nearly got stranded Friday due to his car having a dead battery, so he went to get a new battery, and I prepped food for this week. He came back and we walked once around the lake - 3 miles and it took us 1 hour.
In the evening he took a co-worker and I out to dinner. I did only so-so. I ate an entire cheese and cracker plate by myself and had three alcoholic drinks - a glass of champagne, an Irish coffee, and a glass of Cabernet. On the plus side I got a lamb burger with cheese (no bun) and subbed the fries for veggies. A small side salad also came with the meal. No dessert, but I did eat cereal and a South Beach meal bar when I got home.
Today:
I went to the gym. Worked on upper body weights for one hour, going lighter on some exercises and closely watching my form, per the personal trainer's instructions. Then I ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes - covered 2.85 miles. I had my protein and carb snack on the train, and then walked from my stop to work - 1.5 miles and 30 minutes. Total calories burned: 448.
I planned on hitting the gym tomorrow, but was offered overtime and I desperately need the money so I'm working 12 hour tomorrow, 11 am-11 pm. Hopefully I can get to the gym on Tuesday if I am not too tired.
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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)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8) - Week 56: 136.4 (-1.2)
Total loss: -17.6
Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1376
Fat: 14g (9%)
Carbs: 145g (43%)
Protein: 128g (38%)
Weight Thursday morning: 131.2 (One week ago: 129.2)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 100
Calories eaten Friday: 1569
Fat: 24g (14%)
Carbs: 127g (33%)
Protein: 145g (37%)
Weight Friday morning: 128.2 (One week ago: 129.4)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 237
A new low! Woohoo!
Weight Saturday morning: 132.2 (One week ago: 132)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 143
Calories burned in exercise today: 448
I ate slightly higher carb last week so since I lost weight I'll do the same this week. Maybe this is just the shock my body needs to lose again.
Friday:
Went walking with my friend Brad - 1 hour 40 minutes and about 5 miles.
Saturday:
Church in the morning. Brad and I nearly got stranded Friday due to his car having a dead battery, so he went to get a new battery, and I prepped food for this week. He came back and we walked once around the lake - 3 miles and it took us 1 hour.
In the evening he took a co-worker and I out to dinner. I did only so-so. I ate an entire cheese and cracker plate by myself and had three alcoholic drinks - a glass of champagne, an Irish coffee, and a glass of Cabernet. On the plus side I got a lamb burger with cheese (no bun) and subbed the fries for veggies. A small side salad also came with the meal. No dessert, but I did eat cereal and a South Beach meal bar when I got home.
Today:
I went to the gym. Worked on upper body weights for one hour, going lighter on some exercises and closely watching my form, per the personal trainer's instructions. Then I ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes - covered 2.85 miles. I had my protein and carb snack on the train, and then walked from my stop to work - 1.5 miles and 30 minutes. Total calories burned: 448.
I planned on hitting the gym tomorrow, but was offered overtime and I desperately need the money so I'm working 12 hour tomorrow, 11 am-11 pm. Hopefully I can get to the gym on Tuesday if I am not too tired.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Week 56, Day 5
Calories eaten yesterday: 1396
Fat: 30g (20%)
Carbs: 147g (43%)
Protein: 132g (38%)
Weight this morning: 131.2 (One week ago: 129.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 100
The scale has not treated me nice this week. Eating more carbs means retaining more water so it's not headed down as much as usual.
Didn't do much today. I was up late doing laundry and then slept in. (Ah, so heavenly to do that!) I bumped around the house, vacuumed, and made a double serving of Cream of Wheat (cooked in water) for breakfast. I added a couple of flavored Splenda packets, but should have added some cinnamon, too, and ate it on the bus. It was yummy.
I am enjoying my higher carb week. I am a carb addict after all! Next week I hope to do lower carb. I actually bought some pork rinds today so I'll have a zero carb snack on hand. I also bought a bag of raw broccoli and cauliflower since it is lower carb than the mix with the baby carrots.
My only exercise today was the walk from BART. It took 35 minutes since I stopped at the grocery store and they have a HUGE parking lot to walk across.
Tomorrow Brad and I will go walking along the Hayward shoreline. Saturday is church and then probably a walk around the lake. Saturday night he is taking Lisa and I out to dinner. I said we have to go to the New Zealander and introduce Lisa to it. Wine! Irish coffee! Champagne by the glass! I can't wait! :) Don't worry. My meal will be healthy at least. Probably a cheeseburger with no bun and a side of veggies. :) A side salad if I'm really hungry. And definitely share a cheese and cracker plate. Those are SO good! There will be pictures and likely some video. :)
Sunday it's back to the gym to work on those exercises the personal trainer gave me and keep a close eye on my form.
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Fat: 30g (20%)
Carbs: 147g (43%)
Protein: 132g (38%)
Weight this morning: 131.2 (One week ago: 129.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 100
The scale has not treated me nice this week. Eating more carbs means retaining more water so it's not headed down as much as usual.
Didn't do much today. I was up late doing laundry and then slept in. (Ah, so heavenly to do that!) I bumped around the house, vacuumed, and made a double serving of Cream of Wheat (cooked in water) for breakfast. I added a couple of flavored Splenda packets, but should have added some cinnamon, too, and ate it on the bus. It was yummy.
I am enjoying my higher carb week. I am a carb addict after all! Next week I hope to do lower carb. I actually bought some pork rinds today so I'll have a zero carb snack on hand. I also bought a bag of raw broccoli and cauliflower since it is lower carb than the mix with the baby carrots.
My only exercise today was the walk from BART. It took 35 minutes since I stopped at the grocery store and they have a HUGE parking lot to walk across.
Tomorrow Brad and I will go walking along the Hayward shoreline. Saturday is church and then probably a walk around the lake. Saturday night he is taking Lisa and I out to dinner. I said we have to go to the New Zealander and introduce Lisa to it. Wine! Irish coffee! Champagne by the glass! I can't wait! :) Don't worry. My meal will be healthy at least. Probably a cheeseburger with no bun and a side of veggies. :) A side salad if I'm really hungry. And definitely share a cheese and cracker plate. Those are SO good! There will be pictures and likely some video. :)
Sunday it's back to the gym to work on those exercises the personal trainer gave me and keep a close eye on my form.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Personal Training
Calories eaten yesterday: 1270Fat: 22g (16%)
Carbs: 129g (42%)
Protein: 126g (41%)
Weight this morning: 131.4 (One week ago: 130.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 191
Someone made me aware that the above links that say "Calories eaten yesterday" with "yesterday" linking to my FitDay journal have been wrong. I went back and edited all of them on Monday. They have been wrong since the beginning of the year! Yikes! When the year changed from 2007 to 2008 I remembered to change the month in the URL, but not the year. It's all fixed now and the FitDay links will go to the correct day. :) And a big THANK YOU to "Bobby" for mentioning it in an e-mail to me.
Today didn't go at all as planned. Not bad exactly - just not what I planned. I had that free half hour personal training session so I figured I'd have the personal training from 11:30 to noon, and then do my regular workout from noon to 1:30 as usual.
The girl I was supposed to see, "Lauren," wasn't in. The lesbian girl who works there and I see at BART frequently was available, so they put me with her, which is okay. She first spent a half hour getting a history of my health, my usual workout, and my food. She said I need to eat close to 2000 calories a day and eat a lot more carbs. Um...I gain fat at 1600 calories; I'm not going to eat 2000. Yike! She also did my measurements.
Then we started the exercises. She picked up the same posture problem I have that Jason did - my posture is like a brand new vacuum cleaner: it sucks big time. She wants me to work on my back, with the theory being that strong abs pull you forward and a strong back will help keep me from slouching as much. So we only did back exercises.
She showed me correct form on some old exercises that I wasn't doing anymore - the dumbbell row and the weight-assisted chin up. Also correct form on the dual axis row, which I had been doing totally wrong. Heck, I was doing everything totally wrong!
She also showed me some new ball exercises - the rear delt raise and "Diving Into the Pool." I did these without weights. Eventually she wants me to move up to the 2 1/2 pound weights.
She wants me to do 2-3 sets (I forget now!) of 15 reps on everything until I learn the correct form, and to go s...l...o...w. She said she will call me in a couple weeks and recheck my form, so I need to work hard on it. When I get the form down she wants me to do all sets heavy with fewer reps. Still, I need to go lighter than I was going to keep my form.
At this point is was past 1, and by the time I left her it was 1:15. I did a few other upper body things - biceps, triceps (which are feeling better, thank you!), and chest. There was NO time for cardio.
I had my protein and carb snack at BART and then walked the last 1.5 miles to work, stopping at WalMart for more Special K Protein Plus, South Beach meal bars, gum, and bread.
I'm feeling kind of depressed that she criticized my diet so much. :( It also hurt that she critiqued my form, but I know that was necessary so I can handle it. The diet thing stings, though. I am carb sensitive so I need to be careful of them.
So I'm kinda down after all this and didn't get any endorphin rush because I didn't get to do my cardio. *sigh*
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Week 56, Day 3, & Xena's birthday
Calories eaten yesterday: 1386
Fat: 24g (16%)
Carbs: 136g (41%)
Protein: 141g (43%)
Weight this morning: 133 (One week ago: 131.6)
Calories burned in exercise today: 100
Today I ran errands in San Francisco so my only exercise was walking from the BART station to work. It took about 35 minutes since I stopped for a few groceries. Tomorrow I have a 1/2 hour personal training session at the gym. I think I'll just have the person check my form on some of the stuff I do and make sure I'm doing the moves right. Then I'll do upper body and cardio.
I got the money from the property, the money my Dad gives me, and my state tax refund checks today so I deposited them, paid some bills (yay!), and bought some much needed groceries. I'll do more grocery shopping with Brad on Friday when he can drive me in his van and get enough salad, dairy, veggies, etc. to get through next week.
I'm going to try a bit of higher carb for a short while and see if I can shock my body to lose some weight, so I bought some Dannon fat free yogurt to make "cold oatmeal" and a few apples. I used to shoot for less than 120 net grams a day; now I'll shoot for over 120g.
My protein is lower than I'd like, but I am trying to keep it as high as possible. because of this my fat grams are horribly low (as you can see from yesterday's stats above), but this is just for the short term so I should be okay. I get plenty of fat on Saturdays anyway.
While I'm at it, here's some pictures of Xena and Abby from Xena's birthday on April 6. I don't know the exact day she was born, but when I adopted her as a kitten I knew approximately how old she was and then counted back in time and arrived at April 6. She's 6 years old. Click any of the photos to enlarge.
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Fat: 24g (16%)
Carbs: 136g (41%)
Protein: 141g (43%)
Weight this morning: 133 (One week ago: 131.6)
Calories burned in exercise today: 100
Today I ran errands in San Francisco so my only exercise was walking from the BART station to work. It took about 35 minutes since I stopped for a few groceries. Tomorrow I have a 1/2 hour personal training session at the gym. I think I'll just have the person check my form on some of the stuff I do and make sure I'm doing the moves right. Then I'll do upper body and cardio.
I got the money from the property, the money my Dad gives me, and my state tax refund checks today so I deposited them, paid some bills (yay!), and bought some much needed groceries. I'll do more grocery shopping with Brad on Friday when he can drive me in his van and get enough salad, dairy, veggies, etc. to get through next week.
I'm going to try a bit of higher carb for a short while and see if I can shock my body to lose some weight, so I bought some Dannon fat free yogurt to make "cold oatmeal" and a few apples. I used to shoot for less than 120 net grams a day; now I'll shoot for over 120g.
My protein is lower than I'd like, but I am trying to keep it as high as possible. because of this my fat grams are horribly low (as you can see from yesterday's stats above), but this is just for the short term so I should be okay. I get plenty of fat on Saturdays anyway.
While I'm at it, here's some pictures of Xena and Abby from Xena's birthday on April 6. I don't know the exact day she was born, but when I adopted her as a kitten I knew approximately how old she was and then counted back in time and arrived at April 6. She's 6 years old. Click any of the photos to enlarge.
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Week 56, Day 2
Calories eaten yesterday: 1233
Fat: 33g (25%)
Carbs: 101g (34%)
Protein: 123g (41%)
Weight this morning: 134.2 (One week ago: 134.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 445
Today was lower body day. I was going to take my workout journal to the gym but forgot. Next week I'll write everything down and post a "typical" lower body day workout just like I've already posted a typical upper body day.
I spent one hour on lower body and abs. Since there are fewer leg exercises I know than arm exercises, I have more time for abs on these days. I started with the walking lunges, 3 rounds up and back down the ramp with 5 lb. dumbbells and I kept my balance the whole time. I'm getting better! :) I used to hate the walking lunges but now I like them. :) When I did the wall sit with the ball I could see a little definition in my thighs. :)
After this I got on the treadmill and ran for 30 minutes. I did a slightly lower speed today because I'm a bit tired. I covered 2.88 miles. Then I took the train to my stop and walked the last 1.5 miles to work (30 minutes).
Tomorrow I am doing my bi-monthly trip into the City so no gym but I plan to do that 1.5 mile walk from the train.
Small victory - the guy who winked at my last week did the same today when I saw him. :)
I have an appointment with a personal trainer on Wednesday. I was part of a class action lawsuit and I got a free half hour session out of it. Right now I am thinking that I will have the trainer check my form on some of my exercises and make sure that I am doing them most effectively. I think I am seeing a girl this time.
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Fat: 33g (25%)
Carbs: 101g (34%)
Protein: 123g (41%)
Weight this morning: 134.2 (One week ago: 134.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 445
Today was lower body day. I was going to take my workout journal to the gym but forgot. Next week I'll write everything down and post a "typical" lower body day workout just like I've already posted a typical upper body day.
I spent one hour on lower body and abs. Since there are fewer leg exercises I know than arm exercises, I have more time for abs on these days. I started with the walking lunges, 3 rounds up and back down the ramp with 5 lb. dumbbells and I kept my balance the whole time. I'm getting better! :) I used to hate the walking lunges but now I like them. :) When I did the wall sit with the ball I could see a little definition in my thighs. :)
After this I got on the treadmill and ran for 30 minutes. I did a slightly lower speed today because I'm a bit tired. I covered 2.88 miles. Then I took the train to my stop and walked the last 1.5 miles to work (30 minutes).
Tomorrow I am doing my bi-monthly trip into the City so no gym but I plan to do that 1.5 mile walk from the train.
Small victory - the guy who winked at my last week did the same today when I saw him. :)
I have an appointment with a personal trainer on Wednesday. I was part of a class action lawsuit and I got a free half hour session out of it. Right now I am thinking that I will have the trainer check my form on some of my exercises and make sure that I am doing them most effectively. I think I am seeing a girl this time.
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Sunday, April 06, 2008
Week 55 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)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8)
Total loss: -16.4
Body fat on Tanita scale:
Year start: 26.6%
Last month: 25.2%%
This month: 26%
Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1512 (I was really hungry) :(
Fat: 27g (16%)
Carbs: 127g (34%)
Protein: 151g (41%)
Weight Thursday morning: 129.2 (One week ago: n/a)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 0
Calories eaten Friday: 1617
Fat: 28g (16%)
Carbs: 125g (31%)
Protein: 150g (37%)
Weight Friday morning: 129.4 (One week ago: 140)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 266
Weight Saturday morning: 132 (One week ago: 136.8)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 138
Calories burned in exercise today: 458
Friday is normally my day off work, but I went in for 4 hours (3 pm-7 pm). I walked to work from BART, 30 minutes. Then I took a quick jaunt down the street and back, about 20 more minutes. I was behind on my steps for April and needed to catch up.
I got off at 7 on Friday and Brad picked me up and we took a quick spin around the Lake - 3 miles, about an hour - half of what we usually do. That burned a few more calories. Then we went back to my apartment for dinner and wine. I had the Chicken Santa Fe Weight Watchers dinner poured over veggies and Cabernet.
Saturday we did another short walk. Brad wanted to do a long walk, but I reminded him that I'm doing a full workout at the gym on Sunday and don't want to tire myself out too much, especially on my only day off this week.
Weighed in this morning. I'm at 137.6 is a loss of 1.8 from last week. That put me 0.2 below where I was before my binge last week. I could have lost more but yesterday was my cheat day and I had two granola bars at church and pigged out on protein cereal before bed (Special K Protein Plus and a soy protein isolate cereal I ordered online).
Evidently I hurt my tricep on my left arm during last Wednesday's upper body workout - probably tore it a bit. When my friend massaged my arm it hurt and he said to lay off the tricep stuff for a week or two. I tend to agree with him, so today I did everything except triceps - biceps, lats, shoulders, back, and some ab work. Also calves - I do the standing calf raise every day I am at the gym.
So one hour of upper body work minus triceps. Then I ran on the treadmill - 31 minutes and I covered 3.03 miles. The time flew by because the last half hour of "The Fellowship of the Ring" was on the TV and I was busy watching it. :) There's no sound, but they had the hearing impaired subtitles on.
I got dressed and ate my post-workout protein and carb snack on the train. Then I walked to work from my stop - another 30 minutes and 1.5 miles.
Assessment: I was tired and a bit sluggish during my weight workout (even my diet energy drink didn't help), but the treadmill run woke me up.
Calorie goal today is under 1400 because I worked out. Same for tomorrow since I am planning on hitting the gym again and doing lower body.
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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)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8)
Total loss: -16.4
Body fat on Tanita scale:
Year start: 26.6%
Last month: 25.2%%
This month: 26%
Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1512 (I was really hungry) :(
Fat: 27g (16%)
Carbs: 127g (34%)
Protein: 151g (41%)
Weight Thursday morning: 129.2 (One week ago: n/a)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 0
Calories eaten Friday: 1617
Fat: 28g (16%)
Carbs: 125g (31%)
Protein: 150g (37%)
Weight Friday morning: 129.4 (One week ago: 140)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 266
Weight Saturday morning: 132 (One week ago: 136.8)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 138
Calories burned in exercise today: 458
Friday is normally my day off work, but I went in for 4 hours (3 pm-7 pm). I walked to work from BART, 30 minutes. Then I took a quick jaunt down the street and back, about 20 more minutes. I was behind on my steps for April and needed to catch up.
I got off at 7 on Friday and Brad picked me up and we took a quick spin around the Lake - 3 miles, about an hour - half of what we usually do. That burned a few more calories. Then we went back to my apartment for dinner and wine. I had the Chicken Santa Fe Weight Watchers dinner poured over veggies and Cabernet.
Saturday we did another short walk. Brad wanted to do a long walk, but I reminded him that I'm doing a full workout at the gym on Sunday and don't want to tire myself out too much, especially on my only day off this week.
Weighed in this morning. I'm at 137.6 is a loss of 1.8 from last week. That put me 0.2 below where I was before my binge last week. I could have lost more but yesterday was my cheat day and I had two granola bars at church and pigged out on protein cereal before bed (Special K Protein Plus and a soy protein isolate cereal I ordered online).
Evidently I hurt my tricep on my left arm during last Wednesday's upper body workout - probably tore it a bit. When my friend massaged my arm it hurt and he said to lay off the tricep stuff for a week or two. I tend to agree with him, so today I did everything except triceps - biceps, lats, shoulders, back, and some ab work. Also calves - I do the standing calf raise every day I am at the gym.
So one hour of upper body work minus triceps. Then I ran on the treadmill - 31 minutes and I covered 3.03 miles. The time flew by because the last half hour of "The Fellowship of the Ring" was on the TV and I was busy watching it. :) There's no sound, but they had the hearing impaired subtitles on.
I got dressed and ate my post-workout protein and carb snack on the train. Then I walked to work from my stop - another 30 minutes and 1.5 miles.
Assessment: I was tired and a bit sluggish during my weight workout (even my diet energy drink didn't help), but the treadmill run woke me up.
Calorie goal today is under 1400 because I worked out. Same for tomorrow since I am planning on hitting the gym again and doing lower body.
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Week 55, Day 5
Calories eaten yesterday: 1399
Fat: 33g (21%)
Carbs: 116g (33%)
Protein: 160g (46%)
Weight this morning: 129.2 (One week ago: n/a)
Calories burned in exercise today: 0
I did nothing today. Absolutely nothing. Not even my 1.5 mile walk from BART since I came to work via a different way. My bank account is overdrawn. My rent is going to go up any day forcing me to move AGAIN. Why can't I just stay in one place? :( So I'm a bit stressed.
Weekend plans are a bit different. I won't get my two hour Friday walk with Brad. A chance for overtime came up and with money so tight I begged for any overtime I could get.
I'll be working 3 pm to 7 pm, so I'll still be off before sunset. Brad said he could pick me up and we'd take a quick spin around the lake.
To make up for the shorter walk Friday we'll do another hour on Saturday after church.
Sunday is back to the gym for a full workout.
Yesterday's calorie goal was under 1400. I was really hungry so I pushed it as high as I could. I've been really hungry all week, moreso than my meds already make me.
Calories: 1399
Fat: 33g (21%)
Net Carbs: 116g (33%)
Protein: 160g (46%)
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Fat: 33g (21%)
Carbs: 116g (33%)
Protein: 160g (46%)
Weight this morning: 129.2 (One week ago: n/a)
Calories burned in exercise today: 0
I did nothing today. Absolutely nothing. Not even my 1.5 mile walk from BART since I came to work via a different way. My bank account is overdrawn. My rent is going to go up any day forcing me to move AGAIN. Why can't I just stay in one place? :( So I'm a bit stressed.
Weekend plans are a bit different. I won't get my two hour Friday walk with Brad. A chance for overtime came up and with money so tight I begged for any overtime I could get.
I'll be working 3 pm to 7 pm, so I'll still be off before sunset. Brad said he could pick me up and we'd take a quick spin around the lake.
To make up for the shorter walk Friday we'll do another hour on Saturday after church.
Sunday is back to the gym for a full workout.
Yesterday's calorie goal was under 1400. I was really hungry so I pushed it as high as I could. I've been really hungry all week, moreso than my meds already make me.
Calories: 1399
Fat: 33g (21%)
Net Carbs: 116g (33%)
Protein: 160g (46%)
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Upper body day at the gym
Calories eaten yesterday: 1220
Fat: 30g (23%)
Carbs: 100g (34%)
Protein: 128g (43%)
Weight this morning: 130.2 (One week ago: 130.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 447
I decided to track all my exercise today since I haven't actually written it down in a while. I'm doing reverse pyramids starting at high weight and few reps and moving to lower weight and higher reps.
Strength:
Exercise: weight/reps, weight/reps, weight/reps
One-armed dumbbell bicep curl: 20/6, 15/10, 12/12
Arnold Press: 25/6, 20/8, 15/12 (lbs. per dumbbell, double for total weight)
Laying dumbbell tricep extension: 15/8, 12/10, 10/12 (lbs. per dumbbell)
Dumbbell lateral raise: 5/15, 5/10, 8/5 (not quite ready for the 8s yet) (lbs. per dumbbell)
Seated back row: 80/8, 70/10, 60/12
Lateral pulldown: 90/7, 80/10, 70/12
Dual axis row: 75/8, 70/10, 65/12
Men's push-ups: 3 sets of 10
Ball sit-ups with 5 lb. weight held above head: 3 sets of 12-15 crunches
High row: 60/7, 55/10, 50/12 (lbs. per side - double for total weight)
Standing calf raise: 495/8, 480/10, 465/12
This took about 1 hour.
Cardio:
31 minutes running on treadmill, mostly between 5.7 and 6.0 mph. Tried to stay in the 90% range of my MHR. I covered 3.05 miles.
I got dressed and had my protein snack on the train: 1 scoop whey protein (130 calories) mixed with a 1/2 cup cottage cheese (90 calories), and a 100 Calorie Pack for my high-GI carb.
I walked from where I got off the train to work, stopping at McDonald's to treat myself to a Diet Coke. 1.5 miles and about 30 minutes. 447 calories burned.
Assessment:
I could barely eek out 6 reps on the 25 lbs. dumbbells on the Arnold Press. I really do want to go up to the 25s because 20/15/12 lbs. is just too easy.
On the laying tricep extension my left arm is noticeably weaker and on the bicep curl my right arm is weaker.
Oh, I almost forgot - I got a compliment today. A guy I see at the gym a lot walked past me as I was leaving and said, "Hey there, Slimmy." :D I love to hear that.
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Fat: 30g (23%)
Carbs: 100g (34%)
Protein: 128g (43%)
Weight this morning: 130.2 (One week ago: 130.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 447
I decided to track all my exercise today since I haven't actually written it down in a while. I'm doing reverse pyramids starting at high weight and few reps and moving to lower weight and higher reps.
Strength:
Exercise: weight/reps, weight/reps, weight/reps
One-armed dumbbell bicep curl: 20/6, 15/10, 12/12
Arnold Press: 25/6, 20/8, 15/12 (lbs. per dumbbell, double for total weight)
Laying dumbbell tricep extension: 15/8, 12/10, 10/12 (lbs. per dumbbell)
Dumbbell lateral raise: 5/15, 5/10, 8/5 (not quite ready for the 8s yet) (lbs. per dumbbell)
Seated back row: 80/8, 70/10, 60/12
Lateral pulldown: 90/7, 80/10, 70/12
Dual axis row: 75/8, 70/10, 65/12
Men's push-ups: 3 sets of 10
Ball sit-ups with 5 lb. weight held above head: 3 sets of 12-15 crunches
High row: 60/7, 55/10, 50/12 (lbs. per side - double for total weight)
Standing calf raise: 495/8, 480/10, 465/12
This took about 1 hour.
Cardio:
31 minutes running on treadmill, mostly between 5.7 and 6.0 mph. Tried to stay in the 90% range of my MHR. I covered 3.05 miles.
I got dressed and had my protein snack on the train: 1 scoop whey protein (130 calories) mixed with a 1/2 cup cottage cheese (90 calories), and a 100 Calorie Pack for my high-GI carb.
I walked from where I got off the train to work, stopping at McDonald's to treat myself to a Diet Coke. 1.5 miles and about 30 minutes. 447 calories burned.
Assessment:
I could barely eek out 6 reps on the 25 lbs. dumbbells on the Arnold Press. I really do want to go up to the 25s because 20/15/12 lbs. is just too easy.
On the laying tricep extension my left arm is noticeably weaker and on the bicep curl my right arm is weaker.
Oh, I almost forgot - I got a compliment today. A guy I see at the gym a lot walked past me as I was leaving and said, "Hey there, Slimmy." :D I love to hear that.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Week 55, Day 3
Calories eaten yesterday: 1398
Fat: 32g (21%)
Carbs: 107g (31%)
Protein: 163g (48%)
Weight this morning: 131.6 (One week ago: 132)
Calories burned in exercise today: 85
I got sort of a compliment at the gym yesterday. As I passed through the weight room to the cardio room I saw a guy I see at the gym a lot and he winked at me two or three times. :) No one ever flirted with me when I was heavy, but now that I'm a normal weight and the guys see me working out so hard with the weights, they flirt with me. :)
My butt is sore from yesterday's lower body workout. Didn't do anything today. I tried to sleep in until the jackhammer started downstairs. :-p I walked from the train station to work, stopping at WalMart on the way - 30 minutes. I'm ready for an awesome April now that I have the binge out of my system. I've been burning off the excess carbs and pounding the water.
Tomorrow I hope to go back to the gym and do upper body.
I wanted to share a "before and after" photo with you. The first photo was taken May of 2004. I'd been on Atkins about 2 months at that time. The second was taken last Saturday wearing the same dress. You can really see the difference in how I fill out the dress in the first photo, but not in the second. Click the photo to see the full size.
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Fat: 32g (21%)
Carbs: 107g (31%)
Protein: 163g (48%)
Weight this morning: 131.6 (One week ago: 132)
Calories burned in exercise today: 85
I got sort of a compliment at the gym yesterday. As I passed through the weight room to the cardio room I saw a guy I see at the gym a lot and he winked at me two or three times. :) No one ever flirted with me when I was heavy, but now that I'm a normal weight and the guys see me working out so hard with the weights, they flirt with me. :)
My butt is sore from yesterday's lower body workout. Didn't do anything today. I tried to sleep in until the jackhammer started downstairs. :-p I walked from the train station to work, stopping at WalMart on the way - 30 minutes. I'm ready for an awesome April now that I have the binge out of my system. I've been burning off the excess carbs and pounding the water.
Tomorrow I hope to go back to the gym and do upper body.
I wanted to share a "before and after" photo with you. The first photo was taken May of 2004. I'd been on Atkins about 2 months at that time. The second was taken last Saturday wearing the same dress. You can really see the difference in how I fill out the dress in the first photo, but not in the second. Click the photo to see the full size.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Week 55, Day 2
Calories eaten yesterday: 1327
Fat: 29g (20%)
Carbs: 112g (34%)
Protein: 147g (46%)
Weight this morning: 134.2 (One week ago: 134.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 460
Calorie goal yesterday was under 1400 so I did good. :) Today's calorie goal is the same - under 1400 because I worked out.
Breakfast this morning was a scoop of Muscle Milk Light mixed in a 1/2 cup cottage cheese. It was so thick I had to add water to get it to mix completely, but it tasted awesome! :)
I'm showing a gain of one pound for March from 138.4 to 139.4, but I suspect it's just water weight. April will be better.
Today I went to the gym and did one hour of lower body and core work. On the walking lunges I did two "sets" up and back down the ramp with 2 1/2 lb. weights, and on the third set I carried 5 lb. weights and it wasn't even hard! :D I've never been able to use the 5 lb. weights before, plus I never had to grab the railing to steady myself even once, so my balance is improving too! :D
After the weights I got on the treadmill. I covered 2.9 miles in 30 minutes, but I had to switch treadmills partway through because the one I was on kept jerking and if it was a hard jerk it would break my pace. I ran about 5.7 or 5.8 mph, the fastest pace that is comfortable for me. I didn't want to push myself because I'm tired from doing the 3 miles yesterday. FitDay says I burned 230 calories just on the run.
I got dressed, had my protein and carb snack on the train, and then walked to work from the train station. 1.5 miles and it took 35 minutes because I had to stop for groceries.
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Fat: 29g (20%)
Carbs: 112g (34%)
Protein: 147g (46%)
Weight this morning: 134.2 (One week ago: 134.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 460
Calorie goal yesterday was under 1400 so I did good. :) Today's calorie goal is the same - under 1400 because I worked out.
Breakfast this morning was a scoop of Muscle Milk Light mixed in a 1/2 cup cottage cheese. It was so thick I had to add water to get it to mix completely, but it tasted awesome! :)
I'm showing a gain of one pound for March from 138.4 to 139.4, but I suspect it's just water weight. April will be better.
Today I went to the gym and did one hour of lower body and core work. On the walking lunges I did two "sets" up and back down the ramp with 2 1/2 lb. weights, and on the third set I carried 5 lb. weights and it wasn't even hard! :D I've never been able to use the 5 lb. weights before, plus I never had to grab the railing to steady myself even once, so my balance is improving too! :D
After the weights I got on the treadmill. I covered 2.9 miles in 30 minutes, but I had to switch treadmills partway through because the one I was on kept jerking and if it was a hard jerk it would break my pace. I ran about 5.7 or 5.8 mph, the fastest pace that is comfortable for me. I didn't want to push myself because I'm tired from doing the 3 miles yesterday. FitDay says I burned 230 calories just on the run.
I got dressed, had my protein and carb snack on the train, and then walked to work from the train station. 1.5 miles and it took 35 minutes because I had to stop for groceries.
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
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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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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Thursday, March 27, 2008
More NutriSystem drama
Calories burned in exercise today: 85
I'm going to show a gain this week after my binge yesterday. I'm bloated and my fingers are puffy. I had to take my ring off with hand lotion. I was too scared to weight myself this morning. I am just drinking up and eating light and lower carb.
I'm better today, but still feeling bleh (a pre-coffee feeling even though I have had coffee) so I skipped the gym and slept in. I walked to work from BART for some exercise (30 minutes, about 85 calories burned), and stopped at WalMart for their store brand of Crystal Light, Special K Protein Water, and bread.
I know. Only two gym workouts this week. Slap me.
My protein and calories are on the low side today. Other than veggies all my other food is protein and I am still low on protein. Breakfast was a half cup cottage cheese with 1 scoop of Muscle Milk Light. Lunch will be a soy burger with fat free cheese (I never use a bun). Dinner will be a half cup cottage cheese with 1 scoop whey protein. Snack will be the NS nacho crisps. I'll have another half cup cottage cheese before bed.
Friday:
Brad and I will go for hopefully a very long walk. I'd like to go over 2 hours to burn off my liver glycogen.
Saturday:
Church. Dinner will be Boca cheeseburgers and tuna melts with fat free cheese on low-carb, whole wheat bread with fat free mayo. Veggies on the side and red wine (for me) and beer (for Brad).
Sunday:
I *will* go back to the gym.
ANewYouin2008 attacked me on the NutriSystem forums today. Here's what she wrote and my response in red.
"Umm Victoria, your post is sort of freaking me out. Not sure anyone knows how to respond to it, hence the silence on the thread today? Eating then making yourself throw up, esp when you plan to overeat, is bulimia. Have you ever thought of or talked to the counselors at NS or elsewhere about this practice you have."
It's not bulimia. I was sick to the point of pain. I have NEVER thrown up before. But you don't know me, so you seem to assume this is common.
"Someone stop me if I am making too much of this, but...it sounds like you found an excuse to overeat (taxes), had guilt about all you ate so you made you ate something else yourself sick feeling, then literally sick, to purge the food and the guilt. Then , right after, rationalizing that you needed to to feel better, then mention that this is not the first time this has happened."
No guilt here, honey. I always eat whatever I want when I do taxes. I gave up the guilt long ago. :) I didn't throw up because I felt guilty. I threw up because I was SICK. I physically felt better after, not mentally. I had some Diet 7-Up and a shortbread cookie to settle my tummy.
I did feel better, managed to get off work early and had some bad food when I got home (and didn't throw it up!).
"I am not saying this at all to judge you. All of us americans have to file our taxes or have in the last few / coming months. But, very few need a xanax to do it, and do a binge and purge cycle based on its event. And the tax company actually did your taxes, so I am not sure where the stress came from? I admire you and the weight you have lost. I am just worried for you and your health. This sounds like a very unhealthly cycle, both mentally and physically, that you discuss, even if it only happened once or a few times."
I did take Xanax. I suffer from depression and anxiety, professionally diagnosed and am under treatment. I take Xanax as needed for those stressful situations that might cause an anxiety attack. Surely you're not suggesting it's better to have an anxiety attack at the tax office??? Don't take this the wrong way, but unless you suffer from anxiety you can't understand what it's like and how little it can take to trigger it. I also take Celexa (an anti-depressant that also helps anxiety) every morning. Before I got on these meds my life was a living hell.
For the last time, I don't do a binge and purge cycle. This is the only the second time in my life I've been that sick (the first time was LONG ago and I didn't throw up)! Good grief. You don't even know me and are making all sorts of assumptions about my life. And because you don't know me, all your assumptions are wrong. My best friend was with me during the whole thing and he would say something if he felt there was a problem. I don't think I belong here. The Race to Goal and TLFC threads were much kinder to me. They know me so don't make false assumptions.
She came back and attacked me after that again. This time she claimed that to make up for my supposed bulimia I undereat and overexercise. I really hate people who think they know you better than anybody else. Making a diagnosis over the Internet! What lunacy!
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I'm going to show a gain this week after my binge yesterday. I'm bloated and my fingers are puffy. I had to take my ring off with hand lotion. I was too scared to weight myself this morning. I am just drinking up and eating light and lower carb.
I'm better today, but still feeling bleh (a pre-coffee feeling even though I have had coffee) so I skipped the gym and slept in. I walked to work from BART for some exercise (30 minutes, about 85 calories burned), and stopped at WalMart for their store brand of Crystal Light, Special K Protein Water, and bread.
I know. Only two gym workouts this week. Slap me.
My protein and calories are on the low side today. Other than veggies all my other food is protein and I am still low on protein. Breakfast was a half cup cottage cheese with 1 scoop of Muscle Milk Light. Lunch will be a soy burger with fat free cheese (I never use a bun). Dinner will be a half cup cottage cheese with 1 scoop whey protein. Snack will be the NS nacho crisps. I'll have another half cup cottage cheese before bed.
Friday:
Brad and I will go for hopefully a very long walk. I'd like to go over 2 hours to burn off my liver glycogen.
Saturday:
Church. Dinner will be Boca cheeseburgers and tuna melts with fat free cheese on low-carb, whole wheat bread with fat free mayo. Veggies on the side and red wine (for me) and beer (for Brad).
Sunday:
I *will* go back to the gym.
ANewYouin2008 attacked me on the NutriSystem forums today. Here's what she wrote and my response in red.
"Umm Victoria, your post is sort of freaking me out. Not sure anyone knows how to respond to it, hence the silence on the thread today? Eating then making yourself throw up, esp when you plan to overeat, is bulimia. Have you ever thought of or talked to the counselors at NS or elsewhere about this practice you have."
It's not bulimia. I was sick to the point of pain. I have NEVER thrown up before. But you don't know me, so you seem to assume this is common.
"Someone stop me if I am making too much of this, but...it sounds like you found an excuse to overeat (taxes), had guilt about all you ate so you made you ate something else yourself sick feeling, then literally sick, to purge the food and the guilt. Then , right after, rationalizing that you needed to to feel better, then mention that this is not the first time this has happened."
No guilt here, honey. I always eat whatever I want when I do taxes. I gave up the guilt long ago. :) I didn't throw up because I felt guilty. I threw up because I was SICK. I physically felt better after, not mentally. I had some Diet 7-Up and a shortbread cookie to settle my tummy.
I did feel better, managed to get off work early and had some bad food when I got home (and didn't throw it up!).
"I am not saying this at all to judge you. All of us americans have to file our taxes or have in the last few / coming months. But, very few need a xanax to do it, and do a binge and purge cycle based on its event. And the tax company actually did your taxes, so I am not sure where the stress came from? I admire you and the weight you have lost. I am just worried for you and your health. This sounds like a very unhealthly cycle, both mentally and physically, that you discuss, even if it only happened once or a few times."
I did take Xanax. I suffer from depression and anxiety, professionally diagnosed and am under treatment. I take Xanax as needed for those stressful situations that might cause an anxiety attack. Surely you're not suggesting it's better to have an anxiety attack at the tax office??? Don't take this the wrong way, but unless you suffer from anxiety you can't understand what it's like and how little it can take to trigger it. I also take Celexa (an anti-depressant that also helps anxiety) every morning. Before I got on these meds my life was a living hell.
For the last time, I don't do a binge and purge cycle. This is the only the second time in my life I've been that sick (the first time was LONG ago and I didn't throw up)! Good grief. You don't even know me and are making all sorts of assumptions about my life. And because you don't know me, all your assumptions are wrong. My best friend was with me during the whole thing and he would say something if he felt there was a problem. I don't think I belong here. The Race to Goal and TLFC threads were much kinder to me. They know me so don't make false assumptions.
She came back and attacked me after that again. This time she claimed that to make up for my supposed bulimia I undereat and overexercise. I really hate people who think they know you better than anybody else. Making a diagnosis over the Internet! What lunacy!
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Week 54, Day 4
Calories eaten yesterday: 1250
Fat: 25g (17%)
Carbs: 102g (32%)
Protein: 144g (46%)
Weight this morning: 130.2 (One week ago: 132.6)
Calories burned in exercise today: 57
I was going to go to the gym today, but I woke up this morning and called H&R Block. They could fit me in this afternoon, so I spent the morning washing laundry and then went to get my taxes done.
Traditionally taxes are stressful, so I take a Xanax pill to deal with any anxiety, and I also go off my diet for a day to console myself. So today is a true binge, eat-anything-I-feel-like day, and I won't make apologies. It's something I do anytime I have my taxes done. My last true binge was back in mid-January (my birthday) so I think not having one for over two months isn't too shabby. :p
Evidentally I ate too much and got pretty sick. I asked my friend Brad at work about a way to throw up since I knew if I vomited I would feel better. He gave me warm salt water. It tasted horrible and made me sicker and sicker over about an hour before I finally vomited. :o
After that I ate a small shortbread cookie (carbs to settle my tummy), Brad ran across the street to the gas station to get me a Diet 7-Up, and I started to feel better. I think I just ate too much and made myself sick. It's happened a few times but not like this.
I'm feeling better now and on the mend. I am hoping to hit the gym tomorrow if I feel okay. When my tummy settles down a bit more I'll have my dinner of bad foods. ;) Back on the straight and narrow tomorrow.
At any rate the highlights of today are: got my taxes done (yay!), pigged out, and got sick and threw up. I did about 20 minutes of walking between the grocery store and work.
Yesterday's calorie goal was to be under 1300. I don't have the numbers in front of me but I think my calories came to about 1250. Today is out the window calorie-wise.
I'm at work tonight, but I am trying to work out to get off early. I was over an hour late arriving and then spent my first three hours at work running to the bathroom. Luckily Brad was here staying late so he covered for me. My tummy is getting better but I still feel woozy so I'd like to go home.
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Fat: 25g (17%)
Carbs: 102g (32%)
Protein: 144g (46%)
Weight this morning: 130.2 (One week ago: 132.6)
Calories burned in exercise today: 57
I was going to go to the gym today, but I woke up this morning and called H&R Block. They could fit me in this afternoon, so I spent the morning washing laundry and then went to get my taxes done.
Traditionally taxes are stressful, so I take a Xanax pill to deal with any anxiety, and I also go off my diet for a day to console myself. So today is a true binge, eat-anything-I-feel-like day, and I won't make apologies. It's something I do anytime I have my taxes done. My last true binge was back in mid-January (my birthday) so I think not having one for over two months isn't too shabby. :p
Evidentally I ate too much and got pretty sick. I asked my friend Brad at work about a way to throw up since I knew if I vomited I would feel better. He gave me warm salt water. It tasted horrible and made me sicker and sicker over about an hour before I finally vomited. :o
After that I ate a small shortbread cookie (carbs to settle my tummy), Brad ran across the street to the gas station to get me a Diet 7-Up, and I started to feel better. I think I just ate too much and made myself sick. It's happened a few times but not like this.
I'm feeling better now and on the mend. I am hoping to hit the gym tomorrow if I feel okay. When my tummy settles down a bit more I'll have my dinner of bad foods. ;) Back on the straight and narrow tomorrow.
At any rate the highlights of today are: got my taxes done (yay!), pigged out, and got sick and threw up. I did about 20 minutes of walking between the grocery store and work.
Yesterday's calorie goal was to be under 1300. I don't have the numbers in front of me but I think my calories came to about 1250. Today is out the window calorie-wise.
I'm at work tonight, but I am trying to work out to get off early. I was over an hour late arriving and then spent my first three hours at work running to the bathroom. Luckily Brad was here staying late so he covered for me. My tummy is getting better but I still feel woozy so I'd like to go home.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Week 54, Day 3
Calories eaten yesterday: 1399
Fat: 30g (20%)
Carbs: 105g (31%)
Protein: 150g (44%)
Weight this morning: 132 (One week ago: 133)
Calories burned in exercise today: 86
Went into the City today. I did always take the stairs. From the BART platform to the street it's 97 steps (I counted). Walked to work from the station I get off at (1.5 miles, 30 minutes).
I felt better yesterday and didn't feel like I would starve to death eating a little more. I think the need the extra calories when working out so hard, so I think I will continue adding those extra 100 calories on workout days. Since I didn't work out today my goal is under 1300 calories.
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Fat: 30g (20%)
Carbs: 105g (31%)
Protein: 150g (44%)
Weight this morning: 132 (One week ago: 133)
Calories burned in exercise today: 86
Went into the City today. I did always take the stairs. From the BART platform to the street it's 97 steps (I counted). Walked to work from the station I get off at (1.5 miles, 30 minutes).
I felt better yesterday and didn't feel like I would starve to death eating a little more. I think the need the extra calories when working out so hard, so I think I will continue adding those extra 100 calories on workout days. Since I didn't work out today my goal is under 1300 calories.
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Week 54, Day 2
Calories eaten yesterday: 1279
Fat: 24g (18%)
Carbs: 112g (36%)
Protein: 142g (46%)
Weight this morning: 134.2 (One week ago: 136)
Calories burned in exercise today: 488
Went to the gym this morning. The Diet Rock Star totally kicked my ass and gave me energy.
I did lower body weight training today for 1 hour. I forgot my watch so I couldn't do many exercises that required holds. Bleh. I did three sets of walking squats on the ramp, the last two sets holding 2.5 lb. weights in each hand.
For cardio I ran on the treadmill and made one of my goals! I just felt better and had more energy than yesterday, probably because I didn't have to get up so early. I ran 3 miles in 30 minutes!!! I started at 5.5 mph, and got as high as 6.6 mph. Overall it averaged to 6.0 mph - a 10 minute mile! I am pleased as punch.
After the gym I had my protein/carb snack on the train and planned to walk to work. I had to buy a bunch of groceries on the way and almost decided to take the bus partway, but managed to arrange my groceries well enough that I was able to walk the whole way.
I have a cool link to share. It compares your weight with other people of your gender, age, and height.
I'm ready. Compare me!
I'm at 17th percentile, so 83% of people my age (37) and height (5'7") weigh more than me.
At my high weight of 206 when I started losing weight at about age 33 I was in the 81st percentile which means that at that age and height, my weight was greater than 81% of others. Frightening.
Post a comment and tell me where you are.
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Fat: 24g (18%)
Carbs: 112g (36%)
Protein: 142g (46%)
Weight this morning: 134.2 (One week ago: 136)
Calories burned in exercise today: 488
Went to the gym this morning. The Diet Rock Star totally kicked my ass and gave me energy.
I did lower body weight training today for 1 hour. I forgot my watch so I couldn't do many exercises that required holds. Bleh. I did three sets of walking squats on the ramp, the last two sets holding 2.5 lb. weights in each hand.
For cardio I ran on the treadmill and made one of my goals! I just felt better and had more energy than yesterday, probably because I didn't have to get up so early. I ran 3 miles in 30 minutes!!! I started at 5.5 mph, and got as high as 6.6 mph. Overall it averaged to 6.0 mph - a 10 minute mile! I am pleased as punch.
After the gym I had my protein/carb snack on the train and planned to walk to work. I had to buy a bunch of groceries on the way and almost decided to take the bus partway, but managed to arrange my groceries well enough that I was able to walk the whole way.
I have a cool link to share. It compares your weight with other people of your gender, age, and height.
I'm ready. Compare me!
I'm at 17th percentile, so 83% of people my age (37) and height (5'7") weigh more than me.
At my high weight of 206 when I started losing weight at about age 33 I was in the 81st percentile which means that at that age and height, my weight was greater than 81% of others. Frightening.
Post a comment and tell me where you are.
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Week 53 Weigh-In, Easter
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)
Total loss: -16.2
Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1301
Fat: 17g (12%)
Carbs: 102g (32%)
Protein: 149g (47%)
Weight Thursday morning: 129.6 (One week ago: 128.8)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 113
Calories eaten Good Friday: 1536
Fat: 23g (13%)
Carbs: 123g (32%)
Protein: 144g (38%)
Weight Friday morning: 129.4 (One week ago: 129.6)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 318
Weight Saturday morning: 132.8 (One week ago: 129.8)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 0
Calories burned in exercise today: 450
Ok, it was a busy weekend!
Friday:
Attended Good Friday services. They were really short this year and I was out by 1:30 pm. I had time to kill so I walked over to my gym (10 minutes), dropped my bags, and took a walk around the lake (about 1 hour). I ran across the street to the bank. Eventually Brad picked me up and we went to the chiropractor, then to Safeway, then to Cosco (I bought $160 worth of stuff), then walked along the Hayward shoreline for about an hour. We dropped off something at a co-workers house and THEN finally went home and had a late dinner.
I had a new high step count for the day - 25,464 steps, 11.25 miles total! Whew and woohoo!
Saturday:
After church we walked around the neighborhood passing out Easter tracts, doorknob to doorknob. We had 300 tracts, but quite a few people so we made short work of it. I did get in about 45 minutes of walking, though.
My mess up for the day - someone brought donuts and I caved and had 1 1/2 donuts.
Dinner was healthy - steak and veggies, and Brad gave me the leaner cuts.
Sunday:
Went to Easter Sunday services. They let out early so I skipped the brunch they offered and walked to the gym (a 10 minute walk from the church I went to) and managed to get a FULL workout! Woohoo!
I did upper body for an hour with some core work. I went up to 25 pound dumbbells on the Arnold Press, but could only manage 4 reps at that weight. I'll keep at it until I can do 6-8.
For cardio I ran on the treadmill at 5.2-5.8 mph. I ramped it up to 6+ mph during the last couple of minutes, and did a 7 mph sprint for the last 30 seconds. I covered 2.75 miles.
I had my protein and carb snack, and then walked from the train station to work, another 1.5 miles and 30 minutes. FitDay says 450 calories burned.
I was really hungry yesterday, I guess because of how strict I was last week. After church I had all my regular snacks and then ate lunch, too! I ate healthy except for a small serving of leftover rice and lasagna (and the donuts!).
Plan for this week:
Non-workout days - keep my calories under 1300 (excluding wine on Thursday and Friday).
Workout days - keep my calories below 1400. I starved on workout days last week so I'll allow myself a little extra.
I think my loss this week is due to two factors - 1) I really restricted my calories last week, and 2) I behaved better food-wise yesterday - one banana instead of three, no Cheese-It's, and fewer animals cookies and trail mix than usual. The tract distribution also gave me some exercise to burn off those donuts, lol!
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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)
Total loss: -16.2
Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1301
Fat: 17g (12%)
Carbs: 102g (32%)
Protein: 149g (47%)
Weight Thursday morning: 129.6 (One week ago: 128.8)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 113
Calories eaten Good Friday: 1536
Fat: 23g (13%)
Carbs: 123g (32%)
Protein: 144g (38%)
Weight Friday morning: 129.4 (One week ago: 129.6)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 318
Weight Saturday morning: 132.8 (One week ago: 129.8)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 0
Calories burned in exercise today: 450
Ok, it was a busy weekend!
Friday:Attended Good Friday services. They were really short this year and I was out by 1:30 pm. I had time to kill so I walked over to my gym (10 minutes), dropped my bags, and took a walk around the lake (about 1 hour). I ran across the street to the bank. Eventually Brad picked me up and we went to the chiropractor, then to Safeway, then to Cosco (I bought $160 worth of stuff), then walked along the Hayward shoreline for about an hour. We dropped off something at a co-workers house and THEN finally went home and had a late dinner.
I had a new high step count for the day - 25,464 steps, 11.25 miles total! Whew and woohoo!
Saturday:After church we walked around the neighborhood passing out Easter tracts, doorknob to doorknob. We had 300 tracts, but quite a few people so we made short work of it. I did get in about 45 minutes of walking, though.
My mess up for the day - someone brought donuts and I caved and had 1 1/2 donuts.
Dinner was healthy - steak and veggies, and Brad gave me the leaner cuts.
Sunday:Went to Easter Sunday services. They let out early so I skipped the brunch they offered and walked to the gym (a 10 minute walk from the church I went to) and managed to get a FULL workout! Woohoo!
I did upper body for an hour with some core work. I went up to 25 pound dumbbells on the Arnold Press, but could only manage 4 reps at that weight. I'll keep at it until I can do 6-8.
For cardio I ran on the treadmill at 5.2-5.8 mph. I ramped it up to 6+ mph during the last couple of minutes, and did a 7 mph sprint for the last 30 seconds. I covered 2.75 miles.
I had my protein and carb snack, and then walked from the train station to work, another 1.5 miles and 30 minutes. FitDay says 450 calories burned.
I was really hungry yesterday, I guess because of how strict I was last week. After church I had all my regular snacks and then ate lunch, too! I ate healthy except for a small serving of leftover rice and lasagna (and the donuts!).
Plan for this week:
Non-workout days - keep my calories under 1300 (excluding wine on Thursday and Friday).
Workout days - keep my calories below 1400. I starved on workout days last week so I'll allow myself a little extra.
I think my loss this week is due to two factors - 1) I really restricted my calories last week, and 2) I behaved better food-wise yesterday - one banana instead of three, no Cheese-It's, and fewer animals cookies and trail mix than usual. The tract distribution also gave me some exercise to burn off those donuts, lol!
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Walking With the Master, Day 8, Easter Sunday
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Walking With the Master
Day 8
We come to our last readings today. Rejoice in the risen Lord! He is risen indeed!
The empty Tomb, Jerusalem, Sunday
Matthew 28:1-10 (KJV)
Matthew 28:1-10 (NIV)
For further study:
Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10 (KJV)
Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10 (NIV)
Mary Magdalene sees Jesus in the garden, Jerusalem, Sunday
John 20:11-18 (KJV)
John 20:11-18 (NIV)
For further study:
Mark 16:9-11 (KJV)
Mark 16:9-11 (NIV)
Jesus appears to the two going to Emmaus, Sunday
Luke 24:13-35 (KJV)
Luke 24:13-35 (NIV)
For further study:
Mark 16:12-13 (KJV)
Mark 16:12-13 (NIV)
Jesus appears to 10 disciples, Jerusalem, Sunday
Luke 24:36-43 (KJV)
Luke 24:36-43 (NIV)
For further study:
Mark 16:14; John 20:19-25 (KJV)
Mark 16:14; John 20:19-25 (NIV)
Lastly, here's an Easter poem I wrote:
Easter
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