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30 August 2014

Don't get too blown away by this surprising weigh-in, because I'm not. I went into it expecting to be steady or gain. I'm not expecting a loss anymore, because it is too disappointing when it doesn't happen. I'm doing all I can to be healthy, so I'm letting my body do what it wants to do. At this point, I don't have any more control over it, so I'm not expecting to lose more weight. It's still nice, of course, but honestly I don't care if I don't lose any more weight. My objective is to treat my body as kindly as possible and to be as healthy as possible, and achieving those goals is satisfying enough for me to continue my lifestyle.

So don't get hung up on your weight. Just strive to be healthy and you will have succeeded :)

Weigh-in: 166.4 lb

lost so far: 49.6 lb

still to go: 6.4 lb

Diet followed 100%

(11 comments) losing 2.6 lb a week

23 August 2014

Such is life...

Weigh-in: 169.0 lb

lost so far: 47.0 lb

still to go: 9.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(27 comments) gaining 0.4 lb a week

20 August 2014

I've jogged for 3 days this week so far. My focus is on enjoying running and growing to like it. I don't check my watch anymore to see how long I've been running for, trying to beat my last best time. I do time my runs, because I like to keep a record of things and to see my progress. But I'm not upset if my time doesn't beat the time before.

Actually, this week, my time has gotten progressively slower - because the temperature has gotten progressively hotter. It's harder to exercise in the heat, and I'm extra sensitive to high temps and the sun. So I'm giving myself a break. I'm not being hard on myself. I continue to try my best, but my focus is on enjoying the activity while I'm doing it, so that I will continue to go out there and run.

See, running doesn't come easy to me, but I admire the sport and I want to get better at it. In order to do so, I have to keep going out there and running. In order to do that, I have to enjoy the running I do, or else I'll stop the routine. So, enjoyment is my focus as my cardiovascular health improves from doing the activity.

My perspective comes from my research into ChiRunning. I found the book by Danny Dreyer on Amazon and it was exactly what I needed. I needed help to make my running experience easier and more enjoyable, as well as improve my performance and not get injured. ChiRunning is amazing.

I've only just started reading the book, but I found some YouTube videos by ChiLiving that explain/show how to ChiRun, so I'm able to do it as I continue to learn more about it in the book. I highly recommend this form of running, and if any of the benefits I've mentioned interest you, I recommend that you look into it too. It's done everything for me that it's supposed to do and I've only been doing it this week.

I hope to continue to run, to enjoy running, and to become a better runner :)

(11 comments)

17 August 2014

My shorts kept sliding down today. Once, I was in a rush to go to the bathroom (sorry if TMI) and forgot to unbutton them first...they came right down. I didn't realize until after.

What a great thing. Really nice after not losing weight at my weigh-in yesterday. Just had to share :)

What was your last NSV?

(21 comments)

16 August 2014

I'm not happy about this slight increase, but what can I do. I ate low-calorie (but not too low), I worked out 5/7 days, I stuck to my eating plan to a "T," I got adequate sleep every night and a little relaxation every day, I tried not to stress, etc. I even gave myself "100%" for the week, which rarely happens (except for the last couple of weeks). I feel trimmer, and I even took pics of myself yesterday, because I was feeling like I loved my body and how fit I am. So it's a bummer that I couldn't achieve any weight loss this week.

However, I took my measurements, because I told myself before that if I do everything right and the scale doesn't move in my favor, I'll measure myself. I normally don't take my measurements often - no more than once a month. It's been only 3 weeks, and I've lost 5.8 lbs, 3.25" (on 5 places of my body - waist, hips, chest, and both thighs), and my body fat percentage has gone from 32.5% to 31%. I was really excited to lose 1" in both my waist and hips. I honestly didn't think my measurements had changed, because I haven't seen favorable results there for a while.

I'm just concerned that I'm not getting anywhere with weight/fat loss anymore. But at least I'm almost 6 lbs lighter, and not getting steadily heavier like I was. I believe the 0.2 lb gain is a weight fluctuation of some sort. I highly doubt I gained any fat last week. I wish I could lose more weight, but even if I stay at this weight, it's worth not getting bigger. I will continue my eating lifestyle, and I'll continue to workout to get fitter and (hopefully) more toned.

Speaking of workouts, Mon-Wed-Fri I did weight/strength training: abs, triceps, and shoulders/back on separate days. I'm so happy to have enough exercises that I can work 1-2 muscle groups in one workout, rather than my whole body. I like doing it that way better, because it takes longer to get back around to the muscle group again, so it has more time to heal, and it also gets worked more during the workout, because more time is spent on it. Plus, it got boring doing the same exercises every other day or so. I get my exercises from BodyBuilding.com.

Tu-Th, I jogged. Yep, like in my last mid-week post, I transitioned from walk/runs to jogging. Not that either is better than the other. They both have their good points, and honestly, walk/runs are more enjoyable for me. But running constantly is more of an achievement for me personally - something I want to tackle and get better at. But what made me make the crazy decision of going from 2 min running intervals to jogging for 18 min straight was because of pulling my hip with power-walking. I take large strides when I walk, especially when I'm walking for exercise, because I'm trying to complete the distance in the shortest amount of time as possible. And I'd like to see my times continue to improve, rather than get slower, because I'd have to reduce the length of my stride. So I figured I would jog the whole distance, because I take shorter steps when I jog, and would (hopefully) continue to make good time. So that's what I did. I finished in about the same amount of time as when I walked/ran - just a little bit faster - so I was happy.

Anyway, onward and upward (or actually, hopefully downward) for this week. There's a fun running challenge I created that starts today. If you're interested in improving your running ability, stop on by the challenge. Today's the last day to join.

Have a good week, and good luck!

Weigh-in: 168.6 lb

lost so far: 47.4 lb

still to go: 8.6 lb

Diet followed 100%

(23 comments) gaining 0.2 lb a week

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