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15 April 2013

Retrospective on the week

I'm happy that I lost weight this week. It was very stressful. I gotta say that I'm happy that I changed my weigh-in day to Monday. I knew that it would be challenging mentally, but I know that it is the ONLY reason I'm staying on track during the weekends. Plus, I really, really, really want to lose this weight (again!).

For Week 2 of my April tracking challenge - thinks are going A-OK. And that's showing on the scale this week. I'm much more honest with myself, which is what really counts.

Today I start a 30-day yoga challenge at my yoga studio. 30 classes in 30 days. I'm going to do my best to NOT miss any days, but if I do miss I can always do a double-class. I love doing doubles on Saturdays. Actually, my secret goal is to do more than 30 classes in 30 days. And my personal exercise goal is to be able to do Extended Side Crow pose. Since I broke my little finger a couple of months ago, I've been horrible at crow pose, but I'm not only going to re-learn it, I'm going to exceed where I was before I injured my finger. My son, Noah, also signed up for the 30-day challenge. I'm going to do my best to force him to do it. Go Noah!

And my final goal for these 30 days is to get to 165 pounds by May 15. It's only 3.4 pounds, but this weight seems to be coming off slower than last time (another great reason to not put the weight on in the first/second/third place), so I think that's an attainable goal.

15 April 2013

Weigh-in: 168.4 lb lost so far: 1.6 lb still to go: 18.4 lb Diet followed 100%
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14 April 2013

It's 6:30 pm and I survived a very rough weekend. It was my son's 21st birthday and with all the relatives visiting and all the food cooked and purchased, I have to say that I did surprisingly well. I was able to track all of my food - even if I couldn't find the time to exercise. That was a HUGE win and I'm really proud of myself.

Note: I didn't have the time to computer-track my food yesterday, but I wrote everything down on paper until I had time to input my food on the computer. I could've sworn that I'd be WAY over my calories yesterday, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I only went a wee bit over.

I'm only going to drink water for the rest of the day and chill out - read my book, etc. If I eat anything, it will be a piece of fruit, but nothing more. I have to say that having a Monday weigh-in is a great incentive for having better weekends. :-)

Well, I have to go prep for my week - to make sure it's just as successful as this last week.

11 April 2013

Very happy with my unofficial weigh-ins. For the last 3 days, I've been under 170. Very, very happy with that. Now if I don't totally screw it up between now and Monday, everything should be great. But I've been known to screw it up. Especially with the added stress of my mother in-law visiting this weekend. I will survive!!!

Also, the last few days I haven't been exercising because I was so freakin' sore from soccer last Friday. It was like all my leg muscles just decided to shrink up about 1/2 a foot. And my ankle was bothering me, so I didn't want to run on it.

I've bought some kinesio tape and I'm going to try taping up my ankle. I've noticed that my ankle is very weak. When it hurts, it's because right before it does this little wobble thingy -- and then the pain. So, wrapping up my ankle and doing strengthening exercises should be the trick. I'm running a 5K on April 20 and really need to get back to running. I want to beat that 30 minutes!!! 29:59 is my goal.

Well, I've still got a ton of housekeeping before the MIL gets here, so here I go to clean out the fridge and mop and finish cleaning up the guest bathroom (that my sons said they cleaned up, but didn't go a MIL cleaning job).

Have a great weekend everyone! Happy Trails!!

08 April 2013

Well, I did lose a little bit of weight, but I had hoped for a bigger loss. However, any loss is worth celebrating. So, Yeah Me!

So, why do I think my weight loss wasn't very big even though my tracking looks phenomenal?

1) I didn't weigh and measure everything I ate. There was a lot of estimation going on. I need to stop that. Buy a new battery for your scale already!!! No more excuses.

2) I did pick and nibble while cooking dinner and I didn't account for that. I used to chew gum while cooking dinner so that I wasn't tempted to pick. I need to start doing that again.

3) My muscles are REALLY sore from soccer and my marathon 2.5 hour yoga session on Saturday. I know that sore muscles hold a lot of water due to inflammation.

4) My body always has a hard time letting go when I get to the 170 range. I don't know what it is, but every time I lose weight, I plateau/lose weight at a glacial pace at 170.

But here's the good news: I've lost 1 whole percentage point off of my body fat according to my analyzer. And my jeans are fitting better. No more muffin top. :-) I know that the fat is coming off and that's what counts.

I'm going to work hard on correcting the mistakes that I made this week so that next week can be a better one. But I would be really happy with another 0.4 pound loss again next week. Anything in the downward direction is OK by me.

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Edit:

I know that I wrote earlier this morning but I forgot to add a very good thing that happened this weekend, and really wanted to record this success.

Well, I changed my weigh-in day to Monday to challenge(force) me to track on the weekends. Yesterday, I broke down and ate a very "pricey" meal for lunch of steak and potatoes left over from the previous night. Then my husband and I went to the movies and I ate a whole bag of GoRaw Spirulina Chips (instead of one serving). So, dinner comes around and I really only have about 200 cals to stay within my cal target for the day. I almost said, "%$#! it" and ate when I had planned for dinner anyway.

But I knew my weigh-in was in the morning and I really wanted to have a good morning. So, I altered the dinner plans, which was supposed to be Shrimp Teriyaki with rice. Instead, I had a really awesome salad with fresh herbs, shrimp, balsamic vinegar, and a little bit of truffle oil. It was SO good and I only went over a few calories for the day.

Weigh-in: 170.0 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 20.0 lb Diet followed 100%
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