Not much to report this week. Things are business as usual. Nothing has really changed this week. I did get regular yogurt added to my diet which it not a big deal, since I don't eat much of it anyway.
Lost 3 lbs this week, mostly due to taking tofu out of my diet. I am trying to bake my own protein powder muffins to help save me some $$$. I just pulled them out of the oven and we'll see how well I did.
My goal for March until the end of the program... Get into the 120's! This is my last month in phase 1. so we'll see how things go.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Week 5 Done... Just Started Week 6 - Half way there?
Overall Stats
Lbs Lost = 13
Body Fat % N/A
BMI Loss = 1.7
Circumference Measurements
Neck - Lost 1"
Chest - Lost 5.25"
Waist - Lost 6.75"
Hips - Lost 2.5"
Biceps - Lost 1.25"
Thighs - Lost 2.75"
This week was a tough one with food. I got a little too creative and over thought my meals. I totally took shakes out and replaced it with food. BIG mistake.. The sheer volume of food that it takes to make my daily count was enormous! I was eating at least 3 times more food than I ever ate not on the program. Just to give you an example one night I ate 9 ounces (yes 9) of tofu, 3 cups of veggies and half a cup of fruit! This day I had a hard time getting to 1000 calories! Can you imagine eating all of that food. It was tough I barely could finish it.
I did only lose 1.5 lbs this week. Not quite what I like to hear. We did notice though that I had tons of tofu this week. According to my dietitian tons of people have problems losing weight when eating a lot of tofu. So note to self NO MORE tofu. Once a week is OK, but I had it 3 times this week so that is probably the problem. I was/am extremely bloated from my monthly visitor as well so that didn't help.
The key thing to remember here is go back to eating the way I was last week when I lost 4 lbs. My body likes veggies and good old MEAT! Chicken, beef, and egg whites. I think I will stick to that from now on. That is the one thing about this program that is great. You get to learn what types of food is right for your body. By watching the weekly change it helps you prepare for what your maintenance period will look like. It will also help you make better choices after the program completes. I am fortunate to know that tofu and protein bars are weight loss kryptonite for me.
Exercise was good this week. My trainer kicked my ass this morning with legs. So as you guessed it my legs are killing me right now. SORE SORE SORE... Til Next Week..
Lbs Lost = 13
Body Fat % N/A
BMI Loss = 1.7
Circumference Measurements
Neck - Lost 1"
Chest - Lost 5.25"
Waist - Lost 6.75"
Hips - Lost 2.5"
Biceps - Lost 1.25"
Thighs - Lost 2.75"
This week was a tough one with food. I got a little too creative and over thought my meals. I totally took shakes out and replaced it with food. BIG mistake.. The sheer volume of food that it takes to make my daily count was enormous! I was eating at least 3 times more food than I ever ate not on the program. Just to give you an example one night I ate 9 ounces (yes 9) of tofu, 3 cups of veggies and half a cup of fruit! This day I had a hard time getting to 1000 calories! Can you imagine eating all of that food. It was tough I barely could finish it.
I did only lose 1.5 lbs this week. Not quite what I like to hear. We did notice though that I had tons of tofu this week. According to my dietitian tons of people have problems losing weight when eating a lot of tofu. So note to self NO MORE tofu. Once a week is OK, but I had it 3 times this week so that is probably the problem. I was/am extremely bloated from my monthly visitor as well so that didn't help.
The key thing to remember here is go back to eating the way I was last week when I lost 4 lbs. My body likes veggies and good old MEAT! Chicken, beef, and egg whites. I think I will stick to that from now on. That is the one thing about this program that is great. You get to learn what types of food is right for your body. By watching the weekly change it helps you prepare for what your maintenance period will look like. It will also help you make better choices after the program completes. I am fortunate to know that tofu and protein bars are weight loss kryptonite for me.
Exercise was good this week. My trainer kicked my ass this morning with legs. So as you guessed it my legs are killing me right now. SORE SORE SORE... Til Next Week..
Friday, February 12, 2010
First Month Done... Two More to GO!
It's officially been an entire month since I started this program. It actually has gone by REALLY REALLY fast. I thought that it was going to go by dreadfully slow, but it hasn't. This is a GOOD thing. Weight in today and lost 4 lbs this week!
Starting weight = 157.5
Weight after 1 month = 146
Total; = 11.5 lbs to date lost.
I can't believe I've lost 11.5 lbs. I'm hoping it only gets better. The last few weeks I really didn't feel like I lost a ton of weight but after stepping on that scale I was seriously beside myself. I did exactly what my trainer suggested, I did what I was suppose to with my workout schedule. This week I feel rested and renewed. My body wasn't hating me today like it usually does on Friday's. I ate a ton more food and only had 1 shake this week. I add a ton of variety to my meals which is making is a lot more enjoyable for me now.
I hope I can keep this up. I don't want to psych myself out, so I stay humble about it and try not to focus on the weight loss. I just need to focus on the workouts and the meals. No new foods added this week. We are on a good roll and I like this. So here to another great MONTH!!!!
Some things I learned this week. I LOVE morning star sausage patties, trader joe's and whole foods!
Starting weight = 157.5
Weight after 1 month = 146
Total; = 11.5 lbs to date lost.
I can't believe I've lost 11.5 lbs. I'm hoping it only gets better. The last few weeks I really didn't feel like I lost a ton of weight but after stepping on that scale I was seriously beside myself. I did exactly what my trainer suggested, I did what I was suppose to with my workout schedule. This week I feel rested and renewed. My body wasn't hating me today like it usually does on Friday's. I ate a ton more food and only had 1 shake this week. I add a ton of variety to my meals which is making is a lot more enjoyable for me now.
I hope I can keep this up. I don't want to psych myself out, so I stay humble about it and try not to focus on the weight loss. I just need to focus on the workouts and the meals. No new foods added this week. We are on a good roll and I like this. So here to another great MONTH!!!!
Some things I learned this week. I LOVE morning star sausage patties, trader joe's and whole foods!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Week 3 Over and Done..
This week was probably my toughest yet. I had to come to some pretty hard conclusions about the way I felt and how my body was talking to me. Since I started the program I had this mindset that the harder I work the more pounds will come off. WRONG!!!! All I was doing was exhausting myself. I might have even prevented some extra weight loss.
On Monday I woke up and felt pretty good. Sunday is my total rest day so I did nothing except for walk around the mall. I did my typical Monday, worked out with my trainer and then did a full workout by myself later in the evening before my group session. I went straight to bed and slept for 7 hours straight. I woke up Tuesday morning just dog tired. I couldn't wake up and I felt like I was driving half asleep. I just couldn't get myself to wake up. I threw myself on the machines and just pushed it as hard as I could for an hour and did really well. This week instead of 40 - 50 minutes by myself I have to do 60 minutes now. The rest of the day I was just exhausted, tired and fatigued. Woke up Wednesday and was still extremely tired. I met with my trainer and told her how I was feeling. I thought that it was just Tuesday's that were hard but I still felt this way on Wednesday which wasn't a good sign. Thursday morning was the WORST. I woke up and could barely get myself out of bed. Got to the gym and just wasn't feelin it at all. Walked for a bit and gave up. I was just too tired. Since I felt really out of it I decided to take a class to see if that would help. Did a cardio core class for about 45 minutes and then actually had a short nap in the sauna. This morning (Friday) I felt a little better but still exhausted.
My trainer had to tell me that it's my body's way of telling me that I'm just doing too much. So we decided I should actually follow the program. Workout with my trainer 3 days a week and work out on my own 2 days a week. Instead of working out twice on Monday and 6 days a week. TOO MUCH.. There is such a thing of too much of a good thing.
This week though good news I did lose 3 lbs!!! So I will try next week to see how things go and hopefully this weight loss will continue. I got fruit added into my meals! YAY! I can have just about any fruit I want, except for it has to be measured. It's been tough with the eating. I get extremely full at night so including my shake is hard. It takes me way over the top. I noticed that my body is starting to notify me of when I'm hungry on a schedule. So when I typically get hungry it will be around the normal times I eat. So I don't really feel hungry in between meals. I did cut out eating those nasty ass 20/20 bars. I noticed that I only lost 1.5 lbs last week. I think the bars were the problem. After cutting them out I lost double the weight. So that's a good thing to know.
On Monday I woke up and felt pretty good. Sunday is my total rest day so I did nothing except for walk around the mall. I did my typical Monday, worked out with my trainer and then did a full workout by myself later in the evening before my group session. I went straight to bed and slept for 7 hours straight. I woke up Tuesday morning just dog tired. I couldn't wake up and I felt like I was driving half asleep. I just couldn't get myself to wake up. I threw myself on the machines and just pushed it as hard as I could for an hour and did really well. This week instead of 40 - 50 minutes by myself I have to do 60 minutes now. The rest of the day I was just exhausted, tired and fatigued. Woke up Wednesday and was still extremely tired. I met with my trainer and told her how I was feeling. I thought that it was just Tuesday's that were hard but I still felt this way on Wednesday which wasn't a good sign. Thursday morning was the WORST. I woke up and could barely get myself out of bed. Got to the gym and just wasn't feelin it at all. Walked for a bit and gave up. I was just too tired. Since I felt really out of it I decided to take a class to see if that would help. Did a cardio core class for about 45 minutes and then actually had a short nap in the sauna. This morning (Friday) I felt a little better but still exhausted.
My trainer had to tell me that it's my body's way of telling me that I'm just doing too much. So we decided I should actually follow the program. Workout with my trainer 3 days a week and work out on my own 2 days a week. Instead of working out twice on Monday and 6 days a week. TOO MUCH.. There is such a thing of too much of a good thing.
This week though good news I did lose 3 lbs!!! So I will try next week to see how things go and hopefully this weight loss will continue. I got fruit added into my meals! YAY! I can have just about any fruit I want, except for it has to be measured. It's been tough with the eating. I get extremely full at night so including my shake is hard. It takes me way over the top. I noticed that my body is starting to notify me of when I'm hungry on a schedule. So when I typically get hungry it will be around the normal times I eat. So I don't really feel hungry in between meals. I did cut out eating those nasty ass 20/20 bars. I noticed that I only lost 1.5 lbs last week. I think the bars were the problem. After cutting them out I lost double the weight. So that's a good thing to know.
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