SWEET

Sooo…I got on the scale at the gym and since the last weigh-in (which was two weeks ago and at 301 because the scale is retarded)…and it finally budged! Try like four pounds worth of budge. Woo! Coupled with the inches lost and I’m feeling really good.

It felt soooooooooo good to start moving again.  Here are my noteworthy stats:

Exercise Time: 1 hr

Average HR: 138

In Zone: 43 mins

Calories Burned: 717

also…i’m kinda torn.

so…here’s the dilly-yo.

i have an analog (dial) scale at home that currently reads 281.

but at the gym, the retarded digital scale currently reads 297.

which number should i use for tracking purposes?

shunshine

So, I’m officially not sick anymore (nevermind the lingering cough and occassional nasal drip), which means I no longer have an excuse to avoid exercising.

Not that I was avoiding it. *averts eyes* Of course.

The only good thing about being sick is that I don’t have the desire to graze. So…I’ve been pretty good with the eating stuff. Well…let me rephrase that. I’ve been good about not binging. Yay! But, the quality of my diet has been less than stellar. For the last two weeks I’ve had to get by on about twenty dollars. I had a ton of bills to pay, and I bought my new (expensive) walking shoes…so that left me with twenty dollars. Literally. So, I’ve resorted to my college mentality, and bought a ton of Top Ramen, canned soup, canned tuna, and cheap bread. This diet has wreaked havoc on my guts, I’m telling you. So…I think it’s safe to say that I now know that I cannot eat that way ever again, no matter how little money I have. The soup and tuna might have been alright, but the sodium! Ugh. Too many preservatives. The bread is the worst, though. I just got some generic white bread (it was 88 cents!!), and I totally miss the taste of my whole wheat, 9-nine grain hippie bread. No worries, I get paid on Thursday…so I shall stock up on good stuff!

Sunday night was, indeed, Oscar night. I had a couple friends over, and I had a hankerin’ for some candy. So, the store on the corner had these huge boxes of candy for a dollar each. I got a couple. Luckily, and this really is good, my friends ate most of it for me! I won’t lie and say that I didn’t partake, ’cause I did…but I didn’t binge. Woo!

Tonight is my first ass-kicking in nearly a week and a half…or two? I can’t wait. It’ll be a good way to start again with my exercise. 

So…things are good. I wish I could bring up my exercise and diet habits a notch, but I really do better if things start out slowly. I know when I need something challenging, or if I need to knock something out of my diet. If I can maintain my awareness of what my body needs, I should be able to start doing more and doing better. I’m feeling thinner already and…I hate to use the word but, sleeker these days. I’m really excited about that. It’s less depressing and hopeless being fat but not FEELING fat. I’m amazed by how I can actually feel my body being supported by muscle instead of supporting fat. This is what motivates me. I want to keep going.

So…that’s all. I might write something introspective a bit later…something about how I’m feeling and what motivates me and such. So. Kay…off to work!

sigh

still sick. the only good part about being sick is that, even though i can’t exercise (just going to the store tired me out today), i also can’t eat. once the appetite comes back, then i’ll be in trouble. hehe. i’m actually feeling better, so i hope that i can hit the gym the weekend to make up a little for my slack this week.

i’m pissed

so sick. can’t do anything. no exercise today. blah.

They just keep on comin’

The stats updates, I mean. If you’re reading this and the stats are getting old, sorry! This is the only place I’m writing this stuff down at…so…you can skip if ya wanna.

I had Friday off thanks to the holiday on Monday, so J and I walked the butte. Man, J books it up the butte! Geez. Well, part of my slow-pokedness was due to the fact that I a) am still fat, b) just bought new walking shoes, and c) was wearing polyester novelty socks instead of thick cotton athletic socks. It sounds like such a small thing, but athletic socks really make all the difference. Also?? The weather that day was threatening rain, so I bought this rain coat thing that was too small (my inches lost victory deflated a bit there) and way too uncomfortable. So, I stopped to tie the thing around my waist and I put my water bottle on the stone wall next to the road. On the other side of the wall was a straight drop down the butte. There was a fleeting thought that I should have listened to that said “I bet my water bottle is going to fall.” It did. And I had literally just bought the thing moments before! Irritating.

Let’s just say that there was a lot of stopping to adjust my socks and shoes and rain coat…it was just overall an irritating walk.

No matter, I felt that I did alright. On Saturday, however, my whole upper body was sore and tight…probably from the weight training on Thursday. Today is better. But it’s back to the butte…or gym…for more work tomorrow. Woo!

Stats for Saturday

Exercise Time: 55 minutes

Average HR: 149

Time in Zone: 51 minutes

Calories Burned: 791

Okay. Now it’s time for church again. Tomorrow is the first day of Lent, so tonight is Forgiveness Vespers. I kinda don’t want to go but…I need to regain my spiritual endeavors.

Um….SCORE!!

Had a training session tonight and Trainer Lady took my measurements. Allow me to announce that while I haven’t lost any weight (boo), I have lost three pounds of fat and gained three pounds of lean muscle (or is it lean mass??). AND…I’ve lost 6.25 inches total from my body. DUDE. Seriously. Effin’ A. So, to reward myself, I’m going to buy new walking shoes tomorrow (even though I was going to buy some anyway…).

This just solidifies the fact that even though I might not see the weight go down right now, my body is still changing and responding to all the work I’m doing. Woo! I’m totally stoked. This certainly motivates me to keep going.

So, had a good workout today. Had weight training and then cardio for a half hour. This time TL ordered me to stay away from the treadmill and do elliptical and the the stair stepper. So, I did 15 minutes on each! The stair stepper wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. So, I don’t have an excuse to not do it. Hehe. Also…I think that maybe I could step up my elliptical time to 20 minutes next time!

Behold, the stats (this includes strength training during which my HR was about 111)!

Exercise time: 56 minutes

Average HR: 129

Time in Zone: 34 minutes

Calories Burned: 574

I have the day off tomorrow, so it’s off to the shoe store and then to the butte to take a walk w/ J.

What are you talking about?

Yesterday’s workout!

Didn’t have a training session yesterday, but went to the gym anyway. It didn’t seem like I worked very hard when I was doing my weights, though. Like, on Saturday I did chest presses, seated rows, leg press and leg extensions…one set of 20 reps each. I really worked up a sweat, got my heart rate going…it was great.

Yesterday I did TWO sets each of the above and barely broke a sweat. My heart rate never got above 120 which is way below my zone. So…I’m kinda disappointed. I was really tired yesterday so I probably just went through the motions instead of really working. Tomorrow, I’m sure, will be different.

Cardio was better, of course. Still…this feels like a step back.

 

Exercise Time: 1 hour

Average HR: 129

In Zone: 32 minutes

Calories Burned: 632

I’m such a dunce. On Monday I realized that, in reference to my heart rate as it’s monitored, I’ve been writing HP instead of HR. Duh. What would HP stand for? Harry Potter. Naked.

Monday, Monday

So. Yesterday. I did my Monday weigh-in to find that, even though I feel thinner and lighter, the scale needle hovered between 285 and 284. I really need a digital scale.

Anyway, I’m trying to keep the attitude that weight isn’t the last word on how I’m actually doing. Still…maybe I’m doing something wrong in my overall diet or whatever. I just want to see that number go down. Gotta keep going!

Rachel and I got together on Monday (J, sadly, opted out ‘cuz she’s a little sick) and scaled the butte. It took hardly any time at all! But my feet ended up killingme. I think I need new shoes. Anyway. Here are le stats.

Exercise Time: 1 hour 2 minutes

Average HR: 152

Time in Zone: 50 minutes

Calories Burned: 921

I really think that if my feet hadn’t been killing me I would have been able to run more on the way down…and I would have burned more calories.

My brother was here this weekend. We had a late lunch on Saturday at the deli in New Seasons, it was nice! As J noted several times, and as I have already noticed since I frequent New Seasons for all my grocery needs…there are always a ton of really hot/cute indie guys there. I need to pull a Katy M. and pick one up. I’m hoping that 100 pounds from now I can do just that. So…yeah.

That last paragraph might have been totally unrelated to weight loss…but since my future success with the boys depends on losing weight…it’s totally appropriate. HAHA.

Woo! Saturday workout!

My brother is in town, and he was cool with going to the gym with me. I had a very good workout and I feel great.  Here are the results of the day.

Exercise Time: 1 hour 9 minutes

Average Heart Rate: 142 HP

Time in Zone: 1 hour 1 minute (WOW!)

Calories Burned: 912 (YEAH!!!)

Off to have some lunch.

A Better Day

Yes, today was better. I was sensible and ate like I should be eating. Yay!

Got my ass kicked today. Dunno but today it seemed really great! Maybe because my heartrate was up during the strength training. Not like I didn’t value  my training sessions before, but I really value them enough to want to continue for as long as I can. I think that they’re going to be key to me forming a habit of frequent exercise. Woo!

Read on for le statistics:

Exercise Time: 1 hour

Average Heart Rate: 136 HP

Time in Zone: 46 minutes

Calories Burned: 725

Did the ellipitcal for fifteen minutes and felt like I was going to DIE. Also did the treadmill but my feet started to really hurt like I was overdoing it or something which is stupid. But all in all it was deeeeeeeeelightful.

Now for diiiiiiiner.