Well, I am the lightest I have been in recent memory. I think the last time I was in the mid-170s was when I was a couple months pregnant with Emma. Yes, that's over 4 years ago! I may have temporarily hit that mark a couple years ago when I first started working out, but it didn't stick... That's officially 10 pounds down from what I weighed at my heaviest this summer!
I joined Weight Watchers Online this week. The difference this time is that I'm very motivated. I've been tracking points religiously, and it's working :-) I've also tried to really limit myself to fruits and veggies, complex carbs, and fish. I'm definitely off the red meat completely. After the rough race, I've taken the week off of exercise except for Body Pump yesterday. I'm going to start swimming often again on Sunday. I'm hoping we still have nice weather for awhile so David and I can go on a few more bike rides. Once it turns too cold for me, I'll set my bike up on the trainer and bike while watching TV at night. Honestly, I'm having a bit of a difficult time getting into the exercise part right now. I really enjoy Body Pump, and have committed to my co-worker to join her every Thursday afternoon. I have a hard time committing to a weekend Body Pump with trying to use the cabin as often as we can. I want to start going back to the 5:30pm Monday one, and just need to committ to that. Anyone want to join me? It's at the Parker and Arapahoe 24-hour fitness.
We're headed up to the cabin for the weekend with friends. Tonight is my night to spend all of my weekly points, 49 of them. We're fondue-ing tonight! That will be all of my weekly points in 1 meal, but every week I get 1 day of splurging if I've done well for the week :-) Of course, splurging within reason. I have to figure out how much chocolate and cheese I can eat and how much wine I can drink to stay within those 49 points...
Better go do that...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
A Rough Week
Let's see, do I start with the fact that meat makes me sick, that I was the very last one to finish the race, or that I gained weight?
Ok, so I figured one thing out from that diet, I can't eat meat. It makes me sick. I also stopped losing weight, and I'm pretty sure it's because my body just shouldn't do that kind of diet. So, back to Weight Watchers I go. Hey, it worked well last time, and now I'm motivated to actually track points and pay attention. It's really the best method for me. I don't restrict any category of food. I really am starting to think that I was meant to be a vegetarian. Of course, that may have something to do with the fact that I'm reading The China Study right now. You should read it, it's fascinating!
Now, to the race. I was the last one to finish. They were picking up the signs behind me as I walked. I know, I know, it's about finishing, but it is still pretty demoralizing. I got out of the water ahead of 6-7 people and started the bike. I don't know what in the world happened, but the biked killed me. I got passed by everyone behind me. It took me over an hour. That's longer than the really hilly bike leg that I did for My Way or the Tri Way and that one was longer and hilly-er! I came in last to transition, but transitioned quickly and ended up ahead of 2 people again. However, those 2 ladies passed me in the run, since I was walking the entire thing. I tried to jog once, but my shins just killed walking, so jogging was a no-go.
Ultimately, I know that it's amazing that I finished, and I actually did finish 1 minute below my goal, but it was just so much harder than I anticipated. I guess there's really nowhere to go but up! Better time next time, better week this week!
Mom and Dad there to cheer me on!
Ok, so I figured one thing out from that diet, I can't eat meat. It makes me sick. I also stopped losing weight, and I'm pretty sure it's because my body just shouldn't do that kind of diet. So, back to Weight Watchers I go. Hey, it worked well last time, and now I'm motivated to actually track points and pay attention. It's really the best method for me. I don't restrict any category of food. I really am starting to think that I was meant to be a vegetarian. Of course, that may have something to do with the fact that I'm reading The China Study right now. You should read it, it's fascinating!
Now, to the race. I was the last one to finish. They were picking up the signs behind me as I walked. I know, I know, it's about finishing, but it is still pretty demoralizing. I got out of the water ahead of 6-7 people and started the bike. I don't know what in the world happened, but the biked killed me. I got passed by everyone behind me. It took me over an hour. That's longer than the really hilly bike leg that I did for My Way or the Tri Way and that one was longer and hilly-er! I came in last to transition, but transitioned quickly and ended up ahead of 2 people again. However, those 2 ladies passed me in the run, since I was walking the entire thing. I tried to jog once, but my shins just killed walking, so jogging was a no-go.
Ultimately, I know that it's amazing that I finished, and I actually did finish 1 minute below my goal, but it was just so much harder than I anticipated. I guess there's really nowhere to go but up! Better time next time, better week this week!
Before the race.
Mom and Dad there to cheer me on!
No idea yet, how cold the water would be...
Well, at least I've gone from Cold to Numb now!
Getting on the bike, thinking how easy it will be, short and flat...
Notice, smiling, just the start of the bike
Notice, not smiling, end of the bike portion
Oh my, I still have the 3.1 mile walk to go...
Hey, at least I didn't need the ambulance!
Last race, I was smiling at the end. This one, well, you see the expression.
My boss, finished long before I did, but waiting for me with my family at the finish line!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
7 days on the Diet-177.0 pounds!
It's been 7 days of dieting. Basically, it goes like this:
-2 servings of yogurt a day
-2 servings of low-sugar fruit a day before 2pm (no bananas or pineapple)
-all the lean protein I can eat
-all the veggies I can eat (Good thing we did that CSA farming thing...)
-lots and lots of water
-no soda, sugar, carbs
-no alcohol
This keeps up for 17 days. Then, I get to add in 2 servings of whole grain carbs every other day, before 2pm. This will hopefully lead to a loss of 15-20 pounds in 34 days.
Let's see. I've cheated a bit. By cheating I mean, I've eaten a few pecans or cashews each day. I actually ate too many cashews Sunday. I had half a glass of wine on Saturday (big no-no). Oh yeah, and I'm eating cheese every day. Not too much, but some fresh mozzarella for lunch or some sprinkled parmesan cheese on salad. It's been a week and I haven't totally fallen off the wagon, so that's a big step for me! I actually feel better! It's kind of shocking. Plus, I weigh the least I've weighed in a long time :-) Technically, I lost 5 pounds last week, but if we go from my lowest in the past month, it's 1.8 pounds below my lowest posting! Please, please, please let this continue.
I'm adding in lots of exercise this week. I did Body Pump on Sunday, thinking that maybe it would be less crowded on a Sunday at 10am rather than Monday night at 5:30pm. I really liked that instructor. I have a really tough instructor on Thursdays, who does abs, shoulders, and triceps totally different than the Sunday instructor. It's nice to have the variety. I sort of did a mini-triathlon yesterday at the gym. The pool had a class in it until 7:15, so I walked for 20 minutes, biked for 10 minutes, and swam for 10 minutes last night. Today, I work until 7pm, so it's my day off from working out. Tomorrow, I think I'll go on a bike ride and Thursday I have Body Pump with my friend, Jan. Friday I just might take off too, since the race is Saturday and that will be 2 hours of exercising for me!
I am doing the Crescent Moon Sprint Triathlon on Saturday. It's at Cherry Creek Reservoir. It's my 3rd event this season! This one is, maybe, the only true triathlon I will participate in since I'm still getting those nasty shin splints with no end in sight. I will try to jog part of the run leg, but anticipate walking most of it. Hey, that's totally ok with me. I am actually totally fine with coming in last in this race, just to say I did a true triathlon is pretty cool! It's a half-mile swim, 11.5 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run (5k). The bike is supposed to be pretty flat, with 1 hill. Pretty sure that makes it much easier than the bike from My Way or the Tri Way which is all rolling hills (torture). I actually mapped that route versus the My Way or the Tri Way. If you take the first 10th of one of the hills from My Way or the Tri Way that is equal to the only hill in Crescent Moon. I'm actually pretty excited about this one :-) Maybe I'll be able to finish in closer to 2 hours since the bike is shorter and less hilly...The water is only 69 degrees though, and I don't have a wetsuit...It will be a bit chillier than my other swims...
So, when I finish this race I'm going to get a tattoo. Yep, mom is probably freaking reading this right now :-) Love you, mom. I was considering getting all 3 symbols, swimming, running, and biking, but feel like that would be a bit "poser-ish" of me since I probably won't even really run and will be looking for aquabikes from now on. So, on one shoulder I'm going to get a swimming symbol and one I'm going to get a biking symbol. I'm not quite sure what it will look like yet, but this is a pretty significant thing in my life. I can't believe I finally found a sport I enjoy participating in!
Hopefully, by the next time I post, I will have finished a race in less than 2 and a half hours and weight in the low 170s!
-2 servings of yogurt a day
-2 servings of low-sugar fruit a day before 2pm (no bananas or pineapple)
-all the lean protein I can eat
-all the veggies I can eat (Good thing we did that CSA farming thing...)
-lots and lots of water
-no soda, sugar, carbs
-no alcohol
This keeps up for 17 days. Then, I get to add in 2 servings of whole grain carbs every other day, before 2pm. This will hopefully lead to a loss of 15-20 pounds in 34 days.
Let's see. I've cheated a bit. By cheating I mean, I've eaten a few pecans or cashews each day. I actually ate too many cashews Sunday. I had half a glass of wine on Saturday (big no-no). Oh yeah, and I'm eating cheese every day. Not too much, but some fresh mozzarella for lunch or some sprinkled parmesan cheese on salad. It's been a week and I haven't totally fallen off the wagon, so that's a big step for me! I actually feel better! It's kind of shocking. Plus, I weigh the least I've weighed in a long time :-) Technically, I lost 5 pounds last week, but if we go from my lowest in the past month, it's 1.8 pounds below my lowest posting! Please, please, please let this continue.
I'm adding in lots of exercise this week. I did Body Pump on Sunday, thinking that maybe it would be less crowded on a Sunday at 10am rather than Monday night at 5:30pm. I really liked that instructor. I have a really tough instructor on Thursdays, who does abs, shoulders, and triceps totally different than the Sunday instructor. It's nice to have the variety. I sort of did a mini-triathlon yesterday at the gym. The pool had a class in it until 7:15, so I walked for 20 minutes, biked for 10 minutes, and swam for 10 minutes last night. Today, I work until 7pm, so it's my day off from working out. Tomorrow, I think I'll go on a bike ride and Thursday I have Body Pump with my friend, Jan. Friday I just might take off too, since the race is Saturday and that will be 2 hours of exercising for me!
I am doing the Crescent Moon Sprint Triathlon on Saturday. It's at Cherry Creek Reservoir. It's my 3rd event this season! This one is, maybe, the only true triathlon I will participate in since I'm still getting those nasty shin splints with no end in sight. I will try to jog part of the run leg, but anticipate walking most of it. Hey, that's totally ok with me. I am actually totally fine with coming in last in this race, just to say I did a true triathlon is pretty cool! It's a half-mile swim, 11.5 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run (5k). The bike is supposed to be pretty flat, with 1 hill. Pretty sure that makes it much easier than the bike from My Way or the Tri Way which is all rolling hills (torture). I actually mapped that route versus the My Way or the Tri Way. If you take the first 10th of one of the hills from My Way or the Tri Way that is equal to the only hill in Crescent Moon. I'm actually pretty excited about this one :-) Maybe I'll be able to finish in closer to 2 hours since the bike is shorter and less hilly...The water is only 69 degrees though, and I don't have a wetsuit...It will be a bit chillier than my other swims...
So, when I finish this race I'm going to get a tattoo. Yep, mom is probably freaking reading this right now :-) Love you, mom. I was considering getting all 3 symbols, swimming, running, and biking, but feel like that would be a bit "poser-ish" of me since I probably won't even really run and will be looking for aquabikes from now on. So, on one shoulder I'm going to get a swimming symbol and one I'm going to get a biking symbol. I'm not quite sure what it will look like yet, but this is a pretty significant thing in my life. I can't believe I finally found a sport I enjoy participating in!
Hopefully, by the next time I post, I will have finished a race in less than 2 and a half hours and weight in the low 170s!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Swimming went well, dieting didn't. Maybe some day I'll figure this out
I swam 1.2 miles in Boulder Reservoir on Saturday. I swam it in 1 hour and 11 minutes. That was about 4 minutes less than my goal of 1 hour, 15 minutes. Despite a 6:30am start, which meant waking up at 4:30am, it was a beautiful swim. The air was cold and breezy, if anyone remembers Saturday morning, but the water was about 74 degrees. It was perfect for swimming without a wetsuit. The view was beautiful. We got in the water just as the sun was rising, and turned west after about half a mile. It was cool for a girl from East Aurora to be swimming that close to the foothills. It was a lovely start to the weekend after the dissappointment of my lack of weightloss last week.
Dieting did not go well this weekend. So, I've decided to try the 17 Day Diet on the suggestion of a Facebook friend and my doctor's recommendation. It's basically lean protein, veggies, fruit before 2pm, and yogurt for the first 17 days. The next 17 days alternate between the previous 17 days and adding in brown rice, whole grain pasta, and the like. I've tried Atkins-y things before, but I like that this has yogurt and fruit in the beginning and am hoping that maybe it will work. It's not that far off of Weight Watchers new recommendations, as they really increased points for carbs and I just don't have time to track consistently. I also definitely think that I have a sort of carb addiction :-) So, this is my last-ditch effort to try and figure something out.
3 days in to the 17 day diet now...I weighed in at 179.4 pounds. So, it looks like it may be working! I'm going to Body Pump tonight, the first exercise since my 1.2 mile swim. I'm taking this week to really focus on food and get that under control. I'll start focusing in again on exercising this weekend. Possible Body Pump on Saturday and swimming on Sunday.
My schedule will hopefully be:
Monday: Body Pump
Tuesday: Bike with David or off
Wednesday: Bike with David or swim
Thursday: Body Pump with Jan
Friday: Bike with David or swim
Saturday: walk/jog
Sunday: swim
Dieting did not go well this weekend. So, I've decided to try the 17 Day Diet on the suggestion of a Facebook friend and my doctor's recommendation. It's basically lean protein, veggies, fruit before 2pm, and yogurt for the first 17 days. The next 17 days alternate between the previous 17 days and adding in brown rice, whole grain pasta, and the like. I've tried Atkins-y things before, but I like that this has yogurt and fruit in the beginning and am hoping that maybe it will work. It's not that far off of Weight Watchers new recommendations, as they really increased points for carbs and I just don't have time to track consistently. I also definitely think that I have a sort of carb addiction :-) So, this is my last-ditch effort to try and figure something out.
3 days in to the 17 day diet now...I weighed in at 179.4 pounds. So, it looks like it may be working! I'm going to Body Pump tonight, the first exercise since my 1.2 mile swim. I'm taking this week to really focus on food and get that under control. I'll start focusing in again on exercising this weekend. Possible Body Pump on Saturday and swimming on Sunday.
My schedule will hopefully be:
Monday: Body Pump
Tuesday: Bike with David or off
Wednesday: Bike with David or swim
Thursday: Body Pump with Jan
Friday: Bike with David or swim
Saturday: walk/jog
Sunday: swim
Friday, September 2, 2011
You've got to be kidding me, 180.4 pounds
Ok, seriously.
I've worked out 5 days a week for 2 weeks in a row. I'm doing weights, in the form of Body Pump, swimming, walking, biking, all for a minimum of 30 minutes, most of the time 45 minutes-over an hour, every day except 2 days each week. I do Body Pump twice a week, and walk/run or swim before Body Pump. I bike at least once a week with David, swim at least once a week, and walk at least once a week.
It's not like I haven't been watching what I eat, either. Since Monday, when I weighed 178.6, I haven't had dessert, I haven't had a single drink, I've limited myself to brown rice or 1 piece of whole grain bread at lunch only. I'm eating protein, lots of veggies, and am tracking all of my foods and weight watchers points. Yesterday, for example, I tracked absolutely everything I ate and used 29 points. That's the total points I am allowed in a day in order to lose weight even if I don't exercise. I also did a Body Pump class last night. I woke up this morning weighing 180.4 pounds!
I feel like I'm starving myself and not getting to eat anything I enjoy, I'm working out a lot, and yet nothing is happening. You may ask if maybe I'm gaining muscle, which weighs more than fat, but my clothes aren't any looser either. I just don't get it. The first two weeks 6 years ago when I did this, I lost something like 5 pounds each week. That was without any kind of exercise/burning calories. Now, not only can I not lose weight, but I actually gained this week!
I'm so frustrated and depressed about this I don't even know what to do. I'm at a loss and just can't think of why in the world I wouldn't be losing weight. This weekend I really wanted to loosen up a bit on the food with family in town and the holiday. Instead, I just get to feel bad about myself and my progress. What's the point of all this restriction with no results? This isn't any different than when I was just working out and eating whatever I wanted. I'm just so tired of being the fat girl, and finally got my act together to do something about it, but NOTHING IS HAPPENING. What more can I do???
I've worked out 5 days a week for 2 weeks in a row. I'm doing weights, in the form of Body Pump, swimming, walking, biking, all for a minimum of 30 minutes, most of the time 45 minutes-over an hour, every day except 2 days each week. I do Body Pump twice a week, and walk/run or swim before Body Pump. I bike at least once a week with David, swim at least once a week, and walk at least once a week.
It's not like I haven't been watching what I eat, either. Since Monday, when I weighed 178.6, I haven't had dessert, I haven't had a single drink, I've limited myself to brown rice or 1 piece of whole grain bread at lunch only. I'm eating protein, lots of veggies, and am tracking all of my foods and weight watchers points. Yesterday, for example, I tracked absolutely everything I ate and used 29 points. That's the total points I am allowed in a day in order to lose weight even if I don't exercise. I also did a Body Pump class last night. I woke up this morning weighing 180.4 pounds!
I feel like I'm starving myself and not getting to eat anything I enjoy, I'm working out a lot, and yet nothing is happening. You may ask if maybe I'm gaining muscle, which weighs more than fat, but my clothes aren't any looser either. I just don't get it. The first two weeks 6 years ago when I did this, I lost something like 5 pounds each week. That was without any kind of exercise/burning calories. Now, not only can I not lose weight, but I actually gained this week!
I'm so frustrated and depressed about this I don't even know what to do. I'm at a loss and just can't think of why in the world I wouldn't be losing weight. This weekend I really wanted to loosen up a bit on the food with family in town and the holiday. Instead, I just get to feel bad about myself and my progress. What's the point of all this restriction with no results? This isn't any different than when I was just working out and eating whatever I wanted. I'm just so tired of being the fat girl, and finally got my act together to do something about it, but NOTHING IS HAPPENING. What more can I do???
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