A couple of days after resolving to get back on track and lose the flab I've been putting on since my wedding, I found out that I'm pregnant. I'm just finishing up a few weeks of being crazy-tired and I've now progressed to daily nausea. FUN! I also had some alarming spotting this past week which has me paranoid about exerting myself now, until I get a Dr's OK. Of course, working out while feeling lethargic and/or close to puking won't be much fun either. >sigh<
PlumPetals - you keep motivating me via your blog to get back into a good routine we soon as I'm able, OK? And after September, I am going BERSERK to make up for lost time. I really hope some of my workout cyber-buddies will still be around and sharing their ideas and motivation then.
And now...I will just expand for awhile...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Been gone awhile. Got married, been happy, getting flabby
Oh, it is so time to get back ON it! I achieved my goals last summer and felt great, but then the chaos of wedding planning, the move into a new home, the new routine, the fact that my usual late night workouts which I'd stuck with for over a decade are no longer convenient or "marriage-friendly", AND the fact that my new TV won't hook up to my old DVD/VHS player with all my usual workouts, all have made it a challenge to get any workouts in. I'm so content with life lately that I haven't felt any big drive to make a difference and get into a new exercise routine. But I MISS IT. I really do miss the feeling of finishing an exhausting workout. I feel like me then - like I'm tapping into something in my core that I haven't tapped into in a long time now, and I miss that part of me. I've worked out twice since October - once to an old VHS tape without sound, and once by putting my DVD into my computer. I've gone from working out 6 days a week to once a month. I can't become this. I have to change it now before this becomes my new routine. The weight has been creeping back up on me and I see flab where I was seeing muscle tone in the summer. I'm eating the same, but without the workouts, I can't maintain what I'd achieved.
I started up at myfitnesspal again today, and I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning. That will be cringe-inducing, I'm sure! My loose jeans from summer are fitting well now. My perfectly fitted pants are all getting tight now. I'm muffin topping over my favorite jeans as I type this. Not good. I want to look my best for my new husband. I want him to get used to living with me with all my good habits - even if that means he has to read in bed for awhile while I workout in our living room at night. He gets his workout in everyday away from home, and I admire that. I don't want to be the lazy spouse!
So I'm on it. 1st goal is to stick to MyFitnessPal for 2 weeks no matter how much it pains me to see the consumed calories compared to the burned off ones. That will be my incentive to workout without excuse each night - whatever the workout may be, and to limit the bad foods that make the workout all the more necessary.
Ah - it just feels good to post here again. I'm already on it, this means. >whew< about time.
I started up at myfitnesspal again today, and I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning. That will be cringe-inducing, I'm sure! My loose jeans from summer are fitting well now. My perfectly fitted pants are all getting tight now. I'm muffin topping over my favorite jeans as I type this. Not good. I want to look my best for my new husband. I want him to get used to living with me with all my good habits - even if that means he has to read in bed for awhile while I workout in our living room at night. He gets his workout in everyday away from home, and I admire that. I don't want to be the lazy spouse!
So I'm on it. 1st goal is to stick to MyFitnessPal for 2 weeks no matter how much it pains me to see the consumed calories compared to the burned off ones. That will be my incentive to workout without excuse each night - whatever the workout may be, and to limit the bad foods that make the workout all the more necessary.
Ah - it just feels good to post here again. I'm already on it, this means. >whew< about time.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
>whew!< Back down! 144.6
Last week's weigh in was freaky. Since I'm still alive, alert and energetic, it's safe to assume I didn't burn off 4.2 lbs of fat in 7 days to go from 148.8 to 144.6. It's just those TOM weigh in days that screw with ya...
My week:
Tues: ate 1516 cals. Burned 536 cals (60 min Tae Bo Ripped w/ weights)
Wed: ate 1637 cals. Burned 346 cals (37 min Crunch step aerobics)
Thur: ate 1513 cals. Burned 805 cals (1hr 48min hiking/rock climbing)
Fri: ate 1909 cals. (No exercise)
Sat: ate 2117 cals. Burned 803 cals (1 hr 42 min tennis)
Sun: ate 1312 cals. Burned 390 cals (50 min reg. Tae Bo - no wts)
Mon: ate 1892 cals. Burned 303 cals (42 min Jillian Michaels Killer Buns & Thighs, level 3)
11,899 cals consumed
3183 cals burned in 6 1/2 hrs exercise
TOTAL: 8716 cals for the week (316 over goal)
My friend made me a homemade flan yesterday. It's in my fridge, all perfectly scrumptious and wonderful. I am going to share it with as many people as I possibly can, and make certain to play tennis AND hike this week. I want to hit my lowest weight in years next Tuesday....below 144.
I am really motivated by the muscle tone I'm seeing in the mirror. Still got that stubborn layer of cellulite over the back of thighs and butt though...Will it EVER go away? (Will the flan help?!?!)
I went to that bridal shower for my ex-niece that I'd been looking forward to with some dread. Not only didn't my ex in laws travel in to attend, but even her own local teenage sister didn't attend. And these aren't the bitches - these are the sweet kids. But I guess in a wacky family with a bitchy matriarch, it's OK to blow off your loved ones' big events. It's sad...I can't imagine what could keep me away from my sister's (or Granddaughter's!) bridal shower. I'm glad I have my family...and they can keep theirs. (FTR, I had 3 mimosas there, and wore a very pretty size 6 dress and felt fit, thin and pretty good!)
My week:
Tues: ate 1516 cals. Burned 536 cals (60 min Tae Bo Ripped w/ weights)
Wed: ate 1637 cals. Burned 346 cals (37 min Crunch step aerobics)
Thur: ate 1513 cals. Burned 805 cals (1hr 48min hiking/rock climbing)
Fri: ate 1909 cals. (No exercise)
Sat: ate 2117 cals. Burned 803 cals (1 hr 42 min tennis)
Sun: ate 1312 cals. Burned 390 cals (50 min reg. Tae Bo - no wts)
Mon: ate 1892 cals. Burned 303 cals (42 min Jillian Michaels Killer Buns & Thighs, level 3)
11,899 cals consumed
3183 cals burned in 6 1/2 hrs exercise
TOTAL: 8716 cals for the week (316 over goal)
My friend made me a homemade flan yesterday. It's in my fridge, all perfectly scrumptious and wonderful. I am going to share it with as many people as I possibly can, and make certain to play tennis AND hike this week. I want to hit my lowest weight in years next Tuesday....below 144.
I am really motivated by the muscle tone I'm seeing in the mirror. Still got that stubborn layer of cellulite over the back of thighs and butt though...Will it EVER go away? (Will the flan help?!?!)
I went to that bridal shower for my ex-niece that I'd been looking forward to with some dread. Not only didn't my ex in laws travel in to attend, but even her own local teenage sister didn't attend. And these aren't the bitches - these are the sweet kids. But I guess in a wacky family with a bitchy matriarch, it's OK to blow off your loved ones' big events. It's sad...I can't imagine what could keep me away from my sister's (or Granddaughter's!) bridal shower. I'm glad I have my family...and they can keep theirs. (FTR, I had 3 mimosas there, and wore a very pretty size 6 dress and felt fit, thin and pretty good!)
Thursday, May 31, 2012
My workout buddy is gone
Today's report:
Exercise: Hiking/Rock climbing - 1 hr 48 min
I had to have my sweet kitty of 15 years put to sleep 2 days ago, and it's awful exercising at home now, because it's the 1st time since I started working out at home that she's not here to get in the way. I never thought I'd miss that so much. It was an annoyance for all these years. She particularly liked to sit in front of the full length mirror I'd put up to keep check on my form... Just sit and gaze at herself, then at me through the mirror, then back at herself. (Vain little thing.) Then she'd come close to me when I did floor work and try to lay as close to my head as possible when I had to lay supine, or she'd come up and sniff my face. I'd have to nudge her away, and she'd give me an annoyed "Hmmmmm" - like an "alright, fine..." EVERY time.
Rest in peace, sweet girl. :( I think I'll always think of her and smile for the rest of my life when I workout at home - when that full length mirror is completely unobstructed, and no one bugs me during crunches. >sigh<
Your Daily Summary
492
CALORIES REMAINING
| Goal | Food | Exercise | = Net |
| 1200 | 1513 | - 805 | 708 |
Exercise: Hiking/Rock climbing - 1 hr 48 min
I had to have my sweet kitty of 15 years put to sleep 2 days ago, and it's awful exercising at home now, because it's the 1st time since I started working out at home that she's not here to get in the way. I never thought I'd miss that so much. It was an annoyance for all these years. She particularly liked to sit in front of the full length mirror I'd put up to keep check on my form... Just sit and gaze at herself, then at me through the mirror, then back at herself. (Vain little thing.) Then she'd come close to me when I did floor work and try to lay as close to my head as possible when I had to lay supine, or she'd come up and sniff my face. I'd have to nudge her away, and she'd give me an annoyed "Hmmmmm" - like an "alright, fine..." EVERY time.
Rest in peace, sweet girl. :( I think I'll always think of her and smile for the rest of my life when I workout at home - when that full length mirror is completely unobstructed, and no one bugs me during crunches. >sigh<
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
It's worse than I thought. A lot worse.
I was 144 two wks ago.
145.6 last week.
148.8 this week. Ah, being a woman is such a joy.... I love how my period always starts the night before or morning of weighing myself.
I have no idea what this weight reflects. Fat, muscle, water weight...whatever. What I do know is that I can be eating better, and I should be more focused on the nutrition and how I feel, and less on the scale #. And I also know that, though I know this - I really do! - I still seem to care most about the scale #.... and I don't know how to get past that. And then again, maybe I don't really have to. Maybe my gain over 2 weeks is indicative of an issue I need to address. Maybe I need to stop splurging here and there and telling myself I "earned it", or that I'll work it off later. Maybe when I get to the point where the scale is saying what I want it to say, it will be because I've put in the effort to control myself and eat wiser. Or rather - to not eat dumber. (B/C really, it's those dumb eating spells that do me in.)
4.8 lbs gained in two weeks though. Sheesh....
Today's report:
Exercise: Crunch Fitness Step & Sweat w/ 10" step
Yesterdays' report:
Exercise: Tae Bo Ripped Extreme w/ weights
145.6 last week.
148.8 this week. Ah, being a woman is such a joy.... I love how my period always starts the night before or morning of weighing myself.
I have no idea what this weight reflects. Fat, muscle, water weight...whatever. What I do know is that I can be eating better, and I should be more focused on the nutrition and how I feel, and less on the scale #. And I also know that, though I know this - I really do! - I still seem to care most about the scale #.... and I don't know how to get past that. And then again, maybe I don't really have to. Maybe my gain over 2 weeks is indicative of an issue I need to address. Maybe I need to stop splurging here and there and telling myself I "earned it", or that I'll work it off later. Maybe when I get to the point where the scale is saying what I want it to say, it will be because I've put in the effort to control myself and eat wiser. Or rather - to not eat dumber. (B/C really, it's those dumb eating spells that do me in.)
4.8 lbs gained in two weeks though. Sheesh....
Today's report:
Your Daily Summary
-91
CALORIES REMAINING
| Goal | Food | Exercise | = Net |
| 1200 | 1637 | - 346 | 1291 |
Yesterdays' report:
Your Daily Summary
220
CALORIES REMAINING
| Goal | Food | Exercise | = Net |
| 1200 | 1516 | - 536 | 980 |
Monday, May 28, 2012
Week 16 Complete - Another weigh in to face
Today's report:
Weigh in tomorrow....But I can't exercise tonight. I did something bad to my lower back, and then - stupidly - I did last night's workout despite it still nagging me. Some of the moves really irritated it more. I took them very easy, but still, it was clearly a mistake since I hurt now and can't bend or straighten without feeling like I'm creaking.
3 mimosas and a beer didn't help my calorie count today, but I am still under my cal amount for the week. However, my period is just starting tonight, so who knows... I have a 1.6 lb gain I was trying to work off. I think I'll get a more accurate account of this week's success at next week's weigh in rather than now. I'm also looking puffy suddenly today. Just not a happy time to get on the scale. But I will.
This week's stats:
Tue: ate 1433 cals. Burned 346 cals doing 38 min step aerobics
Wed: ate 1737 cals. Burned 536 cals doing 1 hr cardio w/ weight work.
Thur: ate 1319 cals. Burned 925 cals playing tennis for 2 hrs
Fri: ate 2365 cals. No exercise
Sat: ate 1647 cals. Burned 925 cals playing tennis for 2 hrs (didn't use HRM again - just used info from last time, same length of time)
Sun: ate 1817 cals. Burned 464 cals doing 1 hr cardio and weight work
Mon: ate 2332 cals. No exercise.
Total cals for week: 12,650
Total burned: 3,196 (6 hrs 40 min of exercise)
TOTAL: 9,454 (1,054 over goal for week....crap.)
Your Daily Summary
-1132
CALORIES REMAINING
| Goal | Food | Exercise | = Net |
| 1200 | 2332 | 0 | 2332 |
Weigh in tomorrow....But I can't exercise tonight. I did something bad to my lower back, and then - stupidly - I did last night's workout despite it still nagging me. Some of the moves really irritated it more. I took them very easy, but still, it was clearly a mistake since I hurt now and can't bend or straighten without feeling like I'm creaking.
3 mimosas and a beer didn't help my calorie count today, but I am still under my cal amount for the week. However, my period is just starting tonight, so who knows... I have a 1.6 lb gain I was trying to work off. I think I'll get a more accurate account of this week's success at next week's weigh in rather than now. I'm also looking puffy suddenly today. Just not a happy time to get on the scale. But I will.
This week's stats:
Tue: ate 1433 cals. Burned 346 cals doing 38 min step aerobics
Wed: ate 1737 cals. Burned 536 cals doing 1 hr cardio w/ weight work.
Thur: ate 1319 cals. Burned 925 cals playing tennis for 2 hrs
Fri: ate 2365 cals. No exercise
Sat: ate 1647 cals. Burned 925 cals playing tennis for 2 hrs (didn't use HRM again - just used info from last time, same length of time)
Sun: ate 1817 cals. Burned 464 cals doing 1 hr cardio and weight work
Mon: ate 2332 cals. No exercise.
Total cals for week: 12,650
Total burned: 3,196 (6 hrs 40 min of exercise)
TOTAL: 9,454 (1,054 over goal for week....crap.)
Sunday, May 27, 2012
just my daily reports
Friday's report:
Saturday's report:
exercise: 2 hrs tennis
Sunday's report:
Your Daily Summary
-1165
CALORIES REMAINING
Goal
|
Food
|
Exercise
|
= Net
|
1200
|
2365
|
0
|
2365
|
Saturday's report:
Your Daily Summary
477
CALORIES REMAINING
Goal
|
Food
|
Exercise
|
= Net
|
1200
|
1647
|
- 924
|
723
|
exercise: 2 hrs tennis
Sunday's report:
Your Daily Summary
-153
CALORIES REMAINING
| Goal | Food | Exercise | = Net |
| 1200 | 1817 | - 464 | 1353 |
exercise: Jillian Michaels' Shed & Shred 1&2 w/ weights
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