I’ve always known this about myself, but the other morning in the shower (this is where I do much of my deep thinking, lol) I was thinking about how when I’m in control of my weight (diet, exercise regimen, etc…) I’m also more in control of other aspects of my life.
I’m a much more organized person when I’m living my healthier lifestyle. Part of it, I think, stems from having to be more organized. For example, when I go to the gym 5-6 days per week I have to have a schedule: I have to get up earlier, I have to carve out time in my weekends. The house has become MUCH more organized lately. I’ve come up with a cleaning/laundry routine that is actually really easy for me to stick to, and I actually LIKE cleaning the house. I feel like I’ve accomplished something.
I also notice that when I’m being healthy, I care more about myself in general. I wear make up to work every day (not true when I was living my unhealthy ways), I wear cuter clothes (fun!).
I guess this kind of goes along with my post not too long ago about other ways of measuring success and I definitely feel like this is one of the things on that list for me!
In other news, I’ve been doing good weight wise. I logged my weight/measurements on the bodybugg site today and I had lost 0.8 pounds since last Wednesday and my waist measurement (which is the one I really care about the most) along with a couple other ones have gone down too!
My foot is getting better but still has an open cut on it, so I still haven’t been able to really do any cardio since a week and a half ago. I’ve been taking walks with the dog to try to make up for it a little, but I feel like when I finally can start running again I’m going to have lost all of the progress I’d made! I’m really hoping that, judging from the way things have been going, I should be able to start running again by this time next week. It’s just so frustrating!
Nothing too interesting, just me typing. Tying to lose weight AGAIN! Need to hold myself accountable...everyone else has a blog, why not me?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Injured...
Ugh…I was riding high on Saturday morning. My weight was the lowest I EVER remember seeing on the scale. I was so thrilled. I had just given up on caring about the number and all of a sudden it dropped. Then, we went tubing down the river and I cut my foot on a rock. Right on the side of my big toe. It KILLS to wear any shoe that touches it. I didn’t do cardio yesterday and felt SO lazy. This morning I powered through and did weights, it hurt but it wasn’t as bad as cardio would have been. I’m trying not to let it get me down too much and just really focus on my diet this week.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Finding New Ways to Measure Success
For the past 6 months I’ve been so hung up on the number that I see on the scale in the morning. I forget that there are other ways to measure success, and, since the scale seems to have come to a bit of a stand-still for the moment, I decided it was time to start measuring my success and achievements in different ways.
A few weeks ago I took my measurements for the first time ever. I’d never been interested in them, it was always pretty easy for me to see the changes on the scale and in my clothes, so I really didn’t see much of a point. When I started taking the Slym Magic, the literature encouraged people taking it to take their measurements for a couple reasons, first of which being that the supplement specifically targets belly fat, and secondly that since most people taking it gain muscle at the same time as they burn fat, even though the scale doesn’t go down, your measurements should. So I took them. I decided I would measure myself again every two weeks. So last week I measured myself again. Most measurements stayed the same, but a couple did go down. My waist went down significantly (a couple inches). This made me smile.
I’ve also seen a lot of improvements in my physical strength and stamina lately. I’ve been able to lift more weight gradually each week and have been able to run faster and for longer amounts of time. I did a 5k one Saturday, and the next Saturday took 3 minutes off of my previous time. I was pretty impressed with that.
Another thing I’ve noticed is when I go shopping, I’m pretty much exclusively in size 12 pants now. The only 14s that I have left in my closet are my summer clothes that I just can’t afford to replace right now, but they all have to be worn with belts.
So, I’m still going to weigh myself, but I’m not going to let the number depress me. I’ve done darn good in the past 6 months, and as long as the number doesn’t go up, I’m ok with it for now.
A few weeks ago I took my measurements for the first time ever. I’d never been interested in them, it was always pretty easy for me to see the changes on the scale and in my clothes, so I really didn’t see much of a point. When I started taking the Slym Magic, the literature encouraged people taking it to take their measurements for a couple reasons, first of which being that the supplement specifically targets belly fat, and secondly that since most people taking it gain muscle at the same time as they burn fat, even though the scale doesn’t go down, your measurements should. So I took them. I decided I would measure myself again every two weeks. So last week I measured myself again. Most measurements stayed the same, but a couple did go down. My waist went down significantly (a couple inches). This made me smile.
I’ve also seen a lot of improvements in my physical strength and stamina lately. I’ve been able to lift more weight gradually each week and have been able to run faster and for longer amounts of time. I did a 5k one Saturday, and the next Saturday took 3 minutes off of my previous time. I was pretty impressed with that.
Another thing I’ve noticed is when I go shopping, I’m pretty much exclusively in size 12 pants now. The only 14s that I have left in my closet are my summer clothes that I just can’t afford to replace right now, but they all have to be worn with belts.
So, I’m still going to weigh myself, but I’m not going to let the number depress me. I’ve done darn good in the past 6 months, and as long as the number doesn’t go up, I’m ok with it for now.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Highs and Lows
This past week has been full of a lot of highs and lows. Last Saturday I ran my first 5k! I did it at the gym, on the treadmill, but it was still a 5k! I did it in 40 minutes! I was so proud of myself (and still am).
Overall, the past two weeks have been really stressful at work. I have still been working out (with the exception of skipping the gym this past Sunday), and have been eating fairly well (but admittedly not as good as I could be). And I haven’t been losing weight. I know. I know it’s just one week, and that there are a LOT of factors that go into weight fluctuation. I’m trying really hard not to get frustrated about it, but it’s hard not too, especially after the two weeks prior to this were going REALLY good weight wise.
It’s weeks/days/times like this that I start to question how often I weigh myself. I used to strongly believe that one should only weigh themselves once a week (when I was on Weight Watchers). This made sense to me. Sometime in the past six months since I’ve been doing the Bodybugg thing, I’ve started weighing myself every day. I know that the final outcome of a weeks worth of work is going to be the same whether I weigh myself once a day or only on a certain day of the week, but I think that if I weigh myself every day it motivates me day by day instead of week by week. For example, if I slip up and eat something I shouldn’t be (like I did last night at dinner) and see the effects on the scale (like I did this morning) then it will motivate me the next day (and days there after) to eat better/work out more, then if I weigh myself again the next couple of days and see that number start to come down again, it proves to me that eat bad=gain weight, eat good/work out = lose weight. Now, clearly this is something that I already know, but it helps to see it sometimes.
I’m going call this week a wash. I’m not going to record my weight on my bodybugg (I know this is kind of like being in denial but seriously the last two weeks have been so hard and stressful that I just don’t even care right now). I gave myself a pep talk after I got off the scale this morning and reminded myself that it’s not all about the number on the scale. I’m still keeping myself healthy by eating well and working out. And, I did give myself a whole year to lose those 25 pounds, so it’s OK if I didn’t lose any weight this week. Shit happens. Today is a new day, this week is a new week (oh and hey, today is also the beginning of a new month!). There will be highs and lows, such is life. The key is to stay motivated through the lows, and not let them get me discouraged.
On that note, I’m heading to the gym!
Overall, the past two weeks have been really stressful at work. I have still been working out (with the exception of skipping the gym this past Sunday), and have been eating fairly well (but admittedly not as good as I could be). And I haven’t been losing weight. I know. I know it’s just one week, and that there are a LOT of factors that go into weight fluctuation. I’m trying really hard not to get frustrated about it, but it’s hard not too, especially after the two weeks prior to this were going REALLY good weight wise.
It’s weeks/days/times like this that I start to question how often I weigh myself. I used to strongly believe that one should only weigh themselves once a week (when I was on Weight Watchers). This made sense to me. Sometime in the past six months since I’ve been doing the Bodybugg thing, I’ve started weighing myself every day. I know that the final outcome of a weeks worth of work is going to be the same whether I weigh myself once a day or only on a certain day of the week, but I think that if I weigh myself every day it motivates me day by day instead of week by week. For example, if I slip up and eat something I shouldn’t be (like I did last night at dinner) and see the effects on the scale (like I did this morning) then it will motivate me the next day (and days there after) to eat better/work out more, then if I weigh myself again the next couple of days and see that number start to come down again, it proves to me that eat bad=gain weight, eat good/work out = lose weight. Now, clearly this is something that I already know, but it helps to see it sometimes.
I’m going call this week a wash. I’m not going to record my weight on my bodybugg (I know this is kind of like being in denial but seriously the last two weeks have been so hard and stressful that I just don’t even care right now). I gave myself a pep talk after I got off the scale this morning and reminded myself that it’s not all about the number on the scale. I’m still keeping myself healthy by eating well and working out. And, I did give myself a whole year to lose those 25 pounds, so it’s OK if I didn’t lose any weight this week. Shit happens. Today is a new day, this week is a new week (oh and hey, today is also the beginning of a new month!). There will be highs and lows, such is life. The key is to stay motivated through the lows, and not let them get me discouraged.
On that note, I’m heading to the gym!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Yay!
I had a GREAT weekend. No particular reason, just the perfect combination of relaxing and having fun. Also, I stayed on track and for the first time in a LONG time, actually lost weight instead of gaining or staying even. I stayed on track eating and finally got to go back to the gym for the first time since being sick. It felt AWESOME to step on the scale this morning and see a lower number than I have in a really long time. As of this morning I weigh 163. So awesome. I think that Slym Magic that I started taking may actually be helping! Tonight we’re going out to dinner to celebrate father’s day so my goal will be to keep it healthy. We’re going to a little Italian place so I’m going to just stick with pasta and red sauce and a side salad.
Goal for the week:
Continue gearing up for a 5k. My goal for this week is to start walking/interval training a 5k instead of just going for the 30 minutes I usually do on the treadmill. At least on Saturday, time constraints due to working out before work on Mondays and Wednesdays may force me to keep it to my 30 minutes, but we’ll see!
Goal for the week:
Continue gearing up for a 5k. My goal for this week is to start walking/interval training a 5k instead of just going for the 30 minutes I usually do on the treadmill. At least on Saturday, time constraints due to working out before work on Mondays and Wednesdays may force me to keep it to my 30 minutes, but we’ll see!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Another decision made...
So, I made a decision today to do another thing I never thought I would do. I decided I’m going to try taking a natural supplement called Slym Magic. It is an all natural appetite suppressant and metabolism booster. I decided to do that because right now I’m at a plateau, one that I’ve hit many times before. In the past, when I hit this point, I gave up. I’m determined not to give up this time, I will get past this! So, I decided that I need a little help, a little boost. I bought a 60 capsule bottle which should last me between 1 and two months. We’ll see how it goes. I’m still going to be watching my calories and working out at the same intensity (if not more). I just feel like my body needs a little help at this point, and since it’s all natural and I know the person selling it has done a ton of her own research on all of the individual ingredients in it, I’m going to give it a try.
On the one hand, I’m excited to try it. On the other hand I feel like people will think I’m trying to cheat nature or take the easy way out, even though I know that’s not the case. I’m just going to have to get over what other people think!
As far as this week goes, so far I’ve been right on track! Right back into eating right and working out after this weekend. It feels so good to be back in the swing of things! I’m hoping that this weekend does not present as many challenges as last weekend! I know I’m going out to dinner on Friday night and possibly Saturday but I’m hoping to eat in and healthy the rest of the weekend!
On the one hand, I’m excited to try it. On the other hand I feel like people will think I’m trying to cheat nature or take the easy way out, even though I know that’s not the case. I’m just going to have to get over what other people think!
As far as this week goes, so far I’ve been right on track! Right back into eating right and working out after this weekend. It feels so good to be back in the swing of things! I’m hoping that this weekend does not present as many challenges as last weekend! I know I’m going out to dinner on Friday night and possibly Saturday but I’m hoping to eat in and healthy the rest of the weekend!
Frustrated (from Sunday 6-13-10)
I’m frustrated for a couple of reasons tonight. We went to our friend’s cabin for the weekend and I had this grand plan that I was going to eat somewhat healthy and stay active…
Well, I didn’t eat healthy, and I didn’t stay as active as I had planned. It was a rainy, gloomy weekend, so much of it was spent inside the cabin, eating and drinking. We did get out and went shopping for a few hours on Saturday so I guess that was more active than sitting on the couch for those couple of hours…but I didn’t go on a run like I had planned. I’m just frustrated with myself for letting my guard down so much and for letting myself just completely lose control. But, I’m trying to not be negative and dwell on things, so I suppose the silver lining is that it was only two days, and as of dinner time tonight I’m back on track eating wise, and determined to stay there. Another thing I determined this weekend is that I’m really not a big fan of drinking anymore. I drank beer all weekend, and not only did it not taste all that great, but I barely got buzzed and just felt like crap the next morning. Not to mention all of the empty calories.
The second reason I’m so frustrated is that I gain weight REALLY fast. Or at least I feel like I do. I’ve been in the upper 160’s for the past week or two, and tonight when I got home I weighed 175…GROSS…6-7 pounds in 2 days?! Is that even possible?! I know that I’ll be able to get it under control as long as I get myself back under control, but it’s still depressing to see.
Well, I didn’t eat healthy, and I didn’t stay as active as I had planned. It was a rainy, gloomy weekend, so much of it was spent inside the cabin, eating and drinking. We did get out and went shopping for a few hours on Saturday so I guess that was more active than sitting on the couch for those couple of hours…but I didn’t go on a run like I had planned. I’m just frustrated with myself for letting my guard down so much and for letting myself just completely lose control. But, I’m trying to not be negative and dwell on things, so I suppose the silver lining is that it was only two days, and as of dinner time tonight I’m back on track eating wise, and determined to stay there. Another thing I determined this weekend is that I’m really not a big fan of drinking anymore. I drank beer all weekend, and not only did it not taste all that great, but I barely got buzzed and just felt like crap the next morning. Not to mention all of the empty calories.
The second reason I’m so frustrated is that I gain weight REALLY fast. Or at least I feel like I do. I’ve been in the upper 160’s for the past week or two, and tonight when I got home I weighed 175…GROSS…6-7 pounds in 2 days?! Is that even possible?! I know that I’ll be able to get it under control as long as I get myself back under control, but it’s still depressing to see.
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