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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Weigh in Day

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182 Even!!!! YAAAAA  BAAABBBBYYYY!

I have lost 2.4 lbs since the 22nd :) (thats one week people) Lets keep it up. I have unintentionally been on the "zig zag" diet... where, without going into huge detail you eat two days at or near 1200 calories, and then you eat a day at maintenance so around 2200 calories for me. Its just because some days I have more will power than others... and by doing this you can trick your body into having a high metabolism but eat at a low caloric intake for the majority of the time.... it seems to have worked this week so I will continue for the next week with more purpose and check out the results next Thursday!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Just a little outline of my goals :)

So I am just going to put this out there into the world o the weight loss goals I am going to achieve this year :) I am looking at losing a healthy 5 lbs per month... :) I think it is attainable, and manageable :)

183.8 April 27th -- DONE!
178.8 May 27th
173.8 June 27th
168.8 July 27th
163.8 Aug 27th
158.8 Sept 27th
153.8 Oct 27th
148.8 Nov 27th

There, it is out there in the universe, now it can come true :) (I might have to giggle around AUG and SEPT)

Monday, April 25, 2011

drum roll please......

183.8 lbs on April 25th 2011
Thats the lowest my weight has been since before I got pregnant with Yale! OMG!

Carry on, that is all....off to do my happy dance now!

Friday, April 22, 2011

I have.....

the best boyfriend ever. Its true. Now certain indicators of the past would not agree with that sentiment, but because I have vowed to move forward and leave the past behind, he really REALLY is amazing... Bah, screw that statement... he is the best hands down, no matter what. I could go on and on about how I haven't done the dishes once since Kane was born (10 weeks) or how he cooks all the time or that he tells me he loves me 100+ times a day.... What really hit me was today, after my shred, he went to lay down in bed, and I am in there talking to him in all my sweaty glory. Only wearing my sports bra and these neon orange pants with my stretch marks hanging out, and i am not even in the slightest sucking in my belly fat...because well... that would just be futile. Anyhoo... so there i am looking "fly" and he has the audacity to tell me I am beautiful, and that I am really slimming out. Now the scale begs to differ...they haven't budged in a few days, and as I am typing this my son is counting my rolls (including my uniboob). So while Tyler is proceeding to tell me he thinks i look good, in the back of my head i am thinking.."ya whatever buddy, look at me and tell me the opposite of what you are thinking" but really, Tyler isn't that type of guy...and frankly, I don't think his thought process had the time to think "I should try and falsly make her feel good by telling her she looks skinny" so in all my sweaty glory, I have the best boyfriend ever. Tyler... you rock!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Yay! I'm overweight!

So on myfitnesspal, they have this section called "tools" where they have tickers and badges and whatnot for your weightloss.... well they also have a BMI calculator. Now I know the BMI system has some flaws to it, but in general its a pretty accurate indicator of your weight/health. (I know large people can be perfctly healthy and thus the flaws in the system) I have for at LEAST the last 3 years ranged in the obese category. I think the highest I have checked is having an BMI of 32... ya, thats obese people. Anyhoo, today for poops and giggles I decided, what the hay, lets check it out.....and.... drumroll please... I am OVERWEIGHT here people...thats right! Overweight... I know... funny thing to get excited about, but its a lot better than obese! my new BMI is 29.8.... yeah baby... take that! oh and that is with the scale screaming at me that I STILL weight 184.4lbs... lowest since Yale

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

time is relative

20 minutes? 20 minutes used to be nothing to me. "oh I'll be there in 20 minutes" or "I'll be back in 20" Today... as i was shredding with Jillian AFTER my c25k I was on the second circuit and thinking... its only 20 minutes, why do I feel like i am going to die. Truth is. in that moment... i wasn't dying. I am dying now. now that my muscles have stopped panicing and are now bitching at me about what i am doing to them. Seriously, I have to psych myself up to go and get a glass of water for Yale when he asks... getting off the couch is Just.That.Hard. ugh....

but, and this is a huge HUGE but here! I did it! i worked out "two a days" as those athletes would say. two workouts in one day....albiet mine are only 20-25 minute work outs, I still did it... and I took the damn stairs again after my run.... thats right folks... I live on the 9th floor... yes NINTH floor... normally after a run I take the stairs because...it just seems right... and i usually start to pass out around the 3 or 4th...and i think i am going to die around the 7th... not today... today I thought i was going to die on the 8th! YEAH BABY.... hello endurance :)

Monday, April 18, 2011

14 days straight

I joined myfitnesspal a long time ago. Its this website where you track the food you eat. it helps you set up your daily caloric goal, and as you eat you track and it tells you how many more calories you need to eat in order to reach your goal. Its a pretty nifty little website and I like it because I also have the app on my phone, so there is no excuse for not logging my food. Anyhoo... i left it when i got pregnant with Kane because well, I just stopped caring and ate what i wanted..... and therefore here i am.

Anyhoo I realized today that I had a little mini goal reached! 14 days straight of logging. I am still getting the hang of things back on that website, but it is a great place to go for support and motivation (I stalk the success stories threads like a creepy old guy)

Oh ya, and a not so mini goal... I am officially at the lowest weight i have been since having Yale.... that is 3 years people. I have reached this weight only once before and it was shortly before getting pregnant with Kane when i was trying to eat Paleo. Turns out paleo doesn't work for me.. its much too restrictive and i couldn't hack it and gained back like 11 lbs before i got knocked up :)

I also did my first day of the 30 day shred today with jillian micheals. OMG. I did it in the bedroom because I was just prepared to not look good at all, and really, Tyler did not need to see me like that! I sure was right. I can say I do not remember ever EVER in my life sweating to the point that the sweat is flinging off of my face. Ya, pretty picture right there.... but damn... that crazy chick sure knows what she is doing... and that was just level one... I only have 9 more days of level one and than bam... another ass kicking... and thus follows until I am done the final 10 days at level 3.... Its going to hurt and suck, and I may just cry....but I can tell... its going to be worth it :)

on a side note.... i did not manage to do my c25k run today :( BOOOO HISSS! I know I know. My excuse is the weather... it was freaking snowing outside. And yes I already know what you are thinking, because i have thought it about 10 times today. weather is not an excuse. and really its not. but its going to be that way today. my knee is sore, it needs some sort of rest (I promise i will run tomorrow... no matter what excuses i can muster up) but my biggest issue was that i am running in my old nike shox. old shoes that the soles are worn through and i didn't want to slip. Now when my fancy new kicks show up that my lovely sister Erica bought for me for my birthday...there will be no excuses! None...nothing will be acceptable... NOPE! and I have to remember that  I really REALLY want to run with Erica this fall, and not have to watch her running ahead of me, but to be able to run WITH her.... I already have the image in my mind of how awesome it will be with us running and my mom waiting at the finish line with my two boys cheering me on.... I WILL RUN DAMNIT....

so get off my case  ok :)

Sunday, April 17, 2011

30 day shred

So tomorrow i am adding the 30 day to my work out routine. I have high hopes of doing it every single day for the next 30 days, as well as continuing on in my c25k. which means 3 times a week i will be doing "two a days" working out twice in one day. While Tyler is still laid off he is doing a good job of taking care of the boys so that i can go for my run. The plan when he goes back to work is to do my shred at some point during the day, and run at night when he gets home from work.

So they recommend that you take before pictures as well as measurments before starting the 30ds so I did.. ugh... and I had Tyler take pics of me when i first started to get on this fitness kick.... and yes.... i will share them with you...but not until the end :)

My measurments however, are public knowledge.... here we go

Neck- 14.5 in
Left arm- 13 in
Right arm 12.5 in
Waist around the belly button 42 in
Hips 44 in
Left Thigh 25 in
Right Thigh 24.5 in
L calf 16.5 in
R calf 16 in

Isn't it funny that my left side is bigger than my right? I didn't know dominant side could make that much of a difference.... Hmm...

Anyhoo... oh and my weight has been 185.5 I'd love to lose that 5lbs! if not more.... but the inches make all the difference....

Wish me luck!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Welcome back!

Okay...I am back. We welcomed a beautiful bouncy boy into our lives on February 9th 2011. He is the most amazing and HEALTHY little boy! Now that he is here, and we are both deemed to be healthy, I am back on that darned weightloss journey. I wasn't really in control of my weight gain with Kane. at the highest I was 234lbs. I am breastfeeding so the initial weight came off quickly, but now i am sort of stuck at 186. I have joined myfitnesspal again to track my calories, and i have set the goal to run a 5k this fall with my sister (or alone if she happens to get knocked up and can't race) I have started the couch to 5 k program and am just beginning week 2, but so far am loving it :) I love the feeling knowing i am pushing my body. I love the endorphins, and how i feel. But most of all, I love that I am just doing it. Me. I AM DOING IT. I am a self professed procrastinator, and am lazy lazy lazy, so for me to have the self motivation to get up and get out there. Its pretty shocking to say the least.
I have had some non scale victories already since having Kane. I fit into american eagle jeans again. I bought these jeans last summer when i was at my lowest....and i pulled them out and put them on no problem. I have a bit of a roll over the top...but no worse than when i first bought them :) I also put on a pair of jeans that have been put away since i got pregnant with yale....and they fit too!!! And today i put on a denim tube top i have had since before Tyler and I got together....and well... i could zip it up, and it was snug....but it did up.... another 10 lbs and that shirt is gunna look damned sexy on me!
I am pretty amped up about this journey. I hope can stay motvated, and honest with myself. and mostly. I hope i reach my goals and am one hot sexy chick this time next year :)