Last week: 216.8
This week: 214.8
Loss: -2.0
Total: -35.2
And another week in the bag.
I find myself doing things that I'm not sure if I can qualify as a bad habit or not, as the weight is still coming off. It is something I'll continue to keep an eye on though. My weekends for most of January have been untracked.
During the week, I track without fail. Every single thing gets put in the tracker, whether I'm over or under points for the day. On the weekends, not so much. In fact, while I'm still mindful of portions, and what I'm eating, I tend to relax a bit and take the weekends 'off'.
That's not to say I'm going out and gorging on junk food, making unhealthy choices or eating until I feel like I'm going to pop. If I'm at home, I cook a meal, mentally tally the points and leave it at that. If we happen to be out, I may have a ceasar salad instead of a garden salad, but I'll skip the appetizer of deep fried cheese (trust me, that's a sacrifice in and of itself) and the fettuccini alfredo, but if I want a burger, I'll have a burger. The funny part is they're not all high point days when I'm not tracking. Last Sunday, I had an egg substitute omelette for breakfast, a late lunch of soup and melba toast and forgot about supper entirely. Looking back I counted it up and it worked out to about 500 calories for the day. Oops. Although it does explain why breakfast the next day tasted phenomenal. (Which is pretty impressive considering it was salted oatmeal with some flax seed. Tasty I'll grant you but phenomenal is a stretch)
The weight is still dropping, so I'm not inclined to change this right now, but I think it's something I have to keep an eye on so it doesn't get out of control too. It'd be too easy to include Friday and Monday in the 'weekend' and let things creep up until I'm not paying attention at all. But if it doesn't creep up, it'll be nice to know that I can eat normally at least a few days out of the week without having to be as obsessive as I am currently about numbers.
I think that might be part of my long term goals with this. Not only to lose the weight which is of course key, but to teach myself to eat 'properly' without having to measure, weigh, track and obsess. Now here's hoping it's not the first step on the slippery slope back to where I was.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Week 12 - Back on track
Last week: 218
This week: 216.8
Loss: -1.2
Total: -33.2
Huzzah!
I made it to the gym all five days last week, for the full amount of time each time. I feel much better about that. Also spent more time just moving in general. I've started a carpentry class with my sister, which teaches us basic carpentry and a primer on both the power and hand tools that are commonly used and we went to the Wonderful Wedding Show on Saturday, which worked out to a couple hours of wading through crazy numbers of people to look at over the top displays on everything from flowers to tables to formal wear. I had fun, but it was a very overwhelming experience.
I've been at this now for a total of three months, and a lot of the things that were ridiculously hard in the beginning have become much easier/more ingrained. They're turning into habits, which is what I hoped would happen.
When I first started this weight loss thing in October, I went to the gym every day after work, and spent 25 minutes on the treadmill. My speed was between 2.5 and 2.8 mph, and I'd spike my heartrate up to 150bpm by the time I was done my walk. On top of that, I was absolutely wrecked when I got home, and it was a huge challenge to get in and get enough brain power happening to get a healthy supper started. We'd eat, I'd collapse on the couch for the evening and read a book or watch tv and be exhausted, then go to bed at 9pm.
Now, I still go to the gym every day after work, but there's some changes. I spend 40 minutes on the treadmill, and my 'beginning/stretch' speed is 3mph, and this isn't enough to get my heartrate over 110. I move the speed up every couple minutes until I'm at 3.5mph, then I do the next 30 minutes at that rate. Thanks to wee stubby legs I can't actually get much above 3.5 without starting to jog so I've been playing with the incline settings and slowly increasing them to keep my heartrate between 130 and 150 for most of the time. Jogging starts in another 17lbs, I'd like to drop below 200 before I begin putting extra stress on my knees. I've had them give out on me before, and I cannot overstate how much I don't want that to happen again.
When I'm done with the gym, I head home, get supper going and head upstairs to shower while it cooks. I'm a little tired from the workout, but I'm no longer an exhausted wreck who can't do anything but lie still. (I admit, I still DO three days out of five once I get home and read or play video games, but it's not because I have to, its because Dragon Age Inquisition is a damnably addictive game with lots of content to explore.) But things like housework, laundry, wedding planning etc can now be handled as well.
It's nice to look back at the progress made, and not necessarily the numbers on the scale. I will own up to the fact that I still don't particularly like the gym, but I miss it when I don't go and I'm willing to take that.
The last thing I'm going to mention this week, is I've been carefully taking pictures of myself every week in a full length mirror at work, and lets see what 33.2 lbs missing actually looks like.
There we go. Green shirt is October 20, 2014 at my maximum weight of 250. Turquoise shirt was taken this morning January 20, 2015 at 216.8
This week: 216.8
Loss: -1.2
Total: -33.2
Huzzah!
I made it to the gym all five days last week, for the full amount of time each time. I feel much better about that. Also spent more time just moving in general. I've started a carpentry class with my sister, which teaches us basic carpentry and a primer on both the power and hand tools that are commonly used and we went to the Wonderful Wedding Show on Saturday, which worked out to a couple hours of wading through crazy numbers of people to look at over the top displays on everything from flowers to tables to formal wear. I had fun, but it was a very overwhelming experience.
I've been at this now for a total of three months, and a lot of the things that were ridiculously hard in the beginning have become much easier/more ingrained. They're turning into habits, which is what I hoped would happen.
When I first started this weight loss thing in October, I went to the gym every day after work, and spent 25 minutes on the treadmill. My speed was between 2.5 and 2.8 mph, and I'd spike my heartrate up to 150bpm by the time I was done my walk. On top of that, I was absolutely wrecked when I got home, and it was a huge challenge to get in and get enough brain power happening to get a healthy supper started. We'd eat, I'd collapse on the couch for the evening and read a book or watch tv and be exhausted, then go to bed at 9pm.
Now, I still go to the gym every day after work, but there's some changes. I spend 40 minutes on the treadmill, and my 'beginning/stretch' speed is 3mph, and this isn't enough to get my heartrate over 110. I move the speed up every couple minutes until I'm at 3.5mph, then I do the next 30 minutes at that rate. Thanks to wee stubby legs I can't actually get much above 3.5 without starting to jog so I've been playing with the incline settings and slowly increasing them to keep my heartrate between 130 and 150 for most of the time. Jogging starts in another 17lbs, I'd like to drop below 200 before I begin putting extra stress on my knees. I've had them give out on me before, and I cannot overstate how much I don't want that to happen again.
When I'm done with the gym, I head home, get supper going and head upstairs to shower while it cooks. I'm a little tired from the workout, but I'm no longer an exhausted wreck who can't do anything but lie still. (I admit, I still DO three days out of five once I get home and read or play video games, but it's not because I have to, its because Dragon Age Inquisition is a damnably addictive game with lots of content to explore.) But things like housework, laundry, wedding planning etc can now be handled as well.
It's nice to look back at the progress made, and not necessarily the numbers on the scale. I will own up to the fact that I still don't particularly like the gym, but I miss it when I don't go and I'm willing to take that.
The last thing I'm going to mention this week, is I've been carefully taking pictures of myself every week in a full length mirror at work, and lets see what 33.2 lbs missing actually looks like.
There we go. Green shirt is October 20, 2014 at my maximum weight of 250. Turquoise shirt was taken this morning January 20, 2015 at 216.8
Monday, 12 January 2015
Week 8 to ugh... Week 11. *hangs head*
So. I had all these fantastic ideas for blogging over the holidays. For discussing the trials, tribulations and the unique set of problems that the holidays bring you when you're actively trying to lose weight. I thought I'd be eloquent, thought provoking, soul baring, you name it.
Yeah. Looks like that didn't happen did it?
Today is January 12 here's a quick breakdown of the numbers leading up to this;
Dec 15: 225.2
Dec 22: 224.4
Lost: -0.8
Total: 25.6
Dec 22: 224.4
Dec 29: 221
Lost: -3.4
Total: 29.0
Dec 29: 221
Jan 5: 220.2
Lost: -0.8
Total: 29.8
Last week: 220.2
This week: 218.0
Lost: -2.2
Total: 32
Trends: It feels like I'm losing weight on a 2 week schedule. Every second week is a bigger loss, with a smaller one in the interim weeks. The other thing that comes to mind is the weight loss on any given week seems to be mostly affected by what I ate the week before, not the week of. Note the 3+ lb loss over Christmas. There's no way given what I ate that week that I should be showing a large loss, especially since the week before when I lost the 0.8 I stuck to the plan religiously, knowing that Christmas week was largely a write off.
Weight loss has also slowed down signifigantly, which is good. I feel better about the current weight loss speed than the earlier plunge off a cliff. Not that it wasn't lovely watching the numbers come off, but I've read all sorts of horror stories about complications of losing weight too fast and I'd really like to avoid those. That and I'm not being closely monitored by my Doctor on this to catch problems early (Next weigh in/cholesterol check is in April, so I'm a few months out)
As for the gym, I've been slacking off there and I need to fix it. Between the Christmas holidays and last week I ended up working overtime, five days a week at the gym seems to have fallen off the schedule, and I'm making only 2 to 3 days per week and that absolutely has to change.
All in all, I'm kind of glad the holiday season is over, and I can return to routine. Routine food, exercise, work, and some not routine of wedding and social planning. If I didn't have something to add stress to my life I'd probably be bored. Or so I keep telling myself.
Yeah. Looks like that didn't happen did it?
Today is January 12 here's a quick breakdown of the numbers leading up to this;
Dec 15: 225.2
Dec 22: 224.4
Lost: -0.8
Total: 25.6
Dec 22: 224.4
Dec 29: 221
Lost: -3.4
Total: 29.0
Dec 29: 221
Jan 5: 220.2
Lost: -0.8
Total: 29.8
Last week: 220.2
This week: 218.0
Lost: -2.2
Total: 32
Trends: It feels like I'm losing weight on a 2 week schedule. Every second week is a bigger loss, with a smaller one in the interim weeks. The other thing that comes to mind is the weight loss on any given week seems to be mostly affected by what I ate the week before, not the week of. Note the 3+ lb loss over Christmas. There's no way given what I ate that week that I should be showing a large loss, especially since the week before when I lost the 0.8 I stuck to the plan religiously, knowing that Christmas week was largely a write off.
Weight loss has also slowed down signifigantly, which is good. I feel better about the current weight loss speed than the earlier plunge off a cliff. Not that it wasn't lovely watching the numbers come off, but I've read all sorts of horror stories about complications of losing weight too fast and I'd really like to avoid those. That and I'm not being closely monitored by my Doctor on this to catch problems early (Next weigh in/cholesterol check is in April, so I'm a few months out)
As for the gym, I've been slacking off there and I need to fix it. Between the Christmas holidays and last week I ended up working overtime, five days a week at the gym seems to have fallen off the schedule, and I'm making only 2 to 3 days per week and that absolutely has to change.
All in all, I'm kind of glad the holiday season is over, and I can return to routine. Routine food, exercise, work, and some not routine of wedding and social planning. If I didn't have something to add stress to my life I'd probably be bored. Or so I keep telling myself.
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