Well, I weighed in this morning at 257.0, which is 101.2 pounds from where I started this time, and 150.0 from my top known weight. It’s been a pretty good month. The weight lost came out a little higher than I expected. I see a trend towards lower exercise and I'm going to work hard this coming month to try and combat this. I'll still likely have to move around days because of tests, however, this coming week I'll definitely plan some exercise before my test as I did the last time. Overall though, decent progress.
calories per day: 2115, hr monitor: 5383 cals total
strength training: 11h 55m
walking outside: 2h 00m, treadmill: 1h 00m
avg daily exercise: 28 mins (174 cals per day)
weight lost: 9.0 pounds
Now I need to think about goals for next month. I don’t set weight lost goals, as I feel I would be disappointed if I didn’t meet them. I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable. Although you can do certain things to help, you can’t force your body to lose weight on a schedule. So, on to the goals for next month.
Eat within plan every day (2300 lifting days, 2150 cardio days, 2000 rest days)
Drink water every day (18 cups min.)
Exercise (60 mins cardio 2 days, ~60 mins strength training 3 days)
From a couple of tests at school I definitely keep my level of activities up during the days I'm at school. This is likely from lugging around books/water/lunch/purse from the back of the parking lot and such. So at the moment I don't plan to change the calorie levels at all.
The plan is to lift Tues(PM), Thurs(AM), Sun(AM). The cardio will be 2 hours between Wed/Thu/Sat/Sun. On the first day of December I’ll take a look at these and see how I’ve done. Wish me luck!
Well, I did do some studying today, but probably not enough. I took a quick trip to Vineland today to pick up some frozen cherries. I ended up getting sour cherries as I think the vanilla whey tends to be a bit sweet. I also bought some apples and a few plums on the way home. I also spent some time in the afternoon playing with AutoCad so I should be okay on Monday... until he throws something else at us!
So tomorrow I will try to study more and will do some kind of workout. What I really want to do is play with the chin-up bar, but not at the end of my workout. So I'll likely just move things around (and maybe not do a complete workout), we'll see.
Food for the day:
Total: 2005 (32% fat, 36% carbs, 31% protein)
Breakfast: two fried eggs, chocolate pecan bread, jam, clementines (349)
AM Snack: protein shake (135)
Lunch: whole wheat tortilla, eye of round, cheese, potato chips, apple (538)
PM Snack: carrots, hummus (178)
Dinner: spicy meatloaf, bean/carrot blend, butter, salad w/dressing (466)
Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad (339)
Good for you, Anne. Your goals look great. I love clementines. They are such a low calorie treat! And great job on avoiding the chip bowl. I have managed to stay away from all the Halloween candy this year!
I also wanted to add that I think you did a good job on avoiding the chip bowl. I love potato chips I'm sure I would have caved and not just one bag either. Now candy on the other hand I can take or leave. I've had a little candy but only what I've planned for. I can have one fun size piece and let the rest go untouched for days. We rarely get trick or treaters here (too rural plus it's been really rainy yesterday and today) so we don't have much to get rid of.
Anne, you are *so* smart.. going to bed when you actually would love to cave in. For me it's the reverse.. I cave because I've not yet gone to bed. Blew my planned intake to smithereens yesterday by snacking on almost a dozen dates that I'd transferred from the fridge to the pantry. These I eat every morning (just like the muslims do) to 'break the fast' = dates are like glucose and it fills up my liver glycogen & takes me out of the catabolic state the fastest... they are so yum when at room temp.
Anyway.. came to report that the sunrise calculator widget is WORKING. It's not the cutest looking widget , but I love it...
Downloaded the Yahoo widget bar and it's working so much nicer than the Vista sidebar that I dislike because it is so omnipresent = makes everything you work with smaller. The Yahoo sidebar just pops up when you move the mouse to the side.
Looked up my location and found this from somewhere in my town:
51 59 11 N & 05 39 52 E
Sunrise: 7:35 (official) Moonrise: 12:32
Sunset: 17:06 or 5:06pm (official) Moonset: 19:23 (7:23pm)
Predictions for today (got the Weather widget working too) is sunny yet foggy later on.. better get moving NOW (it's nearly noon) as I need to go & visit my brother and so do NOT want to get caught in fog when we drive back in the dark.
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"The scale simply tells you how much the earth loves you on a particular day."
-Ogedei (Keith)
Good for you, Anne. Your goals look great. I love clementines. They are such a low calorie treat! And great job on avoiding the chip bowl. I have managed to stay away from all the Halloween candy this year!
I'm such a fruit person. Yesterday was a good example. I went for a 20-lb pail of sour cherries, which I know won't last me the winter. And then stopped to buy more fruit when passing.
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I love potato chips I'm sure I would have caved and not just one bag either.
I'm usually a huge salty treat person. Of course, my mother always has an open bag of sour cream and onion chips (a favourite) and I've become pretty good at ignoring them, so this isn't quite as big a deal. I will definitely be trying to work one in a day for the next little while. See, that's the thing, although my mother says that she'll eat some, I know in the end I'll end up having to do so. She's much more a candy person. I'm sure somewhere upstairs there's a stash of candy (doesn't need to be halloween stuff).
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Anyway.. came to report that the sunrise calculator widget is WORKING. It's not the cutest looking widget , but I love it...
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Glad the widgets are working.
Glad you got it working. I made it 20% opaque so it's just visible on the desktop. Thanks to CloveApple for pointing them out!
The Sunday to Sunday loss this week is 1.6lbs. This is kind of what I expected after last week’s higher than expected loss. The body always seems to even itself out. The 9-week loss is 18.6lbs (2.02/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So, since I started keeping track this is day 303 on plan with food.
1 - 95% compliant to chosen calorie level, 30% min protein level
Current - 100%
2 - 2 days cardio per week, 3 days lifting
Have been slacking a bit on the cardio especially. Did take a couple of lifting days off after pulling something in my lower back. Next week should be slightly off again, more tests.
3 - Finish up Stages 5 & 7 from NROL4W
Could not finish Stage 7 (high reps were killing my knees). Continuing Power Training's Strength Training.
4 - Be lower than 260 by Dec 1st.
Done!
5 - Take another maintenance/rest week.
Completed last month. Next one in December (likely during exam weeks, that way I can hit the exercising hard the three weeks that I'm off between terms)
Wrap-up: So, I'm happy with the loss of weight, bodyfat and inches. I actually saw a number on the bodyfat below 49% this week, although with my up/down weights so are the bodyfat numbers. I personally think the challenge pictures show little change, but hey, that's me. The only thing that keeps me sane is looking at the lines on the paneling (which is about the only place I see changes).
Older pics (but 11lbs higher than I was in Dec-07)
The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So, since I started keeping track this is day 303 on plan with food.
303 days on track with food is amazing. That's incredible. Are these all consecutive days? I mean have you ever been off track during this time? If these are consecutive days that's beyond incredible. I admire your dedication and perseverence.
Your photos show such a huge change...a testament to your hard work and consistency!
Thanks ladies. I definitely see the difference from the first pictures. I still need to really analyze the ones closer together.
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303 days on track with food is amazing. That's incredible. Are these all consecutive days? I mean have you ever been off track during this time? If these are consecutive days that's beyond incredible. I admire your dedication and perseverence.
Those are consecutive days. I'm just not one of those people who can go off plan for a day, and then back on. I've had two really bad days since I started back in December last year. They were pretty close together, and I decided I had to be more strict.
I should note that the two 'rest/maintenance' weeks I've taken are still considered on plan. Since they were planned, and I actually set a minimum calorie level for them. And plans have changed, but not like 'oh I want to eat more today so I'll change the plan'. I pretty much set my goals / limits at the start of each month now. So I have a calorie goal and a minimum protein level. That's not too hard to hit (at least I don't find it so). I figure eventually where I'll go off plan first would be macros instead of actual calories. So, when I do the rest/maintenance weeks I don't worry about the macros.
I admit, it's a little compulsive, but considering I have to do this for at least another year, it's the best way I can think of doing it.
Anne, it is NOT compulsive. It's the reason you have seen a consistent downward trend. You are seeing the results of your hard work because you are not willing to sabotage your hard work. I am the same way. I do not deviate from my plan because I know if I do, it's just a slippery slope to disaster and defeat. I applaud you!!
I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable.
I like this philosophy.
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"Time and patience are the 2 elements that most people don't include in their plans."
-Alan Aragon
"The scale simply tells you how much the earth loves you on a particular day."
-Ogedei (Keith)
I also agree I don't see your dedication as compulsive. To me compulsive has negative connotations and is unhealthy. When I think of someone being compulsive that means things like exercising when you have a 102 degree fever. Trying to do lower body weight training with a broken ankle etc.
What you're doing is healthy. You set achievable and realistic goals for yourself and are accomplishing them day after day. If your plan needs modifying you modify it but still hit the end result. You also put people ahead of your diet. Instead of isolating yourself from your new classmates you modified your plan to include beer on Fridays. That's all good.
Yup. What Diana said. Planning to be able to make your eventual goal achievement part of your lifestyle is huge, huge, huge in the grand scheme of it all.
Anne, I like how well you plan everything. I was thinking that I need to do that and that if I'd done that sooner it wouldn't have taken this long to reach my goals. You are doing so well!
Anne, it is NOT compulsive. It's the reason you have seen a consistent downward trend. You are seeing the results of your hard work because you are not willing to sabotage your hard work. I am the same way. I do not deviate from my plan because I know if I do, it's just a slippery slope to disaster and defeat. I applaud you!!
Okay, but perhaps slightly obsessive. I understand why some dieters feel with calorie counting that you become a little too obsessed with food.
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YOur photos show so much change!!!! I haven't been around for a while, so I was so happy to see the progress that you have made.
Hey there fellow Canuck! I do hope that your weather is better than ours. It was supposed to warm up here, but how come my feet are like icicles?
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I like this philosophy.
I think I started doing that because I would see so many people disappointed because they hadn't lost a certain amount of weight in a certain amount of time. As long as I control what I can, the rest should fall into place.
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What you're doing is healthy. You set achievable and realistic goals for yourself and are accomplishing them day after day. If your plan needs modifying you modify it but still hit the end result. You also put people ahead of your diet. Instead of isolating yourself from your new classmates you modified your plan to include beer on Fridays. That's all good.
Yes, but now I'm trying to figure out what I can eat/drink this Friday when we add food into the mix. Although the good thing is that I can drink something other than beer. The college bar usually just has beer and tequila (for margaritas). At least I'll have better choices.
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Yup. What Diana said. Planning to be able to make your eventual goal achievement part of your lifestyle is huge, huge, huge in the grand scheme of it all.
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Anne, I like how well you plan everything. I was thinking that I need to do that and that if I'd done that sooner it wouldn't have taken this long to reach my goals. You are doing so well!
I suspect that I'll likely have to do it for quite a while after I've hit my goal. I'm not much of an intuitive person when it comes to eating. I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to trust hunger signals, but we'll see.
Well, I just ran out of time today. I think I just wasted too much of it this weekend. By the time I got to the point where I should have done some kind of exercise I realized that I still had Math homework to do. I did put on my shoes though and played with the chin-up bar for a while. I think I'm comfortable enough with it that negative chins will go into my strength training workouts this week.
Oh, and I made bread this afternoon. Not my most successful attempt at higher protein bread. I tried revamping the cracked wheat oat bread, but it really didn't rise very well. I'll have to take another look at the honey oatmeal bread to see what changes I can make next time. Oh well, at least it's higher in protein, and it should probably toast well.
So the plan for this week, workout-wise:
Mon (rest day)
Tues (cardio, hopefully outside) in the afternoon, before my test
Wed (lifting) in the morning, before my evening test
Thurs (cardio) in the mrning, before school
Fri (rest day)
Sat (rest day)
Sun (lifting) - back to Sun/Tues/Thurs lifting
Food for the day:
Total: 2001 (28% fat, 33% carbs, 35% protein)
Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet with cheese, chocolate pecan bread, jam, clementines (509)
AM Snack: blueberry bran snack cake (103)
Lunch: whole wheat tortilla, bbq pork, cheese, potato chips, apple (540)
PM Snack: cracked wheat oatmeal bread, butter (123)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter, salad w/dressing (609)
Late Snack: fruit salad (127)
Yes, but now I'm trying to figure out what I can eat/drink this Friday when we add food into the mix. Although the good thing is that I can drink something other than beer. The college bar usually just has beer and tequila (for margaritas). At least I'll have better choices.
I'd say you can eat or drink anything that sounds good to you. Everything can be worked into a meal plan in moderation with a little bit of planning. And that is something you do really well. If that meal is say 300 calories over what you'd typically eat then cut a little from your other meals and snacks so it evens out. If you want more calories to play with and give you some extra wiggle room spread them out over two or three days. That may work better than going into the restaurant hungry. Can you get a look at the menu ahead of time? Another thing that I try to do is to order foods that would make good leftovers. I'm more likely to take half home for later when I do that. Most importantly have fun.
With typical bar food, everything that sounds good to me is out.
The menu is varied enough that I will find something suitable. ( http://www.friscos.ca/menu.pdf ) The last time I was out with a friend for lunch (different place) I ended up with a burger (eating half the bun).
The best thing is that I can drink my alcohol of choice, not just beer!
I love that so many menus are online now. It makes planning so much easier.
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"Time and patience are the 2 elements that most people don't include in their plans."
-Alan Aragon
"The scale simply tells you how much the earth loves you on a particular day."
-Ogedei (Keith)
Okay, but perhaps slightly obsessive. I understand why some dieters feel with calorie counting that you become a little too obsessed with food.
My coworker just called me "obsessive" and said she can't wait til I hit my goal so I'll stop being like this . Of course she's about to start prepping for a figure contest in the spring (she's 25) so it's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black, ya know?
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I love that so many menus are online now. It makes planning so much easier.
I love that so many menus are online now. It makes planning so much easier.
It does, although in my perfect world they would all have calories and macros with them as well.
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My coworker just called me "obsessive" and said she can't wait til I hit my goal so I'll stop being like this . Of course she's about to start prepping for a figure contest in the spring (she's 25) so it's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black, ya know?
I think you need a little bit of obsession to make it work. I do hope at some point I can back it off, but really think it will be years later before I get to that point.
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Great progress Anne! The photos show a lot.
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Your photos really do show your dedication! Great job!
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