The plus about college...was that I went away thinking my mom was the stupidest person on earth, and I came home realizing that she was pretty smart...
Age is only a number...(that you NEVER tell anyone!!!)
LOL! Actually, I am proud of my number and most people think I'm significantly younger than I really am... except my kids who know I am OLD!!!
Today... had a bunch of set-up to do for a program at work, and instead of being annoyed I embraced the chance to stack and move 40+ chairs and tables, etc... free NEAT opportunity!
Karate tonight... not much else going on... bleh...
Today... had a bunch of set-up to do for a program at work, and instead of being annoyed I embraced the chance to stack and move 40+ chairs and tables, etc... free NEAT opportunity!
I can totally relate to this. Last week, I moved all of the students desks and chairs back into the room instead of having the cleaners do it and the whole time I did do it........I was thinking.....CALORIE BURN! LOL
It's funny, because I'm riding to that class with other teachers and they are complaining that their stuff is still in the hallway and not in their rooms. I told them I would do it for them......LOL
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No time today (at least not til later) but - WHOOOOOT!!! Scale FINALLY budged a little bit after MAJOR stall... The arrow is from 3 1/2 weeks ago when I had a fit because the scale jumped up SO much and it hadn't really ever recovered back down... It's FINALLY back down and 1/2# lower than it has been since I started this endeavor... FINALLY.
And yeah, I know, it'll bounce again... but if you look at the graph, it's been S T U C K forever!
Yay on the movement. I bounce around so much that I'd probably go nuts if it didn't move at all for three weeks (although yours still did bounce back and forth a little). The only time I've got consistent measurements was last week when eating at maintenance levels. Three days at exactly the same number was weird (ie. even when holding steady overall I still bounce around). Hope the next bounce up is short and that the next bounce down is lower.
No time today (at least not til later) but - WHOOOOOT!!! Scale FINALLY budged a little bit after MAJOR stall... The arrow is from 3 1/2 weeks ago when I had a fit because the scale jumped up SO much and it hadn't really ever recovered back down... It's FINALLY back down and 1/2# lower than it has been since I started this endeavor... FINALLY.
And yeah, I know, it'll bounce again... but if you look at the graph, it's been S T U C K forever!
Thanks Anne, Celeste and Jes!
Today is a day off working out, but I'm at about minute 50 here on the tmill while catching up... AWFUL day at work. Don't wanna go into it, but it SUCKED. I don't even wanna go back ever again... but I will... bleh.
Ladies nite tonight for our neighborhood, and the hors d'ouvres are a tough one... gonna just do my best, right? sigh...
Good luck, Bytsi! I'll need it, too....gotta bake my sis a chocolate praline cake with homemade sweet whipped cream for her birthday tonight. I guess I'll really need the luck tomorrow night at her party! Yikes!
Bytsi, hope today is going better! Jane, baking for others is the hardest. It smells so good cooking... I made chocolate chip cookies to take to a cookout recently - 6 dozen. Sure, they're organic but at 141 cal. a pop, I'll skip. I did have 1 cookie, though!
Good luck, Bytsi! I'll need it, too....gotta bake my sis a chocolate praline cake with homemade sweet whipped cream for her birthday tonight. I guess I'll really need the luck tomorrow night at her party! Yikes!
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YIKES!!! Good luck gals. Jane I don't envy you. Sometimes the chocolate goodies really call to me too ESPECIALLY if I made them.
It is freak'n so cool that you type on the run!
LOL Karla - I LOVE typing and walking at the same time
I didn't do so well at Ladies night... I was pissed off and cranky from the work crap, and I took it out on the buffet of food. . I ate MOSTLY healthy choices, but I know I overdid the calories... lotsa veggies with spinach dip, lotsa edamame (YUM), and plenty of samples of other foods (dips, a few chips). 2 amazingly good eggrolls (but they're fried) and a handful of toffee chex mix. BLARGH. too much.
Scale today was 1/2# up but still 1/2# past my plateu, so if I'm careful today maybe I can make up for it. I had 400 kcal left to eat before I went (maybe I shoulda just had dinner and tried to eat nothing there?) and I prolly went 400-500 over for the day? MISS PIGGY!!!! bleh.
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Bytsi, sorry you had a bad day yesterday. I hope today goes much much better...
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Bytsi, hope today is going better!
No work today so - yeah. Better.
Did Stage 6 A1 today plus 20 min low-intensity SS cardio, but I'll have to post details tonight... too busy and no time to read anyone else's log or even post more than a passing hi and replies... I'll be on later! Gotta run!
Actually Bytsi that is a great point and one I have implemented in my own life. I always eat before I go to any event so that I am really not hungry. That makes it so much easier to not eat or to eat in moderation.
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LOL Karla - I LOVE typing and walking at the same time
I didn't do so well at Ladies night... I was pissed off and cranky from the work crap, and I took it out on the buffet of food. . I ate MOSTLY healthy choices, but I know I overdid the calories... lotsa veggies with spinach dip, lotsa edamame (YUM), and plenty of samples of other foods (dips, a few chips). 2 amazingly good eggrolls (but they're fried) and a handful of toffee chex mix. BLARGH. too much.
Scale today was 1/2# up but still 1/2# past my plateu, so if I'm careful today maybe I can make up for it. I had 400 kcal left to eat before I went (maybe I shoulda just had dinner and tried to eat nothing there?) and I prolly went 400-500 over for the day? MISS PIGGY!!!! bleh.
Bytsi, I'm not going to get lecture-y, but you are NOT miss piggy! I don't care how much you weigh or what your body fat % is, you've been VERY consistent over the long haul, and you're seeing results. If you want to call names, "HUMAN!!!!" is a good one. I know you know all that but sometimes that tape plays in our heads and we don't even realize it.
I usually end up under eating when there's too much food. In the past I would overeat so now I'm almost the opposite. For me a protein shake just before I leave somehow helps me make better choices. Of course I say that but tomorrow I'll be surrounded by some relatively good choices but still things I could eat too much of!
"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
Actually Bytsi that is a great point and one I have implemented in my own life. I always eat before I go to any event so that I am really not hungry. That makes it so much easier to not eat or to eat in moderation.
I do usually eat before an event, and I did have a SMALL snack... but my warped logic was that I would eat either way, so why not leave some room for the cals in my day? Except then I got emotionally-hungry from being pissed off and overate.
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*hugs* bytsi I hope that you have an amazing weekend If you are ever going to be in Cincinnati, please PM me!
Cinci's quite a haul for me, but I'll keep it in mind!
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Bytsi, I'm not going to get lecture-y, but you are NOT miss piggy! I don't care how much you weigh or what your body fat % is, you've been VERY consistent over the long haul, and you're seeing results. If you want to call names, "HUMAN!!!!" is a good one. I know you know all that but sometimes that tape plays in our heads and we don't even realize it.
Ok mom ()... I know... sigh... I was just mad at myself for going so far above and beyond my snack plan.
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I usually end up under eating when there's too much food. In the past I would overeat so now I'm almost the opposite. For me a protein shake just before I leave somehow helps me make better choices. Of course I say that but tomorrow I'll be surrounded by some relatively good choices but still things I could eat too much of!
I am an all-or-nothing person. I can't have a little from the food table... I left room for it BUT, like I said, I was so mad about the work crap that I didn't stop even when I felt full. Bleh. I remember noticing at one point that I felt full and my pants felt tight in the waist, and I KEPT ON EATING. WTF?!?
I knew it wouldn't make anything better or solve my anger at work... but I ate anyway.
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Hope you're having a better day Bytsi! I'm a wicked emotional eater, so I can totally relate to the struggles in that regard.
Thanks Lori. I know I'm not alone... just disappointed in myself... especially since I FINALLY got the scale to drop a bit.
Today: Stage 6 A1
Chin ups: 3 sets of 20 sec neg. Not sure the last set was 20 sec. Did 'em hanging off the Smith machine.
lat pull downs: 1x20# counterweight, 9x15# counterweight. I didn't have a lat pulldown machine today, so used the assisted dip/chin (gravitron) instead.
Split Squats: 2x10 @ 45#
Pushups: 20 "regular" first set, 10 second set done on "perfect pushup" that someone brought in to the gym. Kinda cool!
Treadmill: 22 min at 6 incline (3 - 3.2 mph). HR 60-65%, sweated just a tiny bit (no drips at all)...
Spent the afternoon driving then sitting outside at DD's soccer tourn - in 90+ heat and high humidity. Minimal NEAT (except walking to fields) but the heat wiped me out so I'm sedentary tonight...
Food is ok today so far but I'm hungry... gotta figure it out for tonight. I'm sure it was cuz I lifted, even though it wasn't my usual lift (like stages 1-5).
I do usually eat before an event, and I did have a SMALL snack... but my warped logic was that I would eat either way, so why not leave some room for the cals in my day? Except then I got emotionally-hungry from being pissed off and overate.
I am an all-or-nothing person. I can't have a little from the food table... I left room for it BUT, like I said, I was so mad about the work crap that I didn't stop even when I felt full. Bleh. I remember noticing at one point that I felt full and my pants felt tight in the waist, and I KEPT ON EATING. WTF?!?
I knew it wouldn't make anything better or solve my anger at work... but I ate anyway.
I feel the same way about the food at the party. I know I'm going to eat while I'm there, so I usually save the calories to eat.
I have also been there with the keeping on eating bit. You jjust have to accept it and move on. I can't explain really why I've done it before either, but I chalk it up to instinct and the body's desire to pack it on, just in case. I know there's so much more to resisting it, but sometimes it just happens. I'm glad to hear that you're still down, and hopefully you will continue to be down. I'm cheering for ya'
Thanks Jes... it helps to hear from so many people that I'm not alone in messing up.
This morning..........
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DOWN ANOTHER POUND!!!!!
Which puts me at a MAJOR new low in weight since starting all of this! I'm starting to see small changes in my belly and back-fat - maybe others can see 'em too? I will post pics in time for the new challenge...
WHOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!
Busy day again today (although no formal workout probably)... I'll try to be on later and post and catch up, but I had to sneak this one in. I am now 10.5# from my goal weight, started out about 17# from goal. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!! !!!
Just wanted to say hi! Congrats on your progress. You must be so proud!!
I know we've talked about fat loss being the focus and about Leigh's books. So are you doing her OPT program or still doing NROL4W? Just wondering because I'm about switch over I think to OPT. I only made it to stage 2 of NROL4W, but Leigh's stuff seems to make so much more sense for me...
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Bytsi..............This is just awesome! Great news to wake up to!!!
Keep fighting the good fight, hon.........You'll get there!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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WOOOOOT!!!
THANKS!!!!
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Just wanted to say hi! Congrats on your progress. You must be so proud!!
I know we've talked about fat loss being the focus and about Leigh's books. So are you doing her OPT program or still doing NROL4W? Just wondering because I'm about switch over I think to OPT. I only made it to stage 2 of NROL4W, but Leigh's stuff seems to make so much more sense for me...
Hi Jenny
I'm not doing OPT - what I did was stay on NROLW because I'm so close to the end... but I only lift twice each week instead of 3 days, and I'm into the heavy weight / low volume part anyway. I also quit all HIIT and most interval cardio too. It's helped a lot! I am in stage 6 now, but may skip stage 7 because that version of a cut is probably NOT what I need now. It's high intensity and my appetite won't be manageable... Leigh is great!!!
Today: karate tournament.
Kata: 5th out of 11. Bleh. Tough group and I did well, but I wanted to place higher overall. It was close...
Sparring: skipped. Left my inhaler on the kitchen table and it was hot in there...
Cardio: run 1 / walk 1 on tmill (low speed "jog" at 5.2 mph) for 15, incline walk for 10, then tmill surf 'n' type for about 20 min...
I'm doing the "save calories for the party" planning today. I'll probably have a small something before we go, but I know I'm going to eat a lot of delicious foods (including the salad!).
"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
)... I know... sigh... I was just mad at myself for going so far above and beyond my snack plan.
Leigh is great!!!
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