Results: Thu 9-4-08 ~ Day 32 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1335
Protein 35%
Carbs 36%
Fat 29%
Exercise: OPT ~ SSc 1 ~Treadmill - level 3.5 - 50 min
I don’t have a heart rate monitor and I couldn’t get the machine to read my pulse so I only think I hit 70% MHR. Once the machine read my pulse close to what I think was accurate and it was about right.
My ratios are a little off but I’m trying to make sure I hit the calories right first. If the macros don’t fall in line perfectly I’m going to agonize about it.
Since I don’t work on Fridays I decided to do my grocery shopping right after the kids left for school then did my exercise. I needed to do the longer OPT workout and the cardio. With TS Hanna on her way it was a very sweaty workout, lots of humidity.
Friday is almost always homemade pizza which makes getting in enough protein a little hard. Combine that with forgetting to eat breakfast before grocery shopping and while I almost hit my calories okay I missed on the macros.
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Results: Sat 9-6-08 ~ Day 34 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1348
Protein 23%
Carbs 33%
Fat 21%
Wine 24%
Budget talks seriously interfered with my day. I did finally exercise about 2:30p. Food was all over the place. My 15 yo daughter woke up early and decided to make breakfast because she was bored. I had one piece of her French toast with only a little syrup. She was happy I tried it and it didn’t make too big an impact on the day. However Saturday nights my husband and I always try to make a nice dinner and share a bottle of wine. I’ve decided to keep that in the mix but work around it calorie wise. Didn’t do well on the protein as result but I hope to get better at it.
I did wake up too early this morning which is not unusual but had some pretty strong hunger pangs which is.
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Results: Sun 9-7-08 ~ Day 35 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1350
Protein 18%
Carbs 38%
Fat 44%
Exercise: OPT ~ REST
Mmmm. Protein way low. I expected it but should have planned better. There was a brunch at our church this morning for the start of Sunday school. The food choices were eggs dishes (I don’t do eggs, just don’t like them never have), coffee cakes, breads, muffins and bagels. Plus I’m a Sunday school teacher so I was trying to get my kids and another classes kids all registered, subtly convince a new person she’d love our church and keep my own kids from driving me crazy and never even got to the food table. I knew this would happen but we’re starting a new schedule and today was the first day so I wasn’t on top of things like usual. Again the calories were on target but the protein was way off. I need to plan better on the weekends. During the week I make all the dinner decisions and tend to leave the weekend meals more in my husbands hands. We should probably think about it the day before (would help with thawing any meats too) or I need to suck it up and do it myself.
All in all not a bad weekend despite my lack of preparedness. I got all my exercises done even though I started Tue instead of Mon and despite being upset after our budget talks I still did both parts of my workout. That is often a problem for me. Instead of doing my workout when I’m upset I frequently skip it then end up eating too much or just plain junk food. So, progress one teeny step at a time.
Results: Mon 9-8-08 ~ Day 36 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1354
Protein 39%
Carbs 31%
Fat 30%
Exercise: OPT A1-w3
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Results: Tue 9-9-08 ~ Day 37 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1346
Protein 40%
Carbs 37%
Fat 23%
Exercise: OPT B1-w3
Protein has been good the last few days though I’ve been feeling hungrier and more drained this week. I wonder if the low protein over the weekend isn’t playing a part in this or just because I normally give up before I get to this point? I will certainly plan better this weekend to see if it helps.
Results: Wed 9-10-08 ~ Day 38 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1346
Protein 41%
Carbs 39%
Fat 23%
Exercise: OPT SScardio 50m, treadmill 3.4mph
Memo to self, when eating in a deficit I must make quality choices in my food so every calorie counts (with the exception of wine with dinner on Saturday). This is going to become even more important as I lose weight and recalculate my total calories and for the weeks where I need to be at a 40% deficit. Yesterday I ran through the calculations for total calories based on lowered weight (5lb increments). Yikes!
Motivation to really follow this program to the letter. I do NOT want to have to go through this again!
Results: Sat 9-13-08 ~ Day 41 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1416
Protein 32%
Carbs 28%
Fat 21%
Alcohol 19%
Exercise: OPT SScardio 50m, treadmill 3.4mph
Woke up with a headache that never went away despite the Advil and Asprin I took. Managed to get in my workout then ran errands with my husband most of the afternoon. Very draining.
Results: Sun 9-14-08 ~ Day 42 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1401
Protein 40%
Carbs 38%
Fat 23%
Exercise: OPT Rest day
Headache all day again. It wasn’t as bad as yesterday but still present and because it was very humid and warm today I only did two minor outdoor chores. Spent the rest of the day working on a cross stitch project while sitting in the relatively cooler basement watching TV. Lazy but needed. I did much better with my protein intake compared to last Sunday mostly by making sure I ate breakfast before church!
Results: Mon 9-15-08 ~ Day 43 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1419
Protein 40%
Carbs 36%
Fat 24%
Exercise: OPT A1-w3
Still with the headache, grrr. I don’t know whether it’s from the low calories or the high humidity or what but I’m ready for it to be gone. Evening meeting + blow off steam to husband after = late night. One and a half hours after I usually go to sleep we’re still talking. 5:00am came way too fast but at least the front finally came through. The air is cool and dry.
Results: Tue 9-16-08 ~ Day 44 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories
Protein %
Carbs %
Fat %
Exercise: OPT OPT B1-w3
I put on a pair of pants today, the loosest I own and worn for a couple of hours the other day, and didn’t need to use a safety pin instead of the snap at the waist band. Looking forward to the same thing on the tightest (well of those I’ll actually put on and wear in public) pair soon!
Results: Thu 9-18-08 ~ Day 46 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1418
Protein 39%
Carbs 40%
Fat 20%
Exercise: OPT A1-w6
Forgot to eat one snack so had a little more at dinner and this threw off my macros a little. On the plus side I apparently wasn’t hungry mid-afternoon since I actually forgot to eat the snack.
I put on a pair of pants today, the loosest I own and worn for a couple of hours the other day, and didn’t need to use a safety pin instead of the snap at the waist band. Looking forward to the same thing on the tightest (well of those I’ll actually put on and wear in public) pair soon!
congrats on that! I remember doing the same thing a couple of months ago. All of my tight clothes are now too big and have gone to goodwill. Keep up the good work! (and thanks for stopping by my log)
I got started early enough today that I did my exercises before the kids went to school. I normally workout early but one day a week I have to do both the resistance and cardio workouts. The last couple of weeks it ended up being late morning before I could work them in.
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Results: Sat 9-20-08 ~ Day 48 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1802
Protein 27%
Carbs 31%
Fat 27%
Alcohol 15%
Exercise: OPT SScardio 50m, treadmill 3.4mph
6 hours yard work: moving wheel barrows full of rocks, debris and woodchips
to edge the back of our house.
Calories were over by about 380 but done on purpose. There is no way I could have worked in the yard all day on 1420, I barely got through the morning on a good breakfast.
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Results: Sun 9-21-08 ~ Day 49 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 903
Protein 39%
Carbs 36%
Fat 26%
Exercise: OPT Rest
Monday starts my first rest week in OPT and coincides with my first calorie adjustment for weight loss (5lb increments) but since Sunday is usually a rest day, from formal exercise, I decided to do the adjustments today. Would have worked well but I ran out of time for breakfast before church then did some yard work after lunch and sort of forgot about the afternoon snack that was designed to bring my macros and calories in line! My loss for this week is 2.8lb so I’m not going to complain but I realize now it explains my lack of interest in finishing the project I’d planned, moving rocks and stones from the lower part of our yard up to the house. I still spent 2 ½ hours in the yard and cleaned up some stuff that’s been an eyesore for a while just didn’t finish my other project. I also found the survey marker, lying in the dirt in the woods, from the neighbors survey 3 years ago, so I have a better idea of our property line on that side.
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Originally Posted by jenofthemountain
congrats on that! I remember doing the same thing a couple of months ago. All of my tight clothes are now too big and have gone to goodwill. Keep up the good work! (and thanks for stopping by my log)
Thanks Jen, I can’t wait to get rid of all the clothes I’m wearing now and dig back in to my totes of smaller things. Yes, I kept them but tucked them away in bins so they didn’t mock me! Every pound down brings me a step closer!
Results: Mon 9-22-08 ~ Day 50 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1282
Protein 46%
Carbs 30%
Fat 24%
Exercise: OPT Rest
It’s kind of nice not to set the alarm and since I appear to need less sleep than my husband I’m waking up on my own. It’s rather nice not to think, gotta get up, gotta wake up, gotta exercise! Must remember this later after OPT when I’m getting my next program together.
Results: Tue 9-23-08 ~ Day 51 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1294
Protein 47%
Carbs 33%
Fat 20%
Exercise: OPT Rest
I was thinking about something yesterday after I posted, an addendum to what I wrote, now what was it? Oh, it was about guilt. The nice part of this rest is that because it’s part of the program I don’t feel guilty, or ashamed, about not exercising. I’m supposed to be resting this week not working out. There have been plenty of mornings where I talked myself into skipping my workout because, insert excuse of the day, but then felt that bit of guilt or shame for having done that. I don’t know if the lack of pressure of having to workout so early in the morning is contributing to my sleeping better (solid 7 hours a night since the weekend) or the fact that I spent more than 8 hours at yard work and am still recovering (I know my back is still sore!) or if it’s just the lowered calories. Whatever, I do feel better rested than I have in a while.
Results: Wed 9-24-08 ~ Day 52 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1284
Protein 51%
Carbs 27%
Fat 22%
Exercise: OPT Rest
Mentally draining day working on a non-confrontational yet emphatic way of saying this idea is BAD! It’s done, now I need to plan for my first committee meeting ever in my whole life and get a Sunday school lesson prepared. At least work is somewhat slow so I’ll have time tomorrow.
Results: Thu 9-25-08 ~ Day 53 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1282
Protein 45%
Carbs 31%
Fat 23%
Exercise: OPT Rest
Scratch that better rested feeling. I am TIRED today! Tired and HUNGRY and I hit my macros almost perfect yesterday? Maybe the combination of a mentally draining Wednesday (well Mon through Wed) and back to school night for my son’s grade Tuesday. His schedule involves crossing the entire length of the school at least twice (then dummy me left my purse in one of the classrooms and had to hurry back to get it before the teacher left, DOH). I didn’t get home until almost 10:00p! I get to do this again next week for my daughter and her school is two levels, stairs yippee! At least my calorie deficit will be less, whew.
hi karen! looks like you're doing great! are you enjoying your rest week or finding it hard? i have a break coming up at the end of october, but we have a trip to vegas planned that week which will make it easier to rest tho harder to watch the food.
Results: Sat 9-27-08 ~ Day 55 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1435
Protein 20%
Carbs 32%
Fat 29%
Alcohol 19%
Exercise: OPT Rest
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Results: Sun 9-28-08 ~ Day 56 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1426
Protein 20%
Carbs 45%
Fat 36%
Exercise: OPT Rest
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Originally Posted by karenmc6
hi karen! looks like you're doing great! are you enjoying your rest week or finding it hard? i have a break coming up at the end of october, but we have a trip to vegas planned that week which will make it easier to rest tho harder to watch the food.
Hi back Karen. As for my rest week? I found it very relaxing to get up without an alarm set all week knowing when I did wake up I didn’t have to wake up and workout. I did NOT like the lowered calories. It wasn’t too bad during the week but the weekend was very hard. Fitting my wine in with dinner on Saturday took too much away from actual food and Sunday between church, a meeting and a volunteer thing I didn’t even get home until late afternoon and had not planned well for eating. Both weekend days I went over my calories by about 150calories. I think I will not like weeks 10-12! Same deficit and macros as rest week 4 but with exercise too!
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Results: Mon 9-29-08 ~ Day 57 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1479
Protein 35%
Carbs 39%
Fat 35%
Exercise: OPT B1*w1
I’m only down .8 pounds this week. Lowered calories, more forced computer time than usual, pre-TOM bloat, not enough protein over the weekend and calories over both weekend days explains all that. Week 5 of OPT starts tomorrow so I’ll be back to my workouts and will bring my calories up to a 30% deficit.
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Results: Tue 9-30-08 ~ Day 58 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1483
Protein 30%
Carbs 31%
Fat 39%
Exercise: OPT B2*w1
I DO NOT LIKE GET UPS. Off to search the board for more information to see if I’m doing them right.
I DO NOT LIKE GET UPS. Off to search the board for more information to see if I’m doing them right.
Not exactly.
Not a lot of people do and I'm personally glad to be seeing the end of them for the time being . They're not any more fun if you do them correctly either.
I'm in week 11 of OPT and I'm finding it very tiring. It's still bearable, but I'm counting the days to a real rest week of maintenance before moving on to whatever I decide to do next.
Results: Wed 10-1-08 ~ Day 59 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1489
Protein 20%
Carbs 52%
Fat 28%
Exercise: OPT Intervals 40m
Ow, ow, ow my shoulders and triceps are sore. My macros have been all over the place the last couple of days probably because both the kids and I were off school and work. I’ve been out of my routine. Back to the normal grind tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Karen411
Not a lot of people do and I'm personally glad to be seeing the end of them for the time being . They're not any more fun if you do them correctly either.
I'm in week 11 of OPT and I'm finding it very tiring. It's still bearable, but I'm counting the days to a real rest week of maintenance before moving on to whatever I decide to do next.
I found a step by step series of pictures for the get up and have that right next to my workout information for the next time!
Results: Thu 10-2-08 ~ Day 60 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1486
Protein 33%
Carbs 43%
Fat 23%
Exercise: OPT B1*w2
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Results: Fri 10-3-08 ~ Day 61 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1274
Protein 37%
Carbs 46%
Fat 17%
Exercise: OPT B2*w2, Intervals 40m
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Results: Sat 10-4-08 ~ Day 62 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1474
Protein 26%
Carbs 32%
Fat 25%
Alcohol 17%
Exercise: Intervals 40m
Spent the day closing the pool and doing some yard work.
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Results: Sun 10-5-08 ~ Day 63 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1212
Protein 15%
Carbs 56%
Fat 30%
Exercise: OPT Rest
I definitely need to plan my Sundays better. The morning keeps getting away from me and I don’t eat breakfast then try to catch up later while doing a bunch of other things like finishing up closing the pool and driving kids various places. I didn’t even eat lunch until 2p and that was all carbs! Oops.
These are my results since 9-2-08. I had no changes in either weight or inches from 8-4 to 9-2 and the pictures taken in September are closer in dimension to today’s.
Date: 9/2/2008 to 10/6/2008 (change)
Age: 43 to43
Height: 5’5” to 5’5”
Weight: 172.6 to 161.0 -11.6LB
Bodyfat %: 36.20% to 34.6 -1.6”
Bust: 41.5” to 39” -2.5”
Under bust: 36” to 34” -2”
Waist: 35” to 33” -2”Abdomen:41.5” to 39.25” -2.25”
Hips @ butt: 44” to 42.25” -1.75”
Thigh: 26” to 25” -1”
Calf: 15.75” to 15.5” -.25”
Wrist: 6.5” to 6.5” none
Forearm: 10” to 9.875” -.125”
Bicep: 12.25” to 12” -.25”
I'm sure there is a way to do an actual table but I can't figure it out and I want to post these.
Wow! Can definitely see changes there!! Great month!
Thanks! The best part is NOT needing to go out and buy BIGGER jeans now that the weather has cooled of so much. The ones I'm wearing aren't as loose as I'd like but they do fit.
Results: Mon 10-6-08 ~ Day 64 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Results: Tue 10-7-08 ~ Day 65 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1453
Protein 37%
Carbs 34%
Fat 28%
Exercise: OPT B2w3
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Originally Posted by missjane
Anyone else want to really put out a challenge to themselves for this next month.....before all the holiday times kick in?
Goal for month 3:
Lose 10lbs (2.5lb/week)
Last month I lost at a rate of 2.32lb/week so this would be a little more aggressive.
What do I need to do to meet this goal?
100% compliant with food
100% compliant with exercise
Add an activity on Saturdays to compensate for the wine I won’t give up just yet.
1:06hr yard work (we have lots to do so this should be enough)
1:15hr walk @ 3mph or 1:00hr walking @ 4mph (in the event of rain)
1:30hr housework (above the usual cleaning-painting, prep work and minor remodeling)
Increase daily NEAT
Do one chore before work each morning
Organize in one area after work each day
Fridays - do a house project after grocery shopping
Saturdays - work on a house project
Sundays - work on a house project or take a walk
Results: Wed 10-8-08 ~ Day 66 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1488
Protein 33%
Carbs 36%
Fat 31%
Exercise: OPT Intervals 40m
I was quite tired by the end of today. Didn’t have my usual mid-afternoon snack but ate dinner early. I have no idea if this played a part. My nose was also a little tickly and pollen counts are low right now so I could be fighting off a cold.
Results: Thu 10-9-08 ~ Day 67 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1487
Protein 34%
Carbs 39%
Fat 27%
Exercise: OPT B1w4, Intervals 40m
I have the day off work so I did my second of three interval workouts today. I need to add weights to the B1 exercises on Monday. It’s taking less time to complete each superset and I don’t really need the minimum rest at 90 seconds. As for the intervals my heart rate is still higher than desired but I don’t feel as if I’m working as hard as when I started them last week.
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Results: Fri 10-10-08 ~ Day 68 of 119 (Women’s Challenge)
Calories 1489
Protein 35%
Carbs 39%
Fat 27%
Exercise: OPT B2w4
On and off headache in the afternoon along with not feeling quite right. I don’t know why but it’s rather annoying.
despite the Advil and Asprin I took. Managed to get in my workout then ran errands with my husband most of the afternoon. Very draining.
. They're not any more fun if you do them correctly either.
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