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Yesterday I had to pick up some re-potted plants for the office. OMG. We got ceramic pots so they were all super heavy (water, plant, dirt plus pot).
One of them was like 60lbs.
THANK GOODNESS I weight train. I had to do it alone cause everyone was gone for the day. Squatting to get them out of the car. Then deadlifting to get them off the floor onto the elevator, off the elevator floor onto the hall floor - off the hall floor into the office.
I was DONE. I had 3 of them: one was about 60lbs, one about 30lbs and one light one about 10 lbs.
I really want to get these fractional plates: http://www.amazon.com/CFF-Olympic-Fra...I could do the StrongLifts program with that...
Dawn, I am not sure what the weather is like where you are, but now that it's spring, there is always the option of walking. My work schedule makes it difficult to do a proper workout, so now that's nice, I plan to take a lot more walks.
I do walk, I take my dog once a day on week nights and twice a day on weekends (usually). I just need more than that to be In Shape. I'm really seeing results with the Insanity work outs.. I still can't get through a whole thing, but I feel stronger. And now, when I work out, I'm sore.. But not oh-my-god-I-can't-walk sore. Just good sore. And I can do 2/3 of a man push up. LOL. That's a step up for me... Soon enough I'll be able to do a whole one and after that, I'm thinking multiples will come quicker!
I've heard good things about Insanity, but have never actually tried one of the workouts. It sounds like things are going well!
Progress report!Last Sunday: 127.2 lbs, 31.2% body fat
Yesterday: 124.8 lbs, 30.2% body fat
I really feel like I'm making progress! As for my other goals...
3) Dinner took up 26% of my calorie intake last week (goal was less than 30%, so check!).
4) Carb intake was 56% of diet (goal was 45% so still need to make some changes).
5) I was in the 74th percentile of women my age and general weight range for activity (I previously was in the 28th percentile, goal was to cross the 50th, so check!).
6) I'm currently classified as lightly active!! (goal was to become un-sedentary, so check!)
So the only thing I completely failed at was carb intake.. But seriously, I don't know that I'll ever get to 45% on that. It will take time at least to adjust and learn new ways of eating. Maybe I should just aim for the middle of the recommended range (45 - 65%)? I need to ponder.
Now I just need to keep it up. Most of the goals are a week by week thing. I'm hoping I can stay strong this week!
Congrats!Honestly - everyone is different. Some people can eat more carbs than others. I know a woman who can't eat carbs at all. If she has one slice of bread she bloats up. Its a medical issue. But I can't go without it. I get slow and sluggish without my carbs. My (completely amateur) suggestion is, if you're seeing results from what you're doing don't over worry about what you're not doing.
Good Luck. :)
Dawn wrote: "Progress report!Last Sunday: 127.2 lbs, 31.2% body fat
Yesterday: 124.8 lbs, 30.2% body fat
I really feel like I'm making progress! As for my other goals...
3) Dinner took up 26% of my calor..."
Congrats!
Didn't you hit your weight goal?
The entire week/end was a bust for me. I went out to dinner and brunch this weekend. But it tasted good!
Not yet. My soft goal is 122, that's what I weighed when I tried on my dress in November. My long term is 120.
Dawn wrote: "Not yet. My soft goal is 122, that's what I weighed when I tried on my dress in November. My long term is 120."Well, you're super close!
I think I'll be ok. I only have until May 10 or 17 (can't remember which) to do it, because that's my first dress fitting and I want to be to my final point by then.
Dawn wrote: "I think I'll be ok. I only have until May 10 or 17 (can't remember which) to do it, because that's my first dress fitting and I want to be to my final point by then."You'll get another good one. I lost weight between my 1st and 2nd fitting - she was great and had no problem at all.
Ok, so one of my major issues is the food portion.I enjoy working out so it was hard to get back started but now that I have it isn't a big deal. I like the feeling.
But food? Food is my weakness. I love to eat...damn near everything.
I also love to bake and I like to bake cakes and pies.
:(
Today I decided that I was going to try to get my diet in order.I'm trying to meal plan - and I suck at it.
But here goes nothing.
Right now we have some pasta left over from last night. I have Phys Therapy today and I don't get out til 7:30-8pm. So I have to rush home and cook.
Wed
I decided to try the Quick Chicken Cordon Bleu that Dawn posted: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/qui...
and put that with pasta. I can make garlic bread to go with and a veggie.
Thurs & Fri
Rotisserie chicken (personal recipe): https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Cauliflower "Fried Rice": http://www.skinnytaste.com/2014/03/ca...
Weekend (Sat/Sun)
Chipotle Chicken Fajita Rice Bowl: http://www.simplyscratch.com/2013/03/...
Sun (for the upcoming week)*
Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Curry with regular rice and cauliflower rice (for me): http://www.perrysplate.com/2014/03/sl...
Slow-Cooked Brisket in Onion Gravy: http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/sl...
*If I can, I try to cook two proteins on Sun so that I don't have to cook on Mon & Wed nights (PT).
Had to weigh in early today because I'm going out of town over the weekend and didn't want to do it after a weekend of eating out. I am disappointed. Back up to 127 lbs... I've done insanity every day this week, averaging 420 calories burned per work out. I've eaten well, other than one splurge on Wednesday night with some Chinese food. But even then I thought I was good, and ate small portions and stopped when I was full.I don't know... My fiance says I'm just firming up and building muscle, and the weight isn't a good indicator. But it's hard to feel like I should be losing weight, to spend so much time hungry and pass up cookies and bagels and a bunch of other good snack people at work brought in this week, and then to gain weight. And my measurements aren't changing, so am I just failing at this? It's discouraging. And now I'm in for a weekend of food that I have no control over, and I'll probably gain more :(
I hate this stuff sometimes. I really really do.
Are you eating enough? I have heard and read that not eating enough can actually have a negative effect on a diet. Something about needing the energy from the food to burn it off -- or something. I was just reading something yesterday that said you should eat after a hard work out. But - the experts couldn't agree on if you should eat carbs or protein. Shrug. If they don't know how are we supposed to know... Right?
I definitely eat enough. I follow a 1200 calorie diet. And I usually work out before I cook dinner (only time I have free). On weekends I work out first thing in the morning. I just don't get it :-(Maybe it was an off day.. Who knows. I'm just going to keep going and working out. I want to look good in my bikini in Mexico, damn it! Lol... 3 months to go.
You can lose inches without losing weight.Your fiance is probably right. But on a 1200 calorie and with the amount you workout, something is happening.
Do you think you just could be retaining water? Maybe about to start your period?
Updates! 1) Get down to 122 lbs - I have no idea what I weight right now. I had a weekend of bad eating and refuse to weigh myself until I have a change to work it off. Will be weighing myself next Sunday.
2) Get body fat percent down to 27% - Again, no idea. But I seriously doubt I'm even close. But I'm working out daily, so that's all I can do.
4) Reduce carb intake to 45%, replace with protein.
5) Cross the mean of the activity curve and become more active than most women in my age and weight group. - I am now classified as ACTIVE!!! Now to keep it up. Last week I was more active than 84% of women in my age group and weight range. Considering I was sedentry not long ago, that's pretty damn good.
I deleted goal 6 because it's a repeat of 5.
Deleted 3 and 4 because I'm going a different direction with a diet, to point myself at fat burning rather than weight loss.
I've mentioned before how my fiance is very picky and how it's hard to diet and feed him. Well, over the weekend we both decided to commit together to a diet he can sign on to. His parents are Shaklee representatives.. He grew up taking their vitamins and using all of their products. I had never even heard of Shaklee before him, but like I said.. His family is way involved in the company. They have this 180 program that both his dad and step mom have had huge success on, I'm talking dropping 100+ pounds. It's basically a shake plan.. Shake for breakfast, 100 - 200 calorie snack, shake for lunch, another snack, and whatever you want (within daily calorie goal) for dinner.
This is getting tl;dr.. Bottom line, J and I (and his sisters and mom) are committing to trying it for a month and seeing what happens. It's a family diet, lol. I'm not sure how everyone else will do, but J and I are really committed. Started yesterday!
We'll see how it goes!
Dawn wrote: "This is getting tl;dr.. Bottom line, J and I (and his sisters and mom) are committing to trying it for a month and seeing what happens. It's a family diet, lol. I'm not sure how everyone else will do, but J and I are really committed. Started yesterday!"Congrats!
I made the cauliflower fried rice the other day and I really liked it!
Hubby wasn't a fan but when I explained my desire to cut carbs he said he was down.
I wish I could get J to eat cauliflower... Alas, I don't see that happening.
Quick question on the Fitbit: How does it handle calorie info? Do you have to scan your food or do you list your food in an app?
I have the fitbit one... It's bluetooth so I can sync it to my iphone and log the food in an app on the phone. It doesn't have scanning abilities though, which is a bummer. You can also sync it to any computer using a little dongle, and you can track anything you eat through the fitbit website.It's pretty easy. One praise - it has a lot of restaurant foods in it's database. One complaint - it's database isn't always great for non-restaurant foods. I have to create custom foods for half (maybe less) of the things I log. But that takes all of a minute, and once it's created I can log it whenever I like. Since I eat the same things mostly, I rarely create foods anymore.
Sometimes the search can be a little picky as well. Like I was trying to find baby carrots, and nothing was coming up. Turns out it was listed as "carrot, baby". It really should find that when I type baby carrots, but it didn't. Oh well though, it was a slight learning curve to figure out how to search things. But I'm used to it now.
I want a fitbit but I can't really justify the price right now with hubby.
I have an Amazon giftcard I've been hanging onto since Christmas. It won't cover the entire cost, but a fair portion of it. I've been wanting one for awhile, so I think it's time.
Because I just drank my lunch shake) and am still feeling hungry (adjusting to the lack of variety I think, not actually needing to eat more)... I'm going to ramble about food.Last night I made Chicken Parmigiana Burgers for dinner. Just used jarred sauce and gound chicken rather than pre-made patties.. These burgers are sooo good. Not as a substitute for a hamburger, just as something different and healthy. I did have fries on the side.. But baked ones, and just one serving (I was careful).
Tonight I'm making teriyaki pork tenderloin (recipe came out of a book). I'm marinating the pork in homemade teriyaki sauce, and then am going to broil it.. I'm excited about trying the recipe.
Jackie wrote: "I have an Amazon giftcard I've been hanging onto since Christmas. It won't cover the entire cost, but a fair portion of it. I've been wanting one for awhile, so I think it's time."That's pretty sweet.
I'm making Asian chicken tenders. I don't have any cauliflower rice left so I need to figure out sides. :(
Dawn wrote: "Because I just drank my lunch shake) and am still feeling hungry (adjusting to the lack of variety I think, not actually needing to eat more)... I'm going to ramble about food.Last night I made C..."
That sounds delicious.
Jackie wrote: "I have an Amazon giftcard I've been hanging onto since Christmas. It won't cover the entire cost, but a fair portion of it. I've been wanting one for awhile, so I think it's time."I realllllly love mine. It really keeps me accountable. If I'm going to eat more, I can see when I've been active enough to not gain weight doing so. And if I'm 100% honest and log everything I eat, I can't claim ignorance when I eat too much and gain weight.
But you have to actually use it right... I was dumbfounded over the weekend when J's dad's wife said she had one, but had to stop using it because it was becoming a problem. I guess she would just sit there and shake it back and forth so it seemed like she was walking, so that she could earn badges and compete with friends and stuff like that. It had become an obsession. That's just soooo stupid to me. Get up and walk! LOL... Fake walking. Wow O_o
I'm making instant potatoes and steamed broccoli as sides. I would do rice, but I'm having rice tomorrow with some blackened mahi mahi. And honestly, instant potatoes take like 5 minutes and are 110 calories a serving. Done deal.
Love instant potatoes. I could eat them all the time. Yummy. Mashies... That chicken parmesan burger looks good too. I'm sending it to the cook in my family as soon as I'm done here.
Dawn wrote: "But you have to actually use it right... I was dumbfounded over the weekend when J's dad's wife said she had one, but had to stop using it because it was becoming a problem. I guess she would just sit there and shake it back and forth so it seemed like she was walking, so that she could earn badges and compete with friends and stuff like that. It had become an obsession. That's just soooo stupid to me. Get up and walk! LOL... Fake walking. Wow O_o "O_o
Well, that's no good.
Dawn wrote: "But you have to actually use it right... I was dumbfounded over the weekend when J's dad's wife said she had one, but had to stop using it because it was becoming a problem. I guess she would just sit there and shake it back and forth so it seemed like she was walking, so that she could earn badges and compete with friends and stuff like that. It had become an obsession. That's just soooo stupid to me. Get up and walk! LOL... Fake walking. Wow O_o "
Whoa. That's insane. LOL
I want it for the accountability factor. I plan on quitting my gym at the end of the month, so I'm going to need motivation to workout on my own. I currently go to Curves and it has become a really dilapidated, negative place to go too. I could deal with the lower quality when they had good Zumba instructors, but now they're all gone so there is no reason for me to keep putting up with it. Until I find a new place I'm on my own.
Yeah.. I was baffled. She was extremely overweight, and has lost about 100 - 150 pounds... But she's very whiney about exercise. She does this 3 mile walk exercise video (I don't know how you can do a walk in place exercise video) and gets very uppity if she's expected to walk more than that. Like once we all went out to lunch and we had to park maybe a quarter mile from the place and walk there.. Probably less. She had us drop her off at the door because "I've already done my walking for the day!"That's one of her favorite statements.
She is losing weight with dieting though, and she does do her little walk in place video daily, so I'm not dogging her on that. But she's just.... She's a difficult person. Faking walking from her doesn't surprise me.
Jackie wrote: "I want it for the accountability factor. I plan on quitting my gym at the end of the month, so I'm going to need motivation to workout on my own. I currently go to Curves and it has become a really dilapidated, negative place to go too. I could deal with the lower quality when they had good Zumba instructors, but now they're all gone so there is no reason for me to keep putting up with it. Until I find a new place I'm on my own. "I want one for accountablity, too.
I just quit my gym (Gold's) cause I never went. I started building a gym in the basement...I have lots of DVDs, lol! BUt sometimes I phone it in and don't really put as much effort into a workout that I should.
I need to get better about that. Sometimes I don't want to push myself (like - i can almost never get over 50 secs when planking. But I do it almost daily).
Since I don't go anywhere to exercise I've gotten better about doing it. I just *try* to make it part of my morning routine. Which is why I'm 15-30 mins late to work daily. O_O
I really want one of these: Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007...
It's on sale today for $100. But I can't afford it cause I just bought some fractional plates at $50 and jack stand for $20.
Damn it. I would have not gotten those if i'd known this was going to be on sale today. I'm sure it'll be back to full price tomorrow.
@Dawn- Wow, that's pretty ridiculous. At least the dieting thing is working for her. I didn't know they had walk-in place DVDs. LOL. I've done the walking/running on the wII Fit before, but it was fun and could be challenging when doing hills.
@MrsJ- I can't do morning. I would be mega late for work! I'm aiming for my normal evening workout. It helps calm me and then once I shower I'm ready for TV, a book and bed.
I wish I could wake up early enough to work out before work... But I go in at 7am. That would mean waking up at 5am, and I just don't see myself having enough energy at that hour.I usually work out as soon as I get home from work (so from about 4:30pm to 5:30pm). Then I shower up, make dinner, clean up, and have the rest of the evening to relax. All 5 minutes of it :P
Evenings for me are when I usually get super lazy. I want to get home and relax while watching TV. I started doing mornings because of hubby - when we were exercising for the wedding we would do 8 min Abs and Jillian's 30 day Shred every morning. I found it worked better for me due to my innate laziness.
Hubby wants to loose weight, too. So we are talking about going back to 2-a-days twice a week. We'll do whatever we do in the mornings (separately) and then after work but before dinner do a workout together. Probably will start with Kettlebells this evening.
I get lazy in the evening too, that's why I switched from after dinner to before.. If I eat, I'll never work out. But if I'm not allowed to eat until I work out, I always get it done.
Maybe the walking in place DVD is for people who can't really get around much - like the elderly. I know my grandmother can't move like she used to. She's active - but she can't walk as long as she used to. I might actually suggest walking in place to her - probably not the DVD - she wouldn't be able to use the DVD player anyway. Lol.
Dawn wrote: "I get lazy in the evening too, that's why I switched from after dinner to before.. If I eat, I'll never work out. But if I'm not allowed to eat until I work out, I always get it done."Yeah, if I eat before working out - its not gonna happen, lol.
Thank you for sharing the Chicken Parmigiana Burgers recipe, Dawn! I'm always looking for quick and interesting recipes, as, when I do get a chance to cook properly, I want something I can quickly make.
OMG, I LOOOOOOVE pepperplate! I just uploaded that recipe and the associated Filetto Di Pomodoro sauce to go with it. It was an auto add instead of a manual.
Dawn wrote: "I wish I could get J to eat cauliflower... Alas, I don't see that happening."Skinnytaste has a lot of cauliflower recipes. He won't try any of them?
I am loving cauliflower right now! I want to eat it every day.
Ugh. I can't even imagine. :(