Quick Update

So my Internet has been out since Friday night. As you know I went to boot camp Friday. I did an assessment on Sat. and signed up for personal training once a week on Mondays for a month to see how it is and it affects me. It will def. be a hard sell to my husband.

I tried a new class today. Body Combat. It completely wore me out. I will update tomorrow more tomorrow. I am taking a step class at 6pm & personal training at 8:30.

Have a good Monday!

My First Group Class

Last night was amazing. I am so glad I went. I sweated and burned and of course, met some people. The class itself was hard. I think I over exerted myself. I hurt all over. I went to the gym tonight and walked only 2 miles. Then I stretched on the True Stretch for 30 min. I feel much better. There is another boot camp tomorrow. I haven't decided if I am going. I will have to see how sore I am. I do not want to injure myself.

I have a personal training appt. on Sat - another assessment. I am really ready to start making big strides. I will weigh less than 200 pounds by the end of June. Tomorrow is my last weigh in for May. I didn't make huge progress this month but am still not only losing weight, I am still going to the gym.

I think I am really going to be doing this for the long haul.

Luck on your weigh ins!

I am going to do it

I am taking a boot camp class today at 8:45 pm. That is in one hour. I know if I post I will do it. I will then see how I feel on trying to complete other things for the work out.

I will update tomorrow on how the class was. I hope it is fun and I meet people. I know that will encourage me to keep going.

Weekend Activites

Well I did tons this weekend

I hiked and went to the gym. I have been working on my diet and pull ups. I have improved. I have 7 more weeks to be able to do a pull up on my body weight. I can do 1 at 75 pounds or 5 at 90 so long way to go.

A lot of people have started to notice that I have lost some weight. This is encouraging me to continue to work hard on it. I am going to take a class this week from the gym if it kills me. MY body aches all the time. I just want it to stop being so sore =/ One day I will be in great shape.

I hope you are all doing well in your quest.

3 Pounds!!

I lost 3 pounds =) I am so excited. I get to eat more and lose weight. Bob's challenge this weekend is 8 hours of cardio. So I am def. going to do this. I am almost 1/3 done. So here comes the challenging 1/3. It is going to super suck but in another 33 pounds you will def. see a difference in me.

I WANT TO FINALLY BREAK 200 POUNDS!

One last workout before the weekly weigh in

Man did I work out!

I ellipticaled (ok I know it isn't a verb) for 40 min and then I walked/jogged 6 miles. Man does my body hate me. Tomorrow is my weigh in and I haven't lost any weight for 3 weeks. I have been trying to eat at my basal metabolic rate like they have said for optimum weight loss. I will say I have WAAAAAAAY more energy.

I was told that I already have too much muscle mass to weigh the goal weight I want. So I will have to lean up if I want to be slimmer. I figure after I lose another 50 pounds we will see what I look like and how it is going.

I keep going to the grocery store. I want food but I am only buying what I am allowed to eat. It is bad. I go and buy good things. I seriously have enough for a 3rd world country. I have fruit and veggies. Fiber yogurt, fiber bars, canned chicken breast and low sugar juice for the honey line the pantry. Well at least now I have tons of good food for me to choose from.

Tired =/

Well, I can definitely say I am super sore. I did another evaluation. It was a continuation where they hooked me up to the electrodes and got my body fat percentage and lean mass.

It was interesting to note that, my lean mass is 142.2 pounds and I am retaining water. I burn 1877.2 calories just being me and 2263.4 if I am normally going around my daily business. I was told to every day hit the resting metabolic calories. That way my body won't think it is starving myself. I cannot believe how hard it is. I was eating between 1200-1500. 600 calories is like a whole meal.

I will go back in like 8 weeks and they will see how I am doing and go over my food. I am thinking about seeing if my sis wants to run the 1/2 marathon this Nov. It might be fun to train towards a goal.

Attention!

I just ran a 5K. Oh my God.

Apparently, I have been getting up to running. It wasn't very fast. I walked .25 of a mile and then I decided to try to run 1.5 miles. After I did it, I was like I bet I can make it to 2 miles. I walked .25 of a mile and then ran the rest.

So my time was 30:35 seconds. I know not great but a solid starting point. That means I averaged around 6 miles an hour. So now I am going to try to actually start this jogging/running thing every other day. After a month of doing it, I am going to do this! For real.

There is the City of the Oaks Marathon Nov. 1. with a 6 hour time limit. So 4.5 miles an hour. If you can run 30 min. non stop you should be able to use that program to run the marathon.

I am going to think about this seriously.

Update:

So I am currently at 223. Same as I have been for weeks, however; I stopped to talk with a nutritionist.

This is what I need to be eating:

Fiber + protein
snack: fruit + yogurt
Lunch: carb, protein, veggie
snack: nuts

after 4pm no sugar or carb

dinner: protein and veggie
after dinner snack: whatever as long as it is not sugar


He also said it is more important to eat six times and if you fall off the wagon a little it is ok. I feel much more confident in this. We will see how I do.

I did a walk run yesterday and that new Precor machine. I feel very sore in a good way =)

On the road again

So this week, I found out my gym membership expired. I went to a few different gyms looking at price and stuff. We ended up joining Rapid Fitness. It costs me 24 dollars a month. They have group fitness, yoga, pilates, a hugs cardio and weight room space, and I even get some personal training and assessment when I sign up.

I signed up for my first assessment tonight. We will see how it goes. I do not like their elliptical machines. Usually, the ones I used has the ball in the back and these are in the front so I have a whole new motion. They have two Precor Amt. They are amazing!
You get a super work out on them. I might start with ~ 20 min a day on them. You start stairstepping and then you can elliptical. It is all powered with your legs. Mine are burning from just 10 min.

After my assessment tonight, I am going to sign up for my free personal training. I feel like I am definitely back on track. I haven't lost any weight for a while, but I haven't gained.

SO HERE IT GOES!

OMG

What a week.

So I go to the gym and my fob doesn't work apparently they turned off my membership and say I am done. I went in to talk to them and there is nothing they can/will do until the manager gets back. It has been pouring here so I haven't really done anything.

I walked a few miles =/ There is a superwalmart down the street. I was thinking of walking laps around the inside. I don't know.....

It is suppose to be sunny tomorrow. I am thinking of getting a great walk in and getting back on tract. I am the same weight. This is it. I need to lose it. I am getting so discouraged!

Updates!

So I am doing well with my weekly goals. I have been to the gym 2X. I have done Bob's challenges and I am drinking water. Now I need to eat better!

Calorie Update: 2,150/73,500

So OMG I think I might have picked a number I cannot reach this month. So I did 1000 calories Sun & Mon. It took about 2 hours on machines. I did some additional weight lifting, but I didn't look up those calories. I really feel it would take a serious commitment to make this goal. So I live about 3.5 miles from work. I am thinking of adding walking to and from work 2-4 times a week to my plan to get more calories burned. Should I revise the number? Maybe I need to do something this drastic as I haven't lost weight in the last few weeks.

I really need to focus on what I am eating! My real goal this month is to lose 12 pounds. 210. OMG I haven't been at that weight in so long! I am going to call the doctor and see if I can get into a nutritionist.

Biggest Loser: Couples tomight!

This Week and goals!

So my weight in was the same. I feel like I look smaller finally. I am really starting to get comments. I am now smaller than I have been in 4 years. The next landmark will be 190 pounds. I was there 7 years ago. That is my next focus.

This week goals are to do all of Bob Harper's challenges to completion.
Go to the gym at least 5 times.
Drink 6-8 glasses of water everyday.

Sometimes, I feel so alone in the journey. I was reading the 5 success to a diet. The first one is to surround yourself with a whole bunch of people doing the same thing. Next week, my goal is to be below 220 pounds no matter what. today I weight 221 which is 1.5 pounds less than I did officially Friday. So I really need to lose another 1.5 pounds.

I have to buy this bridesmaid dress on June 6. 5 more weeks. I really want to weight less than 200 pounds or at least be closer. That is about 1.5 sizes. I didn't really lose any weight in April. maybe 6 pounds. So I have to burn 73,500 calories to burn off 21 pounds at 3500 calories in a pounds. So from now into June I will keep track and post.


Today I have not exercised yest so I am at 0/73,500.