Sooo I just got out of a dr’s appt. She has me come in every couple of months for weight & blood pressure checks, and she politely chewed me out lol. My blood pressure is fine… with medication anyway. However, I mentioned before that I had gained weight the first couple of weeks of Farrell’s. I also just haven’t been real great this year on actually losing weight.
I told her about Farrell’s, and the nutrition program, and etc. She was happy about the whole less processed more whole grain & natural part, but she isn’t happy about the weight gain, my fun day, or the number of calories & carbs I’m consuming per meal. She says 43 is too high, and she’d rather see me cut that by a minimum of 10-15 per meal. She wants me to give up my fun day, annnnnd she more or less told me she would prefer I be on a 1200-1500 calorie diet, not an 1,800 – 2,100 calorie diet. She isn’t against carbs by any means; she just thinks I need a lower amount.
The real problem here is lat time I went in for weight & blood pressure checks I weighed 262. Which is all well and good, but I gained 2 lbs. She is very concerned about the effects of my obesity & etc on my heart.
I admit right now and up front last week was NOT my best week. I substituted Pizza one day for two meals (equated out to 3 pieces). I had jelly beans for one meal, & went out for tacos another day… and well I have had the raving munchies all week and did almost nothing but eat on Saturday. Well, okay we did a lot of running around too, but I ate waaay too much. It was weird it was like I couldn’t stop eating even when I was full. I just kept munching. It was completely stupid and I justified it by “I can” & “It’s my fun day”. Well that’s pretty stupid justification. Looking back on it even though I didn’t go completely mad on my calories at any point last week (excluding Saturday), I really didn’t deserve my “fun day”. I mean yessss I did maintain about a 1,000 calorie deficit every day… but I ate things I just shouldn’t have end of story. I also guestimated for the tacos soooo I could be off there.
I did get through week 3 of Farrell’s. I missed Monday because I was sick, but did attend all other 5 days. Wed & Friday’s cardio classes were just brutal. I’m not sure why, but they were. They are ramping up what we’re doing, and I leave wanting very little other than to crawl into bed or fall down.. whichever comes first. BUT I’m doing it, and so far I’m really glad I go every day. It’s pretty fun, and every time I accomplish something small it’s a total victory for me. I like victories!
So anyway back to the Dr thing. I’m not sure I’m supposed to actually haggle with my Dr, but I’m okay fighting for what I agree with and don’t agree with. I just don’t think I can manage to stick to 1,200 calories. End of story. SOOO we debated and agreed that I would stick to a 1,400 – 1,700 calorie diet all week, and that my “fun” day would not be a free for all pig out. She really would have preferred I limit my fun day to once a month & one bad meal & snack a week. At least she also acknowledges I’ll work with her if she compromises as opposed to completely ignoring her. She loaded me up on pamphlets and nutrition advice and told me to make another appointment in 2-3 months. She says I really need to work on my progress… which I agree with being as I’ve more or less had none this year, and she wants me to bring my BodyMedia reports next time. She already knows I have a hormone imbalance caused by PCOS and obesity (she says the obesity is a factor for the PCOS too). Sooo she wants to test my thyroid yet again and run another hormone panel if I haven’t had improvement.
Mostly though she just thinks I am eating too much. She thinks the Farrell’s thing is a good thing, but warned me to take good care of my joints. She knows I have issues with my knees. She thinks overall the kickboxing will be good and actually strengthen the muscles around my joints and help with some of my joint issues.
The interesting part is she’d really like me to get down to my goal weight, but she really wants me to get to 190 or less. She says the affect on many of my health issues and would really like to make sure I get out of the obese category. She more or less stated being simply overweight isn’t as detrimental to my health as being obese.
So yeah, she more or less politely smacked me over the head, and told me to kick in gear. I can’t say as I don’t agree with her, even if I do think I’ve kicked it into gear. I feel like I’m working my butt off darn it. BUT as usual food is a problem with me. I have denied being a food addict for well… a very long time. I’m starting to think if that’s self delusion though. OR if it’s more a combination of food addition and a desire not to change my lifestyle. I like to go out to eat. I like to eat things that aren’t good for me. I crave carbs & cheese on a pretty regular basis. Sugar less so, but still occurs. It’s like I get a food in my head and it won’t go away sometimes. Cheese dip & chips for example is a big one for me. Or should I say it’s one I crave pretty frequently & will go overboard on given half a chance.
I was watching Heavy this weekend. Some of the stuff those people were going through in their therapy sessions, or talked about kind of scared me because I could completely relate. It was sounding way too familiar for any type of comfort. I mean I wasn’t abused as a child, I didn’t have a son or parent die tragically, or well really anything traumatic. I can narrow down when I started to gain weight though. I started to gain weight after I got off Phenobarbital when I was 13. I then gained a ton more weight when I stopped being active / gave up horses. I started eating way more though after I got off Phenobarbital.
So maybe I do need to re-learn my relationship with food. It’s hard though when it’s something that I so ingrained in everything people do. I mean it’s not like I’m going to change my family traditions. Let’s face it those are what they are. The other part is I REALLLY need to get better at planning and not hating the kitchen. I’ve gotten better, but I’m not exactly Betty Crocker.
When I started off this lifestyle change I knew it would encompass a lot of things, but I wonder if I actually really realized just how many things have to change for success to occur long term.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Just when I think it may get easier….
So this week has been pretty interesting as far as my workouts go. I missed Monday because my stomach was rebelling, and well I’m just not going to try squats and kicking, and bouncing up and down with a stomach that requires frequent and immediate trips to the bathroom. I think it must have just been something I ate though, because it passed quickly.
I was back at it on Tuesday, and upgraded on quite a few of my upper body moves to a green band (from yellow). I think I could probably actually move up to a red band for most of my back strength exercises, but my triceps, shoulders, and some of the chest moves can’t hardly finish properly on yellow. BUT I’m getting stronger. On a few of the moves I’m ready to move up to green, and I’m happy with that.
Yesterdays’ cardio workout was a killer. More so than usual. About the time I think I have the cardio figured out they throw in new moves, and more up and down stuff. I ran out of breath again yesterday, but I didn’t stop for any length of time other than a few seconds to catch my breath again. By the time class was over my entire shirt was soaked in sweat… as in more than normal. I never leave a class (strength or cardio) dry, but this was special even for me. They added in a lot of touchdowns. i.e. Front kick, touchdown (hand on floor), up, kick, touchdown, repeat until you want to pass out. LOL Then switch it up to punch, cross, hook, step OOR maybe even a punch, cross, hook, knee. Either way it was a ton of movement, a ton of up and down, and by the end it was an O M G MAKE IT STOP kind of moment.
The funny part is after my muscles collected themselves to feel more like normal and less like jelly I was still very glad I went. I thought about doing the workout they gave us the first day, which I thought was insanely hard, to the workout they gave us today and realize the progress is definitely there. I am getting stronger.
For example let’s compare last Friday with Day 1. I see progress! I see progress yesterday too, but watching the end of my workout when I’m starting to not be able to breathe what my lvl 10 is alters somewhat drastically.
I’ve been continuing to burn between 3,000- 3,500 calories on average per day with the exception of Sunday which is very much an off day.
Calories Burned / Consumed / Exercise / Note
3/28 – 3,550 calories burned – 1,890 consumed - Cardio
3/29 – 3,285 calories burned – 2,076 consumed - Strength
3/30 – 3,192 calories burned – 1,874 consumed - Cardio – note: Stopped wearing my BodyMedia after class.
3/31 – 3,303 calories burned – 2,121 consumed - Strength
4/01 – 3,079 calories burned – 1,994 consumed - Cardio
4/02 – 3,261 calories burned – Strength & cardio - strength & techniques class back to back –also this is my Fun/cheat day.
4/03 – 2,111 calories burned – 1,959 consumed - nada, I didn’t even wear the band, so this is what I burn doing nothing.
4/04 – 3,051 calories burned – 1,785 consumed - Cardio
4/05 – 3,258 calories burned – 1,987 consumed - Strength
4/06 – 3,392 calories burned -2,072 consumed - Cardio
4/07 – 2,940 calories burned – 1,898 consumed - Strength – also I didn’t take an hour walk like I normally do
4/08 – 3,409 calories burned – 1,916 consumed - Cardio & abs after class
4/09 – 3,233 calories burned –fun day - Strength & zoo wandering
4/10 – 2,199 calories burned – 1,552 consumed - day off… I did very little other than play video games and watch tv.
4/11 – 2,171 calories burned – 1,636 consumed - sick – so almost nothing done this day
4/12 – 3,378 calories burned – 2,079 consumed - Strength
4/13 – 3,241 calories burned – 2,222 consumed - Cardio – (I made a good choice at red lobster but still underestimated some of the calories in items so consumed a bit more than expected.
So at any rate I’ve been eating very well considering. I work to hit my carb & protein requirements, though I’m often a bit under on carbs and over on protein. I’m okay with that though.
I think I’ve been busting it out at any rate. :D
I was back at it on Tuesday, and upgraded on quite a few of my upper body moves to a green band (from yellow). I think I could probably actually move up to a red band for most of my back strength exercises, but my triceps, shoulders, and some of the chest moves can’t hardly finish properly on yellow. BUT I’m getting stronger. On a few of the moves I’m ready to move up to green, and I’m happy with that.
Yesterdays’ cardio workout was a killer. More so than usual. About the time I think I have the cardio figured out they throw in new moves, and more up and down stuff. I ran out of breath again yesterday, but I didn’t stop for any length of time other than a few seconds to catch my breath again. By the time class was over my entire shirt was soaked in sweat… as in more than normal. I never leave a class (strength or cardio) dry, but this was special even for me. They added in a lot of touchdowns. i.e. Front kick, touchdown (hand on floor), up, kick, touchdown, repeat until you want to pass out. LOL Then switch it up to punch, cross, hook, step OOR maybe even a punch, cross, hook, knee. Either way it was a ton of movement, a ton of up and down, and by the end it was an O M G MAKE IT STOP kind of moment.
The funny part is after my muscles collected themselves to feel more like normal and less like jelly I was still very glad I went. I thought about doing the workout they gave us the first day, which I thought was insanely hard, to the workout they gave us today and realize the progress is definitely there. I am getting stronger.
For example let’s compare last Friday with Day 1. I see progress! I see progress yesterday too, but watching the end of my workout when I’m starting to not be able to breathe what my lvl 10 is alters somewhat drastically.
I’ve been continuing to burn between 3,000- 3,500 calories on average per day with the exception of Sunday which is very much an off day.
Calories Burned / Consumed / Exercise / Note
3/28 – 3,550 calories burned – 1,890 consumed - Cardio
3/29 – 3,285 calories burned – 2,076 consumed - Strength
3/30 – 3,192 calories burned – 1,874 consumed - Cardio – note: Stopped wearing my BodyMedia after class.
3/31 – 3,303 calories burned – 2,121 consumed - Strength
4/01 – 3,079 calories burned – 1,994 consumed - Cardio
4/02 – 3,261 calories burned – Strength & cardio - strength & techniques class back to back –also this is my Fun/cheat day.
4/03 – 2,111 calories burned – 1,959 consumed - nada, I didn’t even wear the band, so this is what I burn doing nothing.
4/04 – 3,051 calories burned – 1,785 consumed - Cardio
4/05 – 3,258 calories burned – 1,987 consumed - Strength
4/06 – 3,392 calories burned -2,072 consumed - Cardio
4/07 – 2,940 calories burned – 1,898 consumed - Strength – also I didn’t take an hour walk like I normally do
4/08 – 3,409 calories burned – 1,916 consumed - Cardio & abs after class
4/09 – 3,233 calories burned –fun day - Strength & zoo wandering
4/10 – 2,199 calories burned – 1,552 consumed - day off… I did very little other than play video games and watch tv.
4/11 – 2,171 calories burned – 1,636 consumed - sick – so almost nothing done this day
4/12 – 3,378 calories burned – 2,079 consumed - Strength
4/13 – 3,241 calories burned – 2,222 consumed - Cardio – (I made a good choice at red lobster but still underestimated some of the calories in items so consumed a bit more than expected.
So at any rate I’ve been eating very well considering. I work to hit my carb & protein requirements, though I’m often a bit under on carbs and over on protein. I’m okay with that though.
I think I’ve been busting it out at any rate. :D
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
weigh in
Okay,
So I posted my weigh in on Sunday on YouTube, but just wasn’t ready to make my blog post yet.
SO here it goes.
I gained another 3 lbs. On Sunday I was up to 265. I considered throwing the scale through the window, and later decided that “perhaps” that wasn’t the best of plans. I mean they are new windows, and I might actually want the scale later.
So I crawled back into bed, woke up Jer, and complained for about 15 minutes. I mean I’m eating better than I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. We’re talking only whole grains, no super processed foods, a lot of raw veg, fruit, only lean meats (mostly grilled chicken, turkey, or fish), no soda (not even a sip on my “fun day”, etc. EVERYTHING (outside of my fun day) has been measured either via the standard cup/teaspoon/etc or via the food scale (meat & some veg). There was no going off plan. I DID have my fun day. I felt I totally deserved it, and I stayed on track to the N’th degree all week. Not to mention I was so sick of tilapia and chicken I could scream. Frankly this eating 6 times a day thing is kind of a pita. BUT I have done it.
Jer swears he sees a difference. To me my clothing fits the same, the scale is pissing me off, and the only thing I can currently fall back on is the fact that I can do SO MUCH more than I could 2 weeks ago. I never would have thought the difference in 2 weeks would be that much. I can do full sit-ups.. and only a few days ago I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to do one by the end of the 10 weeks. I can make it through an entire cardio class without sitting down for a few min to catch my breath. I “feel” stronger.
Now, seriously the scale needs to start going in the proper direction. The only thing I can think of is that I had no muscles to start with, and I’m starting to grow a few, and my body is in so much shock that it’s screaming for mercy and holding onto everything because it’s pretty sure the end is nigh. Every other time I’ve done exactly what I needed to do I’ve seen results. I mean it’s not like I’m on my last 10 lbs. No, I still have 100 lbs to go… now 110 lbs to reach goal.
So what am I going to do about this? I am going to keep on keeping on. I’m going to keep eating 6 times a day. I’m going to continue to make good choices, I’m going to continue to avoid soda for the full 10 weeks (at least). I am going to remain convinced that my body will HAVE to eventually drop something. Even if it’s just clothing sizes I can deal with that. I just need some type of acknowledgement from my body that it’s cooperating in some way. … though I guess the fact that I can do more without feeling like I’m going to die is acknowledgement.. I just want a different type of acknowledgement too. LOL inches or lbs ppl inches or pounds.
At the end of the week my body is screaming for mercy. So far by Friday of each week I have been sore everywhere, incredibly tired, and yet insanely glad I went each day. After class on Saturday I was so tired I considered just going back to bed for a few hours. Instead, we decided to go to the zoo. We spent from 8 am – 9 am working out & from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm wandering around the zoo. MAN was I done. The zoo was PACKED, it was 85 degrees and it was so humid in some of the buildings that the exhibits were fogged over. Half the aquarium had water just sweating down the glass. I still had fun, but when Sunday ended up being 65 I almost wished I would have waited and gone on Sunday instead. BUT I was still glad I went. I did nothing on Sunday, and I was totally okay with that.
TOM showed up and as of this morning I’m down to 263. It’s the last time this week until weigh in (Saturday) though that I’ll hop on a scale.
Work changed my hours to 7am – 4 pm starting tomorrow. That will be a shock. I detest mornings. So I will either be going to the 4:30 pm class or if Jer wants to go to the same class I’m going to move to the 6am class. GOD that’s early.
Whatever the case I hope I have some good news to provide in my next weigh in. I’m tired of reporting gains.
So I posted my weigh in on Sunday on YouTube, but just wasn’t ready to make my blog post yet.
SO here it goes.
I gained another 3 lbs. On Sunday I was up to 265. I considered throwing the scale through the window, and later decided that “perhaps” that wasn’t the best of plans. I mean they are new windows, and I might actually want the scale later.
So I crawled back into bed, woke up Jer, and complained for about 15 minutes. I mean I’m eating better than I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. We’re talking only whole grains, no super processed foods, a lot of raw veg, fruit, only lean meats (mostly grilled chicken, turkey, or fish), no soda (not even a sip on my “fun day”, etc. EVERYTHING (outside of my fun day) has been measured either via the standard cup/teaspoon/etc or via the food scale (meat & some veg). There was no going off plan. I DID have my fun day. I felt I totally deserved it, and I stayed on track to the N’th degree all week. Not to mention I was so sick of tilapia and chicken I could scream. Frankly this eating 6 times a day thing is kind of a pita. BUT I have done it.
Jer swears he sees a difference. To me my clothing fits the same, the scale is pissing me off, and the only thing I can currently fall back on is the fact that I can do SO MUCH more than I could 2 weeks ago. I never would have thought the difference in 2 weeks would be that much. I can do full sit-ups.. and only a few days ago I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to do one by the end of the 10 weeks. I can make it through an entire cardio class without sitting down for a few min to catch my breath. I “feel” stronger.
Now, seriously the scale needs to start going in the proper direction. The only thing I can think of is that I had no muscles to start with, and I’m starting to grow a few, and my body is in so much shock that it’s screaming for mercy and holding onto everything because it’s pretty sure the end is nigh. Every other time I’ve done exactly what I needed to do I’ve seen results. I mean it’s not like I’m on my last 10 lbs. No, I still have 100 lbs to go… now 110 lbs to reach goal.
So what am I going to do about this? I am going to keep on keeping on. I’m going to keep eating 6 times a day. I’m going to continue to make good choices, I’m going to continue to avoid soda for the full 10 weeks (at least). I am going to remain convinced that my body will HAVE to eventually drop something. Even if it’s just clothing sizes I can deal with that. I just need some type of acknowledgement from my body that it’s cooperating in some way. … though I guess the fact that I can do more without feeling like I’m going to die is acknowledgement.. I just want a different type of acknowledgement too. LOL inches or lbs ppl inches or pounds.
At the end of the week my body is screaming for mercy. So far by Friday of each week I have been sore everywhere, incredibly tired, and yet insanely glad I went each day. After class on Saturday I was so tired I considered just going back to bed for a few hours. Instead, we decided to go to the zoo. We spent from 8 am – 9 am working out & from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm wandering around the zoo. MAN was I done. The zoo was PACKED, it was 85 degrees and it was so humid in some of the buildings that the exhibits were fogged over. Half the aquarium had water just sweating down the glass. I still had fun, but when Sunday ended up being 65 I almost wished I would have waited and gone on Sunday instead. BUT I was still glad I went. I did nothing on Sunday, and I was totally okay with that.
TOM showed up and as of this morning I’m down to 263. It’s the last time this week until weigh in (Saturday) though that I’ll hop on a scale.
Work changed my hours to 7am – 4 pm starting tomorrow. That will be a shock. I detest mornings. So I will either be going to the 4:30 pm class or if Jer wants to go to the same class I’m going to move to the 6am class. GOD that’s early.
Whatever the case I hope I have some good news to provide in my next weigh in. I’m tired of reporting gains.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Heart Association Walk
So one thing that plagues my family is heart issues. It's really a matter of genetics and in some cases we don't do ourselves any favors by being poor eaters either. BUT the majority of my family lead healthy lifestyles of farmers (or similar), yet on both sides we've had heart problems.
SOOO needless to say I'm all for the American Heart Association. In some cases I think one of the biggest things they can offer to people is awareness & education.
As such I'm going to be participating for year 2nd of the Heart Walk they are having on May 21, 2011. I'm also hoping this year I won't want to keel over after the walk is complete. Jer is volunteering to go with me... though I don't think he knows that yet. :D OH but he will.
I know money is tight, but if you would like to donate the website they gave me is:
http://blba.us/i.asp?id=426002-206796256-2
SOOO needless to say I'm all for the American Heart Association. In some cases I think one of the biggest things they can offer to people is awareness & education.
As such I'm going to be participating for year 2nd of the Heart Walk they are having on May 21, 2011. I'm also hoping this year I won't want to keel over after the walk is complete. Jer is volunteering to go with me... though I don't think he knows that yet. :D OH but he will.
I know money is tight, but if you would like to donate the website they gave me is:
http://blba.us/i.asp?id=426002-206796256-2
Interesting - ther nerd has woken up and is posting. :D
So I’ve been doing my own research … mostly using myself as a guinea pig. I think perhaps I know why swimming is such a good workout… and I’m not just talking about the fact that it reduces strain on the joints and weight due to the water pressure.
So yesterday one of the guys that’s really into Farrell’s (long time Farrell’s member), who was also a wrestler replied to my comment of me standing by the door so it’s cooler in the building that he wanted it as hot as possible in the building so he sweats more and gets a better workout.
Well yesterday I did stand by the door I got my butt front and center on that door so I could get a breeze. My goal, to not overheat. It always seems that when I overheat I start falling apart. I can’t seem to get enough breath, yes I sweat even more than normal, and I start pooping out hard core. Well yesterday I didn’t over heat. I was doing everything to the max I felt I could do the workout. Staying a few degrease cooler REALLY seemed to help. I didn’t "do” more than normal yesterday. In fact once we got home and had dinner I was mostly stationary as we were playing (Jer was playing I was watching) Disgaea. BUT when I look at the lvls of effort put out in the workout I’m showing a spiky graph that is significantly above walking for nearly the full 45 minutes. Monday it wasn't above walking much. I'm pretty sure I was overheating based on the way I felt on Monday.
So back to my swimming thing. I think swimming is such a good workout because people use their whole bodies, and don’t overheat nearly as easily. I think being hot while you exercise so you sweat more really does absolutely nothing for you as far as calorie burn.
Now I am not an expert, and my test group is me, myself and I. So I could be way off base, but I will tell you per the body media if it is cooler out and I am busting my hump I can do so harder and for longer before I hit the point of mentally hitting the OMG MUST STOP point, or my body just telling me to piss off and it's done playing.
I admit I’d really like to strap a body media on Kasey (the guy that made the comment that he felt he got a better workout when it was warm) when it’s really hot, and again when it was cooler for the same workout and find out which one he burns more in… or if there is even a difference.
For me the answer is clear. Stay cool = can do more.
I still sweat like a maniac either way, but I don’t tend to overheat which means I can breathe enough to keep going. It also means I have enough steam left to get to the end of the workout. Because as I go on in this journey I should have to work harder and harder to obtain the same results… now granted that will probably be awhile since it takes my body awhile to “adjust” to something. BUT the nerd in me would really like to test the cool vs hot theory. In the end I could give a rats ass about losing water weight. I want to lose the fat and build the muscle. Being hot does drop more water weight, but then I just guzzle more water to replenish.
So yesterday one of the guys that’s really into Farrell’s (long time Farrell’s member), who was also a wrestler replied to my comment of me standing by the door so it’s cooler in the building that he wanted it as hot as possible in the building so he sweats more and gets a better workout.
Well yesterday I did stand by the door I got my butt front and center on that door so I could get a breeze. My goal, to not overheat. It always seems that when I overheat I start falling apart. I can’t seem to get enough breath, yes I sweat even more than normal, and I start pooping out hard core. Well yesterday I didn’t over heat. I was doing everything to the max I felt I could do the workout. Staying a few degrease cooler REALLY seemed to help. I didn’t "do” more than normal yesterday. In fact once we got home and had dinner I was mostly stationary as we were playing (Jer was playing I was watching) Disgaea. BUT when I look at the lvls of effort put out in the workout I’m showing a spiky graph that is significantly above walking for nearly the full 45 minutes. Monday it wasn't above walking much. I'm pretty sure I was overheating based on the way I felt on Monday.
So back to my swimming thing. I think swimming is such a good workout because people use their whole bodies, and don’t overheat nearly as easily. I think being hot while you exercise so you sweat more really does absolutely nothing for you as far as calorie burn.
Now I am not an expert, and my test group is me, myself and I. So I could be way off base, but I will tell you per the body media if it is cooler out and I am busting my hump I can do so harder and for longer before I hit the point of mentally hitting the OMG MUST STOP point, or my body just telling me to piss off and it's done playing.
I admit I’d really like to strap a body media on Kasey (the guy that made the comment that he felt he got a better workout when it was warm) when it’s really hot, and again when it was cooler for the same workout and find out which one he burns more in… or if there is even a difference.
For me the answer is clear. Stay cool = can do more.
I still sweat like a maniac either way, but I don’t tend to overheat which means I can breathe enough to keep going. It also means I have enough steam left to get to the end of the workout. Because as I go on in this journey I should have to work harder and harder to obtain the same results… now granted that will probably be awhile since it takes my body awhile to “adjust” to something. BUT the nerd in me would really like to test the cool vs hot theory. In the end I could give a rats ass about losing water weight. I want to lose the fat and build the muscle. Being hot does drop more water weight, but then I just guzzle more water to replenish.
woohoo situps
So yesterday I did something that I was concerned I wouldn't be able to do at 5 weeks and only poorly at 10 weeks... that's right ppl I did full situps!
WOOHOO. I also got through the whole workout without dying, passing out, or taking a 5 minute break to catch my breath.
This was a huge victory for me. Hopefully very soon I'll be able to do them properly too.
The funny part about yesterday was I REALLY didn't want to go. I wanted to just go home and do nothing. BUT I kicked myself mentally reminded myself I'm in this for the full 10 weeks, and went. It was a great workout and I'm really glad I went.
At any rate the huge success (or what I consider a huge success) of situps really jazzed me. TOTALLY worth going.
WOOHOO. I also got through the whole workout without dying, passing out, or taking a 5 minute break to catch my breath.
This was a huge victory for me. Hopefully very soon I'll be able to do them properly too.
The funny part about yesterday was I REALLY didn't want to go. I wanted to just go home and do nothing. BUT I kicked myself mentally reminded myself I'm in this for the full 10 weeks, and went. It was a great workout and I'm really glad I went.
At any rate the huge success (or what I consider a huge success) of situps really jazzed me. TOTALLY worth going.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
mrrrrfllll
Yeah so anytime between now and next week TOM is to arrive. I cannot describe how much I want candy, cake, cookies, soda, SUGAR .. yeah really I just want sugar. It's a no go until Saturday where I get my cheat meal but dang I hate these cravings. it's also possible though it's not even related to getting near TOM, and instead my body is coming out of shock with the new exercise and nutrition plan and is going WTF GIVE ME TEH SUUUGAR. Yes, sometimes I feel like my body screams at me. I have written down in the things I want to have on my fun day is a peanut butter & oreo concrete mixer (small) from Culvers..... and chinese. I swear I'm a chinese fiend. I wonder if I'll get over my crab rangoon obsession at some point in the next 10 weeks.
We will see. For now I just have planned a banana with my after workout protein shake. It's sweet, smooth, and I'm considering mixing in WITH my protein shake for more of a smoothie / milkshake flavor. We'll see.. that would also take effort which I may not be up for after workout tonight. BUT I will manage to avoid the candy, cake,cookies, etc. I don't need any of it after all. It's just my head being a pita.
We will see. For now I just have planned a banana with my after workout protein shake. It's sweet, smooth, and I'm considering mixing in WITH my protein shake for more of a smoothie / milkshake flavor. We'll see.. that would also take effort which I may not be up for after workout tonight. BUT I will manage to avoid the candy, cake,cookies, etc. I don't need any of it after all. It's just my head being a pita.
another Farrell's update with info on the nutrition seminar
Sooo I finally got the guts to try turkey bacon. I was looking for an approved protein source, and turkey bacon is approved since it’s pretty darn low fat. It doesn’t crisp up like normal bacon.. and it’s baconesce, but not really bacon. It’s not a poor substitute though if you want the “bacon” ish flavor.
Yesterday wasn’t to o bad for Farrell’s. I think I’m going to be moving up in my resistance bands next round. BUT I have learned that I have NO adductor or abductor muscles. Geez my hips were cramping up after that. I also had to field a cramp in the front of my calf which was less than pleasant. BUT I made it all the way through. I did a little better at situps… not where I want to be yet, but I’m getting a little bit better. I just need a few more little bits to get to at least being able to do all the workouts the way they are supposed to be. It’s progress and I’ll take it. I’m also pretty happy that I can handle a little more for some of the str training.
Today will be cardio, and I’m curious to see how that’ll go. I want it, and am aiming for it to go better than Monday. Overall for me, this is just hard stuff. I’m pretty proud of myself for not throwing in the towel last week when I felt like my everything was going to fall off.
I went to the nutrition seminar yesterday and learned a few interesting things. Such as apparently most daily vitamins like Centrum aren’t very useful because they aren’t absorbable due to the compounds that give them their shape. They recommend the liquid daily vitamins over the standard ones. They even said that my gummy ones were better than a “typical” kind. Wasn’t planning on receiving that answer I gotta tell you. I also learned that they would prefer we only have one protein shake a day. They want us to eat real food, not live on protein bars & shakes. I get it, but I think I’m going to ignore it and keep on keeping on… because frankly preparing YET another meal each day is just not in the cards. I have enough trouble making 4. Protein shakes are convenient, provide nutrients, and are highly portable. Add a kashi bar for carbs, or similar and tada instant meal. They also gave an interesting version for a chocolate protein shake.
10 oz skim milk
6 oz pasteurized egg whites “all whites”
1 Tsp of hershey’s chocolate
http://www.eggwhitesint.com/go/bodybuilding-protein.htm
This is more or less a pretty cheap protein drink. They also recommended it for kids who won’t eat meat.
They also broke a few people’s hearts when they said that nuts cannot be used as a protein substitute because they are not a complete form of protein. They do not contain some of the proteins that other sources of protein do that the body cannot produce on its own. BUT they had a big sigh of relief when they pointed out that if you added cheese (or similar) with it then you could count it because the cheese does contain the proteins in question.
They also keep pointing out that we need to eat 45 minutes after we work out, and it must contain good protein. More or less if you don’t eat and provide something for your body to use to repair, it’ll either go into storage mode or burn the wrong stuff. This is one I actually have a really hard time complying with because it takes longer than 45 min to get home, get a shower, and make dinner. SOOO we probably need to plan accordingly or get creative. Perhaps even switch out our late snack which almost always includes a protein shake for dinner. Just have dinner around 9pm and our late snack right after we get home. That would solve having a “fresh” dinner and the inability to get dinner in in the timeframe provided.
Food for thought anyway.
Some of the stuff I mentioned above I already knew, but didn’t always comply with. The nuts thing I didn’t know. I thought they were a standard source of protein, but they’d already told us that we weren’t allowed to have them more than once a day anyway. So for the most part it was a moot point.
I find it ironic that I purchased a bunch of no carb noodles, and now have to make sure I get enough carbs. LOL oOOOH well. I did pick up some rice noodles from the organic section that fit the qualifications and have exactly the amount of carbs I need for a meal in a serving. I figure it’s worth giving a try. I can add a little bit of cheese and meat for flavor and hopefully have a meal that fits all of my requirements, but still contains pasta.
Anyway that’s about all for yesterday.
Yesterday wasn’t to o bad for Farrell’s. I think I’m going to be moving up in my resistance bands next round. BUT I have learned that I have NO adductor or abductor muscles. Geez my hips were cramping up after that. I also had to field a cramp in the front of my calf which was less than pleasant. BUT I made it all the way through. I did a little better at situps… not where I want to be yet, but I’m getting a little bit better. I just need a few more little bits to get to at least being able to do all the workouts the way they are supposed to be. It’s progress and I’ll take it. I’m also pretty happy that I can handle a little more for some of the str training.
Today will be cardio, and I’m curious to see how that’ll go. I want it, and am aiming for it to go better than Monday. Overall for me, this is just hard stuff. I’m pretty proud of myself for not throwing in the towel last week when I felt like my everything was going to fall off.
I went to the nutrition seminar yesterday and learned a few interesting things. Such as apparently most daily vitamins like Centrum aren’t very useful because they aren’t absorbable due to the compounds that give them their shape. They recommend the liquid daily vitamins over the standard ones. They even said that my gummy ones were better than a “typical” kind. Wasn’t planning on receiving that answer I gotta tell you. I also learned that they would prefer we only have one protein shake a day. They want us to eat real food, not live on protein bars & shakes. I get it, but I think I’m going to ignore it and keep on keeping on… because frankly preparing YET another meal each day is just not in the cards. I have enough trouble making 4. Protein shakes are convenient, provide nutrients, and are highly portable. Add a kashi bar for carbs, or similar and tada instant meal. They also gave an interesting version for a chocolate protein shake.
10 oz skim milk
6 oz pasteurized egg whites “all whites”
1 Tsp of hershey’s chocolate
http://www.eggwhitesint.com/go/bodybuilding-protein.htm
This is more or less a pretty cheap protein drink. They also recommended it for kids who won’t eat meat.
They also broke a few people’s hearts when they said that nuts cannot be used as a protein substitute because they are not a complete form of protein. They do not contain some of the proteins that other sources of protein do that the body cannot produce on its own. BUT they had a big sigh of relief when they pointed out that if you added cheese (or similar) with it then you could count it because the cheese does contain the proteins in question.
They also keep pointing out that we need to eat 45 minutes after we work out, and it must contain good protein. More or less if you don’t eat and provide something for your body to use to repair, it’ll either go into storage mode or burn the wrong stuff. This is one I actually have a really hard time complying with because it takes longer than 45 min to get home, get a shower, and make dinner. SOOO we probably need to plan accordingly or get creative. Perhaps even switch out our late snack which almost always includes a protein shake for dinner. Just have dinner around 9pm and our late snack right after we get home. That would solve having a “fresh” dinner and the inability to get dinner in in the timeframe provided.
Food for thought anyway.
Some of the stuff I mentioned above I already knew, but didn’t always comply with. The nuts thing I didn’t know. I thought they were a standard source of protein, but they’d already told us that we weren’t allowed to have them more than once a day anyway. So for the most part it was a moot point.
I find it ironic that I purchased a bunch of no carb noodles, and now have to make sure I get enough carbs. LOL oOOOH well. I did pick up some rice noodles from the organic section that fit the qualifications and have exactly the amount of carbs I need for a meal in a serving. I figure it’s worth giving a try. I can add a little bit of cheese and meat for flavor and hopefully have a meal that fits all of my requirements, but still contains pasta.
Anyway that’s about all for yesterday.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
week 2 day 1 of Farrell's
Yesterday ended up being way harder than I expected it to be. I mean I wasn’t expecting to be a total rockstar, but I wasn’t expecting to be as out of breath or that I’d have to take a break yet again toward the end of class.
The more trouble I have, the more mad I get at myself for failing on things that I’m convinced I should be able to do this for 45 minutes , however all this is really telling me is I really need this. I know I keep saying that, but it’s true. They work a lot on form, and more or less are very insistent that if one of us has actual pain that we are to stop what we’re doing and call the instructor over.
Jackie (yesterdays instructor) really kept just telling me I was doing great yesterday, and reminded me that if I needed a break I should just take one. She insists she can see me doing better, and pushing myself harder. She reminds me that other people are going through the same thing, but no one really notices much because they’re busy paying attention to the instructor or working on getting the most out of their workout.
That’s the one thing I really like about this program. No one (as far as I can tell anyway) slacks. Everyone is really pushing it. People who’ve been there and lost over 100 lbs (there are more than one) are still busting out the sweat every day. They are all happy people.. or at least they’re happy to be there. That really gives me hope that I’ll get to that lvl too. You guys will totally hear a victory cry for me when I can do a full 45 min workout without literally feeling like I’m going to fall over or run out of breath to the point I have to stop what I’m doing to catch it.
I had one other thing that’s been surprising me. I was really worried that my knees, ankles and hips would protest this to the point it may not be possible. Instead, I’m finding they aren’t having any trouble. As long as I keep my form they’ve been champs. That is huge for me, because I have knees and ankles that really let me know when they feel abused. And this is hard work. This is moving all the joints, this is go go go for 45 minutes. So the fact that I can do the kicks & boxing moves without my joints screaming for me to quit is really good to me. My Dr thought (I asked prior to joining) it would actually be good for my joints as it would build up the muscles around them and possible cause some of the issues I currently have to go away…. though she’s also pretty convinced weight loss is key to that too. I don’t disagree with her on either count.
Today at 7:15 – 8:15 will be the nutrition class. Jer & I will totally be attending. I think we’ll learn something. I REALLY like that so far they haven’t pimped specific products. They tell us about Max Muscle sales, and stuff, but they don’t require us to put it in our meal plans, or tell us what we “have” do use for protein powders or bars or whatever. They give us some recipes and suggestions, but they don’t shove products down our throat. This is something I REALLY appreciate. I always get super annoyed when people try to tell me exactly what I need to eat. Parameters I can deal with, forcing products on me isn’t.
Anyway this is an interesting learning experience. I look forward to see what the rest of this 10 weeks will bring.
Today's vlog
The more trouble I have, the more mad I get at myself for failing on things that I’m convinced I should be able to do this for 45 minutes , however all this is really telling me is I really need this. I know I keep saying that, but it’s true. They work a lot on form, and more or less are very insistent that if one of us has actual pain that we are to stop what we’re doing and call the instructor over.
Jackie (yesterdays instructor) really kept just telling me I was doing great yesterday, and reminded me that if I needed a break I should just take one. She insists she can see me doing better, and pushing myself harder. She reminds me that other people are going through the same thing, but no one really notices much because they’re busy paying attention to the instructor or working on getting the most out of their workout.
That’s the one thing I really like about this program. No one (as far as I can tell anyway) slacks. Everyone is really pushing it. People who’ve been there and lost over 100 lbs (there are more than one) are still busting out the sweat every day. They are all happy people.. or at least they’re happy to be there. That really gives me hope that I’ll get to that lvl too. You guys will totally hear a victory cry for me when I can do a full 45 min workout without literally feeling like I’m going to fall over or run out of breath to the point I have to stop what I’m doing to catch it.
I had one other thing that’s been surprising me. I was really worried that my knees, ankles and hips would protest this to the point it may not be possible. Instead, I’m finding they aren’t having any trouble. As long as I keep my form they’ve been champs. That is huge for me, because I have knees and ankles that really let me know when they feel abused. And this is hard work. This is moving all the joints, this is go go go for 45 minutes. So the fact that I can do the kicks & boxing moves without my joints screaming for me to quit is really good to me. My Dr thought (I asked prior to joining) it would actually be good for my joints as it would build up the muscles around them and possible cause some of the issues I currently have to go away…. though she’s also pretty convinced weight loss is key to that too. I don’t disagree with her on either count.
Today at 7:15 – 8:15 will be the nutrition class. Jer & I will totally be attending. I think we’ll learn something. I REALLY like that so far they haven’t pimped specific products. They tell us about Max Muscle sales, and stuff, but they don’t require us to put it in our meal plans, or tell us what we “have” do use for protein powders or bars or whatever. They give us some recipes and suggestions, but they don’t shove products down our throat. This is something I REALLY appreciate. I always get super annoyed when people try to tell me exactly what I need to eat. Parameters I can deal with, forcing products on me isn’t.
Anyway this is an interesting learning experience. I look forward to see what the rest of this 10 weeks will bring.
Today's vlog
Monday, April 4, 2011
Farrell's update, weigh in, weekend, bodymedia.
So I did something this morning that I probably should not have done. I mentioned last week I was still debating on if I was going to weigh in or not each week. Well I stepped on the scale yesterday morning and just stared unbelievingly at the stupid scale. I have since decided I’m just going to ignore the fact that it says I have gained 5 lbs. That’s right people. Yesterday morning I weighed in at 262. Seeing the 260’s again is somewhat heartbreaking for me, but I was warned this may happen. The semi-funny part is Jer gained exactly 5 lbs too. My BodyMedia says I should have lost about 3 lbs. I mean I really busted it out. I had absolutely no fast food last week. I stuck to the diet as best I could (meaning I was low on carbs part of the time and over on protein, but neither by a significant amount).
SO after contemplating throwing a fit and breaking the scale I decided to approach the situation much more calmly and go over the facts. I gave up soda. That means I gave up a diuretic… even though I can’t freaking tell because I have to pee every half an hour anyway because I’ve been a thirsty girl and going through somewhere in the neighborhood of 90-160 oz of water each day. So.. then there’s that fact. I’ve been thirsty due to all the sweating and have been guzzling what feels like an obscene amount of water. BUT since I’m thirsty I must need it + the odds of water hurting me are pretty darn low. In addition I’ve been doing something I admit I haven’t been doing NEARLY enough of the last couple of months, and that’s str training. In fact I would say the str training I’ve done recently has probably been more intense and more all body inclusive than anything I’ve possibly ever done. This means that there is probably a lot of water retention right now just trying to repair all the good damage I’ve been doing to myself recently. Muscle does weigh more than fat… but let’s call it a hunch and say I didn’t gain 5 lbs of muscle in a week. I DID use my cheat day… and it was (beyond breakfast) totally a cheat day. This is something I’m okay with. I also burned 3300 calories on my cheat day… which means, from what I calculated, I broke about even for that day in calories. Since I weighed in after that day of a WHOLE lot of sodium that “could” affect it too.
So I’m just taking my weight down for tracking purposes, putting a note on it stating started farrell’s, and I’m going to move on and continue with the nutrition program they recommend and work under the assumption that all of the above is contributing to a rather large gain even though I really did do about everything I possibly could last week. Sore & tired were really the theme of the week. The other reason I don’t think it’s the nutrition is because my calories aren’t out of line. When I’m on point with what Farrell’s wants me to eat I’m eating somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,800 – 2,000 calories and burning at least 3,000. In other words, I’m nowhere near out of line for what I’m eating, and everything has been calculated, measured, etc. So I know I’m not drastically off on the amount of calories I’m consuming.
Today I don’t hurt as much, I think all the water and glutamine really helped with that. We also took Sunday completely off for exercise. As in for the most part we played video games, cuddled, and watched anime. It was actually a nice relaxing day. I had wanted to go to the zoo, but in the end even though it was a gorgeous day it was decided that the hills and workout on Saturday were enough that we were really okay just waiting for another weekend. You know.. maybe next Saturday in which I don’t spend 2.5 hours sweating my butt and feel like I’m going to collapse afterward.
Also Saturday was interesting. I went to the techniques class directly after my strength training class. Class went from 8 – 8:50 a.m. and techniques class went from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. So what I was expecting from techniques class was slow, precision, going over all the form, etc. Nothing fast, nothing resembling a hard cardio workout. Go ahead and start laughing at my niativity now, you know you want too.
Yeah…. What it ended up being was str training that is difficult and has enough movement that I was sweating my butt off. I had enough time in between my class and the techniques class to go grab my wraps and gloves and put the wraps on. Then they went over some of the techniques slowly at first… but somewhere shortly after it started I was sweating like a maniac and it was felt like a 1.5 hour cardio class. My shirt was completely soaked. When she would briefly stop us to show us another move the ONLY thing I wanted to do was sit or fall down. I considered it seriously a few times toward the end when she was going faster because the class was running longer than expected. I burned 1,500 calories in 2.5 hours. I’m half convinced my bodymedia shorted out at some point and that # is wrong too. Because I was moving and my graph shows me as moving from 7:30 a.m. (the alarm didn’t go off so the fact that I made it to class was pretty amazing) when we started rushing around to get ready until 11:00 when I got home took a shower and went to grab some lunch. I lost a piece of my armband where the computer connector sits, so I’m concerned that it didn’t calculate everything completely accurately. It says I only did 1:28 hour’s of working out, but the graph right above it clearly shows that I was active much more than 1 hour and 28 minutes. The good news is I have another armband ordered, and I found the missing piece this morning. I’m really hoping I didn’t screw up my BodyMedia though. .. that would really suck.
SO after contemplating throwing a fit and breaking the scale I decided to approach the situation much more calmly and go over the facts. I gave up soda. That means I gave up a diuretic… even though I can’t freaking tell because I have to pee every half an hour anyway because I’ve been a thirsty girl and going through somewhere in the neighborhood of 90-160 oz of water each day. So.. then there’s that fact. I’ve been thirsty due to all the sweating and have been guzzling what feels like an obscene amount of water. BUT since I’m thirsty I must need it + the odds of water hurting me are pretty darn low. In addition I’ve been doing something I admit I haven’t been doing NEARLY enough of the last couple of months, and that’s str training. In fact I would say the str training I’ve done recently has probably been more intense and more all body inclusive than anything I’ve possibly ever done. This means that there is probably a lot of water retention right now just trying to repair all the good damage I’ve been doing to myself recently. Muscle does weigh more than fat… but let’s call it a hunch and say I didn’t gain 5 lbs of muscle in a week. I DID use my cheat day… and it was (beyond breakfast) totally a cheat day. This is something I’m okay with. I also burned 3300 calories on my cheat day… which means, from what I calculated, I broke about even for that day in calories. Since I weighed in after that day of a WHOLE lot of sodium that “could” affect it too.
So I’m just taking my weight down for tracking purposes, putting a note on it stating started farrell’s, and I’m going to move on and continue with the nutrition program they recommend and work under the assumption that all of the above is contributing to a rather large gain even though I really did do about everything I possibly could last week. Sore & tired were really the theme of the week. The other reason I don’t think it’s the nutrition is because my calories aren’t out of line. When I’m on point with what Farrell’s wants me to eat I’m eating somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,800 – 2,000 calories and burning at least 3,000. In other words, I’m nowhere near out of line for what I’m eating, and everything has been calculated, measured, etc. So I know I’m not drastically off on the amount of calories I’m consuming.
Today I don’t hurt as much, I think all the water and glutamine really helped with that. We also took Sunday completely off for exercise. As in for the most part we played video games, cuddled, and watched anime. It was actually a nice relaxing day. I had wanted to go to the zoo, but in the end even though it was a gorgeous day it was decided that the hills and workout on Saturday were enough that we were really okay just waiting for another weekend. You know.. maybe next Saturday in which I don’t spend 2.5 hours sweating my butt and feel like I’m going to collapse afterward.
Also Saturday was interesting. I went to the techniques class directly after my strength training class. Class went from 8 – 8:50 a.m. and techniques class went from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. So what I was expecting from techniques class was slow, precision, going over all the form, etc. Nothing fast, nothing resembling a hard cardio workout. Go ahead and start laughing at my niativity now, you know you want too.
Yeah…. What it ended up being was str training that is difficult and has enough movement that I was sweating my butt off. I had enough time in between my class and the techniques class to go grab my wraps and gloves and put the wraps on. Then they went over some of the techniques slowly at first… but somewhere shortly after it started I was sweating like a maniac and it was felt like a 1.5 hour cardio class. My shirt was completely soaked. When she would briefly stop us to show us another move the ONLY thing I wanted to do was sit or fall down. I considered it seriously a few times toward the end when she was going faster because the class was running longer than expected. I burned 1,500 calories in 2.5 hours. I’m half convinced my bodymedia shorted out at some point and that # is wrong too. Because I was moving and my graph shows me as moving from 7:30 a.m. (the alarm didn’t go off so the fact that I made it to class was pretty amazing) when we started rushing around to get ready until 11:00 when I got home took a shower and went to grab some lunch. I lost a piece of my armband where the computer connector sits, so I’m concerned that it didn’t calculate everything completely accurately. It says I only did 1:28 hour’s of working out, but the graph right above it clearly shows that I was active much more than 1 hour and 28 minutes. The good news is I have another armband ordered, and I found the missing piece this morning. I’m really hoping I didn’t screw up my BodyMedia though. .. that would really suck.
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