MFD entry 53

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 31, 2009

Starting weight (09/17/08): 176.4
Current weight (03/27/09): 143.8
TOTAL LOST: 32.6 lbs.
GOAL WEIGHT: 120ish

Today I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts and it was titled "Reverse to Move Forward". It basically talked about reversing everything you have done to get yourself to an unhealthy weight, in order to get yourself back to a healthy weight. In other words, if you used to eat only ice cream, cheeseburgers and pizza to get "fat", then do the exact reverse or opposite to get "skinny".

It was a very simple concept but for some reason it really hit home for me. When it was put into that perspective for me, it really made it sound so simple to get my life back on track with eating right and exercising. With that said, I have committed to redo my diet since I have been complaining so much recently that the scale is moving so slowly... well DUH... I already knew it was because I was being a little too lax with my diet! I just didn't really make a commitment to get it back on track. I have sworn off all of the "good" ice cream in my freezer but will finish off the "healthy" 100-calorie cups I have... one a day ONLY... and preferably one every other day.

Here's to making a healthier me!

MFD entry 52

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 25, 2009

So today I started my last week in the Push phase of CLX. I really gotta say that I'm going to miss lifting heavy (or going home:)). I was suppose to start Push 1 yesterday, but got lazy and felt like I needed a rest day so I took the day off. The thing is, this week is so busy and my schedule is so tight that of all weeks to stay on track with my exercise plans, this was the week to do it. I had CLX planned for Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. So to make up for it...

... I got up an hour earlier this morning and got in a workout before I went to work!!!! This is HUGE for me! I have a hard time getting up at 6:45, but for me to make myself wake up an hour earlier to EXERCISE?!?!? I think that's so awesome! I've come so far from where I used to be 6 months ago! 6 months ago I wouldn't want to exercise even if it were to save my life, but now I can't wait to get out there and start moving. :)

Anyway, it felt awesome to exercise in the morning. I woke up early only one other time to get in an exercise, but that was on the weekend and it wasn't super early. Right now I'm at work and I feel so awake and energized just from my CLX workout. I might want to make this a regular thing.


Gotta love that!

MFD entry 51

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 23, 2009

Starting weight (09/17/08): 176.4
Current weight (03/20/09): 145.8
TOTAL LOST: 30.6 lbs.
GOAL WEIGHT: 120ish
Forgot to post my weigh-in this past Friday. Slowly but surely the scale is moving. :)
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This week is going to be pretty busy for me... but in a good way. We have a state holiday this Thursday, so I took off on Friday to make it a nice long 4-day weekend so I'm hoping the weather stays a little clear so I can get outside on some hikes. My boyfriend also took off on Friday, he usually works nights, so we'll have the entire day to spend together. We have completely opposite schedules so we NEVER have time together. His off days are my work days and vice versa so it will be a nice break.

This week we also celebrate our three-year anniversary! :) So that means a nice dinner with wine, appetizers, main meal, and dessert. We're going out to our favorite restaurant and I'll probably splurge as far as diet wise since it happens almost never. I'm hoping the four-days off will get me some good exercise also to help make up for the extra calories.

I'm already making sure I eat "good" up until we go out so it should be okay... and if not, I'm not going to worry about it. Just going to enjoy my time with the best guy there is!

MFD entry 50

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 19, 2009

So although the scale is still moving s-l-o-w-l-y, I've had a hard time getting back on track with eating correct. I still eat relatively good, but over the past month I've eaten out a lot more than normal... averaging about 2x a week. But I don't think eating out is the culprit. I'm almost certain it's ice cream! !!

I LOVE the stuff, and have been fairly good at keeping it out of my apartment, but recently my boyfriend has been buying it since he's missed it so much. He'll always buy what he wants and then he'll buy a "healthy" version for me, whether it's Healthy Choice, non-fat, low sugar, or whatever, but still!!! I have absolutely no will-power when it comes to ice cream. :( It's so sad because I have been able to cut out all the other unhealthy things I love (cheese! pizza! hamburgers!).

I wish I could find a good balance, like limiting myself to only half a cup a day or something, but I can't even do that. It's so weird that this is THE only thing I haven't been able to shake. I'm going to go back to not having it in my apartment and hopefully the weight will start to drop more consistently.

:( grrrrrrr.....

4 lbs in the last two months is NOT that good for me!! Two months ago I could do that in two and a half weeks. It may have something to do with my weight-lifting also, but still.

I may have to rethink using the scale for a while just go based on my measurments. With the ChaLean program, I take measurments ever 30 days and the first 30 days were pretty impressive, even though the scale didn't move much. I take my 60 day measurments in two weeks so I hope the inches are still coming off. We'll see!

MFD entry 49

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 13, 2009

Starting weight (09/17/08): 176.4
Current weight (03/13/09): 146.2
TOTAL LOST: 30.2 lbs.
GOAL WEIGHT: 120ish

YEA!! So the scale started moving again. I do believe it has something to do with eating more calories and cutting back a little on my exercise. I think my body was getting used to things for the past 6 months so it's a good thing I changed it up.

MFD entry 48

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 12, 2009

When I first started MFD back in September, I also signed up for the 100 push-up challenge but stopped after about a month. I just lost the motivation to do them and wasn't held accountable by anyone...

... fast forward to today and not only am I pumped to crank them out, I have an awesome group on MFD that made it a challenge for all of us to do. So the group keeps me accountable. And because I can be quite competitive, I'll be sure to not let my team members down. We're only on week 2 but I have a really good feeling about it this time around.

The first time I did the push-up challenge, I did them on my knees and got out about 15 for my first try. This time around, I was able to do 5 on my toes! That might not sound like a big deal, but I could barely get one out back in September. Every other day, three days a week, you do a 5 sets of a certain amount of push-ups and the last set is always your max. Today is week 2 day 2 and my max is 8 push-ups (let me remind you this is my last set so previous to maxing out, I'm already doing over 20 push-ups). I think it's so amazing how my body has gotten stronger in such a little time! :) At the end of this week, and every two weeks, I'll be doing another max test to see what my real max number of consecutive push-ups are. Will report back...

Oh, the makers of the 100 push-ups challenge also has a 200 sit-ups challenge which I'm doing also and will do my initial test tomorrow to see where I start in the program. :)

MFD entry 47

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 9, 2009

Starting weight (09/17/08): 176.4
Current weight (03/09/09): 149.2
TOTAL LOST: 27.2
GOAL WEIGHT: 120ish
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So I'm torn... on one had, I promised to ignore the number on the scale until May (end of the ChaLean program), but on the other hand, I have to weigh-in every Friday for couple of groups I belong to on MFD therefore I need to jump on the scale. Although I'm expecting my weight to fluctuate every month in the CLX program it's hard to see that number on the scale. Since starting CLX on Feb. 2, I've only lost about 2 lbs., HOWEVER, I've lost inches in all the right places. :) I made the decision to ignore the scale because of all the "lies" it tells, but knowing that my weight-loss has come to a halt is hard to deal with (even with the inches gone). The first two weeks or so were fine, but this is week 6 and the scale just isn't moving. I've been stuck in the 149.0 range FOREVER! Last week Friday I weighed in at 147.6, however I believe that may have been a fluke... I've been back at 149 all weekend and today.

Last week I started to cut back on cardio a lot (from 6 days to 2) and I've been upping my NET calorie intake to 1300-1400 calories which is about 200-300 extra calories a day (for anyone doing the math, yes, that does put me at a normal NET calorie intake of about 1100. For me, 1000-1100 was my magic range to lose 1 lb. a week). So we'll see if that helps break this plateau.

On another note, I feel absolutely fantastic doing the CLX program! I'm in my second week of the Push phase and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these heavy weights with low reps! I still have a lot more fat to lose, but I kid you not the definition in my arms and legs are incredible (for a fat person, anyway :)). My legs have always been more toned then the rest of the my body, but now I can see the muscle definition without a doubt. My arms have slendered down quite a bit since started MFD, but with ChaLean, they are starting to get some mean definition. I do believe that I put on muscle a little faster than most females because even when I was playing sports in high school, I would have the same definition as my other team members who spent their extra time in the gym lifting weights. Also, just starting the CLX program was a big surprise to me because of how much I could lift. According to the CLX guide book, as a beginner I should have been starting with 5 - 10 pounds of weight but I started with 10 - 25 pounds. In the Push phase I'm using 15 - 35 pounds and love it!

Anyway, another big reason why I know the weight is coming off so slowly now is my diet. For the month of Feb. I've eaten pretty good, and always in my "to lose" calorie range, however I think I need to give my diet a revamp since I'm doing the CLX program. I finally went through the food guide this weekend and planned out my shopping list so I hope that brings me back on track too.

MFD entry 46

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 4, 2009

Just completed Push circuit 1 last night and LOVED it!!! I'm feeling the burn today which I thought was weird since I didn't hurt at all in the Burn phase. I guess the heavier weights make a big difference. I've realized how much stronger my dominant arm is because with the exercises I can do up to the 8 reps you're suppose to do on my right arm, but my left arm can barely make it to 6 reps. So to let my arms "catch up" with each other, I'm doing 5 reps on the right side and max out at 6 or 7 on the left side. I'll do this for maybe the first week or two and then see how things feel.

MFD entry 45

This post was copied from an entry on My Food Diary (MFD) during my pre-blogging days. Back then, I used the forums on MFD as my daily 'blog'. Just wanted to get my entire journey in one place.

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March 2, 2009

Originally Posted by annie177:

Based on what I'm loosing so far, here are my monthly goals till my goal weight of 120. Now I understand gains and plateaus happen so I will adjust my goals accordingly as I hit them. I just like to see everything laid out for me so I know what I have to do.

Here are my end-of-the-month goals:
Feb. - 147.0
Mar. - 142.0
Apr. - 136.8
May - 130.8
June 15 - 128.0 = BMI under 25
Jun. - 125.8
Jul. - 119.5

After doing an okay job in February as far as diet, I need to readjust my weight goals. Since the beginning of February, I've been stuck at 149 up until today which I think is partly due to eating out a few times this month for Valentine's Day, family dinners, and a couple of parties. I don't think I ate excessive on any of those days, but maybe it just caught up.

I've also slowed up on the cardio and switched my focus to weight-lifting with ChaLean Extreme so the slowed-down weight loss was expected. I'm going to go home tonight and take my measurements for my 30-day update for the ChaLean program so we'll see. I did take measurements last week but it would be awesome if the numbers were even lower this time around.

So here are my new weight goals:

Feb. - 149.0
Mar. - 144.0
Apr. - 138.8
May - 132.8
Jun. - 127.8 = BMI under 25
Jul. - 121.5

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Originally Posted by annie177:

As promised, here are my starting stats for ChaLEAN on 02/02/09:

Weight: 151.0
BMI: 29.49
Body Fat in mm: 36mm (reporting in mm, not %)
Chest: 33.5 inches (taken at rib cage)
Bicep: 12.0 inches
Waist: 38.5 inches
Hips: 40.0 inches
Thigh: 20.5 inches

I'll be giving my 30, 60 and 90 day updates as I hit them

Here are my 30-day updates:

Weight: 149.2 (-1.8 lbs.)
BMI: 29.1 (-0.39)
Body Fat in mm: 34 mm (reporting in mm, not %) (-2 mm)
Chest: 33.25 in (taken at rib cage) (-0.25)
Bicep: 11.75 in (-0.25)
Waist: 37.5 in (-1.00)
Hips: 37.75 in (-2.25)
Thigh: 20.00 in (-0.50)

So although there wasn't a big difference on the scale, I am happy with all the negative numbers I'm posting. It goes to show that the ChaLean program is working and that the evil scale does lie!

On to the Push phase!