snowhite

Hello…

I am writing because this week, I have truly not been doing well with my weight loss. It is THURSDAY and I have not been to the gym ONCE… I did actually try to go once on my own, but I had left my gym card at home, and couldn’t work out! And since I haven’t been to the gym, my diet naturally follows suit. For me, they go hand in hand. I feel that “hey, I’ve been working out, why do I want to undo all that I have done with food?” and that’s how I lose weight.

Here’s my “excuse” for not going. I have been going with my friend Jen lately, but everytime I text her, etc… she doesn’t get back to me or she can’t go. In her defense, her grandmother is in town. But its not good news for my weight loss! I seem to do better with motivation! Before Jen, I was going to the gym with Casey. Before Casey, it was Erin. Before Erin, it was my boyfriend Sanjay. I have always been most productive going with a gym buddy!!!!!

I need some other type of motivation I think. It’s really hard for me because I can’t find the motivation. I know I’m over weight, but I guess I really don’t care for the most part. I mean I do, but I don’t. My boyfriend is supportive either way, he loved me just as much when I was 172lbs, as he does now! I could care less what my parents say because they are just plain insane.

I need new motivation.  HELP!

So… I forgot to weigh myself for my Saturday morning weigh in! I blame it on my new job… instead of working EVERY weekend I now work EVERY OTHER weekend… which is a big change after 9 months of working every weekend of my life. So, after work, I would come straight home and weigh myself. And I didn’t work this past weekend… So… I forgot.But I weighed myself yesterday, and I was still 157. So… no biggy.

But… good news! My MP3 player is maxed out with songs (its only one gig) and so I asked my boyfriend what I could do about it (Mr. Computer science man) and he told me that he would buy me a new one (a nano) once I made it to my mini goal (150)… which is only 7lbs away… but… that is going to be so hard. It takes me FOREVER to lose weight. At least I have a lot more motivation then before!                 

Yay its a new week!!!!!

Last week I lost 1 pound… which I think is OK since my eating habits took a turn for the worst (my dog died earlier in the week, and I was very sad) and I only went to the gym twice. But thats OK. I’m jumping back on the horse!!!!!

Also, I started my new job! Less hours, more $$$$ which is good because it allows more time for the gym! I’ve been doing 4x a week… but, when school starts up again in a few weeks, I’ll probalby only be able to fit in 3x. But, its all good.

Thank you guys for all of the support!!!!!!!!!

Hey there… just doing a mid week check in.

My dog died on Sunday, my little fuzzy dog that I’ve had since I was about 11yrs old. He was an old dog, and he went in his sleep. He was a miniture poodle… and he was very affectionate and sweet until the day he died. So on Sunday, I ate everything and anything I could get my hands on.  Emotional eater much? Yeah, I know I am.

So… I picked myself back up and went to the gym on  Monday andTuesday, took a break on Wednesday, and I’m off to the gym today. I started my new job Tuesday night, and things went well. This is a good change. I’ll be working less, so when the semester starts I can dedicate more time to school.

My boyfriend has been doing OK with my new eating and exercising habits… He has put on a few pounds himself and had to go up pants sizes. He allways fusses at me because he wants to go to the gym with me, but our schedules conflict, AND, when we are able to go to the gym together, he backs out at the last minute saying “I’m too tired, blah blah blah, I have work to do, blah blah.” So, he can’t have it both ways.

My next weigh in in Saturday morning…  soooooooo… Updates then!!!!!

Exercise Log

Good morning all. I am posting because today was my weekly weigh in (every Saturday morning after I get off of night shift work).

Bad news first. I have lost no LBS. I am still 158. Actually, 158.8.  Last week I was 158.6. I have one of those nice “accurate” Tanita scales that measures EVERYTHING. The good news is, that there is improvement. See, this scale apparently sends some sort of electricity through your body so that it can measure all sorts of things. I don’t exactly know how it works. But it appears to be accurate. I’ll make a little chart to demonstrate.

Weight last week:158.6lbs     Weight current:158.8lbs

BMI last week:37.4%              BMI current:33.2%

Water weight remained the same

Muscle mass last week: 94.2lbs            Current: 100.8lbs

Physique remained the same: a “2″ which means that I have medium muscle mass but am over weight.

Bone mass last week: 5.0          Bone mass current: 5.4

Metabolic age last week (this cracks me up): 45      Current metabolic age: 35

Visceral fat (belly) rating last week: 4                Current: 3  (normal is btwn 1-12)

The drop in visceral fat makes me very VERY happy because it has never been this low since I’ve owned the scale. And I was so psyched, I double checked it to make sure. I am often skeptical of this scale because some times the numbers from week to week are so DRASTIC, but I hope its somewhat reliable for what I paid for it… seriously.  So I’m very sad that there is no change in LBS… but… It appears that I gained A LOT of muscle. I have been eating very well (salads, etc…) so I expected more. I went to the gym and used the elliptical machine, the one with arms, 4 days last week. I thought it was cardio, and it would burn FAT, not build muscle. I’m starting to get a little worried. I was hoping to lose 1-2 lbs per week. No such luck.      

I am not used to writing about myself, so here goes…

OK, so me and my friend Jen are doing this to hold ourselves accountable to lose weight… She needs to lose weight for an upcoming wedding, and I just need to lose weight period.

OK. So I started last year, about May 1st 2007, and I had reached my top weight at 172 lbs… not good. So I “dieted” (i use that term lightly, as I love food so much, dieting is nearly impossible), and I went to the gym 3-4x a week. As of today, I am 157 lbs. Not excellent, but… better. So, me and Jen are going to the gym regularly which is good…and we hope to get some Betty Page type photos done at some point this year.

So thats it. I feel like a big dummy writing about myself, but oh well.