Archive for October, 2007
weekly weigh in
Ok, it’s not any better, in fact it could be worse. I honestly haven’t weighed in yet, but I know I have to. The beginning of the week was a horrible weight. I’d gained 3+ pounds. I had eaten quite well, but then I had microbrews on Sunday and those are a ton of calories. So not happy with myself for that. I’ve worked on my portions this week. Even though I had nachos yesterday, I didn’t go crazy on them and ate a ton of the meat with less chips. For dinner I had a med. size salad and then a french dip made with the roast from dinner the night before. Before I’d probably have had two as they weren’t very big, but one was enough.
I’m back on my shakes in the morning. It’s hard to grab anything else when you want to sleep in til the last second. lol And I’m doing the lean efx as well so I won’t be so reliant on caffiene and the extra calories that can bring. One step down.
Yesterday I did an hour of extra moving, 20 min. of it could be considered cardio. Burned an extra 425 calories total. Today I jumped on the bike already (it’s only 7:30 am) and got a 100 calories out of the way. I’m going to do my cardio workout here in a few minutes. I’d hope to wait until the gym cleared out as I just don’t feel like having anyone here while I do it. lol Then I will also hit cardio before my evening appointment. I may hit it with my last appointment as well. I really need it, so why not?
Well the scale is better today than it was on Monday. It still sucks though. I will log into the Biggest Loser Club and keep track of my progress better. I also need to print off the menu’s for the next couple of weeks with the shopping list so hubby can get groceries. So today my weigh in is 182.5 and I hate to even type that. But also, I lost 1.5 pounds in the last two days. I weighed in at 184 on Monday morning.
My workout so far today is rockin and I still have another one to fit in later today. I just finished 35 min. on the summit trainer for 350 calories and then walked to get my HR back down and did another 50 calories. total of 400 on that and the 100 on the bike. I’m at 500 for the day so far and I will get another one in later today plus a walk or bike.
Early morning risers
How the hell do you do it everyday? I’m usually good once or twice a week, but I’ve signed back on with a prior client and I said yes to 3 days a week of 5am! YIKES, what am I thinking. K, paying bills is what I’m really thinking. But on the good health front, I also get on the treadmill or elliptical for a few minutes at least. Nothing crazy, but it’s still calories.
But my main problem is my eating schedule is way out of whack on these days. I have got to seriously start packing food. I HAVE to get up to costco and buy some meal replacement bars. I don’t ever get out of the gym at the time I think I will. lol So on my early riser days I usually start out good, but then I don’t have anything from 6:30 or 7 until 1ish. Would I not rip a client a new one for doing this?
Weekly weight in’s again
K, gotta keep track of where I’m at. This will be embarrassing, but I have to do it. Today I am weighing in at 180.5. Holy crap I’m so mad at myself for doing this again. But, it was the emotional eating and drinking I was doing. You can’t drink an extra 600+ calories and not gain weight. The morning coffees were stacking back up again also. So I was probably taking in more like 1000 calories on some days from just drinks. YIKES, get a grip and get control of it.
Emotional Eating
Guilty, guilty, guilty. Yes, I know that most people do eat for emotional reasons and this is what leads to weight problems. I know this, I’ve taken classes on this. But that doesn’t make it any less easy for myself. Again, today is day 2 of being conscience of it. I’m honestly leaving myself no choice. I’m putting on the pounds quickly and I need the money. I can’t make money if I don’t lose the weight. What kind of example am I setting by gaining weight?
It is difficult when I am surrounded by places that smell of greasy food. But I’m not going to carry cash on my person. I won’t buy it if I have to get my cash card out to pay for it. It takes extra time to think about it then.
For dinner last night hubby made an awesome steak dinner with baby red potatoes. AHHHHHHHHHH, my first day of eating good and I’m getting testing with this? I honestly was prepared for it to be pizza, so I went home with a different mindset. If it was pizza I was going to make myself a salad. End of story. Since it was steak, I had about 4 ounces and made sure and cut off any excess fat. I did eat the sauteed mushrooms, but I combined the mushrooms with the broccoli. 
Nothing needed on the broccoli this way. Then I know that starches are my downfall. I left the potatoes in the container they were in the fridge and I had about a quarter of one cold. Guess what? It didn’t taste very good cold and I didn’t want anymore. lol Boy, that worked accidently. lol I was way too lazy to heat anything up. About an hour after that I did have a cheesestick and some triscuits. But all in all,I was spot on under 1800 calories.
Day 2 of better choices
Hey, I celebrate no matter how little of time it is. Today is day 2 of better choices. I haven’t downloaded the biggest loser menu yet, but I will this weekend. For now I am making sure I get breakfast and today I am drinking a meal replacement shake as my lunch. I’ve had the shake mix for quite a while now, but just never used it. I’m not fond of it. I will have to go down to VQ and buy the Apex mix. Nothing tastes as good and I only want to mix it with water. Defeats the purpose if I need to mix it with milk to taste better.
Yesterday was jean butt thursday and we did a seriously killer workout. My back is quit tense from it, but there was some aggression that had to be worked out yesterday. lol Nothing like a killer leg day to do that! Today is just cardio. I’m here at the gym for another 4ish hours until I pick up my daughter from her first school dance. So I’m going to go hit the elliptical or walk for 20 min. Then work on the computer for a little bit, then do some more cardio before I pick her up. My friends should be here sometime this afternoon and I would really rather do cardio with them. It’s so much more fun to workout with someone. I’m so thankful that I have them to workout with.
Biggest Loser
I know I’ve been blogging more than usual. Are you excited to hear from me so often? lol Being as you keep up with my blog I am going to assume that you are addicted to the Biggest Loser like I am. I think this show has easily taken over my top spot. It is the only show that I will watch WITH the commercials because I don’t want to wait to see it. I cry every episode at least once. Jillian is my idol and I was so excited to see her come back.
The Biggest Loser has it’s own weight loss online plan of course and I can’t help but promote it. The Biggest Loser Club has helped 1000’s of people lose weight. The great thing about it is you do not have to be in a city or have a gym to participate. It’s an online program that will help get you to your weight loss goals. I am awaiting some info from a couple of other plans and then I have decided to join one of the online programs for a month. This way I can give an honest opinion of the program. Well ok, I’m not going to wait. I’m going to jump in. It’s the 2nd of the month and I’m going to go join the biggest loser club and report back to you about it.
Next month I will join another online program and report back. Are you ready for this? Feel free to join me in this crazy quest and post here. I’m actually excited. Of course I’m signing up right now and won’t be able to play in the program until tomorrow night. ARGH hate that!
Updated: I have updated this post to let you know that I am now a 3 month member of The Biggest Loser Club. It was a much better deal because I got the cookbook and another book for free for signing up at only about $60 for all three months. So I’m in it until Jan. 3rd. Then I can check out another program. How is that for committment? lol
Write out a plan
Besides diet I need to write out my workouts for the week and stick to them. I just kind of go willy-nilly and do what I want. Is that what I recommend to my clients? Hell NO! Then what the heck am I doing for myself. Nothing good that’s for sure. And did I really just type willy-nilly? What am I 6?
So I guess that will be on my plan for the day as well. Write out what to do for workouts and also my diet. ugh, gotta get in a groove and stay with it. I can’t keep doing this yo-yo with the weight.
I wrote up a program and it’s not much. I can push it to be more of course, but I didn’t want the gung ho program I usually do. Obviously that isn’t getting done, so why bother trying? lol I’ll start it today. It of course focuses mostly on cardio. I bulk up easily enough it’s time to slim on down. Ok, it’s way past time, but I can only start with today.
Update #1
Well so far I am going through the forums and I hate them. The shopping lists and recipes are AWESOME! The workout routines are super beneath me, but hell, I’m a trainer already. That was expected. lol This program is geared for the beginner to keep them going. But the diet alone is enough to make me happy. I’m going to print off the shopping list and make hubby buy for these recipes. The end. It’s time for me to step it up. The funny thing is he will be most happy to do this. 
Diet
Well I have to do something about my diet. No way around it. But alas I can’t afford to buy separate food for me and for the family. That’s just beyond retarded to do. Especially, since I know exactly how I should be eating. I guess I need to hammer down and make up a menu and stick to it. I just have to get some backbone and committ. Much easier said than done when hubby is so good at sabatoge.
But then again, I will feel so much better after I get my eating back in order. Right now I am sporadic. Tummy aches, headaches here and there, hungry, overfull. What the hell? Why am I doing this to myself? Believe it or not I do take full responsibility for all the food I eat. Yes, hubby doesn’t help by buying bad stuff and bringing home take out. But I put the food into my own mouth instead of making a salad or something else. I’m just looking for help from him, not to carry me.