Previous weight: 213.8
Current weight: 211.4
Pounds lost: 2.4
Success!!! This is serious success!! Like I mentioned in previous posts, since starting with my personal trainer I HAVE seen the inches go down considerably. I HAVE seen my body fat % go down considerably. But I have seen very little change to the number on the scale from week to week.
My water intake has increased--hurray! That was a big one for me. I am now getting on average six 8 ounce glasses a day. I would like to bump that up more. Popular knowledge says 8-10 eight ounce glasses is what your body needs, but I recently I read an article that talked about the amount of water a body needs is connected to weight. There was a formula to figure out how much you need given your body weight, and I think I can get an app for that. LOL.
This week's goals:
1) to drink 14 eight ounce glasses of water a day (it turns out I already did have an app for that!)
2) work out 6 days this week--and average of 1 hour each day.
3) eat 1400 calories per day
4) get my bike in to get tuned and start riding!
5) get running 4 days a week
Tally Ho!
Showing posts with label weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Full Disclosure
Yesterday's calorie goal: 1400, Actual calories: 1359
Yesterdays exercise goal: 60 minutes (30 cardio/strength, 30 yoga),
Actual exercise: 60 minutes (30 cardio/strength circuit focus on arms, 30 abs)
Still didn't get my yoga in. I am going to do Yoga this morning before anything else, damnit. LOL.
Now for the full disclosure:
I don't own a scale. Well, not your everyday, bathroom variety anyway. I use the scale at my gym (those awful ones that you see at the doctors office where you have to move the blocks on a lever at the top until it matches your weight. I have a hate-hate relationship with those. They always seem to add about 5 pounds to what I thought I was) and I use my Wii Fit board.
But I can't own a real bathroom scale. I have "issues" with bathroom scale. Mainly that I will weight myself every time I go to the bathroom (and I don't mean that every time I go to complete a bodily function, I weigh myself. I mean that every time I walk into the bathroom for ANY reason--brush my teeth, put something away, get a bandaid, etc--I weigh myself). I also will weigh myself if I come within 2 feet of the bathroom door. You know how they say that your weight fluctuates about 2 pounds throughout the course of a day. Well, A) that's true and B) I could tell you how my weight fluctuates at each hour of the day. That is how often I weigh myself. (My weight is at my lowest between 11am - 1pm depending on when I eat lunch--it is lower before I eat. It is highest after dinner). Having an obsession with my bathroom scale is not healthy. And for me, it determined each hour as either a "good" part of the day or a "bad" part of the day. Long story short, my husband gave me a bit of an intervention and the scale went into the garbage. I was freed!
I go to the gym 2-4 times a week and I hate that scale so much I only get on it once a week. The Wii Fit board (using the Wii Fit Plus "game") is too much of a hassle to weigh myself more than once a day. So it is a safe bet.
Usually the Wii Fit board is fairly accurate. It always matched my bathroom scale when I had it. And after throwing away the bathroom scale, when I started going to the gym, I started checking that scale against the Wii Fit scale and it was very close (sometimes the same weight, sometimes a pound difference).
So here comes the full disclosure (and if you don't own or know anything about the Wii or Wii Fit--I apologize in advance. This may not make any sense).
When I started this blog a couple of days ago, I weighed myself on my Wii Fit board and it said 212.5. But I should note that the Wii (the console, not the Wii Fit board) was on it's last leg. After a year of my 1-2 year old shoving discs into it--one after another without taking any out--it wouldn't read discs anymore. I could use the different "channels" (when you turn on the Wii--there are several channels that you can choose without using a disc). One of my channels was the Wii Fit channel--which allows me to do a "body test"--get my weight, check my balance, etc. This is what I used.
Yesterday, I bought a new Wii (and later a new Wii Fit Plus game as the old one was damaged beyond cleaning). Because it was new, all of my saved data was gone and I needed to start from scratch. That was okay. But when I stepped on the board to weigh myself it said 215!!!! 215!!!! 2.5 pounds in 2 days???!!! REALLY???!!!!
I then used my Biggest Loser Wii game to check, and my EA Active game to check. They both said 217!!!!! Two more pounds within an hour???? REALLY???
Okay--Those 2 games always did put me at 2 pounds heavier than the scale or the Wii Fit board, so that really was no surprise. But still. I have a goal.
Now there may be other explanations. It was 10pm when I was weighing myself. I could be getting my period. Maybe my clothes were heavier this time on the scale. Maybe all three. I will be weighing myself today--this morning on the Wii Fit just to check again and I will go from there** (**See below).
I am considering buying a new bathroom scale, just to have ONE scale to use for Weigh In Wednesdays. But I will make the husband keep it in his office and only bring it out on Wednesdays! LOL.
Okay here we go:
Today's calorie goal: 1400
Today's exercise goal: 30 minutes of Yoga! (I am keeping this number low today--my four year old was very sick last night and his fever still hasn't broken. My 2 year old is feeling feverish as well. So I am keeping my exercise numbers conservative).
**Just weighed myself on the Wii Fit this morning. Results: 213.8 Much better--and can be attributed to a number of things. But for continuity sake, I am going to use this as my starting number (I am going to go back an edit the first blog to reflect this). I am also going to weigh in on Wednesdays between 8:30am and 9am to keep everything as equal as possible.
Yesterdays exercise goal: 60 minutes (30 cardio/strength, 30 yoga),
Actual exercise: 60 minutes (30 cardio/strength circuit focus on arms, 30 abs)
Still didn't get my yoga in. I am going to do Yoga this morning before anything else, damnit. LOL.
Now for the full disclosure:
I don't own a scale. Well, not your everyday, bathroom variety anyway. I use the scale at my gym (those awful ones that you see at the doctors office where you have to move the blocks on a lever at the top until it matches your weight. I have a hate-hate relationship with those. They always seem to add about 5 pounds to what I thought I was) and I use my Wii Fit board.
But I can't own a real bathroom scale. I have "issues" with bathroom scale. Mainly that I will weight myself every time I go to the bathroom (and I don't mean that every time I go to complete a bodily function, I weigh myself. I mean that every time I walk into the bathroom for ANY reason--brush my teeth, put something away, get a bandaid, etc--I weigh myself). I also will weigh myself if I come within 2 feet of the bathroom door. You know how they say that your weight fluctuates about 2 pounds throughout the course of a day. Well, A) that's true and B) I could tell you how my weight fluctuates at each hour of the day. That is how often I weigh myself. (My weight is at my lowest between 11am - 1pm depending on when I eat lunch--it is lower before I eat. It is highest after dinner). Having an obsession with my bathroom scale is not healthy. And for me, it determined each hour as either a "good" part of the day or a "bad" part of the day. Long story short, my husband gave me a bit of an intervention and the scale went into the garbage. I was freed!
I go to the gym 2-4 times a week and I hate that scale so much I only get on it once a week. The Wii Fit board (using the Wii Fit Plus "game") is too much of a hassle to weigh myself more than once a day. So it is a safe bet.
Usually the Wii Fit board is fairly accurate. It always matched my bathroom scale when I had it. And after throwing away the bathroom scale, when I started going to the gym, I started checking that scale against the Wii Fit scale and it was very close (sometimes the same weight, sometimes a pound difference).
So here comes the full disclosure (and if you don't own or know anything about the Wii or Wii Fit--I apologize in advance. This may not make any sense).
When I started this blog a couple of days ago, I weighed myself on my Wii Fit board and it said 212.5. But I should note that the Wii (the console, not the Wii Fit board) was on it's last leg. After a year of my 1-2 year old shoving discs into it--one after another without taking any out--it wouldn't read discs anymore. I could use the different "channels" (when you turn on the Wii--there are several channels that you can choose without using a disc). One of my channels was the Wii Fit channel--which allows me to do a "body test"--get my weight, check my balance, etc. This is what I used.
Yesterday, I bought a new Wii (and later a new Wii Fit Plus game as the old one was damaged beyond cleaning). Because it was new, all of my saved data was gone and I needed to start from scratch. That was okay. But when I stepped on the board to weigh myself it said 215!!!! 215!!!! 2.5 pounds in 2 days???!!! REALLY???!!!!
I then used my Biggest Loser Wii game to check, and my EA Active game to check. They both said 217!!!!! Two more pounds within an hour???? REALLY???
Okay--Those 2 games always did put me at 2 pounds heavier than the scale or the Wii Fit board, so that really was no surprise. But still. I have a goal.
Now there may be other explanations. It was 10pm when I was weighing myself. I could be getting my period. Maybe my clothes were heavier this time on the scale. Maybe all three. I will be weighing myself today--this morning on the Wii Fit just to check again and I will go from there** (**See below).
I am considering buying a new bathroom scale, just to have ONE scale to use for Weigh In Wednesdays. But I will make the husband keep it in his office and only bring it out on Wednesdays! LOL.
Okay here we go:
Today's calorie goal: 1400
Today's exercise goal: 30 minutes of Yoga! (I am keeping this number low today--my four year old was very sick last night and his fever still hasn't broken. My 2 year old is feeling feverish as well. So I am keeping my exercise numbers conservative).
**Just weighed myself on the Wii Fit this morning. Results: 213.8 Much better--and can be attributed to a number of things. But for continuity sake, I am going to use this as my starting number (I am going to go back an edit the first blog to reflect this). I am also going to weigh in on Wednesdays between 8:30am and 9am to keep everything as equal as possible.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Day 1 (Not Really)
"Day 1" suggests that I am just starting out--which is not at all the case--but I am getting ahead of myself.
Trimming the Fat is my blog narrating my path of eliminating all of the excess in my life: excess debt, excess worry, excess bullshit, and excess pounds . . . 80 to be exact.
Trimming the Fat is my way of keeping myself honest. I know somewhere I saw or read some expert say that being accountable to another person or group was a key factor in weight loss success (Weight Watcher groups, Diet companies with weekly weigh-ins and coaches depend on this fact). Well, you, Dear Reader (or Dear Great Internet Abyss--as the case may be) are my person to be accountable to.
So here is the background: 38 year old married mom with the usual diet story applying: I have struggled with weight issues most of my life. After having each child (I have birthed 3), I found it progressively harder to lose the weight.
After my last child (she is now 2) seemingly no matter what I did, I lost no weight. At one point I found I could lose a couple of pounds if I ate nothing but vegetables and worked out 2 hours a day, 7 days a week. That lasted a couple of months, and then I just got pissed. Why is this SO hard???
In what I can only describe as a complete fit of disillusionment and unrealistic expectations, I signed up for the Iron Girl. Yes. That's right. I PAID $100 to swim 800 meters, then run to my bike and ride it for 30K and THEN run for 5k. I PAID to do this. In case you are wondering, I have never entered any race like competition. Ever.
Enter in my personal trainer. Dished out about $1000 there (do you see why I am also struggling with debt!?!). I am currently in my 3rd month of training and while the numbers on the scale have only gone down slightly, I have lost several inches and dropped several percentage points of body fat. Chalk one up for me!
I have also become an expert at downloading workout apps to my iPhone and not doing them. Or starting them and not completing them. I am currently halfway through TWO "Couch to 5k" apps. I am going to complete at least one of those, Dear Reader. My first promise to you.
Before I get too far in, I should also mention that I did see my GP a few months ago and had several blood tests. There is nothing medically wrong with me that would keep me from losing weight. Check.
So. Here I am. I have discovered that I do not drink enough water. That is one of my goals. Drink more water (I even have an app for that).
I have restarted a journal to keep track of my calories and exercise. So from that aspect, this is indeed Day 1.
My current weight? 213.8 (**See 4/16 post: Full disclosure)
I have decided that Wednesdays will be my weigh-in day. Weigh-In Wednesdays!
Today's Daily Goals: 1400 calories, 90 minutes of exercise.
Stay tuned. Tomorrow I will let you know how it went.