And with that gym session I can report a perfect week. No Alcohol, within calories every day, 4 cardio sessions (totalling 21 miles) and 2 weights sessions. I suppose the trick is following it up with another of the same!
Thanks Wanderers. I am sitting here having a beer to celebrate my losing 3 kg during the week. I know it will be back on tomorrow.
However I have been enjoying the exercise.
Down a couple of kilos, and that’s going to be an issue.
The site I am using to estimate calories burned uses weight, avg heart rate and duration. Given that duration is fixed (I go to the gym at lunchtime from work), I will have to keep upping intensity just to maintain avg heart rate (as I get fitter and slimmer), but my weight will be going down, so I will have to wave bye bye to these 800+ calorie burns.
Ate some potato chips and didn’t walk, but tomorrow’s another day.
I did bake the chicken tonight, tho, instead of frying it.
No-S Diet update…
This weekend’s S-days have been much more reasonable. I made peanut butter cookies yesterday, but they didn’t turn out right, so I threw them out rather than eat mediocre cookies (which I totally would have done.) I’ve enjoyed a few sodas and also discovered that my favorite ‘‘splurge’’ isn’t a sweet, it’s cheese. Not that I should be surprised. But moving forward I’m focusing my special days on cheese.
I feel like I have lost weight but my goal for the first three months is just maintenance. I only plan to weigh myself once a month. I’m not stressing over food. It’s nice.
It’s an interesting change in the way you think about food, when you don’t just eat whatever. I totally agree with you on not wasting calories - if I’m going to eat some cake and icing, it had better be GOOD cake and icing, not just whatever’s around. That’s a lot of calories to not really enjoy them.
I agree with you on the cheese, too - some nights I’m roaming the house, craving something and not sure what it is, and it is often cheese.
I’ve been pretty good about logging all my food the past two weeks, but I haven’t been under my daily calorie goal. I am usually okay until I hit late evening, at which point I eat way too many snacks, even as I know I shouldn’t.
I have managed to stick to my only-one-latte a week rule, and I went on a 5 mile hike through the botanical gardens today. So next week’s goal is to Just Say No to snacks. I’m going to weigh myself tomorrow, but I’m not expecting any results.
Well, I finally got up the courage to step on the scale after not weighing since Dec 13th. Color me totally surprised that I had actually lost 2lbs. That got me motivated to start tracking what I eat and keeping under my max calories.
I haven’t started up exercising again, but will um, Tuesday, I think.
As I suspected… I’ve lost 12 pounds in 6 days. There was no way on earth it was actually 18 pounds of fat accumulated in 3 weeks.
Whew. I knew it, but I’m still relieved that I won’t have to grind my way back ounce by ounce.
It kills me sometimes how quickly one can gain weight after what feels like aeons trying to lose it. I’m glad the damage wasn’t so bad.
Fitocracy’s Followers of Cecil is having a boot camp challenge this week, so I made myself run on the treadmill today. I have a tendency to overdo running, so I very consciously set a reasonable pace and made myself stick to it. It was just fifteen minutes but a very refreshing workout.
One thing I have found really helpful is to set a date for a given activity and make it absolute - no making it up later, etc. It gives a sense of appreciation for the importance of the activity since it can’t be later recovered. It also keeps free days completely free. Right now I’m working out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, though I have allowed an exception for Fitocracy challenge days. This is the least stressed out I have ever been about a diet and fitness plan.
Second week of Atkins is over and while I lost 4 lbs it “sucks” to go from that first week where you lose tons to losing a normal amount. I had it all planned out to lose 10lbs per week this year and be -200lbs come next January!
I decided I am pretty much over carbs. Went to an Italian restaurant with a family party and eschewed the most loveliest-smelling bread ever. I did have a piece of cake but fuck it, it was worth it.
Sounds contradictory I know but honestly I have no “cravings.”
My workouts are still going smooth. I walked 14 of 14 days. Did other cardio (40 mins) 9 of 14 days and weight lifted for 4. I had to take an extra day off due to the world’s heaviest period, puking and fall-over-dead heartburn.
I’m better now.
Interesting how your workout schedule works for you, olives. I’m the opposite. I say I need at least 4 days a week with 2 weight lifting sessions. I usually do 5 but since I said 4 then 4 is ok. The 4 days can be any days I have time. I find that if I’m too strict with when I go then it’s easier to say “oh I missed that day, can’t make it up!” Instead I can work my workout schedule around my social schedule and rarely have to compromise.
Goes to show there is absolutely more than one way that works! 
My work-out schedule has to be do something, every day. I’m the kind of person that one missed day turns into never doing it at all.
I’m sold on doing the 30 Day Shred every day just because I sleep so much better when I do. With an infant in the house, being able to sleep deeply when I have the chance is a valuable skill. I’m thoroughly sick of night-roaming after 2am baby duty.
The first two weeks I was doing this, my weight was anywhere from 198-199.4. For the last three days it was 197.6, then today it was 196.8. I still have a couple pounds to go before the holiday weight gain is busted, but I’m pleased.
I’ll drink to that Cicero!
Stoid, I always put sugar on my rice. Was telling my husband the other night I need to write a rap song called Bubba Rap (get it? bubble wrap?)…goes “I like white rice and I cannot lie…” If you singsong that with a country/southern accent you’ll see why it’s kind of funny. Will name my band the White Bread Jam.
The same goes for me Cat Whisperer. “Didn’t” means “and probably never will again.” But since you said that I know I can go walk tomorrow.
Sattua I’ve re-read about olivesmarch4th No S Diet but can’t seem to find the reference to your Shred Diet. I know I’m probably just missing it—could you refresh my memory?
I think we’re all doing pretty good. Nobody’s eaten an entire birthday cake all by themselves yet.
The 30 Day Shred is a workout video by Jillian Michaels of The Biggest Loser, not a diet (though I think it came with a pamphlet that had some standard dieting advice). The workouts seem very hard the first time you do them but you get used to them fast… they’re pretty high impact though. I’m glad I still have my knees or I wouldn’t be able to do them.
I’m doing well, jeans fitting nicely again blahblah. I’m still only at 1 hour of exercise a day…I REALLY want to aim for 2 by this Friday. Down side of coming back to school late because of meetings-I started behind. Currently down 5.5 pounds since starting to lay off the sammiches three and a half weeks ago.
Anyway I just wanted to share a discovery that has me pretty excited cooking wise…you can make pizza dough low-ish carb! Apparently people have been having lots of success making pizza using socca/farinata, the recipes for which are all over the web.
For those who hate on the bean, I’ve also heard good things about the Meatza, but I think that option is just not for me.
I’ll try it out and report back.
Sorry for going quiet everyone, I got off to a good start last week with the run on Sunday night, then a five mile walk on Monday. After that, it gradually slowed down, probably still at least a two mile walk every day, but then the weekend vanished into a haze of wine and pizza.
This week’s off to a good start again - I did about a four mile walk on Monday, a one mile jog on Monday night, a two hour walk Tuesday morning (6, 7 miles? No idea!) and I’m off for another walk this morning once the coffee kicks in. There will be no wine this weekend, I don’t think my liver can take it.
I don’t have scales at home, so no idea what weight I am, but even if I’ve gone up a pound or two, I’m happy that I’m getting exercise and toning up some muscles!
Speaking just from my own experience, frequent weigh-ins can be dangerous. We can so easily become so fixated on that number and it can make or break our motivation for carrying on. In the long run you’re probably better off without a scale!
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The 30 Day Shred is a workout video by Jillian Michaels of The Biggest Loser, not a diet (though I think it came with a pamphlet that had some standard dieting advice). The workouts seem very hard the first time you do them but you get used to them fast… they’re pretty high impact though. I’m glad I still have my knees or I wouldn’t be able to do them.
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How long are the workouts? I love Jillian’s No More Trouble Zones, it’s probably my favorite DVD workout. But it’s 45 minutes long and I’m just not that strong.
Not doing well. Still struggling with a nagging respiratory thing and depression. I’m eating well, not too much, and exercising, but am stalled, stalled, stalled. I know I need to amp up my exercise. I just need to summon up the will to do so.
But this might amuse people, especially low-carb folk. I dreamed about doing research on potatoes as an anti-depressant.
Anyone who’s tried to lose weight is familiar with being stalled, I think, Tapiotar. If you want to lose weight permanently, it has to be a lifestyle change, not a short sprint on a specialized diet or a work-out program you won’t keep up after a while, and in my opinion, that is the most important thing about weight-loss - making it permanent. Anyone can drop a bunch of weight and gain it back again - just stop eating, then start again.