I just wanted to report that I have joined a gym. I joined on Friday and I have done 2 days of 20 to 30 minutes on the treadmill, Friday and Sunday, and today I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, 5 minutes on the cross trainer and 10 to 12 reps on 4 machines, 3 for upper body and 1 for abdominal crunches. Then I swam, not strenuously, for 10 minutes and sat in the jacuzzi for a little bit. I have jello legs now but I feel like I accomplished something.
The final kick in the pants was last week the scale at work had me had 135 pounds part of that was Mother Nature’s monthly torture but going up instead of down was what I needed to kick me into gear. I weighed 131 on Friday at the gym so that is my official starting point. I don’t usually post my weight because people see the number and think it’s not that bad but I am less than 5 feet tall and that weight is 20 to 25 pounds overweight for me. A lot of people of average height aren’t bothered by 20 extra pounds or even considered obese with that much but for me extra weight on my frame is obvious, so 20 extra pounds for me makes me look like a weeble and also makes me officially overweight. I am finally doing something about it. So I am posting my weight to show my commitment to this.
I am also going back to tracking what I eat and will try to keep up with my Spark page, I had stopped doing that for a few weeks.
I know the slow progress can seem frustrating, but 1 lb weight loss per week is actually exactly extremely healthy and more likely to stay off than rapid weight loss. I’ve been trying this fitness thing for about 3 months and I’ve dropped approximately 1 lb/week. I’m happy with that because the more gradual the change, the more likely it will be permanent and due to a healthy lifestyle, not a crash diet. And 24 weeks is 6 months, no? That’s 6 months you have made healthy living a priority, it must be a habit by now, that deserves HUGE congratulations!
I am down another 1lb this week, 164.8. for a controlled weight loss of 15 lbs. I continue to eat nutritiously. I am amazed by how much recording my food eaten in SparkPeople’s nutrition log has helped me stay in control. Friday I made a distance running Personal Record of 3.5 miles and yesterday I made a pace Personal Record by nearly 40 seconds/mile. I am back where I want to be with running. When I hit 5 miles I’m going to gift myself a GPS (Garmin Forerunner 305) I’ve been drooling over lately. Also, once I hit 160 I’ll no longer be in the ‘‘Clydesdale’’ Race Division and I will no longer be considered obese. I’ll reward myself for that too.
I think the most amazing thing about life is you can go years without knowing you have a passion for something, and then suddenly discover it and feel like you’ve been handed the greatest gift. That’s how I felt about philosophy when I discovered it in college, and that’s how I feel about running now.
I am inching slowly closer to a number that I haven’t seen in a while. I’ve dipped down into the high 160s in the past year. Never less than 167.5 though. Today I’m 168 (my scale, first thing in the am, no clothes). I’ll be very happy to see 166 and 165 and I’m hopeful that if I keep on keeping on with Weight Watchers that will happen in the next week.
193, another 2½ since last week, 50½ this year (averaging a pound and two-thirds a week), 95 since I began. I’m now falling back on the 34" jeans as the comfortably baggy option, which is quite a step for me. The 32s have done just fine for workwear though. Life is good.
Thanks for the kind words Olive, I’ll try to be a little more satisfied with what I’ve achieved.
And “Urgh” - that was the sound of me weighing myself tonight after getting back from my holiday in Sweden and realising I’d put on 6lb. I’ll weigh myself again tomorrow morning before I eat which will probably give me a truer weight but it’s still going to be around 4lb at best. Time to hit the treadmill I think…
I’ve been plateauing at about 215 for the past few months (from a peak of 260 15 months ago), and I’m determined to break through it this summer. I’ve gotten my running above two miles twice or three times per week, with gym workouts in between, though I’ve gotten injured (mostly back pain) often enough that the exercise hasn’t been consistent, and I’ve been eating healthy and well (on a modified South Beach plan). In August, I will go back to a hard-core South Beach model for a few weeks, and try to lengthen my runs to three miles.
If all goes well, I will be close to 200 by September, and from there I’ll have just another 20 pounds to go.
I went back on the pill about 10 days ago. Not getting knocked up is important, but the pill does tend to cause women to gain a couple of pounds. I am not looking forward to my weigh in next week.
Wile E, if you haven’t already done so, friend me at SparkPeople…my user name is the same. If your user name is the same I’ll friend you if you like! If it’s not the same, tell me what to look for.
Woohoo! My weight stayed the same despite the introduction of BC into my system. I’m hoping to be back on the losing side next week but for now I will take what I can get and be happy with no gain.
I lost 1.2 lbs at my weekly weigh in with weight watchers. Not as nice a loss as I was hoping for. But I’ll take it.
Today on my scale I weighed 167 which is a number I haven’t seen in literally years. I guess this eating less and counting thing is really paying off. The meetings help too, it helps me to police myself when my inner police is sleeping on the job (or worse yet, wants a doughnut). Knowing that I have a weigh in coming makes me want to stay on track.
I also realized that when I’m hungry I feel thinner and when I’ve eaten a lot I feel fatter. Interesting.
I’m learning a lot and am determined to stick with this for the long haul.
I discovered that the scale at work weighs about 2 pounds heavier than the scale at my gym and home. My home scale had me at 128.8 this morning. I don’t know how that scale coincides with the gym one since I was weighed before I started working out but I prefer to believe my home scale.
I went to a Zumba class today, fun but exhausting.
