Alright, kids, it was a crazy week as you can tell from the lack of updates. And, although I weighed in yesterday and only lost .4 pounds but seriously, I was happy. I slacked off this week - I did not fulfill my Tuesday task of three days at the gym (only 2 days and a run at the shore) so bleh on that, but it's a new week and I guess this shows that with really simple life changes, you can make a difference. I haven't been to Mickey D's (or Wendy's) since this started. I haven't been to Applebees or a diner for late night greasy foods. Monday when i was so hungry coming home from work and I grabbed a donut (!!) I threw half of it out because it was stale and did not taste good. And seriously, if I'm going to eat any crazy calories, it better be worth it. I've never thrown out a donut before. The other two TT's went well - I LOVED doing the wall pushups and was sore for like 3 days. I'm going to keep that and add 10 seconds of wall sits. And, I didn't have alot of experience for fried chicken so that's gonna be kept on the roster for this week.
Also! Over Thanksgiving, Mom, J, K and J's boyfriend and I are hopefully going to to do a 5K. It's far enough away that I have time to train but close enough that it'll be on my backburner. And I love the people I'm doing it with so yay! I'm going to follow the 8 week program for From Couch to 5K for the first 2 months and then after I can hopefully run a 5K straight, the rest of the time will be spent training on hills/intervals to build up endurance. I'm pumped and have already done 2 of the week one workouts!
Tuesday Tasks
1) Do 3 workouts for the from Couch to 5K - last one from week one and two from week 2. Last time that I tried to do Ct5K, I only did the first week so let's take this one week at a time.
2) No fried chicken again. With M & D going out of state, I'll be tempted to go out to eat much more so this week so we're keeping this one around.
3) 2 liters of water. Let's do this. Whooo! (side benefit - if I do 2 liters of water, I'll go the bathroom much more and do the wall sits/pushups so yay!)
Not the best week, but I'm feeling good about this week! :)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Tuesday!
A look back at last week's tasks? The stairs were definitely the hardest. However, I knew that because I made it public, I had to do it so I did. I didn't go down during lunch those days but I think that helped (even if it meant I didn't have 8 flights to go back up) because it saved me loads of calories from Subway. Diet Soda wasn't too bad but I did give myself mental pats on the back. And the fact that I'm not that big of a fan of Diet Coke meant that at restaurants, I usually ordered water so that's pretty cool. The eating out was soemthing that I hardly missed! Sure I drove by Mickey D's but there wasn't a day that I was like "oh my gosh, I just WANT a milkshake sooooo bad". I'll probably keep the Diet Soda task and the drivethru task as much as I can and do the steps when I feel so motivate
These Tuesday Tasks:
1) Whenever I go into the bathroom at home or work - 10 pushups against the wall. I have to use the bathroom at the city office more because it's less busy and I pound down water but really, I imagine this means about 50 pushups a day. The caveat - at public places when the stall's big enough or I wouldn't be holding up anybody.
2) NO FRIED CHICKEN! I realize that's my downfall. I love the crispy breadiness of fried chicken all too much and when I'm out, I pat myself on the back for getting chicken but tell them to deep fry it. So this week - NO FRIED CHICKEN. This might be continued to next week depending on how much I'm around fried chicken.
3) Work out at least 4 days this week with at least 3 of them being gym workouts. Doesn't necessarily matter if it's cardio or weights (or both!) but I realize I'm forking over $50 a month, I might as well use it. And nothing more than pride if it's more than 4 days of working out.
Now the stats:
SW: 235.6
Current: 234.4
Pounds lost: 1.2
These Tuesday Tasks:
1) Whenever I go into the bathroom at home or work - 10 pushups against the wall. I have to use the bathroom at the city office more because it's less busy and I pound down water but really, I imagine this means about 50 pushups a day. The caveat - at public places when the stall's big enough or I wouldn't be holding up anybody.
2) NO FRIED CHICKEN! I realize that's my downfall. I love the crispy breadiness of fried chicken all too much and when I'm out, I pat myself on the back for getting chicken but tell them to deep fry it. So this week - NO FRIED CHICKEN. This might be continued to next week depending on how much I'm around fried chicken.
3) Work out at least 4 days this week with at least 3 of them being gym workouts. Doesn't necessarily matter if it's cardio or weights (or both!) but I realize I'm forking over $50 a month, I might as well use it. And nothing more than pride if it's more than 4 days of working out.
Now the stats:
SW: 235.6
Current: 234.4
Pounds lost: 1.2
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Weekend!
So, it's been like 3 days since my last post and it's been a little crazy.
After Thursday, I went out to eat with K and S. Which would've been alright if it hadn't been at Royal China Buffet. I tried to be good with what I ate but even at the end, I immediately regret what I ate. I could've made smarter choices with my food but did okay.
Friday, K and I went to the driving range and just had a good talk about everything. Although I should have gone to the gym (didn't in the morning because of a HORRIBLE night's sleep), the driving rang allowed me to be outdoors some and maybe swinging a driver could count as exercise.
It's been a walking weekend. Yesterday, I went down the shore with K, J and J's boyfriend J. Before we chilled on the beach, I went for a walk with K. I enjoy doing a bit of exercise before laying out in the sun and have been be able to do it all this summer. We continued walking on the boardwalk. Today, mom dad and I went to the Liberty Science Centerand walked around for a couple hours. I didn't end up going ot the gym today either (I'm feeling a Tuesday Task coming up).
Gym tomorrow morning without a doubt! Let's cross figners for a good week. I'm not too looking forward to the weigh in but it's a new day tomorrow!
After Thursday, I went out to eat with K and S. Which would've been alright if it hadn't been at Royal China Buffet. I tried to be good with what I ate but even at the end, I immediately regret what I ate. I could've made smarter choices with my food but did okay.
Friday, K and I went to the driving range and just had a good talk about everything. Although I should have gone to the gym (didn't in the morning because of a HORRIBLE night's sleep), the driving rang allowed me to be outdoors some and maybe swinging a driver could count as exercise.
It's been a walking weekend. Yesterday, I went down the shore with K, J and J's boyfriend J. Before we chilled on the beach, I went for a walk with K. I enjoy doing a bit of exercise before laying out in the sun and have been be able to do it all this summer. We continued walking on the boardwalk. Today, mom dad and I went to the Liberty Science Centerand walked around for a couple hours. I didn't end up going ot the gym today either (I'm feeling a Tuesday Task coming up).
Gym tomorrow morning without a doubt! Let's cross figners for a good week. I'm not too looking forward to the weigh in but it's a new day tomorrow!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Ah...this is why I do it
So today was a perfect example of why I chose to post PUBLIC goals and the whole accountability business.
Today, whatever road our bus took was SO trafficy. I got to our building about 9 minutes after 9:00 and could have easily taken the elevator. My legs were already tired from my attempts at mountain goating it yesterday anyway. But I knew that I made my Tuesday's Tasks so I bucked it up and took those 8 flights of stairs. I just cut my lunch hour a bit shorter and that was worth it. I had no guilty conscience! Yay accountability!
Today, whatever road our bus took was SO trafficy. I got to our building about 9 minutes after 9:00 and could have easily taken the elevator. My legs were already tired from my attempts at mountain goating it yesterday anyway. But I knew that I made my Tuesday's Tasks so I bucked it up and took those 8 flights of stairs. I just cut my lunch hour a bit shorter and that was worth it. I had no guilty conscience! Yay accountability!
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Real post!
So as per my stair challenge - I took them today. If you are anywhere in this horrible heat streak we've been having you'd realize that the humidity is absoutely horrendous outside. So I trekked inside and walked past a very nice man waiting for the elevator to the stairs In the back of the already hot building. I battled my way up them taking a stop or a pause out of sheer exhaustion (hi, my name is Mel and I'm not really you know...that fit) until I got to the 8th floor. Our staircases only have reentry on the 4th and 8th floor so I had to take the elevator for a floor. I pressed the button the doors open and co-worker S is standing in their looking chipper and fantastic as usual (COVET her wardrobe). I'm sure she had to think about why I was taking the elevator from the 8th floor so I commented about the heat and then admitted I was taking the stairs. Let's hope this out of breathedness was related to the fact that this morning I woke up early to go to the gym. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill at about 3.8 mph at an 8.0 incline. I don't know what that means in real actual life but let's just say it was SUPER JACKED UP incline. I was sweating like crazy and walked outside and felt worse cause it was humid and hot already at 6:30 in the morning.
I had a KICK ASS lunch - courtesy of the Poppa. Tortelli soup, grainy bread, cherries and grapes and a piece of pepperjack cheese. Top off with a Diet Cherry Coke (Tuesday Task 3) and a 100 cal pudding and it was amazing. I just had a few pretzels for a mid afternoon snack. I'm perfectly content. However, I grabbed a banana before I left for the gym and was so hungry and need of on the go sustenence that I stopped by 7/11 for a Slimfast and...a bagel. We could've gone unhealthier - it wasn't my love affair with Dunkin Donuts but I need to have all meals healthy.
Don't know what's for dinner and maybe I can get another leisurely walk in tonight. Now let's see if my glutes are hurting tomorrow morning....::evil laughter::
I had a KICK ASS lunch - courtesy of the Poppa. Tortelli soup, grainy bread, cherries and grapes and a piece of pepperjack cheese. Top off with a Diet Cherry Coke (Tuesday Task 3) and a 100 cal pudding and it was amazing. I just had a few pretzels for a mid afternoon snack. I'm perfectly content. However, I grabbed a banana before I left for the gym and was so hungry and need of on the go sustenence that I stopped by 7/11 for a Slimfast and...a bagel. We could've gone unhealthier - it wasn't my love affair with Dunkin Donuts but I need to have all meals healthy.
Don't know what's for dinner and maybe I can get another leisurely walk in tonight. Now let's see if my glutes are hurting tomorrow morning....::evil laughter::
Fake post Number 1
I'll call this fake because technically it was typed up in another blog before I decided to make a blog devoted to the fact that I am quite possibly one of the most head strong people so I have no worries that if I set my mind to it, this will happen. Below is a c&p from the other one. An actual post will follow.
>>So can we talk about how 4 weeks ago, I posted up some long rambly thing about wanting to slim down/tone up? Do you remember because I barely didn't.
I joined a gym and would use it in spurts. Over the past week and a half I've started to be a little more iffy about using it. I'd sleep in or go out or do some half ass weight exercise at home. I'd eat really well and then totally sabotage everything with some deliciousness Dunkin Donuts for work. I ended up losing 5 pounds but when I weighed myself today, I was at the starting weight. And then I started to basically read the archives of Dietgirl (http://www.dietgirl.org) and in oh, let's say 3 days, I read 5 years. She's incredibly plucky and determined and gave me some good ideas. She's a Scorpio and in one of her entries, remarked how Scorpians are kind of all or nothing. We like deadlines, we like goals and most of all, we like challenges. (Hello, me to a T!) So it's Balls to the Wall - pardon the colorful language - for the next 38 days until I go back to school.
The thing that made the most sense to me was accountability in her journal and little mission challenges. So I've decided to adopt that with Tuesday Tasks as well as a weigh in. The tasks will apply to just the week but if I enjoy what I'm seeing, hopefully I can add on so over the next 5 weeks I can have a whole buttload of healthy habits. I hate being obsessed with numbers and I know a daily weigh in, though effective I've read, would put me through the roof. I'm gonna be ballsy and actually post numbers and hope it'll help me stay true. So...this week's tasks.
Tuesday Tasks
1) Take the stairs. This really only applies to 3 days a week but I work on the 9th floor in the city. I plan to take those stairs up and down. Occasionally when I go grab Subway, I go down and up for lunch so that will count too. I shall climb those stairs (at least to the 8th floor because there's no 9th floor exit).
2) NO DRIVE THRUS. This is probably the saddest. Mom and Dad make AMAZING food for dinner and occasioanlly when I come home, I pass by a McDonalds and am craving fried chicked and a milkshake. So I stop even though I'll be eating healthy good dinner in 20 minutes. NO DRIVE THRUS.
3) Cut out full calorie sodas. I'm starting to drink more water. Yesteray, I had 2 liters. Today, I haven't had that much. But I love soda too much and have found that Diet Mountain Dew and Diet Cherry Coke taste similar enough to trick my mind. I'm usually pretty good but often I slip and I slip hard (we're talking like...20 ounces + usually). So Diet Soda and craploads of water, sure!
Age: 20
Initial Weight: 235.6
Net weight lost in 2007: 0 lbs
I guess I should feel good that this isn't a well used journal because I imagine a good amount of the posts in the next month or so are going to be weight/health related. If that bothers you, please let me know and I can switch it over to just a health focused Blogger or something.
Balls to the Wall 2007!<<
>>So can we talk about how 4 weeks ago, I posted up some long rambly thing about wanting to slim down/tone up? Do you remember because I barely didn't.
I joined a gym and would use it in spurts. Over the past week and a half I've started to be a little more iffy about using it. I'd sleep in or go out or do some half ass weight exercise at home. I'd eat really well and then totally sabotage everything with some deliciousness Dunkin Donuts for work. I ended up losing 5 pounds but when I weighed myself today, I was at the starting weight. And then I started to basically read the archives of Dietgirl (http://www.dietgirl.org) and in oh, let's say 3 days, I read 5 years. She's incredibly plucky and determined and gave me some good ideas. She's a Scorpio and in one of her entries, remarked how Scorpians are kind of all or nothing. We like deadlines, we like goals and most of all, we like challenges. (Hello, me to a T!) So it's Balls to the Wall - pardon the colorful language - for the next 38 days until I go back to school.
The thing that made the most sense to me was accountability in her journal and little mission challenges. So I've decided to adopt that with Tuesday Tasks as well as a weigh in. The tasks will apply to just the week but if I enjoy what I'm seeing, hopefully I can add on so over the next 5 weeks I can have a whole buttload of healthy habits. I hate being obsessed with numbers and I know a daily weigh in, though effective I've read, would put me through the roof. I'm gonna be ballsy and actually post numbers and hope it'll help me stay true. So...this week's tasks.
Tuesday Tasks
1) Take the stairs. This really only applies to 3 days a week but I work on the 9th floor in the city. I plan to take those stairs up and down. Occasionally when I go grab Subway, I go down and up for lunch so that will count too. I shall climb those stairs (at least to the 8th floor because there's no 9th floor exit).
2) NO DRIVE THRUS. This is probably the saddest. Mom and Dad make AMAZING food for dinner and occasioanlly when I come home, I pass by a McDonalds and am craving fried chicked and a milkshake. So I stop even though I'll be eating healthy good dinner in 20 minutes. NO DRIVE THRUS.
3) Cut out full calorie sodas. I'm starting to drink more water. Yesteray, I had 2 liters. Today, I haven't had that much. But I love soda too much and have found that Diet Mountain Dew and Diet Cherry Coke taste similar enough to trick my mind. I'm usually pretty good but often I slip and I slip hard (we're talking like...20 ounces + usually). So Diet Soda and craploads of water, sure!
Age: 20
Initial Weight: 235.6
Net weight lost in 2007: 0 lbs
I guess I should feel good that this isn't a well used journal because I imagine a good amount of the posts in the next month or so are going to be weight/health related. If that bothers you, please let me know and I can switch it over to just a health focused Blogger or something.
Balls to the Wall 2007!<<
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