Almost late to post again. Weekends are packed with family time these days (well, now that Sarge is back to work, and starting tomorrow, up to his eyes in school work). I will try to get these done sooner. Maybe Fridays will be best?
This week, I had to switch up my work-out time. I was doing it while my son napped, but Monday afternoon, he woke up minutes after I finished, and interrupted my shower with blood curdling screams (still not really sure what that was about). So, Tuesday morning, I was determined to get up with Sarge at 0500 and do my thing. I didn't. I dragged my butt out of bed, and started around 0600. ^^;; Which, I proceeded to do the rest of the week.
Working out in the morning is much harder for me. But, mostly, I think, because of how quick I have to start to get it done. I don't really give my body time to wake up before I jump on the machine. I also feel dehydrated, since I only get a glass of water in before I start, and seem to lose strength about half way through (which, I began to combat with a banana pre-workout).
I really need to pry myself out of bed about 15-20 minutes sooner each morning so I can fully wake up and be ready to go. We'll see. I'll let you know next week if I was successful or not.
I also switched from the "manual" mode this week to the "fatburn" mode. Burned a lot more calories! But, I know I can do better.
Monday Weigh-In: 158.8
Monday I managed to do an additional bit of working out with some 3lb weights. I did three sets of arm exercises. It was the only day I managed this, ha.
Day Miles Avg. MPH Calories Burned
Mon 23rd 2.35 4.7 244.9
Tues 24th 2.27 4.6 239.7
Wed 25th 2.27 4.5 239.3
Thurs 26th 2.27 4.6 239.7
Fri 27th 2.3 4.6 241.5
Total calories burned: 1205.1
Not bad. I really need to work on my endurance. I drag the last 15 minutes or so, even if I take it easy in the beginning. I suppose that will all come with time though.
I don't know if I did any better with the food this week. The page is definitely more full... so, who knows? I did manage to eat less of my son's lunch, ha.
Monday: 1/2 of a low fat yogurt cup, 3/4 banana, 1 cinnamon roll, 1 cup coffee, couple baby carrots (raw), a few grapes, 1 Hershey's kiss, 3 chicken nuggets, a serving of sweet potato fries (an actual serving per the bag, not my own calculation, ha), 1 serving of Terra brand chips (about 150 calories--I looked, they're pretty healthy for chips), 1 glass milk, half of a KitKat, chicken fajitas, Spanish rice, and 96 ounces of water.
Tuesday: 2 pancakes with syrup, 1/3 banana, 3 cups coffee, 3 chicken nuggets, cup of raw baby carrots, 7 or 8 tater tots, the other half of my KitKat, bowl of raw broccoli, handful of tortilla chips, a few pineapple chunks, spaghetti, green beans, 1/2 piece of garlic toast, 96 ounces of water, and a fruit smoothie
Wednesday: banana, 2 cups coffee, 1 hard boiled egg, 1/2 of a tomato (sliced up!), 2 pieces whole wheat toast with cherry preserves, 1/2 yogurt, some chips and salsa, small smoothie, handful of sunflower seeds, a chocolate pudding cup (gave it to my son... he wanted yogurt instead, lol), spaghetti, green beans, 1 1/2 pieces of garlic toast, 64 ounces of water, and some sleepy time tea with honey
Thursday: 2 cups coffee, 2 over-easy eggs, 2 biscuits w/ white gravy, banana, sunflower seeds (randomly through the day), 3 apple slices, tuna salad on whole wheat, a handful of grapes, 1/2 blackened chicken breast, serving of peas&carrots, cooked cauliflower, Rice-a-Roni cheesy rice, 1 cup of light yogurt, 96 ounces of water, and a cup of sleepy tea with honey
Friday: banana, 3 cups of coffee, bowl of cereal (it was more like 2 servings according to the box), grilled cheese on 7-grain bread, bowl of tomato soup, handful of Goldfish, 1 lowfat yogurt cup, a few sweet potato chips, a biscuit, sunflower seeds, chicken quesodilla from Buffalo Wild Wings (which, totally not impressed. The food was over-priced), and 64 ounces of water.
The scale will tell in the morning if I've done good this week. I guess we'll find out then. :)
I'm off to bed. It's already about that time. And Mini-Sarge has been waking up 2-3 times a night the last few days, and waking up for the day anywhere from 0545 to 0600. So, I'm definitely going to have to get up and get moving if I want to get anything done in the morning. Pray to the sleep gods for me. If he can make it to 0630, I'll be a happy camper. Anything before that is ridiculous. x.x
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
New Challenges
It's been a few months, hasn't it? I'm not surprised. Are you surprised? Let's see, we've moved. Sarge, Mini-Sarge, the zoo and I have PCSed (permanent change of station). We are now literally, in the middle of no where. The last city that was outside of post was close to 300,000 people, this town has 3,000. Haha. It's an hour and fifteen minutes to the nearest Target, and almost two hours to a city about the same size as the one we used to live near. It's charming, but there is definitely no "This WalMart doesn't have ___. Let's go check the other one." We have 5 at our last duty station all within 30 minutes of each other. I don't actually know where the next one here is, though I did see one the other day while we were out. Definitely out of the way though.
Sarge is about a week away from starting classes. They earn 32 college credit hours in 4 months. It's a pretty intense course. We aren't going to see much of him during the week, and he'll probably study on the weekends, too, a bit. So, in light of that, and the um, lack of things to do around here, I have come up with something to keep me busy and distracted. Introducing...
Get Skinny Before We Get Knocked Up Again! 2012 Edition!
:) We had already talked and decided that around the end of this year, we'd like to try to get pregnant again. And while it seems stupid to waste all this energy just to get fat again, it will help in the long run. When I found out I was pregnant with Mini-Sarge, I had just started an exercise routine. Like, I started Monday, that Friday I tested, lol. I was the same weight I am now, (although, less squishy... I don't know how that works) and wanted to tone up some. I've never hated my size or my shape, only the squishy. I want to look good naked. Anyone can look good with the right clothes. I want to look good with or without. So, since we have a bit of a time frame now, I want to reach my goals before then. Even if it means I get pregnant right away, it'll be fine. As long as it isn't something you've just started, it's perfectly fine to continue working out the same. I'm hoping to gain less the next go around, and even if I do gain the same amount or more, that it'll be easier to lose.
At first, I just grabbed another Jillian Michaels DVD. I figured she'd helped me before, she'd help me again. I picked up her "No More Trouble Zones" workout. I should have known when I realized there weren't different levels (normally, she has different routines for different levels of fitness) that I was going to hate life. I couldn't move the next day, ha. A few days later, as I was rocking Mini-Sarge in his glider, waiting for him to finish his nap, I started thinking about getting a treadmill. I thought, I can run, as long as it isn't outside. I always have an excuse for not doing it, so, if I had one, I would do it. Then, I thought, well, those are loud. What about an elliptical. Yeah, an elliptical. So, I started looking for cheap models, $300 or less, online. None of them were getting good reviews. I told Sarge what I was doing/wanted and he started doing what he does, and that is hardcore research. He decided that if we were going to spend the money, we should get a good one. So we got in the car, after he called people all afternoon, and we drove almost two hours away to go try them out at the nearest Sears. We left with a $1,200 machine, and a 90-day return policy if it didn't work out.
We got home, put Mini-Sarge to bed and then unloaded the monster. Did I mention we have stairs? Yeah... each door has stairs. Not a lot, but, when you've got a 200lb awkward box... yeah. So, we get it in here, and he stays up until midnight putting it together for me, and joking that I now have a $1,200 reason to work out. Which, while funny, really is a good motivator. That was money I'd saved from the last deployment. It was emergency money which I had now frivolously spent on a piece of workout equipment (which, is getting put back into the savings, but not the point, right?).
So, to keep myself motivated, and have some sort of accountability, I've decided to track my times and calories burned, etc., and what I ate that day, and I'm going to post once a week a breakdown of my week. f this works for me, then it'll be a step-by-step guide to how I did it. If it's a giant flop, then... well, it's a public giant flop. But, I think, it'll be good. I started on the 16th. I meant to post my first blog about this, this past Saturday/Sunday, but things got away from me. Saturday, we spent the day antiquing, and Sunday, I was doing chores, and we got really lazy that afternoon. So, a bit late, but, better than never.
Oh, and I wanted to make a comment on the food, because as you'll see, I eat quite a bit. I'm not a calorie counter, and I don't believe in dieting. I believe in making small, manageable changes to your diet, that will be easy to maintain. This fad diets are only going to fail you. Because even if you make it to your target weight, as soon as you get off the diet, you're going to gain it back. It's a life changer. You have to stick to whatever you do, otherwise you will yoyo until you just don't care anymore. A diet to kick-start weight-loss is one thing, but it's really got to be reasonable. I'm keeping track of what I eat, just so I can see it all. I think when you can see what you've been eating on paper, it will really bring to attention where you're having issues, and will be a good tool in managing it all. But, maybe that's me? I'm very visual, though.
Okay, so without further more, let's see if I can get this in here pretty and not all over the place.
Start weight: 161 lbs
First week, all workouts were done on manual mode, no added resistance
Day Miles Avg. Mph Calories Burned
Mon 16th 2.2 4.4 175
Tues 17th 2.2 4.4 176
Wed 18th 2.3 4.6 178.7
Thurs 19th 2.28 4.6 178.3
Fri 20th 2.41 4.8 183.3
Total Calories Burned: 891.3
I had wanted to hit 1,000, but hey, close enough. And, that's way more calories that I had been previously burning. So, whatever. I honestly, was just glad to have gotten through the 30 minutes each day. I wanted to quit so bad the first few days. Surprisingly, I was never sore the next day. My ankles (a problem area for me) were stiff by the end of the week, but nothing terrible.
Okay, now onto the food. I was kinda shocked at some of these, but I have learned some things looking at it. 1) Never make myself a full lunch---I always end up finishing my son's, which makes it like eating two lunches. 2) Always portion things out in a bowl. I will eat what is in front of me, even if I'm not hungry anymore. 3) Eating an egg in the morning, or for lunch, really does help curve my hunger for the rest of the day (I read something about doing this in an article on Yahoo a few weeks ago). 4) Working out makes me hungry---which, while normal, since it boosts your metabolism, is obnoxious. 5) Definitely drink a full glass or two of water before getting on the elliptical--if I don't, I feel very dehydrated about half way through, and it's hard to finish. 6) Ditching most of the salty, processed snacks, has gotten rid of some of that lower tummy bloat--I always thought that was a bunch of bullshit, but it really works.
Monday: a yogurt, 2 cups of coffee (sugar and creamer), ramen with a slice of cheese, a bunch of snacks in the afternoon that I regretted eating after I did, meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, green beans, and about 64 ounces of water total.
Tuesday: yogurt, some honeydew, 1 cup coffee, an egg sandwich (with two eggs, on wheat bread, with some mayo and lettuce), part of my son's grilled cheese, a banana, a handful of Goldfish crackers, meatloaf, green beans, pasta salad (regular white pasta, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives, with a red wine vinegar base), and 64 ounces of water
Wednesday: 3 frozen waffles with syrup, 2 cups coffee, an egg sandwich (only one egg today, and added some chipolte sauce), some of son's grilled cheese again, a small bowl of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, and some grapes and honeydew, a slice of monterrey jack cheese, stuffed chicken (stuffed with 2 tbs cream cheese, 2 strips of bacon, covered in cheese and breadcrumbs), corn, green beans, more pasta salad, and over 64 ounces of water
Thursday: 1 cup coffee, some honeydew, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a handful or two of sunflower seeds, 1/4 of a banana, bowl of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower and carrots today), 1/2 of a stuffed chicken breast, 5 fish sticks, corn, pasta salad, 3 pieces of celery with peanut butter, 2 glasses of fat free milk, 1 cup hot green tea, and over 64 ounces of water.
Friday: 1 1/2 yogurt (son didn't finish his), toast with cherry preserves, 1.5 cups of coffee, egg sandwich, side of broccoli and cauliflower, 1/2 yogurt, 1/2 chocolate pudding cup, an entire bag of popcorn, 4 slices of Papa John's pizza, and a gallon of water.
All the veggies were raw. And yes, we eat leftovers quite a bit, ha.
I didn't keep track of the weekend. We were bad. We had Sonic, we got ice cream from McDonalds, I made eggs and bacon one day, and cinnamon rolls the next. And I didn't drink all my water. Tsk tsk, haha. I need the room to eat what I want though. Strict diets fail--there's a reason to that.
Anywho, I will be weighing in every Monday (which, since it is Monday, I will report that I did lose weight this week, but won't say how much until this weekend--so despite this weekend's shenanigans, I'm doing good, ha!), and I will be changing the workouts on the elliptical. I'll stick to the same settings all week, and see how I do.
I may still post a non-fitness/diet post from time to time, but we'll see. I was going to make a whole new blog for this adventure, but, I don't see the point in having several. This is still about my life, right now there just happens to be a project. :)
<3
Sarge is about a week away from starting classes. They earn 32 college credit hours in 4 months. It's a pretty intense course. We aren't going to see much of him during the week, and he'll probably study on the weekends, too, a bit. So, in light of that, and the um, lack of things to do around here, I have come up with something to keep me busy and distracted. Introducing...
Get Skinny Before We Get Knocked Up Again! 2012 Edition!
:) We had already talked and decided that around the end of this year, we'd like to try to get pregnant again. And while it seems stupid to waste all this energy just to get fat again, it will help in the long run. When I found out I was pregnant with Mini-Sarge, I had just started an exercise routine. Like, I started Monday, that Friday I tested, lol. I was the same weight I am now, (although, less squishy... I don't know how that works) and wanted to tone up some. I've never hated my size or my shape, only the squishy. I want to look good naked. Anyone can look good with the right clothes. I want to look good with or without. So, since we have a bit of a time frame now, I want to reach my goals before then. Even if it means I get pregnant right away, it'll be fine. As long as it isn't something you've just started, it's perfectly fine to continue working out the same. I'm hoping to gain less the next go around, and even if I do gain the same amount or more, that it'll be easier to lose.
At first, I just grabbed another Jillian Michaels DVD. I figured she'd helped me before, she'd help me again. I picked up her "No More Trouble Zones" workout. I should have known when I realized there weren't different levels (normally, she has different routines for different levels of fitness) that I was going to hate life. I couldn't move the next day, ha. A few days later, as I was rocking Mini-Sarge in his glider, waiting for him to finish his nap, I started thinking about getting a treadmill. I thought, I can run, as long as it isn't outside. I always have an excuse for not doing it, so, if I had one, I would do it. Then, I thought, well, those are loud. What about an elliptical. Yeah, an elliptical. So, I started looking for cheap models, $300 or less, online. None of them were getting good reviews. I told Sarge what I was doing/wanted and he started doing what he does, and that is hardcore research. He decided that if we were going to spend the money, we should get a good one. So we got in the car, after he called people all afternoon, and we drove almost two hours away to go try them out at the nearest Sears. We left with a $1,200 machine, and a 90-day return policy if it didn't work out.
We got home, put Mini-Sarge to bed and then unloaded the monster. Did I mention we have stairs? Yeah... each door has stairs. Not a lot, but, when you've got a 200lb awkward box... yeah. So, we get it in here, and he stays up until midnight putting it together for me, and joking that I now have a $1,200 reason to work out. Which, while funny, really is a good motivator. That was money I'd saved from the last deployment. It was emergency money which I had now frivolously spent on a piece of workout equipment (which, is getting put back into the savings, but not the point, right?).
So, to keep myself motivated, and have some sort of accountability, I've decided to track my times and calories burned, etc., and what I ate that day, and I'm going to post once a week a breakdown of my week. f this works for me, then it'll be a step-by-step guide to how I did it. If it's a giant flop, then... well, it's a public giant flop. But, I think, it'll be good. I started on the 16th. I meant to post my first blog about this, this past Saturday/Sunday, but things got away from me. Saturday, we spent the day antiquing, and Sunday, I was doing chores, and we got really lazy that afternoon. So, a bit late, but, better than never.
Oh, and I wanted to make a comment on the food, because as you'll see, I eat quite a bit. I'm not a calorie counter, and I don't believe in dieting. I believe in making small, manageable changes to your diet, that will be easy to maintain. This fad diets are only going to fail you. Because even if you make it to your target weight, as soon as you get off the diet, you're going to gain it back. It's a life changer. You have to stick to whatever you do, otherwise you will yoyo until you just don't care anymore. A diet to kick-start weight-loss is one thing, but it's really got to be reasonable. I'm keeping track of what I eat, just so I can see it all. I think when you can see what you've been eating on paper, it will really bring to attention where you're having issues, and will be a good tool in managing it all. But, maybe that's me? I'm very visual, though.
Okay, so without further more, let's see if I can get this in here pretty and not all over the place.
Start weight: 161 lbs
First week, all workouts were done on manual mode, no added resistance
Day Miles Avg. Mph Calories Burned
Mon 16th 2.2 4.4 175
Tues 17th 2.2 4.4 176
Wed 18th 2.3 4.6 178.7
Thurs 19th 2.28 4.6 178.3
Fri 20th 2.41 4.8 183.3
Total Calories Burned: 891.3
I had wanted to hit 1,000, but hey, close enough. And, that's way more calories that I had been previously burning. So, whatever. I honestly, was just glad to have gotten through the 30 minutes each day. I wanted to quit so bad the first few days. Surprisingly, I was never sore the next day. My ankles (a problem area for me) were stiff by the end of the week, but nothing terrible.
Okay, now onto the food. I was kinda shocked at some of these, but I have learned some things looking at it. 1) Never make myself a full lunch---I always end up finishing my son's, which makes it like eating two lunches. 2) Always portion things out in a bowl. I will eat what is in front of me, even if I'm not hungry anymore. 3) Eating an egg in the morning, or for lunch, really does help curve my hunger for the rest of the day (I read something about doing this in an article on Yahoo a few weeks ago). 4) Working out makes me hungry---which, while normal, since it boosts your metabolism, is obnoxious. 5) Definitely drink a full glass or two of water before getting on the elliptical--if I don't, I feel very dehydrated about half way through, and it's hard to finish. 6) Ditching most of the salty, processed snacks, has gotten rid of some of that lower tummy bloat--I always thought that was a bunch of bullshit, but it really works.
Monday: a yogurt, 2 cups of coffee (sugar and creamer), ramen with a slice of cheese, a bunch of snacks in the afternoon that I regretted eating after I did, meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, green beans, and about 64 ounces of water total.
Tuesday: yogurt, some honeydew, 1 cup coffee, an egg sandwich (with two eggs, on wheat bread, with some mayo and lettuce), part of my son's grilled cheese, a banana, a handful of Goldfish crackers, meatloaf, green beans, pasta salad (regular white pasta, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives, with a red wine vinegar base), and 64 ounces of water
Wednesday: 3 frozen waffles with syrup, 2 cups coffee, an egg sandwich (only one egg today, and added some chipolte sauce), some of son's grilled cheese again, a small bowl of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, and some grapes and honeydew, a slice of monterrey jack cheese, stuffed chicken (stuffed with 2 tbs cream cheese, 2 strips of bacon, covered in cheese and breadcrumbs), corn, green beans, more pasta salad, and over 64 ounces of water
Thursday: 1 cup coffee, some honeydew, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a handful or two of sunflower seeds, 1/4 of a banana, bowl of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower and carrots today), 1/2 of a stuffed chicken breast, 5 fish sticks, corn, pasta salad, 3 pieces of celery with peanut butter, 2 glasses of fat free milk, 1 cup hot green tea, and over 64 ounces of water.
Friday: 1 1/2 yogurt (son didn't finish his), toast with cherry preserves, 1.5 cups of coffee, egg sandwich, side of broccoli and cauliflower, 1/2 yogurt, 1/2 chocolate pudding cup, an entire bag of popcorn, 4 slices of Papa John's pizza, and a gallon of water.
All the veggies were raw. And yes, we eat leftovers quite a bit, ha.
I didn't keep track of the weekend. We were bad. We had Sonic, we got ice cream from McDonalds, I made eggs and bacon one day, and cinnamon rolls the next. And I didn't drink all my water. Tsk tsk, haha. I need the room to eat what I want though. Strict diets fail--there's a reason to that.
Anywho, I will be weighing in every Monday (which, since it is Monday, I will report that I did lose weight this week, but won't say how much until this weekend--so despite this weekend's shenanigans, I'm doing good, ha!), and I will be changing the workouts on the elliptical. I'll stick to the same settings all week, and see how I do.
I may still post a non-fitness/diet post from time to time, but we'll see. I was going to make a whole new blog for this adventure, but, I don't see the point in having several. This is still about my life, right now there just happens to be a project. :)
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