Day 30- 8/31/10

Hello!

30 days! At first I wasn't sure I'd even make it this far. :)

Day two of my calorie cycling went well again! Today's goal- 1356 according to the calculator thing.  I was actually spot on again!

Breakfast- 

Protein shake- 140 calories

Rice- 200 calories

Egg- 70 calories

Snack-

Chocolate rice cakes- 60 calories

Lunch-

Healthy Choice Beef Tip Portobello dinner- 270 calories

Cheddar cheese rice cakes- 117 calories

Snack-

Fat free microwave popcorn- 100 calories

Dinner-

Healthy Choice Beef Broccoli dinner- 400 calories

Total calories- 1356- requirements met!

Exercise- No Tracy Anderson stuff today, I had errands this morning and walked about 1 hour at about 3 mph. When I got home I was sore, both from yesterday's workout and the walking. Will do TA for sure tomorrow if I am not sore!  Also tomorrow is my highest calorie day- 2033!

Day 29- 8/30/10 1 month check in!

Hello!!!

Today is Monday and also I have re-measured myself~

Weight: 251.3 pounds/ 114.23 kg - 1.3 pound/0.6 kg gain.

Measurements- (These pleased me!)

Bust- 45 inches- 0 inch loss

Chest- 38 inches- 1.5 inch loss

Waist- 40 inches- 2 inch loss

Hips- 49 inches- 1 inch loss

Left thigh- 27.5 inches- 0.5 inch loss

Right thigh- 26.5 inches- 0.5 inch loss

Left calf- 19 inches- 0.5 inch loss

Right calf- 19 inches- 0.5 inch loss

Left upper arm- 16 inches- 1.5 inch loss

Right upper arm- 15 inches- 1 inch loss

Left forearm- 11.5 inches- 0.5 inch loss

Right forearm- 11.5 inches- 0.5 inch loss

Neck- 14.5 inches- 0 inch loss

Total body loss- 9 inches!

I think I could have lost even more if I did more cardio and ate more mindfully.  That being said- Today is the first day of my calorie cycling-

Total calories needed- 1695

Breakfast-

Slept in, didn't eat breakfast

Midmorning snack-

Protein shake- 140 calories

Lunch-

Healthy Choice beef broccoli microwave dinner- 400 calories

1 cup of chex mix- 280 calories

Post workout-

Protein shake- 140 calories

Dinner- (was naughty but I was on the way to class)

Double hamburger from Burger King- 410 calories

Night snack-

2/3 cup pretzels- 280 calories

3 Lifesaver Mints- 45 calories

Grand total- 1695 on the nose!  Tomorrow is 1356 calories, have to be a bit more frugal. Wednesday is my highest day of the week- 2033 calories!!! 

Exercise-

Did PD1- still at 20 reps on the legs.  Felt good. Maybe next week I'll up it to 25 if my left leg isn't struggling so much.

Cardio- did the warmup to Beginner Dance Cardio- then realized I don't have room to do the combos! However, I improvised.

I danced for 15 minutes straight at a pretty high impact, not necessarily doing a combination over and over but switching time to time moves I have seen Tracy do in BDC and in DC08. Just without spinning and twirling all over the place.  Makes me really want to get a mini trampoline~ I would have done 30 minutes had I not had errands to run before class. Nonetheless, I was left a sweaty, tired (in a good way) mess. :)

Have a great start of the week!

Day 28- 8/29/10

Hello!

It's Sunday again, that means time for my reflections and what I can do better/what I did well this week.  Also, this is a special blog because this means I successfuly stuck to this for 4 weeks! That's my first month!  That means along with my morning Monday weigh in, it will be my first measure in since starting!

This week:

I had a hell of a time with my dieting and exercise this past week due to my monthly buddy on the way.  I feel I could have done a LOT of things better this past week.

This past month:

My main qualm about my performance this past month- NOT ENOUGH CARDIO! 10 minutes here and there is not cutting it.  I read we need at least 30 minutes a day for weight loss.  Also my diet could have been a bit better as well.

Plans for the next month:

1. I decided I am going to try something called Calorie Cycling.  I found a calculator that calculated the amount of calories I need a day (It's a lot more than I HAVE been eating) 

The calculator can be found here: 

http://www.shapefit.com/calorie-intake-calculator.html#

You'll notice under your results it will show you a link to 7 day calorie cycle- that is how many calories per each individual day you should eat.  The point behind this is to trick your body into not going to starvation or plateau mode.  Apparently a lot of people do lose weight like this, and weight loss is continual unlike setting each day at a certain level of calories.  My minimum calorie requirement (I am looking at "extreme" fat loss) is still surprisingly high, so I will try it anyway.  Maybe my lack of eating much really IS sabotaging me.

2. Cardio, cardio, CARDIO! NEED MORE CARDIO!  I am going to try and do the entire Beginner Dance Cardio DVD every day after Perfect Design 1. (I am not upping to Perfect Design 2 because I am still out of shape and have not fully mastered PD1 yet).  I can use the learning portions of each of the 4 combos as sort of an active rest.  I will try tomorrow and let you know how it goes!  I will go to PD 2 and begin the 10 day rotations once I am able to do 40 reps of the leg moves on PD1. Right now I still struggle at 20!

3. More stretching. One thing about Tracy's DVDs is that they dont give enough time to really streeeeetch.  So, I will attempt to do my old ballet stretches at night before bed. I want my flexibility back! Also my hips are still very very tight, making some of the leg movements on Tracy's ab section painful or difficult. 

4. Eat better! This is something that does take time but during the next month I will try to make even more smart choices and try to eat cleaner, and eat MORE. 

That's about it, I will see you all tomorrow with my updated stats!

Day 27- 8/28/10

Hello-

This time, today was a good diet day and a bad exercise day... I really need to break out of this hormonal trap.  My gynecologist even told me you do NOT have to give in to those cravings.  Tips she gave me to try and get around them (that I shall try following now that I remember)

1. If you're craving, brush your teeth.  Food is much less appealing with a minty mouth

2. Not around the toothbrush? Chew minty gum or have a mint.

3. Drink water!

Well today I ate very little because I slept in again... Until 2 pm (like I normally do on Saturday)

I slept through breakfast and lunch, when I woke up I had a shake.

Dinner:

Rice

Japanese style curry with beef 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_curry for those who don't know how it looks/served/what's in it

I also found that a store by me sells Pepsi Throwback.  Pepsi Throwback is Pepsi, but made with cane sugar instead of that high fructose corn syrup crap.  It also tastes a hell of a lot better. They also make Mountain Dew that way too.  I don't know if they sell these outside of the USA, as other countries already make their sodas this way sometimes. (Example- Coca Cola from Mexico)

Exercise: Had a MAJOR case of the lazies/fatigue.  This has not been my weekend.... Monday is also a weigh in AND measurement day~  I am excited to see how my progress is going, if at all.

Day 26-8/27/10

Hello! 

(This post and day 27's are late. Had computer trouble!)

Today I did get back on the wagon. Sort of. My diet today was still bad (hormones again... DAMN them) but I at least got somewhat of a workout in.

Breakfast:

Rice and an egg

Midmorning Snack:

1 Protein shake

Lunch:

2 cups whole wheat pasta and 1 cup of sauce 

Mid afternoon/post workout:

1 protein shake

1 3 ounce pack of beef jerky

Dinner:

Home made beef stew- made with fresh beef from the store, onions, carrots, potatoes and a beef stew spice packet. Delish. Takes about 2 hours to make but well worth it!

Exercise: Did PD 1 but just wasn't feeling like cardio today. I hate PMS... I really do. I wish I was one of those women who didn't get any symptoms at all.  I did hear that when you lose weight, your periods tend to get easier (if you're overweight to begin with)

Let's see how I do tomorrow... Good night!

Day 25-8/26/10

Hello-

I regretfully have to inform you that today, I slipped and fell off the wagon.  How?  I overate today, and did not exercise.  I blame this all on my hormones. Yeah it's about that time of the month for me and considering how I USED to be I am doing better, but still gave in.

Breakfast-

None, slept til noon

Lunch-

Whole wheat pasta and sauce (I started the day right at least)

Snack-

1 cheese danish donut

Dinner-

1 piece of tomato focaccia bread

1 bowl of hamburger helper my roommate made

1 handful of butter toffee peanuts

Exercise- none... However I did decide 10 minutes of cardio isn't gonna cut it. More like do 10 minutes, take a break, do a little more. I noticed a lot of people saw better results when they upped the cardio too.  I will do my best to get off my bum and straighten up again tomorrow.

Day 24- 8/25/10

Hello!

Today, I had such a hard time getting motivated to exercise.  I have no idea why, I actually felt horribly unmotivated to do ANYTHING. However, after some asked-for prodding by my friends, I got up and did it. 

Breakfast:

Brown rice and an egg (from now on, unless otherwise said, rice means brown rice!)

Midmorning snack:

Protein shake

Lunch:

1 cup of whole wheat pasta and 1/2 cup of sauce (leftovers from last night)

Midafternoon/post workout

1 protein shake

Dinner:

Green beans, rice, soy sauce and 4 ounces of boiled firm tofu

Exercise:

PD1 as usual, and since I was running short of time (had class this evening) did some jumping jacks, skipping, and combo 1 from BDC in the driveway. It was nice and cool today too and hopefully will be again tomorrow~