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Weigh-in #26
Week 26
Start (old scales) - 175lbs
Start (new scales) - 169.5lbs
Last - 164.6lbs
Current - 163.2lbs
Loss - 1.4 lbs
New Scale Total Loss - 6.3lbs
Total Loss So Far - 14.3lbs
Pounds Until Halfway Point - 4.45lbs

weigh in monday. (week 24)

No, I didn’t go shopping but I decided that I will save my money for a big shopping spree when I am able to squeeze my but in to my size 7 jeans!  I feel good when I’m working towards a goal.

I got to drive a car to day! It was fun! I wish I took the time to learn how to drive at 16. I’m a 20 year old newbie driver. My mom says she can see a change in me. She not only sees my body changing she sees the way I carry myself changing. Knowing that makes me even more determined to lose the weight I packed on. I can’t wait until I can feel 100% confident in myself.

“You’ve got to let go of the stuff from past – because it just doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you choose to be now.”— Kung Fu Panda 

I’m addicted to this song. I need to add this to my work out play list.

If you are a weight loss /fitspo tumblr keep up the good work! If I can do it then you can do it too!

Two spoonful of honey before bed will help burn off fat while you sleep.  The hibernation diet promises to help people lose weight while they sleep.

This diet was developed by an Edinburgh pharmacist and sports nutritionist, is said to be endorsed by Olympic gold-winning cyclist Chris Hoy and used by champion boxer Alex Arthur.

The diet advises eating a couple of teaspoons of honey before bedtime and training with weights instead of long aerobic workouts.

Mike McInnes and his son Stuart were working with athletes and thier nutrition, when they discovered that eating fructose-rich food such as honey, helped burn fat and increase stamina.

The best time to burn fat they found is while you are sleeping.  When you eat fructose, it is converted to glucose in the liver. This stabilizes blood sugar levels and allows the body to activate recovery hormones which rebuild muscle and skin cells. You then burn more fat sleeping.  Eating two teaspoons of fructose rich honey before bedtime will do more fat burning than even exercise. 

Hormones are fuelled by fat, so when you eat honey before going to bed the body burns more fat. Instead of working to regulate blood sugar use honey before bed.

Mik McInnes said “The key time for fat burning is in the first four hours of sleep when we go into slow-wave sleep.  This switches on the pituitary gland and out of that comes a series of hormones that break down and use fat as fuel.”

“Take your liver to bed empty, and your body can’t get to work with those hormones because it’s desperately trying to sort out your blood glucose levels.”

“So stabilizing your blood glucose at night by fuelling up your liver - honey is the key - allows that recovery to take place as it should.

“We also discovered that athletes who were using our liver fuelling strategy were reporting that their appetite was controlled much better.”

You can also increase the amount of fat you burn by doing 15-minute weights sessions three times a week, according to the diet. Resistance exercise stresses a muscle and then the body repairs it while you are sleeping by mobilizing fat and you reap the benefits, Mike McInnes claims.

McInnes said: “We know it’s revolutionary because we see the results we have had for athletes. It is a whole new approach as the liver is the organ that all the sports literature misses out. The sports establishment don’t like us because we are coming at it from an angle they haven’t thought of.”

Source: http://www.nmhoney.com/nmhoney/Sub%20Files/A%20Spoonful%20of%20honey%20before%20bed.htm

so I didn’t get fired from work, but I did get a write-up and some sense talked into me. an icky feeling resides in my stomach; it could be my guilty conscience, or hunger pangs, I can’t decide which!

today was okay. I ate (roughly): one cup special K with 1/2 cup fat free milk, a yoplait light strawberry yogurt, subway’s black forest ham sandwich with no cheese and tons of vegetables, a bag of pretzels, a hamburger with extra lettuce, extra tomato, ketchup and mustard, the rest of my bag of pretzels, string cheese… yep. I had a bite or two of my coworkers fries, so I added up 100 calories for that, and I’m about 200 calories under my daily intake.

so why do I feel so shitty?

I keep forgetting I’m only five days into this caloric intake readjustment. I’m only six or seven days into my gym membership. I’m only six days into this blog. the race is long. I just wish I could get some instant gratification, you know?! my mind is pleading for results because I’m used to seeing them so soon in my life. like, work 30 hours, get a paycheck in a week. wonder what your plans are for tomorrow, text a friend, find out. crave frozen yogurt, buy frozen yogurt.

the commitment I’m making is a commitment that’s going to last a lifetime. I want to be healthy. right now, I’m feeling down on myself when there isn’t any big setback to feel down about! well, not with my diet at least.

I think I’m eating too many carbs. wait… yeah… I’m definitely eating too many carbs. those have ALWAYS been my weakness! mmm bread bread bread pretzels bread. any suggestions for filling foods that aren’t so… bready?

Nutrition

Breakfast
1 Slice Whole Wheat Toast with 1 tbsp. Peanut Butter
Honey Nut Cheerios with 1/2 Cup Skim Milk
Athenos Greek Strained Nonfat Blueberry Yogurt
1/4 Cup Bear Naked Fit Triple Berry Crunch Granola
1/2 Grapefruit
Calories: 585

Post-Workout Snack
8 oz. Low-Calorie Grape Gatorade
1 Rounded Scoop Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard Double Rich Chocolate blended with 8 oz. Skim Milk
Calories: 226

Lunch
Subway Turkey & American Cheese on 6” Honey Oat with Lettuce, Tomato, Black Olive, Mayonnaise, Mustard
Fit and Active All Natural Strawberry Fruit Strip
Calories: 420

Dinner
Tyson Chicken Breast Patty
1 Small Banana
Mixed Steamed Vegetables, 1 Cup
Calories: 310

Nighttime Snack
Up & Up Women’s Daily Multivitamin Dietary Supplement
10 Medium Strawberries
1/4 Kit Kat Bar
Dreyer’s Fruit Bar, No Sugar Added
1 Chips Ahoy! Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
Calories: 176

Water Consumption
14 Cups

TOTAL CALORIES: 1717 (goal 1756)
TOTAL CARBS: 251 (goal 219 g)
TOTAL FAT: 47 (goal 49 g)
TOTAL PROTEIN: 99 (goal 109 g)
TOTAL SODIUM: 2535 (goal 2500 mg)

Fitness

5K practice run, 33:21
Calories Burned: 406

Sleep

8 Hours

2 weeks ago I was 126.6

Today, I was 126.0

I don’t understand why this is. I literally can’t fault my eating on any day over the past 2 weeks - the single “bad” thing I’ve eaten has been an ice cream last weekend which I factored into my calories anyway. Just checked back through my MFP diary and I’ve not been over 1350 calories on a single day. I’ve worked out 6 days a week burning between 300 - 800 calories at a time. The maths simply doesn’t add up. 

YES, a loss is a loss, and I know that because I’m so close to goal I can’t expect to lose more than 1lb a week, but half a lb over 2 weeks? That’s terrible, and a poor effort on my part.

The thing is, I’m actually starting to feel slim and happy with my body. I can feel my shape changing and muscles starting to appear. I woke up feeling great, and this STUPID set of scales has pissed me off. I’m annoyed. Rant over.

Edit - Just realised this means I’ve failed one of my June goals which was to be 124 or 125 by the end of the month. So I’ve lost a grand total of 2lbs this month. Feel free to point and laugh. Biggest Loser’s got nothing on me!

This was me at my thinnest back at the end of 2009. I want to get back to this - and then some (a lot) more.

SW: 79 kg (174.2 lb) 2011.1.10
UGW: 56 kg (123.5 lb)

Last week: 67,2 (148.1)
This week: 66,9 (147.5)
Lost: -0,3 kg (0.6 lb)

Total: 12,1 kg (26.7 lb)

Seems like another plateau…. I’m gonna beat you!!

Day Sixteen- When did you first decide to lose weight?

The Shake Cleanse uses Shakeology® in creating multiple day cleanses to jump start you in your fitness, break a plateau or shred pounds fast & effectively in a healthy way.

The basics are as follows:

3 Shakeology® Shakes a day 2 Cups of Green Tea a Day 1-2 piece(s) of fruit a day 1 Salad for dinner- You can load up on greens and vegetables. Only Low Fat DressingsOnly white grilled protein in salad - Poultry or Fish!

NO: DAIRY or EXTRA SUGARS, diet soda, Almond, Soy, or Rice milk

You can put your 2 snacks before/after any of the MAJOR MEALS - Breakfast Lunch & Dinner

The 2nd piece of fruit is optional. Some of you will need the calories where others will not. Power workout participants (Super Conditioned- not the weight challenged) are recommended the greater calories.

REPEAT all 3 Days

BREAKFAST:

Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop

add ice and mix in blender

10-12 oz of water

SNACK (85 calories):

1 piece of fruit

1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)

LUNCH:

Shakeology® (140 calories), 1 scoop

Add ice and mix in a blender

10-12 oz of water

SNACK:

Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop

add ice and mix in a blender

10-12 oz of water

DINNER:

Salad Grilled white fish or poultry (~340 calories)

2 T low calorie/low fat dressing (I used plain red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil)

1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)

Workouts should be LIGHT during the cleanse: moderate walking and/or light weights

Participants have reported weight loss between 3 lbs and 9 lbs!

What does the Medical Community think of Shakeology? Just watch:

Goal: Stop eating things after dinner just because I still have calories left on MFP. If I’m not hungry, don’t eat!

This is easy enough to say, but let’s see if I can accomplish it all week. For some reason, when I see that I have calories left in the day, I automatically assume that I must still be hungry. I need to remember that it’s okay to stop eating when I am full even if I’m under calories.

seeing real live people’s progress and struggles with fitness and healthy eating.  It’s so much more real to me to be able to read about someone’s journey than simply seeing a before/after. 

Lifestyle changes are not easy, and I know I’ll make mistakes, hit plateaus, and get frustrated…but with the support and encouragement of this community, I will reach my goals.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

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Your workout routine

Whatever that Insanity calendar dishes out at me for the day.

And I just looked at the calendar for the first time to see what I’m doing today and had my heart skipped. This week is RECOVERY WEEK!!!! I do Core Cardio and Balance every day for 6 days. Not exactly sure what that workout entails, but at least I’m not going to kill myself with Pure Cardio or Cardio Power and Resistance! WOOOO!!

Off to do some Insanity!

Hey S1C (Square One Challenge) Posters,

I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is I am back and going to start posting and updating this week. Bad news is, I’m still at Square One.  My neck, shoulder and back got messed up again putting me on the side line.  I just woke up last week and it was all messed up.  I’m really paying the price for this injury last October and it’s starting to frustrate me.  I did have a realization this weekend that I am just not ready for P90X.  It is putting to much strain on my physically and mentally.  When I do P90X I remember where I was before my injury, what I could do, and now that I am back to the beginning and I keep straining an old injury it is frustrating to me so I’m switching to a program that I know works, that doesn’t put excessive strain on my neck, back or shoulder, but I have yet to complete.  That program is RevAbs. 

I have started it about 3 times and every time I get to day 30 I catch the P90X bug, doubt WHY am I doing RevAbs when I should be doing P90X, I make the switch then a few weeks later, I’m sidelined.  My goal is to complete a full 90 days of RevAbs starting today.  I’m going to post a video today about this too.  Thanks for being there for me and thank you Jillian for texting me this weekend and calling me out.  I appreciate the support.  Talk to you all soon,

Joey

I lost 4.9 pounds this week.

4.9!

SW: 247.6

PW: 219.4

CW: 214.5

I wish I knew exactly what made the difference this week. I’ve actually been a little bit looser with my calories- going over by 100 or so some days. But, I’ve also been trying out different kinds of exercise. I did a ton of dancing this week, and I’ve been adding in short workouts during the day when I have a spare 10 minutes or so. Whatever it is, I hope to keep it up (sans the crying during workouts. That’s not fun)!

Green Tea: It also helps in weight loss by preventing bloating.

Dairy Products: Just choose the low-fat variant though.

Oatmeal: The high fiber and low-fat oatmeal is a good choice.

Hot Peppers: The capsaicin chemical found in chili is known to give metabolism quite a kick.

Protein: When going for protein, lean turkey meat and chicken breast are fine choices.

Broccoli: The broccoli is a great choice with its 20-calorie per cup rating. Also, it is rich in calcium which has been linked by numerous studies to weight loss. It is also rich in vitamin C which aids better calcium absorption.

Grapefruit: Chemicals found in grapefruit actually helps lower insulin levels which are helpful in facilitating weight loss.

Mangosteen: This fruit is known to improve the function of the excretory system and thus rid the body of toxins.

Coffee: Drinking about two cups of coffee everyday can jumpstart your metabolism. Any more than three cups though is not advisable.

do i wake up at 6 and go.

it opens at 7am and i like being early as possible because then there won’t be people there (the odd one maybe) and im really really self concious

and i have a big scar across my leg from my burn

so its all very difficult hm i really want to go though its so good for your muscles and things

I first decided to lose weight years ago.

And I tried. I’d start working out, and eating smaller portions. But I’d always end up going all out, then taking a day off. A day would turn into 2, then a week, and before I knew it a few months would have passed, and I wouldn’t have had a single workout.

Then last year something just clicked. I did what I could, and didn’t feel guilty when I had to take breaks. If I needed a day off, I’d make sure I took one, then start right back up the next day. And eventually I just learned to love working out. And now I’ve reached a level of fitness that I will not give up. I want to keep getting better. I’ve worked way too hard to let all I’ve achieved slip away.

I’ve also learned so much about how the food I eat affects everything from my skin, to my workout intensity, to how I feel throughout the day that I could never go back to just eating junk.

I’ve gone off on a bit of a tangent here, haven’t I? lol All in all, I’ve been trying for years to lose weight, but I didn’t succeed at it until about the last year and a half or so. And now there is no going back. :)