still here

i guess if i post once a week it’s ok. i’ll probably lose what few readers i have but then again, this is for me really.

today’s weigh-in: 163.6. it’s up 0.4 from last week, but i just got done with my tom, so maybe there’s still a little bit of bloating? at least i’m still in the 163’s. i freaked out yesterday when my scale said 166. last night it said 165. when i first weighed myself this morning it said 165 again, but then weighed two more times and got 163. i’m going with that.

i only worked out three days this week, so i guess i really can’t complain about not getting a loss. i’m just glad i didn’t end up at 164 again. i keep bouncing back and forth between that and 163. it’s depressing.

next week i am going back to 4-5 days of working out. maybe i can get down to 162.

finally starting to lose

my weigh-in today: 163.2. that’s down 1 pound, which is more than i lost in the last month. maybe all the work i’m doing is finally starting to kick in. at any rate, i’m one happy girl.

mia

i’ve been pretty bad about posting here. i forget since i have my main blog that i post to every day. but, even though i haven’t been here, i have been keeping up with my working out and my dieting.

my husband took my scale away for two weeks to try to wean me off my addiction. i usually weigh myself every day, even though i know i shouldn’t. i know there are daily fluctuations, but i feel like weighing myself every day helps keep me on track. last friday’s weigh-in was at 164.2, which is only down 0.4 from a month ago. i was bummed, but yesterday my husband talked to our pharmacist, who said one of the medicines i’m on causes water retention and will make it hard for me to lose weight. that made me feel a little better. today, i weighed in at 162.8. hopefully i’ll be there or a little below on friday.

for the last two weeks i’ve made my goal of working out 4-5 days a week: five days the first week and four days last week. today was my first day working out this week. i skipped yesterday’s trip to the park because it was *cold* out. i’ve gone over my goal for calories burned on spark people, which is good.

i’ve also been staying within my calorie range, though i try to stay toward the high end since i work out more than an hour a day. i don’t need my body going into starvation mode.

does anyone read this blog? please, comment and let me know if you do!

light day

i did a light workout today. my muscles were sore from yesterday, but i didn’t want to take the day off completely. so, i did a shorter workout but worked hard enough that i could still feel it.

cardio
20 minutes bike

abs
planks, 1 set, 15 sec.

bicycle crunches, 3 sets, 30 reps

regular crunches, 3 sets, 15 reps

i couldn’t do more than one set of planks because my forearm was hurting from where i bashed it on my sideview mirror last night. oh well. i still feel like i got a good workout in.

catching up

i’ve been mia for a few days. it’s hard keeping up with more than one blog!

my weight on friday was up 1.4 pounds to 164.6. the only reason i can think of is that my tom is approaching. i hope that’s it at least. i don’t see any other reason for a gain. i exercised, though not as much as i’d like, and kept my calorie count low.

i had a pretty good workout on sunday. i went with joe to the park while he did his circuit training for his upcoming strength and endurance challenge.

cardio
16 minutes power walking
18 minutes tennis
3 minutes wind sprints

the wind sprints at the end killed me! i didn’t think i could finish them, but i did, and i was very proud of myself.

i had another good workout today too. i finally got my 45 minutes on the bike in, all at 4 resistance, which is a first for me. i can feel my body getting stronger, and i can feel the muscles in my legs. even now, at the end of the day, they still feel tight.

cardio
45 minutes bike

weight training
overhead press
8 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

running man
5 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

lifts
8 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

bent rows
8 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

i’ve done really well with my food for today too.

lunch
baked potato: 100 calories
mixed veggies: 180 calories
saltines: 180 calories

snack
2 miniature hershey bars: 84 calories
baked lays: 130 calories
chocolate quakes, 1 serving: 60 calories

dinner
1/2 cup rice: 300 calories
black beans, 1 serving: 165 calories

total calories: 1,199