242 pounds. 47% calculated body fat. Other abysmal measurements.
There is no excuse. I’m making no more excuses and I’m doing this.
I’ve got 4 apps on my phone for this. I ditched Weight Watchers ($$$) and have decided to go with counting calories with MyFitnessPal instead. I have an app that gives me an actual workout routine so I have no excuse not to go to the gym.
My weight has gotten out of control and I am saying no more.
My boyfriend is in this with me - he wants to get in shape too. That will help.
I will not let anymore excuses continue to kill me this way. It ends now.
So I feel like I slipped up just a teensy weensy bit this week. But it wasn’t too bad. Didn’t get out and move around as much as I probably should have, but at least I managed to get to the gym last night. I need to start writing it into my schedule on my days off work so I can get in at least 4 visits a week. I need to get started on some weight training as well - I know cardio alone isn’t going to give me the results I want.
In any case, I lost 1.7 lbs this week, and I’m still very happy about that and very proud of myself. I hope to be able to get similar results next weigh-in.
I forget how nice it feels to see the numbers on the scale go down. I’m glad I’m managing to stick with this finally. :)
So after sticking mostly strictly to a new eating regimen (i had one day of weakness but mehhhh PointsPlus allows for that) I managed to drop 4.4 pounds this week, bringing me to 228.6.
Kind of a drastic drop but probably due to the fact that I cut out a lot of crap and my body is adjusting to the new intake. While I’d like the same kind of loss this week, I know that it is neither healthy nor common, so I won’t get my hopes up. But maybe two pounds would be good? lol
Went to the gym a couple times so that was good. I kind of wimped out on it last night after taking a walk and doing some cleaning but my body was tired and I wasn’t going to push myself further than I think I can go right now. Over time... It should get easier.
I have a bad habit of doing this. I get pumped for a couple days, sometimes a week at best, and then I fall right back into old habits like nothing ever happened.
My original start weight when I started this blog? Yeah, I weigh 5 pounds more now. And this is after losing two pounds over the last week.
So I’ve signed up for weight watchers and will be pretty adamant about using it. Went to the gym last night and managed a mile on the elliptical machine. It’s a start. I need to figure out a good weight lifting regimen and get into a routine.
My short term goal, 5% loss according to WW, is 221.3 lbs. My ultimate long term goal is 140 (although realistically I’m aiming for 150). So I have quite a ways to go.
The initial 13 pounds doesn’t sound like too much work. Baby steps.
Today was my first day of actual tracking. I managed to hit my point goal, and didn’t exceed. I’m very proud of that. Although I still feel terribly hungry, but I suppose the difference in food and calorie intake is something that my stomach and body are going to have to get used to.
No more fast food. My budget can’t even handle that right now. That should make a difference. I’m going to try and drink more water and, oh yeah... take my Vitamin D pills so I have some more energy.
Hopefully this time I manage to stick with everything. Actually, I know I will this time. Shia Labeouf told me to JUST DO IT. (lmao wow that was lame)
this is so important stop making girls feel like they have to look like a model to work out????? that is so stupid it makes no sense but it’s so harmful u go girl no matter what u look like
This is an awesome workout I found on Glamour that I’ll be doing later today. It’s only 4 exercises that are repeated for the prescribed number of reps or hold count:
- Weighted Twist x 15 reps on each side or alternate for 30 seconds. Try using a 10 - 15lb weight.
- Scorpion Twist x 10 reps on each side.
- Grasshopper x 20 reps on each side.
- Standing Elbow Crossover x 30 reps each side( you can start by doing 20 reps)
This workout should be done in addition to 30 minutes of cardio 3 x a week.
Lol yeah I'm already extremely discouraged. This always happens. I get really sincere about losing weight for a good week but then it never sticks. I never feel full enough, I feel like I'm starving. I get tired and have no motivation to work out. And instead of creating new habits I just end up reverting right back to my usual routine. And then i realize what happened and I get discouraged and give up because lol it feels like it's too hard to change my habits. And i know that is the worst excuse and the worst thing to say. And then knowing that I just dive into self loathing. Which is not a proper motivator. It's like I can't self motivate. Shit I can't get motivation from others either. I'm too apathetic. But I also know if I don't do something or change anything, I'm just going to get more and more overweight and I'm going to have tons of health issues and I already feel like shit about my appearance and that obviously won't improve either. I'm just... very frustrated with myself right now.
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