Day 20 with a 17 pound weight loss.
I should be so happy and grateful that I'm down 17 pounds. I am, but at the same time ,GAH LEE why didn't I hit a bigger number?!!
So I have been stuck sitting on this crazy stump for 11 days now. My body is not letting me loss any weight whatsoever and to me that's totally discouraging and disheartened! This is why.
So my last blog I mentioned how I started going to the gym and running/jogging on the treadmill during the day, right? Well I still go to the gym at night but instead of doing the treadmill during the day I have started the p90x dvds and have been doing them since last Thursday!! I thought for sure I would jump the stump I've been sitting on but no luck for me. I have even switched up my eating and now eat more carbs less protein.( 2 carbs vs.1 and 4-5 protein vs.6) so its not much but I thought that would jump kick something? I took a day off of working out on Sunday to see if maybe my body just needed a break to rest and catch up, but nada, I got NOTHING.
I will say as much as this is discouraging and not very motivating I am still doing great. Like I said I took Sunday off from working out but yesterday I jumped right back into the gym and p90x work out scene and that felt great. I'm just proud that I could take a day off but yet still get back into it the next day.
Go me!?!?
So like I've said I've changed some things up a bit in hopes of continuing my weight loss. So this is now what I am doing...
Monday thru Friday -
-P90x workouts in the mornings
-Eating a carb in the morning before workout such as
:whole wheat muffin
3oz turkey ham
Slice of swiss cheese.
4egg whites
& yogurt, fruit
I am now forcing myself to actually eat the full meal instead of saving the fruit and yogurt for later because I really feel I need those extra calories to get my metabolism up.
-lunch
Chicken
Asparagus
-Snack on the way to the gym (string cheese)
-gym= ATLEAST 30 minutes total on all equipment. I normally will do the elliptical and the bike. Then to the suna for a good 8-15 minutes to keep my heart rate up longer and then tanning :)
-dinner
Turkey/chicken meatloaf or a turkey burger (no bun)
Asparagus or broccoli
Brown rice or pinto beans
- bed time snack-
Rice cakes.
Saturday
The same minus the p90x dvds and I go an extra 30-60 minutes to the gym
Sunday
Rest day from work outs.
So you can see it is a little different from before and I plan on switching up my food here in another week or so. I need to keep my body guessing or else ill never see results.
I am also going to be investing in a tape measure so I can start measuring my body, because I am convinced that I am gaining muscle and losing fat but since muscle weights more then fat, then I am not actually seeing the numbers on the scale. So, I will measure every couple of weeks or once a month to get a better result on fat loss/muscle gain.
Until then I am going to keep up the hard work I am doing. I am not going to give up. I just know that no matter how long I stay on this stump that I am going to get stronger and will be able to run more miles or do more reps to get me past these points.
I don't think I have talked about goals before in any blogs but I would like to say that I would like to get down for my short term goal 10 more pounds by the end of march. I will then have 4-5 more short goals but then my long term comfortable goal is 50 pounds and I would love to achieve this with in 6months but hoping (not realistic) for 3-4 months end of may beginning of June.
My cousin just got engaged and is getting married by august so this would be perfect to get down 50pounds by then but I will say that, this is a little nerve racking for me. Last summer when I was on this diet my friend whomever wedding I was in was Hm September and I thought the same thing " it will be nice to be down xx lbs (amount of weight) by the wedding but then I had to by the dress get it hemmed and then after that I figured I shouldn't gain or lose weight because if the dress won't fit and I don't have time to get it taken in then I'm screwed so I quit and I totally don't want to be like that this time. I am not going to stop because I am in a wedding I will just have to deal and get my dressed taken in quickly. If that is the case.
So you guys remember even when things come to a Stop just keep on pushing.
Keep moving and being healthy. I am and I still feel great no matter what my numbers say or how discouraged I am.
Drink your water, chew your gum, eat your healthy 6 meals a day and move your body!!!!
See ya' next week folks.
I should be so happy and grateful that I'm down 17 pounds. I am, but at the same time ,GAH LEE why didn't I hit a bigger number?!!
So I have been stuck sitting on this crazy stump for 11 days now. My body is not letting me loss any weight whatsoever and to me that's totally discouraging and disheartened! This is why.
So my last blog I mentioned how I started going to the gym and running/jogging on the treadmill during the day, right? Well I still go to the gym at night but instead of doing the treadmill during the day I have started the p90x dvds and have been doing them since last Thursday!! I thought for sure I would jump the stump I've been sitting on but no luck for me. I have even switched up my eating and now eat more carbs less protein.( 2 carbs vs.1 and 4-5 protein vs.6) so its not much but I thought that would jump kick something? I took a day off of working out on Sunday to see if maybe my body just needed a break to rest and catch up, but nada, I got NOTHING.
I will say as much as this is discouraging and not very motivating I am still doing great. Like I said I took Sunday off from working out but yesterday I jumped right back into the gym and p90x work out scene and that felt great. I'm just proud that I could take a day off but yet still get back into it the next day.
Go me!?!?
So like I've said I've changed some things up a bit in hopes of continuing my weight loss. So this is now what I am doing...
Monday thru Friday -
-P90x workouts in the mornings
-Eating a carb in the morning before workout such as
:whole wheat muffin
3oz turkey ham
Slice of swiss cheese.
4egg whites
& yogurt, fruit
I am now forcing myself to actually eat the full meal instead of saving the fruit and yogurt for later because I really feel I need those extra calories to get my metabolism up.
-lunch
Chicken
Asparagus
-Snack on the way to the gym (string cheese)
-gym= ATLEAST 30 minutes total on all equipment. I normally will do the elliptical and the bike. Then to the suna for a good 8-15 minutes to keep my heart rate up longer and then tanning :)
-dinner
Turkey/chicken meatloaf or a turkey burger (no bun)
Asparagus or broccoli
Brown rice or pinto beans
- bed time snack-
Rice cakes.
Saturday
The same minus the p90x dvds and I go an extra 30-60 minutes to the gym
Sunday
Rest day from work outs.
So you can see it is a little different from before and I plan on switching up my food here in another week or so. I need to keep my body guessing or else ill never see results.
I am also going to be investing in a tape measure so I can start measuring my body, because I am convinced that I am gaining muscle and losing fat but since muscle weights more then fat, then I am not actually seeing the numbers on the scale. So, I will measure every couple of weeks or once a month to get a better result on fat loss/muscle gain.
Until then I am going to keep up the hard work I am doing. I am not going to give up. I just know that no matter how long I stay on this stump that I am going to get stronger and will be able to run more miles or do more reps to get me past these points.
I don't think I have talked about goals before in any blogs but I would like to say that I would like to get down for my short term goal 10 more pounds by the end of march. I will then have 4-5 more short goals but then my long term comfortable goal is 50 pounds and I would love to achieve this with in 6months but hoping (not realistic) for 3-4 months end of may beginning of June.
My cousin just got engaged and is getting married by august so this would be perfect to get down 50pounds by then but I will say that, this is a little nerve racking for me. Last summer when I was on this diet my friend whomever wedding I was in was Hm September and I thought the same thing " it will be nice to be down xx lbs (amount of weight) by the wedding but then I had to by the dress get it hemmed and then after that I figured I shouldn't gain or lose weight because if the dress won't fit and I don't have time to get it taken in then I'm screwed so I quit and I totally don't want to be like that this time. I am not going to stop because I am in a wedding I will just have to deal and get my dressed taken in quickly. If that is the case.
So you guys remember even when things come to a Stop just keep on pushing.
Keep moving and being healthy. I am and I still feel great no matter what my numbers say or how discouraged I am.
Drink your water, chew your gum, eat your healthy 6 meals a day and move your body!!!!
See ya' next week folks.
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