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Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Weeks My Weight Stood Still
Too eager to wait until Wednesday, I decided to weigh myself on Monday before I met with my lifetime fitness coach at the gym. Ughh - bad choice! Down only half a pound in 12 days?? Not satisfied with that result, I weighed myself again today with a happier outcome of another half pound down. Making my total loss for the month 7 pounds.
A little discouraged after my weigh-in Monday morning, I took my one half pound less body to the gym to meet with my coach. She tore into me saying that checking the scales is not the way to go unless I want to fight off discouragement every single time. It is better to use results as my scale, not the actual thing that uses numbers to say "still too fat."
My coach, Kay, was very helpful and talked to me about fat vs. muscle. She said the muscles in my body are actually being used now and to expect them to get bigger! And what happens when things get bigger? They tend to weigh more. With all my exercising, I am replacing my fat weight with muscle weight (which is a good thing). She also told me that within 4-6 weeks my muscles will stop expanding at such a quick rate and that I will be able to start to see the numbers go down on the scale.
My new goal is to not once step on that scale until March 1st, and this is a goal I am going to obtain. I have also set mini-goals to keep me on track for my ultimate goal (size 8 for those of you who simply skimmed my last post).
Mini Goal # 1 - Continue my elliptical and weight routine 6 days a week. I set this goal high, especially since I have been so busy getting everything together to buy our house. However, if I set it any lower I would use that as an excuse not to go in!
Mini-Goal #2 - Write out a schedule of when to eat, and not take one single nibble in between. My times are 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm. It is easier for me not to eat after dinner, so that's why I have two snacks in the afternoon.
Mini Goal #3 - Adding a couple classes to my weekly routine. Those classes really push me to keep up the entire hour, instead of my breaks I tend to take while working out alone (you know, pausing to take an extra sip of water or chat it up with fellow fatty next to me). If I was going to take a class in the afternoon, I would only do about 30 minutes of my morning routine.
Even though Kay was very helpful, I wanted to do a little research on my own to make sure I was eating properly to go with my new work out regiment. I found a couple cool websites devoted to the 'C' word: calories. Am I really the person who counts every calorie she puts in her mouth? Fat chance! But I went ahead and wrote down a normal day's menu and added up those calories to see if I need to starve myself, and was quiet pleased with what I discovered.
Check out http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
There is a pretty neat tool to figure out how many calories you need to maintain the weight you entered (and common, it's a computer, don't fudge the weight). It also gives a recommendation for weight loss and extreme weight loss. My normal day's tally landed me right smack in the middle of the "weight loss" and "extreme weight loss." What a motivator for me! By simply cutting out my juice, candy, most bread, and desserts I have moved into a diet to loose weight, and I never let myself go hungry.
*If you want to go with less then they recommend for an extreme weight loss, please note that everywhere I have read says a woman needs at least 1200 calories a day - don't go too extreme!
Yeah, I cut out a lot of the good stuff - but not all of it. Instead I am making substitutions. Gone with the after-dinner Oreo (times 4) at 50 calories for one, I enjoy a snack pack with only 100 calories and a cold glass of non fat milk. No more butter popcorn, sugary cereal, and gummy candies - instead I get 100% satisfied with kettle corn popcorn, Honey Nut cheerios, and granola bars.
Well, I am going to take my goals and get out of here!
A little discouraged after my weigh-in Monday morning, I took my one half pound less body to the gym to meet with my coach. She tore into me saying that checking the scales is not the way to go unless I want to fight off discouragement every single time. It is better to use results as my scale, not the actual thing that uses numbers to say "still too fat."
My coach, Kay, was very helpful and talked to me about fat vs. muscle. She said the muscles in my body are actually being used now and to expect them to get bigger! And what happens when things get bigger? They tend to weigh more. With all my exercising, I am replacing my fat weight with muscle weight (which is a good thing). She also told me that within 4-6 weeks my muscles will stop expanding at such a quick rate and that I will be able to start to see the numbers go down on the scale.
My new goal is to not once step on that scale until March 1st, and this is a goal I am going to obtain. I have also set mini-goals to keep me on track for my ultimate goal (size 8 for those of you who simply skimmed my last post).
Mini Goal # 1 - Continue my elliptical and weight routine 6 days a week. I set this goal high, especially since I have been so busy getting everything together to buy our house. However, if I set it any lower I would use that as an excuse not to go in!
Mini-Goal #2 - Write out a schedule of when to eat, and not take one single nibble in between. My times are 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm. It is easier for me not to eat after dinner, so that's why I have two snacks in the afternoon.
Mini Goal #3 - Adding a couple classes to my weekly routine. Those classes really push me to keep up the entire hour, instead of my breaks I tend to take while working out alone (you know, pausing to take an extra sip of water or chat it up with fellow fatty next to me). If I was going to take a class in the afternoon, I would only do about 30 minutes of my morning routine.
Even though Kay was very helpful, I wanted to do a little research on my own to make sure I was eating properly to go with my new work out regiment. I found a couple cool websites devoted to the 'C' word: calories. Am I really the person who counts every calorie she puts in her mouth? Fat chance! But I went ahead and wrote down a normal day's menu and added up those calories to see if I need to starve myself, and was quiet pleased with what I discovered.
Check out http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
There is a pretty neat tool to figure out how many calories you need to maintain the weight you entered (and common, it's a computer, don't fudge the weight). It also gives a recommendation for weight loss and extreme weight loss. My normal day's tally landed me right smack in the middle of the "weight loss" and "extreme weight loss." What a motivator for me! By simply cutting out my juice, candy, most bread, and desserts I have moved into a diet to loose weight, and I never let myself go hungry.
*If you want to go with less then they recommend for an extreme weight loss, please note that everywhere I have read says a woman needs at least 1200 calories a day - don't go too extreme!
Yeah, I cut out a lot of the good stuff - but not all of it. Instead I am making substitutions. Gone with the after-dinner Oreo (times 4) at 50 calories for one, I enjoy a snack pack with only 100 calories and a cold glass of non fat milk. No more butter popcorn, sugary cereal, and gummy candies - instead I get 100% satisfied with kettle corn popcorn, Honey Nut cheerios, and granola bars.
Well, I am going to take my goals and get out of here!
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