Transformation Everyday

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elizab3th said:
I checked the menu out ahead of time and the healthiest I can get is the steak & eggs, so I'm going to have the steak & eggs darn it, and I'm not going to feel an ounce of guilt over it!
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Yes! That´s what I like to hear. That´s how you lose weight and keep it off long-term. Congrats on the poopage and the roundest of weigh-ins :party:
 
elizab3th said:
I've never been more excited for a bowel movement. My boyfriend received a text from me yesterday as I was celebrating from the bathroom. I know I've got a good man when he's just as excited as I am about it.
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Relationship goals :rofl:

I might not put this as a requirement in my dating profile though, might put the ladies off even more lmao!

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Today's weather is only -10 degrees though, so I think I'll go for a walk in the evening to "pick up" Ryan from work. I appreciate the cold when it's bearable like this anyway
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Only? ONLY? I wouldn't be out from under the duvet in those temperatures.

You're going to be out of the 200 club in no time Liz, keep up the good work :)
 
Thanks guys! Feeling pretty awesome about all of this. :D

So awesome, in fact, that I cooked dinner tonight in the highest pumps I could find in the house. Work that booty while cooking, haha!
Dinner was a salmon, a rice pilaf, green beans and broccoli.

Garlic head count tonight: 1.5 bulbs.
 
Email Subject: Fitness Room

"We are very sorry that it has taken forever to have the treadmill replaced. We should have the new one in about 1 week ish.
As well, in the very near future the whole gym will be receiving a renovation and all new equipment will be put in."
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Only the very best news to wake up to (even if I woke up at 4:30 am thanks to the cat). Since I'm up so early, I'm going to try something new. Every morning cardio session I have done, I have begun without eating or drinking water beforehand. I will literally have been awake maybe 5 minutes and have changed into my workout clothes (or sometimes I just wear my housecoat - it feels good to leave it open for the breeze) and be on the machine pushing out as much time as I can handle. Now that I've gotten it up to 45 minutes, I need to kick up the effort I'm putting in during that time. I'll use my HIIT timer to work higher intensity intervals in every five minutes. Anyway, back to this morning in particular. It's not 5:15am, and I don't want to begin so soon so this has given me time to do a couple of things I don't normally do and see how that affects my workout.
  1. I get time to drink my coffee first, and get in some caffeine
  2. I am drinking a performance carb drink. A sample that was picked up from Muscle Beach. 100 calories, 25g carbs
  3. I'm going to do my ab workout before I start cardio
  4. I'll drink 12oz of ice cold lemon water
So... this means for the next 45 minutes, I'm just going to let all these things do their stuff. It also means once I do hop on the elliptical, there's a good chance I'm going to hop off midway through and have to pee. The joys of working out at home! My biggest challenge, if it even poses itself to me, will be to hop back on the elliptical and continue with the same intensity as before.

As for the remainder of the day, I have 3 out of the 7 loads of laundry to finish. Hopefully today they won't turn off the water and I'll be able to actually be productive! I've also broken down everything I want to do into the smallest of reminders. Which means I have 41 things to cross off my list! Don't think I'm actually that busy, I've put down things like "dry brush before shower" and "have a hot/cold shower" as two separate things. I think I'm just addicted to checking shit off, so I found a way to cheat myself into being more productive by breaking everything down into it's smaller parts.

Challenge of the day: No afternoon naps! There's too much to do, and yesterday's nap made it difficult to fall asleep at 10pm last night.

One last interesting thing I wanted to bring up.
I don't know if I am alone in this, but it's REALLY stupid and I'm waking up feeling momentarily frustrated...
I AM HAVING DREAMS ABOUT FRIED CHICKEN AND PIZZA.

I am not even eating it in my dreams, I'm just picking the skin off and watching all the tasty juices dribble down. I wake up tasting it, I swear.
Out of all the lucid dreams I could have, these ones have been by far the worst.

Oh, well. Shake it off, right? I'm looking forward to a great last day off - I hope everyone here has an excellent Thursday as well! :waving:
 
Results: that was without a doubt the strongest workout I've had. 50 minutes broken down into 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down with intervals in between. I did 1:10 at the high intensity I could do, the turned it down for 3 minutes. I didn't get bored or feel like I needed to get off, and at 50 minutes I thought, hey I could keep going... but that's just insane and not good for me. When I did dismount, my face was pretty red.

Great start to Thursday!
I feel really good about today!
 
All the yays for the gym announcement! Also: congratulations on the amazing workout. For cardio I function best on an empty stomach but caffeine definitely makes a difference!
 
Thanks, guys! :)

Another productive day down. My last day off, thankfully. I don't know how I ended up with three in a row, but there's only so much a person can do around the apartment and I've gotten a little stir-crazy.

I'm feeling a bit ornery about dinner outings that my family wants to have for both next weekend and the following one. I feel bad having to renege on plans mainly because we are too tight on cash, but also... to be perfectly honest, I just don't want to feel anxiety over being around really heavy dishes. I'm anxious about the inevitable comments on my potential reasonable choices (why are you eating a chicken breast? why aren't you eating your favourite dish? are you eating enough? blah blah blah). I know it'll dampen my spirits, and I don't think at this time I can take a hit like that.

Ideally, I'd like to avoid eating out with family until Christmas. It's not even the fact of having a cheat meal, it's being around people that don't understand and being around them so early on in my journey. We can make other plans that don't revolve around food.
Am I being unreasonable to feel this way?
 
Well, I cancelled both plans. My family is okay with it, and my partner is too because we can't be spending that extravagantly. I'm off to bed a bit grumpy this evening. My plan for eggs turned into half a pizza instead. I managed to stay at 1200 calories anyway, so that's one positive thing for the evening. Thanks for listening to me whine, friends!
 
I do understand your discomfort. I am extremely lucky in that my family and friends are all very supportive of healthy living (and most of them struggle with it at times) and I still feel... guilty? uncomfortable? watched? when eating a lighter feast while with them.
 
Thanks, guys. The weight has lifted (ha!). Ryan "made me" get out to meet him on his way home from the gym yesterday, and I'm really glad he did. I needed the fresh air and the walk. Today is a new day so I'm back to being cheery! :)

I did a different kind of workout this morning. 18 minutes strength training/HIIT followed by 15 minutes on the elliptical. I focused entirely on glutes, so I know tomorrow I'm going to really feel it! I'm back at work, and eating dry Fiber1. That's what I get for not giving myself enough time to eat breakfast at home!
 
I don't think you are being unreasonable at all to limit your time eating with people who may not get or support your choices. I am only going out to eat with one friend right now because she gets it and has lost a lot of weight recently so she supports it and eats healthy too.

The change in your routine sounds fun! I switch things up a lot because I get bored so easily!
 
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