Droopy-butt-begone!

So I just found out something that really sucks... you can't rest too much as a runner or you lose progress.

My calves are still sore, I didn't do any exercise yesterday, but I did a bit of jogging (mostly walking) for 30 minutes just to do some form of movement today. Only 1.7 miles. Apparently if you rest your legs when they're building muscle, the muscle goes away within a week and you have to do it all over again, :eek:

I read a study once of these out of shape people who exercised with running for a month and got in decent shape, and then stopped exercising for a month, and reverted all the way back to where they were from the beginning. That scares me. If I take a break because I'm not feeling well I'll lose progress! It only means I have to push through the mean man in my mind telling me to sloth it and let myself be sick... others have pushed through it so I can too. I just don't want to.

Had half a klondike bar instead of a full one... kind of felt accomplished there, also am never buying pop-tarts again because they are my kryptonite.
 
Well, this week has not been the greatest. I'm in a sort of funk without any motivation and kind of lumbering back to my old extreme snacking... but I'm trying to catch myself on it. It's not even dinnertime though and I've had about 1100 calories. I really need to plan out my meals more; that seems to help.
 
Ate better today. Had a weird schedule though; I woke up, didn't eat for a couple hours and then it was a cereal bar. Then I had french toast with three slices of bacon; I was starving, it was a large meal but I didn't snack much today; I had a small bowl of ice-cream after dinner which I think was 170 calories.

So I had two meals and a cereal bar. Dinner was 300 calories of frozen stir-fry (which I was really anxious about, but wound up having a good bit of carrots and broccoli). I also had a glass of milk with dinner and a glass of orange juice with brunch.

The french toast was the kicker today I believe, but it was prepared for me (I said I didn't want any but some people just don't take no for an answer!!) and it felt rude to waste, so I started eating and then... I ate all of it. It was really delicious... :piggy:

There was no loss past 149 this week; in fact, it's kind of possible I gained a pound. I don't take that as a totally bad thing, if I had actually lost weight it wouldn't have encouraged me to eat any better, only keep on with giving into food like it's a righteous temptation.

If anyones heard of Zuzanna @ Bodyrock (scared to post a link), I might try some of their workouts and see if I can even do one of them. Apparently people are having a lot of success (coupled with eating well) losing weight and/or toning up. It seems even harder than p90x and yet most of the workouts are less than 20 minutes. It's kind of scary but I think it'll be worth it. :)
 
Okay, gonna swing back into recording what I eat.


Breakfast:
1/2 grapefruit, 60

Lunch:
2/3 turkey sandwich, 150
Salad (2.5 cups w/ italian dressing) 140

Banana, Pineapple, Orange juice smoothie, 250 calories (home-made, no extra sugar, the orange juice bumped the calories)

Snack:
Banana, 100
KitKat, 52

Dinner:
Spaghetti - probably 450
Garlic Bread - probably 300

Snack:
Cheese stick - 60
small piece of cherry pie - 150 (it was wagged in my face, :()

I have not gained or lost anything, thank goodness. I have been... erm, stress eating, still. I wag my finger at myself and it does nothing! I have given into water making me full; I used to say there was no way because it's just water, it goes away too soon, but that's the beauty of it. You can drink water again and again without any harm!

Today has been roughly 2000 calories. I'm thinking it's because I was expecting so much of myself that I began to crave foods even more just because I wasn't gonna let myself have them. It's kind of sad, if I really think about it... however, I had planned to have a much smaller dinner. AND, I still had some spaghetti left over when I pushed my plate away. That sort of counts for something.

No exercise lately, been exhausted and stressed and a whole bunch of other excuses to go along with that. Seriously, they say exercise reduces stress and I can't get off my flabby butt long enough to actually do something about it!! Grr. :toetap05:

Someone once told me to always think of a happier note to what you're doing and you'll succeed. This person was extremely perky and never failed to annoy me with their can-do attitude, but it's something I can agree to today. Right now I'm just aiming to get into the 130's for the first time in YEARS.

I need to lose about 11 pounds to do that confidently though. I could lose 10 pounds and be at 139, but I could jump up to 140 (which I shouldn't even look down on b/c I haven't been that low in a blasphemous amount of time!). I'm gonna aim to do this by Valentines day. I don't know if I can do it though, with Christmas and New Years... but I'll give it all I got.
 
Breakfast:
1 slice raisin toast - 100
1 large banana (lol) - 125
16 oz water

Snacks:
Chocolate Fat Free pudding cup - 100
Homemade fruit Smoothie - 416 (wasn't expecting fruits to add up to that!)

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine Mac n Cheese - 290
small salad, no dressing - 30
16 oz water

Dinner:
Lean Cuisine meal - 290
Salad with 1/2 tomato - 70

Total: 1,421

Did a small workout today from Bodyrock, but my booty was burning afterwards so I figure it was worth something. :) Had a good day today; watched biggest loser, got inspired again...! It's amazing what some things can do to your mental business.
 
Whew. I did an hour of light exercise today, a few weights plus about 5 minutes of serious sprint intervals, and then an hour walk. I got 3.4 miles in today and I'm really glad that I could stick out the treadmill for that long. I'm eating pretty well today, too, so things are looking up :) must be christmas cheer and all that jazz!

Oh, and the scale said 148 today. Yeah!
 
Oook. I THINK I had 1,318 calories today, but... it doesn't feel right. I'm actually pretty full and that amount of calories usually just doesn't satisfy me.

Breakfast,
Frosted Mini-wheats Cereal, 250

Lunch,
Lean Cuisine Lasagna, 320

Dinner,
2/3rds of a six inch turkey sub on wheat,
(w/ only turkey, tomato, lettuce and black olives)
200

Snack:
Tropical Cafe Lowfat Pineapple Delight Smoothie - ?? I put in 278, I have no idea though.
I also had a Caffe Mocha, Tall, 240 (I calculated it from the given calorie count of 16oz to 12oz... isn't braininess great?

So overall, not too shabby... I'm totally clueless on the smoothie though. It said that it had either 227 or 277 calories per serving, but what the heck is a serving amount? It was a 24oz cup, which is 3 cups total, so it could be three times as much. It was healthy though... I saw the girl put the banana in and the pineapple. It wasn't a total waste of calories.

I went christmas shopping today, and tried on a few dresses from Macy's and Dillard... gawd. I am a size 6/8 and when I wear a nice form fitting dress, I either have bulges from panty lines or the pouchy stomach. It was really killer. I tried on a bunch of expensive dresses and went with the 60 dollar one because I plan to shrink out of my current size into a 4!

I can't believe how much of my body is just... fat bulges. It's so gross, and I am really kind of disgusted with myself right now. I got myself I nice bra/panty set and I make it look bad because the panties cut in too much and my stomach bulges out! But if I got a bigger size, they'd be too baggy in the butt. I am a medium, but the things I like to wear just don't flatter fat. I'll be happy when I can notice a place where I'm not bulging so much!

On a good note, I got a nice pair of shoes that I can wear with everything formal. I also got a nice little jacket to wear with anything too: silver low heal shoes with straps, and a nice quarter sleeve black jacket. :) I'm happy with what I got. Plus, I learned this real funny junk today...

How do you catch a unique rabbit?

Unique up on it! (Get it?)

How do you catch a normal rabbit?

Tame way, unique up on it!!

:D
 
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Hey thanks for mentioning Zuzanna @ Bodyrock. I googled to see what it was and she has free youtube videos. Some I probably can't do but some of the strength training definitely think I could. And I think thats where I'm going to start since I can't do aerobic activity yet. I had to laugh though...did you check out the one where she talks about what she eats every day? She shows each meal and the camera stops between each one. As its going we hit noon and she was still in her undies....I was thinking is this chick ever gonna get dressed? lol. But yea if I had a body like that I'd run around barely dressed too until the weather forced me to dress warmer. I think I should take a huge pic of a body like that with no head and put it in my kitchen and by my pc. If I kept switching out pics so I wasn't used to them I think it'd be a motivator. At the worst people coming over are gonna think I'm a weirdo....but yea....too late there :)
 
Yeah, she does flaunt her body a lot, and for good reason! Her website is full of inspiring people with toned bodies to check out too; moms, college kids, athletic trainers and even people in there 50's look like they're 30. It's awesome :D

I can't do the exercises half as well as she can, but I do give it effort and they are sooo painful sometimes. But worth it. :)
 
I didn't gain or lose weight over XMAS break, I am happy to report! Except I got a new scale and it said 150 where-as my old one said 148, but now the new one says 149 now and I can't tell what the old one says. So we'll just say a solid 149. I hate to set my ticker back tho :(.

The new scale also *supposedly* calculates bodyfat % and says mine is at 30%, which is... erm... high! I knew it was bad but that's like getting up there. It also said 50% of my body was water, which means I have more fat content than lean body mass... which is muscles and bones and organs.

But it's not an official estimate, just one to goose around with. Kinda scary though.
 
Well done on maintaining over Christmas Fae, that's great!
Don't worry about the scale, no 2 read the same I don't think... I just use my Wii Fit one now.
I might have to suss out those videos too!
 
Thanks Jess!

I don't know how I did it, I ate quite unhealthily, just not really big portions I guess. But I did have pie and a slice of caramel cake and stuffing and some chocolate I got for xmas...

I think my new years resolution is going to be to lose 1lb a week! And exercise 3x a week, too. I haven't done any exercise since before xmas and I have the worst amount of fatigue I've had in a while. I can't hardly go a day without taking a nap! I'm gonna do baby pushups. I can't even do a womans pushup - I can go down two inches and back up, but it is something and if I do as many as I can every other day... eventually I'll be able to go pretty far down, right? :) I really want to be able to kick-butt with pushups. And, well, overall fitness... but REALLY pushups. I've never been able to do one!

I'm going to the store soon n get some real healthy stuff. Yogurt & granola and such. I'm gonna start stocking up on berries too, and start recording what I eat. The new scale says 148.6 right now and I wanna keep that ball running! 8.7 pounds to lose and I'll be in the 130's. Hooooly crap. I'm still not sure on what my calorie intake should be per day, but I'm gonna keep aiming for 1200-1400. If I can find the right foods that shouldn't be a problem!

I'm gonna make a list of exercises I can do just to remind myself of my options...

Treadmill, jogging/walking/running/sprinting
Dumbbells, arm exercises/heavier squats/ heavier lunges
Body, squats/pushups/crunches/lunges/jumping jacks/dips/lots of other stuff

I think I need to invest in an exercise video. I don't have the money for P90x, but gosh I wish I did. I really need to get my butt whooped so I can see how out of shape I am. I'm gonna start saving my pennies... :)
 
Wheat Thins - 190

PB& J -220

Ramen Noodles - 400

V8 Juice -100

Large veggie salad (w/ vinegar and salsa) - uhh... 200?

Yogurt Smoothie - 250

So far, 1,360. Not bad! But the day isn't over yet... I still have to do some form of exercise, and it's New Years Eve. :D Happy new years everybody!!
 
Alrighty... Jan 1st is 1 hour and 17 minutes away from me, living in the US. I've re-evaluated my goals because I believe my previous ones were too absurd (122 lbs for 5'9? Nahh...). I updated my ticker, and I've lost 4lbs since thanksgiving. I'm very proud of that.

I have a bunch of mini-goals I'm gonna try to hit!

Jan 15th: 147 lbs
Feb 14th: 144 lbs
March 1st: 142 lbs
April 1st: 138 lbs
May 1st: 135 lbs
June 1st: 132 lbs
June 22nd: 130 lbs !

I'm also bidding on EBAY for P90X. Got PDF's for the guides, just need the DVD's now. :)
 
I'm on my 5th day of p90x.


OHMYGOD.


I'm down to 147 and I cannot wait to be down to 145. These exercises truly have you sweating and I am loving it!! You can go at your own pace so you don't hurt yourself and everything. If you can afford it I recommend it truly. I'm excited to get a taut stomach, even if I have to repeat the program.
 
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