Hilda vs Fat

Hilda Rocks It

Hilda Rocks It

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Today started off on a good note. I didn’t have to work today and I was only 0.3 lbs off my target goal weight of 159 lbs. I ate breakfast and caught up on my celebrity gossip and made another fancy chart of my weight loss progress. I know I can be a little excessive with those excel spreadsheets but it makes me glow from inside out when I see little ol’ me trucking along the goals line. After this intense self gratuitous excel session, I browsed through my nifty exercise on demand and decided to try Biggest Loser Jillian Michaels’ 30 day shred routine – okay it’s only 20 minutes, but it’s a killer, which makes total sense considering that Jillian promises to make you fit in 30 days (or something along those lines, and you know if Jillian says she will make you fit, the woman will make you fit!). So this workout is brutal, it’s not for weak spirited people, you need to be totally committed to what feels like the slowest 20 minutes of Jillian’s famous beatings. For all you people who watch Biggest Loser and wonder how people can lose 20 pounds in a week, I encourage you to buy this nifty dvd workout and then picture the contestants doing that couple times a day, I think after that all your questions will be answered. Well to be honest, 10 minutes into that routine, I knew that I am not mentally ready for that level of workout just yet. So I popped in Cardio Max with Bob Harper (another BIGGEST LOSER trainer). Bob and I did the first level together and I was dripping sweat all over my mom’s Persian rug (shhh, don’t tell her!). The day ended on a high note with a visit to the dentist. I found out that a couple of lidocaine shots and the painful aftermath of someone going medieval on your molars does a good job of suppressing food cravings. All things considered, today was decent :willy_nilly:
 
Tuesday Tuesday

I am so sore today! Thanks, Bob and Jillian. I also went from 159.3 to 158.4, so I am hoping that this wasn’t just due to transference of my sweaty bodily fluids to my mom’s Persian rug, but that I am actually burning some fat deposits. I have another workout planned from 1100-1200.
 
Blue

I don't know what's going on with me today. I feel down in the dumps. I shouldn't feel this way because I have been following my healthy eating plan, I have not had any junk food in over 2 weeks, I have been consistently exercising every day for the past 2 weeks and still I am battling these nasty thoughts that tell me I will never get fit, will not be able to drop down and do 10 push ups, will not be able to run a mile, etc etc. I did High Intensity workout from the Biggest Loser Volume 1 - the burning feeling from my thighs has not subsided, but I just kept going. So what gives? Why am I so moody?

I am definitely thinking of ordering Biggest Loser Volume 2 and a bunch of their other dvds, but I just ordered Turbo Jam, Jillian Michaels, and a couple of new Firm dvds. I think I definitely have enough diversity in my collection. I am looking forward to trying Turbo Jam even though it looks somewhat complicated. New firm dvds look fun, I tried them out at Exercise on demand and loved it (no step up box to drag around), and Jillian Michaels should be the highlight of my week. I also ordered an arm strap for my ipod so i can listen to it when i am powerwalking when it gets warmer outside.
 
It sounds like you're doing great! We all feel down sometimes and doubt ourselves, but you got to be your biggest supporter! If you're confident in yourself, it is so much easier not to fall off track. I hope you're feeling better today :)
 
gymchica said:
It sounds like you're doing great! We all feel down sometimes and doubt ourselves, but you got to be your biggest supporter! If you're confident in yourself, it is so much easier not to fall off track. I hope you're feeling better today :)
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Thank you, gymchica, for your support. I am trying to think positively.
 
Hang in there. Just think of all the weight plateaus people talk about. Maybe you just hit an emotional plateau. Just be tough and work through it. You will feel better later.
Thanks for the DVD recommendations. I need to get a few because I don't like doing cardio in the gym.
 
It's Been A While Dear Journal

Time flies. Pounds gained, pounds lost, then pounds gained again. My life has been a rollercoaster of weight shifts up and down, and lately more and more up. I think I have hit a new low in terms of depression and self confidence. And it's time to climb out of this mess and go forward. During pregnancy, I was able to cope with my disproportionate weight gain by telling myself that I start working on it as soon as I give birth. Well, telling it to myself was much easier than actually doing it. Although to give credit to myself, where credit is due, from April to August I did really well in coming down to 180s. From then on, I just stalled and stalled and stalled. Now I am back on track and eating rather well, walking daily for minimum of 1 hr and maximum of 2.5 hrs with the babe. But I am still unable to move past this plateau. This has always discouraged me in the past and it's happening again. I like to see instant improvement no matter how small it might be, it cements and fuels my drive to be better. When I fail to notice any results, I get more withdrawn and upset with myself. I am not saying that I should get on a scale everyday and see a huge drop, but just weeks and weeks of hard work should add up to something substantial ...
 
I see you started at the same weight i did and have a goal of the same i do, how long did it take you to get to 178 from 226? Im about almost a month into the actual real grind of losing weight.
 
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