Kal-El's Weight Loss Journal

[kal-el1]

Hi everybody,
This is Kal-El (M26), from krypton. I have started this Journal to keep track of my weight loss program. I have decided to cut down on unwanted junk stuff and some carb rich(too rich) diet and have gone down to proper eating. My diet is well balanced and good to meet my day to day expenses(in calories), including my workouts.

My Reasons to have started this Journal are the following, I have generalized them so as to not point fingers at things and not to be too specific,

1. I have a routine, I start working out, do it properly for a week and then randomly relapse. I don't want that to happen this time. Accountability
2. I have more free time than before, and I want to make sure I work out every single day. Consistency
3. Currently am not that thrilled about weight training. Am gonna do only Cardio Workout. It is going to be Jump-rope training or Bicycling.

So am gonna start today without much adieu. I usually promise myself 2 hours of Jump-rope or Bicycling. Then again, it could be too much for someone, but not for me. My problem is (1) I start and then relapse after a week. The last time I had a journal in WLF I relapsed after a week to my no workout life because of a flu that kicked in as a result of riding my bike around city dump. Funny but it screwed me up and I took like a week to recover and had zero motivation to get on the bike or to jump-rope after that. My body is perfectly fine with the workout timings and duration. I just need to do it, that is where the problem is.

I am gonna give myself some space this time. If at all I relapse, am gonna take that day off and just start the very next day. I am gonna aim for consistency, but at the same time am not gonna be too hard on myself. I will push for two hours every day, even more, but on the off days, the days I miss out or have other appointments, am just gonna let them slide and start the next day itself. So am not gonna be so rigid as before I guess.

Will update once or twice a day, depending on the need to do so.

Thanks for reading. Sorry for the Wall-o-text btw.

TL;DR ELI5 I am starting my 2 hours per day cardio routine from today on. I will update about my performance once or twice a day. Thanks for coming in.

 

[icychic]

Hello and welcome! I have had many off days since starting my weight loss journey and I am proud to say the difference this time is I don't beat myself up. I acknowledge what I did, try to see if something caused it so I can avoid it in the future, but then I move on and try to do better. While I haven't had much progress on the weight loss, the fact that I am still trying and haven't given up this time is a success in itself.

Everyone has bad days, you need to move past them and forgive yourself and keep going. Also think about every little success you have. Maybe you don't do the full 2 hours one day but you do 10 mins, our eat well that day. That is still a success and should be acknowledged.

I hope you find the support and motivation you are looking for and that you don't relapse and give up this time. You can do this!

 

[kal-el1]

Hello and welcome! I have had many off days since starting my weight loss journey and I am proud to say the difference this time is I don't beat myself up. I acknowledge what I did, try to see if something caused it so I can avoid it in the future, but then I move on and try to do better. While I haven't had much progress on the weight loss, the fact that I am still trying and haven't given up this time is a success in itself.

Everyone has bad days, you need to move past them and forgive yourself and keep going. Also think about every little success you have. Maybe you don't do the full 2 hours one day but you do 10 mins, our eat well that day. That is still a success and should be acknowledged.

I hope you find the support and motivation you are looking for and that you don't relapse and give up this time. You can do this!

Thanks for the encouragement. I am gonna go full on this time. Give it my best to make it work. Nice words from you. I will learn to appreciate the off days and what little to decent, that I did for weight loss.

 

[kal-el1]

Day 1 completed,

Ended with a 1hr 25 minutes bicycling session. Slow to moderate. 35 minutes shy of 1 hour. I just started this evening and did this around midnight. I will try and keep up the 2 hr minimum mark from tomorrow. Serious.

 

[br!na]

Welcome and good luck!!! I have trouble with motivation as well! But real determination is harder to beat!! Do your best and reward yourself every chance you get. Keep it up and you will get results!! You can do it!!

 

[kal-el1]

Welcome and good luck!!! I have trouble with motivation as well! But real determination is harder to beat!! Do your best and reward yourself every chance you get. Keep it up and you will get results!! You can do it!!

I just have random sleep timings which are really messing up my already low motivation. I have to set that right. I have just put myself in the weight table section too. I think I have nowhere to escape. Hope this really holds me accountable. Thanks for the encouragement. Appreciate it.

 

[kal-el1]

Day 2, (Monday, 30th of September 2013)

I have decided to count here everyday, before I finally finish the day's minimum requirement of 2 hours of cardio. I am only going to say if I have finished the minimum requirement of 2 hours or not. Anything more, I won't be updating here. (I will be editing this post till the end of the day).

So, for today,

1st session :- 20 minutes done, (I will try and avoid these short burst, and try and do lengthy ones. Let me just get started here).
2nd session :- 20 minutes done,
3rd session :- 30 minutes done,
4th session :- 25 minutes done,
5th session :- 25 minutes done.

Total :- 120 minutes, 2 hr minimum commitment satisfied for the day.

 

[CloudyMuffin]

Hi kal-el ! Welcome to the forums and good luck with your weight loss. Remember to have off days every once in a while because they really help. I am verry good at taking off days myself *cough cough*

 

[kal-el1]

Hi kal-el ! Welcome to the forums and good luck with your weight loss. Remember to have off days every once in a while because they really help. I am verry good at taking off days myself *cough cough*

well me too, am damn good at off days. In fact I have managed to take weeks off in the past. he he. Thanks for the welcome note cloudymuffin. Such a good place to keep my track record and journal. I hit your journal and noted that you were off for a considerable amount of time and back only recently. (With the challenge, of course). So, Welcome back to the place and good luck with your challenge too. (sry abt the lurkin' though).

 

[kal-el1]

I just wanted this journal to be something out of the ordinary for me, I wanted to say things and really open up regarding this weight loss program. Previously I came in here around April last week. Successfully started the weight loss program with 2 hrs per day workout for like 8 days continuously and then got a nasty flu and things went down the drain. I just am really stressed out right now because of other things in life. I just am highly depressed with the way things are in life basically.

To move on, I had to start acting on things which are really important to me and so I started the cardio sessions again. I had just stalled this stuff for like god knows how long. Things really get fucked up down the way after a failed attempt. I would wish when am gonna start again and really feel bad for not starting and all. Internet surfing was really in the way of me getting things done. I have some how gotten rid of it(refined it to just things I need). I have been fighting off addictions all through life and eating is not really one of them. I had to refine my eating habits too. I did and got good results out of it (10/13 lbs gone since 2 months). I had to stop certain activities which were really stopping me from getting into a healthy lifestyle and loose weight automatically. I am no obsessive eater nor do I drink. I had to make subtle changes to my lifestyle. Things are golden right now. I could have easily done this an year ago (the problem started 2 years ago though). I was so stubborn and had lots of misconceptions. I think I still do have some of them. Never mind. Am good mostly.

I have gotten into this workout routine of 2 hours, because of my depression(I wanted to start before too, but thank god for the depression). I just feel really good after a workout. It is like the cardio workout, which for me is always sweaty/sorta vigorous/hardcore, is eating out my depression. I am getting some peace of mind after a lengthy workout session. I really don't have to do this. I think deep inside I love quick results. I have always felt that way. I could just go on and do something like a 1 year program or something. That is not what I would love. For this short time/good results attitude I have sacrificed a lot of time. I would have been better off if I started a 2 year program 2 years ago to say the least and I would have been in a decent place right now. I am still running towards a vigorous workout schedule that would change me over the course of say 2 months or so.

I used to have little to no confidence and always used to be so uptight about this to myself (I meant about the workout schedule). I was so hard on myself. Maybe this is why the 2 hr workout per day never took off(above 8 days). This is like my 4th attempt at this. I have to take a different stance towards approaching this. The plan is still the same but the methodology seems to be hard this time around too. I just have zero motivation with the depression and all, but after I struggle and get through it, I feel like am at the top of the world. I have literally mixed up everything but the idea of 2 hrs of workout has become more closer to me. I have stopped wondering if this is what is good. I have started wondering this is good but how do get past the resistance zone of 8/9 days. I would love to bring out some solid performance this time around. I want to move past day 8 and fly out.

To get me to start this(again) took a millennium alrighty, but I have to make sure it is not like old times. The basic problems of logistics and technicality are below me this time. The problem of consistency and accountability, which I consider to be the fuel for this program are just a big question mark. They will be clear around 8+ days and only by then they will be clear.

I feel like I have a clear picture of what are my strengths and weaknesses this time. Anyways, properly working out according to the plan and holding my fingers crossed. Let us see.

 

[kal-el1]

I have struggled with the timings always. Before I put it as "all or nothing", either I do a 2 hour session in one shot or I don't. Later I took this to be hampering my liberation after 8 days, so I just started doing 20/25/30 minute sessions. Like yesterday, which went on to a 5 session workout just to meet the minimum commitment I have given, I do not want to do that. I simply want to do a 2 hour+ workout routine in one stretch and then forget about it. Possibly by the start of the day so that I can forget about it the whole day. That would be really nice and empowering. There was a get-together at my place today morning, so couldn't carry it out today, but am gonna try the 2 hours in one stretch approach today. That should make things easier once am able to carry it out neatly and frequently.

 

[kal-el1]

Day 3, (1st of October 2013)

1st session : 32 minutes cardio done.
2nd session : 28 minutes cardio done.
3rd session : 30 minutes cardio done.
4th session : 30 minutes cardio done.

Total : 2 hrs done. Day's minimum commitment satisfied.

The day ends here. (or an hour after now). I was unable to do this at one stretch which would have made my job easier than struggling for 4 sessions. Building up the courage and motivation to start 4 different sessions just to get the minimum requirement satisfied?, Okay, As long as I don't relapse. he he. Will try again tomorrow to do this at one stretch.

 

[kal-el1]

Day 4, (2nd of October 2013)

1st session : 30 minutes done. (had a discomfort at 10th minute and felt like am doing something wrong, but no, I wasn't. It was my quitter attitude, I got back on and did the rest of the twenty after like 15 minutes, so am counting them together, 30 it is).

2nd session : 42 minutes done. I tried going all the way to 1 hr+, but damn. I should not see the time. It gives me the fucking friction, I tell you. Okay. Moving on.

3rd session : 15 minutes. (interrupted heavily by phone calls, but it was a 15 minutes solid)

4th session : 33 minutes.

Total : 2hr, Day's minimum commitment satisfied.

I am such a quitter. I was told that I should stop complaining about my quitting attitude or the process of complaining itself might validate my quitting sometimes. It is like you quit because you tell yourself that you are a quitter and that makes you a quitter.

I have to stop popping this screen in my mind, time and again, so that, I don't get to choose an option.

 

[icychic]

You may not be hitting your 2 hour goal, but you are doing great! And you are pushing yourself more when you feel like giving up, that is wonderful! Keep it up and you will be hitting your 2 hours daily in no time

 

[kal-el1]

You may not be hitting your 2 hour goal, but you are doing great! And you are pushing yourself more when you feel like giving up, that is wonderful! Keep it up and you will be hitting your 2 hours daily in no time

Oh, I am hitting my 2 hour goal. (at least for the past three days, I have). I am just making a big deal out of it. I will try. I have changed the mindset this time. I am not taking it seriously. If I am not able to finish 2 hours I won't be feeling that bad. I would have done something that day. I just won't be quitting this time if not perform outstandingly.

 

[MandyH]

That’s definitely the right attitude to have! If we all had more time in a day we could all get in our exercises in no problem, but sometimes life happens. Sometime thing come up and we can’t get our workouts in. It’s nothing to stress over really. We just need to work hard and push ourselves when we can get the time. Even if you only get to ¼ of your daily goal, it’s still more calories that you burned than if you were to say “I’m going to skip it today”. Just try to have more good days than bad. It’ll show up in the end.

 

[kal-el1]

Day 5, (3rd of October 2013)

1st session : 30 minutes of cardio done.
2nd session : 25 minutes of cardio done.


Total : - 55 minutes, Had a strong headache in the evening all through the night. So, decided that is it for the day.

 

[kal-el1]

That’s definitely the right attitude to have! If we all had more time in a day we could all get in our exercises in no problem, but sometimes life happens. Sometime thing come up and we can’t get our workouts in. It’s nothing to stress over really. We just need to work hard and push ourselves when we can get the time. Even if you only get to ¼ of your daily goal, it’s still more calories that you burned than if you were to say “I’m going to skip it today”. Just try to have more good days than bad. It’ll show up in the end.

Yeah, if we hit our targets, great. If not, something is better than nothing. It is at that point we stop that we are really quitting. I am just trying to keep up with the schedule. If I relapse to my old style just for a day am not gonna sweat. I really hope I don't and things happen properly this time. Thanks for the encouragement. Great performance from your side already, going by your tracker. You know, sometimes am just glad that I found WLF.

 

[kal-el1]

SO AM STOPPING SUGAR effective immediately... Oh God.



Am stopping sugar (any form of it) from today and now. I just went through some articles online and remember reading a book long back on sugar and how dangerous it is and all. Am not blindly going for it, but I seriously feel like it would benefit my weight loss plan. So No sugar from now on. I don't know what am gonna do without it though, I bet I will find it damn hard to list out and eat food without sugar. I am addicted to juices and TEA and BISCUITS. Okay, am gonna have to give them up completely from now on.

I know this could be very very tough but look at it this way, stopping sugar effectively stops me from anything that could add weight and be detrimental to the progress am making at hand. So as I stop sugar, I am stopping everything that is junk, hazardous, too sweat and with too much calories. So, I don't wanna expand more on the benefits but am down with it already, NO SUGAR FOR ME FROM NOW ON.

 

[MandyH]

My main addiction was soda which as we all know is loaded with soda! That was one of the first steps that I took to try to better myself. It was very rough in the beginning, but I no longer crave it thankfully. Every now and then I'll get the urge for one, but rarely do I give in.

It's great that you're getting so serious about all of this, but my advice to you is to try not to do too much too soon. In my experience, doing that may be potentially setting yourself up for failure. At least for me it did. I worked at this by doing baby steps. Stop drinking soda. Once that was under control I started walking. Once that was consistant I started doing other exercises, etc. It just kind of helps to ease into it as opposed to kind of shocking our bodies with so many changes all at once. I hope that makes sense.

Maybe your will power will be much stronger than mine. In which case, disregard everything I've just said.