My Journey Continued: Fresh Slate For 2014!

Thanks guys! Still feeling bloated. Still haven't started yet. Ugh!!! Hopefully today.

Yesterday was an off day. I had no appetite at all, all day long. I basically forced myself to eat and was still well under my calorie limit. I'm pretty hungry this morning so hopefully yesterday was just an off day and I'll be back to normal today. I weighed in at 198 even this morning.

I have decided that Jillian just isn't for me. At least not right now so I'm going back to Billy Blanks. I skipped working out yesterday to give my back a break. This morning I only got about half way through Jillian's workout. It seems the jumping moves are just too much for my back right now. I don't know if it's because of the extra weight I'm carrying around my stomach or if it's the arthritis or maybe a combo of the two, but either way I don't want to hurt my back. It's odd because I was more worried about my knees and they were fine for the most part. I think what I'm going to to do is go to the Taebo's Insane Abs workout and then do the strength moves from Jillian's DVD. That way I'm getting the strength part in along with abs and cardio. We'll see how that goes.

The weather for this weekend sounds like it'll be a LOT warmer so mom and I are going to go owl hunting again. She was psyched last night when she got her camera even though I did not go a creative route because our stupid UPS truck was so late! At first I told her I was waiting for a shipment of paper and ink and when the truck arrived I asked her to take the dogs into the other room so they wouldn't charge the door. When she came back out I told her I lied and that the box was for her. She opened it and couldn't believe it, but she was so excited! Made me happy to see. :)
 
Very cool gift! Hopefully she gets to try it out with some owls. I went into the woods today and saw a rat and a crow. Didn't get a pic though. Darn!
 
Mandy, I'm sorry the scale has been so stubborn. You know, I tend to carry weight around my middle as well. Jumping can be very uncomfortable because of it. I don't think I have quite the problems with my lower back that you do, but if I go to a zumba class and there's more jumping that normal, I do notice a difference in how it feels at the end. I can't wait for my stomach to be smaller so I can do some of this stuff without discomfort.
 
Q - Sorry you didn't get pics of the rat and crow. Honestly, I would've taken some. LOL I get pretty excited and picture happy when it comes to animals. :)

Cory - I'm definitely feeling discomfort in my mid section and lower back. Yesterday when we were watching the owls one of them flew by us so we ran to catch up. BIG mistake! My back did not appreciate it at all. It feels quite a bit better this morning though. I just need to take things a bit slower for a while. No more bouncing, running, or jumping!

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Well, the scale is still being a jerk and so is my body. I weighed in at 198.2 on Sat, 199.2 on Sun, and 199.6 today. I honestly have no clue what's going. TOM still has not started. Whatever! Grrrr!

Mom and I spent the day at the reservation yesterday with those snowy owls. It was a MUCH better experience this time! The only down side is that it was overcast. It would've been better had it been bright and sunny, but the owls came a lot closer and we got much better pics so we can't really complain. We saw three of them total and mom had a blast with her new camera. Her pics came out awesome so I was very happy for her. :) I'll post some of my pics so you can see.

This morning I started up with Taebo again. I did the Insane Abs workout. I forgot how challenging it is! My back is still sore so I had to modify some of the moves, but I definitely feel as though I got a good workout in. I think my game plan is to do the Insane Abs workout Mon, Wed, and Fri. On Tues, Thurs, and Sat or Sun I'm going to do one of the cardio workouts with some weight involved strength moves. That'll give me a good variety to see if it'll help me through whatever funk this is.
 
I hope your back starts giving you less trouble. You know, it might help if you stretched out your hips. A lot of low back pain is caused by a tight piriformis and tight hip flexors. Pigeon pose (a yoga technique) is really good for loosening up both muscles. You might look into it if you think it could help.

Those pics are gorgeous!
 
Thanks Cory, will look into those. Stretching probably would help out. :)

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Day two of my new routine went really well. I did a 40 min Taebo session and then an additional 20 min worth of strength and stretching moves. My back was still sore so once again I had to modify some moves, but I got through it no problem.

My weigh in this morning was lower too. I'm at 197.4lb which is exactly where I stalled twice before. We'll see if it happens this time around too. I am pretty happy that with all of the weight fluctuations this time around that I never broke into the 200's again. Hopefully it's a good sign that I'm never going to. We shall see!

I'll catch up on your diaries tonight. I don't how I keep falling so far behind! :(
 
Great job on the exercise! I definitely second what Cory said about the stretching and the pigeon pose. She suggested it to me, and I'm so glad she did. It's definitely worth a try. :)
 
jen_renee - Thanks, will definitely be checking it out when I get home tonight. I'm glad the stretches are working well for you! :)

Pamelapickles - Thanks! I definitely have my share of ups and downs. I don't always know which way to turn or what to do, but what I DO know is that I don't want to be 250lb again! I just keep going as straight as I can and try not to get too down when I stumble, which I do quite often!

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Funny thing just happened. Our receptionist at work called me to let me know a rep stopped by to see me. He had no appointment to begin with which bugged me. He's also one of the reps that I don't really care for. He's not very helpful for me when I need him. BUT, I had to do my job and go see him. We discussed work for a few minutes and then he commented about my weight loss and said that I'm looking good. I guess now I'll have to start liking him. At least a little bit. LOL
 
Lol isn't it great when people you don't really care for surprise you with a compliment? Makes it hard to dislike them haha.

I'm going to do the "Tae Bo Workout" video tonight. I'm scared, because I was loading it up on my PS4 last night and saw how BEEFY those people are. Holy crap. I thought it was hard just doing basic stretching and dumbbell lifts. It's probably going to kill me, but I'll recover :D. Can't wait to catch up to your awesomeness!

By the way, those owls make me wish I were in a Harry Potter novel so I could take them home...
 
Loch, it is intimidating when you see how easy those people make it look. It's important to remember that they've been doing it for years and are obviously in tip top shape so of course it's going to be easy for them. Just go at your own pace and try to focus more on keeping proper form instead of speed, especially when he has you go into cardio mode. If you're at all like me you're going to feel very awkward the first few times. I'm very uncoordinated and it took a long time to get the moves down, but practice really does make perfect. The more you do it, the better you'll get and the easier it'll get. Again, just take your time and if you need to take a break take a break. I hope it goes well! :)
 
I'll quote what I said to my boyfriend when he came home last night just as I'd taken a break from my dancing (and stopped, because they were home). I'm as coordinated as a polar bear trying to ice skate!

Thanks for the words of encouragement :). My philosophy is that, as long as I'm moving, I'm doing good.
 
I hope you were able to get some Taebo in. Let me know what you think. :)

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So once again the weekend has come and gone and I ate like total crap! I don’t understand how I can go from being good all week (I did have a few not so good foods this week) to eating horribly over the weekend. I so desperately need to get better with weekend foods. It’s just figuring out how.

My weigh ins this weekend were ok. Saturday was 197.2 and this morning was 196.8, but this morning’s was a couple of hours later than usual.

Tomorrow I’m going to get refocused for seemingly the 12479347397th time! My big trip is just 3 weeks away! I know I won’t be as thin as I’d hoped, but if I could at least appear to be thinner regardless of what my scale says I’d be happy. :)
 
I totally know how you feel about the weekend. Friday is my "stay up late" night, I get off at 5pm and don't have to work til 5pm on Saturday, so I'm usually in a great mood after work on Friday. My boyfriend likes to "treat" me on Friday night because we met on a Friday. It makes a bad combination. So we go out to eat, I eat bad, and then I feel really guilty.

I need to rethink weekends, and I need to stop going out with him on errands. It ends up with me eating more calories than I should :(.

Haven't done the tae bo yet...I'm still a little apprehensive, but I know I need to push myself >.<
 
I have the same problem with weekends. I'm definitely not as strict with the calories, and justify overeating with "well I was good all week". Ugh. It's such an easy thing to do, for me anyway. I'm glad your weigh-ins were ok though. That's good! :)
 
That's exactly how it is for me on the weekends. I sleep in. When I get up and shower I'm usually right out the door to go do something fun (going to the beach, the aquarium, etc) so I don't eat until late afternoon when I'm starving and then I over do it. This weekend we wound up at Wendy's and I way over did it. :( In the end I guess it works out for that day anyway because I use it as a cheat day, but I still go WAY over the calories I should take in. I need to work on it. Seriously. What I've been doing is just no good!

Loch no need to rush into Taebo. When you're ready, go for it! I hope you like it. It took me a while to get into it, but it really helped me lose several inches. My weight really hasn't budged all that much since starting, but inches lost is a better indicator of my progress. :)

I got my Taebo workout in this morning along with the strength moves and stretches. I didn't want to get up when my alarm went off this morning, but I made myself do it. I'm glad I did because I feel great now. :)

This morning's weight was 196.4lb.
 
Good job getting the Taebo done already, Mandy!

I love Wendy's. I was out West last weekend, and got to try In and Out Burger. The burgers were okay, but what is really appealing to me is that all their ingredients are fresh/natural -- real potatoes, sliced that day, and hand leafed lettuce.
 
Let's both get refocused, Mandy. The last couple days have been riddled with awful decisions for me. The great thing about weight loss is that you can always make the decision to do better the next day. :p
 
Greensurf, Wendy's is my choice when I want the real fast food (not including Subway). I love their Asiago Chicken club. I swear I could have one every day, probably two! I only have one once a month at most.

Cory, that's very true! I was craving a Snickers bar in the worst way yesterday, but I didn't give in. Definitely a better day. :)

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Yesterday I did great with food. I had no junk food other than a handful of dark chocolate chex mix which although it's not the healthiest it's better than chips and/or candy!

I got my workout in this morning. Insane Abs Taebo. I really felt it in my core this time which was great. I will say that I'm realizing that I'm kind of afraid to push myself too much. When doing the floor exercises you can get a pretty good burn going on in your abs. I try to hold it as long as they do, but I get too nervous and release it. I'm sure it won't hurt me, but it makes me nervous.

I had a great feeling about my weigh in this morning. I knew I'd be lower than yesterday. Unfortunately, my scale had other ideas and I was up over a pound. I weighed in at 197.8lb. No clue what that's all about, but it is what it is. I wish I could give up the scale and just keep going by measurements and clothes, but I need the scale. I have a love hate relationship with the damn thing, but I can't put it away for some reason. Oh well... *sigh*

On another cool note, if anyone is interested, here's last week's report from the company I'm going on vacation with from 3/1 - 3/8 to snorkel with the whales. I wish they'd post more pictures, but it'll give you an idea of what I'm going. The cool thing about this report is that last week they were able to work with the Make-a-Wish foundation (Canada's version) to fulfill a dream of a young girl who wanted to swim with the whales. I have a soft spot for the MAW Foundation so I was very happy seeing this young girl get her wish granted. :)
 
Well, another day... another horrible weigh in. I was at 198.4lb this morning. I've been eating well aside from my weekend so I know it's not fat, but it's frustrating that I can't seem to get down to my low of 195lb again. I have noticed that my thighs and my arms are looking toner and I can clearly see muscle when I flex certain ways so I'm hoping my weight increase is due to muscle mass that I'm putting on now that I'm getting some extra strength into my workouts. I just wonder how long it takes for it to level off. If I'm putting muscle on and burning fat off, when will it offset each other enough to where the scale shows a drop? Any ideas?
 
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