Paladin-Clerics Weight Loss Journey

It's really good so far!

Now granted I sort of walked briskly as opposed to ran it because I'm just not that fit! but still, I did manage some small bursts of running, about 5 min total of an hour 10 mins. lol. but hey! progress!

I really must buy myself a really good sports bra though, that might help somewhat!
 
Zombies don't run anyway surely! Beware the sports bra. Once you buy a good one you will struggle to ever wear any other sort. WAY more comfortable! Doing well PC!
 
Hey Cate! Oone would think Zombies don't run, and one would be right... but they have a horrible habbit of sneaking up on you when you least expect it, and if you don't run more sort of appear and then you're in trouble. lol. But I figure walking briskly should to the job for now!

Just saw a house with my Tomas (bf) this evening with our mums. Just spent the last while considering different styles for living rooms and stuff... I was planning out what would be in my exercise room. I'm taking this as a good sign and hope I will continue to think this way for a long time to come (we wouldn't be moving in until the start of next year).

I could go for some awesome comfort that doesn't let me jiggle when I exercise! I shall convert to the way of the sports bra should the need arise!
 
Well, my legs are killing me today after my Zombie run... I'm so looking forward to going out again on Sunday to do more.

However my food intake suffered today a lot. I had 4 bars of chocolate and an extra dinner. but you know what? I'm not going to beat myself up over it, I don't know if I ate all that because I was hungry or because it was there, but I did and I'm not going to be annoyed with myself over it.

I'll just have to do better tomorrow, and get in some exercise to make up for some of it tomorrow morning.
 
Paladin-Cleric said:
Zombie Run!

So, Ii got my iPod, downloaded Zombies, Run! and the Zombies,Run! C25K. started the C25K, start of the story and training workout one down. feeling really good about myself. Ii also did an hour on the exercise bike today. I feel so accomplished!

Can't wait til tomorrow!
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Question - do you run WITH the zombies? TOWARD the zombies? Or AWAY from the zombies?
 
Results for Week 26/4/15-2/5/15

Ideal weight: 59kg
Starting Weight: 136kg
Weight as of 18/4/15: 136.6kg
Weight as of 25/4/15: 135.4kg
Weight as of 02/5/15: 133.6kg

Ideal Calorie consumption to lose weight: 1400/day 9800/week
Calories Consumed: 11886/week
Calories used through Exercise: 3204

Time Spent Exercising: 4hr 30mins
Exercise Sessions: 6

Thoughts

Week three down. Phew!

I’m quite proud of myself this week, while I had my pitfalls (one day I went completely over my calorie intake, like way, waaaaaay over) I still managed to reduce my calorie intake by a fair amount since last week.

While I didn’t manage more exercise sessions, I feel that I did manage more intense sessions, which I hope is upping my cardio and helping me burn off some fat. I’m also trying new things (I know you know what it is! It just tickles me so much to find something so interesting that I can’t stop talking about it!). I can safely say that I’ve never tried running since I was like 12, but with Zombies, Run! I feel like I can start. I find it interesting and engaging and it makes me want to actually get out and do something.

I have also found myself thinking about exercising more often, I’ll get up and think “I should do some exercise” and for the last four days of this week that’s exactly what I’ve done, even if only for 15mins, I still did it.

Now, I don’t know if I’m managing to eat healthier, but I’m making sure I eat breakfast (it’s Chocolate Cheerio’s this week) and my lunch all week has been 2 boxes of sushi and then some snacks, and occasionally dinner on top of that. I even managed to eat two slices of tomato and some lettuce in some mini ham rolls today. I think I’m eating *better* in the sense that I’m having actual meals and not just lots of junk food and then dinner.

Overall I think I’m going in the right direction, which is good. I just have to try harder and stamp down on my calorie intake.

Problems

I’m starting to really hate the shifts in my work. They keep putting me in for long days. I don’t mind the hours as such, but with an hours commute either way (and it’s nice to drive home listening to my latest audiobook choice) it does leave me feeling really wiped, and when I leave the house at 9.45am and don’t get home until 9pm I’m left just wanting to crawl into bed and sleep. I’ll just have to try and get more out of my days off for the next three weeks until the shifts change again… if they ever change.

Making changes to my diet. I’m doing well in actually having breakfast, lunch and dinner, with pre chosen snacks in between. I can safely say, studying my eating habits from week one, and part of week two, I tended to rely very heavily on snacks to get me through the day. However I’m going to have to try and make changes to healthier food options, like wholemeal pitas with my curry, or switching one of my biscuit snacks to fruit. My breakfast cereal I am slowly moving from coco pops, to chocolate cheerio’s, to chocolate shreddies, to frosted shreddies to honey nut shreddies to honey nut cornflakes, to regular cornflakes, to bran flakes (or something similar). I’ve even got all but the last two lined up in my cupboard ready to go.

It’s hard though because that sort of food isn’t what I like. But I suppose I should just suck it up and deal with it.

Goals for Next Week

1. Cut out at least another 2086 calories to bring me down to the ideal calorie consumption of 9800.
2. Try to choose healthier options in what I eat.
 
Phew, had a really naughty day today, two sunday dinners... But I did do a lot of exercise to make up for it, so hoping it balances out in the end! As of tomorrow, It's back to normal! cutting calories like a boss!
 
Thank you.

You should totally check out the zombie app, tis awesome. Start withe the training app if your as unfit as I am. Lol.
 
Sooo... I broke my exercise bike. I peddled it so much that I ended up unscrewing the peddle from the actual machine... So I had to use the cross trainer today which was so much harder to do!

However I ended up scarfing a whole box of jaffa cakes... 24 little cakes of calories! so I ended up waaaaaay over my calroie intake. Disappointed in myself, at this rate I'm never going to get down to 9800 cal/week! sigh. I guess I'll just have to try harder.
 
Were the cakes just there or did you buy them? I find that if I don't shop hungry and I don't buy junk food for the house I eat a lot less of it. Too bad about the bike, does the screw have a washer on it? That happened to my elliptical and I think the guy who fixed it for me just put a washer on it...I think.
 
I don't know if the bike has one of those... I'm going to make my dad look at it (the joys of still living at home at 28). hopefully he can fix it, I'm already feeling the loss.

I was buying my sushi for my lunch when I was heading into work (I was just after my breakfast, so not hungry) and I just sort if lifted the pack, and even though I was thinking to myself all day "No, you shouldn't eat them, you know you shouldn't" I ended up opening them and eating them anyway. sigh.
 
I'm about to have that kinda night here too. Have to make brownies for the boys (BF and son). I'm sure there are recipes out there to make them healthier versions but this is a package dealeo...you know...add water, egg, oil and *poof* brownies. Eeeek...keep them away from my face!!!
 
I'm almost considering upping my daily calorie intake. I feel like I'm constantly going over. sigh. It's like I just can't help myself! So annoyed!

Ah well, must move on and try harder tomorrow!
 
I don't think you would have any issues losing weight if you upped your calories. I'm currently losing nicely averaging 1700 cals a day, at 5'4 and as of this morning 149.6. I've lost 33 pounds since January.
Good luck!
 
I think what I'll do is not beat myself up if I go over, so long as any exercise I do over the week covers the amount, with extra to spare so my net calories in somewhere below 9800cal, that way I'm still working at a deficit. Maybe as I go on I'll be able to reduce my calories some more.

My love for food is a hard thing to try and stop! lol.
 
Results for Week 26/4/15-2/5/15

Ideal weight: 59kg
Starting Weight: 136kg
Weight as of 18/4/15: 136.6kg
Weight as of 25/4/15: 135.4kg
Weight as of 2/5/15: 133.6kg
Weight as of 9/5/15: 132.7kg

Ideal Calorie consumption to lose weight: 9800/week
Calories Consumed: 13141
Calories used through Exercise: 3877
Net Calories: 9264

Time Spent Exercising: 5hr 45mins
Exercise Sessions: 5

Thoughts

I don’t have too many thoughts about this week. Overall I’m disappointed in the fact that my calorie intake spiked so high. I’d been doing so well in cutting them out, but I just seemed to have a very gorgy sort of a week. I’ll just have to do better this week.

I think I might need to start meal planning for the week, because it’s getting a bit annoying when my parents end up making me food, or bringing stuff home that I can’t help myself but eat. I just don’t have that kind of willpower!

I also need to start considering other types of low impact exercise. My exercise broke, pedals flew right off, and I can’t fix it, or even hope to afford another one. I’m debating swimming, but I don’t know that I’d feel comfortable in a swim suit just yet…

Problems

I have a problem with food. In that there is too much of it I like, and everything I like is packed to the brim of calories. All those low cal things out there, don’t like’em.

I’m also starting to feel like this weight loss is encroaching on other important things I should be doing. For example, I’m supposed to be finishing off my next book so that I can review it and rewrite it before it gets sent to the editors. This needs to be done by next June at the latest so I can get it published by August. But every time I sit down to write it my mind jumps straight to “Hmmm, what else can I do to lose weight.” It’s driving me a little nuts, I can’t seem to get my headspace right.

Goals for Next Week

Set up a meal planner
Find an alternative exercise to the stationary bike (maybe my real one? If the tires fixed and it doesn’t immediately buckle under me)
 
Maybe try putting an excellent work out just ahead of sitting down to write your book? Not sure if it will help with the thoughts but it may relax you on the idea consuming you at that point in time. Meal planning out or prepared in advance is an excellent idea. I do that myself and keeps me on track since I don't want it to spoil. Everyone has a week where they go up in calories, it happens and it's not necessarily always a bad thing, it can be productive in keeping the body from adjusting which can help keep metabolism flowing. Your weight is dropping at a steady pace so looking at that and definitely be proud of that. Squats, lunges, supermans, yoga, step aerobics, all low impact exercises you can do from the comfort of your own home with no expense. Keep up it up and great job so far.
 
Thanks. There's just days (like today) where I'm just hungry (or think I'm hungry) all the time. I managed to stop myself at 8 little kinder bars, but it was a near thing! My stomaches making werid noises now after the chocolate... havn't had proper chocolate in a while...

Just wish I could make myself finish the book. there's only one more part and like... 7 chapters to go and then it's done! Once it's finished, rewriting is easier, because at least the bones are there! Maybe doing a workout before sitting down to write might help. I know once I'm in the zone I won't think about food and eating, I'll emerge like 5 hours later and suddenly wonder if there's any dinner, so at least there's be 5 hours of honest non hunger, which would be nice.

Maybe I'll try upping my exercise to once a day and see how it goes, maybe that will help...
 
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