Photocrazed - Journey to a Healthy lifestyle

Really--the pure numbers on the scale don't really mean anything. I know, I know, it's easy to say, but what you really are caring about is how much FAT you are losing, not how much WEIGHT you are losing. Because, seriously, you could weigh, let's say

170, be really athletic, and have like 17% body fat (which is a very low percentage for a chick, by the way) and look way, way, way better than somebody who weighs a flabby 135 and has, say 34% body fat.

Because the heavier person in this example actually has 17 less pounds of fat on them than the lighter person. So, really, it doesn't matter how much the scale goes up or down, it matters what your FAT LOSS is, which a plain old scale can't measure.

Since your scale has the body fat percentage calculator, you are in luck, you can check your fat weight instead of just your total weight. And I know you are in the February Challenge too, so you should post your fat weight loss instead of your total weight loss (that's what we really care about anyway..)

and you know what, I will go and do that too. I am going to go change it right now.
 
Don't worry about the school lunch, they are usually so gross you will only eat till your full anyway. I have the same problem with the scale. I get so upset about it. But I tried on clothes last night and it is coming off. The scale just don't know it!! Your looking good so don't worry!!:)
 
Thanks everyone!

I got the results back from getting my physical yesterday. Everything is really good.

Cholesterol 172 which is down 45 pts from what it was 2 years ago this time. Bad cholesterol is good really good 80 something (supposed to be less than 100) and good cholesterol is 72 (supposed to be above 40). My kidney and liver functions are good and thyroid is good.

I have a clean bill of health.. now, let's just get these darn extra lbs off!!! WOOHOOO
 
Hi, thank you for the support you gave me!

Well, look like you have the most important part covered: your health's ok! Now you can concentrate on your lbs :). 28 lbs are more or less 12 kgs so we have to lose the same weight. Let me know how things are going for you!
 
Saturday Feb 10, 2007

Breakfast
1 slice of bread & pb
=200 cals
2 cups coffee w/sweet n low.

Snack
medium granny smith apple
= 80 cals
1 cup coffee

Lunch
1 pb&J sandwich
=300 cals

Dinner
Spinach Artichoke Dip & chips
1 slice brown bread w/butter
Grilled Chicken Salad
small 1/2 of slice of cheesecake

Total Calories ... I have no clue.

Water Consumption 57 oz

Exercise None.

Weekly milage 6.9 miles. Didn't make my 8 mile goal, but I also had that UTI! So I'll push it up next week.

Total for the Feb challenge : 17.35 miles
 
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ohmygosh photo! no wonder you americans find it hard...there are so many absolutely mouth watering foods that you have..
so today i was in selfridges in the food hall section and i was in the american groceries section (i was looking for that kashi cereal that everyone raves about on here) but they didnt have it :( and mydays i swear i must have been dribbling..
i nearly gave in and bought some of that marshmallow spread stuff? and all those jellys and hersheys chocolate and oreos and chocolate and marshmallow cereal?!?! wowwwwwwww
but i resisted and didnt buy anything apart from some honey and green fig jam for my dads birthday.
hows the weekend going?
do i take it it is morning time where you are due to breakfast just being posted?
 
Umm.. it's 12:49 and I had breakfast about 11am, but I just got out of bed. :D I have been watching the history channel and crank yankers.

Another cereal I like is Honey Nut Cheerios, but it doesn't have nearly the amount of fiber that the Kashi has.
 
i am a bit of a cereal addict im afraid... thats one of my problems i had. i could eat about 5 bowls of cereal a day.. get through a 500g cereal box a day. not good when i wasnt doing any exercise or when it was something very high in sugar like coco pops or frosties. although my actual addiction was crunchy nut cornflakes. if i had to choose one thing to eat for ever and ever and i couldnt have anything else it would be crunchy nut cornflakes they are actuall heaven. but they have gone for now. so right now i am trying out cranberry muesli - quite high in cals but its all carbs and natural stuff .. useful carb loading for my race tomorrow :)
 
Ok, I have devised a new plan. I am using a spreadsheet to track my weight loss/gain as well as the muscle/fat #'s that the scale says on a daily basis. While I'm not sure of the accuracy, it should at least give me some additional motivation when I only see the weight increasing but the fat decreasing.
 
thats a great idea because then you wont have so much panic time .. like when the scales go up you can go and look at the spread sheet and say actually thats 2% more muscle so thats why or something. i really need to do that i guess..but we have crappy scales at our house.. they arent even digital let alone the ones with muscle and fat percentages. i dont dare ask for some for my birthday though because i will get a rant about losing weight :rolleyes:
so i will save up..haha i was gona buy some today but i splurged all my money on clothes and jewellery instead..hey a girls got to do what a girls got to do :p
also i worked 6 days out of 7 this week so i deserved it haha
 
Sunday February 11, 2007

Breakfast
Raisin Bran & Skim Milk 300 cals
2 Coffee's w/lite cream and 2 sweet n low 30 cals
=330 cals

Lunch
PB Fudge Milkshake (ouch) 680 cals
2 sticks of gum 10 cals
=690 cals

Dinner
410 Cals Chicken sandwich with mustard

Total Calories 1430

Water

Exercise HIIT workout

4 mins speed 3.7-4.0 Warm-up
40 secs speed 9.5
1 min 20 sec cool down 3.0
30 secs speed 9.5
1 min 20 sec cool down 3.0
30 secs speed 9.5
1 min 20 sec cool down 3.0
30 secs speed 9.5
1 min 20 sec cool down 3.0
30 secs speed 9.5
1 min 20 sec cool down 3.0
continued walking for a few minutes and then ran at 6.0 for a bit and then walked 3.7-4.0 up to 20 mins.


I got on the scale this morning and to my surprise, the weight has gone down by .6 which means I am 1.6 lbs from my lowest thus far. I plan to do my HIIT routine this afternoon and continue working toward my weekly goal of 8 miles. It doesn't look like I made it last week, because I didn't get on the treadmill yesterday, but I'll make sure I make it this week! =)
 
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congrats on weight loss chick! keep on at it - youll have the bikini bod in no time
and also im very impressed with the hiit
it kills me .. my coach makes me do it once/twice a fortnight. so you must be so determined :)
 
Hi photocrazed! Happy Sunday - glad to hear you are beginning to win the battle with the scales! Good luck with the hiit today :)
 
Monday February 12, 2007

Breakfast
2 packets oatmeal maple & brown sugar (lower sugar)
2 cup coffee w/ff cream and sweet n low
=260 cals


Lunch
Grilled Chicken Salad w/light italian dressing
200 cals
Activa light strawberry yogurt 70 cals
=270 cals.

Snack
Apple 80 cals
1/2 pb sandwich 150
=230 cals

Dinner
Salad (mixed greens, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower) 50 cals
Light Done Right dressing 105 cals
Chicken 160
2 boiled egg whites 140
= 455

snack
tbs pb 95 cals
light ice cream 200 cals
= 295

Total Calories 1510 calories.

Water 118.3 oz

Exercise Strength training. and 1/2 mile treadmill (warm-up)
Lateral Dumbell Raises
Dumbell Military Press
Dumbell Rows
Pull-downs
Dumbell Tricep Extensions
Dumbell Bicep Curls
Chest Flys
Chest Press
Leg Extensions
Leg Curls
 
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Thanks, Rachie! It's definitely a new week. My scale continues to increase in muscle and decrease in fat content, but the scale again went down. The water also looked like it was an increase.

My HIIT was rough last night. I did it about an hour after having a chicken sandwich, and my tummy didn't like it. I didn't barf or anything like that, it just hurt like crazy!

This week, I am going to start (I hope) my strength training on MWF in addition to my HIIT routines and reaching my 8 mile goal on the treadmill.

I still need to find a way to do all the exercise I need and still do my school work. hmmmm


Thank you, be_gone_soon! You too!!!
 
Hahaha. I wish. I work about 12+ miles away from home and it's mostly interstate driving with most cars going 70+mph

College is about 6-7 miles away too. :(
 
Oh, one good thing about last night. At 12:00am, hubby wanted some oatmeal to snack on. I prepared it for him and picked up a 100 cal fat free pudding pack from the fridge for myself. I took a spoon out of the drawer and was all ready to head upstairs and eat my pudding even though I knew I would be going over my calories for the day. I found the will power to put it back in the fridge, put the spoon back in the drawer and took hubby his stuff :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

It IS getting easier.
 
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