Risty's Diary (Christina)

MissJelly - Thanks a lot :)

Today: I did my workout for this other challenge I'm doing and it was so hard! Had to do my flight of stairs in the house 100 times and had a time limit of 3 hours to do it. My goal was to not take a break (because I knew if I did it would be hard to start up again.) Once I noticed my time was pretty good, I made my goal to be under an hour. So doing a flight of stairs (with 15 steps) 100 times took me 48 mins and 5 secs! I was so proud of myself! It was REALLY hard and I felt like dying, but I did it :D I feel so great about it too, especially since my fitness regarding stairs is just terrible!
 
Wow, you are really involved in a cool exercise program. I like it. Once I have a bit more time, I'm going to research it a bit more. Way to go Risty!

Have a great weekend.
 
Hey Risty, thanks for stopping in my diary! Go Grey Team! I also weigh myself 2 days a week just to make sure I'm headin in the right direction. I do Thursdays and Tuesdays. And as of today it's looking pretty good. :) Hope you have a great weekend! Your doing awesome, keep up the good work!
 
Youre doing so well!!

I'd do the stairs but I'm so clumsy I'd probablyspend more time falling down!

You're such a motivation and so glad I stopped by!!
 
The stairs weren't part of the P90X thingy I'm doing. It's for a challenge from another site! I guess I just need more things to keep me going than I realized before, lol. But man, were those stairs hard!

So last night I found out my co-worker (who's brother had died in Haiti) was coming back from the funeral and couldn't start work on time in the morning due to the plane being delayed. So I offered to do the 3 hours that she couldn't.

So I worked from 7am-10am, went grocery shopping, got home and had to convince myself to exercise. Did my Legs and Back + Ab Ripper X DVD, felt awesome after for doing it! Then ate lunch. Now I have to make my supper and work from 4:15pm-10:45pm.

*I copied this from the other site since I ran out of time before I have to get ready for work! DOH!

It'll be nice to have the weekend tomorrow. Though we need to do some major house cleaning. Too much crap, not enough room, junk piling up! Not fun... but sleeping in will be awesome!
 
Another site?! *gasps* Oh Risty, how could you. *looks scorned and cuddles weight-loss.fitness.com*

*grins*

Seriously though, well done on taking on their shift. Poor person :( And kudos for all the excercise today! I couldn't do anything today and I'm itching to get some walking tomorrow!
 
Shame on you, you have no loyalty to Weight-loss fitness do you. :D

Keep up the exercise, it's great that you're feeling good after your workouts. That's the way to go! x
 
Wow, Risty, sounds like you're really going hard doing two exercise programs. On Friday, I got off the elevator on the 14th floor to climb the next five flights by stairs to my office. And I'm amazed at how tiring it was considering I'm always on the elliptical trainer. So climbing your house stairs 100 times in three hours ... whoo heee girl!

You are peeling off those pounds. That ticker is going to move. Do you have to adjust your eating to accommodate two diff exercise regimes?
 
Risty said:
MissJelly
I did my workout for this other challenge I'm doing and it was so hard! ...doing a flight of stairs (with 15 steps) 100 times took me 48 mins and 5 secs! I was so proud of myself! It was REALLY hard and I felt like dying, but I did it :D I feel so great about it too, especially since my fitness regarding stairs is just terrible!
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Risty, I think it's great you're challenging yourself on several levels, with the stairs and P90X. Sounds like you're keeping things interesting! Congratulations on tackling something new!!
 
I have faithfulness to here! I'm still here am I not?! lol.... I think it's good to be at 2 places because one day I may not have may comments at one place, but the other place will have more and vice versa. I have the type of personality that I need constant positive reinforcement! I need to figure out how not to depend on it though. I need to depend on myself, there may not always be someone there for me to push me so I need to learn to push myself.

Speaking of needing positive reinforcement... I feel horrible right now. I did my halfway point weigh in... and it was NOT good. I only lost .4 lbs! Really... .4? After all I'm doing! I exercise 6/7 days a week, count my calories and that's it?! I was so upset yesterday that when I got offered to be taken out for lunch for a belated bday present I went.. and it wasn't pretty! I felt bad about it after too... not to mention I felt sick that I ate that much.

I don't know what's wrong though. I my calories on point, exercise 6/7 days and it's not some sort of ho-hum kind of exercise, it's hard workouts! I should be seeing at least 1 pound weight loss. Goal is 2 pounds per week.

I think what I need to do is eat 1600 cals, I've been eating consistently around 1300-1500 and now that my exercise has increased I don't think it's enough. I also thing I need to increase my fruit/veg intake. I haven't gone over my calories (minus my b-day and my belated b-day outing) however the food choices are the best sometimes even though they're within calorie range. I think the quality of the food is just as important, so I need to focus on that.

However, saying that, I still feel horrible about the lack of weight loss this week and the weigh in is tues! :rant:
 
Well, was still feeling down today... went back to bed just before lunch because I was sad and tired. My husband came in though and talked me through it. Got my butt out of bed and did my workout.

Unfortunately my shoulder was still not ready for the chest and back dvd (I skipped it last week because I knew it wasn't ready) thought this week it was. So now it hurts again. Luckily I won't have to do that vid for another month so my shoulder will have time to heal.

I won't be able to do the yoga for that reason too. So until my shoulder is better I will be doing the elliptical or something along those lines instead of the yoga.
 
Hi Risty,

I find swimming and stretching in a warm pool works best for me. If you live near a facility that has a therapeutic pool, give it a try. I have an arthritic hip and knee and the warm water helps with flexibility, so it may help with your sore muscles.

:hurray:
 
Don't give up on the exercise, you should try to take measurements of your body. I know sometimes the scale doesn't show the loss, but the body will start to change.

Hang in there, and switch up your diet, that might help.
 
I still don't get the whole under 1200 cals thing making you NOT lose weight. How do anorexics do it? They eat 500-100 and lose weight consistently, and even without exercise. How does this happen? Is there a point at which your body shuts off and holds on to what it has without losing?

I am the same as you in that I should prob be having more cals but I'm stuck at 1400 and it's working, though not as fast as I feel it should given how much exercise I'm doing and how strictly I'm adhering to weighing and measuring and tracking what I eat!1

If you figure it out, would you let me know!
 
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Don't give up on the exercise, you should try to take measurements of your body. I know sometimes the scale doesn't show the loss, but the body will start to change.

Hang in there, and switch up your diet, that might help.
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I'm with Jelly. A lot of the P90X program builds muscle (IF you're eating enough calories to support muscle growth). So, you may not see huge swings on the scale at the moment, but you should have clothes fitting better & inches coming off as muscle is more compact.

Risty said:
I think what I need to do is eat 1600 cals, I've been eating consistently around 1300-1500 and now that my exercise has increased I don't think it's enough. I also thing I need to increase my fruit/veg intake. I haven't gone over my calories (minus my b-day and my belated b-day outing) however the food choices are the best sometimes even though they're within calorie range. I think the quality of the food is just as important, so I need to focus on that.
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Here Here! I think it's great to focus on eating healthier options, even if there's not much calorie difference. We have to mindfully & responsibly nourish our bodies so we can continue to have productive workouts. :) The type of calorie matters for overall good health; 1600 calories of whole grains, calcium, and protein will take you much further than 1600 calories of ...nachos candy and beer. (Just have to remind myself of this on Super Bowl Sunday). ;)
 
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MissJelly - Thanks, I won't give up on it. I get discouraged really really easily and I think that was partly my downfall last time (getting discouraged at a plateau even though I had done really well all together, that and becoming lazy again).

Downtown - We do have a pool nearby but I can't afford to spend the extra money. I do have a hot tub which I have beek soaking in. But I think my shoulder is more of an injury than a sore muscle. I think I pulled it or something trying to do something I shouldn't have and now I need to be easy on it and let it heal.

Bellyoff - I know what you mean. P90X is a lot of strength, and you saying that just made me realize that for one, I probably need more protein. Second, I'm glad you agree with me on the quality of foods. Sometimes if my cals are low, I think, well, maybe I can have that scoop of ice cream since it'll still be under!

Though I'm within my calorie range, that doesn't mean that food is doing anything for me. Unfortunately, we do have ice cream that I love and it's to expensive to throw out, so I will eat it as a treat once in a while. I don't eat ice cream often anyways, I've had those in my freezer for 3 weeks and we've only eaten it twice and when we do it's only been half a cup, maybe 3/4 at most. So I don't indulge my portion size either.

Today - I only ate 1508 cals and that was including my ice cream treat. So I need to work on that a bit more. I did my P90X plyometrics which is my 2nd least favorite but for the first time ever I did the whole thing! Before, I made sure I did at least some of every exercise (they're usually 30 secs per exercise, some 1 min and you do each one twice). So before I could only do the full 30 secs for a couple and the rest I'd get maybe 15 secs in. Today, I did the full length of every exercise! A couple I had to do at a slower pace near the end, but I never stopped. I'm so proud I can already see improvement!
 
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