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Transformher

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My name is Kelly. I need to get healthy. I'm also about to go off on a long rant about god knows what. Please ignore the next 50-something lines.


Do you know that feeling you get when you want to finish something so badly and you keep telling yourself you’ll do it tomorrow, but deep down inside you know you never will? It’s that same feeling you got in high school when you just received the 200-page report on your favorite person of all time and you already know Corey Haim is the PERFECT person for the piece. You get home and you’re searching the internet finding out all of this crazy, totally relevant information. Like that Corey liked to play ultimate frisbee. And mid-search you come along an online video of The Lost Boys and the entire project is out the door because for the next three days you’ll be completely enveloped in a marathon of The Two Coreys, but it’s okay because this will give you material to work with when you start the project next week! Oh, that was just me? Well, it sucks… and it’s the exact same pattern I fall into every time I “try†to lose weight. I get SO excited and I do all of this research to prepare myself for "next week when my lifestyle change begins". And then that next week I tell myself I haven’t prepared enough and it only makes sense to start the proceeding week. It’s a vicious, vicious cycle.


And that’s why I started my journey a week ago. Because vicious cycles don’t deserve to continue. Because on Sunday, I told myself I wasn’t ready yet. That I would only fail because I didn’t have all of the tools I needed… and then I realized that I was a bitch. I was an inconsiderate, belittling, lazy bitch.


So I went outside and I walked. I walked once around my neighborhood. And then I ran. And then I ran some more. I didn’t have any tools. No workout guidelines, no nutritional outline, and no “common myths about losing weight†article dissected and highlighted. I think that was the best way I could have started this journey. One step at a time. Literally.
 
So, one week and 5.5 pounds down. Not a bad start.


This week, however, I WILL be following a plan of sorts. There will be a workout routine and there will be a simple food plan.


This is right around the time when the 130 oz. of water a day I've been drinking no longer interests me and the time I spend working out feels like a wasted hour and a half. Hence why I am here.... I need "someone" talking me through it. Even if it's just me talking me through it. Because it's worth it.


I made cinnamon muffins this morning. I am not a baker.... I will never be a baker. And homemade dough is NOT worth it.


Never again.


Ever again.
 
5.5 lbs lost in one week is VERY good. It's almost unhealthy, actually lol.


The main thing you need to know about losing weight is eating below what your body needs to maintain its weight (a 500 deficit at the max), and you need to combine that diet with exercise if you want the maximum results. Whole foods are preferable (especially vegetables and whole grain) since they give you energy to stay strong throughout your weight loss journey.


Apart from that, that's all you need to know. Losing weight is not complicated - it's simple math!






Originally Posted by Transformher


So, one week and 5.5 pounds down. Not a bad start.



This week, however, I WILL be following a plan of sorts. There will be a workout routine and there will be a simple food plan.



This is right around the time when the 130 oz. of water a day I've been drinking no longer interests me and the time I spend working out feels like a wasted hour and a half. Hence why I am here.... I need "someone" talking me through it. Even if it's just me talking me through it. Because it's worth it.







Tell us your routine. Maybe we can help you and give you feedback. Working out for an Hour and a half is very good, and water is never bad. :)
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Haha, well considering that I started at 270, I would say 5.5 is a solid number. Certainly not unhealthy... I don't think at least. Last week, I just cut out all liquid calories and replaced them with water and vowed to not eat fast food. I'm also trying to eat something every 3 hours or so. In the upcoming week, I'll be doing strength training Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for an hour and a half. On Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday I'll be doing cardio. I'm not sure if maybe I should switch the two and do cardio four days a week and strength training three. Maybe that's something someone could give me some insight in. As for food, I am trying to eat as many whole foods as possible. (Much like you suggested.) I'm making dinner right now. Chicken Rolletini stuffed with spinach and grilled asparagus.


My problem is that the food I shouldn't be eating is constantly around me and while, most of the time, I can resist the temptation... I will give in 1 out of 10 times. And once I mess up the "plan", my mentality is I've already ruined it so there's no point in continuing. I'm trying desperately to not get into that state of mind, but it's a hard habit to break.


Hopefully that gives some insight into what I'm doing/what I could be doing better.


Thanks for the reply and the suggestions!
 
Throw it all out, I say! Whole foods only will do you wonders.


As for your workout, you have a great plan. I would actually suggest doing more cardio and waiting until you're around 200 or so to start weight training. But it all depends on your goal. If you want to be huge and bulky then you can start strength training right away. If you want to just be fit, save weight training till later. Or focus on the toning part, not the muscle strength.


Good job so far though. Just keep going on and you can make it!
 
Hey great diary !


Well done on the 5.5lb loss, it's totally fine especially during early days of the weightloss eventually it gets smaller every week, then to a steady 1-3 lb loss a week.

You got the right idea with the strength training and cardio, however I wouldn't just isolate them as in having "strength training" days and the "cardio" days, even during your strength training days you still end up doing cardio, 10-20min cardio warmup, on the treadmill or bike, then going off to do some resistance training then for a break back at the cardio for about 10-15mins, or just finishing off with a small cardio cool down. So I think its just a matter of when you decide to do your strength training, 3-4 times a week is a great start, and other days just spent being more cardio focused, and of course having your occasional rest days of very light cardio.


Btw try some rowing machine in your gym there great alternative cardio workout which incorperated your upper body into it, rather then the most of the other cardio machines which work mostly the lower body.


Check out this vid the guy has great advice on strength training not so much on weightloss but still good solid information you can use. I personally always check/refer to his videos for infomation or ideas for my own resistance workouts.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q52_IF-qoDc&feature=channel_video_title


Best of luck with the journey! :)
 
DMR -


Thanks! And yeah, I just got done working out and I spend about 30 minutes total doing cardio and and hour doing "strength". Which is really more squats, resistance and light weights. It's funny that you mention the rowing machine because I was just talking to someone about that today. I actually have a mini gym in my house that I mainly use. It doesn't have a rowing machine but there is somethings similar that I do. Thanks for the video suggestion! I'll definitely check it out.
 
So last night I walked/ran/panted through 3 miles. I've found a pretty realistic and entertaining way of working out on the treadmill, as I usually get bored. I watched two shows. Once Upon a Time (some new show that I'm not sure of yet) and The Walking Dead (always a winner). They're both an hour long so I would increase the speed every commercial break. And after each commercial during the break, I would raise the incline by one. It worked out really well.



We started this program at work today. It's basically an 8-week challenge to workout 30 minutes a day and cut one thing out of your diet that you don't need. Everyone that completes the challenge gets put into a raffle for prizes. I'm pretty lucky.


I'm not blabbering on an on about boring things so I'll cut myself short.
 
Nice idea with walking on the treadmill, never thought of that haha good on you with the work so far keep it up :D
 
I'm sure everyone feels like this but sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day.


I went down town straight after work to promote our Relay For Life event (I'm on the committee) and was there until 8:30. And I'll tell you what... Panera Bread never looked so good. BUT I resisted.

By the time I got home, it was 9:00. Workout for an hour. 10:15. And here I am... getting ready for bed to do it all again tomorrow.


gooooddddnighhhhhhhttttttt
 
Well, another week and 5.6 more pounds down. Things seem to be going pretty well but my muscles ache like I ran into a tractor at full speed.


Is there anyone in your life that you feel like does things (consciously or unconsciously) to sabotage you? Like your own personal "Test". My manager is my test. My saboteur. Every. single. day. she offers me candy, soda, blocks of lard, you name it. Even after numerous times telling her I'm trying to lose weight, she continues to push. She brings in brownies, cookies, and cake at least every other day. This wouldn't necessarily throw out the "saboteur flag" if it weren't for the fact that she's on a weight-loss journey of her own. She'll bring in all of these horrible things for me and other employees to eat but she wont touch them. And when I tell her no, she tries to rationalize eating it for me. I haven't caved once and I'm hoping that with enough time and repetition she'll give up.



Enough ranting. I'm not a writer.
 
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