Weight 125
I was back up 2.5 pounds this week… not surprised. At all. I got all my workouts in and I ate good all week (with one exception). Hormonally, it’s time to be up on the scale as well.
My focus this week will be to get in all my workouts and eat healthy.
On to week 4…
Weight – 122.5
Down 4.5 pounds this week! (Hey kids, don’t try this at home.) I was down 1.5 pounds as of Thursday morning from getting back to my “normal” way of eating. But, then Thursday I got a stomach bug and couldn’t eat anything until Saturday morning. So, I look for part of that weight to come back this week, even if I’m eating healthy.
My workouts were great until Thursday, too.
I might add here, that since I’ve been eating healthy and working out at least 5x a week… I don’t get sick. In over 5 years, I’ve barely even had a head cold. So, when I am sick… I’m a huge baby! Ha! But, I’m feeling better now…
On to week 3…
Weight – 127.0
Even though I lost a pound, this week was a complete bust. I was snowed in for much of the week and didn’t go to the gym at all. Partly because I’m still in my funk from being off for the holidays, but I’m recharged this week and I’m hitting the gym hard again. I expect to be SUPER sore from my time off. My eating was less than something to display on here as a shining example of how to eat healthy, BUT I’ve already made out my food plan for tomorrow (Monday) and I’m ready to go.
I always get energized by watching Biggest Loser… and I was so excited it started again this week. I love the show, but don’t like some of the things they do. Here are some of the things I’d like to see the producers change:
Chime in here if y’all have something to add or comment on…
Anyway, now that I’ve got BL9 on TV, it helps me to stay motivated. I love the challenges that let them apply their new-found fitness levels. The athlete comes out in them and that is so motivating to me!! Remember Tara pulling that car… and whipping the guys!!! Favorite moment for me!
On another note: I’ve had a couple of questions from this blog and I was trying to figure out if I should answer them by email or by blog posts. One of the questions was about the reasoning behind a planned fast day (from the Eat Stop Eat program). The basis of it is to lower overall weekly caloric intake for weight loss, while also shocking your body (tricking it only long enough to not go into starvation mode). It also allows you more room for “normal” social eating during the days you eat. The plan is to pick one or two days a week to fast. The fast would be for 24 hours only, so you might stop eating on Sunday night at 6 PM and start back eating on Monday night at 6 PM. While I did this for a short while… because I will try just about anything in the fitness/nutrition realm … I didn’t have any trouble going without the calories for a day. I didn’t feel sick or headache-y or anything. My workouts were around mid-day so they didn’t seem too affected by the lack of calories. All in all, for me, I didn’t think it helped much, I didn’t lose any weight really. I’ve heard of some people that swear by it. For me, the best thing about it was that I didn’t have to even think about food for a whole day (or two) a week. That was rather liberating. It’s easier to not think about it at all than to have to try to eat healthy all the time. I would NOT recommend this for someone who could lean toward an eating disorder at all. There are scientific pros and cons to a planned fast… so I can’t say it’s completely unhealthy, but it just doesn’t seem as healthy as just plain eating right to me. And, in truth, I found it to be just an experience I’ve tried and moved on from. Do you have any thoughts on it??
On to week 2… (which will really be more like week 1 for me, but oh well. :)
Weight – 128!
Time to get back to business. I’ve gained a few pounds staying out of the gym and IN the kitchen eating. Ha!
Are y’all getting back to healthy choices??
On to week 1…
