Showing posts with label day 22-28. Show all posts
Showing posts with label day 22-28. Show all posts
Friday, November 9, 2007
Day 24 - Just pics
Seeing if I can put these up and move the post to the right day since blogger wasn't cooperating earlier in the week...
Day 26 - I'm blaming the Shredder Council
Well, certain members anyway, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE because I am starting to GET SICK!!! It's like a different kind of computer virus - one transferable to people!! Just kidding, I still love you guys, but what's up with that? Today I have a sore throat and am starting to feel blah so I can feel it coming on. I took extra Vitamin C today and I think I'm going to get some Zinc later but I will be ticked if it takes full hold! Anyway, whine session over. Yesterday was my rest day but I haven't been able to do my workout today because I gave blood and you aren't supposed to do any heavy lifting for 24 hrs so I have to get my workout in after 4:30p today. Which is a challenge, especially on a Friday, but I'll work it out somehow. I just hope I won't be feeling even worse by then and unable to do it. Nope, delete that thought delete delete I will be feeling GREAT by then! :)
In other news, it seems I have inspired Adam to make a video of his own about us and that was pretty cool, ha ha I'm such a "character". Really, Adam, you meant weird it's okay you can say it, I get that all the time. I am a nut. It doesn't really show on this blog because I can edit it but in real life people just don't know what to do about me most of the time. That's, okay, I like being unique! :) So thanks for the video, it was cool, and I'll be doing more of my own because I really liked it and I hope it will get other shredders to do the same so we can get to know each other better.
So when I looked at the video again, here are some fun facts I saw (did anyone pick up on these things?):
1) My dog Jedi makes a guest appearance at the top of the couch. He was in it more in the unedited version but had to be cut out. He'll be in the next one. (and hopefully his face this time)
2) Behind me (slightly to the left) is a huge Transformers poster (one of two). If you don't know what that is, you probably don't recognize it, but my husband is a huge TF nerd and we have that stuff all over the living room. He lives in the 80s I swear.
3) Behind me to the right (through the wall opening into the other room) is a Fathead of a NASCAR car - Bobby Labonte to be exact - also my husband's. It's yellow and light blue and the room is green and mauve. Does not match anything in any way. This makes me realize I let him decorate entirely too much.
4) I talk with my hands a lot. You can't see all of it because of the camera angle but I do and it's funny I think. My family is Italian so that's where that is from (shout out to the Italians, Massi!).
5) I say "you know" entirely too much. I didn't know this until I heard myself so I guess I do this in everyday conversations as well or it would not have happened. I didn't count how many times but it was, you know, a lot :) Need to break that habit.
6) That is the last time I will be wearing that red sweater. That day Jedi jumped on me and got his nail caught in it and ripped a hole in the sleeve. So it will have to live on in cyberspace because it has been retired.
So just thought I would share that because I don't have a lot else to say today since I am feeling under the weather and wanted to cheer myself up by being funny. I crack myself up.
See, I am weird!
In other news, it seems I have inspired Adam to make a video of his own about us and that was pretty cool, ha ha I'm such a "character". Really, Adam, you meant weird it's okay you can say it, I get that all the time. I am a nut. It doesn't really show on this blog because I can edit it but in real life people just don't know what to do about me most of the time. That's, okay, I like being unique! :) So thanks for the video, it was cool, and I'll be doing more of my own because I really liked it and I hope it will get other shredders to do the same so we can get to know each other better.
So when I looked at the video again, here are some fun facts I saw (did anyone pick up on these things?):
1) My dog Jedi makes a guest appearance at the top of the couch. He was in it more in the unedited version but had to be cut out. He'll be in the next one. (and hopefully his face this time)
2) Behind me (slightly to the left) is a huge Transformers poster (one of two). If you don't know what that is, you probably don't recognize it, but my husband is a huge TF nerd and we have that stuff all over the living room. He lives in the 80s I swear.
3) Behind me to the right (through the wall opening into the other room) is a Fathead of a NASCAR car - Bobby Labonte to be exact - also my husband's. It's yellow and light blue and the room is green and mauve. Does not match anything in any way. This makes me realize I let him decorate entirely too much.
4) I talk with my hands a lot. You can't see all of it because of the camera angle but I do and it's funny I think. My family is Italian so that's where that is from (shout out to the Italians, Massi!).
5) I say "you know" entirely too much. I didn't know this until I heard myself so I guess I do this in everyday conversations as well or it would not have happened. I didn't count how many times but it was, you know, a lot :) Need to break that habit.
6) That is the last time I will be wearing that red sweater. That day Jedi jumped on me and got his nail caught in it and ripped a hole in the sleeve. So it will have to live on in cyberspace because it has been retired.
So just thought I would share that because I don't have a lot else to say today since I am feeling under the weather and wanted to cheer myself up by being funny. I crack myself up.
See, I am weird!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Day 25 - The end of the beginning!
Well it is morning here for me on Day 25 of 100 (1/4 of the way through!) and day 14 of the group shred. I thought I would do a quick update on yesterday and share a little about the shred, as it comes to a close. Yesterday I did antagonistic jump sets and fat loss circuit training in line with my second round of MS. I have been able to do the workouts pretty easy in this Level 1 version of the plan so I know that I'll be ready to go to the full program when Mission Two comes along because I am not pushing myself as hard as I could go. Part of that is my fault, because I could do more weight but I have just been testing the waters a little to see what each workout is like before I ramp it up seriously. When I looked at my goals at the top of the page, I have not reached all of them, but you know, I don't really care becuase I am working toward them and I have achieved a lot more intangible results that I could not have hoped for so overall I can't be disappointed. However, I haven't lost any weight in the past few days so maybe I should start working harder. I feel guilty because I know some of you out there are really going all out and I just have kind of been saving a little back to make it through the long haul. I guess that's okay. I love the group shred but at the same time I have my eye on the larger goal of getting through 100 days so I don't want to burn out. Anyway, still doing low carb, I have been good with that but I felt like I had a lot of fat yesterday. I know that I can have some but I don't want to go over calories so I can't have too many days like that. And I was craving something sweet in the evening so I made myself some sugar-free jello and added protein powder to it so it would have some nutritional value. It tasted great! I highly recommend it if you need a low carb dessert because there isn't much out there!
Today is a rest day and I am glad for it because my neck has been hurting for about 4 days now and I am not sure why but exercising definitely aggravates it so hopefully with a day off I can get over it. So not much going on today, technically my pics are a day ahead so I already took my day 14 picture so even if I did have a workout today it wouldn't count toward the shred. But I wish everyone out there good luck today, I'll be checking all the blogs to see the results, but I know this is only the beginning for most of us, I am so excited for the future! But I did want to post my comments that I put on Adam's blog here just in case someone who's not on the shred would be interested in it. Here's what I said:
Wow what to say about my experience so far...??? For me, it is actually hard to describe because I have struggled so much in this area and this shred has been, to be honest, pretty easy comparatively. I used to have such a mental battle ALL THE TIME, and I guess since so many are watching and counting on us to succeed, I just don't fight that battle as much, I just do what I know I need to do. Not that there aren't tough times, but before I just felt so stressed and guilty and down all the time and during these 14 days I have felt excited and uplifted. And when you are doing what you committed to do, you don't have the guilt because you are doing the right thing! And you think less about it because you aren't analyzing decisions you made or didn't make over and over again. Like I said, hard to explain, but the biggest change I see in myself is mental and I think that's the hardest battle we all fight. If we didn't have a mental struggle going on inside of us, we wouldn't have let ourselves go physically in the first place. We would eat what we know is healthy and exercise regularly like we all know we are supposed to do to just be a healthy person. Doing this together in a group is so much better than doing it alone. I mean, this has been proven because even if you look at a program like Weight Watchers, the people who go to meetings are MUCH more likely to succeed than those who don't but it's tough to put yourself out there in the beginning and admit you are out of control. And then to take the pictures and prove where you are starting from. That was my first obstacle. But after the decision to do it was made, it got easier all the time and I am so glad I did it because I can see such a difference that I wouldn't have given myself credit for. And really, although the first smile was a little forced, the ones after that did get bigger and bigger like you said because I really am happy to be doing what I am doing and I am proud of myself. People don't usually give themselves enough credit, like I think it was Mike was saying, we never acknowledge our own success in a healthy way, and I agree. I am usually the first one to wave off encouragement because I don't want to seem like I am vain but I really am proud of my accomplishment so far and I am looking forward to the next phase of this journey so I can keep giving myself reasons to be happy. So anyway, the best experience that I take away, and that I can tell other potential shredders, is to take the chance on yourself because you will learn that you can overcome the battle in your mind, stop feeling guilty, have the chance to do it alongside others who are going through the exact same things, and learn to love yourself and the journey. And that all happens in a very short period of time, you won't even believe how fast you can turn it around if you really commit!
Here's my Day 25 pics, I am putting my Day 24 in a separate post.
PS Check out my pic on Adam's blog, it's a little different than the one here!
Today is a rest day and I am glad for it because my neck has been hurting for about 4 days now and I am not sure why but exercising definitely aggravates it so hopefully with a day off I can get over it. So not much going on today, technically my pics are a day ahead so I already took my day 14 picture so even if I did have a workout today it wouldn't count toward the shred. But I wish everyone out there good luck today, I'll be checking all the blogs to see the results, but I know this is only the beginning for most of us, I am so excited for the future! But I did want to post my comments that I put on Adam's blog here just in case someone who's not on the shred would be interested in it. Here's what I said:
Wow what to say about my experience so far...??? For me, it is actually hard to describe because I have struggled so much in this area and this shred has been, to be honest, pretty easy comparatively. I used to have such a mental battle ALL THE TIME, and I guess since so many are watching and counting on us to succeed, I just don't fight that battle as much, I just do what I know I need to do. Not that there aren't tough times, but before I just felt so stressed and guilty and down all the time and during these 14 days I have felt excited and uplifted. And when you are doing what you committed to do, you don't have the guilt because you are doing the right thing! And you think less about it because you aren't analyzing decisions you made or didn't make over and over again. Like I said, hard to explain, but the biggest change I see in myself is mental and I think that's the hardest battle we all fight. If we didn't have a mental struggle going on inside of us, we wouldn't have let ourselves go physically in the first place. We would eat what we know is healthy and exercise regularly like we all know we are supposed to do to just be a healthy person. Doing this together in a group is so much better than doing it alone. I mean, this has been proven because even if you look at a program like Weight Watchers, the people who go to meetings are MUCH more likely to succeed than those who don't but it's tough to put yourself out there in the beginning and admit you are out of control. And then to take the pictures and prove where you are starting from. That was my first obstacle. But after the decision to do it was made, it got easier all the time and I am so glad I did it because I can see such a difference that I wouldn't have given myself credit for. And really, although the first smile was a little forced, the ones after that did get bigger and bigger like you said because I really am happy to be doing what I am doing and I am proud of myself. People don't usually give themselves enough credit, like I think it was Mike was saying, we never acknowledge our own success in a healthy way, and I agree. I am usually the first one to wave off encouragement because I don't want to seem like I am vain but I really am proud of my accomplishment so far and I am looking forward to the next phase of this journey so I can keep giving myself reasons to be happy. So anyway, the best experience that I take away, and that I can tell other potential shredders, is to take the chance on yourself because you will learn that you can overcome the battle in your mind, stop feeling guilty, have the chance to do it alongside others who are going through the exact same things, and learn to love yourself and the journey. And that all happens in a very short period of time, you won't even believe how fast you can turn it around if you really commit!
Here's my Day 25 pics, I am putting my Day 24 in a separate post.
PS Check out my pic on Adam's blog, it's a little different than the one here!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Day 23 - Attempt at something new...
Day 13 of MS, Day 12 of Group Shred
So here is a video that I hope you all can see and hear. I thought it would be fun to try out so let me know if it works. It is about 12min long and not very good quality but oh well. It's also chopped up because I was trying to get everything in and I kept stopping and re-recording, so it's the best I could do. Maybe I'll get better at it but for now we'll see. Anyway, hope you can see it and enjoy it. See you soon!
Okay damn I can't see it can anyone else? I guess I'll put it on youtube...okay, youtube rejected me...it won't let anything over 10 min. This has been a learning experience for sure. I am going to cut it down or else do two smaller ones, not sure yet...to be continued...
Okay, I got it down under 10 minutes, it's uploading now so hopefully you'll be able to see it soon.
And here are today's pics:
So here is a video that I hope you all can see and hear. I thought it would be fun to try out so let me know if it works. It is about 12min long and not very good quality but oh well. It's also chopped up because I was trying to get everything in and I kept stopping and re-recording, so it's the best I could do. Maybe I'll get better at it but for now we'll see. Anyway, hope you can see it and enjoy it. See you soon!
Okay damn I can't see it can anyone else? I guess I'll put it on youtube...okay, youtube rejected me...it won't let anything over 10 min. This has been a learning experience for sure. I am going to cut it down or else do two smaller ones, not sure yet...to be continued...
Okay, I got it down under 10 minutes, it's uploading now so hopefully you'll be able to see it soon.
And here are today's pics:
Monday, November 5, 2007
Day 22 - Results show
It's day 12 of MS (end of the first round), 11 of the shred - can't believe the group shred is almost over. I am so excited about the things Adam has in store for us in the future, though, because this experience has really been indescribable and I want others to have the chance to participate in it, as well as to continue in it myself. I still have not gotten around to everyone else's blog since I got back, but I'm sure they all feel the same because we have really gotten a great bond between us in such a short period of time.
So today is the last day of round 1, a rest day, and one where I am allowed a reward meal. I was conflicted about this earlier when I looked at my daily sheet because I still wasn't feeling that great about Saturday's food intake and wondered if I should just count that as my reward meal and skip it today. Then I did my weigh and measure and was even more hesitant to have the reward meal. But then I decided to look up and get an idea just how bad that food I ate that day was, just a ball park, so I know the extent of the damage, and you know what? It really wasn't that bad. Again with the blowing things up in your mind. It kind of goes along with what Sammy and I had talked about a while back when we cheat and then feel like the whole day is blown so we just go buck wild and give up on that day. If we were to stop at that one thing, the day could really be saved. And since I had been good overall, I think that really saved me on Saturday because once I looked up the fat content of the things I was feeling guilty about, the total for the day was still only about 40g of fat and I am supposed to stay under 30 but really how bad is that in the grand scheme of things? Not that bad. So I have let that whole scenario go and I will have my reward meal tonight but I'm not sure what it will be yet. Probably not even something that crazy because I don't have anything I'm really craving and I have not been 100% the rest of the time so I do want to make up for that a little. Plus it's Monday and I have my meeting tonight so it's not like we can go out to dinner or anything. I wish I could save up my reward meal for later but I don't want to mess with the nutrient rotation and the meal is put specifically in this place on this day for a reason.
So anyway, here are the measurements for today. I am disappointed because I did not lose weight (maybe 1/2 a pound) but I think that I lost fat because my measurements are down a little so that is what I am hoping. I have not tested my BF because my meter is extremely inconsistant so I'll just have to hope. Here we go:
Weight: 159 (loss of .5 lbs this week, 7 lbs overall) - this is a maybe, my scale is not digital so I can't be sure but I'm going with it
Bicep: 11.75" (loss of 0" this week, .25" overall) actually I realized today that duh I have two arms so my overall total is .5"
Chest: 35.5" (loss of 0" this week, 1" overall)
Waist: 29.5" (loss of .5" this week, 1.5" overall)
Stomach: 32.75" (loss of .25" this week, 1.75" overall)
Hips: 39.25" (loss of .25" this week, 1.75" overall)
Butt: 42.25" (loss of .25" this week, 1.25" overall)
Thigh: 25.75" (loss of .25" this week, .75" overall) and again I have two legs so overall total is really 1.5"
This brings my overall loss total to 9.25" and 7 lbs.
I was feeling a little disappointed at my stats but looking at them now actually it's not bad, I am pretty hard on myself. I guess the fact that I was down 3 lbs after fruit day and then went back up upset me a little but for heaven's sake I only ate fruit all day of course I'm going drop a lot of weight for that one day. And now when I just did my pics I still feel pretty good abou tmy progress. I need to ease up on myself geez. Anyway, I have got to go but I will be on everyone else's blog later on today to check up. See ya!
Comparison pics for my first three weeks:
So today is the last day of round 1, a rest day, and one where I am allowed a reward meal. I was conflicted about this earlier when I looked at my daily sheet because I still wasn't feeling that great about Saturday's food intake and wondered if I should just count that as my reward meal and skip it today. Then I did my weigh and measure and was even more hesitant to have the reward meal. But then I decided to look up and get an idea just how bad that food I ate that day was, just a ball park, so I know the extent of the damage, and you know what? It really wasn't that bad. Again with the blowing things up in your mind. It kind of goes along with what Sammy and I had talked about a while back when we cheat and then feel like the whole day is blown so we just go buck wild and give up on that day. If we were to stop at that one thing, the day could really be saved. And since I had been good overall, I think that really saved me on Saturday because once I looked up the fat content of the things I was feeling guilty about, the total for the day was still only about 40g of fat and I am supposed to stay under 30 but really how bad is that in the grand scheme of things? Not that bad. So I have let that whole scenario go and I will have my reward meal tonight but I'm not sure what it will be yet. Probably not even something that crazy because I don't have anything I'm really craving and I have not been 100% the rest of the time so I do want to make up for that a little. Plus it's Monday and I have my meeting tonight so it's not like we can go out to dinner or anything. I wish I could save up my reward meal for later but I don't want to mess with the nutrient rotation and the meal is put specifically in this place on this day for a reason.
So anyway, here are the measurements for today. I am disappointed because I did not lose weight (maybe 1/2 a pound) but I think that I lost fat because my measurements are down a little so that is what I am hoping. I have not tested my BF because my meter is extremely inconsistant so I'll just have to hope. Here we go:
Weight: 159 (loss of .5 lbs this week, 7 lbs overall) - this is a maybe, my scale is not digital so I can't be sure but I'm going with it
Bicep: 11.75" (loss of 0" this week, .25" overall) actually I realized today that duh I have two arms so my overall total is .5"
Chest: 35.5" (loss of 0" this week, 1" overall)
Waist: 29.5" (loss of .5" this week, 1.5" overall)
Stomach: 32.75" (loss of .25" this week, 1.75" overall)
Hips: 39.25" (loss of .25" this week, 1.75" overall)
Butt: 42.25" (loss of .25" this week, 1.25" overall)
Thigh: 25.75" (loss of .25" this week, .75" overall) and again I have two legs so overall total is really 1.5"
This brings my overall loss total to 9.25" and 7 lbs.
I was feeling a little disappointed at my stats but looking at them now actually it's not bad, I am pretty hard on myself. I guess the fact that I was down 3 lbs after fruit day and then went back up upset me a little but for heaven's sake I only ate fruit all day of course I'm going drop a lot of weight for that one day. And now when I just did my pics I still feel pretty good abou tmy progress. I need to ease up on myself geez. Anyway, I have got to go but I will be on everyone else's blog later on today to check up. See ya!
Comparison pics for my first three weeks:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
