I forgot...

Core synergystics = buckets of sweat and dry heaves.

I've decided CS is MUCH harder than plyo no matter what Tony says.

That is all.

Another week in the books

Haven't blogged over here in a bit, but I'm still working hard. Yesterday was plyo again and I really feel like I rocked it! I was able to get through the whole workout without having to pause it longer than the breaks it gives YAY!

And I'm down another few pounds! Woot! I'm hoping to lose an additional 5-6 lbs by Memorial Day weekend, but we will see. Just gonna take hard work and perseverance, right?

I've done it!

It's official. This morning I was below (by only 0.3 lb, but still) my pre preggo weight! Woot!

Oh Happy DAY!

Back Again

Well, the 2 weeks we spent in Seattle ended up being a wash. I had every intention of keeping up with p90, but I made excuses and my parent's house is chaotic and busy. Needless to say, I didn't follow through.

And my diet wasn't exactly spot on either. I had WAY more than the one bad meal a week that I normally alot myself.

But, thankfully I didn't actually gain a single pound! Which was pretty surprising to be honest. In fact I was down a pound on Tuesday when I weighed in.

So back on the workout/ diet train :)

Here we go again...

Woot!

Down another 3lbs this week. I know today is not the official weigh in, but I will be on the road tomorrow, bright and early and wanted to get it in before I left :)

I'm happy with how this week went! 3 lbs puts me over the "I've lost 10 lbs" mark and I'm only about a pound and a half away from pre preggo!!!!!!!!!!!

I will finish week 3 of p90 today (kenpo... which is fun!) and next week starts a "recovery week" which really just means you do a lot of core work and cardio. Which I don't mind. I will be at my parents and again, I'm hoping to coerce a sibling or 2 to join me ;-) They could use the exercise as much as I can (well, my little bro stays in really good shape... and my sister is in decent shape, but still)

I know it will be a little more difficult to make the best eating choices so it will be good to do more cardio.

Another day, another workout

Another day of yoga down... yippee! I was literally dripping sweat onto my mat and carpet today. It was a killer!! And because this is week 3, I don't even get a full week to recover from yoga. I have to do it all again on Monday... maybe I can coerce my sister or one of my brothers into joining me so I don't feel so bad when I fall over? Hmm...

I'm contemplating weighing myself early (just for shits and grins), but part of me likes the surprise on Sundays.

Only 2 more days of workouts to get until I get a break! Whew!

Another day down

I'm feeling really great! Workouts are still going strong and I'm eating healthy... even though I just want to devour a whole pizza. By. my. self. Tonight was tough. All I wanted to do was order take out. But I held my ground and settled on a salad and half an english muffin with a tiny bit of cheese toasted on it. It satisfied (most of) my craving so I should be good to go for a couple days... right? I still haven't started doing cardio in the evenings, which I'm kind of kicking myself for... why is it so hard for me to get off my ass at 7:30 and jump on the elliptical for a half hour... I mean how hard is it to sweat for a few minutes? Seriously! Need to get my butt. in. gear. tomorrow is another day of yoga... oh joy.

Woot!

So yesterday was weigh in day and... I lost another 4.2 lbs!!! Which brings my total for the 2 weeks since Batman's departure 8.7 lbs! Hooray! That means I'm only 5.4 lbs from my pre preggo weight, 25 lbs from my goal weight and 30 lbs from my dream weight! This makes all the soreness and eating "for fuel not taste" worth it. And I still have motivation to keep going, which usually has wained by this time! I finished week 2 of p90 on Saturday (Sunday is rest or stretch day. I went for "rest" since my FIL came over and we did all my spring yard work... and since I have kind of a big yard, I know I burned more than a few calories) ;-) and feel great! Wish me luck on week 3! I'm excited to keep going and see how close to my goals I can get by the time Batman come home in 11 or so weeks.

One bad meal

So this morning I went out with a friend to breakfast (and Miss too of course) and had a fantastic, albeit NOT HEALTHY breakfast! It was very, very yummy! And I don't feel a smidgen of guilt (ok a very small smidgen) since I'm allowing myself one bad meal a week and I've been super good about my food this week :) I even stepped on the dreaded scale this morning and was down another 3.5 lbs.... which means only about 6 lbs until my pre preggo weight!! Hooray! I know I can do this! And then it's only another 20 lbs to my goal weight (and 5 more to my dream weight). Finished week 2 of p90 and I'm feeling good. I plan on taking it with me to Seattle next week too. There's no reason I can't do it there, plus it may inspire my siblings to jump on board! ;-)

Better every day!

I got through yoga again yesterday... barely. I can't even tell you how many times I fell over. I guess carrying extra weight throws off your balance. I used to be able to do (normal) yoga videos with no problem, but now I'm back to being a beginner. It's okay though. I will get better. Every week I'm getting stronger and losing weight :) Official weigh in is 2 days away! Wish me luck! I'm hoping to have lost 2-3 lbs... well actually I WISH I could lose like Batman does (9 lbs in a week! Who does that?!), but realistically I think I can manage 1-2 maybe 3 lbs... I haven't added cardio in the evenings yet. Just been a little lazy I guess. I really think I should though. I would feel better for it and a shower before bed might help me sleep better, right? Legs and back today was a killer. I realized I was working harder than last week though. I was able to do 20-25 reps of each move this week instead of 15-20! Woot! Getting better every day!

plyo kicked my ass again

ya, plyo was pretty brutal yesterday. It took me an extra 8 min or so to do it because I had to keep pausing... I was D.Y.I.N.G. But I feel good! I just KNOW I'm going to go through with the whole 90 days! Have to... Batman's down another 4 pounds... in 2 days. I need to figure out his secret. And I think I may add 30-60 min of cardio on the elliptical each night on my weight days. I have the time. Especially after Little Miss goes to bed (at 7). Normally, I'm wiped so I just sit my ass on the couch for the evening and watch tv or a movie, but there's no reason I can't get on the elliptical and watch a movie instead. For at least a half hour... I think I will start doing that tonight! Wish me luck!

Hmm..

according my.plate I only ate 453 calories yesterday... I find that hard to believe, but I guess it's sort of accurate. In reality I know my caloric intake it probably about 20% higher than it says (to be on the safe side I assume that), but that still means I only ate 530 calories. And I burned close to 600. Apparently, I am in the deficit overall. Hmm... not sure what to do... I'm a little afraid that being TOO careful will send me into a tailspin like it did in college (aka anorexia and bulemia). Yesterday, I ate when I was hungry and ate the few things that sounded good. Hmm...

Going Strong

I've been doing really well over the last few days. I gave myself one meal this weekend to go a little crazy and ate at Marie Callenders. Had some potato cheese soup, corn bread and a slice of german chocolage pie.

And then I felt extremely guilty about the whole thing. I should have had the veg soup, skipped the cornbread and picked a different pie. But I will say the pie was pretty yummy ;-)

I'm down 3.5 lbs since last week so only 9 lbs to pre preggo weight and after that only 19 lbs to GO! Whew! It sucks that this last year I didn't lose any weight :( but I'm the weight loss train and it's only a matter of time (and a bit of hard work and self discipline) before I'm back in my skinny jeans ;-) Can't wait!!

I'm so going to shock all my cheerleaders next fall! AND I'm going to win that $200 bet with Batman!! Sadly, (for me anyway) he was down 9 lbs this week. 9 lbs! Who does that? GRRR! Guess I have to step things up a bit ;-)

sore, sore, sore, sore...

Yesterday on top of p90 yoga, I went on a power walk with a girlfriend of mine... for 2 HOURS. It really felt great to be out in the sunshine, but good HELL I am sore today! I think I used muscles I didn't even know I had! Yikes!

I splurged a little on dinner and had a slice of margherita pizza with my ginormous cabbage salad. I didn't feel bad about it one bit since I missed lunch. And according to daily.plate I was actually in the minus for overall calories since I did so much working out.

On the docket for today? Legs and back p90 and ab ripper... Boy is that going to hurt!

p90 yoga isn't so bad...

So this week I started back on p.90 and I've done pretty well so far I think. I actually have made it through ALL the workouts including yoga (which used to be my least favorite). Yoga certainly kicks my ass, but I think the more I do it, the more I might actually LIKE it!

I'm feeling good about what I've been eating for the most part. We ate at Dickey's last night for my MIL birthday and honestly I felt so sick after eating the few bites of pulled pork, I ended up puking it up (not on purpose mind you) and I probably won't be going back there. Even if I do like their big yellow cups ;-)

It's funny because when I plug in all my food on daily.plate I feel like I've eaten a whole lot more calories than it is telling me. But I measure everything, so I guess it's pretty accurate? I'm guessing my real intake is about 20% or so higher, which still puts me on track.

I haven't weighed myself since Sunday (last "bad" day) because Miss has changed the scale to kg instead of lbs and I can't figure out how to change it back... plus I have no desire to look up a conversion online. We've needed a new scale for a while so I may just get a new one when I get a 20% off coupon from BB&B.

I don't think I'm going to post all my food intake as it seems redundant to what dailyplate does. But I am going to try and post about how I'm doing, whether good or bad- but hopefully all good ;-) and about my workouts, how I feel, etc.

Isn't that why I started blogging in the first place?

back in the saddle

okay, gonna start posting my food and fitness again in an attempt to stay on track. Batman and I have a bet going on who can get the "fittest" while he tdy... there's $200 riding on it, so I HOPE I win! Plus I'd really like to fit into these jeans again (this was 4 years ago the day Batman came home from Iraq)




So I've been entering in everything into daily plate. So far so good, but it's only been 2 days so....

Here I go again.