Weight Woes

6 out of 7!

Well I did not make it on Thursday.  As I thought I wouldn’t.  lol  I totally forgot that my daughter had open house.

But anyway, I did a good workout yesterday with one of my clients.  I tacked time onto her session and we did a great 45 min. workout.  Then today hubby went to the gym with me and I got to kick his BUTT!  It was fun and we did great.  It was a difficult workout and we talked great through it.

See hubby and I have not worked out well together since I went to school and got my degree.  It’s not a macho thing, but a transition thing.  He was used to me asking him about EVERYTHING in the gym.  I knew a lot of what I was doing since I have been in they gym just about as long as he has, but I never had a plan, just followed what was told.  lol

But today while I was fixing his form or making comments I was careful.  See when I’m working out with someone I usually am making comments on things I notice I am doing wrong, not always what you are doing wrong.  So I stressed that point to him.  Cool, that went over well.  Then lots of laughs cause his overmuscled body just does not bend like it should.  lol  Think defensive line and you’ve got the picture.  lol  Big boy and doing my quick stability stuff is so different for him now in our 30’s.  :)  BUT, he loves it and we will work out again on Monday.  I can’t wait to move him to the next session.  There will never be a better workout partner than him!  He’s my best friend, puts up with my bitching while working out and tells me to get to it when I need it.  lol

Did I mention that I did 6 workouts in 7 days?  YES, I AM PROUD!  Oh and tomorrow is day off, but my friend wants to go mountain biking.  woohoo, cardio without feeling like cardio!  UGH, I’m gonna be hurting to keep up with my girl.  I told her I haven’t been much in 3 years so hopefully she will be merciful!

4 days and counting

Alright, I’m rocking the workouts.  Sunday and Monday hubby and I worked out together and they were ok.  I did better on the cardio on monday, but at least I did them.  Tuesdays 20 minutes of cardio was just brain numbing.  Thankfully I had 2 friends complaining with me every second of the way.  We so did not want to be doing it.  Yesterday I did not want to do cardio at all.  So I decide I’ll start the Jillian workout from her “Making the Cut” book again.

Thankfully again a friend was on her way to the gym.  So one friend got to be the timer, she’s too ill still to even try this workout, and my friend and I worked hard at killing ourselves.  lol

I told her same time, same bat channel for todays workout and we’ will hit day two on Jillians workout.

Don’t think I should have done that.  I’m fighting hard to get there.  Thursdays are generally my light day at the gym, so no afternoon/evening appointments.  But I really need to get in there and try to get a few more clients.  And I need to get that workout in.  But I’m on a biz roll adding ebooks to my wellness site and I just don’t wanna.

I know better and should have just gone in this morning.  And I’ve been so tempted to just text my friend and bail on her.  BUT THEN…commercial for biggest loser just came on.  OK, I got the hint.  I’ve hit 4 days in a row and today will be 5.  Tomorrow is just a measly 20 minutes of cardio and some abs.  I can do this, it’s a 45 minute workout and I need to keep it at that.  No standing around chatting, just get it done!

I’ll post tonight or tomorrow and let you know the status of the day.  I know I will feel so much better when I do it, but just so much to do at home!  lol

I weighed in

I know I said I wouldn’t, but you knew that wouldn’t last didn’t you?  I have no self control.  I don’t weigh myself 12 times a day, but I do need to do it after I know I’ve been less than stellar.

Here’s the really bad thing.  I lost a lot of muscle.  :(  I hit the scales at 165.5.  That is half a pound from goal.  That is not right.  I lost muscle.  But I did lose fat as well.  I did BF and it was down to 30.9% I think.  Down a lot.  So honestly I may have been better than I thought.  I just feel like I’ve been constantly eating.  I may have, but it was spread out far enough and the portions are small.

We all know I can’t eat the really bad foods I want.  lol  No nacho’s, no pizza right from delivery or freezer even, I can’t even eat most chips I loved.  So I guess that may be helping?

So seeing what the weight was.  I got a hard 20 minutes of cardio on elliptical in and then stability weights.  I hit my abs hard.  I’m used to hitting abs with my clients now so it was really boring. 

Where’s the wagon?

K, I fell of the wagon and it is no where to be found.  Between the family tragedy and just summer on top of that my diet is horrid and I haven’t had a serious workout in weeks.  I’ve half-assed it here and there.  But we all know here and there is not enough to hit any goals, let alone keep the weight off.

The kids go back to school next week.  I have to get a schedule set up next week.  I have no choice, lol.  This will also help with the diet as we won’t be able to hit weird schedules and go to take out.  OMG, we’ve done so much take out and eating out this month.  :(  Some of that has been ok.  My portions have stayed in some control and I’ve just taken a lot of food home and eaten it as other meals.  Typically by now my portions would be OUT OF CONTROL.

So while I have fallen off the wagon, it’s not as far as it used to be in years past.  I also gave away my safe (fat) pants.  So getting back into something more comfortable is not an option.  lol My tummy is starting to look a little yucky in some pants and the muffin tops are starting to roll over the tops.  Just slightly, but I need to take the hint.

I will not weigh in until I’ve worked out for a good week.  Or I will try to I should say.  I usually say that and then get on the scale anyway.  I guess I’m a glutton for punishment and need to know the damage I’ve done.

Next goal

Ok, I know my next goal was to be 165, but I’m moving past that goal.  I keep tittering around that goal and it’s crap.  lol

My next incentive was my big lower back piece.  Hubby has decided to get his tattoo and he said we will both go in for them!  WOOHOO, I am so damn excited to see ink on him and get more ink on myself!  But that was my incentive for hitting 155.  That means that I need to lose 13 pounds.

He is on weightloss goals now as well so I know we can get only healthy stuff in the house and more workouts.  But 13 pounds for girls is much more.  Especially since he has more to lose than I do.  But that is sounding like excuses and it is.  If I stuck to it, I could hit it in no time.  I’m committed to keeping it off forever and not the quick fix this time.

But I do want that tatt!  I have wanted this tatt for over 3 years now.  I can’t wait to get it.  After that, the sky will be the limit.  I’d honestly have no problem tatting my whole body up.  I LOVE IT!

Doing pretty good

We had a huge family tragedy and this was just the biggest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. That said, the sky was the limit to make myself feel better. I didn’t eat well and I did drink a lot more. But I didn’t do both. For good or for worse, I did a good balance. I kept my calories on an even keel and didn’t gain anything. I weighed in today at 168.

Not where I want to be, but that is so much better than I expected to see after going through 2 of the hardest weeks ever in my life.

Hubby and I went to the high school yesterday and did a good old fashioned workout on the football field. TOTALLY COOL! Loved being out there with him again. Then today, even though I didn’t want to, I did 20 regular minutes on the elliptical. I did a stability workout for my legs because I am having knee questions. Then I did hit abs as well.

To keep up with my previous post on abs, I have been hitting abs with my clients still. WOOHOOOOO! They are so hard under my fat. lol

Abs

As some of you readers may know I am a personal trainer. But she has weight issues you say? Weird huh? I’m human. lol

I’ve been slacking on my abs lately and was pretty tired of it. Nothing worse than getting down to show someone the routine you want them too and your abs are burning after just a few. OOOPS! My bad!

So I am back to doing abs with a minimum of one client a day. I usually hit 2 clients because once is just not enough for my abs and if it’s two newer clients in a day then that is not going to be difficult enough for me to feel it.

I’m so much happier about this. Schedule once or twice into your day that you hit abs. It can be while you are watching tv. Between shows works well and gives you a time to start and better yet, a time to stop. lol Just hit it hard in those 5-7 minutes.

Emotional eating-fight it

It’s so hard to not emotional eat.  We have had a big tragedy at our fire department and this has led to some comfort food and of course to more drinking than usual.  I am happy to report that my portions of the less than perfect food are better so I’m staying right around where I should be.  But that is not good enough.

I was just talking to hubby today about what he wants me to bring down for dinner.  Nothing even sounds good because we’ve been eating out too much this week as we deal with things.  But he’s working a 72 hour shift and we need to go down to the station and see him.

I have a bunch of salads that need to be eaten and he said we can pick up baked chicken at our grocery store.  So we won’t be eating all that bad and I can get the others on shift today to help eat the salads.  I’m sick of them.  lol

Summer Eating

This is the time of year I have a huge problem.  We get together with friends all the time and there is always a lot of food and drink.

One big difference this year is I am now severely lactose intolerant.  Can’t even look at the stuff without getting sick.  That limits my choices of things I can have and makes me HAVE to bring food.  Well if I’m gonna bring food, it’s gonna be healthier.

Also because of this lactose issue I can go days with barely eating.  Not healthy, but after getting sick my stomach just won’t take much.  And then my portions get super small because my stomach has shrunk so much.

I know this has kept me from going overboard on the food the past couple of weeks.  I am eating junk, but the portions are so small that my calorie counts are still where they should be.  YIPPEE!

Weekly weigh in

K, maybe it’s a monthly weigh in if I’m luck.  lol  But I’m here so shhhh.  I was a little more excited this morning than I am this afternoon.  I weighed in this morning at 166 and was so excited that I had only 1 pound left to hit the first major goal.

But then we realized that the scale is off and it upped my weight to 167.  :(  RATS!  Ok, I’ll still take it, but I liked 1 pound much better.

I do have to say it’s exciting to see the scale jump around the 167-169 weight range when I move around on the scale.  Such a big difference mentally.