The Breakdown:
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2, calories 1294, cardio
Day 4, 11/26 - weight 145, calories 1428, weight training
Day 5, 11/27 - weight 146, calories 1523, cardio
Day 6, 11/28 - weight 146.6,
Recap:
.4 of 11 pounds lost total
2 of 3 weight sessions for the week
2 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
I feel much leaner today even though the scale is up. TOM is due any moment so I know that's what's going on. Been good with calories and exercise so I'm not sweating it. I'm excited to take my measurements on Friday like I do at the end of every month.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Double Standard
I think most would agree it would be incredibly rude to make a comment to an overweight person while they were eating like "Wow, you sure are shoveling it in. MAN! You eat a lot! No wonder you're so fat!". Right!? I know that there are some jerks out there who say super rude things (and worse), but it certainly isn't socially acceptable to do so!
Why, then, does it seem to be just fine to make comments the opposite way!?
I saw it all the time growing up in regards to my mom, who was always very thin. And I've seen it with my sister as well, also very thin. And I have seen it with one of my thin friends. And NOW I get to experience it, and let me tell you, it can be a little wearing!
I don't know exactly at what point it happened, but it was fairly recently, I have gotten comments like:
Do you eat?
Why aren't you eating?
Are you anorexic?
Are you going to eat?
Is that all you're eating?
It seems like you don't eat anymore!
Here have some cake/pie/chips/cookies/second helping! You are getting too skinny!
I'll admit at first it was a little fun getting these comments, but it has started to make me incredibly self conscious at any gathering where there will be food when the food police are constantly present. Why do people think it's ok to comment on what other people eat. Or on other people's bodies for that matter. You don't really hear people say "Dang, you sure are getting fat, you better stop eating so damn much!". Again, I'm sure there are some total douche bags out there who speak to others like this, but it isn't considered ok! So why then is it ok to say to someone "You're getting too skinny!" in a slightly disgusted manner. I'm starting to get it from people I barely know, and I KIND OF get it, in a way. When I was heavy I would see someone who had lost weight and think that they looked really good, and yet they would talk about losing more, and it would kind of irritate me because I was sitting there all fat, and there they sat looking perfect and yet wanted to look even more perfect. I would sometimes take it as a personal attack, which of course it had nothing to do with me. I do try to keep that in mind, because typically that's where those types of comments are coming from. It's their issue, not mine.
But, just as I would never in a million years say to someone "You are gaining too much weight, you need to lose some!", I don't appreciate being told "You are losing too much weight, you need to stop!". While I realize it's typically coming from people who care about me, and just want me to be happy and think I already look good it's becoming slightly annoying. No one said a word when I gained a crap ton of weight! I know I look good (not to be totally conceited or anything), especially compared to how I looked dozens and DOZENS of pounds ago, I look much better clothed than in the buff. I have many many more pounds of excess fat to lose, especially in my midsection! Sometimes I'm tempted to lift my shirt and show people when they tell me to stop losing weight, that'd be a shocker wouldn't it!?
I do have this theory though, that since skinny is such a culturally GREAT thing here in America (well, and so many other places), "insulting" someone about their skinniness is about the equivalent of disgustedly telling someone they are too rich. Like, ya it's kind of an insult but kind of a compliment at the same time. Of course that isn't always the case, but I think it's true a good part of the time.
Why, then, does it seem to be just fine to make comments the opposite way!?
I saw it all the time growing up in regards to my mom, who was always very thin. And I've seen it with my sister as well, also very thin. And I have seen it with one of my thin friends. And NOW I get to experience it, and let me tell you, it can be a little wearing!
I don't know exactly at what point it happened, but it was fairly recently, I have gotten comments like:
Do you eat?
Why aren't you eating?
Are you anorexic?
Are you going to eat?
Is that all you're eating?
It seems like you don't eat anymore!
Here have some cake/pie/chips/cookies/second helping! You are getting too skinny!
I'll admit at first it was a little fun getting these comments, but it has started to make me incredibly self conscious at any gathering where there will be food when the food police are constantly present. Why do people think it's ok to comment on what other people eat. Or on other people's bodies for that matter. You don't really hear people say "Dang, you sure are getting fat, you better stop eating so damn much!". Again, I'm sure there are some total douche bags out there who speak to others like this, but it isn't considered ok! So why then is it ok to say to someone "You're getting too skinny!" in a slightly disgusted manner. I'm starting to get it from people I barely know, and I KIND OF get it, in a way. When I was heavy I would see someone who had lost weight and think that they looked really good, and yet they would talk about losing more, and it would kind of irritate me because I was sitting there all fat, and there they sat looking perfect and yet wanted to look even more perfect. I would sometimes take it as a personal attack, which of course it had nothing to do with me. I do try to keep that in mind, because typically that's where those types of comments are coming from. It's their issue, not mine.
But, just as I would never in a million years say to someone "You are gaining too much weight, you need to lose some!", I don't appreciate being told "You are losing too much weight, you need to stop!". While I realize it's typically coming from people who care about me, and just want me to be happy and think I already look good it's becoming slightly annoying. No one said a word when I gained a crap ton of weight! I know I look good (not to be totally conceited or anything), especially compared to how I looked dozens and DOZENS of pounds ago, I look much better clothed than in the buff. I have many many more pounds of excess fat to lose, especially in my midsection! Sometimes I'm tempted to lift my shirt and show people when they tell me to stop losing weight, that'd be a shocker wouldn't it!?
I do have this theory though, that since skinny is such a culturally GREAT thing here in America (well, and so many other places), "insulting" someone about their skinniness is about the equivalent of disgustedly telling someone they are too rich. Like, ya it's kind of an insult but kind of a compliment at the same time. Of course that isn't always the case, but I think it's true a good part of the time.
Day 5 of 28
The Breakdown:
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2, calories 1294, cardio
Day 4, 11/26 - weight 145, calories 1428, weight training
Day 5, 11/27 - weight 146,
Recap:
1 of 11 pounds lost total
2 of 3 weight sessions for the week
1 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
Not at all surprised my weight is up today, TOM is due today and I usually do go up at least a pound or 2. It may be a good 6 days before I lose. Just keeping at it. I'm due for some cardio today. It's a hard day for getting that in, so I'll have to wait till the kids are in bed to either go for a run outside or make it to the gym.
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2, calories 1294, cardio
Day 4, 11/26 - weight 145, calories 1428, weight training
Day 5, 11/27 - weight 146,
Recap:
1 of 11 pounds lost total
2 of 3 weight sessions for the week
1 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
Not at all surprised my weight is up today, TOM is due today and I usually do go up at least a pound or 2. It may be a good 6 days before I lose. Just keeping at it. I'm due for some cardio today. It's a hard day for getting that in, so I'll have to wait till the kids are in bed to either go for a run outside or make it to the gym.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Day 4 of 28 and another mini-goal met
The Breakdown:
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2, calories 1294, cardio
Day 4, 11/26 - weight 145
Recap:
2 of 11 pounds lost total
1 of 3 weight sessions for the week
1 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
My mom came over and watched the kids while I went to the gym yesterday afternoon. I ran for 30 mins, then I did running intervals for another 30 minutes, then I did the stairmaster for 20 minutes. I really just didn't want to go home lol, that's really the only reason I stayed so long!!!
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Mini goals:
1st mini goal: 199.8, get under 200!
2nd mini goal: 193, my pre-pregnancy weight.
3rd mini goal: 185.8, no longer considered obese.
4th mini goal: 175, which I got down to in January 2011, a few months before I got pregnant with Luke.
5th mini goal: 163, was my Labor Day goal, (reached a few days late).
6th mini goal: 154.8, no longer considered overweight.
7th mini-goal: 152, how much I weighed when I met Jason.
8th mini-goal: 149.8, because it's the 140s! Holy crap!
9th mini-goal: 145, drivers license weight.
10th mini-goal: 142, lowest weight I've seen as an adult, maybe even as a teen, and my wedding day weight.
11th mini-goal: 139.8, because it's the 130s! OMG!
12th mini-goal: 135, my original goal weight.
13th mini-goal: 130, my new goal weight.
(Secret 14th mini-goal: 125, so I have a fluctuation buffer of 125-130 for maintenance.)
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2, calories 1294, cardio
Day 4, 11/26 - weight 145
Recap:
2 of 11 pounds lost total
1 of 3 weight sessions for the week
1 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
My mom came over and watched the kids while I went to the gym yesterday afternoon. I ran for 30 mins, then I did running intervals for another 30 minutes, then I did the stairmaster for 20 minutes. I really just didn't want to go home lol, that's really the only reason I stayed so long!!!
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Mini goals:
10th mini-goal: 142, lowest weight I've seen as an adult, maybe even as a teen, and my wedding day weight.
11th mini-goal: 139.8, because it's the 130s! OMG!
12th mini-goal: 135, my original goal weight.
13th mini-goal: 130, my new goal weight.
(Secret 14th mini-goal: 125, so I have a fluctuation buffer of 125-130 for maintenance.)
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Day 3 of 28
The Breakdown:
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2
Recap:
1.8 of 11 pounds lost total
1 of 3 weight sessions for the week
0 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
Day 2 didn't present much issue staying on plan. Though it was probably one of the worst days I've had home alone with my kids. GAH! I was hungry last night, but I typically don't have much of a problem abstaining from food the later it gets because I know breakfast isn't far away. So far so good.
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146, calories 1441, weight training, stretching
Day 3, 11/25 - weight 145.2
Recap:
1.8 of 11 pounds lost total
1 of 3 weight sessions for the week
0 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
1 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
Day 2 didn't present much issue staying on plan. Though it was probably one of the worst days I've had home alone with my kids. GAH! I was hungry last night, but I typically don't have much of a problem abstaining from food the later it gets because I know breakfast isn't far away. So far so good.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Day 2 of 28
The Breakdown:
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146,
Recap:
1 of 11 pounds lost total
0 of 3 weight sessions for the week
0 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
0 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
Yesterday was no sweat. It always seems fairly easy the first day or two of a new plan. Plus I was still stuffed from eating so much on Thanksgiving. I'm expecting my weight to perhaps shoot up a little in the coming days from the inevitable water weight my cycle brings. My lowest weight so far of 145.8 happened on November 12th, so I'm almost back down there! Man! Almost 2 weeks of crappiness. So glad to be back to it!
Day 1, 11/23 - weight 147, calories 1283, no workouts
Day 2, 11/24 - weight 146,
Recap:
1 of 11 pounds lost total
0 of 3 weight sessions for the week
0 of 3 cardio sessions for the week
0 of 3-6 stretching/foam rolling for the week
Goal weight by 12/20/11: 136
Yesterday was no sweat. It always seems fairly easy the first day or two of a new plan. Plus I was still stuffed from eating so much on Thanksgiving. I'm expecting my weight to perhaps shoot up a little in the coming days from the inevitable water weight my cycle brings. My lowest weight so far of 145.8 happened on November 12th, so I'm almost back down there! Man! Almost 2 weeks of crappiness. So glad to be back to it!
Friday, November 23, 2012
28 Days - Day 1
Down to business. Day after Thanksgiving and exactly 28 days until Luke's 1st birthday; which of course is exciting in and of itself, but also marks the 1 year anniversary of my high weight. I have had a goal of losing 100 pounds within that year, even though I didn't actually start seriously until the end of March (that anniversary holds its own goals). So I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and get serious. Now, of course I very well may not make my goal, it is rather lofty, especially since it's basically the last 10-15 pounds, which are the most difficult. But it's sure worth a try. My husband is in on it too, with his own goals of course, and the focus being not allowing Thanksgiving to roll into a month of eating very badly in anticipation of Luke's birthday followed closely by Christmas, followed closely by New Years with all of the leftovers and treats people send home on top of it all.
So here are my goals for this self imposed 28 day challenge:
Starting weight:
Day 1, 11/23 - 147
Goal weight:
136
So, obviously, that's 11 pounds in 28 days! Like I said, lofty! 11 would have been hard when I was 50 pounds heavier, now it's nearly impossible. But I no matter how much I lose, I'm that much closer to my goal!
So here are my goals for this self imposed 28 day challenge:
- Count Calories daily again: 1200-1500
- Weight Training 3 days/week: Full body (planning to start NROLFW in January with my goal at this point just being to get consistent with my workouts again)
- Cardio 3 days/week: Minimum of 30 minutes
- Stretching and/or Foam Rolling on workout days
- I'd really like to blog daily just to keep me accountable, so that's a side goal.
Starting weight:
Day 1, 11/23 - 147
Goal weight:
136
So, obviously, that's 11 pounds in 28 days! Like I said, lofty! 11 would have been hard when I was 50 pounds heavier, now it's nearly impossible. But I no matter how much I lose, I'm that much closer to my goal!
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