Well its been awhile. I took off some of the weight I had, but I back tracked when I moved and started school. It’s difficult blending an old routine with a new one. But I need to get this under control, because it starting to affect me. Not just when I look in the mirror or when an Item of clothes don’t fit, but my health. I have asthma, and I’ve been taking my meds everyday, I feel tired, sluggish, I can’t keep focused. I need to change that, I have to change it, now I just need to be motivated to change it…

Losing Weight… Not Inches?

Although I haven’t been on track with my blogging, I have been keeping on track with my exercise and semi-on track with my nutrition ( I need to be more strict on myself ). 

I have seen some success, I am now down to 220.4 lbs, but my measurements are pretty much the same. I don’t know why they haven’t gone down, I would think it would have changed before the weight did. I work out, doing weight training two times a week, and my trainer is not easy on me, I can tell you that.  I do feel the muscles building in my arms, and my legs have always been strong ( I’ve been known to press ~ 230lbs with a seated press ). 

I am glad to see my overall weight decrease, don’t get me wrong, but I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or not enough…What could I change, or add that will allow me to see better results.

Eat Less Exercise More, That Simple.

Then why is it so darn hard. 

The end of the week has arrive and  I think I have had a pretty productive work out schedule, but then again has it been productive enough? I trained only once with me trainer this week, due to the nasty snow we had to cancel our Wednesday appointment. And I was just to exhausted thursday to go to my 8:30 hip hop class. But I did crunches three mornings this week, and even though I didn’t have training I did some basic weights and tons of cardio. But is it enough, when I get on that scale later on is that numbers going to be on my side. 

I am afraid my motivation may be wavering, because I can’t see the results fast enough. And the Funny thing is that a lady at my workplace said the same thing to me and I told her that she had to keep going. That increases in weight are to be expected when you are weight training because muscle weighs more than fat. That with the right combination of weight training and cardio and nutrition the results will come. 

My problem is that I can’t follow my own advice. And isn’t that everyone problem, we know what we should be doing, we know exactly how to do it, but actually doing can be the challenge. We are our own worst enemy. At least I know I am mine. I can plan and plan, but to actually follow though can be tough. I need to procrastinate, procrastinating, and just do what it is I have to do. So can I? …

This Ain’t Easy

So I know I’ve been slacking quite a bit (OK, completely) with in the last couple of weeks. And I do have an excuse…. I ‘ve seemed to have developed this crazy busy schedule where I can barely fit in a 5 min phone call anymore. So my blogging has slipped, and it doesn’t help that the numbers haven’t been showing any improvement…I’ve nearly thrown away my scale because after weeks of eating spinach chicken salad lunch and cereal for breakfast the numbers aren’t changing.Today I decided I couldn’t wait till the end of the month to take my measurements so I said I’d just do my waist…no change….ok so maybe my waist and my hips…no change. I almost cried. 

But I will not be disheartened. I know it takes your body time to adjust and I will given it that time. I am still watching my diet, being careful with what I eat and picking good snacks in between meals. Always keeping track of calories. 

My Trainer and I have decided to focus more on weight training instead of  adding cardio and trying to keep my heart rate up throughout the work out. So basically just weights, which probably means I’ll be pain for the majority of my week, but good pain. 

I’m still doing the dancing, but the timing is beginning to get bad for me. I very tried by 6:30 and 8:30 that it’s hard for me to go, but I remind myself I am paying for each class and I can’t afford to be wasting money. I may not continue when the session is over, or I might just do the ballet only. But when that time comes I’ll decide.

Now about my blogging, I am a very bad blogger, I am not good with the everyday entries, because by the time I get around to it at night, my bed is calling louder than the computer. But I am definitely going to try and give you an entry every week, and let you know how I am feeling and everything is going. as for the food and daily weigh in, I am going to cut that, I can’t find the time every day to type it up, unfortunately. 

Next week I’ll let you know if am still in pain and I’ll give you an update on my mearsurements 

Camrichie

I am getting Back.

I got of track for a couple day’s. I’ll be back tomorrow with updates from my last post

Food For Thought – Jan 7 & 8

I missed yesterday so I am going to combine my meal recap together very quickly.

January 7th 

Breakfast:

Special K with soya milk ~ 171 Calories                                                          

Lemonade ~131 Calories

Morning Snack:

Soya Nut Butter and Strawberry Jam on whole Wheat Bread ~ 200 Calories

Lunch: 

Chicken Garden Salad ~ 459 Calories

Coke Zero: 0 Calories

Pre- Workout snack:

Chicken Salad Sandwich ~ 515 Calories

Apple ~ 90

Dinner:

Sauteed Swiss Chard with garlic ~ 123 Calories

Sardines in Mustard ~ 95 Calories

Roti ~ 100 Calories

Pomegrante Green Tea ~ 158 Calories

January 8th 

Breakfast:

Special K with soya milk ~ 171 Calories  

Hot Tea with condensed milk ~ 229

Morning Snack:

Canned Peaches (1/2 can) ~ 80

Lunch:

Swiss Chard ~ 123 Calories

2 Roti ~ 200 Calories

Curry Chickpeas ~ 230 Calories

Coke Zero ~ 0 Calories

Dinner: 

3 Samosas : 756 Calories

Coke Zero : 0 Calories

Weigh In – Jan 7

Sorry it’s a bit late

Weight: 227 lbs

No body fat percentage today

Weigh In – Jan 6

Weight: 230.4lbs
Body fat: 41.2%

Food For Thought – Jan 6th

For breakfast I had special k red berry’s and soya milk again. I drink So Nice soya milk, it is actually pretty good for soya milk. I added a  half of an apple and a glass of orange juice 

For lunch it was a salad again. This time added the other half of the apple. And I also had a coke zero.

 

I did a little cardio after work and before I started I had a soya nut butter and jam sandwich on whole wheat bread with small cup with apple juice. 

After my workout I had a Diet Pepsi Max. and 2 samosa for diner 

I also had a slice of fruit cake with icing, and a couple glasses of lemonade.

Food For Thought – Jan 5

It’s a quick one today,

For Breakfast it was special K and Soya Milk, for lunch I made a salad with Baby Italian spring mix and feta cheese dressing, and for dinner more salad and samosa and with a coke zero. 

I did snack on some cookies and I just couldn’t resist a honey cruller from Timmy’s..but that’s my last one…I found out that there is  370 calories in one of those things…but it’s so gooood…:). I also had two teas.