Saturday Weigh In: Unexpected Suprise

Well I did have an unexpected suprise weighing in at 182 lbs today resulting in losing 2.5 lbs. this week and a total of 13 lbs lost since May 9th! I was really concerned b/c between last Saturday evening and this past Wednesday was 5 days of pigging out with no exercise. I tried to monitor and behave, but my appetite could not get satisfied. Turned out to be PMS and once I finally dragged myself to the gym, I started behaving a bit better.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsL0S0dOaqvVdFh2WS1VZjRTdnlBQV9qbkFkZFJwb2c&hl=en_US#gid=0

Late Night Munchies

Weigh-in today went fairly well. I failed to weigh in last week due to hosting a family reunion at our home, and I knew I had actually gained weight but I'm not certain exactly how much. Seems like weighed myself either the day before or after...anywho, I'm guessing it was 187 lbs. but I weighed in at 184.5 today, woooohoooo!! So I've lost 10.5 lbs. to date since Mother's Day. I've worked out 4 days this week and today's workout was pretty tough but I worked thru it. I know I still have 30 lbs to lose, but I'm thinking doing my gym regimen 3x a week and hit the track on the 4th day to ease things up just a bit. I'm anxious to lose but I don't want to burn myself out.
Another thing, I mentioned in my previous post ways to ensure that I stick to my work out regimen. I need to add getting to bed on time! I find that when I'm up late working, I have the tendency to munch. Last night I was up doing both my and my daughter's hair and I became so hungry! I had already met my allowed calories and I tried to fight it, but I gave in and snacked on trail mix and chicken salad. I was so mad at myself b/c I actually weighed in at 184 yesterday morning, but I know that .5 weight gain was due to the late night eating. Anywho, I'll keep striving. Can't wait to post my 180 lb weigh in picture when the time comes and Lord willing.

Finally!

185 lbs. 5-17-11

So excited to share that I finally lost my first 10 lbs. today!! What's strange is that I was up to 190 lbs. 2 days ago, I dropped 3 lbs yesterday, and today I dropped an additional 2 lbs bringing me down to 185 lbs. So just as easy as I gained nearly 5 lbs. in a 7 day period last week when I did not exercise and exceeded my allowed calories, I lost those 5 lbs just as easy when I refocused. Thank you Jesus!

I have a summer exercise regimen in place that I hope I'll be able to keep up once school starts. It'll take some planning such as ensuring I have my school lesson plans in place so I won't be up early planning instead of exercising and meal preparation so I won't be tempted to eat junk/fast food. I'll also need to make sure I wake up in plenty of time to do this workout. I believe it took me around 1 hr & 15 minutes to complete it. My current regimen includes:

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  30 minutes inclined treadmill


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  2 arm weight machines @ 25 reps


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  2 leg weight machines @ 25 reps


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  100 crunches


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  2 ab machines @ 25 reps


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  back machine @ 25 reps


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  shoulder/pec machine @ 10 reps


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  15 minutes sauna

Rebound

The last week of school was pretty intense w/ semester exams, year end reports, cleaning out the classroom, etc. that I completely have gotten off my regimen. I know, excuses excuses. I have the 4.5 lbs weight gain to show for it as well. I managed to get my weight down to 185.5 before it shot up to my current weight 190 lbs in a week's time. Today marks my official first day of summer break so I plan to refocus by resuming my workout and sticking to the meal plan starting back tomorrow Lord willing!

Sedentary

I had the most sedentary week this week since starting my weightloss plan. I managed to only walk 3 miles today. I don't know what was wrong with me. I just couldn't get out of bed in time to work out and had zero desire to exercise after work. There was absolutely no excuse but I guess I'll blame it on PMS. I was hoping to weigh in at 185 lbs., but I did weigh in at 186.5 lbs. this morning. I've lost 8.5 lbs. to date so I'm grateful for that, but I can do better. I exceeded my allowed daily calories each day again this week. I'm noticing I'm losing at a much slower pace since week one as you can see on my online tracking spreadsheet at https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AsL0S0dOaqvVdFh2WS1VZjRTdnlBQV9qbkFkZFJwb2c&output=html . I now know the only reason I lost in the weeks before was because I'd been exercising at least 3x a week. Well there's one thing I know for certain. I will have to incorporate exercise for the rest of my life if I want to maintain a moderate weight. Diet pills are not an option so I will have to get on the ball.