I weighed in on my scale at 139.4 lbs. This is a great feeling.
But let's back track for a little bit. I weighed in on Saturday January 7, 2017 on Richard's scale at 150 lbs. I weighed in on his same scale today at 138 lbs. So that means in 7 weeks I have lost 12 pounds on his scale. About 1.7 pounds a week give or take. Now on my scale it is a little different. I don't think I weighed in on my scale on January 1st, 2017
But on Friday December 30, 2016 I weighed in on my scale at home at 151.4 lbs. And today Saturday February 25, 2017 on my scale but at Richard's home I weighed in at 139.4 lbs. So that means that I am currently down 12 pounds from that day! That is crazy right? So that is basically losing 12 pounds in 8 weeks. So that means that I lost about 1.5 lbs each week for 8 weeks. That is pretty good if you ask me.
So here is what I did.
On Friday January 20, 2017 I joined with personal trainer Sarah Varno with 30 minute fitness in Leominster, MA. I weighed in that morning on my scale and I was 147.0 lbs and then on her scale that same morning without eating or working out but wearing clothes I weighed in at 150.0 lbs. She took pictures and measurements that day. So I feel that technically I am only down about 7 pounds so far.
I try to workout 2 times a week with Sarah for the 30 minute fitness strength training and then she gives me things to do at home/ gym and to work on. She has also told me to eat a certain way. She gave me a meal guide and to follow that basically. So I did follow it really good in the beginning but now I don't eat the jasmine rice that she suggests because I read about it and figured if I am going to have rice I would prefer it is whole grain/ brown/wild rice. As jasmine rice is not whole wheat it is a type of white fragrant rice and I don't understand it. But I have decided not to tell her that.
This is my body. This is my time. I am trying to do really good.
Goals:
My personal goals are this:
I attempt to do cardio everyday at planet fitness.
I do 10 minutes on the stairclimber alternating level 4 for one minute and level 8-10 for 30 seconds.
Treadmill: 20 minutes, alternating one minute at 2.0 incline 3.7-3.8 mph and running/ jogging 5.0-5.3 mph no incline for 30 seconds.
That is what Sarah wanted me to do.
Then, I do the hip abduction machine, she wants low weight and high reps 25-30 reps. So, I do 4 sets or more 25-30 reps 70#, but at Townsend gym I have to do the 27.5# because there machine is weird. Then I do the hip adduction machine and I try to do 2-3 sets of 25 reps at 70# this one is so much harder.
Then, I do 50+ squats, feet shoulder length apart. Planks and butt lifts. and Reverse Crunches.
For the planks, I started doing maybe 10 seconds but now I am up to 40 second planks and I can't do them every time. but I push myself and do as much as I can. I usually do about 4-5 planks at the gym. I use the stop clock on my iphone 5 and that helps me.
Then, I do the butt lifts and when I saw Sarah this week this past Thursday February 23, 2017 she told me to add a weigh plate to my stomach/abs and hold it there while I do the butt lifts and it will provide resistance. So that is good. Then I do reverse crunches on the matt. as I don't have a bench with incline to use you know.
I also bought a 10 pound weighted medicine ball and Sarah ok'd that weight for me to use. I want to use it for the Russian twists and other ab exercises.
My goal is to do the strength training 2-3 times a week. Twice with Sarah and once at home. Leominster planet fitness has the medicine balls and I think that Townsend does too. Near that machine that you thrown the balls at I think you can just use the balls for ab workouts and maybe I will next time I am there.
I have been taking pictures all the time. Every day. I just haven't been able to post on here yet. I will when I use on my phone again.
But I am so proud of myself.
I have been eating GOOD!!!!
Here are some foods that I don't eat anymore. I have not had any of these foods since Monday January 23, 2017 ( I think that is when I fully started)
pizza, sweets, sugary sweets, candy, pastries, donuts, hot chocolate, alcohol, soda, juice, French fries, potatoes, bread, cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, foods with high sugars. I try to eat / look at foods before I eat them and make sure the sugar (in grams) per serving is 5g or less. And if not then, I don't eat it.
Here is a little story that happened last weekend that makes me feel good and makes me feel like I got this!
Richard and I went to see Patriots Day on Sunday February 19, 2017 at movies in Hooksett NH and I knew I wouldn't be getting anything to eat. So I brought gum thinking that would be better than nothing right. So, we buy are food and I see something that says "healthy life" so I ask them that that is and they point and tell me it's this nut and fruit thing in a bag and I pass on that. I don't like nuts getting stuck in my teeth and I really don't think it is that healthy for you anyways. But then I see this Welch's fruit snack and it says fat free and no preservatives and all that. So, I tell them that I want that. But that was actually a mistake as well. What I should have done was look at the sugar grams per serving before I had him purchase it for me. But I told them that I wanted it and right when I went to sit down to eat it I turned it over to look at the nutrition facts and that is when I saw that it was like 12g of sugar for one serving and then the ingredients list was a loooooong list. So I knew that wasn't good either you know. BUT... The GOOD THING is this... I didn't eat it. When I saw the 12g of sugar for one serving I knew I couldn't eat it. So, I gave it to Richard and he ended up eating it. I didn't drink much water cuz I had to pee before I went and the movie was two hours and I knew if I drank water I would have to do and I didn't want to miss the movie. So, I ended up chewing A LOT of gum. Not the best decision but better than having junk food right? I think so!
The other thing, since I chewed so much gum that day. I decided on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week (February 21-23, 2017) that I would not have any gum. Well, I started it on Tuesday and thought let's try to not chew any gum. So, I did it for 3 days but then on Friday night (yesterday) I was so hungry. It was a weird day for food. As we had to work 830-230pm or so and no lunch so we could get out early. So I had my breakfast around 730am but then just had a couple of snacks and then lunch at 3pm and then went to Manchester and out to Longhorn restaurant with Richard for like 7pm maybe and I got the redrock grilled shrimp with nothing on it. Just plain and then I got a mixed greens salad with no cheese and no croutons and balsamic dressing on side and then sweet potato I got two and gave one to Richard as I shouldn't have two of them. On the sweet potato I asked for it plain. And that was good. Again, I don't eat bread and butter anymore so when it comes he will eat it but I won't.
I think we need/ Richard and I need to find a restaurant we can go to that will serve steamed carrots because 99 and longhorn do not and those are the two places that we tend to go to a lot. I want to find a restaurant that offers a variety of healthy veggies for sides or as sides. That is what I would like to find though, you know.
But I am so proud that I am down like 12 pounds total you know.
And when I did my measurements last week I was down 7.5 inches total! That is so motivating!
And when I see the results like that it makes me push through and it makes me realize that this is all worth it.
When it gets tough at the gym I say to myself :
NO PAIN NO GAIN
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Sunday January 22, 2017
Measurements
Hips: 45”Waist (top/ narrowest part): 29”
Waist (bottom/bb): 39”
Bust: 34.25”
Right thigh: 23.5”
Left thigh: 22.5”Right arm: 10”
Left arm: 10.5”
Right wrist: 6”
Left wrist: 6”
Neck: 12.5”
Weigh in 147 lbs
Saturday February 25, 2017
Hips: 43.5”
Waist (top/narrowest part):
27”Waist (bottom/bb): 37.5”
Bust: 33”
Neck: 12.5”
Right arm: 10”
Left arm: 10”
Right thigh: 22”
Left thigh: 22.5”
Right wrist: 6”
Left wrist: 5.75”
So I have lost a total of 8.5 inches from Sunday January 22, 2017 to Saturday February 25, 2017. That is amazing right! I think so! Which is about 5 weeks but one day earlier. Maybe I should do measurements on Sunday February 26, 2017 so then it would be an even 5 weeks right? I think so.
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