21Aug AM workout

burned major calories yesterday morning! averaged about 8.5 a minute ... it was a nice quick little work out.

worst PB ever... kind of graphic

damn . NO warning what so ever. I was DONE with dinner (1/4 piece of salmon) the pain was unbearable. it was the first time I actually *slimed*... and I didnt really PB, I threw up.. gut wrentching throwing up. I just hope I didnt slip my band.

will have more about my work outs later.

took a few days off

ate carbs, etc ...

will start back tomorrow.

no exercising either. gee - wonder which way the scale is going to go tomorrow??

O...M...G....!!

look wot I got!!

my last fill

well it seems that my last fill has really worked...

my first day of 'normal' meals and we went for b-fast. about 1/3 of a
mini-denver omelet, 2 bites of a potato chunk, 1/4 piece of toast and
if I have one more bite I am going to explode (or PB really badly).

yay.. good restriction ... psychologically though, not so good. I
WANTED to eat more... I really need to work on that...

9 more pounds

& I won't even QUALIFY for lap band surgery (well for my insurance to
cover it)

mini vacation

will post food when i get back.

so far this fill is very good. quick look at food:
b atkins shake
s1 atkins shake
l 1/3 - 1/2 scoop of tuna (about 2 oz) mixed w/ mayo, not much though - it was kind of dry (from cafe at work)
d 4.5 oz crab meat w/ melted butter ... mmmmm

i am so very excited that i am in the 270s! yes, i know it is 279, but hey, i'm getting there!!!!!

elliptical :)

holy merde!!!

279 1/4!!!

9:48 mile on the elliptical...

great day so far

yup, i've got ads ...

i dont think they are too distracting. just want to see what happens ...

OMG ... leg muscles!

no wonder my thighs have been killing me ... my muscles are starting to define more... i know i have a long (L O N G) way to go, but if you look towards the left, you can see the muscle definition... yay me ...

16aug food

had my fill today ... had liquids only but not the best choices ... will try to do better tomorrow

16 Aug work out

had a very good workout with Steph today. we did an interval 4 times, worked bike, shoulders, hamstrings, more shoulders/arms, obliques - thats all i can remember.

she knows just how hard to push me which i really like. what i love is that she gives me a great variety!

i am so excited. i am really bloated (feel F A T) today... and 2 women at the gym (never chatted with them before) told me how proud they were of me and am looking good.

i SO needed that today! :)

the good news is - - da da duhhhh... - even with a visit from TOM and eating the SF candy last night, down 5/8 of a pound.... sooooooooo close to 279. i even tried to push it to 279 7/8 and the scale just would not let me... oh well. now i have something to look forward to tomorrow!

15 aug food

well it started off good but PMS kicked in ... i did have 'chocolate' - at least it was the sugar free stuff ... and of course it just slid thru the band ...

i am really disappointed in myself. having DH get rid of the remaining chocolate in the house. i dont really even care what he does with it.

fill is tomorrow ...

15 August work out (lack of) and stuff

i did not go this morning. my clothes are in my gym bag in the car in case i get a wild hair and go after work.

i'm having thigh issues. they are sore. really sore and i dont want to over exhert them.

since i didnt go work out today, i couldnt get on their scale, but i did get on mine and it said 278.6 ... i am not going to log it as my official wt until i see it on the scale at 24 hour fitness.

i go in for a fill tomorrow. my restriction is pretty much gone, i am just hoping that nothing has slipped or anything ... that would be a very bad thing! i just hope they can fill me properly. i am tighter in the mornings but they didnt have any afternoons available for a couple of weeks. you'd think since the demand was so high, they would hire someone / do something to accommodate more people! oh well..

i think TOM is coming ... yay

14 August food

ummmm, yeah.

didnt log

in a nutshell -
b - low carb cheesecake cupcakes
atkins shake

l - spicy chicken

s - 3 smokies
2 cheesecake cupcakes

d - 2 crab stuffed mushrooms - yummy
1/2 chicken breast w/ cheese, ham and mushrooms

s - 1.5 servings cheesecake

14 August work out

not a bad work out, but not great either. scale was up 1/2 a pound this morning. trying to act like i dont care. is it working??
elliptical 10:35 minute mile....
bike

13 August food

not bad...

13 August work out

I worked out with Steph today. she really is great! i really like the variety she gives me, although it does almost kill me.

we worked arms, shoulders and legs today. of course balance was part of the arm work out. not a pretty sight!!

i am down another 2-ish pounds today and that brings me to 122.2 gone. i am in the double digits "to go". of course, it is 99.8 to go, but hey, gotta start somewhere!!

i upped the intensity / resistance on the bike today. my average is usually 2-4 resistance. today i was a minimum of 5 and went up to 7. i still did 7.75 miles in a little over 21 minutes. not too shabby. of course my legs were burning!

12 August food

still debating on whether i want the cheese cake or not. i included it just in case... i did not work out today. should have - didnt really have anything better to do. i did have a nasty knot in my back this morning ... it's so much fun getting old.

11 August food

it was a good day...

had a great dinner. sausage quiche. i will post the recipe on my website soon. i also made cheesecake which i have in my food "budget" but have not eaten yet... it is SOOOO easy and sooooooo good (and low carb friendly!!!)

i am tweaking my website right now - www.losing-jusme.com i hope to have some progress on it soon.

so this whole "free day" issue ...

well, it worked for me. in a very nice way.

i am now almost 120 pounds down! gack!! 30 more to go til my next mini goal of 150 gone. i hope to be able to do it by October 8 - my 'bandiversary'

i did come up with some guidelines for my free days... i think i will limit them to twice a month.

"Free Day" guidelines

Day Before
- work out
- cals below 1200
- carbs below 10
- HYDRATE

Day Of
- work out
- HYDRATE

Day After
- work out
- cals below 1200
- carbs below 10
- HYDRATE!!!!!!!!

2 Days After
- work out

by hydrate i mean 100 or more ounces of liquid a day

11Aug work out

ok, so i wasnt going to go today but i just wanted to .. imagine that!! it was a great work out!

under 11 minute mile on the elliptical!!!

bike

10 aug food

not bad - kept it very low carb.

i am not planning to work out tomorrow, not sure about Sunday yet. i am anxious to see what the scale will read Monday morning.

you can see my 12 week challenge data here - it includes miles, cals, carbs, time working on bike/elliptical....

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10 aug work out

((tmi warning))) well, weight was up a bit this morning, but ummm, i think it was food still in my body that needed to be eliminated...

so i am only up a little bit - about 1 5/8. not bad considering my food fest yesterday. when i do this again, i am going to try and not make it like yesterday. that was not the best idea...

good news - i am back on track today!!

elliptical

bike

09 Aug food

yikes ...

well i can see now how i got to 402 lbs ... my 'free' day was almost 3500 cals ... but i got the stuff i've been really wanting out of my system ... and yup, i am logging everything. oh boy.

free day part 2

ok, so next free day will not be so free....

09 August work out

only did about 7 minutes on the bike today, but i had a 55 minute session w/ Steph this morning. oh boy, i am so tired!! she really knows how to push me and takes me farther than where Keri took me so tahts a good thing.

another good thing - down almost 2 pounds so i must be doing something right... : )

no pics to show of the work out....

08 August food

not bad today ... i did have the dip but i made some "cheese crisps" instead of crackers ... that kept the carb count low ...
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08Aug work out

only did about 30 mins of cardio, but i also did ab work so it was a nice work out. i have a training session with Steph tomorrow and i have to go in on Friday to see what my "free day" did to me weight wise. i will be at the gym for 9 straight days ... i think i will take Saturday off!!
elliptical - 11min 10sec mile! wooo hoo!!
bike

10 month pictures

i always get so emotional on picture night. i cannot believe how far i have come. yes, i still have quite a ways to go, but i will get there. seeing these renews my determination.

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9 months vs 10 months

comparing last month to this month. some places i look smaller, some not ...

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07aug food

lots of carbs today... i wanted crackers and dip. i had 6 crackers ... not horrible, not great ... just there ... they did taste pretty good though.

07Aug work out

when i talked with Stephanie yesterday she suggested i up my resistance on the elliptical (i was going w/ a resistance of 1 but with an incline). today i upped it to 4 and got a great work out! in fact, i did one of my fastest miles - a tad over 11 minutes.

not so great news is that i am up .75 pound since yesterday. i am really trying not to obsess over it and just log it so i can track everything, but it's hard when the scale wont cooperate. i just need to remain focused and drink drink drink that stupid water ... :)

i am SOOO superstitious that i refuse to have "13" miles, so after i got on the bike i did (very quick) math and was like, OH NO ... i've done 13 miles today ... so i got on the elliptical for an additional .25 miles. when i got to work, i figured out i was over 13 miles and didnt really need the additional (it was really early). but the extra didnt kill me so wasnt too bad.

tonight is picture night, so i will post them either tonight or tomorrow...

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elliptical #1

bike

elliptical #2

06Aug food

food was pretty good today. it helps having a menu for the week. every day is pretty much planned and logged into my food diaries.

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06Aug work out and stuff

happy Monday! i cant believe it's Monday already!!

i am starting a 12 week challenge. more information can be found here. that is a google spreadsheet with my weight and work out information.

DD woke up at 4:00 crawling in our bed.... i dont think so ... DH brought her back to her room, but she didnt like it, I went in to check on her and figured since i was awake anyway, i might as well go work out. i had a nice (short) cardio work out before my 1/2 training session. we did some really difficult things that i think i may eventually like, but oh boy.

one was a ball bridge.. the closest one i found is the stability ball hip bridge found here. we also did curls while standing on one leg... four sets of ten ... *sigh* i am going to be so sore tomorrow. but it was good.

i am down 8.75 pounds for this week. not too shabby. can i keep it up? i am going to try my hardest.

now on to the pics (click for larger image):

elliptical

bike

05aug food

happy 100 posts ... :)

tired, need to get up early to work out tomorrow, here is my food for the day. i couldnt find info for a bunless Sonic so i improvised... i think it is a tad high, but i'd rather be high than low.

click for a larger image. dinner was FABULOUS ... recipe can be found here

so we went to Sonic...

I really wanted the coney dog with chili, cheese and of course the big
long bun.

what did I get??? double cheese burger without a bun. yay me!! I
ate almost the entire thing too. oooops! but no added carbs. well
there is that single tater tot I popped in my mouth, but I am
perfectly fine with that!

150 gone here I come!!

05aug work out

i got out of bed at 645 this morning and was at the gym when it opened ... gack! what is wrong with me ... **grin**

i am down about 8.5 this week!! OMG! i am so excited! 285.25!! 32.75 til my next mini goal of 150. GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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elliptical - very SLOOOOOW mile.
bike - fastest time i've had. (and no, my heart rate was NOT 188)

04aug food

i've been really bad with logging my food here. it feels like i log it in a billion other places, and here it's almost a nuisance...

i am going to try though. i'll just take a picture snapshot of one of the programs i use. also ... i havent exactly been logging everything lately.

**sigh** i pb'd on crystal light this afternoon. it was aweful. i ate my lunch and just out of the blue took a huge gulp ... i knew immediately it was coming back up. not a pretty sight! nothing solid came up though, so that's a good thing.

click to make larger (check # of servings - for wings - a serving is 4, but i had 1 1/2 servings, etc...)

The Atkins item for Starbucks lovers ...

I just had my first (and definitely not last) Cafe Caramel Creme Latte Shake from Atkins. WOW!!!! tasted like a frappuccino! i threw it in the freezer for about 15 minutes and voila! nice and slushy.

would definitely recommend! and it only has a total of 4 carbs (2 net carbs but i'm not counting that way).
Cafe Caramel Creme Latte Shake

04aug work out

wow! i went a full hour and did 2 miles on elliptical and 20 miles on the bike. my bum is numb!!!

elliptical

bike

another bit gone ...

i am down a total of 115 now. worked out very hard this morning. it was very nice!!! who thought being all hot and sweaty would be "nice" ???

elliptical

bike

02 August 2007

i had my first session with my new trainer today. she totally kicked my ass. it was amazing. so much that i immediately told her for now i'd like to see her for 2 sessions a week (1 1/2 hours). i worked on abs (crunches), then did an interval of weights (both manual and machine) then elliptical. it was perfect!!

eating has been much better. i am on a very low carb version of Atkins (not many veggies to keep the carbs to a minimum for now). not sure if i am in ketosis, but i'm feeling pretty good.

i am down almost 5 pounds since Monday, so this whole diet/exercising works!! imagine that.

let's see how long i can do this. my hope is to drop a total of 150 by 08 October (my 1 year bandiversary). i have 36 1/2 pounds to go. hopefully i'll be able to make it.