I apologize for the lack of an update last week. I was battling some weird flu-like disease. Unfortunately that disease did nothing to help my quest for fabulous-ness. I do have an exciting bit of news to share. It looks like I’ll have a partner on this little journey of mine! The very awesome Audrey has asked for a piece of the action. Each week we’ll both share our progress.
I was really proud of last week. I felt like I made good food choices about 85% of the time (the other 15% included 2 pieces of pound cake at work and a trip to McDonald’s). On Sunday night I cut up fruit and vegetables to bring for work snacks and along with eating low fat vanilla yogurt for breakfast every day and taking smaller portions at meals I ended up losing a half of a pound.
This week was pretty much the exact opposite. My best day was Tuesday when a combination of getting over being sick and whacked out emotions led me to eat exactly 14 saltines and two clementines. The rest of the week was a mix of greasy food from the work cafeteria and frozen pizzas or meals out for dinner.
Unfortunately due to the above mentioned flu and emotional upheaval I didn’t work out much at all. One of my main problems with regular exercise is that I get really, really bored. Some nights I’m fine with slogging through 45 minutes on the elliptical (I’m very, very lucky to have one in my basement) but a majority of the time I quit after 10 or 20 because I just have too many other things I want to do and I can’t force myself to keep at it. My goal for this week is to try circuit training. I think the short bursts of different exercises will help keep me interested. I also want to try to fit in fifteen minutes of exercise each morning before work. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but I LOVE those extra fifteen minutes of sleep each morning. My overall goal with F to F is to change my bad habits. Choosing exercise over sleep (and veggies over fries) is one small step in that direction.
My dirty details for Week 3:
Current Weight: 141 lbs (I was actually surprised that I didn’t gain more)
Weight Last Week: 139.5 lbs
Left to Lose: 11 lbs
Here is Audrey’s info from her first week:
Weight: 129 (According to my $5 scale that probably isn’t super accurate, but it’ll do.)
Goal: 125 (I think. I’d like to say 120, but that might be too skinny — especially if I’m replacing fat with muscle. I figure I’ll get to 125 and re-evaluate from there. Mostly I want to tone up — lose the love handles, the rolls in my stomach, and the double chin that occasionally rears its ugly face.)
Training: My tap class always kicks my butt on Mondays, and it’s a great way to start the week. I did a few other little things throughout the week, but the day I’m most proud of is Thursday, when I actually went home and worked out for the first time in a long time. Lately I’ve been lacking the motivation to work out on my own — without the structure of my dance class or my at-work walking buddy getting me to go on a lunchtime walk, it’s far too easy for me to spend an entire evening on the couch. I need to get back in the habit of working out in the evenings, and on Thursday I took the first step toward getting back on track with an intense 30 minutes of cardio. And it felt great!
Eating: Best — I have been much better lately at not eating when I’m not hungry. Rather than stuffing myself on dinner, I’ll just eat until I’m full (but not bursting) and then stop. Like Deidra said in her comment on last week’s post, this is one of the most important steps toward keeping the weight off. Worst — On Thursday, I had Chipotle for lunch. And, uh, stuffed myself completely on that delicious carnitas burrito. But at least I worked out that night!
And this week:
Weight: 129 still, but at least it didn’t go up!
Training: I spent all weekend doing squats and step-ups while painting, and I’ve also exercised every day this week. Last night (Wednesday) I did 45-min of cardio and then a 10-minute ab toning workout off of one of my workout DVDs, and I really liked it. My goal is to do at least 3 of these Cardio+Abs workouts every week, and get some form of exercise — whether it be a lunchtime walk, a hike, or weight training — every other day of the week. That oughta help burn the calories and tone those lovehandles away, right? (Absolutely! This is what I’m trying to do too. -Anna)
Eating: Best — last night Tim made delicious spaghetti and meatballs and even though I REALLY wanted seconds, I knew I didn’t NEED any more food since I was no longer hungry, and I resisted the temptation. And there was some STRONG temptation, believe me! (Okay, I may have eaten a couple of extra meatballs when I was putting the leftovers away, but, um, they wouldn’t all fit in the tupperware. Yeah, that’s it!)
Worst — I had more fast-food lunches this week than I really should have. (I hear you. I did too. -Anna)
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Your assignment for this week (What? You didn’t realize there would be homework? Well, technically it’s optional) is to share your favorite healthy snacks and fun workouts.
Tell us what you eat that’s healthy, but easy and great-tasting too.
How do you beat the workout blahs? What do you do to change it up? Keep it fun?
Enough questions? I’d say so.
