Body Fat: 34.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.5 (25.8 @145.5#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
So I'm down a half-pound today, which gets me to my goal. So today I get to change my goal wt. In addition I'm down 1/8th inch on my abdomen--39 3/8ths.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::6.2::********::6.29::*::7.6::
Plan for today: Walk, Circuit Workout
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 34.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.5 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
So I'm down a pound today. Hard not to satisfy my curiosity about my wt when I can get into a pair of shorts previously unzippable.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::6.2::********::6.29::7.4::
Plan for today: Walk
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 34.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.7 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
Weights (Healthy Weight Ranges for me according to BMI):
141# Healthy :: 132# quarter-Healthy :: 123# mid-Healthy
To put the above in perspective--where I'm nearly at: 155# is mid-overweight. I'd be glad to get to 141, give or take a pound or two and remain there for at least a year. (Still slightly pie in the sky.) I don't foresee that it will be terribly easy to get there or stay there.
Didn't get in the bike ride. That's okay--I'm only slightly sore from the wt trng. Will probably do the full workout next time, which s/b tomorrow.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::6.2::********::6.29::7.2::
Plan for today: Walk, Bike Ride, NTrack
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 34.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.7 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
Finally did some wt trng. Used the 13# dumbbells, but only did about half of what I had done on the last workout. Feeling good after the workout is more important than overdoing it for me right now. There's time/room for improvement:-)
I'd just like to be a little more consistent with wt trng for July--I see nothing standing in my way on that note. I missed eight chances in June--mostly just being cautious. June will be behind me soon--but I'm grateful for the learning experience.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.13::******::6.1:::********::6.29::7.2::
Plan for today: Walk, Bike Ride
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 34.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.7 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
My BF is down 1% (last checked 6.6)--also I'm down a pound on my weigh-in. Oh and my abdomen is 39.5--down another quarter-inch.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.13::******::6.1:::********::6.29::
Plan for today: Walk, Bike Ride, Circuit Workout
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 35.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.9 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
Looking forward to a good weigh-in tomorrow--and possibly a wt workout.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.13::******::6.1:::********::6.29::
Plan for today: Walk
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 35.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.9 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
For my activity:
Thur: Walk 35 min; Bike Ride 26 min/4.3 mi
Fri: Walk 35 min; Bike Ride 35 min/5.6 mi
Sat: Walk 30 min; Bike Ride 31 min/5.3 mi
Water:
Thur: 84 oz
Fri: 112 oz
Sat: 140 oz
I weighed-in yesterday--optional weigh-in day--and I was firmly the same! Also, I had bought some tahini and finally made some hummus--it was sooo good. I had quit buying the store type because it just didn't taste right--it seemed "sour" after being opened even the next day--it happened about 3 times. So I'm a believer in fresh--it is as good as I've had in any restaurant. I used canned chickpeas/garbanzos and rinsed and drained them. Very good stuff Maynard!
I'm almost ready to say I'm fully recovered from whatever it was that was ailing me. I did get some blood drawn a couple weeks ago. My dr didn't have much of a clue as to what was going on. I can pretty much declare it's not wheat/gluten or lactose intolerance.
Over the last couple of weeks I found that eating little to no fat was helping a bit. But I was offered a cheeseburger and a shake Wednesday, and since I seemed to have gotten over the fullness/pressure thing with normal amounts of food, I accepted. I drank a couple sips of the shake and put it in the fridge--it really hit the spot:-) Then since I was hungry I ate a half of the cheeseburger.
I was thinking I would get an episode of the usual fullness/pressure. It didn't happen. I paced myself over a couple hours with the rest of the burger/shake. I have been fine. I'm still limiting my food before bed, so I seem to have dodged some unknown bullet. I'm just grateful that things have turned for the better--much much better in fact:-)
Cutting out my food a couple hours before bed has been one of the hardest things to make myself do, but it has paid dividends. My sleep the last week is averaging 6-8 hrs/night consistently. I was getting 7 here, 4 there, 3 there, then I'd be exhausted and get 8-9. Of course this is all with CPAP. Getting good rest all night is simply heaven on earth!
On my bike ride, I'm fortunate to just ride and ride in a solitary manner--it probably has contributed as much to calming my mind as anything. I liken it to the situation I found myself in more than 20 years ago when I had horrible lower back pain/sciatica. I literally couldn't do much of anything else, so I started walking. It was a distraction and therapeutic, though I didn't know that it would have that effect.
I was sleeping maybe 2 hours total/night and when not walking, I was engulfed in thoughts of when will my back get better, if ever. By the time I started the walking regimen, I had resigned myself to living with it for the rest of my life. It took months to recover, but I did it (and my mind and back cooperated) despite a dr's recommendation of surgery.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.13::******::6.1:::*******::6.27::
Plan for today: Walk, Bike Ride, Circuit Workout
Be Good To Yourself--First!
yeah, time is moving both TOO FAST and TOO SLOW simultaneously for me...
it's a bit of a whirlwind feeling!
Body Fat: 35.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.9 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
I'm really allowing the bike riding to clear my mind. I want to get my wt trng done tomorrow, but I'm going to continue to play it by ear. Yesterday's calories are high--the deficit below should not be in red. I'm thrilled, but a little cautious that I can finally eat with little protest (fullness/pressure) from my gut.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.13::******::6.1:::*******::6.25::
Plan for today: Walk, Bike Ride, Circuit Workout
Be Good To Yourself--First!
That comment is what propels me to continue. I WANT to be that size again. I remember how light I felt, how well clothes fit, and most of all, the positive frame of mind I was in.
At 7 lbs. away from that goal, the indications of my memory are slowly being confirmed.
When I was almost 160, I tried on a pair of cords I had lived in when I went to S. America. I loved those pants but couldn't get into them. And then I started on DD's When I reached 140, I tried them on and they fit, but what I had forgotten was how ragged and worn they were.
Nevertheless, without them to help spur me on, I never would have gotten to 140, so I wore them all day and simply reveled at being able to get into them.
Then I threw them away and bought some new ones.
Having a tangible goal can be very inspirational.
Body Fat: 35.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.9 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
For my activity: Walk 45 min
I'm the same for my weigh-in today--abdomen's down a quarter inch--39.75. I'll update food, cals, etc later on. I was hungry all afternoon yesterday--I was able to make pretty good choices for what it's worth.
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.4::**::5.13::******::6.1:::*****::6.22::
Plan for today: Walk, Bike Ride, Circuit Workout
Be Good To Yourself--First!
Body Fat: 35.2%
Start: 189 (June 2001)
Low: 150 (Nov 2006)
Current BMI=27.9 (27.5 @155#) My Realistic BMI Goal=22.8 (133)
For my activity:
Thur: Walk 45 min; Bike Ride 30 min/4.3 mi
Fri: Walk 30 min; Mowing 35 min
Sat: Walk 45 min
Sun: Walk 30 min; Bike Ride 31 min/4.7 mi
Things are better with the fullness/pressure, etc. I don't know why. It began to improve a week ago Saturday. I had one REALLY bad episode this past Friday, which included the panic/anxiety scenario. I'm doing ONE thing differently as of Saturday and it seems to have turned things 180 degrees. Oh well, time marches on!
Yes I've been on DDs for awhile. I consider June 18, 2001 to be my beginning here (highest weight ever), though I joined the previous November--I lost 27 pounds from that June 'til the end of 2001. Since then I haven't been any higher than 170# in all the years I've posted here. I've stayed pretty active, though I've had lulls of a couple weeks of no exercise whatsoever from time to time. I've been pretty healthy up until last Oct/Nov. I started CPAP therapy in Feb as a result of those health issues.
I was able to look back in my diary and a couple names of people I'd love to see back here--Pezzy34 and JellyBelly--among others. I've never told anyone I know about this diary. Not that anyone would really care about my mundane entries. I try to write very impersonal entries. I'm very opinionated and used to voice my opinion freely here. Not so much anymore. It gets in the way of why I'm here, which is support (give and take) and accountability.
Sticking around and continuing to try to get to your goals works better than anything I know of. The worst thing you can do is quit or give up on yourself. Starting over even if it seems like you're doing it EVERY SINGLE DAY is not a crime:-)
Circ Wkts/Wt Trng Scheduled/Done: ::5.4::**::5.13::******::6.1:::*****::6.22::
Plan for today: Walk; Bike Ride
Be Good To Yourself--First!
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Congrats on reaching that goal AND losing in the waist. I found that the hardest, especially as I get older. Whoo hoo to you!!
liza36 on 07/07/2010:
Awesome progress!