APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 min on the crosstrainer + 25 minutes weight training = 90 minutes.
I did not exercise at all yesterday. I used up my free time that I would normally spend exercising on a fruitless shopping endeavor for more birthday presents for my daughter instead. You know, it was just a bad day overall. No need to re-hash something so negative like that today.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES TOTAL: 125 (see below) + 15 min more of shoveling = 140 minutes. ((Didn't do more than just the shoveling.))
OK, I took a sneak peek cheat at my weigh-in, and I'm down to about 139-140. So at least my efforts are paying off. Now I just have to get back to my "starting point" so I can start losing the weight I wanted to lose in the first place.
I cannot believe it is snowing here. In April. Snow. Me shovel. Me shovel twice (or at least I foresee having to shovel again). Bleah. Funny thing is that a couple of neighbors were outside cutting their grass yesterday. At least I had enough smarts not to do THAT.
I was supposed to go shopping today for my daughter's birthday cake and presents for tomorrow (she will be 7!). Unfortunately, this weather is not cooperating, and I don't know if I dare risk driving to the store to shop for her. She needs goodies to take to school tomorrow to, for her birthday snack. Ugh....
Since I have logged on here, I am going to sub-total my exercise minutes, so that when I have to go out and shovel again, I can just add the time on to the sum. Let's see: 85 minutes on the crosstrainer + 25 minutes weight training + 15 minutes shoveling = 125 minutes so far.
Progress as of today: -5.5 lbs lost so far, only 19 lbs to go!
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I think reminding myself of my calorie philosophy really helped prevent the huge binge which normally ensues when some unexpected hurdle comes my way. It's crazy, really, how the realisation that I've gone 10 or 20 or 100 calories over my "limit" can spark an out-of-control eating spiral. This morning it didn't even really matter that I was at 1600 or so calories for yesterday, whereas if I'd eaten myself into oblivion I would have woken up feeling so sick and disgusted with myself.
Keep up the great working, I'm so proud of how excellent your doing with your exercises! Happy Birthday to your daughter, how quickly they grow!!
TUESDAY APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: (let's see if I can remember all that I did today...) 65 minutes on the crosstrainer + 30 minutes on the treadmill + 25 minutes weight training = 120 minutes.
I would have gone for a bike ride, but I had to go to the library today to return a book. My leg muscles were sore this morning and they were very sore this afternoon after my workout. I could tell, when I was at the library, when I bent down to read titles on the lower shelves. Yowza! That's a GREAT feeling!
Unfortunately, we are due for either some nasty rain or some awful (dare I say it?) SNOW tomorrow here. Despite the cold weather, this is all part of global warming. You heard it here first from Donkey -- remember that! I am so sick of this weather.
Progress as of today: -5.5 lbs lost so far, only 19 lbs to go!
Seriously, what happened to summer? I think we are all over this weather!
I agree with you on the global warming thing! I can't believe how many people are going around joking about how they can't wait for global warming to kick in so we can finally have some nice weather. At least I hope they're joking...
MONDAY APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 70 minutes playing with kids + 65 minutes crosstrainer + 25 minutes stair-stepper + 25 minutes weight training = 185 minutes. ((Yes, my thighs are hurting a little bit right now. It is good.)
I am back from my mothers'. It went reasonably well, although I did eat too much candy. I did not get in any activity save the 35 minutes it took me to go outside and hide Easter eggs, only to have my daughter discover that I am the Easter bunny. So the bright side is that we won't have to have an egg hunt next year because the "secret's out".
As you can see, my weigh is up (AGAIN) and significantly, as well. I'm not happy about this.
Progress as of today: -5.5 lbs lost so far, only 19 lbs to go!
Hang in there. Would it help to mix things up somehow - like changing up exercise routines or lowering carbs or something? You are very dedicated to exercise. Sometimes a change of routine makes a difference.
Then they asked which of us was the Easter Bunny who left them all that nice dark chocolate and truffles! We go through the same thing at Christmas time with Santa. TYhey constantly wheedle us about which presents they can open on Christmas Eve and then which ones will be from "Santa".
Childhood is SO short!
Its to bad your daughter caught you, she's still so young to not believe in the Easter bunny!! I agree with geevee though, you can still have easter egg hunts for her. We still hide eggs for my nieces when they come over who don't believe in the Easter bunny. They are 15 yrs old and nearly 12 yrs old and they still like to look for chocolate eggs with my little ones and their youngest sister!!
Don't be so hard on yourself, its hard to be completely behaved on the holidays. You have to allow yourself a little wiggle room. You'll get back on track with the food and exercise. I know I found myself indulging in some chocolate eggs myself! I had them all dumped out on my kitchen table while I was hiding them around the house and I was thinking look at all that yummy chocolate sitting right in front of me. I couldn't resist having some, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it, what good would that do!
You've been doing so well with your exercises lately and getting to the gym, you have to give yourself some credit for all of your effort!!! I know you can get back on track!
I hope your day gets better!
FRIDAY CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 min crosstrainer + 25 min stair-stepper = 90 minutes.
Sad Donkey. Bad Donkey. We're going to my mom's for Easter, so I will update when I return.
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
THURSDAY CHALLENGE MINUTES: 112 minutes (probably more but what the heck)
Went off the deep end yesterday with eating. It was just a hungry day! I was hungrier at breakfast, so I added an apple. I was hungry at lunch so I had pizza AND chili AND Easter candy. Dinner was normal, but then I had a total feast afterwards. Tried popcorn with butter first. Then went and had another huge piece of pan pizza (part of what I had for lunch). I was just hungry! DANG!
I still have the crick on the right side of my neck. I believe it is caused by stress, but i am doing stretches and taking Motrin for it. last night I tried the heating pad.
Husband is home for 4 days. We are going to my mom's Saturday and Sunday. Talk about STRESS....
I will update later tonight with Challenge minutes for today.
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
Why is it stressful for you to go to your Mom's house? Do the two of you not get along so well or is it because she doesn't respect your decision to eat well?? My Mother-in-law has been really great since I've started this. She told me she went out and bought fruit and veggies with "light" veggie dip as an alternative to her regular chips and dip, nachos and cheese etc that she typically brings out for snacking after dinner!! I think that is so thoughtful and awesome of her to be so supportive of me. I'm interested to see how my husband does because he loves the nacho dip she makes and its sooooo loaded with fat!!! Ofcourse its also really tasty but I've managed to resist eating it. My Mom on the other hand doesn't put any thought into the fact that I'm trying so hard to eat well!! I find her very frustrating. It's not surprising that I grew up with such horrible eating habits, yikes!!! I was never taught to eat healthy. I remember my Mom telling me bagels and cream cheese was healthy and good for me, NOT!!!!
I hope you aren't to stressed out for Easter week-end!! You still have that crick in your neck to!! Could you have pulled something while exercising or stretching or is this something you usually get as a result of stress?
Great job on exercise, you are doing so well since joining the gym, I knew you would!!!
Have a great Easter!
I was really hungry yesterday. The weather is cold again here, I wonder if there is something about it being cold that increases appetites?
Wishing you and family a wonderful Easter.
APRIL CHALLENGE MINUTES: 65 elliptical + 35 weight training = 95 minutes. (I had to cut my gym workout short because I was so busy. Also, I do not count the 2 5 minute walks I take with my daughter every day to the bus stop. Just an FYI.)
Even with the cancellation of one of my appointments today (helping out with my Daughter's 1st grade class), I was still in a time crunch today. Last year, I distinctly remember becoming very busy in May. Well, this year it has started in April. I think this is because the teachers here in our new school district start pumping up the homework to prepare for the expectations and demand of the next grade, next year.
I seem to have developed a crick in my neck which I believe is due to stress. However, this did not stop me from doing 60 minutes on the elliptical crosstrainer at resistance level 12 this morning. Oh my but how I wanted to quit so many times. Or turn down the resistance so it wouldn't be so hard. But I didn't.
And we managed to finish my Son's science project on time. YAY!
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
Glad to here you finished your son's science project on time, at least you have one less thing to be stressed out about!
They really do expect an awful lot out of kids in school these days. I don't remember feeling stressed out about school until at least grade 7 or 8. My daughter would be very stressed out by school in grade 1 if she didn't have such a wonderful teacher (thank goodness!!) I hope she gets as lucky next year!!
I hope your neck is feeling better and your day is less hectic tomorrow!
APRIL CHALLENGE TOTAL: 65 min crosstrainer, 25 minutes treadmill, 20 weight training = 100 minutes
EVENING UPDATE: Will someone please tell me how I can have 2 slices of Chicago style deep dish pan pizza and ONLY be "satisfied" and not "stuffed"???? This is what I am talking about. WHY didn't I stop after one piece????? Gosh, I drive myself nuts. I am impossible.
Exercise sure did work wonders for me today. I felt so much better after the gym today. I really pushed it on the resistance level on the elliptical crosstrainer. I did intervals of resistance 8 and 12. That 12 really kicked my butt, that's for sure. I'm going to look into doing at least 1 workout a week at a higher resistance straight through.
I received good news for my son today too. The social worker at school emailed me to say that she thought it sounded like Spring Break went well for him. THEN, I made a lot of progress with getting some assessment testing done for my son, to determine what some of his problem areas would be. Fortunately, we will not have to wait very long for this to happen. It is not uncommon to wait 3 months for this kind of testing, but they should be able to see him in early May. I just want to know how to help him get along in the world, you know?
Tonight is another busy night. The kids have martial arts and then after a quick dinner, my son has to finish up on his model for his science project. I guess I will help with the posters tomorrow. In addition to this project, though, he has his normal homework to do too. Oh my goodness, so much for a 9yr old boy to handle! (((Much less his mother....)))
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
I dont even notice being on my feet all day anymore, I have done it for so long!! I was always doing a lot of walking as I dont drive, but the treadmill has upped my totals!!! You cant be so far behind with all the exercise you have been doing :)
FINAL APRIL CHALLENGE TALLY FOR TODAY: 170 minutes. Softball rocks!
I did weigh in this morning and there was no change on the scale. So this tells me that my "extra eating" is allowing me to maintain. If I cut out the extra eating, I should be losing weight. There it is, right there in front of me.
I am a ball of stress this morning. Husband is back at work (thank God!) and the kids are back in school. My son brings me a pile of papers that I should have seen 2 Fridays ago. It says his big science project is due on Thursday, April 5th. He had written on his worksheet April 15th, so we though he had all the time in the world to complete it. Now it has to be a rush job and done by Thursday. All of this after Husband had a week off on vacation.
And this wouldn't be so bad, except that Husband needs to finish painting the kids' rooms this week before we leave for Grandma's over Easter weekend. So now, instead of painting, he will be working on the science project instead.
My Husband is the world's biggest procrastinator (a symptom of his bigger problem of being chronically passive-aggressive) and instead of getting right into his projects, he waits until Friday to get started.
Then, because he's so out of shape, all I have to hear about is "Oh my back, oh I'm so tired, oh I ache." Well, DEAR, maybe your back hurts so much because you're carrying 40 extra pounds on your gut. I mean, I know what it felt like when I was 9 months pregnant with a 10lb+ baby, so I know what it feels like to have a gut. But he denies it, says I don't know what I"m talking about, blah blah blah.
How I deal with stress is a huge obstacle for me in this weight loss journey. You wonder why I eat that "extra food". Well, this is why. These people just drive me nuts!
And now I have to mentally prepare for Easter weekend at my mother's. How I *dread* going, especially coming off of all this crap with my husband and son. All that food, all this stress. Great, just great.
AFTERNOON EDIT: I felt so much better after I went to the gym. I'm going to track my exercise time now, and then I will update it after I am done with my Daughter's softball practice (assuming it won't rain on us). So far I've had 65 minutes on the elliptical, 25 min on the stair stepper, 20 minutes weight training and 30 minute bike ride outside.
APRIL CHALLENGE SUBTOTAL: 110 minutes. (Will hopefully add 60-90 minutes tonight with softball)
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
Anyway, you know how not to deal with the stress, don't you? That's a good Donkey!
Thanks for your comment, by the way! You always give me such an ego boost!
I'm so glad that your getting to the gym and using the exercise to vent some of that frustration and stress!! Great job!
Oh my goodness, has it really be 4 days since I've added an entry? Egads!
APRIL CHALLENGE: 90 minutes of painting. (Explanation below)
Well, I wish I had better news to report. While I stayed within calorie range over the weekend, I still feel that I could have done better. I don't understand it. I detest that feeling of being full, but I also can't tolerate the empty feeling that comes with hunger. And it seems for me that there is no in-between. I just can't seem to get to that happy place in between, where I am content but not too much either way.
I had fully intended to go to the gym today. I even checked the TV schedule on the TVs that are by the crosstrainers, so that I would have a decent show to watch while working out. However, my plans went out the window when I realized that Palm Sunday services went WAY too long. Damn! Then I had lunch and I must have eaten too much because my stomach felt soooo heavy.
So rather than go workout, I decided to help my husband with painting of my children's rooms (not a fun job painting over those stupid pictures the previous owner painted all over her kids' walls -- using bold colors, thick paint). But it wasn't quite the workout I had been hoping for.
I do know that Monday will be a better day, with Husband back at work and the kids at school. I plan on making tomorrow My Day at the Gym! And I'm sure after the weigh-in tomorrow morning, I will be very motivated to burn off some calories...
Progress as of today: -1.5 lbs lost so far, only 15 lbs to go!
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Wow, you sure did exercise a lot today!!!
Horn_Of_Plenty on 04/14/2007:
hey, at least you were doing something instead of exercising! you know, i did the same thing! i went to cvs and the supermarket for a short, quick shopping trip...instead of exercising, which i ended up doing right before bed!
WorkingIt2 on 04/14/2007:
Great job on the exercise! Sorry to read that you had a fight with your husband..hopefully all is better now!