Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer + 65 min running (!!!); Weight training: 25 minutes lower body (machines); Calories: TBD
DONKEY GOES THE DISTANCE!!!
Look at that running time! I ran 6 miles today! Yowza! I ran up to the kids' schools and back. It was so hard to get myself motivated and out the door, but once I started, I knew that was where I was going to go. I wish BornToCry was still reading/posting here. I would love to swap our running stories! ("So what did you step in today on your run?")
I took biscotti's words to heart and realized that I gotta get down to business. I'm losing focus, and if I want to reach my goals, I've got to put my head down and really work at it.
Now I must cut this short because I have to return to the old house (boo, hiss) and check on the progress of the stanky basement.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Exercise: 65 minutes crosstrainer (single hill); Weight training: NONE; Calories: 1925 (something like that)
A very busy day. Got up super early to workout at the gym, because I had to go up to the old house and take care of that water in the basement mildew problem, which I did. I have to up there again tomorrow to see if the fans, dehumidifier and open windows are making a difference in drying it out. Plus, I cleaned the entire floor with bleach + water to kill the smell.
I have a confession to make. I have not been doing as well with eating as I have been reporting. Last night, I went totally overboard with some Girl Scout cookies. Last Friday and Sunday nights, I went overboard with the ice cream. So I don't expect anything positive out of this week's weigh-in, if I decide to weigh in.
I'm at a loss for words :-(
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
a_v probably should have left that comment to me on MY diary. I wish she had, but be that as it may, I'm moving forward and as I said, will try to keep my head down and stick to the subject.
Hope you have a good day:-)
I'm curious why the nick "donkey"?
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer + 30 min running; Weight training: 20 min upper body (machines); Calories: 1742 (2 above my limit, and I'll probably have a few more beyond this as well)
Had an awesome run this morning. Yes, even though my Husband was home, I was determined to get a run in outdoors after coming home from the gym.
I opted twice to take longer routes during my run. However, I was disappointed to see that my running time was still 30 min at best (probably closer to 25 min actually; I forgot to look at the clock before I left the house). So either I ran faster or my routes were not significantly longer (which I know NOT to be true). I'm not sure, but I'm very pleased.
Getting the kids bowling balls after school today. Hopefully my athletic daughter will not get so discouraged when she has a ball that is the appropriate weight for her age (7).
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
RYC: I think thoughtful people can agree to disagree and that's probably what's happened. I left her a comment a little while ago and at that time her pounds lost per day were nearly 1/day. That's tapered off now to, by her own numbers 5 pounds/week since starting. I don't know about you, but the only way you do that (on a self-directed diet) is by eating a very-low calorie diet, probably below 1000 at the beginning. There's really not enough information in her diary to figure out the calories, but someone's not going to lose 0.7#/day by eating 1200 calories/day.
No I don't think there's any reason to correlate losing alot of weight with how bad your diet/lifestyle WAS and then picking up a healthy lifestyle. You asked her at some point how many calories she was taking in. She claimed not to be into counting calories. In my experience here, people either count or they don't count calories, WW points, portion sizes--something to make sure they are getting some semblance of proper nutrition while trying to lose weight. Or they sort of eat the same things within the realm of 1200 cals for awhile, incorporate exercise and generally lose 2 maybe 3 pounds per week. And they keep it off. If you haven't read Halley--she is a great example, though initially she was using some diet pills along with Slim-Fast and exercise. I don't think she did any fasting or skipping of meals.
Also, it may look like I'm picking on ad_vitam--she's pretty much made her choice re: her health. My last comments on her diary were actually for others who may be blown away by her "success" and want to duplicate it. Many people who find DDs may be absolutely clueless and simply know that they want to lose weight, but have no idea how to do it. Much less how to do it safely.
Hell, I've never tried Slim-Fast, but I'd rather see someone do that plan as intended than to see someone lose more than a pound a week (beyond the first couple weeks).
Hate to keep bringing up old diaries all the time, but there was a person who was completely transparent about her very low-calorie diet. She lost weight, was happy, etc. She then gained it all back. I haven't looked back at it in awhile, but I think she finally realized she needed to eat rather than starve herself.
You may want to go back and read my comments in the Forums sections: "South Beach Diet" and "What is your eating plan/lifestyle?"
That's about it--have a good day Donkey!!!
ps No need to apologize about disagreeing with me. Don't ever let that get you down. That's just life!
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer (gluteal); Weight training: 25 min lower body (machines); Calories: 1560 if I can limit myself to 1 dish of ice cream)
Thoroughly discouraged Donkey today.
The ONLY good thing today was that I got to go to the gym this afternoon because Husband was home. He finally realized that he did not feel well enough to go to work. Gee, why didn't I think of that?....
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Exercise: 60 minutes heavy cleaning (?); Weight Training: NONE (but worked my arms carrying sopping wet carpet); Calories: 1540
I'm logging in early because I wanted to share with you that I took measurements today. I've lost nearly another inch since my last measurement, and so that makes nearly 2 inches since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, my hips have stayed at the same measurement, and thus, I have only lost 0.5 inches off my donkey.
So I have a 28.25 inch waist and a 39.5 inch waist. Am I a Big Butt Donkey or WHAT?? And believe it or not, I am actually smaller at my hips than I am a little further down because my thighs are so big. I humored myself and measured my left thigh, and it came out to 24.5.
(And none of this would be so bad if I had a 38 chest, but sadly, I forgot to measure my chest. Last measurement of chest was 35 inches.) :-(
Let me share a Donkey story with you: I have always been a Big Butt Donkey. I remember in 8th grade (13 yrs old), I was in the school musical, and we had to make (sew) our costumes. It was a skirt and top. Well, my mother and I know squat about sewing, so we took the pattern and the material to my Grandma (yes, my Wicked Step-Grandmother of dysfunctional holiday notoriety), because Grandma can sew. She truly is the Ultimate Homemaker.
I remember that the three of us were in the Grandma's living room, by the organ, and she was taking my measurements to adjust the pattern to fit my shape. I remember so vividly how she gasped and said with HORROR on her face and in her voice: "40 INCHES -- OH MY!!" Well, guess what? Here I am, 24 years later and I still have 40 inch hips. OK, well, 39.5, but essentially the same thing. I pretty much weigh the same as I did when I was in 8th grade too.
It's been a great Donkey life.
EVENING EDIT: I get a call from the realtor that is selling our old house that we have a showing tomorrow at noon. So I quickly grab the kids together and we drive the 45 minutes up to the town where our old house is.
I stop at Walmart to pick up some cleaning supplies and decorations. I head to the house because I figure all I have to do is sweep and wipe off the kitchen/bath surfaces.
OMG. See, a couple of weeks ago when we had really bad storms, our sump pump in the old house failed to function. I don't know if that's because we lost power or because the guys that sealed up the sump (for radon gas purposes) messed up with the pump. So we had "a little" water in the basement per my Husband who went to check it last week.
OMG. I get to the house this evening, and save the basement for last. Well, friends, now we not only STILL have a water problem (because the throw rugs were still sopping wet), but now we probably have a mold and mildew problem as well. BECAUSE HUSBAND DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM THE RIGHT WAY THE FIRST TIME!!!
So I'm dragging sopping wet rugs up the stairs and through the newly floored kitchen out to the garage. Then I load them into my trunk. Then I wipe dry the kitchen floor because it is very important NOT to damage that with water. Then I go downstairs and sweep the water on the floor into the drain. Then I wipe the water that dripped out of the rugs that fell onto the stairs leading FROM the basement to the first floor. There was so much water on the stairs that I could afford to give them a good scrubbing.
I am SURE that the basement and stairs will still be wet tomorrow for the showing. If it were not for the basement, the house would be immaculate.
I am so angry with Husband for not taking care of this problem the right way when he was up there. Could have been dried and not stank so much. Instead, the basement stinks, there's mold/mildew and it's still wet down there (from the rugs). And **I** got stuck doing all the work!!!
But I can't be mad at Husband because he is a 911 dispatcher and his job is stressful enough. He's been working 12 hour shifts (overtime) because we need the money. He's not feeling good. He's neglecting his house and family at home. But then he goes and does something like this.
I am SO DONE with that house.
So we come home at 8:00 famished. I eat a ton of food. I'm stuffed. I'm gassy. I find that I've offended GG. AAAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!!
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Again, I'm sorry.
Hope you have a good day!
Currently my hips are 40"...they used to be 52"...and they've been holding steady at 40" for a while now lol. The women in my family all hold our weight in our lower bodies and the men hold it in their waistlines. They have nice broad chests, nice legs, and wide centers lol. While the women have nice upper bodies and wide bottom halves. *sigh* ***Hugs*** hope you have a better day and I hope that your old house sells!
congrats on the .5 loss in measurements! go u!
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer; Weight Training: Upper AND Lower Body (machines); Calories: 1739 (top limit of my range, but that's ok)
As you can see, I have weighed in this morning. I also checked my Body Fat % and that is accurate, at 25.5%. I realized that I need to adjust my age on my Tanita scale, it's been so long since I checked my body fat %.
I'm posting early because I wanted to vent that it's a dirty shame that I can't leave my garage door open to even walk my daughter 2 blocks to the bus stop because I'm worried about vendors going door to door around here. Thank God it's raining today. It keeps those door-to-door salespeople A-WAY. But what a pity that I have to DRIVE 2 blocks to the bus stop. No wonder we're all fat here in America.
EVENING EDIT: Just came back from TKD belt testing. I am now the proud parent of 2 camo (dark green) belts :-)
Today was a hungry day. Some days I am hungrier than others, and today was one of those where I was hungrier. I think, without TMI, that cramps probably had to do a lot with it.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 5.5 lbs to go!
Thanks for your feedback this week!
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer (single hill program) + 50 min running; Weight training: NONE; Calories: 1309.
Today I had the best run outside ever of my life (4+ miles!!). A great feeling of accomplishment.
EVENING EDIT: I have to admit that the past 2 days or so, my calories have been higher than what I reported, by about 100 calories. When I start tallying up the foods for the next day, I will remember that I forgot to add a snack (usually it's my afternoon snack that I forget to add, because I have it right when the kids get home from school and it's crazy here when they get home). So omission was not intentional, nor did I plan to deceive anyone. Today is the first day that my calories are accurate, so it is a low calorie day for me. Tomorrow, the calories will be back in my range.
My calories were low because I was just crazy busy today. My Husband was not home for dinner, so dinner was not only rushed but mine was vegetarian which helped cut down the calories dramatically. I also chose NOT to resort to an alcoholic beverage to up my numbers either. Not healthy and when I drink, my "discipline" tends to disappear and I am more inclined to reach for more food.
I think it better to go to bed content or a little hungry rather than stuffed. That is a most unpleasant feeling, going to bed stuffed. I can feel my metabolism kick into high gear when that happens, literally, because I get very hot and sweaty. Gross!
I must remember to weigh in tomorrow!
I may be the only one to tell you, but the comment you left in the forum section was perfect--of course I appreciate truth in advertising:-)
Exercise: 65 min crosstrainer+ 45 min mowing the lawn; Weight Training: 20 minutes (upper body - machines); Calories: 1390.
Today was a pretty good day. I did all my exercising and also had enough time to get my chores/errands done today. Then I took the kids to bowling. That is our last bowling class. From now on, we or I will take the kids to the alley on our own where they can practice if they want. I want to make a point of going bowling more often than once every 3 years.
It was a non-running day today. I do not know if I will run tomorrow. Chance of storms forecasted, so it depends on the weather cooperating.
If you can't tell, I'm filling this entry with a bunch of useless chit-chat. I am feeling very discouraged with this format. This is the first time I have thought about taking this diary to "Private" status.
What is it about the format that is discouraging? I know I got discouraged with myself and went out for a little while to take a break, I don't think there is anything wrong with it...anything you have to do to make yourself healthy and focused is a good thing!
Exercise: 65 min elliptical (intervals) + 35 min running on treadmill (11-12 min mile); Weight training: NONE; Calories: 1375.
I got off to a late start this morning. But I didn't let that prevent me from running. However, I knew that I would not run outside because the sun was already making it very warm outside and it was already quite humid.
So after being on the crosstrainer after an hour, I went over to the treadmill and ran for 3 miles (and walked for 0.5 miles to cool down). I ran out of time or I might have done some weight training too. But to be quite honest, I do not like spending that much time at the gym. Well, I do but I do not think it is a healthy mind-set.
I have to admit that I much prefer running on a treadmill, but I do not consider it to be "cool" like it is to see someone running outside. This is something that I need to work out in my head and figure out what I want to do. I also realize that if I want to proceed in using a 10k training program for running, that I am going to have to cut down on my elliptical time.
This is part of getting older, unfortunately. Being limited by your body's limitations rather than your own willingness to accomplish.
I think that's all I have to say tonight. If you would like to hear more of what I have to say, I suggest you read the comments under Biscottibody's entry today.
also, if you ask me, i find a treadmill "cooler." i feel like if you can accomplish being "in place" for soooo long and without the scenery changes of outside, you can run anywhere! i give those people credit who run on treadmills because i have such a hard time with them, even walking on them!
I've run in exactly one race (outside of HS track) in my life and it wasn't anything like the training. I haven't been interested in running in a race since, though I still hold out hope. I'm not going to be too bent out of shape if I don't. I'd rather just increase my fitness. I can't remember if you're actually preparing for a real race.
I value your opinion here. And I understand your wanting to protect your feelings as well (((Donkey))). I went back and reread JShawstad and what you wrote--maybe I should have chimed in to say I agreed, because I didn't think you were harsh at all, though saying nothing to some diarists is the safe thing. Which is what happened to Amanda... and people quit commenting.
I suggested that book a couple weeks ago to a new diarist and she got it, read it and sounded like she embraced it immediately. Donkey! I suggest that book once every couple of months or so, and that's the first time anyone has been enthusiastic about it, much less followed it.
Don't give up giving your opinion. I wish I had a dime for the times I've suggested good running shoes or simply writing down your food in a little notebook around here--I might have ... wow--$20, maybe.
For people like you who have BTDT and have kept it off for the most part--needing to lose 5-10 pounds is pesky--but it also means you've found a key that others haven't and that has earned you the right to help others out. And that's what makes this place, it really changes every day and there are people who may be reading you with a private account that you're influencing.
It'll be interesting to see if ad_vitam's obviously very-low calorie diet serves her in the long run. She makes it sound like it's a mystery diet full of good stuff and good exercise, which it may be, but to lose just about 1 pound per day since she started here, she has to be severely restricting calories. That's all there is to it. It works for her, more power and all that jazz! These things just aren't sustainable. Especially if you're preparing for a special event. Once the event is over the weight comes back. I don't like to sound negative, but I've seen it over and over. Especially not under a dr's care. And I'm not about to try to test it myself.
I guess I've been here too long and there are so many people who have lost their weight the way you did and they've kept it off--if someone wants to do it a different way more power to them. But I don't have to support them. And I will call them out, once, but I'm also not going to beat a dead horse (though I might want to:-)
Exercise: 65 minutes crosstrainer (manual program, ramp level 1, resistance level 13); Weight training: Lower body (machines); Calories: 1330.
MUCH BETTER DAY TODAY!!!
Today was my Husband's day off, and for once, I can say that he did not drive me nuts. I missed him so much after this weekend (after working 2 straight days of 12 hour shifts). We went bowling as a family and had a great time. He bought a large popcorn (no butter) and a pepperoni pizza for lunch, but I didn't have any. I planned ahead and brought a Fiber One bar with me to tide me over until we got home, when I could have some fruit and or vegetables instead. And I managed to resist all temptations!
When we got home, I was going to have a dish of watermelon chunks, but then I realized that I should freeze this watermelon to eat as a dessert -- INSTEAD OF ICE CREAM. I realized that at least for the summer, I need to have a cold sweat dessert to eat after dinner. So I had better come up with something more nutritious and low calorie than ice cream.
Yes, it is better to change the behavior, but if one cannot change her behavior, then next best thing is to find a better vice.
My exercise was great too. I had a good time at the gym, even though it wasn't the regular crowd (and staff) because of the holiday. I did not run today, as we went bowling instead. I have my day tomorrow to go running, although the weather will not be very cooperative (too humid).
Weigh-in on Friday.
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Kudos to you Donkey !!! You will be running like a thoroughbred before you know it . Well done !!! :o)
greengirl on 09/12/2007:
Kudos to you Donkey !!! You will be running like a thoroughbred before you know it . Well done !!! :o)
Trying_Again_41 on 09/12/2007:
Hey Donkey! Being the visual person I am as I read your note I actually pictured you running to the school and felt your sense of triumph! Good for you .... if it's o.k. though I'll lose the visual of the stanky basement though! Ha! UGH! That too, shall pass ......... congrats on your run today!
Horn_Of_Plenty on 09/13/2007:
wow you really are doing fantastically! I think you may have the most exercise this month out of all DDers! Keep up the good work! :)
biscottibody59 on 09/13/2007:
Wow--excellent run! You're doing great!
Yeah, where is that BTC???