I haven't been posting because I was away on vacation and prior to that I've been extremely busy at work.
It appears that I'm back in the game, I just weighted myself 143.5! Who goes on vacation and drops off lbs? I'm happy, I just need to put some effort in to getting out of the 140s.
Today's my birthday but there's no cake involved, so I should be fine.
On another note, vacation was great, lovely weather but I couldn't go to the beach because all the beaches were closed due to extremely rough seas - bummer. I'll be back there in late August so maybe then, I can go to the beach.
Well that's all folks, I'll write more soon.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
My how time flew . . .
I can hardly believe it has been two weeks since I've blogged.
Work and studies have been a real challenge, I feel like I have so many balls in the air and I'm hustling to keep everything airborne.
I'm sitting on my bed right now trying to recover from this evening's work out session - third this week. Honestly, my butt hurts - literally! Lastnight I did one of those step work outs and tonight I did weights and a bit of treadmill work on an incline - so you get the picture major work on hammys, quads and the back-end. Whew, I've showered and had a bit of protein shake but I'm still feeling twitchy.
Presently, work and studies are priorities but I'm carving out time to workout because I figure I can at least maintain where I am until June and/or things slow down a bit at work. I think at this point it is best to keep stress levels down and focus on the nearer term goals for now.
That's all folks, I'll try to post weekly since I find this process very cathartic.
Work and studies have been a real challenge, I feel like I have so many balls in the air and I'm hustling to keep everything airborne.
I'm sitting on my bed right now trying to recover from this evening's work out session - third this week. Honestly, my butt hurts - literally! Lastnight I did one of those step work outs and tonight I did weights and a bit of treadmill work on an incline - so you get the picture major work on hammys, quads and the back-end. Whew, I've showered and had a bit of protein shake but I'm still feeling twitchy.
Presently, work and studies are priorities but I'm carving out time to workout because I figure I can at least maintain where I am until June and/or things slow down a bit at work. I think at this point it is best to keep stress levels down and focus on the nearer term goals for now.
That's all folks, I'll try to post weekly since I find this process very cathartic.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
A slightly new course . . . tweaking
As mentioned in an earlier post, I purchased "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle", to learn more about fat loss and to help me get beyond this stagnation phase. Lately, I've not had any energy to work out and it's been a struggle to get in the minimum four work outs - last week I got two sessions in (not good). So, I've figured out a couple of things, I need more calories, with frequent meals (five) and more cardio. I've been looking for a solution for about three weeks now and hopefully this new plan will get me out of the rut. I'm holding steady at 146 but would love to drop 8 lbs by March 31st (adjusted from 12lbs. based on new information).
Oh, I learned another important tip from BFFM about goal setting, it's really important to set clear, measurable goals, short and long term with individual action steps to get you from point A to point B. I know the last threee weeks have not be productive in dropping lbs and I wasn't sure why I wasn't progressing, well in addition to too low calories and low energy, I need a better step by step plan to move me forward. I do believe in tweaking my fat loss plan I can get back on the loosing streak.
That's all for now . . . I was thinking of getting a few friends to start a weight loss competition, maybe that will motivate me and others to get moving. I'm also thinking of Weight Watchers as another tool to get more structure into this program. Any thoughts?
Oh, I learned another important tip from BFFM about goal setting, it's really important to set clear, measurable goals, short and long term with individual action steps to get you from point A to point B. I know the last threee weeks have not be productive in dropping lbs and I wasn't sure why I wasn't progressing, well in addition to too low calories and low energy, I need a better step by step plan to move me forward. I do believe in tweaking my fat loss plan I can get back on the loosing streak.
That's all for now . . . I was thinking of getting a few friends to start a weight loss competition, maybe that will motivate me and others to get moving. I'm also thinking of Weight Watchers as another tool to get more structure into this program. Any thoughts?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Still in it to win it
I've been quiet on the blog lately but that's because I've been busy researching new ways to achieve my goals.
A couple days ago I was searching for a new workout dvd and I stumbled onto Cathe Freidrich's blog. I saw lots of good dvds and some great success stories but in one woman's story she mentioned "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle". I'm sure quite a few of you have heard about it . . . anyway I spent the $40 and got the book - it is one of the best reads ever, there is so much useful information about fat loss. For example, lately I've been frustrated because the lbs are not coming off they're hovering around 145 without a real downward direction, so Burn the Fat speaks about people with my body type having to do quite a bit of cardio to get things moving. Duh, hello - I've got to get cracking on cardio and it's not like I didn't know I need to do fair amounts of cardio but seeing this information in black and white and also supporting reasons sort of brought the idea home.
Well folks, here I go again, I have a birthday at the end of March and I would like to lose 12 lbs by that date . My long term goal still remains 25 lbs by Memorial Day.
That's all for now.
A couple days ago I was searching for a new workout dvd and I stumbled onto Cathe Freidrich's blog. I saw lots of good dvds and some great success stories but in one woman's story she mentioned "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle". I'm sure quite a few of you have heard about it . . . anyway I spent the $40 and got the book - it is one of the best reads ever, there is so much useful information about fat loss. For example, lately I've been frustrated because the lbs are not coming off they're hovering around 145 without a real downward direction, so Burn the Fat speaks about people with my body type having to do quite a bit of cardio to get things moving. Duh, hello - I've got to get cracking on cardio and it's not like I didn't know I need to do fair amounts of cardio but seeing this information in black and white and also supporting reasons sort of brought the idea home.
Well folks, here I go again, I have a birthday at the end of March and I would like to lose 12 lbs by that date . My long term goal still remains 25 lbs by Memorial Day.
That's all for now.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
What the heck ?
This morning was hard, I tried very hard to get the momentum going but it was a struggle. I started with a nice weight routine in the basement - warm up - good, upper body weights -doing fine but towards the end of the upper body session I struggled. I got on the treadmill to perform a couple of HIIT sessions but I couldn't run, my legs were like lead weights. I walked for ten minutes then I tried to do the lower body weight session but my hamstrings were killing me! I stopped again! I got really pissed, what the hell? I tried to get going again, oh, I don't know I ummh needed to take a bathroom break. By now I'm *&#&% mad because I want to get through the *^#*$%#@ session already!
Anyhow, I came back downstairs and cursed like a sailor all through the lower body session, yep- I finished the bloody weight routine but I really could not walk or run this morning.
All in all, weight loss is a b*&%h and you have to fight, curse what ever to push beyond those (&$#@& obstacles. Even as I arrived at my office this morning, I want to get a scone from Starbucks????!?!?! Why? I'm still upset from this morning, I need (or I think I need ) a piece of fluffy, sugary, carb to soothe me. ???? What am I thinking?
I gotta go folks, it's time for another cup of green tea.
Anyhow, I came back downstairs and cursed like a sailor all through the lower body session, yep- I finished the bloody weight routine but I really could not walk or run this morning.
All in all, weight loss is a b*&%h and you have to fight, curse what ever to push beyond those (&$#@& obstacles. Even as I arrived at my office this morning, I want to get a scone from Starbucks????!?!?! Why? I'm still upset from this morning, I need (or I think I need ) a piece of fluffy, sugary, carb to soothe me. ???? What am I thinking?
I gotta go folks, it's time for another cup of green tea.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Starting Over . . . sort of
I haven't been posting lately but I have been keeping an eye on things (i.e eating clean and exercising). I'm not 100% back to where I was on 1/20 but I'm much, much better than last week.
I'm doing the weekly weigh in on the Coalition's forum. I posted 145.5 today but TOM maybe obscuring the true number.
I don't have much to report, except that it's good to be back and I'm working on some fabulous numbers for February. I have seven (7) weeks before vacation so I have enough time to shed lots of fat, lbs and inches.
Go Giants!
I'm doing the weekly weigh in on the Coalition's forum. I posted 145.5 today but TOM maybe obscuring the true number.
I don't have much to report, except that it's good to be back and I'm working on some fabulous numbers for February. I have seven (7) weeks before vacation so I have enough time to shed lots of fat, lbs and inches.
Go Giants!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I'm not throwing in the towel
In case anyone is wondering, oh where's Julie, did she ditch her quest in a moment of weakness for french fries, chocolate and extremely spicy, salty food - not at all. I'm struggling but I'm still here and I'm trying to re-group. I started reading an interview with Dax Moy on TT's website - damn good piece on goal setting and working towards achievement.
I'll acknowledge that I hit a speed bump (and spun around and maybe even rolled off to the side) but I am clawing back. I have come too far to go back to where I was last year. I love the way I feel now, the way I don't have to struggle to run up or down stairs in Port Authority or the NYC subway. I love that strong, confident feeling and I absolutely don't want to return to the fat hideout - I've been there and done that successfully for five or so years. So what do I do going forward, where have I stumbled, why and how do I remedy this situation?
1) Accept that this has happened to the most successful fat-loss conquerors.
2) Access the damage, try to figure out the root cause of the mishap (trouble-shoot)
3) Set a course to move forward with a solution in hand
4) Keep drinking that water - ha, this helps believe me
I'll acknowledge that I hit a speed bump (and spun around and maybe even rolled off to the side) but I am clawing back. I have come too far to go back to where I was last year. I love the way I feel now, the way I don't have to struggle to run up or down stairs in Port Authority or the NYC subway. I love that strong, confident feeling and I absolutely don't want to return to the fat hideout - I've been there and done that successfully for five or so years. So what do I do going forward, where have I stumbled, why and how do I remedy this situation?
1) Accept that this has happened to the most successful fat-loss conquerors.
2) Access the damage, try to figure out the root cause of the mishap (trouble-shoot)
3) Set a course to move forward with a solution in hand
4) Keep drinking that water - ha, this helps believe me
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