So here are the starting stats, I'm not ready to post a 'goodbye' pic - yet...
Weight: 137.2 (after a last ditch binge weekend...)
Bust: 36
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Arms: 12
Thighs: 22
Pulse after 3 min stair climb : 113 (average)
Push ups in 1 min : 24 (above average)
Sit ups in 1 min: 22 (below average)
Wall Sit : 45 secs (30 secs is average, 60 secs is good)
I have achieved a fitness level that I need to start this, although my sit ups were a bit weak, I feel that being above average and average in the others makes me ready!
I've got my meal plan for the week, and am ready to go!
Bring it!!! :)
Monday 30 April 2012
Ready? Set? Go?
I bought the book approximately a week ago. I decided my start date would be May 1 - just because I hate math ha ha! It will also be a Tuesday, so it's easier than a Monday.. for me anyways.
I have read the book, and am feeling nervous but excited. I am already feeling a bit like a cheater because I am not able to follow the eating plan exactly, however I did take the quiz (it is based on what kind of 'oxidizer' you are..) and I found the plan that she recommends for me. However, for both financial reasons and sanity reasons I chose to start the eating plan with mixing and matching from her menu..
I do home daycare, and coincidence has it that this week I have a family who does not pick up until 6:45 - and I feed the children supper. They are picky eaters and there is no way I can adapt the recipes to suit them (also it would be very expensive) so I will be making separate meals for myself. I do not have the luxury of an additional 30 mins to cook a meal just for me, so for this week I am going to borrow from her lunch menu for supper. I won't have the same thing twice in one day, and it seems substantial enough for me.
So far looking at her recipes they look complicated, expensive and are all over the map serving-size wise. I took about 20 minutes before going grocery shopping to adapt the plan and make my list. I am confident in it though, and feel like I will feel good with the food I will be eating, and that it will be enough for my needs and will fall in her plan calorie wise and nutrient wise.
For the exercise component, I have to ready myself this evening by taking a fitness assessment and writing down my results. She recommends (insists) that you have a decent level of fitness before starting the programe if you are to achieve the desired results. You must be in good shape already and have no more than 10-20 lbs to lose. I also have to take my measurements and (eek!) take a 'goodbye' photo - and she says "the more you show, the more you know" um yeah - okay.. lol.
I will also have to 'cheat' when it comes to the exercises, I am not going to join a gym (been there done that) so there will be a few excersices I can not do, but for the most part, most can be modified (instead of a weight bench, I can use my padded coffee table) and I did purchase a stability ball and resistance bands. I already own some weights. I do plan to either modify the exercises I cannot do (due to not having the equipment) or add my own similar ones - I will not leave that spot blank.
So bear in mind over the next month that I will not be following the plan to the letter.. not for lack of willpower just because it's not feasible for me. But I will be giving it my all, trying very hard to follow the plans and the 'cheats' will be mostly modifications.
Not really looking forward to tonight's measurements but hopefully I will be able to look back and be happy with the results in 30 days from now!
I have read the book, and am feeling nervous but excited. I am already feeling a bit like a cheater because I am not able to follow the eating plan exactly, however I did take the quiz (it is based on what kind of 'oxidizer' you are..) and I found the plan that she recommends for me. However, for both financial reasons and sanity reasons I chose to start the eating plan with mixing and matching from her menu..
I do home daycare, and coincidence has it that this week I have a family who does not pick up until 6:45 - and I feed the children supper. They are picky eaters and there is no way I can adapt the recipes to suit them (also it would be very expensive) so I will be making separate meals for myself. I do not have the luxury of an additional 30 mins to cook a meal just for me, so for this week I am going to borrow from her lunch menu for supper. I won't have the same thing twice in one day, and it seems substantial enough for me.
So far looking at her recipes they look complicated, expensive and are all over the map serving-size wise. I took about 20 minutes before going grocery shopping to adapt the plan and make my list. I am confident in it though, and feel like I will feel good with the food I will be eating, and that it will be enough for my needs and will fall in her plan calorie wise and nutrient wise.
For the exercise component, I have to ready myself this evening by taking a fitness assessment and writing down my results. She recommends (insists) that you have a decent level of fitness before starting the programe if you are to achieve the desired results. You must be in good shape already and have no more than 10-20 lbs to lose. I also have to take my measurements and (eek!) take a 'goodbye' photo - and she says "the more you show, the more you know" um yeah - okay.. lol.
I will also have to 'cheat' when it comes to the exercises, I am not going to join a gym (been there done that) so there will be a few excersices I can not do, but for the most part, most can be modified (instead of a weight bench, I can use my padded coffee table) and I did purchase a stability ball and resistance bands. I already own some weights. I do plan to either modify the exercises I cannot do (due to not having the equipment) or add my own similar ones - I will not leave that spot blank.
So bear in mind over the next month that I will not be following the plan to the letter.. not for lack of willpower just because it's not feasible for me. But I will be giving it my all, trying very hard to follow the plans and the 'cheats' will be mostly modifications.
Not really looking forward to tonight's measurements but hopefully I will be able to look back and be happy with the results in 30 days from now!
My Background
So, I've been looking for a challenge to motivate me to really sweat and watch what I eat. I've recently lost 10+ lbs and am once again at that crucial point where I can go forward delving deep into toning, trimming and making the commitment, or once again getting comfortable and saying 'good enough'.
I have lost the same 10-15 lbs over and over again. Not really yo/yo dieting as it takes a few years to complete this cycle for me.. not a crash and then back up. I will lose weight and be happy with the number on the scale and then it will slowly creep up and I will blindly ignore it (or more aptly choose not to think about it) until the clothes start fitting tight again and I finally get back on the scale to see I'm right back where I started from. I have never, ever been in the shape I want to be. In high school I was far from being overweight, but I still didn't have the strong, toned body I wanted. Then I went to live on a farm for a summer, let's just say that I came home packing more than my suitcase - but it was a lot of muscle, unfortunately with thin layer of fat - so I was strong, but not toned. Over the next few years I was in college, gained the "Freshmen Fifteen" and lost it and so on..
The biggest change in my weight unfortunately occured right after I got engaged! That same year I quit smoking, moved to a new city (in a new province!) started emotional eating to deal with everything from homesickness to wedding stress - quitting smoking caused me to crave food like never before. We also bought a car that year and were so tired by the end of the day from our jobs that we never got out and about. I was my heaviest ever when I got married, around 170 lbs.. on a 5'2 frame that was a lot for me. I felt fat on my wedding day.
A year or so after that we moved into our first home and I started walking daily, took a new job within walking distance that unfortunately paid a lot less than the one I left, so with a mortgage and smaller income, we stopped eating out. Shortly after that I got pregnant for the first time and started getting really serious about being good to my body. Sadly, that pregnancy ended in tragedy. Within a few months though I had conceived again and was so cautious with what I ate and how I treated my body I lost fat while maintaining a healthy pregnancy, after my beautiful son was born I was back to pre-baby weight within 6 months, skinnier than ever for his first birthday and entered my 3rd pregnancy at a healthy weight and healthy body. I only gained 20-25 lbs with both healthy pregnancies and gave birth to my gorgeous daughter at the age of 26.
I am now 32. At 30, I took the challenge with a friend to go to "Booty Camp" I did fantastic with that, I lost only 3 lbs, but also 14 inches! That was my first real inkling that inches lost was much more important than the number on the scale. At 31, I successfully completed a 60 km Weekend to End Women's Cancers Walk, which I had trained over a year for.
So now, at 32, I once again am up for a challenge. This time, I am ready to take the next step, to move from having made friends to my scale, to making friends with my swimsuit. I am ready to no longer be 'skinny fat'. Sure, I am not fat, I am not big and in jeans and a long sleeved shirt I don't look that big.. but up close I have a lot of toning to do with my arms, and thighs before I'll ever feel confident in a swimsuit.. or tank top.
I've familiarized myself with Jillian Michaels, having used her 30 day shred to help me lose the 10 lbs I have recently lost. I have decided to take the next step and start her 30 Day Making the Cut program.
Wish me luck, and please send me encouragement... I do well with a challenge, but even better with accountability.. so let me know you're reading and along for the ride. :)
I have lost the same 10-15 lbs over and over again. Not really yo/yo dieting as it takes a few years to complete this cycle for me.. not a crash and then back up. I will lose weight and be happy with the number on the scale and then it will slowly creep up and I will blindly ignore it (or more aptly choose not to think about it) until the clothes start fitting tight again and I finally get back on the scale to see I'm right back where I started from. I have never, ever been in the shape I want to be. In high school I was far from being overweight, but I still didn't have the strong, toned body I wanted. Then I went to live on a farm for a summer, let's just say that I came home packing more than my suitcase - but it was a lot of muscle, unfortunately with thin layer of fat - so I was strong, but not toned. Over the next few years I was in college, gained the "Freshmen Fifteen" and lost it and so on..
The biggest change in my weight unfortunately occured right after I got engaged! That same year I quit smoking, moved to a new city (in a new province!) started emotional eating to deal with everything from homesickness to wedding stress - quitting smoking caused me to crave food like never before. We also bought a car that year and were so tired by the end of the day from our jobs that we never got out and about. I was my heaviest ever when I got married, around 170 lbs.. on a 5'2 frame that was a lot for me. I felt fat on my wedding day.
A year or so after that we moved into our first home and I started walking daily, took a new job within walking distance that unfortunately paid a lot less than the one I left, so with a mortgage and smaller income, we stopped eating out. Shortly after that I got pregnant for the first time and started getting really serious about being good to my body. Sadly, that pregnancy ended in tragedy. Within a few months though I had conceived again and was so cautious with what I ate and how I treated my body I lost fat while maintaining a healthy pregnancy, after my beautiful son was born I was back to pre-baby weight within 6 months, skinnier than ever for his first birthday and entered my 3rd pregnancy at a healthy weight and healthy body. I only gained 20-25 lbs with both healthy pregnancies and gave birth to my gorgeous daughter at the age of 26.
I am now 32. At 30, I took the challenge with a friend to go to "Booty Camp" I did fantastic with that, I lost only 3 lbs, but also 14 inches! That was my first real inkling that inches lost was much more important than the number on the scale. At 31, I successfully completed a 60 km Weekend to End Women's Cancers Walk, which I had trained over a year for.
So now, at 32, I once again am up for a challenge. This time, I am ready to take the next step, to move from having made friends to my scale, to making friends with my swimsuit. I am ready to no longer be 'skinny fat'. Sure, I am not fat, I am not big and in jeans and a long sleeved shirt I don't look that big.. but up close I have a lot of toning to do with my arms, and thighs before I'll ever feel confident in a swimsuit.. or tank top.
I've familiarized myself with Jillian Michaels, having used her 30 day shred to help me lose the 10 lbs I have recently lost. I have decided to take the next step and start her 30 Day Making the Cut program.
Wish me luck, and please send me encouragement... I do well with a challenge, but even better with accountability.. so let me know you're reading and along for the ride. :)
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