Day Forty Four - Another Weigh and Measure

Arms:  Start:  12.5      Last week:  12        Now:  12    
Bust:   Start:  39          Last week:  38        Now:  37
Chest: Start   ??          Last week:  33        Now   32.5
Waist:  Start   35.5      Last week:  32        Now:  31.5  
Hips:   Start:   45         Last week:  41.5     Now:  40
Thighs: Start:  27         Last week:   24       Now:  23.5      

Weight:  Start:  195      Last week: 185       Now:  178

Down 4 inches and 2 lbs!   Very cool.  :)

6 weeks in and I have lost 15.5 inches and  17 lbs.  I am good with that.  Plus, I am eating so much healthier than ever before - not skipping meals - I have found my exercise calling AND I am not starving.    

Day Thirty Six - Weigh and Measure

Yes, yes I know I haven't been logging my food here.   I have been keeping close track of it with the 180App so it IS being accounted for.  I've been sticking very closely with the program and staying close to the 1200 cal/day mark.   1250 is the highest I've gone.

Its that time again.  Weigh and Measure Time:



Arms:  Start:  12.5      Last week:  12        Now:  12    
Bust:   Start:  39          Last week:  38        Now:  38
Chest: Start   ??          Last week:  33        Now   33
Waist:  Start   35.5      Last week:  32        Now:  32    
Hips:   Start:   45         Last week:  41.5     Now:  41.5  
Thighs: Start:  27         Last week:   24       Now:  23.5      

Weight:  Start:  195      Last week: 185       Now:  180
(I reached my Disney goal early!  Okay, new goal - 175 by Disney on the 22nd)

Hot damn I love my Power Yoga!   Lost half an inch - in my thighs which is always terrific.  :)  and I lost 5 lbs.   I have to chalk it up to the addition of the yoga - its the only change.

Good lesson learned:  Always Listen to Your Body.
    -  It will tell you what you need.  If you are doing exercise that you don't like, don't look forward to, have to FORCE yourself to do, or don't feel good during or after that is NOT the exercise for you.   Find something you like to do, something that makes you feel good after you've done it, and that you enjoy while you are doing it (even if it is difficult) - not only will you be more likely to stick with it but you will get greater benefits from doing it.

Day Thirty One

Went to my first 'hot yoga' class last night.  Not quite as hot or as long as Bikram yoga more of a vinyasa yoga in a room heated to 95 degrees.  It was truly wonderful!   I loved it.  :)   They're currently running a 10 days for 10 bucks promotion (as many classes as you want in 10 days) so I signed up for it.   Will be going back over and over again.  Nothing makes me feel as grounded, centered, or connected to myself and my body as yoga does.

I missed logging my food yesterday I have it on my Shaklee180 app but right now its not connecting to the server so I cant retrieve my log.  :(   I will come back and update each day once I can get to it.

Feeling better about my progress today.  Weighed myself on the doctors scale at my office and I've actually lost a pound.  So my current weight is 184.  :)   Plus the yoga class reconnected me to why I am doing this and what my goals are (its not about the numbers!).

Day Thirty

Arms:  Before:  12"      Now:  12       
Bust:   Before  38"       Now:   38"
Chest:  Before 33        Now   33"
Waist:  Before:  32"     Now:  32"       
Hips:   Before:  41.5"   Now:  41.5     
Thighs: Before: 24"     Now:  24        

Weight = Still 185

Okay, gotta admit this is getting discouraging.  I've added the BURST workouts and still no weight loss and now no inches lost either.... my diet progress is grinding to a halt.

Not sure where I am going wrong here.   I feel like other than the first two weeks where I lost a bunch of lbs and inches - after that I've just been maintaining.   I feel better - but 10 lbs and 10 inches will make one feel better.   But I am not even close to my goal and its not coming off.   :(   I hate when this happens.  

Day Twenty Nine

Breakfast:  Chocolate smoothie (260) with one small banana (90) and a cup of coffee (15) = 365

Lunch:  Peanut Butter and chocolate chip meal in a bar = 270

Dinner:  It is a cold and rainy night... this calls for Soup and a Sandwich!   Comfort food.  I had vegetarian vegetable soup and a grilled cheese = 504

Snacks:   Dark, cold and rainy nights also call for a movie.  Boys and I watched Madagascar 3 (outrageous yet cute and funny).  I made popcorn for the kids and had a handful myself  = 55 calories

TOTAL =  1179

Day Twenty Eight

Breakfast = Strawberry/banana smoothie = 368

Lunch =  Mocha latte smoothie = 260

Snack =  1 small whole wheat pita ripped into pieces and dipped in roasted red pepper hummus (2 tbsp) = 254

Dinner = The boys asked for pizza - so with Danny out of town Pizza it is!  :)  I had a salad with a slice of the pizza = 375

Late night snack = craving sweets... decided on a Lemon Cranberry snack bar = 120

TOTAL = 1257

Day Twenty Seven

Breakfast:  Chocolate smoothie (260) with one small banana (90) and a cup of coffee (15) = 365

Lunch:  The blueberry and almond crisp meal in a bar = 260

Dinner:  We polished off the Boston Market leftovers.  I had what was left of the breast meat on a salad of mixed greens with red peppers, cucumbers and lite Parmesan dressing.  = 403

Snack:  I had some of Special K's Cracker Chips w/ sea salt.  = 110

TOTAL = 1123