Sunday March 20 - Spent most of this last Friday and all of Saturday at Children's Hospital with "Little", she is improving today. Took it easy, and im trying to de-stress.
Monday March 21 - Really feeling exhausted today, not sure if its the extreme stress from the weekend or my weight loss or both. Didn't work out today.
Tuesday March 22 - "Little" was healthy enough to go to the day care at the gym so we went. Did the total body cross ramp that I love and the treadmill for 30 minutes each. Worked out with the fat burn program but might try the intervals next time. Still felt tired and a little out of it but felt like I had a better attitude about life when I left. And got to use my bike for the first time this year to go get older daughter from school, that was a tough workout.
Wednesday March 23 - Had a little more energy when I got up this morning, inside of left knee sore. Deciding if I should take a pain pill and workout any way or give my knee a day off. Think I might have over done it with the bike ride yesterday. Just really want to get under 200 by the first of next month, im so close I can feel it.
Thursday March 24 - Took the day off to give my knee a rest.
Friday March 25 - Got to work out for an hour before I had to take "Little" to the GI specialist at Children's Hospital.
Saturday March 26 - Weighed in at 199 pounds yeaaa!! Under 200 for the first time in a long time. Hubby and I decided to take a road trip with the kids, will be back in a few days.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Fat Girl Journal Week 2
Sunday March, 13 - Didn't make it to the zoo yesterday, so today after church we went and had a picnic. Lots of fun. Day lights savings time is already exhausting me, thought I might go for a quick walk but think I will just take it easy tonight. Tomorrows going to be a busy day.
Monday March, 14 - Got my running around done and managed to squeeze in a good 55 minute workout at the gym. Tried out the stair stepper for the first time, that is brutal. Didn't seem to matter how slow I tried to go, I couldn't stay in the fat burning zone to save my life. Is stair climbing really that difficult? WOW. I also did this machine called a Total Body Crossramp. I love that machine!! Think its the easiest on my joints and still kicks tushie. Still want to try out the lap lanes at the pool, but I don't swim that great. Afraid I will totally embarrass myself, might try running in the lazy river sometime.
Tuesday March, 15 - Little is still sick, so I can't take her to the daycare at the gym. Will try and go for a bike ride or something later, legs still really sore from yesterday. Will have to take some Advil before I go. Only need to lose 4 pounds to get below 200 by the end of the month. I think I have a good shot at it. Very excited!! Debating wither or not I want to start doing P90X or if I want to wait until I hit my first weight loss plateau.
Instead of going for a bike ride, I found an opportunity to hit the gym. Spent 30 minutes on an incline machine doing the weight loss program. It was kinda fun, the incline changed every few seconds so I couldn't get used to a rhythm. I also did 30 minutes on the Crossramp, tried out the incline on it and felt like I got a pretty good work out.
Wednesday March, 16 - Little still sick, up most of the night. I am severely sleep deprived this morning. Don't know if I have it in me to workout today. Will try and pull it together and do something even if its just a workout video that I do here. I was standing in my kitchen this morning when I remembered this funny joke I heard somewhere. "Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, "You know, sometimes I just forget to eat. Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat." LOL Don't know if it was the sleep deprivation or the fact that I almost forgot to grab a bit to eat but I laughed about it for awhile.
Thursday March, 17 - Exhausted! Need little to get over whatever this tummy bug is. Went to bed late last night, up early and missing a 2.5 hours in between is taking its toll. I know I should go work out, especially since I didn't make it to the gym or do a video yesterday. Having a cup of coffee this morning helped me to get some housework done. I would have another but im afraid that I won't be able to sleep tonight. Fingers crossed, that either "little" sleeps through the night and starts feeling better tomorrow or we get lab results back and can get some meds started.
Friday March, 18 - Nervous about weighing in tomorrow since I haven't worked out for a couple days this week. I feel like I have more control over what I eat now. Think it was Dr. Phil that said " Eat to Live, not Live to Eat." I was living to eat, I love cooking and eating. If I can make a heart clogging dish taste really good, I can learn to make a heart healthy dish taste good too.
Little slept better last night, so I feel better today. Waiting for hubby to get home so I can hit the gym for a few minutes before dinner. Tomorrow is my official weigh in, and I guess at this point I would be happy with a one pound weight loss. I can make up the weight loss difference in the next 13 days. Want to be at 199 by the 1st of next month. Thats just 4 pounds from where im at now. Sounds like a reasonable goal to me.
Saturday March, 19 - Weighed in at 201 lbs, not bad considering the craziness of my week. Praying that next week is better.
Monday March, 14 - Got my running around done and managed to squeeze in a good 55 minute workout at the gym. Tried out the stair stepper for the first time, that is brutal. Didn't seem to matter how slow I tried to go, I couldn't stay in the fat burning zone to save my life. Is stair climbing really that difficult? WOW. I also did this machine called a Total Body Crossramp. I love that machine!! Think its the easiest on my joints and still kicks tushie. Still want to try out the lap lanes at the pool, but I don't swim that great. Afraid I will totally embarrass myself, might try running in the lazy river sometime.
Tuesday March, 15 - Little is still sick, so I can't take her to the daycare at the gym. Will try and go for a bike ride or something later, legs still really sore from yesterday. Will have to take some Advil before I go. Only need to lose 4 pounds to get below 200 by the end of the month. I think I have a good shot at it. Very excited!! Debating wither or not I want to start doing P90X or if I want to wait until I hit my first weight loss plateau.
Instead of going for a bike ride, I found an opportunity to hit the gym. Spent 30 minutes on an incline machine doing the weight loss program. It was kinda fun, the incline changed every few seconds so I couldn't get used to a rhythm. I also did 30 minutes on the Crossramp, tried out the incline on it and felt like I got a pretty good work out.
Wednesday March, 16 - Little still sick, up most of the night. I am severely sleep deprived this morning. Don't know if I have it in me to workout today. Will try and pull it together and do something even if its just a workout video that I do here. I was standing in my kitchen this morning when I remembered this funny joke I heard somewhere. "Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, "You know, sometimes I just forget to eat. Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat." LOL Don't know if it was the sleep deprivation or the fact that I almost forgot to grab a bit to eat but I laughed about it for awhile.
Thursday March, 17 - Exhausted! Need little to get over whatever this tummy bug is. Went to bed late last night, up early and missing a 2.5 hours in between is taking its toll. I know I should go work out, especially since I didn't make it to the gym or do a video yesterday. Having a cup of coffee this morning helped me to get some housework done. I would have another but im afraid that I won't be able to sleep tonight. Fingers crossed, that either "little" sleeps through the night and starts feeling better tomorrow or we get lab results back and can get some meds started.
Friday March, 18 - Nervous about weighing in tomorrow since I haven't worked out for a couple days this week. I feel like I have more control over what I eat now. Think it was Dr. Phil that said " Eat to Live, not Live to Eat." I was living to eat, I love cooking and eating. If I can make a heart clogging dish taste really good, I can learn to make a heart healthy dish taste good too.
Little slept better last night, so I feel better today. Waiting for hubby to get home so I can hit the gym for a few minutes before dinner. Tomorrow is my official weigh in, and I guess at this point I would be happy with a one pound weight loss. I can make up the weight loss difference in the next 13 days. Want to be at 199 by the 1st of next month. Thats just 4 pounds from where im at now. Sounds like a reasonable goal to me.
Saturday March, 19 - Weighed in at 201 lbs, not bad considering the craziness of my week. Praying that next week is better.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Fat Girl Fatburn versus Cardio Zone
My Question: When I choose the weight loss program on any of the machines at the gym I notice that not only is there a fat-burn zone but a cardio zone, whats the difference?
Answer: When you stay in your fat burning zone 50% of the calories you burn are fat, in the cardio zone only 40% of your calories burned are fat calories.
Question: So which one is better?
Answer: Lets say you get on the stair master for 30 minutes and stay within the fat burn zone. Easy Peasy, you've burned about 200 calories, so 50 % of that, 100 calories were fat.
in comparison too ...
30 minutes on the stair master in the cardio zone, panting like a dog on a hot summer day, and pouring sweat. Since I have yet to try that we will say you burned 400 calories. 40% of your calories burned 140 calories are from fat.
Hmmmm, 100 calories of fat in fat-burn zone or 140 calories of fat from cardio zone? Wonder which one I should pick?
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Fat Girl Journal Week 1
Wednesday, March 09 - Today should have been my first day on the diet but I didn't realize that it was the 1st day of lent. Went and worked out today; spent 15 minutes doing weights focusing on the legs and abs and then did 30 minutes of cardio. Tried really hard to keep my heart rate within the recommended fat burning zone, got a higher heart rate a few times and then remembered something someone once told me. They said you don't really start burning calories until you start sweating. Wonder if theres any truth to that. Only time well tell, I guess.
Thursday, March 10 - Had a small oink fest yesterday, so when I weighed in today I was up a whole pound. Weighed in at 209 pounds, not to happy about it. Made chicken, sausage, and okra gumbo for Fat Tuesday and had a big bowl of leftovers yesterday for lunch. I know thats what did it. :o( Sad Clown!!
I did mange to go for my first run / walk combo as per the fist day of my couch to 5k training program. It was mostly walk, didn't realize that it was a really subtle hill, or maybe it just felt like one. Legs sore even though I tried to stay on the grass beside the sidewalk, will stretch them really well and take some pain pills later so I can sleep tonight.
Friday, March 11 - Today went a little better, not out of control hungry like yesterday. Debating doing an official weigh in tomorrow because I haven't had a full week yet. I decided to split my meals in half so that I can take longer to eat them over a period of about 45 minutes. I felt fuller longer and my snack cravings weren't nearly as noticeable.
I've been drinking a bunch of ice water with a blast of lemon juice in it, really seems to help. I also discovered that slowly sipping a tall glass of diet soda helps with the out of control food cravings in the afternoon. I'm sticking to the no eating after 7 rule I made for myself pretty good. Day 1 and 2 were tough, because i'm used to binging before bed.
I wasn't able to work out today.
Saturday, March 12 - Woke up just before 6am, and proceeded to debate with myself about wither I should weigh myself this morning. I mean after all its only been 3 days, right. Finally got up, and pulled out the scale, and i'm so glad I did. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!! I weighed 203 pounds!! How did I go from 209 to 203 pounds in 3 days??? I'm not going to question it, just celebrate. Doing my happy dance, yeaaa!! This means that I might make my first weight loss goal, to get under 200 pounds by the end of the month!! Going to go for another run / walk combo, and might take the girls to the zoo today.
Weight lost this week - 6 pounds
Thursday, March 10 - Had a small oink fest yesterday, so when I weighed in today I was up a whole pound. Weighed in at 209 pounds, not to happy about it. Made chicken, sausage, and okra gumbo for Fat Tuesday and had a big bowl of leftovers yesterday for lunch. I know thats what did it. :o( Sad Clown!!
I did mange to go for my first run / walk combo as per the fist day of my couch to 5k training program. It was mostly walk, didn't realize that it was a really subtle hill, or maybe it just felt like one. Legs sore even though I tried to stay on the grass beside the sidewalk, will stretch them really well and take some pain pills later so I can sleep tonight.
Friday, March 11 - Today went a little better, not out of control hungry like yesterday. Debating doing an official weigh in tomorrow because I haven't had a full week yet. I decided to split my meals in half so that I can take longer to eat them over a period of about 45 minutes. I felt fuller longer and my snack cravings weren't nearly as noticeable.
I've been drinking a bunch of ice water with a blast of lemon juice in it, really seems to help. I also discovered that slowly sipping a tall glass of diet soda helps with the out of control food cravings in the afternoon. I'm sticking to the no eating after 7 rule I made for myself pretty good. Day 1 and 2 were tough, because i'm used to binging before bed.
I wasn't able to work out today.
Saturday, March 12 - Woke up just before 6am, and proceeded to debate with myself about wither I should weigh myself this morning. I mean after all its only been 3 days, right. Finally got up, and pulled out the scale, and i'm so glad I did. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!!! I weighed 203 pounds!! How did I go from 209 to 203 pounds in 3 days??? I'm not going to question it, just celebrate. Doing my happy dance, yeaaa!! This means that I might make my first weight loss goal, to get under 200 pounds by the end of the month!! Going to go for another run / walk combo, and might take the girls to the zoo today.
Weight lost this week - 6 pounds
Friday, March 11, 2011
Fat Girl Muffin Top
1. Start with a daily exercise routine for the tummy, just go for as long as you can each day and over time you should be able to get up to 30 minutes.
2. Crunches - they are your friend. I know they suck but they will help, I promise. Lay on your back, you can use a pillow if it makes you more comfortable. Cross your arms across your chest in the letter X with hands on your shoulders. Gently and slowly lift your shoulders and upper back off the ground with your tummy muscles only. Reach for the sky with your chin.
3. Reverse crunches - help to tighten and strengthen the back. Lay on tummy, place hands on back of head. Keeping elbows straight the whole time lift upper body off the floor. Try for at least 10 and add some each week. When you get good at it you can add some weights to further the muscle building.
4. Dumbbell squats - With a weight in each hand (you can also use canned goods) and feet shoulder width apart and toes pointing forward. Hold the weights up so your arm are in a 90 degree angle and fists are pointing to the front. Squat down as low as you can and come back up. The slower you do this the more effective. Keep back straight and try for at least 10. As you perfect this, tighten and hold your abs in as you do this move.
5. Oblique Crunches - Yep, more crunches they really are effective if done properly. Lay on your back with fingers intertwined behind your head. Keeping knees bent and feet about hip width apart, life your shoulders off the ground while twisting. Leaving your left elbow on the ground touch your right elbow to your left knee, and vice versa. Try for 12 all together.
Exercise really is your best bet, but heres a few non-exercise ones to help too.
6. Collagen cream - Use a good collagen cream on the skin. collagen is a protein chemical that helps skin cells with tissue regeneration. These can be found in most cosmetic stores.
7. Exfoliate - Vigorously rubbing the tummy with an exfoliant it will increase the blood flow to that area and help with skin cell regeneration. Use a body scrub and loofah a couple times a week. Do this vigorously but gently your not sanding the tummy just removing a top layer of skin this will help prevent breakouts.
Fat Girl Discovers Negative Calorie Foods
Say Whaaaat!?! Foods with negative calories? What does that mean? Foods that you can eat and it actually takes more energy for your body to burn those calories then are in the food your eating? Well golly, that would mean that I could lose weight a little faster if I ate a few of these a couple times a day. Cool beans!
Apples
Asparagus
Blueberry
Beets
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chili Peppers
Cucumber
Cranberry
Endive
Garden Cress
Garlic
Green Beans
Grape Fruit
Honey Dew Melons
Lettuce
Mango
Onions
Oranges
Peaches
Pineapple
Radishes
Spinach
Raspberries
Strawberries
Turnips
Tangerines
Watermelon
Zucchini
Apples
Asparagus
Blueberry
Beets
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chili Peppers
Cucumber
Cranberry
Endive
Garden Cress
Garlic
Green Beans
Grape Fruit
Honey Dew Melons
Lettuce
Mango
Onions
Oranges
Peaches
Pineapple
Radishes
Spinach
Raspberries
Strawberries
Turnips
Tangerines
Watermelon
Zucchini
Fat Girl Shin Splint Queen
As a previous plus sized runner, I know about the pain and suffering that go along with the dreaded shin splints. They are miserable!! Shin splints is a catch all phrase for pain below the knee on either the front outside part of the leg (anterior) or inside of the leg (medial). I hate them, and found some ways to help prevent them when your first start out running.
Being heavy makes me even more prone to shin splints because the impact when your foot hits the ground is greater, no brainer right? So my first tip is...
1. Run on a softer surface (grass beside the sidewalk, a track, asphalt) cement sidewalks are very unforgiving, they don't absorb the impact very well. Asphalt has some give to it, thats why you see people run in the street even though there is a perfectly good sidewalk beside them.
2.Gently stretch your achilles and calves before and after all runs, and throughout the day to keep them loose. You can also trace the alphabet on the floor with your toes.
3. Cross train, to help strengthen bones and leg muscles.
4.Increase speed and millage slowly over time.
5.Last but not least wear a good pair of shoes. The heavier you are and the harder your running surface the faster you will go through shoes. One way to make the shoes last a little longer is to get a good pair of shock absorbing insoles, and running on a softer surface see tip number 1. You don't have to get the most expensive shoes on the market but don't get the cheapest ones either.
If you do get shin splints rest, ice, pain pills and lots of stretching.
Being heavy makes me even more prone to shin splints because the impact when your foot hits the ground is greater, no brainer right? So my first tip is...
1. Run on a softer surface (grass beside the sidewalk, a track, asphalt) cement sidewalks are very unforgiving, they don't absorb the impact very well. Asphalt has some give to it, thats why you see people run in the street even though there is a perfectly good sidewalk beside them.
2.Gently stretch your achilles and calves before and after all runs, and throughout the day to keep them loose. You can also trace the alphabet on the floor with your toes.
3. Cross train, to help strengthen bones and leg muscles.
4.Increase speed and millage slowly over time.
5.Last but not least wear a good pair of shoes. The heavier you are and the harder your running surface the faster you will go through shoes. One way to make the shoes last a little longer is to get a good pair of shock absorbing insoles, and running on a softer surface see tip number 1. You don't have to get the most expensive shoes on the market but don't get the cheapest ones either.
If you do get shin splints rest, ice, pain pills and lots of stretching.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Fat Girl Laces up Her Sneakers
I remember this video of short movies that my family had when I was a child, and the very first short movie on it was all about running, and how great it is for you, and it had these little clips in it about different runners like this 100 year old guy that ran 10 miles a day before going to work as a waiter, and this guy that didn't have feet that ran etc. The whole thing was really interesting and really made you want to run when you were all done watching it kinda movie.
Now to get to my point... one of the clips in this movie was about this guy that was going through a really rough patch in life, he was over weight, high blood pressure and along with being severely depressed and other medical problems etc and wanted to die. ( I know this is really dark, bear with me) He didn't just want to commit suicide he wanted it to look like a freak accident, so one night he went for a run. He was hoping that if he ran hard enough and long enough he would have a full out heart attack and die. Long story short he didn't die that night so he tried again the next night and the next and he realized at the end of the week that he actually felt pretty good. He lost weight, was no longer depressed, and continued running.
Many years ago I was also going through a very rough time and knew that I needed to change something quick, so I started running. I was horrible at it! But the runners high you get makes it all worth it. A few months and 50 pounds later I was in awesome shape, and running 3-5 miles a day. I started running because it was cheaper then therapy and more effective for me.
Health wise i'm going through a rough spot, and I want to start running again. I found this couch to 5K running program that I want to try and who knows maybe some day I might actually run in a real race. I'm going to be slow when I start out but thats OK, its not about how fast you are when you start its about how you feel when your done. http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
Fat Girl's Snack Attack Rescue
Time to kick those snack cravings to the curb!! I know a lot of dietitians push the 3 meals and 3 snacks a day rule, but what if you use and abuse that rule so that your grazing all day long, like me. I'm horrible about controlling what I eat, and I find that the cravings are even stronger from about mid afternoon on. I don't want to take unnatural things to stop my appetite from spinning out of control in the afternoon, just away to drown them out a little.
* I'm going to commit to a no snacking / grazing policy for the next 5 days. When I get to my goal I can and will start the goal over. And no eating after 7 policy. (I serve dinner at 5:30, what am I a geriatric?)
* I commit to keeping a daily journal in which I will keep track of heartburn, sleep quality, migraines, and weight with my official weigh ins being on Saturday only.
* If I make a mistake and over indulge, I will forgive myself and continue on towards my weight loss goal. After all to error is human, to forgive divine.
* I will have breakfast in the morning before doing anything else.
* I will learn to recognize when I am truly hungry and not just snackish so that I can reach for a fruit or vegetable.
To get my snack impulses under control I will:
*Drink icy cold water with a squirt of lemon juice or a tall glass of non-sweetened tea (blueberry is my favorite)
*Find something to do, so i'm better distracted (like keeping up this blog)
*Go for a walk
*Avoid my trigger food ex, tortilla chips, cookies, ice cream etc
* Get rid of foods that call my name during the day (see above foods) they are no longer welcome in my house
*Sip a low fat latte for my caffeine fix instead of eating a bag of min candy bars
*Take a cat nap
*suck on some Altoids (I love the cinnamon)
*Indulge one time a week with something like a 100 calorie pack of mini chocolate chip cookies
* I'm going to commit to a no snacking / grazing policy for the next 5 days. When I get to my goal I can and will start the goal over. And no eating after 7 policy. (I serve dinner at 5:30, what am I a geriatric?)
* I commit to keeping a daily journal in which I will keep track of heartburn, sleep quality, migraines, and weight with my official weigh ins being on Saturday only.
* If I make a mistake and over indulge, I will forgive myself and continue on towards my weight loss goal. After all to error is human, to forgive divine.
* I will have breakfast in the morning before doing anything else.
* I will learn to recognize when I am truly hungry and not just snackish so that I can reach for a fruit or vegetable.
To get my snack impulses under control I will:
*Drink icy cold water with a squirt of lemon juice or a tall glass of non-sweetened tea (blueberry is my favorite)
*Find something to do, so i'm better distracted (like keeping up this blog)
*Go for a walk
*Avoid my trigger food ex, tortilla chips, cookies, ice cream etc
* Get rid of foods that call my name during the day (see above foods) they are no longer welcome in my house
*Sip a low fat latte for my caffeine fix instead of eating a bag of min candy bars
*Take a cat nap
*suck on some Altoids (I love the cinnamon)
*Indulge one time a week with something like a 100 calorie pack of mini chocolate chip cookies
Fat Girl Makes Weight Loss Goals
I need to lose something like 65 pounds to get to my proper weight range. I need to set some very real weight loss goals in order to do that.
* Just because the weight went on really fast doesn't mean that it's going to come off that fast. I need to understand that its going to take some time to lose. Most clinicians say that a goal weight of 10% of your start weight is most achievable.
So me tipping the scale at 208 lbs, actually 209 since I weighed this morning should aim for about 20 lbs to begin with? Don't know that I like that. Think I want to shoot for 5 lbs at a time, that way when I weigh in on Saturdays to see if my diet and exercise are being effective I will feel like less of a loser. or is it more of a loser?
* I've heard that your supposed to try for 1 - 2 pounds a week to stay healthy so that you know your not losing muscle or something like that.
So how long will it take to lose 65 pounds at 2 pounds per week? About 32.5 weeks or about 8.5 months. Guess that doesn't sound to bad. I am so going to celebrate when I get under 200 pounds!! It's been forever since I was less than 200!!
* Going to track my progress. I like writing my weigh in weights on a calendar.
Oh, funny story ( not really haha, but more like a groan story) .... About a year ago I was trying to lose weight, and I had this calendar hung up in front of my elliptical trainer which was in my dining room (it was a huge room) because I didn't have any other place else to put it. Someone who will remain nameless to protect the guilty, came over one day and was looking at it, shes like "so your trying to lose weight, hu? Not working very well for ya, is it!" B****!! Might want to keep the calendar some place private, like the underwear drawer!!
I think it was Rosie O'Donnell that coined the term several years ago when she still had her talk show, "Eat Less, Move more!" Thats kinda the philosophy that i'm going to use in this process. And even though i'm not Catholic, I gave up fast food for lent. I was going to just do pizza, but then thought that I better broaden it to fast food. And yes I know, lent isn't supposed to be used for dieting. I do remember the pastor saying that this last Sunday, but it is a giving up of something. I remember a few years ago, my sister in law gave up cheese for lent, and she is Catholic. HA!
* Just because the weight went on really fast doesn't mean that it's going to come off that fast. I need to understand that its going to take some time to lose. Most clinicians say that a goal weight of 10% of your start weight is most achievable.
So me tipping the scale at 208 lbs, actually 209 since I weighed this morning should aim for about 20 lbs to begin with? Don't know that I like that. Think I want to shoot for 5 lbs at a time, that way when I weigh in on Saturdays to see if my diet and exercise are being effective I will feel like less of a loser. or is it more of a loser?
* I've heard that your supposed to try for 1 - 2 pounds a week to stay healthy so that you know your not losing muscle or something like that.
So how long will it take to lose 65 pounds at 2 pounds per week? About 32.5 weeks or about 8.5 months. Guess that doesn't sound to bad. I am so going to celebrate when I get under 200 pounds!! It's been forever since I was less than 200!!
* Going to track my progress. I like writing my weigh in weights on a calendar.
Oh, funny story ( not really haha, but more like a groan story) .... About a year ago I was trying to lose weight, and I had this calendar hung up in front of my elliptical trainer which was in my dining room (it was a huge room) because I didn't have any other place else to put it. Someone who will remain nameless to protect the guilty, came over one day and was looking at it, shes like "so your trying to lose weight, hu? Not working very well for ya, is it!" B****!! Might want to keep the calendar some place private, like the underwear drawer!!
I think it was Rosie O'Donnell that coined the term several years ago when she still had her talk show, "Eat Less, Move more!" Thats kinda the philosophy that i'm going to use in this process. And even though i'm not Catholic, I gave up fast food for lent. I was going to just do pizza, but then thought that I better broaden it to fast food. And yes I know, lent isn't supposed to be used for dieting. I do remember the pastor saying that this last Sunday, but it is a giving up of something. I remember a few years ago, my sister in law gave up cheese for lent, and she is Catholic. HA!
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Fat Girl Picks a Goal Weight
Ok, so I know I need to lose weight, but how much weight do I really need to lose? When I first met my husband 8 years ago I weighed about 150 lbs and was wearing size 12 pants. I felt pretty good then but is/was 150 to much for me then?
The experts say to figure out your frame size in order to figure out your proper weight range. According to this frame size calculator http://www.medindia.net/patients/calculators/framesize1.asp I have a medium frame. So how much should a medium framed 5'6" female weigh?
This weight chart http://www.healthchecksystems.com/heightweightchart.htm says that I should weigh between 130 - 144 pounds. So I wasn't to far off when I weighed 150. Which means I need to lose 64 pounds to get to the top of my recommended weight range. Wow, thats going to take some work! Time to go from 208 to 144!!
Fat to Fab
The experts say to figure out your frame size in order to figure out your proper weight range. According to this frame size calculator http://www.medindia.net/patients/calculators/framesize1.asp I have a medium frame. So how much should a medium framed 5'6" female weigh?
This weight chart http://www.healthchecksystems.com/heightweightchart.htm says that I should weigh between 130 - 144 pounds. So I wasn't to far off when I weighed 150. Which means I need to lose 64 pounds to get to the top of my recommended weight range. Wow, thats going to take some work! Time to go from 208 to 144!!
Fat to Fab
Fat Girl Learns to Run
I'm at a time in my life were I need to --- or get off the potty. I'm not at my heaviest weight ever but pretty close to it. Weighing in at 208 lbs, I am tired all the time, have problems with Gerd and just plain miserable. I'm hoping that by keeping a blog about my journey I can hold myself accountable. Writing in this blog will also keep me from fishing the half eaten chocolate cookie out of the trash.
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