Blowing the dust off this thing

Did the first day of the 30 day shred this morning and wowsa am I in worse shape than I thought.  That's ok though, more improvement to see I guess.

Exercise Today:

5:00 am
26 min 41 seconds and 246 calories burned.  The monitor also says 45% fat, so I'm not sure what that means, but thought I'd keep a record of it here in case it changes.

12:30 pm
35 min brisk walking on treadmill, 399 cals burned and 35% fat.
Eaten today:

6:00 am        
Latte (w/ 1/2 cup milk-steamed and 3 packets of splenda)       (50 cals)
Banana (60 cals)
Cheese Stick (60 cals)

7:30 am
homemade bran muffin (?  will check later)

10:00 am
yoplait yogurt (110 cals)
Go lean Cereal (165 cals)

1:30 pm
Can of Chicken Barley Soup (160 cals)
carrots and hummus (140 cals)
sugar free pudding (60 cals)

Bipolar Dieting.

I don't know what the fuck my problem is. I cannot seem to stay focused to get this goddamned weight off!!!! I have lost 5lbs in the last two weeks thanks to Atkins... I am committing to it for two more weeks and then I go back to the regular bullshit.

I have a terrible attitude right now, and I was really hoping that the Atkins would help kick start a loss, I guess 5 lbs is a bit of a kick start. But I was aiming for 10-15 lbs.

I will try to update more often... I think the frustration, plus lack of time to update, plus embarassment of not losing weight all combined to make me not want to update.

Anyway. That's that.

Bizack on the Trizack.

Ok... I am officially back. I counted calories yesterday, but worked a 10 hour day and didn't work out. I am working probably 11 hours today, and didn't work out this morning, but plan to hit the gym on my lunch break.

In my defense I got up, went to work out in the living room and saw that we had never cleaned up the toys from the night before. The living room floor was covered in hotwheels, plastic eggs and the like. So I said Screw it. I'll make sure it's cleaned up tommorrow.

anyhoo...

Today's food
7am........apple bran muffin..........400 cals
10am........yogurt and cereal..........250 cals
12pm.......greek salad,pudding.........270 cals

**cals for coffee: 30
grand total:

Exercise


total calories burned:

Morning Workout: FAIL.

*yawn* I am at home w/ the boys today. Seth was sent home late in the afternoon yesterday with a bout of diarrhea. We have dr. appt this morning as he is still a bit sick from when he had the fever... gross nose etc.

I got up early nonetheless to work out, but was just NOT feeling it. I am tired, and increasingly cranky... Seth is in his room throwing a monster fit right now and I am so tired of listening to the fucking crying I could scream.

I plan to go to the gym this afternoon when Aaron gets home, and plan to do a long workout to makeup for this morning's failure.

*sigh*

addendum

I should add that I was more disappointed in not seeing inches lost because I kind of feel like some of my clothes are fitting better. We'll see. Day by day, right?

Peppy

I'm actually in a pretty good mood today. I did twoish workouts this morning... day 10 of 30 day shred and about 1/2 of the power 90 sculpt... though I did omit the stretching due to the fact that I was already warmed up. I did the ab ripper after that and called it good.

I am a little irked though, I decided that every 5 days while doing the 30 day shred thing, I would weigh myself and take my measurements. I am not going to tell you what I weigh, but on day one I weighed in... and despondently jotted the weight down in my log. Day 5... (which was before I started counting calories) I was up 2 fricken pounds but had noticed an incremental loss in the girth of my calves and upper arms.

Day 10 is today... and it's also day 4 of me counting calories. I am down 3 lbs (which puts me actually at a loss of only 1lb) and while I saw more of a loss in the calves and upper arms... NOTHING INBETWEEN THE KNEES AND NECK. arg. I could deal w/ calves the size of tree trunks for now, give me some loss in the caboose or the gut! It would AWESOME if my pants didn't fit like a rubberband trying to cut me in half at the waist.

I know my expectations are unrealistic, I do. I also know that while I might be on day 10 of exercising, I am only on day 4 of changing my eating habits. I am not giving up, I am determined. I think.

My birthday is Saturday, and I will be taking that day off of the diet, though I will still work out, and resume Sunday. (Though Sunday will likely not go as awesome as I hope because A. Birthday cake w/ the family and B. deep fried turkey for easter dinner. But I won't overdo it.)

Anyhoo, I guess I should just be glad that I'm down 3lbs... 3 down about a million to go.

Today's food
6am........oatmeal w/ raisins.........225 cals
9am........yogurt and cereal..........250 cals
12pm.......sandwich,pretzels,pudding..350 cals
3pm........carrots and hummus.........130 cals
6pm........salad......................220 cals
8pm........pudding....................60 cals
**cals for coffee: 30
grand total: 1155

Exercise
day 10 of 30 day shred
Power 90 and AbRipper
40 minutes on treadmill (running/walking)

total calories burned: 789

I so could fall asleep right now.

I got up at 3:45 today... to allow myself the 15 minute cushion of time it seems to take for me to wake up and get with the program. I did the work out and then I did a little extra... some lunges and squats and arm work. about 10 minutes worth I think.

I am about to go make a pot of coffee... I really need to wake up.

Today's food
6am........oatmeal w/ raisins.........225 cals
9am........yogurt and cereal..........250 cals
12pm.......sandwich,pretzels,pudding..350 cals
3pm........carrots and hummus.........130 cals
6pm........salad......................220 cals
8pm........pudding....................60 cals
**cals for coffee: 30
grand total: 1155

Exercise
day 9 of 30 day shred
extra lunges/arm work
45 minutes (3+ miles... not sure how many)


total calories burned: 832