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This is April 30 This is today July 2
Start Stat April 30 July 25 change
neck 13.5 13.2 -.25
top of chest 38.2 37.5 -.75
chest 40.5 39.7 -.75
natural waist: 35 33.5 -1.5
belly button: 37.25 35.7 -1.5"
"pooch" 41.75 39.5 -2.25"
hip 41 39.7 -1.25"
thigh 24 23.2 -.75
arm 12 11.5 -.5
forearm 10 10 same
START PHOTO - APRIL 30 TODAY - MAY 30
LOST 9.4 LBS
INCHES -8.25 OVERALL
I'm wearing 12s today. Not 14's not bustin out of my 16s like I was in January of this year, but 12's. And I'm only going down.
START - April 30th TODAY - May 17th
I wish it would let me put them side by side at full change b/c its not really showing as much as when I printed them out.
Changes you can see:
- Lookes like a few layers of fat have been peeled off the top of my tummy.
- Also can tell a change in the lower "pooch" area.
- Significantly smaller BOO-TAY (thanks April!)
- Front of thighs looks leaner.
- Line of the leg more pronounced
- Chin/neck thinner/ more defined.
Changes you can see:
- face is less "puffy"
- beginnings of waist definition.
- Around the naval you can really tell the difference in fat layers.
-Legs have more definition and thigh area doesnt seem so "poofy".
- a good bit more clavical!!
Differences you can see:
- HAHA! You can see where my racer-back shirt was when I got ROASTED at bootcamp that day.
- Dramatically thinner waist from the back view
- BUTT is a lot smaller
- Saddlebaggs have decreased
- Top of back doesnt look as "puffy" (really a layer of fat is gone I guess)
So I'm pleased with 2.5 week mark. There are a good many changes you can see, but there are also changes you CANT see. For example, you CANT see that yesterday I was able to run 3 miles in 29:08!!! I am feeling better, my clothes are feeling better and I was able to put on a pair of pants the other day I had purchaced but never worn. The other good thing is that I still have 14 days till Disney World so I could shave off a lot more before those photos get taken. Working HARD pays off. :)
Start Stats week 3 change
neck 13.5 13.5 same
top of chest 38.2 38 -.25
chest 40.5 40 -.5
natural waist: 35 34 -1" :)
belly button: 37.25 37 -.25"
"pooch" 41.75 41.2 -.5"
hip 41 40.2 -.75"
thigh 24 23.5 -.5
arm 12 11.5 -.5 (HOORAY FOR CHANGE)
forearm 10 10 same
I'm down 2 lbs this week, but my measurements are not that different from last weeks. However, this week I had a lot more sodium and had a splurge day in the MIDDLE of the week. I'm feeling good about moving forward.
Today is a little STRANGE for me. After having a really crappy day on the 13th food wise I decided a "clensing day" was in order.
For exercise today I did 30 minutes of the weights portion (like circuit training) of the Biggest Loser DVD. Then I immediatly went into a 25 minute hip-hop dance workout video and finished with 25 minutes of bellydancing.
*Side note: I feel like a FOOL when I do workout videos at my house. Like there's a hidden video or something. haha!
Then for my "cleansing food today"
M1: 1/2 grapefruit and 8 oz Jay Robbs Protein shake
M2: 1/2 grapefruit
M3: 1/2 grapefruit and 8 oz Jay Robbs Protein shake
M4: 1/2 grapefruit
M5: 1/2 grapefruit & 8 oz Jay Robbs Protein shake
* I also had three liters of water.
Will be back to turkey & complex carbs tomorrow.
Strangely I've not been hungry ALL DAY. How strange?!?! You'd think I'd be starving, but I've not been. Very weird. Very clensing.
No, I haven't fallen by the way-side I've just been busy doing every little thing. :)
My food was squeeky clean yesterday and will be again today.
I think, however, that I might have pulled something in my right calf. It started cramping up all the sudden yesterday. I'm going to eat a banana in a bit and see if it helps.
So, we're into week 3 now. This is just another like "Leanness Lifestyle" week where I try to keep calories lower and protein/carb/fat ratios all really good. And not a moment too soon b/c I was getting bored with having turkey breast and veggies for almost every meal. I can do it for a week, but not more than that in a row.
I had boot camp at 5am AGAIN this morning. Did I mention it was 48 degrees out which is just too dern cold for Alabama in May!!! When I was running during warm-up my shins were killing and during a few exercises too. So thats frustrating. I felt like I was going to puke from the cereal still sitting in my tummy from yesterday, but somehow I managed not to. It was a good hard workout and I was working up a seriously good sweat.
Came home and walked incline intervals for 30 minutes. First 5 minutes was 3.5 at 6.0 incline, next 5 min was 4.0 at 7.0, Starting min 11 I did 3.5 at an 8.0 incline, then back to 4.0 and a 9.0 incline for the next five then I topped out running 5.0 at a 10.0 incline for 5 minutes before cooling down the final 5 back at 3.5 with a 6.0 incline. It worked up a good sweat. I REALLY hate that fitday.com doesnt give me anywhere NEAR the calorie burn alottment as Leanness Lifestyle did, but I'm coping.
This evening we walked for 30 min around the neighborhood
So fitday estimates me at 616 cals burned.
Ok, so here's my food today.
M1: 3 egg whites, banana peppers & 1/2 grapefruit
M2: Healthy Choice Steamers Meal (260cal, 6 fat, 27carb, 22 pro)
M3: 3c Smart Pop popcorn, 6 oz chicken strips, 1 ww choco eclaire
M4: Tuna in a can
M5: 6oz shrimp steamed, 1 c mixed colors of peppers
M5: 1 c mixed frozen berries
Totals: 1268 calories, 20 fat (15%), 127 carbs (38%), 144 (47%)
Also I had over a gallon of water today.
Tonight I was attacked by the cereal monster.
It literally grabbed me around the neck and MADE me swallow every single spoonful.
After sleeping through church (b/c I was up till 2:30am Friday night watching James Spann talk 'Hook Echos" and making sure we were not all about to get blown away, I ate pretty sweet till we got home.
Then I watched my husband eat about 6 cups worth of honey nut cheerios! I wasnt even hungry I swear!! However, somehow I ended up eating a few cherrios while working in the kitchen and before I knew it I was hooked!
Even SMALL amounts seem to send me into spin off. Sheesh.....
No workout today b/c it was my workout "day off" and I slept late
Ok, so here's my food today. Remember I woke up late and didnt have my first meal till around 10:30
M1: Nutrigrain bar (my son brought this for breakfast in bed and so I HAD to eat it)
3.5 oz turkey breast, 1/2 sweet potato, 1.5 oz sugar snap peas, 1.5 oz carrott chips
M2: 2 oz turkey breast, 1 md orange
M3: 2 oz turkey (to make up protein for the nutrigrain bar)
M4: 2 oz turkey breast, 1/2 grapefruit
M5: 3 c of Honey Nut Cheerios, 2 c of grapes, 2 sheets of graham crackers
Totals: 1817 calories, 35 fat (17%), 279 carbs (59%), 108 (24%)
Ok, well could have been A LOT worse!
Let me start off by saying that right now my stomach hurts so bad from eating a piddly 5 fried pickles I can hardly see to type. I understand the idea of a splurge meal, but I need to do some serious refining of my thinking!
This is a GOOD thing b/c it proves to me that my body does NOT WANT FRIED FOODS or foods super high in fat and that they throw me out of wack. More on that in a second.
So I'm at my MIL's still. This morning I blissfully slept past 9am. Then got ready to go out and run on the track. Stopped by Kmart and picked up some swim suits for the kiddos and a few other things for us and then left for the track. I did interval runs for 30 minutes. It was a pretty good workout and I was sweating pretty good. :) Of course it was like 10:20am when I was running. Fit day says only burned 231 cals, but seems liked more to me.
As I was leaving I got a call from my MIL asking if I was on my way back that they were ready to go down to their property on the creek. So I got there, still sweaty, grabbed some clothes for after I jumped in the water, and my turkey breast/apple and we took off down there. I spent most of the day training the puppy to sit and stay so it didnt clobber my kids every 5 seconds. Then around 1:15 Josie was heading towards MELT-DOWN from not getting her nap so we came back home.
I ate my turkey and carrots like a good girl then headed upstairs to take a little nap. Around 3-ish I woke and went downstairs where Josie was whining in Papas arms. I figured she must be hungry, so I got her some grapes. She wouldn't eat them, so I did?! Then got her some Amish bread, which I snuck some bites in of as well.
Around 4 the Lindor truffles I bought for my chocolate trist tonight were calling for me and since I knew we'd be heading
When we got to the resturant NOTHING looked good to me. Seriously! I knew eating anything fried would tear up my stomach so I didnt order for anything fried (shrimp or cx) and I wasnt interested in a mostly-fat prime rib steak so I just ordered three "side" dishes. Mac n Cheese, hushpuppies, and a baked potato with REAL sour cream. When the fried pickles my MIL ordered came I decided to eat only 5 so my stomach wouldnt explode. They were good, but not amazing. Then our food came. The hushpuppies were the worst I've ever eaten in my LIFE so I only ate 1.5 and left the rest of the plate. Then I ate one bite of my mac and cheese, which also was terrible, and gave the rest to my 19 month old (she loved it since it only really tasted like plain macaroni!) and I just ate the baked potato w/ REAL sour cream. It was pretty good. I was STUFFED after that. About to burst wide open it felt like.
I think the real thing to blame is the TRUFFLES for the stomach pain, not the fried food. But I don't think I could put another morsel in my mouth. I am glad I got the chocolate fix out of my system, but I'm not sure I'd do it again. HURTING!!!
Ok, so here's my food today. Remember I woke up late and didnt have my first meal till around 11:15
M1: 2 oz turkey breast, 1 md apple
M2: 3.5 oz turkey, 3oz carrotts
M3: 2 c grapes, 2 slices amish bread
M4: 12 Lindor truffles 660c, 54g fat, 45 carbs, 6 protein. These 12 tiny pieces of candy made up 30% of my calories and 54% of my fat intake for the ENTIRE DAY!!!
M5: 5 fried pickles 1.5 hushpuppies, 1 bite mac n' cheese, 1 baked potato w/ sour cream.
Totals: 2252 calories, 97 fat (38%), 292 carbs (49%), 71 (12%)
