Day 71. Chest & Back, and Ab Ripper X. Today's workout was a good one, nothing spectacular nor bad, just good.
Day 72. Plyometrics. Didn't want to do plyometrics but I pushed through. Just pushed through.
Day 73. Shoulders & Arms, and Ab Ripper X. Again, alright workout. At least I'm doing it right?
Is it noticeable that my motivation keeps getting lower and lower? Even though I know that I need to lose weight for so many reasons, including health reasons, I just can't commit to it like I did in the beginning. Maybe I'm being hard on myself, I don't know. I know that if I don't get my weight under control and keep loosing weight, I will get some serious health problems.
Yes, Rome wasn't built in a day, I know that. Maybe I expect too much of myself in short period of time. I don't know. Sometimes the motivation drops but after awhile it picks up again. I'm hoping this will happen. I'll stick through with P90X and look forward to starting a new routine, perhaps it'll be Insanity. Not sure yet, as it is very taxing on your body, and if your form isn't right, you might have some serious (knee) injuries.
Showing posts with label loosing weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loosing weight. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
What's wrong with this?
Time flies by so fast, it's unbelievable! One of the reasons why I haven't updated anything is because I haven't had the energy to do it as I got the cold for a few days.
Day 61. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 62. Kenpo X.
Day 63. Rest day.
Day 64. Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 65. Plyometrics.
Day 66. Rest day.
Day 67. Rest day.
Day 68. Yoga.
Day 69. Rest day.
Day 70. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X.
As you can see that this week has been a bit all over the place. I was supposed to do Back & Biceps on Wednesday but I skipped it all together, just this one time. Like I mentioned above, I've been sick this week, which resulted in not having energy to workout.
I don't know where my motivation has gone. This really sucks. I need to get it back, especially when I only have 3 weeks left of P90X! I'm almost there, I can't believe it! I need to stick through this and then I can have one week break! My weight loss has kind of plateaued. I do know where the problem is - not working regularly and not looking after what I put in my mouth as much as I should.
I just have to keep my head in the game and remember my goals and achieve them! This always happens though, after some time it becomes a routine like and I lose my interest. Also, I start knowing the program so well that I know who's going to say and what they're going to say next. I guess that's one of my biggest problems whenever I'm trying to lose weight. I need to overcome this and just stick with it. I need to lose the excess weight that I have. I need to reach my goals for so many reasons!
Day 61. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 62. Kenpo X.
Day 63. Rest day.
Day 64. Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 65. Plyometrics.
Day 66. Rest day.
Day 67. Rest day.
Day 68. Yoga.
Day 69. Rest day.
Day 70. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X.
As you can see that this week has been a bit all over the place. I was supposed to do Back & Biceps on Wednesday but I skipped it all together, just this one time. Like I mentioned above, I've been sick this week, which resulted in not having energy to workout.
I don't know where my motivation has gone. This really sucks. I need to get it back, especially when I only have 3 weeks left of P90X! I'm almost there, I can't believe it! I need to stick through this and then I can have one week break! My weight loss has kind of plateaued. I do know where the problem is - not working regularly and not looking after what I put in my mouth as much as I should.
I just have to keep my head in the game and remember my goals and achieve them! This always happens though, after some time it becomes a routine like and I lose my interest. Also, I start knowing the program so well that I know who's going to say and what they're going to say next. I guess that's one of my biggest problems whenever I'm trying to lose weight. I need to overcome this and just stick with it. I need to lose the excess weight that I have. I need to reach my goals for so many reasons!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Day 60.
Gosh, it's been almost a week already (again)! I'm so bad at keeping up with my blog.
Day 57. Chest & Back, and Ab Ripper X. Did the best I could do, that's all I can. It was hard doing resistance training after a week of not doing it! Abs was very hard for me today, I don't know why. It was just heavy! Next time better, though.
Day 58. Plyometrics. It was a good workout.
Day 59. Shoulders & Arms, and Ab Ripper X. Haven't had these programs since the first phase, and I kind of have to say that I've forgotten some of these moves. I think it's a good thing. I know that I've gotten stronger in my arms and stuff, and now I use 4,5 kg weights instead of 3,5 kg (9,9 lbs instead of 7,7 lbs). That's so much heavier, I can barely do the 12 reps with some of the moves! I just have to keep bring it harder each time.
Day 60. Yoga. Wasn't really feeling it today, so I have to be honest that I sort of half-assed it today.
Why is my motivation dropping at this point?? It REALLY shouldn't! I need to keep working on it. Maybe it's because I don't see that much results. It was supposed to be measuring day this morning, but it was a bit busy morning so didn't have time to take measurements.
I just feel like I'm not really losing any weight, like I've hit a plateau. I could be gaining weight, like they warn about gaining weight. Still, even though the scale doesn't show that I've lost any weight, in fact I've stayed the same since last week. I just would like to see more of a difference with the loss, it can be very demotivating not to see any weight loss when you step on that scale. It's like you give your all, workout 6 days a week, spending tremendous amount of time doing it and it doesn't show anywhere. Why do it at all then?
I just need to get over myself, and over this..it's not easy though.
Day 57. Chest & Back, and Ab Ripper X. Did the best I could do, that's all I can. It was hard doing resistance training after a week of not doing it! Abs was very hard for me today, I don't know why. It was just heavy! Next time better, though.
Day 58. Plyometrics. It was a good workout.
Day 59. Shoulders & Arms, and Ab Ripper X. Haven't had these programs since the first phase, and I kind of have to say that I've forgotten some of these moves. I think it's a good thing. I know that I've gotten stronger in my arms and stuff, and now I use 4,5 kg weights instead of 3,5 kg (9,9 lbs instead of 7,7 lbs). That's so much heavier, I can barely do the 12 reps with some of the moves! I just have to keep bring it harder each time.
Day 60. Yoga. Wasn't really feeling it today, so I have to be honest that I sort of half-assed it today.
Why is my motivation dropping at this point?? It REALLY shouldn't! I need to keep working on it. Maybe it's because I don't see that much results. It was supposed to be measuring day this morning, but it was a bit busy morning so didn't have time to take measurements.
I just feel like I'm not really losing any weight, like I've hit a plateau. I could be gaining weight, like they warn about gaining weight. Still, even though the scale doesn't show that I've lost any weight, in fact I've stayed the same since last week. I just would like to see more of a difference with the loss, it can be very demotivating not to see any weight loss when you step on that scale. It's like you give your all, workout 6 days a week, spending tremendous amount of time doing it and it doesn't show anywhere. Why do it at all then?
I just need to get over myself, and over this..it's not easy though.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
End of Phase II with some confessions
Day 51. Core Synergistics. I don't particularly care for this workout. It's in the program way too little to improve the quality of the moves. With that said, it's nice to have some new moves though, especially when I'm the type of person to get bored rather quickly. I just wish that the moves weren't that hard though, haha. Like the title says, it's core work, engaging your abs, thighs, chest muscles..everything in the center of the body. Synergistics meaning that working on different muscles at the same time. (I'm explaining this because I didn't understand what core synergistics meant at first, not because I doubt your English.)
Day 52. Kenpo X. What can I say? A good workout. Not gonna repeat what I've said about kenpo before, just a good workout.
Day 53. X Stretch. It was supposed to be a stretching day, instead I needed a day off. I don't know why exactly, I just needed not to do anything for that day.
Day 54. Core Synergistics. Again, core synergistics, hmm. Not that good of a workout. I wasn't satisfied with the performance that I did that day. That's the perfectionist side in me, I guess.
Day 55. Rest day. Switched up between the stretch or rest day with yoga day, just wasn't feeling it today to workout, again.
Day 56. Yoga X. Did the best I could today, better than I have before with yoga! I'm actually proud of myself, for once! I pushed through with all of the moves (except one), did some of the moves that I haven't wanted to do before. I feel good that I did it properly this time.
There's an issue that I need to bring up on the blog as I promised myself I would be honest in the blog, like I'm honest on my diary. This is not an easy issue, not to bring up or talk about. I have relapsed with eating chocolate. Yes, I know very very bad of me. Every time I think, this is the last time I'll have chocolate, the next day I go an buy more of it. I eat it sneakily. The thing is that I can get away with it, without the other person seeing me eat it or having a clue that I even have chocolate in the house. I feel like I have a serious addiction, not to drugs or alcohol but to chocolate. I don't know what it is.
This has resulted in not losing as much weight as I could, but I haven't gained any weight which makes me really surprised! I'm fearing for the holidays, as it's always been a big chocolate festive for me. I'd love to have that one bar of the best chocolate ever, the Finnish Fazer's blue, as we call it in Finnish. This makes me think should I have it at all this year? I don't want to gain back that weight that I've already lost and I do want to be 60 kg (132 lbs) by the end of May. I will have to think about it.
There, that was one of the hardest things to say here, but I needed to in order to reach my goals. No more chocolate as of today, I promise you and myself, it's just going to ruin my weight loss and I don't want that. I need to bring it even harder next week as it is the start of third phase and I need to, absolutely have to reach my goals!! This was just a setback, now I'm coming back stronger than ever and don't want anything to interfere with my weight loss!
Day 52. Kenpo X. What can I say? A good workout. Not gonna repeat what I've said about kenpo before, just a good workout.
Day 53. X Stretch. It was supposed to be a stretching day, instead I needed a day off. I don't know why exactly, I just needed not to do anything for that day.
Day 54. Core Synergistics. Again, core synergistics, hmm. Not that good of a workout. I wasn't satisfied with the performance that I did that day. That's the perfectionist side in me, I guess.
Day 55. Rest day. Switched up between the stretch or rest day with yoga day, just wasn't feeling it today to workout, again.
Day 56. Yoga X. Did the best I could today, better than I have before with yoga! I'm actually proud of myself, for once! I pushed through with all of the moves (except one), did some of the moves that I haven't wanted to do before. I feel good that I did it properly this time.
There's an issue that I need to bring up on the blog as I promised myself I would be honest in the blog, like I'm honest on my diary. This is not an easy issue, not to bring up or talk about. I have relapsed with eating chocolate. Yes, I know very very bad of me. Every time I think, this is the last time I'll have chocolate, the next day I go an buy more of it. I eat it sneakily. The thing is that I can get away with it, without the other person seeing me eat it or having a clue that I even have chocolate in the house. I feel like I have a serious addiction, not to drugs or alcohol but to chocolate. I don't know what it is.
This has resulted in not losing as much weight as I could, but I haven't gained any weight which makes me really surprised! I'm fearing for the holidays, as it's always been a big chocolate festive for me. I'd love to have that one bar of the best chocolate ever, the Finnish Fazer's blue, as we call it in Finnish. This makes me think should I have it at all this year? I don't want to gain back that weight that I've already lost and I do want to be 60 kg (132 lbs) by the end of May. I will have to think about it.
There, that was one of the hardest things to say here, but I needed to in order to reach my goals. No more chocolate as of today, I promise you and myself, it's just going to ruin my weight loss and I don't want that. I need to bring it even harder next week as it is the start of third phase and I need to, absolutely have to reach my goals!! This was just a setback, now I'm coming back stronger than ever and don't want anything to interfere with my weight loss!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Second recovery week, and hitting a plateau.
Day 47. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X. This was a good workout routine! I did the pull-ups on pull-up bar with a chair and some assistance. It was great! I exceeded my expectations of how many pull-ups I can do! Now I can get the back that I want! My back muscles hurt the next day.
Day 48. Kenpo. You know, I always enjoy this workout, it goes by so fast. I probably say this every time and I'll stop saying it from now on. Haha. I've got nothing else to say, except it was a good workout.
Day 49. Rest day. Didn't want to do anything today, feeling really lazy! I enjoy my day offs.
Recovery week
Day 50. Yoga. It's already the end of the second phase, I can't believe it! I've been working on my body for almost two months now, that's crazy! My motivation hasn't been as high as it once was, probably because I feel it's more of a routine than anything else. I'm doing though and I have willpower to finish this, I have my goals in mind and so close of reaching the first one.
Yoga today was alright, not particularly that great nor really bad, just okay. I got through it.
There's something that I've wanted to say about P90X for awhile, just haven't gotten the chance (or remembered it). You shouldn't hit a plateau with P90X. However, if you do, either keep bringing it harder or eat a bit more. Don't go snacking but just have one more meal a day or something, like crisp bread or a fruit. That should help with the weight loss.
I mentioned to bring it harder. This can be pretty hard at times as you get comfortable with what you're doing. I know I forgot this fact for awhile, which is why I wanted to start doing pull-ups for instance. Use more weights or do more reps, at least each phase. Don't get stuck with what you're doing. I think that might also result in hitting a plateau. I had to remind myself to do this and that's why I'll start using heavier weights, do more reps and get better at pull-ups.
That's all folks!
Day 48. Kenpo. You know, I always enjoy this workout, it goes by so fast. I probably say this every time and I'll stop saying it from now on. Haha. I've got nothing else to say, except it was a good workout.
Day 49. Rest day. Didn't want to do anything today, feeling really lazy! I enjoy my day offs.
Recovery week
Day 50. Yoga. It's already the end of the second phase, I can't believe it! I've been working on my body for almost two months now, that's crazy! My motivation hasn't been as high as it once was, probably because I feel it's more of a routine than anything else. I'm doing though and I have willpower to finish this, I have my goals in mind and so close of reaching the first one.
Yoga today was alright, not particularly that great nor really bad, just okay. I got through it.
There's something that I've wanted to say about P90X for awhile, just haven't gotten the chance (or remembered it). You shouldn't hit a plateau with P90X. However, if you do, either keep bringing it harder or eat a bit more. Don't go snacking but just have one more meal a day or something, like crisp bread or a fruit. That should help with the weight loss.
I mentioned to bring it harder. This can be pretty hard at times as you get comfortable with what you're doing. I know I forgot this fact for awhile, which is why I wanted to start doing pull-ups for instance. Use more weights or do more reps, at least each phase. Don't get stuck with what you're doing. I think that might also result in hitting a plateau. I had to remind myself to do this and that's why I'll start using heavier weights, do more reps and get better at pull-ups.
That's all folks!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Yoga.
Day 46. Yoga. What is up with me? I can't stand my own negativity this week at all, it drives me crazy! Yoga was good, even though I didn't want to do it but my man pushed me with it so I got through it and did the best I could do! It's so nice when someone pushes you to do something, especially when I need that extra little push. I feel like I'm not getting any better at yoga (probably also because of my mindset) which frusterates me so much. I just need to work on this even harder than any other P90X workout program. This week is almost done already, time goes by so fast! Nothing else to report.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Loosing motivation a little
For some reason it's hard to keep up with my blog these days, not sure what it is.
Day 38. Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 39. Yoga.
Day 40. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 41. Kenpo X.
Day 42. Rest.
Day 43. Rest.
Day 44. Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, and Ab Ripper X. Plyometrics.
Day 45. Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X.
I cannot remember exactly what happened over the past week. I know though, that I'm losing my motivation a bit. I don't know. I guess I'm starting to think that this is old now and want to move on to something else, or it has become more of a routine than anything else. I haven't stopped yet, and I'm not going to, just a statement that I'm getting a bit bored with it. A few words of motivation would be nice to hear ;).
I was so tired on Monday that I couldn't bring myself to workout, so I had to do doubles yesterday. I don't recommend this to anyone! 2,5 hours of working out, believe me, is very exhausting. Another reason why that's not a good idea, is because you shouldn't do resistance training two days in a row. My muscles hurt a lot today.
Today was the first time that I used the pull-up bar!! I was amazed! It wasn't very pretty of what I could do but I did it anyways, even though it was with a help of a chair. I felt great today. I also did 40 Mason twist's on Ab Ripper for the first time. I brought it today and I'm very satisfied now.
Next week will be a recovery week already, so the 8th week. Nonetheless, I'm on schedule, when it comes to losing weight. In fact, I'm a bit ahead according to my weight loss schedule. I'm now 88,0 kg (194 lbs). 3 kg (6,6 lbs) more and I've reached my first goal and lost 10 kg (22 lbs).
That's all I have to report folks. Enjoy your day!
Day 38. Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 39. Yoga.
Day 40. Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X.
Day 41. Kenpo X.
Day 42. Rest.
Day 43. Rest.
Day 44. Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, and Ab Ripper X. Plyometrics.
Day 45. Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X.
I cannot remember exactly what happened over the past week. I know though, that I'm losing my motivation a bit. I don't know. I guess I'm starting to think that this is old now and want to move on to something else, or it has become more of a routine than anything else. I haven't stopped yet, and I'm not going to, just a statement that I'm getting a bit bored with it. A few words of motivation would be nice to hear ;).
I was so tired on Monday that I couldn't bring myself to workout, so I had to do doubles yesterday. I don't recommend this to anyone! 2,5 hours of working out, believe me, is very exhausting. Another reason why that's not a good idea, is because you shouldn't do resistance training two days in a row. My muscles hurt a lot today.
Today was the first time that I used the pull-up bar!! I was amazed! It wasn't very pretty of what I could do but I did it anyways, even though it was with a help of a chair. I felt great today. I also did 40 Mason twist's on Ab Ripper for the first time. I brought it today and I'm very satisfied now.
Next week will be a recovery week already, so the 8th week. Nonetheless, I'm on schedule, when it comes to losing weight. In fact, I'm a bit ahead according to my weight loss schedule. I'm now 88,0 kg (194 lbs). 3 kg (6,6 lbs) more and I've reached my first goal and lost 10 kg (22 lbs).
That's all I have to report folks. Enjoy your day!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
My body is tired but still going strong!
I haven't done my updates lately because last week was completely dedicated to finishing all my reports. I already had to sit by the computer writing for about 4-7 hours a day. After that, I wasn't feeling like writing anymore! I wouldn't be a good writer hahah.
That's now done though, and I can come back to my blog more often (hopefully).
Day 33. Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X. I brought it really hard today, pushed my limits and a little extra. It was excellent workout for me! What else can I say? This is my favorite from the resistance programs!
Day 34. Kenpo X. I enjoy doing Kenpo a lot, I just have a lot of fun with it! Time flies by with this workout. No, I'm not trying to sell this haha, it's just how I feel. This is by far my favorite cardio workout! Again, brought it really hard.
I did this workout after I was done with one of the school reports, it was nice to get the energy out of me, do something else for a minute and then I got back to my reports. I don't think I would have been able to do as much for the reports as I did, if I didn't workout!
Day 35. Stretch. This week I have been hurting a lot, mainly because of the recovery week last week. I decided I'd do some extra stretching, it's also good for me. I didn't do the whole hour, just a few selected ones. It was nice, I didn't feel as stiff anymore (or actually the next morning).
Day 36. Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X. I think this is one of the hardest workouts, well at least for me. Yes, I want my arms (especially triceps) and shoulders to look nicer and stuff but I think this is more for men than for women. That's okay though, it's not like I can gain as much muscles as Madonna for instance haha. I still keep doing the best that I can and that's all is asked from me.
Day 37. Plyometrics. I've been very positive and motivated to workout. This morning, I was dreading to do anything. It took me awhile to get started. The reason for this is now that I'm done stressing out about school, my body is tired. That's what I think at least. I know I could have done better job with Plyometrics, sometimes you just have those kind of days when you can't bring it as hard. This was one of those days, I haven't had one for a very long time!
Today is the 7th day since the last weighing+measuring, I think I'm going to do the measuring either once a month or twice a month, not really sure yet. I still weighed myself because I want to know how I'm doing with that. This morning the scale showed 88,7 kg (195,5 lbs). In five weeks of time, I've lost total of 6,5 kg (14,3 lbs)!! I think this is the reason why I'm so motivated - I see positive results.
I know, I haven't talked about food lately, I will get back to that soon. I always forget what I've eaten those days, especially when I haven't written for awhile. I've also thought of posting photo's of my dinner. I can say though is that I try to eat healthy things; crisp bread (a good substitute for Finnish rye bread), enough of proteins, a piece of fruit per day and low-fat food. I've also tried to not eat anything after 8pm. Lately, I've started to feel healthier which gives me a good feeling, I'm treating my body better than ever!
That's now done though, and I can come back to my blog more often (hopefully).
Day 33. Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X. I brought it really hard today, pushed my limits and a little extra. It was excellent workout for me! What else can I say? This is my favorite from the resistance programs!
Day 34. Kenpo X. I enjoy doing Kenpo a lot, I just have a lot of fun with it! Time flies by with this workout. No, I'm not trying to sell this haha, it's just how I feel. This is by far my favorite cardio workout! Again, brought it really hard.
I did this workout after I was done with one of the school reports, it was nice to get the energy out of me, do something else for a minute and then I got back to my reports. I don't think I would have been able to do as much for the reports as I did, if I didn't workout!
Day 35. Stretch. This week I have been hurting a lot, mainly because of the recovery week last week. I decided I'd do some extra stretching, it's also good for me. I didn't do the whole hour, just a few selected ones. It was nice, I didn't feel as stiff anymore (or actually the next morning).
Day 36. Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X. I think this is one of the hardest workouts, well at least for me. Yes, I want my arms (especially triceps) and shoulders to look nicer and stuff but I think this is more for men than for women. That's okay though, it's not like I can gain as much muscles as Madonna for instance haha. I still keep doing the best that I can and that's all is asked from me.
Day 37. Plyometrics. I've been very positive and motivated to workout. This morning, I was dreading to do anything. It took me awhile to get started. The reason for this is now that I'm done stressing out about school, my body is tired. That's what I think at least. I know I could have done better job with Plyometrics, sometimes you just have those kind of days when you can't bring it as hard. This was one of those days, I haven't had one for a very long time!
Today is the 7th day since the last weighing+measuring, I think I'm going to do the measuring either once a month or twice a month, not really sure yet. I still weighed myself because I want to know how I'm doing with that. This morning the scale showed 88,7 kg (195,5 lbs). In five weeks of time, I've lost total of 6,5 kg (14,3 lbs)!! I think this is the reason why I'm so motivated - I see positive results.
I know, I haven't talked about food lately, I will get back to that soon. I always forget what I've eaten those days, especially when I haven't written for awhile. I've also thought of posting photo's of my dinner. I can say though is that I try to eat healthy things; crisp bread (a good substitute for Finnish rye bread), enough of proteins, a piece of fruit per day and low-fat food. I've also tried to not eat anything after 8pm. Lately, I've started to feel healthier which gives me a good feeling, I'm treating my body better than ever!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Keep up the good work, Sara!
I've been writing my school reports, which is why I haven't found the energy to write here as I spend 6 hours writing on the computer already. Soon it'll be all done, thankfully!
Day 31. Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X. A new workout routine again, yay. No push ups in this one, there are a few pull-ups however. Since the pull-up bar that I have is way too high for me, I still use weights for it. For now, I'm using 3,5 kg (7,7 lbs) weights as I find it really hard to do more. Hopefully, soon I can use 4,5 kg (9,9 lbs).
Today's routine was a good one even though it was really hard. Some of the moves were really hard and could barely do them but I pushed through and I did the best that I could, as usual. Ab ripper was also a good one.
Day 32. Yoga X. Meh, today's workout wasn't that great. I feel like I'm not getting any better at this and it bothers me. Which might affect on the way I do the moves on yoga and what I think of it. But, oh well. It is what it is and I need to get through it.
As I might have told you before, I have started dieting and exercising so many times before, and at one point, I failed on my mission to lose all the excess weight that I have. Well, today, I was thinking about one of my earlier times when I tried to lose weight. It was in beginning of June '08 when I weighed 91,3 kg (201,3 lbs), I was doing Zumba (which is a great and fun workout, and I will get back to that at one point, if you don't know it yet, well google it! I know you'll love it :) !) and in the next 13 weeks, I got down to 85,0 kg (187,4 lbs). I lost 6,3 kg (13,9 lbs), which I thought was a lot for 13 weeks. I guess it kind of is. I was supposed to be off chocolate for the following year but then came Christmas and my parents, and the best Finnish chocolate ever..there goes my year off down the toilet. Also, you only get 4 DVDs with Zumba, one of which is for basic, so you can imagine that I got bored after awhile, I knew what Beto was going to say and when, which got really annoying in the end.
So, I stopped. Started eating junk food, having snacks every weekend, and quite a bit of chocolate. Actually, every day of chocolate (whether it was a Twix bar or more). So by the following April (in 2010), I was freaking out that I gained all of that weight back and even more. I was 98,9 kg (218 lbs). In 7 1/2 months, I gained nearly 14 kg (30 lbs)! That's a lot for such a short amount of time. When I realized this, I started working out again for the next four weeks, lost almost 5 kg (11 lbs), from 98,9 (218) to 94,2 kg (207,7 lbs). And stopped. My chocolate and candy addiction took over again. (There were also some other personal reasons why I couldn't/wouldn't continue working out.)
So, here I am today, six months later, been working out hard for a month and still going strong. Within a month, I've already lost 5,4 kg (almost 12 lbs)! I'm stunned, especially when I compare it to the 13 weeks in 2009! I've almost achieved to lose as much a weight in a month as I did in 13 weeks! This resulted me to think about my goals, overall and short-term. According to my BMI (which I don't really believe in that much), my ideal weight is between 47 kg and 64 kg (104 lbs and 141). I also read somewhere that according to my height, my ideal weight is 54 kg (119 lbs). (The latter weight has been haunting in my head...)
1st goal is 85 kg (187 lbs) [this is where I left off in '09]
2nd goal is 76 kg (167,5 lbs) [currently, according to my BMI, I'm in the category of Obese I. 76/167,5 is the limit for Overweight]
3rd goal is 66 kg (145,5 lbs) [10 kg/22 lbs is a lot to lose at this point]
4th goal is 60 kg (132 lbs)
60 kg/132 lbs is my ideal weight, what I want to reach. Since I read that my ideal weight is 54 kg/119 lbs, at first it felt like it's so little but I guess it makes sense now. At this point, I don't expect to go under 60 kg/132 lbs as losing all that weight already feels so far away and a lot to do already! By the end of May 31st 2011, I will be 60 kg! 7 1/2 months to go to lose all of the weight I want to lose! This time, it really feels like it's going to happen, I'm soooo dedicated to this, it's unbelievable! Maybe eventually I'll get under 60 kg/132 lbs but that's not my main concern right now.
I joined this Dutch website (I don't understand squat haha!), where I can put my plan and keep updating it. Where I got my BMI from and for instance, it gives me how much I'm supposed to weigh and when, so i.e. 12th October (last Sunday), I was supposed to weigh 90,42 kg (199,34 lbs) and well, I actually weighed 89,80 kg (197,9 lbs). I'm happy to see that I'm under what I'm supposed to be. I'll probably freak out if I'm higher (or I just need to work harder)!
In general, I've noticed that I've started to feel better about myself and just so much healthier. I just need to keep up with the good work, so I can finally reach my ideal goal!
Day 31. Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X. A new workout routine again, yay. No push ups in this one, there are a few pull-ups however. Since the pull-up bar that I have is way too high for me, I still use weights for it. For now, I'm using 3,5 kg (7,7 lbs) weights as I find it really hard to do more. Hopefully, soon I can use 4,5 kg (9,9 lbs).
Today's routine was a good one even though it was really hard. Some of the moves were really hard and could barely do them but I pushed through and I did the best that I could, as usual. Ab ripper was also a good one.
Day 32. Yoga X. Meh, today's workout wasn't that great. I feel like I'm not getting any better at this and it bothers me. Which might affect on the way I do the moves on yoga and what I think of it. But, oh well. It is what it is and I need to get through it.
As I might have told you before, I have started dieting and exercising so many times before, and at one point, I failed on my mission to lose all the excess weight that I have. Well, today, I was thinking about one of my earlier times when I tried to lose weight. It was in beginning of June '08 when I weighed 91,3 kg (201,3 lbs), I was doing Zumba (which is a great and fun workout, and I will get back to that at one point, if you don't know it yet, well google it! I know you'll love it :) !) and in the next 13 weeks, I got down to 85,0 kg (187,4 lbs). I lost 6,3 kg (13,9 lbs), which I thought was a lot for 13 weeks. I guess it kind of is. I was supposed to be off chocolate for the following year but then came Christmas and my parents, and the best Finnish chocolate ever..there goes my year off down the toilet. Also, you only get 4 DVDs with Zumba, one of which is for basic, so you can imagine that I got bored after awhile, I knew what Beto was going to say and when, which got really annoying in the end.
So, I stopped. Started eating junk food, having snacks every weekend, and quite a bit of chocolate. Actually, every day of chocolate (whether it was a Twix bar or more). So by the following April (in 2010), I was freaking out that I gained all of that weight back and even more. I was 98,9 kg (218 lbs). In 7 1/2 months, I gained nearly 14 kg (30 lbs)! That's a lot for such a short amount of time. When I realized this, I started working out again for the next four weeks, lost almost 5 kg (11 lbs), from 98,9 (218) to 94,2 kg (207,7 lbs). And stopped. My chocolate and candy addiction took over again. (There were also some other personal reasons why I couldn't/wouldn't continue working out.)
So, here I am today, six months later, been working out hard for a month and still going strong. Within a month, I've already lost 5,4 kg (almost 12 lbs)! I'm stunned, especially when I compare it to the 13 weeks in 2009! I've almost achieved to lose as much a weight in a month as I did in 13 weeks! This resulted me to think about my goals, overall and short-term. According to my BMI (which I don't really believe in that much), my ideal weight is between 47 kg and 64 kg (104 lbs and 141). I also read somewhere that according to my height, my ideal weight is 54 kg (119 lbs). (The latter weight has been haunting in my head...)
1st goal is 85 kg (187 lbs) [this is where I left off in '09]
2nd goal is 76 kg (167,5 lbs) [currently, according to my BMI, I'm in the category of Obese I. 76/167,5 is the limit for Overweight]
3rd goal is 66 kg (145,5 lbs) [10 kg/22 lbs is a lot to lose at this point]
4th goal is 60 kg (132 lbs)
60 kg/132 lbs is my ideal weight, what I want to reach. Since I read that my ideal weight is 54 kg/119 lbs, at first it felt like it's so little but I guess it makes sense now. At this point, I don't expect to go under 60 kg/132 lbs as losing all that weight already feels so far away and a lot to do already! By the end of May 31st 2011, I will be 60 kg! 7 1/2 months to go to lose all of the weight I want to lose! This time, it really feels like it's going to happen, I'm soooo dedicated to this, it's unbelievable! Maybe eventually I'll get under 60 kg/132 lbs but that's not my main concern right now.
I joined this Dutch website (I don't understand squat haha!), where I can put my plan and keep updating it. Where I got my BMI from and for instance, it gives me how much I'm supposed to weigh and when, so i.e. 12th October (last Sunday), I was supposed to weigh 90,42 kg (199,34 lbs) and well, I actually weighed 89,80 kg (197,9 lbs). I'm happy to see that I'm under what I'm supposed to be. I'll probably freak out if I'm higher (or I just need to work harder)!
In general, I've noticed that I've started to feel better about myself and just so much healthier. I just need to keep up with the good work, so I can finally reach my ideal goal!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Day 30 = Measuring time!
I know I'm supposed to be doing some school work, but I've been at it the whole morning. So, I wanted to take a "creative" break, as I call them to write this blog.
Day 30. Plyometrics. I was noticing that I'm getting a bit better at this thing. Yes, it hurts and I want to give up at times, but it's supposed to hurt. That is an indication to me that I'm doing something! I didn't give up, I brought it best to my abilities. I'm not losing my motivation, which is very surprising but really good. I'm so determined with it now, even though I would really want to go to the store and buy a chocolate bar or a muffin or something. Another craving what I've had for awhile is Turkish pizza (we just recently got a Turkish store here, that's why haha). Turkish pizza is not like a normal pizza, a lot less calories than in the normal one, there's only some mince with tomato sauce, salad and some garlic sauce and another kind of sauce which I always forget! It's wrapped like a tortilla, sort of. It's quite good, really.
Anyways, enough about that. So, today was the measuring and weighing day. I have lost 2,2 kg (4,85 lbs) in two weeks!!! I'm sooo amazed! That's really a lot for only two weeks! This thing IS really working!!! I've never been able to lose that much in such a short amount of time, especially when my body is used to working out. Now, to my measurements,
cm inches
Day 21 Day 30 Day 21 Day 30
Neck 36,7 35,9 14,4 14
Right Arm 36,7 36 14,4 14
Left arm 36,3 35 14,2 13,7
Chest 112,5 110,7 44,2 43,5
Waist 95,3 95,1 37,5 37,4
Hips 120,5 119 47,4 46,8
Right Thigh 64,6 64 25,4 25,2
Left Thigh 63,3 63,5 24,9 25
Oh my, it's even worse in inches..it is what it is, I guess.
As you can imagine, at first I wasn't too happy that I didn't lose that much in the measurements. I thought especially I would have lost more on my waist. I did lose quite a bit on my hips though, which is great! They do say on the instructions though that you might not lose anything until the last month, because you eat a lot of protein which helps you with gaining muscle. Now, I don't want to gain that much muscle and I won't with the weights that I have! I just want it tighter. So, I'm not that worried about it, I'm just excited I lost 2,2 kg/4,85lbs! I can feel my pants getting a bit looser on me and my arms fit better in my shirts. I can just feel it everywhere pretty much. That's all that matters to me. If I dare, I might post a pic of myself..just have to keep coming back and see.
Day 30. Plyometrics. I was noticing that I'm getting a bit better at this thing. Yes, it hurts and I want to give up at times, but it's supposed to hurt. That is an indication to me that I'm doing something! I didn't give up, I brought it best to my abilities. I'm not losing my motivation, which is very surprising but really good. I'm so determined with it now, even though I would really want to go to the store and buy a chocolate bar or a muffin or something. Another craving what I've had for awhile is Turkish pizza (we just recently got a Turkish store here, that's why haha). Turkish pizza is not like a normal pizza, a lot less calories than in the normal one, there's only some mince with tomato sauce, salad and some garlic sauce and another kind of sauce which I always forget! It's wrapped like a tortilla, sort of. It's quite good, really.
Anyways, enough about that. So, today was the measuring and weighing day. I have lost 2,2 kg (4,85 lbs) in two weeks!!! I'm sooo amazed! That's really a lot for only two weeks! This thing IS really working!!! I've never been able to lose that much in such a short amount of time, especially when my body is used to working out. Now, to my measurements,
cm inches
Day 21 Day 30 Day 21 Day 30
Neck 36,7 35,9 14,4 14
Right Arm 36,7 36 14,4 14
Left arm 36,3 35 14,2 13,7
Chest 112,5 110,7 44,2 43,5
Waist 95,3 95,1 37,5 37,4
Hips 120,5 119 47,4 46,8
Right Thigh 64,6 64 25,4 25,2
Left Thigh 63,3 63,5 24,9 25
Oh my, it's even worse in inches..it is what it is, I guess.
As you can imagine, at first I wasn't too happy that I didn't lose that much in the measurements. I thought especially I would have lost more on my waist. I did lose quite a bit on my hips though, which is great! They do say on the instructions though that you might not lose anything until the last month, because you eat a lot of protein which helps you with gaining muscle. Now, I don't want to gain that much muscle and I won't with the weights that I have! I just want it tighter. So, I'm not that worried about it, I'm just excited I lost 2,2 kg/4,85lbs! I can feel my pants getting a bit looser on me and my arms fit better in my shirts. I can just feel it everywhere pretty much. That's all that matters to me. If I dare, I might post a pic of myself..just have to keep coming back and see.
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