Weekly Challenge - what's your goal
For this week -
1. Complete week 3 of my half marathon training program
2. Stay off the scale until Friday - this is going to be the tough one i'm tackling
3. Reduce my carbs...I increased them because I wanted some more energy for running, but i went a little above what I was aiming for, so my goal is to bring my daily carbs down by about 20g.
I cooked and packed a lot of good yummy low cal/high protein snacks yesterday, and don't have any carbs in the fridge (except one salad). I have a few things I'll eat on days where I run but the other days will be moderate to low(er).
You're turn - what is your goal, how will you remind yourself of your goal throughout the week,a nd how what steps will you take to accomplish your goal?
Let's have a great week!
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11/16/12 - Got my Body by Sauceda - arms, Bl/BA, LBL, thigh lift.
HW 420/ SW 335 /CW 200 85 lbs lost pre-op / 135 post op
~~~~Alison~~~~~
I just my whiny post to make a To Do list. Cement guys start on the sidewalk tomorrow. Hubby is back to normal work weeks (for now). Kids both started school today, so whatever is going to happen is happening right now. Editor got my manuscript and I'm mailing my next one to her today.
Just needed to complain that day.
Still worried about my son's first day in highschool, but there is nothing I can do about it. He has to figure it out.
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/3 cup frozen berries
1 pack of sweetner if desired (for me it depends on how sweet the berries are).
Blend in a blender. Put in freezer, in a little nest of bags of frozen whatever. Stir every 15-20 minutes, scraping the frozen stuff from the side. Takes 1 - 2 hours to firm up. Needs to be eaten that day, or it freezes too hard.
Highest weight: 335 lbs, BMI 50.9
Pre-op weight: 319 lbs, BMI 48.5
Current range: 140-144, BMI 21.3 - 22
175+ lbs lost, maintaining since February 2012
Goals for the week of 8.20.12
-Go to the gym M-F
-walk twice a day at work
-stay below 900 calories, and 50 carbs ( plan meals ahead, cook, and eat from fridge)
-make good decisions while at the beach and traveling
-walk dog in am and pm
-give myself a mani/pedi
-detox bath at night
-relax and be kind to myself
Have a great week all!
This week
1. I will change up the exercise by doing 30 min on my elliptical or efx I actually did this yesterday and I didn't die so I will keep it up.
2. I also have a scale problem so I will stay off my scale till Friday except when I go in the morning to my pcp I have to get on her scale lol.
3. I will come up with some new things to eat this week my diet is getting blah.
1. Increase my endurance on my cardio runs - go from 20 minutes running time to 40 minutes running time. I was doing a 30 minute program working on pace (20 minutes running with a 5 minute warm up and a 5 minute cool down). Starting today I moved to a 40 minute run with a 5 minute warm up and a 5 minute cool down.
2. I'm gonna find a gym within walking distance and join to do more structured strength training to hopefully build up my arms and chest more before plastics. My plan is to walk to and from the gym for my workouts for a mix of cardio and strength at the same time. Theres a few candidates between 2 and 3 miles from my home.
3. Re-optimize my maintenance diet. Work on maintenance recipes for keeping protein high but at lower carb levels. I want to get protein to 50% of my intake and carbs and fat at 25% each max.
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160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.
VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: 7/22/2013
1. Continue C25K, slooowwly upgrading. I've found a brace that's working for my knee and don't want to mess things up so I'm starting out doing every day twice. Need to remember to pretreat my asthma before every run (that got me yesterday).
2. Continue my push-up challenge and start the ab challenge.
3. Get my weight back up over 143 and keep it there (today was 142.8). I've actually had to up the carbs as well as calories to finally get the loss stopped, but I'm keeping a close eye on it.
I've got the C25k and the push-ups/abs/upper body on opposite days, with one day of "I just don't feel like it" allowed. Today is push-ups/abs/upper body.
Highest weight: 335 lbs, BMI 50.9
Pre-op weight: 319 lbs, BMI 48.5
Current range: 140-144, BMI 21.3 - 22
175+ lbs lost, maintaining since February 2012