Leeda: Running in a Fat Suit

I’ve decided not to weigh myself for one month. Or at least I am challenging myself to weigh myself for one month. I’ve always been a scale lover, especially since I’ve got this great accurate scale, but lately I’ve been finding myself disenchanted with it. Perhaps it’s the stall in weight loss. Of course, the cause of the weight loss is that I’ve been going over my calories, so I have a theory that maybe if I am not sure that I’m at least maintaining, I won’t cheat as much (did that make a lick of sense?).

So, I’ve christened this the “No Weigh!” Challenge and it starts today. I will weigh myself on March 27, one month from now. I figure either way I will gain something from it. Either I will learn that I really don’t need to weigh myself everyday to lose weight or that I need to in order to at least keep myself under control.

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“Saving” my calories until later in the day is not working out like I’d hoped. I’m still eating a lot more earlier in the day than I’d like.  Still have that to work on!

I did not workout yesterday, it was a planned rest day. I was pretty achy all over, so I think I really needed that rest. Today, so far, I’ve done 30 minutes of The Firm with weights. One day I will make it all the way through lol. I hope to go for a 2 mile run later today. I hope it’s not as cold as it was yesterday.

Be out of the 190s, preferably 188.

Yes, I’m talking about the Harry Potter movie, it was awesome. I want to see it again, but I know that won’t happen until after it comes out on DVD since old DH practically had a nervous breakdown after watching the baby for about 3 hours yesterday. Try 24/7 buddy!

I awoke this morning to the scale telling me I weighed 200. I blinked, got off, and back on…200. Got off, got back on, scratched my nose during the reading and 203. Thought “hate my scale” and got back on standing perfectly still and got 200.  So I guess I weigh 200, which means a loss of 1 pound, which means a total loss of 25 lbs. 40 more to go and one pound until I get to Onderland. Assuming of course that my new scale (2 more days!!!) reads the same thing or less.

I always hear that only 5 percent of people who lose weight on a diet keep it off. It makes the whole weight loss struggle seem pretty hopeless. I went looking in search of answers and found this:

Diet Myth

It pretty much says how that 5 percent statistic is based off a study of 100 people that they did in 1959. ONE study MANY years ago.  The following site has, along with how characteristics of your daily life affect maintaining weight, also a survey of 1300 people that gave a better (and more hopeful) percentage of people who did keep the weight off.

How to maintain weight loss

By September 3rd, also my son’s first birthday, I am setting the goal of 192 pounds, that will mean a 10 pound loss from what I am today, 202. So officially here are my goals:

Goals:

Weight: 192 pounds

Exercise:  225 minutes of cardio every week

Weight training :  2 days of upper body, 2 days of lower body. intermingle core

Diet: Continue my current rules

We will also be doing family portraits in September, so I want to look much better.

Well, my weight today is still 202, which is fine. Even though I’m not at the 100s I’m still knocking on the door and maybe one day I will be let in! Now on to a new challenge.

My knee is still sore. I am going walking today though no matter what, though I don’t know about doing Y!F. I tried last night and my knee just hurt too badly. I am going to try to do some exercises with the stability ball tonight or this evening. Up until now, I really thought I would make my goal of the one hundreds and now I don’t know. I just have one week left. I will still try my best though. Gulping down water as well speak. So far this morning for breakfast was a chicken breast sand which on whole wheat bread. I will post more later.

I’m trying not to get discouraged, because, since I do weigh myself everyday, I know that around TOM that I bloat up like a balloon and the scale is very effective in reflecting that. I just have to wait it out until the witch is gone, with lots of water and veggies for comfort. The truth is that I get the major munchies right before AF arrives, and luckily there’s nothing bad here to eat. I’ve been eating a lot of watermelon and cantaloupe when the sweet cravings hit.

Exercise yesterday was great. I did 30 minutes of Y!F focusing on lower body strenth, then I took a 30 minute walk. I have got to start going either later or earlier than the time I usually go to the walking track. It gets so hot now, it’s oppressive. Anyway, my legs are nice and achy right now. Today’s workout: Y!F with upper body, 45 minutes. It looks like it will be raining all day, so probably no walk for us. Also, baby was a doc’s appointment today and I have a lot of housework to do.

I wont post my whole menu today, that’s starting to get a little tedious, but this morning I had a low carb tuna sandwich, some cashews and a bit of cantaloupe. I still think I can make my goal by the 4th. I CAN DO IT!!

This will be a big test for me. I’m going out of town to visit my in laws, or rather to let them see the baby. MIL is a big food pusher, and a great cook…really bad combo lol. I know there is a walking track near their house, so I will have to make use of that while I am there. I’m also going to take a pair of my dumbbells along. As long as I stick to veggies, fruits, whole grains, lean meats, I should be ok. Unfortunately, that can be in short supply at their house sometimes.

I weighed myself today and I was at 204.5. I really couldn’t’ believe it.  If I lose 1 pound a week, I will make my Onederland goal. Yay! I CAN DO IT!!

I’m ending tonight with 20 minutes of yoga and 10 minutes of strength training (core body).

I’ve decided to try for the one hundreds by July 4th. That will give me a month to lose 7 pounds. I know I can do it and seeing the one in front of my weight will give me such confidence and make me feel like this isn’t taking forever. I know that slow and steady wins the race, but this would really be a boost to my morale. So, tommorrow, I’m kicking it into high gear. Water is a must, I think it really helps me, and excercise is now everyday, mandatory at least 45 minutes. I dont know how the baby is going to feel about that!