Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The number on the scale is going down!
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Staying on track when life happens!
I have been doing so well! I was doing so well! I will continue to do well! At least, that is the plan; although it seems like life has other options. I completed six days in a row at the gym two weeks ago and 4 days at the gym last week with a total of 5 days working out last week. My boyfriend and I went to the pool and spent a good 2-3 hours there so that counts as a workout day too even though it was not done at the gym. Also on Thursday I worked out at the gym and went with my boyfriend and his brother and did about 9 holes of Frisbee golf in about an hour and a half until the kids got disinterested and I took them to the park to play.
I had family come into town, and I love them, but I hate that it throws off my routine. That is just how life goes right? It's not my family's fault that I stopped tracking my food because we were so busy, or that I missed my Saturday workout to attend a family party and spend time with them all day. That is really no excuse to not track what I was eating, and that is certainly not the reason that I chose not to work out on Sunday when I had the chance to since my Mother had left to return home. It just seems like there is one tiny speed bump in the road and it ends up spiralling into a huge black hole and it is so hard to pull myself out of. Although the silver lining in this whole experience was that I did go to water aerobics on Monday. I had planned on going to the gym today in the afternoon while my boyfriend went to play Frisbee golf, unfortunately that did not happen that way. I don't want to beat myself up about it, but I have decided that if I don't plan to go to the gym in the morning, then that allows life to happen.
One thing though that has changed is that I really missed the gym today and that is definitely not me!! Or at least, that wasn't me, I guess that is me now. I am the big girl who experiences gym withdrawals! Hi, my name is Krystyn and I am an addict. I am newly addicted to going to the gym and the endorphin rush that follows a great workout! Yay! Go me! Weigh in day is tomorrow morning and so is water aerobics and I can not wait!
I had family come into town, and I love them, but I hate that it throws off my routine. That is just how life goes right? It's not my family's fault that I stopped tracking my food because we were so busy, or that I missed my Saturday workout to attend a family party and spend time with them all day. That is really no excuse to not track what I was eating, and that is certainly not the reason that I chose not to work out on Sunday when I had the chance to since my Mother had left to return home. It just seems like there is one tiny speed bump in the road and it ends up spiralling into a huge black hole and it is so hard to pull myself out of. Although the silver lining in this whole experience was that I did go to water aerobics on Monday. I had planned on going to the gym today in the afternoon while my boyfriend went to play Frisbee golf, unfortunately that did not happen that way. I don't want to beat myself up about it, but I have decided that if I don't plan to go to the gym in the morning, then that allows life to happen.
One thing though that has changed is that I really missed the gym today and that is definitely not me!! Or at least, that wasn't me, I guess that is me now. I am the big girl who experiences gym withdrawals! Hi, my name is Krystyn and I am an addict. I am newly addicted to going to the gym and the endorphin rush that follows a great workout! Yay! Go me! Weigh in day is tomorrow morning and so is water aerobics and I can not wait!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Going to the Gym. Six days a week!
After I discovered water aerobics I really started going back to the gym. Last week, I went 6 days!!! I go to the water aerobics class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. That really made me want to go more and take this weight loss journey to the next level. That is why I added in Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On non water aerobics days, last week I just did about an hour of cardio. This week however I started adding in strength training and weights this week on my off days. I weighed in this week ans was down 1.4 pounds!!! That is super encouraging. I have also been much better at tracking what I eat, but it seems like it is easier to track all my food, when I get to eat back all my exercise calories. That puts me at 288.6! Yay! My weight may be going down slowly, but as long as it is going down then we are headed in the right direction! Now I can't wait to do all my measurements and weigh in next week to see how all this hard work and sore muscles is doing from a numbers standpoint. I already see that things are shrinking because of the way my clothes have been fitting; or the way that they aren't really fitting to be more precise. Oh and another thing, water is a miracle! I think I may be getting a water addiction and I am totally okay with that!
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Water Aerobics
I went to water aerobics again today. Holy cow! I feel like jello, so it must be working. I am planning on going on Friday as well, hopefully I am better recovered from this morning by then. Somehow in all the confusion this morning I managed to forget to weigh-in after I woke up. I just got on the scale, but I know it wont be a true weight since I worked out, ate breakfast, an after work snack, and 3 bottles of water, I knew the scale would show differently than normal. I stepped on it and it said 294. That is a good sign I think because it hopefully means that I am down just a little from last week. I will be weighing in tomorrow morning first thing to verify my hypothesis.
On another note, water aerobics is not the old lady workout that I had imagined it would be. Its totally hard, and if I could sweat in water I probably would have been drenched in sweat. The 60 minutes the class lasted was totally intense and once the class ended, I got out of the pool. This made my legs super weak, but in a good way. That means that my legs got a fantastic workout! I can't wait until Friday's class, hopefully the recovery time my body needs will keep getting shorted if I keep on attending three times a week.
On another note, water aerobics is not the old lady workout that I had imagined it would be. Its totally hard, and if I could sweat in water I probably would have been drenched in sweat. The 60 minutes the class lasted was totally intense and once the class ended, I got out of the pool. This made my legs super weak, but in a good way. That means that my legs got a fantastic workout! I can't wait until Friday's class, hopefully the recovery time my body needs will keep getting shorted if I keep on attending three times a week.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Starting Over (Again)
Here I am, starting over...Again... This time is the last time that I will be starting, I can not keep living my life like this. I know, I know, I have said it before and failed to follow through. This time feels different. This time, I want it for me and not for anyone else. I am the only one that can change me.
Just to update you on my situation. I started my weight loss journey many times. I did very well last summer and dropped 15 pounds. Unfortunately, I did not follow through. I started college in August and focused my energies on doing well in school. I am working on a Associate of Science in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on Forensics and have decided on a minor in Sociology. With my career path being in criminal justice I have to do something to get healthier and in shape. That way once school is finished I have more career doors open for me. Since I focused on my studies, I finished fall semester with a 4.0 GPA!! I worked so hard for that 4.0, however that meant my weight loss journey got pushed on the back burner.
When it came time for spring semester I decided that I needed to do something and registered for a cardio fitness class. I figured that this was a way to ease back into working out and if I can do that and keep up on my studies then once summer came I could focus solely on my health. I started the cardio class at 285.8 pounds and 53.1% body fat. However, since I was also focusing on school work I did not really incorporate any other work out time, or watch what I was eating like I should have. I got up to 300 pounds on April 8, 2013. That was my wake up call. That was my rock bottom. I have to do something and I have to do it now! By the last cardio class on May 1, 2013, I was down to 289.6 pounds and 52.1% body fat. That means that I lost 10.4 pounds in 3 weeks!! Yay! Small win! That also means that I lost 1% body fat since January. Then finals happened and school ended on May 9. Since then I did not keep up with my cardio, or really pay attention to the food that I was eating. I did finish the semester with 4 As and one A-!!! I am so happy about that, I earned that. Now my current GPA is 3.96, I am sad that I didn't keep up my 4.0, but I have a 3.96 GPA with a 5 year old at home and I did fantastic.
I spent the last 2 weeks spending time with my son and bumming around the house, it took its toll. I went to the doctor last week and was back up to 293. I will not ever hit 300 again so I need to continue doing something. I love my son and enjoy spending time with him, but the gym has a daycare and we both need a break from each other sometimes. I am going to start going to the gym at least 3 days a week. I went to a water aerobics class today and man that kicked my ass. I thought that it was an old people class, but it really kicks yo in the behind. I have decided that I will start going at least to that class and they have it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Everyone was really nice and encouraged me to come again. Since Monday is a holiday I will be going to the Wednesday class for sure. My son will enjoy himself too since he will get the opportunity to play with other kids and get out of the house. I will also start back with my weigh ins on Wednesday mornings before going to the gym. I also am going to try to update at least once a week and will start tracking my food on My Fitness Pal again. I can do this! I will do this! Only I can make this happen and I will.
Just to update you on my situation. I started my weight loss journey many times. I did very well last summer and dropped 15 pounds. Unfortunately, I did not follow through. I started college in August and focused my energies on doing well in school. I am working on a Associate of Science in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on Forensics and have decided on a minor in Sociology. With my career path being in criminal justice I have to do something to get healthier and in shape. That way once school is finished I have more career doors open for me. Since I focused on my studies, I finished fall semester with a 4.0 GPA!! I worked so hard for that 4.0, however that meant my weight loss journey got pushed on the back burner.
When it came time for spring semester I decided that I needed to do something and registered for a cardio fitness class. I figured that this was a way to ease back into working out and if I can do that and keep up on my studies then once summer came I could focus solely on my health. I started the cardio class at 285.8 pounds and 53.1% body fat. However, since I was also focusing on school work I did not really incorporate any other work out time, or watch what I was eating like I should have. I got up to 300 pounds on April 8, 2013. That was my wake up call. That was my rock bottom. I have to do something and I have to do it now! By the last cardio class on May 1, 2013, I was down to 289.6 pounds and 52.1% body fat. That means that I lost 10.4 pounds in 3 weeks!! Yay! Small win! That also means that I lost 1% body fat since January. Then finals happened and school ended on May 9. Since then I did not keep up with my cardio, or really pay attention to the food that I was eating. I did finish the semester with 4 As and one A-!!! I am so happy about that, I earned that. Now my current GPA is 3.96, I am sad that I didn't keep up my 4.0, but I have a 3.96 GPA with a 5 year old at home and I did fantastic.
I spent the last 2 weeks spending time with my son and bumming around the house, it took its toll. I went to the doctor last week and was back up to 293. I will not ever hit 300 again so I need to continue doing something. I love my son and enjoy spending time with him, but the gym has a daycare and we both need a break from each other sometimes. I am going to start going to the gym at least 3 days a week. I went to a water aerobics class today and man that kicked my ass. I thought that it was an old people class, but it really kicks yo in the behind. I have decided that I will start going at least to that class and they have it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Everyone was really nice and encouraged me to come again. Since Monday is a holiday I will be going to the Wednesday class for sure. My son will enjoy himself too since he will get the opportunity to play with other kids and get out of the house. I will also start back with my weigh ins on Wednesday mornings before going to the gym. I also am going to try to update at least once a week and will start tracking my food on My Fitness Pal again. I can do this! I will do this! Only I can make this happen and I will.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Weigh In Day
I am super excited! Even though I haven't been working out as much as I wanted to, I have been tracking my calories on My Fitness Pal. Some days are better then others, but I still track. Maybe just the act of tracking is helping me lose weight. Also I have been staying between 1450 and 1600 calories a day. On the days that I do not work out. Which has been a bit lately. On the days I do work out I try to eat back at least half of the calories that I burned.
This week I got quite a bit of walking in by grocery shopping. I usually try to stock up on dry good at the beginning of the month and then I only have to shop for fresh fruits and veggies and dairy for the rest of the month. In one day I spent 1 1/2 hours at Winco, and then about another hour or so at Smith's Marketplace. Pushing around a cart with my 4 year old in it is a workout enough. Then add a cart full of groceries. It was heavy!
Well, I guess I have postponed enough, I know I should have come out and said my weight first thing since that is the title of this post. That's no fun at all. I got on the scale today and I weigh 280.0 pounds that is a 6.4 pound loss from the first of the month and a 10 pound loss so far! I guess focusing on keeping my calories in check and tracking does really help in the long run. That means when I weigh in next week it will be goodbye 280s! Yay! Now I am off to complete day 8 of Jillian Michaels 30 day shred!
This week I got quite a bit of walking in by grocery shopping. I usually try to stock up on dry good at the beginning of the month and then I only have to shop for fresh fruits and veggies and dairy for the rest of the month. In one day I spent 1 1/2 hours at Winco, and then about another hour or so at Smith's Marketplace. Pushing around a cart with my 4 year old in it is a workout enough. Then add a cart full of groceries. It was heavy!
Well, I guess I have postponed enough, I know I should have come out and said my weight first thing since that is the title of this post. That's no fun at all. I got on the scale today and I weigh 280.0 pounds that is a 6.4 pound loss from the first of the month and a 10 pound loss so far! I guess focusing on keeping my calories in check and tracking does really help in the long run. That means when I weigh in next week it will be goodbye 280s! Yay! Now I am off to complete day 8 of Jillian Michaels 30 day shred!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Tomorrow Is A New Day
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Update and Day 7
I know, I know... This really is not day 7, officially, but it is for me. Life got busy, we took a family vacation to San Francisco. Spent 2 days walking all over San Francisco it was amazing! So I took my weight and measurements today and I am happy with my results so far.
I realize that if I had put more effort in on my part that the results would have been much better, but I am still happy about what I have achieved so far. According to my doctor my weight was 273 at my appointment last week, but I am basing my results off of the scale in my house no matter how off it is. Overall that means there is an 6" loss!! Yay! Well I am now off to complete Day 7 of my 30 Day Shred and to recommit myself to completing the next 23 days in a row. Or at least to complete the next 23 days.
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7/9/12
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8/1/12
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Difference
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Weight
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290
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286.4
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-3.6
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Left Arm
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21”
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20”
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-1
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Right Arm
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20.5”
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20”
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-0.5
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Waist
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57”
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56”
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-1
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Hips
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57.5”
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56”
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-1.5
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Left Thigh
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33”
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32”
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-1
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Right Thigh
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33”
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32”
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-1
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I realize that if I had put more effort in on my part that the results would have been much better, but I am still happy about what I have achieved so far. According to my doctor my weight was 273 at my appointment last week, but I am basing my results off of the scale in my house no matter how off it is. Overall that means there is an 6" loss!! Yay! Well I am now off to complete Day 7 of my 30 Day Shred and to recommit myself to completing the next 23 days in a row. Or at least to complete the next 23 days.
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