Health Log 4/16

Food Log:
B: PB, Banana, Chocolate Protein Shake
S: Pistachios
L: Chicken Salad
S: Strawberries & 2 slices American Cheese
D: 3 egg omelet with ham,and lots of veggies
64 oz. water

Exercise Log: 3.04 miles in 60 minutes 9 seconds

Notes: Felt light headed and hungry most of the day. I think I need to plan better snacks. I think I am also having some withdraw symptoms from going cold turkey on refined sugars again. I fought myself on walking all day today and the walk was hard. I am frustrated with how quickly my body has lost its progress. But, I just have to look forward to getting better again.

13.5 in 4 Weeks

My previous goal of 30 in 60 isn't going to happen. I was frustrated with myself and now I've gained back about 6 pounds. UG. Fell back into the sugar addiction and off the workouts.

I'm doing a challenge with my sister and we have four weeks left. I have 13.5 pounds to go before I break through to "one"derland!

My new goal: 13.5 pounds in 4 weeks. Here is how I plan to accomplish that. Set small weekly goals.

Week 1 (4/15-4/22): Cold turkey on refined sugars and flours (gotta kick the addiction again) and walk 3 miles each day. I've had to stop my previous workout routine due to life circumstances (no more workout room), so walking it is. I hope to jog during those 3 miles as well. Goal: Lose 3.4 pounds

Update March 17

So, my journey has slowed down quite a bit. I began P90X2, did it for one week, then got injured. I had to rest for two weeks. I'm slowly getting back into it, just being careful to not flare up the injury.

So far, I have liked P90X2. It is challenging and nice to have some different things to do. I am looking forward to more consistency.

Fit Test

Before I began P90X2, I decided to do the Fit Test to see where I am at AND see how far I go.

I was pleasantly surprised by the results:

Resting Heart Rate: 75

Pull-ups: maybe 1/4

Vertical Leap: 11 inches

Push-ups: 12!!!

Toe-Touch (flexibility): 0 (means I touched my toes)

Wall Squat: 1 min. 11 sec.

Bicep Curls: 10lbs. 21 reps

In and Outs (core): 35!

Heart Rate Maximizer:
   You are supposed to do jumping jacks for 2 minutes with the last 30 seconds going hard and fast. I was able to do jacks for 30 seconds, then one minute of modified jacks, and 30 seconds of hard and fast jacks.

Then you read your heart rate (thankfully I have a wrap around your body heart rate monitor so that was easy).

Immediately following the jacks: 169
1 min. later: 142
2 min. later: 118
3 min. later: 113
4 min. later: 113

Self Sabotage

I've heard that this can happen to some people when they are getting healthy, but never thought it would be me! Last week I was bound to break through my biggest goal and hurdle I'll ever face. I have never broken that goal! I have not weighed less than that since we got married. I was excited. Everyday I'd tell myself that when I got home from work I would work out, but somehow I didn't. I also ate whatever I felt like. UG!

So, I was not surprised when I weighed yesterday and saw a +3. Now I'm just trying to figure out how to avoid the self sabotage so I CAN break that barrier. I don't know why the possibility of having that success freaked me out enough to go in reverse?! It's weird. So, now I'm 7.5 pounds away from that barrier instead of 4.5. It looks like another two weeks....man I'm upset with myself, it could have been yesterday!

Well, back on track. AND I'm off all week, so I hope to make every minute count!