Melting Fat

My original goals at SparkPeople are as followed:
07/08/08 - 263
(met - 04/14/08 )
10/08/08 - 250
01/08/09 - 238
05/08/09 - 214
10/08/09 - 194
01/08/10 - 180
07/08/10 - 160

As you can see, I’ve already met the 263 mark and a lot sooner than I suspected or guess but I was definitely basing things more on a lb per week and my next goal is 250 for my birthday or at least this is what I have listed. I am thinking I may have to lower that number to 230 or maybe even 225 but I’m not going to change them to reflect what seems to be the trend for my weight loss right now because we all know - something could cause it to change or I could hit a wall and plateau for 3 weeks. (crosses fingers that doesn’t happen anytime soon.)

I stretched them out because of water retaining for T.O.M (time of month) and for other varying factors and I could possibly hit all of them before the dates stated but at least these are the goals I’m in the grand scheme of things trying to hit by those dates but as of right now, I really want to hit 240 by my birthday because most likely that would mean, I’m out of size 20 pants for sure and into 18’s.

It had got down as low as 262.5 but that wasn’t to be and that’s alright, I did go over on calories by about 600 but now it’s back to the grind. I did learn though, if you’re going to go over if on purpose or by accident - come to think of it, you know damn well what’s gonna happen and you do it anyway, so it’s still on purpose. Anyway, I learned that if you’re going to do it, don’t do it before the day you weigh in, I probably would have hit 262 had it not been for that and so I mark that as a lesson learned.

The leader of the team posts the winner today ( me ) , so I’m taking the next two days off and then light to medium workout for two days, then I’ll be hitting the gym on Friday.

I’ve noticed that I’m gaining inches and that sucks but I’m certain that’s because of the backlash of doing 45 days of working out with no rest. So, I’ve gained fat somewhere and that sucks more than losing weight.

The last time I went over was last sunday, so I was determined to stay in range this week and so far so good. Just have to wait till the end of the day to see how it goes, I’m sure I’ll be alright and I can’t wait for tomorrow to roll around so I can weigh in and see if I rid myself of that .5 gain for sure. I’m really hoping I’ve reached my April 15th goal of losing 15 pounds from the time I started that challenge until now - my goal is to weigh 262, if it’s 262.5, I’ll take it because it would still be 262!

I’m suppose to go to the gym tomorrow and Tuesday but might not be able to because of gas reasons, I hate the price of gas right, it sucks and MILK is just as bad!

So, that’s 3 days in a roll of being in a good range and not going over, somehow though I still manage to go over on sodium quite a bit most of the week and I’m eating healthy stuff. *So confused!*

There’s basically a whole pizza setting in the fridge before now, I would have already devoured it the minute was brought home plus my subway sandwich but I only had one slice because I was still below on calories for the day as well as my other ranges. * fat,carbs,protein.* Sodium is the only one that is hard for me to keep at a low range, I’d basically have to eat vegetables all day everyday to combat that, I guess. Maybe when I get another job, I should do that 2 days out of the week, eat nothing but vegetables.

Anyways, I’m hoping the scale says 264.5 this time around or 264 but as long it’s back below 266, I know part of the problem of the weight loss slowing down is the exercise. The challenge that I’m in on spark, I don’t want to come in second; so I’ve exercised everyday for almost 45 days. April 15th is the last day of the challenge and the following 3 days will be rest days, I had initially only scheduled one day of rest but I’m going to go for three, I think that will be best for me and my body right now.

Fat Dropping Ellen.
*Fingers  crossed for a 2 lb loss this week.*

Rode the bicycle today for my usual mile, it was a bit windy and I was having issues with the seat, it kept falling down. So, I finished my exercise session with step aerobics with the steps to the shack in front of us.

My goal for calories today was 1600, I had 1632 calories not too many over, so I’m happy considering that’s still a good 100 calories under spark’s recommendation. Tomorrow is 1900 calorie day, which I like the sounds of better.
I really hope I can make my birthday goal of 240 lbs, my birthday is a little under 6 months away and I’m pretty sure I can do it but I really want to hit if not go under it. Fingers are crossed. My birthday is definitely going to be a free day, no burgers for me but I would really love to down a pizza. I love pizza! I’m setting up my free days as only once a month right now, my next free day is May 30th which is my boyfriend’s birthday when all bets are off!

I was shooting for 1600 but I needed to make sure I had enough proteins to compensate for my helluva workout at the gym today, 30 minutes on the elliptical and about 45 minutes lifting weights.

But it’s still 637 calories below what I had yesterday, so I’m not going to complain that I went over my target by 162 calories because it’s still close to my range on SparkPeople - Spark has me set between 1770 and 2120 calories, so I’m happy with my range today. I’m also trying to watch my sodium, which I just started a few days ago because I want to be on the safe side, I have 4 days of being in range and 3 days of being out of range, so I’m getting A LOT BETTER in that department. I think the 4th of May, I’m going to go to the clinic in the mall * don’t ask * and have them check my stuff again and see what it says. If the good cholesterol hasn’t gone up, I don’t know what will do it, I’ve been eating a lot of stuff with omega 3 fatties and keeping my cholesterol numbers down in general, so it should have evened out if not gotten better.

My new scale tipped the numbers at 287.5, so that would be 21.5 lbs down.
An automobile tire and a dozen of Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts but I prefer saying the guinea pig. lol.

However, losing a dozen of donuts isn’t bad, imagine how much you’d gain if you wouldn’t have lost them!
Wow, for those of you have have lost 235 lbs, you lost the GOVERNOR of California!

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year
11 pounds = an average house-cat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain
20 pounds = an automobile tire
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)
66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony”

But that’s alright, this is only the second gain since I started this and then the following week of that first one, I lost 5 lbs; so it’s a possibility it might happen again and that would put me under my Tax Goal for a challenge on spark people.

Today’s measurements were:
Weight: 266 lbs.
Waist: 40 in. ( not entirely sure, I forgot to measure before I ate, so I estimated might be a bit bigger)
Hips:45
Right Calif: 18.5
Right Thigh: 30
Left Calf: 18.75
Right Thigh: 30
Right Arm: 16.5
Left Arm: 16.5
First Roll: 44
Second Roll: 54.5

I will say from March 23rd till now, I’ve lost two inches off each of my rolls so it seems it may have decided to take from there as opposed to other parts of my body. That seems to be the case with me, certain areas lose a lot of inches in a week to two weeks and others lose barely anything, then it switches.

I have my calorie cycling set up as:
Today: 1600 Calories
Tuesday: 1600  Calories
Wednesday: 1900 Calories
Thursday: 1600 Calories
Friday: 1700 Calories
Saturday: 1300 Calories
Sunday: 2000 Calories

So, I shall see if I can pull that off and if so, cool, I may try to go longer in doing that.
Today, I’m going to go to the gym to use the elliptical for my cardio and then I’m  really going to hit up the ab work. I  want my flab to start holding in better at least, I’d rather have the pregnant looking flab than the hanging down flab.

as stated I did a bit more, I rode my bicycle for 20 minutes and I walked/jogged for 16 minutes . And from using a method of bmr using either one, I’m in the clear for calories. Using the Weightx10, I would have needed to ate 734 more calories and using the 655 + (9.6 x weight) + (1.7 x height) -  (4.7 x age ), I would have needed over a 1000 kcal for the day. ( with exercise calories burnt included with the bmr. )

So in the morning will the tell the truth and I hope I’m at least a half a lb under what I was the week before but if not, that’s okay, I’ll just be more strict this week.

I ended up going over for the day * went out to eat *, going out to eat somewhere other than Subway usually leads to disaster unless I hadn’t ate that day then I do okay but considering I already had well then I screwed up. So, I changed up this weeks calories to soften the blow of today’s screw up. I’ll probably do a walk/jog session later tonight when it’s no so damn hot outside to help subside this screw up as well. I’ve already walked 30 minutes today and about 15 minutes on the gazelle so far but I feel that I need a little more to help out. I need to get back in the motivation with the food part, this is where I screw up the most, I am a queen when it comes to working out. That I can handle for the rest of my life, it’s the eating right all the time every day that gets me but I’ve noticed that when I do it every day and truly commit to it I don’t screw up, it’s when I let myself have that cheat day is when I screw up the most. I don’t think cheat days are allowed in my world or at least not right now.