Skinnification

Normal Reaction

Eve — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:48:19 +0000

My normal reaction to the last week would be to disappear for a while. Then I would return, delete my old posts and start posting anew. I don’t want to do that this time. I have been totally off program until yesterday. I don’t know why but everything seems so difficult all of a sudden. Anyway I am back on program now and have decided, once again, to restart the 21 Day Challenge. This time I am changing my goal to something “easier”. Instead of exercising everyday, I just want to make sure that I count my calories everyday. Why? Because I always end up eating something bad when I don’t or maybe when I eat something bad I choose not to count them. Either way it needs to stop.

As for exercise, my TV broke! So right now I am not sure what I am doing since I have been relying on videos. I might be able to get my old TV out of storage or possibly use a computer. We’ll see. Right now I am just focusing on the food though. I am probably going to do the 100 push up challenge three days a week though.

Also I am not weighing myself until March 1st. Why? Because I have become obsessed with the scale and I want a little break from it. I might step on the scale once or twice between now and then but I am not counting anything as official until then… I think I will finally redo my measurements then as well.

Tags: 100 push ups, oops, scale

Quick Update

Eve — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:51:42 +0000

I had a bad weekend. That would have been fine because I was planning for it, but then it continued into the week and today is my first day back on program. Anyway because of this I have decided not to report my last weigh in and I am also possibly going to skip this week’s weigh in. I don’t really see the point… it won’t help me in any way.

I am also planning to restart my 21 Day Challenge today but I am going to focus on one goal, instead of three. And that goal will be to exercise every day for at least ten minutes. I am also restarting the 100 Push Up program today (for the third time).

Tags: 100 push ups, challenges, oops, weigh in

Weigh In #2 + Challenge Update

Eve — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:27:48 +0000

Yes, I am still here! Things to confess: I’ve been tracking my calories since Friday but I didn’t start the 21 Day Challenge until Monday. But in my fake made up 21 day challenge rules, the challenge starts whenever you have a perfect day. Also I haven’t been doing the 30 Day Shred. Why? Well the last two times I tried to do it, I got all low blood sugary (damn Insulin Resistance) and it really put me off it. So for now I am just doing whatever I feel like doing. This week I felt like doing Turbo Jam. And it was great, I really love Turbo Jam. Statistics for this week’s weigh in:

Highest: 245.0 lb
Last Week: 225.0 lb
This Week: 219.4 lb
Week’s Loss: 5.6 lb
Total Loss: 25.6 lb

I know that a lot of this is water weight, but it is still rad to see the loss. I have been doing things a little bit different this time around food wise. I haven’t been going crazy to be exact. I have been keeping in my calorie range and paying attention to what I eat but I haven’t been freaking out if I eat something “bad”. I think this is working out well. I want to make a slower transition to eating clean than I normally do.

As for the 21 day challenge… I have five days down and I’m feeling really positive about it still. I also have one week completed in the 100 push up program. And that’s all I have to say for now.

Tags: 100 push ups, 30 day shred, challenges, food, goals, insulin resistance, losses, oops, turbo jam, weigh in

21 Day Challenge

Eve — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:12:57 +0000

Some of the members of the weight loss community on YouTube are doing a 21 Day Challenge. The idea behind it is that is takes 21 days to make or change a habit. Well, even though I am too afraid to post actual YouTube videos, I thought it would be nice to be part of a challenge. For the challenge, I will pick three goals and keep track of them for 21 Days. Here are my goals:

Exercise for at least 10 minutes every day. As I stated in my last post, I am planning to start the 30 Day Shred today and the 100 push up program. I am currently planning to day 30 Day Shred at least 5 times a week, but I would like to at least have some movement every day. This can be anything such as walking, stretching or light yoga… just something to get me moving for the day.
Track my calories every day. I tend to forget to track calories every once in a while and then I try to catch up later. Any accountability is better than none at all but it hinders my progress when I don’t realize I ate too much one day until I enter my calories a few days later. I want to make sure that I either track my calories prior to eating or immediately after. If I am away from home (I have a weekend trip planned in February) then I should at least write down my food intake in a notebook.
Drink 64 ounces of water every day. I haven’t been drinking any water at all lately! I am going to aim for more like 120 ounces a day but I want to be realistic.

I feel highly motivated! But in reality that means nothing because I always start off highly motivated. I promise to check in at least once a week on how this challenge is going. Even though no one reads this site.

Tags: 100 push ups, 30 day shred, challenges, goals

Wash, Rinse & Repeat

Eve — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:45:40 +0000

I am really good at starting over. I enjoy deleting all my old posts and pretending like I never failed. Well, here I am again starting over. Let’s see if I can make it stick this time. My highest weight was 245 lb in October and my starting weight today is 225 lb. My current plan is to watch my daily food intake with SparkPeople and to exercise at least five times a week. I am starting the 30 Day Shred today and I am also doing the 100 push ups program.

I want to do this so I should just do it, right?

Tags: 100 push ups, 30 day shred, sparkpeople, the plan, weigh in