Tape Measure Gate Redux

Eight weeks was obviously enough time for the tape measure to make a difference as there was a change in my measurements.  (Although I did check two different tapes and they were slight variations but nothing that would make an impact to my outcome unfortunately.)

Waist - lost 1.5 inches/4 cm

Hips - lost 1 inch/3 cm

Chest - lost 1.5 inches/4 cm

There was no change in my neck, arm or calf which I thought was a little strange.  Except for my calf.  I have always had great calves and think they are my best feature.

They look good, right?

Are those fingers or chunky sausages?

I have very small hands and chunky monkey fingers.  So imagine my surprise today when I went to reach for a cup and my ring flew off my finger!  It actually came off three times today.

It never even dawned on me that as I lose weight I would need a Tiffany budget for new rings.  (I do have a Tiffany budget for rewards but that is different.)  As I need to buy new clothes I am going to need to buy new jewelry.

I will never be that weight again

Tonight on the Biggest Loser, they had to climb up a mountain while wearing weights of the weight they had lost.  (If they lost 50 pounds, they had to put 50 pounds on their back.)  And they were all saying, "I will never go back to this weight."

But the reality is more than 80 percent of people who have lost weight regain all of it, or more, after two years.  Researchers at UCLA analyzed 31 long-term diet studies and found that about 2/3s of dieters regained more weight within four or five years than they initially lost.

So Depressing!

I should get a weighted vest and force myself to walk once a week carrying my starting weight.  Would this help me remember how awful it is to be at that weight?  Would it help me keep the weight off?

So difficult to lose, so easy to put on...

I have added a few pounds to my weight this past 7-10 days.  At first I thought it was beverage calories.  Now, I think I have been slipping additional calories every day and not really tracking.  And, then the occasional fun day adds on too much.

I am not going to let this freak me out.  I think if I can avoid a freak out AND get right back on track, that would be a major accomplishment.  My goal is to have a week of 1200-1500 calorie days.  Start watching my white carbs, watching my beverage calories and just track closely.

Too Many Beverage Calories

I haven't been tracking my calorie in take and I realize that I have been sneaking extra calories in - not being bad necessarily, but definetly getting an extra 100 calories here and there.  I think the biggest culprit is my coffee drinks.  This is particularly difficult as the weather gets cooler.

Each coffee is about 100 calories.  If I have 2 or 3 a day, that is an extra 300 calories.  That is my morning workout gone!  300 * 7 = 2100 so it is an extra 1/2 pound a week that I am not losing.

My new goal is to look at the drinks menu to see if there is an herbal tea that sounds yummy before ordering the coffee right away.  I am also back to tracking every day.

new goal - once around the track

I have been trying to up my pace to a 10k/hr pace.  This would allow me to run a 5k in 30 minutes!

On Biggest Loser tonight, one of the girls ran 400km at 14km/hr!  That is sprinting sprinting!
So, I want to run 400km this week at 10k/hr pace.  I know I can totally do this.  Right now, I am running 90 seconds.  It is a big jump from 90 seconds to 3 minutes!

400 meteres is once around the track in lane 1.
Ask me at the end of the week - I am going to do this!!!

No Excuses

I was really bummed out that after such a great breakthru last week, that I was injured.  But, I am really happy that I got up this morning and worked through the injury.  I walked instead of running and did what I could do. That was a really big lesson at Biggest Loser.

I saw the Osteo and he fixed me up so, no excuses.  Back on track!