Week 6: 90 Day Challenge

Some of you may have noticed I did not post last week. I didn't do so because I was very let down by what changes my body is and is not making. I was UP 2 pounds last week with NO change in my measurments. Now I understand that most of you will say " Shut up- you lost 9 pounds in 5 weeks" Yeah, yeah I get that. However, 6.5 of those were in the first week. You tell me that would not erk some of you!

So this week I decided to stop stressing so much. I tried to do two shakes a day but some I just ate a protein bar for lunch instead. I also changed from jogging at night to doing so early in the morning. I attempted to work out every other day as opposed to being the wild woman that was working out daily as well. Lastly, I visited an endicronologist to talk about my body issues and see if something medical was at play. Let's be honest folks.... being as active as I have been and eating as incredibly holy as I have been should be yielding some much different results- jus sayin. ( Yes I just through in "jus sayin" in my blog)

So here are the Results..

                   6-17           6-24              7/2       7/8       7/16          7/22           7/29        
weight        198            191.5           192.4      190.3    189.3    191 (wth?)    188.5
chest          45               44                44           43         42          42                 42
waist          42               41                39.25      39         38          38                 38
hips           44 1/4         43 1/4           43          42          42          42                 42
Bicep       12                12                 12.5       12.5       12.5       12.5              12.5
Leg           22 1/4          21                 21         22           22         22                  22

So I am back to what I was 2 weeks ago minus .5

Week 4/90 Day Challenge

After a lot of input from the people in my life, I decided to attempt to follow a healthier version of my diet than I had been the last two weeks. I assumed, and was right, that it would probably create a feeling of my body wanted to retain more of what I ate as it might have be in starvation mode before so I did not dilute myself into thinking I would see major improvements this week. 

Diet
I was a good girl this week and made sure to eat atleast 1200 calories daily. I switched from using SparkPeople to MyFitnessPal on my phone and I loved seeing my Net Calories as well as being told how much weight I would weight in 5 weeks according to that days intake. It was very informative.

Workout Results
The beginning of this week was ROUGH! I was suffering from some issues that made it hard for me to get up or out to exercise. Wednesday I did, however, make it to the gym for an elliptical visit. Thursday, I pushed myself 3.6 miles in under an hour. Friday, I wanted to die as a result of Thursday but I did push through 2.5 miles.

Understanding what I changed this past week, I knew the numbers would be low. I do anticipate having a better week next week now that my body is expecting more calories.

Starting weight was 198... today's weight 189.3

                    6-17           6-24              7/2       7/8       7/16        
weight        198            191.5           192.4      190.3    189.3
chest          45               44                44           43         42
waist          42               41                39.25      39         38
hips           44 1/4         43 1/4           43          42          42
Bicep       12                12                 12.5       12.5       12.5  
Leg           22 1/4          21                 21         22           22

Week 3/90 Day Challenge

Weight loss is a reflective process for me. I keep having to evaluate my progress vs. my intake vs. my exercise. As soon as I think something is working- it isn't. It is very frustrating. I do still intend to visit the endocrinologist to verify my health is in order. Until then I will continue to tweak and retweak my levels of the aforementioned.

Diet
This week was rough for me. I slept in many mornings which messed with my eating schedule. I honestly struggled to eat more than 900 calories all week. I really need to buckle down and get more protein full calories in each day to get some changes on the scale.

Workout
This week I hit the streets for my furthest distance of 2.55. I also hit the gym and burned my usual 350 calories 2x this week as well as hitting upper body and abs. I am still trying to strike a balance of what I want,and what I can, do without reinjuring myself.

Results
 Looking back at the data, I see that the last two weeks were weak in the calorie intake department in comparison to week one, which had the big weightloss, so there will be some tweaking for sure.

Starting weight was 198... today's weight 190.3

                    6-17           6-24              7/2       7/8        
weight        198            191.5           192.4      190.3
chest          45               44                44           43
waist          42               41                39.25      39
hips           44 1/4         43 1/4           43          42
Bicep       12                12                 12.5       12.5    
Leg           22 1/4          21                 21         22

Week 2/90 Day Challenge

I wanted to blog more than 1x a week but I did not have a lot to say this week. Yes, Im being serious. It is a shock to me as well.

Diet
This week was a rough week for me. I was struggling to find stuff to eat as I found that I was not hungry. There were days I did not even drink two shakes. They really do fill me up! We ate out a few times also, so this provided me with an opportunity to try and eat right and still watch my carbs. Most days I hit the 950-1050 range for calories. I am not trying to completely eliminate carbs as that is unrealisitic for me. I am, however, making smarter choices regarding the carbs I do eat.

Workout
This week was not very consistent for me with working out either. I was doing some baby photography shoots in the morning as well as a wedding so that put my gym time on hold. I did make it out Tuesday afternoon and did 30 minutes on the arc trainer as well as my upper body on weights. Wednesday was my first try at walking and light jogging outdoors. I was able to complete 2.44 miles in 40 minutes. Alas, I did not get to work out Thursday or Friday as my left foot was very tight and would not allow much movement for cardio. I did venture outside today for a quick 30 minute 1.8 miles.

Results
The scale went up a bit BUT I expected that. I did lose 6.5 last week! That is a lot of weight in one week. I figure my body was doing the standard week two objection to shedding weight. Look at those measurements. I am down almost 3 inches on my waist. I just wish you was my "low waist" and not my real "old lady" waist since noone makes jeans for my real waist that don't look like MOM JEANS! So, needless to say, I am very excited to see the measurements go down even if the scale went up a smidge.

                   6-17           6-24              7/2        
weight        198            191.5           192.4
chest          45               44                44
waist          42               41                39.25
hips           44 1/4         43 1/4           43
Bi             12                12                 12.5
Leg           22 1/4          21                 21