I joined a website called Sparkpeople.com. I heard about it from a friend of mine. I also joined caloriecounter.com too. Both seem to be helpful. I've been using SparkPeople more in the last few days. After seeing my before pictures, I knew I had to take this whole losing weight thing more seriously. I entered my info and they gave me these goals, so hopefully I can stick to them.
Daily Nutritional Goals
Calories: 1,200 - 1,550
Carbs: 163 - 236
Fat: 32 - 56
Protein: 60 - 127
For the past two days, I have stuck to that. Although I've been doing pretty good since I've been working out about counting my calories. Even before then, I was doing okay, but not good enough. I'll let you know at the end of the week if I met my goals.
My fitness goals vary by day. I switch the exercises that I do when I go to the gym. I'll have a more set pattern soon. I've kind of been following Kyra's lead, but I'll try to pay attention to what we are doing when we go. I always aim for at least 30 minutes of cardio a day, whether I go to the gym or not. With the weather we are having I have no excuse to not do it. Although abs are usually a must whenever I go to the gym. I love medicine balls. I'm not strong enough to do crunches when I'm lying on the floor yet.
I meet with my trainer tomorrow. Hopefully no car batteries will die! *knocks on wood* She will take my measurements this time *takes deep breath.* I'll post them tomorrow and then tell you my goals. I'm really looking forward to meeting with her.
Anyways, there is a small update for this evening. See you tomorrow!
Jen
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
My Before Pics
Well.. I had Josh take my before pictures. I wore a bathing suit bottom that I used to fit into and my sports bra because I couldn't find the top. Wow. I need to lose weight. It's amazing what a picture can make you see.
The one from the back really looks bad. Ugh. It is just driving me to keep going to the gym and eat right and whatever, but that one is really hard to look at without cringing. I don't think I'll post them yet. I know you guys won't suddenly judge me and think I'm horrible or anything, I just don't feel comfortable sharing them with the world yet.
It was another wake up call. I need to lose the weight. Josh says I look beautiful. Okay, I may be beautiful, but I also still need to lose the weight. I'm not perfect. I don't plan to ever be perfect. But I am overweight and I need to do something about it. I know, he's my hubby and would never call me fat. I wouldn't want him too. But he can acknowledge what I am saying. I'm only stating the obvious. I want to be healthier. I have diabetics in my family. I don't want to get diabetes. My dad and my uncle (half uncle) both have had heart attacks. And my dad wasn't even overweight at all! However, he did smoke. My uncle was overweight and also smoked (and maybe still does) My dad doesn't smoke. I quit smoking. My next hurdle is losing the weight.
I don't want six pack abs or whatever. I just want to be healthy. I want to buy a dress and not worry if my sides look horrible in them. I want to wear a two piece so I can finally show my belly button ring that I got when I was 20!
Okay, I am done ranting. That was just hard to see. The last time I put that pair of swimming bottoms on, I looked great in them! And I was 20. And when I am done, I will look great in them again.. but I'll have to buy another suit. I can't find the top to this one haha.
Alright, that's all for now.
Jen
The one from the back really looks bad. Ugh. It is just driving me to keep going to the gym and eat right and whatever, but that one is really hard to look at without cringing. I don't think I'll post them yet. I know you guys won't suddenly judge me and think I'm horrible or anything, I just don't feel comfortable sharing them with the world yet.
It was another wake up call. I need to lose the weight. Josh says I look beautiful. Okay, I may be beautiful, but I also still need to lose the weight. I'm not perfect. I don't plan to ever be perfect. But I am overweight and I need to do something about it. I know, he's my hubby and would never call me fat. I wouldn't want him too. But he can acknowledge what I am saying. I'm only stating the obvious. I want to be healthier. I have diabetics in my family. I don't want to get diabetes. My dad and my uncle (half uncle) both have had heart attacks. And my dad wasn't even overweight at all! However, he did smoke. My uncle was overweight and also smoked (and maybe still does) My dad doesn't smoke. I quit smoking. My next hurdle is losing the weight.
I don't want six pack abs or whatever. I just want to be healthy. I want to buy a dress and not worry if my sides look horrible in them. I want to wear a two piece so I can finally show my belly button ring that I got when I was 20!
Okay, I am done ranting. That was just hard to see. The last time I put that pair of swimming bottoms on, I looked great in them! And I was 20. And when I am done, I will look great in them again.. but I'll have to buy another suit. I can't find the top to this one haha.
Alright, that's all for now.
Jen
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Week 1
Hey guys!
Well, my first week went pretty well. After seeing the trainer that I mentioned last week, I found it hard to walk normally for a few days. Lunges killed my legs lol. Kyra is a great support for me. She pushes me to get out of my comfort zone. She makes me want to go the extra step. She's been really supportive and encouraging too. Seeing her lose the weight that she has lost has helped inspire me. Also, seeing the progress through the week when I step on the scale is a huge motivation to keep going. I'm going to miss her when she is in Vegas for the next few weeks, but I'll hear her in the back of my head going "Come on you can do it! Just a little more!"
So I weigh myself every morning, so yesterday morning was my first weigh in. The 156 I posted last week was with my shoes on when I was at the gym. The first time I weighed myself on my new scale at home, I was at 155. I think that will stand as my starting weight since I wasn't wearing shoes. Well, yesterday morning I weighed 153 pounds! So I lost 2 pounds! Yay!! :D
My weigh ins will now be more consistent since I do have a scale and I weigh myself at the same time everyday.
The eating part is going pretty good. Not perfect, but well. I make sure to eat breakfast every morning. I allow myself to still enjoy food and if one day I don't do so well, I don't curse myself. I'm going to the gym 4 days a week, so I'll work it off. I love going to the gym. I love how I feel afterwards. I hope that feeling keeps going after I start working with the trainer.
I was supposed to meet with the trainer on Tuesday, but my car battery died, so I had to reschedule for this Thursday. I made it to the gym three days this week. I hope to make it my goal of four times this week. The things I hate working on: Abs and calves. Both will be the death of me haha. But I will keep working on them. I just want to curse when I do calf and ab exercises lol. I also hope to improve on my jogging skills.
I think I have inspired Josh also. He bought workout shorts and wants to check out the gym with me this week. We'll see! :)
So here's to hoping I continue to make progress this next week!
Thanks for reading! :)
Jen
Well, my first week went pretty well. After seeing the trainer that I mentioned last week, I found it hard to walk normally for a few days. Lunges killed my legs lol. Kyra is a great support for me. She pushes me to get out of my comfort zone. She makes me want to go the extra step. She's been really supportive and encouraging too. Seeing her lose the weight that she has lost has helped inspire me. Also, seeing the progress through the week when I step on the scale is a huge motivation to keep going. I'm going to miss her when she is in Vegas for the next few weeks, but I'll hear her in the back of my head going "Come on you can do it! Just a little more!"
So I weigh myself every morning, so yesterday morning was my first weigh in. The 156 I posted last week was with my shoes on when I was at the gym. The first time I weighed myself on my new scale at home, I was at 155. I think that will stand as my starting weight since I wasn't wearing shoes. Well, yesterday morning I weighed 153 pounds! So I lost 2 pounds! Yay!! :D
My weigh ins will now be more consistent since I do have a scale and I weigh myself at the same time everyday.
The eating part is going pretty good. Not perfect, but well. I make sure to eat breakfast every morning. I allow myself to still enjoy food and if one day I don't do so well, I don't curse myself. I'm going to the gym 4 days a week, so I'll work it off. I love going to the gym. I love how I feel afterwards. I hope that feeling keeps going after I start working with the trainer.
I was supposed to meet with the trainer on Tuesday, but my car battery died, so I had to reschedule for this Thursday. I made it to the gym three days this week. I hope to make it my goal of four times this week. The things I hate working on: Abs and calves. Both will be the death of me haha. But I will keep working on them. I just want to curse when I do calf and ab exercises lol. I also hope to improve on my jogging skills.
I think I have inspired Josh also. He bought workout shorts and wants to check out the gym with me this week. We'll see! :)
So here's to hoping I continue to make progress this next week!
Thanks for reading! :)
Jen
Friday, March 19, 2010
The First Step of a Long Journey
Well, here it goes!
I have joined a gym with my friend, Kyra in order to lose weight and to get into shape. Here are my stats now. I may or not be posting my before pics now. I will post them at some point, but I don't know if I can do it now. It will be hard enough sharing my stats. I met with a personal trainer today, so here's what they found out.
Current stats:
Height:5'5
Weight: 156
Body fat: 31.1 percent. Yikes!
I have 48 pounds of body fat! Wowza. So I have 108 pounds of muscle. But I'm pretty sure that isn't all good muscle. I don't have the sheet with me, so I can't say exactly what that means. I'll try to clarify later.
Jean size:10-12; Dress size is 12 or 14 (Because of my boobs mostly)
Here are my goals!
My height obviously won't change.
Weight: 135. (Less would be great!)
Body fat: No more than 20%
Jean size: 8. I have never been lower than an 8 in my life, even when I weighed 125 pounds. EDIT: I have not been smaller than a size 8 since my teen years. I'm pretty sure when I made the crossover from girls to women's jeans I was a size 8. That's what I was in high school. My hips are big. But you never know!
So, there you have it. I am sharing my goals with all of you.
Kyra and I will both be working with a personal trainer once a week for awhile, then I think it goes up to two. We'll be doing that part for a year. I will now be held accountable even more now that I am going to a trainer. I think I need the extra push. Although I am scared. But I am sure the results will be well worth it! I just hope I'll still be able to walk after my sessions haha. I will also be going to the gym 3-4 days a week. If I only get to the gym 3 days, my 4th day will be a workout elsewhere.
I will try and update this at least once a week to talk about how my eating has been going as well as my weight. My body fat I may only update once a month or so, as I don't think that will change much every week.
Thanks for reading! :)
Jen
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