Weights Wednesday!

First off, food was a good deal better today.  More on that later.

Bed too late last night, I'm going to be tucked in and reading before 10 tonight.   Have my water and am ready to hit the hay now.

Today's exercise was with my 25lb kettle bell and my Husbeast.  He is a big boy, and he has some weight to lose as well.  Of course he is going to kick the ass out of dropping 20lbs before I can even turn around and get a sniff at a 5lb loss.  No fair .... stupid male testosterone.  Side note.   Is anyone else out there finding that testosterone underarm "deodorant" stick commercial as hilarious as I do??  I can just see some mom yelling...."STAY OUT OF DADDY'S ARMPIT THERE ARE DRUGS IN THERE!!!!".    haha crazy ol world.

Okay.... workout. So we worked one on and one off.   While one was working with the KB, the other was doing some other exercise - just knocking out as many as you could in the time it took the other to finish the KB exercise. 

Each KB exercise took about 30-45 seconds (guestimate), so that was a damn long plank and wallsit, just saying!!!  I was tired and sweaty when we were done.  Also, in hindsight, we are going to need to walk the dog first, or get some sort of warm up, it was hard to just jump right to it.

Set 1.
15 sumo squats with KB between legs
crunches
25 KB swings
planks
15 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
wall sits
15 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
push ups

Set 2
10 sumo squats with KB between legs
crunches
15 KB swings
planks
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
wall sits
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
push ups

Walked the dog - 15-20 min.

Legs are feeling it for sure. More stretching tonight before bed and some rest is going to be excellent.

Food:

Bfast

Better oats maple & bs oatmeal package x2 – 320

Coffee 2 creamers 1T – 30
Lunch
Subway ft long – wheat bread, roasted chicken, shredded cheese, ranch, mustard, veg – 554
2/3 can of Diet Coke - afternoon "pick me up"
NO CANDY OR CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!
Dinner:
1/2 plain roasted chicken (9oz meat and yes...i ate the skin) - 480
1/2 bag steamer peas - 121
1t icbinb - 45
1/2 c Pumpkin ice cream (all gone now, and not getting anymore) - 160*
5 almonds - 35

Total calories: 1,745

*happily checked the label and 1/2 a cup is actually 160 not 260 as I posted yesterday.  :)

Couch 2 5K - Day 1

Can I just say that I LOVE the iPhone Couch 2 5k app! It's the bomb. Best 99cents I've spent on an app. You get to choose your "trainer".  We had Sargent Block! LOL   Listen up maggots, you are going to run! 

Day 1 is done.  It was easier then I thought, but I'm pretty sure that it is going to get harder fast.   I did have a friend to jog with, and the talking and shared suffering makes it easier.    I also had a friend "phone in", she did her day 1 with us, on a treadmill in another city!   Ah technology, how far we have come.  We started our apps at the same time and she called in to report on her run after.  

I know the workout is good when the dog snoozes extra hard through the Biggest Loser episode. 

I'm tired and a little sore. I am going to stretch before bed right after I'm done here.

Eating today... fair to middling.  I did good on food until the afternoon.  I hadn't had enough water and started fading... had some sugary snacks.  Tomorrow - H2O is first thing on the list of things to get in the morning.  Fill the bottle and sit it on the desk.

Tomorrow is my kettle bell work-out.  I'll fill in the details then.  Now, time to finish my water, get rolled out, and get to bed.   I have a few books on the go and need to get some reading in before lights out.


Food:
eggs & cheese biscuit - 350
Coffee with 1T creamer - 20

1 can heinz beans - 244
2 eggs - 147
2T HP sauce - 30
2 slices bread - 100 (Natures own - double fiber)

4 rolos - 105
1 bag snapea crisps - 450
2 sour gummies - 33

1 can Amy's tomato soup - 260
4 slices bread - 200
3 slices swiss cheese - 319
1T  icbinb - 45
1/2c pumpkin ice cream - 260

total calories: 2,563

I need to get that down by about 750. I would like to get between 1,500 - 1,800 calories a day.  If I hadn't had those damn snacks... I would have been pretty close for the day.  

Wow, I was totally NOT going to track my calories.   This little late night brain exercise was good.  CLEARLY... I'm fat because I eat too much and this is a prime example. Unitl I wrote this out, I was thinking that I did REALLY GOOD...  but no, I have really good denial of how much I eat.  Add brutal snacking habits to that and here we are 300+ lbs.

Did I REALLY need TWO grilled cheese sandwiches with my soup for dinner?  I don't think so.  In fact, I'm still full now, and its hours later.

Food for thought Tammy. You have to start regulating AT the meal time.

Tomorrow I will do better.

Starting 2012

Am I a Resolutioner?   Maybe.  All I know is that I stepped up on the scale this year and it was 306.6.   I was scared.  I was tired.  I was mad.  I had so many emotions that I don't think that I can list them all. 

Shame....hate.....loathing....exasperation....desperation......

Being yo-yo fat for all my life has taken a toll on me, and I'm tired of it. I need to make a real change and find a place where I am happy and healthy.  

I should have known how that I was topping 300 when I stepped up that morning.  I have been having all kinds of issues.  Heart burn, insomnia, joint pain, exhaustion, inability to wake up in the mornings once I am asleep. 

I spent the last 2 weeks watching the Biggest Loser on netflix...Season 7.  The one with Helen, Tara, Kristen, Filipe and Sione (and the others) and I have been inspired. 

If they can lose 100+lbs in 16 weeks.... then I can can lose 10lbs a month for the next 6 months. Hard, yes.  Change is difficult.  I think that is going to be my mantra.

My Goal:
Lose 60 lbs by July 31 (6 months + 12days)

How: