Ultimate Goal: weight - 125 LBS, REWARD: healthy weight to start a family.
Day 7
Weight 214.2
Walking 50 minutes, 18 minute resistance training
Here it is, the end of week 1. I'm an inch smaller on my waist, a half inch smaller on my neck, and I haven't measured the rest yet.
Cristian, i.e. Mr. Doubtful, is down from 214 to 207. He hasn't measured himself at all to have a comparison for that though.
We'll see if I can get him to continue with the program.
The eating isn't so bad, but there aren't enough recipes to fit to a real life included in the program itself. The website forums have been a GREAT help.
I made sweet potato souffles last night. Cristian took a first bite, then got a huge grin. "It taste just like pumpkin pie!" I told him it taste more like candied yams, but that we CAN do the same recipe with canned pumpkin (or fresh).
It was perfect since he had been feeling deprived of sweets and the like (and we both love pumpkin pie!).
As for me... I haven't been hungry at all. It has been difficult to eat all the things I'm supposed to and when I'm supposed to, but cooking in advance seriously helps.
Today I'm going to try a recipe for oatmeal cookies.
18 July, 2010
14 July, 2010
The 6 Week Body Make-Over - day 3
Ultimate Goal: weight - 125 LBS, REWARD: healthy weight to start a family.
Day 3
Weight 218.2
Walking 0 minutes, 18 minute resistance training
Starting to get the hang of the whole eating thing. It doesn't seem like such a burden if I make one breakfast, then just eat half (plus fruit) then the other half as if it's my snack two hours later.
Drinking so much water in a day though is a little problem. Keep feeling like I have water sloshing around in my stomach. That, and having to pee all the time! D:
Laughed a lot with my sisters and mother last night and had to keep getting up to run to the bathroom for fear of peeing my pants from laughing so hard!
I've really enjoyed the walking part of the program so far. It's easy enough for anyone to do, and since it's based on your own body and doing what you can, it's good for anyone. Just have to be sure to keep your heart rate in the target area and do the proper breathing. Sounds weird to have to practice breathing (not talking about Lamaze!) but it really makes a difference.
Breath in 4 steps, then out 2. Having to force the breath out in two uses stomach and back muscles, and quite frankly, those muscles on me feel like they haven't been used in quite some time!
Crazy, to have sore muscles just from breathing exercises!
The concept though is to fully oxygenate your cells in order to increase usage of your slow-twitch muscle fibers since they burn fat, not sugars.
I've already dropped an inch from my waist! I had to measure twice just to be sure.
I thought I was being silly measuring, but I was curious, and it's true! Only two three days in, and I've lost an inch!!
Going to do the 18 minute resistance training exercises today for the first time.
Day 3
Weight 218.2
Walking 0 minutes, 18 minute resistance training
Starting to get the hang of the whole eating thing. It doesn't seem like such a burden if I make one breakfast, then just eat half (plus fruit) then the other half as if it's my snack two hours later.
Drinking so much water in a day though is a little problem. Keep feeling like I have water sloshing around in my stomach. That, and having to pee all the time! D:
Laughed a lot with my sisters and mother last night and had to keep getting up to run to the bathroom for fear of peeing my pants from laughing so hard!
I've really enjoyed the walking part of the program so far. It's easy enough for anyone to do, and since it's based on your own body and doing what you can, it's good for anyone. Just have to be sure to keep your heart rate in the target area and do the proper breathing. Sounds weird to have to practice breathing (not talking about Lamaze!) but it really makes a difference.
Breath in 4 steps, then out 2. Having to force the breath out in two uses stomach and back muscles, and quite frankly, those muscles on me feel like they haven't been used in quite some time!
Crazy, to have sore muscles just from breathing exercises!
The concept though is to fully oxygenate your cells in order to increase usage of your slow-twitch muscle fibers since they burn fat, not sugars.
I've already dropped an inch from my waist! I had to measure twice just to be sure.
I thought I was being silly measuring, but I was curious, and it's true! Only two three days in, and I've lost an inch!!
Going to do the 18 minute resistance training exercises today for the first time.
12 July, 2010
The 6 Week Body Make-Over
Ultimate Goal: weight - 125 LBS, REWARD: healthy weight to start a family.
Day 1
Weight 222.0
Walking 55 minutes
Ordered and received the 6 Day Body Make-Over this past week. (I can't believe I succumbed to an infomercial!) Convinced the hubby (Cristian) to hop on board and do it with me.
Then, last night when he finally asked what he was going to have to do, he threw a little fit because of how much meat he had to eat.
Usually, you wouldn't complain about that, right? Here's the thing though. Twofold. 1) Meat in Alaska is expensive, and 2) He usually only eats one MAYBE two meals a day.
Like many "diets" out there, this PROGRAM wants you to eat smaller meals, many times a day.
You definitely eat MORE at each sitting, though, than you do with many other diets, and you ARE allowed to eat carbs. As a matter of fact, it's a large part of the program.
The program works so that you eat the meals right for your body in order to promote and speed-up your metabolism. For some people, this means only eating a few carbs a day. For others, it means eating a bunch.
Both Cristian and I fall right in the middle. We're both body-type C.
How is that determined? We basically completed a self-questionnaire about how we eat and gain (or loose) weight. This includes overeating, stress eating, after-meal sleepiness, etc.
I'm keeping a calorie count for today and maybe a few days just to see how much I'm taking in.
So. Here's what I've eaten so far today...
Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana
Morning snack: 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana (oops, wasn't supposed to have fruit this time! Didn't realize until I got home and checked the book.)
Lunch: 2 oz Shrimp (sprinkled with lemon juice), 1/2 medium red potato, 1 cup salad with balsamic vinaigrette and lemon juice (dressing not allowed).
Afternoon snack: 2 oz Shrimp, 1/2 medium red potato.
Dinner: 2 oz chicken breast, 1/3(ea) portabello mushroom, 1/3(ea) red bell pepper, 1/2 cup calrose rice with portabello mushroom (stalks) and green onion, 1 cup salad.
Evening Snack: 1/2 cup frozen fruit smoothy (2 bananas, 1 peach, vanilla, cinnamon, a little organic sugar-free applesauce, and nutmeg).
I felt like I was eating all day long! Just because of my busy work day and not having a lot of time last night to prepare, it was hard to stay on schedule and eat at the times and everything I was meant to.
So what's all included in the program?
There's of course a diet plan (I say 'diet' as in what you take in, not 'diet' as in limiting your food intake). There's walking as your cardio (they encourage NOT running or doing hard cardio exercise. PERFECT for an asthmatic like me), then there's the 18 minute strength building exercises. I haven't done these yet, but it utilizes elastic bands for resistance, and you utilize only things in your own home (like a chair or door).
Found out too that Cristian's boss' wife completed the Program and went from a size 12 to a size 6. AMAZING. She's going to do the program again after she has her baby.
Got a lot to loose, but I'm gung-ho.
Day 1
Weight 222.0
Walking 55 minutes
Ordered and received the 6 Day Body Make-Over this past week. (I can't believe I succumbed to an infomercial!) Convinced the hubby (Cristian) to hop on board and do it with me.
Then, last night when he finally asked what he was going to have to do, he threw a little fit because of how much meat he had to eat.
Usually, you wouldn't complain about that, right? Here's the thing though. Twofold. 1) Meat in Alaska is expensive, and 2) He usually only eats one MAYBE two meals a day.
Like many "diets" out there, this PROGRAM wants you to eat smaller meals, many times a day.
You definitely eat MORE at each sitting, though, than you do with many other diets, and you ARE allowed to eat carbs. As a matter of fact, it's a large part of the program.
The program works so that you eat the meals right for your body in order to promote and speed-up your metabolism. For some people, this means only eating a few carbs a day. For others, it means eating a bunch.
Both Cristian and I fall right in the middle. We're both body-type C.
How is that determined? We basically completed a self-questionnaire about how we eat and gain (or loose) weight. This includes overeating, stress eating, after-meal sleepiness, etc.
I'm keeping a calorie count for today and maybe a few days just to see how much I'm taking in.
So. Here's what I've eaten so far today...
Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana
Morning snack: 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana (oops, wasn't supposed to have fruit this time! Didn't realize until I got home and checked the book.)
Lunch: 2 oz Shrimp (sprinkled with lemon juice), 1/2 medium red potato, 1 cup salad with balsamic vinaigrette and lemon juice (dressing not allowed).
Afternoon snack: 2 oz Shrimp, 1/2 medium red potato.
Dinner: 2 oz chicken breast, 1/3(ea) portabello mushroom, 1/3(ea) red bell pepper, 1/2 cup calrose rice with portabello mushroom (stalks) and green onion, 1 cup salad.
Evening Snack: 1/2 cup frozen fruit smoothy (2 bananas, 1 peach, vanilla, cinnamon, a little organic sugar-free applesauce, and nutmeg).
I felt like I was eating all day long! Just because of my busy work day and not having a lot of time last night to prepare, it was hard to stay on schedule and eat at the times and everything I was meant to.
So what's all included in the program?
There's of course a diet plan (I say 'diet' as in what you take in, not 'diet' as in limiting your food intake). There's walking as your cardio (they encourage NOT running or doing hard cardio exercise. PERFECT for an asthmatic like me), then there's the 18 minute strength building exercises. I haven't done these yet, but it utilizes elastic bands for resistance, and you utilize only things in your own home (like a chair or door).
Found out too that Cristian's boss' wife completed the Program and went from a size 12 to a size 6. AMAZING. She's going to do the program again after she has her baby.
Got a lot to loose, but I'm gung-ho.
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