This morning was weigh in day for D-I-E-T & ThinChicks ... I lost a poud. I know I should be complelty happy with that but the fact is ... I really bumped my workouts up this week. I kept my calories as low as I felt safely going. Here's how my week looked cardio wise. Some days are blank ... it's just because I forgot to log them in on that day so I logged them in on the next day.
| EXERCISE | MINUTES | CALORIES BURNED | |
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Walk 15 min/mile | 18 | 130 |
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Dancing: Slow, Waltz, Foxtrot | 30 | 144 |
| Dancing: Slow, Waltz, Foxtrot | 35 | 168 | |
| Walk 15 min/mile | 45 | 324 | |
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Walk 17 min/mile | 17 | 109 |
| Aerobics: Step: Low Impact | 30 | 336 | |
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Aerobics: Step: Low Impact | 30 | 336 |
| Treadmill - 15 min/mile | 20 | 144 | |
| Aerobics: Step: High Impact | 28 | 448 | |
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253 | 2139 | |
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1720 |
I've complete a very high impact step routine but that's not all I'll be doing today. I'll be getting in a 10 min abdominal session ... I have a challenge move for my hamstrings for ThinChicks ... & since hubby is off for the day I may get on the treadmill for a while or break out my 4 mile walk/jog video. It comes out to about a 12-13 min mile. It's by Leslie Sansone.
I know some of you are BIG weigh losers each week ... how do you lose more than one pound each week? I know Christina doesn't take in as many calories as I do but I know from past experience that going to low to lose weight doesn't make it a permanent weight loss. I was once 234 pounds ... I refused to take in more than 1000 calories a day & I worked out almost non stop everyday. I lost 50 pounds in about 3 months ... then another 30 in about 3 months. The problem was once I made it to 150 I didn't want to lose anything more cause I was comfortable at that weight. I kept exercising about 3 hours a day took in 1200-1500 calories a day & inside of a month I shot back up to 170 ... then 180 in another month. I dropped my calories back down to 1000 calories a day & worked out no less than 3 hours a day. I maintained this weight for 2 years but I was ALWAYS starving!!! A week after I stopped teaching aerobics ... I gained 5 pounds ... in 3 months time I had gone from 150 to 180 ... now here I am at 196. It's all I can do to keep gaining anything more.
I NEED HELP ... I feel like I'm swimming in buckets of fat with no way of pulling myself out. Part of me is hoping I have a thyroid problem so I can get on something to help me take this off but the other part of me doesn't want to have this problem. I just want the weight off of me & I don't want to have to starve myself to do it.
Emmi, I counted calories when I first lost weight with cody. I limited myself to 1000 calories a day and 10 grams of fat a day. I wrote down everything I put in my mouth and if my calories were used up for the day, I went to bed so I wouldn't eat any more!! And I lost 30 pounds in 3 months. There is no way I could do it again, and I wouldn't even want to. It was too strict and too boring!! I don't count calories now. I am just aware of what I am eating and don't go overboard on the amount. I have what I call "safe" foods, and then there are the "bad" foods. You can pretty much guess what each group holds! I was thinking yesterday of what is going to happen when I do reach my goal weight. How am I going to maintain it? I don't want my whole day wrapped up in worrying about how much I've eaten today, or how much more do I need to exercise today. I think you are doing great, and I wonder if maybe you've just hit a plateau and need to get thru it to the other side and then you will see the weight drop off. Just keep it up.
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Awww Emmi you are doing great, keep it up, Hugs Lisa
ReplyDeleteOh Emmi... I really do feel for you. I know what works for me won't work for others. 3 hours a day of exercise is just not right. You shouldn't be doing more than a hour a day and you need 1 or 2 days a week off to rest your body. I am puzzled by the food. I am going to pay more attention to what you are eating to see if I can find something. Don't give up. I won't give up on you either. Thats a promise!!
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