Week In Review #2

So here's another update for how this week went down. If you saw my post on Thursday you'll notice that I found a gym!! It's affordable and close by, like so close that I don't even have to step outside of my office building to get to! That's right, it's just downstairs from me.

There was seriously no one there!

Sunday - Pretty much a sharty day cuz I went out on Saturday night and ate everything I saw, tater tots, chicken fingers, fried macaroni bites, waffles, pizza. So yeah, I had a bad food "hangover" and still ate like garbage on sunday.

Monday - Back in the swing of things, doing the same old same old food schedule, basically I eat about 5 different things ever. I'm writing this day's summary on Thursday and to be honest I don't remember the deets (details, I'm gonna just shorten it from now on. Learn it)

Tuesday-Wednesday - Don't remember, but overall I give my eating a 7 out of 10 for those few days.

Thursday - I'm eating amazing today, haller. Cereal for breakfast, clementines for snack, then string cheese for another snack, then big salad for lunch, then another clementine/string cheese snack combo. For dinner tonight I have spinach and garbanzo beans waiting to be heated up. NOM NOM

Friday - (projected food intake) Breakfast, cereal, string cheese snack, lunch STEAK FROM LUX BAR, and probably copious amounts of alcohol leading to bad food decisions that I know I'll feel guilty about. Yes I'm planning on this. I have no will power

So I've been listening to my fave podcast, Fat2Fit Radio. And I have to recommend these guys over and over again. If you need motivation please listen to them. You may notice that I've incorporated some "cheat" meals on Friday, which I'm totally OK with! As I lose weight I know that there will be times when I have a party to go to, or a fun treat that just looks so delicious that I can't pass it up. The philosophy of these guys is that you should eat like the thinner person you want to become, and guess what, the thinner person I want to become gets drunk, eats steak, and cookies from time to time. I don't do these things often but I don't want to rule them out of my life forever.

I've also noticed that I've plateaued (spelling) now for at least a month or two. I'm at a weight now that I'm finally comfortable sharing with y'all in blogger world. 150.6 pounds as of this morning when I stood naked on my scale just after waking up and after going to the bathroom so it's at it's absolute lowest number of the day :) I'd say ideally I'd like to be around 140-145 for the rest of my life. My goal is to be able to eat so much food, maintain my weight and NEVER EVER feel hungry. The way to do this is to live like the thinner person you want to become.

This does not mean eating 1200 calories a day people! You are starving yourself if you're doing this! The Fat2Fit philosophy starts with each individual finding out their BMR, (BMR=how many calories you burn if you were in a coma). If you eat below that number, your body will start to eat away your MUSCLE. WhY? because it burns the most calories when you're just sitting there. If you get rid of an organ that burns a lot of calories then you're body will adjust to the number of calories you've restricted yourself to. So you've lost muscle and then when you quit your diet your BMR is much lower than it was before you dieted. Two steps forward, three steps back.

You are starving yourself if you eat 1200 calories a day people! Don't trust the diet industry.

Please listen to the Fat2Fit podcast. Figure out your BMR and never eat below it.

I'm gonna get off this soapbox.

Week In Review #1

As part of my wedding fitness inspiration I plan on putting together a Week In Review each Saturday.

So here goes nothing:

Challenge: This week I wasn't able to re-register at the Health Club near the train stop. The reason is because they were going to charge $99 bucks to reinstate my membership. That in combination with the fact that the membership is $79/month plus it doesn't have a whole lot of stuff going for it (no classes, no pool etc) so I'm going to walk to the YMCA at least 3 times a week. Anything more than that during winter will be a bonus.

Additional activity: Daily walks during my lunch hour.

Tuesday: I had an awesome workout, I lifted and really pushed myself after work. Other activity included an hour walk during my lunch hour and about 35 minute walk to the YMCA.
Food-Cereal for breakfast, String Cheese for snack, Eduardos Spinach Stuffed Pizza (one slice) and BBQ chicken pizza (two small slices, thin crust), protein shake - I know, I'm such a meathead, and turkey sammich (that's how I spell sandwich, get used to it) with a glass of milk.
NOM NOM NOM

Wednesday: Today I had a pretty pathetic walk that was balanced out by a lot of walking, probably about 2 hours total. Today I had cereal for breakfast and a string cheese for a snack along with my big awesome salad including a whole zuccini, 3 tomatos, a celery stalk, a whole apple with an olive oil/balsamic vinaigrette dressing (spelling), for dinner I had chicken with angelhair pasta and marinara sauce, along with a handful of almonds and some chips and hummus

Thursday: Today I didn't go for my walk during lunch like I normally do :( But after work I lifted using the ActivTrax thing the Y provides. I had cereal for breakfast, string cheese for snack, 3 chicken tacos from taco bell (served fresco, meaning without cheese or sour cream), another string cheese snack in the afternoon and chicken with marinara sauce for dinner along with some chips and hummus and a small handful of almonds.

Friday: No workout today, I took a 1/2 day of work and I'm spending it with the fiance! WOOT WOOT