michelles

I have been thinking about the past year and a half and my own weight loss journey. Quite a few times I have panicked and cried about “plateaus”. Then I pick apart the past year and a half and analyze my “plan” and what I see is at the beginning, though I wanted to lose weight, I really hadn’t committed myself 100%. I was “closet” eating each time my boyfriend left for work or went to bed or ran to do errands. I would immediately grab some high calorie/high fat foods and shovel them in like I was starving. That along with the fact that I wouldn’t log/track those foods, as if not tracking them meant they didn’t count..right? Wrong. Those things are the reasons that earlier in my journey, I struggled with the scale, watching it go up and down and up and down, like a friggin rollercoaster.

I use to find an excuse so many times for not working out consistently…it was that time of month or I didn’t get enough sleep or it was the anniversary of the day my husband, my momma, my daddy passed or I had a headache…excuse after excuse. But now that I do exercise on regular basis, I can really tell a difference in my body and I am generally in a better mood(except during stressful times) but even when I am stressed, depressed, mad, sad, etc..I still exercise. I refuse to punish myself anymore and that is what I was basically doing. I wasn’t hurting anyone else by not eating right or exercising..only myself.

I haven’t done those things in months and I am so proud to be able to post that today. I am so proud that when it comes to the battle with food and my mind, I can now win(99.99% of the time anyway, no one is perfect). I am proud that I can be honest with myself and I track everything I eat and drink, no matter how big or small. I am proud that today I am on track and on plan and I will always do my best to keep me there.

This is mostly just an accountablity post to myself.

This morning, already, for the first time in months I slipped off plan and ate 2 slices of cheese pizza. I am really upset with myself and almost got into the I give up mentality but I have come too far for that so I am making a deal with myself.

I will eat 1500 calories a day
1 will continue my 1.5 hours of cardio 5 times a week with 3 days of added full body w/s training
I will not even think about weighing myself until October 1st 2009 (it’s best for my sanity)
I will not give up on myself

As a person who absolutely adores the Wii Fit rhythm boxing, I had to try out the Gold’s Gym Cardio for the Wii. My boyfriend bought it for me last night and I just finished 50 minutes. I have to say the first impression is pretty good for me. I really got into it and I am sweating quite a bit. It is fun and interesting and a good cardio workout. I recommend it for anyone who has a Wii .

I had a punch total of 426 and my physical age shows as 22 there (which I am loving ). I was a bit frustrated to see the game version of myself puff up when I entered my weight but I know I am not slender so I quickly got past that, hehe.

If anyone else has it, how do you like it and how long do you use it in your workouts?

I am thinking along the lines of this…

Day 1
10am - Wii Fit Advanced Step - 30 minutes
1pm - Cardio circuit - 30 minutes
4pm - Wii Fit Expert Rhythm Boxing - 30 minutes

Day 2
10am - Wii Fit Advanced Step - 30 minutes
1pm - Strength circuit - 30 minutes (includes weights of 5 pounds)
4pm - Wii Fit Expert Rhythm Boxing - 30 minutes

Day 3
10am - Wii Fit Advanced Step - 30 minutes
1pm - Combo circuit - 30 minutes (includes weights of 5 pounds)
4pm - Wii Fit Expert Rhythm Boxing - 30 minutes

Day 4
REST

Then repeat the cycle.

The times do not include warm ups or cool downs, which I do.

So…what do ya’ll think?

Hugs
Michelle

A few things I am gonna change starting today concerning my diet or whatever you want to call it.

First of all, this week I am taking the whole week off from calorie counting and exercising. That doesn’t mean I am gonna sit on my ass gorging on fattening foods, it just means I am not gonna be counting every morsel I eat or doing any exercise…just for this week. Next Wednesday I will go back on track and do what I’ve been doing. I am just hoping this will sorta shock my body or shake things up or something!

Second of all, I am done weighing. I am gonna measure my success (or God forbid, failure) by my clothes sizes. All the scale obsession and worry is over. I can’t deal with it anymore and I refuse to let myself get deterred because of numbers on a scale.  I just am done with it.

I guess that’s it for now.

Hugs
Michelle

How much is enough to help lose weight? I usually do a 1 hour - 1.5 hours 5-6 days a week. Is this enough to help shed the pounds?