Archive for May 7th, 2009
I did and I feel fab. Gonna be a bit sore tomorrow, and I only lifted 5-15 pounds for all of the workout but I stuck with it from warmup to cooldown.
I even ate pretty well today. The good news is that I weighed in at one less pound today than yesterday (231 to 230, don’t get used to it. Daily weigh-ins are about as sadistic as locking myself in a room with Rachael Ray reruns looping 24/7). By “well” I mean four mini-Snickers instead of half a bag and half a donut (!)(it’s the first sign of the apocalypse) from the stash my friend brought to school. My other meals were really reasonable: fruit & yogurt with coffee for breakfast, 3 squares of leftover veggie (as in cream cheese, not real pizza) pizza and a diet soda for lunch, risotto and stir fried chicken for dinner.
I’ve got the meal part down, it’s the in-between times that do me in. Now that I’m filling them with some type of metabolically stimulating activity, let’s see where we end up.
E-Day. The thing I hate most in the weight-loss effort (though if I want to sustain it, I probably should change my mindset and not hate it).
Exercise.
For me, it’s as impossible to lose weight without exercise as it is for me to fit into single-digit size clothing. My last huge success (I’ve had smaller ones since), which took place back in the days when big hair made me appear thinner (it’s coming back someday! I can’t wait!) was a result of jogging and weight lifting on a regular basis. Regular meaning more than once a fortnight, for my British readers.
I’m not going with one set program. I like the idea and buy all types of infomercials that promise me one simple way to drop the weight, but the truth is, they bore me out of my mind. This time it’s a combination of ChaLean Extreme (I admit I do LOVE weight lifting. Not as much as I love eating frosting from a tub but it’s all in your perspective, but enough to stick with it a month or two at a time), yoga (another love), walking and occasional jogging (hate). Maybe the synergy of the weights and yoga will conspire with the jogging in my brain to bring it over to the light side.
Anyone have any tricks or tips to make me like jogging, other than the weight loss? I’m up for suggestions…