Real-World Weight Loss: Backsliding

 Well, it looks like I backslid this month.  It's mostly diet.  I've been hitting the sweets more, and with the coming of the cold weather, I'm wanting warm breakfasts like pancakes.  No excuse, of course, just something I need to be more aware of before I put things into my mouth.

	15-Jan	25-Oct		total loss
weight	169	146		23 lb dec
body fat	38.5	28.6		9.9 dec
chest	38.7	34.6		4.1 dec
bust	41.1	37.8		3.3 dec
waist	39	34.8		4.2dec
hips	42.8	38.1		4.7 dec
abs	42	38		4. dec
thigh	22	22.2		.2 inc
calf	15	14		1. dec
bicep	11.6	10.9		.7 inc
forearm	10	9.4		.6 dec
neck	15	13.9		1.1 dec
Total loss				23.5  inches

I can feel it in the fit of my pants, but I'm still better than when I started in January. So, I promise to get back onto healthier eating, but in the meantime, here's a little something I was inspired to write during Tabata week:

Caught in Tabata Class

To the tune of "Bad Romance":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVnSV6jvraE

Oh, caught in Tabata class
Oh, caught in Tabata class

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Moanmoan, moan and groan

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Caught in Tabata class

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Moanmoan, moan and groan

Eight more sets to go

Caught in Tabata class

I know I’m chubby, I want to get thin
I want to tone my butt and stop jiggling
I need a gym
Gym, gym, gym, I need a gym

I’m tired of panting from climbing the stairs
There’s only eight of them, I keep drawing stares
This can’t go on
On, on, on, this can’t go on
(Gym, gym, gym, I need a gym)

You know the fat bugs me
And I want to be hunky
I need your class, Tabata class

For twenty second I can push myself hard
You and me caught in Tabata class
We rest ten second, then we do it again
You and me caught in Tabata class

Oh, caught in Tabata class
Oh, caught in Tabata class

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Moanmoan, moan and groan

Five more sets to go

Caught in Tabata class

I’m running hard now; you’re making me sweat
I’m lifting weights, gonna get stronger yet
I’m in the gym
Gym, gym, gym, I’m in the gym

Have I gone psycho? I think I see lines
There in my muscles, and it’s about time
I’m getting fit
Fit, fit, fit, I’m getting fit
(Gym, gym, gym, I’m in the gym)

Hey, I’m losing inches
with body fat shrinkage
('Cause I'm working out, baby)
But it still hurts me, this Tabata class

Oh, I’m so achy, tell me when does class end
You and me caught in Tabata class
But we keep running as we plot our revenge
You and me caught in Tabata class

Oh, caught in Tabata class
Oh, caught in Tabata class

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Moanmoan, moan and groan

Two more sets to go

Caught in Tabata class

Run, run, fitness, baby
Work it, move those feet, crazy
Lift, lift, fitness, baby
Pump it, lift those weights, crazy

Bend, bend, sit-ups, baby
Move it, twenty seconds, crazy
Exercising, baby
Later, get a donut, maybe

Burning calories, from beginning to end
Let’s cut the fat; it don’t wanna be friends
Gasping for breath, when does this session end
Ten second rest, then we’re staring again

(Oh, caught in Tabata class)

Let me just catch my breath
(Oh, caught in Tabata class)
I feel so close to death

Don’t like my jiggle!
(Oh, caught in Tabata class)
My fat just wiggles!

But when it’s over and I’m breathing again
You and me in a Tabata class

I’m sore but happy, and I’ll come back again
You and me in a Tabata class

(Oh, caught in Tabata class)
I skinny pants fit

(Oh, caught in Tabata class)
My new shape’s a hit

(Oh, caught in Tabata class)
So tired, I could spit

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Moanmoan, moan and groan

Moan, moan, moan and groan

Caught in Tabata class

 

Real World Weight Loss, Month Five

Time again for the monthly update. This was a rougher month because Rob was home (hooray!) but that meant we didn't eat as well.  Also, he got me using this app called Noom to count calories.  Well, it only works so far.  If I had "extra calories" that day, I'd treat myself.  I discovered (after gaining weight despite extra workouts and staying under my calorie count) that, at least for my body, it does matter the kind of calories I consume, not just the amount. 

Here are the photos.  I have to admit; I don't see that much difference in them.  However, I know from measuring that I've lost 25 inches and 16 pounds overall, and I am feeling a major difference in my clothes.  Stuff that hasn't fit comfortably for years now is a little loose.

Here are the measurements:

	15-Jan	14-Jun		total loss
weight	169	152.2		16.8 lb dec
body fat	38.5	33		5.5 dec
chest	38.7	34.6		4.1 dec
bust	41.1	38		3.1 dec
waist	39	32.9		6.1 dec
hips	42.8	38.2		4.6 dec
abs	42	36		6.0 dec
thigh	22	21.8		.2 dec
calf	15	14.9		.1 dec
bicep	11.6	11.8		.2 inc
forearm	10	9.5		.5 dec
neck	15	13.9		1.1 dec
Total loss				25.6 inches

Circuit Torture--er, Training. Real world weight loss

Here we are at the one-month mark of my new circuit training routine, so I thought I'd give you an overall view of my progress, more than anything to show how a normal person loses weight.  This is me a month ago:

 

My body seems to enjoy 160-170, which I have been at for a decade now.  I am 5'3", so in theory, I'm on the border of overweight and obese:

Excuse me while I take this with a big grain of salt.

I'm large--a size 12-14--and I don't like my belly (or as Amber calls it, "the food baby") but obese?  Still, I am not happy with my shape or that I'm so weak, which is why I'm making some changes.

First, know that I am not dieting.  I have tried this in the past and I inevitably lose 5 pounds in the first week or two, then never lose again, give up after two months and gain it back. Also, I'm not interested in giving up sweets and such for a life of veggies and free-range chicken.  So I've cut down on the bad stuff.  Sodas are a once or twice a week, dessert on rare occasions, eating out once in a while.

However (as you know), I am exercising six days a week on a really intense routine that incorparates cardio and weights.  Here's me after a month:

Not the most flattering of pictures, true, but the point is to see what progress I made.  I'm trying to use the same outfit for photos and measurements each time.

It doesn't look like a lot, but I m toning up. I can go up the stairs without losing my breath, and I can carry more.  Also, my jeans fit better.  Here are my stats:

	15-Jan	8-Feb		loss
weight	169	165		4lb dec
body fat	38.5	35.3		3.2 dec
chest	38.7	36.9		1.8 dec
bust	41.1	39.6		.5 dec
waist	39	35		4.0 dec
hips	42.8	40.5		2.3 dec
abs	42	39.5		2.5 dec
thigh	22	23.9		1.9 inc
calf	15	15.1		.1 inc
bicep	11.6	11.8		.2 inc
forearm	10	9.8		.2 dec
neck	15	14.5		.5 dec

I'm not happy about how little weight I've lost, but Ryion, my Personal Torturer...er...trainer, said people often gain at first because fat is converting to muscle.  Plus, as I said, my body seems to settle into a comfortable weight and stay there regardless.  If I can shape my body better, I'll be satisfied.  Something else you can't see in the photo btw, is that I've established a better routine of exfoliating my face and for the dark circles under my eyes.  (My mother-in-law bought me some stuff for the circles.)

My next step is to drink more water. I'm supposed to drink 84 ounces a day.  The formula is half your weight in ounces.  I saw on Dr. Oz that lemon water is supposed to help, so I'm doing that.  I also want to add a multi-vitamin.  I'm bad about taking these regularly.