Spin Cycle Journal (Comments Welcome)

[C_leen]

2/10- Got a long gym work out in (75 min). Weight was up a bit.
2/11- Weight still up a bit. Walked 30 minutes, wii dance 2 songs.
2/12 - long day at work, dentist, guitar. Really wanted to stress eat, but did not. Just put myself to bed.
2/13- Weight 174.0 Doing good today so far. It is Ash Wed. A good day to fast. ha ha.

[C_leen]

Still hanging tough on HCG. I saw md for last check in. On Friday I weighed 171.8. Today I was 172.0. I am pretty tired but also now planning to go 40 day round. Md was ok with this approach. Exercise challenge I am up too 300/560. Allowed myself some cheats on sat. I have been under a lot of stress with DHs job loss, but doing OK.

I am pretty sure I am going to try leptin reset to maintain for a bit then either return to hcg or work to lose weight with paleo.

[C_leen]

2/27. Hanging tough. Ate way too much food last weekend, but hammered down this week. Today I weighed 172.0. Working on not night eating. DH helping me with his tea habit. Read about some rogue hcg people eating 800 calories. Considering doing that approach to finish my current bottle while also focusing on exercise and fortitude with no night eating.

On Mon night I had a half of Hershey almond bar. On Tues night I ate the other half. What an amazing thing to not feel compelled to eat the whole thing at once (as if it would be stolen from me!).

[C_leen]

So. #171.4 today.

Did not exercise as I had hoped this month. I think I will try to tackle this issue in March.

[C_leen]

Hmm. Lost my post from yesterday. In Feb I only managed 54% of my exercise goal. I think I had only calculated 20 min qd. But I am now setting some new goals as I stop hHCG and generally try to refocus on upping my calories and increasing exercise. This morning I re-read my old Wish journal. I know I can do this.

Weight: 171.4 holding
March goal, lose one lb per week.

Exercise 20 min qd.
3/1: walked 20 min at work
3/2: 30 min cybex, 20 min arm machines
3/3: plan is gym
3/4: plan is walk at work as dinner engagement

Work is going to be nuts this month. DH has been downsized as well so my stress is very high. I will reassess DIET again for April focus. Whether I do another round of hHCG, Adkins or Paleo...

Peace to my codependent self. This is one of the ways I can take care of myself.

[C_leen]

Did kettlebells during strength leg machines to keep HR up. Exercise total: 110/620 so far.

Eating OK. Better than usual.

[C_leen]

Exercise: 145/620

Did not exercise Mon or Tues. work is crazy.


Lee

[C_leen]

Last night DH wanted something in particular for dinner, so while he ran to the store and cooked it, I slipped on my workout gear and went into the basement to spin. Got 35 minutes in (previously reported). Calories were OK last night, but wound up eating 2 samoa gs cookies (which is one serving). That satisfied me and I was off to bed as new Spiderman movie was boring to me.

Weight: #171.0

So I looked back thru my journal and I have not weighed this low in exactly 3 years. We are about to get a warm up too, so I am hoping to get a long walk in outside soon!

Exercise Goals
Thurs: walk at work (parent teacher conferences tonight)
Fri: get up and spin (try to get ahead of time change!)
Sat: GYM
Sun: GYM

I would really like to see 170.4 on Saturday to make my one pound a week goal...

[C_leen]

Well I did it. I lost a pound this week. Weight 170.4. I did walk at work on Thursday. Missed exercise yesterday during long work day.

Yesterday afternoon a coworker tossed a handful of tootsie minis on my desk. I could not resist them and ate them all. I had a glass of wine at dinner. DH and I split our cod special. When the included dessert came, I was truly full. It was a small bowl of bread pudding. I was really proud of myself to just eat half of it as I remembered the tootsie rolls, the wine and how quickly 1200 calories go! When I estimated my calories on MFP, I was only 2 over.

As for April, I am seriously thinking about hHCG for one more round. What I think I will change is my exercise as in increase it compared to Jan.

I am really proud of myself with the snacking,

[C_leen]

I did manage to push thru the rain and went to the gym for an hour. 230/620 for March goal. Goal is 20 min qd, so the weekend longer work outs are important with work so nutball crazy. Time change usually wipes me out and weather looks blah for next week. I actually have to walk around and tape up flyers next week, so I have an excuse to walk!

Exercise Plan
Sun -gym
Mon - Spin
Tues - Guitar/Walk at work
Wed- HAIR: Spin am?
Thurs: Walk @ work/Spin
Fri: Gym?

[C_leen]

Did make it to gym for hour of cardio. TM 30/recumbent bike 30 easy. Exercise now 290/620. Mon did not do anything but work like a dog. Calories not to bad over weekend but weight up a bit today.

[C_leen]

Exercise Goal for March went slightly better than Feb. I made 90% of my goal, so I improved a lot. that averaged to 17.9 minutes qd. My goal this month is going to be 660 or 22 min qd. Planning to get back on C25K as well this month in a more formal way.

Weight today is 174.4. I really lost it during Investigator Meeting. But I have also been loading for HCG round 2. Which today is my first VLCD. So far relieved to be eating less today as I really ate a ton yesterday.

Printed off C25K for the umpteenth time.

[C_leen]

Last night failed a little bit. Ate some Red Vines. This is a trigger food for me and I will need to get it out of the house.Amazingly I did stay within the calorie range of 500. Honestly I should have eaten a fruit...

Today's weight: 173.4

Doing well so far.

[C_leen]

Weight today: 171.4
Had another tough night with the Red Vines. I ate the remaining in the house. Hopefully tonight I can stay out of the rest of the Easter treats remaining.

Work is awful.

[C_leen]

Had a tough night last night as I was at work until 7:30 PM. I swung thru those Golden Arches and stuck with a grilled chicken salad. Ate that at home, but knew it was just a matter of time. I drank a glass of wine and had some potato chips too. DS was very kind as he gently took the bag away from me, clipped it shut, and put them in the cupboard.

Today's weight: 170.4

Hopefully tonight I will do better as I am not so stressed at work. Will be picking up YET another salad...

Colleen