Quiet
Because under-eating is far less shameful than binge-eating….
I can’t win.
"Keep it Ugly"
A blog to track weight loss progress, rants and inspirations.
Starting Weight: 175
Current Weight: Between 155-160
Goal Weight: 115
Other life improvements in progress:
-Creating more
-Learning guitar
-Attending therapy
-Living more fearlessly
~ Tuesday, February 12 ~
~ Thursday, January 3 ~
~ Monday, September 24 ~
PLATEAU (and how I unintentionally kicked mine’s ass)
Plateau: The dread monster of a thing that no one on a weight loss journey wants to hit.
And, of course, I managed to hit it. AND, with just a few pounds left to shed before creeping my way out of the BMI-defined “overweight” category.
Great.
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~ Sunday, August 19 ~
~ Saturday, August 18 ~
~ Friday, August 17 ~
~ Thursday, August 16 ~
~ Saturday, August 11 ~
So I corrected and extended that weight loss chart I made last night.
If I were to burn just 500 extra calories daily, I could be in the 120s by the holidays and reach my goal weight of 115 by March!
Hopefully doing this motivates me to get back on track.
After my move (indicated on the chart by the yellow line), I really fell off course.
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So, this is what I’m doing at 3:30 a.m.
I rarely have access to a scale. So, I try to keep tabs on what my body might be doing using math, which is a horrible idea for me, considering I am one of those writing-art-creative types who are terrible at math.
The BMR column is a bit off and a few of the things are estimations, but here’s the basic breakdown of the chart:
- It’s all measured by week.
- My set daily intake is 1200 calories. So, I take my BMR minus 1200 then multiply it by 7 to get the value in that column.
- The additional calorie deficit column comes from exercise for the week and from the days when I didn’t take in 1200 calories (bad, I know! I just honestly don’t eat that much sometimes!)
- The cream/yellow-colored bar across the middle indicates when I moved from my apartment at school and into my new apartment where I don’t have my own room and privacy to exercise. As you can see, things aren’t going as smoothly here….
- To get the weight, I take the “total” calorie deficit column and divide that value by 3800 (the value I’m using for calories=pound; though, 3500 is more commonly used). I then subtract that from the previous week’s weight.
So, there’s that. I should probably try to sleep now…
~ Friday, August 10 ~
freakfreakfreaks asked: What are some work outs that you recommend? I need to lose 30 pounds
Running is the quickest way to burn calories, and it’s really rewarding to work up your endurance and see for how long you can run.
Within about a week, I was able to go from getting winded running a few hundred feet to being able to jog for a solid 20 minutes without stopping.
If you want to do something relaxing and natural that burns calories, taking a walk works, too, but where it takes 20 minutes to burn about 200 calories jogging , it takes about an hour walking.
What really helped me when I was still at school was opting to not take the shuttle to campus and, instead, making the hour walk back-and-forth. I was being physically active without having to think about it.
As bad as it sounds, stranding yourself (not giving yourself the option of a car, etc.) works. Haha!
As far as work-out work outs. I love Tiffany Rothe’s Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TiffanyRotheWorkouts/videos
Her exercises are fun, and a lot of them kind of feel like dancing, but your obliques will yell at you in the morning for it. Haha! She does a lot of mild aerobic stuff and some calisthenics.
Youtube is actually a huge help. I like to just search “high impact aerobics” and try something different every time. (Otherwise, I know I would get super bored.)
Most of what I do is just calorie-burning cardio stuff.
As far as actually toning my body, I have an app on my phone that I used called Workout Trainer. It’s free, and it has a lot of free sample exercises listed by what part of your body they work. So, if you have a smart phone or iPod Touch/iPad, I would check that out.
This website also has some awesome work-outs:
http://www.fitsugar.com/Fitness
But, running’s my favorite. :}
Good luck!
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