Today was frustrating. ALL weekend to Shane's talk of thickburgers, pizza, McD's....etc, I said NO. I didn't eat bad once. I hit the gym everyday. Well, guess what? Appearantly with MY body that equals GAINING weight. It's annoying to say the very least. SO...today I pumped it up and did a nice calorie blasting cardio AND strength training. (over 1000 calories burned!) I even did something I've been wanting to for quite a while now, run 1/2 a mile without stopping at 7.0 on the treadmill (that's 1/2 a mile in 4 mins 17 seconds) Well, I DID it. My endurance is getting much better, I did that half mile run after my normal daily mile run. So...all that is positive and me gaining weight today was negative, but oh well. Tomorrow is a new day.
Tomorrow should be a fun exciting day, we are taking the kids to the circus, and that is always FUN. We haven't been since Jordyn was about 2 1/2 and John was so little he slept through the entire thing. So, that should be fun. Hopefully the snacks and treats don't smell TOO delicious. I'm such a snacker! It's horrible! lol.
Anyway, I'm STILL going to try for my goal of mid-130s for the weight competition between Shane and I. I know it's seeming even more ambitious, but if I'm not doing anything wrong, then I can only hope that soon enough my weight loss speaks for itself, and maybe my body was stalling for some crazy reason. Okay everyone, hope you had a good weekend. :)
ash
weight: 143.8
lbs to go: 8.8
time left to hit goal: 3 and 1/2 weeks.
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I heard a short news story on the radio from a local fitness guru... his statement was for maintaining weight you should do at least 30 min a day of cardio, and for a weight loss program you should do at least 1 hour a day, 7 days a week! I thought that was a bit extreme... but I think back to when I was really losing the initial bulk of my weight and I was going nuts 6 days a week, with 45-60 min on the elliptical followed by weight training for 20 min each day. I hate to think that this is what I need to do to lose but it may be true. My chart has been more or less "flat lined" for close to a year now.
Not saying this is what you need to do too but what's common is we both are floating around this plateau which may be our natural set-weight and our bodies just stay there unless we really push hard.
Keep up the good work and those 1000 calorie training sessions!!!