Wow. I finished. Well, sort of.
I am going to start Week One of the next BFL weight removal segment this upcoming Monday, November 9th. So I'm not really done, but I am finished with the first twelve weeks. Wow.
I am really surprised (pleasantly) that I have stuck it out, even though I hardly was an A+ student when it came to this. I had a few bad weeks in there, some life stuff going on, and I was far from perfect, but I kept going, and that is what is really making me smile right now. I really enjoy this stuff now, and I am still making this way of eating and being active a habit. Whoever it was that said it takes three weeks to make a habit and three weeks to break a habit doesn't know me!
Here it is, for better or worse....(drumroll)....
WEEK TWELVE MEASUREMENTS:
Weight: 170 (down 5 lbs, down 20 POUNDS TOTAL!!)
Bust: 41.75" (up .5", down 1.25" total)
Arm: 12.25" (down .5", down 1.25" total)
Waist: 37.5" (up .75", down 5.5" total (ugh))
Abdomen: 40" (down 1.25", down 4.5" total!!)
Butt: 41.5" (down .5", down 4" total!!)
Thigh: 24.5" (no change, down 3.5" total!)
Calf: 14.75" (down .25", down .75" total!)
BMI: 28.3 (down 3.3 total)
I have tried many different ways to lose weight (just check back with some of my earliest posts if you want an incomplete list), and this is the very first time I have ever lost so much weight in one go. Scratch that, removed that much weight. Twenty pounds. 20. That is a lot to me. I surpassed my goal of losing 15 pounds of fat! I don't know where I ever stored those suckers (well, yeah, I kinda do know). I am a little bummed that my waist increased, but I think that it is in the range of ok and normal for me. It has been a stressful few weeks and I am not too surprised at that increase. However, I still decreased almost everywhere else, and didn't lose ground anywhere else. I am glad to see the downward trend continue.
20 lbs is like losing:
80 (!!!!) sticks of butter
four 5-lb bags of sugar
a big turkey
a toddler (well, don't try doing that, Department of Social Services gets mad if you do that!)
9.0718474 kilograms
a car tire
twenty one-pound sacks of M&M's (how many M&Ms would that be?)
My new goal for the upcoming 12-week weight removal segment is something I've been thinking about, as is what my ideal overall goal weight will be. It is getting very exciting over here! Party on!
I am going to get Steve to take my "after" shots (oh dear), so I will post those on Monday, since they will immediately morph from "after" into new "before" shots. I will try to not suck in my gut, ok?
Have a great weekend, and see you Monday!
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Day Fifty-Five, Part Deux, AKA Hot Diggety Damn!
I just missed you guys sooooo much I had to weigh myself and measure myself so I'd have something to tell you...and boy oh boy, do I have somethin' to tell ya!
Eight Weeks BFL:
Weight: 175 (down 3 lbs from Week 6-->FIFTEEN LBS TOTAL!)
Bust: 41.25" (down .5"-->down 1.75" total)
Arm: 12.75" (no change-->down .75" total)
Waist: 36.75" (down 1.75"!!-->down 6.25" total!!)
Abdomen: 41.25" (down 1.00"-->down 3.25" total)
Butt: 42" (down .25"-->down 1.00" total)
Thigh: 24.5" (no change-->down 3.50" total)
Calf: 15" (down .25"-->down .50" total)
B(ullshit)MI: 29.1 (down .5-->down 2.5 points total)
So...comparison wise, I just lost about:
60 sticks of butter!
A nice size Thanksgiving turkey
3 sacks of potatoes
a watermelon
60 sticks of butter
15 one-pounder bags of M&Ms
my post-pregnancy weight (finally!)
15 packages of butter...which add up to (you guessed it)
60 STICKS OF BUTTER!
....and a partridge in a pear tree!
And I got into a pair of size 10 jeans today...and that means I got in, zipped 'em and buttoned 'em and everythang!
As my sister-in-law once said when I complimented her physique in a photo...RIPPITY DOO DA!
Ahem...thank you, that concludes today's presentation. w00t!
Eight Weeks BFL:
Weight: 175 (down 3 lbs from Week 6-->FIFTEEN LBS TOTAL!)
Bust: 41.25" (down .5"-->down 1.75" total)
Arm: 12.75" (no change-->down .75" total)
Waist: 36.75" (down 1.75"!!-->down 6.25" total!!)
Abdomen: 41.25" (down 1.00"-->down 3.25" total)
Butt: 42" (down .25"-->down 1.00" total)
Thigh: 24.5" (no change-->down 3.50" total)
Calf: 15" (down .25"-->down .50" total)
B(ullshit)MI: 29.1 (down .5-->down 2.5 points total)
So...comparison wise, I just lost about:
60 sticks of butter!
A nice size Thanksgiving turkey
3 sacks of potatoes
a watermelon
60 sticks of butter
15 one-pounder bags of M&Ms
my post-pregnancy weight (finally!)
15 packages of butter...which add up to (you guessed it)
60 STICKS OF BUTTER!
....and a partridge in a pear tree!
And I got into a pair of size 10 jeans today...and that means I got in, zipped 'em and buttoned 'em and everythang!
As my sister-in-law once said when I complimented her physique in a photo...RIPPITY DOO DA!
Ahem...thank you, that concludes today's presentation. w00t!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Day Forty-One, Numbers for Week Six
I want to start by saying that I am really pleased with six weeks' worth of work. I have been pushing myself and I am glad I have stuck with this so far, even with the speedbumps, gullywashers, and broken fanbelts that have popped up along the way. I also need to remember that this is a lifestyle change, not a crash diet. This is not about a scale, or a number, but the whole picture. I am changing my activity level, my health, my mental state, my coordination, as well as my fat content (not to sound like a bag of Doritos or anything, but you know what I mean).
I also want to take time to give the largest shout out I can to the people who have tirelessly stuck by me and this blog, who have patted me on the back, and shared my happy moments and who have helped me keep my perspective and get back up on the horse again when I have been frustrated. You all help me so very much, I cannot tell you, except to say thank you again.
So, let's do 'dis.
Weight: 178 (down a whole pound. uh, whoop.) Down 12 pounds total
Bust: 42.75" (up an inch) Down .25" total. h-o-r-m-o-n-e-s.
Upper Arm: 12.75" (down .50") Down .75" total.
Waist: 38.50" (down .75") Down 4.5" total. YAY!
Abdomen: 42.25" (down .25") Down 2.25" total.
Butt: 42.25" (down .75") Down 3.25" total. YAY!
Thigh: 24.50" (no change) Down 3.50" total.
Calf: 15.25" (down .25") Down .25" total.
BMI: 29.6 (down .2) Down 2 points total.
I think that this is one of those times when the scale doesn't fully show the work that has been done since the last weigh in. This is why I am glad I took measurements along the way. Without the tape measure, I'd have no idea that, contrary to what I was convinced of, I actually got smaller in my waist and my butt. Hey, even my calves are starting to shrink down. I also really pushed hard with weights the past two weeks, and I have been building up muscles, which skew the number on the scale as well. If I were going to Weight Watchers (and I have done that several times in the past), that number on the scale would be the only thing I would be able to pin my progress on. And, knowing me, I would be feeling mighty discouraged right about now. But now I can see that I am getting smaller. It's not as flashy as the first couple of weigh ins and measurements were, but it is still going on.
I wish the scale had a bigger number to show me, but I don't really feel that disappointed. I worked really hard with weights and built up some good muscle. I can tell because I am stronger, I can carry heavier things (like my son), and I can see it on myself, my leg, my arms, their shape is changing from doughy to...less doughy. I am going to keep up the hard work! I am very curious to see what I will look like in another six weeks, but first things first...on to Week Seven! See you Monday!
I also want to take time to give the largest shout out I can to the people who have tirelessly stuck by me and this blog, who have patted me on the back, and shared my happy moments and who have helped me keep my perspective and get back up on the horse again when I have been frustrated. You all help me so very much, I cannot tell you, except to say thank you again.
So, let's do 'dis.
Weight: 178 (down a whole pound. uh, whoop.) Down 12 pounds total
Bust: 42.75" (up an inch) Down .25" total. h-o-r-m-o-n-e-s.
Upper Arm: 12.75" (down .50") Down .75" total.
Waist: 38.50" (down .75") Down 4.5" total. YAY!
Abdomen: 42.25" (down .25") Down 2.25" total.
Butt: 42.25" (down .75") Down 3.25" total. YAY!
Thigh: 24.50" (no change) Down 3.50" total.
Calf: 15.25" (down .25") Down .25" total.
BMI: 29.6 (down .2) Down 2 points total.
I think that this is one of those times when the scale doesn't fully show the work that has been done since the last weigh in. This is why I am glad I took measurements along the way. Without the tape measure, I'd have no idea that, contrary to what I was convinced of, I actually got smaller in my waist and my butt. Hey, even my calves are starting to shrink down. I also really pushed hard with weights the past two weeks, and I have been building up muscles, which skew the number on the scale as well. If I were going to Weight Watchers (and I have done that several times in the past), that number on the scale would be the only thing I would be able to pin my progress on. And, knowing me, I would be feeling mighty discouraged right about now. But now I can see that I am getting smaller. It's not as flashy as the first couple of weigh ins and measurements were, but it is still going on.
I wish the scale had a bigger number to show me, but I don't really feel that disappointed. I worked really hard with weights and built up some good muscle. I can tell because I am stronger, I can carry heavier things (like my son), and I can see it on myself, my leg, my arms, their shape is changing from doughy to...less doughy. I am going to keep up the hard work! I am very curious to see what I will look like in another six weeks, but first things first...on to Week Seven! See you Monday!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Day Twenty-Six, Numbers For Week Four
Hi everyone.
Dang, I nearly forgot to write today! Things are well here. Andrew is a bit unruly today, and I think the beginnings of some serious independence are showing. But that's a story for another day. I worked out like a...uh...well, I worked out my lower body really hard today, and lifted up to 30 POUNDS for dumb bells working out my calves. I've never wielded such heavy weights before, and this increase in strength is so wild and surprising to me! I had to pick up a big stack of nested glass bowls, and I had braced myself to pick them all up in one hand. Before I couldn't really do it at all, without being afraid my wrist would break off and I'd drop and crash all the glass bowls. This time, I tensed up, ready to lift some seriously heavy glass bowls, and the bowls all jetted up into the air with not nearly as much effort as I thought I'd need. Me and Popeye...we're likethis.
I meant to wait until tomorrow for numbers, but I got anxious, I guess. I was wondering how I was doing. I was worried nothing much had happened, since Week Three had been such a bust with lack of workouts and food issues. I missed running yesterday since Andrew was a little sick, and I just finally decided to get it over with and find out what my progress has been. So, here it is:
Weight: 179! (That's down five pounds from Week Two, and down ELEVEN POUNDS TOTAL!)
Bust: 41.75" (Down .5" from Week Two, and down 1.25" total)
Upper Arm: 13.25" (Up .25" from Week Two, and down .25" total)
Waist: 39.25" (Down 1.75" from Week Two, and down 3.75" total)
Abdomen: 42.5" (Down .25" from Week Two, and down 2.00" total)
Butt: 43" (Down 1.00" from Week Two, and down 2.50" total)
Thigh: 24.5" (Down .75" from Week Two, and down 3.50" total)
Calf: 15.5" (Absolutely no change yet at all...that's ok, I like my calves!)
I was getting bummed as I was taking measurements, but then I looked back at the Week Two numbers, and then back to the beginning, before I started. This is real progress. It isn't necessarily flashy, look-I-lost-seventy-pounds-in-two-weeks, but this is real, tangible progress. I can wear size 12 jeans now, which I had not been able to do. I can tell a very slight difference in myself, how I stand, how my body moves. It doesn't feel like I'm moving a Jell-O mountain when I am running. When I move, I don't really hurt later, as opposed to before, when I was sore a fair bit. I am enjoying being active, and I can see and feel how I feel better when I am putting better, whole foods, in my body. My mental state and clarity are improved, and I just feel good. It is really wild. I mean, excuse me for saying it twice, but I lost three and a half inches off of my thighs. That is a fair amount, in my humble opinion.
The measuring tape, while I fear it and have a fixation on it (well, not really), has really been a useful tool for me so far. It is one thing to see a number on a scale, and I am glad the number is lower, don't get me wrong (ahemELEVENahem), to be able to see where the weight is coming off from is very cool. I find it interesting that my arms got a wee bit bigger, and at first I was chagrined, but then I realized that that is muscle growing there, and I think that is just fine, thank you very much!
So here, let me put it this way. I have lost 44 sticks of butter off of my frame (and it really might all be from butter, who knows?) . I can lift heavier weights than I have ever lifted before. I did 10 pushups (okay, so they were the "girly" ones, but still), and my BMI, that good old controversial measurement, has dropped down to.......(drumroll)..................29.8!! That is down from 31.6, and I am no longer considered obese! That might just be my biggest, happiest surprise this week. I am far from being at a healthy weight, but I am no longer OBESE! I never thought I'd be so happy to be just "overweight", but try thinking of yourself in terms of that word and see how you feel. Obese. Just so glad it doesn't apply to me anymore!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow, to running for my Aerobics workout, and to walking with Andrew at the farmer's market again. I look forward to talking to you again, tomorrow! See you then!
Dang, I nearly forgot to write today! Things are well here. Andrew is a bit unruly today, and I think the beginnings of some serious independence are showing. But that's a story for another day. I worked out like a...uh...well, I worked out my lower body really hard today, and lifted up to 30 POUNDS for dumb bells working out my calves. I've never wielded such heavy weights before, and this increase in strength is so wild and surprising to me! I had to pick up a big stack of nested glass bowls, and I had braced myself to pick them all up in one hand. Before I couldn't really do it at all, without being afraid my wrist would break off and I'd drop and crash all the glass bowls. This time, I tensed up, ready to lift some seriously heavy glass bowls, and the bowls all jetted up into the air with not nearly as much effort as I thought I'd need. Me and Popeye...we're likethis.
I meant to wait until tomorrow for numbers, but I got anxious, I guess. I was wondering how I was doing. I was worried nothing much had happened, since Week Three had been such a bust with lack of workouts and food issues. I missed running yesterday since Andrew was a little sick, and I just finally decided to get it over with and find out what my progress has been. So, here it is:
Weight: 179! (That's down five pounds from Week Two, and down ELEVEN POUNDS TOTAL!)
Bust: 41.75" (Down .5" from Week Two, and down 1.25" total)
Upper Arm: 13.25" (Up .25" from Week Two, and down .25" total)
Waist: 39.25" (Down 1.75" from Week Two, and down 3.75" total)
Abdomen: 42.5" (Down .25" from Week Two, and down 2.00" total)
Butt: 43" (Down 1.00" from Week Two, and down 2.50" total)
Thigh: 24.5" (Down .75" from Week Two, and down 3.50" total)
Calf: 15.5" (Absolutely no change yet at all...that's ok, I like my calves!)
I was getting bummed as I was taking measurements, but then I looked back at the Week Two numbers, and then back to the beginning, before I started. This is real progress. It isn't necessarily flashy, look-I-lost-seventy-pounds-in-two-weeks, but this is real, tangible progress. I can wear size 12 jeans now, which I had not been able to do. I can tell a very slight difference in myself, how I stand, how my body moves. It doesn't feel like I'm moving a Jell-O mountain when I am running. When I move, I don't really hurt later, as opposed to before, when I was sore a fair bit. I am enjoying being active, and I can see and feel how I feel better when I am putting better, whole foods, in my body. My mental state and clarity are improved, and I just feel good. It is really wild. I mean, excuse me for saying it twice, but I lost three and a half inches off of my thighs. That is a fair amount, in my humble opinion.
The measuring tape, while I fear it and have a fixation on it (well, not really), has really been a useful tool for me so far. It is one thing to see a number on a scale, and I am glad the number is lower, don't get me wrong (ahemELEVENahem), to be able to see where the weight is coming off from is very cool. I find it interesting that my arms got a wee bit bigger, and at first I was chagrined, but then I realized that that is muscle growing there, and I think that is just fine, thank you very much!
So here, let me put it this way. I have lost 44 sticks of butter off of my frame (and it really might all be from butter, who knows?) . I can lift heavier weights than I have ever lifted before. I did 10 pushups (okay, so they were the "girly" ones, but still), and my BMI, that good old controversial measurement, has dropped down to.......(drumroll)..................29.8!! That is down from 31.6, and I am no longer considered obese! That might just be my biggest, happiest surprise this week. I am far from being at a healthy weight, but I am no longer OBESE! I never thought I'd be so happy to be just "overweight", but try thinking of yourself in terms of that word and see how you feel. Obese. Just so glad it doesn't apply to me anymore!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow, to running for my Aerobics workout, and to walking with Andrew at the farmer's market again. I look forward to talking to you again, tomorrow! See you then!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Day Thirteen, Numbers...
Drumroll please.
I am very pleased to announce the two-week numbers here. I just ate lunch but, feeling feisty, I decided to hop on the scale and whip out the tape measure and let the chips fall where they may. So, here goes: I'll post the new numbers, and the old numbers, and (if the math gods are with me), I'll even tell you the difference. I was very pleasantly surprised by what I saw!
Weight..................184!
(old weight: 190------->down 6 whopping pounds!!!!!!)
Bust......................42.25"
(old bust (ha ha): 43"------>decreased .75"!)
Upper Arm...........13"
(old arm: 13.5"------>decreased .5"!)
Waist....................41"
(old waist: 43"------>decreased 2"! YOWZA!)
Abdomen.............42.75"
(old abdomen: 44.5"------>decreased 1.75"!)
Butt......................44"
(old butt: 45.5"------>decreased 1.5"!)
Thigh....................25.25"
(old thigh: 28"------>decreased 2.75" HOT DAMN!)
Calf......................15.5"
(old calf: 15.5"------>no change yet.)
If I ever had a doubt that this plan is working, the tape measure totally dispelled it. There's nothing quite so dizzying and euphoric as measuring oneself, trying not to tense up or "accidentally" tug the tape measure too tight, feeling like you have a good reading, then finally looking at the number on the tape only to see it's GONE DOWN! And some of those numbers really went down pretty dang well, if you ask me. Hello! Big winners this week are my thighs (I love you "hamceps" and "quadristrings", bunches and bunches!) and my waist. My pear shape is maybe not quite so pear-y now!
Losing six pounds, though. Before, when I'd try to diet (instead of changing my lifestyle), I'd lose weight and feel like six pounds (or similar) wasn't very much. Maybe there are those of you out there who feel like that too, sometimes, so here is a trick I learned about how to make those removed pounds really look like the loss they are. Six pounds removed is like:
Six packages of butter (salted or unsalted, your choice!) on a plate--that's 24 sticks of butter, yo
A five pound bag of potatoes and more besides
Six one-pounder bags of M&Ms
A canteloup
A cat
A baby
about a gazillion packages of rice cakes (ok, running out of six-pound items right now, but you get the gist)
I am just really happy right now. I think that's all I can say. I am going to take a rest, since Andrew is napping, but I bet I'll be smiling in my sleep. I plan to do my Aerobics Solution this evening when I get back from running errands, and with those numbers in mind, you can be sure I'm going to be working hard and imagining some more fat globules giving it up! I'm going to do it most definitely, though! I'll be having a free day tomorrow, so see you Monday!
I am very pleased to announce the two-week numbers here. I just ate lunch but, feeling feisty, I decided to hop on the scale and whip out the tape measure and let the chips fall where they may. So, here goes: I'll post the new numbers, and the old numbers, and (if the math gods are with me), I'll even tell you the difference. I was very pleasantly surprised by what I saw!
Weight..................184!
(old weight: 190------->down 6 whopping pounds!!!!!!)
Bust......................42.25"
(old bust (ha ha): 43"------>decreased .75"!)
Upper Arm...........13"
(old arm: 13.5"------>decreased .5"!)
Waist....................41"
(old waist: 43"------>decreased 2"! YOWZA!)
Abdomen.............42.75"
(old abdomen: 44.5"------>decreased 1.75"!)
Butt......................44"
(old butt: 45.5"------>decreased 1.5"!)
Thigh....................25.25"
(old thigh: 28"------>decreased 2.75" HOT DAMN!)
Calf......................15.5"
(old calf: 15.5"------>no change yet.)
If I ever had a doubt that this plan is working, the tape measure totally dispelled it. There's nothing quite so dizzying and euphoric as measuring oneself, trying not to tense up or "accidentally" tug the tape measure too tight, feeling like you have a good reading, then finally looking at the number on the tape only to see it's GONE DOWN! And some of those numbers really went down pretty dang well, if you ask me. Hello! Big winners this week are my thighs (I love you "hamceps" and "quadristrings", bunches and bunches!) and my waist. My pear shape is maybe not quite so pear-y now!
Losing six pounds, though. Before, when I'd try to diet (instead of changing my lifestyle), I'd lose weight and feel like six pounds (or similar) wasn't very much. Maybe there are those of you out there who feel like that too, sometimes, so here is a trick I learned about how to make those removed pounds really look like the loss they are. Six pounds removed is like:
Six packages of butter (salted or unsalted, your choice!) on a plate--that's 24 sticks of butter, yo
A five pound bag of potatoes and more besides
Six one-pounder bags of M&Ms
A canteloup
A cat
A baby
about a gazillion packages of rice cakes (ok, running out of six-pound items right now, but you get the gist)
I am just really happy right now. I think that's all I can say. I am going to take a rest, since Andrew is napping, but I bet I'll be smiling in my sleep. I plan to do my Aerobics Solution this evening when I get back from running errands, and with those numbers in mind, you can be sure I'm going to be working hard and imagining some more fat globules giving it up! I'm going to do it most definitely, though! I'll be having a free day tomorrow, so see you Monday!
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