Two Days In

So I am two days into my official workout plan and I feel dead.  Yesterday wasnt that bad, all I did then was walking and strength training but today is what got me.  Today was my first day of the C25K program.  Im actually surprised though that I was able to make it through it, I actually found that jogging the easier part of what I did today.  It was the damn elliptical that got me the most.  I really never used one for the purpose of exercising, I would usually just play around on one and never set the resistance or anything on it.  Well anyway Im so going to relax in a nice warm bath and let my muscles relax and hope that they dont hurt too bad in the morning, although my neck already hurts.

Lovely!

I was gonna post this earlier but got busy with something else.  Anyway today was my weekly weigh in and right now I could kill my scale!  I gained 0.2 pounds, ok ya I know that aint much but I killed myself last week on the treadmill.  Oh well its another week and another chance to drop weight and workout harder.  Anyway Im about ready to head to the gym for a couple hours and start my nine week plan (see previous posts).  Im so gonna be dead tired when Im done and gonna be sore as hell tomorrow but I have to push through it in order to get to where I need to be.  It so gonna totally suck for the first week or so but its for the best.  Wish me luck! (Im gonna need it)

My Nine Week Work Out Plan

Week One (May 16 - May 21)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 2 speed @ 3.5

Shoulder Press 3 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Crossover 3 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Lat Pulldown 3 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Preacher Curl 3 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 30 minutes

Elliptical 15 minutes

Leg Extensions 3 sets of 10 @ 40 lb



Week Two (May 23 - May 28)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 2 speed @ 4

Shoulder Press 3 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Crossover 3 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Lat Pulldown 3 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Preacher Curl 3 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 45 minutes

Elliptical 30 minutes

Leg Extensions 3 sets of 10 @ 60 lb



Week Three (May 30 - June 4)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 4 speed @ 3.5

Shoulder Press 3 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Crossover 3 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Lat Pulldown 3 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Preacher Curl 3 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 3 sets of 10 @ 80 lb



Week Four (June 6 - June 11)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 4 speed @ 4

Shoulder Press 4 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Crossover 4 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Lat Pulldown 4 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Preacher Curl 4 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes ~ increase resistance

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 4 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Week Five (June 13 - June 18)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 6 speed @ 3.5

Shoulder Press 4 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Crossover 4 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Lat Pulldown 4 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Preacher Curl 4 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes ~ increase resistance

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 4 sets of 10 @ 60 lb



Week Six (June 20 - June 25)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

 Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 6 speed @ 4

Shoulder Press 4 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Crossover 4 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Lat Pulldown 4 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Preacher Curl 4 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes ~ increase resistance

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 4 sets of 10 @ 80 lb



Week Seven (June 27 - July 2)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 8 speed @ 3.5

Shoulder Press 5 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Crossover 5 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Lat Pulldown 5 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Preacher Curl 5 sets of 10 @ 40 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes ~ increase resistance

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 5 sets of 10 @ 40 lb



Week Eight (July 4 - July 9)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 8 speed @ 4

Shoulder Press 5 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Crossover 5 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Lat Pulldown 5 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Preacher Curl 5 sets of 10 @ 60 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes ~ increase resistance

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 5 sets of 10 @ 60 lb



Week Nine (July 11 - July 16)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Treadmill 60 minutes incline @ 10 speed @ 3.5

Shoulder Press 5 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Crossover 5 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Lat Pulldown 5 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Preacher Curl 5 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

Treadmill C25K

Stationary Bike 60 minutes ~ increase resistance

Elliptical 30 minutes ~ increase resistance

Leg Extensions 5 sets of 10 @ 80 lb

C25K Program (Couch To 5K)

C25K

ONE ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging with 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~

TWO ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging with 2 minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~

THREE ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then do two reps of the following: jog 90 seconds, walk 90 seconds, jog 3 minutes, walk 3 minutes.

~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~

FOUR ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, jog 5 minutes, walk 2 1/2 minutes, jog 3 minutes, walk 90 seconds, jog 5 minutes

~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~

FIVE ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 5 minutes.

~ One ~

Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 8 minutes, walk 5 minutes, jog 8 minutes.

~ One ~

Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 20 minutes with NO walking.

~ One ~

SIX ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 5 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 8 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 5 minutes.
~ One ~

Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 10 minutes, walk 3 minutes, jog 10 minutes.
~ One ~

Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 25 minutes with NO walking.
~ One ~

SEVEN ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 25 minutes with NO walking.
~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~

EIGHT ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 28 minutes with NO walking.
~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~

NINE ~ Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Then jog 30 minutes with NO walking.
~ One ~ Two ~ Three ~



Add on to my earlier post

Well to add on to my earlier post I have been told that the best way to help lose weight and get healthier is to drink water and make sure you drink the amount that is right for your body.  The way to figure that out is to take your current body weight and divide that by 2, that number is the number of ounces of water that you should be drinking per day.  So if I were to use my weight from my last weigh in which was 203 and divide that by 2 that would equal 101.5.  I currently drink roughly around 80 to 100 ounces of water a day on average.  I know that for some the number they get will seem like a lot but really its not, I hardly notice that Im drinking as much as I am, and honestly since I increased my intact Im not as hungry all the time.  Yes the larger intake of water can be hard on your bladder but once your body adjusts to the increase it not bad.  I have also noticed that Im more relaxed, crave less and sleep better since I increased my water intake. 

Looking at the time length compared to what I need to loss

So I basically need to loss around 68 pounds (weigh in is tomorrow!).  Anyway they say that to healthily loss weight you need to loss between 1/2 pound and 2 pounds per week, that would equal as little as 2 - 2/5 pounds per month and as much as 8 - 10 pounds per month.  Well I sat down and figured out how long it would take me to loss the max which would be anywhere from 6 to 8 months to get where I want to be!  That seems so far away and I just dont know if I can do it.  Everytime I go to the gym I start working out and just dont have the energy to keep going.  I know that I need to push myself but its hard.  I just want to see a difference and I know that wont happen for sometime and will never happen if I give up.  I want more children and I want to be healthy for both myself and them and most importanly I want to be healthy for Dante and to show him that when you put you mind to something you can do it. 

Am I Really Doing This!

Wow things that we do to loss weight!  Anyway lol Im still struggling and having no luck so we finally got a membership at the gym here and tonight was the second night down there.  Last night I dont remember what all I did down there but I swear I just about killed myself.  Tonight I tried to keep track of it better.   I also now have an account with myfitnesspal, can find me under oregon86.  Im able to track what I eat and how many calories I burn when working out.  What I ate today put me over my calorie intake but after I worked out tonight I burned enough to where I had over 200 calories left over lol I hope this finally works for me and I can finally start losing again. 

I also started a program tonight thats called 'couch to 5k' or 'C25K' its a walking/jogging program designed to getting you fit enough to run a 5k (which i really have no plans on doing lol).  Tonight and for a total of three nights in supposed to alternate 60 seconds of jogging with 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes and Im so outta shape I didnt even make it half way!  Wow I really didnt think it would be that hard.  Oh well its a nine week program and I cant wait till Im able to finish it. 

Time To Stop Slacking Off!

I was thrown for a complete loop in February and after awhile it totally knocked me off of my plan.  I feel like shit from giving up so easily but I had in my mind a very good reason at the time, but now the more I think about it the more I realize it should have been more of a reason to stick to it.  What I am talking about is that my grandmother, the one person that held this family together, passed away at the beginning of February when she was exactly 69 1/2 years old.  I was supper close to her and took care of her for a good part of the time that she was battling dementia and strokes.  I made a promise to myself that by this summer I was gonna lose a good amount of weight for her, but I don't see it happening now.  I know that there is still time left but with a shorter amount of time it will just have to be a smaller amount of weight I guess.

Anyway. . . I, up till about a month ago, was still weighing myself just really not actively trying to get the number down.  Well after a point I went four weeks straight without weighing myself of trying to lose anything and well this morning I have made myself a new promise to lose as much as I can before summer!  So here is the last two weight-ins, notice the dates.  I am also surprised to see that with not doing anything for four weeks that I gained less the three pounds back, so ya I guess I am on my plateau.

01-10 and 01-17

Yep there I go again slacking on my updates but I have been keeping pretty busy with my other blog and well just life in general.  As you can tell last week I went back up in wieght and then slightly back down this week.  I have officially started the yo-yo part of my resolution which is usually when I give up, but not his time i will be pushing myself even harder and i will keeping going.

1st Weigh In Of The New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was the first weigh in of the new year and Im so happy about it!!!  Im so excited to start the new year weighing less then I have in around two years! Its not that big of a difference but its big to me and I cant wait to see how much more I can loose in the coming months.  So the last time that I weighed myself I was 203.8 well when I stepped on the scale this morning it was 200.6! I lost 3.2 pounds and I couldnt be happier.  I have been eating smaller portions and healthier snacks.  I have been just doing crunches in the morning and at night but its slowly paying off and Im saving up the money to get a treadmill and so cant wait for it. 

Finally Got Around To Taking Pics

Well finally took the pics of my scale from the last three weeks.  Amazingly even with it being Christmas weekend and all the treats leading up to it I still managed to loss weight!  I didnt even bother to workout and still lost. 



Week 12/27



Week 12/20



Week 12/13, the week of my 24th Bday



I've Been Slacking On Updates!

Ya its been kinda busy around here so I have been updating as much as I want to.  I have been wieghing myself every monday but thats about it.  Last Monday I went down and it was also my 24th birthday.  So I was very distracted.  This last Monday was the day after Tim's 33rd birthday and I sadly went up.  And as for the upcoming Monday I will probably not be updating on a timely fashion either with Christmas and all.  I will add pics later.

A very slight improvement

Well had a very slight improvement in my weight loss.  I didn't gain anything but only lost 0.2 pounds.  I was so hoping for a larger number, but at least it is a loss.  Its getting more depressing see that they weight isn't going as fast as I thought it would.  I don't know what to do and I cant afford to buy anything like exercise equipment or videos.  Oh well will figure something out I guess.  Im still hoping to loss at least 10 pounds before the 1st of January.

The downfall of Thanksgiving

Well I knew that with the Thanksgiving holiday I was more then likely not to loss weight and amazingly Im glad that I didnt gain more then what I did.  I surprisingly only gain just alittle under two pounds.  Im actually happy that with all the food and eating over the holiday weekend that I only gained a very small amount.  But this is usually the point where I see a gain and just give up.  But I will not give up this time, this time I am just going to work harder. 

ThanksGiving Is Not For Dieting!

Im the only one that isnt laying down napping!  We had a 15 pound turkey for my grandfather, Tim, Dante and myself.  I got up a 8 and had it stuffed and in the roaster by 10.  We had mashed potatoes with gravy (made from the broth of the gizzards and turkey neck), veggie plate, green bean casserole, candied sweet potatoes, orange jello with shredded carrots in it, and dinner rolls.  We will be having pumpkin pie later.
Ya Thanksgiving is so not for dieting! The idea of totally covering the entire table with food and then eating all you can is so not appealing anymore.  I feel so sick now and I feel like I did something wrong.  My plate was loaded with food and now Im regreting it and Im gonna have to work extra hard to not gain any wieght this week, well till Monday when I have my next wieght-in.  Im now scared that I am gonna step on the scale Monday and have it say that I gained but then I guess that is what you have to deal with when you decide to start your diet during the holiday season.  Oh well.

He has to have the leg!

Im glad he is the one eating that and not me

Thanksgiving Is Coming!

Wow I'm just thinking that maybe I couldn't have chose a worst time of the year to start trying to loss weight!  I started cutting out sweets and stuff right before Halloween and now with Thanksgiving just a couple days away I'm starting to realize that in my family this is gonna be a hard fight!  We always have a few different pies and alot of food.  I haven't started getting anything ready except for the turkey out thawing.  I'm not wanting to start the pies tomorrow cause I know I will be tempted to eat a piece, its already bad enough that we have my grandfathers birthday cake sitting around!  I know that when it comes to eating Thanksgiving dinner I am going to have to eat small portions of everything and I am so think of just cutting the pie out all together.  Ugh the holiday season is the worst time to try to loss weight and get into shape but I guess its a great way to learn self-control! 

Weekly Weigh In

Well I did my weigh in this morning and I was excited to step on the scale till I saw that I had only loss 1.2 pounds in the last week.  Well I guess I kinda knew that it wasnt going to be alot.  I will admit that I have slacked off but i have an excuse!  Its that time of the month.  I know that that really aint that good of an excuse but it seems that when I exercise the cramps get worst.  Ok so I have also decided to take a pic of my scales screen every time that I weigh myself since it records everything including the date so I will be adding those new pics to my weekly weigh in posts.  So heres a pic of last weeks weigh in and todays weigh in.

My original blog

Ok so this is technically my second blog. I have another one that is just my life in general.  I actually plan on using it for venting and just when I need to write.  So if you want more of a glimps into my life it would be a good one to follow. http://lifeitcanbeabitch.blogspot.com/

Okay so I am putting it out there for everyone to read and see! (Pics may offend some)

Well I am no longer embarrassed about my weight anymore.  I know that I am obese for my height.  I have finally able to stick to a regimen and I have been losing weight for the last six months.  I need to find more motivation to stick to it and putting it out there for people to read and see and comment on will keep me focused.  I hit my peek weight at 226 at the beginning of the year and about six months ago started eating better and so far I have dropped down to 205.  I have a goal of hitting 135 but I would be happy with 160 - 170 which is what I weighed in high school.  Im am doing this not only for my selfesteem but for my health.  I currently have high bloodpressure and was told by my doctor that it is cause of my weight and that if I lost weight and got healthier I wouldnt have to take meds for it anymore.  I also want to be there later in life for my son.  Its not fair to him when I dont take care of myself the way he needs me to.  If I dont take care of myself then I cant take care of him. Tim and I also want to have more kids in the future and a womens weight can affect their fertility and I dont want to have to worry about that when we do decide to try for another child.  Any way here are pics I had Tim take for me to use as motivation they may offend some all I am wear is my bra and panties.