MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter
So, yeah, I’m gonna actually do this.
Whenever I get the hankerin’, I’m gonna post the pics from the “Gettin’ Fit” folder here on my computer.
I know, I know, they’re all lame with those stupid sayings on them, like, “You’re lapping everyone on the couch”, or “I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday”, and even, “It doesn’t matter if the progress is slow, so long as you reach your goal.”
So, while perusing the MyFitnessPal forums, I came across this little gem about plateaus.
Those terrible times in our weight loss journey where we stall out. I know I hit them, and, they suck.
This woman has a clear, concise well written and easy to understand blog post about plateaus and how to deal with them.
Check her out:
http://fitnesswithnatalie.blogspot.com/2011/05/most-dreaded-word-in-weight-loss.html
Also, I now have a new blog to follow. Well, I wouldfollow if she had updated past October of last year. But, still, a lot of great information on her site that’s worth bookmarking.
Ok, total side note. How in the hell to I get this to stop doing the stupid long link and actually do what I tell the hyperlink to do. You know, instead of that long ugly link, it shows what I typed in the Title line of the hyperlink thing and hides the actual link. I never had this problem with Blogger and it’s the only pet peeve I’ve got with WordPress. If I told it to say “Totally Awesome Blog Post About Plateaus” instead of the whole url, it did it.
So, the last three weeks have been shameful. Not even kidding guys. It’s downright pathetic.
So, I’mma be bad and not update this week with stats.
Just know I gained 5ish pounds and haven’t worked out. At all. In the last three weeks. I am going to weigh in at TOPS tomorrow, so at least there’s that.
I will say that I have a goal of fitting a dress that I need to lose about a size and a half to be able to wear by mid June. I figure that should be doable in two months. Dropping 10 pounds should do it.
Seriously y’all? Y’all need to be yellin’ at me for being so bad these last few weeks.
Not even kidding guys. Comment, text, whatever anytime I don’t post a weekly update by Tuesday morning.
Shameful, shameful, shameful.
Over all this week was better with the new goals. But, I did have a few too many write off days and went over on my calorie goals, well, here see for yourself:
So, I figured it would take two weeks to get with this new calorie goal, so this week should be dead on. Oh, and Sunday up there. It was my nephew’s birthday party, so I ate pizza and a bit of cake, plus the french toast I made for breakfast….it really adds up, especially when I was just plain lazy and didn’t exercise.
I mean to post this in last week’s stats, but for some reason it didn’t take. It just left an odd little blurb about me starting something new, then, nothing. So, take two.
Also, I started this:
Pounds Found (pounds I’m still packin’)
Pounds Lost
Where they live.
When I was looking at different weight loss / healthy living blogs I cam across someone who was doing this. You buy two glass containers, whatever you want to decorate them, and some of those floral marbles. You drop a marble for every pound you have to lose in the Pounds Found/Left canister. When you lose a pound, you move a marble over to the pounds lost jar.
Yay’s: I lost a bit in inches and got back on track with my new goals.
Meh’s: Not a lot of loss. Had too many write off days. Getting discouraged with my slow/stalling weight loss..
My weight.
So, no change since I didn’t weigh in last week. I’ll weigh in this week.
Net Calories Consumed
Here is the calories I consumed in total. I have to get that line a bit more even. I’ve gotten kind of sporadic. It’s a new goal for this week.
Calories Burned
Here’s the calories I burned working out. Totally sporadic, added a number burned each day as a new goal.
So, I went out and bought one of the Biggest Loser DVDs.
Totally not money wasted. At all.
Here’s why I love it.
In short, it’s like you’re following real, regular people. They are sweating, kepping tempo as best they can, and doing their best while struggling through it. You’re not following someone who had a marketable ass (Buns of Steel) and they built a workout routine around said gluteus maximus. (Seriously, she has come out as saying that she had that backside long before she was selling the Buns of Steel videos and the company thought she looked like the right spokesperson.)
That number 7 up there? It’s the biggest reason I’m in love with these DVD’s. It takes away my excuse. And, that makes all the difference for me.
So, I’ve started a few new things. First off, I’ve dropped my calorie intake goals and added a day to my exercise, I was working towards 1580 calories a day, now it’s 1280. I also went from a five days a week work out goal to a 6 days a week workout goal. Last week I had some difficulty sticking to the new calorie goals, but even when I went over, I stayed under the old 1580. So, I’m calling it a win.
I’ve also started this:
Yay’s: I lost a little bit and I started a few new things.
Meh’s: Not a lot of loss, four ounces. Had trouble with my new calorie goals.
My weight.
The last time I tracked weight on here I was at 230 (not the 220 it says, my scale was optimistic, remember?), so, this is showing ly progress for the last 90 days.
Net Calories Consumed
Here is the calories I consumed in total. Yes, they are all above my calorie goal. This is due to my calorie deficit. Have to eat back what I lose working out, otherwise my body will go into starvation store fat mode. And, some days I just plain went over.
Calories Burned
Here’s the calories I burned working out. A little sporadic, but I’m working on that. I also need to even it out a bit. I am all over the place!
So, here’s the this weeks stats? I did ok with em’. I bought a new digital tape measure so the numbers I’m posting today are a lot more accurate than using the sewing tape measure. So, much like when I started weighing in at TOPS on a properly calibrated scale, these numbers here an there are a litte higher, and, well, correct. Also, I’m going to post everything the new tape measure records, so there’ll be some new body bit on here.
New baseline—–GO!
Yay’s: I lost!
Meh’s: Again, spent last week undoing the previous’ week’s damage. One day, I’ll learn….
So, see y’all Sunday with my next update.
