Finally!

24Feb08

The WI went really well! I was down 3.2. (Current weight: 161.6).  I was expecting a loss but WOW! I just hope to keep the momentum going. I always seem to find ways to sabotage myself after a good week. I’ve realized that weekends are VERY important for me. Most people use those to kind of go off program a little and splurge, but for me it’s the opposite. If I do splurge on the weekend I feel like I’ve ruined the week and will really slack off the rest of the week. On the other hand if I have a good weekend, it’s much easier for me to stay on track for the rest of the week. But this has happened before, my body holds onto the fat or the water or whatever it is for WEEKS and then I’ll change something in my environment, either the workouts or switch from Flex to Core and then BOOM, I’ll get a 2-3 pound loss in one week. Especially now that I’m getting closer to goal.

NROL4W is going really well, I love how I’m mentally and physically seeing changes. I still can’t believe that I was killing myself working out so much with Cathe cardio and I really didn’t need to be working so hard and so long. Last night I did IMAX 2, just to see where I am endurance wise (and to play with the HRM again). Not only am I losing my capacity for endurance exercise (and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing just yet), but I also noticed that although I was working hard for an hour, heart rate all up in the high zone, only 35% of the calories I burned were fat, where as when I’m doing the half hours of weight work or HIIT, 45-50% of the calories are fat. Now I know that the HRM is only giving me estimates, but it was just an interesting little bit of information just once again confirming that I didn’t NEED to be pushing so hard to get results. Plus I was EXHAUSTED after it was over, which was normal for a Cathe workout. No more!

I’ve gotta put the scale away again. I weighed myself this morning and was up from yesterday’s WI and I don’t want to be playing mind games with myself this week. So the scale goes back up into it’s place in the bedroom closet.

This week, as I did last week, I’m going to make a conscious effort to log everything. Last week, every little thing I put in my mouth I put in the tracker and it really made me conscious of what I was eating, and made me NOT want to eat anything that wasn’t “worth it.” I did go over my WPA’s last week but most of the time I used them for things like turkey sausage or peanut butter, things with lots of protein, which in turn have a good amount of fat and are high in points. I now see that as long as I use those WPAs for GOOD things, then it’s okay if I use them.

I’m gonna stick with NROL4W. I was never one who wanted to lift weights, but now that I’ve started this program, I’m kinda liking it. I think the time factor has alot to do with it, the fact that I don’t have to spend an hour doing endless bicep curls and isolating small muscles is definitely a plus. Then I can spend another half hour doing the HIIT and get results without spending alot of time AND being tired after it’s all over.

So that’s that. This week’s goal: One pound. Just one pound this week would make me happy.

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Tags: calories burned, Cathe, goal, heart rate, hiit, IMAX2, weight loss, weight watchers