Happy Healthy Holidays – Hump Day Check-in Week 1

Starting Statistics on 11/26/2014

• Weight:  144.4 Pounds (lost 0.2 pounds between last check (11/22/2014) and today)
• Body Fat %:  22.4% (lost 0.4% between last check (11/22/2014) and today)
• BMI:  22.6

Goals for the Next 5 Weeks (Ending 12/31/2014)

• Weight:  (Weight – 3.5 pounds)  140.8 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  (Current – 0.5%) 21.9%
• BMI:  22.0
• Workout Days (in 36 days):  33 Days
  • PASS Days Remaining:  3 Days
• Strength Workouts:  10 workouts (2 a week)
• Trips to the YMCA:  15 days (3 a week)

Week Ending 12/02/2014

• Week 1 Statistics
  • Weight:   143.2 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.2 Pounds lost
  • Body Fat %:  22.8%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.4% Gained
  • BMI: 22.4
  • Workout Days (goal is 7 days):  6 Days
    • PASS Days Used:  1 Day, but earned it back Tuesday night with a second workout that day
  • Strength Days this Week:  1 Day
  • Trips to the YMCA:  0 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:   6 Hours 1 Minute
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  14,914 Steps

• Food: 
  • Wednesday – Squash soup
  • Thursday – Turkey, meatballs, prime rib, Brussels sprouts, stuffing
  • Friday – Frozen pizza, meatballs
  • Saturday – Date Night!  Tortilla soup, shrimp adobo, short rib sliders (2)
  • Sunday – Prime rib, sprouts, carrots
  • Monday – Smoked chicken, green beans
  • Tuesday – Smoked chicken, green beans
• Exercise/Activity:
  • Wednesday – Treadmill running (53 minutes) – 15,000 Steps
  • Thursday – Treadmill running (45 minutes) – 15,000 Steps
  • Friday – None (used a pass day – ugh!) – 6,000 Steps
  • Saturday – Outside running with my little dude!!!!  (83 minutes) – 19,200 Steps
  • Sunday – Treadmill running (45 minutes) – 17,100Steps
  • Monday – INSAN.ITY (60 minutes) – 16,200 Steps
  • Tuesday – Treadmill running (40 minutes), strength training and core (35 minutes) – 15,900 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • So here we go again!  The week started out great with a 0.6 pound weight loss after one day, so I’m hoping to ride that momentum to finish the week with that same loss.  Will be hard after the holiday since we’re doing a “Thanksgiving dinner redux” on Sunday since my family’s meal was far from memorable (rare prime rib – yuck!)
  • I had to take a PASS day on Friday due to travel and a night of no sleep.  I have decided that I can earn PASS days back by doing two FULL workouts in one day within the same week that the PASS day was taken – but only one day can be re-earned a week.  My program, my rules!
  • On Monday night, it’s looking like I may just break even for the week.  That would be fine given that we had Thanksgiving this week and that involved three nights of fattening eating!
  • I tried out “quiet time” for my son on Tuesday instead of a nap since he slept so late that morning – and he did so great that I got to run on the treadmill for 40 minutes while my little guy napped and my big kid stayed in bed resting.  Huzzah!
  • Body fat gain makes sense given food content this past week. I’m not concerned (yet)!
  • I am shocked that I dropped weight this week, and 1.2 pounds at that. I did work really hard keeping Thanksgiving weight at bay. That paid off!