Category: Fitness Stat-urday

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/22/2014)

• Weight:  143 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  23%
• BMI:  22.4
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 11/15/2014

• Week 10 Statistics
  • Weight:   146.4 Pound
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.4 Pounds gained
  • Body Fat %:  23.4%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.1% gained
  • BMI: 22.9
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  7 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:   7 Hours 5 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  15,314 Steps

• Food: 
  • Sunday – Pork stuffed winter squash (leftovers)
  • Monday – Chi.ck Fil A grilled nuggets and fruit
  • Tuesday – Smoked meat and green beans
  • Wednesday – Panang shrimp (and brown rice…)
  • Thursday – Date night
  • Friday – Panang shrimp (again)
  • Saturday – Free Night
• Exercise/Activity:
  • Sunday – INSAN.ITY (60 minutes)- 14,800 Steps
  • Monday – Mowed lawn (40 minutes) – 11,500 Steps
  • Tuesday – INSAN.ITY (51 minutes), treadmill walking (35 minutes) – 18,000 Steps
  • Wednesday – Treadmill running (47 minutes), treadmill walking (3 minutes) – 14,300 Steps
  • Thursday – Treadmill running (41 minutes), strength training (45 minutes), INSAN.ITY core (8 minutes) – 15,000 Steps
  • Friday – Treadmill running (60 minutes) – 18,500 Steps
  • Saturday – Ran a 5K (35 minutes) – 15,100 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • I have two weeks left (I added a week so that there are 5 full weeks between taking mid-program and final measurements) – I think I’ll hit my goal, but you never know what can happen.  Hell, I just ate a cupcake (it was GOOD).  I will do double-workouts (40 minutes twice a day) for 2-3 days of this week to make sure I’ve got a jump start on those final two pounds
  • I’m starting to really think about my final weight and body fat goals – and those will take me beyond these 10+2 weeks.  I am thinking 135 pounds and 21.6% body fat would be good goals, but I’m just not sure.  What I do think I’ll do, though, is set a mini-goal for the timeframe between Thanksgiving and New Years (probably 3-4 pounds over those 4-5 weeks) to keep me focused (3 pounds would get me under 140 if I hit my 143 pound goal this week)
  • Not a good week to wrap up a challenge given that I had a birthday dinner and TWO date nights – all in a row.  It’s going to be hard to hit 144 NEXT week.
  • Great week in regards to exercise, terrible week in regards to eating.  Ugh.  I am up 1.4 pounds.  I won’t hit my 143 pound goal, but I’m OK with that because the three nights out were necessary.

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/22/2014)

• Weight:  143 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  23%
• BMI:  22.4
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 11/08/2014

• Week 9 Statistics
  • Weight:   145 Pound
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.2 Pounds lost
  • Body Fat %:  23.3%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.1% Lost
  • BMI: 22.7
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:   6 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  14,400 Steps
• Food: 
  • Sunday – Chili
  • Monday – Curry bison burgers
  • Tuesday – Butternut squash soup
  • Wednesday – Pork stuffed winter squash (one of my favorites!)
  • Thursday – Smoked chicken and mashed sweet potatoes
  • Friday – Smoked meats and green beans
  • Saturday – Free Night
• Exercise/Activity:
  • Sunday – INSAN.ITY (45 minutes)- 14,400 Steps
  • Monday – INSAN.ITY (60 minutes)- 15,100 Steps
  • Tuesday – INSAN.ITY (42 minutes), treadmill running (30 minutes), brisk treadmill walking (8 minutes) – 15,300 Steps
  • Wednesday – INSAN.ITY (62 minutes) – 14,300 Steps
  • Thursday – Strength training (45 minutes), treadmill running (30 minutes), treadmill walking (10 minutes), INSAN.ITY core (8 minutes)- 14,500 Steps
  • Friday – None – rest day- 9,700 Steps
  • Saturday – Treadmill running (50 minutes)- 17,500 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • The Halloween candy is almost gone, which helped this week
  • On Sunday, my husband took our big kid to the park while I napped our younger son. I got him down and did a workout in our kitchen. My husband came in 45 minutes later and said, “you got a workout in?”. Yep! I take it when I can get it, even if just for 35 minutes (I did the last 10 minutes after everyone was up and home)!
  • The baked goods from last week, and the Halloween candy, are plaguing me this week so far (Monday)
  • I used my treadmill at home for the first time in FOREVER! The saved weight was 174 pounds – 29 pounds ago. Holy shit! That gave me a wave of pride!
  • Right when I got on my treadmill, I cranked it up to 6.0, then 6.3, then 6.6, and finally 6.8 mph. I’ve never done that on the home treadmill and I kept thinking, “you’ve come a long way.”
  • I did hit 144.6 pounds and 22.5% body fat after my Saturday run, but I’m keeping the pre-run stats
  • I wore my skinny jeans for the first time!

 

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/22/2014)

• Weight:  143 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  23%
• BMI:  22.4
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 11/01/2014

• Week 8 Statistics
  • Weight:   146.2 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.8 Pounds lost
  • Body Fat %:  23.4%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.3% Lost
  • BMI: 22.9
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:   5 Hours 36  Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  15,000 Steps
• Food:  Notes.
  • Sunday – Chicken non-tortilla soup
  • Monday – Grilled chicken and fruit… oh… and a slice of pizza
  • Tuesday – Oatmeal and yogurt
  • Wednesday – Butternut squash soup
  • Thursday – Greek chicken and carrots
  • Friday – Smoked meat, green beans, corn
  • Saturday – Free Night (pizza!)
• Exercise/Activity: Focus this week is on adding back some cross training. The weather last week was perfect for running, but strength, stability, and endurance are important too. I will for sure do one weights class this week – I’ve missed that!
  • Sunday – Morning run (53 minutes)- 19,000 Steps
  • Monday – Morning run (51 minutes) – 15,300 Steps
  • Tuesday – Run warm-up (18 minutes), INSA.NITY (42 minutes) – 13,800 Steps
  • Wednesday – INSA.NITY (50 minutes) – 13,700 Steps
  • Thursday – Strength (40 minutes), treadmill running (32 minutes)- 16,900 Steps
  • Friday – INSAN.ITY (50 minutes) – 14,800 Steps
  • Saturday – None (rest day) – 11,500 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • This is a big week – I weighed 146 pounds Wednesday morning prior to exercise. I’m not sure what’s causing this since I’m eating like a champ.  I bet it’s the combo of strength and running
  • My big kid worked out with me on Wednesday, and that was fun!  My little guy was taking a long nap and they didn’t synch their naps, so I figured just do it while one of the kids was up.  He watched and told me how hard I was working and would jump in and “work hard with Mommy!”
  • I focused more on hard exercise and did no walking, hence the fewer hours of activity this week.  It worked out fine though – 1.8 pounds down
  • I am now a very official size 8 in all brands and my natural waist is 28 inches.  My belly button measurement went down a half inch, as did my hips since mid-way testing
  • I’m feeling thin – I see it now in myself, which is nice.  There is nothing about my body in clothes that bothers me now.
  • I bought new bras – yay!  34C – so I’ve lost but not in cup size.  YAY!
  • May favorite swim suit from my “thin days” is too big – I cannot wear it in the water or the bottoms will fall off.  I’m sad about this because I love it – it’s the suit I bought for our honeymoon.  First world problems, but still…. I’m sad about it
  • I bought my first pair of skinny jeans today.  I haven’t taken the tags off yet… I’m not sure about them.  Ask me in 2 pounds!
  • Next week should be good.  I had a total of 3.5 cupcakes this week and I lost 1.8 pounds.  I’m expecting another pound next week.

 

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/22/2014)

• Weight:  143 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  23%
• BMI:  22.4
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 10/25/2014

Week 7 Statistics

• Weight:  148 Pounds
• Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.4 Pounds lost since last week, but even with Week 5 (148 pounds) – so 0?
• Body Fat %:  23.7
• Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.04% lost
• BMI: 23.2
• Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
• Time Spent Being Active:   6 Hours  55 Minutes
• Average Number of Steps Per Day:  16,914

• Food:  We went to my brother-in-law’s garden to harvest veggies and came home with lots of beets, butternut squash, and carrots.  I’m going to be making soup out of them this week – so I’m hoping that helps to trim me down a bit.
  • Sunday – German badness = grilled cheese (the Munster cheese made it German) and fries (this was a free day!)
  • Monday – Squash soup, French onion soup
  • Tuesday – Butternut squash soup (fresh squash from my BIL’s garden = AWESOME!) – I made some of the modifications noted in the comments and it was awesome, but next time, I’ll be using sour cream or Greek yogurt instead of the cream cheese.  Froze 4 servings!
  • Wednesday – Beet soup (fresh beets from my BIL’s garden – 3 pounds of them!) – I used beef stock instead of chicken stock, added some goat chees with garlic and herbs, and used 0.5 cups of heavy cream instead of the half and half.  Froze 8 servings!
  • Thursday – Skinnyl.icious shrimp tacos Che.esec.ake Factory. GOOD! 560 Calories
  • Friday – Healthy Thai food (seriously, no rice or fillers!)
  • Saturday – Veggie pizza
• Exercise/Activity:  I’m planning on running quite a bit and walking with the boys – I need to get more steps in!  The first half of the week is going to be beautiful, and I’m planning to take advantage of it.  I will also go for 7 hours of good activity again – I think 7 hours is a great goal not including walking.
  • Sunday – None – rest day – 8,500 Steps
  • Monday – Morning run (53 minutes), morning walk (45 minutes), kickboxing (14 minutes), ISAN.ITY Core (8 minutes), additional core work (8 minutes) – 24,7000 Steps
  • Tuesday – Evening run (50 minutes) – 20,000 Steps
  • Wednesday – Morning run (52 minutes) – 16,500 Steps
  • Thursday – Strength class (50 minutes), treadmill running (35 minutes) – 17,000 Steps
  • Friday – Treadmill running (43 minutes), walking cool down (17 minutes) – 17,700 Steps
  • Saturday – INSAN.ITY )40 minutes) – 14,000 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • I am taking this week very, VERY seriously to get back on track.  I have been slacking a bit in the steps department and it’s a beautiful week ahead here in Iowa, so I plan to get outside!
  • My diet needs to get better – cleaner – and I’m working hard on that.  I had fries on my free days in the last two weeks, and that’s just not good.
  • Cupcake day is worth the splurge though.  We go once a week, and I look forward to it ALWAYS!
  • New things are worth a try!  Beet soup was a hit in our house, which is good since we have 8 servings now in the freezer.  I am stocked up for next week when my husband is out of town
  • While walking into the Y on Thursday, I thought, “why am I walking the track when I could easily be running?”. Enter the treadmill! I ran 2+ FAST miles before my weights class and 1.5 decent-paced miles afterwards. I’ll be doing that every Thursday and/or Friday, if possible!
  • Back to 148 pounds (and 147.2 this Sunday morning)… Whew!
  • I’m so excited to be under 24% body fat!
  • Good things are happening all over my body. My abs are starting to take shape, my saddle bags are shrinking, and my arms and legs are becoming more defined. I’m thrilled!

 

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/22/2014)

• Weight:  143 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  23%
• BMI:  22.4
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 10/18/2014

I didn’t get my pictures or measurements done at Week 5 because we were headed out of town.  I took these yesterday (Friday) after a long INSAN.ITY and kickboxing workout – hence the sweat.  I am not thrilled about that area around my belly button – no matter what I do, I think it will always be there from pregnancy.  BUT – I’m lucky I don’t have stretch marks – so I’ll live with this little bit of loose skin.  After all, it’s the only physical reminder I have left of my pregnancies besides my C-section scar so I shouldn’t complain.  😉  (Taking these photos felt like taking my weekly pregnancy photos – it was a little surreal.  I was not sad to realize that that is all behind me, but it did take me back to that precious time.) (Note to self – self tanners are worth it for these photos.  Holy pasty belly!)

• Week 6 Statistics
  • Weight:   149.4 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.4 Pounds gained
  • Body Fat %:  24.1%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.1% Gained
  • BMI: 23.4
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:   7 Hours 1 Minute
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  13,042
• Food:  My husband is back in town for the week – so we are cooking again in this house!
  • Sunday – Free day – came home from night away without kids so kept the party going with baaaaad-for-me pizza!
  • Monday – The hubs brought home cheese and crackers – the fancy good kind. That was dinner (and wine). It was good!
  • Tuesday – Pumpkin soup (out of the freezer) and two small slices of leftover pizza
  • Wednesday – Curry burgers (beef), Brussels sprouts, and peas
  • Thursday – Greek chicken and carrots
  • Friday – Smoked meat, green beans
  • Saturday – Veggie pizza
• Exercise/Activity: Sunday was set to be a rest day since my husband and I would be driving back from a night out of town without the boys.  This means that there is a lot of time to make up to hit 7 hours of good activity! 
  • Sunday – None (that’s right, none) – 6,700 Steps
  • Monday – INS.ANI.TY (66 minutes) – 12,700 Steps
  • Tuesday – INS.ANI.TY (66 minutes)- 11,700 Steps
  • Wednesday – IN.SANI.TY (27 minutes), kickboxing (24 minutes)- 13,300 Steps
  • Thursday – INSANI.TY (33 minutes), weight training (45 minutes), track walking (32 minutes), wagon walk with boys (15 minutes)- 17,300 Steps
  • Friday – INSA.NIT.Y (50 minutes), kickboxing (14 minutes) – 12,000 Steps
  • Saturday – Afternoon run (49 minutes) – 17,600 Steps
• Notes and findings:
  • The weekend away was nothing but food and fun – so I don’t expect to loose an ounce this week and am actually hoping to be back at 148 when the week is done.  I’m starting the week with a lot of work to do
  • My little needed a morning nap after dropping my big kid off at school on Monday, so we came home. He slept over an hour and I did 66 minutes of INSA.NITY before waking him to get his brother. That worked out and I hope to do that again!
  • I’m sacrificing steps for more calorie-burning activities like longer cardio and strength sessions.  I don’t feel good about it, but I need to burn some fat this week!
  • I finally got a GOOD strength day in – I’m feeling it more than 24 hours later.  PAIN = happiness!
  • It’s Wednesday and I’m thinking of converting this week to a +1 week since we enjoyed our trip to KC way too much.  I could use a stabilizing week.  We’ll see.  This week proves that fried foods will get you – even if only consumed in fewer than 24 hours.  We had cheese curds, truffle fries, and calamari all on Saturday and I’m still fighting it in both weight and body fat %.  GAH
  • I didn’t get measurements last week, so I did them today. Progress… See below.  The gals who measured me at the gym pulled the tape tighter than I do, so the waist is still confusing me as to how they ever got 32.5 (belly button waist).
  • I have gone down one pants size (from a 10 to a comfortable 8 in the same jeans) and one tops size (large to a medium in the same shirt) after the first 5 weeks of this session.  I’m happy with that and honestly don’t think I care to get into a 6 – too much pressure.
  • I’ve decided not to convert this week to a +1 because that wouldn’t be right, but I do want five weeks from measurements to measurements… So I’m adding an 11th week to my challenge which means I’ll do final measurements in five weeks (November 22 – the weekend before Thanksgiving)

 

 

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

5-Week Statistics on 10/11/2014

• Weight:  148 Pounds
• Pounds Lost in 5+1 Weeks:  7 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  24.0%
• Body Fat % Lost in 5 Weeks:  1.1% (note that measuring in “normal” mode and holding the monitor the old (wrong) way, as I did in week 1, registers 23.5% showing a 1.6% loss)
• BMI: 23.2
• BMI Points Lost in 5 Weeks:  1.1
• Predicted Weight Based on 5-Week Stats:  142.2 Pounds (based on a 1.166 pound loss per week which is my average loss in 5+1 weeks)

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Week Ending 10/11/2014

• Week 5 Statistics
  • Weight:  148 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1 Pound lost
  • Body Fat %:  24.0%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.4% lost
  • BMI: 23.2
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  7 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:  8 Hours 53 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  16,271 Steps
• Food:  It’s another week of travel for my husband, so we’ll be doing mostly leftovers for dinners this week.  After two nights/days in a row of eating pretty freely over the weekend, it will be good to dial it back!
  • Sunday – French onion soup
  • Monday – Chicken non-tortilla soup (out of the freezer from my last batch and it was as good as when it’s made fresh!)
  • Tuesday – Oatmeal
  • Wednesday – Smoked chicken and brisket, green beans
  • Thursday – Chicken non-tortilla soup
  • Friday – Smoke chicken and brisket, green beans
  • Saturday – Date Night
• Exercise/Activity: I really want to hit 7 hours of activity this week.  I was 40-ish minutes shy last week.  Working out solo parenting may prove difficult but I’m committed to doing it every day.
  • Sunday – Mowed the lawn (42 minutes)- 12,000 Steps
  • Monday – Evening run (39 minutes), leisurely walk (30 minutes) – 18,800 Steps
  • Tuesday – Morning walk (68 minutes), INSANITY (41 minutes), track walking (18 minutes)- 20,400 Steps
  • Wednesday – Cardio/strength class (40 minutes), track walking (30 minutes) – 15,200 Steps
  • Thursday – INSANI.TY and kickboxing (57 minutes), after-lunch walk (30 minutes)- 15,500 Steps
  • Friday – INS.ANITY (48 minutes), track walk (30 minutes) – 16,000 Steps
  • Saturday – Walking (60 minutes) – 16,000 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • I ran without my little guy on Monday night and ran 4 miles at a 9:30 pace, which is really good for me (I’m a slow runner).  I want to try to run solo at least once a week, if possible, just to keep that speed going
  • I need to scale back the Diet Pe.psi (just writing that made my mouth water – I am THAT addicted to it)
  • This week is the half-way mark of my 10 weeks.  I’m going to try to do measurements, but will skip pushups, sit-ups, and the mile run because my husband and I are going out of town sans kids on Saturday night and we’ll be rushed to get on the road.  Those stats are more of a 10-week thing, so I feel OK skipping them.  My ankle is so weak right now that my mile run will be longer than it was 6 weeks ago.
  • I tried a new class at the Y tonight (Wednesday) and although it was good, it wasn’t terribly exciting.  I was a little disappointed and wish I’d done INSA.NITY in my garage this afternoon instead.  Taking the kids to the Y for a 6:30 class seemed cruel, but they had a great time!
  • The Wednesday class got all muscle groups strengthened with weights – yay!
  • When I hold the body fat monitor the old (wrong) way, set to “normal” mode (not athlete), the body fat reading is 23.6% which actually should be compared to my starting value because that’s how I was holding it and it was set to “normal” mode.  But this is a minor detail and since I measure daily in “athlete” mode while holding it correctly, I’m keeping the 24.0% for tracking purposes.  But I want to note for myself that based on how I measured on day 1, I’ve lost 1.5% body fat in the 5 weeks so far
  • It’s Thursday and I’m calling it right now – I’m going to end the week where I started on weight.  This is feeling like a plateau/stabilizing week to me.
  • Finally a dip in body fat!  I couldn’t be happier with this week.  There was no weight loss, but gain in muscle mass is way more important to me at this rate.
  • Holy smokes – I lost a pound right there at the end of the week. Hooray!
  • I will be modifying my 10-week goals to match what has happened in the last 5 weeks – want to keep things realistic!

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/08/2014)

• Weight:  142.6 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  22.1%
• BMI:  22.3
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 10/04/2014

• Week 4 Statistics
  • Weight:  149 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  2 Pounds
  • Body Fat %:  24.4%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.0%
  • BMI: 23.3
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:  6 Hours  27 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  13,728
• Food:  This will be a week of cooking dinners at home.  No travel for my husband means kitchen time for me!  We’ve got our favorites lined up this week!
  • Sunday – Greek chicken with homemade apple pie as dessert
  • Monday – Curry burgers
  • Tuesday – I’m too ashamed to log what I had for dinner.  We went to the Y for INSAN.ITY fit testing, which I thought would take 10-15 minutes.  The testing itself was quick, but then we were led through another 20 minutes of class, taking us to 6:50.  We then walked the track for 10 minutes and because we’re putting the kids to bed earlier these days, my hubs said, “DQ for dinner?”  And I agreed.  I had a kids cup of vanilla ice cream – and that was my dinner.  I put the frozen soup (homemade leftovers) back in the freezer for another time.
  • Wednesday – Curried pumpkin soup – This was excellent!  It needed a bit of something more in the way of spices, and we’re not sure what.  I think we’ll try coriander or nutmeg next time.  I subbed coconut oil for the canola oil and it worked out great.  I used low sodium broth which was a mistake – follow the recipe!
  • Thursday – Pear and Ground Pork Stuffed Winter Squash (we used carnival squash instead of acorn squash this time – and we prefer the acorn squash)
  • Friday – Chicken non-tortilla soup We took the boys bowling tonight and then out for hot dogs for them.  We ate oatmeal – it was the only healthier option there.  It was good!
  • Saturday – Date night!!!
• Exercise/Activity: I’ll be hitting it hard this week again – shooting for 7 hours of activity.  My goal is 2 4-mile runs (Mon, Tues, Fri), 3 INSAN,ITY and KB workouts in the garage, and a weights class at the YMCA.  I need to keep working hard at cardio but really like the garage workouts for strength and endurance training.
  • Sunday – Mowed the lawn (47 minutes) – 11,200 Steps
  • Monday – Morning run (45 minutes) – 14,500 Steps
  • Tuesday – INSAN.ITY and kickboxing (52 minutes), more INSAN.ITY (28 minutes), track walking (10 minutes) – 14,800 Steps
  • Wednesday – Rest day!- 9,100 Steps (so not proud of this)
  • Thursday – INSAN.ITY and kickboxing (70 minutes) – 13,000 Steps
  • Friday – Track walking (66 minutes), INSAN.ITY core and balance (15 minutes) – 16,000 Steps
  • Saturday – Afternoon run (48 minutes)- 17,500 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • I have a chest cold this week that doesn’t seem to be keeping me down, but it made me want to take a rest day.
  • Working out in the garage is… working out great!  I can’t believe how motivated I am to work out on my own.
  • I tried working out in the basement while the kids played and that proved to be difficult – I’ll keep working out while they nap!
  • We went to the Y on Friday morning to do nothing in particular other than give myself a parenting break.  My big kid was EXCITED to go and my little one couldn’t get to the toys soon enough.  I walked the track for an hour, watching my older son play with his friends in the gym just below.  It was fun – and I think I’ll do that every Friday that my little guy doesn’t nap in the morning!
  • I am done getting “egg white delig.ht” breakfast sandwiches from McDo.nalds.  I figured they weren’t great for me, but they are so tasty and thue “healthiest” option in the morning if I’m choosing to go there (and I go there Mon-Wed after preschool drop-off just for their Die.t Co.ke – which is just so good!).  I have known that they’d have to go at some point, so when I read all about how it’s made, I decided to ditch them.  I had one last one and that’s it – I’m done.  I’ve been there twice since saying “no more” and I’ve just gotten my Di.et Co.ke and I’m perfectly happy with that.
  • I met my exercise goals with the exception of a weights session.  😦

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/08/2014)

• Weight:  142.6 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  22.1%
• BMI:  22.3
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 09/27/2014

• Week 3 Statistics
  • Weight: 151 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  0.8 Pounds lost
  • Body Fat %:  24.4%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  1.0%
  • BMI: 23.6
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:   7 Hours  15 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  15,685
• Food:  Hottie is out of town until late Thursday night.  I’m not expecting to cook much – I’m feeling quite tired this week.
  • Sunday – No real dinner (sick baby, things to get done before Hottie leaves town for the entire week, laundry from a puking kid, etc.)
  • Monday – Yogurt and an iced chai (I know, I know)
  • Tuesday – Chi.ck-Fil-A grilled nuggets and fruit bowl (and a cupcake – Jesus!)
  • Wednesday – Yogurt, oatmeal, and an iced chai (I was desperate)
  • Thursday – Margherita pizza, roasted Brussels sprouts, grilled corn
  • Friday – Pork and apple sliders
  • Saturday – Cheese fondue – yes – cheese fondue!
• Exercise/Activity:  With my husband out of town this week, it’s going to be hard to get morning runs in.  I’m planning on tackling this by running with my little guy while my big kid is at school.  Of course – the little is sick so maybe this won’t happen.
  • Sunday – Mowed the lawn (32 minutes) – 14,000 Steps
  • Monday – INSAN.ITY (43 minutes), walk around neighborhood (37 minutes) – 16,400 Steps
  • Tuesday – Morning run (42 minutes), morning walk (57 minutes)- 22,000 Steps
  • Wednesday – INSAN.ITY and KB (47 minutes), Bodypump (43 minutes), track walk (15 minutes) – 15,300 Steps
  • Thursday – INSAN.ITY and KB (47 minutes)- 14,300 Steps
  • Friday – Morning run (44 minutes), walking (29 minutes)- 20,800 Steps
  • Saturday – NONE – So Sick!- 7,000 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • I have a serious sweet tooth this week – SERIOUS.  I need to stop indulging it no matter how many calories I burn in the day.
  • Running with my little guy while my big kid is in school is working out quite well.  I need to plan on that at least 1 of the school days each week.
  • I’ve come to realize that I just cannot put my kids in daycare at the Y unless it’s really necessary (meaning Tuesday nights for INSAN.ITY, Thursday morning for HEAT if my little isn’t napping, Friday nights for swim lessons, and other random times that I just need ‘me time.”).  I don’t want to dump the little guy there without his brother Mon-Wed because that’s supposed to be our special time together, and I can’t justify putting my big kid in there Mon-Wed after going to school all morning.  I can get behind 3 sessions a week per child, but not more than that.  It just doesn’t feel right to me (but that is just me – no judgment if it feels right to you!).
  • The double nap is working out so well for me!  I am doing some KILLER workouts in my garage while the kids nap – and I’m going longer and harder than I would in a class at the Y.
  • Cross training is ESSENTIAL for me.  When I only did kickboxing, I plateaued.  When I only ran, my body always felt a little broken.  Now that I’m doing INSA.NITY, running, kickboxing, and weights – all within the same week – my body is getting rest where and when needed and I’m shocking it a pit, helping to keep the inevitable plateau at bay!
  • This week is shaping up to be a very productive one, and I did not expect that.  I feel motivated!
  • I am super thrilled to be in the 24.X percents for body fat, but do know that I could bounce back up to the 25’s easily enough.
  • I got a terrible chest cold at the end of the week, and spent much of Saturday sleeping and resting.  I hated taking a day off, but it was for the best.

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/08/2014)

• Weight:  142.6 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  22.1%
• BMI:  22.3
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 09/20/2014

• Week 2+1 Statistics
  • Weight:  151.8 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.8 Pounds lost
  • Body Fat %:  25.4%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.8% gained
  • BMI: 23.8
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  6 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:  7 Hours 02 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  16,100

• Food:  After coming home from vacation, it’s time to get back on the healthy food bandwagon.  When we cook at home, the rule is still paleo – ALWAYS.  We don’t bring grains or potatoes or any processed foods into our house.  When we eat out, we eat paleo 50% of the time – and try to keep the non-50% as healthy as the menu allows.  The kids eat paleo at all times – when eating in or out.  Actually – they eat paleo 100% of the time unless my little guy is teething something fierce and needs crusty bread to gnaw on.
  • Sunday – Chip.otle dinner – because the kids love it and we love them!
  • Monday – Shrimp tacos and French onion soup out (so NOT paleo)
  • Tuesday – Rotisserie chicken breast and peas
  • Wednesday – Paleo chicken non-tortilla soup
  • Thursday – Coconut corn chowder with shrimp (NOT paleo  but it is our only sweet corn all year!) – I subbed heavy whipping cream for 1/2 of the 2 cups of milk, I used 2% milk (they don’t specify), I added dried parsley and paprika, I sautéed up 10 shrimp to toss in at the very end, and I used an emersion blender instead of my food processor.  It was EXCELLENT!  Oh – and we topped it off with a touch of sour cream when we served it.
  • Friday – Pan.era soup and salad
  • Saturday – Dinner at my folks’ (beef tenderloin is all I know so far)!
• Exercise/Activity: Back at it and working at a very intense level.  A quick note – I won the steps challenge I was randomly put in by Garm.in last week, and that included this Sunday’s all-time low of 10,000 steps (challenges run Mon-Sun).  That was pretty exciting (not really).
  • Sunday – None – travel day- 10,000 Steps
  • Monday – Morning run (43 minutes), mowed the lawn (40 minutes) – 18,600 Steps
  • Tuesday – Morning walk (106 minutes), INSAN.ITY class (40 minutes) – 24,000 Steps
  • Wednesday – Kickboxing (40 minutes) – 14,400 Steps
  • Thursday – Evening run (33 minutes), walk (13 minutes) – 16,500 Steps
  • Friday – INSAN.ITY at home (47 minutes), walk (25 minutes) – 16,000 Steps
  • Saturday – Afternoon walk (35 minutes)- 13,200 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • It was time for new running shoes – my ankles and knees are killing me.  I found my $160 Asi.cs for $90 at Ama.zon.  WIN!  The new running shoes are so nice – totally worth the $160 I didn’t pay for them!  I would pay full price in the future if I had to – they’re that great!
  • My big kid was having a hell of a time falling asleep for his nap on Thursday, which meant I couldn’t go out to the garage and kick and hit the bag (it’s super loud).  I really wanted to workout though, so I started the interval timer and led myself through an INSAN.ITY workout that I remembered from the class at the Y.  I’ll do that again – it was quiet, still got my aggressions out, and burned over 500 calories in 47 minutes.  And let me just note that that interval timer is the gift to myself that keeps on giving!
  • I gained 0.8% body fat, which makes sense given I lifted no weights this week and the adjustment back from vacation.  25.4% is a rather realistic number for how I look right now, so I like it better than the lower numbers from before that gave me false confidence.    I feel like this is a “corrected” number from the change to athlete mode on the fat monitor, the change in how I hold the fat monitor, and a return from vacation.
  • Wow – 1.8 pounds shed over my pre-vacation weight – I could not be happier with this +1 week to get back to where I was before we left town.  I’m actually where I wanted to be (152 pounds) at the end of week 3, but I’ll keep the +1 week because of the body fat correction.

Starting Statistics on 08/30/2014

• Weight:  155 Pounds (took 0.6 pounds off during my stabilizing week)
• Body Fat %:  25.1% (took 0.7% off during my stabilizing week)
• BMI:  24.3
• Predicted Weight from MyFit.nessP.al:  140 Pounds (targeting 1.5 pounds per week)

Goals for the Next 10 Weeks (Ending 11/08/2014)

• Weight:  142.6 Pounds
• Body Fat %:  22.1%
• BMI:  22.3
• Push-ups:  90
• Sit-ups:  53
• Mile Run Time:  7:26

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Week Ending 09/11/2014 (the week ended early due to vacation)

• Week 2 Statistics
  • Weight: 153.6 Pounds
  • Pounds Lost or Gained:  1.4 Pounds Lost
  • Body Fat %:  24.6%
  • Body Fat % Lost or Gained:  0.1% Lost
  • BMI: 24
  • Workout Days (goal is 6 days):  7 Days
  • Time Spent Being Active:  8 Hours 15 Minutes
  • Average Number of Steps Per Day:  17,328 Steps
• Food:  This week was tricky since we headed out of town (sans kids!) on Thursday.  Dinner reservations were made without concern to the menu and being Paleo.  We were hoping to do lots of walking, to hopefully balance everything out in the end.
  • Sunday – Soccer night = easy dinner = pizza out (thin crust veggie)
  • Monday – Dinner out consisting of a fabulous Paleo salad
  • Tuesday – Pear and Ground Pork Stuffed Winter Squash
  • Wednesday – Meatballs and Carrots
  • Thursday – VACATION
  • Friday – VACATION
  • Saturday – VACATION
• Exercise/Activity: I have found some group fitness classes at our resort in Teluride that I plan to attend (and drag my husband to with me).  We solely depended on lots of walking to keep us active, but as expected, these numbers did go down this week (except for the amount of steps!).
  • Sunday – Mowing the lawn and some yard work (40 minutes) – 10,800 Steps
  • Monday – Morning run (43 minutes), strength training (42 minutes) – 18,100 Steps
  • Tuesday – Morning run (44 minutes), INSANITY (37 minutes), walking (11 minutes) – 22,000 Steps
  • Wednesday- Morning run (52 minutes) – 19,000 Steps
  • Thursday- Morning run (46 minutes) – 16,000 Steps
  • Friday- Hours of walking (90 minutes) – 18,200 Steps
  • Saturday- Hours of walking (90 minutes) – 17,200 Steps
• Notes and findings: 
  • So I’m running in the mornings now.  I really enjoy it!  My little guy and I go out as the sun comes up and get 3+ miles in whenever the weather cooperates.  I don’t have a set running schedule, and I’m not trying to become a fast runner.  I just want to get out there and do it!
  • Because we’re heading out of town without the kids on Thursday, I don’t want to drag them to the Y every day.  They need time with Mom and Dad before the big departure.  I’m counting on my running, one class at the Y, walking with my little while his brother is in school, resistance bands at home, and our KB bag to keep me active and productive!
  • We ate dinner before INSANITY on Tuesday and that was a mistake.  Tuesday is now soup night and we’ll eat after class.
  • All stats are from Thursday, 09/11/2014, because I didn’t have access to scales or body fat measurements while in Telluride
  • I did weigh myself after coming home and vacation cost me only 1.8 pounds – not awful!
  • I am adding a week to this little challenge of mine to give myself next week to recover and bounce back from vacation – next week’s post will be considered Week 2+1