This morning's workout... New measurements...

This morning's workout...

So this morning I knocked out 40 minutes on the cross-trainer. I burned some 500+ calories and went over 4 miles.
We then hit the weights then used the exercise ball for ab exercises then a bit of stretching.


New measurements...

My trainer, Deb, took my measurements today.
I have lost 8.25 inches since 10/31!


10/31/07 11/30/07 1/07/08

Chest 51.5 51 49.75

Waist 52.5 51.75 51

Hips 50 48.5 46.5

Thigh 26 24 24

Bicep/Tricep 17 17.75 17.5

Almost at the halfway point!!!!

So with last night's 4 pound loss that I mentioned in the last blog entry, thatbrings me to a total of 52 pounds lost! Originally I was looking to lose 100 pounds, but I decided to take it to 116 pounds.
I'm 6 pounds away from being at my halfway point!!! It's been what, 3 months give or take?
I'm down to 2X t-shirts from 3X. I have plenty of room in my 2X t-shirts, too!
I'm down to 264 pounds from a miserable 316 pounds!

There's no doubt in my mind that I'll make it to 200 pounds in 2008! I think a goal of getting to 200 pounds by summer is quite reasonable!

Last night's weigh-in!!!

So I weighed-in last night....
Keep in mind that they thought I may be plateauing and that to get my weightloss back up that we may need to increase my calories. I had lost 1.5 pounds at least the last 2 weeks if not 3 weeks (I forget).

Last night I weighed-in and had lost 4 pounds!!!

That's awesome for one week. Sometimes on The Biggest Loser they don't lose 4 pounds a week and they're working out like 4 hours a day or something and do crazy-hard workouts. I work out 3 times a week for about 1hr or 1hr 15 mins and I'm doing better than they do at times!

What a great feeling to see that number pop up on the scale!!!

Tonight's weigh-in and increasing calories....

So I'll be weighing-in tonight right after work. Hopefully I've lost more than 1 1/2 pounds.

Either way, I think we're going to increase my calories some. Marcia, the manager of the clinic whom weighs me every week, said that my weightloss is slowing down some. I'm not sure if it's due to the holidays or if it's just my body's metabolism and my working out and it going into 'starvation mode' due to not enough calories for the amount I'm working out. My nutritionists and I looked at my caloric intake and figured we could increase my calories at breakfast since I'm only consuming 205 calories there and that's right before I work out. I might add a piece of fruit or an egg or a piece of lean meat or yogurt or something.... We'll see....

Updated weight tomorrow!

Last Friday's workout....

So my trainer was off last Friday and we had a substitute. She let us decide what to do in class. We ended up doing yoga. This was my first time ever doing yoga. I'll tell you, it's not easy! We worked up a sweat in the cold gym. She said a lot of yoga places set their thermostats to 80-90 degrees! Youch!
After yoga, I hit the weights then knocked out 10 minutes on the cross-trainer.

Wednesday's workout....

I did 40 minutes on the cross-trainer despite the cold that I have and being all congested. I then did the weights and the exercise ball for working my abs.

Monday's workout....

My trainer had Monday off as did I, but I still got up at the butt-crack of dawn (5:45am) and worked out on my own.
I did the usual: cross-trainer and weights. I even raised the level of weight on each machine by one level. I'm proud of myself for still getting up that early and doing it on my own.