That's cool!!

The MS Society asked me to be part of a trial for a “health diary” and this morning, in the mail, I got a parcel with my new diary in it.  It is VERY cool.  It is called  ’My health organiser’ and 3 people (me being one of those people) have been asked to try it out.  I really like it and I am pleased I have been given the chance to give it a test run.

It comes in a smart binder and has various places in it to write your appointments, to do lists etc etc.  I am impressed and now I have NO excuse for forgetting anything.   ;0)

I have just got time to have a good look at it and fill out my appointments etc and then I am going for a nice, long walk to the eye specialist.  :0)

Hit a goal then implode...

There was a “Biggest Loser” contest at work and yesterday was the last weigh in.  I have lost 25 pds since Jan 12.  I started at 232 and yesterday I had a final weigh in of 207.  So what did I do… Didn’t plan what I was going to eat, ate bread, bought 5 pounds of chocolate easter eggs for the other place that I work and probably ate 4-5 ounces of them.  DH was out helping at the Elks and he brought home some turkey and stuffing and I ate that at 8:00pm.  OK I have been much farther out of control in my life but that doesn’t excuse the behavior.

I need to try to figure out the behavior, why do I do this to myself… I am trying to feed an emptiness inside and food is not the answer, I know that but I continue to go back to the same behaviors time and time again.  Today I got off to a bit of a rough start but I will move on. I started with 3 slices of bread, one with margarine.  Now for the remainder of the day I will preplan ( following the suggestion of the book “The Ten Commandments”).  

• Lunch at CH- Soup and water
• Drive home snack - some carrots
• Dinner - Asparagus (DH is out of town for the day so I will be alone for dinner)

I also MUST get to the LIbrary, need to order in Atlas Shrugged to meet my weekly goal.

Finallly how would I rate my success on fulfilling my goals last week— Bathroom clean up 100%, logging food not even 50%, I only logged 3 out of 6 days, but today starts  a new week so I have the opportunity to get a 100

Two Admissions

The first admission was something I did this morning.  I had a good workout on the treadmill this morning and felt great to how my body was making me feel.  Then I saw the email.  A co-worker brought in a salsa dip and chips.  Now I have been doing really good with avoiding the treats that people bring in but this was my favorite.  Tons of peppers, onions, seasoning and yes, cream cheese.  I did have some.  One bowl.  But I know that I can’t say absolutely nothing anymore.  I have to allow myself to have a treat like that and feel good that I have control over it and all the other food that I used to eat.  So no, I’m not falling off the wagon.

Second admission.  The Biggest Loser.  It’s a motivation for me.  I don’t expect to lose that much weight for each week.  I’m not under the supervision of experts, eating meals prepared by professional chefs or working out 6 hours a day.  I just like watching the workouts, watching them sweat, and a little bit of the drama.  During the first hour I washed dishes and ate a yogurt.  Second hour, went back to my step to work off some of that treat from this morning.  I held 10 lb weights while during the show and then would do some weight lifting to work out different muscles during the commercials.  It was different and I wasn’t trying to get an intense workout but by 30 minutes I had a really good sweat going on.  I really love my step and am going to try to reinforce it to make it stronger, make it last.  Oh, I did do a cool down of walking in place for the last 10 minutes of the show so I’m still trying to do it smart.

Breakfast

Bowl of Special K Banana and Almond (yummy), a banana, and an apple

Mid-morning

Chips and Salsa, carrots, cucumbers

Lunch

Salad with tuna and cucumber ranch dressing (tried smaller portion and it was fine), 100 cal snack Fudge Graham cracker

Afternoon

A little bit of Cheerios, smaller portions of almonds and soy nuts

Dinner

Spaghetti, fudge Graham cracker

Later

yogurt with granola

Overtraining?

I’ve been feeling really tired lately, sometimes even practically falling asleep at work. It’s hard to know what the exact cause is as there are a number of possibilities, but one that occurred to me was that I might be overtraining. But for the first time, I am enjoying exercise. I’ve been doing it because it’s fun, not out of any other driving motivation. Other possibilities include coming down with something, general stress levels, or poor quality sleep at night. I have been having nightmares and waking up feeling unrested most days for the last week or so, so that could also be to blame. There is a pretty good guide to overtraining on about.com, explaining what it is, how to tell if you have it, and what to do about it.

I have taken a few days off lifting but am still very tired. I have also been suffering from headaches and am sleeping a lot. As a result, I am not necessarily eating three proper meals a day, so am not getting all my nutrients in. I may start drinking a protein meal replacement shake in the evening if I don’t feel like a meal. I am also going to start meditating. I learned how to do TM a few years back, but have fallen out of the habit. So, additional goal for this week: 20 mins TM everyday, and see how I get on. I have had to make a decision on my already overdue weights and intervals from BFS. But it is late (gone 11pm). I think I will have today off completely, go and get my protein shake, and go to bed. After meditating.

Speed Your Weight Loss With The Best Exercises to Burn Fat

Best exercises to burn fat are pretty easy, as long as you have the perseverance to stick with them. Before long you’ll be slenderer and more clean-cut if you mix them with a healthy eating habit.

Do some sort of aerobic workout every day for 30 minutes. Aerobic exercise is workout that makes you sweat and gets your heart moving quicker but not so quick that you’re panting for air. This can include walking, jogging, swimming, stationary bike, and a mixture of other physical exercises. Include intervals into the aerobic physical exercises. These are bursts of more energetic exercise that help supercharge the metabolism even more. That means run between periods of walking, or burst to speed while swimming at an easy speed.

It’s incorrect to think the best exercises to burn fat is an exercise to be executed only 3 to 5 days a week. The physical structure needs this exercise routine each day. Select a workout routine that will be repeated day-after-day for the rest of your life. For the best exercises to burn fat be certain your choice is not too difficult.

The most fitting time for an exercise workout is prior to breakfast, or at least prior to your next meal, so the body melts away stored fat. In addition add an extra 10-30 minute walk after lunch or dinner to this physical program. Lastly, find chances to exercise. This can mean anything from parking further from your place of employment so you have to walk further to the door, to using the stairs rather than the lift.

The best exercises to burn fat will build muscles with weight training at least 3 times each week. Bigger muscles make your metabolism speed up. Increased muscle mass means a faster metabolism. A faster metabolism will consume more calories even when you’re stationary. You’ll also feel healthier and look healthier just because of the toned muscles.

Never skip meals. If you do, your body interprets that it’s starving, and transitions to a slow metabolism mode where it burns calories more slowly. A slow metabolism is not a friend of fat loss. Another way to avoid slow metabolism is to be certain to consume enough each day. For imajority of people this should be at least 1200 calories daily. Any lower and your physical structure is back in starvation mode, going against your endeavours to burn fat .

Best exercises to burn fat combined with healthy eating can have astounding effects. It doesn’t have to be hard. In fact if it’s too hard you’ll lose motivation and end the plan. Most dieters make it less than a month with a new physical program. Don’t be one of these short term health nuts who throw in the towel.

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Acai Berry, Weight-Loss or Commerical Scam?

                                                                                                         

Once again, my e-mail box has been full of Acai Berry for weight loss emails. So I decided to do a little research and see what I could find. Before I get into i, if your looking for information regarding Acai Berries, go to the weight loss section on the left of this page and scroll down to the second page. There you will find an article regarding the facts of the acai berry, dated 1-13-09 under the heading, ACAI BERRY, WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

Regarding the Acai Berry and weight-loss, there have been no scientific studies regarding its use for weight loss or for colon cleansing. Does that mean that the Acai Berry has no practical use for weight loss? In a word no, based on my scientific background and common sense, Acai Berry is a fruit and as such, it would be reasonable to assume, that it contains fiber. Can fiber help you lose weight, Yes. Now the question is how much do you want to pay for fiber? No doubt that Acai Berry fiber would be more expensive, than say your regular fiber supplement that can be purchased at most stores. As many studies have shown the intake of fiber and water would assist most Americans in losing weight. Bottom line, its your money spend it wisely.

Intimidation in the Weight Room

Today’s score: Intimidation: 2, Me: 0

I went to my lovely gym today, which was a journey in itself. I love my gym, I’ve written about that before, but every now and then (as in constantly), I get extremely intimidated when I need to do my strength-training routine. So today, I gave myself my usual pep-talk to get myself in the car, to the gym, out the door, in the locker room, in my gym clothes, and out in fitness central with my water bottle, towel, and ipod. I looked through some exercises my trainer had recommended for me as I was warming up on the treadmill, and immediately I felt some intimidation. So, pep-talk continued while I was warming up–this time like “Oh who cares if you’re literally referring to this piece of paper as you’re lifting weights with all these bulky men around you where there are no other women and you’re wearing a pink t-shirt so you’re really going to stick out…but really…who care?” I care..I care! (said like Elisabeth Hasselbeck in the SNL skit of The View). I care! But you know what?? I started doing it. I did one superset. I was figuring out ways to avoid eye contact in the weights room, I was moving forward….and then…

cute personal trainer i’ve had my eye on sets up his workout RIGHT NEXT TO ME. Sadly, I did not take this as a form of flattery because, being 227 (notice how that is less than the weight I started this blog at?? mhmm), I was like “Oh he is so not into me. And ZOMG he’s going to see my stomach flab when I bend over. Gah!). So what did I do? Finished the last few reps of my set (at least I did that!), and then packed up and went upstairs to do cardio. And that, my friends, is how the scoreboard got to Intimidation: 2, Me: 0.

Anyone else get intimidated like that? Or self-conscious. Yes, yes, I know no one cares how I look, if anyone is even looking at me, but I can’t help it. Any suggestions for getting over it?

Xenical Orlistat a Weight Loss Drugs for Obesity Treatment

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About Xenical

Xenical is a arrange loss drugs developed by Roche laboratories and contains an effectual ingredient called orlistat. Xenical is a direction drug and useful for weight downfall. Xenical primarily targets 30% of your dietary fat and prevents them from being digested. This persuasiveness loss drugs blocks one third of the fats consumed. If you return Xenical orlistat, it reduces the amount of fat engrossed in the body from meals. With the forbear of this moment loss treat, you can lose impact without eating less provisions. The fat loss gain of Xenical not only promotes strain loss but also prevents ensuing majority regain. Xenical orlistat also lowers risks agnate to obesity.

This preponderancy loss drugs has tons more benefits such as lower:

• Reduces incidences of superior blood pressure
• Reduces raze of triglycerides
• Lessens group fat
• Decreases jeopardize of developing type II diabetes
• Brawn and ingredients of Xenical

The strenuous ingredient in Xenical is orlistat. It is a sound drug for incline loss but you should consult a doctor and upon out if you are allergic to Xenical orlistat or any other ingredients of it to come you start treatment.

The pier recommended dosage of Xenical orlistat is 120mg thrice a day. This mass loss drugs is to be infatuated with the three fundamental meals of the day. If respect, your tea overdo does not bear fats, do not memo Xenical orlistat. This incline loss drugs is to be enchanted before or after a repast but immediately. Do not set down Xenical orlistat neck if you miss any nourishment.

In any victim, follow your doctor’s instructions as contrariwise he can determine the to be fair dosage and fortitude of Xenical orlistat.

Side effects of Xenical

Most side effects of Xenical orlistat are gastrointestinal in colour. The side effects foremost arise because of the movement of Xenical orlistat in the digestive quarter. As Xenical orlistat increases the amount of fat in the stool, following side effects may surface.

• Gas (flatulence) – at times with oily spotting
• Increased frequency of bowel movements
• Fatty/slithery stool

As Xenical orlistat interferes with stiff’s absorption of some fat-soluble vitamins, you effectiveness have to seize a daily multivitamin supplementation that contains vitamins D, E, and K and beta carotene in one go a day at least 2 hours previous to or after enchanting this superiority loss drugs, such as at bedtime or as per your doctor’s instruction.

How is Xenical a safe weight loss drugs?

If you are tubby (BMI over 30), or are overweight (BMI between 25 and 30) and are at imperil for medical conditions akin to weight or body fat, such as diabetes, altered consciousness cholesterol, or hypertension, you can get Xenical instruction and it may prove to be a safe load loss drugs for you.

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Day Four:

A little better today. I did some cleaning, played the keyboard (didn’t practice a whole lot, but I played and sang). I got out my exercise band and jump rope and decided to start taking them to work with me so I could exercise during downtime. Surprisingly, I actually did. I spent some time doing exercises, figuring out which ones actually worked, and creating a RESISTANCE BAND WORKOUT! Now that I have that under my belt, I can always utilize downtime at work by achieving my goals.

Weigh in:213

Exercise: Resistance Band Workout

Accomplishment: Toward my life goal of inspiring people, my supervisor really liked my resistance band idea, and is going to buy one and start his own workout.

High Impact Cycling Workout #11 - Hill Intervals

  Today’s cycling workout, Hill Intervals, is the most difficult training session to date.  It is the first in this series to put you into Zone 4, where you will be working at your lactate threshold.  By definition, lactate threshold is the absolute hardest effort you can maintain for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on your current level of fitness.  For highly fit athletes, lactate threshold is often referred to as the hour of power.  You will be performing uphill intervals at a fairly high cadence so take care when choosing your gearing.  If you are new to cycling or are in relatively poor condition, do not attempt this workout.  Spend a couple of months performing the earlier workouts in Training Zones 1 - 3.  Click below to download the workout.  This is usually where I tell you to have fun but that’s hard to do with Zone 4 & 5 workouts!  Just remember, these are the workouts that facilitate the physiological adaptation process and significantly improve your performance.  So hang in there and you will get stronger and faster.

Hill Intervals

NEXT POST - March 30, 2009

Pyramid Intervals

aaarrrgggh! and other stuff

I am stuck in the same 3 pound range that I have been in for weeks - so I am really dedicating myself (since Sunday) to doing the “protein only thing” - lots of protein drinks and eggs and walking. We will see how that goes. AARRGGHHH! I heard so many peole talk about not losing weight after the seventh month and I don’t want that to be me!

Last night I went to a dive bar/club called The DragonFly on Santa Monica in Hollywood. It is the kind of place where you stand in line with your ticket and show ID - the Bouncer stopped me because he said I was using someone else’s ID. COOL! I still look the same to me, but I will take the compliment (I think it’s a compiment?!?) ANyway. I was let in and did alot of dancing - in the really uncool- I am too white to dance way I boogie down rhythemlessly. Can that count as excercize? No! I did not have any alcohol! The bouncer, when I went outside to rest my ears - did bring me some bottled water though. I took his picture.

Day Four - CHEAT DAY!

As you may have guessed I decided that I would make Monday night my “cheat” nights.  Because I go to a Monday night Bible study class where everyone brings a dish and we have some pretty food that night. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to resist Monday nights so gave myself a “cheat” night.  The plan for cheat night is I stick to the program all day and I allow myself whatever I want for dinner and don’t eat the nutrisystem dinner and dessert. Now this is NOT part of the nutrisystem program although I have heard about there “weekends off” program. I’m not sure how that works. So today was typical. I was in a hurry to get out the door since my daughter is back to school from spring break and it was all “get up”… “eat your breakfast” … “brush your teeth”… “where’s your backpack”… I grabbed some stuff and scurried out the door. I ended up eating breakfast when I got to my desk which I thought was a good idea since it stand to reason if I eat breakfast a little later then I won’t be hungry at 10:30.  Not true…. I think my stomach started to rumble at 10:30 am on the dot.  Tomorrow I’m going to try stretching my breakfast items out a little more so that I’m not starving to death by 11 am and staring at the clock until 12:30.  Now I don’t go to lunch at a specific time but sometimes if I get caught up with something I don’t get around to lunch until 1pm or 2pm.

I did alright after lunch and until around quittin time. By time I picked up the kiddo from school and got over to where we have our Bible study I was starvin like marvin. And the food smelled SO friggin good. They had sausage links with the best BBQ sauce I’ve ever had, home made macaroni and cheese (not the boxed crap), baked beans, fresh corn, potato salad, and gianormous hot buttery rolls. I was in food heaven. I took advantage of my cheat and I LOADED down my plate and ate until I thought I was going to puke. Literally I thought I was going to puke. I kinda wish I had because I felt TERRIBLE afterwards. After that I was kind of looking forward to going back to my smaller portions. I do better when I have a strict guide to go by. When left to my own devices I tend to do things like I did tonight and eat half my body weight. I think next week I will try to practice a little more restraint. And I’m also going to try to stick to the Nutrisystem portion sizes on my own and keep up with my fruit and vegetable requirements and see how I do.

EPIC start to the week :-)

ahhhhh so fired up this morning, got up had omlette with bacon mushroom and cheese, went into garage got the bike out and pumped up the tyres, now work is 1 mile away so did 4 1 mile sprints today work home work home, well had to feed the puppies at dinner, then had a good bench work out then fought rebecca with mits and gloves then 50 pressups, arrr feeel  pumped, all good stufff cant wait for the morning, ahh so breakfast omlette, lunch promax, tea trout fillet with veg catch ya tomorrow yeah

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High Impact Cycling Workout #10 - Hill Ride

       Today’s cycling workout, the Hill Ride, is the last Zone 3 training session that I will provide (it just gets harder from here!).  Hill rides will improve your aerobic and muscular endurance, and enhance your ability to cycle uphill. Try to find a really hilly route for this workout and don’t worry about how fast you’re riding.  Focus on how much time you spend on the bike.  Click below to download the workout and as always, have fun!

Hill Ride

NEXT POST - March 26, 2009

Hill Interval

DAY 18 HAWAIIAN JUICE FAST/FEAST

Yesterday was a slight drop in energy the last half of the day…. did mostly water for 20 hours along with a liter and half saline flush… much better.

Some yoga this morning, longer shoulder stands, pranayama… slowly increasing the rounds of Bhastrika wih breath retention. some meditation and holosyn. A Bike ride this morning down the so fun bike path. A swim this afternoon. Took a dose of bentonite. Some pure synergy and about half a bottle of e3live a day with juice… missing coconut water the last few days. Believe I have lost a few more pounds, have to weigh myself.

Love and Light

Dr. George

Another Pipe Day

Day 4: Morning

Sunday Weigh in: 239.8. 44″ waist.

I understand that there is a huge possibility that much of the weight lost on this fast will be muscle mass-possibly half the weight to be exact. Not that I have huge amounts of muscle to begin with (I am relatively sedentery) so I’m curious to see how small my waist will get in the coming days. To me that would be as good an indication (better, really) than losing weight that will surely fluctuate with time.

Week 12 on Weight Watchers

I lost 1 whole pound this time instead little tiny bits!  So now my total weight loss since new years day is 13.8!  I’m getting really close to losing 10% of my beginning weight and I’m feeling so much better.  My belly is very noticably smaller and I am looking toned especially in my legs.  I have primarily been doing “my fitness coach” for the wii.  It’s like working out with a workout DVD that you can customize for you!  I love it! 

I’ll work on getting some new pictures towards the end of this week.

-7.7

Ran for 7 minutes straight today at the gym! .6 miles! Then I ran another 4 minutes after a two minute break. Never done before! w00t

I decided I wasn’t fat today, too; but I’m sure that’s just a temporary decision. Now that I’m back in my apartment I’m feeling good about my eating and my workouts. Too bad my gym membership runs out in a week. Hopefully I’ll have a job by then or be closer to one so I don’t have to worry about it / be bored out of my mind. I’m more worried about working than my body right now, and I’m not sure how to deal with that. At least I’m not an emotional eater. That’s probably why I haven’t been posting so much.

Fat Loss Diet - Commit And Keep the Faith

By Bryon Zirker

My idea the best way to stick to your fat loss diet will likely sound strange to you, however I ask that you trust me on some point I will make.

Point in fact there is this popular sort of new “social networking” website which goes by the name of Twitter.com. Heard of it yet? At first when you check it out (I recommend that you check it out) , it first appears to be as dumb as it sounds. You might find that after spending a short time on Twitter, you see that it could be beneficial as an accountability a tool to help one stay accountable to others that may be doing the same thing, a fat loss diet accountability group if you will.

I think it is key when working on sticking to a diet. When you commit and share with others that you are going to lose weight, and you intend to report the contents of all of your meals, you’ll think twice about fudging on your diet program.

I would encourage you to join a group on Twitter (or create your own) and encourage you to post all of your meals, snacks, and nutrition goals over the course of the day. It’s no fun to disappoint other people or look bad in their eyes. So when you say your going to stick to a diet program, and also post every meal you eat on the Internet, it is good motivation for one to keep working toward ones fat loss diet goal.

Here’s all you do. Sign up for an account on Twitter, and start posting whatever you wish (limited to 140 characters per post) within the site policies of course. Many people use Twitter for business networking (you can too if you so desire) however start you can also use it for social support. No matter diet goals you have you don’t need a Twitter account to be accountable for your fat loss diet program. You can simply buddy up with a good friend on the same kind of path and check in every day. Twitter is a quick and easy way to do it online.

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Fruit/Veg-Day 4

• Fruit: Orange
• Vegetable: Celery/Slice of Green Pepper/Baby Carrots

So the 4th day of the exchange. 

Overall, I am liking my healthy little snacks and feel good when I’m preparing them for the day. 

I still don’t love Peppers much but Green peppers somehow taste better plain than the red or yellow bell peppers.  Go figure.  Someone said that eating celery is negative calories because it takes the body as much energy to consume/digest as they are worth.  I will have to Google that later. 

Today I even chose not to get french fries in the cafeteria (though the other day I did have some).  I think its reasonable to allow myself at least one small quantity of french fries if I really want to have some once a week.  Pretty soon that will be once a month and then once in a while.

Day 4

Now it’s day 4 I am getting on fine, feeling a little unwell today but I put that down to the cold weather.

So far I have trained daily, doing:

30-50 minutes of cross training

5-10 minutes of rowing/bike

Up to 90 reps (in sets of course) of weights on random areas such as back or chest, then shoulder and legs. I will make this part more structured soon rather than just random. I am just so exhausted after it.

I feel better, though my look hasn’t changed much. I’ve been eating well, which consists of oatmeal, sandwhich at work, meal at home like rice and vegetables, grilled steak and rice, tomorrow will be vegetables.

Ideally I should be eating 5-6 times a day of light meals to keep the metabolism flowing, I may take some fat reduction pills, which are safe and has many positive reviews. What I will definatly be doing though is buying protein powder, it acts as a good meal replacement.

Alright, time to rest. Next picture will be Sunday, hoping to see a difference.

Dr. Mike Eades Thoughts on Low Carb the Second Time Around

Here’s a few links on low carb the 2nd time around. 

If you are doing low carb for the first time (and especially if you’re a guy), you have probably hit on something that can take the weight off with much less suffering than any other diet you’ve ever tried.

But for us veterans of low carb, it ain’t as easy…why?!?

Well, Dr. Mike Eades over at Protein Power has written a series of postings on this which I like quite a bit, so I thought I’d share them with you:

Why is low-carb harder the second time around?

More thoughts on why low-carb the second time around

Why is low-carb is harder the second time around, part II

Some very good points here - well worth the read.

Good News - Bad News

When my son was just a small boy (he’s 19 now and in no way is he ‘small’ anymore) –but when he was just a boy, he loved to tell stories ……just for fun.

He used to play this game with his teen-aged babysitter and her boyfriend.

After work I would go to the babysitter’s house to pick up Sean and his sister Heather.

The boyfriend was usually there. He was a good kid, good with children and he loved playing with Sean too.

When I came in, the boyfriend would say, “Hey Sean, what’s the Good News and what’s the Bad News?”

Then Sean would just make up his stories….

He would chatter away and tell us what he thought the Good News was and what he thought the Bad News might be…

He would just make things up!

It was fascinating to hear what my 6 year old boy thought was “Good” or “Bad” about the world.

It is truly amazing what children will say when you give them the chance and then really listen to them.

Well I have some ‘Good News’ – ‘Bad News’ stories to tell of my own…and they’re all true!

The Bad News….

I’m fat.

Not crazy obese, but fat…too fat!

And for ‘the fat-loss guy’ that’s some really, really bad news.

The thing is….it sorta ‘snuck up’ on me too (doesn’t it always?).

See, I had this goal. I wanted to weigh 260 pounds by the end of February.

It was September when I dreamt this up and I only weighed 245 at the time.

Of course, I didn’t just want to weigh more….I actually wanted to add more muscular weight. That was my real goal.

I wanted to remain the same body fat percentage ….just add more muscle to my frame.

I didn’t do too badly either.

I only missed my goal by 4 pounds. I made it up to 256 pounds and my strength was higher than it has ever been.

I set all kinds of new ‘personal bests’ in the gym and on the lifting platform.

That was my ‘Good News’ …I got stronger! Yeah me!

Stronger Paul = Good News

But back to the ‘Bad News’

Now it’s mid-March and I’m fat.

Fat Paul = Bad News…Really, really Bad News

I worked real hard, gained muscular weight and I got stronger….and that’s great.

But I gained too much weight in the process …..too much body weight in the form of adipose tissue and ‘adipose tissue’ is fat …yuck!

So guess what?

The ‘fat-loss guy’ has to lose some fat now….

Should be easy, right?

Yeah right…..not so fast.

It’s no easier for me than for anyone else.

I hate dieting….hate ‘cutting weight’

But I have to do it, so here goes….and you get to watch …umm, well sort of.

What I mean is that I’ll document my progress for all to see.

This should be interesting….and maddening at the same time (for me, at least).

Stick with me here….

We’re all going to learn a thing or two.

~To your good health!

Paul

Paul D’Arcy

(517) 673-5286

www.SportFitNow.com

“Committed to your Success!”

whee! wii fit!

for lunch, i enjoyed the first of many delicious sandwiches to come!

between two slices of this hearty whole foods oatmeal date bread you’ll find: a healthy smear of hummus, alfalfa and radish sprouts, oven roasted turkey, tomato, red onion, and cucumbers.

when i was younger my mom wanted to open up a sandwich shop, and in her research she worked at one for a couple months. the sandwich shop never happened but after that, i had the best packed lunches ever (my mom packed my lunch til i graduated high school!) that’s also when we discovered how yummy alfalfa sprouts are in sandwiches.

after lunch, tom opened up a package that had come earlier in the day…

YAY! after me whining about not being able to find it in stores, he ordered it online! i’ve already “excersised” for an hour with it today and it’s SO fun!

i’ve been wondering how my alignment is when i do yoga, and i don’t think i’m doing too bad. the balance board can tell, for the most part if you’re doing the pose correctly by how you’re shifting your weight around. so cool! the strength training isn’t a joke either…i was struggling with my last set of push ups and side planks. this won’t replace the gym or any kind of cardio, but i think it’ll be a fun way to get in some extra exercise.

the only “bad” part was when it weighed me and i was on the higher end of the “normal” weight range. the wii fit suggested i aim for a bmi of 22, and then lets you select a target bmi of your own. i selected 22, which ended up being 12 lbs away and set my goal time as six months. i love that the wii fit will be tracking my bmi (it never told me my weight), as well as my fitness “age”  (38 btw- eek!) and i can set goals on how much and how quickly i want to lose. i need constant reminders of my goals, so i hope this is another way to keep me motivated!

after all the wii excitement i snacked on half an apple with almond butter and the heel piece of my oatmeal date loaf. i’m trying to fill up on good foods so i won’t be tempted by all the cookies!

i have no idea what i’m making for dinner but tom’s working late so i have a bit of time to think about it. see you tonite!