Hey all. I didn’t lose any weight this week, however I’m down 2 inches in my waist and 1 inch in my hips. From two weeks ago, I’m down an inch in my thigh, an inch in my chest, and 2 inches in each of my waist and hips.
I’ve been kicking butt. Last night I hoarfed at Red Robin, so I’m sure I had too many calories… but other than that, I’ve exercised hard on the elliptical an hour a day, (40 minutes on Monday because I’d just been sick, but I’ll make up that 20 minutes +, today) I’ve net about 1200 calories a day, and I’ve been drinking a lot of water. I’m trying to eat sufficient protein, but I’m guessing I still need to get more.
My appetite is down for the most part.
On the elliptical, my settings were wrong, so I wasn’t really burning 600 calories an hour. It’s more like 480-500. So I raised my resistance level to 5 for most of the week to compensate, and just pushed it up to 6 yesterday. I’m now getting around 520. But I have to really watch my heart rate, because it’s so easy to go over. I figure, if I keep my speed slower and just increase the resistance to raise difficulty, it’ll be better for building up my gluts, quads and core. Arms, too when I use them to push the handles. And it’s easy to focus on different muscles based on my position on the pedals.
I’m still very much in love with my elliptical.
So, I’m a little smaller, my resting heart rate is down around 56, my skin has cleared up a lot and I think it looks a smidge thinner, too.
How was your week?
January 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Hello! I have been reading your blog and your Health Group posts for years and I have decided to join in 🙂 I have set various health related goals for myself which over all include moving more and eating better. Before the really cold weather set in I was walking nearly two miles a day 4-5 days a week and I have really struggled to find regular exercise since late November. This week I started exercising on a rebounder 40-45 minutes a couple times this week. I also decided this week to reduce evening snacking. Most nights I didn’t snack at all and the one night I did snack I had a cup of tea and a small cookie. Pretty darned good!! I had gained a little weight over the holidays and as of Monday it is all off. I am down 26 pounds!! 🙂
January 17th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Laura, that’s awesome! I’m glad things are going so well.
January 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am
The inch loss is great. I’m thinking that I should take the time to measure more often than twice a year! 🙂 Like you, I’ve been exercising and eating better, but have not lost pounds. Since I didn’t measure, I’m not sure if I lost, but my clothes feel a little looser. Thanks for the extra dose of motivation! 🙂