PJ Weight: 157.0
Week Gain: +0.6
Cumulative Loss: -34.6
Seth Weight: 172.4
Week Loss: -1.8
Cumulative Loss: -26.5
To my gain and Seth's loss this week I say "Not Bad!"
Honestly I'm surprised my gain wasn't more, so I will take this and be delighted.
I had a bit of a phuggidall week. We've all had them, and this was one for me.
Example: What are we having for dinner? Chinese? I'll have the eggroll, the beef with mushrooms and sauce, the wonton soup please, and, oh-yeah-by-the-way, I'm picking up some flying saucers from Carvel while I'm out to pick up the food.
See? Phuggidall.
I could blame a variety of factors individually or in combination, but I won't bother. This week is done, and it was tasty, and I'll just buckle down and try to do better during the coming week. One day at a time, one week at a time, one donut at a time.
Wait. One of those things, it was not like the others, eh?
Whatever. Phuggidall.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Week 38
PJ Weight: 156.4
Week Gain: +0.2
Cumulative Loss: -35.2
Seth Weight: 174.4
Week Gain: +2.8
Cumulative Loss: 24.7
The plateau continues.
Seth noted to me in desolate tones after this morning's weigh in "I hate how hard it is to lose anything, and how easily it comes back!"
I couldn't agree more.
We remain frustrated. We haven't started our new Monday-Wednesday-Friday exercise routine yet, but we've decided to just start next Monday. I'd have a hard time trying to do anything requiring floor work or weights anyway, since I injured my wrist/thumb lifting babies. I've been wearing a wrist brace for the past week and a half, so anything that puts stress on that area is out.
I do remember from the last time I lost weight that my body seems to consider 155 its ideal weight. I get close to this weight, and I fight for every ounce. To get below that threshhold, I practically need to starve myself and exercise constantly, and honestly, I'm not sure I'm really willing to do that.
That's not to say I'm giving up. I'm not. I just accept that it's going to be a struggle to lose anything from here, which I sort of knew already.
On the bright side, Seth's lost around 25 pounds. I've lost around 35. We're both in vastly better shape than we were at the start of the diet, so even if we don't lose another ounce for the next three months and change we've been successful.
As a career pessimist it's against my nature to look at bright sides (the glass is half full and what's left is probably poisoned, anyway), so I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to applaud my positive attitude.
Until next week, then, I'll be basking in your presumed adulation.
That, and trying to lose that damned pound a half.
Week Gain: +0.2
Cumulative Loss: -35.2
Seth Weight: 174.4
Week Gain: +2.8
Cumulative Loss: 24.7
The plateau continues.
Seth noted to me in desolate tones after this morning's weigh in "I hate how hard it is to lose anything, and how easily it comes back!"
I couldn't agree more.
We remain frustrated. We haven't started our new Monday-Wednesday-Friday exercise routine yet, but we've decided to just start next Monday. I'd have a hard time trying to do anything requiring floor work or weights anyway, since I injured my wrist/thumb lifting babies. I've been wearing a wrist brace for the past week and a half, so anything that puts stress on that area is out.
I do remember from the last time I lost weight that my body seems to consider 155 its ideal weight. I get close to this weight, and I fight for every ounce. To get below that threshhold, I practically need to starve myself and exercise constantly, and honestly, I'm not sure I'm really willing to do that.
That's not to say I'm giving up. I'm not. I just accept that it's going to be a struggle to lose anything from here, which I sort of knew already.
On the bright side, Seth's lost around 25 pounds. I've lost around 35. We're both in vastly better shape than we were at the start of the diet, so even if we don't lose another ounce for the next three months and change we've been successful.
As a career pessimist it's against my nature to look at bright sides (the glass is half full and what's left is probably poisoned, anyway), so I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to applaud my positive attitude.
Until next week, then, I'll be basking in your presumed adulation.
That, and trying to lose that damned pound a half.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Week 37
PJ Weight: 156.2
Week Loss: -1.2
Cumulative Loss: -35.4
Seth Weight: 171.6
Week Loss: -2.0
Cumulative Loss: -27.5
Weigh in and blog day was actually yesterday. We remembered to weigh in, but I forgot to blog. Instead, I watched a movie after the girls went to sleep. Shame on me. (If you're interested, I watched "Charade", starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Walter Matthau. It was a fun movie if you like classic movies - though I have problems believing Audrey Hepburn's character could repeatedly outrun Cary Grant's character while she was wearing heels... but I digress.)
This was a pretty good week for us, by the numbers. We did have some days where we weren't as careful with our diet as we should have been, but I suppose the good days were more numerous than the bad. Hooray. I still have hopes & ambitions of making it to 155 soon.
We're smack in the middle of our week off of exercise, and doing nothing has been everything I dreamed it could be. There's people who would say "doesn't your body CRAVE exercise now that you've been doing it for a while and all of a sudden stopped"? To those people: I now give you a look filled with both profound skepticism and a healthy dose of pity.
}:-|
(Emoticons only go so far. Use your imagination.)
We're both enjoying sleeping until a reasonable hour and not putting ourselves through what (for us) amounts to a little slice of hell every morning. The little slices of hell will start up again next week. It might be Wednesday that we start, since Wednesday's weigh in day, and Monday's a holiday and ... well ...who wants to ruin a holiday exercising?
As for what we'll do: We still have the P90X program on loan. Perhaps we'll do some of those videos, though I'm not planning to do them in the sequence they recommend, nor am I planning to do them 6 days a week. I'm also not necessarily planning to do any of them the whole way through, given their length. I figure we'll do what we can get through in a half hour, do some cool-down exercises and stretches, and call it a day.
For the time being, I'm just going to enjoy sleeping in for the rest of the week.
Week Loss: -1.2
Cumulative Loss: -35.4
Seth Weight: 171.6
Week Loss: -2.0
Cumulative Loss: -27.5
Weigh in and blog day was actually yesterday. We remembered to weigh in, but I forgot to blog. Instead, I watched a movie after the girls went to sleep. Shame on me. (If you're interested, I watched "Charade", starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Walter Matthau. It was a fun movie if you like classic movies - though I have problems believing Audrey Hepburn's character could repeatedly outrun Cary Grant's character while she was wearing heels... but I digress.)
This was a pretty good week for us, by the numbers. We did have some days where we weren't as careful with our diet as we should have been, but I suppose the good days were more numerous than the bad. Hooray. I still have hopes & ambitions of making it to 155 soon.
We're smack in the middle of our week off of exercise, and doing nothing has been everything I dreamed it could be. There's people who would say "doesn't your body CRAVE exercise now that you've been doing it for a while and all of a sudden stopped"? To those people: I now give you a look filled with both profound skepticism and a healthy dose of pity.
}:-|
(Emoticons only go so far. Use your imagination.)
We're both enjoying sleeping until a reasonable hour and not putting ourselves through what (for us) amounts to a little slice of hell every morning. The little slices of hell will start up again next week. It might be Wednesday that we start, since Wednesday's weigh in day, and Monday's a holiday and ... well ...who wants to ruin a holiday exercising?
As for what we'll do: We still have the P90X program on loan. Perhaps we'll do some of those videos, though I'm not planning to do them in the sequence they recommend, nor am I planning to do them 6 days a week. I'm also not necessarily planning to do any of them the whole way through, given their length. I figure we'll do what we can get through in a half hour, do some cool-down exercises and stretches, and call it a day.
For the time being, I'm just going to enjoy sleeping in for the rest of the week.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Week 36
PJ Weight: 157.4
Week Gain: +0.6
Cumulative Loss: -34.2
Seth Weight: 173.6
Week Gain: +3.6
Cumulative Loss: -25.5
Well this was a sad weigh in for Team Mintz. Seth was up a pound over last week as of yesterday morning. This morning the scale decided to be a hateful little appliance, hitting him with a three and a half pound gain. I'm convinced that it's water, since he ate a bunch of very spicy Indian food the night before. While I have no idea if that makes you retain water, nobody really gains 2.6 pounds in a day. So, hopefully a lot of that comes off for next week's weigh in.
Seth gets extra credit for doing a great job with this morning's workout, though. His channeled all his anger at the spiteful scale into working extra hard. *Applause*
For my part, I ate his leftover Indian food for dinner this evening. :-/ (It was only 3 small lamb chunks and 2 small potato chunks, and about a half cup of rice, so it wasn't TOO diet-hostile.)
I was good for lunch though! I had a lunch outing with some ladies who used to work with me, and they inspired me to eat healthy instead of going for the Chicken Francese that was calling my name. I instead had a surprisingly delicious salad with various fruits and some truly fabulous walnuts, and a bowl of escarole & bean soup. So thanks Reva and BJ (and Maria, though I know she won't read this) for helping to keep me on track!
As for my resolutions from last week: I stuck to them. I ate less donuts, and less cheerios. (YAY) I also made a tray of cupcakes and had a few more than I should have. (YAY... I mean... BOO) And there might have been some Chinese takeout with eggrolls and General Tso's Chicken and fried rice.
There also might not have been. You don't know! Must you always assume the worst?
*guilty look*
*cough*
Moving on.
So the cupcakes and the alleged Chinese food conspired against me to bring me up another half a pound this week. I'm irritated about it, but not as much as I was last week. I feel more in control now than I did, despite the weigh-in number. For that reason, I'm calling this week an improvement over last week and running with it (or 'walking quickly with it', given my whole no-running philosophy).
Coming up this week: the end of our Power 90 workout routine (Friday - last day!) and the beginning of a week with no exercise.
It's amazing the pure pleasure even typing the words inspires in me. 'A week with no exercise'
Ahhhhh. One more time.
..a... week... with... NO... exercise...
Wow. I feel like I just spent an hour on a Caribbean beach with a good book and tropical smoothie. FROM TYPING THE WORDS.
In case you couldn't tell, I'm rather looking forward to this.
Week Gain: +0.6
Cumulative Loss: -34.2
Seth Weight: 173.6
Week Gain: +3.6
Cumulative Loss: -25.5
Well this was a sad weigh in for Team Mintz. Seth was up a pound over last week as of yesterday morning. This morning the scale decided to be a hateful little appliance, hitting him with a three and a half pound gain. I'm convinced that it's water, since he ate a bunch of very spicy Indian food the night before. While I have no idea if that makes you retain water, nobody really gains 2.6 pounds in a day. So, hopefully a lot of that comes off for next week's weigh in.
Seth gets extra credit for doing a great job with this morning's workout, though. His channeled all his anger at the spiteful scale into working extra hard. *Applause*
For my part, I ate his leftover Indian food for dinner this evening. :-/ (It was only 3 small lamb chunks and 2 small potato chunks, and about a half cup of rice, so it wasn't TOO diet-hostile.)
I was good for lunch though! I had a lunch outing with some ladies who used to work with me, and they inspired me to eat healthy instead of going for the Chicken Francese that was calling my name. I instead had a surprisingly delicious salad with various fruits and some truly fabulous walnuts, and a bowl of escarole & bean soup. So thanks Reva and BJ (and Maria, though I know she won't read this) for helping to keep me on track!
As for my resolutions from last week: I stuck to them. I ate less donuts, and less cheerios. (YAY) I also made a tray of cupcakes and had a few more than I should have. (YAY... I mean... BOO) And there might have been some Chinese takeout with eggrolls and General Tso's Chicken and fried rice.
There also might not have been. You don't know! Must you always assume the worst?
*guilty look*
*cough*
Moving on.
So the cupcakes and the alleged Chinese food conspired against me to bring me up another half a pound this week. I'm irritated about it, but not as much as I was last week. I feel more in control now than I did, despite the weigh-in number. For that reason, I'm calling this week an improvement over last week and running with it (or 'walking quickly with it', given my whole no-running philosophy).
Coming up this week: the end of our Power 90 workout routine (Friday - last day!) and the beginning of a week with no exercise.
It's amazing the pure pleasure even typing the words inspires in me. 'A week with no exercise'
Ahhhhh. One more time.
..a... week... with... NO... exercise...
Wow. I feel like I just spent an hour on a Caribbean beach with a good book and tropical smoothie. FROM TYPING THE WORDS.
In case you couldn't tell, I'm rather looking forward to this.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Week 35
PJ Weight: 156.8
Week Gain: +0.6
Cumulative Loss: -34.8
Seth Weight: 170.0
Week Loss: -1.0
Cumulative Loss: -29.1
The plateau continues...
and continues...
We've both been at about the same weight now for about two months. Perhaps we've put on some more muscle with the exercising, but the scale is frustrating.
I'm got to admit we've fallen off the diet wagon a lot more often lately, too. Yesterday there was an Indian buffet lunch (ohgodyummyfood) and on Sunday there was a half of a tray of brownies. (At least it wasn't a whole tray of brownies. Right?) I will also say, though, that both of these things were so amazingly welcome and appreciated that I can't even begin to feel guilty about it. So there.
But I have been more lax with the diet restrictions, and part of it is certainly out of a sense of frustration. And I can clearly see it's the beginnings of the self-defeating, self-fulfilling prophecy that has been my bane in the past. "I might as well have that [fill in yummy food item here] because it's not like I'm going to lose weight this week anyway."
Noticing that is one thing. Harder is to actually do something about it.
As to that, my first step toward "doing something" is to blog about it. So here I am. Aaaand what's next?
Well.
Erm.
Perhaps setting a goal? OK. My goal right now is to get down to averaging 155. Yes, I'm only 1.8 pounds above that, but since I've been floating between 156 and 158 for a couple months, it's going to take some kind of new and different effort to get there.
Progress! I have a goal. Now I need a plan to achieve it.
Specific things to try.
1.) Eat less donuts.
It's not every morning, but more often than not during the week I've been having a donut for breakfast. It started with those holiday star donuts, but I loved having them in the mornings, and I was technically fitting them into my calorie intake / weight watchers points, so I haven't cut back on the habit as sharply as I should have once they disappeared. Perhaps I'll say I can have two days with a donut for breakfast per week. That doesn't sound impossible.
2.) Stop eating out of the Cheerios container.
Raven has started on her first real solid foods - Cheerios. So I feed her one. And me a couple. And her one. And me a handful. Continue until both of us are full of cheerios. I'll try to cut back the unconscious Cheerio grazing. It's a lot of calories that I'm not really keeping track of when I'm just eating out of the big container. I'll set myself aside a little bowl if I feel I have to have them.
OK - That's enough of a plan for now I think. It's a pair of points that I can work on, but nothing too crazy. I could make all kinds of vows about healthy this, and at least five servings of veggies every day that, but I'm not going to. At this point I'm so sick of dieting, the thought of trying for the whole gung-ho diet makes me cringe.
So we'll go back to baby steps and see how it goes. One day at a time, right?
Thanks for sticking with me while I babble at you!
Week Gain: +0.6
Cumulative Loss: -34.8
Seth Weight: 170.0
Week Loss: -1.0
Cumulative Loss: -29.1
The plateau continues...
and continues...
We've both been at about the same weight now for about two months. Perhaps we've put on some more muscle with the exercising, but the scale is frustrating.
I'm got to admit we've fallen off the diet wagon a lot more often lately, too. Yesterday there was an Indian buffet lunch (ohgodyummyfood) and on Sunday there was a half of a tray of brownies. (At least it wasn't a whole tray of brownies. Right?) I will also say, though, that both of these things were so amazingly welcome and appreciated that I can't even begin to feel guilty about it. So there.
But I have been more lax with the diet restrictions, and part of it is certainly out of a sense of frustration. And I can clearly see it's the beginnings of the self-defeating, self-fulfilling prophecy that has been my bane in the past. "I might as well have that [fill in yummy food item here] because it's not like I'm going to lose weight this week anyway."
Noticing that is one thing. Harder is to actually do something about it.
As to that, my first step toward "doing something" is to blog about it. So here I am. Aaaand what's next?
Well.
Erm.
Perhaps setting a goal? OK. My goal right now is to get down to averaging 155. Yes, I'm only 1.8 pounds above that, but since I've been floating between 156 and 158 for a couple months, it's going to take some kind of new and different effort to get there.
Progress! I have a goal. Now I need a plan to achieve it.
Specific things to try.
1.) Eat less donuts.
It's not every morning, but more often than not during the week I've been having a donut for breakfast. It started with those holiday star donuts, but I loved having them in the mornings, and I was technically fitting them into my calorie intake / weight watchers points, so I haven't cut back on the habit as sharply as I should have once they disappeared. Perhaps I'll say I can have two days with a donut for breakfast per week. That doesn't sound impossible.
2.) Stop eating out of the Cheerios container.
Raven has started on her first real solid foods - Cheerios. So I feed her one. And me a couple. And her one. And me a handful. Continue until both of us are full of cheerios. I'll try to cut back the unconscious Cheerio grazing. It's a lot of calories that I'm not really keeping track of when I'm just eating out of the big container. I'll set myself aside a little bowl if I feel I have to have them.
OK - That's enough of a plan for now I think. It's a pair of points that I can work on, but nothing too crazy. I could make all kinds of vows about healthy this, and at least five servings of veggies every day that, but I'm not going to. At this point I'm so sick of dieting, the thought of trying for the whole gung-ho diet makes me cringe.
So we'll go back to baby steps and see how it goes. One day at a time, right?
Thanks for sticking with me while I babble at you!
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