Monday's visit wasn't the best. I was down a whopping 0.2 lbs BUT Emily said my water weight was up 4.5 lbs. Geesh! Thanks to "that time" I had lots of excess fluid. It was very comforting to know that I wasn't a failure for the week. Hopefully this means that next week will be a great one! I have moved down a size the scrubs at work. That is exciting!
Today was a crappy eating day for me. Fast food and dried fruit threw me over my calorie mark big time. I also didn't cook dinner like I had planned, nor did I eat a salad at dinner. It was a very long, exhausting day and I did not prepare my foods at all. I only thought today was a challenge....tomorrow is the ultimate challenge....Lillian has her first field trip and it is to Krispy Kreme! Yikes!! I must not eat a donut....can I do it? Honestly, I am terrified!! It definitely seems easier as I sit here and watch The Biggest Loser.
Ok...so here are the newest numbers. Hopefully they are a little skewed thanks to the water weight. Eventually I plan to keep a running tab of them so they are easier to compare.
Week 1
Weight 250.4
BMI 40.4
BMR (basic metabolic rate) 1922 kcal
Fat % 49.0
Week 4
Weight 242.6 -7.8 lbs
BMI 39.2 -1.2
BMR 1877 kcal -45kcal
Fat % 46.2 -2.8%
Ok...so basically I have lost 7.8 lbs which is awesome. The only downside is that I am not burning as many calories at rest. That is normal as you lose weight which is why it gets harder as you go along. This is also just since I started the NuYu program. I have lost a total of 15lbs total. That's 3 sacks of potatoes!!
This week is going to be a better week for me. Hopefully I will dig down deep and get a move on it. Exercise is going to be key from here out. My muscle mass has to stay. It won't do me any good to lose a bunch of fat and my muscle. If these people on The Biggest Loser can work out so can I! I need tips, ideas, motivation...any suggestions?
Goals for week 5:
Exercise at least 3 days for more than 30 minutes
Plan my meals out the day before.
Pack snacks to take in the car with me everyday!
As a side note, my husband has lost 10 lbs. He is a little sad. LOL. Gee...the curse of a fast metabolism!
Follow me on my journey to losing 100 pounds by August 1, 2011 for my trip to Jamaica!!!
It's just not fair that guys lose weight so much faster than we do, is it? Exercise, hmmmm, isn't that a (two times) four-letter word? I am just about the world's laziest person and I'd rather do anything than exercise. I have to force myself to do it, so I had to find something that was easier. We were blessed with a free treadmill - you can't run on it, but walking is fine so that's what I do. It was far too hot to walk outside this summer so I turned to the treadmill. 30 minutes, six days a week, 2.5 mph. The speed sounds pathetic but after 50 years of pretty much zero exercise, it works for me - minus 30 pounds in 15 weeks. I didn't put the weight on overnight, so it's not going to come off overnight.
ReplyDeleteHope your week goes well. I had a bit of an eating disaster late last night - definitely poor planning was the cause of that one! I'm not perfect, never was, never will be, so I just have to put it behind me and go forward. You'd think I'd be extra motivated as there are only 6 pounds left until I move from the 200s to the 100s and that's a huge milestone for me!