Wow, I can’t believe it’s been another 3 weeks since I last updated
(btw, I posted the May 15th post earlier this week and back
dated it to May 15th since I realized I had actually written
the post and just forgot to publish it, whoops!)… I mentally write these posts
in my mind and then never get around to typing them up. But believe me, my
progress is ALWAYS on my mind. Maybe a little too much.
So let’s back track a little bit (warning, long post!)…
I kind of had that NSV that I was talking about way back when.. I didn’t
drink at all on that Saturday and didn’t eat too terribly bad but I knew it
wasn’t going to be good enough to hit my DietBets, and it wasn’t. I tried not
to be disappointed in myself, because I definitely stuck to my no drinking and
no completely stuffing my face intent, but it still sucked to not hit my goal.
I did end up hitting one of the two Dietbets like two days later, but it was
too late for the winnings.
I didn’t hit my mid-month DietBet goals (which were interim rounds of my
6 month Transformer games, so not a HUGE deal as the big payout is at the end
of month/round 6), but did hit my end of month goal. I won $46.79 ($16.79
profit for that one). For June, I have 3 weigh ins again: Round 6 of my 2nd transformer
on 6/17 (Goal: 157.9), Round 3 of my 3rd transformer on 6/18
(Goal: 154), and another 28 Day Kickstarter on 6/26 (Goal: 156.5). I’m well on
track to hit all of those! Despite having an incredibly busy month with plans
every single weekend, including an all-day kayaking/drinking trip over Memorial
Day weekend, I was able to lose and am officially at my lowest weight since
before I was pregnant with EMS. (as in, I never got this low after having EM
before getting pregnant with AB).
I felt like I was doing so much better with my weight loss this time
around (compared to after I had EM) so I decided to graph it. (Yes, I’m a huge
nerd, I like to graph and analyze everything). Since I’ve been logging my
weight in My Fitness Pal since like 2011, I had my weight logged for most days
since I had EM and decided to compare months postpartum (PP) of EM vs. AB. A
few things to keep I try to keep in mind, I started out heavier with AB (161)
vs EM (153) but weighed less when I delivered AB (200) vs. EM (208) which is
pretty reflective on my 1st month PP weigh in.
This is what the chart currently looks like, which I’m comparing through
15 months PP since that is when I got pregnant with AB. I’m a little over 8
months PP and I’m pretty pleased with my results so far. It’s hard to get
excited about 1 lb. here and 1 lb. there, but when you actually look at the
progress over time, it makes you feel a lot better about the hard work you’ve
put in. Don’t get me wrong, I wish I was closer to my ultimate goal, but I’ve
made lots of (bad) choices that have stalled my weight loss. Now to keep the
momentum on that same downward curve…
On to the Exercise portion of this update: My knee had been hurting me
on and off for a few weeks (maybe longer) and seemed to be getting worse and
after it bothering me so bad I actually had to take something for it (Motrin
800) I decided it was probably best to get it checked out. So once I made that
decision (May 19th), the soonest I could get into the doctor was May
26th and I decided to take it easy and not run until I got it
checked out. I also clearly used that as an excuse to not exercise at all because
well, I didn’t. Even though I wasn’t exercising, I definitely still focused on
my diet, which is represented in my weight loss. Turns out there isn’t anything
“really” wrong with my knee. I have Patellofemoral pain syndrome aka Runner’s
Knee, which pretty much just means my knee cap slightly moves on the side of my
femur bone and can cause inflammation and pain. The doctor recommended some
physical therapy to learn some good stretches, taking it easy when it bothers
me, and ice if it swells. He said it’s more common once women become child
bearing age (or have had children) because our hips spread more causing our
kneecaps to not be aligned as they once were. I’m glad it’s nothing serious but
as I get older and the more issues that arise is so discouraging. Even though
I’m overweight still, I’m probably the healthiest I have ever been (even though
I weighed less previously, I didn’t do it in a healthy way) and the most active
I have ever been, so it sucks to be “falling apart”. I was also diagnosed with a
Taylor Bunion but have gotten new shoes to help accommodate that and so far so
good. I had to have a bunionectomy n my other foot so hoping to avoid another
surgery on this one. I’ve already had four on this foot due to being born with
a club foot. It’s actually a wonder I can run pain free (most of the time) at
all considering how fused together this foot is. Anyways, I’m feeling good
again, just need to get back into the groove. It’s SO easy to be lazy at night
and after 2.5 weeks off, it’s SO hard to get back on track. I plan
to run to day care to pick up the girls and then walk them home in their stroller
this afternoon (I did this a few weeks ago too!) and have a 5k race tomorrow so
that’ll be a good start to this week coming!
Now the Food: After reading about it on and off for a few months now, I
decided to finally give Carb Cycling a try. Everyone knows I love watching
Extreme Weight Loss with Chris and Heidi Powell (Chris Powell is my celebrity
crush, he’s so hot and motivating!) and their contestants use Carb Cycling. It
seems pretty “easy” if you meal prep, otherwise I think it would be too hard to
follow. So I bought the book (and EM totally pointed to Chris’s picture on it
and said Daddy, on multiple occasions, which makes my crush on him even funnier
haha) and decided to start on Sunday. The book offers four different cycles to
choose from and I of course chose the most aggressive one for quicker results,
the Turbo Cycle. The Turbo Cycle is two low carb days (approx. 1200 calories)
followed by one high carb day (approx. 1500 calories), repeat that for the next
3 days and then on the 7th day, you have a reward day. I made a
shopping List based on a few recipes and took a few hours out of Sunday to meal
prep for the week. I made these egg white and veggie “muffins” and some buffalo
turkey burgers. I also portioned out all my breakfast and lunches, including
snacks, labels all my Tupperware and baggies and had enough food for
Sunday-Thursday prepared (not counting dinner). If only food stayed “good”
longer than 5 days then I would have made more.. I guess I could freeze stuff
next time. For Dinner I ate my proportioned frozen Mahi from Costco (it’s
lightly marinated and super yummy) with a vegetable. I wouldn’t say I’m
following the book exactly as I tend to only eat 4 meals vs. the recommended 5
but I’m eating the same amount of food, just some meals are bigger than they
would be if they were spread across 5. The first two low-carb days were tough,
I definitely didn’t feel like I had the energy that I’m used to and didn’t work
out (see above where I hadn’t gotten back into it after my 2.5 weeks off). The
caloric intake is about the same as what I’ve been doing but I typically was
eating more carbs so I think that affected me. My high carb day was better,
energy wise, and I was happy to be able to eat the fresh watermelon and cantaloupe
I had bought! I also forced myself to start working out again and went for a
run. The next two low carb days were the same as the first two (I did cheat an have pizza one day but still stayed within my calories) and I forced
myself to work out for one of them (It was national running day, so I HAD to
run!). Overall it was a good 1st week and I’m happy with the
results on the scale! Now the challenge will be this weekend when I’m out of town for
Saturday and Sunday and won’t have time to meal prep until Monday after work.
I’m off work today so going to try to meal prep as much as I can before I leave
tomorrow and maybe just freeze the items for next week. Remember that no plans
during June that I mentioned a few posts ago? Well that is no longer the case,
all of the weekends have filled up!
Anyways, that is where I stand as of today and the last three weeks
in numbers:
Weight: 157.6
Exercise:
3.10 miles in 30:03 (9:42 pace) ß new Post Baby 5k PR
3.14 miles in 35:09 (11:13 pace)
1.22 mile walk
Week Ending 5/29:
Weight: 158.8
Exercise:
1.27 mile walk
Week Ending 6/5:
Weight: 155.4 lbs
Exercise:
3.88 miles in 55:00 (14:11 pace) – mostly walking
after the 1st 15 mins
2.00 miles in 20:44 (10:22 pace)
0.84 mile walk
Overall Weight Lost since "Starting Point" 10/24/14: 21.2 lbs
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