Weekly Weigh-in

    Yep, I know it's been almost a month since my last weigh-in post.  I've had a very busy month and time has gotten so far away I've given up on trying to catch it again.  It's also been a pretty good month.  Here is my updated stats:
Weight: 171.8, down 3.2 pounds (down 6.2 pounds since August 17th, woohoo!)
Chest: down 0.5 inches
Neck: up 1 inch
Shoulders: down 1.2 inches
Biceps: down 0.3 inches
Forearms: no change
Waist: down 1.5 inches (loved seeing this, this morning)
Hips: up 0.5 inches
Thighs: down 0.4 inches
Calves: down 0.2 inches

    For a total loss of  2.6 inches in the past month.  If I had up all my inches lost I come up with 8.1 inches lost since August 17.  Now sometimes I gain an half an inch or my measurements may be wrong due to human error (which is what I think happens when I measure my neck...I think I'll start having Hubby do that one).  Still that's probably pretty close to correct and very awesome.  I think it's just about time for more progress pictures.  I know there's a difference now, I wasn't too sure last time.
    Today's plan of attack is around 8am to go and make two laps up and down the street.  It should equal close to 3 miles.  I have one week and one day before the next 5k.  I'm still trying to get donations so if you would like to give a little please click HERE .  I have 8 days left to try and make my goal and thank you ahead of time.  Also I plan on doing some body weight work outs and maybe a video if I have time.  I want to make sure to get my run in, everything else will be done if I get it to it.  With only 8 days left till the run I want to make each day count and plan on running at least a short distance (1 to 3 miles) each day.  Wish me luck and I will try to get on here to post more often.  Holidays are coming and I want to be trying some healthier versions of our favorite dishes.  I'll share what works with my dear readers.

Have a Great Weekend!!

Weekly Weigh-in

Weight; 175lbs-down 1 lb
chest: down 0.2 inches
biceps: up 0.3 inches
hips: down 0.5 inches
waist: no change
thighs: up 0.4 inches
calves: up 0.2 inches
arms: up 0.1 inches
shoulders: down 0.4 inches
neck: down 0.4 inches

Total inches lost of: 0.5 inches.

You know I really liked these numbers till I posted them on my bodybuilding.com dashboard and realized some of them weren't so great.  I'm taking them with a grain of salt though. My pants are fitting much better, I look more tone(or at least I think so). I also see my usual trend of losing in my upper body first. Oh the joys of being a pear-shaped woman.  The fat in my lower half just refuses to give much.
Overall I feel I'm getting there.

Weighing in

I know it's been a couple weeks since my last weigh-in and it' s Friday not Wednesday.  My class schedule is super crazy and I'm starting to feel just a tiny bit overwhelmed at times.  I don't feel out of control with everything yet, but I do feel that if I don't try harder to stay ahead I'm going to fall behind very quickly.  I think I'm going to have to make a daily schedule out and set everything to times. At least Monday through Friday.  I really want my weekends to be for relaxing and family not school.  As much as possible anyway.
So here's this weeks measurements. I did take these on Wednesday, I'm just now getting time to post them.

Weight: 176 - down 1lb since my last weigh-in, yay. Down 4lbs since June, super yay.
Chest: - down 0.2 inches
Biceps: down 0.4 inches
Hips: no change
Waist: no change
Thighs: down 0.5 inches
Calves: up 0.1 inches
Forearms: down 0.2 inches
Shoulders: down 0.7 inches
Neck: down 0.6 inches

For a grand total of 2.5 inches lost since August 31.  Not bad since it is that t.o.m. and I've been dragging butt with my workouts.

Weigh-in Wednesday

Back to school and I've been feeling great and the numbers are looking better. Here they are:

Weight: 177, down 2lb (I didn't post a weigh-in wednesday last week, but I was at 179 then)

Neck: down 0.5 inches

Shoulders: down 1.2 inches

Chest: up 0.4 inches

Biceps: down 0.1 inches

Arms: down 0.1 inches

Waist: down 0.7 inches

Hips: down 0.9 inches

Thighs: down 0.5 inches

Calves: down 0.2 inches

for a total of: 3.8 inches lost. I guess all I needed was to go back to class and hit the gym. All that walking between classes must be paying off. I've been eating better as well.

Weigh-in Wednesday

Well today's measurements kinda suck. I have a lot more ups then downs, but I'm confident that'll change soon. My energy levels have been dragging so bad, I'm worried about the race coming up. I've been kinda taking it easy this week. Partly due to the upcoming race and not wanting to run with sore legs and partly because I feel so sleepy most of the time. I'm thinking it's a diet thing and I really need to straighten mine out. It's like I'm trying to run a Lamborghini on regular unleaded and I need to be running on super.

So here's the damage:

Weight: 178 (woot, down a pound)

Neck: Up 0. 7"

Shoulders: up 1.7"

Chest: no change

Biceps: down 0.1"

Arms: up 0.1"

Waist: up 0.3"

Hips: up 0.1"

Thighs: up 0.2"

Calves: down 0.2"

For a total loss in inches of: -2.8.

So some how I've gained nearly 3 inches? Something's not quite right with that number. It is once again that t.o.m. and so some of that (probably most) can be bloat. Not eating as well as I could (too much white sugar, processed foods) is a lot of it too. I think it's odd that I can lose a pound but gain inches. Looking forward to what the next week brings.

Weigh-in Wednesday

I didn't do one last week because there was no change in measurements. This weeks measurements are:

Weight: 179, up 2 pounds

Chest: down 1/2 inch

Biceps: up 0.3 inches

Hips: up 0.1 inches

Waist: up 0.7 inches

Thighs: down 0.2 inches

Calves: no change

Forearms: no change

Shoulders: down 0.7 inches

Neck: up 0.3 inches

These measurements add up to a total change of 0.0 inches. No change. Given the way I've worked out and ate the past week, I'm not really surprised. I'm trying to amp it up a bit. I did no workouts on Monday. Tuesday I ran 2.3 miles and did Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred workout. Today, so far, I've ran 1.5 miles. I was going to do 2.3 or more, but when I got to the point where I stopped I was gave out. I guess the humidity (at 89%) and the heat (81 degrees) was a bit more then I could deal with this morning. The heat shouldn't of been so bad where it was, normally I find the lower 80s to be a perfect temperature.

Weigh-in Wednesday...but on Thursday

Sorry I'm a day late. The past week has been crazy with running my son to his civil air patrol activities. Between that and trying to keep up with my classwork my hopes for the week just didn't pan out. So I'm going to start planning out next week. Tired of floundering and need to get my schedule straight.

So here's this week's results.

Weight; 177, down 3lbs from last week. I knew last weeks gain was just water.

Neck; up 0.8"

Shoulders; down 0.3"

Chest; down 0.2"

Waist; down 0.3"

Hips; up 0.1"

Thighs; down 0.3"

Calves; down 0.2"

Biceps; up 0.2"

Arms; down 0.2"

all for a total of 0.4 inches lost.

Normally I would of ignored the small numbers but I was curious to see where they added up to see if I could tell where the 3lb lost came from. So for this week a 3lb weight loss equals only nearly 1/2 an inch in size. Well, a loss is a loss no matter how big or small. I'll take what I can get.

So later today I'll post today's workout. I will do one, I'm just not sure what I'll do just yet. I've been up since 4:30 and running around since 5:30. I'm about to eat a snack of eggs and cheese because my energy is dragging already and I've got a whole day ahead of me to go.

Weigh-in Wednesday.

Today's weigh-in I have mixed feelings about. Some of my measurements have had no change compared to those I took at the end of May. The rest have small decreases. I have to think though, Most of June I did nothing. I didn't workout, I didn't even attempt to eat right. I'm pretty lucky, I guess to have any changes at all and that the changes are not increases. For my measurements the ones I marked as no change most of those did have some change (all were decreases) but if it was less then 1/2 an inch I counted it as no change. So here is what I found this morning:

Weight; 180 (yes up a pound, it is that time of month and I'm retaining some water so I'm not upset about this)

Neck; no change

Shoulders; no change

Chest; no change

Waist; down 1/2"

Hips; down 1"

Thighs; down 1"

Calves; no change

Biceps; no change

Arms; no change

Some of those I would of swore had big changes, especially my arms. I can see my biceps and shoulders popping out a bit when I workout. I hate that I let a month slide by, think of how great these numbers would of been. You always feel guilt if you don't work out, you never feel guilt if you do. That is my motto for those days when I feel like I just don't want to move. Today was gonna be one of those days until I saw those numbers, now I'm going to rock my workout. There are NO good excuses...

Weigh-in Wednesday

It's almost 11pm but it's still Wednesday so I guess I'll post this real quick.

Today's weight: 179 lbs

Woot! A loss of 3lbs this week! 3 hard earned pounds at that. Next week I'll post my measurement, or at least the difference in measurements from last time I recorded any(which was May 30 of this year). Good night all.

Weigh-in Wednesday

My last post inspired me to start something.  I think I'll try to post a weigh-in every Wednesday to make note of and progress (or setbacks) I've had in a weeks time.  I'll also post progress pictures from time to time. None this week because no progress was made.
My weight this morning was up a pound. The scale read 182 lbs, am I worried. Nope.  After a holiday weekend full of too much soda, too much junk food, too little working out. I'm glad it's only a pound.  Truthfully, it's probably water weight from the junk.  So for the next week I'll be making sure to get in my workouts, watch my foods (eating as clean as possible) and be in a sort of recovery mode.