Ok. This is cool. Still in the 230 to 235 range. But, I am definitely skinnier. I thought I had hit a wall... That's what the scale is saying. But, muscle weighs more than fat. So, when u hit a wall, don't freak. Measure ur waist or chest or thighs. Other things are happening besides the scale going down!! Clothes definitely fit better. The 36 shorts I'm wearing are loose and I couldn't fit in them in December. Keep rocking!
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Not Now, I've Got a Headache
Karen has had several people complain of headaches. As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, this is natural.
Story #1. Two years ago I did the famed "Lemon Juice" cleanse. I actually enjoyed it. Did it for 7 days. It's designed to detox your body and cleanse out your belly. Well, at day 3 I started to get a really bad headache.
Story #2. I had the flu a few years ago and was taking advil to keep the fever down. Well, after about 4 days, the fever went down but I had this nagging headache. The cure? More advil of course!
Well, headaches are a withdrawal symptom. When you are not getting something the body "thinks" it wants, it tells you need it. Just as when we have low blood sugar, we get a headache. That's the body saying "eat a candy bar or I am going to shut down!"
On the cleanse, my body wanted all of the chemicals and crap found in the fast food and processed food we eat every day. Thus, a headache.
After reading the bottle of advil, it said stop taking after 5 days. Oh... This is why doctors tell us to alternate between advil and tylenol when we have pulled muscles or fevers. Advil is adictive to the body and after 5 days it wanted more. When I stopped, headache.
So, the weight loss program I am on now does a lot of the same things that the cleanse did. In fact, when I started, I anticipated the headache, even wondered when it would start. Sure enough, day 4...headache. But, I worked through it, took a couple advil ( I know, funny, right) and haven't had one since.
So, to anyone getting a headache, don't stop. Its not the nutritionals creating the headache, its your bratty body wanting the crap you usually feed it. Boosting metabolism and getting healthy requires your body make certain changes. It rebels in the form of headaches and other aches and pains. You just need to fight through it!!
Cheers!
Story #1. Two years ago I did the famed "Lemon Juice" cleanse. I actually enjoyed it. Did it for 7 days. It's designed to detox your body and cleanse out your belly. Well, at day 3 I started to get a really bad headache.
Story #2. I had the flu a few years ago and was taking advil to keep the fever down. Well, after about 4 days, the fever went down but I had this nagging headache. The cure? More advil of course!
Well, headaches are a withdrawal symptom. When you are not getting something the body "thinks" it wants, it tells you need it. Just as when we have low blood sugar, we get a headache. That's the body saying "eat a candy bar or I am going to shut down!"
On the cleanse, my body wanted all of the chemicals and crap found in the fast food and processed food we eat every day. Thus, a headache.
After reading the bottle of advil, it said stop taking after 5 days. Oh... This is why doctors tell us to alternate between advil and tylenol when we have pulled muscles or fevers. Advil is adictive to the body and after 5 days it wanted more. When I stopped, headache.
So, the weight loss program I am on now does a lot of the same things that the cleanse did. In fact, when I started, I anticipated the headache, even wondered when it would start. Sure enough, day 4...headache. But, I worked through it, took a couple advil ( I know, funny, right) and haven't had one since.
So, to anyone getting a headache, don't stop. Its not the nutritionals creating the headache, its your bratty body wanting the crap you usually feed it. Boosting metabolism and getting healthy requires your body make certain changes. It rebels in the form of headaches and other aches and pains. You just need to fight through it!!
Cheers!
Don't Quit!
Couple of things:
You lose inches before you lose pounds. When it doesn't seem the weight is coming off, try on a pair of pants that didn't fit when you started. This is a nice gauge. Measure your waist, chest, thighs, and check out your butt. You'll be able to see it coming off before the scale "tells" you its coming off.
At the beginning of a diet, you lose a lot of water weight. This is the reason for these "plateaus" we experience. All of the sudden the weight loss almost comes to a stand still. Well, its not. It is just taking a little more effort for your body to burn the fat. Plateaus are like your engine "red-lining"... they mean you need to shift gears. Add a little more exercise or walk/ run a little more. My plateau exercises are things like jumping jacks, squats, crunches, side crunches, and of course rocking kata a little more (I'm a martial artist, too).
I've hit a little bit of a plateau but it's not bothering me. I am hovering between 234 and 236, but, I am also wearing a pair of 36's that I couldn't fit into last fall. I also had fajitas and a Dos Equis last night! Actually, the weekends are a killer as I almost take the weekend off the program simply because our family events revolve around food. But, as long as I don't make a pig of myself, I don't gain weight and I hit it again on Monday.
The program as it stands now is:
Shake in the morning and for lunch. I am adding two tablespoons of the protein mix into the shake to get the daily protein level up. I have a 2 liter jug of tea with me everywhere. You MUST have lots of water. I also take a couple of vitamin supplements, you'll have to ask K about all that. Also, the Vemma is a great way to get more vitamins in your body. I guess I am "cross-training" my programs with Herbalife and Vemma. Its working.
At night, a sensible dinner...when K or P doesn't want a margarita...
But, here's the killer: Don't eat after 7:00 or you'll just spin your wheels. If you have to eat after 7, REALLY watch it. Unless you exercise at night, you'll go to bed with all of that food just sitting in your belly. If you didn't know, that's how Sumo wrestlers gain their weight. They work out, then eat a huge lunch, then take a nap. They do this a few times a day. Doing squats and crunches before I go to bed always helps if I feel I've been naughty.
Summer's here and its getting pretty warm! Spend more time outside just milling about. The heat boosts your metabolism and forces you to drink more water. Cheers!
You lose inches before you lose pounds. When it doesn't seem the weight is coming off, try on a pair of pants that didn't fit when you started. This is a nice gauge. Measure your waist, chest, thighs, and check out your butt. You'll be able to see it coming off before the scale "tells" you its coming off.
At the beginning of a diet, you lose a lot of water weight. This is the reason for these "plateaus" we experience. All of the sudden the weight loss almost comes to a stand still. Well, its not. It is just taking a little more effort for your body to burn the fat. Plateaus are like your engine "red-lining"... they mean you need to shift gears. Add a little more exercise or walk/ run a little more. My plateau exercises are things like jumping jacks, squats, crunches, side crunches, and of course rocking kata a little more (I'm a martial artist, too).
I've hit a little bit of a plateau but it's not bothering me. I am hovering between 234 and 236, but, I am also wearing a pair of 36's that I couldn't fit into last fall. I also had fajitas and a Dos Equis last night! Actually, the weekends are a killer as I almost take the weekend off the program simply because our family events revolve around food. But, as long as I don't make a pig of myself, I don't gain weight and I hit it again on Monday.
The program as it stands now is:
Shake in the morning and for lunch. I am adding two tablespoons of the protein mix into the shake to get the daily protein level up. I have a 2 liter jug of tea with me everywhere. You MUST have lots of water. I also take a couple of vitamin supplements, you'll have to ask K about all that. Also, the Vemma is a great way to get more vitamins in your body. I guess I am "cross-training" my programs with Herbalife and Vemma. Its working.
At night, a sensible dinner...when K or P doesn't want a margarita...
But, here's the killer: Don't eat after 7:00 or you'll just spin your wheels. If you have to eat after 7, REALLY watch it. Unless you exercise at night, you'll go to bed with all of that food just sitting in your belly. If you didn't know, that's how Sumo wrestlers gain their weight. They work out, then eat a huge lunch, then take a nap. They do this a few times a day. Doing squats and crunches before I go to bed always helps if I feel I've been naughty.
Summer's here and its getting pretty warm! Spend more time outside just milling about. The heat boosts your metabolism and forces you to drink more water. Cheers!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Beware the scale
Just thought I'd share the importance of not worshipping the scale.
First. Weighed 237 this morning. But, there would have been discouragement had I weighed myself every day the past 5 days. Taught a seminar last weekend and went to Busch Gardens Sunday. I didn't eat badly, but there was definitely a steak and cheese in there as well as a half rack of ribs!!
Knowing it would be an up and down weekend, I knew to just stay away from the scale until I was back on the wagon for a couple days.
Stay focused!! I'm down 15 pounds. Friday will be 3 weeks. I've pumped up the workout level a bit at the dojo. Hoping for 20 lost by Saturday morning!! 25 in a month would be awesome wouldn't it?!
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First. Weighed 237 this morning. But, there would have been discouragement had I weighed myself every day the past 5 days. Taught a seminar last weekend and went to Busch Gardens Sunday. I didn't eat badly, but there was definitely a steak and cheese in there as well as a half rack of ribs!!
Knowing it would be an up and down weekend, I knew to just stay away from the scale until I was back on the wagon for a couple days.
Stay focused!! I'm down 15 pounds. Friday will be 3 weeks. I've pumped up the workout level a bit at the dojo. Hoping for 20 lost by Saturday morning!! 25 in a month would be awesome wouldn't it?!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Cinco de Mayo!!
Hola
Same routine yesterday. Around 4:00 on the way to the dojo got a little hungry so got some fruit and nut mix and a vitamin water.
Dianne came in tonight...you know what that means! MEHICO!!!
Dianne comes to the dojo all the way from Fairfax so the crew always heads out after class to our favorite Mexican place.
Mehico is a challenge. Chips and salsa are on the table as soon as you sit down. The kids want queso dip as well. I never fare well in this situation.
Ate a bunch of chips. For dinner I had grilled chicken with rice and beans. I was so stuffed after that I felt sick. My stomach has shrunk a bit and it didn't like all that food in there.
Drank lots of water to try to wash it down. Seemed to work. All in all I don't think it was that bad. It was the only meal I had all day. You just gotta watch eating like that late at night.
I didn't go near the scale and I don't plan on it until tomorrow morning.
Had my shake this morning. I really wanted something else but I talked myself into thinking that it was not that I was hungry, it was because my stomach got stretched a little bit last night and this morning there's more empty space in there! Within ten minutes of thinking that and sitting down at my desk at work I'm fine. Sippin' on my tea and typin' away.
Cinco de Mayo tonight, though. Maybe just cheap Mexican beer for dinner. Just kidding.
Same routine yesterday. Around 4:00 on the way to the dojo got a little hungry so got some fruit and nut mix and a vitamin water.
Dianne came in tonight...you know what that means! MEHICO!!!
Dianne comes to the dojo all the way from Fairfax so the crew always heads out after class to our favorite Mexican place.
Mehico is a challenge. Chips and salsa are on the table as soon as you sit down. The kids want queso dip as well. I never fare well in this situation.
Ate a bunch of chips. For dinner I had grilled chicken with rice and beans. I was so stuffed after that I felt sick. My stomach has shrunk a bit and it didn't like all that food in there.
Drank lots of water to try to wash it down. Seemed to work. All in all I don't think it was that bad. It was the only meal I had all day. You just gotta watch eating like that late at night.
I didn't go near the scale and I don't plan on it until tomorrow morning.
Had my shake this morning. I really wanted something else but I talked myself into thinking that it was not that I was hungry, it was because my stomach got stretched a little bit last night and this morning there's more empty space in there! Within ten minutes of thinking that and sitting down at my desk at work I'm fine. Sippin' on my tea and typin' away.
Cinco de Mayo tonight, though. Maybe just cheap Mexican beer for dinner. Just kidding.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The day is current.
When I started 12 days ago I was over 250 pounds. This morning the scale said 239.4
I found out from Karen that I am actually doing a kind of aggressive program and that there are several levels.
You don't have to lose a pound a day. You can lose 5 pounds a month. The most important thing is that you stick with it, keep friends and family around who will support you and keep you accountable for yourself and your program, and set a goal. My goal is that I want to be under 200 and damn it its gonna happen.
Karen also mentioned that you have to be getting the proper sleep. If you are not sleeping right, your body never realizes that its in "shut down" mode and it never gets a chance to "reset" itself, namely your metabolism. You have to reset your body properly every night or you will not be successful. Thinking back through the last week, I have had some really good sleep.
So, shake for breakfast, and I'm off to work. Got a final exam today at 11. Karen made me my lunch shake and my tea and put my vitamins in my pocket. I am under 240 now for the first time in probably 8 months. Just gotta keep this forward momentum going.
One of my motivators is the name of this blog. I affectionately call myself a fat ass but I know that I am not. If I want to get rid of this moniker, I am gonna have to lose it!
When I started 12 days ago I was over 250 pounds. This morning the scale said 239.4
I found out from Karen that I am actually doing a kind of aggressive program and that there are several levels.
You don't have to lose a pound a day. You can lose 5 pounds a month. The most important thing is that you stick with it, keep friends and family around who will support you and keep you accountable for yourself and your program, and set a goal. My goal is that I want to be under 200 and damn it its gonna happen.
Karen also mentioned that you have to be getting the proper sleep. If you are not sleeping right, your body never realizes that its in "shut down" mode and it never gets a chance to "reset" itself, namely your metabolism. You have to reset your body properly every night or you will not be successful. Thinking back through the last week, I have had some really good sleep.
So, shake for breakfast, and I'm off to work. Got a final exam today at 11. Karen made me my lunch shake and my tea and put my vitamins in my pocket. I am under 240 now for the first time in probably 8 months. Just gotta keep this forward momentum going.
One of my motivators is the name of this blog. I affectionately call myself a fat ass but I know that I am not. If I want to get rid of this moniker, I am gonna have to lose it!
That's better
Tuesday I felt great. Shake in the morning but Karen didn't make my lunch shake. I had to drive to VA Beach for work.
When I was done, I stopped by one of those smoothie places and had a turkey wrap.
Got home, no Karen so I made my own shake (amazing right) and headed off to the dojo.
Didn't get home till late and wasn't that hungry so I had a half a piece of cold chicken the kids ate for dinner and a shake.
When I was done, I stopped by one of those smoothie places and had a turkey wrap.
Got home, no Karen so I made my own shake (amazing right) and headed off to the dojo.
Didn't get home till late and wasn't that hungry so I had a half a piece of cold chicken the kids ate for dinner and a shake.
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