A want to give a special shout out this week to Edgar - he reported that he's increased his fruit and vegetable intake to 4 of each item per day and dropped a couple of pounds. And, he's improved his running time for the mile in his P.E. class. Way to go Edgar - keep up the good work.
Isn't it a great feeling when you start to see results? I remember when I had to take the mile running test in high school. I was always the last one to cross that finish line. But once I started to diet and work out, I noticed my running times were slowly improving. I never ran the fastest, but you know what? I wasn't coming in last anymore either!
Dieting and losing weight is sort of like running a race. You start out slowly and gradually pick up momentum and before long, you start to see results. And the better the results, the more it fuels you into continuing on your race. Some days running that race is harder than others, but when that happens, you have to dig down deep inside yourself and find that special something to fuel you along. When I first started running, I could barely run 1 block before I was tired and ready to give up. But by the end of the school year I was able to run the whole mile. At one time I would never have dreamed that I could do that. It was very satisfying to look back and see how far I'd come.
How far do you want to go?
Come back later in the week for a brief discussion on Lipids. Good luck this week!
Tony isn't a licensed nutritionist yet, so he can't give anyone advice on what to do. Please consult your doctor for his professional opinion on a diet/nutrition program that will work for you.
Tony's blog
is a journal of his experiences and what has worked for him. He lists general guidelines and suggestions
only. He is NOT a professional.
Week 7
ReplyDeleteI'm 157.0 on the scale this morning. Last week, I was 158.6. A satisfying result - I improved on my diet, but I missed 2 cardio sessions last week. Otherwise, I completed everything else I set out to do.
Now that I am starting my fourth week of weightlifting, I feel much stronger than I did at the end of January. I've started a new exercise journal that allows me to keep track of what I am doing and where I am at in terms of the weights that I am using.
I'm seeing a lot more definition in my muscles which are poking more visibly through my retreating layer of body fat. For some reason, the fat around my lower stomach seems or feels much more visible. I guess this is due to losing more fat elsewhere.
After watching some nutrition videos on YouTube (Mike Chang and JR Barthel), I am starting to experiment with preparing some of my meals in advance and putting them into tupperware which can be heated up in the microwave. I found this to be a very useful trick which helps keeps my hunger in check.
Can't wait to hit the gym this afternoon. I will check back in next Monday.
Sounds like you're making great strides in taking control of your diet and exercise program. Keep us posted!
DeleteSo true Tony! I'm down 3 pounds during this first week that I've been back on track. I'm back to good clean eating, a brisk 2 mile walk each day or playing Just Dance 4 on x-box with my son (great and fun cardio!)and and some light weight work a few times a week. I'll be upping the weight training a bit this week. I can't wait to get a few weeks in and on to heavier weight workouts - weight training totally rocks! Have a great week :)
ReplyDelete3 pounds is very impressive. I've been working out with weights and doing more running on the treadmill myself. I feel so much better. Thanks for coming over and sharing.
DeleteThanks Tony for the special shout out.
ReplyDeleteAnd what change my mind of eating more servings of fruits and vegetables were because my Health Teacher show us a report and gave
Me a good lecture. My Health Teacher explain that the American Diet
Is all fraud, also the Pyramid is a fraud. We are Brain wash of what amount
Of servings of meat and vegetables to eat. The American Diet says to eat
Two servings of Fruit and vegetables, than they tell us to eat
Lots of Meat as it gives a large amount of proteins. An evidence for this
Is what’s all around us, Obesity. You need to pay attention to what
The American diet says to avoid eating Foods with high Cholesterol (meat)
Which if they said "Meat", that will ruined the Industries that produces Meat.
My Health Teacher told me that we need to eat an unbalanced Diet, which is
Made up of Vegetables and a very low amount of Meat. Also to eat
An amount of five fruits and vegetables daily for each and every day.
He explained about how the Industries used corn to feed Cows/Pigs which is
Bad as it takes away a certain of omega (I forgot if it was omega 3 or some other omega) and then harms us. That's why the meat is very cheap to buy and organic meat is expensive as the meat was fed by how it needed to be, Grass fed. Cows get the omega from eating grass, by eating corn it takes away that omega that we humans need.
There are still lots more to say but I might be getting you bored.
That’s what convinces me to raise my servings of fruits and vegetables.
What help me improved my running speed was a tactic that I used, I aim to go on a far
distance than stop and I say to myself that if I don’t make it to where I’m aiming at than I hate my lifestyle, but if I do make it than I do care about my lifestyle. I know its
Pretty much weird but it works for me.
My Report for Week 7
So far I’ve done well for this week; I beat my running record again to 9:42.
I check my weight and ill say I’m at 178.5 now.
I started running again a bit at night like I always do at least an hour of walking and running.
Stretch after finishing running. I’ll say that at least two months I will reach my goal of 150 pounds.
I totally agree with eating more fruits and veggies than meat. I actually eat very little meat myself. Each person has to find the plan that works for them. Tony eats a lot of chicken. My daughter is a vegetarian. That's why we say everyone has to try different things and find what works for their body. Keep up the good work.
Deletei couldn't believe it this morning when i jumped on the scales. i was almost sure i hadn't lost anything and then the number popped up. yesterday 233.9 lbs this morning 232.8 lbs. this may be a big thing for some people. but like i said before after weeks and weeks of being a constant weight i finally lost a big chunk. i'm starting to do little runs when i can and i no longer sit down for long period of time, if i'm watching tv , during the breaks i'll do some sit up or push up or even some weights. using every minute of my day to some how exercise feel great and i get a better nights rest.
ReplyDeletecongrats Lori! I exercise during commercials too. I think I sleep better when I do that.
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