Tiffany's Progress Tracking
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Tuesday was easier, I didn't even eat my snack which I had made room for, so I dived into the berries and had some dessert after dinner instead...
made the mistake of stepping on the scale this morning...just for a little checkpoint before measurements on friday...what a bad idea...I'm 162 again...right where I started...
I'll stay on the existing plan until Friday for sure, because the measurements have been creeping down, no matter what the scale says and I understand weight loss vs fat loss and I'm aiming for fat loss...but it does make me wonder...is this really a good plan...am I eating too much on my high calorie days...I know I had 3 high calorie days in a row, which wasn't in the plan and which I'm offsetting with 5 low cal days in a row, but that isn't the way the plan is scheduled and typically I do better alternating...
why was I over all weekend...why the crazy appetite of late...my protein has been good, is this just being older and hormones, am I not tracking as well as I need to be, are my goals too high, did my maintenance number shift in the last couple years??? Am I just kidding myself thinking this is working and is it time to adjust the plan??? It's frustrating to do all the right things and not see the expected results...challenges the motivation...introduces frustration...ugh...so much second guessing...
I also haven't been sleeping well at night...so, the stress of poor sleep could be causing the weight gain...and I don't know why I'm not sleeping, other than possibly hormones because those little *kitten* seem to be responsible for all the frakups in life at my age...
I'll add in some extra herbal support, DIM, Raspberry leaf, licorice, and beef liver...with dinner...they can't hurt and maybe they will help with this sleeping issue, they are kind of hormone/stress/nutrition support type things...
...rantings from a sleep deprived mind...0 -
Wednesday 1/20 - better...stayed on plan, forgot to do weights, but did stairs diligently and did combat for extra cardio...I can make up the weights today since it's just maintenance on the weights this month...food was on target, and I took all my herbal junk, and I slept like a champ!!!
I'm looking forward to a more challenging weight routine next month...maintenance is ok, the body needs some downtime, but I would like to put on some muscle between now and beach season...of course, it would help if the fluff would come off in that process...0 -
Thursday 1/21 - good, stayed on plan, make up the weight and did glutes as planned...did some slow combat to loosen up and some stretching.0
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Friday and Saturday, did good, kept to the calories, traveled to the beach and sanded floors, fun times all around, even fit in a few drinks Sat night...
...and then the midnight snack time hit...and I ate an entire block of Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar...the whole thing...my husband had one little piece, the entire 8 oz pretty much was me...so that was nearly all of my calories for Sunday consumed in a single snack...
<sigh>
so, Sunday ate at maintenance, and didn't go crazy, but did eat healthy...Monday is normally a maintenance day, but I'll make it a loss day and flip them, so overall for the week I should be fine...
...this is the real reason I should not drink...it's not the alcohol calories...poor food choices on alcohol...that's the calories that really kill me...
Oh, and I did naked photos, the boring progress ones, and some where I was trying to be cute, but the fluffy belly and the love handles, they show, I'm cute in a chubby kind of way...
Time to cut and mean it!!!0 -
Monday 1/25 was supposed to be a loss day...went and had haircuts after work...daughter was getting her hair bleached, which took way longer than anticipated...so didn't leave until 7:30 and it was sleeting and snowing and no one was expecting it so none of the roads were treated...suffice it to say, it was a long 2 hour trek home in the slow slush and we passed about half a dozen cars off the road including a semi...and I stopped at McDonalds for dinner...so there goes my deficit, it's a maintenance day...would have been ok if I stopped at 1 filet o fish, but I didn't, I ate both and it was delicious!!!
On the plus side, I caught up on the weights I missed Fri/Sun and did Mon weights...didn't do glutes because hair appointment, but I'll just shift those again this week to tu/th/sat so they will get completed...I'm super excited to start Beast in Feb because I am so bored of my current routine...
I'm not expecting any real tangible progress for January...I really need to be much more careful with the logging and not be logging later or skipping things...there's no real explanation for my lack of progress in January other than, I must not be keying all the food I'm eating...snacks here and there are getting missed, or I'm logging after the fact and forgetting things...need to get on top of logging BEFORE eating and sticking to only eating what I have logged.0 -
Tuesday 1/26 - kind of a glum day and a bit of a struggle...made the calories, but then this morning started thinking about the things I didn't log...like the whole can of green beans that I had as a snack, and the handful of mini marshmallows, and the outshine bar...honestly, I need to be totally serious about tracking if I'm going to be successful at this, and I'm not being totally honest there...none of those would add up to much in calories, but they do add something and it should be accounted for...
Glutes and weights done...I pulled something in the front of my shoulder monday, so I had to do my curls at like 75% of range because that top of the curl was twingy, but I did what I could do and didn't have to lower the weights, so I call it a win...
looking forward to a new routine starting sunday AND I found this amazing schedule that combines Beast with P90X3 so I planned that for may-july and got the base spreadsheets all set up...it looks like it does a good job using the lower body X3 moves to compensate for the beast lack of lower body, so I'm not going to add in glutes like I normally do with beast, I'll just go through it vanilla and see how the results are...and maybe since it's new and I want clean results I'll actually stick to my workouts for July which is typically when I go to the beach a lot and get lazy...we'll see...something new to fill that gap at least0 -
Wednesday 1/27 was so ugh in the eating department...I decided to splurge and eat my crab chips...and have a couple glasses of wine...which may have even fit the plan if I have PLANNED for it and actually set aside those calories...as it was I ended up a couple hundred over maintenance which is so not cool brotato chip!!!
I also didn't do weights because whatever i pulled on Monday is sore in the front of my right shoulder, so I think I'll just let that rest until Sunday when I start beast...I may try glutes, but some of the bending over motions like romanian or straight leg deadlifts move through that sore part of muscle, so I'll have to play it by ear...at least that's just holding a weight and not actually trying to lift anything...just requires stabilization of the weight...in any case, I'll like to finish up glutes today and saturday before beast, but I'm ok with skipping all the upper lifting to give it some healing time.
I did to extra walking so I stayed active in that normal time slot for doing weights, I just wasn't lifting.
Still excited about another round of beast!!! Measurements Saturday morning, which is perfect because then I don't have to rush and do it right before work!!!0 -
Thursday 1/28 - totally good on the food and very careful about tracking...still more snacking than I would like, but also very stressful because the child was not doing her work or being at all cooperative in the process of remote schooling...exercise was as much as I could do while still giving my shoulder some rest...did 1 round of glutes at 15 lbs only (holding the 30 lbs was a strain) and increased reps to double for the things I normally do at 30 lbs which is way more work...but didn't make it through more than 1 set because my lower back opposite the hurt shoulder was starting to complain (I'm guessing my form was slightly off balance due to the hurt shoulder) and my hip flexors were super unhappy with the romanian deadlifts...so I opted to call it a day early and just sort and organize some things around my house.
Tonight I have a friend coming for dinner and she's diabetic so we are doing healthy things like steak, and salad, and green beans, and shrimp coctail...plus some potato au gratin because I want to try a new recipe, but no dessert, so that will be the only splurge, the potatoes.
Saturday is measurements, so I want to keep it very normalish tonight so I don't have any water weight swings beyond the fact that PMS is ramping up which I totally can't control.0 -
PMS is coming, but I think today's measurements are likely before any major bloating starts...if only because my boobs have gone down some and once PMS hits they definitely puff up like torpedoes...
I can't find my January start measurements...I wonder if I had them on my December page which I didn't keep, I apparently didn't transfer them to the January page, and so I'm tracking it in ye old spreadsheet as well as on paper.
I do have my 1st week of January measurements, which I can use for comparison to today...
Looking over my entries, at least I was mostly good about entering, and it was a struggle of a month with more days at maintenance than I planned...which is better than the super over eat like an arsehole kind of days, but still, not following the plan impedes results.
On the plus side, this last week, while hella stressful with work and fighting the child over school, has been more compliant, and less of a struggle.
lost 2.2 lbs and 2.5 inches, 1 from the chest, 1 from the belly button, and 1/2 from the hips, I was actually trying to grow glutes in January, and they are super tight and firm which I totally like. Body fat from 31.36% to 30.65% based on the zone calculator...not a huge change...less than a percent, which puts me still a little behind where I started December, but better than no progress, and to be fair, I didn't earn more than that since my compliance and tracking were less than stellar.
Feeling kind of blah today in a minor headache kind of way...snow anticipated tomorrow so I will skip weights and move wood from the stack out back to a stack on the front porch where we won't have to trudge through snow for at least a few days, and by then it will likely be melted anyway...then I need to clean the kitchen, work on the castle model, pack up some books, lots of little chores around the house to keep me busy...the plus side of the blah mood is zero appetite...if this is going to be a zero appetite kind of PMS month, then that will actually be better than the raging appetite of last month.
Hormones, can't live with them, can't just rip out your ovaries...<sigh>0 -
Satuday 1/31 was good...I stuck to the plan...had a bit of a headache so didn't actually have much appetite, but was doing wood stacking, so had some homemade gatorade to keep me from having any issues with the activity level...in the evening I felt snackish but quickly realized I wasn't really hungry and I wasn't really craving, it was just wanting to snack out of habit, or possibly those PMS hormones, so I had some water and just didn't even though it felt "off" not to pay attention to the snack urge...
Very proud of myself!!!
Today starts Lean Beast, and in theory my darling husband is going to join me, so that should be cool!!! He's so inconsistent with his workouts, but it is nice to have someone join along and help keep the motivation going!0 -
so my dates are off since Sat was 1/30 and Sun was 1/31...<sigh>
In any case, I started Beast a day early, which was fine, and actually good because sometimes the weekend trips throw off the schedule anyway, so having a buffer day is a good idea...
yesterday was good, beast done, calories at maintenance, lots of day drinking in the snow, but not a lot of eating and snacking, so that part was good0 -
Monday 2/1 - I did super good today, Beast + stretch + 30 min of combat, protein was met, calories were met...and I feel great...so nice to have a change of routine and a long long long hot shower where I finally got my winter crusty feet pumiced down to a nice smooth finish...super good day!!!0
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Tuesday 2/2 - I did super good, even if I did have to make it a maintenance day because Mikey brought home some kahlua martini in a can, which was tasty, but 300+ freaking calories...yikes...but that's ok because Mon was a loss day and Sun was maintenance, so if I can hold Wed and Thurs as loss days I'll be all set for maintenance on Friday when I'm having company out...also did beast plus about an hour-ish of kenpo...started with x+ which turned out to be super boring, then switched to p90x standard, but I did skip most of the front kicks because my hip flexors are a bit trashed from leg day yesterday...getting some cardio, not trying to be injured...also splurged and had a bit of mac for dinner!0
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Wednesday 2/3 - good day, but felt super blah despite doing all the things...calories and protein in line, beast cardio, but forgot abs, will need to make that up today...all the errands and shopping done...just feeling ick...
today is Lucifer's Waterfall, so hormones yay (NOT), but will stick to the plan and do all the things0 -
Thursday 2/4 - mediocre day...felt better, but Lucifer's Waterfall is never fun...ate a bit more than usual due to snacking post-shopping and having whiskey to tame the cramping along with an aleve...workouts were banging, did the abs I missed Wed, plus the shoulders and BBL hight & tight that were planned for the day, and dropped things off with the grandkids...it was overall not the worst first day of that time of the month, but definitely mediocre on the food.0
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Friday, Sat, Sun - ok but not great on calories all weekend, exercise was all done, WIN, protein was super low and that kind of sucks, but whatever...overall, not too bad, and there was snow, and measurements were great...
down 3/4" in the waist, and down 1/2" in the low belly...progress is moving along0 -
Monday - ah, so much work...stressful day at the not-office...legs at lunch, hour of combat after work plus an hour of stretching...super good on food...even threw in some carrot cake since it's a maintenance day...all in all, a great start to the week...0
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Tuesday...stressful day full of meetings and the morning was not so much big brain, but I was totally the big brain after my lunch workout, then another workout after work, and then a trip to the craft store which always brings the day up!!!0
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Wednesday - stressful day of work, but kept on the workouts and the food plan...felt super blah after my post-work exercise, so I had an extra homemade gatorade and perked right up...man, you just cannot underestimate the value of good nutrition...probably my days of too little protein coming back to haunt me...
Thursday 2/11 - already finished todays workouts, but tomorrow plan to head to the beach for weekend sanding, so I think after a bit of recovery I'll go ahead and do tomorrow since it's just cardio...might as well get that one out of the way!
Food is on-target!0 -
2/11 - did in fact get a day ahead on workout...and food was still in line...what an amazing day...did go to bed early...sleepy girl!0
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2/12 - hmmmm...welll...you see...
day started off great, workout was already done, but did an extra cardio workout and totally brought it all...
then I had a few drinks while watching the snow...
then I ate some food late at night (2 whole pieces of lasagna)...so I was WAY over on calories for the day
there's always tomorrow
tomorrow is another day0 -
2/13 good...workout done, food on target...
2/14 morning measurements...first of all, I only had 1 day my eating was off this week...and second...I did not only all of my workouts but 4 extra cardio workouts!!!
not surprisingly with good adherence, I lost some inches...down 3 between belly button and low belly...down a smidge in hips/thighs...up a smidge in calf, so that's all muscle I'm sure, and probably driven by the extra cardio more than anything...all in all a good week...
happy valentines day!0 -
2/14 was good
zero candy
zero splurge
all on target all the time!!!0 -
2/15 was good...I was super hungry but that's to be expected when I go 2 days on poverty calories, and I was super good all weekend, which is a bit unusual, but Friday was a fiasco, so I needed to tighten it up...
exercise done, calories on target, another day on the road to success...0 -
2/16 was great...kept the calories in line even though it was a poverty day...did the workouts...even did my grocery shopping without picking up any snacks or treats...another win in my corner...1
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2/17 - 2/18
Good-ish days...had some drinks, so not great, but not terrible, but SNOW and movies and whiskey definitely go together!!!
Hoping for a good week of success as a motivator to help keep me on track this weekend!!!0 -
2/19 - calories poverty, on purpose because thurs was maintenance
2/20 - calories poverty as planned
2/21 - calories maintenance, not as planned
2/22 - calories poverty, on purpose because sun was maintenance
Workout were ok, except I skipped Sunday...and they were a struggle, though I did get through them...it's pms and the fatigue and cramping has already started
Measurements on Sunday morning, everything is up and the bloat is so ick...I know it will come back down when the monthly passes, but it's still very demotivating to see.
On the plus side, my little ab 4 pack is back, haven't seen that in a while!
I have contemplated doing maintenance to get through the week, but I'm going to try to stick it out for my 4 poverty days...we'll see, if I need it then maintenance can be my fallback.0 -
2/23 - so much ugh...about 400 cals over maintenance and just freaking HUNGRY all day long...hormones are the devil yo...
2/24 - back to poverty calories...still a struggle...trying to keep on with the plan despite the hormones...0 -
oh my...
missed some time...mostly just eating at maintenance, then not logging over the weekend while working on floors...my little 4 pack is starting to vanish, not sure if that's bloat and water since lucifers waterfall hit, or if it's just too much food, but I'll do real measurements in another week when the flood is gone...
still kinda tired, have workouts to makeup from the weekend travels, but I did do some in advance, and I planned out my extras for this week, so I should be 100% back on track with nothing missed by thursday...
anyway...back on track...do the plan...track the food...all the things
DO THE THING0 -
yesterday was good...for a monday...not motivated, feeling sluggish, and lucifers waterfall is so ugh...but, I did chest and glutes but skipped abs because I was already bloated and cramping...skipping the 10 min workout seemed totally worth it, maybe i'll do it today if the cramping isn't as bad...
food was ok, still crazy raging appetite, but able to keep it within maintenance parameters...also had a shot of whiskey before bed to tame the cramping and it was magical, I slept like a dream and then still overslept, but at least I feel kind of normal energy level today, not super peppy, but not so exhausted like yesterday
it might be they typical 3 weeks of deficit hormone shift that is causing the massive upswing in appetite, in which case it won't go away with the monthly and will likely stay and continue to be a struggle...so I'm mentally preparing for this, and will continue to fight it out with my body for the next, how many months??? yikes, I have plans to deficit until the end of July, so get with the program chubby girl, we're in this for the long haul0
