Tiffany's Progress Tracking
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Wed was great...protein was WAY up, which is perfect, I'm finally all peppy and energetic, the fatigue is gone, pretty sure that was 100% related to not eating enough protein...2 shakes a day seems to be doing it...will keep that up...I love the coffee one before lunch and the chocolate one right before bed...was reading about protein preservation with a shake right before bed, so we'll see if that's really a thing...
Got a refrigerator moved for my parents, and got some mulch and about 3 of the 5 bags laid in the garden...disturbed a little baby snake, looked like a black snake but grey with some black accents instead of the adult shiny black...lots more weeds to pull and mulch to get down tonight...
Off to the beach house with weekend with 3 other folks, with any luck we'll get the insulation up and the dehumidifier will be doing it's job...1 -
Thursday was good...a bit of a struggle, but good
protein was 100 which is a step in the right direction...I feel like there's something I didn't log but can't remember it now, so likely something snackish...or maybe I didn't log at the time but then went back and logged and wasn't paying a lot of attention so kinda forgot I already fixed the log...in any case...was tired after the gardening and then didn't do any additional working out or stretching even...
I was upping my protein to try to get rid of this fatigue situation, so hopefully this is just the trailing edge of things and won't repeat.
Headed to the beach at lunch time today, and I'm terrible at doing any of the workouts or logging while beaching it up, so my number one goal this weekend is to do those things and start building that habit so when we move, the habits will already exist for that house!!!1 -
I have definitely lost some motivation and it's not coming back...I had an atrociously bad picture of me at the beach taken this weekend, and normally that would instill in me a desire to work harder and slim that gut and get back on the struggle bus and such...but really, I'm very meh about it...I know I had ice cream and it makes me bloated, plus I was constipated which makes me bloated, plus I had eaten with bloats my belly...all in all I know the photo is worse that the reality and maybe that's why it just isn't making me feel that push harder mood...I don't know...I'm also rather bored with the routine and totally meh about this weights plus cardio...one, I'm not doing all the cardio, two, it's not netting results as well as straight up BEAST was...I'm supposed to do this all of July...maybe it's time to change the routine a month early????
need to come up with something, the measurements aren't showing a ton of results, the scale is doing ok, but that's really less important to me...maybe it's time for P90X plus P90X3, shift away from BEAST...it has been like 5 months of the same lifting routines, maybe this is just boredom...
in any case, staying on food has been good, I didn't really track over the weekend, but didn't
dive in the treats like crazy either...one small ice cream cone...one half a doughnut...one whole doughnut...nothing too over the top and good nutrition on the meals to boot!0 -
yesterday was pretty good...
did a bunch of snacking on spinach dip and triscuits right before dinner, and then had a tiny dinner because I had very little appetite, but the calories worked out, so YAY for listening to body and not just being a giant pig...
revamped the July plan...I'm just way too bored of the Beast workouts, and I need to really just do something different or I'm not going to stay on the workouts...so swapping that up for P90X and P90X3 simultaneously...planned it for July-Sept, but typically I don't make it all the way through P90X before dying of boredom, so we'll see how it all works out in the end...
P90X at lunch, P90X3 immediately after work...it's a plan...and I have 2 vacations in july and I don't want to be derailed, so I'll be packing the weights and the exercise ball and DOING ALL THE WORKOUTS ON VACATION...normally I take vacations off, but I'm still way too fat gut than I want to be, so not this year, this year the exercises are a top priority!!!1 -
yeserday was good...food was on target, not as much protein as I would like but calories were ok...got on the scale this morning, no change from the last week or two, so it's good to revamp the exercises, they aren't any good when you don't do them consistently...today I need to finish up going over the sheets and adjusting weights to my current levels and deciding what weights I do or don't need for the beach trip...also did the shopping yesterday and got mostly healthy things for the beach trip, including the two flavors of protein shakes so I can keep on that while I'm away...it will be nice...I need to stay on target and not just relax into vacation these two trips, and if I can pull that off I'll be super proud of myself...
when I stay on target and finish the P90x/3 programs I'm going to go shopping and get myself a new dress, or a new blouse/skirt set...something pretty to wear with my new figure...1 -
Weight this morning 155.2, so my goal to get below 155 by the end of the month was soooo close
starting the july-sept plan p90x, p90x3, 1600cals tu/sat and 1200 the other 5 days...would like to lose 3 lbs/month the next 3 months so lets see how that looks on me1 -
weekend was good, food was on target except for sunday when I was maintenance but was supposed to be poverty...lucifer's waterfall hit, so ugh, and sapping my energy level, but not as bad as usual so maybe that's the extra protein helping...missed the P90X3 workout yesterday, I just had zero energy, but might try to fit it in as a bonus workout later in the week if I get peppy again1
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yesterday was mediocre...was good on workouts, plus did 2 packs of insulation under the house, and plenty of walking, so all in all very active day...
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then there was all the eating, which was initially fine, even with some whiskey to counteract the back and shoulder soreness from crawling around in a damp narrow crawlspace...and it was a maintenance day so I was fortunate to have extra calories...but then I dove into some junk food instead of sticking to plans like "protein shake" so nutrition was ok, but could have been a lot better if I had been more diligent, and I definitely had more whiskey than was needed for medicinal purposes...
could have been better
could have been worse1 -
yesterday was another day that should have been poverty but ended up being maintenance...I could have stopped the munching but I didn't...I should have stayed out of the whiskey but I didn't...this is 100% on me and if I'm serious about losing the fluff, I'm going to need to be serious about more than just tracking and take the staying within goal seriously.
Lucifer's waterfall is over...all the work under the house is done...no more lame acceptance of slacking on the food goals...
today is the first day of week 2 of my p90x/3 plan, so lets get off the maintenance train and back onto the poverty one...I could lose 3 lbs between now and my vacation at the end of the month, and that 3 lbs will be a good inch or inch and a half on my fluffy belly in my bikini, so hows that for incentive, looking less tubby in the vacation photos for the win!!!1 -
well....looks like I missed a couple days
7/8 food on target, chest/back done, but didn't do the other 2 planned workouts...lots of yard work done instead
7/9 food on target, no exercise, no work friday either, but did lots of yard work and shopping in an attempt to set up the fans for the crawlspace dehumidifier but discovered a pond under the house where the groundwater is coming up...the readings on the humidifiers are good and I'm super grateful my husband insisted on hanging them since I wanted to just sit them on the ground and that would have ruined them in this instance...so no electrical work in the pool, but the readings are still good and once the water table returns to normal we can get some fans hung
7/10 food on target, shoulders/arms, traveled home from the beach after shopping and finding the perfect little love seat for the front porch and cleaning it...still did my workout, super proud of myself for that
the real plus side, is that I have been tracking very consistently both my food and workouts, so it's excellent when I can stay on target with all that even without a journal to remind me1 -
Sunday was great...I realized I didn't do a maintenance day on sat as planned, so switched it up to sun, which was nice...did my yoga, but skipped the x3 workout in favor of doing a lot of sorting around the house...gotta get ready to move at some point, so while it wasn't really active, it was necessary, and after that I was just feeling lazy and didn't do the second workout
checkpoint on weight this morning 156.4, so up, not down, but I gotta say, my love handles are looking slimmer and less gut when I bend over, so progress is what it is1 -
Monday was good but not great...missed my X3 workout in favor of making a costco run and was just soooo huuuungry by the time we got home...I did do the X workout which is an hour, so that's a nice thing, and I did good at starbucks and just got coffee, nothing super flavored and no pastry junk...calories were between poverty and maintenance...I would have been ok if I had stayed out of the cookies my husband snuck into our cart...
Today is a new day, today I can do all the workout things and all the food things too!!!1 -
Tuesday was great, food on target, workouts done, primo...Wednesday was awful...headache all day long...just felt so ick...on the plus side, I did still do my stretching and walking, but only 1 routine not both...and resorted to whiskey to finally kill the headache before bed so calories were a bit high, definitely not a win on the food arena.1
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Thursday was amazing!!!
I did the workouts and totally rocked them!!!
I ate the food like a reasonable person, and got in both of my protein shakes, so yay!!! 119g protein, YES!!!
Of course, the scale says 158 this morning, so it's just going up up up, but whatever, I look slimmer, so the scale can just frak off.2 -
Friday was maintenance eating and plyo...could have been better...Saturday was maintenance eating and both workouts shoulders/arms and yoga...could have been better
it's great to get the workouts done, makes me feel so accomplished, but I really do need to reign in the snacking and stick to the loss calories...this isn't buying me anything in fat loss if I just keep eating at maintenance, and I KNOW this, so why is it so hard???1 -
oh my, it's Wed, so I'm a few days behind...
Sun, Mon, Tues were all good for calories...yesterday I did both workouts, but the other days I did one or the other...skipped yoga sun...skipped the extra cardio mon because we went to the store...but at least 30 min intense workout, and typically a full hour every day...and calories in line for a change, which is definitely my weak point...so that's something!!!1 -
Wed was a little over poverty, but since I didn't take my maint day on Tues, I should still be pretty good for the week overall...did X3 (dynamix) but not YogaX, just seriously didn't have time for 90 min of yoga, who ever has time for that, it's such a hard one to fit in.1
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this is like the first vacation EVER I have stayed on target with the food and workouts, and can I just say, I am so proud of myself for this2
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stayed on track over vacation...kind of fell off after getting home, but to be fair, it's not the first time lucifer's waterfall has knocked me off my feet and made me too tired and cranky to workout...this one was combined with some serious sinus? headaches that simply wouldn't quit...reminded me of my migraine days and made me wonder if my eating out bunches and having too many carby days contributed...
in any case, it's monday, I'm back on track with all the workouts...my phone is out and my grandmother called, so after this workout I'm about to start, I'll drive over to her house and see what she needs...I think a post-workout protein shake might help me recover, plus I'm doing beef for stroganoff tonight, and may just put it on a salad instead of pasta...or maybe I'll have a little pasta and a nice big salad to go with...that sounds like a better plan...
back to logging, back to doing the work...will get on a scale tomorrow and take a checkpoint, but my brief step on a scale indicated I was down to where anticipated for end of july, and that was even when I was all bloated from my impending time in hell, so maybe good news is in order2 -
both workouts done...food kinda on track (had some wine)...all in all good day2
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Well, I haven't exactly been tracking food until the last couple days, just lots of visiting and errands and too busy plus too much food prepared by other people. I have done at least one workout a day, so that's good, but rarely two, so that's not so good.
Middle child is moved back to college. Youngest child is back in school, senior year, yippee.
Funeral is done, final move of the oldest is tonight, hopefully food will get more back to normal after this.
AND this is a recovery week, so that's good and I really want to focus on getting all the scheduled workouts done, and getting back to food tracking, and getting rid of a few pounds...I don't seem to have acquired any extra, but I definitely haven't made any progress while "away" either.1 -
last few days were good in that I tracked food...bad in that I've had an extra maintenance day, but at least it's just maintenance and I haven't been over maint any...
workouts have been a bit slack, I cut them down to 1/day while we were helping my oldest move so that I wouldn't be too overworked or be stressing my back too much...this is now recovery week, so I haven't been as intent on the workouts, they are mostly stretching and such...
It's nice to have some flexibility in the scheduling when life gets to be a bit much, but I feel like I've also lost some momentum and need to get on it!!!1 -
had a great weekend at the beach with friends...pretty much did no formal workouts, but it's recovery week, so all I'm missing is a bit of cardio and a lot of stretching...back on track yesterday with both workouts, and 1 down already today...food also on track, and between the less calories and the pms, I am totally dragging rear, and I totally hate all the workouts, and I'm so not in the mood for any of it at all, but I'm still plugging along and pushing through and giving it all despite so not feeling it.
I'm thinking of doing 3 weeks of cut plus 1 week of alternating cut/maint to see if I can avoid the mood hormone drops that typically hit after 6ish weeks of calorie loss...maybe I can trick my system into thinking it's getting more calories and all is cool and those hormones can stay put...for now, for this week, just going 7 days cut...I need it to lose the couple of fluff pounds that vacation gave me...don't need to keep those...you ain't got to go home but you gotta get the he!! out of here!!!1 -
Yesterday was so hard...it was yoga...it shouldn't feel like a struggle, but it sure as hades did...and there's junk food all over this house because I have a snacky house guest, and I don't normally have all this temptation around, and it's making it so hard...ugh...stuck to protein shakes and peaches for sweets cravings, I did survive the yoga, and I did stick to the food goals...win for me!!!1
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yesterday dynamix was such a struggle...it shouldn't be like this...really, must be hormonal, my eating has been poverty, but solid nutrition...wonder if it's iron...I should really incorporate more beef...
ate good until drinking started after dinner...then ate like a crazy snacking person...so ugh...why do I do this to myself...and just when poverty was starting to feel kind of normal...
back at it today...today starts the final phase for P90X and P90X3...I'm thinking of adjusting the workouts, the one thing I really liked was not having to rush through the X3 workouts at lunch because those are 30 min instead of the 45-50 min of the regular P90X, so instead of planning to do X at lunch and X3 after work, I'm going to go with X3 at lunch and X after work and see if that works out better for me...it gives me a bit more recovery time and a chance to wash up and change clothes without that go-go-go feeling...we'll see how it goes
Also, since the final phase is starting...now I need to figure out what to do next...kind of thinking of taking the month off weights, and do something more bodyweight based for strength training...plus Nekocon is at the beginning of November, and typically I can slim up a little easier with extra cardio rather than extra weights...time to think up a plan...1 -
a good day, workouts done, did total synergistics at lunch and chest/back after making a thrift store run...totally pushed super hard on that one, and it felt so good to do so...food was on target, all in all super great1
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It's September First!!!
Need to get and stay on track for the final month of P90X/3...bring it and get it done!!!
Both workouts done today, calories at poverty level, so a total win-win of a day!!!1 -
yesterday was great, poverty calories, all workouts done, 2 shots of whiskey to calm me (and the lucifer's waterfall cramps) down after travel to the beach house, but no insane munching or extra drinking...I'd like to cut the alcohol almost completely out for the month, but all in all the day was a win!!!1
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Friday was great - I need to put days because "yesterday" is starting to blur together...
both plyo workouts done, which was SO HARD and I had zero energy, but I powered through and even started getting some perky energy half way through the hour long one...so tired physically after all that
food was on point, though I did have a couple glasses of wine in the evening while watching the "Shadow & Bone" show...who knew they turned those books into a show, and 2 episodes in, it looks pretty awesome...grilled shrimp and mahi-mahi for dinner...so yum
Today (Saturday) is another hard day, weights, abs, and (blessedly) yoga so not as hard as it could be, but it's going to be tough...we're going to start staining the fence after coffee, so that weightlifting is going to be super challenging AFTER already doing a bunch of fence paining...but, I'll get through!!!!1 -
Saturday was hard, but great. Woke with a headache, probably sinus, then worked on staining the fence after the headache went away...but the smell of the stain gave me a headache which it always does...oy vey...then gobbled down lunch and watched an episode of Shadow & Bone, then did my weight workout, which I was totally not motivated to do but I did anyway and pushed hard even though I just wanted to quit...about halfway through I started to perk up and feel more energetic which was nice...after that we did a couple hour walk on the beach which was lovely...then a nice sensible dinner...no alcohol, which was a big win...I did do some midnight snacking but stuck to healthy things like rice cakes and pretzels with cheese...so, not trash food and not too much...and I wouldn't have likely snacked AT ALL except we were up watching the show until 2am...good show, totally loving it!!!!1
