3/8-9: Carbs and weight good. Strength training yesterday and a trail run today. Collagen taken both days.

Fantastic day! I hit all my goals. Being here helps!

Good run today, 3miles in 38 minutes so not my fastest but good form good breathing; good run.

And home scale says 231.5 which would be a 1.5 lb weight loss in 5 days. And while I'd love that I think I just need to change my scale batteries.

Yesterday I got in a tough trail run (4/5 for exercise so far this week; just need to do strength today and I will have hit goal!).

Overall I've been eating well/pretty on track lately (although the scale hasn't been reflecting my efforts to get back solidly into maintenance range ). However.

Last night DH wanted to do a fire in the fire pit, which meant marshmallows and S'mores for him and the boys. I've always *loved* roasted marshmallows and S'mores ... and I ended up eating 3 marshmallows, plus a bit of the chocolate they had out for the S'mores! For most situations/temptations I've figured out good LC alternates that keep me satisfied/not feeling deprived but I need to figure out one for the fire pit/marshmallows/S'mores situation. Suggestions? I know you can make LC marshmallows but are they roastable? Any other ideas?

On the bright side, despite that extra sugar last night, this morning I had my lowest weight in a month! 131.8, goal range is (I have tweaked this ) 128-133 so yay!

For week two!
1. Get appropriate sleep each night: Y'all, having an actual bed is a dream. I feel amazing when I wake up. Don't take the little things for granted, holy moly. My sleep has been so much better.

2. Exercise every day: Every day this week but once. I wish I had a decent excuse, but I honestly just wasn't feeling well and slept all day. It happens, I guess, I just need to kick my own butt a little more =p

3. Get out of obesity: I have not lost any weight this week. Not a pound. Not an ounce. In fact, this whole week I was losing inches, at least- but today I woke up and measured, and it seems like all the inches I lost this week are back with a vengeance, losing only half an inch from my thigh and half an inch from my hips. I'm guessing the reason I didn't lose any weight this week is because I drank alcohol, although I still came in at acceptable calories and my daily carbs were under 50g (although my daily goal is much lower). Booooo.

4. Drink only once this month: Failed already. I was invited out by a childhood friend I haven't seen in 15 years and we played pool and drank a few (and it was so worth it), and then the other day I had 2 beers with/after dinner. It is by no means nearly as bad as I used to be, and I even anticipated failing this goal (which perhaps is half the problem?) , but still, 4-5 beers over the course of a week is much, much, much less than I used to drink.

Bad week. Certainly could've been better. Life goes on.

Mandamanda93 wrote: »

For week two!
1. Get appropriate sleep each night: Y'all, having an actual bed is a dream. I feel amazing when I wake up. Don't take the little things for granted, holy moly. My sleep has been so much better.

2. Exercise every day: Every day this week but once. I wish I had a decent excuse, but I honestly just wasn't feeling well and slept all day. It happens, I guess, I just need to kick my own butt a little more =p

3. Get out of obesity: I have not lost any weight this week. Not a pound. Not an ounce. In fact, this whole week I was losing inches, at least- but today I woke up and measured, and it seems like all the inches I lost this week are back with a vengeance, losing only half an inch from my thigh and half an inch from my hips. I'm guessing the reason I didn't lose any weight this week is because I drank alcohol, although I still came in at acceptable calories and my daily carbs were under 50g (although my daily goal is much lower). Booooo.

4. Drink only once this month: Failed already. I was invited out by a childhood friend I haven't seen in 15 years and we played pool and drank a few (and it was so worth it), and then the other day I had 2 beers with/after dinner. It is by no means nearly as bad as I used to be, and I even anticipated failing this goal (which perhaps is half the problem?) , but still, 4-5 beers over the course of a week is much, much, much less than I used to drink.

Bad week. Certainly could've been better. Life goes on.

Sounds pretty darned good!
And working out EVERY DAY isn't giving your body any rest to heal. No wonder you slept all day.

A half in off in two areas in a week, that's fantastic!!!!!!!!

You're doing great, honey.

Here's my March week-2 summary. My goal for the super shape-up was to start doing strength-training, 3 times per week. This past week I met my goal, did my strength excercises on Moday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

In addition, I was under 20g net carbs every day, and I did my cardio every day as well. I was also at or under my calorie goal every day.

All in all, a pretty good week...

Except I didn't lose any weight lol.

I know it's not linear and I know this happens all the time. But knowing it and liking it are two different things. So I'm cursing the scales and shaking my fist at the sky. But I'll continue doing what I'm doing and hope maybe next week will be a big week.

macchiatto wrote: »

@anglyn1 I'm considering starting to take collagen. Can you tell me what brand/form you take?

Great Lakes in the green container. I order from Amazon! Blends in great with my coffee.

3/12 - I was able to meet my all my goals! Walking is difficult because of the cold but looking forward to Tuesday and higher temperatures. I also lost 2 lbs this week!

3/10-3/12: all days weight and carbs were in range. Friday strength training in the morning. Saturday rest. Sunday strength training. Collagen taken Friday and Sunday. Forgot Saturday.

Not sure what my workouts will look like this week. I got a new tattoo yesterday so I can't really get it sweaty. Also I've actually read that it can be taxing on some people's immune system and since I have autoimmune stuff anyhow I might take it easy. We'll see how I feel. I might could get in my strength workouts later in the week and some walking or maybe yoga type stuff.

Wrap up of my week...meh.
This has been a rough one for me and I feel like I had some wins & losses. I had major cravings that I only mildly gave into...like donuts...I was craving them fiercely, but managed to allow myself one donut hole while staying within my limits.

I inadvertently got exercise from putting in extra time this weekend at the doggy daycare/foster facility I volunteer for. I have to figure out a way to make exercise a regular thing that I can stick to.

My logging hasn't been bad, except for yesterday. I was tired & crabby & hungry...and my compromise to not bringing home pizza and cupcakes, was to allow myself to just eat whatever "permissible" food I had in the house without counting.

Overall, I think I need to come up with some better goals for April, because March just feels fuzzy.

Goal: Carb 20-30 per day. Walk 3x/week (inside or out), and gym 2x/week. First week a bit rocky but starting to get into the swing of things. Last night made the best cauliflower chicken fried rice ever. Best of luck to everyone!

3/13
Down to 131.6 this morning, which made me happy! Lowest weight in about a month and I've weighed within goal range 3 days and hopefully counting ...
Cals and macros were good today.
Did C25K Week 8 Day 3 (ran 2.75 miles).