So today I woke up pretty early again. Not sure why I can't sleep in past 7ish. Today was pretty uneventful. The only difference was today instead of doing a cardio workout I did a strength training video. It was only 10 minutes long, but I felt pretty good after. It was a little difficult for me to do, but as I do it more I'll get better.
Other than that it was a run of the mill day. I am below my calories range again...I'm not sure about that. I'm only eating when I'm hungry. I am drinking a full bottle of water before each meal too. I do that to make sure I'm not just misinterpreting being thirsty for being hungry. A lot of what I am reading states that it's common for people losing weight to think thirst is hunger.
Remember take care of yourself so you can take care of others.
-Ayvid
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 5 days (Longest: 5)
Soda Streak: 1 days (Longest: 3)
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Friday, August 10, 2018
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Another Satisfying Day
So today was pretty good. I took it pretty easy, but still managed to get in a really great workout for 25 minutes. Ended up burning just over 300 calories there alone. I also connected my Fitbit to my SparkPeople account and it added my steps in and a walk I forgot to log in earlier so I ended up burning another 384 calories right there.
Even as of right now at 10 PM I am still 107 calories below my calorie range for the day. I guess that makes up for going over yesterday lol. I got my steps and I'm about to get the last of my water in then finish my movie and probably go to bed.
I woke up at 630 this morning though. I've been doing that lately with me going to be at about 1030 after I blog. Maybe I'll have to stay up a little later to sleep in a little later. I don't mind getting up so early, but at that time there isn't much for me to do. I guess if I keep getting up that early I'll have to start creating things for me to do lol.
Because I was so far under my goal at dinner time (over 900 calories) I had a soda after so I'll be starting that streak over again, but 3 days isn't a bad start. It's my longest streak yet. I'm excited to weigh in and it's been really hard to not weigh in. I've not measured myself either since SparkPeople says to do that once a month. I'm excited to see what kind of progress I've made.
I do feel better already. I feel like I'm sleeping better and have more energy. If this is what 5 pounds feels like I can only imagine how I'll feel as I keep making better and better decisions. I am also very glad that I've been able to stay motivated this long. Trust me this is an unusual feat for me. I did slack on my chores a bit today so I will have to work double tomorrow, but that's fine I wanted a kind of lazy day.
Well that's all for tonight. I hope you all have a great day tomorrow and that you know you are loved.
Plus a special shout out to my friend Amanda over at Pregnant and Huge for getting started and doing so well on her journey! I totally recommend checking her out.
-Ayvid
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 4 days (Longest: 4)
Soda Streak: 0 days (Longest: 3)
Even as of right now at 10 PM I am still 107 calories below my calorie range for the day. I guess that makes up for going over yesterday lol. I got my steps and I'm about to get the last of my water in then finish my movie and probably go to bed.
I woke up at 630 this morning though. I've been doing that lately with me going to be at about 1030 after I blog. Maybe I'll have to stay up a little later to sleep in a little later. I don't mind getting up so early, but at that time there isn't much for me to do. I guess if I keep getting up that early I'll have to start creating things for me to do lol.
Because I was so far under my goal at dinner time (over 900 calories) I had a soda after so I'll be starting that streak over again, but 3 days isn't a bad start. It's my longest streak yet. I'm excited to weigh in and it's been really hard to not weigh in. I've not measured myself either since SparkPeople says to do that once a month. I'm excited to see what kind of progress I've made.
I do feel better already. I feel like I'm sleeping better and have more energy. If this is what 5 pounds feels like I can only imagine how I'll feel as I keep making better and better decisions. I am also very glad that I've been able to stay motivated this long. Trust me this is an unusual feat for me. I did slack on my chores a bit today so I will have to work double tomorrow, but that's fine I wanted a kind of lazy day.
Well that's all for tonight. I hope you all have a great day tomorrow and that you know you are loved.
Plus a special shout out to my friend Amanda over at Pregnant and Huge for getting started and doing so well on her journey! I totally recommend checking her out.
-Ayvid
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 4 days (Longest: 4)
Soda Streak: 0 days (Longest: 3)
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Great Day and Right on Track!!!
Today was a pretty great day. I weeded the garden for a total of 42 minutes, did the dishes, and made dinner. Pretty awesome day! My garden is looking a lot better. Still needs some work, but not as much as it did this morning. Dinner was amazing. I made a pasta bake that I made up completely on my own.
I was pretty proud of it. Husband loved it too! That's always a good sign. He even went back for seconds. So I guess it wasn't too bad. Pretty simple day, but I managed to stay under my calorie goal. I have a calorie range and I still need 147 more calories to be in the range so I was thinking of maybe having a glass of milk or something to top off my night.
Pretty simple day but still felt like a great one.
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 3 days
Soda Streak: 3 days
-Ayvid
I was pretty proud of it. Husband loved it too! That's always a good sign. He even went back for seconds. So I guess it wasn't too bad. Pretty simple day, but I managed to stay under my calorie goal. I have a calorie range and I still need 147 more calories to be in the range so I was thinking of maybe having a glass of milk or something to top off my night.
Pretty simple day but still felt like a great one.
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 3 days
Soda Streak: 3 days
-Ayvid
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Super Productive and Feeling Great!!!
So today was pretty productive. I did some laundry (washing all the bedding), did some dishes, worked out, and went on a nice 7 minute walk. It doesn't sound like much, but to my poor untrained body it is. My legs are sore already today. Tomorrow I may just have to do some stretches as my workout.
I did go over my calorie goal by 193, but I'm not too bummed out about that since I'm feeling better already. I can tell it's getting a little easier. Each time I do something I get a little better and my routine is becoming a really great part of my day.
I didn't drink any soda today! So that's amazing! I'm still pretty pumped about all this and I'm learning a lot. I spend an hour or so just reading articles on SparkPeople to learn all that I can about health and weight loss. I'll try to do better tomorrow about my calories. I need more veggies tomorrow instead of the peanuts I ate today. Lesson learned.
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 2 days
Soda Streak: 2 days
-Ayvid
I did go over my calorie goal by 193, but I'm not too bummed out about that since I'm feeling better already. I can tell it's getting a little easier. Each time I do something I get a little better and my routine is becoming a really great part of my day.
I didn't drink any soda today! So that's amazing! I'm still pretty pumped about all this and I'm learning a lot. I spend an hour or so just reading articles on SparkPeople to learn all that I can about health and weight loss. I'll try to do better tomorrow about my calories. I need more veggies tomorrow instead of the peanuts I ate today. Lesson learned.
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 2 days
Soda Streak: 2 days
-Ayvid
Another quick update
Well here it is closer to ending another day that I feel went extremely well. I had a few slip ups this last week (not all that I blogged about). However, it was my first week and I saw almost 5 lbs gone! I count that as a major success!
So today I did another YouTube workout. Pretty hard, but it's fun and I'm excited to see how I progress each time I do it. Tomorrow I am going to look at some dancing videos to try that as my workout. I'm excited to try a new video. I don't feel sore at all right now, but I am confident that I did a good workout all the same.
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 1 days
Soda Streak: 1 days
-Ayvid
So today I did another YouTube workout. Pretty hard, but it's fun and I'm excited to see how I progress each time I do it. Tomorrow I am going to look at some dancing videos to try that as my workout. I'm excited to try a new video. I don't feel sore at all right now, but I am confident that I did a good workout all the same.
Today's Stats:
Weight: 264.2 (8/6)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 1 days
Soda Streak: 1 days
-Ayvid
Monday, August 6, 2018
Stressful, but Great Weekend
So this last weekend the Husband and I went to Stanly, ID for his family reunion. We decided to take our kayaks so that my brother-in-law wouldn't have to at least rent any kayaks. We had bought these $200 racks to go on the car to hold them. We paid about $300 for the kayaks themselves and like another $100 for the carrier pieces.
We're going 80 MPH down the highway (where that was the speed limit lol). We came out from under an overpass and big rig truck blew past us. All the different air pressures and currents blew the kayaks, holder, and racks right off the top off my car while I was driving. So here we are pulled over running across the highway to get all our stuff so no one can run it over and get hurt.
The racks are garbage so they just go in the back seat and two of our four straps broke so they go in there too. We get it strapped down with just the two straps and I get back up to speed going about 60 this time and they blow off again (on their own). Now this area we were in was have 40+ mph gusts of wind which did not help.
So here we are again running after these kayaks. We were already upset at the loss of the racks themselves we were not about to lose our $300 kayaks too. We finally get them on there to where they will stay and we make it to Idaho. The next truck stop we see we stop and get more straps. So by the time we got to Stanley (2+ hours after we should have when we left that morning) we still have the kayaks and it's late.
Once we were there though it was a lot of fun. We went to the lake Saturday and saw most of my bother-in-law's kids and most of Husband's kids. It was really awesome to see them and the grand-kids. We had loads of fun ate some great food. Sunday was much better because at this point we knew how to attach these things so they weren't going anywhere. We didn't go above 70 the way home, but they didn't move and we got them home in one piece.
NOW on to the weight stuff! I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 264.2! That means I am down 4.8 lbs!!!!! I'm so happy when I saw this morning I figured I'd blog early about it. I may blog again tonight, but it will be shorter with my streaks information.
You all are amazing!
-Ayvid
We're going 80 MPH down the highway (where that was the speed limit lol). We came out from under an overpass and big rig truck blew past us. All the different air pressures and currents blew the kayaks, holder, and racks right off the top off my car while I was driving. So here we are pulled over running across the highway to get all our stuff so no one can run it over and get hurt.
The racks are garbage so they just go in the back seat and two of our four straps broke so they go in there too. We get it strapped down with just the two straps and I get back up to speed going about 60 this time and they blow off again (on their own). Now this area we were in was have 40+ mph gusts of wind which did not help.
So here we are again running after these kayaks. We were already upset at the loss of the racks themselves we were not about to lose our $300 kayaks too. We finally get them on there to where they will stay and we make it to Idaho. The next truck stop we see we stop and get more straps. So by the time we got to Stanley (2+ hours after we should have when we left that morning) we still have the kayaks and it's late.
Once we were there though it was a lot of fun. We went to the lake Saturday and saw most of my bother-in-law's kids and most of Husband's kids. It was really awesome to see them and the grand-kids. We had loads of fun ate some great food. Sunday was much better because at this point we knew how to attach these things so they weren't going anywhere. We didn't go above 70 the way home, but they didn't move and we got them home in one piece.
NOW on to the weight stuff! I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 264.2! That means I am down 4.8 lbs!!!!! I'm so happy when I saw this morning I figured I'd blog early about it. I may blog again tonight, but it will be shorter with my streaks information.
You all are amazing!
-Ayvid
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