Week 4 - My two goals for the challenge are to lose "something" each week and to work out at least 30 mins, 5 days a week. Goal #1 accomplished! I lost (again) 1.2 so that puts me at 202.6. I was very happy with that as I seemed to log in to WW each morning and manage to track breakfast and lunch, only to totally fail at dinner. We have been eating out a lot. But I have been trying to make better choices and obviously it is helping. I just need to work on tracking the entire day, even if I go over. I think that will ultimately help me make better choices AND see where I am going wrong.
Goal #2 - huh. A few years ago I was bending over to pick something up and when I straightened back up I had a very sharp pain in they right back area, just above my behind. It would not go away so I ended up at a chiropractor who said I had piriformis syndrome. They diagnosis was "pain, tingling, or numbness deep in the buttocks and along the sciatic nerve. Sitting down, stretching, climbing stairs, and performing squats usually increases pain." The treatment was going to her and having her literally dig her elbow into that area and push as hard as she could. It really, really hurt. And then I did stretches at home to help. Last week it came back. I was so upset. Some of the things I have read has said that doing exercise incorrectly can actually cause this. So now I have to wonder if I was doing something the wrong way and exacerbated this again. As of right now I am having my bf dig his elbow in (lovely feeling, NOT) and doing the stretches. But trying to do exercise would not be good until I get this under control. And then I wonder if I should get a trainer to check my form.
So I failed at this goal. But I am trying not to feel too bad because it is really out of my control. I didn't stay at home and sit on the couch and disregard getting my exercise in, I just CAN'T do it right now. Maybe I should come up with an alternate goal until I can resume exercise. It is getting better, I can tell. But when walking my dog for 15 minutes still ends in sharp pain, I know that it is not the time to try and start again.
In other news, I will be going out of town tonight until the 5th of July and I do not think I will have access to my computer until I get back. So I will not have a check in until probably week #6. We are going to Michigan to stay at a friend's cabin right on the lake and I am so looking forward to some time off! I have already talked to her and we are buying all our own food to cook and going for daily walks so I am not feeling too worried about it. And with all the running around maybe I'll manage to get my 30 minutes in each day too!
Hope everyone has a great week on the challenge and I'll be back on the 5th!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
101 Days of Summer Challenge Update Week #3
Well, after two+ years of neglecting my blog I have decided to try this again. Not much has changed in the past two years except I have managed to find an extra 10 pounds. When I did the Biggest Loser Blog Edition I started off weighing 195. A few weeks ago I found myself at 205, which is my highest weight ever. And it scared me enough to want to get serious. And then after reading about Biz's 101 Days of Summer Challenge it seemed like all the extra encouragement I needed.
The challenge is actually on its third week but life got in the way of me getting my blog going again so I am just now updating. My goals for the challenge are 1) to lose something each week. I don’t care if its .2 of a pound, I just want to weigh less than the week before and 2) to exercise 150 minutes each week (30 min 5 days).
Week 1 - Unfortunately I had some personal issues come up that didn't allow me to start this week. Very hard week in my life.
Week 2 - Worked out twice this week so did not make my goal of 150 minutes but did have a small loss. 1 out of 2!
Week 3 - DID IT!!! Work out exactly 150 minutes. I did do two 45 min days and 1 hour day, but at least I did it. And I am down from 205 to 203.8 so 1.2 pounds lost so far.
I know if I could just get my eating under control I would have much better results. My biggest probelm isn't what I eat its the quantity I eat it in. I have signed up again for Weight Watchers online and I'm hoping that will help me be more accountable.
Don't want to write too long of a post for my first one so I will be back soon to update how I am doing. Good luck to everyone else and I will be making my rounds of the other participants to cheer them on!
The challenge is actually on its third week but life got in the way of me getting my blog going again so I am just now updating. My goals for the challenge are 1) to lose something each week. I don’t care if its .2 of a pound, I just want to weigh less than the week before and 2) to exercise 150 minutes each week (30 min 5 days).
Week 1 - Unfortunately I had some personal issues come up that didn't allow me to start this week. Very hard week in my life.
Week 2 - Worked out twice this week so did not make my goal of 150 minutes but did have a small loss. 1 out of 2!
Week 3 - DID IT!!! Work out exactly 150 minutes. I did do two 45 min days and 1 hour day, but at least I did it. And I am down from 205 to 203.8 so 1.2 pounds lost so far.
I know if I could just get my eating under control I would have much better results. My biggest probelm isn't what I eat its the quantity I eat it in. I have signed up again for Weight Watchers online and I'm hoping that will help me be more accountable.
Don't want to write too long of a post for my first one so I will be back soon to update how I am doing. Good luck to everyone else and I will be making my rounds of the other participants to cheer them on!
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