February was starting to look like a bad month. By bad month, I mean no significant weight loss. And by no significant weight loss, I mean I was staring at a possible zero loss for the month. Ugh. Then along came yesterday morning.
Friday's weigh-in pegged me at 283.8. On February 1, I weighed 284.0. See what I mean?
At yesterday's weigh-in, I weighed 280. Whoohoo! 280 was the goal weight I set back in August. Yes, I know I'm still fat, but I wanted a goal weight that was attainable, and wouldn't discourage me if I wasn't getting close to it.
Then this morning came.
277.0. Double rainbow! When I installed the "Simple Weight Recorder" app on my phone on August 22, I weighed 295.5. I have no doubt that there will be some bounce from the 277 mark, but I'll be pleased if my top limit is 280, and not the 284 that I was seeing for all of February.
I've recently increased my workouts. I wrote earlier that I had increased the resistance on my elliptical workouts. I've increased the amount of times I might run on the treadmill in a week. Well, from zero to two is an increase, right? But when I'm not running, I'm climbing back on the treadmill for another 15-20 minute workout. For the first 30 minutes, I usually burn between 400-430 calories in 30 minutes. So another 15 minutes would theoretically burn another 200.
I've also forgone the weights for now, in favor of a longer, and probably more productive, cardio workout. We'll see what happens.
3 comments:
Congrats on the continued weight loss. I too have some indecisiveness about cardio vs weights. Like you, I've been more successful with cardio but plenty of others swear on the power of lifting weights, so much so that I feel like I'm missing something. Any thoughts on your lack of success there?
Not much really. Toning is great if there is something to tone. I think right now it's more of a matter of needing to burn as many calories as I can in my workout.
And of course, not eating a bunch of junk during the day.
You both are right actually. My nutritionist always has told me about the value of lifting weights even though you cannot see those toned muscled underneath..yet. It helps with you skin elasticity and it helps your muscles stay healthy while you do all that cardio. Perhaps one day a week with weights in it would be a good combo. The other thing about weights is learning about how to use them right...and I don't mean about how to literally pick them up and use them. There is a ration of how much weight to how many reps you do based on the results you want. KEEP ROCKING CROCKER! SO PROUD OF YOU!
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