"Official" rules of the challenge:
- Get starting weight and measurements, then ditch the scale starting on 10/1/12! (or today, if you want to play along and weren't reading my mind)
- Continue to follow whatever diet/exercise plan you are currently following, or start a new one! (I am currently doing Rachel Cosgrove's Female Body Breakthrough for my workouts, and tracking calories along with making healthier food choices for my "diet")
I'm hoping this month of not having my mood based on the fluctuation or non-fluctuation of my weight will get some stress off my shoulders. Too bad my kids, my husband, my job, and my household chores can't be less stressful, too! Here's hoping to positive results... and if I gain 10lbs, not spiraling into a hot mess of no-workouts-eat-whatever-I-want-sleep-all-the-time-ness.
I took my measurements this past weekend and they were as follows (beginning measurements were as of 8/17/12 - new measurements in blue):
Measurements as of 9/30/2012:
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Estimated Body Fat % (YMCA formula): 33% - 33%
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Weight: 195.8 lbs - 197.4lbs
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Waist: 34” / 38”
at navel - 34" / 37.25" at naval
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Chest: 41" (original across bust) - 36" (This is my measurement above-bust. I believe I will take under bust measurements as well since that is where I have a lot of fat right now. I don't really think it does me any good to measure across my actual breasts, as I really don't care how big and/or small they get.)
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Hips: 45” - 44"
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Thighs: 26” - 26"
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Arms (flexed): 12” - 12.5" (gaining muscle?)
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Jean/Pant Size: 14/16 - 14/16
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Shirt Size: L - L
So as we can see, there hasn't been a whole lot of change since 8/17 - but that's been just over a month ago and I JUST started regular exercise the first week in September. I'm also not 100% sure that my waist was 34" in August - I think it may have been more like 34.5" but I just rounded down. Doesn't do me a whole lot of good to lie to myself like that. It just makes me feel like I'm not progressing when I actually am.
Okay, so there's that. Now, a wrap-up of the last week:
As I mentioned above, there's been a lot of stress and I have not been very good at UN-stressing. Everything kind of culminated for me on Wednesday and I ended up sitting in the bathroom at work crying for 10 minutes. Sometimes life just gets to be too much and you gotta cry it out. Unfortunately, sometimes that happens at work. Which is entirely unprofessional. I wish I could say that solved everything and made me feel infinitely better, but it did not. Today was not quite a difficult and work was a little less stressful other than realized I missed a major deadline on a couple things a couple months ago... but it wasn't as scary and fucked up as I originally thought it might be and the solution was pretty quick and simple. Let's hope it all stays that way.
On top of everything I'm fighting a cold. Sunday night into Monday I was very very stuffed up. I still did my workout Monday night and that seemed to really help clear me up. However, Wednesday morning I noticed that it may have just migrated to my chest. Super. Bring on the bronchitis! We aren't quite there yet... but I can feel it coming. I did not workout on Wednesday night. After my emotional breakdown at the office, I was exhausted. I couldn't build up the energy to get it done. I'm okay with it. I was still very sore last night from Monday, so maybe an extra rest day will do me some good this week. Definitely revving myself up for Friday, though! I really want to stick with this program as I feel so much better about my body already. Plus with eating more "clean" food at home for lunches instead of going out to eat everyday, I think I may see results much quicker... the key is keeping with the routine!
Okay, so there's that. Now, a wrap-up of the last week:
As I mentioned above, there's been a lot of stress and I have not been very good at UN-stressing. Everything kind of culminated for me on Wednesday and I ended up sitting in the bathroom at work crying for 10 minutes. Sometimes life just gets to be too much and you gotta cry it out. Unfortunately, sometimes that happens at work. Which is entirely unprofessional. I wish I could say that solved everything and made me feel infinitely better, but it did not. Today was not quite a difficult and work was a little less stressful other than realized I missed a major deadline on a couple things a couple months ago... but it wasn't as scary and fucked up as I originally thought it might be and the solution was pretty quick and simple. Let's hope it all stays that way.
On top of everything I'm fighting a cold. Sunday night into Monday I was very very stuffed up. I still did my workout Monday night and that seemed to really help clear me up. However, Wednesday morning I noticed that it may have just migrated to my chest. Super. Bring on the bronchitis! We aren't quite there yet... but I can feel it coming. I did not workout on Wednesday night. After my emotional breakdown at the office, I was exhausted. I couldn't build up the energy to get it done. I'm okay with it. I was still very sore last night from Monday, so maybe an extra rest day will do me some good this week. Definitely revving myself up for Friday, though! I really want to stick with this program as I feel so much better about my body already. Plus with eating more "clean" food at home for lunches instead of going out to eat everyday, I think I may see results much quicker... the key is keeping with the routine!
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