Long Overdue Post

So I'm back. I've been working my tail off this week to lose the water weight and get back into things after several weeks of vacations and friends. I never did a final weigh in/measurement after 30DS so I'm counting today's as just that.

SW: 204.2 lbs
Waist: 40in
Hip: 37.5in
Bust: 41in
Calf: 17in
Arm: 14in
Thigh: 28in
Here's the last chunk of my 30DS excel sheet...


In total, I lost 5.4 lbs & 5.25 inches. Not great, but not bad. The best thing is that I can feel a difference in my strength and SEE a difference in my calves. I wish my arms would have gotten smaller (I'm sick of the Pete & Pete flab. See previous blog posts for explanation), but overall, I completed 30DS without dying. Go me. *If you want to see progress pictures from start and finish of 30DS, go to my MFP blog @ http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/knoll630

As for my current situation, I started SIWW on Monday and started another spread sheet for that, just to keep track of what days I do it and what days I run and what days I shouldn't run, etc... Here is that sheet:


I really like this new workout. It's more strength mixed with cardio so I'm hoping to see some differences with this regime than I did 30DS. I felt so behind last time that perhaps I wasn't burning as much as I could have. But for now, let's celebrate that I did lose weight & inches and that I have officially reached ONE-derland and plan to stay there for a long while! :)

Four Day Weekend

Well, my internship boss just emailed me and told me not to come in anymore this week. Basically, I've researched four cities only to have them get rejected by the network. So until they get their shit together and decide on the final two cities, I really have nothing to do. I don't know what I'm going to do with all this free time...

That being said, I thought I'd blog about my past few exercise days. After that super run on Tuesday, I decided to take yesterday a little easy. I didn't do SIWW, instead waiting until after work to go to the gym and walk on the treadmill. I did half a mile at 3mph at 10 incline, then half a mile at 3mph at 7 incline, then half a mile at 3mph at 3 incline, and then another five minutes at 3mph at 0 incline as a cool down. Then I did some serious stretching on my legs.

Luckily, it must have paid off because I felt good enough to do SIWW this morning. And now that I don't have to go to work today, I think I'm going to go get quarters and do laundry. Maybe vacuum. Then hopefully bike or run or something later to get my extra cardio in.

Robs asked me to spend New Year's with him in Williamsburg, so I'm really trying to buckle down this school year and lose another 10 lbs before then. For anyone else, 10 lbs in like four months would be easy but I seem to be building muscle faster than I can burn fat so it's a slow process--but I have some sick calf muscles! Maybe I'll post a picture later. Haha.

Anyways, time to get a move on.

My Legs Feel Like Jell-O

I worked out WAAAAAY too much today. I did SIWW this morning and definitely felt the effects from yesterday's workout in the squats. I did better, as in I did more of the workout than yesterday, but I felt it. My legs were already sore when I agreed to go with Kirsten on a hike after work.

We got all ready to go, but they cancelled it due to weather. Instead, we went to Wash Park and ran...for an hour and a half. FUCK ME. Of course, she ran laps around me, but I did run/walk intervals (running for almost 40 minutes total at random paces depending on whether Kirsten was pushing me or not). I FEEL SO TIRED RIGHT NOW.

I'm guestimating that I ran a total of 3ish miles since I did the outer loop once, probably close to a mile in the inner loop, and then half of the outer loop. My pedometer said 2.65 miles and it's usually lower but I logged it anyway since I didn't have a better guess.

Oh well, time to eat something and let my body rest.

Oh yeah, I did finished 30DS...

Yes, I did finished 30DS last week. No, I didn't take final weight measurements or anything since Maria was here and I wasn't exactly keeping to my calories very well. I started Shred It With Weights (SIWW???) today and am waiting to weigh in and measure until Sunday. I'm hoping I can at least get close to 199 again.

I'm really disappointed with my results from 30DS. Everyone else seemed to have AMAZING results and I barely lost an inch, total, from my entire body. FUCK THAT BULL SHIT. At this point, I have no idea how many calories to eat everyday and what to do for exercise. WHY IS THIS SO HARD. Sometimes I just want to stop eating...but then I realize I would be a major bitch all the time. Haha.

Anyways, I don't think SIWW burns as many calories as 30DS since it's mostly weight training with little cardio, so I'm going to go for a quick run before dinner.