Saturday, July 9, 2011
Super Challenge Day Eight Report 7/8/2011
This week has been really amazing. I'm pushing my body to see what I can do. I admit to giving in for a little break today. Only got in three hours. I notice some changes around my hips and thighs. Felt depressed this morning after the workouts? Not understanding why. I did not eat through it, stayed on plan.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Super Challenge Day Five Report 7/6/2011
Today was the toughest day of them all. This was the first day that my body started saying... Hey!! What the hell are you doing?!? My back and shoulder blades were screaming. I think it was the swimming. I was tired but pushed on. I did not do all that i set out to do, but I did take advantage of my time off of work.
Woke up a few minutes late so I barely made the hour on walking. I then did a double Jazz class. I came home cooked a healthy breakfast for me and sister. I finished the passports, because John and i are planning a trip to Amsterdam. This is the first time I am not having anxiety about traveling.
I took a shower. Oh my god. A shower. It was great. I washed my hair and got dressed to see the professor I am working with at the college. Curious enough, her reasearch has all been in weight bias, so this triggered a lot for me. We had a good discussion. I finally see taht it may be very beneficial to document my perceptions on how this change is happening.
I am being taken more seriously.
Accomplishments:
Walk 45 minutes
Jazz 2 hours
Woke up a few minutes late so I barely made the hour on walking. I then did a double Jazz class. I came home cooked a healthy breakfast for me and sister. I finished the passports, because John and i are planning a trip to Amsterdam. This is the first time I am not having anxiety about traveling.
I took a shower. Oh my god. A shower. It was great. I washed my hair and got dressed to see the professor I am working with at the college. Curious enough, her reasearch has all been in weight bias, so this triggered a lot for me. We had a good discussion. I finally see taht it may be very beneficial to document my perceptions on how this change is happening.
I am being taken more seriously.
Accomplishments:
Walk 45 minutes
Jazz 2 hours
Super Challenge Day Four Report 7/5/2011
After eating over 80 points yesterday it's safe to say I don't have any more WW weekly points left. My week starts on Monday so this is not going to be an easy week.
The working out at this point is not difficult. It's the easy part. The hard part is mentally preparing to be sweaty and giving up my time to do it. I want to do other things. Get my nails done, clean the house, take a shower, get my laundry done, go shopping, check in on my e-mail at work and yes... hang out with John.
So today when I planned to get up nice and early to go do a "double" Jazz, I took a little walk before my sister was to pick me up for the first Jazz class. John came home before she could get to my house. He needed help with the car and this derailed me instantly. I wanted to help him with the car situation and also help him run errands. What would have happened if i said no? I'm not sure but in my head he would have been hot aggravated and something "bad" would have happened. I needed to be there for him so I dropped everything (water bottle and gym bag in hand) and helped him drop off one of our cars at the mechanic. I asure you it was John's urgency in that moment as this car needed to go to the shop for well over a month.
We for some reason got sidetracked and did banking and shopping. I bought new sneakers (YAY) and then made it back to the house.
John has taken a new interest in my activities - I think he is curious as to what I am doing. He decides to take a walk with me. This is my walk #2 for the day. I use my new sneakers. He comments on my walking (says I walk fast) and I think he is overall impressed with my progress. I am walking faster than him at points. It's surreal. I don't even believe it.
My sister and I catch up later and John agrees to take us out on the boat. We go swimming for a very long time. The swimming is fun and I can do it forever. I was just a little fearful of etting sunburned so I kept taking a rest. I also was kinda freaked out by the bay water but I try not to think about it too hard.
After a lot of swimming we make our way to the lighthouse resturant and it's Taco Tuesday. The alcohol does me in. I want to drink and I have no spare points. I just make it with my points.
Accomplished:
Walking 120 Minutes
Swimming 1 Hour
The working out at this point is not difficult. It's the easy part. The hard part is mentally preparing to be sweaty and giving up my time to do it. I want to do other things. Get my nails done, clean the house, take a shower, get my laundry done, go shopping, check in on my e-mail at work and yes... hang out with John.
So today when I planned to get up nice and early to go do a "double" Jazz, I took a little walk before my sister was to pick me up for the first Jazz class. John came home before she could get to my house. He needed help with the car and this derailed me instantly. I wanted to help him with the car situation and also help him run errands. What would have happened if i said no? I'm not sure but in my head he would have been hot aggravated and something "bad" would have happened. I needed to be there for him so I dropped everything (water bottle and gym bag in hand) and helped him drop off one of our cars at the mechanic. I asure you it was John's urgency in that moment as this car needed to go to the shop for well over a month.
We for some reason got sidetracked and did banking and shopping. I bought new sneakers (YAY) and then made it back to the house.
John has taken a new interest in my activities - I think he is curious as to what I am doing. He decides to take a walk with me. This is my walk #2 for the day. I use my new sneakers. He comments on my walking (says I walk fast) and I think he is overall impressed with my progress. I am walking faster than him at points. It's surreal. I don't even believe it.
My sister and I catch up later and John agrees to take us out on the boat. We go swimming for a very long time. The swimming is fun and I can do it forever. I was just a little fearful of etting sunburned so I kept taking a rest. I also was kinda freaked out by the bay water but I try not to think about it too hard.
After a lot of swimming we make our way to the lighthouse resturant and it's Taco Tuesday. The alcohol does me in. I want to drink and I have no spare points. I just make it with my points.
Accomplished:
Walking 120 Minutes
Swimming 1 Hour
Super Challenge Day Three Report 7/4/2011
Day 3 of the super challenge happens to land on the 4th of July. This really twists everything for me. Food has been a non-issue for me the past two days because I have just been sticking to my weight watchers plan. On a day like this you can really see my true eating disability come out.
The mere act of being at my mother's house makes me start eating. As soon as I arrive I start looking in the cabinets for marshmallows (my favorite thing to eat while I am there). I actually have two bags of marshmallows at home and one one in my desk draw at work that I have not been even interested in, but being at mom's make me want them.
I logged all my food in my WW points tracker. I hope that I really captured it all.
I really did get a lot of activity in, I worked my butt off. I think I hurt my right foot. I did not wear the pink easy tone sneakers today for my walk - they were shot. I switched to the blue running shoes that I use for jazz and I think it hurt me on the walk.
Accomplished:
Walking 1 Hour
Jazz 1 Hour
Biking 15 minutes
weight lifting 1 hour
The mere act of being at my mother's house makes me start eating. As soon as I arrive I start looking in the cabinets for marshmallows (my favorite thing to eat while I am there). I actually have two bags of marshmallows at home and one one in my desk draw at work that I have not been even interested in, but being at mom's make me want them.
I logged all my food in my WW points tracker. I hope that I really captured it all.
I really did get a lot of activity in, I worked my butt off. I think I hurt my right foot. I did not wear the pink easy tone sneakers today for my walk - they were shot. I switched to the blue running shoes that I use for jazz and I think it hurt me on the walk.
Accomplished:
Walking 1 Hour
Jazz 1 Hour
Biking 15 minutes
weight lifting 1 hour
Super Challenge Day Two Report 7/3/2011
Today I knew what I was up against. I planned the day well. I woke up and walked before the Jazzersice classes started. My sad sneakers were really taking a beating. I can't wear these anymore. I did a "double" at Jazz and I felt very strong. I was drinking a lot of water. I made it to Lucille Roberts before it closed and worked out for about 45 miutes doing strength training. The most difficult part of the day was sweating through my shirts and bras and never feeling clean.
Accomplished:
2 Jazz Classes
105 Minutes of Walking
45 Minutes Weight Lifting
Accomplished:
2 Jazz Classes
105 Minutes of Walking
45 Minutes Weight Lifting
Super Challenge Day One Report 7/2/2011
The plan today was to do 6 hours of activity. This did not happen. It wasn't that I couldn't physically do it - it was because I get bored easily and I did not do enough research. Apparently Lucille Roberts closes at 1:00 pm on the weekends and I planed to work out there from 1 - 3. When I got back to the house to do some weight lifting on my own... it was a disaster. I fell asleep on the couch after a pitiful attempt at doing some weight lifting in the living room.
Accomplished:
1 Hour of walking
1 Hour of Jazzercise
Accomplished:
1 Hour of walking
1 Hour of Jazzercise
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