Need the Endurance

Good Morning and Welcome to a new week and a new month. It is very vital that if you are exercising that it is so important to fuel your body. I found out the hard way this morning when I was trying to strength train- I had no energy and felt very sluggish. Guess why? Not enough eating and not getting enough sleep.

A new week with new goals. Plan out my daily food journal of what I will be eating and what I actually did eat. I should be eating every 2-3 hours upon waking and my last snack should be 2 hours before bedtime.

I need to make sure I am taking my much needed supplements. I use ones from a company called http://www.quietminds.net/ - they are really the best of the best. I have tried ones from melaleuca which are good so if you want to give them a try at http://www.melaleuca.com/ I use alot of Melaleuca's household cleaning products and I love them.

Well I did my monthly measurements and here they are:
Body Composition:
Upper Arm: 11½
Chest: 37" (43" in Sept.)
Waist: 36" (37 1/4 in Sept)(34½ in Nov)
Hips: 40" (40 3/4 in Sept)
Thigh: 22 ½" (23½ in Sept)
Calf: 15½" (16 in Sept)

So as you can see I have lost some inches since September. I did gain a few inches since November on my waist- which isn't good. Time to re-focus and commit to doing better this month.

Weight: 176.4 (182.8 Sep.) (174.8 Nov.) as you can see I have gained almost two pounds since November, which isn't a good sign. Once again- time to re-commit and really watch the extra calories going in my body.

I am Vegan for the month of February, so it will be nice to see how I feel and look at the end of February. My goal weight for February 28 is 170.

Today's Workout: Arms Day
5 minute warmup- treadmill x5 minutes
Stretchesx 5 minutes
Arms: Pushups x10, Pullups x10 repeat 3 times
Cardio- 2 minutes
Tri-ceps: Dips, plank, Bi-cep Curls x10 repeat 3 times
Shoulders: Shoulder raise, Squat Row, Shoulder Ups, Chest Flyx10 repeat 3 times
Pushups till failure
Alphabet Abs
Stretches X 5 minutes.

March is here- time to get busy

Body Composition:
Hips- 39 1/2" (41 1/2" Feb.2)
Waist- 36 1/2" (40" Feb 2.)

Weight- 176 (182 Feb. 2)

Exercise:
Walking- 60 min.

Didn't do so well this past week-

Body Composition

Waist - 37"
Hips - 40 1/4"

Weight 177 (January 23- 186 lbs)

I haven't been doing my stretching or my strength training and cheated a few times over the weekend with foods that do more harm than good.

It's a new day and so I commit myself again to follow a good eating plan, and to walk at least 30 min. everyday along with stretching every day and strength train 3X this week. Plus got to get my intake in water up.

Took pictures today, and you can tell my stomach isn't as big as a month ago- Still have a long ways to go. Just got to take one day at a time.

Weigh Day and Body Measurements

Weight- 175 (182 on Feb. 2)

Body Composition:
Waist- 36 1/2" (40" on Feb. 2)
Hips- 39 1/2" (41 1/4" on Feb. 2)

Weigh day and Body Composition update

Weight- 175.6 (182.2 on Feb 2)

Body Composition:
Waist- 37 1/2" (waist-40"on Feb 2)
Hips- 41 1/4" (Hips- 41 1/2" Feb 2)

Exercise:
2 hour walk at a pretty good pace
stretching- 10 min.

It's a new month- February

I have been out of the loop lately in keeping this updated, so here are my new measurements and new goals. I have gained back all my lost weight plus extra. Yikes! My husband says I lack determination, so maybe this time around will be different. I know it will be. I don't have much time left, so I better kick it into high gear.

Body Composition Log
weight- 182.2
height- 68"

Hips- 41 1/2"
Waist- 40"
Chest(across)- 41 1/2"
Neck- 13 1/2"

Body Fat- 42.6%- Obese