Weight Loss Update
I had my body fat checked today for the first time in a month, and I weighed myself. When I started in November, here where my stats:
Weight: 179lbs.
Body fat: 30%
Today 2/13/10:
Weight: 163 lbs.
Body fat: 25%
I am so happy!!! my goal for this summer is to be at 18% body fat and weigh in at 145. This is so encouraging, I just need to keep going!
I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me upset to see girls who eat garbage all the time but stay super skinny. I eat so freaking healthy. No processed food, no fried food, a lot of times I don’t even eat the desserts I make. I’ll have a greek yogurt instead. I opt out of pancakes on the weekends when I make them for the family, and I eat eggs instead. So it pisses me off that my weight will stand still, and that I can’t lose on diet alone. I want to eat pizza and drink beer all the time but have thighs that don’t touch. It’s not fair!
The kids are sick today so I can’t bring them to child watch at the gym. Matt wrote me some body weight exercise to do during nap time so I guess it’s better then nothing. I have a sinus infection and I am going to have to go to the clinic later for anti biotics. I haven’t been feeling well this week but I am determined not be a pussy about it. I am going to suck it up and work out hard because it’s SO important to me that I lose weight and get fit. I hope I start seeing real results soon :/
It’s been awhile since I updated everyone on my fitness progress. (Assuming you care) Last week was my first real week of doing intense weight training and conditioning since my surgery. During my rehabilitation I was just walking at an incline and feeling out what I was able to do as far as weight lifting was concerned. Over the month that I wasn’t REALLY working out, but still being pretty strict on diet, I didn’t gain, or lose any weight. Which both sucks, and is awesome I guess. So last week I was there every other day and today I went. I was able to squat 110lbs. today on the squat machine, which felt so AWESOME! I can feel myself getting stronger, even if I am not noticing any physical changes. Matt says he can see a difference since I started doing this in November, but I think he is dillusional. I am happy to be back on my normal schedule and I am really really really hoping to be looking hot by summer!
Things I’ve given up that I love in the name of losing weight:
- breakfast (fasted morning cardio)
- coffee (because I take hydroxycut in the am and it has caffeine in it)
- wine on training days (which is 3 days a week)
- bread,rice, and potatoes (basically all carbs)
I throw tantrums about these things pretty often, because it sucks, but I just keep telling myself how good I am going to look in a bikini this summer. How hot I am going to be even though I have two kids. Urgh, push through Lauren!



