143.8. Not as much as I hoped, but in the right direction. I'll take it.
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143.8. Not as much as I hoped, but in the right direction. I'll take it.
I have been 143.5 for each of the last two periods. No progress...but happy not to be up. On the road so no gain is good.
I am starting to hate this thread.
I am at 107.4. I stopped weighing myself everyday. I did weigh myself on Wednesday, and I was 106.2, so I thought I had reversed the trend. 107.4 was pretty much my normal weight before I gained a couple and lost a few last winter/spring. So, it's probably my set point. Pants are a little less tight, so we'll see what next week brings. Overall, a stagnant or downward trend.
Back from a long trip and gained a bunch of weight. I haven't biked in four weeks. I still am at 111 pounds. Today I am going for a ride. Hope I can pedal 30 miles into the wind after being off the bike so long.
142.2. Slow going, but going down.
126.8 this morning....sigh... However I DID work out, hard, for the last 5 days in a row that included heavy lifting (trapbar squats) so am likely retaining water. Today is a rest day and tomorrow I am just planning an easy 60-90 minute spin outside to break the legs and bike in. It promises to be windy. It will be interesting to see what my weight looks like by Sunday morning. I want to ride this afternoon but am down-right fatigued, I KNOW better than hit the gym 5 days in a row!
I also am resting today; my low weight was after a rest day, but then I went to a spin class, when I should have done yoga or hiked. I expect to be riding a lot this weekend, so right now I am getting ready to go out for a leisurely walk.
I was pretty tired, too, after riding 3 days in a row, two hard boot camp classes, and a spin class with only one rest day.
125.0 this morning :) This will be my official weight for the week - I was correct about yesterday's weight being a result of fluid retention from working out/lifting so many days in a row. As soon as my body got a little break it gave up that extra fluid. I just need to start weighing in on Saturday mornings rather than Friday, at least until May when my gym schedule will be cut down to only 2 group training sessions a week.
On Friday 4/5...142#...M:).
Finally, a successful week.
106.2
I have come to the conclusion that for me, it's more the total number of calories I eat, and not so much what I eat. And, I need to rest more. I had 1 full rest day this week and one day where I did nothing more than walk 2 miles with a client. Also, I haven't had my almost daily glass of red wine this week, since Saturday and I did a really hard ride on Wednesday. I really don't know if any of this is all magically thinking on my part, but with 2 weeks to go on this challenge, I'd be happy to get to 105, let alone my goal of 104.
Fri 4/12 #142...idk, my body just seems to want to hold onto this plateau.
This week I am down to 146.6. What's that you say? How can I be "down to 146.6" when I was at 144.4 at my last weigh-in? Because I was UP to 147.8 this past Monday after my vacation. At this rate I will be lucky to end the challenge at the same weight I started.
At least we're finally getting some warm weather for outdoor exercise. I got in a good hill ride after work on Wednesday and I'm planning to do 35 miles this weekend.
re: rest days -- I've read some interesting things from Nancy Clark recently about exercise and total daily calorie expenditure. There was a study involving older women who I think were sedentary before the study -- they were split into three groups: one exercised two days per week, the second group exercised four days per week and the third group exercised six days per week. They found that the third group burned fewer total calories per day than the second group because the second group were more active in their everyday activities (like taking stairs instead of an elevator). The reason seemed to be more related to the third group feeling busier than the second group rather than being more tired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
She also recently referenced an older study involving marathon runners in her blog. It had similar findings -- less overal physical activity during non-exercise periods:
http://community.active.com/blogs/Na...athon-training
In my case, I did find that I was very inactive much of the time when I was training for full centuries, though for me the reason definitely was that I felt too tired to work out after long training rides. Unfortunately I was also very hungry after the long training rides, and I wound up gaining weight. It's one of the reasons I stopped doing full centuries.
Anyway I thought these studies were a useful reminder of the different ways to be "active." I also think I generally feel better if I take at least two rest days (with little or no exercise) per week, and I'm making an effort to use the staircase at my office to get in some extra steps over the course of each day.
I am so far out there I am not even going to report.
I went from one scale to another and found that the new scale is more accurate.
Updating. Sorry for the delay. My job's been crazy of late.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...FN0czOHc#gid=0
125.2 this weekend
124. This has been an awful challenge for me. March was horrendous--too much work, no exercise. Now harvest has started, so April is turning into more of the same. I did get some workouts in last week, and I'm hoping I can get back on my diet today.
106.2, exactly the same as last week. Actually, I am quite happy with this, after helping Oakleaf carb up for the marathon :).
In fact, I only want to get to my goal of 104, to give me some wiggle room for gaining. This is a good weight for me, but I am still trying to get to my goal. Obviously, cycling is helping.
Still the same 125.3....but April has/is a special month of 5 day workouts on top of whatever riding/walking/geocaching I can get in. In May that drops back to 2 days a week to allow more riding. My current elusive goal of 123 is basically there to encourage me to keep things on track. I am more concerned about body composition at this point than the number on the scale.
I will post a weight tomorrow. I had to get up early this morning for a meeting (which was scheduled by someone who is stunningly bad at managing meetings, sorry but I just had to get that off my chest, thanks for letting me rant).
This week has shown a good downward trend, though things have fluctuated up and down by .5-1.5 lbs per day.
Okie dokey, 144.8 for this week. Not what I would prefer, but it is in the right direction.
hmmmm, apparently my scales have been lying to me, lying I say! :) I had a Bod Pod this morning just before my Sunday Funday workout, which means that I was up for a couple of hours. Normally I weigh as soon as I rise - and I did this morning. Typically my weight starts changing pretty quickly after rising which is why I weigh before then when my weight was at the lowest.
Not only was my weight less than .5 pound heavier than my lying scales told me, but I've lost 2% body fat in the last 10 weeks, which makes me happy! I try to schedule my Bod Pods at the same time of day and day of the week since all of that really does matter. Granted, I don't eat before that test but still, there should have been more than a .5 pound difference after being up a couple of hours.
STILL can't figure out how to get the battery out of my scales - there appears to be no good way to release it. If I have to replace the entire scale because I can't change the battery I won't be a happy woman.
Here is a picture of the battery compartment. My problem is there seems to be no way to "release" the battery. I am probably missing the obvious but this isn't my first attempt and I am rather frustrated with it. Surely I don't need to buy a new scale because my battery is low?!?! What am I missing? Thanks! That clamp at the in the bottom left corner apparently wasn't meant to be loosened/removed - or at least I can't make it do so...
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Great job on the fat loss, Catrin! Out of curiosity--and if you don't mind sharing, how many pounds have you lost since changing to a Paleo diet and what percentage of fat loss during that same period?
If my memory serves correctly, I was pretty much on pretty stubborn weight/BF plateau for close to two years before changing to a Paleo diet (after losing 80 pounds before that). I made the switch in August and in the 8 months since then I've lost 10-12 pounds, and 5% body fat. FINALLY I am in the "moderately lean" category (barely) and no longer in the "excess fat" category. I've barely crossed that line but I DID cross it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
I lost most of my weight under a very different diet, but I feel so much better eating this way! I am still tweaking things a bit as I continue to learn more about what my body likes, but it has been a good journey. I WOULD like to see my BF% drop down into the next category eventually (Lean), but that would mean losing another 8% BF and I don't know how realistic that is - not having a thryoid OR reproductive system (including no ovaries and I don't take hormones) doesn't help. Right now I want to get it more firmly into my current category and then we shall see. It is harder to do this at 53 than at 35...
I was on a 2 week trip...1 week of it was biking in Texas. I got back and weighed 144...up a half pound. Will see what this week looks like.
OK, I don't think I posted for 4/19 #142...and I'm posting what tomorrow's weigh in will be, for the last Friday, 4/26 #142...since it will be close to what I was today anyway.
106.2
Again. It's very strange that my weight would be so stable for 3 weeks in a row. While my goal is 2 lbs. away, this is a good overall weight for me. Since this has coincided with my ramping up my cycling, I am assuming that eventually I will lose 2 more pounds.
I know how frustrating that can be Crankin! Does your weight fluctuate during the week? Do you exercise on the same days each week? For me I've noted that I need a rest day or two for my body to give up any exercise induced fluid retention.
I will weigh in tomorrow since I had such an intensive strength session yesterday.
I pretty much exercise on the same days each week, although while the boot camp days stay the same, which days I ride or hike/run vary a little. I almost always take Tuesdays off, sometimes I ride early AM that day and I take Friday off. Some weeks I take both Tuesday and Friday off, with one of those days being a walk or light yoga.
My weight fluctuates greatly throughout the week and throughout the day. After the weekend, my weight used to be up to as high as 109, lately, it's been more 107.8, which is a sign that I am losing. I rarely weigh myself on Mondays. I only notice the exercise induced fluid retention when I've done a really hard effort, like one of the rides I did last weekend, or a tour, or weekend vacation of riding. Boot camp usually stabilizes my weight or makes me lose. Last year at this time, I was running in addition to all of the other stuff and I think that's what induced my weight loss; the loss pretty much stayed through this January, even though I stopped running last June.
I am more prone to using exercise as a weight control method than really restricting my food. I have changed my eating a lot, but I go for healthy eating and I don't "diet."
Personally I think THIS is the key - good, healthy food and fueling our bodies properly for what we demand from them - otherwise we set ourselves up in other ways. My group training sessions are intense but are a different mix of activities from what I've seen of the boot camp classes at my gym at least. They are either centered around strength training and Olympic lifting OR around the crazy wild stuff we do - of course there is always a dynamic warmup and some level of metabolic conditioning at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
I try to only weigh once a week these days - basically to keep a check on myself. My current focus is to change my body composition and not to worry so much about the number on the scale (I say that like it is easy to not worry about that number) - and it is hard to lose body fat AND gain muscle at the same time. I don't think that is easy at any age, but certainly more difficult at 50+. That is ok, I am having a lot of fun working at it - and while I've not gained much lean muscle mass I AM losing body fat.
Does your boot camp feature a lot of running? The boot camp classes at my gym does - far more than what we do.
Not so much running. More like one minute intervals of running, mountain climbers, jacks, and all that other torture with weights and core in between. It's not a traditional boot camp.
Sounds like my group training class when he focuses on cardio :) I wish you were closer so you could join us as my guest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Yes, we use free weights and bands, as well as weighted bars and stability balls. No machines or heavy weights. I would say one of the classes I go to a week is probably a little more cardio oriented and the other tends to be more weights and core, with some, but less cardio.
I've done personal training twice and neither seemed to make much of a difference, except a little upper body definition. Of course, this was before a lot of the current group training stuff and I always convinced the trainer I couldn't do one more :). And my eating was still a little carb heavy then, too.
144.2 for me this week.
Finishing April at 125, which is not at all what I had in mind. I'm hoping to recommit to my goals today.
One more weigh in on Friday. Then over the weekend I'll start another thread to see who all is in for 8 more weeks. :)
106.8
I don't remember my beginning weight, but I'm 2.8 pounds away from my goal. This has been my only challenge where I did not meet my goal or maintain my goal.
This weight is OK, but I need to be a little lowerr to have some wiggle room.
126....the wrong direction but my new jeans are fitting more loosely, so something is happening.
144.8. Two steps forward, six steps back, a few more steps forward, overall not good!!
^ I'm with you there. I'm at 144.6 this morning. I'd been sticking to my diet religiously, then ate three slices of pizza two weeks ago after a long ride, immediately gained three pounds, and have stayed stuck there ever since. I'm sorta giving up. I'm weight training three days a week, doing interval training on my bike two days a week, and doing longer rides (30-60) on the weekends. I'm just going to work on not gaining for awhile, though I'd love to get under 140. Bah.