day 155: progress report
My 8 Weeks to Awesomeness is going awesomer than last week. But, as I mentioned in my break-up letter, my scale lies. It told me I lost 3lb this week, but I’m doubtful.
There are only 6 weeks left until my birthday.
Let’s see how I’m stacking up with my goals:
Calories:
Goal: 1500 cal
Avg this week -> 1610 cal
- That includes Saturday too, so I think it’s pretty good. An improvement on last week.
Macronutrients:
Goal: 40% protein, 40% carbs (mainly before and after my workouts), 20% fat
Avg this week -> 21% protein, 45% carbs, 34% fat
- Yikes, not nearly enough protein this week.
Exercise:
Goal: Keep doing what I’m doing – weightlifting 4x per week; yoga 2x per week; cardio 4x per week
This week ->
Weightlifting: 2 upper body and 2 lower body days
Cardio: 4 cardio sessions @ 150 min total (all 4 were morning cardio sessions too!)
Yoga: twice this week
- I think I did pretty well with my normal exercise routine, but exercising is not usually a problem for me since I like doing it.
I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing and maybe check in with the scale again next week to see if it was being honest.
I love this ad. It makes me wish I lived back then.
Could you imagine the outrage if this ad ran today with the line: “There’s no excuse for being fat”? I think there would be an outcry.
Now, if only I could wear a swimsuit like hers for my birthday. No bikini wax or weight loss required! (…and it has a schnazzy belt!)
day 134: progress report
So far my 8 Weeks to Awesomeness isn’t going very awesome.
Let’s see how I’m stacking up with my goals:
Calories:
Goal: 1500 cal
Avg this week (excl Saturday)-> 1660
Macronutrients:
Goal: 40% protein, 40% carbs (mainly before and after my workouts), 20% fat
Avg this week (excl Saturday)-> 28% protein, 42% carbs, 30% fat
Exercise:
Goal: Keep doing what I’m doing – weightlifting 2x per week; yoga 2x per week; cardio 4x per week
This week ->
Weightlifting: 2 upper body and 2 lower body days
Cardio: 5 cardio sessions @ 180 min total (only 2 morning cardio session)
Yoga: only once this week 
I don’t know why I didn’t do a weigh in last Tuesday. I did one on Thursday though. I’ll have to wait until Thursday to compare and see what kind of progress I’m making. So far though, it doesn’t look good. I might need to cut back my calorie intake to below 1500 (if that’s what it’s going to take to get me to actually eat only 1500 calories)
On a side note: Matt and I are headed to on a trip this summer to Boston, Mt. Washington New Hampshire, and Montreal. If you live in those areas or have visited there before and can recommend some fun, interesting, or active things to do and places to eat, I’d love to hear from you!
day 127: It’s time to get ripped!
It’s time to get ripped!
. . . or perhaps frayed, or slightly torn. Hell, I’ll settle for slightly torn.
I’m down to the wire with 8 weeks left until my 25th birthday on July 27 and I’m getting nervous.
I definitely feel physically stronger than I was when I started 4 months ago, so I know that all my weightlifting has really paid off. Now it’s time to cut the crap and cut the fat so this muscle can actually show!
My 8 weeks to Awesomeness:
Calories:
I have currently been eating about 2000cal per day (I sort of guesstimate and don’t accurately weigh/measure things)
Goal: To count calories and reduce my intake to my BMR as calculated by my naturopath at just over 1500 calories. If I don’t see a weight loss of about 1-2lb per week I will adjust and eat more or less calories.
Macronutrients:
If I’m going to be upping my protein intake then my macronutrient split is going to be shifting.
Goal: 40% protein, 40% carbs (mainly before and after my workouts), 20% fat
Protein: It’s tough to diet without losing muscle tissue because when your body is losing weight it is always a loss of both fat AND muscle. When you reduce your calories your body will use proteins in your muscles. Eating sufficient protein during several meals throughout the day should help prevent this from happening.
At 40% of my daily calories I need about 150g of protein per day. This one is going to be REALLY tough, currently I average about 100g of protein per day so I’m going to have to swap out some of my carbs for proteins.
Carbs: It’s easy to get 40% carbs but tough (at least for me) to get only 40% carbs. I know what I have to cut first: sugar, bread, and fruit. I’m going to aim to get my carbs mostly from vegetables and whole grains.
Fat: I usually eat healthy fats from fatty fish, avocadoes, and olive oil. I’ll just keep this up.
Exercise:
Goal: Keep doing what I’m doing
Weightlifting: I won’t be building muscle but I definitely don’t want my muscles to break down so I’m going to be continuing with my normal weightlifting schedule: 2 days upper body and 2 days lower body. I will be mostly lifting in the strength zone (heavy weight and low reps) because I had seen the most success with this method.
Cardio: Morning sessions (whenever I can wake up to do them!) mixing up endurance and HIIT 4 times per week.
Yoga: 2x per week to keep my flexible and sane.
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And now for some food porn:
Involtini di Melanzane. I stuffed these babies with romano beans that I cooked in red wine, onions, and garlic. Yum!
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