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You'll Be Seeing Less of Me - Part 13

Jun 13, 2009
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Today marked the third week in a row that I made it to the gym 5 times! Yay, me! I am still not seeing the number on

Me - June 12, 2009

the scale go down like I want to, but my clothes are getting looser and looser, and I can see muscle tone where there used to be almost none.

A typical workout for me consists of:

20 minute cardio warmup

30 or so minutes of weights

20 more minutes of cardio

Today I did upper body and I increased weights on several of the exercises that I do. I can consistently do sets of 12 pushups, and I plan to increase that number next week. I've been using caloriecount.about.com to keep up with my food intake and exercise, and I've found it to be very helpful. There are lists of exercises for each muscle group as well as grades for any food that I enter. It also give me a pie chart of what kinds of foods I've eaten and what percentage of my diet they make up- fats, carbs, protein. I typed in all of my information and my goals, and it gave me a daily calorie limit. I also was given a reasonable timeline to reach my goal weight. I find all of this very helpful because when I look at what I've eaten in a day it's much easier for me to improve upon it the next day. If you are looking for something to help you with your weight loss and/or fitness goals, I recommend this website highly.

To add another visual to the mix, I'm uploading a picture that was taken today not long after I got home from the gym. Pictures are always a good encourager to keep going to the gym!

You'll Be Seeing Less of Me Part 9

Mar 30, 2009
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Yesterday I was told by a friend that I need to do another "You'll Be Seeing Less of Me" post. Which was a good point because it has been a while since I updated this blog, so here I am.

Before I get to the post at hand, I just want to let you know that Kaelin sailed through her surgery like it was no big deal. She is a tough little cookie, and her surgeon was even impressed with her at her return visit last Wednesday. The tooth was bigger than expected, and it required more digging and drilling than was originally thought to get it out. The extra tooth fairy left her $10...Kaelin was happy about that! And, Kelly, I read your comment, but have not taken time to respond (sorry). Kaelin just had an extra tooth in the roof of her mouth. It is hereditary and she is the third person we know of in my family to have it. There has been one female from each generation starting with my mom that had an extra tooth. I'm curious to see who will have the next one!

So onto the point of this post. I have had some ups and down with my fitness goals over the past few weeks. The scale is still not my friend, but I gave myself a little reality check and the truth was even though the meals that I was eating were healthy, low fat meals, I was still eating too much sugar in snacks. I have a terrible sweet tooth and it was causing me some real trouble. But I've been working really hard to conquer the sweet tooth, and for the last 4 days I've had almost nothing sweet at all. I'm working harder than I've ever worked at the gym and I have to say I am proud of myself for that. I am starting to see muscles reappear (still buried under fat, but they're there) that haven't been visible for years. I think if I can keep my diet under control I can get in shape and lose weight pretty easily. I like the working out part...it's the eating less sugar that is bugging me!! However, I am stronger than my sweet tooth and it shall be conquered!! ; )

Anyone watching American Idol? I have many, many thoughts and opinions on that topic, but I will save them for another day. Suffice it to say that I will do a happy dance when I no longer have to see Adam Lambert on my tv screen twice a week.