Before I get to my numbers and results, a quick anecdote. Last weekend, we took the boats out on the lake. I dove off the back of the pontoon and started swimming away. I'm an OK swimmer. I'd never save anybody else but I can swim enough to save myself in good conditions (no injury, not huge waves, etc.). I got about 50 yards away and decided to just tread water for a while. I find floating in water relaxing and soothing. Last summer, by taking a deep breath and holding about 1/2 of it in my lungs (breathing shallowly), I could basically float/tread water without moving my arms or legs -- a kick or arm wave about every 15 seconds was all I needed. Well, I learned the hard way that that's not true anymore. My body is definitely more dense than it was a year ago. That's a great thing. Though it would have been better (and safer) to learn not in 35 feet of water, no PFD in sight, and 50 yards away from the boat!!
For this week, I'm checking in at -2.2 pounds. That's -0.4 for the milestone and -69.6 total. Thankfully, I recovered from last week with .4 to spare. I'm trying very diligently to stay on this and have a couple of respectable weeks in a row. I would really like to hit my 7 pound goal this milestone. What I can't figure out is why this week is so much better than last week when I feel like I'm doing the same thing this week as I did last week. Is it possible that results are not immediate. That is, if I have a good day or days that it takes some time for the results to show? I wouldn't think so since weight loss is about energy consumed (eaten) versus energy used. If I exercise more and eat less on one day, the results should be immediate. That's what my logic tells me. Now, maybe that's not true as I have definitely seen days or weeks when I felt like the number on the scale just didn't make sense. For example, on days when I've logged my food and can see exactly what I've eaten I'll step on the scale the next day and be up when by all indications of my journal I should be down. Then, the opposite will happen. I'll have a bad day or days. I'll step on the scale and then be down. It just doesn't make sense. I guess it's all about trends. As long as the trend is in the right direction (which it is, albeit more slowly recently), I think it's all good.
I met my exercise goal exactly this week; both in total time and in the weight training and cardio split. I've been using the same two step aerobics tapes at home, off and on, for YEARS. Seriously, I think I bought them in the early '90s (like '94). As far as workout videos go, I've really liked these. I've purchased others that I just can't do. Not so much because I'm not in shape enough but because I'm just not that coordinated. Complex choreography, quick movements, and little or no cuing all come together to set me up for failure. I spend all of my concentration on figure out what the hell I should be doing. The result is that I'm usually doing it poorly (not 'in time' and not in good form). By the time I somewhat figure it out, the instructor moves on and it starts all over. I've tried watching the videos (and not doing them) 2-3 times before trying to do them. Didn't help. I'm not coordinated and I can live with that. Now, to keep it interesting, I'd like to have more videos in my library that I can do and don't hate doing. I purchased two DVDs on Amazon today. I'll get them on Monday. Both of them have reviews that indicate good cuing and routines that are easy to follow. That's what I need. Hopefully they'll work out (no pun intended!).
Until later . . .
Think Smart. Eat Well. Move More.
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