gymcoach79's Journal

Biggest Loser Reflections for Week 1
Jul 16 2009 06:54

I'm a little bummed that I only lost .5lbs this week for the challenge, but to be perfectly honest, I only focused on diet, so I couldn't expect much. I need to ease myself back into this and I will get back to where I need to be...

I do so good, for weeks at a time even, with both diet and exercise, and then decide to take a weekend off to relax and it takes quite some time for me to find my way back.  Even though I have lost 36.5lbs since January, I often think of what it could have been had I stayed determined and focused straight thru....but I probably wouldn't be doing this challenge, so everything happens for a reason.

I want to clearly document my goals week by week so I can be accountable for my actions and remind myself and my teammates what the plan of attack is.  This week is the first week I have gone back to working out since I had a slight injury to my foot.  I weighed in yesterday, Weds, and my goals before my weigh in next week are as follows:

Continue to monitor food intake.  I want to aim for my 500 calorie deficit for eating every single day.  Days I workout will be a bigger deficit because although I eat more on workout days, I don't eat everything I burned, so when speaking of intake deficits, it doesn't account for extra calories burned.  Additionally I need to start taking more water. I'll start with drinking atleast 3 glasses a day (too much water too fast gives me headaches, so I kinda have to build a tolerance). I have already cut soda out 99% of the time, so I will continue to not have that. (Actually, I have only had maybe 6 cans total since January when I started, so this is essentially a non-issue).

I will get my workouts back on track.  I will do 3 1hr group classes this week (actually, yesterday I did 1 so I only have 2 more left). My group classes offer free child watch while I am taking the class, so I do NOT have an excuse as far as the kids go. Doing group classes provides some sort of accountability for seeing others in the class and provide some variety in my workouts that ensures I'm hitting all different muscle groups.  I have tried Pilates once, which I felt was simple but felt the burn the next day in my core.  I have tried Plyometrics once (yesterday) and while it was hard, I think I was mentally prepared for worse therefore making that class totally tolerable. I enjoy Cardio Kickboxing because I feel like I can get a lot of stress out in this class and its one that really, REALLY makes me sweat and makes me feel like I'm getting a huge workout. Finally, I aim to get on the treadmill for a total of an hour this week....not necessarily in 1 time, just 60 minutes total throughout the week as I can fit it in. I have a treadmill at home and when I was on it 2-3 times a week before, thats when I really noticed great success with the weight coming off and really feel that the treadmill is the secret for me.  Eventually, I plan on getting much more time in on the treadmill during the week, but for now I want to start slow and make sure my foot is feeling better. I think I overdid it before and thats what lead to my recent break where I had to get off the treadmill and rest my foot.

Target weight loss for the week 2 weigh in is 1.5lbs.

I hope some teammates are reading this, I hope some of them also put out there their goals for the week.  I'm excited about this challenge, the first I've tried, and really plan on using it to build myself back up and remain accountable for the next several weeks.  My next huge "mental milestone" would be another 14 or 15lbs and it would be great if I could achieve that loss during the timeframe of this challenge, although I don't know if I have enough time to get all that in.  I know at some point my weight loss will plateau and it will become very difficult to loss more, I'm just not sure where that threshold is yet.

Good luck to everyone this week on their personal journeys. When I'm having a rough day, I remind myself why I'm doing this......all I have to do is look at my children and my husband.....what's your motivation?

GO BLUE!!