tomatotomata's Journal

Maintenance?
Oct 30 2009 14:54

I'm torn between maintenance and losing the last 5+ lbs. I seem to maintain this weight so easily, it's a healthy weight for me, and (I must say) I'm looking pretty good. So, why flog myself for not being 115 instead of 120? I feel like this is my "set point". Shouldn't I be happy that it's a good one?

I'm usually more decisive than this...

I think I'm going to stop this annoying pursuit of 5lbs. It seems frivolous and not worth the effort. I was right the first time when I decided to maintain. I'm going back to that again. If I happen to "naturally" lose a little more, all the better.

Diet resumed...
Oct 19 2009 14:31

Stayed steady at 120 forever. Decided to start dieting to complete my goal. Began about 9 days ago. I'm currently 118.

I'm calorie cycling and not exercising much during on my lo-cal days. I'm still strength training regularly cuz, well, I like it. My girls respect my guns. HA!

update....
Aug 26 2009 00:41

119 now, 35-29-35. 4 to go!!

Pretty much eating whatever (thank goodness I prefer healthy foods!) and eating at goal maintenance. Pretty easy....

weird. period.
Aug 07 2009 18:37

Started yesterday and weighed this AM. DOWN a lb? WTF!! Happy though...121 now, waist is 29.5. I'll take what I can get.

How maintenance is going....
Aug 06 2009 10:30

I'm now a week and a half into maintenance and I'm 3lbs down. Crazy, huh? It's funny how everything I've learned on CC is in direct opposition of what I'd always learned "on the street" about losing weight. No wonder my attempts before were so short-lived!

Starting Monday, I'm going to alternate maintenance and 1200. I'm hoping this will nudge me closer to my goal.

I've been doing DA's Daily 12-I love how it rotates you through cardio/upper/lower/abs each week. A no-brainer! I'm doing The Firm for Abs but the trainer annoys the crap outta me and their jargon is just laughable. Still, I've learned a few good moves to add to my repertoire.

Starting the monthly curse today, so I'm gonna ease up for a few days.

Hubby coming home this weekend and I've lost 3 lbs and gotten more tan since he lost saw me-heehee.

I'm going on maintenance...
Jul 28 2009 10:35

From everything I've read, I'm not eating enough even though my average is 1300. I read that if you up your cals even one day and immediately lose weight, you are defintely in starvatione mode. I did earlier this week and lost 2 lbs, as soon as I had a lo-cal day, I gained it back. ( I don't care to hear from skeptics-that's what happened).

So,  1540 is maintenance for my goal weight. I may as well get used to it now. I'm going to maintenance for the next week, then probably alternate maintenance and 1200. Regardless, I plan to stay at goal maintence most of the time and change my focus from weight to shape.

As far as shape goes:

I'm very happy with where I'm at except my tummy. I still have fat to lose there but have good muscle tone now. I want to increase muscle tone in my chest. I want to define my arms more. But overall, I'm much improved and pretty happy. Just want to tweak a little and increase strength.

Here's the thing: I'm in a healthy weight range now (barely). My waist is below 32. I find it hard to justify having a significant  calorie deficit anymore especially when it interferes with my fitness goals.

So, I'm on to maintenance. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Day 3...
Jul 22 2009 16:40

I rode my stationary bike 30 mins and worked on flexibility. 560 cals so far...

I've been debating when I should start maintaining. I'm only 10lbs from my goal and though I've been working really hard, I've stagnated. I'll probably see this week out and if I lose, keep at it. If I don't lose, I'll likely do a maintanence  week. From there, I'll likely use my goal weight for maintantence and let the fat go slowly (that seems to be it's preferred pace anyway).

I'd like to get to the point where I'm toning and muscle-building (some) and not always be concerned about having a deficit.

Day 2....
Jul 21 2009 20:02

Today I do my calorie spike-1800 cals. I'm at 1350 so far. I'm gonna fill up on dairy maybe. Hmmmm....

I did the Biggest Loser Power workout and and ab workout.

BTW, I looked over some records I've kept on this journey and I've lost 4 inches in my waist in the last 2 months. YIPPEEEE!

Exercise Plan Redux: Day1
Jul 20 2009 09:59

Well, I'm going back to the exercise plan here. I have 10 lbs to go and I think it will help keep me focused.

SW: 158 (january)

CW: 125

GW: 115

Starting stats: 40-38-40

Current stats: 36-30-35

I'm currently zig-zagging my cals, using 2 spikes to up my metabolism (I'm 39, 5-0):

m-1200

tu-1800

w-1000

th-1100

f-1100

sa-1800

su-1100

I did Denise Austin's 10 min ab workout this AM. Cardio interval later- EA Active or stat bike? Hmmmmmm.....

Update...
Jun 27 2009 19:57

It's been a long time since my last entry and much has happened...

Currently, I'm doing "8 Minutes in the Morning". Basically, strength training when I first wake up. I really like starting my day this way. Very good habit and comfortable for me.

I do cardio in the afternoon-DVD's, biking, or just good ole hard work. I do "something" every day.

I take in 1300 cals a day on average since I zig-zag. Zig-zagging finally broke through my plateau. As of Monday, I weigh 126!!! WoooHoooo!

This means I'm finally in the healthy BMI range. I'm VERY happy about this-it's my most important milestone so far. Also, my waist is now 31.5, which isn't bikini-worthy, but means my health risks just took a nose-dive. :)

Here's my new stats:

36-31.5-36

126lbs

BMI-24.7

WTH-.875 (this is still really bad-yikes!)

BMR-1295

Body Fat-29.4% (approx)

My waist is what's skewing all these numbers. I've really amped up my ab workouts lately and hope to see a difference soon.

Over and out...