My Insanity weight loss progress through May 1, 2010
I'm cranky right now. Not because I didn't lose weight but because I didn't lose as much as weight as I had hoped to. I wanted to be at 260 pounds this morning after my workout. And I think if I would have used my head yesterday and not eaten like an idiot I might have actually made that. Yesterday after my workout I was 260.5 pounds. This morning after my workout I was 261.0 pounds. That is not where I wanted to be and I am a little disappointed in myself for not hitting my goal.
Still, I am actually very happy with myself that I lost five pounds this week. Yes, five pounds. that is a huge win for me and puts me that much close to hitting my first weight goal of 250 pounds, which I plan to do two weeks from now. So if it comes across that I am whining about not losing enough weight, please don't read me wrong. I am not cranky about that. No, I'm more upset with how I handled my eating yesterday knowing what I wanted to achieve today. That said, here is my progress so far.
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| Week | Date | Weight | Loss | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 03/15/2010 | 289.5 | - | - |
| 1 | 03/20/2010 | 289.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 03/27/2010 | 285.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 04/03/2010 | 277.5 | 7.5 | 12.0 |
| 4 | 04/10/2010 | 271.0 | 6.5 | 18.5 |
| 5 | 04/17/2010 | 269.0 | 2.0 | 20.5 |
| 6 | 04/24/2010 | 266.0 | 3.0 | 23.5 |
| 7 | 05/01/2010 | 261.0 | 5.0 | 28.5 |
Insanity: Day 48 – Core Cardio and Balance
If you use TeamBeachBody.com to track your workout schedule be careful on today's entry. Once again the website had it wrong and scheduled me to do Max Interval Circuit which is not the routine for today.
Today marks the end of our seventh week to complete Insanity. And all I can say is WOW! The workout today was Core Cardio and Balance and it offered a nice rest from the other, more intense Max routines. I still worked up a great sweat and pushed myself very hard, but I'm also very extremely refreshed right now.
I'm pretty excited about how well I did today during the program. Just two weeks ago I was challenged by this same routine. Today I was able to do every single exercise circuit in it completely with the exception of the shoulder burners at the very end, and even during those I lasted longer and was able to bounce back quickly after letting my arms hang for a few seconds. If there was ever a sure sign of progress, that would be it.
I'm also excited about my weigh in this morning. Yesterday my weight was almost where I wanted it to be today. And even though I had a terrible day of eating yesterday I'm confident I will have a great weigh in this morning and be at my goal of 260.0 pounds. We'll see.
Regardless of what happens with my weigh in, I'm happy. I had a great week of working out and with the exception of yesterday, I had a great week of eating. And today I'm supposed to be spending some time with my wife to go over some things for school next year, so I am going to be getting off the blog for a little while except to post my weight, which I will do shortly.
Until next week, dig deeper and push harder. I'm living proof that this program can work for you no matter where you come from. If I can do it, you so can do it, too.
My Diet for April 30, 2010
Notes about this information:
- Today was a rough eating day for me. I'm not sure why, but I started out on the wrong foot entirely, eating two bowls of cereal and two thin buns with fruit spread.
- Lunch was just bad decision making all around. I didn't have time to make my lunch this morning so I had to go get something for lunch. I figured I'd go get a couple of side salads from Jack in the Box because there are actually pretty healthy when you don't cover them with dressing. As I made that drive I realized I was really hungry and wanted fat and protein in my lunch, so I went to Subway. That was a huge mistake.
- The Subway sandwich I ate for lunch was, at first, somewhat healthy looking. For a standard six inch oven roasted chicken sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, bell pepper and onion the nutritional value is not terrible. But add in mustard, pickles, jalapeños and olives and the values change significantly, especially for those watching their sodium. In the end it was totally not worth it to me and I can definitely that on the rare chance I go back to Subway I will more than likely not be getting pickles, jalapeños, mustard or olives on my sandwich.
- Dinner was another mistake for me. I was somewhat hungry when I got home today so I snacked on a remnant of a Trader Joe's frozen pizza that was left over from the kids' lunch. After I read the nutrition for a single serving, I realized how much junk I had just put in my body by eating a quarter of that very small pizza.
- If there ever was a time I would want a do-over for an eating day, today was it.
| Food | Calories | Fat (g) | Sodium (mg) | Sugar (g) | Fiber (g) | Protein (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast - Cereal and Toast with fruit spread | ||||||
| Coffee w/2 Tbsp Half and Half | 40 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 Servings Go Lean | 280 | 2 | 170 | 12 | 20 | 26 |
| 1 Cup nonfat milk | 90 | 0 | 135 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 Harvest Grain Thin buns | 200 | 3 | 320 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 Tbsp Smuckers Simply Fruit | 160 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Lunch - Garden Salad and a Subway sandwich | ||||||
| 2 JITB Side salads | 100 | 6 | 130 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| ½ Serving Low Fat Balsamic Vin. Dressing | 20 | 1 | 240 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 Six inch chicken Subway on Wheat | 330 | 4.5 | 1095 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| Dinner - Salad and 1/2 serving Mushroom Pizza | ||||||
| ¼ Roasted Portabella Mushroom Pizza | 115 | 3.5 | 295 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Prepackaged Chef Salad (ham, turkey, cheese) | 135 | 10 | 195 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Totals | ||||||
| TOTALS | 1470 | 33 | 2595 | 74 | 39 | 88 |
