I'm down another 1/2 lb, which makes me feel good! I weighed myself Sunday morning, and every morning since then and although I know I shouldn't be losing weight every day I expect to see a loss every time I step on the scale because of how hungry I've been! Since it's starting to level out I also expect the scale to level out and fall in to a more normal weight loss pattern of 1-2 lbs a week. I think mentally I'm in better shape now that I've added in some supplements as well. I know it's impossible that they have already made a difference but mentally I feel better. It's just a placebo effect, but anything to keep me going strong I'll take! As I mentioned before, I will be having cheat days and cheat meals. This weekend we are celebrating Matt's birthday by enjoying Paddington's pizza (I am going to drive down to Salem and get it for him while he's sleeping since he's on graveyard right now). I plan on enjoying the pizza and therefore am trying to stick my diet as much as possible until then.
I've added a bit more fat in and had 12 blocks yesterday instead of 11 which helped a lot! I'm willing to slow the weight loss down to a more reasonable level if I can deal with my hunger a bit better. The extra fat also helps keep me full longer as well as give my body the energy it needs to perform. Yesterday's work out gassed me, as it did to many others and I'm sure I would have done even worse if I hadn't grabbed some extra almonds beforehand.
1:54 - I just had a breakthrough, hunger wise :) It's 1:54 and rather than thinking to myself, man I just need to try to wait a little longer to eat my afternoon snack I had to think about making myself eat in time to taking my supplements and being properly fueled for my 4:30 workout. That didn't come out right...um I'm not starving and am actually going to make myself eat BEFORE I'm hungry so I'm ready to workout. Yay! Today is a much better day than yesterday that's for sure. However lets me honest, I picked up a chocolate covered something or other and raised my hand towards my mouth....held it there for a few seconds and then threw it away. That was a close call! I HATE working in a corporate environment, there is crap everywhere! Chocolate this, cake that, carbs here, sugar there....it's endless! I'm sure most of you out there can relate. There are plenty of people at my work that could benefit from a little less junk food scattered about the office, that's for sure!
Since I'm feeling good figured I'd post a picture from after a hero workout we did a few weeks ago that kicked my ass!
The workout is Whitten, named after Army Captain Dan Whitten, 28, of Grimes, Iowa, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, who died February 2, 2010, when enemy forces in Zabul, Afghanistan, attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
The Whitten WOD is 5 rounds for time of:
- 22 Kettlebell swings
- 22 Box jump, 24 inch box
- Run 400 meters
- 22 Burpees
- 22 Wall ball shots
Man it was a tough one, but a good one!
7:51 - My legs are broken from the WOD today, whew it was a tough one, mainly the pistols (think 1 leg squats with butt going down to the floor). I ended up going to the 6:00 class instead of 4:30 because Matt wasn't able to go at 4:30. There for a few minutes I went in to a panic mode, what am I going to do, I already ate my pre-workout snack and took my supplements and now I have 2 hours more than more than I expected before my workout. Then all of a sudden I snapped myself out of it, um hello, you are not an elite athlete, you took two pills and ate a 1 block meal, you can eat again if needed, its not the end of the world and the supplements aren't going to make a difference either way, you just started taking them! WHEW, glad I got through that one :) Turns out I just grabbed a handful of almonds before heading to the gym and was just fine.
I'm bracing myself for my morning weigh in as I know I'm likely not going to see a loss and I need to get right with that now. I talk a big talk but at the end of the day I expect overnight results! I did a bunch of situps today at the gym and therefore expect to see at least one ab muscle tomorrow morning, ha! As much as I'd like to say I'm kidding here, I only half am, half of me really struggles day to day with not getting the instant results I so badly want.
What's keeping me straight with this right now is that I really want to compete next year, so I'm not just working out to lose weight, I'm working out so that I can do big things in 2012, like go to sectionals! Anyways, I'm sitting here and my leg muscles are twitching because of the workout and I know walking tomorrow is going to be painful. Time to chug some more water and stretch in hopes of reducing the anticipated pain that tomorrow brings :)
Goodnight everyone!!
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