Mind over "matter".

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

I'm begining to wonder just how much attitude and thought process has to do with actual weight loss. I weighed in for the Body Bugg website, and based on my week's deficit I should have lost 1 lb. Instead I lost 3.6 lbs....That was yesterday morning. This morning when I stepped on the scale I was down .6 more for a total of 4 lbs in a week and a day.
Now, I haven't been doing much different over that week and a day, other than being excited to be using a new tool. My eating has been about the same as always, maybe a LITTLE lower in calories on a couple days. My exercise has been pretty much as always, except yesterday I didn't get any cardio in at all.
This all makes me think that since my mind is expecting the Body Bugg to help me lose the rest of this weight, I AM losing the rest of this weight. That before I got the Bugg, I expected to get back down to 135, and then go right back to 140, and so that is what I was doing. And that I would have done that even if I'd put in an hour of cardio every single day, and ate 1200 calories every single day, simply because that is what my mind expected to happen.
Something to think about...if you are sure you are going to lose weight, if you KNOW you will lose weight, you will...and if you KNOW you are going to gain weight, you WILL...no matter what you do. Just some "food" for thought.

  

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FUFINA514 6/7/2008 6:14AM

Great point you got there. Report Inappropriate Comment

MILLY61 6/5/2008 3:25PM

Absolutely, the power of positive thinking. Congratulation on the loss and the positivity. Report Inappropriate Comment

SUZANNAMCKEE 6/4/2008 10:43PM

Whoo Hoo! Way to go Kash! There is an article on here about that very thing. I have it on my favorites and I put it there to remind me. It is called "Going through the emotion." It is a great article! You should read it and you'll see just how justified you are in thinking this! I think it is one of the reasons SP is so helpful. Everyone on here HAS that mentality and we all see it, it becomes an emotional thing and its own energy just sort of seeps out and into the people here. I dub it "spark spreading!" So thank you for the reminder here! You are so AWESOME!!! Suz Report Inappropriate Comment

GROSSARAMA 6/4/2008 3:41PM

Thats a lot to chew on! I'll have to check and see if my thoughts are in the right place! THANKS- Keep up the good work. Report Inappropriate Comment

MISSJCISRUNNING 6/4/2008 2:25PM

Kash I think you stumbled onto something really big!!! Weight loss is a threefold process...it's what we EAT, it's how much we MOVE but it's also what we THINK, FEEL and BELIEVE!!! Congrats on the loss!!! You are doing GREAT!!! Jackie!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

I Got Bugged!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

I got a new toy this week. I will quit whining now about my weight and how unfair it is that I eat within my range and burn ALL THOSE calories (according to my HRM) from cardio. I'll quit whining that my body is doing something weird and hanging onto the weight when I'm doing what I should.
My new toy reopened my eyes about how few calories I burn at work…sitting here at this desk, only getting up to get water (and to get rid of water!). My new toy tracks my calories burned from the time I get up until I go to bed….it is called a Body Bugg…and I’m really looking forward to what it can teach me!

Anyway, I found out that where I was SURE I was burning 600-800 calories during one of my super marathon workouts, I was really most likely only burning 400 or so. Which means when I thought I was eating 1500 calories and burning 700 calories, I probably should have been eating more like 1200 calories to create the right deficit. I guess I will start walking at lunch again, even though I hate walking through all that Semi Diesel smog…and I’ll be much more consistent in getting in exercise after work. Instead of allowing myself to get all tied up in knots over the number on the scale, I’ll have a much better number to track…my daily deficit.

This is going to be a FUN new toy!

  

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SANDRA05271975 6/28/2008 10:10AM

Hi, I read your blog and I think your bug would be a great help for me too. I also only got up to get water and to get rid of water :P. Please let me know where I can get one. Thanks a bunch Sandra Report Inappropriate Comment

HAPPIESTMAMA 6/6/2008 3:44PM

Ooh I think those are the coolest! Where did you get it, and better yet, how much did it cost! How is it working for you so far! Report Inappropriate Comment

Tied up in a Knot over the stupid NUMBERS!

Saturday, May 24, 2008

You know, I can talk a good talk about the scale, and the numbers and how you can't let yourself get all wrapped up and obsessed about what the stupid scale says.
I can talk a good talk about how, if you weigh every day, you can't allow yourself to get upset when it goes WAY UP, cuz it WILL come back down if you are doing what you should be.
I can talk a good talk about finding it interesting and even some what entertaining to watch those numbers bouncing up and down and up and down....
BUT....sometimes I have to sit down and remind MYSELF of all those thing I try to tell everyone else, and sometimes it doesn't work...sometimes I allow myself to get all wrapped up in those numbers and tied up in knots over what that dang scale says!
This was one of those weeks, and today is really one of those days! I'm supposed to check in for a challenge today. I'm supposed to have lost one lb this week. I was supposed to have lost one lb last week too...Guess what? Didn't happen, not even close. And the thing is, I shouldn't have even expected to have lost any weight this week or last...it's my TOM, PLUS it's been a super bad stressful week...and I always gain weight under stress. PLUS instead of getting in some cardio last night, I went to a Mary Kay party that my Daughter in Law had....
But I'm still tied up in a knot over that stupid number that is showing on the scale!

What am I going to do about it?
Start drinking my water early today.
Get the bike out of the garage and go for a ride even though it's freezing out. If I'm going to start riding it to work, I've GOT to get used to it again...haven't rode a bike in close to 15 years, at least not one that's not stationary in the gym!
Work in the YARD...I have weeds everywhere, the grass needs mowed again (that's 400 calories burned right there when I do front and back yard)
and this evening, hit the nature trail and jog.
And most important, since it's Saturday and quite often I don't eat right on Saturdays since it's my full day to myself...Eat in my Calorie Range and make sure it's ALL good for me!
Oh, and I'll ignore the scale for the rest of the day and weigh in tomorrow for that challenge.

  

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KASHMIR 5/27/2008 10:49AM

Thanks! I did follow through on my intentions for Saturday, I burned over 1000 calories between yard work and jogging. I also went ahead and weighed in on my challenge with my Saturday weight...It's OK to gain!!! I just had to remind myself of that fact. Report Inappropriate Comment

GROSSARAMA 5/27/2008 10:36AM

I know this may not make you feel better- but I have to tell you- one or two pounds doesn't change how impressed I am with your success! We all have crummy weeks, and you seemed to have gotten through it well, and if you followed your intentions on Saturday- then you totally rock! Hang in there... it is women like yourself that make it seem possible for those of us that are just getting on track! And this little foible...makes it seem so much more humanly possible! Keep on keepin' on! You're doing great! Report Inappropriate Comment

CRYSTALWOLF 5/24/2008 10:38PM

Oh Kash - My heart is with you hon! I totally know how you feel. I find myself telling people all the time that "your body will do what it wants" and "sometimes you don't see success in numbers, but you are still doing great things for your body" - and I'll find that I have to remind myself of these things too, because it's so easy to get discouraged when the scale is mean. Sometimes you can look at that scale and just want to stomp your feet and say "Oh No You Diiiint!" (to paraphrase DD). But you have the right plan - just grit your teeth, dig your teeth in, and keep plugging along! Have a good weekend....Blessings! Report Inappropriate Comment

So much, where to start?

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Today is the first day of Spark People's Swimsuit Boot Camp. Signed up for it, but I'm going to continue to do my regular workouts as well.
Begining Stats:
137.8 lbs
Waist 29". Bust 35". Hips 37.5". Thighs 37.25". Right Arm 11". Left Arm 11". Neck 12.75".

Most important though today...I'm really psyched up right now! The sun is shining, and I did my cardio outside this morning. Walked up to the corner, 2 blocks. Jogged down to the endof the main street in the neighborhood, .75 mile. Walked to the nature train, .5 mile. JOGGED THE ENTIRE NATURE TRAIL OUT AND BACK 3 MILES!!!! then walked home. I feel so good right now!!!
Came home and fed my body Turkey Bacon, Eggs, Toast with peach jam, now I'm full and satisfied and am going to go work on pulled weeds...LOL!
I think I will sleep GOOD tonight!

  

Rebuilding Together

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Spent 7 hours on Saturday doing yardwork with co-workers....our company did community service fixing up the inside and outside of a disabled gentleman's house. I asked to be assigned the outside work...I just had a feeling that the weather would co-operate and be nice, and I was right.
Anyway, what a fantastic feeling to wake up Sunday morning, after digging, hauling loads of barkdust, painting, and just generally over using my muscles for an entire day, and not being sore anywhere except my HANDS!!!

And....Sunday morning I went jogging on the nature trail...2.25 miles in one stretch. 5k here I come!!!

  

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CRYSTALWOLF 5/1/2008 2:57PM

How awesome is that! You were able to use your love of nature to help someone else, and had fun doing it :) Report Inappropriate Comment

MOMLIL3 4/30/2008 1:14AM

It was an awesome weekend and great to get outdoors. Fantastic that you did all that work with no soreness. And jogging for 2.5 miles...What a milestone Report Inappropriate Comment