Week *16: Month End Results October 22, 2006

Total weight lost this month: 3.5 Kg (7.7 pounds)

Weight lost since start*: 17.4 kg (38.28 pounds)

Amount of weight to goal weight: 5.7 Kg (12.54 pounds)

Number of days of taking 10.000 steps or more this month: all days

4 days of working out each week: achieved, 6 days a week

Number of days I ate breakfast and had 2 liters of water this month: 100%

Number of days of good eating/life style habits this month: 100%

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Weekly weigh in:Weight lost this week:  0.5 kg (1.1 pounds)

Current weight: 72.7 Kg (159,94 pounds)

Weight at last weigh in: 73.2 Kg (161.04 pounds)

Weight already lost since start*: 17.4 kg (38.28 pounds)

Amount of weight to goal weight: 5.7 Kg (12.54 pounds)

Goal weight: 67 Kg (148 lbs)

Starting weight*: 90.1 (198.22 lbs)

Weight to loose from starting weight*: 23,1 Kg (50.82 lbs)

Number of days of good eating habits this week: 7

Additional comments on eating: I did well, but it came hard.

Daily 10.000 steps: YES

4 days of working out: YES, I did 6.

Daily 2 liters of water: YES

Daily breakfast: YES

Highs: Shopping is a fun experience now!!!!! (Except for my wallet.) My aunt came by, and she hadn’t seen me lately……SHOCKED. People are getting these really shocked reactions now.

Lows: My boys (breast) won’t shrink. I don’t want them gone, or even small…..but holy mother of god……it’s like carrying another person around. I am getting increasingly aggravated over this, because it’s one of the things that I wanted to get rid of the worst when I started this effort.

* I started my program almost 3 weeks before the first weigh in (week 0), but as I can’t be specific I will not count progress for the officially looking stats and monitoring. So week 0 is really week 3. I think I probably lost between 1 and 2 kilo’s a week before week 0.

Daily food and workout log October 21, 2006

10.000 steps: 2,111 + 40 minutes of cross training (437 kcal, 8.9 Km, cardio)

Workout: 40 minutes of rowing (strength), 200 crunches on the bodyshaper

Breakfast: fruit salad

Lunch: cereal + non-fat milk

Dinner: Couscous with spring onion, boiled in chicken broth. Stir fry of brocolli, talipia fish, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, rosemary, cajun spices, chicken broth.

Daily food and workout log October 20, 2006

10.000 steps: 1,945 + 40 minutes of cross training (444 kcal, 8.8 Km, cardio)

Workout: 40 minutes of rowing (strength), 200 crunches body shaper

Breakfast: fruit salad

Lunch: cereal + non-fat milk

Dinner: Andives, potatoes, chicken breast marinated in whatever it is. (Ate at my moms house.)

Daily food and workout log October 19, 2006

10.000 steps: 12,860 steps

Workout: 40 minutes of cross training (427 kcal, 8.7 Km, cardio), 200 crunches body shaper

Breakfast: 2 crackers with low fat cheese

Lunch: fruit salad

Dinner: Falafal on whole wheat, hummus, mix veggies. Chicken bapao, with sweet and sour sauce. (I know interesting combo, but there was at least 40 minutes in between.)

Food and daily work out log October 18, 2006

10.000 steps: 10,163 steps

Workout: 40 minutes of rowing (Strength training), 200 crunches body shaper

Breakfast: fruit salad

Lunch: cereal + non-fat milk

Dinner: I can’t remember, just know that it was low fat.

Daily food and workout log October 17, 2006

10.000 steps: 3,706 steps, 40 minutes of cross training (369 Kcal, 8.7 Km, cardio)

Workout: 40 minutes of rowing (strength training), 200 crunches on bodyshaper

Breakfast: fruit salad

Lunch: cereal + non-fat milk

Dinner: I can’t remember, just know that it was low fat.

Daily food and workout log October 16, 2006

10.000 steps: 3,925 steps, 40 minutes of cross training (207 Kcal, 4,3 Km, cardio)

Workout: none

Breakfast: fruit salad

Lunch: cereal + non-fat milk

Dinner: I can’t remember, just know that it was low fat.

Week *15: weigh in October 15, 2006

Weight lost this week:  0.7 kg (1.54 pounds)

Current weight: 73.2 Kg (161.04 pounds)

Weight at last weigh in: 73.9 Kg (162.58 pounds)

Weight already lost since start*: 16.9 kg (37.18 pounds)

Amount of weight to goal weight: 6.2 Kg (13.64 pounds)

Goal weight: 67 Kg (148 lbs)

Starting weight*: 90.1 (198.22 lbs)

Weight to loose from starting weight*: 23,1 Kg (50.82 lbs)

Number of days of good eating habits this week: 7

Additional comments on eating: I did well, but it came hard. I keep walking away unsatisfied wanting to have more. Not because I am physically hungry though.

Daily 10.000 steps: YES

4 days of working out: YES, I did 6.

Daily 2 liters of water: YES

Daily breakfast: YES

Highs: I still think 1.5 pounds is pretty good, even though not as good as before. I have been doing a lot more weight training, and it actually feels good, I notice more tone in my  muscles.

Lows: I seem to have a hit a bit of a plateau, no large weight gain loss, despite working out a lot more, yet not eating more. This week was mentally hard, after every meal (except for friday when I did eat more and went out) I walked away wanting more. THis feeling stayed with me in the evening.  Though I wasn’t physically hungry, the mental struggle was quite big this week. I think it may be related to the fact that I have been working and studying a lot. I really hope this goes away. I always eat more in fall and winter, and we are just starting. (sigh)

* I started my program almost 3 weeks before the first weigh in (week 0), but as I can’t be specific I will not count progress for the officially looking stats and monitoring. So week 0 is really week 3. I think I probably lost between 1 and 2 kilo’s a week before week 0.

Daily food and workout log October 15, 2006

10.000 steps: day is not over yet + 45 minutes of cross training (476 kcal, 10.2 Km)

Workout: none

Breakfast: Cereal + non-fat milk

Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwhich made off 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 2 slices of low fat cheese, 2 thin slices of chicken breast lunch meat

Dinner: Vegetable soup full of mixed vegetables. Grilled tuna steak marinated in fresh dille, lemon juice, lemon grass.

Daily food and workout log October 14, 2006

10.000 steps: 929 steps + 80 minutes of cross training (920 Kcal, 16.9 Km)

Workout: 200 crunches body shaper, 40 minutes of rowing

Breakfast: Cereal + non-fat milk

Lunch: fruit salad

Dinner:  Stir fried in a little olive oil, brocolli, onions, grilled turkey, spinach pasta.

Snack: 2 slices of low fat cheese, 2 large low fat whole wheat crackers