Play it again, Crook…

Ahhhhh!!!  I’ve been very busy!!  Things are still going great!  Down 1/2 lb this week and last week.  So, total weight loss is 18lbs!  I can’t lie - I wasn’t able to get to the gym as much as I wanted this past week, but that’s ok.  Things can’t always work out how I want and actually, the slower the weight loss the better.  If I lose it too quickly, it would be way to easy to gain it all back in a short amount of time.  I’m still eating like a rock star and staying away from high fat foods.  In fact, since I started eating healthy at the beginning of September, I can count on one hand the exact bad foods I’ve eaten.  Beer doesn’t count as food so shut up! haha Giggity!

Down 2.5lbs this week and 17lbs lost overall thus far!  I’ve been going to the gym regularly now, so I’m starting to get some of my lost muscle back.  This is why I’m not seeing as much weight loss as I have previously to this week, but I can tell it’s still shedding quickly! :)  Two weeks without smoking and that is going fantastic as well!  I don’t even think about it any longer.

Another awesome week and down 5 more lbs!  I didn’t think I’d have another big week, but it was a nice surprise at weigh-in this morning!  So, as of today the total weight lost is 14.5lbs!  Noticeable differences already and the tighter fitting clothing is fitting much better now.   I also started working out again this week and it wasn’t as bad as I thought.  I started doing 20-30 minutes of cardio and lifting weights after that.  I’m doing my old weight lifting routines, but going with high rep and low weight.  Things are going great and I’m feeling much better.  This is also one week of no smoking, which is also working out well and I’m not having any urges to smoke.  I’ll be on the drugs for another month or so to make sure I’m done-done.

Awesome!  Down 4.5lbs this week, so a total weight of 9.5lbs lost so far.  I have 45.5 lbs to go to meet my goal weight.  Today is my last day of smoking!

I’m heading to the gym this weekend to begin my workout program.  This is where things get tricky because I’ll need to increase my caloric intake enough to balance off the extra calories burned while working out so my body doesn’t go into “starvation mode”.  If that happens, it will slow down my metabolism to conserve energy so it can keep vital organs such as the brain and the heart going for as long as possible in the face of a perceived threat…..which would be me starving myself accidentally, but my body doesn’t know that….lol While it will burn fat for fuel, it will also start burning lean muscle mass for fuel, which will slow down my metabolism even further and I do NOT want that to happen.

I’ll base my caloric intake on a workout that burns ~700 calories and start there.  More to come…..!

I’m still here! :)  Things are coming along nicely.  I picked up my smoking cessation drugs this past Saturday and started taking them.  My last smoke day is Friday and after that I’m done…I hope. :(  I can already feel the drug kickin in, my urge to have any is fading.

I haven’t hit the gym just yet, but I plan on starting this weekend.  I wanted to take things a little slower this time and really focus on one thing at a time….ok so two…smoking and food.  :)  Almost 2 weeks of healthy eating again.  It’s not a diet, diets SUCK.  I am just modifying what I eat.  Lots of greens and fruit!  Well, there is one exception… I fit in a few beers on the weekend…hehe  I mean c’mon!!  I live in Wisconsin!!

I’ve also been going over my old posts on this site and my old spreadsheets to figure out how I want to start my workout regiment again.  That’s pretty sad… I’m doing research on myself to see how I started working out..lol  Although, I was able to do it last time with no troubles, so I’m hoping it won’t be too difficult.  I’m not looking forward to the joint/muscle pain for the first few weeks, but whatever…I’ll get over it!

That’s all for now, more on weigh-in day Friday!