Week #1 – Remembering the Suckage

So week #1 has come and gone.  I now remember why I abandoned all this crap.  I’d like to say that everything is coming up roses and the scale has gone down every day and I stuck to my workouts and life is lovely.  However, I can’t.  I am now remembering how much it sucks to be good all week and gain 3 lbs because of the time of day you ate and keep weight on and feel bloated and be REALLY CONSCIOUS OF IT because of the scale and not know why it happened.  Seriously, I’ve felt unnaturally bloated for a few days and I’ve done nothing out of the ordinary (including salt) and it’s not that time where it’s normal.  And then there is…how much easier it is on the weekends to ditch a workout if you’re not training for anything.  This was definitely a week of awakenings.

That being said, officially I am down 0.2 lbs (167.2) for the week, since I’m taking the lowest weight all week.  I will hold onto that and work on making great strides for next week’s progress.

I tracked my food all week and kept things pretty much under control, but I did track Saturday after the fact and I might have forgotten stuff, and can’t be 100% sure how much alcohol I consumed Friday since I wasn’t pouring my own drinks, so there is that.  But all in all, I’m pretty jazzed that 1500 calories felt downright normal most days.  While I may have wanted more some days, it was more mouth hunger and wah I want some ice cream type hunger rather than real, belly hunger.

I will definitely not be listing out each week’s worth of food or anything, but here is the averages for anyone that wants to play along at home.

Avg calories in: (food intake tracked +100 per day for error)1633

Avg calories out per day: 266 (oh well, will do better this week)

Avg net calories per day: 1367

Current calorie burn per day (as calculated by a website): 1541 (what I burn in a coma) x 1.2 (the modifier they suggest as a sedentary, non coma person) =1849

Average calorie deficit per day: 1849 – 1367 = 482 (just under 1 lb deficit)

However, I’m not 100% confident that my body is normal like that.  I think since I got myself into distance running I’m more efficient – which means it’s harder for me to lose weight.  I’m still trying to figure out what the ratio is where I can eat and lose without starving myself.  I was losing before on 1200-1500 but that makes me crazy. 1200 is not enough food.  It makes me wanna hurt people.  1500 feels more normal.  However, we know how much success I’ve had at this as of late – the weight doesn’t like to come off unless I really want to eat my arm off.  I figured that might reconcile itself once I stopped the crazy workouts, so we shall see.  I am just coming off a wild 10 month ride, things might just take a few weeks to stabilize.

What I can do is adhere to my workouts a bit better.  I know, right?  Me?  Slacking?  This is what happens when I’m not training.  I did great early in the week, but Thursday I had to workout on a break from work, so I couldn’t stay as long as normal (20 mins cardio, 25 weights).  Friday I took off because I was just needing a rest, and said it was ok, because we had a lot of activity planned this weekend.  Friday nite, I forgot what it was to drink on a lower calorie regiment and hurt myself Saturday, so I didn’t do jack or shit.  The nice long bike ride or swim planned?  Nah.  I barely left the couch.  Then, Sunday, we had so much to make up for errand-wise, we just didn’t have time – I was literally out shopping from 10am til 6pm, then dinner, and it was already too late by the time my food had settled.  Oh well, this week is another opportunity.

Last week’s workouts:

Monday: arc trainer HIIT for 30 mins (about 1.5 miles) (400 calories), arms and back (194 calories)
Tuesday: swim HIIT for 30 mins (about 1 mile) (477 calories), legs and abs (194 calories)
Wednesday: yoga (60 mins) (188 calories)
Thursday: bike HIIT for 20 mins (5.15 miles) (279 calories), arms and back (152 calories)
Friday: off
Saturday: off
Sunday: off
Total: 1864 calories, 80 mins cardio, 85 mins strength, 60 mins yoga

This week I want it to be more like:

Monday: running HIIT for 30 mins (about 3 miles) (400 calories), arms and back (194 calories)
Tuesday: swim HIIT for 30 mins (about 1 mile) (477 calories), legs and abs (194 calories)
Wednesday: yoga (60 mins) (188 calories), arms and back (194 calories)
Thursday: running HIIT for 30 mins (5.15 miles) (279 calories), legs and abs (194 calories)
Friday: outside bike ride (600? calories)
Saturday: off
Sunday: off
Total: 3370 calories, 210 mins cardio, 120 mins strength, 60 mins yoga

I’m frontloading the week because I’m out of town this weekend.  I was looking forward to a nice, long, relaxed mid day run because I’m off in the afternoon before my plane, but I realized that a) I only have about 2 hours to get ready (which is essentially a run and a quick shower) and b) I’ll be drinking at the holiday party the night before.  So let’s call it a bike ride outside instead and it will still be lovely.  I miss my bike.  Long run next week.  Let me tell you though, since I already technically completed this week’s running sprints…god I love wearing myself out on the treadmill in 30 mins.  1 minute sprints getting up near my all out mile pace are fun.  And yes, I know I am a sick puppy.  I’m looking forward to doing it again tomorrow.

Moving on, the official weigh ins…

Starting: 167.4
Last Week: 167.4
This Week: 167.2 (-0.2 this week/-0.2 overall)

It’s not much, but it’s the right direction.  So I’ll take it.

I’m not sure I’ll continue with this level of granularity, but I might.  It can help me, but it might make for boring reading material.  So, what do you think?  Are you a healthiness voyeur and want to see all the messy details, or would you rather just a 1 paragraph summary while I go on to talk about something else?

This post’s pictures have been brought to you by Christmas and Iguanas.  Can you tell which ornament in the tree is only PRETENDING to be an ornament?  She’s really cute how careful she is in the tree, and she’s only broken one ornament so far, but she looked so sad about it, I couldn’t be mad at her.  Of course it was my Runner Girl one – looks like we’ll be making a pilgrimage to Runtex when they get them in.