Getting Fit

MOVING

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:12:56 GMT

This blog is being ended and my new blog is here:

http://chgettingfit.blogspot.com/

~Update~

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:51:31 GMT

The sickness is still lingering and I haven't lost any weight so far this month because I'm not really trying to. I did lose 2 1/4 inches and I will take that!! ; ) I hope to be back on schedule and in the "groove" to lose by March 1st. I have 15 pounds till GOAL!! I can do it by May 1st!

The good also is that I dropped a dress size and can fit in 12's and some size medium shirts!! So slowly but surely I'm almost to a 6/8!

I went and bought a few clothes also that fit me now and wore a shirt today and friends commented that I looked really good and they could tell and it was dramatic how much thinner I looked! WAHOO!!!!!!!!

~Another Pound Gone!!!~

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:06:40 GMT

Lost another pound, that puts me at 22 total lost and just 15 pounds to go until goal! For the month of January I have lost 8 pounds!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!! I'm so excited about that and can't wait to see myself keep losing in February.

~Basics of Weight Loss~

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:58:49 GMT

You have to create a deficit of 3,500 calories to drop a single pound - that means that you have to burn more calories via exercise or eliminate more calories from your daily diet.

If you're limiting calories and exercising daily, you should expect to lose about one percent of your body weight per week. Since that's not happening, try tracking your daily caloric intake. To maintain good health women should not cut calories below 1,200 per day. If you haven't been counting calories, you may be surprised at how many you can consume even when you're following a healthy diet.

To find out how many calories you need daily to maintain your present weight log onto http://www.caloriecontrol.com , click onto the weight maintenance calculator and enter your height, weight, age and activity level. The result you get will be the number of calories you need to maintain your current weight. To lose, you'll have to eliminate some by cutting back on food or increasing the intensity of your exercise. Since you're already walking an hour a day, you might try picking up your pace.

*This was from Dr. Weil's website and I just wanted to share because it is THE REAL way you lose weight. There is no secret about weight loss. You have to burn more than you take in.

For me, it says on sedentary or light activity I maintain my current weight at 1900-2000 calories. So to lose a pound a week just by cutting food, I would eat 1400 calories a day. Or I could burn some off with exercise also, say only cut my cals by 250 a day and then burn 250 in exercise and I would lose a pound a week. That would mean I would eat around 1650 a day.

~Sick~

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:23:18 GMT

Well all exercise has halted the past 5 days because I'm sick. My husband is on Day 12 now and I'm on Day 6 as so is my daughter. We think it is bronchitis........fever, coughing and now chest congestion. My lungs and ribs hurt from coughing! I read it is not good at all to exercise until I recover so that I'm resting.

~Update~

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:03:08 GMT

Sorry its been a while since I've updated this journal! I've been updating my Christian Homemaker journal more often than this one. I would update both but I'm limiting my time online because I have other things that need to be taken care of and the internet can become addicting if you let it!! Anyway.....when I'm on, I will most likely post more to my Christian Homemaker journal than this one but I will update this one with weight loss and things of that sort!

http://journals.aol.com/katiebellesmomma/ChristianHomemaker/

I did my walk/run every day this past week! It felt great too to get my schedule changed around. I'm only doing Mon-Fri, so didn't go today but I'm so busy with things around the house that I'm sure I'm compensating for it.

I did the "No Fast Food" challenge for 3 weeks and then last night had a burger/fries from McD's and let me tell you.......I felt sick after the 3rd bite! It wasn't even pleasing to my taste buds anymore......my body was rejecting it also.

My weight has been up a few pounds since I started walking/running everyday but that is normal after a workout for me. However my legs are getting smaller......so that is good! I'm going to add in weight training this coming week along with my 30 minutes walk/run's and that should speed things up even more so.

~More Weight Loss!!!~

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:09:30 GMT

I can hardly believe it but believe it I will!! I have lost another 2 pounds!!!!!! Folks that is a total of 7 pounds since starting this journal on January 1st! That means I've lost 7 pounds in 22 days! I have lost a total of 21 pounds now and have just 16 to go till those size 8's start fitting again!!!!!!!!!!

~Challenges~

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:18:27 GMT

I made it through the 2 weeks of no fast food!!!!!!! I still have not had any of it so I guess I will continue on for a month!! ; ) Why not? I'm losing more and I feel "cleaner" inside.....

Also new challenge was set today. Me and another sister from church that lives near me are going to go running every morning EARLY for 30 minutes. We are going to try and keep this up as long as we can......some days we will just walk but for the most part it will be running. We walked half today and then ran the rest and it feels great.......the weight should really fall off quicker now!

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:09:08 GMT

New semester and orientation starts this week so not much time to be on here!!!! I will try and pop in occasionally!

DOWN ANOTHER POUND!!!!!!

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:45:00 GMT

Call me the amazing shrinking lady hehe.........down another pound! That is 5 pounds gone since starting this blog!!

I can't wait to fit in my old clothes by May 1st.........aww the taste of victory is coming!