Make It Count!

Things I have realized since I have started to use my BodyMedia Fit arm band:

1. If I drink 2 full bottles of water I will reach the suggested water intake of 8 glasses of water a day.
   That isn't that bad.
   
2. Drinking from a straw really does help!
   No joke - Try it!
   
3. I eat way to many carbs, sodium, and fats.
   Damn pie charts showing me the truth!
   
4. The days I work out I am 'on a weight loss trend' according to the BodyMedia footnotes.
   This is great!
   
5. The days I do not work out I am 'on a weight gain trend' according to the BodyMedia footnotes.
   I guess I need to do something everyday to balance out what I am eating and not burning off.
   
6. I love seeing the calories burned bar charts. It shows you what level of fitness and how much you push yourself.
   Umph My Spin class is only a moderate level when it is that suck ass instructor I go to. When I jogged outside it was vigorous levels!?!
   
7. I really need to limit my Starbucks drinks to nothing!
   If I have one it makes me want more the rest of the week.
   
8. I have to stick to a completely NO carb diet. I feel better. I see results.
   I gotta get back on track to 6 days on and 1 day off. It was great.
   
9. I love making lists!
   From to-do's, grocery lists, taking notes, you name it - I have a list for it!

So... what I need to do with logging my foods and exercise on the BodyFit media arm band, I also need to keep up with my increased water intake, Go back to The 4 Hour Body diet of 6 days on and 1 day off, and be active everyday and MAKE IT COUNT! Time to stop talking about it and just do the dang thing!

Goal for this week: Stick my money where my mouth is!

Weight for today: 199.6 lbs.

Junk Food Mania

Back from vacation and relaxed and recharged. I think I ate my way thru it too. I had protein shakes, water, beef jerky and a banana all packed up for my road trip. I snacked on some of it but mainly I stopped to eat along the way. To and from. I would list all that I ate but I will keep that secret since it is so bad.
Lets give you some examples.... In-N-Out, Taco Bell, Cinnabun, Jack In The Box .... It makes my stomach churn in self disgust! 

You should be proud of me since I did log everyday into my food log. Even the bad stuff. It is such a great tool that it showed me that I gained like 2 pounds in 5 days! I just fell back into an old pattern. I don't know why I do that to myself. Maybe it is the comfort for traveling. But there has to be a reason why? Maybe since I was traveling that no one else by me would know what I ate... not too sure. It is very self destructive behavior.

On that note... I am back into recovery mode and working out. (Sigh) Back to eating no carbs for 6 days and then 1 free day. I feel that this is a great way to keep going. I dont have to think about it - it is becoming more natural.

One thing that I am really going to start making more of an effort to do is to drink more water. I am lacking in energy and need to get my body back on track. Flush the body of the junk food! I am thinking of buying a water bottle that has a straw.

Does anyone feel that drinking from a straw makes you drink more water thru the day?


Goal for this week: Buy a cool water bottle - Drink 10x's more water!

Weight for today: I bow my head in shame but my scale did read 200.2 this morning. Eak!

How far is 8,000 steps?

Steps to Miles Conversion Chart
Approximate      
          
Steps  Minutes  Miles  
500  =  5  = 1/4 mile
1000  =  10  = 1/2 mile
1500  =  15  = 3/4 mile
2000  =  20  = 1 mile
2500  =  25  = 1 1/4 miles
3000  =  1/2 hour   = 1 1/2 miles
3500  =  35  = 1 3/4 miles
4000  =  40  = 2 miles
4500  =  45  = 2 1/4 miles
5000  =  50  = 2 1/2 miles
5500  =  55  = 2 3/4 miles
6000  =  1 hour  = 3 miles
6500  =  65  = 3 1/4 miles
7000  =  70  = 3 1/2 miles
7500  =  75  = 3 3/4 miles
8000  =  80  = 4 miles 
8500  =  85  = 4 1/4 miles
9000  =  1 ½ hours  = 4 1/2 miles
9500  =  95  = 4 3/4 miles
10000  =  1 hr 40 min  = 5 miles

BodyMedia first few days....

First things first... 

Here is a funny photo of me trying on my boyfriend's MEDIUM jacket... 

and the sigh of relief it REALLY fit!

I am loving my BodyMedia arm band. I started to wear it Thursday and it has been exciting to see the results today when I plugged it in. I figured doing the first week without any changes in my behavior or diet would give me a good solid record to learn from and move forward making changes afterwards. Main Result: I eat way to much on the weekends!

Here is a sample from this past weekend. I am logging anything and everything. I am even taking note of the amount of water I drink. There should be a check box or something to keep track of this but I am just adding it in the time of day even though it gives me no calorie changes. More for my own personal records. You can even see how lazy I was Saturday and Sunday!

This week I am going to start making some changes and stick to the calorie limit. I think this will be hard since I am going on a vacation for 5 days. I am gonna track the whole time even it isn't the best foods.

I also haven't updated the weight since I had not weighted in yet. But I did weight 198.6 on Thursday. I doubt I lost any and with menstruation time... you know how that goes.

I highly recommend this product to anyone who needs to have more guidance. I can see this being a great tool to learn from and get serious about loosing some LBS!

Goal for this week: Don't go crazy on eating out while on vacation

Weight for today:

Seeing Results

Follow up on The 4hour body Slow Carb diet:
It is becoming easier to stick to the no-carbs than I thought. I like having the free day once a week. It makes me feel like I am not suffering or suppressing any major cravings. Granted I do give into having soy milk and my morning Chai or Mocha. If I don't have one in the morning it isn't life or death now. I am realizing this. Sounds kind of lame but stopping a daily habit is hard to break. Especially one that tastes so good on a cold morning.

Since my first PB last week, I am also eating slower. Thinking about the texture and if I really need to eat it. Doing this No-Carb plan is really helping me regain control. Making me think about what I am eating. PLUS I am seeing major results. My thighs, arms, chest and tummy are getting smaller. I see the results in less than 2 weeks! It is much easier to keep doing this when you see the difference.

I checked the ship date on my BodyMedia arm band and it states it should arrive by Thursday. I am very excited to get to using it. I am very curious to see what the difference is on my calories burned and logging my food thru this program versus the generic Tap&Track I log thru now. Sometimes I feel that the calories aren't accurate to my eating and cardio. I plan to get every penny worth of this Bodymedia band. Making it a good habit!

Goal for this week: Argh, I suck at taking my vitamins! I have to be better at this!

Weight for today: 197

BodyMedia

I just ordered my bodymedia band thru Costco today. There is an online special discount reducing the prince to $140 until March 12th. I have been keeping an eye on this and figured it was a great deal.

I bought a New Balance watch heart rate monitor/pedometer. I am going to return it since the watch was huge and the version I purchased doesn't track calories. The watches just aren't enough data to collect that is accurate. I think that the BodyMedia version is what I am looking for that will work with my lifestyle... and I can easily hide it under my sleeve instead of wearing a man sized watch all the time.


Now I have to wait for it to be shipped...



What is BodyMedia FIT?

Your body talks. We listen.

The BodyMedia FIT* system gives you highly accurate information on activity, calories and sleep patterns. Clinical study results show it can help you lose up to 3 times more weight.
BodyMedia FIT is a holistic weight management system consisting of the BodyMedia Armband monitor (Armband Advantage or the new Bluetooth®-enabled Armband BW), online Activity Manager**, an optional Display (for Armband Advantage) and, for iPhone® or Android™ smartphone users, free downloadable apps. The BodyMedia FIT Armband automatically tracks the calories burned during your daily activities — from pumping iron to using an iron — and monitors the quality of your sleep, an important factor in weight loss. The information tracked can easily be managed with BodyMedia’s online Activity Manager. Add in the easy-to-use food log and you have the information you need to improve your weight loss.

First PB

I have made it 1 year and 4 months without PB'ing until today. I have never experienced something so bizarre.

I had 2 slices of turkey deli meat since all I had today was some soy milk so I can have my daily benifiber. I ate kinda fast and didn't chew any different than normal. Within 2 minutes I felt really tight and knew it was having more trouble going down. My teeth started to ache and my eyes and mouth started to water. I figured it would pass if I kept burping. I have done this before and it seemed to work with the pressure. I burped a few times and decided to walk around since it wasn't helping. Now I am at work, a very quiet office. If I threw up loud someone would hear me. So I just stood and burped in the bathroom just in case I burped too loud. I felt a little better and decided I could just continue to walk around and get some fresh air.

I walked to my car and got ready to leave until I needed to spit. I sat there with my car door open spitting out the door. Not cute. I didn't want to throw up in front of my work so I went back into the bathroom to the stall. I stood there trying to burp harder. I ended up spitting up some frothy spit. This I have not had before. It surprised me since I didn't feel it coming up. Then I had like a huge air bubble of spit come up. I guess this is what PBing is. I felt instantly better and proceeded to get back into my car to run my errand.

Half way to my destination that is only 3 miles away, my mouth started to water and the pressure began to build up. Now it is lunch time on a sunny day near the beach, so everyone was out. I ended up driving a few more blocks and pulled off to a side street lined with houses. I spit out of the car door here too. I needed something better so I looked in my trunk and found an old 7-11 Iced Mocha clear plastic cup. Thank god for not cleaning my car because I was so thankful that this cup was in there! I sat in my car for 10 minutes burping and spitting into this cup. Once more a big surprising air bubble of spit came up. I look over to the side of me and 2 people walked by with their dogs and then the gardener of the house I was sitting in front of kept working his way closer to me. I knew it was time to bolt. My windows are only so tinted so these people could see me.

I drove a few more blocks to my stop. I spit once more into my cup and got out of the car to quickly stop  in to pick up what I needed at this location. A quick run in and out just in time to frothy spit into the cup again... NOPE There was a small line so I had to wait. I usually stay and talk with the rep but I just said 'Thank You' really low and sped outta there. I was afraid if I opened my mouth some of that surprising air bubble spit would shoot out at them! I got back into the car and made it around the corner and out of sight before I spit in my cup again holing whatever I had in my mouth until then. Headed back to work I thankfully didn't have to pull over.

I grabbed my spit cup and my stuff and headed back into work. Threw away the cup as I walked in. Now I feel the pressure is slowly going away. I haven't spit since I got back into the office. What a crazy experience. I haven't felt much restriction recently and then all of a sudden I have it!?! Definitely not even hungry after all of that.

YUCK!