The final weigh out!

ooh wow... got so distracted with the holidays that I never checked in with my final 90 day totals... oops? Sorry about that. With the spring 90 day challenge beginning in less than a month let's go back and see what I can piece together.

Stats

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf

8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15   168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

9/8/15    164lbs    and 36.9%bf

9/15/15   165.2lbs and  37.7%bf

9/22/15  164lbs  and   37.1%bf

9/29/15 162.9lbs and 36.5%bf

10/6/15  162.1lbs and 36.3%bf

10/13/15 163.1lbs  and 35.9%bf

10/20/15  161.4lbs and 35.8%bf

10/27/15  161.2lbs and 35.8%bf

11/04/15   160.9lbs and 36.4%bf

11/07/15   1589.9lbs and 37.2%bf *

  (lookie! exaclty 10 less than my weigh IN!)

Painfully obvious when I stopped lifting weights isn't it? The weight continued the downward trend but the body fat percentage started to climb back up. 

All in all the 90 day challenge was a great experience that really kept me accountable but the bad news is that since it finished right before Thanksgiving I've let my fitness regime slip... big time. The weight has crept back up. Me and the kids all took turns being sick through most of December so the gym was pretty much off limits. I pulled a back muscle last week and it's taken a week to just feel almost normal again. (Did I pull that muscle being awesome in the gym you ask? Alas no. I twisted exactly the wrong way picking my toddler up at story time!!) 

New challenge starts Feb 4th and it looks like I may have convinced Mark to do it with me this time....!!!! 

Weekly Weigh In 9,10,11, and 12!

Oh gosh... how behind am I? I don't even have an idea. I'm going to have to go back and look at my last post to work it out.

After finishing NROLFW stage 1 my dedication completely fell apart. Instead being able to knock out a workout in 35 minutes, stage two was taking me almost and hour and a half. I do not have that kind of time to devote to the gym 3 days a week. Add in visiting grandparents and I can honestly say I've only made it to the gym once a week recently (and that was for yoga!) I did make it to LifeBarre last night so I feel like I'm on my way to getting back in the groove but we'll see.

I only have 11 days before my final weigh out. Ideally I'd like to see that scale tip below 160 (it's been YEARS people.) I know it's just a number and if I start lifting properly for the next 2 weeks I know the scale might actually go up but it would be lovely to see. I'm going to try to really recommit myself for this final push.

Okay time for the numbers... (looks like the last weigh in was the 12th)

Stats

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf

8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15   168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

9/8/15    164lbs    and 36.9%bf

9/15/15   165.2lbs and  37.7%bf

9/22/15  164lbs  and   37.1%bf

9/29/15 162.9lbs and 36.5%bf

10/6/15  162.1lbs and 36.3%bf
10/13/15 163.1lbs  and 35.9%bf
10/20/15  161.4lbs and 35.8%bf
10/27/15  161.2lbs and 35.8%bf

and here it is in a pretty graphical representation

whoo! It's not a lot but it's progress. 

Weekly Weigh In 8

Despite celebrating a belated birthday weekend for my Mom in NoVa this weekend, I still managed to come away from the weigh in with good news! (Take that Cheesecake Factory!)

Stats

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf

8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15   168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

9/8/15    164lbs    and 36.9%bf

9/15/15   165.2lbs and  37.7%bf

9/22/15  164lbs  and   37.1%bf

9/29/15 162.9lbs and 36.5%bf

I have officially lost 5lbs LOL!! Slow but steady right people? I'll get there... eventually!

Weekly Weigh In 7

Stats

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf

8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15  168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

9/8/15    164lbs    and 36.9%bf

9/15/15   165.2lbs and  37.7%bf
9/22/15   164lbs and   37.1%bf

Weekly Weigh In 6

You know when I drag my feet on the update this long that the news isn't good. It didn't go up much so I guess things could be worse. On the bright side, in the past week 4 different people have commented on how much weight I look like I've lost. Haven't the heart to tell them it's only 3lbs..... oi. We're halfway through and I still have so far to go. I'm so conflicted. Do I stay with the weights, which I enjoy and can see progress with or do I focus on my diet/cardio and try to drop some of this weight faster than lifting will do?

Stats

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf

8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15  168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

9/8/15    164lbs    and 36.9%bf

9/15/15   165.2lbs and  37.7%bf

Weekly Weigh In 5

Erg. I think I forgot to post last week. Brain is in total mush state at the moment. Kids are playing with both water beads AND kinetic sand simultaneously. This cannot end will. We'd started out optimistically cleaning out the craft cupboard but that just lead to the desire to play with everything.

I managed to get my workout in this morning, which is a good thing because after my first chiropractic adjustment in years this afternoon, I'm feeling a serious amount of... shall we say, discomfort? More on my wonky spine later.

Stats

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf
8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15  168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

9/8/15    164lbs    and 36.9%bf

We finally have a downward trend!

Prospects are not good for tomorrow. I went to two kids birthday parties this weekend and both involved pizza and cake (which is as we all know, are the BEST birthday foods.) I managed to practice some restraint but come on people. Pizza. My workouts have also slowed to an average of one lifting routine every two days rather than every other day with one 2 day rest in the week. Tomorrows' Try It Tuesday is Pilates! I've been doing yoga since I started at this gym but pilates is a private class costing extra so I've not been to one. Should be interesting. 

Weekly Weigh In 4

Oh gosh. I can't even remember what I did last week. I had 5 sentences written but couldn't for the life of me fill in the blank spots so I'm just going to skip over this week's exercises and jump straight to the weekly weigh in. I was at the gym loads I promise. I was more tired and over scheduled though so I think I averaged more like 2 days between each lifting session but I still got them done. 

I'd signed up for the Try It Tuesday class but when I realized it was just in introduction to dumbbells and would add a considerable amount of 'getting to the gym on time' stress into my life I decided to cancel my reservation and just do some cardio and stretching. (That's another reason I've been adding some rest days this week - my left hip is achey. I'm not sure why and it doesn't feel like my normal tight hip flexors, so I'm trying to go easy on it till I see the chiropractor next week.)

Good news this week. The numbers on the scale actually went down!

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf
8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15  168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

9/1/15     165.1lbs and 38.3% bf

Rank is #107 in my club. Definitely have a lot of hard work ahead to get back into the top 50. Just happy the scale was on my side this week though. Adding in some cardio was definitely necessary. \

We can't find my 'before' measurements... granted we only took two, but from what we think we remember I see to have lost almost an inch around my stomach. Whoo! Progress!

The third weigh in.

Soooo... yeah. No news was good news but I promised I'd keep you up to date. 

Tuesday was crazy. Like, "Oh my gosh, what I have done?! Why did I schedule so many things in one day?!" crazy. 

10:30am Gymnastics - Gabriel

11:30am Try to get my NROLFW workout in knowing that I needed a full hour and a half for Gabriel in the kids club that evening so tried to get it in as quickly as possible. I got through almost all of it. I had one set of lunges and one plank left when the kids club beeped me. He's pooped. That's okay.. I was almost done anyway and was running a bit over schedule. On the not okay side, he's still technically clocked in to kids club while frantically changing his diaper and trying to get us out of there before I use up the time I need tonight. 

12:30pm Home, lunch and nap. Alas for him not me. 

3:10pm Leave crazy early to get in line for carpool. If I get to carpool at 3:40 (school gets out at 3:45) then I'm not through the line until about 4:05. I'd signed up for the try it tuesday class at the gym which started at 4:30. The gym is about 24 minutes from the school and I'd still need to put my stuff in a locker and check the kids into the club. This means I needed to get through carpool earlier (but definitely not quicker) We got there about 3:20 and were still considerably far back through the line. We got out by about 3:55. Not worth it in the usual since but since I needed those extra minutes to get somewhere on time it had to be done.

4:30pm Try it Tuesday. Team Weight loss. Spend 40 minutes on the elliptical with my heart rate hovering around 175. Ouch. Then we head over to the dumbbells and repeat almost the same exercises I did this morning except with dumbbells instead of the bar. Fun. Class is running long. Which would be okay if I didn't have to get Jessica to her swim lesson by 5:45. (Thankfully it's in the same building.) This also means I don't have time to wait in the weigh in line before getting her to swim, plus Gabriel's out of time anyway. 

5:40pm Headed to kids club I pass a friend who I rapidly explain my situation to. She's all kinds of awesome and volunteers to watch Gabriel while I go weigh in. I get Jessica ready for swim, drop her with her instructor and deposit Gabes with AWESOME friend. 

5:50 Waiting in weigh in line (weigh in closes at 6 btw.) I'm watching the line. There's two machines. I want the one on the right because it's the same one I used last week. They're different models so I'm guessing variation between them is to be expected. I work it out and I'll definitely be on the one on the right. Hooray! Apparently slow foot in front of me wants the same thing. Both machines open up and instead of heading to the left she deliberately waits for the trainer to wipe down the right machine. Inner rage! Argh! I have to get back to Gabe though so friend may actually work out, so faffing about waiting for that machine isn't in the cards. Weigh in. 

8/8/15     168.9lbs and 40.1% bf
8/18/15   167.4lbs and 37.9% bf 

8/25/15  168.2lbs and 38.8% bf  

Noooo!!! That went the wrong way! I thought I was staying under my caloric target but when you stop weighing everything things can get away from you. I also went out to dinner twice this week which apparently sent me in the wrong direction. This week I will add more cardio and work harder on my diet. The leader board is all screwy this week. They somehow switched my club so the rankings are all off. I assume that my national ranking is right though. Ugh.

But wait... Tuesday wasn't over! 

6:00pm Collect Gabriel. Talk and lament my weigh in with awesome friend. Ack! Lose track of time. Must collect Jessica from swim lesson. 

6:15pm Collect Jessica, meet Mark in the locker room. Get Gabriel ready for the pool and send the kids off with Mark. I'm going to shower, get changed and head out to dinner with my craft club!

6:35pm Out of shower.... but where are my clothes... dude. The clothes I packed along with swim stuff for the kids, toiletries, shoes, snacks etc etc etc. No clean clothes! Grudgingly put smelly gym clothes back on. (Yes, the SAME gym clothes I was wearing at the gym this morning and then again for 2 hours this evening.) Head to semi fancy restaurant and meet friends for dinner. I knew I'd over packed the day and that something was going to give. I just never thought it was going to be my clothes.

When I got home that night I found them in a nice folded stack on the dryer. Whoo. Go me. 

Weekly Recap - Week 1

For those of you following along with my 90 day body transformation challenge. 

SUNDAY 
I'm pretty sure I stayed in my calorie range but did I weigh and measure foods today? No. Very unlikely that I reached 170 grams of protein but at least I wasn't weight training.
EXERCISE: Yoga Yin class (1 hour)
STEPS: 6,255 (Gabriel skipped his afternoon nap and was seriously out of it around the time I'd planned to get in a family stroll.)

MONDAY
The plan was to drop Jessa off at school, get in my weight training and then pop into the kid's club to go to baby music class with Gabes. Ahhh the best laid plans. That did not happen. Gabes and I got to the gym and into kid's club about 9:40. It took at least 5 minutes to convince him that one crying toddler did not mean the whole place was a terror zone. I got to the locker room and realized I needed to be back for music in 10 minutes. So instead of running upstairs, I sat down with my book and figured out what my weights for today were going to be. After baby music I had to scoot home to meet the air/con guy but halfway home I got a message saying he needed to reschedule. Joy. No big deal really though since Gabriel conked out in the car. Jessica did have swim tonight though which meant I was going back to the gym anyway. Hurrah! Not a total write off.

EXERCISE: Stage 1 - Workout A:1. It took me about 30 minutes but there was also considerable confusion involved looking for the cable machine and making a fool of myself trying to to complete the Prone Jackknife move (I switched to the ab dolly!)
STEPS: 7,874 I'm sure I'd have made it to 10,000 if only I could have worn my fitbit in the pool!

TUESDAY
EXERCISE: No Exercise today! Eegads!
STEPS: Very low step day. An embarrassing 5,880.

WEDNESDAY
EXERCISE: Stage 1 - Workout B:1 Some Deadlift confusion but I'm getting there. I did some cardio to warm up as well but for the life of me I can't remember the times now. 
STEPS: 10, 255!!

THURSDAY
EXERCISE: Erm. No? 
STEPS: Turns out Tuesday wasn't my worst day for steps... Today was! Only 4,854.

FRIDAY
EXERCISE: Stage 1 - Workout A:2 Starting to get the swing of things now!
STEPS: 8,576

SATURDAY
EXERCISE: Took the kids to a 2 year old's birthday party. Does that count?
STEPS: 6,812

SUNDAY
EXERCISE: Stage 1 - Workout B:2. Made it to the gym with the entire family today! Mark spotted me through my deadlifts to help me figure out my form. I'm not sure why they confuse me so much. But I think I finally figured it out. Upped my weight 10lbs from Wednesday as well!
After the routine Mark and I hit Yoga Yin to stretch it out. 
STEPS: not yet tallied (it's still Sunday folks!)

Here's what my Stage 1 - Workout A looks like

and this is Workout B

So... Sunday to Sunday isn't exactly a week and for the observant among you, you'll have noticed a lack of weighing in. Turns out they didn't do a weigh in for week one, since technically it was only 2 days after our first weigh in. I'm going to try to switch my weekly recap to better align with Tuesdays. Next week's recap will begin with Tuesday.