Phase Two Starting Weight and Measurements

I haven't weighed in and measured since August 17th and going off of the program for about a month I knew that when I stepped on the scale and measured today I would see a definite increase in numbers but I was hoping it wouldn't be that detrimental to my weight loss goals.

Here are my measurements from August 17th:

Weight: 224 lbs              

Chest: 44 1/2"

Biceps: 14 1/2"

Waist: 37"
Stomach (around the belly button) 40"

Hips: 44"

Thighs: 26 1/2"

Calves: 17 1/2"

These are my measurements from today:

Weight: 229 lbs              

Chest: 46 1/2"

Biceps: 14 1/2"

Waist: 38 3/4"
Stomach (around the belly button) 43"

Hips: 44 3/4"

Thighs: 27 1/2"

Calves: 17 1/2"

Here are my photos from August 17th:

   

Here are my photos from today:

So in about two months I have gained 5 pounds and 8 1/4 inches. Needless to say that I am disappointed in the gain, but the minor set back just makes me even more motivated to start this next phase and to keep myself on track as I now can see just how easy it is to undo all the hard work that did. 

Day 109 Get Fit Challenge...Weigh In and Measurements (month 4)

Well it's been about a month since my last weigh in and measurements. My goal for this month was a loss of 15 pounds and 8 inches so let's get down to the numbers and see if I hit it.

Here are my measurements from July 20th:

Weight: 231 lbs              

Chest: 45 1/2"

Biceps: 14 1/2"

Waist: 38"
Stomach (around the belly button) 43 1/4"

Hips: 45"

Thighs: 27 3/4"

Calves: 18"

These are my measurements from today:

Weight: 224 lbs              

Chest: 44 1/2"

Biceps: 14 1/2"

Waist: 37"
Stomach (around the belly button) 40"

Hips: 44"

Thighs: 26 1/2"

Calves: 17 1/2"

That is a loss of 7 pounds and 8 inches. So I definitely missed my goal for weight loss. With not being able to get to the gym as consistently this month because of  my bachelorette weekend and then my grandpa being in the hospital I can see why I didn't reach my goal of 15 pounds. Inch wise though I did reach my goal so I am pretty happy about that. 

Here are the pictures from July 20th:



Here are the pictures from today:

   

Total so far I have lost 36 pounds and 32 inches in a little over 3 months. There are 41 days until my wedding day and I have my first dress fitting this coming Friday. Since I cannot lose a huge amount of weight once the fittings start my goal for the next month is to really focus on toning up my upper body and not completely stressing out. 

Day 82 Get Fit Challenge...Weigh In and Measurements (month 3)

So it is month 3 and technically by this point for any other person this would be their last weigh in and they would be finishing the program, but I am "special" and do not get to stop at this point. I have 5 more weeks until I have to put a hold on any major weight loss cause dress alterations take some time. Then it's back on until January. So these next 5 weeks are going to have to be a major push for me as I am not where I want to be at this point. 

Here are my measurements from June 22nd:

Weight: 239 lbs              

Chest: 46 1/2"

Biceps: 15"

Waist: 39"
Stomach (around the belly button) 43 1/4"

Hips: 46 1/2"

Thighs: 28 1/4"

Calves: 18"

Here are my measurements from today:

Weight: 231 lbs              

Chest: 45 1/2"

Biceps: 14 1/2"

Waist: 38"
Stomach (around the belly button) 43 1/4"

Hips: 45"

Thighs: 27 3/4"

Calves: 18"

So in about a month that is a loss of 8 pounds and 4 1/2 inches. Not as impressive as last weigh in which is disappointing especially with it being crunch time. So I definitely need to step it up for the next weigh in. 

Here are the pictures from June 22nd:
      

Here are the pictures from today:

Total so far though I have lost 29 pounds and 24 inches in three months. The new goal for the next weigh in is a loss of 15 pounds and 8 inches. Hopefully I'll be able to pull it off I'm really going to need to step things up. 

Day 68 Get Fit Challenge...2 week weigh in and measurements

Today is Sunday and you know what that means...weigh in time. I wasn't expecting much since I was out last week with a rib injury. When I stepped on the scale this morning I was 4 pounds lighter and 2 inches smaller. Not horrible but not great I really need it to be between 6-10 pounds but a loss is better than a gain. 

After talking to my brother today after weighing in he said I should incorporate more cardio into my day, because you know an hour and forty minutes is not enough. So now whenever I am sitting around on the couch or watching TV or basically whenever I am not working out at the gym I should instead be on the treadmill walking on an incline. I think my cardio just went from an hour and forty a day to 5 hours a day...that can't be right...right? I'm going to start by adding in an extra 2 hours on top of what I do at the gym twice a day and see where that gets me because no one should have to workout for 9 hours a day.

Tomorrow morning I have to drive my dad to Des Moines so he can go to a specialist for his back and it's like some 2-3 hour thing so I am thinking I will not get my morning workout in so I'll definitely need to do 3 hours of walking on the treadmill when I get back to make up for things before I head to the gym tomorrow night for weightlifting and more cardio.

Day 55 Get Fit Challenge...Weigh In and Measurements (month 2-well close enough)

Ok so technically it hasn't been exactly two months yet but I was told to weigh and measure every two weeks now. So this morning before everything else I did just that. 

Here are the measurements from June 1st:

Weight: 249 lbs              

Chest: 46 1/2"

Biceps: 15 1/4"

Waist: 40 1/4"
Stomach (around the belly button) 47"

Hips: 47 3/4"

Thighs: 28 3/4"

Calves: 18 1/2"

Here are my measurements from today:

Weight: 239 lbs              

Chest: 46 1/2"

Biceps: 15"

Waist: 39"
Stomach (around the belly button) 43 1/4"

Hips: 46 1/2"

Thighs: 28 1/4"

Calves: 18"

Now if my math is correct that is a loss of 10 pounds and 7-3/4 inches in 21 days which is not bad. 

Here are the pictures from June 1st:

Here are the pictures from today:

Honestly I don't see a big difference or where the 7-3/4 inches came off of, but a loss is a loss even if you really don't notice it. I do wish it was a bit more as there is only 14 weeks until the wedding and I am still miles away from where I want to be. 

The good thing about weighing and measuring in the morning before everything is that when I went to the gym this morning I worked a lot harder. I think it's because I saw where I was and where I still need to get to and it's a bit of a motivational push. Hopefully that sticks with me for the next couple of weeks until my next weigh in and measurements. 

Day 34 Get Fit Challenge...Monthly Weigh In and Measurements

Today  I stepped on the scale at my parent's house and it read 249. When I weighed myself at my brother's house before I left on Friday it said 247. There are two possible explanations for this, 1-I managed to gain 2 pounds in two days or 2-the scale at my parent's house is heavier than the one at my brother's. The likelihood of me gaining 2 pounds in two days is slim especially with what I've been eating or rather NOT been eating, so it must be a difference in scales. Since I am here for the duration of my program I'm just going to go with what my parent's scale said. Yes, it only showed a pound lost but that is better than nothing.

Now for the measurements.  Here are my measurements from when I started:

Weight: 260 lbs              

Chest: 49 1/2"

Biceps: 15 1/4"

Waist: 43 3/4"
Stomach (around the belly button) 49 1/2"

Hips: 49 1/2"

Thighs: 29 3/4"

Calves: 18 3/4"

Here is what I measured in at today:

Weight: 249 lbs              

Chest: 46 1/2"

Biceps: 15 1/4"

Waist: 40 1/4"
Stomach (around the belly button) 47"

Hips: 47 3/4"

Thighs: 28 3/4"

Calves: 18 1/2"

That is a total of 12" for the month! Needless to say I am very pleased with these results and hopefully they continue in the next 4 months especially as my wedding date is slowly creeping up on me. 

Now for the photos. I forgot to take starting photos so I pulled a couple recent ones:

Here are the progress photos from today:

Where I notice the loss the most is from my face and my back.

So there we have it one month down. If the next 4 months goes this well I am going to be happy, happy, happy. 

Day 1 Get Fit Challenge....Why is there so much food?!

I have officially begun my new journey to fitness and a healthy lifestyle. So before I get into anything lets get down to brass tax and start with my beginning measurements.

Weight: 260 lbs              

Chest: 49 1/2"

Biceps: 15 1/4"

Waist: 43 3/4"

Hips: 49 1/2"

Thighs: 29 3/4"

Calves: 18 3/4"

My overall goals for the next 8 months are:

Weight: 160 lbs

Chest: 38"

Biceps: 12"

Waist: 29"

Hips: 39"

Thighs: 24"

Calves: 15"

For the next two weeks (phase 1) I am on a 3200 cal/day meal plan. This is how it breaks down:

Meal #1 eat at 7am

10 egg whites

3 servings of cream of rice

2 rice cakes

*because I am working out in the morning I am supplementing the eggs and cream of rice with an isopure shake that has a cup and a half of multigrain oats so I am not so full while I'm working out

Meal #2 eat at 10am

5 oz chicken breast

2 cups of jasmine rice

1 cup of vegetables

Meal #3 eat at 1pm

5 oz chicken breast

1.5 cups of jasmine rice

1 cup of vegetables

Meal #4 eat at 4pm

5 oz chicken breast

1/2 cup of jasmine rice

10 oz of sweet potato

1 cup vegetables

Meal # 5 eat at 7pm

5 oz chicken breast

1 cup fresh vegetables

8 oz sweet potato

1 cup jasmine rice

Meal #6 eat at 10pm

10 egg whites

3 servings of multigrain oats

1 rice cake

Also within this time frame I have to drink 1 gallon of water

It's A LOT of food and combined with all the water I am drinking I am definitely not hungry EVER...well not at this point anyway. Once my metabolism kicks in about 4 weeks I should be hungry every 3 hours if not before then. Which will be great because right now I feel like I have perma-bloat.

Now the hard part....The Workout. For now I am on two a days doing a HIT program in the morning combined with 15 minutes of cardio and weight training at night with another 15 minutes of cardio.

Here is what my HIT workout consists of:

Warm up with 2 mins on a stationary bike

1 set 30 seconds of alternate heavy rope training 

1 set 1 minute each of thrusters with 10lb bar

4 sets of tire flips timed for speed (5 flips)

1 set 30 seconds of straight heavy rope training

4 sets of shuffle sprints with 20lb medicine ball throw downs (end of wall to middle of wall)

4 sets 30 seconds each of overhead medicine ball throws with an 8lb ball

1 set 15 seconds of sweep heavy rope training

4 sets 45 seconds each of box step-ups with alternate knee crunches (lowest height)

3 sets 30 seconds of planks 

Rest for 30 seconds between sets
Rest for 1 minute between cycles

I went into my first workout this morning a little worried and with the hope that I wouldn't puke or cry during it and that I would be able to complete everything that was asked of me. It went better than expected and I didn't cry, puke, or fail at anything but man it was challenging about half way through I got a massive headache which made it a bit more difficult to push through the last couple of complexes. At the end of the session my legs felt like jello and my forearms were fatigued. Cardio was a breeze and a much welcomed rest after the HIT circuit.

This afternoon's workout consisted of weights focused on leg supersets, 4 sets of 12-15 reps finished out with another 15 minutes of cardio. If I am being honest I thought that the weight workout was more fatiguing than the morning circuit, but that could be because I got another massive headache halfway through....well that and all the squats and reverse lunges. Hopefully this headache thing is not a trend because man does that really make finishing sets difficult.

So yeah first day down feeling pretty good not too sore...hopefully that continues tomorrow.