I actually LOST weight!

Saturday: – No exercise whatsoever, other than a brief bike ride and a game of catch at the park. I did the taxes that day, OK?  And I managed to strain my shoulder a bit playing catch.

Sunday: – 30 minutes yoga.  Some biking.

Monday: – 30 minutes yoga.  LOOOOOTTTS of biking.

Today: Couldn’t sleep last night and my shoulder’s still a bit sore.  So just 25 minutes yoga.

Tomorrow: Will jump.  I promise.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO and I weigh….132 pounds.  Finally I have broken through whatever barrier I had hit.  Time for new pants, and possibly new headshots.

Past two days

Yesterday: – 10 minutes jumping
- 25 minutes yoga
- about 90 minutes of biking

Today: – OMG the legs, so only 30 minutes of yoga.  Will do some biking later.

I have a theory

So I haven’t been posting lately.  This is because I have not lost ANY weight in a month.

I still weight 135-ish pounds.  And I’m still restricting my calories and exercising.

Why is this?  My theory:

- I am in better shape than I was when this magical journey began.  Therefore, I am working LESS at the exercise I am doing.   Thus I burn fewer calories in the exercise I do, and lose less weight.
- Also I suspect the IShape’s calorie count on some things.  Some are suspiciously low when compared to the actual listed numbers on packaging.  So you combine the two…

…I am eating more and burning fewer calories than I think I am.

Or else my body is just saying “GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!!!!!!!”

Either works.

Anyway.  Today I did 35 minutes of yoga and 20 minutes of biking.  Nothing else, I had an audition today.  I think I’ll start jumping every day as well as biking, and double-checking my IShape calories.

The past few days

So on Saturday night I wanted to go out for a beer, but my IShape was telling me I was out of calories.  So what did I do?

- 20 minutes jumping (yes, that’s right)
- 30 minutes yoga

Sunday I suffered from the overindulgence, so:

- 30 minutes yoga

Monday is the super-heavy travelling day, so

- 30 minutes yoga

Today:

- 15 minutes jumping – it has gotten easier!
- 20 minutes yoga

But I still weigh 135.  No weight loss for two weeks.  Ben has a theory that I’ve lost all the “easy” weight, and my body is now building muscle.  I have to sort of cross another threshold of muscle-ness before I start to lose more weight.  I have no idea if this is plausible or not – do I look like an exercise physiologist? – but I’ll keep trying for another few weeks.  If I don’t lose any more weight by the beginning of May I’m done.

Today

Today I still have the soreness of the hip.  And that’s not a metaphor or anything, my hip is sore.  Too much exercise.  Anyway, this is what I did:

- 20 minutes yoga (will probably do more later)
- a bit of biking: I had a make-up lesson this morning that was far enough to bike to but not convenient for transit

If it weren’t a blustery sort of day I might go for a bike ride, but…More yoga.  Jump tomorrow.

Recently: Or, HOLY SHIT MY HIPS ARE SORE

So I have decided to return to skipping in conjunction with biking everywhere, since if I burn enough calories I can occasionally drink beer and eat cake.  This is what I’ve done since Tuesday:

Tuesday: – 30 minutes yoga
- about an hour of biking

Wednesday: – 15 minutes jumping
- 20 minutes yoga
- Some biking

Thursday: – 15 minutes jumping
- 20 minutes yoga
- Close to two hours of biking, some of it quite fast because no matter what I do I’m late for everything these days

Today: – HOLY SHIT MY HIPS ARE SORE.
- No jumping.
- 35 minutes yoga
- Probably no biking because it’s been raining all day.

Now excuse me while I go eat some sausages…

Lately

It’s been ages! Sorry for the radio silence.  I still haven’t re-established a good work-out pattern.  I won’t try to reconstruct the past week or so, because I can’t remember exactly what I did when, but the warm weather means I’ve been biking a fair amount. So if I haven’t quite gotten into the habit of jumping, I at least have been getting some cardio.

I did make it up to 15 minutes of jumping – I think that was on Thursday – and last Monday weighed in at 135 pounds!  This Monday, though, I also weighed in at 135 pounds.  Hmm.

I think it’s time to start jumping.

This sad, sad week

Do I even need to say that I’ve failed miserably in my weight loss this week?  Of course, I was sick, so not eating as much as usual or drinking alcohol, but I also didn’t move all that much for about three days.  Here’s today’s weigh-in:

- 137 pounds

Losing one pound in a week is MEANINGLESS.  I am disappointed, but I suppose it’s not really my fault.

I did no exercise until yesterday, when I did 45 minutes of yoga and a bit of biking.  Today:

- 40 minutes yoga
- will bike a fair amount to teach

I don’t think I’ll start jumping again until Wednesday.  Whatever virus I have picked up isn’t quite gone, and I’m still low energy and not quite myself.

Lately…

I must have hit “Save draft” instead of “Publish”, since I wrote this on Monday.  Let me update it to today and hit the right button.

Thursday:

- No skipping, 45 minutes yoga

Friday:

- 14m30s skipping
- 30 minutes yoga

Saturday:

My mother-in-law visits; no time for much exercises, but

- 25 minutes yoga

Sunday:

- long dog walk
- 20 minutes yoga

Today:

- there will be much biking in the evening
- 25 minutes yoga (so far – I may do more after I finish work)

And today’s weigh-in -

138 pounds!

I didn’t think I’d have lost any weight this week, since I kind of ate too much this weekend and didn’t jump for a few days, but whatever ramp I’m on seems to be still sloping up.  Good!

And since then:

Tuesday – 45 minutes yoga (teh legs!)
Feeling kind of off.

Wednesday – feeling HORRIBLE – I am now sick, so not only do I not exercise, I have to cancel all my lessons.

Today – Will not exercise or work either, but am feeling marginally better.  I may take some Nyquil, because taking Nyquil during the day rocks, and makes me forget that I’ve just lost $400 or so by not being able to work for two days.

OK, here we go:

Monday

- 35 minutes yoga
- MANY HOURS of biking

Tuesday

- 14m skipping
- 25 minutes yoga

Today:

- 14m15s skipping (15 minutes is in sight…)
- 25 minutes yoga

And…

…I weigh 140 pounds.

It’s working, folks, it’s working.  You reduce your calories and you exercise more, and you lose weight.  Who knew?