luvtorun
Cathlete
Wendy... no cheating, now get back in there and do it again!!!}( Okay, okay... I'm still flying high on endorphins from IMAX2, I'll try to tone it down a bit!:+ Seriously, your w/o doesn't sound like a cheat to me, it sounds pretty tough.
Kali-- congrats on that job... YAY!!
Kim - I'll be thinking of you tomorrow. I hope that boot comes off!!! Keep listening to the doc though after it comes off, no setbacks!!
Okay... from this morning there were some questions about why I was wanting to lose weight... let me clarify my goals a bit. When you show your progress or lack thereof, it helps to know the person's goals.
My goal is really not to lose weight per se. I like to keep my weight around 135 lbs., that is where I am most comfortable. That being said, I need to monitor my weight so I can calculate my body fat percentage which I get from a body fat analzyer. It is an Omron and while it is said these aren't 100% accurate, I used it more as a tracking tool, using it the same day every week, at the same time, first thing out of bed, in the buff, etc. when I do my weighing and measuring. I can calculate my body fat in pounds and my lean body mass in pounds using the numbers off the BF analyzer. There are things that can skew the numbers like being dehydrated etc., so I have to keep that in mind.
That being said, my goal is to add lean muscle mass and lose body fat to improve the appearance of my lower body/butt area. I have a cellulite-looking layer on my butt and use to on my upper thighs but my thighs have really improved ALOT so I feel there is hope for my butt too.
I wear a size 8 and even a 6 in some things and yes, I think I look darn good in a pair of jeans but it is the bathing suit body I'm after or as close to it as I can get at 44 years old, two children, and years of not paying attention to what I was doing to my body.
That being said, even though I did go up in body fat this week, I keep a cumulative totals of body fat lost and muscle mass gained and since I started zigzagging the keeping up with this the first of July, I have gained 4.3 pounds in muscle mass and lost only 0.34 or a third of a pound of body fat. That means that I weigh about 4 pounds more than I did when I started this in total weight but it is muscle, not fat!!!
So what I'm trying to do is really just trade my body fat for lean muscle mass. So far the going is a little slow but nothing worth having is ever easy, so I just keep plugging along with y'all help of course.
Hope this clarifies my goals a little more.
Becky/Kali - GS Legs tomorrow.... I know Kali is subbing L&G which is a killer w/o too. Becky - do you have GS Legs?
Talk to y'all later... need to go shower and fold some clothes!
Hello to everyone, Marie good to see you posting today.
Kali-- congrats on that job... YAY!!
Kim - I'll be thinking of you tomorrow. I hope that boot comes off!!! Keep listening to the doc though after it comes off, no setbacks!!
Okay... from this morning there were some questions about why I was wanting to lose weight... let me clarify my goals a bit. When you show your progress or lack thereof, it helps to know the person's goals.
My goal is really not to lose weight per se. I like to keep my weight around 135 lbs., that is where I am most comfortable. That being said, I need to monitor my weight so I can calculate my body fat percentage which I get from a body fat analzyer. It is an Omron and while it is said these aren't 100% accurate, I used it more as a tracking tool, using it the same day every week, at the same time, first thing out of bed, in the buff, etc. when I do my weighing and measuring. I can calculate my body fat in pounds and my lean body mass in pounds using the numbers off the BF analyzer. There are things that can skew the numbers like being dehydrated etc., so I have to keep that in mind.
That being said, my goal is to add lean muscle mass and lose body fat to improve the appearance of my lower body/butt area. I have a cellulite-looking layer on my butt and use to on my upper thighs but my thighs have really improved ALOT so I feel there is hope for my butt too.
I wear a size 8 and even a 6 in some things and yes, I think I look darn good in a pair of jeans but it is the bathing suit body I'm after or as close to it as I can get at 44 years old, two children, and years of not paying attention to what I was doing to my body. That being said, even though I did go up in body fat this week, I keep a cumulative totals of body fat lost and muscle mass gained and since I started zigzagging the keeping up with this the first of July, I have gained 4.3 pounds in muscle mass and lost only 0.34 or a third of a pound of body fat. That means that I weigh about 4 pounds more than I did when I started this in total weight but it is muscle, not fat!!!
So what I'm trying to do is really just trade my body fat for lean muscle mass. So far the going is a little slow but nothing worth having is ever easy, so I just keep plugging along with y'all help of course.
Hope this clarifies my goals a little more.
Becky/Kali - GS Legs tomorrow.... I know Kali is subbing L&G which is a killer w/o too. Becky - do you have GS Legs?
Talk to y'all later... need to go shower and fold some clothes!
Hello to everyone, Marie good to see you posting today.
