I am super lucky that my husband is so enthusiastic and supportive of my fitness goals. Since it was so very blustery here in Baltimore, MD I decided to do my workout at home today. I've been trying to master some very basic moves that might seem remedial but I want to definitely make sure that I am doing them right. One of those basic moves is the humble squat. I came across this video on fitsugar this morning.
While my hubs was doing some work at his computer I called him over to compare what I was doing to what the woman in the video was doing. After several failed attempts at demonstrating what I was doing wrong and me nearly falling flat on my back, he proposed taking a picture of me so that I could see for myself what I was doing wrong. It turns out that my "Wilson Long-Torso" makes it impossible for me to do the elbows on the the knees thing that the woman in the video is doing. Once I figured that out I could modify what I was doing-- by putting my arms straight out in front of me-- to do a proper squat. Mission accomplished!
My point is that the buddy system is a great way to get motivated and you can be each other's spotter!
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
It has been a while!
What a roller coaster ride the past two months have been. The social season has finally passed and life is returning to normal.
The holidays of course brought holiday indulgences and stress and another nasty cold. When all was said and done, I woke up one morning after New Years and reluctantly got on the scale. I knew that my pants were feeling a bit tight and when I looked in the mirror my face seemed bloated. Yuck! I, unfortunately, was not surprised when I saw that I was a tad over 150 lbs. After my wedding-- when I was working out like CRAZY-- I dropped down to about 140lbs. but then I settled into being about 145 lbs.
Like many folks, my New Years Resolution was to lose weight and get in shape. My very supportive husband also resolved to join me in re-finding our healthy lifestyle.
We've been using myfitnesspal to count calories and are on a very aggressive weight loss plan. I've been trying to stick to between 1200 and 1300 net calories a day... which is crazy difficult! The days that I do the best on my diet are the days that I work out and burn more calories so I have more calories to "spend". We have also resolved to not eat out, not eat fried food and not drink alcohol. We have a few cheat days planned so that we have something to look forward to. I find that we are less likely to cheat on our non-cheat days if we can say to each other, "Listen... we gotta stick to this healthy stuff so Saturday night we can have a meal out!" So far it is working really well and we are saving a lot of money by not getting carry out, going to the diner or picking up a sixer on the way home.
It's always slow-going when you are trying to lose weight-- it's much easier gained than lost-- but I am seeing some results. In the past when I have not been so food-conscious I would see huge fluctuations on the scale day-to-day. Now I've stabilized in the mid-140's. My short-term goal is to lose 5 lbs. and keep it off. I also would like to get stronger and be able to do a pull up...
Coming up this week: A full work week at the theater, date night, then coming up with some healthy-ish snacks for a Super Bowl on Sunday!
The holidays of course brought holiday indulgences and stress and another nasty cold. When all was said and done, I woke up one morning after New Years and reluctantly got on the scale. I knew that my pants were feeling a bit tight and when I looked in the mirror my face seemed bloated. Yuck! I, unfortunately, was not surprised when I saw that I was a tad over 150 lbs. After my wedding-- when I was working out like CRAZY-- I dropped down to about 140lbs. but then I settled into being about 145 lbs.
Like many folks, my New Years Resolution was to lose weight and get in shape. My very supportive husband also resolved to join me in re-finding our healthy lifestyle.
We've been using myfitnesspal to count calories and are on a very aggressive weight loss plan. I've been trying to stick to between 1200 and 1300 net calories a day... which is crazy difficult! The days that I do the best on my diet are the days that I work out and burn more calories so I have more calories to "spend". We have also resolved to not eat out, not eat fried food and not drink alcohol. We have a few cheat days planned so that we have something to look forward to. I find that we are less likely to cheat on our non-cheat days if we can say to each other, "Listen... we gotta stick to this healthy stuff so Saturday night we can have a meal out!" So far it is working really well and we are saving a lot of money by not getting carry out, going to the diner or picking up a sixer on the way home.
It's always slow-going when you are trying to lose weight-- it's much easier gained than lost-- but I am seeing some results. In the past when I have not been so food-conscious I would see huge fluctuations on the scale day-to-day. Now I've stabilized in the mid-140's. My short-term goal is to lose 5 lbs. and keep it off. I also would like to get stronger and be able to do a pull up...
Coming up this week: A full work week at the theater, date night, then coming up with some healthy-ish snacks for a Super Bowl on Sunday!
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