Posts from — February 2008

Let’s just ignore my last post. I don’t want to delete it, but pretend its not there and Memphis didn’t lose. Sad day.

 Anyway, I am down another pound for this week to 221. I think the weight loss will slow down a bit now that I am eating normally again. Darn. It was so nice to just lose because I didn’t feel like eating.

My goals for this week are to get all my workouts in and then some, even though I have really long and busy days. I can totally do it and so can everyone else.

Congrats to all the people chosen in the Memphis Biggest Loser contest. Good luck to you!

Today is such a good day. I sent the payment for my new computer… I should get it in the mail by Tuesday! Then I will have time to stay online and catch up on everyone’s progress. I miss blog reading. Its a lovely hobby.

Oh yeah, and tonight MEMPHIS will beat Tennessee. GO TIGERS! (Can you tell I am excited?)

I have to say, I am pretty amazed that Karson with a K was at my little blog. Just saying. I love Q107.5. By next week they will have more on the Memphis Biggest Loser Contest. I am excited for all the contestants.  Any time there is something in the Memphis area promoting healthier lifestyles I get really excited because that is something we lack around these parts.

Anyway, I just wanted to write a quick post about this week. It has been a really good week for me. Workouts have been awesome, I haven’t been eating much at all, and I am losing weight steadily. It is all pretty exciting.  I love weeks where everything goes right with weightloss. It makes those hard weeks easier because you can remember the “good times.”

Awesome check-in this week. 222 this morning. Down 3 for the week, 6 from the start. Yay!

My computer died so I am trying to live without it, which is hard since a lot of what I do is computer/internet related. Right now I am on a friend’s computer.  Oh well. One more thing to stress about in my life.

[[[Sick, sick, cough, cough]]] Turns out I got sick by going home for a week. My mom was sick so I should have known I would catch whatever it was that she had. But hey, being sick can do great things for weight loss, haha.

This is a minor setback because I will soon recover and start running again. I missed half a week of workouts though, and after last week of not doing anything I feel very far behind. I know I will catch up, but it isn’t going to be an easy ride.  I have been thinking about setbacks, and what you can do to get past them. Here are a few of my thoughts. Please share yours as well.

How to deal with setbacks:

• Step back and look at the situation. If the setback is something that you caused, take responsibility and don’t blame others. Evaluate the setback and determine what your next move should be.

• Bounce back toward reaching your goal. Reevaluate the goals you set and more importantly what it will now take to reach them. You might have to adjust your tactics, but if your goals are realistic try not to change them. Concentrate on how great it will be when you finally reach that goal.

• Approach the task with perseverance and dedication. Remember that success is never easy and will be a step by step process. It is up to you whether you fight through setbacks or just let them ruin your weight loss.

Hopefully I will get past this soon. What do you do to get past setbacks in weight loss?

Ive been sick since my last post so no running for me. Ive done some sad little situps and stretching and such, but really moved very little. Oh how wonderful the couch is when you feel like crap. I am feeling better so I wanted to share some interesting information about another reason I want to lose weight.

We all know that obesity raises the risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other things. But now scientists have proven the extra pounds raise a person’s chance to develop 12 different types of cancer. Previously it was noted that obesity may raise the risk of colon and breast cancers, but now it scientists also consider more rare types of cancer such as gallbladder, kindey, and uterus.

 ”One of the hypotheses is that the presence of excess fat cells could affect the levels of hormones in your body,” Renehan said. “At a cellular level, that may favor the development of tumors in humans.”

Because many studies have found that fatter people are more likely to get cancer, experts often recommend losing weight to reduce cancer risk.

“The simple message is that, if you manage to keep a healthy body weight, you will have a lower risk of developing cancer,” said Ed Yong, of Cancer Research United Kingdom.

Check out these news articles for more.  Associated Press. U.S. News Health.

Yeah so. Journal. Easy enough, right?

Workout I was supposed to do: Warm up jog 3 minutes. Stretch. Walk 2 minutes. Run 5 minutes. Walk 2 minutes. Run 5 minutes. Walk 1 minute. Run 5 minutes. Cool down 3 minute powerwalk or jog. Stretch.

What I actually did + thoughts:

• Warm up jog. Feelin good. I like jogging. I can totally do this for three minutes.
• Stretch. Still good. Body feeling loose. Sweet.
• Walk 2 minutes. Walking is so easy.
• Run 5 minutes. Not too bad in the beginning. By the end much harder. Slowed down a bit. Did my body forget what forward motion meant?
• Walk 2 minutes. Thank goodness. Walking. I can do this. Kind of.
• Run 5 minutes. Ok. Run, run, run. Legs feel heavy. Hard to keep going. Need motivation. Omg!
• 3rd minute, fall when running. That was embarassing. Did anyone see? Never happened before.
• Walk remaining time. Ok, so that sucked. Body felt tired. Legs not working so well. Calves a bit sore. Is this because I took a week off? Suck!

Apparently not having weight loss on my mind actually leads to weight loss. This week -1, down to 225.5. Pretty good stuff. A pound a week works. Its not like I am on the biggest loser here.

Frustrations from last week: an F4 tornado trying to rip my face off, eating out too much because my power was out and I wasn’t home, drinking to much on Friday night (only a frustration afterwards), eating comfort food galore when I came home to my mom’s house.

Exercise from last week: lost track of workouts after Monday so I am way off schedule with my training, worked on cleanup a bit at school - definitely hardcore exercise

Goals for next week: (1) get back on track with my training, starting the first workout today and continuing on odd days the rest of the week (2) keep a journal of my food and my workouts so my friend can help me plan better training (3) not eat so many cookies and such while I am camped out at home doing nothing (4) unrelated to weightloss, but still a goal, start looking for jobs for post graduation life

I think this week will be pretty successful in weight related things. Hope everyone did well!

Here are a few of the pictures I took on campus of Union University after the F4 tornado tore straight through our campus. If you want to see more pictures, check out my flickr account. If you want to donate to help the students that lost all of their belongings go here.

Weight has been the last thing on my mind these days, but I hopped on the scale yesterday. Down two pounds to 226. Sweet.

I am a student at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. My school was devastated by the tornadoes on Tuesday, but I am safe and well as are all the students at Union. By the grace of God no one was killed when the tornado ripped through the dorms with 1200 students there. It is a miracle for our community, that even though many have lost everything they are alive. I am sorry for the loss of life and property in the rest of our state. God bless everyone affected by these storms.