Weekends Suck!

I have a love/hate relationship with the weekend. I love it because its 2 days I dont have to get up and go to work BUT its also 2 days that I am not on a tight schedule (which means my eating is thrown off). This weekend I have to say I didn't do all that bad, until Sunday. Friday I ate fine, mostly because weigh in was on Saturday. After weigh in (that I lost to Casey again, ugh) I did good for breakfat, lunch I chose to eat at home instead of out and about with Casey and Caleb, and dinner was at a Gender Reveal party at Salt Grass and I ordered a chicken sandwich with a side salad and did not eat my fires. I did have a cupcake, heck I had to find out the sex of the baby... it's a BOY! Congrats to Callie and Scott (Casey's cousins).

Sunday is where my weekend went all down hill. I blogged last week about Mother Nature.. well you see how my body works is that one week I am all moody and hormonal and then the next week I start. Last week was the bad, bitchy week and well yesterday I started. The 1st day I can't seem to get full, all I want to do is eat, eat, eat, and eat some more. It was made worse because it happened on a weekend which means I wasnt stuck at work with limited food choices... Caleb decided he wanted to go to Mexico, so we went to Rosa's. Ugh! Then Casey decided he wanted to make homemade pizza for our dinner/movie night. We tried to make it as healthy as we could but it still probably wasn't the best choice. I was STUFFED by bedtime last night. Oh did I mention that I spilt a candy bar with Caleb? And by spilt, I mean he got 1/4 and I got 3/4...!

Today is a new day, I will not live in guilt of yesterday but instead push forward and start over today. I have all my meals planned out and at work ready to go. I have my gym schedule laid out and I am ready to attack it. Hopefully by Saturday, Aunt Flow will decide to leave and with a little hard work, I can hopefully lose something on the scale (or atleast break even)... Here is to a new day!

4.67% Body Fat Loss

One of us lost 4.67% body fat % this week and one us stayed the exact same... The winner is... Casey Joe!

Losing twice in a row sucks! Haha, BUT I am so very proud of Casey. He lost 4.0 pounds this week and 3.25 inches in his waist. He rocked the scale. Me on the other hand, I only lost 0.8 pounds BUT I lost 1.5 inches in my wasit and 2.5 inches in my hips... My body fat % stayed the same. Dang!

I think I am going to bypass 'Fat Kid Saturday' and really stick with my meal plan instead. I am ready for another good loss on the scale, I am ready to be back down inthe 160's. I know my inches are what matter but I a addicted to the scale and I want to hit that 164 again.

As for Casey, his goal this week is to start lifting weights at the gym. He has been doing just cardio and he said when he got down to the 250's he would start. He is now 256.2, so let the lifting begin!

Results:

Casey went from 260.2lbs to 256.2lbs = lost 4.0lbs

Body fat % went from 31.70% to 27.03% = lost 4.67%

I went from 189.0lbs to 188.2lbs = lost 0.8lbs

Body fat % went from 29.01% to 29.01% = broke even

Partner Training

Everyday on lunch me and the girls at my office walk over to Larry North and spend an hour working out. Most of the time we do our own thing but today me and another girl (Carly) decided to start partner training together. It was actually really good for me. I love a good competition and even though we aren't really competing against each other, she gives me that boost to go longer and harder with more weight. Today we decided to do cardio, arms and abs. Arms and abs are my 2 main target areas, so this workout is a much needed workout. I have noticed that since I have been doing the row machine that my arms are toning up some, but like everything else, they still need more work.

Our workout today:
20 minutes of cardio - we chose to do the elliptical
10 reps (weight 10 pounds) of:
- Bicep curls into shoulder presses & back down
- Tricep extensions
- Dips
***Repeat the cycle 3 times
Partner Abs
- Sit up ball throw
- back to back side ball pass
***Repeat 3 times (20 reps the 1st, 15 the 2nd and 10 the 3rd)
Stretch

Tomorrow we will do legs...! Keep checking back for our new workouts we make up and if you have any good pointers or ideas, let me know!

Purple Shorts take 3

This morning I woke up EXTRA early (for no reason at all) and had a lot of time to kill before leaving the house. I decided to pass the time and go ahead and try the purple shorts on instead of waiting til tonight to do so. Todays verdict was that the shorts aren't as tight around my thighs. I could tell maybe a slight difference in the picture but the true results where how they felt on my legs. I have been doing a different leg machine or workout each day, trying to target different areas and trying to build back up my right leg (surgery leg)... and obviously its working!

This week started off very rough, yesterday it was a bit better and then this morning, I felt like myself again. The side effects of Mother Nature are gone and I have returned back to normal. Thank God! With that being said, I am now excited about weigh in on Saturday morning. Casey is SO going down! I have stuck to my plan (gotta have a plan to keep going) by working out and eating clean. Even last night, Casey and I celebrated his last weeks win by going to see the movie Ted. We both decided to eat at home (turkey breast, whole wheat pasta and beans) and then when we got to the movies, we both passed on the concession stand. Losing weight and saying no to temptations is so much easier when you have an accountablility partner.

Counting down the days til this weeks weigh in... And counting down the days til I step on the cruise boat wearing those purple shorts (60 days)!!!!