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And here I go...
SO after agonizing about 'to-log or not to-log'... I have decided to begin. Slowly, but surely, I'm getting better about worrying about what others think... and this thread can serve as my daily reinforcement that I work so hard to honor MYSELF first. Go me. Let's get started...
Age: 26
Height: 5'5"
Occupation: High school science teacher
Basal activity level due to career: Busy; on my feet most of the day chasing high school kids and/or lecturing or scolding... my job is exhausting.
Level of activity outside of work: High (details to follow)
Starting point:
1999 -- 260.25 lbs at age 19. Began WeightWatchers using the Flex Plan and got down to about 185. Gained and lost within 20 lbs until I was 26 (Feb. of this year) and then got stuck. Maintaining an 80-lb weight loss, though, for nearly 7 years is pretty damn good, I'd say. But something had to change.
Feb. 2006 -- Found myself crying to Raina's sister on the phone about my now 10-month plateau at 185 no matter what I was doing/eating. Enter Ulter.
Current plan which began on Feb. 2, 2006:
DIET: 1500-1600 calories a day, logged on FitDay daily. 40/30/30 (protein/carbs/fat), 6 days a week when training. Cheat day 1 day a week where I'm capped at 2500 calories, but 40% is now carbs, not protein.
FOOD CHOICES: When I began in February, my carb allotment was still going to ice cream and processed foods/snacks. Then Ulter and I cut down to no-sugar-added... now I am down to the following foods as my carb sources: whole wheat pasta, potatoes, Clif bars, fruit with low GI values. Processed junk is out. This took awhile for me to achieve, but I'm finally doing it.
SUPPLEMENTS:
I'm a hardcore fan of ANAFIT, as is many of us. I have seen a huge difference in my performance training and in, simply enough, my weight losses since I began taking the supplements in February. Being sugar-sensitive and carrying my weight in my lower-body predominantly (hips, butt and thighs), I'm certain what I'm taking is helping me out:
Levorex: 2 at breakfast
Cardio Breeze: 2 at breakfast and at lunch
Sesapure: 1 at B, L and D
Gluorell: 1 at L and D
Non-Anafit items: The following are taken each morning at breakfast and one of each: vitamin E, fish oil, women's multi, magnesium, zinc, potassium glutamate, B complex, vitamin C, dandelion root (for water retention).
TRAINING:
Cardio -- 60 minutes 6 days a week first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.
Lifting -- Sun/Thurs. upper body; Tues/Fri. lower body. I keep a paper journal of all my lifts, sets, reps, and notes as to what to work on (e.g. "focus on keeping back arched; plant heels firmly; try this next time... stay with this weight, etc.)
PROGRESS THUS FAR:
I have been taking progress pics every two weeks since Feb. 2nd. I'll probably put them in my gallery sooner than later. They're dated.
If you'd like to see pictures and/or read my story or more in detail, you can visit my progress site at www.freewebs.com/troychak
Starting weight: 184 lbs on Feb. 3rd (I still WI (weigh-in) at WW (WeightWatchers) every Saturday and attend my meeting for check-in, to give help to people, and to get support and learn something NEW)
Weight today: 169 as of yesterday, Saturday, May 13, 2006.
Inches lost total thus far: About 12 overall. I measure chest, waist, hips, right thigh, left thigh.
Body fat %: As of a month ago, it was 32% (I think). I need to have my gym-teacher friend at work do this again for me soon. I can have her take it both ways -- calipers or hand-held measure.
So that is my story thus far. When I post my next set of measurements, I'll post the differences between my last set taken and the new set. Every Saturday is weigh-in, and I hope to see the scale drop each week... but I can reassure myself when it doesn't knowing that my muscles are now more defined.
I turn to you all because I love my WeightWatcher girls... but I'm getting more serious about my training and how MUCH of an athlete I want to become. I want to be around women who understand this side of me -- the side my family and friends don't always understand.
This is me. Whoever takes time to read me and comment, thank you to you. I'm learning that I am really becoming an athlete... and I'm starting to feel like I fit in someplace.
SO after agonizing about 'to-log or not to-log'... I have decided to begin. Slowly, but surely, I'm getting better about worrying about what others think... and this thread can serve as my daily reinforcement that I work so hard to honor MYSELF first. Go me. Let's get started...
Age: 26
Height: 5'5"
Occupation: High school science teacher
Basal activity level due to career: Busy; on my feet most of the day chasing high school kids and/or lecturing or scolding... my job is exhausting.
Level of activity outside of work: High (details to follow)
Starting point:
1999 -- 260.25 lbs at age 19. Began WeightWatchers using the Flex Plan and got down to about 185. Gained and lost within 20 lbs until I was 26 (Feb. of this year) and then got stuck. Maintaining an 80-lb weight loss, though, for nearly 7 years is pretty damn good, I'd say. But something had to change.
Feb. 2006 -- Found myself crying to Raina's sister on the phone about my now 10-month plateau at 185 no matter what I was doing/eating. Enter Ulter.
Current plan which began on Feb. 2, 2006:
DIET: 1500-1600 calories a day, logged on FitDay daily. 40/30/30 (protein/carbs/fat), 6 days a week when training. Cheat day 1 day a week where I'm capped at 2500 calories, but 40% is now carbs, not protein.
FOOD CHOICES: When I began in February, my carb allotment was still going to ice cream and processed foods/snacks. Then Ulter and I cut down to no-sugar-added... now I am down to the following foods as my carb sources: whole wheat pasta, potatoes, Clif bars, fruit with low GI values. Processed junk is out. This took awhile for me to achieve, but I'm finally doing it.
SUPPLEMENTS:
I'm a hardcore fan of ANAFIT, as is many of us. I have seen a huge difference in my performance training and in, simply enough, my weight losses since I began taking the supplements in February. Being sugar-sensitive and carrying my weight in my lower-body predominantly (hips, butt and thighs), I'm certain what I'm taking is helping me out:
Levorex: 2 at breakfast
Cardio Breeze: 2 at breakfast and at lunch
Sesapure: 1 at B, L and D
Gluorell: 1 at L and D
Non-Anafit items: The following are taken each morning at breakfast and one of each: vitamin E, fish oil, women's multi, magnesium, zinc, potassium glutamate, B complex, vitamin C, dandelion root (for water retention).
TRAINING:
Cardio -- 60 minutes 6 days a week first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.
Lifting -- Sun/Thurs. upper body; Tues/Fri. lower body. I keep a paper journal of all my lifts, sets, reps, and notes as to what to work on (e.g. "focus on keeping back arched; plant heels firmly; try this next time... stay with this weight, etc.)
PROGRESS THUS FAR:
I have been taking progress pics every two weeks since Feb. 2nd. I'll probably put them in my gallery sooner than later. They're dated.
If you'd like to see pictures and/or read my story or more in detail, you can visit my progress site at www.freewebs.com/troychak
Starting weight: 184 lbs on Feb. 3rd (I still WI (weigh-in) at WW (WeightWatchers) every Saturday and attend my meeting for check-in, to give help to people, and to get support and learn something NEW)
Weight today: 169 as of yesterday, Saturday, May 13, 2006.
Inches lost total thus far: About 12 overall. I measure chest, waist, hips, right thigh, left thigh.
Body fat %: As of a month ago, it was 32% (I think). I need to have my gym-teacher friend at work do this again for me soon. I can have her take it both ways -- calipers or hand-held measure.
So that is my story thus far. When I post my next set of measurements, I'll post the differences between my last set taken and the new set. Every Saturday is weigh-in, and I hope to see the scale drop each week... but I can reassure myself when it doesn't knowing that my muscles are now more defined.
I turn to you all because I love my WeightWatcher girls... but I'm getting more serious about my training and how MUCH of an athlete I want to become. I want to be around women who understand this side of me -- the side my family and friends don't always understand.
This is me. Whoever takes time to read me and comment, thank you to you. I'm learning that I am really becoming an athlete... and I'm starting to feel like I fit in someplace.
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