Body Composition Challenge (Page 23)

Woke up this morning to the radio trying to gently coax me from the bed.  Tired....  Not as tired as during the day yesterday, but tired nonetheless.  I made the executive decision to set the alarm for another hour.... and then another hour when it went off again...  9am CST, time to finally get out of bed, get my good mornings from the dogs, then some coffee, then some more coffee, body's awake now (or at least the parts that want to lose a little extra easy weight).  Take out the trash and recycling...  It must be a good sign that four adults (and two dogs) only fill one kitchen size trash bag per week (we do fill the plastic glass bin and paper bin), the rest of our "trash" is in the compost pile in the back yard (a testament to eating good foods!).

10am CST, finished watching some news, sports center, and HGTV.  Mostly of that hour was spent looking at paniers for my bike (I wear a backpack to commute, but would like some bags for bike camping) and eating breakfast (banana, soy milk, wheaties, two cups of coffee).  Time to get some reading in for research-related things for grad school...  I'm thinking today will be a nice day of working the mind and giving the body the day off.  I think my legs have earned a rest.  The last day of no work/exercise that they have had was the 12th of August (when they were driving my truck from Austin, TX to Columbia, MO).

I have a gut feeling that this Monday's weigh in won't be amazingly kind to me.  With my new roommates comes good beer.  IPA's siren call is one that is often times unrelenting and irresistible.  Old Rasputin's husky voice and icy stare from the bottom of the beer fridge are usually all the convincing that I need to unsheathe a frosty pint glass from the freezer door's icy tomb.  I might need to do another "bet" with Cam to keep me out of trouble for a week or so.  I can do it without a bet.  ......***"Channeling self-restraint***....

I haven't been eating terrible.  Mostly because it is hard to find a pre-made box of terrible that I can thrown in the microwave. Albeit, the chicken/broccoli and butternut squash/garbanzo bean/broccoli curries were prep intensive and probably not the best thing for me (I like to make things from scratch if I'm feeling spunky), however, I did manage to only use butter in the butternut curry (and used brown rice instead of white).

Either I'm procrastinating or I'm easily distra... SQUIRREL!

Bill  (wgraves7582) just gave me a call. He has come to his senses and is not doing the Trans Georgia ride. It is really extreme and the tropical storm coming in  means that the weather will probably be downright dangerous. Since it is self supported through  the forest it just seemed wise to call it over. He wanted me to post to let folks know why he can't be tracked.

See, he is trainable

I finally got my electricity back today!!  8 days after Irene blew through.

Longest run in over a year today, 5 miles PAIN FREE!

Double Congrats!  Hopefully your life is regaining some semblance of normalcy.

A new Monday and a new weight... 197.  Up 2 lbs from last week.

weight - 197 (started at 203.2) 

Abdomen Fat -18 (started at 24)

Chest Fat - 17 (started at 22)

Thigh Fat - 16 (started at 24)

Estimated % Body Fat - 15.26 (started at 20.58)

Pounds fat  - 30.06 (started at 41.82)

Although overall weight is up, body fat is down.  Guess all that powerlifting is adding on to my muscle mass.

Hope everyone else is making progress in the right direction!

Cheers

Crunched some numbers (ok my excel sheet did all of the math):

since beginning of challenge net change in

Overall Mass: -6.2 lbs

Overall Fat Mass: -11.76 lbs

Overall Lean Mass: +5.56 lbs

Every other week I am running a new personal record in distance!  Here's to an OLY and maybe HIM in 2012.  Ok, maybe a bit early to jump on that boat.  I'll focus on the marathon in December.

Out of town this week and the scale that I have access to is questionable so I haven't stepped on it. Will step on the scale at home next week when I get home.

Worked out each day - Monday was 32 minutes, Tues-Saturday was an hour each day and then yesterday was a 6.82 mile walk in 2 hours. Worst of my eating was 2 slices of pizza last night for dinner but other than that - lean meats and veggies. Hoping it is paying off but my pants feel GREAT yet so that is hopeful. 

Happy Monday!

Stacie

Hello and good morning, everyone!

Since today FEELS like Monday, I'm using today's weight for my weigh-in, since it's kinder to me than yesterdays.

I think I'm about back where I started?  Maybe a smidge lower?  I'm at 144.4 today... happy to see it headed in the right direction.

Of course, my roommate went grocery shopping last night and came home with a BOUNTY of bad food.  Ironically, she's also my personal trainer, but one of those people who can eat ANYTHING and stay in shape and looking good.  B*tch.  (hee!)

This weekend coming up will be my monthly measurement day.  I'm curious to see if anything's changed...

Good morning everyone!

Between a birthday bash and Labor Day cookout, I ate like a maniac this weekend and am not going near the scale until at least tomorrow.

That is fantastic about the power. But even more fantastic about the run!

No change for me but some positive steps (I hope) Got a referral to an endocrinologist to hopefully get my thyroid in order.

I have got to get my energy back. So, the good news is that I am still at the same level, the bad news is..... I am at the same level.

Those are some great leaps and bounds!

Wow--Have I been busy (no dark black holes at all!--just busy).  Relay, Tried to work, took the boys camping/snakehunting in NM, and Heather's race.  Good times and I even got on my bike (I love my bike) yesterday.

Blog is behind, inspires are lacking, and I am exhausted.  Sorry everyone but I have been having fun.

Never apologize for having fun! Glad to hear no black holes in your universe!

Hey everyone! Back from vacation and tapering for my HIM but my eating hasn't tapered at all!!  Didn't really overeat or make bad food choices but I did drink a fair share of calories in the form of fruity cocktails and so while I haven't stepped on the scale - I was starting to fill out my bikini towards the end of my holiday so... I'll check tomorrow and hopefully I've just maintained eek!

Good for you for getting it checked out!  Back in the mid 90s I was packing on the weight, had no energy yet was exercising and eating healthy.  My partner told me something was wrong with me and so I went and got checked out by my doctor.  Turns out I had an underactive thyroid.  Got me some drugs and slowly with exercise got back to a healthy weight.  Finding the right balance can be really tricky.  You have to be in tune with your body and watch for the symptoms and stay on top of it.  Last year mine was all over the place and I think I was in for bloodwork every 6 weeks flip flopping between hypo and hyper.  It's in balance now but I still fluctuate between feeling cold, winded and tired to being a hyper, sweaty eating machine.  Sexy huh?  I actually prefer the latter LOL  Good luck with it and hope it all gets sorted out soon.

Wow, thanks for the update, Robin. Bill made the right call, it sounds like it could be very dangerous.

Ugh, that sounds like another day in the h*ll that is perimenopause...

Here's hoping for a maintain or maybe a loss!

I would love to be the sweaty, hyper eating machine rather than the tired, slow, cold being that I am now! Hopefully we will get the dose right SOON!