TEAM SKINNY 03/01/08 (March Madness) (Page 9)

i146q:  Sometimes it feels pretty much like 99+.  Couple more years and I can live in those old folks neighborhoods.  Just so you know they are not velcro they are red yankz..so there.

Kiwi, Glad to know that you felt the difference.  The walking lunges will work quite well too. 

"Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made."

Josh-my bday is 3/13.  My hubby laughs at me because I keep telling him my birthday should be a national holiday.  What can I say, birthdays were always really big in my family.  Great pics!!  Congrats on being under 190, but I'd say with all of the driveway shoveling, you did plenty of working out!

Ok, now I have to hate you.  I mean, you ate PIZZA and drank, and stayed the same?

All right maybe I'm just jealous...  I swear, if that was me, I would have gained 10 pounds. 

x2 on the walking lunges - those are killer awesome.  Anything where you're using the stabilizing muscles as well as the weight bearing muscles is going to work better overall. 

i think you should post them on here, just to motivate us!

last week: 150.0

this week: 148.6 - go me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

athena where are you?!?  

i know it's a day early but it's another footie night tonight. chinese with red wine tonight, and hopefully a victory

"The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat. "

Hey skinny people!

As I have mentioned, 8-9 weeks ago I started an intense cycling class, called eCycling.  This is not your everyday "spinning" class.  This is an intense 90 minute workout 2x/week where you need to eat gu/gel, just to make it through!  Everyone is on their own bike hooked up to a Computrainer and you train a certain power levels based upon your fitness accessment.........So I just got back from my fitness accessment and wanted to share my results, especially since I b-itch and moan about the scale 24/7.  It gets sooooo hard not to focus on that scale number, but here's what my 8 weeks of training have done to my body, that the scale does NOT show.

Overall I have gained 0.9 pound (yes I did not want to round up that last .1) on the scale, BUT

I have LOST 7.78 pounds of body fat

I have gained 8.63 pounds of lean body mass

My % of body fat has decreased by 5.7%

My leg circumference has gone up 1 CM, BUT my skinfold test has gone down....basically my legs are bigger (bummer) but they have less fat.

My peak power on the bike has increased by 5 watts, however, the last 8 weeks of cycling class have been focused on building the engine, so it was impressive that my power increased at all.  The technition was pretty impressed, and this guy works with pro cyclists and pro triathletes, so yay me!

My cycling economy has increased by 2 watts, so I'm becoming a more efficient cyclist!

I would still love for the number on the scale to be lower, but there are so many more positive changes in my body that ARE happening, so I need to focus on that.  I just wanted to share with you as I know we ALL get stressed about the scale.  Think about all of the changes that are happening that the scale is NOT telling you.

Feel free to throw this post back at me tomorrow when I'm pissed about the number on my scale

Abbie

Welcome back Miss C.  Glad to see you.

AbbieR:  Just goes to show what a genius I am,  Haven't I said all along that IT ISN"T ALL ABOUT THE SCALE.  Your improvement is impressive as is your fat loss...THAT is a GREAT job no matter what the scale says. 

Oh, genius one.....Does that mean I can throw the f-in scale away now????  Just kiddin   Thanks for motivating words

I'm sure the scale will not be kind tomorrow.....I had a peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie at 3pm, my hormones made me eat it!!!  Plus I have not been drinking enough water today.  Regardless, I realized when I got into work this morning, I can throw another pair of "droopey Draws" on the "Do NOT Dry Clean and head to the back of the closet" pile of pants I'm accumulating.

i146q - 2008-03-10 11:43 PM

cadreamer - 2008-03-10 9:13 PM

i146q - 2008-03-09 10:10 PM Well, I'm back after a wkend of binge drinking, pizza, a blizzard (16+ inches in 24 hours), total lack of motivation, and a report of still being below 190 for the past 4-5 days... No seriously, I got wasted, ate pizza, shoveled about 7 driveways (some multiple times), and I have not gained a lb!!!! I am so happy.

Ok, now I have to hate you. I mean, you ate PIZZA and drank, and stayed the same?

All right maybe I'm just jealous... I swear, if that was me, I would have gained 10 pounds.

Besides, I just sent my 1, 30 and 60 day photos to abbie.... She says, officially, I'm not allowed to complain about the scale anymore. "You're turning into stone", she says.... If anything, I'm burning off the reserves and that's what we're here for right? How can I motivate you to get results??? Have you ever heard of the P90 in-home boot camp system? If not, look it up, it's done wonders so far.

Well, actually, I'm really happy with my results so far - just can't imagine eating pizza and drinking beer and not IMMEDIATELY paying for it.  Working on adding more bodyweight strength training into my routine although I'm not doing a whole lot right now.  I can't afford a gym membership, but that's no excuse.  You talked about the P90 - I haven't checked it out yet, but I will.

Yeah, and ok, I'm jealous of your fitness - but in return, it's 70 degrees here, sunny and GORGEOUS.  No snow for me.  I guess we all have these little trade-offs. 

Cookies are evil.  If you fell to the cookie, I hope you enjoyed it immensely...  Oh, and get rid of those clothes that are too big, unless you want to be wearing them again at some point.  If you don't, subconsciously you're telling yourself that you're going to need those sizes again.  Just a thought.