erin74kr's Journal, 23 Aug 10

So the scale came down a pound, hooray!!

I went on livestrong.com today, which is what I had used last year when I lost 40 pounds, and discovered that my lowest weight since 2006 was 174. My measurement recordings were also on there, and I'm about an inch away in my waist from being the same measurements in the bust, waist and hips as at 174, but at 182. Which means my body composition must have changed this year. I'm not really surprised, as these past few months have been the first time in my entire life that I've ever kept up a strength training regimen for longer than a week. I was afraid to go back to work being heavier than I was when I left, but from the measurements, I probably look exactly the same even with 8 added pounds. Except likely healthier as starvation dieting and diet pills were involved last time.

It frustrates me that I spent the last 10 months, where I could have been transitioning from unhealthy weight loss to healthy weight loss and losing 40 more pounds, eating things that were bad for me and not exercising. I guess that could be said for the 50 other times I've attempted to gain control of my eating, though. What a horrible pattern to see in the graphs over the past 4 years. Low, high, low, high. I never considered myself a yo-yo dieter but that's exactly what I've been. I think I'm strong enough to shed that habit though. it always comes back to social pressure for me, and these past two months, I've been too busy to have any. Now, I feel so good, I doubt 'fitting in' is a good enough reason for me to stop eating healthily and mindfully.

I became a bit worried today, about the long, cold, dark winter of the Northwest Territories, and how I'll combat not being able to exercise outdoors for much of the winter. Not only is it dark almost 24 hours a day in the wintertime, but as staff, we aren't allowed to wander too far outside of camp by ourselves in the winter because of the wolves. Eek!

I won't have any cardio machines(there is a gazelle in the gym, but it's broken!) and I'll be on a upper floor of the sleeping quarters so any jumping around is sure to piss off my neighbours. I can bring my wii and do those boring runs. There is some weight equipment in the gymnasium (which will also be -40C in the wintertime as there's no heat there!) that I might be able to pilfer and bring to my room. I plan to do a lot of yoga during the evening as it's the quietest exercise I can imagine. Does anyone have any advice on exercises that are considerate to the poor tenant beneath me?

IN OTHER pat myself on the back news, I can now do a crunch. Not a pathetic, sort of lift my shoulders off the ground crunch, a real one! and a reverse crunch, not a sort of lift my bum off the ground for a quarter of a second crunch. !!! That's probably the first time I've ever been able to do them, they are so much easier to do than last month. Next hurdle: lunges. Uggghhhh...

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1382 kcal

Fat: 73.87g | Prot: 121.92g | Carbs: 65.81g.   Breakfast: dry roasted edamame. Lunch: grilled atlantic salmon, avocado. Dinner: black pepper, sea salt, tomato, Garlic, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, zucchini. Snacks/Other: dry roasted edamame. more...

2249 kcal

Exercise: Stretching (yoga) - 1 hour, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...