Dina:
Thanksgiving.
A gluttonous holiday by nature. In my family, it’s not just your typical turkey and dressing. We do it up. Lasagna. Roast beef. Ham. Stuffed shells. Apple pie. Pumpkin pie. Stuffing. Stuffed mushrooms. A buffet of wonderfully delicious, homemade food with no one eyeballing you when you go for seconds.
Other than a slice of apple pie (which, I might add, was heavenly), I managed to stay within my portion sizes and loaded my plate with veggies. Did I count calories and nutrients on Thanksgiving? Nope. I should have but I decided that I would just keep a watchful eye on myself and not over do it. And it worked. Well, with the exception of the apple pie.
The scale. Sigh…I have such high hopes for the number on that scale that I am almost afraid to get on it. However, I know it is not the right time. With vacation last week and the holiday this week, my exercise routine has suffered. Not an excuse by any means as I did do quite a bit of walking, but I need to kick it up. Next week I start TRX with Kelly…I am very much looking forward to challenging myself and having Kelly challenge me at the same time. Swimming starts next week too. I found an aquatics partner and I am also going to do some lap swimming on my own. Being in the water is like second nature to me…there is nothing quite like it. And yoga…for my body and my brain.
Nutritionally, I am still running at 1300-1350 calories a day, with a nutrient mix of 55% carbs, 24% protein, 21% fat. I am using the Lose It! app on my iPhone to keep track of everything I eat and my exercise. The more friends, the better so if you use Lose It! Too, so friend me at dina@feedyoursoulnow.com.
My exercise schedule, barring sick children, is to do TRX with Kelly on Mondays, swim Tuesdays, gym (ARC trainer/elliptical) Wednesdays, Aquatics on Thursdays and yoga on Friday to settle myself down. Too much? Probably, but if I miss something due to unforeseen circumstances, I am still getting a good deal of activity in.
"Nothing to it but to Do it!"
Kelly:
Uh-ha. So did anyone else read between the lines in Dina’s post? I see a fine line of “teeter-totter”, anyone else? Go back to day 11, read that again, then read this one. You’ll see: positive, negative, justification reasoning and so on. Dina’s human! But Dina will have to face the inevitable body measuring tape, a readjustment of calories and a more SWEAT. A client posted on Facebook “sweat is fat crying” – you can read into that however you like, I happen to feel it’s a fantastic saying.
Dina dear, the inevitable is coming….I cannot and will not keep you on 1300-1350 calories for more than 2 more weeks. I’ll give you the 2 weeks to get consistent with your workouts then a TOTAL RE-ADJUSTMENT is coming. The only reason Dina’s carbs are @ 55% now is because consistent workouts were supposed to start 22 days ago. Life happens, but isn’t that why we are blogging, so we can help others get out of the “coulda, shoulda, woulda”? We move onward and upward ‘round these parts….The carbs are at 55% for your fuel to help you through workouts. I know you are walking, but again, I think you are saying this is obviously not enough.
I have cut Dina’s calories to an amount where she “shoulda, woulda, coulda” lost a few (or more) pounds…that’s Dina’s goal, that’s my goal. However, until she begins to get her workouts and eating (at the same time) consistent, she’s loosing these lbs based only on caloric deficit. Not 100% the correct way to reach the goal she’s looking for. I am not Weight Watchers or any other the “other” weight loss program. I coach both sides of the lifestyle. Both sides need to start happening, now and consistently.
I am looking forward to catching up with Dina later this week to find out about her exercise regimen and how it’s going. I can see why Dina overcompensated in her daily regimen, I like that. Why not have a “just in case” day. At first glance, I thought it was too much, coming out with guns blazing so to speak. Be flexible within reason with yourself. I also like that Dina has mentioned those beautiful words: “I feel different” again. Still realize – TIME IS TICKING. Quickly. After 22 days, where is your patience, where is mine?
By the way, I’m friends with Dina on Lose It! and I track myself as well, it’s nice to know how your day is going, nutritionally. If you don’t have it planned out, how do you know what you are supposed to do? GUESS? Guess not my friends, guess not. Plan ahead, if not 7 days, try 1, try 2. No one is asking you to kill yourself over planning your health and nutrition. It just might kill you if you don’t. Who cares if to start you have to eat the same thing 2 days in a row? I plan, Dina plans, and we do this for a living! Do you really think you can keep guessing? So back to “other” weight loss programs: Not me, I am preventative guidance. If you do this right now, you don’t have to do it later. Need a plan, need to know what to do next, need to understand how to eat for your body and goals? See me.
A side note about my challenge when I hired my personal trainer: I thought because I was working out 3 times a week and cutting back here and there, I was golden! Well, after realizing “x” amount of days had gone by (UMMM…wasting money, literally) and the goal and vision for myself wasn’t happening I realized what a LIFESTYLE CHANGE really meant. This cliché is TRUE, whether or not you want to believe it and until you do, well….…..
Here’s my point - the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas was when I lost the bulk of my weight and began to see muscle definition consistently, and dammit, I was getting weighed in Every! Single! Week! You know why I wasn’t opposed to it? I wasn’t afraid of the scale, I knew my head was in the game, I knew that damn Random Number Generator(the scale) was going to tell me that I was giving myself results – I. Was. Not. Surprised. Oh, and then a month later I was on vacation in Mexico, All Inclusive Resort (AKA – eat yourself silly) with my parents (mom’s an alcoholic and my best friend so I was always with her, dad’s a burger/fry guy) and my husband who has never thought about what he eat (eats what I give him-thankfully) and still came home to the same weight as when I left AND wasn’t allowed to miss a weigh in upon return.
Please understand, this is a very tough time of year for me, brings back LOTS of memories – good memories, but it reminds me of where I came from. The hard work, the motivation I had to dig up inside of myself, the frustration of the before, the frustration of learning it all, the frustration of having to put one foot in front of the other and making these changes for ME!
Not many people know this part of my story, I may, stress MAY have shared it with one or two people, and if I have, I don’t remember who I told. So there, there it is…there’s my story world! I actually feel relieved that I shared that!
To be honest, I turn a deaf ear to the excuses, nod my head and just agree with people when they justify their weight issues/gain, etc over the holidays. Isn’t that really what “you” want anyway? Really? Think about it. If you didn’t want a nod and someone to just agree with you, you’d never bring it up in the first place because you wouldn’t need to justify or declare your emotions about it. When you realize this change in yourself, you’ll know it, just like you KNOW anything else.
Will tomorrow ever come? Another dear friend of mine has a tattoo “Tomorrow is Never Promised”
"If You Can Change Your Mind You CAN Change Your Body"
Kelly LaCasse
Fitsique Body & Mind
www.fitsiquebodyandmind.net
kellylacasse@verizon.net
Dina Wiroll
Feed Your Soul
www.feedyoursoulnow.com
dina@feedyoursoulnow.com
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