Mindy's Bakery Transformation

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Today's weigh-in: 150.4(+6.0, -0.2)
BF%: 32.6

Since I started my period yesterday, I didn't want to measure the inches GAINED from bloat/water retention. I'm back to the Day 1 weight which made me cry. But I know I will get rid of that soon. I just need to work harder this week to see a good result coming Monday. From the research on women's menstrual cycle and exercise performance, I should have more energy and recover faster from WO this week. I will focus on interval training and heavy lifting.

[Sawa3]

Don't cry. Staying on eating well and exercising will put you where you need to be after your tom.
Don't keep it in the house and don't sweat it when you slip up. That stress will make you hang into weight.
Yeah not running in a treadmill will make a difference in your running and energy. A 10K is a great goal. I'm running a half in may. With the weather I don't get to run outside much. Thankfully our base track is a nice one and I go there when I don't run on treadmill.
Hang in there!

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This morning, I weighed myself and 143.4 pounds. Horraaaay! I measured my waist and it is down 1.5 inch from Day 1. Also, my husband said "Did you lose weight? You look thinner!" to me today. One more thing, I wore the (skinny) jean and I buttoned up with no trouble (I still have muffin top over it but...).
Overall today has been a good day for me.

Sweet dreams!

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I can't believe it's a month already since the contest started. I changed my weigh-in days to Sunday since I always eat a lot on weekends and the scale is not nice on Monday morning. Mentally I feel better to report lowest number of the week(usually Saturday/Sunday) and I would like to carb up on Sunday.

week 4 weigh-in: 142.8 pounds (total loss of 7.8), BF % is not going down fast ;-( only 1% loss

I forgot to measure. Maybe I should do them on Thursday, Feb 13 and take pic too.

[Sawa3]

Keep it up! You can do it. Measurements are key. If you are using the scale for body fat you can never be sure how correct they are.
What are you doing for work outs?

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What are you doing for work outs?

Since I am registered to run a 10K race in March, I am running 3 miles for 5 days, 10K in one day and one day off. For my ST, I am doing P90X3. I know I need more structured lifting program but I think I will wait until the race is over. What do you think?

[Sawa3]

Since I am registered to run a 10K race in March, I am running 3 miles for 5 days, 10K in one day and one day off. For my ST, I am doing P90X3. I know I need more structured lifting program but I think I will wait until the race is over. What do you think?

In my experience I have found lifting consistently helps with running a great deal. The half marathon plan I'm doing has one day off and two days of lifting with 5 days of running.
You don't always have to have a structured program. Lift and track your weight and reps. Change it up from time to time and don't be afraid to progress with weights.
More muscle gets rid of inches faster and burns more calories anyway.

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It's been raining and cloudy here and I'm affected by the gloomy weather. I'm thankful that we didn't get a bad snow storm as east coast but I didn't feel like exercising or dieting. I hurt my left knee and I couldn't exercise as I planned today. When I don't exercise, my eating is bad also. I don't get that. I wonder I eat more because I have more time since I'm not exercising?. I need to find something to occupy my mind so that I am not stuffing my mouth with food.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and all I did today was preparing the food for tomorrow. I feel my life is revolved around food and I can't get out of it. I don't know. (Actually I know. I planned to be a certain weight by now and I am not even close to it.) I just feel sad today and hope I feel better tomorrow. I am done with cold weather. C'mon, Spring! I miss being cheerful.

[Sawa3]

Do you take a supplement of vitamin d?
Keep with it. Keep busy on off days where you don't think if food. My life revolves around foods lots but I find ways to cut calories and make enjoying food easier. You can do this. Learning to over come is the key.

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Update: Despite of my knee injury, I ran my 10K(March) with my PR. It wasn't a smart decision. I had a runner's knee problem and I had physical therapy for over a month. Seeing all those people who had knee surgery scared me and I was diligent to attend my physical therapy sessions and do whatever was necessary to recover the injury. The main key was 'resting'. Of course, while not exercising, my eating continued and my wt stayed in mid 140's. But now, my right hand has a big bump and it hurts to do any push-up or put any pressure on my right hand. My family doctor said I need to have a surgery to remove the bump. I am scheduled to go see the hand specialist on Thursday. With my TOM coming up, my eating is out of control and the situation doesn't help either. I am sad because my body is breaking down and I am trying so hard to keep healthy. I am emotionally drained. I feel as if as hard I try, I am failing on losing weight. I know that I don't need to exercise to lose weight but I tend to do better with my diet when I exercise.

I came here to update my situation and wanted to let it out of my frustration. I know I need to pick myself up and try again with different plan 'cuz whatever I did was not working and left me here injured, beaten, and unmotivated.

I think my weight is probably in 150's. I don't want to get up on the scale. I know I need to face the truth. Tomorrow I will measure and start AGAIN.

I am getting emotional because of my hormone but I just want to get out of this 'unhappy' mode. HELP!

I might start a new log. I just want a fresh new life that I want and deserve.

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I had a surgery on my hand on June 25. Currently I am going to the physical therapy for my hand twice a week. Past week I had my 1st physical therapy session and I hope it will help me to get back to lifting soon. But my doctor told me it would take about 4 to 6 months to get back to normal.

My weight has been up and down but mostly stayed in 135 to 142. I am so glad it is not more. Since I've been cardio junkie, I was afraid that I would gain weight so much with all my injuries/surgery.

I have 90 days to drop some fat and look good for my hubby. He will be back in November from oversee deployment and I want to look the best.

I clean out the house and throw out stuff I don't need. Planned and prepared for next 90 days!!! I will be updating daily now on.

Get excited 'cuz it's about to happen---> the TRANSFORMATION to my dream body ;-)

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Day 1(August 11, 2014)
Wt: 143.8 lbs

Calorie burned thru exercise: 960
Calorie intake: 778 (RFL diet)

Since I'm on RFL diet for two weeks or so, I expect my wt goes down fast and to get rid of water wt I gained last month or from the surgery and bad eating. I had a hard time not eating late at night. I have been skyping with my husband at night and I get hungry afterwards(Why?). I have been eating late (more like binge) ever since he's been gone. Not everyday but 5 out 7 days. I am trying to not eat late (I know it doesn't matter when to eat but how much I eat). I tend to eat a lot when I eat late so, I will not eat after 9 PM now on.
It was overall successful day for me. I exercised little too much but I will reduce it according to my diet.

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Day 2 (August 12, 2014)
Wt: 137.0 lbs

Calorie burned thru exercise: 880
Calorie intake: 855

I almost binged at night but I drank my water and took potassium, zinc, and calcium and went to bed.

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Day 3 (August 13, 2014)
Wt: 134.6 lbs (lowest wt for this year so far)

Calorie burned thru exercise: 805
Calorie intake: about 2500

Really craving for carb. Or is it I just want to eat because I'm hungry? I had an extra meal than usual and ate more protein & fat than I should.

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Day 4 (August 14, 2014)
Wt: 134.6 lbs (No change after eating over 2000 calories the day before)

Calorie burned thru exercise: 605
Calorie intake: ?

I will not report daily until mid of next week due to busy schedule. Hope hit close to 130 by then. Keep pushing!!!

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It's been about a month since last updating and my wt is up to 147.8lbs (29.9 BF%) this morning. I decided to take a break from dieting and last week, I've been eating around 3,000 calories a day and my wt has been maintained around 142. I ate almost 10,000 calories(guessed) yesterday and expected my wt is up high this morning.

I have about 55 days to reach my goal and from now on, I will be updating my wt everyday and BF% weekly. Also, I will be measuring my body with tape and compare weekly.

Deadline is approaching and I am dead serious this time. Dr said ok for exercise and I feel I am ready. I would like to get my body fat checked after 2 months by BodPod and hope a fantastic result.

[Min125]

This morning's weigh-in: 143.6 (-4.2 from yesterday)
Yesterday's intake: 1,575
Yesterday's output thru exercise: 855

Even though I lost 4 pounds of water weight, I should lost more if I didn't consume so much sodium yesterday. Oh well, I should remember to control sodium intake. I don't know why I am so sensitive to sodium. I will keep my food intake around 1500 calories today and will keep busy.

[Min125]

This morning's weigh-in: 141.8 (-1.8 from yesterday)
Yesterday's intake: 3,205
Yesterday's calories burned thru exercise: 1,160

Today's weigh-in could been better but I ate ton of food last night right before bed. It is one habit that I am trying to get rid of but I am really having a hard time. I probably already reached my goal if I didn't eat at night. Late at night I get my relax time and I want to eat out of boredom watching TV. Need to think about alternative in order to reach my goal in time.

If I see wt loss tomorrow, that will be a real thing; not just water loss, because I was around 142 before the big binge I did the day before Day 1.
Let's cross my fingers for good scale number, hehe.

[Min125]

This morning's weigh-in: 140.8(-1.0 from yesterday)
Yesterday's intake: 2,403
Yesterday's calories burn thru exercise: 740

Another pound down but I'm not so happy about that. The reason is that I ate late again. I watched TV while I'm on elliptical-no resistance (that was my alternative not eat out of boredom) but I couldn't sleep so, I ate brown rice w/ 2 eggs and Nutter Butter. I know it is weird combo but I ate whatever was available at the time. I think I got this late night eating habit since my husband has been deployed. I need to stay up late so that I can Skype with him and then I get hungry all of sudden. Is that from loneliness? I didn't gorge myself at night(other than TOM) when he was around and I am eating a lot at night since he is not around. I guess I would lose wt as long as I am deficit in calories no matter what time I eat. But I would follow my eating plan during day very well then, after Skype, I am eating tons of food (good or junk). I really need to think about what I should do to get rid of my bad habit and that will help me to lose the fat!

[Min125]

Here I am about 3 months later from last post and gained bunch of fat and I am weighing around 158 pounds(after binge last night) this morning with BF 36.6% (per home scale). Shame! I let myself go with lots of excuses such as "can't exercise since I have knee problem", "can't lift wt since I have shoulder, elbow, knee pains", and the biggy of all "since I can't do anything, I might as well EAT my sorrow away!". I feel all these fat accumulation around my belly and discussed about myself. I KNOW I need to do clean my diet. Especially now that I can't exercise as much as before all these injuries I have. Getting old is sad enough and dealing with the pain is not fun. I just don't know what to do. I mean I know what I need to do in order to get fit and healthy. But the bad habit is hard to get rid of.

I came to the conclusion again to start the diet as usual. It is hard time to be on a diet since I have many birthdays, parties, and eating out events but I need to stop my insanity and find my happiness. I am happy when I am fit and healthy.
My plan is to be on avg. 1500 calories/day using JUDDD(Johnson Up Day Down Day) thru December. Then, start a new log in 2015 for a transformation of lifetime. I am thinking of Velocity Diet for January and 2 months(February thru March) of Lyle McDonald's Rapid Fat Loss. At the end of March, I have a big celebration to do and I am sure I will be motivated. If I achieve my goal at that time, I would like to maintain my goal thru the year. Then, in 2016, I want to focus on building muscle rather than wt loss. My ultimate goal is to have 18% BF. I am not preparing myself to be a bodybuilder but just a healthy individual. I am good at starting but never finish my goal so, I hope I can keep pushing myself until I reach my goals and then see what I want.

Goals for the rest of December are

1. Walk 5 miles a day everyday
2. Strength training at least 2 times a week
3. 'Spa treatment' once week
4. No eating after 6PM...it just makes me feel better next morning

Only 21 days left for 2014 and let's get going!

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Yesterday was bad. Didn't want to exercise at all but wanted to eat everything in sight. Found out why this morning...Being a girl is not easy ;p I weighed myself this morning and OMG...It is not the way I want the scale to show. Anyway, the water retention should be gone in a couple days and hopefully I get my act together and keep losing the weight.

Ran this morning 3 miles and did some elliptical burning total of 600 calories. Will be lifting wt tonight.

[Min125]

This morning my wt is down to 155.8 lbs. Exercised for an hour this morning and I am very positive about this week. I have a Christmas party to attend on Friday so, I will be eating little less than usual until then and exercise little more. I probably focus on walking more since my knees are not fully recovered. I wish my body is injury-free and pain-free.

[Min125]

Yesterday was an emotional day and you know what that means...binge! I tried on dresses for the party and nothing fit. I was so upset. They were fitting just right in the summer and now I can't even zip it up. Well, I gained about 15 pounds since September and I shouldn't expect any of them to fit me now.
I had 1.6 pounds water wt gain from yesterday and so, I double the cardio today. I know I would not lose that much wt to fit in one of dresses I own but I felt bad that I ate tons yesterday. At least I'm glad that I could exercise even that much. Usually my pains are too bad, I don't even think about exercising at all. That is a small victory itself. Now on, I need to work on my eating--> eat 1500 calories a day.
Steak & Salad for dinner tonight :-)

[Min125]

My wt this morning is 154.6. I had no energy this morning due to exercising little too much yesterday. I didn't want to run so, I walked on incline instead. 5.4 Miles on treadmill for today but I didn't walk my dog today so, it is like 3 miles for exercise purpose. I am very confused about what to do to lose weight at this moment. It seems that whatever worked in summer (I went down to 134 pounds) is not working right now. I eat the same and work out pretty same except I don't walk outside as much as before. I will keep pushing. I will get to my goal not fast enough (as I wish) but for sure. Never give up!!!

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Yesterday's weigh-in was good, 154.4 lbs which was lowest in the week. But with Christmas party last night, I woke up with water retention this morning and the scale is up again (156 pounds). The running shoes fit tight but didn't have a problem doing HIIT this morning due to all the food I had last night. I will be relaxing on a diet wise since DH is cooking hamburger & hot dogs for dinner. Also, I am not exercising tomorrow. Wonder how my wt will be on Monday????

[Min125]

9 days left for 2014

As I expected today's weigh-in is high-159.8 pounds. I didn't exercise as much as during week and with Friday night Christmas party and bad eating during weekend don't bring any good news to the scale reading.
I already ran/walked 5 miles to get rid of water retention from high sodium food intake. But it will not be any walking outside with my dog today since it is raining here.

I registered 2015 Dymatize Nutrition Transformation Challenge yesterday. I registered same thing for 2014 but didn't do anything. I hope I will follow the challenge and finish once for all. That is my main goal to FINISH. It is only 12 weeks and I know I cannot transform my muffin top to 6 packs in such a short time. But I want to get rid of 30 pounds of wt by the end of March 2015. I will start a new journal for this challenge. Meanwhile, I hope I can maintain my wt around 155 lbs until eoy.

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Merry Christmas!

Today's weigh-in: 153.6 lbs which is lowest one so far in December. I know it will be up tomorrow since I enjoyed my Christmas eating all day:-) But I made sure I walked my dog and exercised for an hour before all the eating started today.
Will start a (real) dieting on Monday since I still have some yummy leftovers. It's tough to be strict on diet when foods are everywhere.

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Snowing...and my dog hurt her foot somehow: therefore no walking today :-(

Morning weigh-ins are

Dec 26-153.8
Dec 27-153
Dec 28-153.2

I was surprised to see my morning wt is only went up .2 this morning even though I had a very fatty and salty lunch & dinner yesterday. I am getting very light headed lately and I wonder why. I went to the gym this morning but I didn't feel good so, I didn't push myself too much. Burned 400 calories in hour workout. Ate spaghetti & meatballs for breakfast and had NY strip steak and ice cream for lunch. Will have homemade smoked salmon for dinner(can't wait). Expect to see 3-5 pounds of wt go up tomorrow morning.

Grilled chickens for the week. Hope I can stick to eating that and vegetables most of meals. I am trying to think a witty title for my new journal(for the challenge) but nothing...

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As I expected, my wt this morning is 155.6 lbs which is 2.4 pounds of gain. Took 'before' pictures for the challenge and uploaded to my progress pic in bodyspace.
My new journal for the 12 wk challenge is here--> http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=165742081

My main goal for this challenge is to finish what I started. I registered for the same kind of challenge last year and didn't go thru the transformation at all. Today my wt is not much different from the last year's "before" wt yet, the BF % is higher and it shows that I've gained a lot of body fat. Very embarrassing. With hard work, it will change for the better.