Just thought I'd check in and do a little reporting. (Because I know you've all been breathless, waiting. Or maybe just breathless from all the workouts you're doing?)
I worked out all week. I dedicated my evenings to Jillian "I will kill you" Michaels and even added a yoga workout to my morning. I watched my eating, didn't mindlessly snack, I didn't have ANY sugar. (I mean, outside sugar. Sugar in dessert or treat form.) I rocked it.
And the scale didn't budge.
That could potentially be OK, because I'm not far from my target weight anyway - my goal is more body reshaping than weight loss - but the measuring tape didn't budge either.
I've been torturing my abs/waist/core for a solid 10 days, and .... nothing. Granted, one of my friends who didn't know I'd started working out said I looked slimmer, but I think that had more to do with the fact that I was wearing high heeled boots than anything else. Because to actually look thinner I'd have to ... be thinner, right?
I realize I've only been at this for less than 2 weeks, but I'd like that boost of success, even if it's a little one.
To top it off, my daughter decided we should make chocolate chip cookies. Not only did she decide, she asked in an insanely sweet and polite way, and who am I to say no? And who am I to resist that cookie dough? So there goes my no sugar streak.
But I'm not giving up. I'm starting again with no sugar tomorrow, and considering the possibility of having a sugar leeway day on the weekend. (Although, I'm fairly sure the sugar gave me a headache today, so maybe not. My body is kind of an all or nothing kind of gal.)
So tell me, what do you do to keep yourself in the game when you're not seeing success? And how do you resist the things you shouldn't eat when others in your house are partaking?
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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This is such a hard question to answer for me...because i am terrible at resisting temptation.
But..what I am realizing...is that I can workout til the cows come home and I will never see the results I want until I get the eating part under control.
I have a good friend who hired a personal trainer. She has worked out religiously with this trainer for two years. It was only after an entire year that she even started to see the results, and even after the second year she isn't totally satisfied.
And the bottom line is that she still doesn't have the eating part taken care of.
So...I think committing to eat right is the first step...and then you will start to see the body you want after killing yourself with the those workouts.
wow. I'm a downer. : )
Oh Maryanne, I have BEEN THERE (although I was nowhere near my target weight, and as an obese person working out, you really feel like you ought to see SOMETHING, but I never do). I also think maybe look at the rest of your diet instead of just sugar. My problem is salty snacks. I've stopped buying cheetos because man, do I love them. WAy too much. And yes, I hate teh trader joes baked kind. Just nowhere near as good. I try and see the whole picture, but I do allow myself a splurge every now adn tehn, beacuse you're going to have to. No one can be perfect all the time. For instance, I swear every now and then. :)
Maryanne, I didn't get a chance to talk to you yesterday but I specifically noticed you looked more svelte and I wasn't looking at your legs. So there!
Thanks Andrea!
And as for looking at the rest of my diet... I feel a post coming on. :)
When I don't see results, I take my measurements and pray that they at least changed. And usually they do (phew!), so then I feel a bit better. I mean, crap, you worked out with Jillian, you've got to have lost INCHES, inches, I tell you! :)
Wait, Hil, you swear? :)
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