Weight Loss Update - April 1st, 2015

So it is April Fool's Day, but I am not joking - I am a size 8!!  I don't remember being a size 8 even in college.  I have been a size 10 since I got out of diapers, I think!

BUT look - I went shopping, bought SKINNY jeans and they are a size 8!!  Look how happy I am!!

Current weight is 157 lbs and counting.  My new goal is 155 (why not?) and to stay in these Skinny Jeans.

We are also "training" for a week long backpacking trip on the Art Loeb Trail in the Carolinas.  It is a 38 mile hike in fairly rough terrain, so my legs and heart need to be up to the task.

Gotta have motivation...besides being skinny!

Happy April folks!

Losing it!!

After being snowed in for a week, eating almost everything in the house and not working out ONCE since Friday 2/13 - I decided to weigh in.  I thought for SURE that I would have gained a bunch of weight.

The truth - I lost 3.1 lbs!!  WHAT??  It apparently had been 14 days since I weighed in last, but I lost 3.1 lbs!  I am now 157.8 - WHAT??  (my goal weight was 160 and I was just looking to maintain while helping Mark to keep losing.)

I am going to go with the theory that freezing your butt off helps you to lose weight - shivering is an exercise, right?

Today's Measurements as well:

Leg - 22.5" still

Hips - 36.5" - WOW!!!!  1.5 inches!!!  That is super cool

Waist - 29" - Another whole 1 inch!!!!  Yipee!

Boobs - 34" still

Arm - 12.25" - I am going to chalk that up to more muscles :)

Last Measurements:

Leg - 22.5" 

Hips - 38" 

Waist - 30" 

Boobs - 34" 

Arm - 12" 

WOW!

My eyes are like Lipid Pools...

So the numbers are back from my annual physical exam on my blood work - some good, some not so great...

Total Cholesterol = 234 (normal is under 200)
Triglycerides = 61 (normal is under 150 - so that is good)
HDL (good) = 79 (normal is 40-60, but higher is better so good)
LDL (bad) = 143 (normal is under 100, so not good)
VLDL (badder) = 12 (normal is 5-40, so good)

Kidney, Electrolytes, Blood Sugar, Thyroid, Red & White Blood Cells, Platelets = all normal!

All in all - pretty good...higher than 2013 numbers by just a smidgen (220 total cholesterol), but still not bad.

Sisterhood of the Green Pants!

If you all have been with us since the beginning (May 9th, 2014) - you will remember that our goals were to be 200/160, look skinny in our first ever formal photographs, and for me to fit into the green pants that I wore the night I re-met Mark in Lakewood in 2005.

SOOOOooo....I am at 162.5 per the doctor this week (second opinion from a reliable scale - which is nice) 

AND I tried on the famous Size 10T Green Pants that I have loved and lost over the last 10 years...

Today - 12/13/14 - THEY FIT!!!

 And not just fit, but have a little room in the bucket to spare!!  Check out that bucket!

Today's Measurements as well:

Leg - 22.5" - THAT IS ONE WHOLE INCH - no wonder the pants fit!

Hips - 38" still

Waist - 30" still

Boobs - 34" - lost an inch - not exactly where I want to lose, but okay...

Arm - 12" still

Yipee!  Now just have to keep it going to get to 160 and to not blow the whole thing over the holidays...even though I love all the fudge & cookies!!!

On a weirder note - at my annual physical, my pulse was 42 (normal is 60-100) and my blood pressure was 90/58 (normal is below 120/80).  My doctor didn't seem too concerned because I didn't have any other side effects of low pulse (fainting, chest pains, etc.) but she still did an EKG at the office - the second time, my pulse was 51...still low, but all the peaks & valleys looked normal.  She said it is possible that all the healthy living and working out has made my heart super effecient - she said that is common in healthy young adults (I am old though) and MARATHON RUNNERS (absolutely not me!!!) to have low pulses.

I will post my Cholesterol & blood work stuff when I get it back to compare to my Dec 2013 numbers - to see if our lifestyle change has improved that stuff too.

HEALTH!  It is something else!

Wurstfest = Not Good for Waistline Fest

So I have been back from 2 weeks of work travel & Wurstfest now for 1 week.

While we were gone, I gained 5.7 lbs when I weighed in on 11/13.

I weighed on 11/15 and I had lost 5.1 lbs...okay, sure.  Then I weighed in yesterday 11/19 and I had gained 2.2 lbs.

So now I think I am 165 lbs.  Not terrible, but not at all good...

And we have not truly worked out in 3 weeks!  NO!  We did a lot of walking and did one core exercise session at Wurstfest, but the food & beer cancelled out any good we did.

SO now what?

Well - I need to re-motivate myself.  If I can get back into it, set some goals, pick up where we left off - then Mark will get back to it too - I am the motivator & hitter of the snooze button.

Re-motivating Goals:

Kris

• By New Year's Eve be at 160 lbs - fit into sexy new NYE dress!!
• Workout 3 x per week - 20 minutes on elliptical & NEW core/arm/leg exercises. 
• No Sugar (yes this includes my new found love of hot cocoa!)
• Less Carbs
• Less Dairy
• Less Alcohol - too cold to drink beer right now anyway...
• No restaurants! No money for that anyway...

Mark 

• Get down to 200 lbs - he needs to be as low as possible to buy his brand new Christmas $ wardrobe - jeans, shirts, sweaters, undies, undershirts, socks.
• Stop late night snacking
• Pump up intensity on his elliptical workout.

Keeps getting better...

Weigh In Results October 28th, 2014

I won't go into too much detail, but I am just simply amazed at our weight loss progress!  It turns out eating right and exercising really is the key...they weren't lying!

Still avoiding dairy, red meat, bad carbs, no sugar and limiting alcohol - working out 2 or 3 times a week at the JCC...and the results are...

Kris = 162.5 - lost another 1.5 lbs this week!! 2.5 lbs to go to goal weight of 160!!
Mark = 213.4 - gained .2 lbs this week...but still going strong - he knows what to do!

Go Team!

Weight Loss Status Update - Oct 20th 2014

Mark and I have finally become "people who work out", which is something I never thought we would be.  They say that if you do something for 28 days it becomes a habit.  We have been going to the JCC since August, so I guess we are good to go!  I have my little outfits and Mark has his headphones.  We print out 20 minute workouts from the internet and increase intensities.  Who would have thought??

We actually like going to the JCC and trying new workouts and especially seeing the results...Like THESE:

Current weight is 164!! 
May 16th starting weight of 180.6 = total lost so far = 16.6 lbs!!!!
My Chest = 35 inches
My Waist = 30!
My Hips = 38! (Lost another 2 inches - total of 3 inches!!!)
My Thigh  23.5!
Arm = 12!

Mark's current weight is 213.2!!
May 16th starting weight of 228.3 = total lost so far = 15.1 lbs!!!!
Mark's Chest = 45.5!
Mark's Waist = 30!
Mark's Hips = 39!
Mark's Thigh = 23!
Mark's Arm = 13.5!

Amazing stuff!

Next, I plan to work a little more on my legs to get them toned and get rid of this stupid cellulite...I assumed it would go away more when I got skinnier, but apparently not.  Need to tone up these thighs ankles and calves!