Milujute’s BodyBlog

And hired a dietician.  My workouts have been steady since last Oct. and I’ve seen definite gains in strength, endurance and health…but darn it, I haven’t dropped an inch since last November!  I’m hoping this lady will be able to help me get on the right track.  We’re starting with a 6 meal plan of, 1900 calories, 50% Carb, 25% Protein and 25% Fat.  So far, I’ve been 4 days in a row with breakfast and I’ve managed to eat all but one or two of the meals.  It’s actually an accomplishment for me.  I used to not eat until around 4:00pm.  I simply wasn’t hungry.  She said this was normal because I managed to train my body not to be hungry.  So now we’re training it to be hungry in the morning and less so at night.  As a motivation to eat breakfast everyday, I have a picture of a Sumo Wrestler on the mirror in my bedroom with the caption "Did you Eat Breakfast Today?" to remind me to force myself to break the habit of not eating…turns out Sumo Wrestlers don’t eat until supper time too…explains why I can’t shed the fat…some loopy starvation/storing calorie thing…yikes. 
I’m happy I’m working with her.  We’re going to try this plan for a month, re-evaluate and adjust until I find something that works with my body. 
Whew, I feel like hope is finally here.

I have my workouts down, three days of lifting and three days of aerobics and one day off… classic body for life workout plan.  It’s really fun and I love the social interaction as well as the wobbly muscle feeling afterwards. 

My main focus now is to get my diet working for me.  I need to eat 5-6 small meals, a task I find so hard, but, this week, I finished a week of eating 5 meals a day!  Well, except for Wed when my preworkout meal consisted of a small turkey pepperoni and a bottle of water after not eating for 7 hours, but still, Woohoo! 

What a week…major stress, major body stuff and I have to say I turned to chocolate!  I can’t get my upper body increasing weights, but my legs are increasing steadily…woohoo!  I’ll keep chipping away at my upper body and try to focus on getting that stronger.  I have 3 weeks until round one is done.  and I’m very excited that I’ve made it this far and I’ll make it through to the end of the year easily ….even with the xmas holidays.  Chris has been a great support and she is making amazing steps in her body/fat loss and overall confidence… you can really see results…of course I can’t see my own because we’re blind to our own bodies…but I can really see a difference around my chest bone when I’m doing my bicep curls.

I just finished my 8th week of steady workouts, and I feel great! 

I’m loosing inches by the pound…but I’m not losing any pounds.  I hear this is OK because I’m replacing fat with muscle… I started at 140 lbs of lean and I estimate that I’m at 155 lbs of lean which means that I’ve lost a total of 16 lbs of fat so far!  Woohoo!  Now that feels like an accomplishment. 

The best part?  I can fit into one of my favorite dresses!  Last time I tried it on, if was so tight I couldn’t pull it over my head, I felt so sad and angry with myself.  But now I’m happy and no longer taking it out on myself!  Thanks a big bunch to my workout buddy!