Monday Weigh In

Monday is when I weigh in and measure on a Christian board I'm on. All the times I have done this in the past I never keep my records. So hopefully here they will not be lost.

Starting Weight: 214.4
Week 2: 210.8
2 Week Total Loss: 3.3 lbs

Measurements
Starting: 403
Week 2: 396.75
2 Week Total Loss: -5.75"

Am I the only one who every time I measure can't help but wonder if I'm measuring the wrong places every time? I never trust my results. Up, down, I always end up attributing it to measuring not in the exact same spot. So here I am down almost everywhere and my mind can't give it up that I might have actually lost something. But I lost weight and inches so it must be real right? Ever amazed at just how long term dieting has totally messed up your thinking?! Here I am down some pounds, down some inches and I literally can't believe it. I didn't expect to be down this far weight wise so my first thought? I must not have eaten enough yesterday so I must have less in my "gut". Stupid. Same with my inches. I FULLY expect to next week measure in a slightly different place and be right back up again. What is it about ME or dieting or something that makes it feel impossible to embrace ANY success? Do I want myself to fail? I definitely expect myself to fail. And to be honest, despite all this "change your thinking" talk by ladies I respect, I am yet to get HOW to do that. Just telling myself to stop thinking the worst of myself doesn't change the thoughts when they come. I'll need to pray about that some. I've gotten the advice to try and see myself how God sees me. And that's always a struggle. Because on one hand, I've been washed in the blood, but on the other hand I feel like a big ole giant sinner all the time. So what IS how God sees me? Definitely an area to meditate on.

And lest I forget - The workouts from the last week:
Tuesday 11 - MORE + BROOM
Wednesday 12 - PBS, TTT, HD
Thursday 13 - MORE
Friday 14 - PBS, TTT, HD
Saturday 15 - Off
Sunday 16 - MORE + BROOM

Free Food/Exercise Log

I started this originally thinking I could easily keep track of my workouts. But if I don't log in for a couple of days I find I forget my workouts so easily. Every time I start a new entry I keep having to rack my brain to remember. And I have realized that while I don't like to journal at all in an actual paper notebook, I like to list, plan, etc. in a real notebook. Do you KNOW how many binders and notebooks I've made? Now using them.... it another story for another time.

Then of course while poking around Charlotte's blog I read this post by Charlotte about her notebooking. Here's her always motivating entry:
Charlotte's Notebooking Entry I was told she goes into more detail about it in her book. Go read there and be inspired to start the year off with a notebook.

As the New Year approaches I, like most every other woman out there, am gearing up to start revamping my life. So as part of that I want to set up an exercise, food and supplement journal. So I opened Photoshop and made myself some. And I figured that others might enjoy and use them too. SO you can download them here on the blog! The links are down under the preview and description. Here's a little preview of the pages.

There are two versions - plain and swirls with more decorative font.
Each zip includes:
Cover page
Daily Log page
2 Weekly Log sheets(1 with food log space, one without)
Long-term goal sheet
Short-term goal sheet
2 Numbers sheet (one with weight & measurements, one with just measurements)
T-tapp tips and tweaks sheet
A sheet with some great dry brushing info (I mean you can pretty much guarantee you get "what's dry brushing?" whenever you mention it so now you can print this and hand it out)

Download here:
Plain Log Sheets Download
Swirly Log Sheets Download

Note- if you haven't used 4shared before when you click that link it will take you to a page where it says "thank you for downloading" and has a timer counting down. Wait the 20 seconds, then click the BLUE link that says "Download Now". When the popup opens click SAVE then choose where you want it saved. It is a zip file so you will need to unzip it. When you go to open it, your computer will have a button that says "Extract Files". Click that and you're golden.
They are both zip files and if you have troubles opening them, just let me know.

I hope you enjoy and get loads of use out of these. AND I'm totally open for making more pages if anyone wants to suggest a change or a different page!

And lest I forget:
Thursday: BWO+ using the audio - I tried to do this in the bathroom with the mirror. I don't know how you guys who use a mirror do it. I couldn't focus ONE BIT. It was a so-so workout

Sunday: BWO+ Tempo and brushing. I like brushing. Why I procrastinate with it I don't know.

Monday: Brushed in the morning & BWO+ and the Balance Sequence from TWO. Balance was a tad hard and I'm crossing my fingers that my back feels good in the morning. Worked out in the afternoon instead of night.

Measurements and the dreaded pounds

Somewhere on this whole blog of mine I know there needs to be some starting point in terms of measurements and poundage. More than anything this blog is to be a journal of sorts because written journals just don't work for me. I LOVE them but the curse applies to them too. Curse you ask? Yes curse. The "I don't finish anything I start" curse. It's that one that I hope to break with this whole t-tapp thing. I've had umpteen journals. Maybe more. But I really want to be able to track my workouts and being honest with myself, I KNOW that I'll lose my notebook or a sweet little girl will take it and color walking talking smiling flowers all over it and it would cease to be mine. So this blog will have to do. I surely spend more time sitting my rump in this chair than I do writing in a notebook anyways. So that ups my chances of success as well right?

So weight. And measurements. ACK! Do I have to? Yes, Kim, you have to.

Weight: Part of me wants to believe what everyone has been saying. Trish in particular. Trish has lost Down 174" and 8 sizes since 1/26/07! That's from a 22W to an 8!!! (But only 31 pounds) That's amazing right?! And over and over on the t-tapp forums she has counseled people to stop weighing and just measure. But MAN I want that scale to go down. I do. I hate looking at the number and I'm just not sure I'm ready to give up my scale just yet. So my weight as of this morning is a whopping:

210.6 lbs

Measurements: Now I want to document my original starting measurements of a month ago and my ones as of today in case I lose my paper version or it becomes a paper airplane and gets thrown off the porch into the area the dog "goes" where I do NOT go.

Original starting measurements:
Bust/Chest: 45
Pecs: 41.25
Ribs: 39
Waist: 42
Abdomen: 42
Hips: 44
Upper Thigh:
R: 26.5
L: 26.5
Lower Thigh:
R: 19
L: 19
Calves:
R: 16.25
L: 16.25
Upper Arms/Biceps:
R: 12.5
L: 12.5

Today's Measurements:
Bust/Chest: 44
Pecs: 41
Ribs: 37
Waist: 42
Abdomen: 42
Hips: 43.75
Upper Thigh:
R: 26
L: 25.5
Lower Thigh:
R: 18.25
L: 18.5
Calves:
R: 15.75
L: 15.75
Upper Arms/Biceps:
R: 12.5
L: 12.5

Well so about these numbers. Let me say that I have NOT lost any weight this month. And it's definitely an eating thing. But we'll note that I lost 7.5 INCHES! And I've gotten compliments that I looked thinner through the middle. No weight lost but body changing. Am I believer in ditching the scale? Still not yet LOL!

So there it is. In all it's glory.

eight: Part of me wants to believe what eve