yeah… Cheese is dangerous in this regard…
I’ve found that eating cheese is less satiating that even eating an equivalent calorie amount of pure butter. Super hard to resist the free samples and steep discounts at the whole foods across the street from my apartment building though…
March 5
Weight 149.1 -10.1 altogether
I lost another pound, so I’m down in the 140’s now, which YAY. My husband has just left for GA, where he’s going to be goofing around at the Masters Tournament pre-game with a friend, so I am planning a clothes shopping trip for my special weekend (of going clothes shopping today and tomorrow evening doing a Frontier House marathon with my daughter). It seems like maybe a bad idea to buy clothes in the middle of a cut. But I probably will anyway.
Today I made changes to my workout. I’ve been following a video because it’s easy and I wanted to be careful of form due to previous issues with neck and shoulders. Today I stepped away from that. Slowed down, more reps, tracked it, which I HATE doing and which is something I need to consider. I have trouble even counting reps/sets. Like, serious trouble. I just get lost in my body and my form and my…well, ADHD, I guess. A big reason I like cardio so much. You just start your body and your mind can roam free. But I’ll stick with it for now.
This week I’ve done sprints and something else I can’t remember.
Today lifted, 75 kb swings, 10 min TM CD. Good workout.
Little trouble with this item, though, which stood staring speculatively at herself for long enough to catch my attention, amuse me, and then motivate me to grab my phone for a pic:
After which she wanted some hugs and kisses, which she received.
Yes! Nice consistent work, it’s always so helpful when the scale cooperates!
Oh dogs. They are fantastic little beasties.
Grapes are fine! Don’t feel bad about them - they are no doubt better than M&Ms, they just might make things move a little slower on the progress front.
Something I tell my clients to do when prep is the barrier, is to buy a veggie tray and just have it in the fridge - no work, no excuses.
Solid work girl. Quality
Haha, as I thought about this, sorting through my resistances, I realized that I prep all the time. I have big salads for work lunches as often as not and it takes me 5 minutes to cut and assemble it, mulching on peppers, cukes, and tomatoes the entire time. I make eggs every day for breakfast, a project of maybe 3 minutes. Eat mountains of fresh veggies for dinner.
I think I just like the grapes. Tomatoes were my go-to until recently, when my grocery store mysteriously stopped selling my beloved Zima grape tomatoes, which were almost always perfect and just right for popping as I passed. Now I’m eating winter tomatoes. Sometimes they’re good, as often not. I’m looking forward to the summer veggie season.
March 6
30 min TM sprints. Felt nice until afterward, when I found yesterday’s missing DOMS.
I used to make a white grape juice chicken breast with rosemary & basil that was crazy good.
You have a good combo you like happening. 
Can’t beat that!
I mean, I don’t call snacks of grapes (winter grapes) and pre-cut meat pieces necessarily a “good combo [I] like,” but it’s a cut and here we are. Not eating chocolate and pretzels, though I did that the other night. And also ate a pint of Halo diet ice cream last night. And a whole bag of light microwave popcorn. I may be cracking.
Although this is my longest and most dedicated cut ever (because I’d never gotten this overweight before) and I’ve been pleasantly surprised at myself. The bad food has been here all along - potato chips, pretzels, popcorns, candy - and I’ve been able to ignore it.
I’ve been trying to become more in tune with myself. Eating more on the days I’ve been outside in the cold and snow or had a big workout.
April 7
Weight 148.8
30 min LISS on the TM
I need to redo my playlists because I don’t like the same stuff walking that I do running, and even that is best divided into types of run. Easy runs are best done to rap, fast runs to rock, and walks to pop. In my opinion. This, for example, is how I feel, and to a much lesser extent behave, on the treadmill to the right song (@The_Myth it’s not a calming thing for me, lol).
I read that as dedication. Removing the object doesn’t remove the desire, it just makes gratification a little more difficult.
You’re doing great and I’m glad to see that.
I definitely get a nice kick out of the right music too, and it shows up in the distance/time. What the right music is changes, sometimes drastically.
I haven’t been doing much on the fitness front though. Work stuff has had me pretty busy. If I wanted to stretch it, I could call it an increase in NEPA.
Thank you! I do feel really good about myself right now, even with the slow weight loss. Everything feels good. My heartbeat has steadied, inflammation is reduced, 10.4 lbs lost, feeling much stronger!
It’ll be there when you’re ready and available for it. It always is, which is one of the really good things about it. It never stops being an option.
Thats the best! Especially for someone that enjoys your physicality so much.
Funny you should say that. Today is a down day, and tomorrow was going to be another work day, but my buddy just called and now tomorrow is off. So it will be a recovered free day. Yay!
Bleahhhhhhh, I feel completely unmotivated this morning. I’ve been up since 4-something and just want to flop around doing nothing.
But I’ve had my protein shake and two Ritz crackers (carbs, lol) so I guess I should think about getting dressed and going at it.
I have all sorts of house projects planned for today, too, plus it’s going to be warm (53°!) so I should take Buttons for a good walk.
Bleah.
April 8
Okay! Feeling a lot better now.
Weights - continued progress here
Slow walk with Buttons
100 KB swings, on one of the sets for these I for no reason whatsoever counted 16 reps and realized while circling the house between sets that I hadn’t completed the set. I can’t believe I actually struggle with something like counting to 20 or 25. Pretty sad, haha.
With my glasses, I look super smart, though.
I bet you look more than just smart 
I look funny, too, but is that enough to compensate for not being able to count to 20? lol
I don’t think I communicated well just above here ^. I mean I look like I’m smart and funny, not that I’m funny looking, haha.
April 9
27 minutes LISS on the TM. Felt good.
I have something going on with one of my hamstrings. It’s tender/strained/something. It’s not impairing me, but I wish it would heal itself without me having to do anything. I hate having to mindfuck injuries and whether to stop or continue or what.
April 11
30 minutes LISS on the TM yesterday, rest day today because husband returned home in the night and fell asleep on the couch with the dog, which happens to be where the rower and most dumbbells are currently, and is right under the TM.
Weight is 150 again, and I’m bitter because I liked being in the 140’s. Diet has been fine, so it’s not a real gain, but still. I should take measurements again. I did notice a pretty respectable bicep (for me) earlier this week. That was happy-making.
Preach! I think it definitely went to your bicep.
April 13
Weight 147.6 Down 11.6 altogether.
Yesterday lifted. Arms/shoulders sore today. I’ve left behind the video series I was following and need to organize myself better. Current system of tracking/logging is unsustainable, and probably so are the whole-body workouts I’m doing. I’m considering my options for all this. I will probably stop in today and look at the gym I’d join if I decide to join one. I’m also going to stop and get more weight. Husband and I talked about the possibility of a barbell set this morning, but I’m just not sure (space). For now I’ll grab next-size-up DB and KB.
We went to our local grill last night and I had pizza and two giant Coors Lights. Afterward, we went for a long walk in the country, sat in a field and looked at stars and clouds, and just generally burned some calories off. Weight down a couple of ounces today. Maybe dehydration, but still, nice.
Today’s plan is sprints, though I’m feeling a little groggy from last night’s excess so maybe just a TM walk.
I really like the way my body feels right now.
