summerglamgirl

I often wonder which one is better. I always assumed cardio training was better because the heart rate is higher, but then always wondered why the other one is labeled FAT burning zone?  I did a little research and this is what I found:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Fat-Burning-Zone-Vs.-Cardio-Training-Zone&id=306481 

I found the article interesting and informative.  Hope it helps you too.

I am work right now contemplating whether or not I will go to the gym or not tonight… I have been eating right all day and did a few minutes of jump roping already today, but I really need to get a good work out in.  Yesterday, I didn’t make it to the gym so now I am having a hard time pushing myself to go!  Here I am bored and procrastinating at work. I hope I can push myself! 

I was feeling low yesterday after a smaller the normal binge, so I decided to take a bikini pic to check my progress from 2 months ago.  Well it was quite considerable in my opinion more then I thought.  It did make me feel better.  This pic came with ups and downs, but definitely hard work.  I am still not where I want to be today I weigh in at about 141, but I don’t count my weight until the Saturday weigh in… My goal is 135 so I am about 6 pounds away at this moment… I may decide to go to 130 because I have been there before and looked good, but I will have to make that decision when I reach 135.  This time I have more muscle so 130 maybe too small I’ll just have to see.  I do have alot more ab work… My husband says overall I have lost alot of weight and the top of my abs looks good. That motivates me to want to look better then what I do now… I will show him I can have fully defined abs… I love pilates!!!  Okay, anyone else almost at your goal but find you  sabotage yourself more now???  Hit me up if you are going through that I would appreciate the support.

Well I sabotaged myself again.  I could not make it to the gym because I had to work late and then I figured, “Well, maybe  I should treat myself as I am not going to lose anything today anyway now that I am not going to the gym.” Hence, I ate atleast 3 servings of chips.  They were popped chips from trader joes, nonetheless though detrimental to my much needed weight loss. I am so close but feel so far.  I have about 6 pounds to go, but it is so hard to get there.. Sometimes I think somewhere in my subconcious I actually hold myself back because I think “then what?”  What will I focus on then? Well there is plenty to focus on like six pack abs for those who love pilates like me, but you have to eat clean to achieve that… I just wanted to vent because right now I feel like crying.  I may try to work out on my stationary bike but I don’t know it is almost midnight here and I have to get up at 5:45 am… I was going to post a bikini pic tonight before the binge so I could refer back to in in a month and check my progress, but now I feel bloated.  Maybe I will anyway just to learn from this experience.

Well, I am happy, but I’ll tell you these last 10 pounds must all be in the worst places because I still put on a pair of my old jeans and they are skin tight!  I do carry most of my weight in my thighs, hips and butt so hopefully I will start seeing some improvement as these last pounds come off! I must say I am anxious.  I may even need to lose more weight and go below my original goal of 135 to attain the look that I desire.  I am not going to think about that right now though because it will set me back.  I just wish I felt better right now.  Two months ago I would have loved to have been below 150 now I can’t wait to be below 140.  Sorry if this is depressing I just have been a little down lately.  I do see an improvement in the way I look just not where I want to be yet…  Soon though..

Well today I had another session of schlerotherapy done to my right leg.  Schlerotherapy is where they inject a thin needle with a special solution in it into each noticable vein on your legs and try to get the underlying larger ones below the skin’s surface.   The veins generally will disappear after a few weeks.  What sucks is you have to wear tight-assed compression pantyhose after ward even to bed your first day.  Of course today was our first day of 80 degree weather here in CT!

 I had to do it though.  I have been self-consious about my legs for a while and for the last 3 years did not even wear shorts!  I have a hard time even wearing capris so much that I have wore them only 1 time in 3 years.  It is not that my legs are so bad it is just that they have alot of small spider veins scattered all over them and I am very pale so they show up.  Anyway like I said I am very self-consious about them so this was the best thing I could do for myself beside loose weight.  Well I have to use these pantyhose fo the next 3 1/2 weeks and no sun for about 8 weeks on them so some time around mid June.  Well if I get to wear shorts and skirts without pantyhose again from mid June on that will make it all well worth it.  No strenous exercise though for the next 48 hours.  I think I will go to a carnival with the kids this weekend then.

It has been a while since I last posted anything. I have really been focusing and trying to find a niche that will work for me.  I was losing weight but too slowly.  At first I just cut back my portions which helped me lose 8 pounds.  Then I joined a gym while continuing to monitor my portions, and I lost 4 more pounds.  However, I was working out at least 6 days a week and hard sometimes for an 1 - 1/2 or more so to lose on average a pound a week is s-l-o-w progress to me especially when I have cut out chocolate completely and pretty much all my other indulgences!

So about 3 weeks ago I decided to really count my calories and reduce even more it wasn’t good enough to just eat smaller plates.  I only allow myself around 1200 calories a day.  It may seem stringent at first, but if you learn how to play the numbers game it gets easier.  For instance, I trick my  body with alot of veggies.  Especially frozen organic ones - I find you can eat large platefuls and they are low in calories.  I went back to eating egg whites and oatmeals in the mornings and for lunch right now I am being stringent so that I can have a little more room to eat at nighttime.  I eat a cottage cheese (lowfat) for lunch.  Dinner consists of chicken, lots of salad and steamed veggies. I also boil sweet potatos to substitute for regular mashed potatos.  It is great!  Sometimes I put in a large tablespoon of other goodies to like macaroni salad, spinach kiesh (lowfat) and spanish yellow rice - but just a bit!  Well this strategy is working I have consistently been losing 2-3 pounds per week!  I am very excited this is usually the bad part of the month for me when I tend to gravitate toward eating so I am sycked right now.  Soon I will be going for another schlerotherapy session to work on the appearance of my legs one more time and then I will go shopping for some new clothes and then tan ever so lightly to define my muscle tone!  All coming up in the next 2 months!!!!  Remember what they say losing weight is:  80% diet 10% exercise and 10% genetics. I would probably beg to differ that exercise plays a bit of a higher role in it, but at the end of the day I have to agree that eating is the most important aspect to consider when trying to lose weight.

When I started my quest to decrease my weight in excess of 35+ pounds last month, I focused only on two things:  controlling food portion and increasing my normal everyday activities (not exercising).  I did not want to overwhelm and discourage myself and I know that with me food control is the biggest obstacle to overcome.  Well this week I joined a fitness gym/club and I am now working out everyday.  I must say it really helps me to feel like I will get results quicker now not just the initial couple pounds of weightloss or a more gradual type.  I am very excited!! I will keep you posted of my progress.

That is just what I had yesterday… I have identified my main problem as over eating when I am PMESING!! Well it finally took over. Yesterday I ate MORE of everything and did not care that I wasn’t hungry I just wanted to TASTE everything!!  So I ate more than I should have of Chinese food, I had 4 chocolates (3 chocolate kisses 1, Dark chocolate hershey miniature) 10 crackers with peanut butter, a bowl of cereal and a sensible breakfast… Well all day today I have been tempted as well. I know if I can get past this I will lose some more weight if I don’t give in but let me tell you my brain justifies the urges!!

I am very excited and optimistic about getting this procedure done to my legs.  It is a method of injecting a chemical similiar to saline into each spider vein I have on my legs that should help them break down and disappear after a few treatments!  I hope it works as I don’t have large spider veins but just enough to keep me from showing my legs (one of my best features) from showing over the past 3 years.. So although I should probably be nervous I am actually looking forward to getting the process started.  I will need to wear extra tight stockings over the course of the next 10 days - the first night even to bed!  It will take 1-3 treatments at $300.00 a pop (each individual leg)  Only 1 treatment per month.  Well I will let you guys know how it turns out.  I am really excited between my goals to lose weight and get this treatment done.   Wish me luck!