Darryl
SUNDAYS ARE TOUGH!!! During the
football season, I have to say that I will not be a “good boy” on
football days. Tailgating last week led to poor eating and this week
I found myself eating better, but a liquid diet may not have been the
best thing for me.
Eating is better these days. I realized
that Jess and I are on the right track this week when watching TV I
saw a commercial for Papa Johns and said “that doesn't even look
good...”. I find myself forcing myself to grab that fruit off of
the counter that used to sit there and rot. I am also finding myself
avoiding the traps that are in the teacher's lounge which have been
so tempting in the past.
The working out this week was decent. I
don't care what anyone says, this X-Factor work out is pretty tough.
I have heard it called “Insanity Lite” and it maybe, but it is
something that is pushing the two of us to our limits right now. If
it is a lite version of Insanity, it will prepare us for our future
workouts!
I have to say that this adventure is
becoming easier. Much has to do with the support I have with my
partner, my wife and opponent. However, the words of encouragement
from friends and co-workers has been awesome. Jess and I are doing
this to help ourselves become more healthy, but to hear others tell
us they might take this idea for themselves is great! To think that
something that Jess and I came up with to help our futures may help
those close to us is a great feeling!Now... the results!
Darryl's week 2 results: 53 points and
a 1 pound loss. Under 190 for the first time in a year!
Jessica
Week 2 is always the true test of
whether you will stick to something. There were highs and lows, but
we both made it through the week and got our move on. 6 days of
working out this week! Some of the workouts were less than stellar
efforts, but we pushed through. I think I need to add a bit of
variety -X-though. Doing the elliptical on my non-XFactor days has
become a bit boring. Fresh air may be just the thing to keep things a
bit more interesting. That, and some good tunes on the MP3 player.
Now as for my eating this week...
looking back at my food diary for the week, I notice that my carbs,
fat, and sodium have been WAY high this week, which likely explain my
less-than stellar loss this week. I was sure I had done enough to get
at least a pound off, but alas, I only lost 0.4 pound this week. As
I posted on MFP, a loss is a loss and I hope that those 0.4 pound
won't ever be seen again.
I think the biggest challenge this week
has been myself and my over-thinking and researching everything. As
I noted, my carbs, fat, and sodium were pretty high this week. I
increased my fruit (because a book I read said I could eat all the
fruit I wanted in the morning), which increased my carbs. I tried to
add protein by eating more nuts (because a website said that 30% of
what I eat should be protein), which sent my fats through the roof,
not to mention my sodium. And I tried to limit my cholesterol (well
because that's what my doctor told me to do), which meant that I
struggled with getting to my protein goals. Does your head hurt? Mine
does. I know I am over-thinking this, but I am trying to understand
what my body needs. And depending on what book you pick up at the
library or at the bookstore (not to mention the internet), what you
need is different from one book to the next. I can see why weight
loss has become big business and why there are so many people out
there trying to cash in. I will read anything and everything if I
think it will help me reach my goals, even if the message is often
inconsistent. In conclusion, I still have no clue. The only thing I
can wrap my brain around and make sense of is... calories in,
calories out. So that's what I will stick with and I am going to stop
stressing over the rest of the numbers.
As for my point totals this week, 52
points!
Overall results:
Darryl:104 points
Jess: 103 points
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