And We Have Lift-off!

Posted by Big Fat Skinny Girl | Labels: , , , | at 7:13 PM | 0 comments

I officially kicked off my 70 day challenge today and it started with a bang. We did Murph at Crossfit, which is an absolutely insane workout. I thought I wasn't going to make it through the 2nd mile with my jello legs but I pulled it together and finished.

Eating went well today too. I'm going to count my Protein Bar as paleo - it's not but it's close and without it I wouldn't eat enough protein during the day. My goal is to eat natural protein as much as possible, but sometimes you just don't have it on hand.

I'm feeling very motivated today, so hopefully this strong start will point me in the right direction!

Today's Breakdown

Current Weight: No weighing on weekends
Goal Weight: 105

Food

Breakfast: None
Lunch: Raspberries + Blueberries + Protein Bar
Dinner: Grilled Chicken + Tomatoes Stuffed with Spinach
Snacks: None
Water: 2 bottles
Soda: None!

Exercise

Crossfit: "Murph" - Run 1 Mile, 100 Pullups, 200 Pushups, 300 Squats, Run 1 Mile (47:02)
Hot Yoga
1 Burpee / Situp / Squat

The 70 Day Challenge

Posted by Big Fat Skinny Girl | | at 10:00 AM | 0 comments

The past few weeks have been rough. I've been travelling a lot - not working out - eating crap... and gaining weight. Today I finally broke 120, which pretty much ruined my day.

But instead of getting down, I'm going to use the High School Reunion (HSR) as a motivating factor to get everything turned around and get back in shape. The High School Reunion is 70 days from tomorrow and since 70 is a nice round number and I need to go to the grocery store to prepare, the challenge starts tomorrow.

So here are the rules I'm making for myself (and thanks to LeanMeanRoomieachine for the idea):

Food


1. No Grains! No Legumes! No Dairy! - The dairy piece is going to be really really hard for me. I love cheese, but I should be able to over come this if I keep the HSR in mind.
2. No Sugar - Much, much harder for me since I love dark chocolate but I bought these great new Paleo Treats that should take the edge off. I highly recommend them if you have a sweet tooth.
3. Only 1 Cheat Meal a Week - That's a 90/10 split, which is realistically what I need to meet my goals.

Exercise
Monday - Crossfit & Soccer (soccer schedule permitting)
Tuesday - Crossfit
Wednesday - Hot Yoga
Thursday - Crossfit Endurance
Friday - Crossfit
Saturday - Hot Yoga & Crossfit
Sunday - Hot Yoga & Soccer
70 Day Burpee/Squat/Situp challenge!

I'm going to be giving myself one day off a week, with the exception of the Burpee challenge, but I'm going to leave it up to my work schedule and motivation level to determine which day.

Other
Blogging - Check in at least every other day! I think this will help me stay motivated.

Today's Breakdown

Current Weight: 120
Goal Weight: 105

Food

Breakfast: None
Lunch: TBD
Dinner: Dinner at Artisanal Table
Snacks: None
Water: 2 bottles
Soda: None!

Nutrients

Protein / Fat / Carbs: Too hard to calculate with eating out

Exercise

None

Carrying My Own Weight

Posted by Big Fat Skinny Girl | Labels: , , , , | at 8:02 PM | 0 comments

Today I carried my own weight around a city block - well very close anyways. Two 53 lb kettlebells around the block! I'm very proud of myself. And that's after two back to back soccer games yesterday!

After tracking my food today, I realize that I'm a little high on carbs. A large chunk of that came from the protein bar I ate and the banana. I picked up some paleo pacs today at Crossfit, so I'm hoping to replace the protein bar with those, and I'll swap out the banana for some other fruit after I eat this bunch. (I can't waste a delicious bunch of bananas!) Hopefully some small tweaks will get me to where I want to be. Tomorrow will be hard though, because I have a work dinner to attend.

And in the meantime I'm going to continue being proud of my workout!

Today's Breakdown

Current Weight: 117.3
Goal Weight: 105

Food

Breakfast: Apple + Greek Yogurt + Cinnamon
Lunch: Banana + Protein Bar + 1/3 Greek Salad
Dinner: Grilled Chicken Breast + Salad w/ Spinach, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Yellow Peppers
Snacks: 1/3 Dark Chocolate Bar
Water: 2 bottles
Soda: None!

Nutrients

Protein / Fat / Carbs: 68g / 40g / 135g

Exercise

Crossfit - Sherpa: 20 burpees / Max Farmers Walk (53lbs) / 20 burpees (Time - 13:31)

Blogcation

Posted by Big Fat Skinny Girl | Labels: , , | at 3:30 PM | 0 comments

The past few weeks have been extremely busy with work. On top of my healing from lipo, I also chopped off the top of my finger making a salad and got in a car accident. The blogging had to be put on hold while I healed physically and de-stressed mentally. But I'm back!!

My thighs are mostly done with the swelling from the lipo, but I still feel like there's a little bit to go. I'm feeling more out of shape though because I haven't worked out much in the last two weeks. 

I did finish reading The Primal Blueprint! I feel like I'm mostly on track with the types of food I'm eating and today I sat down and did the break down of what I should be eating based on my current weight.

Based on Bmi-calculator.net, my body uses 1328 calories per day to keep going. The Harris Benedict Equation then puts me at 2058 calories based on being moderately active. If I want to lose 2 lbs a week thats a 932 calorie per day deficit which puts me at 1126 calories per day.

I also calculated my lean body mass at 81 lbs (30% body fat - really?!?!) which means eat day I need to be eating 56 - 81g of protein and to lose the weight I need to be between 50 - 100g of carbs. I'll be tracking all that in the daily breakdown to see how I'm doing.

I'm looking forward to Hot Yoga tonight, because I finally get to wear my cute new clothes from Lululemon!

Today's Breakdown

Current Weight: 116.6
Goal Weight: 105

Food

Breakfast: Banana + Blueberries + 1 oz Aged Cheese
Lunch: None
Dinner: TBD - Dinner with friends
Snacks: TBD
Water: 2 bottles
Soda: None!

Nutrients

Protein / Fat / Carbs: Today will be hard to calculate because we are going out to dinner, so I'll start tomorrow.

Exercise

Crossfit - Gobbler Ladder with Max Reps Burpees
Hot Yoga
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