WIW & Monthly Measurements

  • Last week: 203.0 
  • This week: 204.2
  • Change: +1.2

Definitely frustrating when I’ve been pretty on point since last Thursday, but I also ate and drank a lot of junk before then. 

Did measurements for the first time in a few months, they are obviously all UP, but since this is a new year and a new start, I’m only going to focus on today’s numbers. 

  • Chest (under breasts): 36.25
  • Smallest Waist: 37.5
  • Belly Button: 44.5
  • Hips (under belly): 45.25
  • Saddle bags: 44.5
  • Neck: 13.25
  • Mid Upper Arm: 11.75
  • Upper Arm: 14
  • Mid Upper Thigh:23.5
  • Above Knee: 18
  • Mid Calf: 16

Five Dollar Fat Pants

Over break I found myself wearing jeans fairly frequently. In the colder months I usually only wear jeans like 1x a week for a few hours at most if I’m going out. Otherwise no jeans to work and outside of work I’m in pj pants, yoga pants, or workout pants.  

I have one pair of jeans that currently “fit” however over the holidays all the extra junk and booze really were causing my jeans to HURT. So I went to Old Navy to check out their sales and came across a pair actually in the same size but with the most amount of stretch ever for $5 ($4.97 to be exact which I thought was a mistake since a similar pair was $14.97). I didn’t want to “invest” in larger jeans, but $5 to feel comfortable as I work towards slimming down is fine by me. 

New (Old) Routine

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it right? My old healthy eating routine worked, I just got bored of it after a while, but here I am. 

Last night I made steel cut oats for the week and out them into their own containers. Bought plain greek yogurt and fresh fruit to top the oats. I LITERALLY ate this for breakfast every day for nearly 5 years and then stopped with the oats like 2 years ago. 

The plan is to eat the oats/yogurt/fruit as a snack either mid morning or mid afternoon based on my lunch/workout plans. 

I also am back on the Shakeology wagon. This will be my breakfast during my drive to work. Keep it simple. Unsweetened coconut/almond milk blend with ice and chia seeds or frozen raspberries with water. Or half water, half skim milk with PB2 and maybe half of a frozen banana. 

I also have the Shakeology 3 day refresh which I am going to do this month. I need to buy the advised food and pick the best 3 day window for me to stick to it. 

Here’s my 2016 workout overview. Shout out to @veggielife for the template!

My motivation is strongly linked to my stress/frustration levels. Work was unbearable before I switched jobs in June and working out was the only release or sense of control I had at times.

Switching jobs, moving, and moving with T were all good things and I tend to get lazier when I’m happy.

In November I really didn’t like how my clothes were fitting so after Thanksgiving I started doing shred. Now that the Holidays are over I’m bucking down on making healthy food choices. Cutting out unnecessary sweets and limited my alcohol intake.

I’m hoping 2017 looks good on me!

2016 Year in Review

Today is FINALLY my last day of work in 2016, so it’s a perfect time for my 2016 year in review! 

January – a productive and fun snowmageddon 

February – Fuller House premiere on Netflix and a watch party with one of my besties (which we just did again for season 2)

March – Spring Break in Raleigh/Charleston/Virginia Beach which featured T’s first and last half marathon

April – the day I realized I had to leave my job as soon as possible for my own well-being and launched an aggressive DC job search

May – T and I officially deciding to house hunt together (although finally finding THIS beer after 2+ years was a close 2nd)

June – Accepting a new job and getting to throw the deuces at my old one

July – We closed on our townhouse

August – York Beach, Maine girls vacation

September – Ellen’s wedding weekend in Chicago

October – after months of chronic foot pain I finally sucked it up and started to buy shoes with proper heel support (spoiler alert: my feet are feeling so much better these days)

November – Making and starting a plan to set the stage for a stronger, healthier, and more balanced 2017

December – Hosting our Holiday Housewarming Party 

Here is a link to my previous lists!

Shred Drill Sergeant

Today will be my 17th workout of 30 day shred (I freaking loathe level 2), and I think 15 of them have been while T is on the couch. In all fairness T’s been using my 30 minute workout time (where I take over the living room) to practice guitar, which is something he’s been wanting to get back into.

However T also pushes me Drill Sergeant style to go faster/lower/straighter etc all while barking in a “frog voice.” If any of you have Marines in your life then you may be familiar with the DI (Drill Instructor) frog voice – if not check out this video from a Boot Camp documentary that T owns, this is one of the the best/worst scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNBgKjLWVcw

Too bad I’m in the throws of working out or else I’d video T’s frog voice “yelling” it’s so funny and weirdly motivating. 

WIW

Last week: 201.3

This week: 203.0

Well numbers keep going in the wrong direction, but I’m 15 days into 30 day shred and I’m looking forward to holiday treats season to be over. 

WIW

Last week: 199.3

This week: 201.3

change: +2

That’s okay, I hosted a housewarming at our new place this weekend that involved a lot of “holiday cheer.” I’m still doing Shred and making good choices whenever possible. I’m using December to not give myself a bigger hole to dig out of come January! 

Shred Level 2

I finished my 10th day of level 1 yesterday, onto level 2 this evening! 

I also went to a great lunchtime yoga class yesterday at work. It was a different class which usually has a fee, but they waived fees this week – it may be worth getting a class membership for next semester.