No that's not my weight, thank goodness, although when I was pregnant.... Whoa, totally getting side tracked here.
Anyway, did you know that the average American consumes 160 pounds of sugar a year? Holy Moly that's alotta sugar!!! I just thought that all of you anti-sugarites out there would like to know that after the 21 days is up you will have consumed 9 pounds less sugar than the average peep. Niiiiiiice. No wonder everyone who has sworn off the sweet stuff is showing results!
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the latest and greatest challenge
100 PUSHUPS
Yesterday's Initial Test:
http://hundredpushups.com/test.html
16
Kinda pathetic but at least it's not less.
This means that tomorrow I'm supposed to start with column 3 but I'm not gonna. I'm going to eaaaaase into it and start with column 2.
Day 1 of Week 1
Today was easy, mostly because I've chosen to stick with the middle column even though I did enough to qualify for the most challenging column.
I was able to bang out all of the push-ups in about 3 minutes rather than spacing them out a bunch. I also did 14 push-ups for my max out at the end. Those felt good. :)
I still feel comfortable with my choice to go easier. I think this will give me a better chance at success by keeping me from burning out on the program too quickly. How'd you do? ;)
Day 2
My second day should have landed on Sunday but I don't like working out on Sunday and I was zonked on that day. I completed day 2 late last night and it was hard.
For my last set, the max out set, I only eeked out 10. I don't know if it was because it was late or what but boy, rough go last night.
Hopefully Wednesday will be better.
PERMANENT CLASS SCHEDULE
PERMANENT CLASSES:
Zumba
Tuesday 9:30 A.M. Gold's Gym, East Club
Zumba
Wednesday 9:30 A.M. Viva Zumba
Zumba
Thursday 9:30 A.M. Gold's Gym, East club
Zumba
Thursday 11:30 A.M. Viva Zumba
Mommy Good Body Herself
- Kat Clark
- A fitness instructor looking for balance between a baking obsession and a skinny obsession. All while tending to my two hip expanding children.
18 comments:
Day 19: Success! Wow! That is a lot of sugar. Even more motivation to keep up the low sugar consumption after the challenge.
I was just thinking im kind of bummed I havent showed any results.:( No lost weight, no huge boost in energy, no nothin! It does feel good just knowing Im not consuming all that sugar and thats mostly why I took the challenge.
Well, day 19: Success! Weird we only have 2 days left. Actually, hopefully we have our whole lives left to keep up these good habits!:) Then i will owe you my extra years of life because you helped me say no to 10,400 pounds of sugar! (thats how much sugar i would have consumed if I live until im 90 and kept eating it how i was)
Day 19: success! That is a rediculous amount of sugar! I've decided I am going to keep going with this healthy lifestyle after day 21... Which is tomorrow! Wow, it doesn't feel like 21 days. This was so much easier than I ever thought it would be.
What I'm going to start doing though now is pay more attention to how much sugar is in my food and eat healthier that way also. For all you out there that already do this or may know, how many grams of sugars are you supposed to keep it down to each day???
Eeewww. Gross. I recently learned that the average American also drinks almost 3 whole liters of soda each week so maybe that is where some of that sugar is coming from. Just wanted to report that days 19 was a success.
Tonight Boyd and I went to Dr. Weil's restaurant in Phoenix, and it was so awesome that I could anything on the menut that I wanted because he created the menu around his anti-inflammatory diet that I am following. It was so good. And I even got dessert: carmelized chocolate banana torte on top of a mesquite flour crust. Completely diet safe and very little and very delicious.
Feeling good!
Also Day 20: Success. I've lost track of what day we're on.
Day 20: Success! Went to corner bakery with the family last night for dinner before the nephew's football game and the employee brought us a plate of those little chipper cookies and brownies for free! Those are two of my favorite desserts, but even though they looked delish, I had no prob pushing the plate away! (I may or may not have asked Pops to blow in my face after he ate a handful just so I could smell them though) ;)
Day 20: Success!! I was right there with Chels at the corner bakery and it wasn't as much of a temptation as normal. Even passed the baked french toast for some yummy tomato basil soup, sandwich and a salad. Felt so much better and healthier with that choice and glad that I did!
Day 20 : Success!
Day 21: Success! Wow, I would have never thought I could go 3 weeks without a treat! Today was tough with Mother's Day goodies floating around and I have to admit that I thought to myself (more than once) that it's the last day AND Mother's Day so I should treat myself. But I finished strong to the end and am so glad I did.
Day 21: Success! I dont even think im going to eat treats tomorrow. I want to keep going until my husbands b-day party on the 22nd! I can do it!:) Today was pretty hard. We had some pretty tasty looking mothers day desserts at my Moms:(
GOOD JOB!!! to everyone doing this challenge!
Day 21: SUCCESS!!! Hola! I can't believe I did it, but now I know that I have it in me! Thank you so much Kat for posting this challenge and creating a space for all of us to come on here, no matter what our current health struggles are, and be open, honest, and real. You're an amazing woman. (PS Happy Mothers day yesterday) :) And thank you to everyone else that did this challenge and helped push me to keep going right along with you all! All of your comments are so inspiring.
I'm going to try to stick out out until May 22 as well. That's the day of me and my sis' Triathlon. I have absolutely no desire to drink diet coke anymore, but the sweets cravings are still very very strong. However, my will power is MUCH stronger now!
I'm so sad I fell out of things for the last few days. I will say I've been successful over the last week, but I haven't been checking in. We've had computer issues. Anyway, I love that you did this. It really made me aware of how much I was consuming in the evenings and how many treats I was eating after meals. I now don't unconsciously grab a snack after each meal. i'm aware of what's around me and make decisions BEFORE eating to not get a treat after my meal. It's so great that I've nearly (I say nearly since I have slip ups every now and then) conquered this. I love it! Thanks Kat!!!
Day 21: Complete success. Thanks again for all of your inspiration and love along the way! I know I would have never done it 100% without having to check in with the blog everyday. Also the food diary helped me to never cheat. I'm going to keep going strong although I may have red meat/pork every once in awhile and I would be lying if I said I'd never have toast with butter again. But overall I have a newfound love for olive oil and natural peanut butter and almond milk. I even like edamame now. And I make sure to have fruit or vegetables at every meal and almost every snack. I picked the diet that I did because I knew it would be sustainable if I could just jump-start it and I think I did that! Thanks again! Happy Mother's Day!
I know I started a few days before everyone, so I finished a few days ago too. And now i know the answer to "what will happen when the challenge is over." The answer is: I go back to my old ways. BLAST!! But only because it was mother's day weekend, so I was super lazy, and was cooked for on Sunday, and given the most incredible Red Velvet cake of all time (DO NOT BUY IT IF YOU SEE IT AT COSTCO. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP.) So I haven't worked out since Friday, but I have every intention of continuing, at least 4 days a week. After all, I now own my own set of 3 lb and 5 lb weights, and 2 freakin awesome DVD's. And my emotional state was much better these last few weeks. My arms look so good. If I keep working out, I know my butt and thighs will follow suit- and that's what I want the most. Besides losing 5 more lbs. Sooooo...I'm pretty happy with how the last few weeks have gone. So feel free to check in on me in another week and see if I'm still working out. XOXO
Well it's day 23 and I still have not wanted to eat sweets! Yeah, I get cravings for them every so often, but then when I think about how I might feel after or someone at work offers me some sweets I'm just not very interested. Crazy! I know I said I'm going to go until May 22, but who know. I may go even longer. Can I still check in here? Coming on her and having to post my progress everyday is SOOOOO helpful!
Day 24 and I just wanted to let you know some follow up. I started my boards study and it would be so easy to eat unhealthy snacks all day long because "I'm studying hard." But I haven't been. It's been so refreshing! I did eat 3 slices of bacon on a BLT (my favorite sandwich EVER) and it was worth it. But I also tried a little butter on my homemade bread the other day and it tasted weird to me. So who knew? I may actually have lost my taste for some of the bad stuff.
Boyd tried to tempt me with store bought whoppie pies on Monday. Who was he kidding that I would be tempted by something like that? Come on! Now if they had been the mini whoppie pies from our favorite dessert place in Boston, Finale, then bring it on...but none of this cheap, preserved stuff!
I'll try to make it to a morning Zumba because that sounds like a blast. Hope you're doing awesome too!
160....for some people that is their goal weight, and that is just fine.☺ In fact, that isn't my final goal weight right now but I would kill to weigh that right now. Or I'd even take 170. But I'll probably have another baby before I weigh either of those (cring) You know sometimes people do everything right- eat correctly, keep a food journal, consume the right amount of calories-from the right foods, exercise- strength and cardio, etc. and they still weigh a lot more than they would like to.... (and they know a lot about working out and eating right being they are educated in that area...and so it is a real blow to their self-confidence.)...and then they find out they have a thyroid condition, and that their body is actually fighting against them despite their best efforts ;)
So all I'm sayin' is I work my butt off...but my thyroid right now, could care less...and that is why I look like a Goodyear Blimp :) and only dream of weighing 160.
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