Weight Update May 31 2016

I know it hasn't been a whole week, but I decided to weigh myself today while I was thinking about it.

weight: 206.8 lbs
fat percentage: 44.3%
hydration: 38.2%
muscle: 27.4%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2327

Looks like all my work in the backyard (and specifically the garden) has been paying off!  I haven't specifically been trying to lose weight while doing this stuff, but I've managed to lose almost a pound since  last Thursday!

Now that my garden is built though, I won't be able to rely on working on that for building strength.  So now it's going to be more important than ever to do yoga at least once a week.  Ideally a few times a week, but I've got to start somewhere, right?

And to be honest, I am sort of starting from scratch in the yoga department.  I did three ten minute segments from 10 Minute Solutions Yoga for Beginners specifically because I wanted something low stress.  Well, I had trouble doing some of the exercises (specifically plank position - apparently I can't really support myself very well right now). So it's going to be super important to keep doing yoga to build more strength.  I'll probably stick with Yoga for Beginners for the next little bit, or add in Ellen Barrett's Skinny Sculpt to help build some arm strength!

Weight Update May 26 2016

I skipped last week because it was my period.  But that was actually a (relatively) good experience for me.  I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before, but my period is super heavy.  I suspect I end up with an iron deficiency as a result at that time of the month which makes me feel even crappier.  So this time, I started things off a day or two early by eating beef for every supper just before and a little bit into my period (basically through the heavier days).  And it seemed to work!  Sure, my period was still heavy.  But I didn't feel out of energy like I normally do (well other than having to get up during the night, but that's a consequence of the heavy period)!  I thought this would work when last month I was feeling like crap until I ate some beef tacos at Taco Time and suddenly felt more alert.  So I'm super happy this worked!  I'll have to remember for next month, too! :)

So anyway, after surviving my period, here are my numbers for yesterday:

weight: 207.6 lbs
fat percentage: 45.6%
hydration: 37.4%
muscle: 26.8%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2332

Not too bad coming out of my period.  So now it's time to make sure I'm active and eating relatively healthily!

On that score, I'm going to do yoga once a week.  I've been walking lots and was doing a lot of gardening work over the last week and now my body feels like it needs to be stretched out.  So yoga is definitely going to help!  Because my schedule is all over the place, I probably won't pick a particular night every week; instead I'm going to look at the week and pick a day that will work.  So for this week, I'm going to do some yoga tonight, but next week I'll probably have to choose a different time. 

Weight Update May 12 2016

This week's been going rather well so far!  I walked to a doctor's appointment on Tuesday (about a 50 minute walk in total), and then walked to work yesterday.  But last night I stayed home playing video games and later doing some work with a relatively bad for me snack - but it was technically the start of my weekend, so I didn't mind.  Especially since that was the last bag of munchies I had in my house, so now there's just healthier things!

So here are this week's numbers:

weight: 206.8 lbs
fat percentage: 44.2%
hydration: 38.3%
muscle: 27.5%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2327

Looks like once again the weight is holding steady (which is okay - like I said, I had a bad for me snack last night).  I attempted to do a basal test last night, but my glucose was too high (which is when I went and ate munchies).  I'm hoping to get another overnight basal test done in the near future since something appears to be going wrong.  I thought it was me failing at carbohydrate counting (which is still a possibility), but after being a bit more careful last night I'm not so sure that's the cause.  So hopefully I'll have a chance to run one before my period starts. 

In terms of exercise, I'm hoping to go for a walk with my mom tonight.  I don't know what the plan is for the next few days though.  I am off tomorrow, so I'll hopefully fit something in.  I work all day Saturday and all afternoon Sunday at a place that's too far to walk to, so that's rather unfortunate.  So I'll have to walk later or do yoga or something those days.

Weight Update May 5 2016

This last week was super stressful.  My fridge died, and a few other stupid things like that happened.  Then I had a job interview on Monday, and I had to fit in all the preparation around work.  But it's okay, I made it through everything alright (and didn't lose too much food from my fridge!) So I ended up taking Tuesday as an almost complete do nothing day (I played video games and ended up going out to the show with friends).  It felt wonderful after so much stress!  I don't even feel guilty that I didn't do anything.  I've also managed to fit in a few walks here and there, so that's been great (I have taken over 11,000 steps today!)  So here are those numbers for this week:

weight: 206.8 lbs
fat percentage: 43.9%
hydration: 38.5%
muscle: 27.6%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2327

As you can see, my weight is back to 206 lbs!

I also did blood work last week and got the results in.  My Hemoglobin A1C is a bit higher than last time, but not as bad as I feared it might be because this last month has been super rough to get through for me.  So hopefully now I can get back on track with everything!  :)