I am a Capricorn...practical and realistic by default. I am realistic when it comes to setting a goal weight.
It has been said that if you cannot remember being a certain weight, you have no right choosing that as a goal weight.
Take me for instance, while I was bigger than my mother and sister when I was growing up I was also far more muscular than they were. Not to mention we have different bone structure. Someone who has a larger bone frame will weigh more than a person with a small or dainty frame. Years ago when I went to a Bariatric Dr they measure your elbow breadth to determine frame size. I have a large frame, even though I am only 5'5" tall. Which states at high end my ideal weight would be 155#.
That's fine, but I know my healthiest weight, without looking sickly was 165#, which was after having my kids. For me that's important, because bodies change after having kids. For me to choose a goal weight pre kids or my high school weight would just be plain silly and not at all realistic ...for me.
Too many times people, women especially; imagine their ideal weight to be far lower than it is and overestimate how much they can lose. Which sets them up for frustration and imagined failure.
Measure your elbow breadth and it should help you find a starting point. Alternatively, you can use this site to determine REALISTIC IDEAL WEIGHT. Which again, using myself as a guinea pig; lists my people's choice ideal weight to be 181#. I in fact I have my initial goal weight set for 180, which I would be THRILLED to reach. If by chance I could get down to 170 that would be cool, but I refuse to kill myself to get to a number which may be unrealistic to attain, let alone maintain.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
What a Suck!
I have gained 10 pounds back since the beginning of November. Stress really is an ass kicker; and not in that good motivating sort of way! I am tired of having my ass kicked.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Consider mah ass kicked!
After determining that I was sleeping WAAAY too much I told myself I was the only one who could change that, and it was time to do something about it. With that said, I have been trying to get my sleeping schedule/clock back to some sense of normalcy; whatever that is! Years ago, during Rambo's first deployment, I got into a pattern of staying awake all night, waking the kids up at 6am, getting them ready and off to school, then coming home to sleep until it was time for me to go pick them up and begin the mom taxi to extra curricular activities. Post deployment I regained some 'normal' sleep patterns. Then deployment #2 came up and I went back into survival mode. Maybe that has messed with me more than I thought? In any case, starting last Friday I was up at 6am and stayed up until bed time. Went to bed and only slept about 4-5 hours, leaving me wide awake at 2:30am. Not cool body, not cool at all. Forced self to stay in bed a couple hours then got up. even over the weekend I managed to be out of bed before 7am. That's a huge deal for me.
I was just far too lethargic to even THINK about exercising, let along actually DOING any of it!
Finally for the first time in months I am starting to feel half human and not a depressed, anxious lazy mess.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Consider mah ass kicked!
After determining that I was sleeping WAAAY too much I told myself I was the only one who could change that, and it was time to do something about it. With that said, I have been trying to get my sleeping schedule/clock back to some sense of normalcy; whatever that is! Years ago, during Rambo's first deployment, I got into a pattern of staying awake all night, waking the kids up at 6am, getting them ready and off to school, then coming home to sleep until it was time for me to go pick them up and begin the mom taxi to extra curricular activities. Post deployment I regained some 'normal' sleep patterns. Then deployment #2 came up and I went back into survival mode. Maybe that has messed with me more than I thought? In any case, starting last Friday I was up at 6am and stayed up until bed time. Went to bed and only slept about 4-5 hours, leaving me wide awake at 2:30am. Not cool body, not cool at all. Forced self to stay in bed a couple hours then got up. even over the weekend I managed to be out of bed before 7am. That's a huge deal for me.
I was just far too lethargic to even THINK about exercising, let along actually DOING any of it!
Finally for the first time in months I am starting to feel half human and not a depressed, anxious lazy mess.
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