WiW....Tape Measure Edition

 It's another Wednesday weigh-in and though I don't have any numbers on the scale for you....

I do have my June measurements and I have to say I'm a bit surprised I've been feeling so discouraged.  I pretty much have been the same weight for the past year.  No matter what I do I just keep playing with the same 5-8 pounds.  It's so damn frustrating  seems I've figured out how to maintain but I'm just not ready to do that yet!  So Any way here it is

 Measurements for May                                                    June                             Difference
Bust - 35.5"                                                                      Bust - 34"                     (-1.5")
Waist -34.5"                                                                    Waist - 34.25"               (-.25")
Hips - 44.5" (these hips don't lie haha )                           Hips - 43"                     (-1.5")
Bicep - 12.5"                                                                    Bicep - 12.75"              (+.25)
Thigh - 23.75"                                                                 Thigh - 23"                    (-.75")

Wow that's a loss of 3.75" inches!!  

I am actually shocked I really didn't think I was losing anything.  I guess there is more than just the scale.  

And I may need a new belt soon.

This weeks goals are going well I have been hitting my 12,000 a day step goal,

 I think Dobby is really happy about that :)  He loves his walks, and so does DQ #fitfamily 

Also linking up with Liz the blonde bombshell @ Fitness Blondie and Amber @ Fit Foodie Runs

Weigh In Wednesday.... Macro What?

I am so damn frustrated...

Seriously I'm up again!  1.4 pounds.

I swear I am doing everything I can to get this scale to move, but it seems to be permanently stuck!

My eating has been spot on all week (the only hiccup would be the beer at the concert but I calculated them into my daily calories and I was still on target)  I've been working out 4-5 times a week.  

I really don't know what else to do at this point...except keep moving forward.

Even though I'm pissed to no end I need to just keep doing what I'm doing and hope it will all fall into place... and sooner rather than later would be nice.

I talked Monday about macronutrients.  It kinda started with The Plan.  On Friday when I got home the book I ordered had come. 

The New Rules Of Lifting for Women

I think I heard about it from Heather at Half Size Me. It has some great information and a lot of science and numbers stuff but Lou Schuler has a way of writing that made it really semi easy to wrap my brain around.

So macronutrients are three major things that the human body needs in order to function properly: carbohydrates, protein, and fat. So what I'm doing is is pretty much keeping those three things in a certain percent. I want  40% of my daily calories and nutrients to come from carbs, 30% from protein and 30% from fat.  **this is a very basic/simple explanation I am just starting this to see if it works for me.  I am in no way an expert/doctor/anyone who knows anything.**
I am using the myfitnesspal pie chart to keep track.

I am still going to keep doing my weekly goals and hopefully things will progress.  And I will work on practicing what I should be doing and take my measurements and focus less on the scale I tell myself this all the effing time but I always fall back to scale watching it's like a drug no lie.


Measurements for May
Bust - 35.5"
Waist -34.5"
Hips - 44.5" (these hips don't lie haha )
Bicep - 12.5"
Thigh - 23.75"


I'm going to follow the plan for at least a whole month and retake measurements
and see what's up.  I just need something to tell me that all this hard work is paying off!!


What are some of the ways you know your making progress? 

Fat to Fit Link Up

I've noticed that some of the earlier blogs I read have kinda vanished so I've been scoping out blogland for some new reads and motivation cause I have so much free time ya know and it's not like I want to actually clean my house or get stuff done.  So I've stumbled on to a couple of really good ones that fricken funny and a little wrong (in a good way).

One of them is the Mustache Diaries by Marcy  she pretty much keeps it real and doesn't sugar coat it.  So today she and two friends Jenna and Lori are doing a Link up!

So  I mentioned in my last post how the scale is slow going lately and as most of you know I am a total scale whore....yes I just totally said that.  So it's been pretty crappy feeling like I'm eating so well working my ass off at the gym and staying in groove with running (which I actually have been doing I know I'm pretty surprised myself), and seeing such slow progress.

So I decided to quit procrastinating and take some new progression pics and measurements. You can see all my before and afters here.

HOLY CRAP!! That scale is a lying B*tch.....(ok not really I guess it does say I've lost 38lbs but being at this almost a year and the work I feel I put in it should say more)

Measurements

May 2012                  March 2013

              Waist  49"                           38"             -11"

             Hips   51"                           46"             -5"

                   Bust   41.75"                       38"            -3.75"

                   Arms  15.75"                    13.5"            -2.25"

                 Thighs   27"                      24.50"           -2.5

 

 

That's a total loss of 24.5"   Booya!!!

 

So I guess this means I really need to not focus on the numbers so much and take more motivation away from the tape measure  (he might have to become my new BBF).

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