Will-ness Overtime Report - Week 4
Things are finally moving in the right direction on the scale! YAY!
Current Weight: 171 pounds
Weekly Loss: 2 pounds
TOTAL LOSS: 16 pounds
Calories Burned: 969 calories
A little short, but not by much. If I add the 68 calories from 2 weeks ago, I'm 99 calories shy of being completely caught up, but I am keeping track of every calorie. If I could just keep those nasty migraine headaches from springing up on me, I might have a easier time sticking to an exercise routine. It's not an excuse, just an explanation and reassurance that I'm not just slacking off. We bought "Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012" for the Xbox Kinect last week and it is really kicking me in the a**. HARD. All of the routines are a lot more intense than they were in the original game and now that I am past the beginner levels on most of the exercises, I am routinely burning 325-350 calories per workout, so I should be able to make up those missing calories pretty quickly as long as I am in any condition to workout at all.
This week is turning out to be very busy; working out on Wednesday and Thursday are out of the question since I won't even be home until after 10:00pm both nights. By that time, all I want to do is go to bed and sleep. The chances of me working out in the morning before going in to work are unlikely since I am not a morning person and, again, I need to be awake and functional during the late evening and as such I will try to get as much sleep in the morning as possible. I'll be doing well to make my 1000 calories this week, never mind the extra 99 calories from the weeks I fell short. I foresee some MAJOR workout sessions in my not-too-distant future to get myself caught up and back on track.
Part of the getting-back-on-track plan has come to fruition already: our indoor greenhouse for starting seeds is ready for me to start planting! We were going to build something fancy that would be compact and minimize space and have all the wiring built-in to minimize cords running everywhere, etc., but time was running out and we went with quick, sturdy, and easy. The end result does take up considerably more room than what we had originally designed and there will be cords zip-tied in place all over the structure, but our vegetables will get the head start they need to yield a harvest this summer/fall and that's more important than an economical design. We basically put up a 2' X 4' X 6' utility shelving unit with moveable shelves and suspended some full-spectrum fluorescent shop lights across the length of the unit. We replaced the bottoms of two of the shelves with a plastic lens like what they use in troffer lights so that there would be a physical barrier between the plants and the light fixtures themselves. I found two years ago that if you don't have a barrier in place, your vining plants will grow overnight and wrap themselves around the bulbs. Then you have the task of trying to separate the cucumbers from the light fixture without breaking the mercury-filled bulbs - not fun. All of the lights are plugged into a power strip with an integrated timer so it will turn on and off automatically. If we find the temperature in our basement is too low, we figure we can wrap the outside of the plant shelves with plastic to keep heat in, leaving the spaces where the lights are open so moisture doesn't get in and short the lights. Once it's all up and running, I'll take a picture so everyone can see our quick and easy set-up, but first I have to get the seeds planted (hopefully this afternoon)!
Current Weight: 171 pounds
Weekly Loss: 2 pounds
TOTAL LOSS: 16 pounds
Calories Burned: 969 calories
A little short, but not by much. If I add the 68 calories from 2 weeks ago, I'm 99 calories shy of being completely caught up, but I am keeping track of every calorie. If I could just keep those nasty migraine headaches from springing up on me, I might have a easier time sticking to an exercise routine. It's not an excuse, just an explanation and reassurance that I'm not just slacking off. We bought "Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012" for the Xbox Kinect last week and it is really kicking me in the a**. HARD. All of the routines are a lot more intense than they were in the original game and now that I am past the beginner levels on most of the exercises, I am routinely burning 325-350 calories per workout, so I should be able to make up those missing calories pretty quickly as long as I am in any condition to workout at all.
This week is turning out to be very busy; working out on Wednesday and Thursday are out of the question since I won't even be home until after 10:00pm both nights. By that time, all I want to do is go to bed and sleep. The chances of me working out in the morning before going in to work are unlikely since I am not a morning person and, again, I need to be awake and functional during the late evening and as such I will try to get as much sleep in the morning as possible. I'll be doing well to make my 1000 calories this week, never mind the extra 99 calories from the weeks I fell short. I foresee some MAJOR workout sessions in my not-too-distant future to get myself caught up and back on track.
Part of the getting-back-on-track plan has come to fruition already: our indoor greenhouse for starting seeds is ready for me to start planting! We were going to build something fancy that would be compact and minimize space and have all the wiring built-in to minimize cords running everywhere, etc., but time was running out and we went with quick, sturdy, and easy. The end result does take up considerably more room than what we had originally designed and there will be cords zip-tied in place all over the structure, but our vegetables will get the head start they need to yield a harvest this summer/fall and that's more important than an economical design. We basically put up a 2' X 4' X 6' utility shelving unit with moveable shelves and suspended some full-spectrum fluorescent shop lights across the length of the unit. We replaced the bottoms of two of the shelves with a plastic lens like what they use in troffer lights so that there would be a physical barrier between the plants and the light fixtures themselves. I found two years ago that if you don't have a barrier in place, your vining plants will grow overnight and wrap themselves around the bulbs. Then you have the task of trying to separate the cucumbers from the light fixture without breaking the mercury-filled bulbs - not fun. All of the lights are plugged into a power strip with an integrated timer so it will turn on and off automatically. If we find the temperature in our basement is too low, we figure we can wrap the outside of the plant shelves with plastic to keep heat in, leaving the spaces where the lights are open so moisture doesn't get in and short the lights. Once it's all up and running, I'll take a picture so everyone can see our quick and easy set-up, but first I have to get the seeds planted (hopefully this afternoon)!