Welcome! Happy Sunday to my friends, family and strangers of the interwebz! Thank you for visiting. Let's start at the top, team. Today I'll tell you all about how needy I am and the cool tools I want to make use of-- I'm also going to reveal my current weight-- and it might surprise you! Then I'm going to do a little dance, but you probably won't see it. But if you are not a stranger from the ethers of the internet-- you know what my little dances look like.
So, team. I believe the last time I revealed my weight to you I was at 251. I told you last Sunday I was down 4.5 pounds. Today I am letting you know that in the 4 weeks since we started exercising-- I have lost 2 pounds every week. I am at 243! That's EIGHT pounds! So I feel pretty darn good about it. I just have to keep reminding myself that it'll be 2 pounds a week not 2 pounds a day. People often tell me I weigh myself too often-- and I tell those people that I know weight can fluctuate a lot. I don't do it to know specifically exactly where I am, I just like to think of it as an average. I'm somewhere in this range. And as long as the range itself slowly scoots downward-- I'm good. Plus I looooove data. How am I supposed to watch a downward trend happen if I'm missing 6/7 data points?!
So, now that we've established that I'm making good progress without any of the following tools, let's talk about the crazy-awesome weight-loss/workout stuff I want to get eventually.
1. iPad Mini: Don't judge. I want one of these because I do two things when I'm doing cardio: listen to Pandora and read. Right now I use our old Nook Color (it's still very cool), unfortunately, it's gotten old and its rechargable battery is dying. That means sometimes it doesn't live through my whole workout-- and working out without my Ke$ha/B. Spears/Katy Perry station on pandora... it's rough. So, T has promised he will purchase me one when I lose 50 pounds. Yay! Then I can read and listen to my music and it will be magical.
2. A fancy scale of some kind. I'd really love to see my body fat percentage (even though I can conservatively estimate it at about 80%). I often think I want the FitBit Aria-- except that it doesn't have those fancy metal plates that send waves through your body to get the body fat percentage-- it just does math and tries to guess how many bones and organs you have versus fatness. BUT! When you lose weight it gives you BADGES! And I'm completely jealous of that. Not enough to purchase a $130 scale, but jealous. We'll probably end up getting something about $100 cheaper than that.
3. Workout GEAR. yo! Overshare-- I know... I've never owned a sports bra that fits. I finally bought workout pants in my size (tough to find-- clothing designers are pretty sure people who weigh as much as I do don't exercise.) but I'm still looking for a workout shirt or two to replace the men's xxL cotton T shirts I wear currently. I also really badly want my arms to be fully covered, which is apparently NOT part of the exercise world. Again, I reiterate to the universe as I have my entire life, I promise you do not want to see my arms. Really. The universe's insistence that clothing be sleeveless or have cap sleeves just baffles me. I need at least 1/2 sleeves, seriously.
So those are my things on my wishlist. Clearly I am doing okay with just my little fitbit (so awesome) but of course, I'm a needy-neederpants so I have ideas :)
Thanks for reading! I'd love to hear about your healthiness/weight loss tools and how they help you!
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1. iPad Mini: Don't judge. I want one of these because I do two things when I'm doing cardio: listen to Pandora and read. Right now I use our old Nook Color (it's still very cool), unfortunately, it's gotten old and its rechargable battery is dying. That means sometimes it doesn't live through my whole workout-- and working out without my Ke$ha/B. Spears/Katy Perry station on pandora... it's rough. So, T has promised he will purchase me one when I lose 50 pounds. Yay! Then I can read and listen to my music and it will be magical.
2. A fancy scale of some kind. I'd really love to see my body fat percentage (even though I can conservatively estimate it at about 80%). I often think I want the FitBit Aria-- except that it doesn't have those fancy metal plates that send waves through your body to get the body fat percentage-- it just does math and tries to guess how many bones and organs you have versus fatness. BUT! When you lose weight it gives you BADGES! And I'm completely jealous of that. Not enough to purchase a $130 scale, but jealous. We'll probably end up getting something about $100 cheaper than that.
3. Workout GEAR. yo! Overshare-- I know... I've never owned a sports bra that fits. I finally bought workout pants in my size (tough to find-- clothing designers are pretty sure people who weigh as much as I do don't exercise.) but I'm still looking for a workout shirt or two to replace the men's xxL cotton T shirts I wear currently. I also really badly want my arms to be fully covered, which is apparently NOT part of the exercise world. Again, I reiterate to the universe as I have my entire life, I promise you do not want to see my arms. Really. The universe's insistence that clothing be sleeveless or have cap sleeves just baffles me. I need at least 1/2 sleeves, seriously.
So those are my things on my wishlist. Clearly I am doing okay with just my little fitbit (so awesome) but of course, I'm a needy-neederpants so I have ideas :)
Thanks for reading! I'd love to hear about your healthiness/weight loss tools and how they help you!
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