Blimp to Bombshell: RawrGirl's Weight Loss Diary
Once upon a time, there was a young girl who wished she was a boy. After all, boys had all the fun; boys went on adventures; boys saved the day. So she climbed trees, and played with cars, guns, and swords, and kept her hair shoved up in hats. Then one day, this girl became a teenager. Suddenly she liked being a girl. She wanted to be pretty. But her father was against her being beautiful lest she attract the attention of boys and even criticized her weight. He enforced baggy clothes and forbade makeup. Her mother never wore makeup or jewelry or even painted her nails. And she was schooled at home lest she make friends who would lead her astray. Prohibited from reading fashion magazines or watching TV, she grew up with no idea on how to be, look, or feel feminine. Afflicted with extreme acne, she secretly experimented with makeup, but looked like clown and was teased. She dreamed of the day when she would be thin and beautiful...but food became a source of comfort, easing the turmoil within. As an adult, she gave up on makeup, and followed in her mother's footsteps of being a chronic yo-yo dieter and dressing in sweats.
Years later, after several failed relationships, she met Prince Charming and is currently living her happily ever after...except for that elusive dream of being thin and feeling beautiful.
So now she has founded the Bombshell School of Beauty, so that while on her weight loss journey, she will learn all the secrets of being a girl, on makeup, hair and skin care, of posture and grace and elegance and on developing the feminine mystique. She knows that if she completes this now, what others take for granted and have known since their teen years, she will have mastered by the time she reaches her goal.
:D
Bombshell [bom-shel]: Someone having a sudden and sensational effect; a head turner; stunningly attractive; devastatingly beautiful.
RawrGirl [roar-gurl]: An invisible entity hidden behind baggy clothes and rumpled hair; a clutz; chunky pumpkin; pudgy frump.
RawrGirl's 12-Week Plan: The Diet
Monday--Thursday:
Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Protein Shake
Supper: Chicken, veggies, cheese, low-carb wrap
Friday:
Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Protein Shake
Supper: Lean Beef, cheese, jalapeno ranch, wrap
Saturday:
Breakfast: 2 Eggs, cheese, bacon bits
Lunch: ???
Supper: Lean Beef, cheese, jalapeno ranch, low-carb wrap
Sunday:
Breakfast: 2 Eggs, cheese, bacon bits
Lunch: ???
Supper: ???
RawrGirl hasn't completely figured out her weekend plan yet, but on average, Mon thru Thursday will be around 850 calories, Friday and Saturday just under 1500, and Sunday about 1200. This is loosely based on Jillian Michaels' (Biggest Loser) advice to eat light a few times a week, and a little heavier the other days. She believes it's supposed to be more alternate, but that is not realistic for her, as she always tends to eat more on the weekends.
Supplements: Multi-vitamin, Calcium, Potassium
Water: Heaps
RawrGril has normal everything -- blood pressure, cholesterol levels, etc. Her RHR is that of an athlete (go figure; it must be from running several months out of the year for the past 20 years) :D
RawrGirl's 12-Week Plan: The Workout
Mon, Wed, Fri:
Upper Body
Weeks 1-5 -- 2 Sets / 8-12 reps
Weeks 6-8 -- 3 Sets / 8-12 reps
Weeks 9-12 -- 4 Sets / 8-12 reps
Tues, Thurs, Sat:
Lower Body
Weeks 1-5 -- 2 Sets / 8-12 reps
Weeks 6-8 -- 3 Sets / 8-12 reps
Weeks 9-12 -- 4 Sets / 8-12 reps
The above routine is based on a study involving people on VLCD's who did Cardio only, versus those that did Strength Training only. While both groups lost approximately 30 pounds in 12 weeks, the Cardio only people lost an average of 21 pounds of fat and 9 pounds of muscle (which lowers metabolism and makes it difficult to maintain weight loss after resuming a normal diet). The Strength Training group lost 29 pounds of fat and only 1 pound of muscle. RawrGirl has tried every diet under the sun except one that goes under 1200 calories due to the dreaded "starvation mode" and the "you will gain it all back plus more" warnings, so she is quite excited to have this study, and is very optimistic that she will finally reach her goal.
Cardio:
90 minutes Figure Skating*
After goal weight is reached, RawrGirl will probably need to add jogging back into her routine as she will wish to eat more whilst maintaining her weight.
*RawrGirl is supposed to figure skate Mon-Fri, but usually she only makes it 1 - 2 times a week as her life has been rather hectic of late. But now things have settled down, and she hopes to start going 4-5x a week.
Flexibility:
Mon-Sat:
20+ minute Stretch Routine: RawGirl designed this herself based on which of her muscles need the most increase in flexibility, as well as poses needed for advanced figure skating moves, and others she finds really cool. :D
Though she lifted weights and jogged/ran since her teens, she NEVER stretched, and is now paying for it. Her hamstrings in particular are a mess -- she cannot touch my toes, lean forward without bending my knees, or raise one leg to a 90 degree angle (while lying on my back) without bending the other knee. :o However, just in the few weeks since she has started, she has gotten better. Her ultimate goal is to do a split (needed for some figure skating moves). :p
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It's Me Or The Jeans: RawrGirl's Halloween Challenge
RawrGirl has joined the Halloween Challenge, and since she doesn't have a demon scale, she has decided her goal is to fit into her Jay Jacobs jeans. RawrGirl loves Jay Jacobs. RawrGirl misses Jay Jacobs. RawrGirl wishes Jay Jacobs would come here!!! :mad: Alas, RawrGirl digresses...
RawrGirl's Jay Jacobs jeans fit her once upon time (14 years ago, 9 months AFTER she had her son, when she had lost 62 pounds (200lbs to 138lbs). She fit into those jeans for about 2 months (she gained 12 pounds almost instantly after a 4000-mile move). Anyway, that was RawrGirl's lowest adult weight (she hovered between 130-150 in her teens). But because she wasn't at goal yet...there are no pics. :mad:
So... RawrGirl thought it would be a hoot to post "before" pics of her in these jeans, i.e. at her current weight.
As you can clearly see, she can't quite get them over her hips, and she won't mention the 7-inch gap between button and button hole. :eek: 14 years these jeans have been her weight loss goal. And now she is hoping to get into them in 2 months. RawrGirl questions how realistic this is, except to say it would be approx 12 pounds in 8 weeks which is less than 2 pounds per week, which is supposedly realistic...it's just hard for her to imagine reaching something in 2 months that she hasn't been able to do for 14 years. And on top of that, her ultimate goal now is 126lb (though RawrGirl admits that if she fits into those jeans and her body refuses to lose more, she will be content.)
Anyway, RawrGirl hopes that by Halloween she will be posting pics where they fit perfect. Maybe she will post pics even if they don't quite fit. One thing is: She will never give up. After 14 years, it's personal.
RawrGirl's Diet/Fitness Entry
So today, RawrGirl had a protein shake for breakfast and lunch, and for dinner, she had chicken with spinach and cream cheese sauce in a grilled low-carb wrap, with a side of asparagus smothered in hollandaise sauce. RawrGirl never tasted hollandaise sauce before, and found it to be quite yummy! :D
As far her workout went...not so good.
Apparently, RawrGirl overestimated the strength of her bum, as it is quite sore today from yesterday's workout...too sore to go figure skating. Plus, her shoulders are still sore from the push ups she performed on Tuesday's workout, so she was also forced to forgo her upper body workout. But...she did do her total body stretch routine. Hopefully tomorrow nothing will ache and she will be back on track. :)
