A Rude Awakening...

I haven't been weighing myself because my scale has been giving me problems. Even before I stepped on it, it would read 4.2lbs. It doesn't do that EVERY time, but enough to make me concerned that I wouldn't be getting the accurate weight. Since I couldn't afford a new scale, I bit the bullet and used it anyway because I needed to know my protein diet/restart weight and weight is used to formulate the number of grams of protein I'm allowed to have a day.

I've been more than a little hesitant to post my current weight for several reasons...I don't look like I'm the weight I am and I don't want people to know lol. I'm so far from my lowest weight that it's embarrassing and I HATE seeing the number on the scale so why do I want to be reminded by my blog?

Anywho, I realized that until I am completely honest with myself, I will NOT be successful and if I am, it won't last. 

So this morning I stepped on the scale (it didn't immediately jump to 4.2 which was a good sign) it read 231.2!!! Doing Insanity in august I was 208-211! Ugh, no one to blame but myself but it was just the reality check that I needed to whip my ass back into shape!

Now that I knew my weight, I was able to find my body fat percentage with a formula they have in my "Protein Power" book. I was also able to determine that I'm pear shaped (I've known that for years, they just scientifically confirmed it).

So here it is...my statistics...

Start Weight-290
Lowest Weight-203 (sigh, so close to ONEderland)
Current Weight-231 (Grrrr)
Goal Weight 1-199 (I don't ever remember seeing a 1 leading my weight...seriously)
Goal Weight 2-180 (I will be content at this weight but it isn't my DREAM weight or my HAPPY weight)
Ultimate Goal Weight- 160 (H-A-P-P-Y!)

So, there you have...I would absolutely HATE posting that I gained so I REALLY need to get my sh*t together!!!! Mind you, almost HALF my body is made of F-A-T!!!! I'm 44% body fat....no, No, NO! I won't accept that...It also has a formula that tells you how much of your weight is FAT and how much is LEAN body tissue. I've determined with the formula 101.7lbs of my weight come from FAT (ugh) and 129.5lbs come from LEAN body tissue. The book has ALSO helped me determine an ideal body weight range that is not only recommended, but ATTAINABLE which is between 161-175 pounds. (I haven't even read the whole thing but I swear I LOVE this book lol)

While looking up protein power acceptable recipes for some variety, I discovered the protein soup diet. I believe it's just something to jumpstart weightloss before you begin the real "diet". They recommend doing it for a week or two and since I'm desperate to get out of the 230's AND I'm dealing with time constraints due to school and don't have much time to cook I think I'll do it for two weeks. (I'll post the article and recipe if you guys request it)

I also downloaded an app called "Libra Pro", it's a weight tracker. It allows you to input your weight and height (obviously) but it also asks your goals. After putting my starting weight, I put my goal weight (180lbs) and then it asked my diet plan which included daily calorie goal and weight loss goal per week. After doing the math and determining that I needed to lose 3.2lbs a week to lose 50lbs by April, I plugged that number into the app. The app then suggested that I needed to eat 1600 calories a day to reach that goal and it also gave me a date which was 3/28/13! Right on schedule!

Here's a screenshot of the app

Whew, that post was a LOT of work lol. I'll do progress updates EVERY Friday, good or bad.