Scoutsays... That's What You Get... Challenge 8

[ScoutSays]

Alright! Challenge 8 here we come!!   Who else is ready??

 

This is my 8th challenge. Ugh. I feel like I have made progress within myself but not near as much progress on the outside as I would like. I have recently joined the YMCA and I LOVE LOVE LOVE having a gym to go to and all that equipment to use, and group classes, and the pool, especially the hot tub!! Anyway, I have decided on a long term goal... I want to be at my goal of 135-ish and fit/healthy by the time I go back to work after the summer. I think this is totally attainable, but I have to really buckle down on my eating! 

 

 

That's What You Get

 

“If you always do what you've always done, you’ll always get what you've always got.†Henry Ford

 

MAIN QUEST: Lose Weight Feel Great!

 

To hit my goal range of 125-135 and do it in a healthy way!

 

Goals (diet and fitness related) that will help me achieve Main Quest:

1. No gluten / No Pop (No cheats!)

A: 36-42 days

B: 30-35 days

C: 25-29 days

D: 20-25 days

F: <20 days

Ability to earn 1 CON point.

 

2. No sweets (1 cheat per week!)

A: 31-36 days

B: 26-30 days
C: 21-25 days
D: 16-20 days
F: <16 days
Ability to earn 1 CON point.

 

3. Workout 3x per week

A: 15-18 days
B: 12-14 days
C: 9-11 days
D: 6-10 days
F: <6 days

Ability to earn 4 STA, 4 STR points, 1 DEX point.

 

PICK YOUR SIDE QUESTS
Side Quest 1: Nighttime Routine

Establish an evening/bedtime routine. 

1. Wash my face

2. Moisturize

3. Forums - keep up with my challenge and others'

4. Blog

5. Read

 

Grading:
A: 36-42 days
B: 30-35 days
C: 25-29 days
D: 20-25 days
F: <20 days
Ability to earn 1 CHA and 1 WIS points.

 

Side Quest 2: Draw/Color

I have decided to change this one to drawing/Copic coloring because it's something I have been wanting to get back to trying to do. 

I am not really much of an artist, but I sure enjoy trying! And practice makes perfect, right??

Grading:

A: 36-42 days
B: 30-35 days
C: 25-29 days
D: 20-25 days
F: <20 days

Ability to earn 1 CHA point, 1 WIS point.

 

No Gluten - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42
No Pop - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

No Sweets - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/36
Work Out - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/18

Nighttime Routine - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42
Drawing/Copics - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

 

Mini Challenges:

Week 1: 1 CHA

Week 2:

Week 3:

Week 4:

Week 5:

Week 6:

Rewards(these might change...):
Start: 219
Goal 1: -10 lbs: 209 - Win the Dietbet - Get $$! -
Goal 2: -20 lbs: 199 or Size 16 or Waist size 35"  (I'm in size 14's... I will take it.)
Goal 3: -30 lbs: 189 or Size 14 or Waist size 34" - FitBit
Goal 4: -40 lbs: 179 or Size 13 or Waist size 32" - Cartilage piercing
Goal 5: -50 lbs: 169 or Size 12 or Waist size 30" - $50 gift certificate to store of choice
Goal 6: -70 lbs: 159 or Size 10 or Waist size 29" - $75 gift certificate to store of choice
Goal 7: -60 lbs: 149 or Size 8 or Waist size 28" - Anchor tattoo and wrist quotes
Goal 8: -80 lbs: 139 or Size 6 or Waist size 27" - Lionheart tattoo
Goal 9: -90 lbs: 129 or Size 4 or Waist size 26" - New wardrobe - shopping spree!!


STATS:
Female/40
Start Weight: 219 (BMI 40.1)
Current Weight: 204 - I had gotten down to 189 and then shit happened...
Goal Weight: 125-135
Height: 5'2"
Jeans size: 14 (Jordache jeans with 1% Spandex)
Diet: No gluten/just healthier eating
I reserve the right to change my challenge week to week if I get bored!!  

 

         03/11/13       04/22/13       09/18/13     10/02/13      10/23/13     11/11/14         12/21/14      Total Lost so Far

Bust:       38"               38"             38"                38"               36"            37"                    --                      1"

Breasts:  45"               45"             45"                44"          42.25"            43"                    --                      2"

Belly:      42"            40.5"           39.5"                38"               37"           38"                    --                      4"

Hips:       45"               43"         43.75"                43"               43"          44"                     --                      1"   

Thigh:     27"               27"             27"              26.5"               27"       26.75"                   --                 0.25"

Calf:        17"            16.5"          17.5"            17.25"            16.5"           16"                    --                      1"

Bicep                                                                                        13"           14"                   --                     +1"

Wrist                                                                                           6"            6"                    --                       0

Neck                                                                                         14"       14.5"                    --                  +0.5"

 

Butt (lol)                                                                                    47"       47.5"                    --                  +0.5"

Ankle                                                                                                          9"                    --                     --

Forearm                                                                                                  8.5"                    --                     --

[ScoutSays]

So, here is the current workout I am doing with my middle son, D, 3 days a week:

(along with weights and reps for my workout I did Monday.)

 

[When I write the weight, it is for ONE dumbbell, even though I am holding 2, and I do 2 sets of each exercise]

 

Dumbbell push press: 15 lbs: 10, 8

Dumbbell bent over rows: 15 lbs: 10, 8

Dumbbell squats: 20 lbs: 12, 12

Alternating bicep curls: 15 lbs: 8, 8

Triceps extention: 15 lbs: 10, 10

Dumbbell deadlifts: 20 lbs: 12, 10

Heel raises: 20 lbs: 12, 10

Pushups (kneeling): 10, 8

Crunches: 20, 20

Floor bridges: 12, 12

Planks: 30 sec, 40 sec.

 

1/2 mile walk before workout

1/2 mile walk after workout

 

I will be adding in the lat pull down machine on my next workout. I will be working up to the pull-up machine also.

[ScoutSays]

Pictures... ugh. I haven't posted photos in a while, so here they are! 

 

 

01/08/2013 - the beginning... 219 lbs

 

 

From 08/15/2013 to 09/23/2013

 

  

 

02/22/2014

 

 

10/20/2014

 

 

[Jill Beat]

Oh noes, your new photos aren't showing up for me.  Man I wish I was brave enough to post photos like that.  Maybe by the end of this challenge.  

 

Good job on tracking your numbers at the gym, best way to level up!  With the lat pulldown machine, I recommend pulling the bar down in front of your face as opposed to behind your head - it's a bit safer for your shoulders.  

[Countess D'If]

:-( After photos link seems to be jammed up. Look at you with all that lifting! Rock this challenge!

[jody]

[ScoutSays]

CRAP!!! I don't know why the photos aren't showing up!! I will try to fix it!  

 

Yesterday was my middle son's 20th birthday! We got him Settlers of Catan for his birthday present, which we played last night!! Awesome game!!! 

We took him (and X of course lol) out to dinner tonight. He wanted to go to the Chinese buffet. I had ONE plate of stuff, and nothing with gluten... and half my plate was veggies!! And of course only water to drink, since I don't drink pop anymore! (Yes, I still crave it EVERY DAY!!)

 

Today is my 22nd wedding anniversary. My husband and I are celebrating tomorrow. We will be going out to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes, which is like a salad buffet with great gluten free options, and we will also hit Starbucks to do some studying for his last RT test. 

 

I have decided to try to learn to draw again... I have visited drawing several times in the past... I LOVE coloring lol but I really want to be able to draw my own stuff eventually. I am a certified Copic Marker instructor, so I have several Copic markers and I want to draw my own stuff, probably manga more than anything, to use with my Copics. Tonight I bought a set of Copic inkers (had a 50% off coupon so the set was only $10!! Yay!) and tomorrow I am using a 60% off coupon to buy a sketch pad! If I actually come up with anything worth posting I will post it!

 

Haven't worked out since Monday because I have been sick sick sick and am trying to get well. I am pretty sure I have a sinus infection. YUCK! I am going to go try to work out in the morning and hit the pool and hot tub before our anniversary adventures!! 

[ScoutSays]

Ok, I fixed the photos... I had to attach the ones that were not showing up, so they are small and you have to click on them to make them bigger but at least they are there now!

[GingaNinja]

Go Scout!

 

Rooting for you!

[JessOfAllTrades]

Wooo drawing! I always wanted to be better at it. I even bought a sketch book a few months ago to try...

 

Your goals look good, as always. Excited to see what happens!

[TankGrrl]

Hi Scout, your goals and tracking are so well laid out. You have inspired me to go a fix mine up a bit.

Good luck!

[ScoutSays]

Thanks guys!! I am a beast at MAKING goals lol just really need to start killing them!

 

Got my sketch pad yesterday! I've not drawn anything yet, but I will!!

 

Worked out yesterday! Yay!!! Was still pretty sick, but just did it anyway!

 

Here was my workout:

 

[When I write the weight, it is for ONE dumbbell, even though I am holding 2, and I do 2 sets of each exercise]

Dumbbell push press: 15 lbs: 8, 8
Dumbbell bent over rows: 15 lbs: 12, 8
Dumbbell squats: 25 lbs: 12, 10
Alternating bicep curls: 15 lbs: 8, 7
Triceps extension: 15 lbs: 10, 8
Dumbbell deadlifts: 25 lbs: 10, 10
Heel raises: 25 lbs: 12, 12 - might stop doing these if they keep bothering my ankle. 

Lat pull-downs: 30 lbs: 10, 45 lbs: 10 - was my first time so didn't know how much weight to start with lol

Assisted pull-up machine: -180 lbs: 5, 5
Push-ups (kneeling): 10, 8
Crunches: (actually did the thing where you sit up and hold a medicine ball and rotate side to side...): 20, 20
Floor bridges: 12, 12
Planks: 10 sec, 15 sec. - did I mention I was SICK?? lol

1/2 mile walk before workout
1/2 mile walk after workout

 

I am off work tomorrow and Tuesday, and I am so glad!! I will have time to get some laundry and other cleaning done, but also rest some more so I can try to get over this sickness!! 

 

Good luck on challenge day 1 tomorrow!! Kick some ass!! 

 

 

    

[TankGrrl]

That twisty medicine ball move is a Russian Twist :-)

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[RogueWelkin]

SCOUT!!!!! Awesome to see you still at it, and it looks like you're set up to kick some real ass this challenge, really sorry I missed out the last challenge, really looking forward to this one! Woo!

[ScoutSays]

That twisty medicine ball move is a Russian Twist :-)

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YES!! That thing!! LOL

 

SCOUT!!!!! Awesome to see you still at it, and it looks like you're set up to kick some real ass this challenge, really sorry I missed out the last challenge, really looking forward to this one! Woo!

 

Thanks!! And I am glad you're back!! Let's kick some ass!!

[ScoutSays]

Had the day off today from work, because it was a professional development day for the teacher's and the para's don't go to those, so yay day off! However, I feel like I wasted a lot of the day lol I did take time to catalog my Copic markers. I have 43 Copic markers(the majority are Sketch with a couple regular Copics thrown in from my certification kit). There are 358 Sketch markers and I want them ALL! lol The bad part is they are around $6.00 EACH. The good part is that you can refill them, the refills are only $6.00 each and refill the marker 8-10 times. 

 

Anyway, my day off... the marker thing and cooking dinner was about as much as I have gotten done today so far, and it is almost 8:30 pm. I did go the gym! 

 

Standing Dumbbell Push Press
15 lb x 10 reps 
15 lb x 8 reps 
Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row
15 lb x 10 reps 
15 lb x 8 reps 
Dumbbell Squat
25 lb x 10 reps 
25 lb x 10 reps 
Dumbbell Bicep Curl
15 lb x 8 reps 
15 lb x 8 reps 
Dumbbell 2-Arm Triceps Extension
15 lb x 10 reps 
15 lb x 10 reps 
Dumbbell Deadlift
25 lb x 10 reps 
25 lb x 12 reps (PR) 
Kneeling Push-Up
12 reps 
9 reps 
Glute Bridge
12 reps 
12 reps 
Plank
00:00:40 
00:00:40 
Dumbbell Shrug
25 lb x 8 reps 
25 lb x 8 reps (PR) 
Weighted Russian Twist
6 lb x 20 reps 
6 lb x 20 reps
Pull-Up
4 reps | assisted | 170 lb 
4 reps | assisted | 170 lb (PR) 
Lat Pulldown
45 lb x 10 reps 
50 lb x 10 reps (PR) 

Walking
1 mile

 

Then I went and swam around the lazy river, but I don't count that as exercise, I was just playing with the boys. And of course I hit the hot tub!!

 

No Gluten - 1/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 1/42
No Pop - 1/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 1/42

No Sweets - 1/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 0/6 - 1/36
Work Out - 1/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 1/18

Nighttime Routine - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42
Drawing/Copics - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

[ScoutSays]

Ok, here's my drawing for day 1. I followed a YouTube video. I need a softer pencil, but I don't think it's too bad!

[RogueWelkin]

Your post is staring at me...80P

[ScoutSays]

Lost a lb! Woot! That's what I need to see... but even more, I am already starting to see my shape change since we started working out! That is AWESOME! My husband even commented on it, saying I was looking slimmer in the waist! YES!! 

 

So... I have accomplished a big lot of nothing these 2 days that I have been off! Last night I didn't get to sleep until 1 am, because I was drawing and then watching YouTube videos. Got up at 7 am to help hubs go get tires for his car so he can stop riding his bike, since it is COLD here now. When we got back around 10:30, I went back to bed... until 2 pm!! WTF!? I still had to DRAG my butt out of bed with the promise of coffee and breakfast... yes, breakfast at 2 pm! 

 

Anyway, I am up now and still have to do all the laundry and clean the kitchen and cook food for dinner tonight. I had these grand plans of cooking a lot today for the next few days, and getting up early and getting the laundry all done. Uh huh... didn't happen, but we have no plans tonight, so once I start laundry, I can just keep going until it is finished and I will still cook dinner tonight, and might go ahead and cook for tomorrow night too. (I hate cooking on gym nights!! It's so late when we get home!)

[jody]

My daughter, Becca, loves anime, and draws a lot of eyes.  LoL  She's actually pretty darn amazing at it, and she spends a lot of time drawing.  She wants a scanner so she can upload pics to the deviant art website.

[Jill Beat]

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Ok, here's my drawing for day 1. I followed a YouTube video. I need a softer pencil, but I don't think it's too bad!

I had no idea about pencils and soft/hardness until I took a course way long time ago.  It's quite remarkable what a difference it make though.  I've never art-y (drawing, painting, etc) -  more a "crafty" person.  

 

Lost a lb! Woot! That's what I need to see... but even more, I am already starting to see my shape change since we started working out! That is AWESOME! My husband even commented on it, saying I was looking slimmer in the waist! YES!! 

 

So... I have accomplished a big lot of nothing these 2 days that I have been off! Last night I didn't get to sleep until 1 am, because I was drawing and then watching YouTube videos. Got up at 7 am to help hubs go get tires for his car so he can stop riding his bike, since it is COLD here now. When we got back around 10:30, I went back to bed... until 2 pm!! WTF!? I still had to DRAG my butt out of bed with the promise of coffee and breakfast... yes, breakfast at 2 pm! 

 

Anyway, I am up now and still have to do all the laundry and clean the kitchen and cook food for dinner tonight. I had these grand plans of cooking a lot today for the next few days, and getting up early and getting the laundry all done. Uh huh... didn't happen, but we have no plans tonight, so once I start laundry, I can just keep going until it is finished and I will still cook dinner tonight, and might go ahead and cook for tomorrow night too. (I hate cooking on gym nights!! It's so late when we get home!)

Mmmmm, it does feel good when the significant other makes mention of the changes! And just stop being so busy and get to bed  

[ScoutSays]

I realized I hadn't measured in a year... can that be right!?? Anyway, added current measurements to the first post... it's not as bad as it could be since I did gain a bit of weight back, but at least I have a new starting point! 

[ScoutSays]

My daughter, Becca, loves anime, and draws a lot of eyes.  LoL  She's actually pretty darn amazing at it, and she spends a lot of time drawing.  She wants a scanner so she can upload pics to the deviant art website.

 

I love manga and anime, so that is what I decided to start with, since I am so drawn to it! I just started a new DA page, so I plan to do the same!

 

I had no idea about pencils and soft/hardness until I took a course way long time ago.  It's quite remarkable what a difference it make though.  I've never art-y (drawing, painting, etc) -  more a "crafty" person.  

 

Mmmmm, it does feel good when the significant other makes mention of the changes! And just stop being so busy and get to bed

 

I also am more of a crafty person, besides photography, but I have always WANTED to be an artist... so I figure the more I practice the better I will get!

[ScoutSays]

Here is day 2. Another tutorial. I smudged the pencil all over my hand so it's a little messy... Thinking of inking it for tomorrow's project.

[ScoutSays]

Omg!! I'm so flipping tired!! I went to bed at a decent time and went back to sleep after hubs left for work at 5:30 this morning but I'm just exhausted!! Hopefully I'll wake up while at work and not need a nap before the gym tonight! (I get off at 3:30 but we wait for X to get out of wrestling practice at 5 to go to the gym, so I COULD take a nap if needed).