21 day fit scale

I stepped on the scale this morning just so I have a measure point.  I should of done a bodyfat before I started.  So as of this morning I am BF scale.  How accurate are BF scales?  These scales should be used to compare a difference between 1 person over time.  Each scale can give you a slightly different reading.  There are all kinds of factors that can change home type readings.  Never use a home scale to compare your results to the results of a different person on a different scale.  You can google things that can effect bodyfat reading.  If you are comparing results, you can safely compare the change.  If you are down 2% and your friend is down 3%, these are things you could compare.  You could also compare % of weight lost.  Don't expect to see those big numbers like the biggest loser show.  It is a weekly show but it may be taped over 2 weeks or a week and a half.  There are to many unknown factors.  You should never compare your self to a TV show.  What you can do is learn concepts.  I watch each season to see if I can learn something new every  season.  What did I learn from Rachel?  It is a game and she is a competitor.  She did what she had to do to win.  Because she didn't know what the others were doing she gave it her all.  At the point after winning she has to find a lifestyle she can maintain.  When you hear she worked out for 6 hours with trainers and ate so clean I learned this is what it takes to reach these weights.  So if your goal is 110 pounds which I hear all the time, clean eating is the #1 thing you better be doing.  2nd.  your going to have to work out without sleeping through workouts.
Setting real goals you can live with is a key so you don't get down on yourself when you don't follow your plan.  You have hear setting yourself up to fail?  Really look at what keeps you on program and don't sign up for something you know is impossible. Remember smaller possibles do add up to an almost impossible or should I say a I never could of dreamer.
When I stepped on the scale this morning at 29.9% body I can now use some of the BF calculator tools to see what a 1% body fat loss would be in pounds.  We have to remember as muscle goes up and fat goes down the scale may not change or it may even go up.
I am off to work and will give you an update next week.
Keep up the good work .

I did a body fat scale this morning and yesterday and they were both about the same 25.6. I just needed to post this so I remember my almost start point.

Update I have to quick tell you that this platue finally broke. YYYAA 128.8 Things are paying off. I was at the gym last night and was doing some challenges on my strivii and before I knew it I was at 1.9 miles and still under 30 min. So I looked at it and thought I better kick it up and I can get this done. I did it. I was excited and proud of myself.  I tell you those Mushroom thing I made last night was really good. If you ask me if I miss Ice cream I will tell you no. Not really.

 When I mixed this up and tasted this I was thinking it could be a great dip.  I put into the food processor, 1 onion, and chopped that up, added the herb goat cheese,  the bag of spinach and some melt type cheese.  This was really pretty good.  I could of left the melt type cheese out and used it as a dip.

Spinach stuffed Mushrooms

Week 1 roundup

Had a great week.  The workouts go really fast.  I missed a workout on Friday night but got all the other ones done.  I feel really good about being able to say that.  The containers really keep you thinking about what you are going  to eat.  We have been eating more fish and I am looking at the spices I cook with to add more flavor.  Some of the foods we have been eating are really good.  It's on to another good week.

 Nothing like coffee in the morning with a shake and fruit.

This was leftover beef.

There is nothing more refreshing than fruit

These are normally eaten by the bag.  I put them in a container

In a container.  Might of been the wrong one. Yellow

Goat cheese on salad. 2 greens and a blue

This was a dinner on a 9" plate

I love salad for lunch.  I eat what I love

Co-worker made these for me.  Really good

Going wild with shake. 

Yes another ummmy salad

I added extra veggies and chicken.

Is it a desert, shack or part of a meal  

If you are following me don't forget to  set reasonable goals.  I will let you know the outcome at the end.  I am really enjoying the support from the group my beach body person put together on facebook.  I will ask if she is going to do a second round.

Day 2 of 21 day fix

I did the upper body workout.  OM I was doing pretty good till the word push-ups followed by planks.  I was so happy to see the clock ticking down.  I had to keep thinking "the first time I do this workout it is hard but by week 3 I will be kicking but."  I do have some meal pictures.

 This made a great shake.  I had to pick up 2 bags of this coconut because no close store carries it.  I had to get it at woodmans 

Mangos are great and IO love them.

This was lunch salad day 2.  I added cucumbers and tomatoes  So good.

I used the leftover chicken from last night and added an extra can of veggies.

 

 

This was a good day to me.  I didn't post pic of more snow.  I understand the joke about the pretty snow in Nov. that becomes that darn white crap by Feb.  Today was in the low 40's and oh did we  need this.  Perfect time to go hand and hand with the 21 day fix.

I did use my hand scanner today to scan in some of the book so i can refer to it quickly. 

Day 1 of 21 day fix

I had a few problems and didn't get workout done this morning.  I had to really had to push my self to get it done to night but I got it done.  I had shake this morning.

 My co-worker made this for me.  They are from the book.  Very good.  O will make again.

 Above was lunch with some salsa.  Yes that would be goat cheese

Left was dinner.  Very good.  Carrots were great.  I love mango.






21 day update.  UUUUGGGG It is hard to say this is important in my life.  It doesn't come easy.  I want to give up.  I keep plugging away.  If it is 3 steps forward and 2 back the end result is still 1 forward. 

21day fix per week

So I got my box in the mail today.  So excited.  I have to post a pic. 

guess which one didn't come in the box?  The clear is a normal lunch salad bowl.
I have to check on the size of salsa I get to put on my salad.  I have to do some reading.








I'm excited to give you my first update. My 21 day fix arrived on Wednesday so Thursday was my first official day. The is starting on Monday so I am doing like pre-warm-up. I'm getting used to the containers and had my first shake yesterday. I really wasn't expecting it to be someplace between gritty and yucky but it was really good. Can I really say I was so full? No, but it was good. I also got my new DVD player working after installing the batteries backward I was ready to go. I did the full body cardio workout and it was really good. I was feeling a little overconfident thinking it was going to be too easy but I was wrong. This first workout wasn't killer hard but let's just say I am sore this morning.

I was looking at the little green container and couldn't figure out how I was ever going to live without a big salad everyday. To my surprise I shove enough greens in that little green container to fill half my big salad bowl. So referring to the picture above my big salad bowl counts is to greens. I also had to look up salsa to see how it counted. It almost looks like it is a non-counting food. I will post you a picture of my yummy lunch.

For dinner I had fish with the tastefully simple seasoned salt baked in the oven along with a little yellow of rice and baked beans. Because I had so many reds to use I got to eat lots of fish. The goat cheese crumbles I put on my lunch salad gave it so much flavor that I could do nothing but enjoy it.

This is all for today and I will post more on Monday. If you would like to join me on this little journey please contact my beach body coach Tracy and tell her you saw it on chat the fat.

I really sat and thought about what my goal for this was and I have come to the conclusion that I want to tone up so I can cut some time off that 5K in June.

March spirit Fair

This is what I will be doing for the spirit fair for March.
I am sending this off to Marilyn to put in the newsletter. 

Weight loss Coach.

Hi I’m Lynn Baumgartner weight loss coach, author of “weight loss concepts that need a second look”, inspirational group leader, and blogger of chatthefat.  I will be doing personal one-on-one coaching at the March spirit fair.

If you have ever wanted to sit down and talk to someone that has lost 50 pounds and ask them how they lost it, how they maintain the loss, and how this loss has affected their life don’t miss the March spirit fair.  I will be offering a special 15 minute personal program just for you. Bring your questions, concerns, ideas, goals, things that worked, things that didn’t work and let’s talk.  I will give you a copy of my book with the 27 concepts worth $10 by itself along with my personal review of how you could implement these concepts to achieve your own goals.

Make this your year to take back your health and control the things you can with a little help from your friend Lynn.

I will be looking for a $10 donation for this service. With more than 35 years of research I feel this is a real bargain.
We all know what we have to do to achieve our weight loss goals but we always find an excuse for our behaviors. In this one-on-one we want to break through the excuses and get it done. I understand the stresses in life but together we can relook at some of the obstacles that just overwhelm us. After buying a new home moving, moving a business I can relate. With every positive there is also negatives we have to learn to use these to our advantage. While living in the trailer park looking for home we had no home maintenance and a shorter drive to work but with this also came no fenced in yard for the dog and no stairs. I'm not complaining just stating the facts with no fence or doggie door we had to leash walk every doggie potty. Though I enjoyed this, it also added more ties to your home. Instead of going to the gym after work I walked in the grass 3+ times a day. Because we no longer had a walkout ranch with a well used flight of stairs I started noticing the difference very fast. I took the stairs any chance I got when I had to go anywhere including malls.

The hardest part of living in the trailer because it was temporary, was I was without a lot of kitchen appliances. We knew we were going to buy so we kept as much possible inboxes in storage. Think goodness there was a subway within walking distance so we had an easy option for me for quick meal.  There was also a Dairy Queen which as you all know is my weakness. I had to keep remembering you eat the size you want to be. This was such a busy time in our life that I had to adjust my goal to maintaining and not gaining. Now that we are settled into our new home it is time to look at where I am at this point set new goals and go for.

One of the things I would like to do in Union Grove is help start a support group. As I follow some of my bodybuilding friends they all talk about going to the gym with their buddies. This supports the idea that you are stronger as a group than as an individual.
I will be doing the glow run in Union Grove and have started a team chat the fat. If you live in the area and will be doing this event be sure to let me know so I can say hi. If you run it or walk it either one is a better option than saying I wish I would of.

Testing
Have you ever wondered who these people are what ants talk about study show? If you have read my past blog you know I was of the test market group for the one day diet and get paid. I have looked at all kinds of programs on the market and have tested a few out. I have reviewed them from my personal views. I will be testing out the 21 day fix in the month of February. This is a beach body product and works with plastic containers you put your food and along with workouts. Tracy will be my beach body coach so I'm very excited. I just checked the tracking and my shipment should be here on Tuesday so I can start on Wednesday. I will be doing a separate blog on this. Have you ever tested a product and post a review? I read the reviews and I also search on sparkpeople for personal reviews. When you read a review please remember some of the are uploaded by paid reviewers. This is why I turned to sparkpeople when I have a diet related question. I have also searched out other questions because sparks is such a huge group of people all over you really do get a variety of answers you can draw a good conclusion. I did post under the 21 day fix and plan on continuing using sparkpeople as a support group.

Please stop by my booth in March to see how the 21 day Fix is working for me.

Spring is on its way and here in Wisconsin and we sure do want to enjoy it. Don't let time slip away. If you have been a member of the would of could of  should of club, and are ready to rip up your membership let me know.

21 day fix from beachbody

I am testing this out.  I had Tracy contact me to see if she could place a link on my blog.  She felt I had some real solid information and if I needed some help, she would be there for me.  It is now 6+ months later and I will follow the concept that if it's not working change it. I am going to test this out.  I am going to give it my 125%.  If you would like to join me, facebook Tracy at http://www.beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/tracy72 PM her and tell her, I'm in. She can give you a step by step.
I will keep you posted.  So far I have signed up, the total cost $147.14.
Includes should be. 
Someone asked about shakes and my answer is;
I will keep you posted but no.  I am going to test this out.  I am not a shake person.  99% of the time I would say shakes are a waste of calories.   I am keeping an open mind because one of the concepts is - if it's not working change it.

I have to learn how to reply to a comment. 

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