Trecking through GOAL #2

My Goal #2 is to lose 10 more pounds :)

So I have made a dent into.......
Goal #2 with 2 Pounds lost! 

I have 8 more pounds to go until I reached the weight I was when I got pregnant with Baby #3 (Mohammed), but my inches are better I think because I can fit into the same clothes as that time, could be all my working out! But I am happy!

Then I have a Goal #3 after that but I want to make it feel easier for myself with smaller goals. I have lost a lot since I gave birth to Mohammed. I had him May 30 of 2009. Since then I have lost 41 pounds and I am happy MashaAllah. But then I gained a bit and now I am down THAT 23 pounds and I am down an extra 2 pounds into Goal #2!

Yay!

Looove Kasey

Goal #1 REACHED!!! Bye Bye 23 Pounds!

Woohoooooooo....so this morning I got on the scale...guess I wasn't on a plateau. I lost that last 1 Pound I was waiting for to reach GOAL #1 of losing the 23 Pounds I gained while in UAE! Sooo see ya later to those unwanted pounds...I have a ONE-UP on it too because even though I am the same weight I was when I LEFT...I am now LESS INCHES which I will post tonight. Soooo this is celebrating my 23 pound LOSS and I am so happy. I am feeling like a MILLION BUCKS...and am looking forward to the gym tonight for BodyPump with Nathalie...and RPM with Mariette. Yayy me. Off to get Khaled at school!!

Love Kaseyyyy!

They are at the Front because they are "Comfortable Enough to Be There"...

Little things can make your day...and little things people say can mean so much...and make you realize how far you have come...



I was at RPM Class today (which is the same as Spinning) pretty much! It is one of my favorite classes and I try to do a class everyday! I love the instructors I Spin with, each and every one of them are motivating and have their own way of teaching and it mixes it up for me and I never get bored. (I have to mention, we have THE most beautiful RPM room...I will talk about that in another blog post.)

I was in a rush, sadly forgot my heart rate monitor, but got past that...then I dropped the kids at the Gym Daycare and ran off to RPM Class with my Cycling Shoes already on. I got there and it was pretty full..and I always sit in the front, so I booted myself up there...I love it in the front.

So Romain (who is one of my favorite instructors) is on his bike at the front on his little stage, and the class is starting...I set up my bike quick as they are already peddling, then I realize I forgot my water...ohhh no! Try THAT class without water...but I managed, I just pretended I didn't NEED water...lol!

So there are some newbies in the class and it was quite full, so as we were warming up, Romain says...

"If you don't know what to do...just follow my speed, watch my legs and go with the same beat" and then he says...

"IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME, THEN LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT, THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO BE THERE"

I was thinking... I am one of the people in the front...and then, I was thinking to myself...and I AM comfortable enough to be here! Hearing THAT made me feel good because when I started...I was NOT one of the people at the front...I was at the VERYYY back! Hiding...just in case I wanted to ESCAPE! It was just something small...but when Romain said that, it made me feel like I accomplished a lot to be in that spot...realize how far i have come from the beginning. And it became one of my favorite classes from the first class I completed back in January!

He was actually my first RPM instructor too, followed by Duff as my second. They made me love RPM. Thanks to them :) Also Mariette who is a newer instructor I love to have on Thursdays...she told us at her first RPM class she walked out 15 minutes in...and now look she is teaching! My first class back in January...I had no idea what to expect, it took EVERYTHING in my mind AND body to keep myself on that bike...but afterwards I felt sooooo amazing and was surprised I could accomplish THAT, I went on to do 32 RPM classes in the first 30 days the gym was open! Such motivating people! I could write forever...but my time is limited this evening.

PLEASE if you want to open more doors for yourself and feel AMAZING...seek out Les Mills RPM classes...or ANY other Les Mills Classes...or if there are no Les Mills where you live...then try a  Spinning Class near you. You will open your mind and push your body in ways you never imagined you would! Let me know when you do and what you thought!

Find a Class near you: www.lesmills.com/ 

I am mad at myself for not blogging so often. I am going to. As of today I am now...

Down 22 pounds! 

I am ONE pound away from my Goal #1 of losing the weight I gained in UAE. I did my measurements today, and I will post those. I am pretty happy with them. I am just so happy with what I have been accomplishing, I have to write more about that later.

Love Kasey UmmKhaled

DOWN again... TWENTY-ONE this MORNING!

Well I was happy to see I was down another POUND this morning! EVERY little pound counts! I don't take any loss for granted...so happy to announce I am now down 21 POUNDS :) MashaAllah!

I went shopping and bought a pair of pants in a size smaller :) I had JUST bought a pair of black pants two weeks ago...I loaded the dishwasher a few days ago (wearing them) and it was the END of the liquid dishwasher soap...it squirted all over my pants and an hour later I noticed bleached spots all OVER them :( I was so upset because they were so nice and comfy and I loved them...BUT no problem because today I went to the store to get a new pair of the exact same ones...they were on SALE annnnnd I got them a SIZE SMALLER! :D

Lovin' my Scale!

Kasey UmmKhaled

I am now down...TWENTY POUNDS :)

This morning I got on the scale and I am...

Down 20 pounds :)

So I am 3 pounds away from my first goal...and then I want to lose another 10 pounds as my second goal, then I hope to lose 10 more IF I can....but I feel this is sooooo going to finally happen because of the healthy changes I have made.

I want to do my Body Composition again soon at the gym :)

Love Kasey UmmKhaled

Latest Measurement Check:

It has been a few weeks since I did the measurements (I lost track of the days) and then I HOPE as I always say, to do them every week from here. The first bracket I will not put inches lost just (-In) because I will put the weekly loss in there next week.

SO below I will put my last measurement losses to date.  As you can see all the brackets with the inches I gained while away, have DISAPPEARED yay, along with a few extra Inches...really happy about that. 

 

Funny thing is even though my Weight shows a few more pounds than I was before I left, the Inches are smaller...meaning that EXERCISE makes a big difference in your shape, and you may weigh more than you actually look, due to being toned from weights and exercise :) Love that part!

----------NOTE----------

 

"X" for WEIGHT is what I was from the beginning of November.

"X" for INCHES is what I was from January 5 (In brackets right after the body part is where I will eventually put the WEEKLY loss for each Week. GOT IT? :D

Weight:

X = -39 Lbs. (+23 Lbs. GAIN while I was away! YUCK!) (-19 Lbs. since Round 2 started)

So in those 6 weeks of ROUND ONE I lost: 15 Lbs.

Approx. 3 months for ROUND TWO's loss of: 19 Lbs.

Measurements: 42 days in Round 1 to lose the TOTAL Inches below, and ALL the red (brackets) have now disappeared, meaning I am the SAME as when I left OR smaller in those areas, so yayyyy! :)

 

Right Arm (-In) so TOTAL = X - 2.25 In

Left Arm (-In) so TOTAL = X - 2.25 In

Bust (- In) so TOTAL= X - 4.5 In

Under Bust (-In) so TOTAL = X - 5.0 In

Waist (-In) so TOTAL = X - 5.0 In

Belly Button (-In) so TOTAL = X - 6.5 In

Hips (- In) so TOTAL = X - 5.0 In

Bum (-In) so TOTAL = X - 3.50 In

Right Thigh (-In) so TOTAL = X - 2.50 In

Left Thigh (-In) so TOTAL = X - 2.0 In

Right Calf (-In) so TOTAL = X - 1.0 In

Left Calf (-In) so TOTAL = X - 1.0 In

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TOTAL GAIN = 20.5 Inches (waaah) - Round 2 LOSS so far = -27 Inches 

 So according to my NEW Inches I am DOWN an EXTRA 6.5 Inches!!!!! (than I was before I left!)

 

ROUND 1 RESULTS for 6 WEEKS:

WEEK 6 TOTAL = 4.25 Inches

WEEK 5 TOTAL = 5.75 Inches

WEEK 4 TOTAL = 4.75 Inches

WEEK 3 TOTAL = 7.25 Inches

WEEK 2 TOTAL = -7.75 Inches

WEEK 1 TOTAL = - 6.25 Inches

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GRAND TOTAL  of  ROUND 1= - 36 Inches

 I will do my total grand total so far next time I guess. Too many calculations for my head!

 

Measurements are from the day I started working out (Jan 2010), and NOT from the beginning...I did not measure back then because I was not wanting to know...but now I am past and DONE WITH what I gained in UAE over that 4.5 months and on my way back to "Pre-Baby #3 weight"...working towards "Weight I met my Husband At" which doesn't feel THAT far away anymore with this new HEALTHY EATING plan! 

Loove Kasey UmmKhaled

Weight Update....

In the next post I will update the inches because it has been a loooong time since I did that...but here is the weight part again: 

Weight:
 

X = Original after Baby #3 weight

-39 Lbs. (Which I lost from Nov 2009-Feb2010)

THEN, I went to UAE for 4.5 months and: +23 Lbs. GAIN!! YUCK!

Came back to Canada and few weeks later I was back at the gym...and NOW I am down -19 pounds total since being back!

So new FORMULA: 

 X -39Lbs + 23Lbs - 19 Lbs 

Complicated or what? Long story short I am ONLY 4 Lbs. away from what I was before I went away :) so I have lost 19 of the pounds I gained in UAE! MashaAllah!

Love Kasey UmmKhaled

Waist-to-Hip Ratio...did you ever check?

 

I have always heared of BMI (Body Mass Index) Calculations, but I came across "Waist-to-Hip Ratio Calculator" on www.sparkpeople.com and it is so neat. I haven't done that calculation until today! You guys should check it out for those who are health conscious. It shows your health risk, because a lot of the time for BMI, it may not give a true readout because some people have a lot of muscle which weighs more than fat but they are leaner. And the BMI Calculator measures weight and height and does a calculation. But I can attest that is wrong because I am wearing clothing from when I was 10 pounds smaller but my BMI looks different but, now I know I have more muscle because I strength train pretty much everyday and I can see my muscles...and feelthem in there. So I think for health risk this is a good calculation.

So I did mine and I got: 

Your waist-to-hip ratio: 0.72

Result: Estimated Health Risk:  Estimated Body Shape: 0.80 or below Low Pear

CALCULATE yours HERE!

Since storing excessive fat in the abdominal region (known as the "apple" shape) is correlated with an increased disease risk, this test is one way to measure your risk for lifestyle and weight-related diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and more. Storing fat in your lower half, known as a "Pear" shape, is actually a healthier site for fat accumulation. The less common "avocado" shape is somewhere between an apple and a pear, with health risks higher than a pear-shaped person, but somewhat lower than a true apple-shaped person. 

So I am a PEAR...I knew that hehehe

Pear Shape (Low Health Risk)
If you’re a pear shape, you tend to carry most of your weight in your hips, thighs and buttocks. Storing fat in your lower half is actually a healthier site for fat accumulation. Research shows that storing fat here may actually protect you against cardiovascular disease. In one study of 1,356 women, ages 60-85, Danish researchers found that those with excessive fat in the arms, legs, hips and buttocks had less atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) than those who stored most fat in their abdominal area and other central parts of the body.

The other shapes are Apple and Avocado...you can read more HERE at SparkPeople 

So this is just another little tool I found.... I just love SparkPeople! (Info from SP)

Down Again... what?!?!?! (MashaAllah)

So as my usual morning routine I got on the scale this morning...expecting no change since I had lost 2 pounds yesterday! (I was actually checking that it stayed) but... to my surprise I was down ANOTHER pound!

 This is the KEY...

Healthy Eating + Exercise + Happy & Positive Attitude = SUCCESS and WEIGHT-LOSS!

Since I came back from UAE I am:

DOWN 17 POUNDS!!! MashaAllah! 

I still have more I want to lose but I was so surprised! This HEALTHY EATING and NOT starving stuff REALLY works!!! Wow! Now, I wake up and look forward to eating a yummy, healthy, and FILLING breakfast. I make my breakfast NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED, including whole grain carbs of some type, some protein, and some fats (which we need), and coffee of course. I try to make my breakfast the first thing I do and the biggest meal of the day.

OLD ME:

Wake up...have a coffee, starve all day...lacking nutrients, crabby because I am hungry but scared to eat anything thinking I will get fat....only to crash after all my exercise, which lead to eating goodies late at night!Causing the under-nourished, hard to lose weight and yo-yo weight effect!
Hard on the body & mind!  <---- Sooo WRONG!

NEWWWWW ME:

Wake up, look forward to a yummy, healthy, filling breakfast anddd a coffee...leading to a good mood, MORE weight-loss, NEVER feeling hungry and always satisfied. I even eat the goodies I crave in small amounts and STILL LOSE! It is amazing. Then I have snacks and a yummy lunch and dinner and some more snacks. Now I look way fresher, fitter, I have way more energy to bun those calories, I am a happier, I am EVEN working out less...giving myself breaks my body NEEDS to regenerate when before I was breaking it down. So this is the new me!

The smarter, wiser me (who learned the hard way and glad that is over) I have found something that works and it is EASY...and non-restrictive.  <----- Soooo RIGHT! 

BIG MOTIVATOR:  My heart rate monitor/watch "The SUUNTO" is a HUGE motivator for me. I put it on for all my classes and walks and I push myself harder each class to see if I can out-do the last time. Lift my knees higher, never stop and just keep going, punch and kick higher and harder, whatever it takes. And it is fun and rewarding! I definitely say to all "GO GET ONE"

Just wanted to give you guys some ideas on how to do it right, I learned the hard way, but you have to do it wrong to realize what is right!

Loooove Kasey UmmKhaled

What is YOUR Diet Personality??

So I was on my new "tool" for "Weight-Loss Success" www.sparkpeople.com, and I am reading articles and entering my days activities and nutrition. I came across "The SparkPeople Diet Personality Profiler" and I did the quiz. It tells you what your "Diet Personality" is, and what diet strategies will work for you, which is pretty helpful, and also tells you tips for success. My profile was soooooo correct. You may have to sign-up but it is so worth it. Check it out! I love it and I am definitely

having success in my 22 days of being a "Spark Gal"

Here is the LINK TO THE ANALYZER


I got: 

 

I will add the information tomorrow because it was not working for me when I put it up for some reason. It was too wide to get all the article.