VP Health & Fitness

Today marks:

• Week 10 Day 64 of my Precision Nutrition Body Transformation Challenge
• Week 25 Day 177 of my Civilian Fitness Program, AND….
• Week 5 Day 30 (FINAL DAY) of my Personal 4 WK Challenge (ends on today, Monday 17 September)

My official exercise times this week were:

• Official Exercise Count: 3
• Exercise Time: 3.36 hours
• Total Calories Burned: 2,354 cals 

Here are are my nutrition compliance Stats:

• Total Meals: 42
• Compliant Meals: 31
• Non-Compliant Meals: 11
• Missed Meals: 1
• Compliance Total: 72% 

So… I’ve been thinking that i’m thinking too much!  :D Too much about FOOD (how many times I should be eating, all my macro-nutrient ratios, what calories I should be aiming for, etc…). I’m not saying this is NOT important, but in my case, I think it’s getting in the way of my real objective for now which is to lose fat. 

As i’ve been going back through every single post that i’ve made (trying to updated links), I was reminded on how I managed to lose 20 lbs easily during the months of February - May.  I observed that what worked for me was doing consistent exercise & portion control which consequently helped me eat less. I ate only when hungry and stopped when I was SATISFIED (NOT full or stuffed!), I lead an active life filled with activities such as playing tennis, basketball & volleyball; I lifted weights 3 times a week & did some kind of cardio everyday. I didn’t track my nutrients before, I ate almost everything in moderation & most importantly, I exercised everyday — no matter what - even if it was just a 30 minute walk or a home video, I manged to do something. 

The following months (June - present), i’ve only been able to lose 5 lbs.  Why?

• Maybe it had to do with going to a full time work schedule which equalled less time to workout?
• Maybe it had to do with getting too technical about things such as macronutrient ratios & fitting in my oh for example: 1839 calories, (190 g of protein, 157 g of carbs & 42 g of fat)?
• Maybe it had to do with me being terrified that I was going into starvation mode and so I justified this by having a 3,000 calorie day!
• Maybe it had to do with trying to fit in my 6th meal at 1100 pm at night?
• Maybe it had to do with me sleeping only 4-6 hours every night.
• Or, maybe, just maybe… it was because my body got accustomed to what I was doing & it needed a change??

I asked this question over at the PN Forums and you can view the answers & suggestions here:

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/members/showthread.php?t=8783

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/members/showthread.php?t=8784

Maybe, maybe maybe…. what if, what if, what if…. I can go on all my life wondering what happened and what if I did this and that… But I won’t even waste my time.  Oviously what I was/wasn’t doing, was not working for me RIGHT NOW.  So for now, I will go back to the:

Vilma Plan

Eat less, Exercise more.  Plain and simple.

I will continue to apply principles that i’ve learned along the way, but I won’t get too wrapped up in just one particular program.  Once I’ve reach my goal or am closer to my goal (about 10 lbs), then I will probably go back to these programs head on because losing those last lbs. is the hardest to do.

So for now, plain and simple and still following BASIC Precision Nutrition principles (because I am still participating in the challenge) & exercising 6 days a week with 1 guilt free rest day. I will TRY and track my calories everyday but will guide myself through food portions & the hunger meter, always stopping when i’m satisfied.

That’s it for now…. more on Vilma’s plan later!

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

So here I am on a sunny Saturday afternoon… and I haven’t really accomplished much. I’m feeling fairly lazy but overwhelmed at all the things I need & would like to do for today, tomorrow, next week, next month, the next 12 weeks, the next year & the rest of my life!!!!   

AHHHHHH!!!! I tend to overcomplicated things and then I get frustrated & give up all together. It’s happended in various projects, my education, my spiritual life, & in my weightloss journey — among other things.

I need to come up with a list.

A list of the top 100 things I would like to accomplish (besides daily things). I will post them in a specific post when it’s completed & scratch them off once they are done.

Here are couple off the top of my head to get me started (no particular order yet):

• Be at my ideal goal weight of (140-150 lbs)
• Play guitar at church
• Finish A degree (Kinesiology, CIS/Management, Health/Management)
• Start studying for personal training certification (order study materials)
• Put away $1000 in the Emergency Fund
• Save $3000 for trip to Ecuador
• Organize all my photos (paper & digital) in albums & online albums
• Pay off all immediate debt (credit cards, car loans, personal loans, collections)
• Pay off all school loans
• Qualify for our 1st home loan
• Have a successful home business
• Have baby #1
• Have baby #2
• Travel to every state in the US
• Attend the US Open (tennis)
• Attend the French Open (tennis)
• Travel to Europe

Ok… that’s it for now.  More later…
~ Vilma

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Now, ya’ll remember what your mama told you….

Mijita, you need to eat your fruits & veggies because they are good for you!

Of course, I, being the obedient child that I was listened quite well & I LOVE fruits and most veggies.  But many people I know struggle to get the recommended 5 servings of fruits & veggies a day. 

Now, I realize that we are almost 3 weeks into the month but I still have to share this… Sparkpeople just released their September Calendar titled “30 Days to More Fruit & Veggies” which gives daily tips and tricks to increase your intake of these nutritious and delicious foods — while enjoying every single bite! 

Drop by and check it out!!!  30 Ways to Eat More Fruits & Veggies

And… if you’re anything like me and don’t have time to prepare and cut up delicious fruits & veggies, I highly recommend some kind of good quality greens or super/whole foods supplement.  They are very convinient & with 1 or 2 servings you can you get your daily allowance plus added nutrients.

Here are some good ones to check out:

THE FEAST

THE FEAST Super Charged

Beyond Berries

Greens +

Greens + berries

Fruta Vida

Also Check out http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/

for more tips, trick, recipes & FREE resources.

~ Vilma  

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

** UPDATE** (10/02/2007)

KTLA News Exclusive! Kimkins Diet Scam Exposed on TV!

=============

DATELINE

Just wanted to update that there is news going around that NBC’s dateline is working on a story about the Kimkins Scam.  If you would like to share your story with Dateline, or simply voice your opinion, send an email to dateline@nbc.com

Woman’s World

From Kimkin’s Exposed

Woman’s World played a big part in the surge that influenced thousands of new memberships at Kimkins in June 2007.

The Anti-Kimkins blog calls them to the table to take responsibility for their role in all of this.

We call you out to write letters to the magazine to issue a retration and apology to their readership.

Konnie Wiederholz
Chairman
Bauer Publishing
270 Sylvan Ave.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632-2521

Hubert Boehle
CEO
Bauer Publishing
270 Sylvan Ave.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632-2521

The company may also be contacted via telephone at 201-569-6699.

You may also fax your letters to 201-569-5303

FTC

If you’ve suffered ill health, or have other serious complaints regarding the Kimkins diet plan, please file a complaint with the FTC at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/cmplanding.shtm. If you have been banned and denied a refund, you can file a complaint with the BBB.

BBB

Simply click here to lodge your concerns with the BBB in California where the Kimkins business is headquartered.

Class Action Suite

From Kimkin’s Exposed

Jeanessa has taken the lead in bringing together individuals to create a class actions suit against Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) and Kimkins.

From our comments section, Jeanessa wrote:

If you are willing to participate in a class action lawsuit, please contact me at kimkinslawsuit@yahoo.com

PayPal

Thanks to Kimkins Exposed for this additional info:

If you paid more than 45 days ago, call 1-402-935-2050 or email by going to the bottom of the page, click About Us, click Contact Us, click Customer Support Inquires, click through online form to complete!

If you purchased your membership to Kimkins.com using the PayPal online payment method, and have not received your e-book or have been banned from the website or are in any other way unhappy with Kimkins, please contact PayPal!

Log into your PayPal account and click on “Resolution Center”. From there, click on “Report a Problem” and enter in all of the information from your transaction.

PayPal

Refund is not guaranteed, as the investigations are ongoing, but the time to file your complaint is NOW!!!

and finally…

Sign the Kimkins Investigation Petition

~ Vilma

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Hello again everyone!  I’ve been away for about a week… but still goin’ strong with my workouts & nutrition.

Today marks:

• Week 9 Day 57 of my Precision Nutrition Body Transformation Challenge
• Week 24 Day 170 of my Civilian Fitness Program, AND….
• Week 4 Day 22 of my Personal 4 WK Challenge (ends on Monday 17 September)

WOW! SOOOOOO many challenges!  Thankfully, my Civilian Fitness Program is coming to and end next week as well as my Personal 4 WK Challenge. 

After my last cheat meal last night, i’m still at 189 lbs today. WOHOO! No more 190’s!!!! i’m retaining a bit of water weight because of TOTM and all the sodium I took in so that’s another 1 to 2 lbs that should be gone in a couple of days. As far as inches lost…. I will be measuring this afternoon or tomorrow morning and i’ll update on it later on this week.  My compliance this past week was amazingly at 91% (out of 43 total meals) but I do think I need to start taking some drastic measures and maybe limiting my calorie intake on days I do not workout???? I’ve been averaging between 1800-2000 calories on most days - even when I don’t workout. Every 5th or 6th day i’ve had a pretty high calorie day (between 2500-5000) and that’s about it.

My official exercise times this week were:

I was looking through my stats above (since June) on my Polar HR monitor and I should be losing more weight/fat with everything that i’m doing. Almost every week I’ve been averaging between 4-5 hours of exercise & a good 3,500+ calories burned, so i’m thinking that it’s my nutrition & calories that I need to adjust. I don’t know…I think 1800-2000+ calories on my workout days are fine, but not when I don’t workout. I good friend of mine plugged in my numbers on her Calorie King Calculator and it said that I should be averaging 1500 calories — meaning, I should eat 1500 calories on non-workout days & 1500 net calories (Calories consumed - Calories burned) on workout days. 

For example:  On a typical workout day I burn between 600-1000 calories.  Let’s take 600 for this example.  To hit the 1,500 mark, I should/can eat 2,100 calories and still make a net of 1500, because I burned 600 cals.  (2100-600=1500).   Of course I would have to adjust this depending on how many calories I burn. Sound confusing??? I hope not.

I’m planning to get more feedback on this at the Precision Nutrition forums later on, but I will start implementing this TODAY and try it out for a good 4 weeks or so. I gotta get this weight moving faster… 3 months is really long for a plateau.  I haven’t measurement my body fat % recentely, and I will do that today for sure so I can see where I really stand i

That’s it for now….

Have a GREAT day and make it a GREAT week!

~ Vilma

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Welcome to my new site everyone!  As you can see, not much has changed, only my website address.  I have dropped the wordpress & now it’s just http://vphealthandfitness.com !!!!!

I’m so exited to be back!  I will be doing all my updates here from now on, so PLEASE change the links to your blogrolls & favorites!  I still have the tedious task of going through every single post and redirecting & linking everything to this site now because some highlighted links are still going back to my wordpress blog, so bare with me.  I have not even updated on my various challenges but that is coming… SOON!!! 

For now, I will leave you with a couple of stats on me…

I’m under 190 lbs FINALLY!!!! My scale actually registered at 187.5 the other day and it’s been fluctuating between 187.5 and 189.  Maybe it was all the stress???

Workout Stats for last week (Aug 27 - Sept 02) were as following:

• Official Exercise Count: 6
• Exercise Time: 4.18 hours
• Total Calories Burned: 3,158

So far this week (Sep 03 - Sep 09), i’ve only exercised once which was this past Monday. I played 58 minutes of B-Ball and burned 712 cals.  Need to get on the ball since I only have  3 days left!!!!

Can I exercise in my sleep????

HA!  I wish!

Good night world!

~ Vilma

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!