Week six of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 14 to go! End goal is 140 for me. You’ll have to excuse me as I do a bit more reflection and share more pics, because I hit a MAJOR MILESTONE in my life. Also, there’s a cool article up on eatyourkimchi.com about losing […]
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Weight loss: 20 in 20 – Week 5 Roundup
Week five of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 15 to go! End goal is 140 for me. First, my weight: High of 155.6 Today’s weight: 154.1 Weekly average: 155.1 Total loss so far: 4.9 lbs (based on average) Weekly goals: Drinks 6/7 Goal: Black coffee, water, perhaps pocari sweat, and my post-workout […]
Weight loss: 20 in 20 – Week 4 Roundup
Week four of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 16 to go! End goal is 140 for me. First, my weight: High of 157.6 Low of 154.1 (twice!) Today’s weight: 155.4 Weekly average: 155.7 Total loss so far: 4.3 lbs (based on average) Weekly goals: Drinks 6/7 Goal: Black coffee, water, perhaps pocari […]
Weight loss: 20 in 20 – Week 3 Roundup
Week three of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 17 to go! End goal is 140 for me. First, my weight: High of 157.4 Low of 155.5 Weekly average: 156.5 Saturday’s weight: 156.7 Weekly goals: Drinks 6/7 Goal: Black coffee, water, a Pocari Sweat if offered, but 1-2 smoothies per week would be […]
Weight loss: 20 in 20 – Week 2 Roundup
Week two of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 18 to go! End goal is 140 for me. First, my weight: High of 157.6 Low of 154.5 (today!) Weekly average: 156.8 Today’s weight: 154.5!! Weekly goals: Drinks A More important than my diet is this imperative to “fit in” in my club. This […]
Weight loss: 20 in 20 – Week 1 Roundup
Week one of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 19 to go! End goal is 140 for me. First, my weight: High of 160.4 (start) Low of 156 (today!) Weekly average: 158 Today’s weight: 156!! Weekly goals: Drinks A- I ended up with one sports drink this week after BJJ class because I […]
Join me! 20 lbs in 20 weeks!
That’s my goal – to be at 140 by December 16th. It’s totally reasonable. In the last 10 months I’ve lost 20 lbs – so if I step things up, I can absolutely do it. Today I weighed in at 159.7 lbs. I sincerely cannot remember the last time in my life I weighed this […]
Losing Weight and BJJ
I don’t remember if I reported this, but since losing weight, there is one physical thing I can do that was previously impossible. When I started doing jiu jitsu 2 years ago, I had 28 inch thighs and 19.25 inch calves. My teacher taught me how to do a triangle choke. The problem was – […]
BJJ and pain management
I’m turning 36 in two weeks (yay birthdays!), and one thing that has been on my mind for the last 2 weeks is pain. Specifically, two weeks ago I sprained my ankle. Then last night I got back on the mats and was paired up with 3 white belts. Two had been in BJJ for […]
Basic First Aid for BJJ
Wow! I found an amazing article on Navita La Jiu Jitera’s blog. It was so good that for the first time I contacted a blog owner and asked if I could “reprint” her article on my blog. As of this posting, she is a 2 stripe purple, based out of Washington state. Go give her […]