I don't think that has EVER been on my list of common menu foods. No particular reason - I just never think of it. But I had it at Sarah's house last week and then Tuesday night for dinner and leftovers yesterday for lunch. My beans and rice was actually a Let's Dish bean and rice burrito - that I didn't actually assemble. It was good. Lots of fiber. I did however add sour cream - and this is in addition to the cheese that comes with it. Last night for dinner I had the LD spring egg bake - which is not healthy but very good. It has ham and eggs and veggies with cheese (I think) and bread. YUM-ME! Other than that I was pretty good yesterday. I had a small handful of pecans for one snack and then an apple (YAY me!) for another. I DID have girl scout cookies for breakfast and sugar in my afternoon coffee. But all of that totalled about 1600 calories. So - not great - but I have done much worse!
I have noticed that I am not as inclined to snack continuously as I used to be. As Sarah says that is where we stack up our calories. Having no food in the house is a tremendous help. 8-b
For exercise yesterday all I did was weed the garden for 45 minutes (at 8am - I must be sick!). It wasn't the best exercise - but I can't complain. It was better than nothing and now my garden looks much better!!!
My weight yesterday was 211.2 but back down to 210.4 today. Hopefully the period weight will go away soon.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Maintaining
Here's the problem with maintaining weight instead of trying to lose weight--my inclination is either to cut back on exercise or increase calories with junk. While losing weight I was keeping my calorie intake between 1200 and 1400 calories per day. For maintenance, I can manage 1700 to 1800. But an extra 400 or 500 calories a day makes potato chips and candy really tempting! Especially when I'm PMSing. Alternately, I could cut back on exercise (and really I have--I need to get back to five days a week instead of three) but of the two, I'd rather increase calories than decrease exercise. Eating more is more fun than NOT exercising, and exercising has more benefits other than just weight loss. I just need to work on increasing calories by eating more healthy stuff, not by taking handfuls of potato chips throughout the evening.
Which is what I did last night. Good, healthy food all day. So-so dinner (the kids were having fish sticks, noodles, and broccoli; I had the noodles and broccoli and a hard boiled egg because I don't like fish sticks and didn't get around to thawing regular fish for me), two handfuls of potato chips, a handful of Skittles, and a swirl pop. See what I mean? The swirl pop was all I intended (no fat, only 67 calories, or maybe 87, but at any rate, acceptably low for a dessert) but my will power is waning.
I went to the gym yesterday. When I'm tired, I always promise myself that I only have to do 20 minutes on the bike that day if I want, and then I *never* stop at just 20 minutes--by the time I get that far, another 10 or 15 minutes seems like nothing, so I keep going. Yesterday I did 25 on the bike and 10 on the elliptical. Today I have a lunch meeting with my boss so I KNOW my calorie intake will be higher during the day.
Which is what I did last night. Good, healthy food all day. So-so dinner (the kids were having fish sticks, noodles, and broccoli; I had the noodles and broccoli and a hard boiled egg because I don't like fish sticks and didn't get around to thawing regular fish for me), two handfuls of potato chips, a handful of Skittles, and a swirl pop. See what I mean? The swirl pop was all I intended (no fat, only 67 calories, or maybe 87, but at any rate, acceptably low for a dessert) but my will power is waning.
I went to the gym yesterday. When I'm tired, I always promise myself that I only have to do 20 minutes on the bike that day if I want, and then I *never* stop at just 20 minutes--by the time I get that far, another 10 or 15 minutes seems like nothing, so I keep going. Yesterday I did 25 on the bike and 10 on the elliptical. Today I have a lunch meeting with my boss so I KNOW my calorie intake will be higher during the day.
Wednesday update
Wednesday was a bit of a marathon day for me. Being back at work is rough. No exercise at all, but I knew that was going to be the case.
Food was so-so again. Breakfast was yogurt and a nutragrain bar, lunch was a thai chicken wrap with sun chips from au bon pain, and dinner was a lean pocket. Those things sure are yucky, but I ate it anyways. My snacks were all at Let's Dish when Marian & I went last night. They had all NEW snacks out to sample so of course I HAD to try one of each. The lemon crumb cake tasted good, but the lemon part was sort of the consistency of firm mucus, so I was totally grossed out by that. The oreo brownie was UNBELIEVABLE. So yummy. And the lemon scone was delicious too. I was sad to see that NONE of the snacks were for sale yet. Luckily each one was a two bite snack except the scone, which was probably 4 bites. I'm sure all together that was like 300 calories.
So today I will exercise when I get home. I am actually looking forward to it.
Food was so-so again. Breakfast was yogurt and a nutragrain bar, lunch was a thai chicken wrap with sun chips from au bon pain, and dinner was a lean pocket. Those things sure are yucky, but I ate it anyways. My snacks were all at Let's Dish when Marian & I went last night. They had all NEW snacks out to sample so of course I HAD to try one of each. The lemon crumb cake tasted good, but the lemon part was sort of the consistency of firm mucus, so I was totally grossed out by that. The oreo brownie was UNBELIEVABLE. So yummy. And the lemon scone was delicious too. I was sad to see that NONE of the snacks were for sale yet. Luckily each one was a two bite snack except the scone, which was probably 4 bites. I'm sure all together that was like 300 calories.
So today I will exercise when I get home. I am actually looking forward to it.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Still falling apart at the end of the day
Yesterday I did so-so foodwise during the day; I was so busy much of the day (still dealing with the basement mess -- never a real flood but a big pain to handle) that I didn't eat a lot of snacks. I had my usual breakfast, lunch of pretzels and yogurt, dinner of leftover white barbecue chicken, bread (about 3/4 slice of onion bread, so no real fiber but very yummy and fairly low fat), and green pepper and cucumber slices. I had some marshmallows for snacks during the day (about three?) and two helpings of almonds and an apple, and I finished Cecilia's string cheese. So that sounds like more snacks than I realized.
After dinner (when the kids were ready for bed and were being read to) I went to the gym. I hate going that late; I don't like going on a full(ish) stomach and I hate being out when Daniel's home, since we don't get that much down time together. But I did 50 minutes on the bike, plus some hanging abs and the chest press machine. I did three sets on the chest press, and on the third I tried to go until I couldn't do any more -- well, I probably could have managed one, but I was struggling. Today I don't hurt at all, though, so I must be getting better at these (even though I had three days off between exercise this time -- oops).
Being out kept me from snacking, but then I went to the grocery store to go shopping and I bought a candy bar. To my credit, I only ate half, but the other half was consumed this morning. By me, of course. Oops again. When I got home last night I ate a bowl of Lucky Charms, which I was really craving, and then I ate about four or five tortilla chips just because they were there -- I didn't even want them. Need to stop that. (It's been, what, ten months almost? What are the odds I'm going to break that habit now?)
Today so far I've had my usual breakfast, plus the offending candy bar, eight mini-pretzels, and a wedge of watermelon. Watermelon is very yummy. I wish it were a reasonable price year-round (and not flavorless -- year-round fruit often has no flavor). I need to keep my eating in line for the rest of the day! I have a walk planned with a friend of mine this afternoon, so I'll get a little exercise, but I don't expect it to be vigorous -- I mean, walks are great, but Mary will be along, and she can't walk as fast as we could, so it won't be a really tough one. Maybe she'll ride her bike. :)
After dinner (when the kids were ready for bed and were being read to) I went to the gym. I hate going that late; I don't like going on a full(ish) stomach and I hate being out when Daniel's home, since we don't get that much down time together. But I did 50 minutes on the bike, plus some hanging abs and the chest press machine. I did three sets on the chest press, and on the third I tried to go until I couldn't do any more -- well, I probably could have managed one, but I was struggling. Today I don't hurt at all, though, so I must be getting better at these (even though I had three days off between exercise this time -- oops).
Being out kept me from snacking, but then I went to the grocery store to go shopping and I bought a candy bar. To my credit, I only ate half, but the other half was consumed this morning. By me, of course. Oops again. When I got home last night I ate a bowl of Lucky Charms, which I was really craving, and then I ate about four or five tortilla chips just because they were there -- I didn't even want them. Need to stop that. (It's been, what, ten months almost? What are the odds I'm going to break that habit now?)
Today so far I've had my usual breakfast, plus the offending candy bar, eight mini-pretzels, and a wedge of watermelon. Watermelon is very yummy. I wish it were a reasonable price year-round (and not flavorless -- year-round fruit often has no flavor). I need to keep my eating in line for the rest of the day! I have a walk planned with a friend of mine this afternoon, so I'll get a little exercise, but I don't expect it to be vigorous -- I mean, walks are great, but Mary will be along, and she can't walk as fast as we could, so it won't be a really tough one. Maybe she'll ride her bike. :)
Tuesday Update
Yesterday was an ok day food wise. Marian had said Monday that her sister would be downtown Tuesday and we'd all go to lunch, but the plans got screwed up so I ended up being downtown with no lunch and no lunch plans. I had a bagel and cream cheese from Au Bon Pain. I also got one of their cranberry macaroons, which wasn't the greatest decision but I am PMS-ing so it was easy to give in. Breakfast was yogurt and a nutragrain bar. My afternoon snack was carrots with salsa. Dinner was LD steak with a baked potato and corn on the cob. All together right around 1400 calories according to my pyramid for what I actually ate. Then I ran again, so I got to subtract 284 of those calories.
We had a leftover ear of corn so I gave it to Harry. That was hysterical. He LOVED it. And it was so funny to see him nibble away at it with his front teeth. He pinned it against the side of his crate and had one little paw on each end and just nibbled and nibbled.
Today is going to be my planned day of rest for the week as far as exercise. Marian & I are going to Let's Dish after work and then I have to take her home, so I probably won't get home myself until 8:30 or so and I know I won't feel like doing anything.
We had a leftover ear of corn so I gave it to Harry. That was hysterical. He LOVED it. And it was so funny to see him nibble away at it with his front teeth. He pinned it against the side of his crate and had one little paw on each end and just nibbled and nibbled.
Today is going to be my planned day of rest for the week as far as exercise. Marian & I are going to Let's Dish after work and then I have to take her home, so I probably won't get home myself until 8:30 or so and I know I won't feel like doing anything.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
I did it!!
I went to the gym. I am now sticky and feel like I need a shower. I again did the 6 minutes to warm up and cool down on the treadmill and kept my heart rate up by doing more reps on each machine. It is amazing how the five reps after you hit 15 really are hard!! I have never done more than 15 on most of the weight machines. I have done long sessions of abs before - but 20 back presses or tricept thing-ies are REALLY hard. I did wonder on each machine if to increase this work out it would be better to increase the weight or the number of repeats. I am going for number increases at least initially. I already increased the weights when we set this routine.
The hanging abs are getting easier. They will never be my favorites (I like the backwards ones best) but I can do the sets as 10 instead of 5. I do 30 of those total - along with 30 backwards ones and 30 on each side (60 total) on my obliques. Luckily I like ab work ok. It is way better than my arms. That is the hardest for me. My legs are hard - but I have more strength there to begin with so I can do them more effectively I think.
I am with you Emily - I prefer machines where the muscles aren't so isolated that I can't use other muscles to help out. My incline presses - while still very hard for me - are easier on the free weight machine than on the other one. However, I see the advantages and disadvantages to both kinds. The really focused machines are good for working the one specific muscle group - and you are less likely to cause damage by using other muscles to help. That is why they tend to use them for women's workouts. BUT - you work MORE muscles when you are using the backup muscles - so your overall workout is better - theoretically.
I do think going in the morning is better for me than going in the afternoon - but I really don't like being sweaty all day. I also don't like the way it will make my day longer. I like going to the gym and then only having an hour or two left in my day. The trick is to actually GO to the gym!!
So - my food yesterday. I ate a candy bar. That is my big confession. I have been desperately craving sweets for the past few days and I am not sure why. I broke down around 5pm and hit the vending machine. Then again last night I was seriously scrounging around for something sweet in the late evening. I discover the last - I HOPE - box of Girl Scout cookies. I was really wanting more candy or icecream - but I ate five Cafe cookies and was done searching at that point. For dinner I had a Let's Dish serving of flank steak. I brought the rest for lunch today. I didn't heat any veggies to go with it. I did have chow mein with veggies for lunch - so I had one vegetable serving. For breakfast yesterday and today I had a slice of my organic flax and sunflower seed bread with natural applesauce as a spread. I really think I like my applesauce better on toast than butter. I need to get more because today's was the last of it I think. I have an hour before my meeting this afternoon - and I JUST ate breakfast at noon - so I hope I get hungry before the meeting because I know I will be DURING it otherwise.
I was reading Good Housekeeping yesterday and they had a 3 hour diet - which is the same as all the other diets. Small meals interspersed with snacks - every three hours. I was thinking I might try it out because it sounded pretty good. I noticed each day they have a yummy snack or dessert. One day it was 2 mini Three Muskateer bars. Another day was 4 hersey's Kisses. My question is this. WHO CAN EAT JUST TWO??? If I bought a bag of mini Three Muskateers to get my serving the whole bag would be gone in a couple of days (or hours). I am not sure that is a risk I am willing to take - even for a diet. Hummm. Maybe I will try it and give the remainders to Kristy at work.
The hanging abs are getting easier. They will never be my favorites (I like the backwards ones best) but I can do the sets as 10 instead of 5. I do 30 of those total - along with 30 backwards ones and 30 on each side (60 total) on my obliques. Luckily I like ab work ok. It is way better than my arms. That is the hardest for me. My legs are hard - but I have more strength there to begin with so I can do them more effectively I think.
I am with you Emily - I prefer machines where the muscles aren't so isolated that I can't use other muscles to help out. My incline presses - while still very hard for me - are easier on the free weight machine than on the other one. However, I see the advantages and disadvantages to both kinds. The really focused machines are good for working the one specific muscle group - and you are less likely to cause damage by using other muscles to help. That is why they tend to use them for women's workouts. BUT - you work MORE muscles when you are using the backup muscles - so your overall workout is better - theoretically.
I do think going in the morning is better for me than going in the afternoon - but I really don't like being sweaty all day. I also don't like the way it will make my day longer. I like going to the gym and then only having an hour or two left in my day. The trick is to actually GO to the gym!!
So - my food yesterday. I ate a candy bar. That is my big confession. I have been desperately craving sweets for the past few days and I am not sure why. I broke down around 5pm and hit the vending machine. Then again last night I was seriously scrounging around for something sweet in the late evening. I discover the last - I HOPE - box of Girl Scout cookies. I was really wanting more candy or icecream - but I ate five Cafe cookies and was done searching at that point. For dinner I had a Let's Dish serving of flank steak. I brought the rest for lunch today. I didn't heat any veggies to go with it. I did have chow mein with veggies for lunch - so I had one vegetable serving. For breakfast yesterday and today I had a slice of my organic flax and sunflower seed bread with natural applesauce as a spread. I really think I like my applesauce better on toast than butter. I need to get more because today's was the last of it I think. I have an hour before my meeting this afternoon - and I JUST ate breakfast at noon - so I hope I get hungry before the meeting because I know I will be DURING it otherwise.
I was reading Good Housekeeping yesterday and they had a 3 hour diet - which is the same as all the other diets. Small meals interspersed with snacks - every three hours. I was thinking I might try it out because it sounded pretty good. I noticed each day they have a yummy snack or dessert. One day it was 2 mini Three Muskateer bars. Another day was 4 hersey's Kisses. My question is this. WHO CAN EAT JUST TWO??? If I bought a bag of mini Three Muskateers to get my serving the whole bag would be gone in a couple of days (or hours). I am not sure that is a risk I am willing to take - even for a diet. Hummm. Maybe I will try it and give the remainders to Kristy at work.
137.5
Down from last week, still way up from my lowest point, and not really any change over the last several weeks.
I didn't get to the gym yesterday. We usually go after 4 and around 2 or 3 the basement started to try to flood. So I've spent most of the last 24 hours monitoring the pump we bought yesterday (it doesn't work very well) and mopping up water with towels and the wet/dry vac. Not very substantial exercise, but my arms were aching by the end of the day. I hate this rain.
I didn't get to the gym yesterday. We usually go after 4 and around 2 or 3 the basement started to try to flood. So I've spent most of the last 24 hours monitoring the pump we bought yesterday (it doesn't work very well) and mopping up water with towels and the wet/dry vac. Not very substantial exercise, but my arms were aching by the end of the day. I hate this rain.
Ugh
I was 210.6 today. Too bad it is a weigh it day. That is only a total gain for my period of 2.2 pounds - which is really good for me. But it is a full 2 pounds up from last Tuesday. I have been up each week for the last month - with a total gain of 3.6 pounds - BUT I am exactly the same as I was on the last weigh in day in May. So - basically same ole same ole.
I didn't go to the gym yesterday. I am going to try to make it to the gym today in the next half hour or so. I have decided that earlier in the day is better for me - but that means I will be stinky and sweaty for the rest of the day - which I am not looking forward to. I don't have time to shower after I work out. I couldn't go this afternoon anyway. I have meetings and a training session starting at about noon and straight through until five.
I have to go to the bathroom now - so I am stopping.
I didn't go to the gym yesterday. I am going to try to make it to the gym today in the next half hour or so. I have decided that earlier in the day is better for me - but that means I will be stinky and sweaty for the rest of the day - which I am not looking forward to. I don't have time to shower after I work out. I couldn't go this afternoon anyway. I have meetings and a training session starting at about noon and straight through until five.
I have to go to the bathroom now - so I am stopping.
130.6
Same as last week--pretty good considering that I didn't exercise all week! The 130.6 was post-shower. Before the shower, I was 131 even, and by "post" shower, I mean after going out of the bathroom to get myself dry. Our house is so humid after all this rain that every surface is damp and doors are getting stuck, then when you add shower steam to it, things are even worse. If I didn't come into work, I'd just be sitting at home letting my scalp mildew. Yuck.
I did make it to the gym yesterday. A week off isn't a good thing--instead of being well rested, I was laboring to finish the workout and my legs ached afterwards. Weird thing was that my heart rate was really fine. I only check it after I'm done running (because you can't get a good reading while running) and yesterday, about 30 seconds into the cool down period, my heart rate was 147--a good 10 or 20 b.p.m. slower than I'm used to seeing. Can't figure that one out.
Food yesterday was also pretty good. My usual stuff all day (cereal, almonds, yogurt, cheese, crackers, apple), ravioli and salad for dinner, and cookies and milk for dessert, then a handful of Skittles late at night because I was a bit peckish. Probably should have opted for another piece of fruit, but I just don't understand people who can substitute something healthy for something sugar-laden. I admire them, but I don't understand them.
I did make it to the gym yesterday. A week off isn't a good thing--instead of being well rested, I was laboring to finish the workout and my legs ached afterwards. Weird thing was that my heart rate was really fine. I only check it after I'm done running (because you can't get a good reading while running) and yesterday, about 30 seconds into the cool down period, my heart rate was 147--a good 10 or 20 b.p.m. slower than I'm used to seeing. Can't figure that one out.
Food yesterday was also pretty good. My usual stuff all day (cereal, almonds, yogurt, cheese, crackers, apple), ravioli and salad for dinner, and cookies and milk for dessert, then a handful of Skittles late at night because I was a bit peckish. Probably should have opted for another piece of fruit, but I just don't understand people who can substitute something healthy for something sugar-laden. I admire them, but I don't understand them.
159.7
WAY up from my lowest, but down from my 160 on Sunday and my 161 yesterday.
I bought Health magazine for mindless entertainment while we were at sea and there were actually a fair number of good articles in there. Some of it was stuff we already are doing, but a lot of it was just motivation and reinforcement. I liked it because there weren't any of those body builder-super model-chicks in their skimpy boy shorts plastered all through it. I went to their website and read up on their Girls on the Move running club. I started their 8 week walk to run program yesterday. I've never been much of a runner even though I played sports all through high school--I could do it when I had to and even made decent times, but I hated every second of it. Their focus is on actually enjoying it with the "side effect" of being able to do it. So my exercise yesterday was their week 1 suggestion: run for 4 minutes and walk for 2 minutes and repeat that 5 times for a total of 30. I switched it to walk for 2, then run for 4 since I wanted to warm up a little. I added 2 minutes of walking at the end too to cool down since I would have ended on the running portion. So 32 minutes, 20 were running and 12 were walking and that burned 284 calories according to my treadmill. I think it may actually be a bit higher because my heart rate was up more than usual when I just walk for 35 or 40 minutes. I was happy I accomplished it and felt pretty good while doing it. I also downloaded a few of their "Top 11 running songs" and I have to admit, it really helped having that faster beat to keep my feet moving.
Food yesterday: yogurt, nutragrain bar, 2 mini pb cups, 1 mini box of raisins, a salad in a spinach wrap, some chips & salsa, string cheese, and 2 hot dogs with no buns. My pyramid totaled me up just around 1500. So 1500-284 is 1216, which is decent for the day. The hot dogs were because we had nothing thawed for dinner and Joe just wanted a salad but I had already had that at lunch time. I ate them with mustard and pickle relish. I took something out for tonight so we'll be in much better shape with no scrounging for food.
Last night we started talking about our next trip. We're definitely headed to Europe for a cruise, most likely in the Mediterranean. We just have to figure out which one and when.
I bought Health magazine for mindless entertainment while we were at sea and there were actually a fair number of good articles in there. Some of it was stuff we already are doing, but a lot of it was just motivation and reinforcement. I liked it because there weren't any of those body builder-super model-chicks in their skimpy boy shorts plastered all through it. I went to their website and read up on their Girls on the Move running club. I started their 8 week walk to run program yesterday. I've never been much of a runner even though I played sports all through high school--I could do it when I had to and even made decent times, but I hated every second of it. Their focus is on actually enjoying it with the "side effect" of being able to do it. So my exercise yesterday was their week 1 suggestion: run for 4 minutes and walk for 2 minutes and repeat that 5 times for a total of 30. I switched it to walk for 2, then run for 4 since I wanted to warm up a little. I added 2 minutes of walking at the end too to cool down since I would have ended on the running portion. So 32 minutes, 20 were running and 12 were walking and that burned 284 calories according to my treadmill. I think it may actually be a bit higher because my heart rate was up more than usual when I just walk for 35 or 40 minutes. I was happy I accomplished it and felt pretty good while doing it. I also downloaded a few of their "Top 11 running songs" and I have to admit, it really helped having that faster beat to keep my feet moving.
Food yesterday: yogurt, nutragrain bar, 2 mini pb cups, 1 mini box of raisins, a salad in a spinach wrap, some chips & salsa, string cheese, and 2 hot dogs with no buns. My pyramid totaled me up just around 1500. So 1500-284 is 1216, which is decent for the day. The hot dogs were because we had nothing thawed for dinner and Joe just wanted a salad but I had already had that at lunch time. I ate them with mustard and pickle relish. I took something out for tonight so we'll be in much better shape with no scrounging for food.
Last night we started talking about our next trip. We're definitely headed to Europe for a cruise, most likely in the Mediterranean. We just have to figure out which one and when.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Bio-Rhythems
I gotta reset mine. You know - it is funny how predictable my weight is in relation to my period. Two days after my period starts, my weight jumps. Saturday I was holding steady at 208.4 today I jumped up to 210.4. So far just two pounds - usually it is four - so I may get the other two tomorrow. Depressing...
I have to reset my bio-rhythems. I have been going to the gym on my lunch break - which I usually take between 2 and 3 pm. However, I am NEVER motivated to go at that time. BUT - every day around 11am I think - today I am definitely going to the gym. I am in a gym mood. So - my new plan is to start going to the gym BEFORE lunch.
I ate a pint of ice cream this weekend. I don't normally want icecream - and when I get it I usually eat the recommended serving size and stop there. And am fine with that. This weekend I bought Phish Food (my favorite B&J ice cream) and - over the course of about four hours - ate the whole darn thing. That was Sunday. On Saturday Sarah and I went to the Scrapbook Convention where we ate a big bag of sugared almonds between the two of us. Yum!!
I also ate a banana.
I have to reset my bio-rhythems. I have been going to the gym on my lunch break - which I usually take between 2 and 3 pm. However, I am NEVER motivated to go at that time. BUT - every day around 11am I think - today I am definitely going to the gym. I am in a gym mood. So - my new plan is to start going to the gym BEFORE lunch.
I ate a pint of ice cream this weekend. I don't normally want icecream - and when I get it I usually eat the recommended serving size and stop there. And am fine with that. This weekend I bought Phish Food (my favorite B&J ice cream) and - over the course of about four hours - ate the whole darn thing. That was Sunday. On Saturday Sarah and I went to the Scrapbook Convention where we ate a big bag of sugared almonds between the two of us. Yum!!
I also ate a banana.
Must get back on track!
I didn't exercise last week at all. Not once. No trips to the gym, no pilates at night. I took Davey on one walk and that was it. I also didn't weigh myself--I weighed in on Tuesday, then again on Wednesday, and then not again for the rest of the week. And I didn't keep track of what I was eating, which would have been too horrifying because I made that cheesecake and had a piece a day all week and didn't limit my snacks or portion sizes in any way. And apparently I'm retaining water as well because my toes look like Vienna sausages (do they have Vienna sausages in Vienna, I wonder?). I weighed myself this morning expecting to be 134, but I was 132.2. Bad enough. Think I can lose two pounds before tomorrow? Maybe I'll get rid of the water weight.
I HAVE to go to the gym today. No excuses. I can't believe I didn't exercise last week--I haven't done that ever since we started this diet. Even on the cruise I made it to the gym.
I HAVE to go to the gym today. No excuses. I can't believe I didn't exercise last week--I haven't done that ever since we started this diet. Even on the cruise I made it to the gym.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Guess how much weight I gained on my cruise...
2 lbs. Can you believe it? And I wasn't even being fussy about what I ate. I ate pizza from the pizza bar at least once a day, sometimes twice, had a huge breakfast every morning, ate in the dining room every night (4 courses), plus had at least one drink a day, sometime two or three.
Guess all the walking we did balanced everything out somehow. Starting today I am back on the diet and exercise band wagon. And I am going back to using the my pyramid religiously. My nest weight loss was when I used that every day.
Today so far I've spent 350 calories on the treadmill, and I've eaten, mandarin oranges, a salad from Ruby Tuesday's, some tostitos and fresh salsa and some target brand milk duds. We're having pork chops for dinner if one of us ever makes them.
What are all these extra things on the blog? All sorts of tabs now...
Guess all the walking we did balanced everything out somehow. Starting today I am back on the diet and exercise band wagon. And I am going back to using the my pyramid religiously. My nest weight loss was when I used that every day.
Today so far I've spent 350 calories on the treadmill, and I've eaten, mandarin oranges, a salad from Ruby Tuesday's, some tostitos and fresh salsa and some target brand milk duds. We're having pork chops for dinner if one of us ever makes them.
What are all these extra things on the blog? All sorts of tabs now...
Saturday, June 24, 2006
I am back from Bermuda...
and I weigh 800 lbs I think. I am as wide as I am tall. Think Oompa Lumpa... More on that later. Right now I have to figure out how I got 726 photos in my yahoo! shopping cart to get pictures printed at Target. Dern thing.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Just checking in
I haven't posted in a few days so I just wanted to drop in and say 'howdy'. Howdy. It's not that I'm not around -- I read every post right away -- I just am lazy about reporting on myself, which is not good. I should be reporting every morsel that passes my lips!
Exercise this week has been good. I didn't do anything on Tuesday (though the blood donation failed -- again -- even though I'd taken every possible kind of iron supplement in advance; I guess I'll have to overload on iron for a week in advance next time!), but on Wednesday I rode my bike (about 45 minutes on the trail, not very aggressive riding, especially at the outset, but it was 11 miles round trip, so it must have done some good). Then on Thursday Daniel and I went to the gym together and rode the bikes (me for 50 minutes, him for 60 -- dull, dull, dull, but it burns a lot of calories) and did the ab hanging-thing machine for about 50 reps, and then we did the pect-strengthening machine for a bunch of reps as well. We did that machine Monday, too, but I forgot to mention it here. I like it because I can't just use pectorals to move the weight; I get a pretty good all-over upper body workout from it. I did three sets of about 12, first at 40 pounds and then at 30 for the next two.
Today our exercise was a walk to Ben & Jerry's and back. Daniel pushed the stroller and I carried Mary more than half of the time, so it was a bit of a workout! I got sorbet, not ice cream, in the hopes that I wouldn't eat that many more calories than I burned on the walk (but I did get a waffle cone, and our coupon was only good on the two-scoop size or larger, so I wasn't exactly virtuous in what I ate).
My eating has been not good. Today I made a real effort for part of the day, but then the chocolate chips got the better of me. Fortunately the bag was almost empty, so I only ate 33 chocolate chips. I did manage to stay out of the cashews -- I let Mary talk me into getting them, and except for the balance of saturated fats to unsaturated fats the nutrition information is virtually identical to almonds. It turns out that the reason cashews are so unhealthy for me is not the nutrition issue; if I ate them the way I ate almonds, they'd be OK -- they're so bad for me because I can't leave them alone!!! I can't eat just a few -- I end up snarfing down handfuls. Sheesh. I'm going to force-feed the rest of the can to my kids.
Incidentally, couscous is available in whole wheat! Hodgson Mill (or something like that) makes some in rice-a-roni-like packages that cost less than the other brands of similar packages (though a whole lot more than the big bags and canisters of the plain stuff), and they were higher fiber. So I bought a couple of those but I haven't used them yet. Tomorrow we're grilling out again so I'll try it then. Daniel says he likes couscous, so maybe it was quinoa (sp?) he disliked (and I didn't like it, either -- it was just sort of gritty, but maybe the recipe that was the problem).
My weight has been hovering between 137 and 139 this week. I need to find something that makes me busy so I forget to snack.
Sorry this is such an unfocused post! That's what I get for posting so infrequently!
Exercise this week has been good. I didn't do anything on Tuesday (though the blood donation failed -- again -- even though I'd taken every possible kind of iron supplement in advance; I guess I'll have to overload on iron for a week in advance next time!), but on Wednesday I rode my bike (about 45 minutes on the trail, not very aggressive riding, especially at the outset, but it was 11 miles round trip, so it must have done some good). Then on Thursday Daniel and I went to the gym together and rode the bikes (me for 50 minutes, him for 60 -- dull, dull, dull, but it burns a lot of calories) and did the ab hanging-thing machine for about 50 reps, and then we did the pect-strengthening machine for a bunch of reps as well. We did that machine Monday, too, but I forgot to mention it here. I like it because I can't just use pectorals to move the weight; I get a pretty good all-over upper body workout from it. I did three sets of about 12, first at 40 pounds and then at 30 for the next two.
Today our exercise was a walk to Ben & Jerry's and back. Daniel pushed the stroller and I carried Mary more than half of the time, so it was a bit of a workout! I got sorbet, not ice cream, in the hopes that I wouldn't eat that many more calories than I burned on the walk (but I did get a waffle cone, and our coupon was only good on the two-scoop size or larger, so I wasn't exactly virtuous in what I ate).
My eating has been not good. Today I made a real effort for part of the day, but then the chocolate chips got the better of me. Fortunately the bag was almost empty, so I only ate 33 chocolate chips. I did manage to stay out of the cashews -- I let Mary talk me into getting them, and except for the balance of saturated fats to unsaturated fats the nutrition information is virtually identical to almonds. It turns out that the reason cashews are so unhealthy for me is not the nutrition issue; if I ate them the way I ate almonds, they'd be OK -- they're so bad for me because I can't leave them alone!!! I can't eat just a few -- I end up snarfing down handfuls. Sheesh. I'm going to force-feed the rest of the can to my kids.
Incidentally, couscous is available in whole wheat! Hodgson Mill (or something like that) makes some in rice-a-roni-like packages that cost less than the other brands of similar packages (though a whole lot more than the big bags and canisters of the plain stuff), and they were higher fiber. So I bought a couple of those but I haven't used them yet. Tomorrow we're grilling out again so I'll try it then. Daniel says he likes couscous, so maybe it was quinoa (sp?) he disliked (and I didn't like it, either -- it was just sort of gritty, but maybe the recipe that was the problem).
My weight has been hovering between 137 and 139 this week. I need to find something that makes me busy so I forget to snack.
Sorry this is such an unfocused post! That's what I get for posting so infrequently!
Flax will keep you regular
Yesterday I went to the gym!! Yippee!! Finally! It actually wasn't too bad. I only did 5 minutes on the treadmill to warm up and then 7 to cool down. The intent of my new program is that in addition to toning the more reps keeps my heart rate up. It does I can attest to that. I was out of breath and sweating by the time I got to the abs portion of the program. However, doing the 8 minutes less (total) on the treadmill gave me enough time to get changed and back to work in just 80 minutes. This makes a difference to me. I don't mind taking a slightly longer lunch - but if it is more than 75 minutes then I feel really guilty. If I do a 45 minute work out I can make it back in the right amount of time (15 minutes each end to change and drive). Anyway I did go early (noon-ish instead of 11am) and so then I was stinky sweaty all afternoon (my schedule doesn't allow enough time to shower).
I left work early last night to meet Mom and Dad at Boordy to arrange for the organic farm thing. We had such a good time. We drank a bottle of wine and ate some organic rosemary, sourdough bread. Sally Gordon's parents (Sally and I were classmates at Mercy) were working there. It was very nice. I bought a loaf of whole wheat, flax and sunflower seed bread. I joked that it will keep you regular. I had a piece for breakfast and sure enough at 10am I was ready to visit the potty. 8-)
Charles and I went out afterward supposedly for sushi. However, I was on the phone with Sarah on the way there - and was functioning on automatic pilot and ended up turning into Bonefish. I ordered grilled salmon and a salad of which I ate about three bites. I really wasn't hungry. I brought the leftovers for lunch today. Oh!! I also bought some organic granola bars from the bakery. I ended up eating one of those last night before I went to bed. Maybe that is what made my potty trip necessary.
I almost didn't bring my gym bag with me today. I was thinking that since I worked out yesterday I didn't need to today. Sigh. I should do a stint on the treadmill (my finger slipped and I wrote stink on the treadmill... hee hee). I will make an effort to go when Kristy gets back - but I also have to go to the bank and that will probably take my whole lunch period. (Darn!) But Sarah and I are going to the SB convention tomorrow, so I probably won't work out at home. Maybe I should move the furniture so I CAN work out at home if I need to. Yeah - maybe after my Tastefully Simple party tonight I will do that.
Speaking of which - I will be forcing you all to attend a Tastefully Simple party - probably towards the end of July. My neighbor Danielle is a consultant and I told her I would do a party for her when Katie gets back. I am thinking July 19th.
I left work early last night to meet Mom and Dad at Boordy to arrange for the organic farm thing. We had such a good time. We drank a bottle of wine and ate some organic rosemary, sourdough bread. Sally Gordon's parents (Sally and I were classmates at Mercy) were working there. It was very nice. I bought a loaf of whole wheat, flax and sunflower seed bread. I joked that it will keep you regular. I had a piece for breakfast and sure enough at 10am I was ready to visit the potty. 8-)
Charles and I went out afterward supposedly for sushi. However, I was on the phone with Sarah on the way there - and was functioning on automatic pilot and ended up turning into Bonefish. I ordered grilled salmon and a salad of which I ate about three bites. I really wasn't hungry. I brought the leftovers for lunch today. Oh!! I also bought some organic granola bars from the bakery. I ended up eating one of those last night before I went to bed. Maybe that is what made my potty trip necessary.
I almost didn't bring my gym bag with me today. I was thinking that since I worked out yesterday I didn't need to today. Sigh. I should do a stint on the treadmill (my finger slipped and I wrote stink on the treadmill... hee hee). I will make an effort to go when Kristy gets back - but I also have to go to the bank and that will probably take my whole lunch period. (Darn!) But Sarah and I are going to the SB convention tomorrow, so I probably won't work out at home. Maybe I should move the furniture so I CAN work out at home if I need to. Yeah - maybe after my Tastefully Simple party tonight I will do that.
Speaking of which - I will be forcing you all to attend a Tastefully Simple party - probably towards the end of July. My neighbor Danielle is a consultant and I told her I would do a party for her when Katie gets back. I am thinking July 19th.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Good week/bad week
Last week I was so good--exercise every day, pretty good food and little overeating until the weekend. This week, total opposite. I haven't made it to the gym once. I keep bringing my bag, but I've had to go out every day at lunchtime (or on Tuesday a meeting interfered with the time the gym was open) and I haven't even been walking Davey at night (except Monday) because I've been too busy. I ate about 600 calories of cheesecake last night (it was very yummy and I actually considered it seriously for breakfast this morning--cream cheese, eggs, and coffee. What else do you need?). Yesterday morning I weighed 131.4. Today I deliberately didn't weigh myself.
I also had a terrible night last night--Brian's cell phone attached to his belt at the end of the bed made a strange bloooop-beep-beep-beep noise around 3 a.m. and then CONTINUED TO BEEP EVERY FIVE MINUTES FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT! I was so groggy and out of it and discombobulated that it didn't occur to me to get out of bed and find the damn thing and flush it down the toilet but I kept thinking Brian would deal with it, but he wasn't even aware of it. Didn't hear it at all--he slept like a baby. I, however, woke up every five minutes except for those few times when I was dreaming and the beep would enter the dream (I dreamt that Julie's pedometer was making that noise). Brian says that the beeping means there's a message waiting for him, but the phone didn't actually ring so I don't know what's up with that. And he can't even check his messages because he's forgotten his PIN and every time I ask him if he got a message from me he says "I really need to call them to reset my PIN." And he's been saying this for two months. So I woke up irritated and tired and groggy and wasn't in any mood to see how that cheesecake affected my weight.
I also had a terrible night last night--Brian's cell phone attached to his belt at the end of the bed made a strange bloooop-beep-beep-beep noise around 3 a.m. and then CONTINUED TO BEEP EVERY FIVE MINUTES FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT! I was so groggy and out of it and discombobulated that it didn't occur to me to get out of bed and find the damn thing and flush it down the toilet but I kept thinking Brian would deal with it, but he wasn't even aware of it. Didn't hear it at all--he slept like a baby. I, however, woke up every five minutes except for those few times when I was dreaming and the beep would enter the dream (I dreamt that Julie's pedometer was making that noise). Brian says that the beeping means there's a message waiting for him, but the phone didn't actually ring so I don't know what's up with that. And he can't even check his messages because he's forgotten his PIN and every time I ask him if he got a message from me he says "I really need to call them to reset my PIN." And he's been saying this for two months. So I woke up irritated and tired and groggy and wasn't in any mood to see how that cheesecake affected my weight.
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday I dropped to 207.8 and today I am back up to 208.8.
I did ABSOLUTELY nothing useful yesterday. I had big plans. I was going to clean, go to the gym, do five scrapbook pages, run some errands and then celebrate Charles' birthday. I did the birthday thing and that is it. Oh - and some of the errands on the way to Sarah's house for Charles' birthday.
My food has been OK - but not fabulous. I have no snacks in the house - which is nice because it keeps me from eating everything in sight. Yesterday I had a bowl of cereal and skim milk for breakfast, a crab quesadilla for lunch and then beans and rice at Sarah's for dinner. She also made a fabulous Coffee Cinnamon cheesecake. Oh! So YUMMY! I ate a big fat piece - but that is Sarah's fault because she cut the cake into 8 pieces instead of 12 (or 16 - but I think 12...).
I did no exercise. I sat around and sweated all day. It was weird. I was sweating like it was super hot - but I didn't FEEL hot. You know how it is when you have taken a very hot shower and are still in the bathroom. You don't feel particularly hot - but you are sweating like crazy. That is how it was yesterday. I found out later that it was 93 degrees. It also was enough to keep me from exerting myself at all.
OK, OK, OK, OK... This is the deal. I am going to go to the gym today at 11am. This is so I will be back by the time people want to take their lunches. It will also force me to GO - so I won't keep putting it off. I hope it will work that way. Sigh.
I did ABSOLUTELY nothing useful yesterday. I had big plans. I was going to clean, go to the gym, do five scrapbook pages, run some errands and then celebrate Charles' birthday. I did the birthday thing and that is it. Oh - and some of the errands on the way to Sarah's house for Charles' birthday.
My food has been OK - but not fabulous. I have no snacks in the house - which is nice because it keeps me from eating everything in sight. Yesterday I had a bowl of cereal and skim milk for breakfast, a crab quesadilla for lunch and then beans and rice at Sarah's for dinner. She also made a fabulous Coffee Cinnamon cheesecake. Oh! So YUMMY! I ate a big fat piece - but that is Sarah's fault because she cut the cake into 8 pieces instead of 12 (or 16 - but I think 12...).
I did no exercise. I sat around and sweated all day. It was weird. I was sweating like it was super hot - but I didn't FEEL hot. You know how it is when you have taken a very hot shower and are still in the bathroom. You don't feel particularly hot - but you are sweating like crazy. That is how it was yesterday. I found out later that it was 93 degrees. It also was enough to keep me from exerting myself at all.
OK, OK, OK, OK... This is the deal. I am going to go to the gym today at 11am. This is so I will be back by the time people want to take their lunches. It will also force me to GO - so I won't keep putting it off. I hope it will work that way. Sigh.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Way too easy
Sheesh! It is so easy to pack in a million calories with little or no effort. I just had an egg salad sandwhich on whole wheat with lettuce and tomato and I think it was probably about 600 calories!!! It was a big sandwich - and I shouldn't have eaten it all - but it was there and it isn't like it would KEEP and I really am not good at throwing food away (unless I am cleaning the refrigerator). So I ate the whole thing. I feel very full right now. And a little queasy. I think my colon supplement is kicking in.
THEN! I have come up with several great excuses not to go to the gym. Starting with - ugh I feel full - and a little queasy... then onto - and my sunburn is really hurting (did I mention the sunburn?)... then - and I need to run out an pick up Charles' birthday gift... and to wrap it up - I DON'T WANNA! Oh - also - I get to sweaty and tomorrow is another day... GRRR. Why can't I be one of those people who LOVES to exercise. Or if not that, has a fabulous metabolism that burns through every calorie I provide. I woudn't even mind getting fat when I am 50 if I could be automatically skinny for the first 50 years!
I am also going through the whole - but what's the point? phase. What is the point? I already am feeling much better now that I have overhauled my eating habits. Why do I have to lose weight - especially since I am NOT losing weight. Katie (albeit more active than me) lost 30 pounds by - what? Sheer dumb luck? Sarah busted butt for the last 9 months - but she has always been freakishly motivated. Emily - you improved your food, and exercise - but probably not anymore than me (although I really can't comment because I only know what you report - and you don't SEEM to be eating any better than me or exercising more than me. You do have the calorie sucker - which is nice. I gotta get one of those. I don't think even Bulemia would help me - I would just end up with bad teeth and breath. I am DOOMED!
I am less motivated to go to the gym now that I met with the trainer TWO weeks ago. The workout he gave me is just that fraction too hard - so I am intimdated by it... and so I am avoiding the gym full stop. Before, at least, I would go and walk on the treadmill for 45 minutes. Sigh.
THEN! I have come up with several great excuses not to go to the gym. Starting with - ugh I feel full - and a little queasy... then onto - and my sunburn is really hurting (did I mention the sunburn?)... then - and I need to run out an pick up Charles' birthday gift... and to wrap it up - I DON'T WANNA! Oh - also - I get to sweaty and tomorrow is another day... GRRR. Why can't I be one of those people who LOVES to exercise. Or if not that, has a fabulous metabolism that burns through every calorie I provide. I woudn't even mind getting fat when I am 50 if I could be automatically skinny for the first 50 years!
I am also going through the whole - but what's the point? phase. What is the point? I already am feeling much better now that I have overhauled my eating habits. Why do I have to lose weight - especially since I am NOT losing weight. Katie (albeit more active than me) lost 30 pounds by - what? Sheer dumb luck? Sarah busted butt for the last 9 months - but she has always been freakishly motivated. Emily - you improved your food, and exercise - but probably not anymore than me (although I really can't comment because I only know what you report - and you don't SEEM to be eating any better than me or exercising more than me. You do have the calorie sucker - which is nice. I gotta get one of those. I don't think even Bulemia would help me - I would just end up with bad teeth and breath. I am DOOMED!
I am less motivated to go to the gym now that I met with the trainer TWO weeks ago. The workout he gave me is just that fraction too hard - so I am intimdated by it... and so I am avoiding the gym full stop. Before, at least, I would go and walk on the treadmill for 45 minutes. Sigh.
AACCKK!!
I was 139.0 this morning! 138.5 before my shower an hour or so later. I knew it would be awful, because I've been weighing myself each day since we got back from Alabamaville, but I was 137 when we got back and somehow I gained two pounds over the weekend, even though I exercised on Saturday and Monday (both 50 minutes on the bike, plus that hanging abs thing that Amy described, just doing crunches, 30 the first time and 50 total yesterday). I did have a beer on Friday and two on Saturday, and we had burgers for dinner Friday, barbecue from AL on Saturday, pizza on Sunday (after burgers (no cheese) at a picnic on Sunday, and our usual brunch), and leftover pizza on Monday (but that was lunch, and I had brunswick stew for dinner). OK, so I guess I'm seeing a trend here -- tons of unhealthy food, not enough fruits and vegetables! But my weight didn't jump up alarmingly until this morning. Ugh.
I won't be exercising today unless my attempt at donating blood fails, but I will be eating reasonably well at dinner -- we're planning on the chicken kabobs again, which are just grilled chicken and lots of veggies. I have to figure out a side dish -- I should probably come up with something healthy to do with potatoes. Maybe on the grill. Or I could get corn on the cob, if they have some at the grocery store, and make that our starch. Hmm. Sounds good. Or whole wheat bread in the bread machine -- or is that getting too starchy and not enough nutrition? Anyway, the point is, I'm starting to plan meals again. I don't know what I'll do about lunch, though; we're out of almost everything, since I haven't done a full grocery store run since our trip.
OK. Time to get back on track and lose this weight again -- I want to be at my marriage weight for my anniversary in August!
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I won't be exercising today unless my attempt at donating blood fails, but I will be eating reasonably well at dinner -- we're planning on the chicken kabobs again, which are just grilled chicken and lots of veggies. I have to figure out a side dish -- I should probably come up with something healthy to do with potatoes. Maybe on the grill. Or I could get corn on the cob, if they have some at the grocery store, and make that our starch. Hmm. Sounds good. Or whole wheat bread in the bread machine -- or is that getting too starchy and not enough nutrition? Anyway, the point is, I'm starting to plan meals again. I don't know what I'll do about lunch, though; we're out of almost everything, since I haven't done a full grocery store run since our trip.
OK. Time to get back on track and lose this weight again -- I want to be at my marriage weight for my anniversary in August!
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130.6
I'm surprised my weight is that low after what I ate this weekend! Like Amy--multiple heavy meals each day. But I was at least active on Saturday (painting the fence from 11:30 a.m. until about 7 p.m. with a few breaks, but not a lot). And my exercise last week was really good--five days in a row (three trips to the gym, two pilates, plus one day of just toning exercises in the evening with free weights). And I kept my food intake reasonable during the week as well.
I've been eating meal replacement bars. Someone left a bunch of them in the lunchroom at work last week and I've eaten three of them for my afternoon snack (over three days, that is!). They are 200 calories each and higher in sugar than my snacks generally are, but once I eat one, I don't want to eat again until dinner. They've got about 35% of just about everything you need to eat each day and while they aren't the healthiest choice, I like how they fill me up, and the extra protein doesn't hurt either.
Yesterday, like Amy, I didn't get to the gym since I spent the morning at the courthouse mocking lawyers and divorcees. Good mental exercise. ;-) But because Brian was horribly sick (food poisoning; as it turns out, all of those magazine articles about food safety that tell you not to eat potato salad that's been sitting in the hot sun are right! Imagine that.) I took Davey for his longer evening walk, so I got in a couple of miles there. Today I brought my gym stuff, but I'll have to look at the gym hours--I think the Tuesday and Thursday opening hours might clash with a meeting I have at 3:00 today.
I've been eating meal replacement bars. Someone left a bunch of them in the lunchroom at work last week and I've eaten three of them for my afternoon snack (over three days, that is!). They are 200 calories each and higher in sugar than my snacks generally are, but once I eat one, I don't want to eat again until dinner. They've got about 35% of just about everything you need to eat each day and while they aren't the healthiest choice, I like how they fill me up, and the extra protein doesn't hurt either.
Yesterday, like Amy, I didn't get to the gym since I spent the morning at the courthouse mocking lawyers and divorcees. Good mental exercise. ;-) But because Brian was horribly sick (food poisoning; as it turns out, all of those magazine articles about food safety that tell you not to eat potato salad that's been sitting in the hot sun are right! Imagine that.) I took Davey for his longer evening walk, so I got in a couple of miles there. Today I brought my gym stuff, but I'll have to look at the gym hours--I think the Tuesday and Thursday opening hours might clash with a meeting I have at 3:00 today.
Talking to myself
Today my weight was 208.6. That is almost a pound up from last week. That is over a pound down from yesterday.
It is hard to get myself to eat well when Katie isn't home. Cooking dinner just doesn't seem as interesting if there isn't a) someone else doing it or b) someone else waiting to be fed. I ended up eating a power bar on the way home from work, a handful of pecans, string cheese and then LATE last night I heated up a package of frozen seasoned potatoes and had another string cheese. That was all in addition to my cereal and milk and tandoori chicken I had at work. So NO fruit, no vegetables. Today my goal is to eat my fruit and vegetable (juice) earlier in the day.
I didn't go to the gym yesterday. I will make a serious effort to go today. I was noticing last night that the area between my belly button and my boobies has gotten fat (fatter). I think this is from too much drinking. Ironic that I notice this now that I am NOT drinking several nights a week (well - for a week now). But I DID have two ciders at Sarah's house and two drinks at the Friendly Inn. Oh - and wine on Thursday. Oh - and I went to Bonefish on Wednesday with Heather. So, I guess I still AM drinking several nights a week. Maybe I should stop that. I wonder if that would make a difference. Sigh.
It is hard to get myself to eat well when Katie isn't home. Cooking dinner just doesn't seem as interesting if there isn't a) someone else doing it or b) someone else waiting to be fed. I ended up eating a power bar on the way home from work, a handful of pecans, string cheese and then LATE last night I heated up a package of frozen seasoned potatoes and had another string cheese. That was all in addition to my cereal and milk and tandoori chicken I had at work. So NO fruit, no vegetables. Today my goal is to eat my fruit and vegetable (juice) earlier in the day.
I didn't go to the gym yesterday. I will make a serious effort to go today. I was noticing last night that the area between my belly button and my boobies has gotten fat (fatter). I think this is from too much drinking. Ironic that I notice this now that I am NOT drinking several nights a week (well - for a week now). But I DID have two ciders at Sarah's house and two drinks at the Friendly Inn. Oh - and wine on Thursday. Oh - and I went to Bonefish on Wednesday with Heather. So, I guess I still AM drinking several nights a week. Maybe I should stop that. I wonder if that would make a difference. Sigh.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Weekend Update
My weight is up today. It was 209.8!!!!!! this morning. Sigh. I think I am stock piling from the weekend. I ate a lot of heavy food this weekend. Saturday I had a cheeseburger, chips, potato salad and spanacopita (NO clue on the spelling there!!) at Sarah's along with two ciders. I think that was my only meal Saturday - but I did have two drinks at the Friendly Inn that night... but two drinks there are like one normal drink.
Sunday we had dinner at Mom and Dad's for Father's Day. It was SO yummy - but again, heavy. I had salad and a HUGE piece of very cheesy lasagna. I had tandori chicken with cous cous for lunch - so two heavy meals that day.
My stomach is still gurgling. I have to figure out how to lose three pounds by tomorrow morning...
I won't make it to the gym today. I spent my "lunch" hour at the Courthouse with Eric and Jenn and the lawyers (and Sarah and Mom and Dad...) I am now madly trying to do payroll - so I won't be able to break away today. Then tonight I am going out with Charles to eat and drink. 8-)
Sunday we had dinner at Mom and Dad's for Father's Day. It was SO yummy - but again, heavy. I had salad and a HUGE piece of very cheesy lasagna. I had tandori chicken with cous cous for lunch - so two heavy meals that day.
My stomach is still gurgling. I have to figure out how to lose three pounds by tomorrow morning...
I won't make it to the gym today. I spent my "lunch" hour at the Courthouse with Eric and Jenn and the lawyers (and Sarah and Mom and Dad...) I am now madly trying to do payroll - so I won't be able to break away today. Then tonight I am going out with Charles to eat and drink. 8-)
Friday, June 16, 2006
Rumbly in my tummbly
My stomach has been gurgling for about two weeks now - off and on. Right now it is being embarassingly dramatic.
My boss brought in a coffee cake for Friday morning. It is a danish ring so I ate a cheese section and part of the cherry section. (Which isn't as bad as it sounds - those two together were about the size of half of a regular danish.) Anyway - the last bite or two tasted like onion. You would think a bakery would think NOT to bake the sweet pastries AFTER the everything bagels. Grrr. Well - that is when my stomach started up today.
I ONCE AGAIN didn't go to the gym yesterday. I left work at 5:30 to meet Charles at Boordy Vineyards to drink wine and listen to him play with Jonathan. It was so amazingly relaxing!! I want to go back again. Anyway - so I skipped my lunch to do that. HOWEVER, I should have been able to leave at 5 AND take a lunch break because I was in here for 3.5 hours on Wednesday. Oh well. I will try to leave early today - but I have a lot of work to do - especially if Eric needs us on Monday - which I have NO details on... Sigh.
My weight was back to 207.6 today.
My boss brought in a coffee cake for Friday morning. It is a danish ring so I ate a cheese section and part of the cherry section. (Which isn't as bad as it sounds - those two together were about the size of half of a regular danish.) Anyway - the last bite or two tasted like onion. You would think a bakery would think NOT to bake the sweet pastries AFTER the everything bagels. Grrr. Well - that is when my stomach started up today.
I ONCE AGAIN didn't go to the gym yesterday. I left work at 5:30 to meet Charles at Boordy Vineyards to drink wine and listen to him play with Jonathan. It was so amazingly relaxing!! I want to go back again. Anyway - so I skipped my lunch to do that. HOWEVER, I should have been able to leave at 5 AND take a lunch break because I was in here for 3.5 hours on Wednesday. Oh well. I will try to leave early today - but I have a lot of work to do - especially if Eric needs us on Monday - which I have NO details on... Sigh.
My weight was back to 207.6 today.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Letting myself go
Wow, I've been really ignoring healthy eating this week! Since my "ideal" weigh in on Tuesday, I decided to cut myself some slack (on purpose instead of just cheating) that day, so I got a Snickers bar as an afternoon snack. But then there was food leftover from a meeting so I also had a brownie and a cookie plus leftover chicken ceasar salad--for both an afternoon snack AND for dinner that night (not bad for dinner, but probably overkill for an afternoon snack, especially added to a candy bar, brownie, and cookie!). Yesterday I was great all day but then in the evening I wasn't up for cooking so we had leftover pizza for dinner. I only had one slice, but then rounded out my meal with Kissables. I just shouldn't be allowed in the same building as candy! Needless to say, my weight is up--back to 130.2 this morning.
I have been exercising, though--I went to the gym both Tuesday and yesterday, and did more crunches and arm exercises with free weights on Tuesday evening. I'm actually on track to do all of my planned exercise this week, barring any attacks of laziness or unscheduled meetings tomorrow!
I have been exercising, though--I went to the gym both Tuesday and yesterday, and did more crunches and arm exercises with free weights on Tuesday evening. I'm actually on track to do all of my planned exercise this week, barring any attacks of laziness or unscheduled meetings tomorrow!
Speak for yourself
My progress is JUST like spam (yummmmm.... spam....). Anyway- This week my weight is creeping back up. I guess it might be influanced by my pending period. Wait - no - that wouldn't be it. I just had it on May 25th and today is only the 15th. Ummm - it could be my lack of exercise. I DID go to the gym on Monday - but not since yet. I painted my front door on Sunday - but otherwise I haven't exercised. I made a pan on Brownies on Sunday and they lasted until yesterday. That is pretty good - especially since Laura ate about a third of them. Oh yeah - that is probably it. Too many brownies!!!! Yesterday I ate NOTHING but crap... mixed nuts, caramel macchiato, those new Hershey's 100 calorie snack packs (Snacksters or something like that... there are Reeses ones too). Then I went to Bonefish with Heather where I had my normal salad and crab cake appetizer with two martinis. Yeah - that was probably about a 2500 calorie day. Man!!! Well - looking at my chart that is definitely my worst day in a long, long time. It is not unusual for me to pass 12oo calories - but I don't usually go as high as 1600 - let alone 2600!!! It was the mixed nuts that did it. It was a little tiny can (6 ozs) - but they were 160 per serving and there were six servings in the can... and over the course of the day I ate the whole can!!!!!!!! That is almost a 1000 calories right there. No more nuts for me!!
Melanie at work has been having a similar but opposite problem. She was just out sick for the past week with a pretty serious virus. During the course of this the doctors discovered that she has lost 12 pounds in 6 months. However, Melanie is very underweight to begin with. So - that didn't help her sickness. Anyway - she is under strick orders to completely overhaul her diet too. She is basically having the same but opposite problem than me (opposite build). She doesn't think about food and so doesn't eat well. Me - I end up eating bad food that makes me fat. She eats bad food that she gets no nutrition from. (Her main food source is fast food in the middle of the day - my main food source is junk food late at night.) I told her she has to start strictly planning her meals and thinking about food all of the time. It is hard and a pain!!! I told her to set goals for herself and reward herself when she reaches them.
Melanie at work has been having a similar but opposite problem. She was just out sick for the past week with a pretty serious virus. During the course of this the doctors discovered that she has lost 12 pounds in 6 months. However, Melanie is very underweight to begin with. So - that didn't help her sickness. Anyway - she is under strick orders to completely overhaul her diet too. She is basically having the same but opposite problem than me (opposite build). She doesn't think about food and so doesn't eat well. Me - I end up eating bad food that makes me fat. She eats bad food that she gets no nutrition from. (Her main food source is fast food in the middle of the day - my main food source is junk food late at night.) I told her she has to start strictly planning her meals and thinking about food all of the time. It is hard and a pain!!! I told her to set goals for herself and reward herself when she reaches them.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Sore
Yesterday Daniel had a meeting in Huntsville in the research park area of town, so I drove him. While I was waiting for him I walked around the lake they had on their campus -- it was very pretty, with a big fountain in the middle that kept getting caught in the breeze so it didn't get too hot walking around it. I walked for about 50 minutes at a brisk pace, so I'm guessing I covered 3.5 to 4 miles. Today I'm sore as all get-out -- my back aches on the right side and my arm aches. It could be the bed here -- there's a new mattress with a pillow top, so I might not be getting enough support -- or it could be the walking. But if it's the walking, why is it I can run three miles but I can't walk them? Makes no sense. Anyway, I planned to go running again today, but I'm going to have to wait until my back feels better.
So, I've exercised two days in a row now, but my eating is still terrible. I had breakfast yesterday of raisin bran and milk, cantaloupe, and a blueberry muffin. Lunch was a meatball sub (very yummy, but why did I pick the most unhealthy thing on the menu of a sub shop??) with cheetos (were those necessary?) and a root beer (I know that wasn't necessary). I did NOT have popcorn or a drink at the movies (and now we're finished with movies for this trip). I did eat three full servings of candy during the day, and a handful of nuts. Dinner was barbecued chicken and I didn't eat the full half chicken -- I actually ate a regular portion and quit when I was full. I also had about half a baked potato with butter, a "salad" (a small helping of iceberg lettuce with a sprinkling of some cheese, no dressing -- no nutrition to speak of, either), and a roll. Water to drink -- about time I did something healthy!
About the spam thing -- I guess our blog must be considered repetitive! It certainly does feel so some days -- I ate badly again. I did/didn't exercise. I weighed myself. Sheesh. The good thing is that overall the numbers have gone down -- that part hasn't been entirely repetitive! So we're not spam! (We are here, we are here, we are here, we are here!)
So, I've exercised two days in a row now, but my eating is still terrible. I had breakfast yesterday of raisin bran and milk, cantaloupe, and a blueberry muffin. Lunch was a meatball sub (very yummy, but why did I pick the most unhealthy thing on the menu of a sub shop??) with cheetos (were those necessary?) and a root beer (I know that wasn't necessary). I did NOT have popcorn or a drink at the movies (and now we're finished with movies for this trip). I did eat three full servings of candy during the day, and a handful of nuts. Dinner was barbecued chicken and I didn't eat the full half chicken -- I actually ate a regular portion and quit when I was full. I also had about half a baked potato with butter, a "salad" (a small helping of iceberg lettuce with a sprinkling of some cheese, no dressing -- no nutrition to speak of, either), and a roll. Water to drink -- about time I did something healthy!
About the spam thing -- I guess our blog must be considered repetitive! It certainly does feel so some days -- I ate badly again. I did/didn't exercise. I weighed myself. Sheesh. The good thing is that overall the numbers have gone down -- that part hasn't been entirely repetitive! So we're not spam! (We are here, we are here, we are here, we are here!)
Running Ragged
This week is nuts. We leave for Bermuda on Saturday and there is just so much to wrap up at work this week. I have been in early and stayed late every day so far. And we aren't packed yet.
Food has been awful, exercise has been minimal and I haven't been weighing myself for fear of the numbers. If I had to guess though--I'd say 159ish.
Joe's mom had her gastric bypass surgery Monday. We went to visit her last night. I was surprised to see she was up out of bed, but she is on a morphine drip. Reality hasn't set in for her yet. That will be when she goes home and the morphine stays at the hospital. She looked bad, but I think it partially was because she wasn't shelacked (how do you spell that???) with make up like normal. I was looking at the papers the dietician gave her as to what she can eat. Clear liquids and sugar free jello. That's it. Chicken broth, diluted apple juice, water, and jello. She has to keep sugar to a minimum. No coffee either.
Well, back to working. I have to find some time at some point to get directions to the port in Philly.
Food has been awful, exercise has been minimal and I haven't been weighing myself for fear of the numbers. If I had to guess though--I'd say 159ish.
Joe's mom had her gastric bypass surgery Monday. We went to visit her last night. I was surprised to see she was up out of bed, but she is on a morphine drip. Reality hasn't set in for her yet. That will be when she goes home and the morphine stays at the hospital. She looked bad, but I think it partially was because she wasn't shelacked (how do you spell that???) with make up like normal. I was looking at the papers the dietician gave her as to what she can eat. Clear liquids and sugar free jello. That's it. Chicken broth, diluted apple juice, water, and jello. She has to keep sugar to a minimum. No coffee either.
Well, back to working. I have to find some time at some point to get directions to the port in Philly.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Word verification
When I was posting before, the scrambled word that you have to type in to verify your post wasn't showing up (picture wasn't loading) so I ended up clicking the question mark above it; turns out that the reason they slapped that security feature on us is that our blog has the characteristics of a spam blog (too much talk about weight loss? Did *anyone* mention hoodia?), so I requested that an actual human being review our blog and if they decide that we're not a spam blog, they'll turn off that mandatory feature.
So if you're the actual person reviewing this--hi! We're not spam! And everyone else, keep your fingers crossed that they review us quickly, because that word verification thing is getting really old. Plus it was when they put that in that mom stopped being able to post at all!
So if you're the actual person reviewing this--hi! We're not spam! And everyone else, keep your fingers crossed that they review us quickly, because that word verification thing is getting really old. Plus it was when they put that in that mom stopped being able to post at all!
NOW can I go to Cold Stone Creamery?
I've never been there. When I helped Amy get her stuff together for the Stampin' Up convention last summer she promised me a trip there in payment, but then we started this diet so we haven't followed up (or at least that's the excuse I'm using; she's probably forgotten about it entirely, but she's been there before so it isn't such a big deal for her). But now that I'm officially under 130 (129.4 this morning) and I don't think it's a fluke since I've been around that weight for five days now and I really never thought I'd see a weight in the 120's ever again in my life, I think it's time to go out and get some ice cream with gooey stuff in it.
I didn't, in fact, make it to the gym yesterday--I was instead siezed with the need to go get letters to finish a scrapbook page and ended up buying six different types of letters (different colors, sizes, and materials since I wasn't sure what would work on the page) plus some papers so instead of the quick trip to the scrapbook store it took up my whole lunch break. But I did do pilates last night, and then followed up with 100 crunches of various sorts. I really need to get my arms and abs in better shape--I know they looked better than this the last time I was at 130 pounds (which makes me wonder--where did I have extra weight back then if my stomach and arms were thinner? All I can think is that maybe my thighs were bigger/more muscular since I was running more and faster then and had fairly recently come back from daily long distance cycling.). My food intake was pretty good, though--cereal for breakfast, string cheese, crackers, and an apple for lunch, cereal bar for snack. In the afternoon I had planned to have yogurt, but someone brought in a homemade apple pie so I had a piece of that, but I guess as pie goes, that's not TOO bad. Dinner was two scrambled eggs with tomato and spinach. I never got around to making the toast I had planned with that. And of course I ate some Kissables in the evening, but not too many because Brian had the nerve to put them in the cabinet and it took me forever to find them!
I didn't, in fact, make it to the gym yesterday--I was instead siezed with the need to go get letters to finish a scrapbook page and ended up buying six different types of letters (different colors, sizes, and materials since I wasn't sure what would work on the page) plus some papers so instead of the quick trip to the scrapbook store it took up my whole lunch break. But I did do pilates last night, and then followed up with 100 crunches of various sorts. I really need to get my arms and abs in better shape--I know they looked better than this the last time I was at 130 pounds (which makes me wonder--where did I have extra weight back then if my stomach and arms were thinner? All I can think is that maybe my thighs were bigger/more muscular since I was running more and faster then and had fairly recently come back from daily long distance cycling.). My food intake was pretty good, though--cereal for breakfast, string cheese, crackers, and an apple for lunch, cereal bar for snack. In the afternoon I had planned to have yogurt, but someone brought in a homemade apple pie so I had a piece of that, but I guess as pie goes, that's not TOO bad. Dinner was two scrambled eggs with tomato and spinach. I never got around to making the toast I had planned with that. And of course I ate some Kissables in the evening, but not too many because Brian had the nerve to put them in the cabinet and it took me forever to find them!
Figures
I was 207.8 this week. That is .8 up from last week. I was doing OK with my eating yesterday (except for that pie - it was VERY small!!!). I ate my lunch sandwich on the way home from work at about 7pm. I did make dinner around 9:30 (Rosemary Ravioli - 287 calories from Let's Dish) but then I had a hard cider. THEN - after I went to bed at 11:30 I could NOT fall asleep. I don't know what was up - because I was sleepy before that. So - at 12:42 I got up and read for a little while - and ate brownies and tums. Sigh. I had resisted so successfully prior to that.
Nothing else to say. My shoulder hurts, but I think I did something to it in the shower this morning - because it was fine when I got up. I don't think I am going to the gym today. It is premeditated - how bad is that. I have meetings scheduled solidly between 11am and 2pm and then I have to teach a training session at 4pm today. I just realized that I forgot to bring something I needed from home today - so I will probably take my lunch break at 9am!!
Nothing else to say. My shoulder hurts, but I think I did something to it in the shower this morning - because it was fine when I got up. I don't think I am going to the gym today. It is premeditated - how bad is that. I have meetings scheduled solidly between 11am and 2pm and then I have to teach a training session at 4pm today. I just realized that I forgot to bring something I needed from home today - so I will probably take my lunch break at 9am!!
Monday, June 12, 2006
Forty pounds in eight days
That's how much I'm going to gain this week. I've eaten movie theater popcorn three times this week (and only seen two movies -- the power went out for a quarter of Huntsville right after the previews started for the second movie we were seeing) and that's about ten pounds right there, I think. Ugh. Why do I buy it? Why do I EAT it? And I've eaten candy of various sorts, heavy dinners, heavy-ish breakfasts (but I'm trying to keep the heavy stuff to a minimum and make sure I get something with fiber in it every morning, or else I regret it), and catch-as-catch-can lunches. And handfuls of mixed nuts, not any healthy rendition thereof (i.e., decidedly not dry roasted). Ugh.
The good news is that I have been exercising -- Daniel and I have been running twice since we got here. I haven't gone for walks -- I should do that tomorrow, but it tends to be hard to squeeze it in. The running has gone very well, though; I discovered the first day that my sub-30:00 pace on the 5k was not a fluke. Today when we went out we took it much slower; I let Daniel set the pace, as he has been having troubles with soreness in his legs.
No weigh-in for me tomorrow! Thank goodness -- I don't think I want to see that number. Bleah. When we get back, Daniel wants to get back to healthy eating in the hopes that he can lose weight more quickly and get his running back into shape, so that will encourage me to eat well also. Maybe I'll be able to maintain the weight loss or even join Sarah in the near-130 club!
The good news is that I have been exercising -- Daniel and I have been running twice since we got here. I haven't gone for walks -- I should do that tomorrow, but it tends to be hard to squeeze it in. The running has gone very well, though; I discovered the first day that my sub-30:00 pace on the 5k was not a fluke. Today when we went out we took it much slower; I let Daniel set the pace, as he has been having troubles with soreness in his legs.
No weigh-in for me tomorrow! Thank goodness -- I don't think I want to see that number. Bleah. When we get back, Daniel wants to get back to healthy eating in the hopes that he can lose weight more quickly and get his running back into shape, so that will encourage me to eat well also. Maybe I'll be able to maintain the weight loss or even join Sarah in the near-130 club!
Shuffling Through
OK - Katie has been gone for two days. Frequently I will go MORE THAN two days without seeing Katie more than a few minutes in the evening - but I think the whole concept of her being gone for five weeks is throwing me off my game. I moped around the house all weekend after I dropped her off at the airport on Saturday. I took a bath Saturday night - then I woke up VERY early on Sunday. Early enough that I seriously considered getting up and going to the gym before church. THAT didn't happen. I did take another bath and then a shower around 11am. I also painted the front door - and read a little bit. I have had a hard time settling in with a book lately. Must be the depression thing still. I haven't been eating much. Saturday the only thing I ate was a sandwich at Sarah's house. Although - I MUST have eaten something else Saturday night. I don't remember. By last night I was in the GIVE ME CHOCOLATE mode. I made brownies - of which I ate only two small ones (16 total in a square pan). I got reflux so ate two tums also.
Today I forgot to eat breakfast until 1:30!!! I did have a Caribou coffee though. Then when I got back from the gym there was a really skinny (1" at the widest point) slice of gooey caramel looking pie. I scraped the whipped cream off and scarfed it down. That has been my food for the day. I need to figure out what I want for dinner. I thawed Tandori Chicken - but I think that would make enough food for four meals!!!!
Anyway - my weight has been up and down the past few days. I was at 206.2 on Saturday - then back to 207 yesterday and 207.2 today. I will probably be 209.8 tomorrow. Sigh.
So - I DID go to the gym today for the first time in a week and a half. I think my trainer worked me too hard last time. In my memory the work out was a REALLY brutal one (for me). In reality it was ALSO really brutal - but do-able. So I did it. I am now stinky and sweaty. I came back to work with my hair mostly damp. I hate that. I don't have time to shower though. Oh well... That is why I try to go later in the day. Tomorrow I MAY go to do just cardio. I like that I have gotten to the point that my calves are nice and firm and I CAN walk at an incline for 45 minutes without feeling like I am about to keel over. So - I want to keep that up if possible...
Today I forgot to eat breakfast until 1:30!!! I did have a Caribou coffee though. Then when I got back from the gym there was a really skinny (1" at the widest point) slice of gooey caramel looking pie. I scraped the whipped cream off and scarfed it down. That has been my food for the day. I need to figure out what I want for dinner. I thawed Tandori Chicken - but I think that would make enough food for four meals!!!!
Anyway - my weight has been up and down the past few days. I was at 206.2 on Saturday - then back to 207 yesterday and 207.2 today. I will probably be 209.8 tomorrow. Sigh.
So - I DID go to the gym today for the first time in a week and a half. I think my trainer worked me too hard last time. In my memory the work out was a REALLY brutal one (for me). In reality it was ALSO really brutal - but do-able. So I did it. I am now stinky and sweaty. I came back to work with my hair mostly damp. I hate that. I don't have time to shower though. Oh well... That is why I try to go later in the day. Tomorrow I MAY go to do just cardio. I like that I have gotten to the point that my calves are nice and firm and I CAN walk at an incline for 45 minutes without feeling like I am about to keel over. So - I want to keep that up if possible...
Tomorrow I expect to be 138
That's how these things go, right? On Friday I was shocked to see 130.0 on the scale, and on Saturday you could have knocked me over with a feather when the scale read 129.0! I knew that one wouldn't last, and sure enough, yesterday I was 129.8 and today back to 130. So now that I've had four days in a row right around this really good weight, I'm most likely going to shoot up several pounds for weigh-in day.
I had a pretty good weekend. On Friday I did go to the gym instead of napping, and then on Saturday I did a lot of walking--a walking tour of the Gardens of Paradise (Paradise is the area on the other side of the beltway and the neighborhood association organized this tour of people's gardens--saw some pretty cool stuff!), then walked to the school and flew kites in the afternoon. On Sunday I made up for Saturday's activity by staying close to home, doing laundry, and scrapbooking. My meals were similar--not always the best choices health-wise (pizza on Saturday night, salami and cheese sandwich on Saturday for lunch, grilled cheese for dinner on Sunday, potluck at the Girl Scouts thing on Friday night, etc.) but I kept my portions small for each meal. Still eating those darn Kissables in between meals, but it's hard for me to overeat chocolate--I don't gorge on it the way I do with fruity candy. Today I'm determined to eat nothing and exercise hard so I can maintain that low weight for Tuesday!
I had a pretty good weekend. On Friday I did go to the gym instead of napping, and then on Saturday I did a lot of walking--a walking tour of the Gardens of Paradise (Paradise is the area on the other side of the beltway and the neighborhood association organized this tour of people's gardens--saw some pretty cool stuff!), then walked to the school and flew kites in the afternoon. On Sunday I made up for Saturday's activity by staying close to home, doing laundry, and scrapbooking. My meals were similar--not always the best choices health-wise (pizza on Saturday night, salami and cheese sandwich on Saturday for lunch, grilled cheese for dinner on Sunday, potluck at the Girl Scouts thing on Friday night, etc.) but I kept my portions small for each meal. Still eating those darn Kissables in between meals, but it's hard for me to overeat chocolate--I don't gorge on it the way I do with fruity candy. Today I'm determined to eat nothing and exercise hard so I can maintain that low weight for Tuesday!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Too good to last
I tried posting yesterday - but after I read the blog early in the day I couldn't get back on to post.
My weight yesterday was back up to 207.6 but then today it was down again to 206.4. I have been just aweful about exercise. I have allowed myself to talk me out of going every single day. Even on Wednesday after I left the dentist I was halfway to driving to the gym when I changed my mind and went home to take a nap instead. It seemed like a good use of my time at that moment. I can't get myself motivated to go - and I am not sure why. Of course, I can't seem to get myself motivated to do much of anything - including eating. Which - I guess - balances it all out.
I am depressed and I keep forgetting to take St. John's Wort. I am not HORRIBLY depressed where I feel like I am surrounded by a black cloud of gloom - just that ongoing badness that kind of sits in your stomach. But - since my stomach is full of depression I don't feel the need to fill it with food. I have noticed that I haven't snacked one single night for the past week or more. I ate dinner last night only because Katie brought me her leftovers. I ate my lunch for breakfast around 11:30 yesterday and then a fruit cup that I found in my purse in the afternoon. That was it. Today I have had coffee so far - but the lactose free milk has formed a gritty layer in the bottom of my mug - so I won't even finish that today. I guess I SHOULD eat something - but nothing is really appealing. I remember going through this my freshman year in college and I lost 20 pounds then. Maybe that will happen this time. Probably not. That only happened because I felt this way for three months. A week probably won't cut it. I have forgotton to weigh myself TWICE in the past week - once I was just SOL and the next time I weighed myself, but it was after I had been up for about an hour and probably had eaten stuff - I don't remember.
Katie is leaving tomorrow for Austia - as you all know. This will prevent me from going out to eat and drink several nights a week. But it will also probably prevent me from eating balanced meals when I am home. It was the whole living and eating on my own that got me in trouble in the first place.
My freezer is full of Let's Dish. I have no excuse not to eat it. Also - since it will just be me eating it most nights I will be able to pack leftovers for lunch the next day - so I SHOULD be able to eat healthy meals if I put my mind to it.
My arm feels like I slept on it funny. I don't think I did because it felt fine when I woke up this morning. I have been having very vivid dreams this week. One about pirate ships with multicolored sails. That was neat. The sun was just rising and I was watching them unfurl their sails in a natural harbor on a beautiful island. I was standing up on a mountain in a clearing surrounded by jungle. It was very cool. Last night I had a freaky dream about being a medium. I was hanging out with dead people who didn't realize they were dead. I am not sure if I realized it either. They looked perfectly healthy. But their families couldn't see them an talked about them being dead. It was weird.
My weight yesterday was back up to 207.6 but then today it was down again to 206.4. I have been just aweful about exercise. I have allowed myself to talk me out of going every single day. Even on Wednesday after I left the dentist I was halfway to driving to the gym when I changed my mind and went home to take a nap instead. It seemed like a good use of my time at that moment. I can't get myself motivated to go - and I am not sure why. Of course, I can't seem to get myself motivated to do much of anything - including eating. Which - I guess - balances it all out.
I am depressed and I keep forgetting to take St. John's Wort. I am not HORRIBLY depressed where I feel like I am surrounded by a black cloud of gloom - just that ongoing badness that kind of sits in your stomach. But - since my stomach is full of depression I don't feel the need to fill it with food. I have noticed that I haven't snacked one single night for the past week or more. I ate dinner last night only because Katie brought me her leftovers. I ate my lunch for breakfast around 11:30 yesterday and then a fruit cup that I found in my purse in the afternoon. That was it. Today I have had coffee so far - but the lactose free milk has formed a gritty layer in the bottom of my mug - so I won't even finish that today. I guess I SHOULD eat something - but nothing is really appealing. I remember going through this my freshman year in college and I lost 20 pounds then. Maybe that will happen this time. Probably not. That only happened because I felt this way for three months. A week probably won't cut it. I have forgotton to weigh myself TWICE in the past week - once I was just SOL and the next time I weighed myself, but it was after I had been up for about an hour and probably had eaten stuff - I don't remember.
Katie is leaving tomorrow for Austia - as you all know. This will prevent me from going out to eat and drink several nights a week. But it will also probably prevent me from eating balanced meals when I am home. It was the whole living and eating on my own that got me in trouble in the first place.
My freezer is full of Let's Dish. I have no excuse not to eat it. Also - since it will just be me eating it most nights I will be able to pack leftovers for lunch the next day - so I SHOULD be able to eat healthy meals if I put my mind to it.
My arm feels like I slept on it funny. I don't think I did because it felt fine when I woke up this morning. I have been having very vivid dreams this week. One about pirate ships with multicolored sails. That was neat. The sun was just rising and I was watching them unfurl their sails in a natural harbor on a beautiful island. I was standing up on a mountain in a clearing surrounded by jungle. It was very cool. Last night I had a freaky dream about being a medium. I was hanging out with dead people who didn't realize they were dead. I am not sure if I realized it either. They looked perfectly healthy. But their families couldn't see them an talked about them being dead. It was weird.
Weird week
On Tuesday I decided to not stress about the diet all day. so I had leftover Chinese for lunch, pasta with basil and walnuts for dinner, a candy bar in the afternoon, and popcorn in the evening. On Wednesday my weight was up to 132.4. Then on Wednesday we had our annual grants luncheon, which meant no visit to the gym and I ate way more than usual--salad, roll with butter, lasagna (just a few bites; it wasn't very good), and a blonde brownie for dessert, but at least I skipped my morning and afternoon snacks. Wednesday night was busy--we went straight from swimming lessons to grocery shopping, so when I got home I made a frozen pizza, so my dinner was a piece of pizza and then a bunch of Hershey's Kissables (bought in bulk from Sam's so that we could put them in brownies). No exercise except for running around in the evening. Thursday morning, my weight was down to 131.2. Then on Thursday I ate pretty badly--a pop tart and strawberries and milk for breakfast (NOT my usual breakfast at all, but Claire brought this to me and Brian for breakfast in bed and you can't say "well, that's not very healthy!" when someone does that!), my usual stuff all day (almonds, cheese and crackers, apple, yogurt), dinner was pasta with a cup of spinach, a tomato, and some shredded cheese (thanks for the suggestion, Katie!), then more kissables all night. I also made brownies in the evening and when I was cutting them I probably at the equivalent of a whole one--I can't stand those "super-extra moist, so moist you're pretty much eating uncooked batter" cake and brownie mixes. These things are a mess--so squishy you couldn't cut them up properly even though they tested done. I'm going to tell anyone who asks that Claire made them. That's how awful they look! I almost didn't weight myself because of my general slug-like activity level and horrible eating, but this morning I was 130 even! I haven't seen THAT since 1994 (and I don't think I even saw it then because I never used to weigh myself). I know it's not official (and I'll probably gain it all back this weekend) but it was still pretty cool to see. I guess pasta and kissables are the new diet food. Actually, it probably has a lot to do with Connor's sleeping habits--the past two nights he's been up at 2 a.m., back to sleep at 6 or 7 a.m., so Brian and I each only managed three or four hours of sleep the past two nights.
I'm under orders from Brian to skip the gym today and spend an hour napping instead. It's not a bad idea since I'll have to be herding the kids tonight, but we'll see how I feel in a few hours.
I'm under orders from Brian to skip the gym today and spend an hour napping instead. It's not a bad idea since I'll have to be herding the kids tonight, but we'll see how I feel in a few hours.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Updates
Yesterday was pretty hectic at work. I broke down and ate junk as a result. Breakfast was a nutrigrain bar and some strawberries and watermelon, lunch was a salad, then I had a banana, a peanut bar, some string cheese and gold fish crackers...dinner was chicken and asparagus and french onion potatoes in the oven. Dessert was a LD chocolate cake. Way too much junk yesterday.
I did exercise though--350 calories on the treadmill and a pilates DVD.
I hope work slows down soon. I am not sure I can keep up this pace much longer. Too many maps to deal with for one person.
Does anyone else have trouble sometimes reading the letters in the word verification that was added to the blog? Sometimes I really can't tell what they are.
I did exercise though--350 calories on the treadmill and a pilates DVD.
I hope work slows down soon. I am not sure I can keep up this pace much longer. Too many maps to deal with for one person.
Does anyone else have trouble sometimes reading the letters in the word verification that was added to the blog? Sometimes I really can't tell what they are.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
I was down another pound today, which makes a 4.5 pound drop since Saturday. I'm not complaining, but how is this possible? I wish I could drop the next 4.5 pounds as easily!
Yesterday I ran a 5k on the road and did it in under 30 minutes. Maybe under 29, but my watch isn't that precise. When I got home I became queasy. I have since read that it is a BAD idea to go out running on a totally empty stomach (low blood sugar!), especially if you're so clueless about your own pace as to finish two minutes faster than you're capable of on a treadmill. Ugh. But I was pleased that I was able to run the whole way -- I haven't run that distance on the road since we lived in Loganville prior to 1999.
Food yesterday: My usual breakfast, lunch of macaroni and cheese (we were out of yogurt and lunchmeat, and I didn't really want leftover stew), dinner of a slice of pizza and a breadstick (which did eventually put a stop to my queasiness, but I didn't have the appetite for extra slices, which is a good thing). Later I had another breadstick. I had two marshmallows as desserts, as well as two peanut butter sandwich GS cookies. I also had a wedge of apple and about ten baby carrots and a small handful of almonds. I can't recall eating anything else, but surely I must have -- that doesn't seem like much. It was a busy afternoon, though, and then I felt so weird in the evening after running. No wonder I'm losing weight; my system is in shock from the abrupt upswing in exercise and downswing in food! This will come back to haunt me after our trip!
We're leaving for Alabamaville tomorrow so I won't have a weigh-in next week. I should have computer access from the Crawfords', though, so I'll try to post occasionally!
Yesterday I ran a 5k on the road and did it in under 30 minutes. Maybe under 29, but my watch isn't that precise. When I got home I became queasy. I have since read that it is a BAD idea to go out running on a totally empty stomach (low blood sugar!), especially if you're so clueless about your own pace as to finish two minutes faster than you're capable of on a treadmill. Ugh. But I was pleased that I was able to run the whole way -- I haven't run that distance on the road since we lived in Loganville prior to 1999.
Food yesterday: My usual breakfast, lunch of macaroni and cheese (we were out of yogurt and lunchmeat, and I didn't really want leftover stew), dinner of a slice of pizza and a breadstick (which did eventually put a stop to my queasiness, but I didn't have the appetite for extra slices, which is a good thing). Later I had another breadstick. I had two marshmallows as desserts, as well as two peanut butter sandwich GS cookies. I also had a wedge of apple and about ten baby carrots and a small handful of almonds. I can't recall eating anything else, but surely I must have -- that doesn't seem like much. It was a busy afternoon, though, and then I felt so weird in the evening after running. No wonder I'm losing weight; my system is in shock from the abrupt upswing in exercise and downswing in food! This will come back to haunt me after our trip!
We're leaving for Alabamaville tomorrow so I won't have a weigh-in next week. I should have computer access from the Crawfords', though, so I'll try to post occasionally!
My scale must be broken
I got on it this morning fully expecting it to be back up over 208 - but I was down to 205.8!! I don't think this means much - but it was a nice change. I haven't been down that low since around my cruise time. Too bad it wasn't weigh in day again.
Last night Katie Charles and I went to Bonefish. We have to cram in as much of our Bonefish time as possible before Katie leaves for Europe. I had a crab cake and salad along with drinks. For lunch yesterday I had my leftovers from Bonefish dinner on Sunday. I had cereal for breakfast and a fruit cup while I was waiting for Katie to get ready to go out last night. Seriously - I can't think of any reason why I should have a weight drop today.
I have a dentist appointment at noon today - ugh. Then I am going to the gym. I haven't been in a week and I really MEAN to be going every other day at least. Sigh.
Did I mention our toilet has been acting up. The upstairs one. It sometimes flushes. I have to plunge it about every other flush. It is very annoying and I wish it would get better.
Last night Katie Charles and I went to Bonefish. We have to cram in as much of our Bonefish time as possible before Katie leaves for Europe. I had a crab cake and salad along with drinks. For lunch yesterday I had my leftovers from Bonefish dinner on Sunday. I had cereal for breakfast and a fruit cup while I was waiting for Katie to get ready to go out last night. Seriously - I can't think of any reason why I should have a weight drop today.
I have a dentist appointment at noon today - ugh. Then I am going to the gym. I haven't been in a week and I really MEAN to be going every other day at least. Sigh.
Did I mention our toilet has been acting up. The upstairs one. It sometimes flushes. I have to plunge it about every other flush. It is very annoying and I wish it would get better.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
207 for me
Luckily that is a nice drop from last week and a pound down from the week before. But considering the last two weigh in days were UP for me this drop just brings me to where I was three weeks ago. I guess that is OK considering that my eating hasn't been fabulous and my exercise has been averaging once a week. I have been so busy lately it seems like I can never make it to the gym during lunch - and to go after works makes for such a late day for me (I mean like I would get home at 9pm!).
Yesterday I was feeling queasy most of the day. I have reasons for that -but I am thinking it may not be because of them. I was feeling reflux-y on Sunday and the yesterday morning I wasn't really hungry for breakfast (I had coffee). Just when I was starting to get hungry we had a team welcome lunch - where I ate TWO pieces of meat lovers pizza. I felt better after that for a little while. Then a few hours later my boss bought me a frappacino - which you can't get skim. I didn't drink it all because my queasiness was back. It continued through the evening. Katie and I had salmon and spinach for dinner - and again I was feeling better while I was eating until the last bite or two. Then - just as I was going to bed - I started getting really sick to my stomach. That lasted about an hour. I was SO tired it probably would have gone on - but I fell asleep! Then - at 4:30 in the morning (4:23 to be exact) the smoke alarm started going off. This continued every few minutes for about 20 minutes. I got up and made sure that the house wasn't on fire (it wasn't) but I was awake enough that it took me about another 20 minutes to fall asleep! Then I had to get up an hour later to go to work. I hit my snooze button and considered going in late - but decided against it.
I again haven't eaten breakfast yet. We have milk now - so I brought cereal - I just haven't had time to eat yet. I will do that now.
Yesterday I was feeling queasy most of the day. I have reasons for that -but I am thinking it may not be because of them. I was feeling reflux-y on Sunday and the yesterday morning I wasn't really hungry for breakfast (I had coffee). Just when I was starting to get hungry we had a team welcome lunch - where I ate TWO pieces of meat lovers pizza. I felt better after that for a little while. Then a few hours later my boss bought me a frappacino - which you can't get skim. I didn't drink it all because my queasiness was back. It continued through the evening. Katie and I had salmon and spinach for dinner - and again I was feeling better while I was eating until the last bite or two. Then - just as I was going to bed - I started getting really sick to my stomach. That lasted about an hour. I was SO tired it probably would have gone on - but I fell asleep! Then - at 4:30 in the morning (4:23 to be exact) the smoke alarm started going off. This continued every few minutes for about 20 minutes. I got up and made sure that the house wasn't on fire (it wasn't) but I was awake enough that it took me about another 20 minutes to fall asleep! Then I had to get up an hour later to go to work. I hit my snooze button and considered going in late - but decided against it.
I again haven't eaten breakfast yet. We have milk now - so I brought cereal - I just haven't had time to eat yet. I will do that now.
Whew!
The hard work paid off! I was 134.5 today. I'm not entirely sure whether to believe that, since it's down 3.5 pounds from Sunday, but on the other hand my intestines are causing all kinds of trouble, so it could be water loss. Or the 138 was water gain. Or something in between.
Yesterday I was very, very good almost all day. I measured my cereal (Bran Chex) to keep from overdoing it, and I had milk and juice with breakfast. I had snacks of half a banana and some almonds. Lunch was yogurt and pretzels, with water to drink. In the afternoon I had more almonds, and I ate carrots and cucumbers as snacks. Oh, and some goldfish crackers. For dinner I had Brunswick stew with two Do-Si-Dos for dessert, and then by 9:15 I was famished from eating nothing heavy all day, so I ate a dish of ice cream and thought about more snacks -- but before long I forgot about the snacks so I went to bed satisfied. I figure the ice cream qualifies as my third dairy product for the day. ;-)
I did actually count food groups -- the pretzels, goldfish, Bran Chex, and starchy vegetables in the stew made up my grains, and the almonds and chicken were my protein foods, and the juice and banana were my fruit (I meant to have another -- does the strawberry of the Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream count?), and for once I had plenty of vegetables (I ate a lot of carrots, and I had a lot of veggies in the stew). So I'm proud of myself, even with the cookies and ice cream.
I exercised again yesterday, by doing 50 minutes on the bike. The extra 5 seconds in each segment is awful! It made it very difficult. I went 14 miles total. That was 4 days in a row of exercise, and I'll try to be good again today!
Yesterday I was very, very good almost all day. I measured my cereal (Bran Chex) to keep from overdoing it, and I had milk and juice with breakfast. I had snacks of half a banana and some almonds. Lunch was yogurt and pretzels, with water to drink. In the afternoon I had more almonds, and I ate carrots and cucumbers as snacks. Oh, and some goldfish crackers. For dinner I had Brunswick stew with two Do-Si-Dos for dessert, and then by 9:15 I was famished from eating nothing heavy all day, so I ate a dish of ice cream and thought about more snacks -- but before long I forgot about the snacks so I went to bed satisfied. I figure the ice cream qualifies as my third dairy product for the day. ;-)
I did actually count food groups -- the pretzels, goldfish, Bran Chex, and starchy vegetables in the stew made up my grains, and the almonds and chicken were my protein foods, and the juice and banana were my fruit (I meant to have another -- does the strawberry of the Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream count?), and for once I had plenty of vegetables (I ate a lot of carrots, and I had a lot of veggies in the stew). So I'm proud of myself, even with the cookies and ice cream.
I exercised again yesterday, by doing 50 minutes on the bike. The extra 5 seconds in each segment is awful! It made it very difficult. I went 14 miles total. That was 4 days in a row of exercise, and I'll try to be good again today!
132.4
Down from last week, but up from yesterday. To hell with it, I'm having leftover Chinese for lunch today. If staying active and eating small amounts doesn't have any effect on my weight at this point, then for just one day I'm going to eat real food for lunch instead of rabbit food.
Yesterday--cereal for breakfast, cereal bar (instead of almonds) for morning snack, cheese, crackers and fruit for lunch, yogurt for afternoon snack, nothing right after work (I've successfully managed to get myself away from eating too much that time of day), spaghetti and one meatball, diet soda, and a salad for dinner, and some marshmallows before bed.
The treadmill yesterday nearly killed me. I started at my usual 5 m.p.h. and realized after five minutes that there was no way I could keep that up for the whole time--my legs felt like lead and I was breathing hard. I think it was just leftover exhaustion from being sick and going camping. So I cut down to 4.8 m.p.h. for 10 minutes, then 4.9 for the next five minutes, then back up to 5.0 for the remaining time (except for a one minute sprint at 5.3 m.p.h.). I wore my new exercise bra/shirt and it felt good--much cooler than a t-shirt!
I guess I can live with 132.whatever if that's where my body wants to settle. It's a perfectly good weight for my height and seems to be where I keep landing for the past few months. I always heard that the last few pounds are the hardest to lose, but this is crazy--why is it that you can keep up the same eating and exercise habits (o.k., let me be honest--I haven't been doing the pilates as much as I used to, but I HAVE been walking daily a lot more, so it should even out, right?) and lose weight at a nice clip and then come to a screeching halt two pounds from your goal? Weird.
Gotta run to a meeting.
Yesterday--cereal for breakfast, cereal bar (instead of almonds) for morning snack, cheese, crackers and fruit for lunch, yogurt for afternoon snack, nothing right after work (I've successfully managed to get myself away from eating too much that time of day), spaghetti and one meatball, diet soda, and a salad for dinner, and some marshmallows before bed.
The treadmill yesterday nearly killed me. I started at my usual 5 m.p.h. and realized after five minutes that there was no way I could keep that up for the whole time--my legs felt like lead and I was breathing hard. I think it was just leftover exhaustion from being sick and going camping. So I cut down to 4.8 m.p.h. for 10 minutes, then 4.9 for the next five minutes, then back up to 5.0 for the remaining time (except for a one minute sprint at 5.3 m.p.h.). I wore my new exercise bra/shirt and it felt good--much cooler than a t-shirt!
I guess I can live with 132.whatever if that's where my body wants to settle. It's a perfectly good weight for my height and seems to be where I keep landing for the past few months. I always heard that the last few pounds are the hardest to lose, but this is crazy--why is it that you can keep up the same eating and exercise habits (o.k., let me be honest--I haven't been doing the pilates as much as I used to, but I HAVE been walking daily a lot more, so it should even out, right?) and lose weight at a nice clip and then come to a screeching halt two pounds from your goal? Weird.
Gotta run to a meeting.
156.5
It seems the all ginger snap diet may have some merit after all. So down 2.5 lbs since last week. I really atttribute that to just getting back on a normal schedule and not eating out every stinking day.
Food yesterday: banana, yogurt, diet dr pepper, salad, watermelon, strawberries, cranberry almond macaroon (with one side dipped in white chocolate--it was AWESOME), LD chicken divan (blech! didn't like that one at all!), lemon snaps (store was out of the ginger ones) and a chips ahoy before bed.
Way too many cookies, I know. If I can just kick the cookie habit the rest of my eating was really quite reasonable.
Exercise was 350 calories on the treadmill.
Food yesterday: banana, yogurt, diet dr pepper, salad, watermelon, strawberries, cranberry almond macaroon (with one side dipped in white chocolate--it was AWESOME), LD chicken divan (blech! didn't like that one at all!), lemon snaps (store was out of the ginger ones) and a chips ahoy before bed.
Way too many cookies, I know. If I can just kick the cookie habit the rest of my eating was really quite reasonable.
Exercise was 350 calories on the treadmill.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Hee hee hee
That is me laughing in my very mean spirited way that ALL three of you got to post MY posts today (and yesterday). I too am frequently guilty of eating too many cookies. I too frequently have the shock of weight gain where I revamp my exercise and diet and I too then suffer the disappointment of no weight loss after maintaining a good diet and exercise routine long enough that I should have seen SOME result. So - welcome to my world dudes!!!
I was not bad - but not good this weekend. I had lots of planned activities that kept me moving to some degree, followed by brief naps before heading to a bar for food or drinks or whatever. I was so exhausted this weekend that I TOTALLY forgot to weigh myself yesterday morning. I filled in the blank with 208.4. I was 208.8 on Friday, 208.6 on Saturday and then 208.2 this morning - but I weighed myself after my shower (I forgot I had weighed myself before until I saw the number pop up) and I was 208.0. I will probably be 209.6 tomorrow because we had a pizza welcome lunch for our new summer intern. Why can't I rememebr to be extra good on Mondays?
I am rushing to finish payroll today so I can get out of here. I came in at 6:30 this morning since I was worried about getting everything done today - but didn't have time to come in over the weekend. Katie and I are going to Coldwater Creek after I finish. Yippee!! But that means I probably won't make it to the gym. Sigh.
I was not bad - but not good this weekend. I had lots of planned activities that kept me moving to some degree, followed by brief naps before heading to a bar for food or drinks or whatever. I was so exhausted this weekend that I TOTALLY forgot to weigh myself yesterday morning. I filled in the blank with 208.4. I was 208.8 on Friday, 208.6 on Saturday and then 208.2 this morning - but I weighed myself after my shower (I forgot I had weighed myself before until I saw the number pop up) and I was 208.0. I will probably be 209.6 tomorrow because we had a pizza welcome lunch for our new summer intern. Why can't I rememebr to be extra good on Mondays?
I am rushing to finish payroll today so I can get out of here. I came in at 6:30 this morning since I was worried about getting everything done today - but didn't have time to come in over the weekend. Katie and I are going to Coldwater Creek after I finish. Yippee!! But that means I probably won't make it to the gym. Sigh.
Life isn't fair
Last week after weigh-in day I gradually went back down to 132.2. That's what I was when I woke up Friday morning sick as a dog--achy, exhausted, horrible sore throat. I pretty much just sat and stared all day (didn't realize until about 3 p.m. that if I was going to be sitting and staring, I may as well stare at season 2 of Gilmore Girls, so I only got one episode in). Then at 5:00, still feeling horrible, I had to go with Claire to Girl Scout Encampment. It started pouring rain the minute we pulled into the parking lot at camp. We dragged our stuff through the rain to our troop's cabin, then through the rain to the dining pavilion for an ice cream social, then back through a deluge to our cabin. I felt like crap and was cold and wet and tired. All I ate that whole day was one turkey sandwich because I just didn't feel like eating. Then I slept (sort of--not much sleeping involved) on a cement floor. It was one of the more miserable nights of my life--I was taking ibuprofen three at a time every four hours, way overdosing, but it didn't help my throat at all, although it did help the all-over achiness.
Saturday was a bit better. Still a bad sore throat but the woozy achy feeling went away around noon. And the rain held off and the sun came out around 4:00. I kept moving all day--9.5 miles up and down hills, plus a half an hour of rowing a boat around a lake. The food, predictably, was gross but bad for you--cereal for breakfast and no coffee (if you can imagine.....), a rice krispie treat for morning snack, hot dog and oreo cookies for lunch (the other things they gave us were jello and barbeque potato chips but I don't like either of them), chicken nuggets, canned corn and green beans, salad, and macaroni and cheese for dinner (I ate three chicken nuggets, two bites each of the mac and cheese and veggies, and a bowl of salad), half a piece of cake for dessert, and a s'more back at camp. Sunday morning--bagel bite for breakfast, three french toast sticks, two sausage links, and a couple of bites of yucky eggs for brunch, and coffee (yay!!!!) on the way home from camp. My food wasn't good in the afternoon--lots of water, four caramels and half an ice cream sandwich at the autism walk, a strawberry pop tart at home, and carry out chinese for dinner (chicken and cashew nuts--it's been years since I've gotten carry out chinese and it turns out that this place down the street from us is pretty good. I got a small order and ate half of it for dinner). So overall, nothing really healthy all weekend, but not really overeating either, and lots of walking. I hit 19,199 steps on Saturday, and yesterday I ended at 12,129.
Today I weighed 132.2. That's what I mean by life not being fair--tons of walking, not that much eating, lots of physical misery, and no weight loss! I'm secretly hoping that today's weight is a reflection of water retention from eating so much junk all weeekend and it'll all disappear by weigh-in tomorrow and I'll be under 130. Wouldn't that be nice?
Saturday was a bit better. Still a bad sore throat but the woozy achy feeling went away around noon. And the rain held off and the sun came out around 4:00. I kept moving all day--9.5 miles up and down hills, plus a half an hour of rowing a boat around a lake. The food, predictably, was gross but bad for you--cereal for breakfast and no coffee (if you can imagine.....), a rice krispie treat for morning snack, hot dog and oreo cookies for lunch (the other things they gave us were jello and barbeque potato chips but I don't like either of them), chicken nuggets, canned corn and green beans, salad, and macaroni and cheese for dinner (I ate three chicken nuggets, two bites each of the mac and cheese and veggies, and a bowl of salad), half a piece of cake for dessert, and a s'more back at camp. Sunday morning--bagel bite for breakfast, three french toast sticks, two sausage links, and a couple of bites of yucky eggs for brunch, and coffee (yay!!!!) on the way home from camp. My food wasn't good in the afternoon--lots of water, four caramels and half an ice cream sandwich at the autism walk, a strawberry pop tart at home, and carry out chinese for dinner (chicken and cashew nuts--it's been years since I've gotten carry out chinese and it turns out that this place down the street from us is pretty good. I got a small order and ate half of it for dinner). So overall, nothing really healthy all weekend, but not really overeating either, and lots of walking. I hit 19,199 steps on Saturday, and yesterday I ended at 12,129.
Today I weighed 132.2. That's what I mean by life not being fair--tons of walking, not that much eating, lots of physical misery, and no weight loss! I'm secretly hoping that today's weight is a reflection of water retention from eating so much junk all weeekend and it'll all disappear by weigh-in tomorrow and I'll be under 130. Wouldn't that be nice?
The all ginger snap diet...
I have eaten an entire bag of ginger snaps since last Wednesday. I finished them off yesterday morning for breakfast. I did exercise Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 350 calories each day on the treadmill. The ginger snaps wouldn't have been so bad if I could have controlled my portions. 4 are 120 calories, which for a sweet treat is reasonable by my standards. They are pretty low in fat too, with no saturated fat at all. BUT(T) I ate them 6 at a time over multiple times each day.
I am so frustrated at work right now it is ridiculus. I would go into it but it stresses me too much I think. That is bad for my eating. I think that may be part of the reason why I was able to eat an entire bag of ginger snaps in a few days. Maybe if I exercise more I'll make myself too tired to care.
I am so frustrated at work right now it is ridiculus. I would go into it but it stresses me too much I think. That is bad for my eating. I think that may be part of the reason why I was able to eat an entire bag of ginger snaps in a few days. Maybe if I exercise more I'll make myself too tired to care.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Back on the exercise wagon
I was very alarmed by a 137 last week -- that's 5 pounds up from my lowest weight, which is real gain, not just a fluke. So I finally got my rear in gear and went to the gym on Friday night -- I managed to squeeze in 45 minutes on the exercycle between dropping Mary at Girl Scouts (she went camping this weekend) and having to go to our monthly Stampin' Up night. Then on Saturday morning I was a spectator at Daniel's 5k -- I had the kids with me -- but that motivated me to get to the gym and run a 5k of my own on the treadmill (31:43, I think? I warmed up with 2 minutes of walking before I started the 5k, so that loosened me up, and then I really sprinted at the end -- well, sprinted by my standards!). But I was 137.5 yesterday and 138 today! I told Daniel last night I'm going to do no-excuses exercise for a while and he had to remind me, so today he pestered me to go for a bike ride. I rode for about 45 minutes, to the end of the trail and back.
My eating is no better -- I'm going to start fresh tomorrow with planned meals! Today I've been so uneven it's not even worth going through it. I did make myself eat some veggies with dinner, and I had a banana and some almonds for snacks, so it hasn't been a complete loss. But I ate WAY too much bacon with breakfast (but even one strip is too much!) and I've had several waffles over the course of the day, and various and sundry other junk. Sigh. Tomorrow is going to be better.
My eating is no better -- I'm going to start fresh tomorrow with planned meals! Today I've been so uneven it's not even worth going through it. I did make myself eat some veggies with dinner, and I had a banana and some almonds for snacks, so it hasn't been a complete loss. But I ate WAY too much bacon with breakfast (but even one strip is too much!) and I've had several waffles over the course of the day, and various and sundry other junk. Sigh. Tomorrow is going to be better.
Friday, June 02, 2006
No gym and too much food
Yesterday was a badish day for me. Actually it was mostly fine until the evening. I ate cereal and skim milk for breakfast, a ham sandwich for lunch and a cup of mandarin oranges. Then I went to Mom's for dinner. I ate a cheeseburger, fresh fruit and about a million potato chips. I don't even LIKE potato chips - but since they were there, I ate them.
I also didn't make it to the gym. I was so sore yesterday from my Wednesday workout that I just planned on walking on the treadmill - but I got wrapped up at work and never made it. I HAVE to go back today to do my real workout.
My weight this morning was 208.8. We were out of milk so I had to used 1/2&1/2 in my coffee - and since I did that I also had to use sugar. It tastes REALLY funny to me. I am so used to skim milk and no sugar now. Before you know it I will be drinking it black!! I also didn't have cereal this morning - again, no milk. I have to find something for breakfast.
I am depressed. It is weird. I haven't had as many problems with depression over the past couple of years - so I almost don't know what to do with it now. I haven't been taking St. John's Wort - so maybe I should start with that again. I don't know - I hate being depressed - it is depressing!
I also didn't make it to the gym. I was so sore yesterday from my Wednesday workout that I just planned on walking on the treadmill - but I got wrapped up at work and never made it. I HAVE to go back today to do my real workout.
My weight this morning was 208.8. We were out of milk so I had to used 1/2&1/2 in my coffee - and since I did that I also had to use sugar. It tastes REALLY funny to me. I am so used to skim milk and no sugar now. Before you know it I will be drinking it black!! I also didn't have cereal this morning - again, no milk. I have to find something for breakfast.
I am depressed. It is weird. I haven't had as many problems with depression over the past couple of years - so I almost don't know what to do with it now. I haven't been taking St. John's Wort - so maybe I should start with that again. I don't know - I hate being depressed - it is depressing!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Yesterday
I had my ass kicked at the gym yesterday! I mean, I had sweat rolling off of me 10 minutes into my workout. By the end my hair looked like it had just been washed. I was a mess. I had my meeting with my trainer yesterday. Part of what he does is tests weights and exercises on me. He had me doing two different things than involved me hanging by my arms. One was a "push up" where you stand on a horizontal bar and push up with your arms. There is a little bit of resistance on the bar that in theory makes it easier... I couldn't do more than three of those on my own and the third one I almost couldn't make it to where I needed to be to get OFF the machine. I told him I wasn't going to do those on my own - but we could build up to it. (Of course, by the time I did the ones on my own I had done 8 with him "spotting". I don't know how much help he was actually giving me - so, I may have been OK on my own for more than the three...) The next one was where you brace your arms on pads at waist level and your legs dangle free. You have to lift and bend your knees up. That works your abs and makes me kind of seasick. He wouldn't let me out of those... I have to do six sets of five. Ugh. He changed my work out where I am doing one set of 20 reps instead of 2 of 12. It is actually pretty tough. I can usually get to about 15 before my muscles start protesting a lot. Some of them I really couldn't do more than 18. He says this will tone more, and be a better cardio workout. He also has me doing 5-10 minutes cardio to start and end my workout. I am not sure if I am supposed to do this routine EVERY day and skip my cardio days. Before he had me do no cardio with my resistance but 35-45 minutes alternating days with my resistance. I really don't think I could DO the resistance workout again today. My shoulders and legs are killing me!!! OH! THEN! After I had done this tough workout he walked me over to the rowing machine and said to do 5 minutes. I did about 1 minute and told him I would do 2 minutes. I could barely make it!! I used to do the rowing machine all the time at the gym in Littlestown. Of course even then I only did 12 minutes on the rower and then 45 minutes on the track. The rowing machine was great for my shoulders. I have to work on building that up again...
Yesterday food was OK. I had leftover pizza for lunch - the kind with fresh mozerella instead of tons of shreaded cheese. No breakfast... then Katie and I had LD Med. Shrimp with pasta for dinner. We went to Bonefish afterwards and I had a salad. So - I was pretty good for veggies yesterday, but no fruit. I also had a Venti Skim Caramel Mach on my way to the gym. That was Katie's fault. Yum!!!
My weight was 209 each day yesterday and today. So - way better than the weekend - but still up from my last weigh in day. Sigh.
Yesterday food was OK. I had leftover pizza for lunch - the kind with fresh mozerella instead of tons of shreaded cheese. No breakfast... then Katie and I had LD Med. Shrimp with pasta for dinner. We went to Bonefish afterwards and I had a salad. So - I was pretty good for veggies yesterday, but no fruit. I also had a Venti Skim Caramel Mach on my way to the gym. That was Katie's fault. Yum!!!
My weight was 209 each day yesterday and today. So - way better than the weekend - but still up from my last weigh in day. Sigh.
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