Today I hit 25 pounds lost! (233.8) Yippee! Next mini-goal is to get out of the 30s.
When I strictly stay grain and sugar free and get good exercise in, the weight peels off. So worth it!
Make it a great day (and weekend) with no excuses.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Milestone Day
Today I hit 25 pounds lost! (233.8) Yippee! Next mini-goal is to get out of the 30s.
When I strictly stay grain and sugar free and get good exercise in, the weight peels off. So worth it!
Make it a great day (and weekend) with no excuses.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Buy Fresh, Buy Local
Down another .4 this morning :D
Last evening DD and I walked 3 miles. It was rough in the heat and I know I was going slow for her, but God bless her, she won't say a word. We had a nice time chatting and catching up.
I wish we had Whole Foods and Trader Joe's where I live; the closest ones are about an hour away. We do have a couple of grocery stores that carry organic items and I'm slowly starting to make the switch. It's hard to pay more money for organic but I keep reminding myself that it's well worth it. My DD is lucky that a member of her BF's family works at a mom and pop slaughterhouse/meat processing place that has been around forever and they give her alot of fresh, local, organic meets for free. (That sounds disgusting to say/think that someone works at a slaughterhouse, but where do we think the meat comes from?) Anyway, I recently discovered that our city has a food co-op that is actually a store, open 7 days a week (not just a farmer's market stand - although those are way cool) that sells local meat, produce, bulk foods, hard to find spices, organic and health foods and so on. I'm anxious to check it out and I hope they have a good selection with prices that won't hurt my wallet too much.
That's it for today. Make it a great day with no excuses.
Last evening DD and I walked 3 miles. It was rough in the heat and I know I was going slow for her, but God bless her, she won't say a word. We had a nice time chatting and catching up.
I wish we had Whole Foods and Trader Joe's where I live; the closest ones are about an hour away. We do have a couple of grocery stores that carry organic items and I'm slowly starting to make the switch. It's hard to pay more money for organic but I keep reminding myself that it's well worth it. My DD is lucky that a member of her BF's family works at a mom and pop slaughterhouse/meat processing place that has been around forever and they give her alot of fresh, local, organic meets for free. (That sounds disgusting to say/think that someone works at a slaughterhouse, but where do we think the meat comes from?) Anyway, I recently discovered that our city has a food co-op that is actually a store, open 7 days a week (not just a farmer's market stand - although those are way cool) that sells local meat, produce, bulk foods, hard to find spices, organic and health foods and so on. I'm anxious to check it out and I hope they have a good selection with prices that won't hurt my wallet too much.
That's it for today. Make it a great day with no excuses.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
No Excuses
Today I was hoping to hit 235.something on the scale, but I didn't. I hit 234.8!!!! OCD me even weighed three times to make sure it was real. It was. YES!!! I'm now on the downside to getting out of the 30s and I can't freakin' wait! One more pound and I'm down 25 pounds. I'm finally starting to notice a slight change in my appearance.
No excuses that it's too hot to exercise: It has been in the 90s here and so humid for about a week now. Yesterday didn't seem as bad so as soon as I got off work I decided to go walking early so that I'd be done exercising in time to watch Extreme Weight Loss. I was determined to get in 3 miles. It was so hot that I could only eek out 2.5 miles. I kept thinking, "it's only another half mile, just to it" but I started feeling a tiny bit light headed and weak so I stopped. I got back to the car and cranked up the air and got chills even though I was dripping sweat. Heat exaustion symptoms! I'm glad I listened to my body. I went home and chugged water and ate a light supper of an egg muffin, cherry tomatoes and cherries. I actually liked exercising early to get it over with and also, I wasn't really hungry after exercising so I ate less.
No excuses that it's too hot to exercise: It has been in the 90s here and so humid for about a week now. Yesterday didn't seem as bad so as soon as I got off work I decided to go walking early so that I'd be done exercising in time to watch Extreme Weight Loss. I was determined to get in 3 miles. It was so hot that I could only eek out 2.5 miles. I kept thinking, "it's only another half mile, just to it" but I started feeling a tiny bit light headed and weak so I stopped. I got back to the car and cranked up the air and got chills even though I was dripping sweat. Heat exaustion symptoms! I'm glad I listened to my body. I went home and chugged water and ate a light supper of an egg muffin, cherry tomatoes and cherries. I actually liked exercising early to get it over with and also, I wasn't really hungry after exercising so I ate less.
No excuses that you don't have time to exercise: Over the years I would see this cozy couple at the high school track where I usually walk – they are probably in their mid-30s or so. I've talked to them several times before and the girl would always say how she wanted to get fit because her husband is and she felt like she needed to keep up with him (he would jog, she would walk). Both are very friendly and she is real cute and is from South Africa and has a pretty accent. Over time she finally built herself up to jogging. I hadn’t seen them around for a while but last night here they come jogging with a stroller!!! She had a baby – he’s 15 months old already - that’s why I hadn’t seen them for a while and now she’s back at it. I thought good for you for not making excuses, she just takes her baby with her. I congratulated them both and told them what a great example they were setting for their child. The man told me that I was very kind for saying that. Who knows? Maybe that little comment will motivate them more, too ;)
No excuses that you aren't able to exercise: Did anyone watch Extreme Weight Loss last night? (If not - SPOILER ALERT!) Love that show! It is so inspiring and always makes me cry. The young man that was on there last night (age 23) only had one arm (lost in a car accident at age 19) and worked his ass off, literally, and lost over 200 pounds in a year through eating and exercise alone. He also realized his dream of learning to ride a bike. He had never even learned as a child when he had two arms but he learned with one arm and an obese body and rode 43 miles in memory of his uncle. So inspiring...
Let's make it a great day with no excuses.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Build Me Up Buttercup
Last evening it was too hot to walk outside so I cranked down the A/C and did 20 minutes of a kickboxing video (lots of high-energy kicking and punching, as you can imagine). I was so tired and dripping sweat when I finished. I know this is a good thing, but this is a video that used to be pretty easy for me a couple of years ago when I lost alot of weight. (For those of you that aren't familiar, I lost 63 pounds back in 2009/2010 but have since gained it all, plus more, back.) This was a reality check for me in two ways: how out of shape I have gotten (again), and how strong I was getting before and didn't even realize it at the time.
When I started on this journey back in 2009 I was 242 pounds and could barely walk a quarter of a mile at a time. Over the course of a little over a year, following Weight Watchers and blogging, I lost 63 pounds, dropped 3 dress sizes and built myself up to walking anywhere from 4-7 miles, most days of the week. I was in the zone, I tell you, and I felt fabulous. On days that I wouldn't walk outside (usually rainy days, because I loved being out in the sunshine and fresh air - or in the winter) I would do exercise videos and slowly built myself up to the harder ones. I was getting a good mix of cardio and strength training.
Last night I got to thinking of what I used to do, exercise-wise, and how strong I was getting at the time and didn't even realize it. I want to get there again. I WILL get there again. That's when I was in the zone and the weight was coming off nicely. Now I'm eating better that I ever have in my life. I still count WW points, only to keep track of my calories, but eating primally now. If I can build myself up to that exercise level that I had before, while eating primally, I'm going to be hard to handle, LOL. It's going to be hard, for sure, but I can do it. It was hard the first time and I did it. I have to keep remembering how fabulous I felt wearing clothes that fit better, having a better clothing selection, how great I would feel when people would compliment me on my weight loss, how much more energy I had, how I felt more feminine and attractive, how my aches and pains disappeared.
This time around I started out at 258 (ugh!) and I'm now down to 236. I've gotten my craving under control, since going primal, and I continue to work on my emotional eating. I'm starting to feel better and slowly starting to see a change in my body and clothes. Now to build on my strength/stamina...
Eyes on the prize. I can do this. Again.
Monday, June 24, 2013
What do you attract?
Busy day at work today but I'm taking the time to post before I run out of time.
Not much exciting happened over the weekend, it was just nice to be off. It was so hot and humid (still is) which made me not want to exercise but I knew I had to force myself to do it. I'm reading this really good book so I wouldn't let myself read any of it until I walked at least two miles. I was dripping with sweat afterward but yet I felt refreshed and glad that I forced myself to do it. I came home and rewarded myself with reading my book - not food. The scale was down .8 this morning ;)
I made some egg cups (baked in a cupcake pan) yesterday that I can grab all week for a quick breakfast before work. I made two kinds: baby portabella mushrooms, fresh tyme and muenster cheese and the other kind is Canadian bacon and cheddar. They are both really good.
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Do any of you watch Super Soul Sunday on OWN Sunday mornings? There are some really great shows on there that talk about meditation, zen habits, self improvement, how to live a happy(er) life and so on. I love it and watch every Sunday. If these kind of topics interest you, I urge you to check it out; it's all day Sunday - hour long shows all day starting early in the morning. Some of the shows are very spiritual. Yesterday one of the shows talked about the Law of Attraction. I truely believe this and alot of these principals can be directed toward weight loss. We'll become what we envision so it is very important to keep a positive mindset and keep telling ourselves that we are doing this. Have you ever heard that quote, "If you think you can't, you're right"? This is the same principal. Have you ever had a day where you felt fabulous and then noticed yourself getting checked out or receiving compliments? Same thing. We must focus on what we're doing right, even when we have a bad day. If we focus on bad things we ate or that we didn't exercise and beat ourselves up over it, we seem to stay in that rut and attract more of the same. (I'm guilty of this and am trying to stay more focus and positive.) When we're feeling good and doing everything right, we get in the "zone" and draw ourselves nearer to our goal. This can also apply to food - the more crap we eat, the more crap we want. The better we eat, the better we feel so we want to keep going. We can really dig deep into this subject, but you get the idea, right? Think positive things and positive things will happen ;)
Don't compare yourself to other people. Your real job in this world is to be you.
Your self worth is your job to cultivate.
When you find yourself thinking about something that you don't want to think about (maybe food) - let the thought pass like a cloud drifting across the sky or a log floating downstream. Just because the thought comes into mind doesn't mean that we have to act on it. Let it pass.
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On another note - my beloved Mad Men had the season finale last night, ugh! Now I have to wait until 2014 for the next season!!! I'm going through withdrawal already. :(
Not much exciting happened over the weekend, it was just nice to be off. It was so hot and humid (still is) which made me not want to exercise but I knew I had to force myself to do it. I'm reading this really good book so I wouldn't let myself read any of it until I walked at least two miles. I was dripping with sweat afterward but yet I felt refreshed and glad that I forced myself to do it. I came home and rewarded myself with reading my book - not food. The scale was down .8 this morning ;)
I made some egg cups (baked in a cupcake pan) yesterday that I can grab all week for a quick breakfast before work. I made two kinds: baby portabella mushrooms, fresh tyme and muenster cheese and the other kind is Canadian bacon and cheddar. They are both really good.
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Do any of you watch Super Soul Sunday on OWN Sunday mornings? There are some really great shows on there that talk about meditation, zen habits, self improvement, how to live a happy(er) life and so on. I love it and watch every Sunday. If these kind of topics interest you, I urge you to check it out; it's all day Sunday - hour long shows all day starting early in the morning. Some of the shows are very spiritual. Yesterday one of the shows talked about the Law of Attraction. I truely believe this and alot of these principals can be directed toward weight loss. We'll become what we envision so it is very important to keep a positive mindset and keep telling ourselves that we are doing this. Have you ever heard that quote, "If you think you can't, you're right"? This is the same principal. Have you ever had a day where you felt fabulous and then noticed yourself getting checked out or receiving compliments? Same thing. We must focus on what we're doing right, even when we have a bad day. If we focus on bad things we ate or that we didn't exercise and beat ourselves up over it, we seem to stay in that rut and attract more of the same. (I'm guilty of this and am trying to stay more focus and positive.) When we're feeling good and doing everything right, we get in the "zone" and draw ourselves nearer to our goal. This can also apply to food - the more crap we eat, the more crap we want. The better we eat, the better we feel so we want to keep going. We can really dig deep into this subject, but you get the idea, right? Think positive things and positive things will happen ;)
A couple quotes/things that stuck with me from yesterdays shows:
Don't compare yourself to other people. Your real job in this world is to be you.
Your self worth is your job to cultivate.
When you find yourself thinking about something that you don't want to think about (maybe food) - let the thought pass like a cloud drifting across the sky or a log floating downstream. Just because the thought comes into mind doesn't mean that we have to act on it. Let it pass.
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On another note - my beloved Mad Men had the season finale last night, ugh! Now I have to wait until 2014 for the next season!!! I'm going through withdrawal already. :(
Friday, June 21, 2013
Happy First Day of Summer! :)
I wish I was at the beach celebrating today. Remember that Rare Earth song from the 70s? - "I just want to celebrate another day of living, I just want to celebrate another day of life." That's one of my favorite songs. In fact, it's one of my ringtones. I feel good today. Down another .6, first day of summer, gorgeous weather, I feel great physically, I won $20 on a scratcher lottery ticket this morning before work, and the best part - I get off work at noon today! WOOT! :D
Usually on my short Fridays I dress more casual for work, but today I dressed up. I have on a silk, colorful tank, lots of pretty jewelry and heels. And nobody is here to see it, lol; I'm the only one in the office again. I did it for myself; to make me feel good. I even wore my body spray called "Beautiful Day" from Bath and Body Works in honor of the first day of summer. If you look good, you feel good and then you make the right choices. Chain reaction. :) My DD and I were talking about this very thing the other day when we were on our shopping trip. We'd see something cute and dressy and say "...but where would I ever wear it?" Then we decided that we were going to wear it just because - to make ourselves feel good. Who better to feel good for than yourself? We need to celebrate every day - we don't need a "special occassion". The gift of another day on this earth is a special occasion, and I thank the Lord for just that every morning.
I don't have any plans for the weekend except the usual laundry and house cleaning. I do want to log several miles in walking outside. The weather is supposed to be great.
Here's a NSV that I wanted to share; it might seem minor to you but it is huge if you're fat. I bought a shirt with a belt the other day! It's a black and white striped tank with a ruffly bottom and a red belt. Not a belt that ties either - IT BUCKLES! And it's red, which draws attention to your middle! I was surprised when I tried it on because I didn't think it would work but it actually is slimming. Makes me feel so much better to have something cute to wear.
Speaking of celebrating each day... I work at a University and I'm sitting in my office now with my window open and already two different students have walked past my window singing. I would turn to see, just out of curiosity, and each one of them was alone! Just walking along alone singing their hearts out at 8:30 in the morning. LOVE.IT.
Have a great weekend everyone and celebrate each day. :)
Thursday, June 20, 2013
SOS
Not much happening to post about. I'm the only one in the office today and tomorrow. Yippee! I've been watching Dr. Oz videos online about primal eating and how the food industry manipulates food to keep us eating.
I found out yesterday that I'm getting a new iPad through work that I can use at home so I will be able to blog from home now. :) I have to wait until we get our new FY budget, but it won't be long.
That's it for today. I'm off to see what everyone's up to.
I found out yesterday that I'm getting a new iPad through work that I can use at home so I will be able to blog from home now. :) I have to wait until we get our new FY budget, but it won't be long.
That's it for today. I'm off to see what everyone's up to.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
My Pantry is Bare!
When you go primal and give up grains, sugar and processed foods there is not much to put in the pantry. Seems like all that is in mine is oil, vinegar and coffee. It has become another storage area for my large dishes and Tupperware containers. It is depressing to look in there and see no food compared to how it used to be. Maybe I need to rearrange it or something. My fridge, on the other hand, is packed, which is a good thing, but still the empty pantry bugs me. Why do I let it bother me? Is it because I'm used to seeing it full and now that it's empty I feel deprived or something? I don't know...
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It is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! No more hauling large bottles of dressing or fearing that the lid will come off of my dressing container in transport. (Actually that did happen to me last week and I was left with a big grease spot on my car seat where it leaked through my tote.) I bought the lime green one. I was surprised how soft the bottom is so you can squeeze out every last drop of dressing. I was also wondering if it would be hard to wash. Nope. I squirted a little dish washing liquid inside, swished it around with my finger and it was good as new. Thanks, Gwen, for sharing. It's so fun to discover cozy, new stuff.
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Today I am down .4 and I'm going to chug water all day. I feel myself slipping out of the exercise zone and I must get my rump back in gear. That's where the energy lies.
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I feel bad that I cannot comment on any of the 3FC blogs that I've been following for so long. It's like losing friends. If any of you are reading this and have a new blog, please let me know where you are.
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This is random and totally unrelated... I've mentioned here a few times that I like to buy cheap thrift store furniture to make over into my cottage-shabby style. I wanted to share my latest find. I found this little beauty last Friday. The tag said $12.99. I said SOLD. I took it up to pay for it and it turns out it was half-price furniture day so I got it for $6.50! Can you believe it?? I wish I would have taken a before shot but it was dark brown with scratches all over the top and deep scratches on the legs and it was wobbly. I'm not scared. I tighted up the legs, gave it a good sanding with my little mouse sander and she was ready for paint. I love aqua and turquoise and the beachy look so I painted it aqua and then put a whitewash on top and distressed it to match the look I was going for (see, those scratches and dings don't matter that much when you already like the distressed look ;) Anyway, here she is...
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On my trip this past weekend we discovered a wonderful local farmer's market and decided to stop in. I bought: gorgeous red and white onions, cherries, pickling cucumbers and radishes. Had we not been several hours from home I would have liked to have gotten alot more but I knew some of the stuff (lettuce and fresh herbs) would not survive the trip. I washed everything and prepped it for grab-and-go for when I assemble salads for my lunch every morning. I also bought this Gwen recommended salad dressing holder:
It is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! No more hauling large bottles of dressing or fearing that the lid will come off of my dressing container in transport. (Actually that did happen to me last week and I was left with a big grease spot on my car seat where it leaked through my tote.) I bought the lime green one. I was surprised how soft the bottom is so you can squeeze out every last drop of dressing. I was also wondering if it would be hard to wash. Nope. I squirted a little dish washing liquid inside, swished it around with my finger and it was good as new. Thanks, Gwen, for sharing. It's so fun to discover cozy, new stuff._______
Today I am down .4 and I'm going to chug water all day. I feel myself slipping out of the exercise zone and I must get my rump back in gear. That's where the energy lies.
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I feel bad that I cannot comment on any of the 3FC blogs that I've been following for so long. It's like losing friends. If any of you are reading this and have a new blog, please let me know where you are.
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This is random and totally unrelated... I've mentioned here a few times that I like to buy cheap thrift store furniture to make over into my cottage-shabby style. I wanted to share my latest find. I found this little beauty last Friday. The tag said $12.99. I said SOLD. I took it up to pay for it and it turns out it was half-price furniture day so I got it for $6.50! Can you believe it?? I wish I would have taken a before shot but it was dark brown with scratches all over the top and deep scratches on the legs and it was wobbly. I'm not scared. I tighted up the legs, gave it a good sanding with my little mouse sander and she was ready for paint. I love aqua and turquoise and the beachy look so I painted it aqua and then put a whitewash on top and distressed it to match the look I was going for (see, those scratches and dings don't matter that much when you already like the distressed look ;) Anyway, here she is...
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I even lined the drawer with this pretty paper and Mod-Podged it in. It's a little wrinkly in the pic coz the Mod Podge is still wet.
Now you know what I do in my spare time. I used to eat. Now I do this. I like this better ;)
Make it a great day.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Back to Reality
I'm back to work today after 4 glorious days off. Our shopping trip out of town was wonderful. The mall that we went to was so huge that it took us 9 hours to go through the whole thing. We were so beat when we got back to the hotel that we just collapsed. On our second day (the day we headed home) we stopped off at another mall on the way home and hit a couple of stores that we don't have in our area.
So, did I buy anything good? I had a good reality check of how much weight I still have to lose, so even though I feel good about having lost 22 pounds, I still have trouble finding nice clothes that fit me. Maybe I'm too picky but why don't they make cute, plus size clothes? The stuff that I always come across is either ass-ugly or frumpy/matronly. I'm not going to pay good money to buy/wear clothes that I don't even like. It would never fail that I would walk into a store thinking that it might be a good place for me to find clothes and low and behold, as soon as you enter the plus size section the styles go from cute to frumpy and it's like a slap in the face. I'm still in a size 18, although they're getting loser, I'm not ready to go down a size yet. I think I will continue to have this problem (ugly clothes) until I get to about a size 14. Meanwhile, I have to put up with stuff that I don't like. More incentive to lose weight/keep going. So, I managed to find a pair of capris, 3 shirts, jewelry and perfume. If all else fails, buy assessories, right? My daughter, on the other hand, who is a size 6 bought a new summer wardrobe. I was happy for her. I also bought some Yankee Candles and some other oddball stuff.
So, how'd I do with eating? In short, so-so. I gained 1.8. I'm hoping that alot of it is sodium and will come off quickly. The first night we were so tired from shopping and being on our feet for 9 hours that we didn't feel like going out for dinner so we went to a grocery store, took some stuff back to the hotel and had a picnic. We got cheese, fruit, olives, ham, hummus and pita chips (I know about the chips, I only had a few, could have been worse, could have been better.) The bad thing is that we ate so late that we went to bed immediately after that. To bed on a full stomach = not good for weight loss.
The next morning the hotel had free breakfast buffet. I got a cheese omlette, 2 pieces of bacon, coffee. Not too bad.
No lunch.
For dinner we went to Longhorn Steakhouse. Here's where the sodium comes in. I ordered a mixed greens salad that had blue cheese crumbles and grilled-medium pepper-crusted sirloin. I did use a little blue cheese dressing, but not much. Between the juicy steak and the blue cheese crumbles I didn't need much. The cheese and steak were salty but extremely delicious. I had blackberry iced tea to drink that was lightly sweet. No bread or dessert.
I did have two (not on the same day) LF frozen hazlenut lattes minus the whipped cream, made with 2% milk. Delicious.
So, there it is. Could have been better, could have been a hellova lot worse. I feel I did reasonably well and I didn't feel deprived and I had a wonderful time creating memories with my daughter. I'm so grateful that we have such a wonderful relationship, especially when I hear/see other people's disfunctional relationships with their children. Now I have to face the music and get the 1.8 back off. I'm okay with it.
Onward and downward! I was busy playing catch-up at work today. Tomorrow I play on catching up on everyone's blogs.
So, did I buy anything good? I had a good reality check of how much weight I still have to lose, so even though I feel good about having lost 22 pounds, I still have trouble finding nice clothes that fit me. Maybe I'm too picky but why don't they make cute, plus size clothes? The stuff that I always come across is either ass-ugly or frumpy/matronly. I'm not going to pay good money to buy/wear clothes that I don't even like. It would never fail that I would walk into a store thinking that it might be a good place for me to find clothes and low and behold, as soon as you enter the plus size section the styles go from cute to frumpy and it's like a slap in the face. I'm still in a size 18, although they're getting loser, I'm not ready to go down a size yet. I think I will continue to have this problem (ugly clothes) until I get to about a size 14. Meanwhile, I have to put up with stuff that I don't like. More incentive to lose weight/keep going. So, I managed to find a pair of capris, 3 shirts, jewelry and perfume. If all else fails, buy assessories, right? My daughter, on the other hand, who is a size 6 bought a new summer wardrobe. I was happy for her. I also bought some Yankee Candles and some other oddball stuff.
So, how'd I do with eating? In short, so-so. I gained 1.8. I'm hoping that alot of it is sodium and will come off quickly. The first night we were so tired from shopping and being on our feet for 9 hours that we didn't feel like going out for dinner so we went to a grocery store, took some stuff back to the hotel and had a picnic. We got cheese, fruit, olives, ham, hummus and pita chips (I know about the chips, I only had a few, could have been worse, could have been better.) The bad thing is that we ate so late that we went to bed immediately after that. To bed on a full stomach = not good for weight loss.
The next morning the hotel had free breakfast buffet. I got a cheese omlette, 2 pieces of bacon, coffee. Not too bad.
No lunch.
For dinner we went to Longhorn Steakhouse. Here's where the sodium comes in. I ordered a mixed greens salad that had blue cheese crumbles and grilled-medium pepper-crusted sirloin. I did use a little blue cheese dressing, but not much. Between the juicy steak and the blue cheese crumbles I didn't need much. The cheese and steak were salty but extremely delicious. I had blackberry iced tea to drink that was lightly sweet. No bread or dessert.
I did have two (not on the same day) LF frozen hazlenut lattes minus the whipped cream, made with 2% milk. Delicious.
So, there it is. Could have been better, could have been a hellova lot worse. I feel I did reasonably well and I didn't feel deprived and I had a wonderful time creating memories with my daughter. I'm so grateful that we have such a wonderful relationship, especially when I hear/see other people's disfunctional relationships with their children. Now I have to face the music and get the 1.8 back off. I'm okay with it.
Onward and downward! I was busy playing catch-up at work today. Tomorrow I play on catching up on everyone's blogs.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
More Rain
We are supposed to have severe thunderstorms all day today. It is really black and windy here now. Looks like it's pretty much the same up the northeast coast.
I hit 235.8 on the scale this morning - almost on the downside to a new decade. I always get excited when I hit the halfway mark. I just take it in 5 pound mini goals.
Not much to report today, just excited that today is my Friday and hoping for a good, fast day. Tomorrow will be house cleaning and laundry and then my glorious shopping weekend begins first thing Saturday. This is the first time that I haven't really been excited about/thought about food while planning a trip. Usually I'd be thinking about what new places I could eat at and so on. This morning it occurred to me that I really haven't thought about it this time and it's because I've changed the way that I look at food. This time I'm focused on finding cute stuff for me ;)
That's it for now. I won't be back posting until Tuesday. Have a great weekend, everybody! :D
I hit 235.8 on the scale this morning - almost on the downside to a new decade. I always get excited when I hit the halfway mark. I just take it in 5 pound mini goals.
Not much to report today, just excited that today is my Friday and hoping for a good, fast day. Tomorrow will be house cleaning and laundry and then my glorious shopping weekend begins first thing Saturday. This is the first time that I haven't really been excited about/thought about food while planning a trip. Usually I'd be thinking about what new places I could eat at and so on. This morning it occurred to me that I really haven't thought about it this time and it's because I've changed the way that I look at food. This time I'm focused on finding cute stuff for me ;)
That's it for now. I won't be back posting until Tuesday. Have a great weekend, everybody! :D
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Random Thoughts
Today's post is full of randomness._______
I'm down another half pound this morning and I have a size XL shirt on today - not my usual XXL. :D
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I got my hair cut the other day, it is a little short but I think it'll be alright. I have no choice, do I? This past weekend I bought a new purse, 6 new shirts and some new jewelry. I'm in desperate need of clothes and this was my non-food treat for losing 20 pounds.
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The other day when I went to the doctor for my sinuses I was sitting in the exam room waiting for the doctor to come in. I could hear the nurses out in the hallway talking. Apparently someone had brought donuts in and one of the nurses was reaching for another one. Here is the exchange that I heard between the nurses:
"Don't do it! You're emotional eating."
"I want one. Life is to short not to eat what you want."
"But you don't really want it."
"I could leave here today and get hit by a truck and die and then I'd regret not eating it and I'm pretty sure there are no donuts in heaven."
That was all I heard. I just sat in the exam room shaking my head. I'm pretty sure that the second nurse was doing the same thing; she "get's" it. I'm so glad that I'm one of the people that finally get's it. It is so freeing to know that food doesn't have that control over me anymore and that I'm making the right choices. In my opinion, life is too short to not live your very best life.
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My goal for this month is to amp up my exercise. I may start my Slim in 6 program again, that way I will have the structure that I need to stick to my program like I did with the squat challenge.
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I need to come up with different things to eat and different ways to prepare the usual things. I think I'll search recipes on the net today. I'm getting tired of eggs for breakfast and some days I just can't bear to eat them so I'll have cheese, yogurt, nuts or fruit. Still, I need more variety.
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I'm taking vacation days this Friday and Monday for a mini staycation. Friday is the bonus pay and this weekend is the shopping trip that I've been looking forward to. DD and I are going to a giant mall two hours away and are staying at a hotel. I'm so excited!!! I'm in need of a change of scenery and a little retail therapy. I'm going to try not to buy
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Enough randomness for now. Make it a great day!
Monday, June 10, 2013
Rain, rain, go away
It has been raining for nearly a week here. I'm so sick of it, I need the sun.
I weighed in this morning - 236.8. I've been basically maintaining. I think I have calorie creep and I need to check my portions and start tracking my food more acurately again. I may be eating too much fruit and cheese...
Also, since the squat challenge ended, I haven't been exercising much at all - just sporatically here and there. I need to make myself exercise at least 30 minutes every day. I'm getting lazy again, I feel better when I exercise, and I must get my rump back in gear. I cannot let this dreary, rainy weather make me lazy. I'm in control.
I weighed in this morning - 236.8. I've been basically maintaining. I think I have calorie creep and I need to check my portions and start tracking my food more acurately again. I may be eating too much fruit and cheese...
Also, since the squat challenge ended, I haven't been exercising much at all - just sporatically here and there. I need to make myself exercise at least 30 minutes every day. I'm getting lazy again, I feel better when I exercise, and I must get my rump back in gear. I cannot let this dreary, rainy weather make me lazy. I'm in control.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
When Sinuses Attack
For the past two days I've had the most severe sinus headache that I ever remember having. By the time I got home from work yesterday my head just felt like it was going to explode and I thought I'd throw up any minute. As soon as I got in the door I climbed straight into bed and slept for two hours. I felt a little better after that but it came back again during the night. This has been going on, off and on, for almost a month. Sometimes it will ease off and I think it's going away and then it's right back again. It had even gotten to the point where it was making my ears and jaws hurt from the pressure in my head. I've taken so much OTC sinus medicine and pain pills lately that I know is not doing me any good - not helping and I know it can't be healthy taking all of that medicine - plus, I think that is what has been upsetting my stomach so much. Today I broke down and went to the doctor to get checked for sinus infection. He checked my ears, nose and throat and said that he didn't see any signs of infection but since it has been bothering me for so long, and actually seems to be getting worse, he prescribed me antibiotics for two weeks. Thank goodness. I hope it kicks in soon. I have been so drained lately, not to mention the pain, that I haven't exercised in days. It's making me lazy. :(
I thought I'd get weighed at the doctor's office, but they didn't. My blood pressure was good (120/82) and now they are doing something new - the nurse clipped something on the tip of my finger that checked my pulse and oxygen in my blood at the same time. My pulse was 72 and oxygen was 98, which the nurse said both were very good. I didn't know what the oxygen was/meant so when I got back to the office I looked it up online and it measures the oxygen in your blood to your organs. At least I know that everything is functioning normally.
Nothing else to report. I'm off to catch up on everyone else's blogs.
I thought I'd get weighed at the doctor's office, but they didn't. My blood pressure was good (120/82) and now they are doing something new - the nurse clipped something on the tip of my finger that checked my pulse and oxygen in my blood at the same time. My pulse was 72 and oxygen was 98, which the nurse said both were very good. I didn't know what the oxygen was/meant so when I got back to the office I looked it up online and it measures the oxygen in your blood to your organs. At least I know that everything is functioning normally.
Nothing else to report. I'm off to catch up on everyone else's blogs.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Inching Along
Because I've been a little aggrivated that the scale hasn't moved much in the past week, I've decided that I'm going to try not to weigh again until Monday and hopefully by then I'll see a whoosh.
Today I'm going to focus on inches lost. I took my measurements at the beginning of the year (January 2) and again last night and I've lost a total of 12¼ inches! Yippee! Here's what I measured and what I've lost:
Arm (at bicep): -1"
Neck: -1"
Thigh: -1¼"
Calf: -½"
Waist: -2½"
Chest: same
Gut (under belly button): -3"
Hips: -3"
Even though I'm aggrivated that the scale is not moving I feel great when I look at these results and I know that something is happening. I'll just keep pushing forward, doing the best that I can do and eventually I will break through.
The sun is shining, I feel great and life is good.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Tuesday
I'm back. I was out sick yesterday with a terrible sinus headache that kept me up all night. I have bad seasonal allergies which make my sinuses worse. Anyway, I'm feeling a little better today.
I did go for a two mile walk yesterday after my headache eased off and I also did 50 squats. I don't want to undo any "lifting" that I did with the squat challenge, so I'm going to do 50 squats three times a week to maintain.
My weight is still holding the same within a half pound of 236. I need to bust through that. Maybe it's time for a calorie check again and I know I definitely need to kick the exercise up a notch. Nothing to do but keep pushing forward.
Today is beautiful, sunny and great temps, right around 78° so I will probably walk outside again this evening.
I'm off to catch up on everyone's blogs.
I did go for a two mile walk yesterday after my headache eased off and I also did 50 squats. I don't want to undo any "lifting" that I did with the squat challenge, so I'm going to do 50 squats three times a week to maintain.
My weight is still holding the same within a half pound of 236. I need to bust through that. Maybe it's time for a calorie check again and I know I definitely need to kick the exercise up a notch. Nothing to do but keep pushing forward.
Today is beautiful, sunny and great temps, right around 78° so I will probably walk outside again this evening.
I'm off to catch up on everyone's blogs.
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