Ok! I should know not to go to the market when you are hungry. I was going to pick up 3 staple items...I spent 40 bucks and snacked my whole way home in the car...naughty naughty! next time remember not to go hungry!
Breakfast - superb!
Lunch - made it the night before
Snack...um...see above
Dinner - homecooked and what I planned kilbasa, mushrooms, onions and brocoli delish!
Exercise - Check
Scale - ok...not great but ok :) I am due for that gal that comes around once a month, which is why I might have been so darn hungry (I get vicious attacks of the starving, dying, starving at this lovely time of the month!)
We'll see how tomorrow goes! I am not going to beat myself up, just accept and move on!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
19 more wake ups!
This is the way the describe it in the military, because you have so many people on different shifts, so I have 19 more wake ups on our diet pact.
Breakfast - excellent
Lunch - ate too much but still remained true to diet guide lines
Dinner - ate a small dinner to compensate for bigger lunch
No exercise today because I ran a bunch of errands (voting being one of them)
Scale - is my friend today! :)
looking forward to tomorrow!
Breakfast - excellent
Lunch - ate too much but still remained true to diet guide lines
Dinner - ate a small dinner to compensate for bigger lunch
No exercise today because I ran a bunch of errands (voting being one of them)
Scale - is my friend today! :)
looking forward to tomorrow!
Monday, November 1, 2010
20 days left
Breakfast - right on track!
Lunch - packed it the night before
Snack - was prepared with a box of acceptable snacks at school
Dinner - Joseph said he wanted eggs, so we had scrambled eggs, sausage and I had brussel sprouts too
After dinner Halloween candy - NONE!
Yay me!
Scale - not my friend today (but who could blame it after I was not on track last week)
Lunch - packed it the night before
Snack - was prepared with a box of acceptable snacks at school
Dinner - Joseph said he wanted eggs, so we had scrambled eggs, sausage and I had brussel sprouts too
After dinner Halloween candy - NONE!
Yay me!
Scale - not my friend today (but who could blame it after I was not on track last week)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
motivation lagging....
This week has been a big drain on my diet motivation. Sunday & Monday I ended up fasting for a colonoscopy and then could NOT get myself back on the road to dieting. sigh. I remember last time I lost a bunch of weight and was fitting into clothing and feeling really good, I stopped dieting like this and then watched the weight creep back up (partly due to making baby stress, but the weight still crept back on). I am ten pounds away from being "overweight" instead of "obese" and would love to get there, I am just lacking in motivation.
My sister and I talked about the next weight bet we make needs to be much smaller as 40 weeks is a LONG time, let me check how many weeks we have left...we have ::gasp:: 3 weeks left! Crud! only 3 weeks left, this is like stumbling at the last 100 yards in a marathon! pull it together girl!
Ok, so my goals are then:
1. pull yourself together, you are almost at the end!
2. exercise, you'll feel better and more motivated to do what you need to do!
3. watch what you eat, you know what you are doing when you eat those mini snickers bars girl!
4. you can do it, you only have 3 weeks left, 21 days!
5. maybe start again on Monday and give yourself a last day of sissy-la-la-ness!
3 weeks, good god girl you can do it! you can do it!
My sister and I talked about the next weight bet we make needs to be much smaller as 40 weeks is a LONG time, let me check how many weeks we have left...we have ::gasp:: 3 weeks left! Crud! only 3 weeks left, this is like stumbling at the last 100 yards in a marathon! pull it together girl!
Ok, so my goals are then:
1. pull yourself together, you are almost at the end!
2. exercise, you'll feel better and more motivated to do what you need to do!
3. watch what you eat, you know what you are doing when you eat those mini snickers bars girl!
4. you can do it, you only have 3 weeks left, 21 days!
5. maybe start again on Monday and give yourself a last day of sissy-la-la-ness!
3 weeks, good god girl you can do it! you can do it!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
I did it!
Yep, I am 50 pounds lighter than when I started 7 months ago! and sick as a dog! Fifty pounds is such a big number, I remember thinking when we started this bet that I would be so happy to be 40 pounds lighter and I've surpassed myself! I've been reading a lot of blogs lately and the reoccurring them seems to be victories not related to the scale. So, I've been wracking my brain thinking of all of the little things that I am proud of that don't relate to numbers on the scale.
1. I fit comfortably into the middle seat on an airplane
2. I have a full length mirror in my house and use it often!
3. I can sit between my children in the back seat of my husband's car
4. I can fit into a size 14 (still a little tight)
5. My size 16s are loose and baggy by the end of the day
6. My plantar faciitus is gone!
7. I know when I'm hungry and when I'm just jonesing for something
8. I can say no to something I don't want to eat without feeling social guilt
9. I have a plan for the future
10. Shopping is enjoyable rather than an ugly chore
1. I fit comfortably into the middle seat on an airplane
2. I have a full length mirror in my house and use it often!
3. I can sit between my children in the back seat of my husband's car
4. I can fit into a size 14 (still a little tight)
5. My size 16s are loose and baggy by the end of the day
6. My plantar faciitus is gone!
7. I know when I'm hungry and when I'm just jonesing for something
8. I can say no to something I don't want to eat without feeling social guilt
9. I have a plan for the future
10. Shopping is enjoyable rather than an ugly chore
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Week 32 down, 8 more to go
The good news first:
I don't owe $20 to the pot...it was touch and go there for a while. My goal had been this week to drop below 195 so I would have lost 50 pounds total since Feb this year. So I upped my exercise & my intensity and cut out all snacks. In 4 days I gained 3 pounds and was quite irritated! I *think* I put on extra muscle because when I didn't exercise for 2 days I lost that 3 pounds quite quickly. Who knows!
I was able to run walk a mile this morning. 50 pounds ago it hurt to run to the end of the driveway. 50 pounds ago I had a hard time "racing" with Joseph. The last month or so, I noticed when I would "race" with him I didn't hurt! So this morning I decided to run the one mile "course" I have made for myself around my neighborhood. I was able to run it mostly and didn't feel the aching pain in my knees or back! I was quite proud of myself. I timed myself too, before I was able to get the mile done in about 22-23 minutes today I got it done in 15! sweet!
Today was the last day of my 5th 10 week exercise bet. Gretchen I were laughing the other day because we didn't know which week we were on, believe me when I say I used to know intimately which day / week we were on and how many days/ weeks we had left (I would even calculate how many minutes that was total {yes, I am that math nerdy!}). To be at the point where it has become habit is quite amazing to me!
Bad news: So I didn't make the 50 pound mark but I am 1.3 pounds away from it, so maybe next week? but my totals are 49 pounds so far and if we count my heaviest (when I was pregnant with Liam) I am down 80 pounds! cha-ching!
Oh, I was reading a recent blog where the lady is doing a program where you reset your metabolism and she didn't loose any weight but did loose inches. Holly and I had started The Shred (No, Jillian not everyone can do Jumping Jacks! I don't care that you have 400 pound people doing it! :P~~) and we measured ourselves so I decided to remeasure myself and here are my numbers, since July 19th:
Neck: -1/2 inch
Bust: -1 inch
Waist: -2 inches
Hips: -1 and a half inch
Thigh: -1 and a half inch
Arm: -1/2 inch
Total: lost 7 inches!
I don't owe $20 to the pot...it was touch and go there for a while. My goal had been this week to drop below 195 so I would have lost 50 pounds total since Feb this year. So I upped my exercise & my intensity and cut out all snacks. In 4 days I gained 3 pounds and was quite irritated! I *think* I put on extra muscle because when I didn't exercise for 2 days I lost that 3 pounds quite quickly. Who knows!
I was able to run walk a mile this morning. 50 pounds ago it hurt to run to the end of the driveway. 50 pounds ago I had a hard time "racing" with Joseph. The last month or so, I noticed when I would "race" with him I didn't hurt! So this morning I decided to run the one mile "course" I have made for myself around my neighborhood. I was able to run it mostly and didn't feel the aching pain in my knees or back! I was quite proud of myself. I timed myself too, before I was able to get the mile done in about 22-23 minutes today I got it done in 15! sweet!
Today was the last day of my 5th 10 week exercise bet. Gretchen I were laughing the other day because we didn't know which week we were on, believe me when I say I used to know intimately which day / week we were on and how many days/ weeks we had left (I would even calculate how many minutes that was total {yes, I am that math nerdy!}). To be at the point where it has become habit is quite amazing to me!
Bad news: So I didn't make the 50 pound mark but I am 1.3 pounds away from it, so maybe next week? but my totals are 49 pounds so far and if we count my heaviest (when I was pregnant with Liam) I am down 80 pounds! cha-ching!
Oh, I was reading a recent blog where the lady is doing a program where you reset your metabolism and she didn't loose any weight but did loose inches. Holly and I had started The Shred (No, Jillian not everyone can do Jumping Jacks! I don't care that you have 400 pound people doing it! :P~~) and we measured ourselves so I decided to remeasure myself and here are my numbers, since July 19th:
Neck: -1/2 inch
Bust: -1 inch
Waist: -2 inches
Hips: -1 and a half inch
Thigh: -1 and a half inch
Arm: -1/2 inch
Total: lost 7 inches!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Week 31's Goal
9 weeks left!
I looked at the scale and realized that I am 1.5 pounds away from having lost 50 pounds. So this is my personal goal for this week. To break the 50 pound mark! I think I will make sure that when I exercise I push for 40 minutes and take an extra look at what I'm eating, not let the snacking get in the way of the 1.5 pounds! :)
Next Sunday I could be 50 pounds lighter than I was 31 weeks ago!
I looked at the scale and realized that I am 1.5 pounds away from having lost 50 pounds. So this is my personal goal for this week. To break the 50 pound mark! I think I will make sure that when I exercise I push for 40 minutes and take an extra look at what I'm eating, not let the snacking get in the way of the 1.5 pounds! :)
Next Sunday I could be 50 pounds lighter than I was 31 weeks ago!
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