Thursday, November 29, 2012

Week 91

Overall, not sure how I feel about this week. I am exhausted! We were out late on Monday night, then Tuesday I spent ALL day with Vanessa's kids. Wednesday, I worked a few hours overtime and outside the office. Got to watch a meter base blow out. Scary. And through all of this, the work stress continues. Missing 2 days in the office did not help, but adjusting to these 8 hour days is a bitch. (Yep, saying it how it is.) How is it I now only work 8 hours instead of 10, but I am exhausted? I'm trying to have a good attitude about it this year because it makes it go faster, but not even a week into it and I am miserable! I'm trying to not let it out on my coworkers, but of course my period is getting ready to start. I.E., my hormones are RAGING and so hard to control.

So much to vent about, but trying to remember this is my diet journal. Good news: I kept track of my eating all week. It wasn't my greatest eating habits, but still, I kept track!

Thursday - (Thanksgiving) I know you shouldn't try to save up calories by skipping earlier meals, but that is what I did. I had a yogurt and coffee for breakfast. And I believe this would have been fine, if I hadn't forgotten how his family is late for every thing. We showed up at 1:00 because we were told that was when dinner was. We were the ONLY ones there. So we went to Walmart to do some shopping. (Where we planned a sudden dinner of our own.) I bought a banana to eat. Then when we got back I ate some crackers and pineapple. We finally had dinner around 2:30. I had turkey, ham, a small scoop of mashed potatoes, a roll, some lefsa and stuffing. No seconds. Then I snuck out on my own for a nice long walk. Last year, I had tag along. We did maybe 1 slow mile. Today, I walked 5-6 miles in about 90 mins. :) Much better then last years walk. I guess I was only missed a little, but it was worth it to have that long, peaceful walk by myself. Dessert was pumpkin pie, which I do NOT like, so I had some fudge.

Friday - No actual exercise today, but I did a lot of walking. Breakfast was coffee and a breakfast burrito. Then Vanessa and I went to the Vernal City Holly Fair. We walked Santa's workshop. Then we went up town and walked the boys around to see the ponies, camel, bubbles, etc. Lunch was a chicken sandwich at Gandolfo's with chips and a cookie. Dinner was tator tot casserole.

Saturday - Breakfast was yogurt w/ a banana and a mochachino. Today we are doing our Thanksgiving dinner. It will be a late lunch/early dinner. I did get on my exercise bike for 2 hours. Our meal included, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrot supreme, corn bread dressing, honey wheat rolls and 2 pies for dessert.

Sunday - Breakfast was some fruit and a coffee. Lunch was tator tot casserole. Dinner was left overs from yesterday.

Monday - Breakfast was a Curves protein drink. I was a little cautious cause I made it with skim milk. I tried skim milk about a year ago, GROSS. But after adding the protein powder, I couldn't tell it was skim. Curves this am and walked on both my breaks. I'm going to miss the nice weather to walk in when winter hits. Dinner was a surprise party for my mom. We went to The Porch in Vernal. I had the country fried steak with mashed potatoes and a corn side dish. I also had some sweet potato fries and a few of the other appetizers they ordered. (My mom's company hosted it.) Then a brownie for dessert.

Tuesday - My diet sucks this week, but at least I've kept up on this journal. :) Just Curves this am, no Zumba. We got home late last night and I couldn't wake myself up in time this morning. Also, today, I am babysitting my sister's kids. So I decided the only auntly thing to do was lunch at Rocky's. I had a shake, but ended up sharing most of my fries. I also had the chicken Malibu taco. Dinner was leftovers from our turkey dinner.

Wednesday - This week is so off. Today, I got to work out in the field. So I came down early and went to Curves. Breakfast was a coffee and a protein drink. Lunch was at the Hanna Cafe. I had the Philly Steak Sandwich with onion rings. By the time I got home, I was drained! I had a yogurt and went to bed.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Week 90 and Curves Measurements

Thursday - Zumba this am, followed by Curves. Now that the heater is running in the building, holy crap my workouts are HOT. I rolled my pant legs up today halfway through my workout. I'm kinda bummed because Curves will only be open Mon - Wed next week, plus that means only 1 day of Zumba. :( I'm still deciding what to do this weekend, but I'm tempted to get not sleep in on Saturday and come down for Zumba instead. I've got a few days to decide. I've also already decided to walk after Thanksgiving dinner, but I'm going to try and sneak out on my own. Last year I was mad that I walked with others. They were slow and they didn't go near as far as I wanted to.

Breakfast was a smoothie and half a cup of coffee.

GADS! Every week I SWEAR I am going to track to the weekend, but then I never do. I am defiantly in a slump right now. Grrr.

Monday - Curves this am and I walked on both my breaks. Smoothie and half a cup coffee for breakfast. Lunch was some soup and crackers. And a diet coke. It has been a stressful day! I am drained. I went to scrapbook group hoping there would be a good dinner. Some gals go all out and bring, soup, rolls, salad, etc. So I was counting on that being my dinner so I could have to spend no energy on figuring something out myself. Ya, this gal was more like me, bare minimum. So dinner was meat, cheese and crackers. When I got home, I went to bed. Hoping tomorrow is a better day.

Tuesday - Zumba, followed by Curves, this morning. Smoothie and a half cup of coffee for breakfast.  Lunch was a subway Sandwich and diet coke. Dinner was cereal. Walked on both my breaks today.

Wednesday - This week is really wearing on me. I feel completely drained. Work has been crazy and I'm a little less then excited about Thanksgiving and that is taking a toll on me emotionally.

Curves this am. Breakfast was coffee and a smoothie. I bought some protein drink mix from Curves and added some of the vanilla to my smoothie. It was yummy. Lunch was soup and crackers. I wore a dress today so no walks.

I have been trying to avoid my measurements because I'm up a few pounds. That hasn't been to hard because the morning worker hasn't been trained to do them yet. But today Jodi was in. She reminded me. At first I said no, but she talked me into it.

My measurements on 10/19/12.
Bust 38.50
Waist 30.00
Abdomen 34.00
Hip 41.00
Thigh 23.50
Arm 12.00
Weight 169.5 (lbs.)
BMI 29.09
Body Fat % 32.00
Body Fat 54.24 (lbs.)

My measurements on 11/21/12.
Bust 38.50
Waist 31.00
Abdomen 34.00
Hip 40.50
Thigh 24.50
Arm 12.00
Weight 172.00 (lbs.)
BMI 29.52
Body Fat % 32.40
Body Fat 55.73 (lbs.)

Results
Bust -0
Waist - +1.00
Abdomen - 0
Hip -0.50
Thigh - +2.00
Arm - 0.00
Weight - +2.50 (lbs)
BMI - +.43
Body Fat % +.40
Body Fat - +1.49
(lbs.)

Curves adds all the results together for a total gain of 2.50 inches and 2.50(lbs.). So that means since starting Curves, I have lost a total of -14.00 inches and -10.80 (lbs.) and I've had a total of 116 workouts.

Yes I'm up in just about every area. Sigh. I have got to get out of this slump and get back on track. Going to be hard with the holidays, but I'm trying. For example, today I am CRAVING a milk shake. And I almost went and got one. But I resisted the urge because I know its Thanksgiving tomorrow.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Week 89


All ready to get back on track! I feel like I've had so many struggles lately and I'm not sure where to start to fix them all. So I decided breakfast is the one to work on for now. Honestly, its ALWAYS been my biggest struggle. I have never, in my entire life, been a breakfast person. (Unless french toast for dinner counts.) I hear numerous times that it is the most important meal of the day, but its just not me. My body has to "wake up" before it can eat or I just get sick. And with my new morning routine, I just don't have time. I think the best I ever did with breakfast was when I was making fruit smoothies in the morning. So I've decided to do that again. Except when... is the problem. If I make it before leaving in the morning, it will be all warm and soggy by the time I finish at Curves. So I've decided to buy a small blender to keep at work. (Right next to my coffee machine. I feel like I'm staking a claim to one corner on the cupboard in the break room.) I looked at Stewart's this morning, but couldn't find one I like. I just found one on Amazon that is a personal sized one with a detachable cup, and its only $15! So I'm going to order it. Until then, I'm going to back my Ninja back and forth from home. With this breakfast routine, I'm hoping it will help. There are some days I am starving by lunch. Then starving again shortly after. I know breakfast is important, I just need to choose to make it a priority in my life.

Thursday - So today was the day I planned to start back on breakfast smoothies. But I had no supplies for that. Last night, as I went to bed, I decided I would just have to do the Zumba/Curves combo so I could have enough time to go to the store afterwards. I was bummed, but since I had just committed to the whole breakfast thing, I felt like I might have to sacrifice just this once.

Can I just say, I'm loving the time change. I've been in bed, every night this week, by 8:00. Then around 4, my body wakes up before the alarm. The last few days, I tried to fight it and go back to sleep. But that just makes me groggy. This morning when I woke up at 4:10, I decided to just get up. I needed to pack my Ninja and I wanted a grocery list so I could be in and out of the store. Then I turned on the computer because I had some time before I needed to leave. Then it hit me! Get ready now (hair & makeup) so I wouldn't have to do it after my workout. That would free up the time I needed so I could do Zumba by itself, followed by a full Curves workout! AWESOME! It worked perfectly and I feel so much better then I would have if I had tried to cram that all into 30 mins. And the bonus was a lady coming in as I was finishing. She asked if I had done Zumba too. When I told her yes, she told me how amazing she thinks I am for being able to do so much.

Breakfast was a smoothie. As a reminder, that includes low fat vanilla yogurt, orange juice, a banana, some frozen chopped spinach and some frozen fruit. I usually shake it up each day and make something slightly different, but since I'm keeping the stuff in the freezer at work, I just bought some raspberries and mangos. When those run out, I'll try something else.

Lunch was a soup. I was finally able to find a large selection at Walmart; I bought one of each. All the other store ever has is tomato, beef & vegetable and chicken noodle. Its been fun to try some new soups. Today it was a jerk chicken something or other. Little spicy, but very yummy. There was some donuts on the break table, I put the cover back on so they wouldn't tempt me.

And I forgot to track again for a few days! What is wrong with me?! But I did get up early on Friday and ride my exercise bike for 1 hour before going to work. (I've been helping out in the field on a few Friday's.)

Monday - Curves this am. Breakfast was half a coffee and a smoothie. I had to take my ninja to work again, but this afternoon my new blender came. I can't wait to try it out. Its small and the blender detaches as a cup. I can't wait to try it out tomorrow. Its looks slightly smaller then what I've been drinking, so I'll have to adjust my ingredients I'm sure. All I do is throw stuff in until it looks good.

Lunch was tomato soup. Dinner was stir fry. We haven't done it in awhile, it was so GOOD! We did chicken, a red, yellow and green pepper, onion, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mini corn cobs, garlic, pineapple and an orange sauce, all over brown rice. And there is enough left over for at least one more night. :) Walked on both my breaks today. I've been wanting to wuss out, but I keep telling myself I need to enjoy the nice weather while I can. It was COLD, but still pretty. Once there is snow and mud, I'll have to start walking in the shop.

Tuesday - Zumba, followed by Curves, this am. For a while, I didn't think I was doing as well at Curves. My numbers were down on the Curves Smart. But I've noticed they have picked back up this last week. Breakfast was a smoothie, with my new machine. It doesn't work quite as well as my Ninja, but still pretty good. I skipped adding the yogurt because I didn't think it would all fit. I LOVE that the blender detaches from the base and you can drink right from it. Its the perfect size to keep at work for when I want a smoothie for breakfast.

Lunch was soup. Dinner was stirfry. I walked on both my breaks today.

Wednesday - Curves this am. Its been cold the last few mornings, so I wore a shirt with sleeves, instead of a tank top. Ya, the heater was on today. I about roasted! But I still worked hard because work is doing their Thanksgiving lunch today. Also, I have billing meeting, which means I'll miss my morning walk.

Smoothie for breakfast. Yum :) Today I did mango, banana, spinach and orange juice. Then I decided I had just enough room, so I added the yogurt too. Lunch was a little bit of everything at the work Thanksgiving dinner. I didn't finish the stuffing or one of the side dishes because it was only so-so and I decided to waste calories on dessert instead. Dinner, we were feeling lazy. It was Mac N cheese with some pork kielbasa.

I started the week at 174 and am down to 172, so not to bad. Now to just get back to the 160's, and then to get down enough into them so I don't jump back into the 170's. But hey, its better then the 180's and defiantly better then the 230's. Josh tells me all the time how proud he is of me. I agree. I am pretty amazing.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Week 88

I'm up to 171 right now. That is probably from not tracking, but also my period. Joy, I just love this time of the month. (eyeroll)

So I started this post on Sunday with plans to start tracking immediately. Its now Wednesday and I still haven't. I didn't want to be the type of person who thought they could only start over at a certain time, but I just couldn't get back on track. So since tomorrow is when my week starts over, I will just have to be one of those people this time. But really, a person can start over when ever they want. Had a donut for breakfast? Don't wait for tomorrow to start fresh. Skip the burger and fries and have a salad instead. Just cause you slip off track for a minute doesn't mean its over.

Even though I didn't track this week, I did still keep up with my workouts, so it wasn't a complete bust.

A few other things from this week. Josh has always been supportive, but this year he finally got into it. He was eating better and exercising too. This weekend we had to buy him new pants because his were so saggy. He had no butt and I hated him in those jeans. So we bought new ones. He's now back to the size he was when we got married. Course that was easy for him since he only ever gained ONE pant size. Its so wonderful for both us to be in the same state of mind when it comes to eating healthy and our wellness.

This weekend, I helped haul wood for the first time in YEARS. Like a year or two pre diet even. Last year, I thought I should help now that I was in better shape, but hauling wood is a lot of work. So I'd always wuss out and say I needed to do something else. But then I would complain that it took Josh so long. But he was doing all the work alone. So on Sunday when he said he wanted to haul a load, I decided to go with him. It was still a lot of work, but it didn't feel at tiring. And the last time I helped, the place we were going was all flat. This time, it was uphill! I was amazed at how well I was able to keep up with Josh. The smaller stuff, I would carry all the way down, but there was a few big pieces that I rolled down the mtn instead. Over all, ya it was hard. But NOT near as hard as it used to be. If the chain on the saw hadn't of broke, I would have been agreeable to hauling a second load that day.

I love moments like that when I realize just how much healthier I am now and how much more I can do compared to what little I used to.

The stuff below is what I wrote on Sunday. Figured I'd keep it since it was the only time I actually logged in to attemp to track.

Its now Sunday. Almost a week since I last tracked my food. I could try to go back and remember, but I'm not going to bother. Right now, I'm up 2 pounds, but that could be my period starting. Or it could be I've eaten more with Josh home. But I'm ok with that. This weekend has been so nice to just be with him. Last night we went on our first date in who knows how long. Neither of us could remember our last date. We had an appetizer and a drink with our meal and on the way home we stopped and bought a cheese cake. It was the most perfect night. I don't let go of control of my eating habits like this very often,. but I think I'm okay to slack off every now and then. As long as I don't let it become the new norm and put all the weight back on.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Week 87

I kept track most of this week, but I can tell what day Josh came home because that is when I started just enjoying every second with him and not keeping track of everything. He's on an 8 on - 6 off schedule right now and those 8 days and nights get pretty lonesome. I know I do better when I keep track, but right now, I'm just enjoying being a wife.

Thursday - Jumped out of bed for Zumba this morning. When I got on the scale I was thrilled to see 167.8. 70 pounds!!!!! That made my day start out amazing. I threw on my workout clothes, some slippers, grabbed my bags and headed to town. About 15 minutes down the road, I realized, I left my boots on the bed. I could wear my slippers or my sneakers to work today. I thought about turning around to go get my boots. I would miss Zumba, but could still do Curves. But I didn't want to miss Zumba. I think it what is helping me so much right now. So I went and did Zumba for 30 and Curves for 30. Then I ended up at Stewart's where I had to beg someone to help me find some boots in my size in the back room. That guy was awesome! Its not his normal job, and he felt lost looking for shoes, so he had me go back with him. Yay, new boots! Oh, and today was my 100th workout with Curves. :) So other then my shoe crisis, today is been a pretty good day so far.

Breakfast was a mochachino from Maverick. That is usually my Friday treat, but I think tomorrow will be a lazy day at home. Lunch was soup w/ crackers. Dinner was Subway and some treats at book club.

Friday - I told a friend this week that I might starve this weekend. With Josh's new work schedule, I'll be home alone this weekend. I have a hard time finding motivation to cook for just me. I had the foresight to at least do a little grocery shopping yesterday. Now to just find the motivation. Breakfast, missed it, but I usually do on Friday's. Don't know why, I just never seem to want breakfast on the weekends.

Around 11, I realized I missed something at the grocery store. I could have gotten it in Altamont, but decided to go all the way to Roosevelt and go to Curves too.

When I got home, I tried a new recipe and cooked myself a meal. I had pork tenderloin with a cranberry sauce and green beans w/ shallots. Never tried shallots before, they were okay, but I like regular onions more.

Dinner was at Kim's Halloween party. I had a pulled pork sandwich, baked beans, chips and cobbler.

Saturday - Skipped breakfast. Lunch wasw pork medaalions w/ cranberry sauce and brown rice pilaf. That afternoon, I had a cupcake and that night I had a margirata with my sister. Other then that, didn't eat much today. Yep, I'm going to starve when Josh works on the weekends. I think its a combiation of a few things. 1) I don't want to go to the effort to cook for just myself. 2) He's not there telling me he's hungry, so I'm not thinking, ya it is about time for dinner. 3) I don't have any food in the house, because its not worth shopping for just me, but also because I struggle so much with mindless eating that I try to have no food around. All of these are things I need to work on the next time he is gone on the weekend.

Sunday - Spent all morning working on a birthday cake. I was worried it wouldn't be ready in time, so I skipped breakfast. What was I thinking, his family is ALWAYS late. I showed up at their house around 1. I was starving, but decided to wait for everyone to get there. Ya, I didn't end up eating until 2:30. Sure wish I had eaten this morning. I'd say lesson learned, but I seem to have faith that they won't always be late. We had cake & ice cream around 4:30. Then I never got hungry enough to eat again.

Monday - Curves this moring. I love seeing my sister there. :) Breakfast was 2 poptarts and half a cup of coffee. Lunch was tomato soup with gold fish crackers. Dinner was the left over chicken strip and onion rings from last week. I also walked on both my breaks today.

Tuesday - Zumba and Curves this morning. Breakfast was a Special K crisp and half a cup of coffee.

After that, I stopped logging into update things. Work is also been busier then normal. I do a lot of this updating while at work, but I just haven't had the time lately.