Not a good week. I was sick all week long. Monday, the nausea started. Tuesday, the stomach pains started. It was horrid. I went 2 days without eating. Then Wednesday night, I was starving, so I had some dinner. Eating seemed to help the pain a little bit, but did nothing for the nausea. Thursday, the pains were even worse. I started looking stuff up online, and freaked myself out, so I went to the doctor that afternoon. Turns out, it was just a stomach bug that is going around the area. If I had waited one more day, I would have started feeling better.
I lost 6 pounds, but put half of that back on yesterday, which is fine with me because I'm just glad to be feeling better again. I knew that would happen.
I need to look into some online free food trackers. I'll do that next week when I'm feeling better. This is one of those times I wish I had a smart phone with those apps, but I don't because I already think cell phone bills are too high.
Here's to hoping this next week is better, at least health wise. Its not fun being sick.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Week 92
So here is the deal. Work has made it so I can't log in to blogger. I know, its work, I should be working. But this has made it hard to keep my food journal this way. We are also have computer problems at home. New ones are on the way, but won't be here until just before Christmas. So for now, I am going to pause on keeping my food journal until I figure something else out. But I'll keep exercising and eating well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Week 86
I am officially down 70 pounds since starting this weight loss journey! I'm so proud of myself. There has been moments when I never thought I would get this far. There was times when I just wanted to quit. There was times I didn't want to do my workout, but did anyways. There has been holiday feasts where I've only had one plate and not gone back for more. All of those moments have lead up to this. I hope to loose another 10 pounds, but even if I don't, I can be proud of myself and know that I have worked hard.
Another 10 pounds, I feel like I've been saying that for a while. But eventually, I hit the goal and while the momentum is going, I decide to shoot for another 10 pounds.
Thursday - Stomach feels better this morning, but now my throat hurts. I hate this time of year! I hope its not the cold and cough Josh has had for the last 3 weeks. If it is, just shoot me now.
I decided to still go do Zumba. I was the ONLY one there besides the instructor, which was Cambree today. I didn't used to like her, but now that I'm feeling a little more confident in Zumba, I like her. She's just more upbeat and faster, but I feel like I did pretty good today. I also did my 30 minutes of Curves. They are getting ready to start another contest starting next week. During Zumba, I'm pretty sure I pulled a muscle in my leg, so I decided to not walk on my breaks today.
Side note, just bought some sexy boots last night! I love how now that I love my body, I love dressing it up and accessorising.
Breakfast, I skipped the coffee today, just wasn't feeling up to it. But I did have a cinnamon roll. Lunch was tomato soup with whole grain gold fish crackers.Dinner, that was an early bedtime. I think I'm getting a head cold and just wanted to go to sleep.
Friday - Went to Curves dark and early this morning. ;) In fact, I had all my errands in town finished before the sun was up. I hate the shorter days, but I love how accomplished I feel right now. This morning, I did my measurements since I couldn't do them earlier in the week. But I held last weeks post to add them there. So if you missed it, read my last post. Vanessa was there when I did my measurements and when I saw 169.5 on the scale, I had a HUGE grin. Vanessa said "must be good."
Right now, the thing I seem to crave the most is capacinno's from Maverick, so I let myself have one this morning. Lunch was a bowl of rice. Dinner was steak and mashed potatoes with sweet & tangy sauce.
Saturday - Breakfast was a bagel and egg sandwich. Lunch, I can't remember. Dinner was my big Halloween party. I had meatloaf, monster mash potato bites, fruit w/ dip, and cheesecake for dessert. It was all delish, even if I did end up gaining 2 pounds this weekend.
Sunday - Skipped breakfast because I wasn't feeling good. Lunch was a handful of popcorn. By dinner, I was finally feeling better. I had meatloaf and more potato bites.
Monday - I've fought this sinus infection all weekend, but today I'm feeling better. At least I can breathe through my nose again. I went ahead and went to Curves this morning since I slept so well last night. Breakfast was a Special K Crisps and I only drank half of my coffee, I think it was making my cough worse. Lunch was tomato soup with crackers.
Dinner wasn't my greatest meal, but Josh is headed out of town for work for 8 days, so we decided to meet somewhere for dinner. The only place we could both agree on was Rocky's. I had some chicken strips, onion rings and a small snickers shake. I've decided they make the BEST onion rings and I'm going to quit ordering those anywhere else.
Tuesday - My stomach was off today. I only took one sip of my coffee and I didn't eat anything for breakfast. At lunch, I tried a new soup, beef and vegetables. Don't know if its cause my stomach was still squeamish, or if I just didn't like it, but I only ate half of it and threw the rest away. A few people at worked baked a fresh apple pie this afternoon. I had a slice with some ice cream around 4:30. When I got home, I showered. Then I thought about dinner, but my stomach still didn't feel right, so I went to bed instead. Oh, I did Zumba and Curves this morning.
Wednesday - Curves this morning. I'm still not sure about my stomach, so I forgot to grab something for breakfast before I left home. So breakfast was half a cup of coffee and 2 pop tarts. Note to self, I am going to stalk up on veggies and fruits the day before my period to see if that helps me stay on track. Actually, I need to stalk up on those things anyways.
Lunch was tomato soup with crackers. Dinner was some rolls at Jessica's while we did crafts. Followed by a caramelita. Then when I got home, I realized it was freezing and I had to build a fire. By the time that was done, I just wanted to go to bed.
Another 10 pounds, I feel like I've been saying that for a while. But eventually, I hit the goal and while the momentum is going, I decide to shoot for another 10 pounds.
Thursday - Stomach feels better this morning, but now my throat hurts. I hate this time of year! I hope its not the cold and cough Josh has had for the last 3 weeks. If it is, just shoot me now.
I decided to still go do Zumba. I was the ONLY one there besides the instructor, which was Cambree today. I didn't used to like her, but now that I'm feeling a little more confident in Zumba, I like her. She's just more upbeat and faster, but I feel like I did pretty good today. I also did my 30 minutes of Curves. They are getting ready to start another contest starting next week. During Zumba, I'm pretty sure I pulled a muscle in my leg, so I decided to not walk on my breaks today.
Side note, just bought some sexy boots last night! I love how now that I love my body, I love dressing it up and accessorising.
Breakfast, I skipped the coffee today, just wasn't feeling up to it. But I did have a cinnamon roll. Lunch was tomato soup with whole grain gold fish crackers.Dinner, that was an early bedtime. I think I'm getting a head cold and just wanted to go to sleep.
Friday - Went to Curves dark and early this morning. ;) In fact, I had all my errands in town finished before the sun was up. I hate the shorter days, but I love how accomplished I feel right now. This morning, I did my measurements since I couldn't do them earlier in the week. But I held last weeks post to add them there. So if you missed it, read my last post. Vanessa was there when I did my measurements and when I saw 169.5 on the scale, I had a HUGE grin. Vanessa said "must be good."
Right now, the thing I seem to crave the most is capacinno's from Maverick, so I let myself have one this morning. Lunch was a bowl of rice. Dinner was steak and mashed potatoes with sweet & tangy sauce.
Saturday - Breakfast was a bagel and egg sandwich. Lunch, I can't remember. Dinner was my big Halloween party. I had meatloaf, monster mash potato bites, fruit w/ dip, and cheesecake for dessert. It was all delish, even if I did end up gaining 2 pounds this weekend.
Sunday - Skipped breakfast because I wasn't feeling good. Lunch was a handful of popcorn. By dinner, I was finally feeling better. I had meatloaf and more potato bites.
Monday - I've fought this sinus infection all weekend, but today I'm feeling better. At least I can breathe through my nose again. I went ahead and went to Curves this morning since I slept so well last night. Breakfast was a Special K Crisps and I only drank half of my coffee, I think it was making my cough worse. Lunch was tomato soup with crackers.
Dinner wasn't my greatest meal, but Josh is headed out of town for work for 8 days, so we decided to meet somewhere for dinner. The only place we could both agree on was Rocky's. I had some chicken strips, onion rings and a small snickers shake. I've decided they make the BEST onion rings and I'm going to quit ordering those anywhere else.
Tuesday - My stomach was off today. I only took one sip of my coffee and I didn't eat anything for breakfast. At lunch, I tried a new soup, beef and vegetables. Don't know if its cause my stomach was still squeamish, or if I just didn't like it, but I only ate half of it and threw the rest away. A few people at worked baked a fresh apple pie this afternoon. I had a slice with some ice cream around 4:30. When I got home, I showered. Then I thought about dinner, but my stomach still didn't feel right, so I went to bed instead. Oh, I did Zumba and Curves this morning.
Wednesday - Curves this morning. I'm still not sure about my stomach, so I forgot to grab something for breakfast before I left home. So breakfast was half a cup of coffee and 2 pop tarts. Note to self, I am going to stalk up on veggies and fruits the day before my period to see if that helps me stay on track. Actually, I need to stalk up on those things anyways.
Lunch was tomato soup with crackers. Dinner was some rolls at Jessica's while we did crafts. Followed by a caramelita. Then when I got home, I realized it was freezing and I had to build a fire. By the time that was done, I just wanted to go to bed.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Week 85 and Curves Measurements.
I have felt like I'm working so hard, but didn't think I was seeing any results. I was proved wrong this morning when I did my Curves measurements. The results are at the bottom, but the happy news is I'm down 5.5 pounds and 7 inches since my weigh in last month!!!!!
Thursday - Zumba for 30 and Curves for 30 this morning. Breakfast, I decided to treat myself a little by having hot cocoa powder in my coffee instead of the sugarless stuff I've been using. Then I had some pineapple and a Special K crisp.
Then I quit tracking my food until Monday... I could try to remember, but I'm not sure if I'll get it all.
Dinner on Thursday I think was cheesy cauliflower soup. Lunch was nachos from Maverick. This was because Stewart's was out of their deli salads. So was Maverick. Maverick was also out of egg rolls and corn dogs.
Friday - Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. Lunch, I think I didn't eat anything because I was at the salon all day. Dinner was cornish game hens with rice and decedant brownie w/ ice cream for dessert.
Saturday - Don't remember breakfast or lunch. Dinner was more cornish game hens with rice and brownie w/ ice cream for dessert.
Sunday - Can't remember breakfast. Lunch was Cheesy Cauliflower soup in a bread bowl. Dinner was just the yummy left over rice and more brownie for dessert.
Monday - Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. Lunch was tomato soup and some whole wheat Goldfish crackers. Dinner was at Subway with my mom. I was starving, so I got a foot long chicken tuscano sandwich. Curves this morning and I only walked on one break today. I missed my afternoon walk because I was at the dr. for my yearly appt. I hate those appointments, but I love the peace of mind that comes knowing I am hopefully cancer free another year. I always do my appointment in October since it is breast cancer awareness month.
Tuesday - Zumba for 30 minutes this morning, followed by Curves for another 30. I've had this thought for a while that I'm actually kind of excited for work to go to their 5 day a week schedule so I can sleep in a little bit. But then last night I realized, the Zumba time won't be changing. :p So I guess I'll only get to sleep in 2 days a week on the non Zumba days. The Zumba days, well, I'm not sure what I'll do with that extra hour between it and work, but I love Zumba too much to give it up.
Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. I know I haven't been documenting my water like I should, but I am still drinking it. Each morning, I start my coffee, then get my office ready for the day. Just before unlocking the doors, I take my water cup with me, fill it up and grab my coffee. Then I just alternate sipping from both cups all morning. I really think it does help.
Lunch was a chicken dumpling type soup. It was pretty good. But I've noticed, I've replaced my one tracked lunch of salad to a new one tracked lunch of soup. I'm going to have to work on that. I could alternate days, except I only eat half the salad when I get it and by the 2nd day its kinda limp and sad. I don't know if I could eat it on day 3.
Dinner was Stir fry at my mom's. Then I took a nice long soak in her hot tub. That felt so good! I've missed that, but mostly because its been broken for several months. But now that its working, I've realized I won't use it much because of my early bed time. But tomorrow I get to sleep in, so tonight I decided to hot tub. I was just going to for an hour, then until I was to a certain chapter in my book. Ya, I can't make this a regular thing. I get in there and get so relaxed and the only thing that gets me out is by finishing a book. I didn't get home until 10 last night and after showering, I didn't get to bed until 11.
Wednesday - Today, I got the rare opportunity to work in the Altamont office. I like this because its so much closer to home for me. But also, they are only open half a day, so I didn't have to be to work until 9. (Hence the late night last night.) But it was funny, my body woke up at 5 in a panic! It knew it shouldn't still be asleep. But I went back to sleep until the alarm went off at 6. Then I got up and road my exercise bike for 75 mins. I'm a little sore. I know I'm in shape, but I haven't been on my bike in months and I think those muscles became a little spoiled. But I'm sure with winter coming, I'll probably use it more. (Side note, did I mention we were getting a treadmill in previous posts? It didn't work out and we've decided to wait until we find a home to buy.)
Just as I was headed out the door, I realized I hadn't eaten yet. I also remembered how cold the Altamont office is. So I made some coffee and grabbed a Special K Crisp. I won't get my 15 minute breaks today, so my exercise bike this morning will probably be all I do, but that is why I went longer.
Forgot my lunch. So I went to Pizarros and ordered a Philly Chicken Sandwich with onion rings. Then before my order came, I started to feel sick to my stomach. I ate lunch, but spent the rest of the day thinking it would come back up. I finally started sipping on a Sprite around 3:00. It seemed to help a little bit. Dinner was at scrapbook group. Some kind of soup in bread bowls. I ate, but then after that, started feeling sick again.
My measurements on 9/19/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.00
Hip 41.50
Thigh 23.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 175.0 (lbs.)
BMI 30.04
Body Fat % 32.80
Body Fat 57.40 (lbs.)
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.)
Results
Bust -1.50 (Wish this number would QUIT shrinking!)
Waist - -2.00 (VERY happy with this number!)
Abdomen -2.00 (Very happy with this number!)
Hip -0.50
Thigh - -0.00 (Need to work this area harder, but it really has always been one of my biggest struggles)
Arm - -1.00
Weight - -5.5 (lbs)
BMI - -0.95
Body Fat % -.80
Body Fat - -3.13 (lbs.)
Curves adds all the results together for a total loss of -7.00 inches and -5.50 (lbs.). So that means since starting Curves, I have lost a total of -16.50 inches and -11.00 (lbs.) and I've had a total of 96 workouts.
Jodi asked me what I've been doing different. I've been watching my portion size better again. I'm also trying to not bake goodies for the hubs when he's home. But now that he's loosing weight to, he's more okay with that.
Hope this doesn't sound wrong, but I told him he can't get below 180. I finally weight less then my husband and that is a big deal to me. But that seems to be his goal weight anyways, which he is pretty close to since he never got as big like I did. I have noticed he needs new jeans cause his butt looks saggy in the ones he has now. But he's hard on jeans so I decided to wait until he wears the ones out he has now before buying new ones.
The other big change I've made is doing Zumba on its own. I admit, I have a panic attack almost every time because by the time I do the full hour workout and go my hair & makeup, I have about 7 minutes to get to work. But I haven't been late yet so I'm going to stick with it. Especially since I lost 7 inches this month. :)
I can never say it enough, I'm so proud of myself. This has not been an easy journey, but it is so worth it.
Thursday - Zumba for 30 and Curves for 30 this morning. Breakfast, I decided to treat myself a little by having hot cocoa powder in my coffee instead of the sugarless stuff I've been using. Then I had some pineapple and a Special K crisp.
Then I quit tracking my food until Monday... I could try to remember, but I'm not sure if I'll get it all.
Dinner on Thursday I think was cheesy cauliflower soup. Lunch was nachos from Maverick. This was because Stewart's was out of their deli salads. So was Maverick. Maverick was also out of egg rolls and corn dogs.
Friday - Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. Lunch, I think I didn't eat anything because I was at the salon all day. Dinner was cornish game hens with rice and decedant brownie w/ ice cream for dessert.
Saturday - Don't remember breakfast or lunch. Dinner was more cornish game hens with rice and brownie w/ ice cream for dessert.
Sunday - Can't remember breakfast. Lunch was Cheesy Cauliflower soup in a bread bowl. Dinner was just the yummy left over rice and more brownie for dessert.
Monday - Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. Lunch was tomato soup and some whole wheat Goldfish crackers. Dinner was at Subway with my mom. I was starving, so I got a foot long chicken tuscano sandwich. Curves this morning and I only walked on one break today. I missed my afternoon walk because I was at the dr. for my yearly appt. I hate those appointments, but I love the peace of mind that comes knowing I am hopefully cancer free another year. I always do my appointment in October since it is breast cancer awareness month.
Tuesday - Zumba for 30 minutes this morning, followed by Curves for another 30. I've had this thought for a while that I'm actually kind of excited for work to go to their 5 day a week schedule so I can sleep in a little bit. But then last night I realized, the Zumba time won't be changing. :p So I guess I'll only get to sleep in 2 days a week on the non Zumba days. The Zumba days, well, I'm not sure what I'll do with that extra hour between it and work, but I love Zumba too much to give it up.
Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. I know I haven't been documenting my water like I should, but I am still drinking it. Each morning, I start my coffee, then get my office ready for the day. Just before unlocking the doors, I take my water cup with me, fill it up and grab my coffee. Then I just alternate sipping from both cups all morning. I really think it does help.
Lunch was a chicken dumpling type soup. It was pretty good. But I've noticed, I've replaced my one tracked lunch of salad to a new one tracked lunch of soup. I'm going to have to work on that. I could alternate days, except I only eat half the salad when I get it and by the 2nd day its kinda limp and sad. I don't know if I could eat it on day 3.
Dinner was Stir fry at my mom's. Then I took a nice long soak in her hot tub. That felt so good! I've missed that, but mostly because its been broken for several months. But now that its working, I've realized I won't use it much because of my early bed time. But tomorrow I get to sleep in, so tonight I decided to hot tub. I was just going to for an hour, then until I was to a certain chapter in my book. Ya, I can't make this a regular thing. I get in there and get so relaxed and the only thing that gets me out is by finishing a book. I didn't get home until 10 last night and after showering, I didn't get to bed until 11.
Wednesday - Today, I got the rare opportunity to work in the Altamont office. I like this because its so much closer to home for me. But also, they are only open half a day, so I didn't have to be to work until 9. (Hence the late night last night.) But it was funny, my body woke up at 5 in a panic! It knew it shouldn't still be asleep. But I went back to sleep until the alarm went off at 6. Then I got up and road my exercise bike for 75 mins. I'm a little sore. I know I'm in shape, but I haven't been on my bike in months and I think those muscles became a little spoiled. But I'm sure with winter coming, I'll probably use it more. (Side note, did I mention we were getting a treadmill in previous posts? It didn't work out and we've decided to wait until we find a home to buy.)
Just as I was headed out the door, I realized I hadn't eaten yet. I also remembered how cold the Altamont office is. So I made some coffee and grabbed a Special K Crisp. I won't get my 15 minute breaks today, so my exercise bike this morning will probably be all I do, but that is why I went longer.
Forgot my lunch. So I went to Pizarros and ordered a Philly Chicken Sandwich with onion rings. Then before my order came, I started to feel sick to my stomach. I ate lunch, but spent the rest of the day thinking it would come back up. I finally started sipping on a Sprite around 3:00. It seemed to help a little bit. Dinner was at scrapbook group. Some kind of soup in bread bowls. I ate, but then after that, started feeling sick again.
My measurements on 9/19/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.00
Hip 41.50
Thigh 23.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 175.0 (lbs.)
BMI 30.04
Body Fat % 32.80
Body Fat 57.40 (lbs.)
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.)
Results
Bust -1.50 (Wish this number would QUIT shrinking!)
Waist - -2.00 (VERY happy with this number!)
Abdomen -2.00 (Very happy with this number!)
Hip -0.50
Thigh - -0.00 (Need to work this area harder, but it really has always been one of my biggest struggles)
Arm - -1.00
Weight - -5.5 (lbs)
BMI - -0.95
Body Fat % -.80
Body Fat - -3.13 (lbs.)
Curves adds all the results together for a total loss of -7.00 inches and -5.50 (lbs.). So that means since starting Curves, I have lost a total of -16.50 inches and -11.00 (lbs.) and I've had a total of 96 workouts.
Jodi asked me what I've been doing different. I've been watching my portion size better again. I'm also trying to not bake goodies for the hubs when he's home. But now that he's loosing weight to, he's more okay with that.
Hope this doesn't sound wrong, but I told him he can't get below 180. I finally weight less then my husband and that is a big deal to me. But that seems to be his goal weight anyways, which he is pretty close to since he never got as big like I did. I have noticed he needs new jeans cause his butt looks saggy in the ones he has now. But he's hard on jeans so I decided to wait until he wears the ones out he has now before buying new ones.
The other big change I've made is doing Zumba on its own. I admit, I have a panic attack almost every time because by the time I do the full hour workout and go my hair & makeup, I have about 7 minutes to get to work. But I haven't been late yet so I'm going to stick with it. Especially since I lost 7 inches this month. :)
I can never say it enough, I'm so proud of myself. This has not been an easy journey, but it is so worth it.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Week 84
I don't know if I trust the scale this morning. It said 170.8. Wow! That is so close to the 160's! This is the first time I've seen 170 so I won't be surprised if it goes away for a few days, but now I know it is possible. It just feels weird cause I'm just coming off my period and I feel like I should be higher. But not going to complain.
Awesome thing happened during this week. I've had this Halloween shirt for YEARS. Like probably 10 years. Its just a simple black, long sleeve shirt with a small pumpkin on it and it says Old Navy under it. A few years ago, it didn't fit anymore. Last year, I was thrilled when it fit. This year, its too big! This is the one shirt I can't give up. I can remember about 8 years ago, I was having a bad day. I can't remember what it was, but I remember just by wearing that shirt, I felt better.
I was pretty sad when I realized its too big. Yes, I could still wear it, but I take great pride in wearing clothes with no "x" in the size. No one would know but me. But it still upset me. So while in the city last weekend, I went to Old Navy in hopes of finding something to replace it. All they had was little kid Halloween shirts. :(
The next day, we went to Savers to buy stuff for Halloween costumes. (Side note, now that I'm small enough to buy costumes, I actually prefer to make them. Odd, but fun.) They had a small rack of Halloween shirts, most of them children sizes. But the LAST shirt on the rack was THAT shirt. In MY size. Of course I bought it!
I'm wearing it today, and it fits almost perfectly. I just feel like the previous owner shrunk it some. Josh says its okay if my underwear peeks out, but I told him I don't like that at work. So I'm going to wear it today and pay attention to if I adjust it a lot or not. I'm hoping it doesn't bother me so I can find a loving home for the other shirt.
So I've noticed that a day or two before my period, my hormones go off the wall. I almost feel like my body is screaming inside. I have a problem controlling my temper and find myself slamming drawers and stuff at work. And its all over little stuff, but I think that is how the screams present themselves when they escape my body. So I've been working on it. But its so hard! I feel fried and frazzled and so stressed! I've decided that is why I have a harder time controlling my thought process when it comes to food this time of the month.
Thursday - Yep, those hormones were RAGING today! By 3:00, I was done with the day. DONE! So I'm letting someone else cook dinner because I can just not deal with it. Oh, but first. Let's see. Today I did Zumba for 30 minutes and then Curves for 30 minutes. It really was the highlight of my day. I wore a dress today so no walks. Breakfast was 2 pop tarts and a small coffee. Lunch was spent looking for a new bathroom sink (part of the stress from last night). So I just grabbed a crispito and some potato munchers at the deli. Dinner is Sweet & Sour chicken from the China Star. Not half, the whole thing. The hormones screaming inside was louder then the regret. Or maybe the screaming was choking the regret.
Friday- Got the chance to work some over time again today. So breakfast was french toast, coffee and eggs and Cowan's Cafe. Lunch was a Philly Sandwich with fries and Daniel's Summit. Dinner, I was too tired, I went to bed instead. Lots of walking today.
Saturday - Breakfast was some cinnamon toast. Then this afternoon, my mom and I headed to the city. I didn't really get a lunch, but dinner was at Ruby Tuesday. I had some chicken tacos, salad and onion rings. I thought I was safe cause it was chicken, but later my mom and I were looking up our food on Weight Watchers and mine was more calories then I thought it would be. But since I didn't have the lemonades, I'm ok with what I had.
Sunday - Breakfast was just a coffee from a gas station. Then we were off to shop. :) Lunch was again at Ruby Tuesday, this time I had the Chicken dish that is listed on their Fit & Trim menu (I can't remember what its called), salad and a small bite of mac n cheese. But I filled up on salad pretty good, so most of my meal went home to be left overs. Dinner was cowboy casserole and I had a few Oreo's for dessert. I've decided to not even fight against my period this month. :p
Monday - Curves this morning. I did better then I thought I would. I ended up getting up at 4 am with Josh. I didn't figure I could get another 30 minutes of sleep. So I was a little tired and with the cramps I didn't think I'd do well. But I did. BTW, my mom is kicking ass at Curves. While I was there one day last week, Jodi told me to check with my mom and get her good news. She has lost almost 20 pounds already and several inches. I'm so proud of her.
Breakfast was coffee and some Special K crisp thingies. I thought they looked like pop tarts on the box, but they aren't near as big. Which is ok. But it said no need to heat. I didn't care for them cold. So I might try microwaving them tomorrow. I also had some pumpkin cookies because I decided to drink a full cup of coffee and I didn't think the crisps would be enough food to keep away the shakes. Lunch was tomato soup with crackers. Dinner was cowboy casserole and some cherry cobbler. I also walked on both breaks today.
Tuesday - Zumba this morning, followed by another half hour of Curves. :) I've started doing my Curves stuff as soon as they start their cool down song. That works perfectly! Breakfast was coffee, a Special K Crisp and some pineapple. Lunch was a Weight Watchers soup. I am in love with these little soup cans that you can just throw in the microwave and they are the perfect size. Dinner was cowboy casserole and some oreos. I had errands to run today, so no walks.
Wednesday - Curves this morning. Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. I tried heating them in the microwave yesterday. It was good, but I didn't get to my 2nd one (they come 2 in a package, so added together they are about the size of one pop tart), once they cool down, they get a little hard. Lunch was a Weight Watchers soup. Dinner was 2 small slices of pizza. Note to self, you NEED to go grocery shopping! Walked on both my breaks today.
Awesome thing happened during this week. I've had this Halloween shirt for YEARS. Like probably 10 years. Its just a simple black, long sleeve shirt with a small pumpkin on it and it says Old Navy under it. A few years ago, it didn't fit anymore. Last year, I was thrilled when it fit. This year, its too big! This is the one shirt I can't give up. I can remember about 8 years ago, I was having a bad day. I can't remember what it was, but I remember just by wearing that shirt, I felt better.
I was pretty sad when I realized its too big. Yes, I could still wear it, but I take great pride in wearing clothes with no "x" in the size. No one would know but me. But it still upset me. So while in the city last weekend, I went to Old Navy in hopes of finding something to replace it. All they had was little kid Halloween shirts. :(
The next day, we went to Savers to buy stuff for Halloween costumes. (Side note, now that I'm small enough to buy costumes, I actually prefer to make them. Odd, but fun.) They had a small rack of Halloween shirts, most of them children sizes. But the LAST shirt on the rack was THAT shirt. In MY size. Of course I bought it!
I'm wearing it today, and it fits almost perfectly. I just feel like the previous owner shrunk it some. Josh says its okay if my underwear peeks out, but I told him I don't like that at work. So I'm going to wear it today and pay attention to if I adjust it a lot or not. I'm hoping it doesn't bother me so I can find a loving home for the other shirt.
So I've noticed that a day or two before my period, my hormones go off the wall. I almost feel like my body is screaming inside. I have a problem controlling my temper and find myself slamming drawers and stuff at work. And its all over little stuff, but I think that is how the screams present themselves when they escape my body. So I've been working on it. But its so hard! I feel fried and frazzled and so stressed! I've decided that is why I have a harder time controlling my thought process when it comes to food this time of the month.
Thursday - Yep, those hormones were RAGING today! By 3:00, I was done with the day. DONE! So I'm letting someone else cook dinner because I can just not deal with it. Oh, but first. Let's see. Today I did Zumba for 30 minutes and then Curves for 30 minutes. It really was the highlight of my day. I wore a dress today so no walks. Breakfast was 2 pop tarts and a small coffee. Lunch was spent looking for a new bathroom sink (part of the stress from last night). So I just grabbed a crispito and some potato munchers at the deli. Dinner is Sweet & Sour chicken from the China Star. Not half, the whole thing. The hormones screaming inside was louder then the regret. Or maybe the screaming was choking the regret.
Friday- Got the chance to work some over time again today. So breakfast was french toast, coffee and eggs and Cowan's Cafe. Lunch was a Philly Sandwich with fries and Daniel's Summit. Dinner, I was too tired, I went to bed instead. Lots of walking today.
Saturday - Breakfast was some cinnamon toast. Then this afternoon, my mom and I headed to the city. I didn't really get a lunch, but dinner was at Ruby Tuesday. I had some chicken tacos, salad and onion rings. I thought I was safe cause it was chicken, but later my mom and I were looking up our food on Weight Watchers and mine was more calories then I thought it would be. But since I didn't have the lemonades, I'm ok with what I had.
Sunday - Breakfast was just a coffee from a gas station. Then we were off to shop. :) Lunch was again at Ruby Tuesday, this time I had the Chicken dish that is listed on their Fit & Trim menu (I can't remember what its called), salad and a small bite of mac n cheese. But I filled up on salad pretty good, so most of my meal went home to be left overs. Dinner was cowboy casserole and I had a few Oreo's for dessert. I've decided to not even fight against my period this month. :p
Monday - Curves this morning. I did better then I thought I would. I ended up getting up at 4 am with Josh. I didn't figure I could get another 30 minutes of sleep. So I was a little tired and with the cramps I didn't think I'd do well. But I did. BTW, my mom is kicking ass at Curves. While I was there one day last week, Jodi told me to check with my mom and get her good news. She has lost almost 20 pounds already and several inches. I'm so proud of her.
Breakfast was coffee and some Special K crisp thingies. I thought they looked like pop tarts on the box, but they aren't near as big. Which is ok. But it said no need to heat. I didn't care for them cold. So I might try microwaving them tomorrow. I also had some pumpkin cookies because I decided to drink a full cup of coffee and I didn't think the crisps would be enough food to keep away the shakes. Lunch was tomato soup with crackers. Dinner was cowboy casserole and some cherry cobbler. I also walked on both breaks today.
Tuesday - Zumba this morning, followed by another half hour of Curves. :) I've started doing my Curves stuff as soon as they start their cool down song. That works perfectly! Breakfast was coffee, a Special K Crisp and some pineapple. Lunch was a Weight Watchers soup. I am in love with these little soup cans that you can just throw in the microwave and they are the perfect size. Dinner was cowboy casserole and some oreos. I had errands to run today, so no walks.
Wednesday - Curves this morning. Breakfast was coffee and a Special K Crisp. I tried heating them in the microwave yesterday. It was good, but I didn't get to my 2nd one (they come 2 in a package, so added together they are about the size of one pop tart), once they cool down, they get a little hard. Lunch was a Weight Watchers soup. Dinner was 2 small slices of pizza. Note to self, you NEED to go grocery shopping! Walked on both my breaks today.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The other day I was visiting with someone and she asked how I had been loosing my weight. I told her I lost about 30 on Weight Watchers, 30 on my own and I've lost about another 10 on Curves. She then asked me if it made me sick to think that I had 70 pounds to loose. My first thought was, ya, it did. I was a fatty. But as I thought about it that night, I decided I don't feel sick over the fact I've lost 70 pounds.
I LOST 70 POUNDS!!!! That is no easy thing to do. It was by far much easier to put on. I will not be disgusted with myself for LOOSING weight. I will shout it from roof tops: I lost weight and so can you! I'm not making a sales pitch, I'm just trying to share the truth. I was sick over the fact that I was FAT, but now that I've done something about it, I'm not sick or ashamed. I am proud.
I do hope to loose just a little more. Just one pant size would be nice. But at least I'm to a point where I can be proud of myself and enjoy my body. I used to hate my body. That made me hate myself. That affected my relationship with others. It was not a good place to be.
As I've lost weight, I've been able to unbury myself. I am amazed at how much better I feel. I love life more. And I don't think its just because I feel skinny. I think loosing weight has helped me gain confidence in myself and it has made me better in other ways too.
I know I get vane at times. But I think I've earned it. I worked my ass off over the last 18ish months. It was hard, and it still is. Some mornings, I jump out of bed at 4:30 am with no problem. There are other days I have to drag myself to Curves. But I know if I don't do it, I will regret it. I know if I DO do it, I will be happy with myself and that much closer to my goal. My health is my #1 priority now. If I don't think I have time for a workout, I FIND it. Its only 30 minutes.
I love it when my husband tells me how sexy I am now. I love the sexy pj's I found to wear to bed each night. I'm not going to take up pole dancing, but I feel like I have the right to show it off a little. I am no longer ashamed of my body.
Its been hard. So HARD. But so worth it.
I LOST 70 POUNDS!!!! That is no easy thing to do. It was by far much easier to put on. I will not be disgusted with myself for LOOSING weight. I will shout it from roof tops: I lost weight and so can you! I'm not making a sales pitch, I'm just trying to share the truth. I was sick over the fact that I was FAT, but now that I've done something about it, I'm not sick or ashamed. I am proud.
I do hope to loose just a little more. Just one pant size would be nice. But at least I'm to a point where I can be proud of myself and enjoy my body. I used to hate my body. That made me hate myself. That affected my relationship with others. It was not a good place to be.
As I've lost weight, I've been able to unbury myself. I am amazed at how much better I feel. I love life more. And I don't think its just because I feel skinny. I think loosing weight has helped me gain confidence in myself and it has made me better in other ways too.
I know I get vane at times. But I think I've earned it. I worked my ass off over the last 18ish months. It was hard, and it still is. Some mornings, I jump out of bed at 4:30 am with no problem. There are other days I have to drag myself to Curves. But I know if I don't do it, I will regret it. I know if I DO do it, I will be happy with myself and that much closer to my goal. My health is my #1 priority now. If I don't think I have time for a workout, I FIND it. Its only 30 minutes.
I love it when my husband tells me how sexy I am now. I love the sexy pj's I found to wear to bed each night. I'm not going to take up pole dancing, but I feel like I have the right to show it off a little. I am no longer ashamed of my body.
Its been hard. So HARD. But so worth it.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Week 83
Only down half a pound, but I can tell my period is coming. (Ugh, hormones!)
I decided to buy some new workout clothes. LOVE them! I also bought a sports bra. That is so much nicer to work out in! But I just might have to wear my regular bra on measurements day because it really sucks my breasts in. I don't want to look like I've lost 3 inches just because they are smashed.
Thursday - Did Zumba for 30 mins, then did Curves for another 30. I love that workout. Today, I felt like I'm finally catching on to Zumba. I am not coordinated at all, but today I was keeping up and doing the steps right! This girl can now do the grapevine.
Breakfast was a protien drink and some watermelon. Around lunch time, I missed my coffee! But I don't like to drink THAT much caffiene after morning, so I got a Diet Coke. Lunch was a 6 in roasted chicken sandwich from Subway and some of the left over potatoes from yesterday. Josh ended up coming home tonight, so he stopped and got us dinner at China Star. I had Sweet & Sour pork, rice, eggroll and wontons. I ate half then put the rest in the fridge for later.
I forgot to keep track for a few days. So Friday - Sunday is a guess off my memory. I think its pretty close.
Friday - I ended up working today for my regular job, but it was out in the field. We started the day oat Cowan's Cafe. I had eggs, 1 slice of toast, a cup of coffee w/ some hot chocolate in it, and a small peice of the ham. (I gave the rest to someone else.) Lunch was at Daniel's Summit. I had the Philly Steak Sandwich and some onion rings. Dinner was the rest of my China Star meal.
Saturday - Breakfast was oatmeal. Then I spent the afternoon helping my uncle with his catering business. Lunch was an root beer float and a roll. Dinner was leftovers from his dinner. I had some beans, potatoes and ribs.
Sunday - Breakfast was oatmeal. Then I spent all morning and most of the afternoon in my craft room. (I finished my Alaska scrapbook!) So lunch/dinner was around 4:00. I had some beans, potatoes and ribs.
Monday - Breakfast was a yogurt parfait from Maverick. I only drank like a quarter of my coffee today. After Curves, I always go buy my salad from Maverick for lunch. This morning, they weren't made up yet. When I went back at lunch, they were SOLD out. :( I only get 30 minutes for lunch so I didn't have time to go somewhere else, so I had a corn dog and 2 egg rolls from Maverick. Dinner was a really yummy potato soup I made in a bread bowl. Went to Curves this morning and walked on both my breaks.
Tuesday - Did Zumba and then Curves this morning. I really enjoy those hour long workouts. Breakfast was a yogurt, banana and a small cup of coffee. Lunch was half a Maverick salad. I'm starting to get tired of those, I need ot come up with some new lunch ideas. Dinner was potato soup in a bread bowl. Also, I walked on both my breaks today.
Wednesday - I am so sluggish this week. I think its because Josh is home sick. He coughs all night and I'm not sleeping as well as I used to. Plus, last night, we went to bed an hour later then I would have if I had been home alone. At least the week is halfway over. Did Curves this morning and walked on both my breaks. Breakfast was coffee, yogurt and 2 poptarts. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner, oh, my day just went down hill after work. I thought about just skipping dinner and going to bed, but I was too hungry. So I had some funeral potatoes.
I decided to buy some new workout clothes. LOVE them! I also bought a sports bra. That is so much nicer to work out in! But I just might have to wear my regular bra on measurements day because it really sucks my breasts in. I don't want to look like I've lost 3 inches just because they are smashed.
Thursday - Did Zumba for 30 mins, then did Curves for another 30. I love that workout. Today, I felt like I'm finally catching on to Zumba. I am not coordinated at all, but today I was keeping up and doing the steps right! This girl can now do the grapevine.
Breakfast was a protien drink and some watermelon. Around lunch time, I missed my coffee! But I don't like to drink THAT much caffiene after morning, so I got a Diet Coke. Lunch was a 6 in roasted chicken sandwich from Subway and some of the left over potatoes from yesterday. Josh ended up coming home tonight, so he stopped and got us dinner at China Star. I had Sweet & Sour pork, rice, eggroll and wontons. I ate half then put the rest in the fridge for later.
I forgot to keep track for a few days. So Friday - Sunday is a guess off my memory. I think its pretty close.
Friday - I ended up working today for my regular job, but it was out in the field. We started the day oat Cowan's Cafe. I had eggs, 1 slice of toast, a cup of coffee w/ some hot chocolate in it, and a small peice of the ham. (I gave the rest to someone else.) Lunch was at Daniel's Summit. I had the Philly Steak Sandwich and some onion rings. Dinner was the rest of my China Star meal.
Saturday - Breakfast was oatmeal. Then I spent the afternoon helping my uncle with his catering business. Lunch was an root beer float and a roll. Dinner was leftovers from his dinner. I had some beans, potatoes and ribs.
Sunday - Breakfast was oatmeal. Then I spent all morning and most of the afternoon in my craft room. (I finished my Alaska scrapbook!) So lunch/dinner was around 4:00. I had some beans, potatoes and ribs.
Monday - Breakfast was a yogurt parfait from Maverick. I only drank like a quarter of my coffee today. After Curves, I always go buy my salad from Maverick for lunch. This morning, they weren't made up yet. When I went back at lunch, they were SOLD out. :( I only get 30 minutes for lunch so I didn't have time to go somewhere else, so I had a corn dog and 2 egg rolls from Maverick. Dinner was a really yummy potato soup I made in a bread bowl. Went to Curves this morning and walked on both my breaks.
Tuesday - Did Zumba and then Curves this morning. I really enjoy those hour long workouts. Breakfast was a yogurt, banana and a small cup of coffee. Lunch was half a Maverick salad. I'm starting to get tired of those, I need ot come up with some new lunch ideas. Dinner was potato soup in a bread bowl. Also, I walked on both my breaks today.
Wednesday - I am so sluggish this week. I think its because Josh is home sick. He coughs all night and I'm not sleeping as well as I used to. Plus, last night, we went to bed an hour later then I would have if I had been home alone. At least the week is halfway over. Did Curves this morning and walked on both my breaks. Breakfast was coffee, yogurt and 2 poptarts. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner, oh, my day just went down hill after work. I thought about just skipping dinner and going to bed, but I was too hungry. So I had some funeral potatoes.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Week 82
LOVE seeing new numbers on the scale! This morning, I weighed 172.0. I've now lost 67 pounds. So proud of myself.
Thursday - I didn't make it to Curves this morning. This UTI is kicking my butt! But I'm hoping to get into the dr. today. I thought it would feel good to sleep in, but now I'm hating it. I think my workouts help wake me up, because by the time I get to work, I'm ready to tackle the day. Today...its almost 9 and I am still dragging! I haven't missed Curves before work in a long time and don't plan to again. Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas and cranberry juice, but today its sugar free cranberry juice. I didn't walk on either break. Uh, I hate feeling sick!
Made it in to the dr. and got some meds. Hoping I feel better soon. Lunch was crackers and water. Dinner was at book club. I had a delish bbq chicken sand which, salad and I had one of each of the 5 very yummy cookies.
Friday - Still not feeling well. I have no where I need to go today, so I think I'll just take it easy all day. I didn't eat until dinner, which was white chicken chili.
Saturday - Honey nut cherrios for breakfast. Lunch was some chili. Dinner was 2 shredded bbq chicken sandwhiches.
Sunday - Breakfast was a few cookies and a milk. Lunch/dinner was at the in-laws. They had Navajo Tacos. I usually have one, then have another scone with honey and butter. Today, I decided I could only have one scone. So I had a bowl of chili and one scone with honey. No exercise this weekend, but I'm finally feeling better.
Monday- I am going to have to quit coffee, I can not get over these shakes. :( Breakfast was a package of poptarts. Then I got shaky so I had some canned peaches and another package of pop tarts. And I've had TONS of water today, so I'm not sure about the shakes. I had one glass before the coffee and another right after. Now I'm up to like 5 glasses.
Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was a bbq chicken sandwich. Went to Curves this morning and walked on both my breaks. I hadn't been to Curves for 4 days; missing just that much kicked my butt!
Tuesday - Went to Zumba this morning. I was thinking of just doing it with Curves at the same time, but the machine that tracks the Curves Smart wasn't working. So I decided to do just Zumba and then do Curves after wards when the internet was back up. So 30 mins of Zumba then another 30 of Curves. And today, I kicked butt. ;) It felt so good to get that much of a workout in. But I have to make a few recovery boards short so I have time to do my hair and make up afterwards.
Breakfast was coffee, 2 pop tarts and a yogurt. Lunch, lets just say its a good thing I did a full hour this morning because I pigged out. My uncle catered a lunchean for work and I helped myself to everything. Except the salad, I eat that all the time so I decided to skip it. I also had a second serving of potatoes and cobbler. But, yum, it was all so good. Until the heartburn hit early tonight. :p It was pretty bad, so I took a prilosec and skipped dinner.
Wednesday - Curves this morning. I'm going to try and go without coffee today. I've been drinking it for almost a year now, but I swear its affecting me this month. I'm not planning to QUIT it, just try to limit myself. And its not like I drink a lot. One mug a day. But to help me hopefully still get some caffiene (to avoid the headaches and hopefully wake me up), breakfast is a Vanilla Latte protien drink and some watermelon. Lunch was left overs from yesterday, but in much smaller portions! And no seconds! In the afternoon, I snacked on some more watermelon. Dinner was a tofu stir fry that my sister made. Not sure what I think of tofu, but it was ok. I don't know if I would ever cook it on my own, but now I know I won't turn my nose up at it either.
Thursday - I didn't make it to Curves this morning. This UTI is kicking my butt! But I'm hoping to get into the dr. today. I thought it would feel good to sleep in, but now I'm hating it. I think my workouts help wake me up, because by the time I get to work, I'm ready to tackle the day. Today...its almost 9 and I am still dragging! I haven't missed Curves before work in a long time and don't plan to again. Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas and cranberry juice, but today its sugar free cranberry juice. I didn't walk on either break. Uh, I hate feeling sick!
Made it in to the dr. and got some meds. Hoping I feel better soon. Lunch was crackers and water. Dinner was at book club. I had a delish bbq chicken sand which, salad and I had one of each of the 5 very yummy cookies.
Friday - Still not feeling well. I have no where I need to go today, so I think I'll just take it easy all day. I didn't eat until dinner, which was white chicken chili.
Saturday - Honey nut cherrios for breakfast. Lunch was some chili. Dinner was 2 shredded bbq chicken sandwhiches.
Sunday - Breakfast was a few cookies and a milk. Lunch/dinner was at the in-laws. They had Navajo Tacos. I usually have one, then have another scone with honey and butter. Today, I decided I could only have one scone. So I had a bowl of chili and one scone with honey. No exercise this weekend, but I'm finally feeling better.
Monday- I am going to have to quit coffee, I can not get over these shakes. :( Breakfast was a package of poptarts. Then I got shaky so I had some canned peaches and another package of pop tarts. And I've had TONS of water today, so I'm not sure about the shakes. I had one glass before the coffee and another right after. Now I'm up to like 5 glasses.
Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was a bbq chicken sandwich. Went to Curves this morning and walked on both my breaks. I hadn't been to Curves for 4 days; missing just that much kicked my butt!
Tuesday - Went to Zumba this morning. I was thinking of just doing it with Curves at the same time, but the machine that tracks the Curves Smart wasn't working. So I decided to do just Zumba and then do Curves after wards when the internet was back up. So 30 mins of Zumba then another 30 of Curves. And today, I kicked butt. ;) It felt so good to get that much of a workout in. But I have to make a few recovery boards short so I have time to do my hair and make up afterwards.
Breakfast was coffee, 2 pop tarts and a yogurt. Lunch, lets just say its a good thing I did a full hour this morning because I pigged out. My uncle catered a lunchean for work and I helped myself to everything. Except the salad, I eat that all the time so I decided to skip it. I also had a second serving of potatoes and cobbler. But, yum, it was all so good. Until the heartburn hit early tonight. :p It was pretty bad, so I took a prilosec and skipped dinner.
Wednesday - Curves this morning. I'm going to try and go without coffee today. I've been drinking it for almost a year now, but I swear its affecting me this month. I'm not planning to QUIT it, just try to limit myself. And its not like I drink a lot. One mug a day. But to help me hopefully still get some caffiene (to avoid the headaches and hopefully wake me up), breakfast is a Vanilla Latte protien drink and some watermelon. Lunch was left overs from yesterday, but in much smaller portions! And no seconds! In the afternoon, I snacked on some more watermelon. Dinner was a tofu stir fry that my sister made. Not sure what I think of tofu, but it was ok. I don't know if I would ever cook it on my own, but now I know I won't turn my nose up at it either.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Week 81 and Curves measurements
My weight has bounced some this week, so I was pleasantly surprised when I got on the scale this morning and saw 173.8. :) Especially since I drank about a gallon of cranberry juice yesterday.
Highlights from this week: I saw someone this weekend I haven't seen in like 2 years. She told me she hardly recognized me. That made a perfect day even better. ;)
Still loving how well my clothes seem to fit me. I almost wore an old high school dress to a wedding, but my belly still sticks out just a little. I decided to hang it back up and set a goal to wear it to the work Christmas party. That is only like 2-1/2 months away. I can do this!!!!
My mom is working on getting healthy and loosing weight. So glad I can be an example to her. I love going to Curves and hearing the workers tell me they saw my mom yesterday. I'm so proud of her. My sister is also on a diet and it feels awesome to know we are all working on this together. I know I can always turn to them for support and it makes me try to be better as an example to them.
I ordered some new workout clothes from Curves. I hope I like them. I wanted some shorts since I get so hot about half way through my workout. Then I ordered a new cute tank top, a sports bra and a jacket. Its getting chilly in the mornings. I don't mind wearing a sweater while driving to Curves, but after my workout, when my hair is all done, I hate putting the sweater back on. It should hopefully all be here next week so I can wear the shorts in the 5K I'm doing. Which I think I'll mostly be walking. Maybe I can aim to run it next year.
Thursday - I was already to do a full hour at Curves with Zumba, but the instructor was sick today. So instead I did just the regular circuit, but since I had come determined to work hard, I pushed myself hard. I feel like it was one of my best workouts in quite a while. :) I also had another moment where I realize how far I'm come. When I started my diet, I could do 10 jumping jacks. I did several sets today between machines. :)
I mentioned last week I get the shakes alot. I'm convinced its my coffee. Yesterday, I skipped the coffee because of a belly ache. But today, I had my coffee and now I'm shaky. Grr, I hate it. But I can't give up my coffee. I'm going to have to just figure out the perfect amount of grounds to add, I must be making it too strong.
Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas and a slice of wheat bread. Then around 11, I had half of a white bagel and 2 large glasses of milk. I'm hoping it will help flush out the caffeine shakes.
It must have helped cause I felt much better after about an hour. Lunch today was half a chicken salad and some of the left over apple crisp from last night. I have got to get back in control of my will power in that break room!
Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was chicken Parmesan wraps. I walked on both my walks today.
Friday - Went to Curves before my dentist appt. this morning. Then afterwards I had a coffee and 6inch ham and egg sandwich for breakfast at Subway. Then we headed to the city. Lunch was a diet Pepsi and some mixed nuts. Dinner was at Ruby Tuesday. I had the Chicken Bella, mashed potatoes, salad bar and a lemonade. Then Josh and I shared Blondie for dessert. When we stopped at Maverick in Heber, I thought about getting a hot chocolate, but decided to pass since I had dessert.
Saturday - Breakfast was oatmeal and toast. Then I headed out to help my uncle with his catering business. Lunch was some cheesy potatoes. Dinner was baked beans, cheesy potatoes and some cobbler. Exercise today was just running around helping get the dinner ready.
Sunday - No exercise today, I spent the day in my craft room instead. Breakfast was coffee. Lunch was a few slices of cinnamon toast. Dinner was chicken Parmesan wraps.
Monday - Today was supposed to be my Curves measurements. I wanted to cancel cause I'm at 184.4. But J said she would come in early just to do my measurements, so I wasn't going to cancel on her. Turns out, she called in sick. So now I have 2 days to get the half a pound worked back off! I did Curves and walked on both my breaks.
Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, and a large glass of water. No shakes today. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was tomato soup and 2 cheese sandwiches.
Tuesday - I am so PROUD of myself today! I decided to do 30 minutes of Zumba, followed by Curves. (Or as I told one lady, I wanted 1 full hour of torture.) Time wise, it cuts it close, but it is do-able. I will definitely do it again. :) I also walked on both breaks today.
Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, a banana and a large glass of water. I should note, I drink water off and on all day, but don't record it. But while I'm trying to learn how to deal with the caffeine shakes, I'm making sure I have a large glass of water with my breakfast. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was tomato soup, 2 cheese sandwiches and 3-6 cookies. Its hard to judge, since I ate some dough.
Wednesday - Should have stayed away from those cookies! I weighted 175 this morning. I freaked for a min, but then I reminded myself of how far I've come. And how I'm ok at this weight. Its just a pound, no big deal. I went online to see what my measurements were last month, and the first thing I saw was a picture of fat me. That helped me remember just how far I have come. So what if I'm up a little, its not the 65+ pounds I used to have. And when I did my measurement at Curves, I was down 1.5 pounds from a month ago. So I'm still creeping into the right direction. Overall, the freak out only lasted a few minutes. Which just shows how I've grown in other ways. A year ago, I would have freaked for a week and not eaten.
Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, a banana, and a cranberry drink. Lunch was half a chicken salad with a hot link (no bun) and more cranberry juice. Dinner was a small taco salad and a brownie. And more cranberry juice.
No walking on my breaks today. I am not feeling well; I think I might be getting a UTI. If I don't feel better by tomorrow, I think I'll try to get in to see a doctor. Until then, lots (and LOTS) of cranberry juice.
My measurements on 8/8/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.50
Hip 42.00
Thigh 24.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 176.5 (lbs.)
BMI 30.29
Body Fat % 34.40
Body Fat 60.72 (lbs.)
My measurements on 9/19/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.00
Hip 41.50
Thigh 23.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 175.0 (lbs.)
BMI 30.04
Body Fat % 32.80
Body Fat 57.40 (lbs.)
Results
Bust -0.00
Waist - -0.00
Abdomen -0.50
Hip -0.50
Thigh - -2.00
Arm - -0.50
Weight - -1.5 (lbs)
BMI - -0.25
Body Fat % -1.60
Body Fat - -3.32 (lbs.)
Curves adds all the results together for a total loss of -3.00 inches and -1.50 (lbs.). So that means since starting Curves, I have lost a total of -9.50 inches and -7.80 (lbs.) and I've had a total of 80 workouts.
Highlights from this week: I saw someone this weekend I haven't seen in like 2 years. She told me she hardly recognized me. That made a perfect day even better. ;)
Still loving how well my clothes seem to fit me. I almost wore an old high school dress to a wedding, but my belly still sticks out just a little. I decided to hang it back up and set a goal to wear it to the work Christmas party. That is only like 2-1/2 months away. I can do this!!!!
My mom is working on getting healthy and loosing weight. So glad I can be an example to her. I love going to Curves and hearing the workers tell me they saw my mom yesterday. I'm so proud of her. My sister is also on a diet and it feels awesome to know we are all working on this together. I know I can always turn to them for support and it makes me try to be better as an example to them.
I ordered some new workout clothes from Curves. I hope I like them. I wanted some shorts since I get so hot about half way through my workout. Then I ordered a new cute tank top, a sports bra and a jacket. Its getting chilly in the mornings. I don't mind wearing a sweater while driving to Curves, but after my workout, when my hair is all done, I hate putting the sweater back on. It should hopefully all be here next week so I can wear the shorts in the 5K I'm doing. Which I think I'll mostly be walking. Maybe I can aim to run it next year.
Thursday - I was already to do a full hour at Curves with Zumba, but the instructor was sick today. So instead I did just the regular circuit, but since I had come determined to work hard, I pushed myself hard. I feel like it was one of my best workouts in quite a while. :) I also had another moment where I realize how far I'm come. When I started my diet, I could do 10 jumping jacks. I did several sets today between machines. :)
I mentioned last week I get the shakes alot. I'm convinced its my coffee. Yesterday, I skipped the coffee because of a belly ache. But today, I had my coffee and now I'm shaky. Grr, I hate it. But I can't give up my coffee. I'm going to have to just figure out the perfect amount of grounds to add, I must be making it too strong.
Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas and a slice of wheat bread. Then around 11, I had half of a white bagel and 2 large glasses of milk. I'm hoping it will help flush out the caffeine shakes.
It must have helped cause I felt much better after about an hour. Lunch today was half a chicken salad and some of the left over apple crisp from last night. I have got to get back in control of my will power in that break room!
Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was chicken Parmesan wraps. I walked on both my walks today.
Friday - Went to Curves before my dentist appt. this morning. Then afterwards I had a coffee and 6inch ham and egg sandwich for breakfast at Subway. Then we headed to the city. Lunch was a diet Pepsi and some mixed nuts. Dinner was at Ruby Tuesday. I had the Chicken Bella, mashed potatoes, salad bar and a lemonade. Then Josh and I shared Blondie for dessert. When we stopped at Maverick in Heber, I thought about getting a hot chocolate, but decided to pass since I had dessert.
Saturday - Breakfast was oatmeal and toast. Then I headed out to help my uncle with his catering business. Lunch was some cheesy potatoes. Dinner was baked beans, cheesy potatoes and some cobbler. Exercise today was just running around helping get the dinner ready.
Sunday - No exercise today, I spent the day in my craft room instead. Breakfast was coffee. Lunch was a few slices of cinnamon toast. Dinner was chicken Parmesan wraps.
Monday - Today was supposed to be my Curves measurements. I wanted to cancel cause I'm at 184.4. But J said she would come in early just to do my measurements, so I wasn't going to cancel on her. Turns out, she called in sick. So now I have 2 days to get the half a pound worked back off! I did Curves and walked on both my breaks.
Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, and a large glass of water. No shakes today. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was tomato soup and 2 cheese sandwiches.
Tuesday - I am so PROUD of myself today! I decided to do 30 minutes of Zumba, followed by Curves. (Or as I told one lady, I wanted 1 full hour of torture.) Time wise, it cuts it close, but it is do-able. I will definitely do it again. :) I also walked on both breaks today.
Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, a banana and a large glass of water. I should note, I drink water off and on all day, but don't record it. But while I'm trying to learn how to deal with the caffeine shakes, I'm making sure I have a large glass of water with my breakfast. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was tomato soup, 2 cheese sandwiches and 3-6 cookies. Its hard to judge, since I ate some dough.
Wednesday - Should have stayed away from those cookies! I weighted 175 this morning. I freaked for a min, but then I reminded myself of how far I've come. And how I'm ok at this weight. Its just a pound, no big deal. I went online to see what my measurements were last month, and the first thing I saw was a picture of fat me. That helped me remember just how far I have come. So what if I'm up a little, its not the 65+ pounds I used to have. And when I did my measurement at Curves, I was down 1.5 pounds from a month ago. So I'm still creeping into the right direction. Overall, the freak out only lasted a few minutes. Which just shows how I've grown in other ways. A year ago, I would have freaked for a week and not eaten.
Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, a banana, and a cranberry drink. Lunch was half a chicken salad with a hot link (no bun) and more cranberry juice. Dinner was a small taco salad and a brownie. And more cranberry juice.
No walking on my breaks today. I am not feeling well; I think I might be getting a UTI. If I don't feel better by tomorrow, I think I'll try to get in to see a doctor. Until then, lots (and LOTS) of cranberry juice.
My measurements on 8/8/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.50
Hip 42.00
Thigh 24.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 176.5 (lbs.)
BMI 30.29
Body Fat % 34.40
Body Fat 60.72 (lbs.)
My measurements on 9/19/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.00
Hip 41.50
Thigh 23.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 175.0 (lbs.)
BMI 30.04
Body Fat % 32.80
Body Fat 57.40 (lbs.)
Results
Bust -0.00
Waist - -0.00
Abdomen -0.50
Hip -0.50
Thigh - -2.00
Arm - -0.50
Weight - -1.5 (lbs)
BMI - -0.25
Body Fat % -1.60
Body Fat - -3.32 (lbs.)
Curves adds all the results together for a total loss of -3.00 inches and -1.50 (lbs.). So that means since starting Curves, I have lost a total of -9.50 inches and -7.80 (lbs.) and I've had a total of 80 workouts.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Week 80
I forgot to mention it a few weeks ago, but at the beginning of summer, I set a few goals. One of them was to loose 10 pounds. I was at 185 that day. Yay, I did it!
Today, my weigh in was 173.4, so I'm only down about half a pound. But I didn't eat as well as I should have this week. I'm determined to do better next week.
I'm going to a wedding on Friday. I think I might wear a dress from high school! I tried it on again last night. I think my belly might look a little pre prego or something like that, so I can't decide for sure. But I am amazed that I can even get in it! I think I bought that dress 13 or 14 years ago. Josh asked me the other day if I'm the same size as when we got married. I really don't know, but I think I'm close if not there. Maybe I was one size smaller. My prom dresses are one size smaller and I haven't dared to try them on yet. I don't want to tear them or something.
This morning I was going to do Zumba for 30 mins and then do a Curves workout. But the instructor called in sick. So I'll try it next week.
Thursday - Curves w/ zumba in the morning. Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola and a banana. Lunch was half a chicken salad and a 100 calorie pack of cookies I found in my desk. Dinner was tomato soup with a cheese sandwich, but with wheat bread. Also, I walked on both my breaks today.
Friday - I have got some baking plans today. I need to bake 2 cakes to get ready for Dasxen's birthday party this weekend. Also, Josh has been asking me to make him Craisin Oatmeal Cookies. We are going on a picnic tonight with the EEC's, so I thought this would be a perfect time to make him cookies. Then he can keep a few and I'll take the rest tonight. I did an hour on my exercise bike. And I think we found a treadmill. :) We just need to go look at it and decide where we are going to make room for it in our house.
Turns out, Josh didn't want to share his cookies, so we didn't take them to the picnic. I didn't eat much today, at least not until tonight. Tonight, I had a hamburger, 2 hot links, raspberry salad and some chips. And smores.
Saturday - What is it about a period that makes you loose control!? I know, I ask that every month. But that is because every month I swear I won't do this, but each month I do. Stupid hormones. Breakfast was coffee and bananas. Lunch was a hamburger and chips. Dinner was meatloaf. And I had several cookies today.
Sunday - Breakfast was coffee and some scrambled eggs and a small slice of meatloaf. Then I spent most of the day scrap booking and missed lunch. Dinner was a birthday party for Daxsen. I had chicken, mashed potatoes, and raspberry salad. Then I had cake and ice cream for dessert.
Monday - It was hard to get up for Curves this morning, but I did it. And I walked on both my breaks today. Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was meatloaf and mixed veggies.
Some days, I feel light headed. Like maybe my blood sugar is off or something. This happens like 95% of the time during the week, but very rarely on the weekends. I feel like its getting worse. So I'm going to try to eat a little bit more with my breakfast when I have coffee at work. I don't always drink coffee at home on the weekends.
Tuesday - Curves w/ zumba this morning. I think I might try doing them separately on Thursday and see how that affects my schedule of getting to work on time. I also walked on both my breaks today.
Breakfast was coffee, a slice of wheat bread, a banana and yogurt w/ granola. Lunch was half chicken salad. Dinner was meatloaf and mixed veggies.
Wednesday - I woke up around 3:30 not feeling well. At 4:30, I got up and got ready for Curves, still not feeling well. As I was driving to Curves, I realized just how committed I am to Curves right now. In the past, I would have reset the alarm to 5:30. But I did my Curves workout and walked on both my breaks.
Because of my stomach ache, I skipped breakfast and had a 7-Up instead. I even skipped my coffee. By lunch, I was feeling a little better so I had half a chicken salad and a yogurt. Dinner was a work dinner. I had a steak, potatoes, watermelon and some kind of apple crisp dessert w/ ice cream.
Today, my weigh in was 173.4, so I'm only down about half a pound. But I didn't eat as well as I should have this week. I'm determined to do better next week.
I'm going to a wedding on Friday. I think I might wear a dress from high school! I tried it on again last night. I think my belly might look a little pre prego or something like that, so I can't decide for sure. But I am amazed that I can even get in it! I think I bought that dress 13 or 14 years ago. Josh asked me the other day if I'm the same size as when we got married. I really don't know, but I think I'm close if not there. Maybe I was one size smaller. My prom dresses are one size smaller and I haven't dared to try them on yet. I don't want to tear them or something.
This morning I was going to do Zumba for 30 mins and then do a Curves workout. But the instructor called in sick. So I'll try it next week.
Thursday - Curves w/ zumba in the morning. Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola and a banana. Lunch was half a chicken salad and a 100 calorie pack of cookies I found in my desk. Dinner was tomato soup with a cheese sandwich, but with wheat bread. Also, I walked on both my breaks today.
Friday - I have got some baking plans today. I need to bake 2 cakes to get ready for Dasxen's birthday party this weekend. Also, Josh has been asking me to make him Craisin Oatmeal Cookies. We are going on a picnic tonight with the EEC's, so I thought this would be a perfect time to make him cookies. Then he can keep a few and I'll take the rest tonight. I did an hour on my exercise bike. And I think we found a treadmill. :) We just need to go look at it and decide where we are going to make room for it in our house.
Turns out, Josh didn't want to share his cookies, so we didn't take them to the picnic. I didn't eat much today, at least not until tonight. Tonight, I had a hamburger, 2 hot links, raspberry salad and some chips. And smores.
Saturday - What is it about a period that makes you loose control!? I know, I ask that every month. But that is because every month I swear I won't do this, but each month I do. Stupid hormones. Breakfast was coffee and bananas. Lunch was a hamburger and chips. Dinner was meatloaf. And I had several cookies today.
Sunday - Breakfast was coffee and some scrambled eggs and a small slice of meatloaf. Then I spent most of the day scrap booking and missed lunch. Dinner was a birthday party for Daxsen. I had chicken, mashed potatoes, and raspberry salad. Then I had cake and ice cream for dessert.
Monday - It was hard to get up for Curves this morning, but I did it. And I walked on both my breaks today. Breakfast was coffee and yogurt. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was meatloaf and mixed veggies.
Some days, I feel light headed. Like maybe my blood sugar is off or something. This happens like 95% of the time during the week, but very rarely on the weekends. I feel like its getting worse. So I'm going to try to eat a little bit more with my breakfast when I have coffee at work. I don't always drink coffee at home on the weekends.
Tuesday - Curves w/ zumba this morning. I think I might try doing them separately on Thursday and see how that affects my schedule of getting to work on time. I also walked on both my breaks today.
Breakfast was coffee, a slice of wheat bread, a banana and yogurt w/ granola. Lunch was half chicken salad. Dinner was meatloaf and mixed veggies.
Wednesday - I woke up around 3:30 not feeling well. At 4:30, I got up and got ready for Curves, still not feeling well. As I was driving to Curves, I realized just how committed I am to Curves right now. In the past, I would have reset the alarm to 5:30. But I did my Curves workout and walked on both my breaks.
Because of my stomach ache, I skipped breakfast and had a 7-Up instead. I even skipped my coffee. By lunch, I was feeling a little better so I had half a chicken salad and a yogurt. Dinner was a work dinner. I had a steak, potatoes, watermelon and some kind of apple crisp dessert w/ ice cream.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Curves Summer Workout Contest Results
It might seem dumb to everyone else, but I decided to take pictures of all the results from the contest Curves did this summer. I figured since it helped get me off my 6 month plateau, it needed to be recorded in history.
The flower is what we added to each week as we progressed. The petals were for meeting our goals, like drinking water, daily walks, etc. Because I started a week late, I only ended with 7 petals. The "W" is for each week we met our Curves workout goal. The "Z" is for any weeks we got in a Zumba workout. During the summer, Zumba was at 7 AM, while I was at work, so it was hard to earn a "Z", but on July 24th, I had work off and since Curves was open,. I went and earned my "Z"! I was so proud of myself!
Some days, I can't believe how far I have come. I love the person I have discovered along this journey. Not only have I found the skinny person trapped in a fat body, I've also grown in other ways. This diet is one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it has been so worth it.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Week 79
I'm still 173.8 this week, but since my period is due in 2 days, that is not a surprise. Hopefully I can just keep it there, and be down some more in a week or 2.
I noticed this weeks, my pants are fitting me so much better. I love that! Also, with a few pairs of jeans, I can slide them off without doing the button. LOVE that!
Thursday - Curves in the am. It was the best workout I had all week. I'm going to push myself to make next weeks workouts better every day. Late last night, I had a pleasant surprise. My husband got to come home early. I literally haven't seen him in 3 weeks! So we stayed up late. ;) When we finally went to bed, I debated about skipping Curves in the morning. Immediately I knew, if I did that, I would not go tonight because I would be in a hurry to get home to the hubs. So I left the alarm set and went this morning. I'm so glad I did!!! I know I would have regretted it if I missed it this morning. Because of billing meeting, I was only able to walk on one of my breaks today.
I knew we had billing meeting today, so I decided to skip the yogurt and see what snacks they had. I had a breakfast burrito and yogurt parfait. Lunch was a salad. Since it was the end of the week, I bought the smaller garden salad. Its not as good as the chicken one either, but it was ok. Dinner was sloppy joes and corn on the cob.
It has been a long week at work, and today, it really got to me. While at the store, I added a large bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to my cart. But then I decided, it wasn't worth it. So I put them back and instead found something calorie free to lift my spirits, 3 red roses. :)
Friday - Ugg, Curves was a disaster, but that really was my fault. Today was my salon day, so I had to be there at 9:00. Curves closes early on Friday, so I wanted to go before my salon stuff. But I was just running late. When I got in the car to leave, I thought, don't bother, you don't have time. But they are going to be closed until Tuesday because of Labor Day, so I really wanted to go. When I go at 5 AM, there is no traffic and no cops. At 7:30, there is lots of traffic, cops and school buses. By the time I got there, I had 10 minutes to do a 30 minutes workout. I tried skipping the recovery boards, but that only worked for a few minutes, then other people showed up. So I did a full round and a few more machines, then rushed out to my appt. I was only 5 minutes late. I have been mad at myself all day. I feel like I wasted my time, my fuel and didn't get a good workout in.
Breakfast was a banana during my rushed drive. I didn't even take time to make coffee. Lunch was a sloppy joe. Dinner was a rib sandwich and corn on the cob.
After typing up my day today, it got me mad about my workout again. :( I feel like I was cheated today. So I jumped on my exercise bike and went for 75 minutes. Feeling better now.
Saturday - Breakfast, I can't remember. That is what I get for going a few days with out updating this blog. Lunch, can't remember that either, but I think it was a sloppy joe. Dinner was spaghetti and cranberry cake. Today, I tried out my new yoga dvd.
Sunday - Breakfast was cranberry cake. And later, the guilt helped me get an hour on my exercise bike. Lunch was corn on the cob. Today, we went horse riding. I forget how sore that makes me! Dinner was spaghetti, but no cake, since I had that for breakfast.
Monday - Breakfast was oatmeal. Lunch was corn on the cob. And the rest of the cranberry cake. I don't think I'll get any exercise in today because I'm so sore from the horse ride yesterday. Dinner was spaghetti.
Tuesday - This morning I did Curves/Zumba. I have to get up a little bit earlier now, but I think its worth it. I still would prefer to do Zumba by itself, then do Curves afterwards. I just can't decide if I have enough time to do both before work. I think I'll do them combined for a few weeks and see how it goes. Then maybe I'll have to try once doing them separately and see if I still have time to get my hair and makeup done for work. Cause sweating that much, I don't think I could do that before, I'll just end up redoing it anyways. I also walked on both my breaks. Breakfast was coffee and yogurt w/ granola. Lunch was half a chicken salad. This afternoon I snacked on some mixed nuts. Tonight, I had craft group. I was so tired! And I don't enjoy this group as much as I thought I would, so I told them it was my last time. Maybe if they met earlier...and I didn't stress over the sewing so much. Anyways, I went early to visit with Jessica. Andrew offered to get me some dinner while he was getting theirs, but my stomach was unsettled, so I decided to skip. But that didn't stop me later from enjoying some yummy pumpkin cookies Jessica made! They were delish. Not the healthiest dinner, but still yummy. ;)
Wednesday - Curves in the morning and walked on both my breaks. Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola and a banana. Lunch was a 6 inch roasted chicken sandwich. Dinner was tomato soup. Mostly, I just wanted to skip and go to bed because I was tired, but I decided it wouldn't be good to skip dinner 2 nights in a row, so I found something easy.
I noticed this weeks, my pants are fitting me so much better. I love that! Also, with a few pairs of jeans, I can slide them off without doing the button. LOVE that!
Thursday - Curves in the am. It was the best workout I had all week. I'm going to push myself to make next weeks workouts better every day. Late last night, I had a pleasant surprise. My husband got to come home early. I literally haven't seen him in 3 weeks! So we stayed up late. ;) When we finally went to bed, I debated about skipping Curves in the morning. Immediately I knew, if I did that, I would not go tonight because I would be in a hurry to get home to the hubs. So I left the alarm set and went this morning. I'm so glad I did!!! I know I would have regretted it if I missed it this morning. Because of billing meeting, I was only able to walk on one of my breaks today.
I knew we had billing meeting today, so I decided to skip the yogurt and see what snacks they had. I had a breakfast burrito and yogurt parfait. Lunch was a salad. Since it was the end of the week, I bought the smaller garden salad. Its not as good as the chicken one either, but it was ok. Dinner was sloppy joes and corn on the cob.
It has been a long week at work, and today, it really got to me. While at the store, I added a large bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to my cart. But then I decided, it wasn't worth it. So I put them back and instead found something calorie free to lift my spirits, 3 red roses. :)
Friday - Ugg, Curves was a disaster, but that really was my fault. Today was my salon day, so I had to be there at 9:00. Curves closes early on Friday, so I wanted to go before my salon stuff. But I was just running late. When I got in the car to leave, I thought, don't bother, you don't have time. But they are going to be closed until Tuesday because of Labor Day, so I really wanted to go. When I go at 5 AM, there is no traffic and no cops. At 7:30, there is lots of traffic, cops and school buses. By the time I got there, I had 10 minutes to do a 30 minutes workout. I tried skipping the recovery boards, but that only worked for a few minutes, then other people showed up. So I did a full round and a few more machines, then rushed out to my appt. I was only 5 minutes late. I have been mad at myself all day. I feel like I wasted my time, my fuel and didn't get a good workout in.
Breakfast was a banana during my rushed drive. I didn't even take time to make coffee. Lunch was a sloppy joe. Dinner was a rib sandwich and corn on the cob.
After typing up my day today, it got me mad about my workout again. :( I feel like I was cheated today. So I jumped on my exercise bike and went for 75 minutes. Feeling better now.
Saturday - Breakfast, I can't remember. That is what I get for going a few days with out updating this blog. Lunch, can't remember that either, but I think it was a sloppy joe. Dinner was spaghetti and cranberry cake. Today, I tried out my new yoga dvd.
Sunday - Breakfast was cranberry cake. And later, the guilt helped me get an hour on my exercise bike. Lunch was corn on the cob. Today, we went horse riding. I forget how sore that makes me! Dinner was spaghetti, but no cake, since I had that for breakfast.
Monday - Breakfast was oatmeal. Lunch was corn on the cob. And the rest of the cranberry cake. I don't think I'll get any exercise in today because I'm so sore from the horse ride yesterday. Dinner was spaghetti.
Tuesday - This morning I did Curves/Zumba. I have to get up a little bit earlier now, but I think its worth it. I still would prefer to do Zumba by itself, then do Curves afterwards. I just can't decide if I have enough time to do both before work. I think I'll do them combined for a few weeks and see how it goes. Then maybe I'll have to try once doing them separately and see if I still have time to get my hair and makeup done for work. Cause sweating that much, I don't think I could do that before, I'll just end up redoing it anyways. I also walked on both my breaks. Breakfast was coffee and yogurt w/ granola. Lunch was half a chicken salad. This afternoon I snacked on some mixed nuts. Tonight, I had craft group. I was so tired! And I don't enjoy this group as much as I thought I would, so I told them it was my last time. Maybe if they met earlier...and I didn't stress over the sewing so much. Anyways, I went early to visit with Jessica. Andrew offered to get me some dinner while he was getting theirs, but my stomach was unsettled, so I decided to skip. But that didn't stop me later from enjoying some yummy pumpkin cookies Jessica made! They were delish. Not the healthiest dinner, but still yummy. ;)
Wednesday - Curves in the morning and walked on both my breaks. Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola and a banana. Lunch was a 6 inch roasted chicken sandwich. Dinner was tomato soup. Mostly, I just wanted to skip and go to bed because I was tired, but I decided it wouldn't be good to skip dinner 2 nights in a row, so I found something easy.
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