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  • Name: Blue Butterfly
  • City: Chesapeake
  • Region: Missouri
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 0.0cm
Start weight: 226.00lb
Current weight: 208.20lb
Goal weight: 175.00lb
Lost to date: 17.80lb
Remaining: 33.20lb

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07/09/2009 00:39

Day 93 - So far so good

After yesterdays fiasco, today is looking pretty good.  I have not went over my food intake goal and I am preparing myself for some good old fashion exercising.  I am going to have to make sure I turn the TV off though.  I think it slows me down when I get on the treadmill and makes me want to quit early.  I really need to walk my booty off today though.  I am so behind.  15 minutes on Monday was pretty much crap-ola and NOTHING yesterday.  I have to do today and the next 3 days to meet my goal for the week. 
 
Today was a half decent day.  I am a little frustrated with being told that I ask too many questions....normally this is a good thing in my field.  However, I will excuse my boss of the comment since she did me the number for her housekeeper.  Now, the question will be ..... how do I pay someone to clean to my house when DH and I are broke as hezzel?  Guess, I will have to worry about that later....DH wants it done and so do I.  I will just need to work on that second job. 
 
Food:  1140 calories as of now.....I will probably stop logging everything I eat on EP and just put the total cals that I get from myfitnesspals. com
 
Exercise:  Lets say my goal for today will be 45 minutes for at 3-3.5mph.  I am still working my way up and it looks like I will have to walk before I can run.

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07/08/2009 00:48

Day 92 - Ouchie

Well, food wise this day went from not-that-bad to ouch!!  While I will not dote on every I ate....I started with left over chinese and ended with McDonald's.  Yes, painful I know.  Thus I am definitely going to need to get some exercise in to make up for it.  And ... of course .. as I write this I feel like I could just pass out right now.  DS got up this AM at 5 o'clock.  I am soooooo tired and have been pretty much all day.  Anyways this is the day
 
Food - 1645 calories.....yes, I know, ouch!
Exercise - Hmmmm....as a right now...none....another big ouch!!!

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07/06/2009 18:03

Day 91 - And I am still hanging on!

Hello, EP world. Today is day 91.  While I would love to set a goal to hit 200lbs by day 100, I think I may be pushing it..LOL.  However, realistically I sould reach 200lbs in about 4 weeks so I will save that goal for Day 120.   Then we can talk. 
The last few days have been hectic.  Dear son and I have been out and about, running errands, making lunches, and staying over at my cousin's house...although, I believe that last task will not be repeated until DS is a little older and more flexible with his bedtime. 
Exercise-wise, nothing in the past 3-4 days.  However, I did make my goal of 3 days a week, but I am not sure about the other goals.  I will start again today and hope this week does not begin to waver by hump day.  I will keep you guys up-to-date.  Here are the goals:
 
Exercise: 4days/week, Food: Keep track 5/7 days
 
PM>  Well, its a good thing I didn't add a time goal or calorie limit yet.  I managed to do 15min of exercise and start to "nibble" by husband fast-food dinner =(.  But I did exercise....and I am about to log what I ate...EVERYTHING I ate =( LOL.
 
Food: Poptart (190 cals), Soup (170 cals), Wheat Thins (140 cals), Sesame chicken (568 cals), Root Beer (150 cals), French Fries (170), 4 peices of mini-Chicken (210).   Totals Approx. 1620 cals according to myfitnesspal.com
 
Exercise: 15:15 min, 0.611 miles

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07/02/2009 00:50

Day 86 - Not a bad day

While I am on a roll, I feel like I should challenge myself for the month of July.  I am currently 210.4 lbs and would like to hit 200 lbs by the end of July – thus, that is part one of my 4 week challenge – 10 lbs.  Exercise-wise, I have been logging about 1.3-1.4 miles in 30minutes.  My end of July challenge will be 1.7miles in 30 minutes – I feel that while 2.0 miles is “do-able” I want to aim mainly for consistency…..Or, lets aim for 8.5 miles per week….that should be good.

 

Food: 16 wheat thins (140cal – 8:30am), 8 wheat thins (70 cal at Noon-ish), 12 fishsticks (at about 1pm….a whooping 460 cals), ketchup with the fishsticks (I’ll estimate 50 cals), and Ramen noodles (360 cal) = Total caloric intake of 1080 calories

 

Exercise:

 

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07/01/2009 00:44

Day 85: Just another day.

Hello again….don’t judge me just because I came back the next day.  I am aiming for consistency this week.  You will all be happy to know that I avoid temptation today.  I got my first paycheck for my new job and was sadly disappointed.  Apparently, money allocated for fringe benefits does not necessarily pay for MY fringe benefits, but for the portion the school has to chuck out for its portion.  Needless to say, I was not very happy. 

 

It was hard, but I did avoid fast food today.  I thought about stopping and had even planned on raving about it in this blog, but decided to go to the grocery store and by myself something for lunch.  Anyways, I must admit who horrible it is to really see the effects of my situation on how I eat.  I didn’t think I was a stress eater, per se, but I guess that I am. 

 

Anyways, I am sticking to my routine for the day.  DS is almost asleep and I am planning on exercising at 7:00pm…..at least 15 minutes of walking.  The walk/run rest was slightly inspiring.  I did not run past 3.7 mph (which may have been just speed walking) but I did burn a sweat and kept with it.  I even made sure to stretch after.  I will need to add in some weights eventually but I will think about that for another week.  While my lunch/dinner was rushed this afternoon, I do still have lots of calories available for dinner.  Not sure whether I will use them on not.  Here’s the ins and outs though (and, as usual, I’ll update exercise later tonight or tomorrow).

 

Food:  Marie Callendar Beef Tips with Green Beans (330 cals), Chicken Ramen noodles (290 cals), Kit Kat (200 cals), Reese cups (220)     Total of 1040 cals

 

Exercise:  The goal is 15 min walking with 5 min warmup.  Actual: 5min warmup, 10 min 3.0mph, 1min run at 4.0, 4min 3.0, 1min run, 8 min walk, 5min cool.  Total of 30 min, 1.41 miles total

 

Weight: 210.4 (at about 8am)

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06/30/2009 01:00

Day 84: Good to be back again

Well, I am back again.  I am not sure if that was meant to be said in a good or back way but it was stated and it’s true.  I am not even going to fantasize about how I will log in everyday and lose my ...oooohhh...75 lbs in the next 25 weeks but I can say that I made a step and I am trying.  And that's all that needs to be said.  I am so sick of this extra weight.  I am at an all time high (excluding pregnancy weight) and I am so over this.  I can't walk to the 4th floor at work without getting tired.    I am so tired all the time and I am starting to get a little depressed.  I need to get back to the healthy me again.  I need to start getting myself together before DS gets old to realize that his mom can't keep up with him or is too tired to do anything fun.  I don't want to be that person for myself or my LO. 

 

That said....today has been an okay day.  I have not yet down any exercising but I am still planning on it.  It is only 6:40pm so there is still time.  On the plus, I did take the stairs all day today and purposefully parked on the 4th floor.  Eventually I will get my lazy butt back to the 5th floor but for now I'm happy with 4th.  I would also love to start training for a 5K.  The race for the cure in on October 17, 2009, 'round my way.  That leaves me with 16 weeks to get my assets back in the game.  In 16 weeks, I can get down to 170-180lbs.  While still not my goal, it is still better than over 200lbs (wow...never thought I would even hit 200!)

 

Anyways, training will be set up week by week.  This week I will start off slow with some walking.   My goal is 15minutes of walking for 5 days.  I want to build consistency, especially since right now - I have none.  The weekly goal is 75minutes of exercise.  I hope to exceed this but we shall see.  The food goal is NO Drive-thru's.  I think that is a modest goal and will definitely deter me from swinging by McD's or Taco Bell on my way home. 

 

Food:  General Tso's Chicken left-over (1pm), Mac and Cheese + Pot Roast (4pm), Diet Coke (5pm)   Total of approximately 1361 calories =(

 

Exercise:  The goal is 15min of walking minimum. Actual = 5min warmup, 20 min of walk/run, 5 min cool down (total of 30 min, 1.37 miles)

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04/17/2009 15:03

Day 12: Depressing, Back to Old Habits

Well - Its official.  This past week was a toss up between the hydroxycut stuff and water weight.  Now its all gone - I refuse to step on the scale.  I need to get back on schedule and back in the game.  Starting right now.  I need to be more consistent with the hydroxycut..that was my first mistake....I tried to cheat while I was cheating...if that makes sense.  I tried to eat more in the more and assume I would use the hydroxycut in the afternoon...which I didn't - I just ate more. 
 
Whatever, who cares.....I need to go buy some healthy food and get back on target. 

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04/11/2009 16:59

Day 5 - The amazing shrinking stomach

Outside of a major headache and stopping by Wendy's for dinner....Day 5 was an alright day.  I was up all night and I mean I didn't sleep at all Thursday night - finishing up this stupid thesis.  Can someone shoot me please?  LOL.
 
Ins:  Slimfast bar, Granola Bar X 2, Grilled chicken sandwich from Wendy's, 1/2 diet coke, 1/2 a medium fries. 
 
Interestingly the sandwich really filled me up....maybe the stomach is a-shrinking.  This could be wishful thinking...its not even been a week.
 

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04/09/2009 16:52

Day 4 - Feelin' pretty good

Even though I still hurt from 2 days ago, I am going to try and get back in the groove today.  Eating is going well thus far but we will see how I feel later in the day.
 
Ins: Oatmeal for breakfast, Slimfast bar, Cheerios for lunch, Mac and Cheese - yeah, bad, I know. Granola bar
 
Outs:None =(

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04/09/2009 16:50

Day 3 - Hump Day OFF

Well, hump day did not go so bad.  I had Thai with some friends for lunch which wasn't great but I did get pasd prik which is a chicken with bell peppers and onions lunch....with white rice.  I did about 15 minutes of cardio but I was really hurtin' from day 2 exercises - I guess I need to stretch more.  Anyways...here are the ins and outs
 
Ins: 2 granola bars (one for breakfast and one for snack before dinner), pad prik (as described), add chicken alfredo for dinner with pasta but I only had a small amount of this.
 
Outs:  Aerobic Dance 15minutes
 

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