Ok, so I haven't exactly kept the promise to post daily, however I'm still committed to my weight lossSo, 3 days after my last blog I found myself having surgery,nothing too serious,just enough to put me down for a few days.(I'm all good now)Well, we know what happens when we can't exercise for a few days, your motivation goes way, that's where I thank the people that check on me, Thank You, because of you this journey is bearable. After about a week of not weighing myself I stepped on the scale today and am down 4 pounds,yea!
Wanna hear something funny? Immediatley after my surgery(outpatient) and still groggy and medicated, I insisted my husband take me to Red Robin, the restraunt. I proceeded to order the biggest steakburger they offered, and fries and extra fries.( AT this point it had been 18 hours since the last time I had ate) My husbands eyes were huge when I was ordering! Of course I couldn't eat all that, but I gave it a good try. Here's some irony to the situation...I ordered a diet coke to drink. I mean what's the use at that point? Here's the other thing, I didn't feel bad at all about what I ate. I considered this a break through. How? Because I didn't verbally assault myself( in my head) with self loathing. I accepted the fact that I'm gonna slip once in awhile, and it's ok as long as I get right back to the task at hand, losing weight. We're all human and we're hungry! It's all good as long as I can control when I indulge, and not let the indulging control me!
Snack pm- weight watchers snack cake (isn't that an oxymoron?)
Dinner- chicken, coleslaw, orange and a taste of mashed potatoes(guilty!)
1 16oz bottle of water
50 minutes of exercise 35 min eliptical, 15 minutes of weights
Okay, today I can see that I didn't eat veggies I should have or enough water .In my defense I forgot my water bottle at home and if you saw the cups at work you wouldn't want to drink out of them either!
I haven't stepped on the scale in at least a few days, a week maybe, and tada! I lost another pound. So surprised and excited! I've lost 16 pounds before ep and now another 2, any loss is a gain for me!
Okay has anyone tried or considered weight loss medication? Well, I am. I've decided to take alli, I know the side effects and willing to try it out. I feel like no matter how much I go to the gym I still have the possibility of eating something with a high fat content, therfore only maintaining my weight not losing it . I don't think I'm even neccesarily aware if I am eating to much fat. So if anything I can use it as a tool to see if my so called "lowfat " meals are in fact "lowfat". If they're not ,I'll have what they call treatment effects. It only works with your digestive system, another resaon for considering this option. If it affected my heart or CNS definately would not endanger my health, I'm not just trying to get skinny, but healthier. If anyone has used it let me know what you thought good, bad or ugly!
Also, I'm going to start blogging my food intake so if anyone can see a pattern& or bad food choices, maybe someone could point that out to me . I don't care for the food log on this site, alot of the food I consume not on any of the lists. soy beans not on a veggie list, what's up with that?
Anyways, have a great day and thanks for reading my blah, blah, blog!
I try really hard to not eat out, but today I gave in, I went to subway, but on the upside I did not put mayo on it so my sandwich was 8 grams of fat. Then I remembered I'm counting calories, not fat grams. oops! Sooo...I went to the gym and worked out on eliptical for 45 minutes folllowed with some crunches. I get a real high off of exercise,I use to think of it as work but my stress level is way down and I feel happier. I'm trying to work up my stamina to do "Race for the Cure" in May. I'm very excited to do it even though I'll be walking. They have the event throughout the state at different times and I believe, not only will I benefit from the exercise, my spirit will benefit from knowing I'm contributing and supporting to a very important cause!
Well, today had a great start, middle and ending. I woke up early went to the gym did 50 minutes of cardio, and 40 minutes of weight training. The gym I go to is called Anytime Fitness. Is anyone familiar with this franchise? The best part of being a member is, it is open 24/7 in a locked ,secured enviroment. That use to be my biggest excuse for not going to work out, the hours or lack there of. I usually go during off peak hours so I can work out and be by myself if I want. Well I thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone had an interest. It's a great gym and you can use your membership anywhere in the U.S.
It's a new year, so here's to a new me. Okay, I said it so now I have to stick to it. It is my goal this year to lose 40 pounds. I believe I'm on the right track, I go to the gym 5 days a week I eat well during the day, but at night I'm finding it very difficult to quit eating. Then I beat myself up mentally, thinking ok you just burned off 350 calories on the eliptical trainer and now you ate two handfuls of chips what's the point? Now your'e working out what, just to maintain your weight? I can now see why people have a hard time when their trying to quit smoking, trying not to overeat is just as hard. I always took pride that I didn't have a bad habit like smoking or drinking too much. Then recently I came to the realization that I do have a dirty little secret . I eat way too much and I hide it from people, I don't eat hardly at all in front of others. My husband says I eat like a bird, and how can anyone function on so little? How can he not see the weight that I 've gained over the last 13 years, obviously I'm eating very well on something. You don't gain weight from not eating! It's shameful and now maybe that I've sa
So, 3 days after my last blog I found myself having surgery,nothing too serious,just enough to put me down for a few days.(I'm all good now)Well, we know what happens when we can't exercise for a few days, your motivation goes way
, that's where I thank the people that check on me, Thank You, because of you this journey is bearable. After about a week of not weighing myself I stepped on the scale today and am down 4 pounds,yea!
Sooo...I went to the gym and worked out on eliptical for 45 minutes folllowed with some crunches. I get a real high off of exercise,I use to think of it as work but my stress level is way down and I feel happier. I'm trying to work up my stamina to do "Race for the Cure" in May. I'm very excited to do it even though I'll be walking. They have the event throughout the state at different times and I believe, not only will I benefit from the exercise, my spirit will benefit from knowing I'm contributing and supporting to a very important cause!