I’ve been sooo sleepy today. I seriously can’t wait to go home and pass out! I just want to get in my pjs, put my fleece blanket over me, and sleep. I can’t though unfortunately. I have an eye appointment after work, and my cousin and his girlfriend just arrived today from San Diego. I don’t know if I’ll be seeing them later on this evening. *sigh* I have been sleeping late every night this week, and it’s really starting to catch up with me. I’m fighting off falling asleep while riding bart and while I’m at work. I hate being this tired!
Today has been a good day food wise. I had a slice of double fiber wheat bread and peanut butter for breakfast, and some soup, most of my chicken salad sandwich (both of which my mom made), and a medium slice of a brownie for lunch. I’m so tempted to drink the Red Bull that I have in my drawer right now but I am really trying not to go down that path. Hopefully I can fight sleep just a little while longer. I have a little over 2 hours to go and I’m outta here! I’m counting the minutes at this point lol.
I hope everyone has a great weekend! I’ll catch up with everyone maybe tonight or definitely some time this weekend. Take care, and stay warm! :0)
I’ve been very good at trying not to eat too much while I’m at work. I don’t have much snacks with me in my cube (speaking of which, I should probably throw some stuff away since it’s probably really old! lol). I’ve been bringing my breakfast and lunch to work this week, and I’ve been drinking lots of water too. When I get home from work though, it’s truly another story.
There is so much temptation at home. Cookies, chips, candy, frozen French fries…there are many possibilities. I’ve tried not to buy anymore “bad stuff”, but when I have a craving for something (especially around TOM) there is no stopping me! I’m trying to be better about it, but with the holiday season, I can’t seem to help it! It’s worse on the weekends too since I tend to eat when I’m bored. As much as I hate going to work, sometimes I think its better that I’m here since I don’t do so bad food wise.
I need to clean out the cabinets and fridge and rid myself of all of the junk food. I need to find healthier alternatives for the food I crave. My sister and I want to really start eating healthier, and she is usually my voice of reason. She didn’t stop me from buying chips the last time we went to Target (as she bought Strawberry Newtons and Oreos lol). I think we are both getting TOM soon. I should just wait until January to really delve into my diet, but I really want to try and lose a little weight for my birthday. I should be more motivated but with the cold weather, having Christmas dinners with family and friends, baking goodies for presents, and Christmas being just around the corner, it is so much harder to stay that way!
I admire all of you who have stuck to it even with the holidays. I hope to one day be that strong enough to say no to junk food! :0)
I was going to write a blog after I ate dinner but I fell asleep on the coach looking at our Christmas tree instead. I just woke up about 15 minutes ago and here I am watching Barefoot Contessa's holiday special on the Food Network. I was trying to be consistant with my blogs but EP's days end at midnight eastern/9pm pacific. It will look like I didn't blog until Wednesday when it is still Tuesday my time. Ina Garten is giving me ideas for Christmas presents. I just saw her make jam tumbprint cookies. The cheaper but yummy alternative for Christmas! :0) Now I want something sweet lol.
Gonna go and make my lunch for tomorrow, grab something sweet, figure out what to wear tomorrow, and pass out! I have been feeling a little sick the last couple of days so I'm more tired than I normally am. I don't know if I have another cold or just allergies. Suxors but what can I do right? Take care, and have a good night! :0)
It has been getting colder and colder here in Northern California. I know it's getting cold when I get cold (and I don't get cold very easily!). I've been looking for a nice peacoat over the weekend to bundle up during the week. I don't normally have many coats and jackets since I don't like the way they look on me. Makes me feel like the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters at times. So now that I want to invest in a nice coat for the winter, I can't find one I really like! There was one I liked on macys.com but since there is a discount going on this weekend, it sold out before I could even think of buying it!
That's what totally sucks about being overweight. I can't always find nice clothes that actually fits me right!!! I look at my (skinny) sister's J Crew catalogs, and I see all kinds of clothes that I would like to wear from there if only they had my size. Us plus size women don't have as many options as normal sized women do. It really sucks if you ask me! Don't get me wrong, I can find some nice clothes considering I'm overweight (I usually shop at macys.com in the plus size section, Lane Bryant, Old Navy, Torrid and sometimes Target) and have gotten compliments on some of the shirts I've worn to work. It's just hard sometimes to make myself feel better although I'm overweight when I can't find clothing that I like in my size.
I'm looking forward to the day where I am in sizes in the teens where I can actually go into a store and try on "normal" clothes that will fit me. No more daydreaming about clothes that I wish I could fit into. That day will come, and my sister and I will be going on a shopping spree to fill my closet with lots of small sized, pretty clothes that will look good on me! :0)
I have always considered them my "weekly goals" before but now I've decided to consider them my guidelines. These are what I hope will help me lose some weight for my birthday on January 12.
WEIGHT LOSS GOAL FOR MY BIRTHDAY: between 10-15 lbs
Bring breakfast and lunch to work every day
Drink at least 48oz / 6 cups of water a day
No eating after 7pm (eating late always makes me really hungry in the AM)
Eat more fruits and veggies
Try to have a big salad as a meal for lunch or dinner every day
Get at least 7 hours of sleep a night (I find the less I sleep, the more tired, grumpy, and lazy I am. At this point I don't think I can catch up on all the sleep I've lost through the years!)
Limit red meat intake
Lower salt intake
Lower sugar intake
Limit junk food intake
Limit fried food intake
No fast food
No soda
Write daily blog on EP (I hope this will keep my motivation up!)
Walk / work out more
Weigh myself every Saturday and post on EP (whether it's a loss or a gain)
I'm only human and might and possibly will make mistakes here and there especially with Christmas just around the corner. All I know is, I really want to lose some weight so my birthday dress I would like to wear is at least a little loose instead of it feeling tight and uncomfortable on me to the point where I can't breathe when I sit down...
Today is the day to begin, and I'm ready to go! :0)
OMG! I feel like I'm about to throw up! yuck... I had Red Robin for lunch and just finished my leftovers from it for a late dinner. Don't get me wrong, what I had was really good, but I need to stop my favorite sin ~ gluttony. Thank God I don't have anymore lunches or dinners to go to with anyone for a little while. I'm going to start eating healthier tomorrow with some oatmeal for breakfast and a nice healthy salad lunch and possibly dinner. I would have started today but let's not bother to go there anymore lol.
I hate it when I eat way too much. I feel so full and sleepy. Not a good combination if you ask me. I gained myself this morning and weighed 273.6. Not as bad as I thought it would be considering all that I've eaten this week. Tomorrow is the start to a new week. Time to stop having food coma and start eating healthy. I'm going to write up the guidelines I've written for myself as a reminder as to what I want to accomplish in the next 6 weeks to my birthday. I'm going to take it day by day, pound by pound.
My sister and I bought our Christmas tree today and more ornaments. Can you tell we just love Christmas?!? lol We're probably going to decorate it tomorrow because we're in the process of rearranging our living room (perfect timing to get a tree huh?). Why not start the new year off with some new feng shui? Any little bit helps in my opinion.
Ok, I'm going to write up my guidelines in another blog and check up on everyone. Hope everyone is having a great weekend! :0) I'll take a pic of the xmas tree when it's done and show it off hee hee...
I’m going out to dinner with some friends of mine after work. I ‘m still dressed in clothes I normally would wear to work (a nice teal long sleeved shirt and black pants), but I decided to wear my contacts today, flat iron my hair, and put some big hoop earrings on. You’re probably thinking that isn’t much of a big deal, but it is for me.
I’ve been too tired every morning to put my contacts on so I’ve just been wearing my glasses to work. I also don’t have enough time to blow-dry my hair before catching bart to work (plus I don’t want to disrupt my sister or pups from their sleep). I’ve been growing my hair out so it’s going through its “ugly” stage right now with my layers going every which way. I usually just end up putting my hair in a ponytail or a bun. For me to put on accessories is also a big deal since I don’t really have anyone to impress at work lol. I don’t have any makeup on at the moment, but I’m going to put on some lipstick before I leave work to spruce myself up more.
Seeing myself like this makes me wonder why I don’t just do it every day! One of my co-workers even noticed and was wondering where I was going to since I normally wear jeans and a shirt on Fridays. Now that I brought my other flat iron to work, I can just do it at my desk when I get here in the morning. I’m going to start wearing my contacts even if I’m really tired. I like how I’m looking right now. I just need a little makeup and I’m good to go. I should start doing all of this more often. It makes me feel a little better about myself. I know I have long way to go, but a little improvement really does go a long way! :0)
I’ve been meaning to write a blog this week but haven’t gotten around to it until now. I’m finally ready to really restart my journey. I haven’t been eating the greatest the last few days, but today is definitely a new day! :0)
I have been drinking at least 64 oz (8 cups) of water every day since Monday. I’ve been bringing a 32 oz water bottle from home and refilling it at the water cooler here at work. It is a great motivator for me actually. I get determined to drink 1 bottle full by lunch time and usually end up drinking another bottle full, if not more, in the afternoon/evening. It makes me go to the restroom a lot while at work, but hey at least I know its working! :0)
I did have a lemon blueberry scone (I know not the healthiest thing to eat in the morning) and a cup of green tea for breakfast, but I haven’t had the urge to snack on anything since. I’ve just been drinking water and working essentially. For lunch I brought in some Progresso Light Noodle Vegetable soup from home (which is 0 points for WW) since it has been so cold over here in San Francisco lately. It will be my first time trying it so hopefully it tastes somewhat decent. I bought a piece of ciabatta bread to go with my soup (from a local bakery that makes it fresh every day) and brought some edamame (soy beans in the pod) and a persimmon and a tangerine for fruit. I’m looking forward to going home and making a salad for dinner because it sounded so good last night but I already had eaten dinner.
I hope everyone has been having a great week so far. I will catch up with everyone hopefully tonight if not this weekend for sure. One more day until Friday woo hoo! :0) My sister and I are finally buying our Christmas tree on Saturday (we have been trying to go this week after I got off work but to no avail). I can’t wait to smell it every day! :0)
Gotta get back to work now although I don’t really want to lol. Take care, and hope everyone has a great day! WTYL :0) (write to you later)
Sorry I haven't been around for awhile. Been dealing with a family crisis but everything is better now. I haven't been trying to work on me because of it. I've been thinking about when I'm going to start back again since I know there was no way I would be able to eat healthy for Thanksgiving (I actually weighed more then but lost some of it when I weighed myself this morning).
After much thought, I've decided that I'm going to re-begin my weight loss journey on Monday. I want to try to lose 10-15 by the time my birthday comes around in January. It's time to work on me. I really want to lose weight. Circumstances have sometimes put me on the back burner, but now I'm ready to put me in front. There is definitely no time like the present! :0)
I've been thinking way too much and have so many various ideas on how to do it. Although the holiday season is in full swing, I'm not going to let that damper my mini-goal to lose weight. If I can reach this goal by my birthday, I know this will get the ball rolling and get my momentum towards my ultimate goal which is to lose 125 lbs. :0)
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend and you didn't spend too much on Black Friday. My sister and I want to buy our Christmas tree tomorrow and decorate the house. I can't wait to smell the tree every morning! :0)
Special thanks to Gwynn and Sakura for their kind thoughts and prayers during my family crisis. I'm glad to have EP friends like you!
I was able to see my doctor this afternoon for my stomach pain. I'm going in to draw some blood for lab work tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll finally know what is wrong with me. I'm hoping its not a stress ulcer. Maybe it is acid reflux. I don't even know what the exact symptoms to that is since I don't feel like I have heartburn when I have stomach pain. That's what I get for having such a big tummy...
My doctor is funny. She told me I should lose weight and I told her that I was in the process of starting to. She said that once I lose weight that all these problems I might have will go away and that I could wear sexy clothes (yes, that was her exact words lol). I'm glad I have a cool doctor now. :0)
I noticied that we got our old blogs back. I'm missing 2 of mine though, my Halloween one and the one with my November goals. I'll just re-write my goals again tomorrow at work since I have the list on my comp there. I'm thinking of trying Bob Greene's The Best Life Diet. I'm going to re-read his book again for the third time. It sounds like a good plan from what I remember. We'll see how it goes...
I'll keep you posted on my lab results when I get them. I hope everything is ok with me and they can figure out what's going on with my stomach. If they can't figure it out, I might have to go to a gastric doctor and have an endonoscopy done to see what's the problem. Don't really want to go down that route to be honest with you... :0(
I hope everyone has had a great start to the week! :0)
