Shedding it

I did it and didn't die

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 22:01:23

I did C25K the first week for the first time in months. I did it in my neighborhood under the cover of darkness. My lungs felt like they would explode at the end of the run part but by the end of the cool down I was ready to go again and I did all of it... Yeah me.... now I'm not the model of consistancy so I probably will need my EP friends to remind me I should continue with this. I feel so great and accomplished,,.. then I walked my dog a little over a 1/2 mile afterwards. I ended up getting about 3 miles of walking /jog in tonight. Now if I can control my carb and sugar intake and continue this... we might get somewhere.

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Where does the time go......

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 23:07:09

Shellys reminded me that I haven't blogged in awhile and wondered if I was ok... thanks for checking on my Shelly. I am ok.. just not focused on being a healthy me. I've just got lots of stuff going on at work and my mom had surgery last week and I've been taking care of her. She's doing much better now. I certainly haven't been eating well and my weight has inched up... I haven't changed it on my blog yet... actually I'm gonna keep it there to remind me of a goal I need to be at in a few weeks when I go back to the doctor. I did get up this morning and measure my food cherrios, craisins and skim milk. I am off today but will go into work in a few and catch up on some things. This morning I'm going to get some exercise working in the yard and housecleaning. Then hopefully tonight I'll get some good sweat on. Tomorrow my nephew is getting married - it's gonna be a small outdoor wedding and I'm not sure what or if there will be a reception. They are trying to go the cheap route.. we may just all end up going out to eat somewhere. I'm not so sure I'm going. It's about 2.5 hours away and as curious I am to meet the brides family... I'm thinking 5 hours of driving, 2 hours or so of wedding is just not time I want to carve out of my life.... but there is also the fascination of going someplace I haven't been before...who knows I might meet a new man... but I'm still on the fence... this is where I wish I was bewitch and could wiggle my nose and be someplace without the hassle of driving ... oh well. Off to do something productive and calorie burning

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Gettin serious about this....again

Sunday, December 9, 2007 00:02:09

I've been soooooo lax in my eating.. nothing horrid.. just not tracking it (well it could be horrid because I'm not tracking it)... but I've neglected water, most veggies and fruit and planning my meals.. .it's like I"m putting crap in my fuel tank and expecting it to run well.... I remember when I was a kids a kid vandalized the family car by putting sugar in the gas tank.. guess what.. the car didn't run either.. I got to get off the sugar and starches and get on the protein and veggies....

My nephew is getting married in December.. the first kid of that generation to get married in the family.... I want to look good in pictures, I want to feel no self consciousness. I found a beautiful dress at coldwater creek I really really would like to wear to the wedding.. it's a red sheath dress with a jacket and ruffled detailed. I looked at what my hips had to be to fit into a size 16 petite... 9 inches smaller than I am now.... so back to walking regularly, back to squating regularly, back to the gym and definitely back to healthy eating.... REALLY!!

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It's been couple of weeks since I did a post....

Friday, December 7, 2007 22:04:11

I'd like to say that I've been so busy and focused on exercise and diet that I haven't had time to post.. alas that is not true... although I am in the middle and hope to be finished with a home project... I got a new mattress/and adjustable base with massage (can you say spoiled) I guess it would be spoiled if someone bought it for me but since I'm single and I bought it for me then I guess I'm not spoiled.. just broke. Anyway I decided to paint my bedroom and fix it up, I've been in my house 9 years and I have no color on the wall.. now I do. I chose a beautiful aqua like color... valspar shallow marsh, then I found a comforter set that is brown print with teal and the flip side perfectly matches the wall.... I bought new sheets from HSN that are one set aquar and one set chocolate..... now I'm on the search for curtains.... there is a bit of shimmery gold in the comforter and I think that's what I'm looking for... I haven't had much exercise except for the painting/prepping and moving furntiture the last week. That will change this week ... My plan is to get the room finished today and cleaned up. Clean my bathroom vanity which has all sorts of things cluttered on it from the project...

Eating has been okay not perfect - but I've made a crockpot of pinto/cranberry beans and have been eating on it a lot this week.. this gives me good filling fiber with very little fat.... I'm gonna make a pot of black beans this week.....

Hope everyone has a great successful healthy week...

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Whoo Hooo i love a challenge

Saturday, December 8, 2007 00:06:11

And I need it... I've had a hard time getting back in the groove of the weightloss thing... I do well for a day and then I sabotage myself with vending food... yesterday I prepared a great bag of food for the day.... and because I didn't eat breakfast I went for the rice krispie treats... I know better than to start the day with sugar... because then I crave it all day long. I am doing better today and have been eating what's in my bag...

This past weekend I went to Atlanta for my nephew's graduation for Georgia Tech... (I am proud of him) and because I went by myself and no other family members in my car I got to go to places in Atlanta I haven't been before... I checked out Harry's Farmer's Market and the Dekalb Farmers Market - it was sooooo cool. I got a bunch of spices I didn't have cheap and veggies, and some other things.. it was a good trip. I'll be doing another road trip up there in the fall for sure just to go back and visit.

I'm on the Pink Team in the W/L challenge Endurer was so gracious to host! I'm excited and I hope we all meet our goals.

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I feel like a blob

Thursday, December 6, 2007 22:07:22

Well my birthday weekend has come to an end.. thankfully. I don't know if my tummy can't take it. I feel so bloated.. I've eaten a lot of fat, sugar and starches. The carrot cake cheese cake was yummy but it's got to go and not go in my tummy anymore.. I'm gonna pawn it off on the work bunch. Tomorrow it's back to the good healthy eating that helped me lose a few pounds and feel great.....I'm afraid to get on the scale - if I can get my butt out of bed I'll be going for a walk early in the morning plus a bunch of walking and gyming through the week. Hope everyone has a happy and healthy week. I'm suppose to be in a challenge that is starting next week.. but as typical with my memory.. I've forgotten who is running it.. if someone remembers.. please let me know..

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the good news is.....

Thursday, December 6, 2007 22:05:21

I lost another pound or so... I'm down to 221. I checked and I haven't been that low since early 2007. Good going Julie!!! I'm proud of that and that I've lost 20 pounds since Jan 1. I can tell it in my pants but not much else but people have notice some at work... I went to the doc today.. I had a follow up and get results of blood work.. I'm exactly normal.... even though this blood work says I'm not diabetic my doctor is not convinced... I was just on the cusp of it in November when I was heavier and less active.. my cholesterol is below 200 and all the components of it are below the bad range.. she wants my LDL to go down to 70 .. it's 92 now.. and below100 is normal.... and it's lower than it was back in February.. so things are better but she still wants me to go on cholesterol medicine to get my LDL down. Anyone know ways to get it lower (certain foods, etc) without taking medicine? My BP was good, .. so I'm feeling good. I've been smilin all day. There was a funny incident my doc who is actual a PA but I think smarter than the actual doctor she works for... had a bit of a bad fit today when a drug rep brought in a dozen kripsie kreme donuts to the office... she said he won't get her business because she's all the time harping on her patients to stay away from that kind of stuff.... after she said she was really please with everything concerning my numbers.. I asked if I could have one of those donuts... she said no.... anyway.... the bad news is I went to dunkin and got coffee and two donuts... and because it's my birthday weekend and I've given myself just the weekend off... I had a cheeseburger... and because I'll be 47 gasp I'm making a cake out of Junior's cheesecake cookbook... if you haven't seen this book don't go looking for it.. it's deadly.. I've hidden it for 6 months and said I was only going to cook one on my birthday and maybe one at Christmas.... oh and because I'm a numbers girl... I tallied up the calories and the fat in this cake.. It's a carrot cake cheese cake.. two layers of carrot cake one layer of new york style cheese cake covered in cream cheese frosting.... are you ready.. this was kinda shocking and thankfully I plan to have just a small protion of it and then it's going to work...16,897 calories in the cake and 1022 grams of fat.. if I get 16 servings out of it...that's still over a thousand calories a serving.. and with that fat that is over ones days WW points... it's probably all the flex points... but even after all that.. I can't wait to try it... maybe I should go get those pills and double up... Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

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Gym does the body and wi good!!!

Thursday, December 6, 2007 22:02:22

I'm gonna keep up this gym stuff - besides the occassional eye candy I've been told is totally fat free.. I've lost more weight... 3.8 pounds for my weekly weigh in with my co-worker... and she lost a pound or so too. I'm very happy about that.... for the first time in a long time I feel like things are moving in the right direction.. that I may actually get to wonderland in the future.....I was having serious doubts...

I got a great new waterbottle recently and I love it!!! It's a camel back and has a nifty plastic loop handle (for those of us with little hands) and a bite valve straw.. and a wide mouth.. I can put lemons and limes and other fruit in there to flavor it up if I want... yummy love it!

Well off to get a good nights sleep --catch up with all of you later...

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Another good weekend

Thursday, December 6, 2007 22:01:00

The weekend is my gym time.. I don't know why I can't seem to get there during the week but I did make it three days in a row and this afternoon I was rewarded again with hunky man. I got in a great sweaty workout too...

This weekend I spent time cleaning out the spare room of all the spare stuff I have.. everything gravitates toward that room and it looks less and less like a guest room. But I got rid of a lot of things I don't need by freecycling them and the rest is going to goodwill. i can see the bed, I can see the floor I can get to the closet and I can close the door just about 15 minutes more and I'll be pretty much done with it.

Well here's to a happy and healthy week.. I plan to stay on plan and see the scale move again downward...

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short little post

Thursday, December 6, 2007 23:09:12

I keep forgetting to post even though I read a bunch of blogs....

I did well on my first week challenge with Julia from work.. we both did well. We way in on Tuesday and I lost 3.6 pounds for the week.. unfortunately the day we started was after the 4th of july weekend where I ate everything in site. I went to the gym last night and plan to go again today.. maybe I'll be rewarded by seeing the hunky man. Today I've been cleaning out the guest/junk room some more and freecycling. I've freecycled about 4 groups of things and it's good to get rid of. A friend of mine has a booth in a antique/craft mall and said I can put a few things there.. they aren't antiques but more decorative things that may fetch a few bucks. I need to run to walmart and get a few more plastic totes to keep the things I really want to keep nice. Hope everyone is doing well.. I joined a challenge that is starting in August on the board...and as always happens I've forgotten whose blog exactly it was......anyway I'm excited about it.....I love a challenge it helps motivate me. I go to the doctor on Friday morning and I need to lose a few pounds before I go. I think I'm exactly the same right now as last time and in order to keep me off BP medicine or anything else I promised her I would continue to lose some weight and my BP and everything else would be normal....we'll see..

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