For some reason, I was craving red meat yesterday. So I decided to have some meat loaf at Boston Market. Boy, was that a big mistake! I gained a lb and a half just for eating red meat! I realized that I have to cut this out of my diet completely. It's not worth it to eat it.
I also realized something else about red meat. I realized that the Lord stated in the Bible to eat red meat sparingly. Only as needed. I didn't need to eat that meat loaf because I'm not starving and I'm not in a situation where I need red meat to survive. I can very well live without it.
I know it's okay to have poultry like 1 or 2 times a week, but not too much. They do contain a lot of cholestrol, so I have to be careful with that. I don't have cholestrol problem but I don't want to start one either.
I did very well with my running yesterday. I was able to run 2 minutes nonstop twice! One at 28 minutes and another at 32 minutes. I felt really good after running. I'm eager to do more running on Monday.
I can't believe I finally hit the 143.0 mark. I thought it would take me a while to get there but lo and behold, I am there today. It's mostly due to running.
I've been challenging myself to become a runner. I went to the fitness center yesterday to do my 30 minute walk/run on the treadmill and there was a runner there. She ran and ran nonstop. I have to admit that I felt intimidated by her. But I push those feelings aside and did my walk/run exercise. Meanwhile, I kept positive thoughts in my mind that I will be just like her one day. She was in pretty shape also. So I figured if I keep going, I'll look good like that too.
I also tried to watch what I ate yesterday. I eat alot of light food except at 9pm I had one Lindt chocolate ball. But that was it. I really thought that might make me gain weight or just stay the same. I wasn't expecting a 1 lb lost. Seeing this 1 lb lost makes me eager to run again tomorrow at the YMCA.
I'm so proud of myself for keep going. Now I have a new goal. Hit the 142.0 mark before the end of January.
For a while, I have been walking and running on the treadmill. Then I stopped working out during christmas because my mom came to town and then my husband was on vacation. We went out to eat alot and baked cookies. I was nervous that I would be gaining a lot of weight from this but to my luck, we went to alot of places where there's a lot of walking. So all that walking kept my weight in check. I've never went higher than 146 and now I am back to 144 today.
Yesterday, as I was walking and running on the treadmill, it was hard at first to do 1 minute running, but as I get closer to 30 minutes of exercising, I felt more energy and wanted to run more. So at 32 minutes, I decided to run 2 minutes and I did it! I was so proud of myself for being able to accomplish that.
It seems like it takes me at least 20 minutes to get warm up to run longer, but who knows? I'm eager to do more running and walking tomorrow at the YMCA. I'm hoping to hit 143 soon since I haven't been at that weight for a long long time.
Many people told me that I look like I lost weight. It's a nice compliment to hear that but I really don't feel or see that I lost weight. Maybe a little. I do noticed my clothes are a bit more looser than normal. But what really makes me happy is to be able to run 2 minutes nonstop.
My new year resolution is to be able to run 30 minutes nonstop. I would see many runners at the gym on the treadmill running for like 30 minutes or more nonstop. I would think to myself, "One day, that will be me."
I try not to think negative like oh I wish I could do that or I can't do that now. So I turn it around and think positive like I will do that one day and if they can do it, so can I!
144.0 - It has been a long time since I've been at this weight. I noticed since I started running on the treadmill, the scale started moving down. It would take about 2 days for me to see some weight loss from running because my muscles are swollen from exercising and it takes a day for it to recover. So I don't freak out if I gained a lb the next day from running.
I'm going to stick with my running 3 days a week at the YMCA. I don't run the whole time, I can't do that yet. I just run for 1 minute for every 4 minutes meaning when it's 4 minutes, I run for 1 minute. Then 8 minutes, I run another minutes. I do this every 4 minutes until it gets to 30 minutes.
In the beginning, I could only do up to 16 minutes but last Friday, I got up to 30 minutes. I noticed running gets easier each time I lose a pound and I'm looking forward to see how far I can go each time I run.
I also have been watching my sugar. I noticed that when I eat alot of sugar, my tongue becomes very sore and bumpy. I take that as a sign that I could become diabetic if I continue to eat sugar. So since I'm watching my sugar, I think it's helping me lose weight as well.
I told my husband that I've been craving Entermann's Crumb Cake lately and I know I shouldn't have it because of the saturated fats. So my husband offered to take me to Whole Foods store and get some dessert there. I bought some oatmeal raisins cookies and that helped stop my craving for that crumb cake. That cookie makes me soo full that I wouldn't eat anything else for a couple of hours. I wish I knew how to make those cookies and what they put in there that makes me soo full.
My Aunt Lynn is back in the hospital this week and she had a mild case of heart attack, pneumonia, and internal bleeding in her throat. She is struggling to recover and I hope she does. This is the perfect example why it's soo important to take care of our health. It's so scary to see my Aunt Lynn go thru this and you hope that the body and the heart would be strong enough to recover. I remember watching Oprah with Dr. Oz how he explained how our body is very forgiving if we give it a chance to recover by taking care of ourselves and eating the right food and exercise. This situation makes me think twice about eating junk food.
I did 2 sets of hoedowns last night after I had my ice cream to prevent my blood sugar from going up. Then I decided to take a dead sea salt bath to help relieve some of the toxic out of my body.
Another set of hoedowns were done after breakfast as well. I so realized that T-tapp does work. I just need to put the DVD in the player and start exercising. It's hard to start a bootcamp in the middle of the week. I'm hoping to start T-tapping again
Consistency, consistency is what I need to do to keep myself in shape.
I also did some exercise at the YMCA to get the ball rolling.
I tasted some great orangic tomato soup today by Muir Glen and I'm definitely buying more of them to eat for lunch.
145 - woohoo! I finallly got pass the 147.0 mark but that's because I didn't eat anything all day but tea and a piece of toast. I was feeling really queasy all day and achy and with a fever. I knew if I ate anything, I would be throwing up. I tried to avoid that as much as possible by not eating anything until I felt better enough to eat one piece of toast.
I had my tea with honey and it helps me feel better and less queasy. Today I am still feeling alittle queasy, but the achy feeling and fever are gone. I will start the day slowly by bringing food back. I know I might back the 2 lbs once I start eating again. Ugh. At least I know I could get pass it heh.
I seem to be stuck at 147.0. I'm getting frustrated that I'm not getting pass it. At least I'm happy I haven't gained and I think I am getting my TOM soon.
My throat is bothering me today and I'm trying to focus on eating more fruits and veggies. I may have some herb tea to help with the sore throat.
I'm not going to YMCA this week cuz my daughter is sick with a virus and our lovely friend Ernesto is coming to pound rain on us with heavy winds. So we'll be coop up in the apartment all week.
I have been working hard on not eating late at night. I've been so hungry after dinner but I know it's a mental thing. I would knit and drink my water to help keep my focus on not getting something to eat. It helped so far until my husband started making raisin bread at 11 30pm just before bedtime. Arggh! I did resist it but I wasn't happy to smell it so late at night.
My body is sore from moving all weekend and I did a few stretches last night hoping to reduce the sore. I did a lot of walking back and forth from the trash and the apartment. Also I did alot of cleaning.
I will be hanging at my friend's house today. I'm not going to the YMCA, too sore. But my weight has stayed down even though my eating was not that good over the weekend.
I lost .5 lb today and that's not bad since I was eating alot more than usual yesterday. I went to bed early last night like 10:30pm with my daughter who wouldn't fall asleep without me. So today I feel more refresh and ready to go through another day.
We got the keys to our new apartment last night and checked it out. The place is really nice. So much bigger and more space. We even have more drawers in the kitchen and bathroom.
The only thing I was disappointed about the apartment was there is no linen closet in the bathroom. I love having a linen closet in the bathroom and I always keep it in a specific order for my towels. Yea I'm weird about that.
I believe I will do a few light move this afternoon since I can't leave my daughter alone in the apartment. I was supposed to have someone come and watch her today but she couldn't come today. So I will do my best to do what I can to move some things.
Other than that, I will be busy all weekend moving and cleaning. That should be some good exercise for me since I will be going up and down the stairs all weekend.
Researchers said you tend to eat more when you don't get enough sleep and it's true! I only got less than 6 hours of sleep last night because of my daugther's teething. She woke me up at 1am and 6:15am.
All day I have been craving carbs like crazy but I tried to eat only healthy carbs and not the bad ones. I hope that helps but it makes me eat more than I normally do. I hope my daughter sleep through the night again because I really need my sleep tonight.
We're moving into our 2 bedroom apartment this weekend and I need all the energy I can get for the move. We're getting the keys tonight as soon as my husband gets home from work. I can't get the keys until we both sign the lease. It's a pain, but we will get the keys tonight.
The landlord was so generous to us. We had to wait a month and a half for this apartment. The previous owner just up and left his stuff. He didn't give the keys in, so by law, the landlord had to go through a full eviction to be able to remove his stuff. It was a apin to go through this process simple because he didn't give his keys in.
So their thank you to us is what? A $200 gift card to Cheesecake Factory. My mouth dropped open when I saw the amount on the card. I never expected that much. I was assuming about $25 or $50, not $200! I feel like I want to stay at this place forever. :)
I hope I don't gain too much weight by going to the TCF but I absolutely love the atomsphere of the restaurant. It's so cozy and pretty. Sometimes I wish I had a room in my apartment with all of that beautiful painting and lightining. Maybe in a dining room. Oh well, I can only dream.
I realized that I have to cut this out of my diet completely. It's not worth it to eat it.