So, I just came back from a meeting with my dietician. Today is my first day on the weight loss program I signed up for back in December. I had to meet with a nurse practitioner, dietician, and exercise pysiologist. I have put on 1/2 half a pound, but I expected that after this weekend.
The dietician has placed me on a low cal, low carb, low fat diet, eating healthy whole foods. She will help me to stay accountable because I will meet with her every two weeks one-on-one and go over my food journal. The good thing about the plan is that I can stick to clean eating if I want, because it all fits into the eating plan she has set for me.
So now I have my friends at EP, my blog, my dietician, my exercise pysiologist, and the people in my "weight loss" class to help me through this journey to lose this excess weight.
Oh yes, the best part, according to my new "team" my goal weight should be between 155 and 170, because of my frame and the maintainability. So that means less weight to lose initially. Now that is exciting!
*** Edited to add ****
Almost forgot!
I have lost 1.5 inches from my hip measurement since Dec 14.
My weekend was a good one. I didn't follow a strict eating plan, although I did manage to stay below my calorie levels each day. Friday I got a craving for some really good chips and salsa, you know the kind you can only get at a good Mexican restaurant. I had a plan in mind, go have some chips and salsa, satisfy my craving and be done with it. As we were pulling into the restaurant my hubby's best buddy called and asked us to meet him for dinner.
Without consulting me dh agreed and off we went to his favorite pizza place. Yes, I did it, I had pizza Friday night. I was very proud of the way I handled the situation. I visited the salad bar and had a big salad before the pizza came. When we got the pizza I had three small pieces. I should mention that this place doesn't slice the pizza like a pie, it cuts it into square pieces, each one being about 2" by 2". The crust is paper thin, the sauce a homemade tomato sauce, loads of veggies, and very little cheese. I believe the pizza was actually a very healthy choice.
Then comes Saturday. I did ok but my attempts at eating clean were gone after Friday night. I had chex cereal with skim milk for breakfast. Spaghetti with meatballs for lunch. Then we went out to satisfy my craving for chips and salsa. This time I succeeded. DH and I split an appetizer as our meal and enjoyed some chips and salsa. That was dinner. I snacked on apples and bananas throughout the rest of the day. I did have about 3 small reese's peanut butter christmas trees.
Sunday I did much better, although I didn't move from my recliner most of the day. I watched movies and curled up with a good book. DH wasn't feeling well and DD had come home from an exhausting slumber party, so she didn't stray far from her room all day.
So in all, it was a good weekend. I could have done better on the food front, but the important thing is I didn't overeat like I normally would have done. I did not work out at all. But today is a new day to a new week. I am planning to hit the gym all five days of this workweek. I'm also back to my clean eating.
So today after my workout I weighed myself and was up a pound. After working out really hard, drinking nothing but water and one glass of skim milk a day I'm up one more pound.
I realized I am retaining water. Gonna have to stop and get some lemon juice to drink with my water, hopefully that will help me shed the excess water I'm holding onto. If anyone has any other hints for ridding yourself of excess water I'd love to hear them.
Anyway, today my workout went well. I really HATE working my upper body with weights. I have no upper body strength at all. When I do my upper body workout it just completely drains me from head to toe. I know from experience that I will build up my upper body fairly quickly, it's just until then I'm going to suffer. I did 35 minutes of cardio, alternating bike and treadmill. Then 45 minutes of weight/resistance training on my upper body.
My calorie count for yesterday was 2145, according to the dailyplate my daily calorie allowance is 2275. I'm aiming for 2000 a day. So far today my calorie count is at 1330. I haven't had dinner or my afternoon snack yet. I think I should come in under 2000 today.
This weekend I must concentrate on drinking plenty of water and eating at regular intervals. Weigh in is Monday. I want this extra pound plus a couple more gone.
It's 12 degrees outside, I don't want to drag myself to the gym!
I know I have to go, I know I need to go, I know I MUST go. But I don't want to! It's so cold and I don't want to set foot out the door.
Where is my motivation? Why am I letting one day of awful cold get me down? I need to bundle up, walk to my car and go to the gym. I have a challenge to win, staying out of the gym won't help me.
Okay...I will attempt it. I hope I don't freeze walking to the car.
Well, 2007 has come and gone, 2008 is here. Hard to believe, but before we know it we will be ushering 2008 out and ringing in 2009.
This year will be the year that my life, my body, and my health change for the better. Sure I want the extra pounds gone, but more so I want to feel good again. I want to be able to walk to my driveway and back without being short of breath. I want to be able to walk nine holes on the golf course with my husband. I want to help my daughter train for cross country and track, not be that mom that hangs back and just watches.
Along with my workouts I am embarking on a journey to eat clean. When I first started thinking about eating clean I didn't know if I would be able to give up my one soda a day, but I think I'm going to try. I've done it before, I feel so good when I drink only water. If anything, this weekend proved to me that it is so easy to go from drinking just one to three or four or six.
Christmas has come and gone yet again. I didn't over indulge, actually turned down my dad's famous cheesecake, survived baking homemade bread and what did it get me?
2.8 pounds gone!!!!
I dragged myself out of bed this morning at 6:15 and got my butt to the gym for the first time in a week, I was sick most of last week and couldn't go. I got to the gym at 7:00am and worked out for an hour this morning. Got on the scale after my shower and have lost another 2.8 pounds!
I am so happy right now, it makes not eating that big piece of chocolate cake so worth it!
I'm still sick but I am feeling somewhat better. All those get well vibes must be coming through. I am up and about, my fever is gone. Now I'm just congested. Thank goodness!
I may just kick this illness out the door before Christmas.
No working out for me today, but I will stick to my calorie limits and good eating.
It seems that alot of people are sick on EP this week, I know there is some pretty nasty bugs going around here...they must be everywhere. To my fellow EP's that are sick...I'm sending well wishes your way. I hope you feel better soon.
It's official, I really am sick. I still felt bad this morning, had a fever of 102 all night. I went to the dr this morning and yeppie...I'm sick. I have an upper respiratory infection and sinus infection. I'm home today, have been resting since I got home.
Thank goodness for my little Ace, he is my 4 pound chihuahua/poodle mix puppy. He has kept me comfy and warm all day.
I think my workout plans are shot for the week. I'm just concentrating on feeling better, I do not want to be sick on Christmas. I am eating right, no junk so far. So that's good.
So maybe my feeling bad yesterday was not entirely diet/exercise related. I feel like crap today. My head hurts, my nose and head are congested, my body aches - and not in the you've been working out too hard way - and not to mention the tummy issues I'm having. DH had a really bad stomach bug last week, I think I may have caught it.
Oh I really don't want to be sick! I was so looking forward to an illness free Christmas this year.
Despite how I feel I won't let it get me down. I'm sticking to my healthy eating. I won't be working out today - stupid me ran off and left my id card at home, can't into the gym or back into the office today if I leave.
I will pick back up and workout tomorrow and Friday, provided I'm not home sick. That will still get me 4 days of workouts this week. Maybe a day of rest will be good for my body. I've been going nonstop since last Friday.
*** I really wish that Julie had won the Biggest Loser last night. She so deserved it! She looked incredible. I hope she can keep that weight off.
I know that exercise is supposed to give you energy, but today I am so tired that I believe I would curl up and go to sleep if I wasn't at work. I went and worked out today, I just did cardio and ab work because I did a full body weight routine yesterday. Coming back from the gym the exhaustion just hit me.
I do believe my body is going into detox mode. I've been eating healthy for a week now. I know feeling sluggish is normal for a few days after you start eating healthy and exercising. I just don't remember ever feeling this slow when I've started new routines.
Hopefully I am not getting sick, I really don't want to be sick over Christmas again (this would be the 5th year in a row).
I'm going to go eat a bowl of chili and a large salad and see if that picks me up.
