03/29/2008 12:44
Woo Hoo! I lost a pound!
This morning the scale shows a loss of 1 pound! So now I'm below 250 again. Very exciting! I've been using meal replacement bars to help keep me on track. My biggest challenge is finding time in the morning to pack a lunch to take to work. So I got some Slim Fast bars to take to lunch and so far so good! I am having some major sweet tooth cravings that I need to deal with today. I actually had a dream that I was making chocolate pie last night. Crazy, huh? So I'm thinking about making a low cal version of one tonight with fat free chocolate pudding. We will see how it turns out! Well, hope everyone else has seen a loss on the scale today! Hopefully next time I log on I will have lost another pound or so!
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03/25/2008 09:02
Yay!
I'm finally back on track! I went through a funk there for a while but I think I'm officially over it now. Even with all of the Easter candy and the family meal I didn't do too bad. I've made it my goal this week to eat more fruits and veggies. I've been aiming for 1500 calories a day and have been spliting them up evenly. I'm eating 400 calories at each meal and 100 calorie snacks 3 times per day between meals and before bed. This is my attempt at keeping my blood sugars level so I don't get intense cravings! I think so far it is working (although no real changes on the scale as of yet). Hopefully I will drop a couple of pounds this week. I would really like to see some results!
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03/17/2008 08:09
I'm going to have a great week!
Last week was ok on eating (I guess...). I did eat some naughty foods but not as much as I could have. I lost 2 pounds... I had gotten up to 250 again but am now back down to 248. I never logged it on here though so it doesn't show a gain or a loss on my chart. Anyway, I really want to get out of the 240's. I just want to get past these stubborn 10 pounds that keep going up and down and all around on my body! I feel like if I can break that 240 mark I will be well on my way to my goal. And I have some rather great news about a family member of mine who has been on the weight loss journey with me; she has lost 17 pounds! She's gone from 340 pounds to 323 in a little over a month! I think it's safe to say that she is doing a much better job than I am of staying on track! It's funny because I started out so upbeat and ready to lose the weight and I more or less nagged her in to dieting with me. Now she's the one nagging me to get back on track! So it goes to show that the buddy system is a good deal. You can keep each other in line and on track. Well I'm going to do whatever it takes to get past these nasty 10 pounds and lose this weight once and for all. I'm counting my calories again and this time I'm going to stick to it! It's going to be a great week for me with a weight loss of at least 1 pound. That is my goal and I'm going to see to it that it happens! Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
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03/13/2008 08:08
Keep getting off track.
I'm a bit grumpy this morning. I've been getting off track a lot lately... every other day or so I jump off the wagon for some pizza, cookies, or ice cream. I'm miserable all of the time because when I'm eating healthy, I feel good about what I'm doing but I'm deep down depressed that I can't eat the stuff that I'm craving. When I'm eating whatever the hell I want, I'm happy because it tastes good but again I'm depressed because I know I'm not being healthy and am only hurting myself. Anyway, this is usually when I would abandon ship so to speak. I usually struggle with "dieting" for a couple of months on and off and then just give up completley so I don't have to feel guilty while eating those cheesburgers. But the thing is, this time the guilty isn't going away when I eat badly. It's lingering and nagging at me until I get back on track. So I guess that's actually a good thing! Now I just need to figure out how to make the 'back on track' part last longer! After reading through all of my past blogs I realize that I sort of started out with baby steps. I gave up fast food and soda first. Then I said goodbye to junk food and ate all the naughty stuff out of my house before I started my actual eating plan. I'm sad to admit we have been eating out several times a week again at fast food restraunts. It's just so damn convenient! But that's no excuse. I'm going to baby step my way back into the game by once again giving up fast food. No matter what they say, there really isn't a place for it in a healthy diet. Even McDonalds salads aren't good for you because of all the crazy crap they put on them. So starting today, no more fast food for at least a month. I'll allow myself a once a month fast food splurge to keep the internal chicken nugget monsters at bay, but that is it. After this week, I'll give up some of my processed faves again like chips and cookies. Then I will start counting my calories again. Thanks for reading my rant! It helps to write through the gloom of an off the wagon day. Hopefully I'll be in a happier mood tomorrow (I should be since it's my day off!). Keep your fingers crossed!
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03/03/2008 07:41
Rainy Monday...
Well we had some great weather this weekend so my hubby and I made a road trip down to my home town for a visit. Needless to say I didn't exactly do fantastic on my diet while I was traveling. Anyway, that it being that time of the month for me = no weight loss this week. Which really sucks. Now it's all rainy and gloomy outside and I have to get ready for work so I'm in a bad mood today. Hopefully I will cheer up before I have to talk to anybody today! This week I'm going to try harder. I'm going to make sure that the number on the scale goes down next Monday! I'm still shooting for my goal of being under 200 pounds by January 1st of next year. With about 50 pounds to lose I had better get re-motivated PDQ!!! Happy Monday!
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02/28/2008 07:22
Pizza for breakfast!
Right now I am eating a pizza for breakfast... don't worry, it's lean cuisine. It's not as good as say, Pizza Hut, but it helps me cope with not being able to order delivery anymore! I've been sticking with my new diet plan for about 3 days now. I've been eating probably a little less than my allowed 1500 calories each day, which I am happy with. I still haven't exercised- I can tell this is going to be the struggle for me during my weight loss. I'm just not a fan of working out. Maybe I should just try to be more active throughout the day at first. Or maybe I need a workout buddy to get my butt in gear! Anyway, I give myself a thumbs up for eating so far this week and a big thumbs down for not working out like I said I was going to. Hopefully my weight will be down at my next weigh in...
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02/25/2008 07:33
Today I'm starting from ground zero.
Today I'm having to re-start my weight loss journey. I sort of lost the mission for a couple of weeks there. I allowed myself a cheat day and then one led to another and before I knew it I had gained back 5 pounds! So not cool. Anyway, I am starting from scratch today and recommitting to a plan. I am going to allow myself 1,500 calories per day and am going to take my green tea supplements twice a day with breakfast and with lunch. I'm going to work out for 30-60 minutes a day, at least 4 times per week. I'm going to weigh in every Monday morning to keep track of my progress. And I'm not going to give myself any cheat days (except for holidays, and then it's going to be for ONE DAY ONLY, not the whole week of the holiday!)! They really throw me off of my game. I don't think I'm far enough into this journey to handle them yet. I really need to fully establish my new eating habits before I allow myself to cheat again. I'm still new at eating healthy and it's easy for me to get off track. But at least I know that now and can manage my diet around that knowledge. Happy Monday everyone and I hope that everyone is starting their week off strong and healthy!
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02/24/2008 08:11
Calorie level...
I think I've decided to up my calorie level a bit. Instead of 1,200 per day I'm going to allow myself 1,500 per day. It's still a low enough level to cause weight loss because I guess I've been eating well over 2,000 per day to maintain my fat butt. So anything under that I presume would cause weight loss. I've just not been feeling full on 1,200. I think I will be less likely to cheat if I feel full, and that is the goal this week. No cheating!!! I've just had a bad week this time around. Lots of bad food and probably weight gain (we will see tomorrow morning...). I'm sick of feeling guilty and I just want to reach my goal. So it's back on track for me! I'm also going to start my green tea supplements so maybe that will help. Happy Sunday everyone!
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02/23/2008 10:30
Green Tea
My trip to the health food store yesterday was pretty much pointless. Everything there is so expensive! You can buy some of the same crap at Walmart for half the price! So I went to Walmart and got myself some green tea supplements. I'm actually supposed to be drinking green tea according to that nutrition consultation that I had (it's supposed to help me break my food down faster and keep me from retaining water or something...) but I can't stand the taste of it! So I found the supplements instead. Hopefully I get the same affect with them as I would drinking the nasty stuff. Anyway, I've got my work cut out for me with my cat. She now has to take this antibiotic to clear up her infection. I have to give her 1 dropper full twice per day and needless to say she is not cooperating. I have to litterally wrap her up in a towel so that she can't claw the crap out of me, pin her down and then shove the dropper in her mouth and make her swallow the stuff. And the worst part is that it's freaking hot pink and it stains! Who the hell decided to make this stuff hot pink? As if it wasn't bad enough that the cat is spitting it everywhere, now the fur around her mouth is tinged pink and my hands are stained with it, too! Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant! Have a great weekend everyone!
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02/22/2008 07:28
Sheesh.
Just when things start going great and I have this whole happy attitude about weight loss going for me, something comes along that threatens to ruin my diet... a pizza. My husband has now lost 25 pounds and he decided to allow himself a cheat night. So he orders up a large pizza and honey bbq wings from Pizza Hut before I even get home from work! When I walk in my house (prepared to make some chicken and a salad for dinner) I am welcomed by the delicious and oh-so-naughty aroma of pizza and bbq. The first words out of my mouth are "You a**hole!" Then we fell into a recreation of the famous Eve tempting Adam with the apple scene- the part of Eve being played by my hubby- and I totally fell for it and indulged in 2 slices of pizza and a few bbq wings. Thank God it was a yucky pizza (the new cheesey crust one- it has a weird tasting sauce on it) or I might have eaten more! So I caved in to the pressure. But now that I have confessed my sins I'm going to get right back on track. I just need to space out my cheat days a bit further. I just had one last weekend. I think the mistake was cheating without my husband. He didn't cheat so he doesn't count it as a cheat day for me, either! Men... Anywho, I have a "day off" of work ahead of me. It's snowing/sleeting outside again today, my cat has what I suspect is a urinary track infection from being too picky to use her litter box when our other cat decides to take a poo in it (she holds in her pee until she causes herself to get an infection, according to our vet) so I have to take her to the vet in this weather, and then I have to go to the pet store to get a feeder rodent to feed my snake (I know it's sad that a rat has to die but my snake needs to eat, too!). Plus I have to stop by the health food store while I'm out and about and get some stuff. The doctor that I work for (she's a natural/holistic doctor) is studying a new kind of nutritional program right now and gave me a nutrition consultation as sort of a practice run before she starts offering them to her patients. It's kind of cool if you are open minded enough to check it out. It's based on ancient Indian medicine (among other things) and it basically says that there are different body types and each one has specific dietary and exercise needs to be balanced and healthy. You find your body type with your birthdate, time of birth and place of birth. Kind of trippy, I know. But actually the results were quite shocking! A person who lives half way across the country and knows absolutely nothing about me (didn't even know if I was a man or a woman) told my doctor exactly what all health problems I have and are prone to and what foods cause problems for me, etc. It was so dead on that I can't help but experiment with the dietary recommendations the consult came with. So I'm off to get some of the stuff they said could help balance me out and lose weight. Should be interesting, if nothing else. Well I'm off to start my day! Hope everyone has a great one!
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