I simply cannot believe that I did not gain weight this past week. My daughter was very sick and had to be admitted into the hospital, for what I thought would most likely only be a day or 2 at the most turned out to be a whole week. I am so very glad that everything turned out ok and she is much better now. Being in that hospital with her 24/7 was tough. My eating habits turned to shit, pretty much cause I was eating shit...lol...the only exercise I got was walking around the pediatrics floor with my daughter, thank goodness all she wanted to do was walk, otherwise my ass would have been laid up in that bed all that time. I was so exhausted mentally and physically....my body and mind took a beaten that week, my daughter was a trooper though. My fiance' had to work, and my family could not be there during the day, so I could not leave my daughter to go get something healthy to eat, so I pretty much starved during the day and chowed on whatever crap food my family and fiance' brought me, even though they should have known better to bring it,and I should have known better than to eat it, I didnt have the energy or strength to say NO.....I swear I had barely any sleep that whole week. When the ordeal was over and I got home, that first morning as soon as I got up I went and weighed myself and found that I had actually lost a pound. I had to get on the damn scale twice just to make sure, yep sure as heck I lost a pound, yeay for me right....wrong...I still felt like shit for eating all that crap and not exercising. So now I am still trying to get back into the swing of things and just trying to catch up on my sleep...well lets just say thats a lost cause....whats lost is lost right.....so starting this coming week...I should be OK and back in the saddle so to speak....my back hurts still and I think I can thank the lack of exercise and the hospital bed on that...all the more reason to get moving and do them exercises right???? right....well....wish me luck and I hope everyone is doing a great job in their weight loss goals....have a great weekend :)
OK so it's been some time since I was last here and looking back at my weight loss, it seems like I have only been losing one pound a week, which is good, but just seems like it should have been more. I have tried to be consistant with my food journal and exercises, but I have been slipping in that area. I still keep within my calories for the day, but I must say I know that I can do alot better. I'm sure I could slip in some more fruits and veggies. I'm pretty good in the whole wheat and fiber area. All I can say is that I am feeling much better, and I can see the fruits of my labor when I look in the mirror, so I guess I must be doing something right...right???ahhhh I shall be skinny one day....lol....just gotta keep on keeping on and move that big butt until I have a small butt...lol...good luck everyone and keep up the good work. :)
I am getting to hate the weeksends with a passion. Everything seems to get so screwed up. Usually I am at my parents house on Sundays and they cook up some serious grub, not to mention my mom is always trying to stuff food down my throat, ugh. Then to add insult to injury, here she comes with the damn desserts. Its always something, Ice cream, cookies, homemade cake or pies. So I pretty much give her a look and say no thank you or sometimes I will have just a little bit. Yesterday I decided I was going to make supper there. I made a Turkey Chili, and omg it was freakin awesome. Everyone had something to say about it. It's ALRIGHT they said, something is missing. Well sorry folks, this is what good healthy food taste like. Dad said it kind of tasted like mold...LOL...I was like what..your just crazy now, but it did not stop him from having 2 bowls...lol. Oh well.....They are getting better though I must say, I think my new way of eating is getting to them, my parents are making some changes also which is great. Hell just the other night mom asked what kind of exercises I did. So perhaps this will motivate others, which is great. Yeah so last night I did not do my exercies..I know bad me, but I was so freakin tired, my daughter just wears me out sometimes. So I decided I had a great week and did my exercies all week and even Saturday so I could skip one day. This does not disappoint me in the least. This just means tonight I gotta move my ass...lol. Here's to having a good week everyone.
Life has been so crazy since I first started this life change. I have hit many upon many speed bumps along the way, but never really have I ever given up, no matter how much I wanted to sometimes. Since the begining of this year I have gotten real serious about changing my eating habits and have demanded my fiance do the same. Believe me it is for his own good also, he has put on lots of weight since I first met him, and so he is not complaining one bit. I have kept a food journal since the first day of January and have written down my goals, why I want to change, what I am willing to do to make those changes and everytime I hit a bump in the road I just look back at those goals and continue forward. I mean hey I am not going to be perfect all of the time, and I know sometimes circumstances will come up and I will eat something I know I should not, but I just get back up and push on and I know it's OK. I always do more exercises if I eat something I should not. Exercise...ahhh..something I never thought I would do consistently or even like to do, well yes I have found something I like to do and can do it at home in private, I simply hate working out in a gym. I now make time to exercise at night after I put the baby down to sleep, even if it is 1am in the morning, yeah I know I should probably not be doing them that late, but you know what...it works for me and my lifestyle, and yes I can go right to bed after and sleep like a baby. I cannot drag myself out of bed in the morning to do exerciese...ugh..just can't do it...I'm not a morning person...never have been, so I guess this just works for me, and the results are paying off. The food journal is also working for me, I like keeping track of what I eat and how many calories I ingest per day. So that has been my "secret" of losing the weight. Simply cut down on everything, eat healthier foods, more veggies and fruits and whole wheats. There are so many products out there now to choose from to help us eat better. I cannot forget to mention that I simply love those 100 calorie packs, they are such a life saver, not to mention great snacks for my 2 year old. So we all benefit in some way. Don't get me wrong I still have a very long way to go in order to get to my goal, but now that I have lost a total of 53lbs from the beginning that goal is just that much closer to being reached. I wish everyone else out there good luck and keep up the good job on your weight lose goals. Remember calories are king...so keep them damn things in check :)
I know I still have a long way to go, but the weight is coming off. I have lost 28lbs so far and I am feeling better every day. I just wish this bad weather would let up so that I could take long walks with my baby. Not saying that as an excuse so that I do not have to exercise, but thats just my thoughts on this damn weather. I try to do exercises at night but thats never every night. By the time I get home and cook supper and play with my daughter for a while then get her to bed its already 10pm, and I'm just to pooped to pop ya know. I think I'm just being lazy about it and need to get off my arse and just do it, cause it will only benefit me and my family in the long run. Its not that I don't like to exercise, I just have to motivate myself a little more to get up and go. I think the weight will come off more in the summer, cause there are so many outdoor activities that we will be doing as a family. So whatever, I know the weight will come off with just a little more hard work.
Well I have made it through Christmas and New Years, which is an accomplishment for me. Any other year I would have gone off the deep end and ate until I puked. Not this year, my food intake was very limited, and I felt better for not pigging out. The pills that I am on seem to be doing their job. They have stopped the cravings and it surpresses my appetite, which is wonderful. So when I eat I now feel full, even hours later I still feel full. I exercise at night after I get my daughter settled down, this seems to be the only time I have to spare to exercise. Its tough right now and it hurts, but I know it will get better. It can only get better from here on out. I try to weigh myself only once a week, which is hard, because I long to see the results of my labor. Upon weighing myself this past week, unless my eyes have deceived me, I have lost 16lbs. Cheers to me. Good Luck to all of us this New Year, in hopes of reaching our goals.
Today is the first day I have started my weight loss regiment. I have decide after all these years, its time to lose the weight for good. I had a baby in december of 2005, I only gained 15lbs, after I had my daughter I lost the whole 15lbs, plus an extra 5 lbs. I was feeling great. Then I went on Birth Control and everything went down hill from there. I gained just about 50lbs within the first year of my daughters life. It has made me so depressed, that I said no more. This time around I needed help to lose the weight. I asked my doctor to prescribe something for me, he did. I am now taking Phentermine. I know I need to change my whole lifestyle, which is no problem. I know I have to. I want to see my daughter grow up and be there for her. So this I will do for myself and for my daughter.
