Weight loss isn't easy...

but it's worth it.

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  • Name: NewTeacher
  • City: San Diego
  • Region: California
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 147.3cm
Start weight: 170.00lb
Current weight: 159.00lb
Goal weight: 125.00lb
Lost to date: 11.00lb
Remaining: 34.00lb

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11/21/2011 03:27

Running Again

I ran 5 days this week. I mean, it wasn't my "run 45 minutes straight" thing that I used to be able to do. But I did alternate between jogging and fast walking for 30 minutes 5 times. Today was the 5th time this week, and I have to say it was SO much easier than it was on the first day. I've read about "muscle memory" and how your body can quickly adapt. It's really true. I feel great, sweaty, but great!

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10/30/2011 21:30

Checking back in

I'm checking back in after almost 2 years of absence on here. My weight has been on a yoyo cycle for a long time. I gained back everything I had lost 2 1/2 years ago. I was sad to see that many of my friends on extrapounds have disappeared as well. This is possibly because they're in my same position. I'm getting married in July. I'm trying to find motivation, inspiration and guts to get back on the wagon.
 
Right now, I don't even know how to locate the wagon!

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12/08/2009 04:07

Ugh

It's been nearly a month and a half since I've blogged. As you can imagine, after that long, I must be hiding from something. I was worried to come on here because I knew many of you would be disappointed in me. I've just fallen off the wagon w/no real plan to get back on. Today I finally went to the store to buy only healthy groceries. I've woken up every morning for the past 2 months with intentions to eat healthy, and then blown it. It's getting very cold here, and I haven't been going and doing my jogs. I've been disappointing myself...I feel it's time to face reality. So I'm poking my head in here on extrapounds, hoping all of you are doing well.

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10/27/2009 22:34

Life is good

I feel really fortunate; I have a good life.
 
I'm starting to work 2 days a week nannying a little girl who is 3 1/2 years old. She is really cute, spunky and well-behaved. Her family has a beautiful home with a beautiful yard full of trees. I am admiring the view as I sit here...she is napping...another perk--she still naps! :)
 
Our puppy is happy and healthy. She loves to play at the dog park and run all over the place. We've got her almost completely potty trained, and we're working on her separation anxiety right now. We bought some big bones at Petco yesterday for her to chew on while Richard and I are both working today.
 
Oregon's teaching commission emailed me to let me know that--after waiting 2 months, they are finally sending me my Oregon teaching license. I can begin subbing soon. I'm still going to watch this little girl 2 days a week because it is reliable, steady work that I can count on under the table.
 
I had a great week of eating and working out, but had a crazy weekend of eating out and not working out? And some vodga gimlets. If I can just keep it together during the week, surely I won't undo all my hard work over the weekends, right? I have friends coming into town the next 2 weekends, then my mom comes to visit after that. It's difficult to stay on track while entertaining company...hell, it's difficult to stay on track regardless. But I can make healthier choices when eating at restaurants like ordering salads or grilled chicken instead of burgers. Duh! I know this stuff, but it's hard to make the right choices. My friend started working out with me. We had a great week, then she pulled something in her back. She's really out of  commission :( I made her an appointment with my chiropractor who, by the way, has my neck feeling about 85% better. Yay!  It's still not perfect, but I've stopped complaining.
 
Uh oh! I hear the little girl coughing in her bedroom. Lord, please let it not be the flu! I'm so paranoid! I haven't been around kids since June, so I haven't had to worry about germs. I better go check on her.

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10/22/2009 05:45

back home/back on track

I'm back from my trip home to San Diego. I had a great time with my family and ate at fabulous restaurants a few times a day...we had family visiting from Europe.
 
Since I've come home we've bought a dog! Her name is Phoebe, and she's an 8 month old black standard poodle. She is beautiful. She's helping me be more active and make a schedule for myself, as I have to get up early to take her outside of the apartment in the morning. We got her on Friday and I've spent every waking moment with her--BIG MISTAKE. She has serious separation anxiety when I leave for a few minutes. I have to try a new approach. See picture below :)
 
Today is a good day because I'm on DAY THREE of perfect eating and exercising. It's been at least a month since I've been able to really follow my plan. I just haven't been into it mentally and got into bad habits of staying up too late and snacking late at night, not to mention drinking too much wine. I feel SO much better now. Just getting through the first day is the hardest thing. After that, things become so much more manageable. I'm up about 10 lbs since I moved...give or take a few. Lots of it is water weight just from eating junky, salty stuff and not drinking enough water. I plan to get back down to where I was before the move...and then slowly start getting the rest of this weight off by the New Year. That's my plan!
 
 

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10/07/2009 03:20

Update

So I've been to the chiropractor 4 times for my neck. It's starting to improve. Thank goodness!  Turns out I have some trouble in my right hip as well. It's getting worked out also.
 
I'm heading home to San Diego to visit my family for a week starting tomorrow. Don't tell anyone, but I'm most excited to see my dogs! ;) Right now I'm in the process of avoiding packing.
 
Lately I've been looking for a dog to adopt. We're looking to get a one year old dog that doesn't shed. We're looking at standard poodles (that is what I grew up with). They are great dogs...so intelligent, mellow and loving.
 
I posted an ad on craigslist offering childcare (because Oregon is taking a lifetime to send me my new teaching license); I can't substitute until it comes. Someone responded to my ad--a couple with 4 children. They are looking for a full time nanny. They are a periodontist and an optomitrist. If it works out, this could be a great job for me!  Good things come to those who wait, right? We'll see.
 
That's about it for  now. I might not be on this week while I'm out of town. Hope you all have a great one!
 
 
 

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10/02/2009 21:31

5 miles catching up to me

So I woke up this morning (after that 5 mile run yesterday), and I'm SORE! My hips, my ankles, my knees are all achey, but it isn't the worst pain I've even been in from exercising, so I know I'm stronger than I was 10 months ago. I'm thinking my trip to the gym today will just be to do some upper body stuff and hit the jacuzzi...no jogging today.

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10/02/2009 00:41

5 miles

I finally got off my butt today after 4 days of feeling sorry for myself (for no reason) and not going to the gym.
 
I jogged 5 miles in 1 hour and 10 minutes. My knees are a bit sore, but it's all worth it. I had to remind myself what I'm capable of. :) Just what I needed!

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09/29/2009 23:10

Schedule

This is embarrassing to admit, but I sleep in REALLY late now that I don't have a job to worry about. I try to go to bed earlier some nights, and I toss and turn like a maniac. Don't judge; trust that I'd love to be working. I'm trying to be grateful for the time that the bad economy has provided for me to better myself, I guess. So, for now, this is an approximate schedule that some of you recommend I make:
 
10:00-wake up, coffee
10:30-healthy breakfast...a protein and a fruit
11:00-clean kitchen, start laundry, etc
11:30-do some job hunting online
12:30-protein shake
2:00 or 2:30-boyfriend goes to work
2:30-healthy snack
3:00-GYM or run outside depending on weather
4:30-shower
5:00-shopping, groceries, errands
6:00-cook dinner
6:30-healthy dinner
 
Mondays and Wednesdays: 7:30-Yoga
Mondays and Fridays: 4:00-Chiropractor
 
On days when my friend actually goes to the gym with me: 9:00-GYM instead
 
And then the rest of the evening is mine until 11pm 5 nights a week, which is when I start to get in trouble with the food and late night eating. Once all my household stuff is done, there isn't much to do for the evening, and I'm alone with the kitchen and the TV. I read, and try to be constructive, but I feel the evenings are a big waste of time, and I only have the one friend here so far. That's my trouble right now. I had a very full and active social life in San Diego. Now that I'm here and don't work, there isn't anywhere to meet new people.
 
I'll stop complaining. I'm really very thankful for everything I have. I'm just at a loss with what to do with all this free time in the evenings.
 
 
 

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09/29/2009 04:03

I'm not naturally inclined to make good food choices

You would think that, after almost 10 months of working on this body of mine, I would easily be able to make healthy food choices. You would also think that I would WANT to make them, right? This whole not working thing with no set schedule and late nights up watching Sopranos (yes, I do have to stay up late or I won't see my boyfriend who gets home from work at 11pm) is NOT helping me with my weight loss effort. I've gotten comfortable here. I've gotten comfortable with my weight, which has gone up since I moved away. I thought it would be so much easier to continue losing weight here because I buy all the groceries. I'm not at the mercy of my parents' high fat foods anymore. Still, I'm eating when I'm bored, and I'm eating late at night, and I'm bored OFTEN and up late OFTEN. This is not a healthy pattern, and I have some thinking to do as to how I'm going to get my butt back in gear.
 
Game plan so far:
Get more healthy food in this house. The more choices I have, the better.
Get to the gym no matter what 5 days a week (yoga tonight 7:30-9).
Cut down on the wine.
Stop buying hummus because I eat the whole container in 2 days.
Get to bed a little earlier.
Brush my teeth right after dinner...maybe this will help with the late night eating.
 
That's all I've got so far. Really, this is tougher than I thought. I'm taking a trip home to San Diego on the 7th. My trainer said I could work out with her all week while I'm there (for free because we're friends). That should be good motivation.

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