Still trying to get into the swing of things

Well, I am trying. Not at full throttle yet, but at least I've put 'er in gear. I just can't get over the weight that came back on. The first 5 lbs. weren't that noticible, and it seems like they came back slowly and maintained for awhile at 159/160, then all of a sudden . . . BAMM!! 5 more lbs., the 3 more within a month! I guess that's why the "experts" say that when you start gaining back that first 5 lbs., that's when you should really do something about it.

Later, hope everyone has a nice weekend

PhatJac

5 Months since last post . . .

Well, I'm back. Back from vacation, back from being lazy and uncommitted to eating right, trying to get back into excercising, and back with EP and all my EP friends.

I'm ashamed to say that I've done terrible this summer. And it's almost to the point where I'm back where I was this time last year. I weighed in at 166.5 this morning. I've gained almost 15 pounds back this summer. That's disgusting. And after working so hard to lost 24 pounds. Why do I do that? That's the million dollar question, huh?

Well, all I can say for myself now is that hopefully I can get back with my program and lose the 15 pounds I gained back plus another 15 pounds to my goal weight. Then try to maintain, maintain, maintain!!!

Wish me luck, need your support, glad I'm back . . .

PhatJac

Another month gone by . . .

and I still haven't dropped below 154. I can't seem to do anything consistently lately. I haven't blogged in a month either. I've been trying to watch what I eat most of the time, but stress has me consuming more simple carbohydrates than I should. I have to keep reminding myself NOT to eat any cereal in the morning, even the good kind, cause when I do it sets the stage for me to crave carbs all day long. I do best when I eat a boiled egg and a piece of fruit or a yogurt or a smoothie in the morning. I'm trying to start drinking my water again now that it's warmer.  Excercise is sparatic, most of the time I can only get in a two mile walk every other day. I get really aggrevated with myself that I'm not more consistant with my diet and excercise routine, but at least I'm not gaining.

Been having alot of personal problems lately that's added to my stress level. The past week has been better though. I miss visiting everyone's ep blogs. I noticed brownbabe has made the most visited list. Go Project JJ!!! Hope all my "friends" are still hanging in there. Better get gone!

PhatJac

Disappointment

Man! I just knew I was going to see 153 or and least 153.9 this morning. I did all kinds of excercises and activities yesterday, plus drank my water, and ate EXCEPTIONALLY well all day. Did not cheat at all, and wanted to so bad several times. Maybe tomorrow morning the Lord of the Scales will smile down on me and say, "Well done thou good, and faithful servent." LOL Hope that's not blasphemis.

It's suppose to rain all day tomorrow and you know what that means . . .  stuck inside around easy access to the pantry and frigerator. I've got to come up with something to do away from the house tomorrow. Maybe I'll go paint up at the church. Haven't done that in awhile.

Hope everyone has a restful and successful weekend.

PhatJac

Back at 154

My weight has been like a roller coaster ride these past couple of weeks, but I'm back at 154 this morning. My goal was to be at 150 by Feb. 28, that's only 6 days away. 4 lbs in six days, I don't know but I'm going to give it my best. I'm not going to say "I'll try" cause I heard that's just a glorified way of saying "I probably won't". So . . . I'm saying I WILL reach my goal weight of 150 by February 28, 2007!!! My biggest downfall is staying inside. Since the weather is finally warming up I'll do more outside and thus stay away from the tempting food in the house. I don't do "fast food" so that won't bother me.

I agree with someone's bloy who wrote that EP should have put success pics of the EP people on it's opening page, instead of those models. Would have been much more motivating and interesting, plus better promotion of the site.

Has anyone read that new book Oprah was promoting called "The Secret"? Just wondering, cause I was thinking about getting it unless it's just another one of her motivational books that basically says the same thing as the others.

PhatJac

Just screwed up a post

Well I just typed a long post and noticed a mispelling, tried to stop it and back up then lost the whole post. Oh, well.

I'll try to rewrite some of it, but the initial feeling is passed. Had the stomach flu last week and got down to 153.4. But, I'm now back up to 156.5. Haven't been very motivated to excercise either. I'm trying to get my cousin to join this site. Hope he does. He's got heart disease and really needs to lose some weight and get healthy.

Well, that's the message in a nutshell. Maybe I'll get motivated to get off my tale and do something.

PhatJac

What with me???

From reading my "friends" blogs, it seems we all have a case of the winter blues. Just can't seem to get motivated about anything but staying warm . . . which also involves alot of eating the wrong stuff. While January was so wild and hectic with no time to excercise and eat right, February has been cold and dark and boring. Sounds like alot of lame excuses, huh.

I should be doing some kind of excercise, but can't get motivated. Been eating like a pig, and this is after having the stomach flue last week and weighing in at 153.4. Well, that didn't last long. I'm back up to 156.5 today. I've been trying to encourage my cousin to start some kind of weight loss program and told him about this site. He's already had by-pass surgery one time when he was 45 and now he's 52 and has really gained alot of weight and isn't taking care of himself. He stays worried about his mom who's diabetic and has breast cancer, but doesn't seem to apply that same concern for his own health. I pray he'll do something soon. He's got a great family who adores him and would really be devistated something were to happen to him. I tried to talk to him this weekend about it. My dad (his uncle) died of heart disease and so did my dad's father.

Has anyone read that book Oprah was talking about last week called "The Secret"? I'm think about getting it.

Hope everyone has a good week.

PhatJac

So much for good intentions

What should I start with first, what I did??? or what I didn't do???

What I didn't do:

1. Make a big bowl of salad to eat with the pizza.
2. Eat just two slices of pizza.
3. Excercise AT ALL yesterday.

What I did do:

1. Make a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
2. Eat SEVERAL of above mentioned cookies.
3. Eat left over pizza AGAIN today for lunch.

I'm such a schlep (don't know what that is, but I'm sure if it's in the dictionary, my picture is beside the word). My self control is not even zero, it's in the negative numbers. Just when I think I've got a handle on my food demons, I have a week like this. First it's chips, now pizza and cookies. I'm not even at my goal weight, and I'm already sabatoging the last 4 months of hard work. I don't want to gain this weight back. I feel so much better without dragging that 25 lbs. around, why do I do this?

I'm going to have to stop acting like I've got this thing licked, and allowing myself to slip back into my old ways. I can't have foods like that until I know I can just have alittle and be satisfied. And I'm not there yet. I've still got to lose 6 more pounds by Feb. 28. Time to get tough!!!

PhatJac

It's the weekend again . . .

and I'm still having trouble staying away from my son's Lay's Potatoe chips. He's on a restricted diet, but one of the things he can have is plain Lay's potatoe chips. It's been KILLING me! cause I normally don't keep chips in the house. I've always had a huge weakness for potatoe chips and Doritos. Thank the Lord he can't have the Doritos or I really would be in trouble. LOL

Cleaned out some more "fat clothes" and clothes that generally I didn't wear or didn't like anymore. Felt good, especially when I tried on a pair a capries that I had bought last summer and they fell off of me. Wooohooo! Anyway, I'm taking a big garbage bag of clothes to the Goodwill Store on Monday.

Haven't excercised today. Sun is shining, but it's still cold out. We're having company tonight and are suppose to get pizza. Yes, I'm going to have at least 2 small slices, but that's it. I'm also going to make up a big bowl of salad (I'll probably be the only one eating it). Oh, well.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and week next week! By the way, how is everyone liking the new EP look???

PhatJac

The Cold . . .

I  don't know what it is about cold weather that makes me revert back to survival instincts of eating and hibernating??? I did really  well with excercising this morning, but I've been eating like a cow all afternoon. It's too cold to get outside, though the sun is finally shining. I want to go walk, but it's just toooooooooooo COLD! Maybe tomorrow, it suppose to get into the low 50's. What I'd really like to do is go ride my horse. I hope that groundhog is right about winter being almost over. I'm ready to get outside and do some stuff. Yeah, I know, come July I'll be complaining about the heat and it being toooooooooooooo HOT to go outside. LOL

I was down to 154 about the middle of this last week, but I didn't stay there. I've been fluctuating  between 156 and 155. What a drag. I really want to get down to 150 by February 28. I told my husband NOT to bring any Valentine Candy of any kind into this house this year. If he gets me any, he better eat it all before he gets home with it. LOL

Well, good luck to you all for the rest of the weekend. I've got all these movies I rented to watch, and it's hard to watch them without munching. Pray for me!

Have a Blessed Day!

PhatJac