I can't believe the weekend is almost here! I'm glad the week flew by, I'm too excited about going away this weekend, meeting new people, and MAYBE going to the church God wants us, who knows! Today flew by nicely. I got up and went for a 31 minute bike ride, I love how riding the bike burns so many calories! LOL Then I helped hubby mow and weed eat the yard- I mowed the front, weed eated the back. This afternoon the kids and hubby washed the car (I vacuumed the inside and cleaned it) and then I helped him bathe our two dogs. It seemed like we got a lot accomplished and I kept moving!
Tomorrow I will be straightening the house and packing for the weekend, and I'll do my walk/jog thing as well.
Eating wise, I'm doing ok. I'm staying within my calories, but not always eating the healthiest. I'm struggling with my carb intake, and I've looked into the South Beach Diet, especially phase 1. It's a lot like the Maker's Diet, except even more intense. I'm thinking I'll give it a go on Tuesday when I get back- I figured, what's 2 weeks, right? Maybe it'll help. I like the program because it helps you figure out HOW to eat carbs and which carbs YOU don't gain weight with. It's very specific to YOUR needs/wants. And I know that when I eat too many carbs I gain weight, I just need to figure out which ones, and how many a day I can eat, etc... and this diet does it. Of course, I'm going to modify it slightly to mesh with the Maker's Diet- i.e. no pork, seafood, etc...
The scale was down 4 ounces this morning, YAY!!! I just have to keep on track even while we are gone this weekend. I told DH that I was taking the scale with me so I could WI on Monday, he looked at me like I was INSANE, but I know me... I kinda need that mindset to keep me on track, and since I'm doing so good and I'm so close to my first goal I don't want to mess it up! Insane or not!
I went for a 22 1/2 minute walk and a 9 minute jog. It was in 1 1/2 increments (the jog) and I feel GREAT! I love the way exercise makes you feel!!!
I know this is short, but it's hard to type with my 6 month old trying to "help" me and I have to go shower so I can get to the library! Have a great day everyone!!!
I got up this morning and kicked some butt!!! I went for a bike ride this morning, 5.5 miles in 32 minutes. I realize it could have been faster, but I definitely FELT it! I rode out to Wal-Mart and back, taking a few alternate routes than I did the last time. It was great! And now I feel ready to do the day!
I'm stil fasting until tihs afternoon... and hopefully I can do some strength training when the kiddos nap. I have a garage sale coming up in a week and half and my goal for today is to go through the baby's room and gather up all the clothes he and I (my clothes are in his closet because the master bedroom doesn't have a closet!) don't wear anymore!
I think I've officially made my WI day the "cheat" day as well! I enjoyed mac-n-cheese with dinner, a 3 Musketeer for a snack, and, um.. some peppermint patties too. I'm keeping track with it all though on dailyplate.com, so calorie wise I know I'm not doing too bad. Not as good as it had been, but nothing to scream about. Tomorrow is my partial fast day, so it can clear out my system again! LOL
I think I'm going for a bike ride tomorrow, then tomorrow afternoon I'll do some strength training. I'm totally psyched about getting under the 220's, so I'm going to push myself this week! ESPECIALLY knowing that this weekend I'll be traveling, eating out AND at potlucks.... I'm gonna have to do SUPER good to stay on track and see a loss next Monday.
I like cheat days, it gives me a chance not to feel deprived, but also a chance to REALLY enjoy food.
I try to stick with the Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin as much as possible. No, I don't stick to it 100%, one reason being a lot of the resources are not available where I'm at AND eating organic and natural is a lot more expensive than not. Having said that, I do try. It's a base that I follow or at the very least, I'm aware of.
When it comes to fasting this is why I fast: It gives my digestive system time off from round the clock digesting. Also, it gives my liver a break... this organ performs 500 different functions for the body, among them is filtering blood to remove toxins and germs like viruses, bacteria, and yeast. When the liver works efficiently, it filters out 99% of the germs and toxins in your blood before sending the cleansed blood back into circulation. To work efficiently, I believe the liver needs a down time. Thus the fast. BUT there's another reason I fast.
Fasting leads to self control and opens one up. The Bible is full of references to fasting. It's a form of discipline. I fast and pray. Everytime I feel hunger, I pray. It draws me closer to God.
So I believe fasting is important. It helps give my system a break AND keeps me close to God.
Despite a rough start to the week with TOM showing up, I managed to STILL get a two pound loss! So my NEW weight is 224.8! YIKES! I don't remember the last time I weighed 224! I mean, 227 was the number I hit at my first prenatal visit and then everything started to come back as I gained weight...... but 224, WOW! I have 5.8 pounds to go to my first mini-goal of 219- by July 7th. I'm well on my way!!! This is SO cool!!!
Today's exercise is a jog/walk mix. I found a different walk to run program that I'm going to try. I know I can jog for 10 minutes straight if I REALLY want to, problem is, I very rarely want to... so today's plan is to alternate 4 minutes of walking with 1 minute jogging. I know it'll be easy in the sense that I can totally do this, but it'll still give me a good exercise- kwim? I'm not a big runner, but I like to on occassions. Who really cares though, as long as I'm moving!
Today has been good. Church was good, my eating has been good, just a good day. I'm ready for my WI tomorrow, hope it's down some at least! I hope this week flies by because Saturday we leave to go in view of a call at a new church and we all need the change! I'm planning a yard sale in two weeks so I hope to keep busy by getting things ready for that. It kills two birds with one stone really... gets a little extra money for a few things that Isaiah needs AND clears out the JUNK and CLUTTER before we load things into boxes!!!
I've been using TheDailyPlate.com and it's been telling me how my food is broken down (carbs, etc...) I've discovered that even though I've been not eating breads and such, my diet is still pretty high carb!!! I'm going to google some info about carbs and then google and see if I can find a new walk to running plan- I like variety!
No, I didn't get up bright and early and bike ride- the night seemed rougher than some, but I DID get my bike ride in. It was just this afternoon instead of this morning! We had a good time at the BYBC and just like I said I ate great! I had one hotdog (all beef, I don't do pork)- no bun, a little turkey chili with cheese, and my tomato! WOOHOO!!! I avoided the COOKIES, the CHIPS, and the kool-aid and soda! YAY!!! I did have a snow cone this afternoon- but it was a medium and it was pina colada (less artifical coloring, LOL). Dinner is going to be good, more than likely something like a chicken omelot or something along that line (chicken and egg).
Tomorrow should be good, I doubt I'll exercise any, but lunch will be BBQ (sans bun- bun for everyone else) and I'll eat the grapes I didn't eat today, instead of the chips that I have for the kids. I'll be glad when the chips are gone, I normally don't buy them and they are just too tempting! LOL
Whoa, this is deep. I was reading through a journal I kept when I was younger (it started off when I was 13 and went up until I met my husband, almost 18). It explained a lot.
At not quite 14, I weighed 160 pounds... and in my jouranl I write "my mom keeps mentioning my weight. That makes me sad." About 5 months later there's another reference to my weight, I weighed 170 pounds but lied to my dad and told him I weighed only 160. Apparently my dad told me I was overweight and that I should have weighed about 35 pounds less, which (had I REALLY weighed 160) would have put me at 125 pounds. So at age 14 I was already outling my "plans" of exercise and eating less.
Fast forward to the summer that I'm 16. I start throwing up everything I eat. Bulimia. Again, my recorded weight was 160, but I KNOW I weighed more than that because I had already been throwing up for 2 months. Almost every entry talks about my binging, hoow unhappy I am, how much I hate myself, how I'm ugly, how my arms are flabby, I have a big bellly and bottom. My face is ugly. By my birthday, I had dropped to 150 pounds. Looking back, I'm sure 17 and weighing 150 pounds wasn't THAT horrible, but I still recorded how I'm "never going to amount to anything and that I sometimes wonder why I'm here."
Reading entries from that summer to the nexxt, I threw up for months on end, then did it off and on. I constantly talked down about myself, how unworhty I was, etc... and not a big surprise but how much my parents got on my nerves. I know most teens go through that, but I honestly feel mine sparked from way back, especially when at 13 I was getting "talks" about my weight.
Yes, I see that I was overweight, but having kids now, the LAST thing I want is them to go down the same road I did. I have entries recording the fact that my mom would eat TWO big BOWLS of ice cream, then get onto my for what I ate. This ia s ahuge reason why I want to beat this before my kids get too big and before they do the same path I did. If my kids end up overweight, fine- but I want to teach them how to eat healthy and then not be so double sided about the whole ordeal!
A friend showed me, dailyplate.com and I signed up today. It's really neat! You can log your calories consumed as well as your weight AND exercise and it does the math for you (how many calories you have left to eat AND even adds in the calories for the exercise you've done). It even has a place for water consumption. I was impressed with the fact that as I add the foods I've eaten, it did the math! (i'm NOT a math person! LOL) I'm SixPixieSticks on there, so if you sign me up, look for me!
Today was a successful day for me and I plan on being successful tomorrow. We have a Backyard Bible Club (like a 1 day, few hour VBS) at church tomorrow, so I have to get up bright and early if I want to squeeze in some exercise (I'm thinking bike ride) before hand. I've already planned my eating out (we're having hotdogs, and I can eat a turkey hotdog, no bun, and brought a tomato and grape instead of chips!). Dinner will be safe since that's all I have here at the house! Smart thinking! We are going bowling tomorrow afternoon so that's just going to be fun!!! So that's my plan for tomorrow, 100% doable!
I went for a bike ride this morning, 5.5 miles in 32 minutes. I realize it could have been faster, but I definitely FELT it! I rode out to Wal-Mart and back, taking a few alternate routes than I did the last time. It was great! And now I feel ready to do the day! 