Good food choices are so hard to make, aren't they? Every where there is food. I just got back from running errands. Every place I went there was temptations. A McD's here, a KFC there and Baskins and Robbins (I don't know how long it's been since I had "real" ice cream.
I once read that weight addictions are harder than smoking addictions because you can cold turkey on cigarettes but you can't just stop eating. I don't know if it's true, but it makes sense to me.
My daughter was clambering for McD's and since it had been a long time since she had it and she does love their hamburgers, we stopped to get her some. I was so hungry, too. We hadn't had lunch yet. How tempting that Big N' Tasty looked. But, I didn't succomb. I got myself a diet coke and came home and had my leftover turkey and salad.
And, you know what? I feel good about it. I'm full, the turkey was yummy and I'm not chock-full-of-calories.
Oh, and daughter loved her "burgerburger" and apples (though the puss-in-boots toy kinda scared her).
This is in answer to a comment...I thought it was relevant enough to post to all...
I have been immersing myself in my blog and weight loss in general. It was a committment I made to myself when I started regularly blogging. That I would, at the very least, blog and drink 8 cups of water daily. I've done that every day but one (different days for the blog and water). I don't know if it's working or not. Some days yes, some days no. But, the yes days are starting to outnumber the no days and that's a good thing. Blogging every day keeps my mind focused on what I'm trying to do.
I don't have the chart posted since this is a public site. I should have used a different screenname probably, but since I started up on this, I didn't want to start over again. You know? But, I do have my tracker on there. I guess that's something.
If anyone ever has any question about anything...I'm a pretty open book.
Afraid of the Gym - Reason #38 of 101 reasons to lose 101 pounds
To lose weight, you need to cut calories and exercise. I know I would lose more weight if I worked out more. I know that I should work out to improve my health. I do what I can at home and walking at parks, etc. But, when I think "maybe I should do something more" something stops me. That something is that I'm too embarassed to go to the gym at this weight.
I'm afraid that people will look at me like "who are you kidding?" or "shouldn't you be eating somewhere?". I'm sure that most people won't pay me any attention, but it's the few that I'm not sure about that scare me.
I also don't want to look clumsy and uncoordinated next to those toned bodies that work out all the time. The ones that are already in perfect shape with perfect 10 bodies and look so graceful biking or on the treadmill. I know most of this is in my head. But, I still hate feeling ashamed to go to the gym when I'm this fat!
Egg Bake POINTS® value per serving | 5 Servings | 8
Breakfast |
Ingredients
28 oz Potatoes O'Brien 1 pound Cooked ham 2 cup Finely Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese 1 cup 1% low-fat milk 3 cup Egg Beaters 1/2 tsp table salt 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray. You will make three layers. Place 1/3 of the potatoes into the bottom of the crockpot, followed by 1/3 of the onions, 1/3 of the ham and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat this step two more times ending with the layer of cheese. Beat together the egg substitute, milk, salt and pepper; pour it over the layers in the crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 9-10 hours overnight. Cut into 8 wedges when ready to serve.
How much weight do you need to lose to drop a clothing size? Everyone is different of course, but roughly speaking for a medium frame woman we can figure about:
250 - 350 lbs: 20 lbs per size 200 - 250 lbs: 15 lbs per size 160 - 200 lbs: 10 lbs per size 115 - 160 lbs: 5 lbs per size
1 32oz pkg of frozen Southern Style hashbrowns (make sure they have 0 fat) 3 cans of fat free low sodium chicken broth 1 packet of McCormick's Original Country Gravy 1 Cup skim milk 1 cup water 6 Tbls of real bacon bits (in a bag...not the fake bacon bits)
Spray your soup pot with some non-stick cooking spray. Heat your pot and put in your hashbrowns. Brown then slightly, be sure not to burn the potatoes. If some of the potatoes get stuck to the bottom, that's ok.
Pour in 1 can of the chicken broth and scrape up all the brown bits from the bottom of the pot. Then pour in the other two cans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer.
In the meantime, in a separate bowl, whisk together the water & milk with the pkg of country gravy mix.
Once potatoes are soft and starting to break down, pour in gravy mixture.
Mix in bacon bits and let cook until thick and creamy.
Add Salt to taste (I do not add pepper as the gravy has quite a bit)
If you don't like chunks in your soup, blend the soup in small batches.
Reason number 37 for 101 reasons to lose 101 pounds is to be a lady.
My mom has told me since I was a wee little one to sit like a lady. She would always lament at my heathen ways of sitting with my legs apart. When I was little, it was just more comfortable to sit with my legs spread. When I was a little older it was rebellion. When I was a teenager, it was the simple fact that I couldn't sit like a lady. It was too uncomfortable. Even when I could cross my legs, it would get uncomfortable after short periods of time.
I would really like to be able to sit down, cross one leg over the other, and tuck the foot neatly behind the opposite leg. That looks so ladylike and delicate and that is my dream! Wouldn't my mama be proud?
Reason #36 in 101 reason to lose 101 pounds is name calling. This has happened to me my entire life. Both to my face and behind my back. Have you ever seen someone make eye contact with you and then turn to their friend and whisper an obvious comment about you? Teenagers especially seem to do this. What can you do?
Or have you ever had a friend come up to you and tell you that someone said you were fat? What is the point of relaying that information?
And then the best name calling. The to your face kind. Have you ever been walking down the street and someone yells out their window "hey fatso" or "moooo" or some other eloquent comment? It's no wonder why overweight people are afraid to get out there and exercise. No one wants to be made fun of.
And what's most surprising is that after years and years, the sting of those comments resonate as loudly as they did way back when. How one pimply teenager could take my self esteem and squash it is amazing to me.
