Yes, I'm a jerk

Spelling errors drive me crazy. When I see someone's blog that has spelling errors in it, I can't stand it. I want to tell them, but I think that might make me an even bigger jerk.

The most common spelling errors I see are the words "definitely" (not definately), "separate" (not seperate), and "lose" (not loose) or "losing" (not loosing).

If you "lose" weight, your pants will become "loose." They are different words meant to be used separately and distinctively for 2 different purposes! They are also pronounced differently. I don't see how people mess this up. Come on.

Maybe it's my PMS making me a jerk. I had to get it off my chest though.

Unsolicited advice

Okay, so everyone knows I'm dieting. Heck, I'm fat, everyone probably assumes that fat chicks are always on a diet and most of us probably are. Anyway, so a guy I know knows that I'm dieting and asks "how's it going?" I told him I'm up 2 lbs from last week but I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and hope it all works out. Then comes the unsolicited advice. "I think you might want to maybe each light popcorn in the evenings. Eating late may be a problem for you." What? I hate when people pull that crap. Just because he messaged me at 9pm last night when I was eating dinner, a turkey sandwich and grapes, does not mean he gets to be my new weight-loss coach. For his information, I also stayed up until 2am last night, so eating at 9pm isn't that bad. Also, I had just returned from the gym. He just started Weight Watchers again last week and in one week lost 10 lbs without exercising. I'm sorry, it's just not the same for men as it is for women and his advice pissed me off. I've been struggling for 6 weeks now to lose the 10 lbs he's lost in 1 week. Please don't give me advice, you silly MAN.

I feel better now.

February update

I went to the gym Monday and worked out for about an hour. I did over 22 minutes on the elliptical! It's getting better and better. Then I did weights for the rest of the time. I usually finish up with another 20 mins or so of cardio, but I was really tired for some reason and decided to just go on home. Maybe it was PMS making me fatigued.

I didn't get any exercise yesterday AND I ordered Pizza Hut cheese in the crust pizza and ate 3 slices! Sheesh. I know I shouldn't have but I wanted it so badly.

Today I had a bowl of Life cereal for breakfast. I had noticed that it has a lot of folic acid in it so I buy that now. Then I had one slice of pizza for lunch, one not three, doing better. Now I'm eating some nonfat yogurt and granola. I plan on going back to the gym tonight.

Off topic - this February has been amazingly decent. I've always hated having my birthday in February, sorry Mom. It's usually such a dreary month, so cold and dark and it always rains on my birthday. That sucks too. But this year, it did not rain on my birthday and it has had some surprisingly warm, sunny days. I guess I won't give up on February after all.

This weekend is my husband's birthday. I think he wants to go to the Golden Corral trough, errr, buffet. I hope he was kidding. They do have a nice salad bar though. Perhaps I can control myself, it is, after all, his birthday, not mine. We also have a bunch of coupons for Dave & Busters, maybe we'll do that instead. I can definitely stick with something healthy if we eat there. They have this deal where you pay $15 for your meal and get a "free" $10 game card, so you only end up paying $5 for a meal that I would say is worth at least $10. I think it works out in the end. We'll see.

Hoping this is TOM's fault

First of all, let me say that calling my period "TOM" is very strange since my ex-stepfather's name was Tom. Although blaming him for my setbacks is eerily familiar.

So I am up to 170 on the scale and I don't think I have done anything severe to cause a 2 pound gain. This is my period week, I haven't started yet but it should be Tues or Wed. I wonder if it's normal to bloat a few days before your TOM. I hope so. I would hate to think I actually gained this weight legitimately. Oh well. I will keep doing what I'm doing and hope that I will at least be back to 168 after TOM is gone.

Good luck everyone!

Birthday didn't do too much damage

So two days after my birthday, Valentine's day, I was 168.5 this morning. It seems like my birthday dinner/cake didn't do too much damage afterall. Hooray!

I went to the gym last night. It was really good. I stayed on the elliptical for a full 15 minutes. I could only do 6 minutes the first time. I'll be sad when my free membership is over, but hopefully I'll be on another project by then and able to work out in hotel gyms during the week.

Speaking of work, it sounds like March is the month that all the projects will be coming down to the developers. From what I understand, a couple prospects for me are Colombia, South America (not sure what city) or Santa Monica, California.

2.5 more lbs to lose for February. Yay!

Hello 160s

Today I was 169, hooray! I have to work really hard not to mess this up. My birthday is Tuesday, I'm really going to have to go easy on the splurging. I don't ever want to be in the 170s again. Another cool thing, my "lost to date" is greater than the "remaining" on my blog page. Now 155 is not my final goal. I just find it more encouraging to set small goals. My final goal is 128, but 155 was what I weighed when I got married in March of 2006, so getting back to that weight is a milestone for me. Also, I only have 3 pounds left to lose for February and it's only the 10th. This is getting easier, I think. I hoped it would eventually.

Today was a good day

I didn't even have to use my a.k. . . haha, sorry, Ice Cube reference. Anyway, it actually was a good day. I got to sleep in. Then I had eggs and yogurt for breakfast, then I took the recycling to the recycling center and went to the grocery store. I came home and walked/jogged on the treadmill for a while and made something to eat. Now I'm tired and happy. Oh, and I was 170 when I woke up this morning, so after my low calorie day and some exercise, I'm hoping to see 169.5 on the scale tomorrow (maybe less, but I won't get my hopes up).

Good luck everyone!

Yesterday's results

First of all, I passed my exam yesterday. I took the Microsoft Dynamics AX Installation and Configuration certification exam. That's a mouthful. I got a 100% on it. Yup, sure did.

Then I went to the gym, It was 2pm and it was pretty dead. It was great. I walked on the treadmill for about 20 minutes at first. My sister watched an Oprah show that talked about how you need to make sure your heartreat is up high enough when you work out to burn fat. So I set the treadmill to keep my heartrate around 130. The calculations that my sister, Bonnie, gave me to figure out what your heartrate should be while exercising said it shold be more like 150, but I don't think I could do that yet. I'll have to work up to it. Keeping it at 130 was hard though, I was definitely sweating. Then I lifted weights for another 20 or 30 minutes. My arms are sore today. Then I got on these elliptical machines. Man, it kicked my butt. I could only do 6 minutes on it and then I gave up. I burned 50 calories in 6 minutes though. That stuff is rough.

So all that was the good news. I got paid so on the way home I stopped and got pizza. So yesterday I ate, 2 scrambled eggs, 100 calorie blueberry streusel muffin pack (good, by the way), 1 granola bar (90 calories), 2 slices of pizza (around 3:30pm), then 1 slice of pizza around 7:30pm, then a 100 calorie pack of chocolate cake around 11pm (went to bed at 3am). So, not so good.

I was 170 on the scale this morning though. Go figure. My body is a mystery. 1 more pound to be in the 160s, 4 lb away from goal for this month.

I just ate a small bowl of cereal and I have a banana nearby for when I'm hungry again. I know I'll have another slice of pizza today but I will try to have only one. I have plenty of salad fixins so I'll have a salad with the pizza. I hate thinking about food all the time. *sigh*

Another exam and the gym

I'm taking another exam for work again today. I plan to go to the gym after it's finished. If I pass, I think I'll have a really energized workout. If I fail, I might be sad and want to just go eat Burger King for lunch instead. Haha. It would be good to replace poor eating with exercise when I'm stressed or sad though. I'm definitely an emotional eater. I think I'll pass though. We'll see. That should put me at the gym around 2pm. I hope it's not busy. It's always so busy in the evenings. It opens at 5am, if I were really disciplined I would just get there early and get it over with. Fat chance. . . no pun intended.

I was 171 this morning. Down .5 from yesterday but up 1 pound from a few days ago. I have to get into the 160s. I have to be 166 by the end of February. It would be nice to knock a couple pounds off early. I don't want to be rushing to get it all off at the end of the month.

My birthday is next week. This could really screw things up. I want to go to Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. It's an inexpensive spaghetti place. They have THE BEST spaghetti with browned butter and mizithra cheese. OMG - it's to die for. It's also a zillion calories. I think when I was doing Weight Watchers, it was like 32 points (I think I was allowed like 21 for the day) and that doesn't include the wine or bread (and butter) or spumoni for dessert. I guess I had better go to the gym today, for sure. Prepare for next week's setback. It's my birthday, it only happens once a year, I'm not going to try to eat less or something else, that's what I want! I'll make up for it later. :)

How do you guys handle birthdays? Do you deprive yourself or allow the splurge? I guess maybe there are some people out there that really want to eat "healthy" on their birthday. Not me! haha.

Finally went to the gym again

I went last night about 7pm. I did 20 mins of walking/jogging on the treadmill, then I did about 30 minutes of weights, and then I did 20 more minutes on the treadmill. It felt really good, but when I weighed this morning, I was 171.5. Nooooo! I feel like I'm going backwards, darn it. I hope it's just that I am retaining water or something. I didn't think I ate too badly yesterday either. I had a bowl of cereal, then one hotdog and some carrot wedges. Then I went to the gym and came home and had about 1.5 cups of chili with 8 saltine crackers (salt, i know) and then an oatmeal creme pie around 11:30pm. I didn't get to bed until 2am. *sigh* Why does this have to be such a struggle for a few pounds? I've been trying to get in the 160s for months. :(