I had a most relaxing time up in the cabins this weekend. Ate whatever I wanted! And really just unwound from life. It was wonderful. But that is all in the past. What is here and now is that I am ready to nip this weight loss in the bud. I know I will gain at WI tomorrow night, but that will be just more motivation to lose this weight. I am super stressed about finals and all the papers I have due in the upcoming week and a half. But I used that stress to help put together a solid plan for how to get all my studying/papers done and keep a healthy attitude throughout. I'm still working on my meal plan for the upcoming two weeks, but I do have the next three days prepared. In every scheduled day, I have also allotted time to get my walking in or go to the gym. I can do this. I'd like to be 190 by my WI at the end of the semester, which will be May 6. So, after my WI tomorrow, we'll see how much weight I need to lose to get to that goal.
Meal plan for the day:
Brekkie: poptarts (7.5)
Lunch: HC entree (4) and yogurt (1)
Dinner: chicken (4.5), green beans (0), spinach salad (2), and another side item (4)
Snacks: Kellogg's bar (2) and popcorn (1)
So here I am. Ready to rock. I'll make new goals tomorrow after my WI. Missed you all while I was gone. Have to go back to studying!!
I gorged AGAIN last night on Mexican food. And better yet, I ate ALL DAY. I mean, WTF? It's the stress of school and finals. I'm not making excuses. Just what the problem is. I'm going to work on it. But I'm not making any promises for the next week or two.
UGH. Now I'm trying to justify it. This is just wrong. UGH.
Dinner: chicken, collard greens, and spinach salad (7)
This leaves me with five points. We'll see how I use them.
School sucks today. I'm really just over all of it. DBF's mentor rented a cabin for us all to go to this weekend. He's "ballin'". $750 a night, and we don't have to pay anything. I think we're going to try to split the food bill with him, but I'm sure he won't let us. And they eat gourmet-style. So yes, I leave Friday morning and come back Sunday night. I'm ecstatic to get away from the city and just to hang out for a weekend. I probably won't be great food-wise this weekend, but I know I'll make it up. This is just a hard time of the year (finals are in a week and a half). I can do this. Thanks for all of your support.
I walked to a meeting at 12noon today because I didn’t want to WI tomorrow. Reason being is that DBF and I are going to Tucker, GA to visit his younger sister and she wants to eat Indian food for dinner. The amount of sodium in Indian food is ridiculous; I’m basically going to be floating out of the restaurant tonight. I have no more WPAs to use for tonight, and only 8.5 points left (plus an extra 3 APs if I want to use them, but I’d rather not). I’ve looked up some healthy alternatives on the Points Tracker, and I’m going to with some Aloo Gobi (I think) and Aloo Palak. Both are like 2 or 3 points for a cup. No Naan for me (that’s like 4 points a piece!!! For bread!!!). I’m crossing my fingers that I can make a healthy choice. UGH.
In other news…Saturday, I went with DBF and his mentor/mentor’s wife to an authentic latino restaurant. I had Shrimp Diablo and an appetizer of Yucca, which probably wasn’t as bad as I thought it was. I tried my best to calculate the points. That night DBF and I went to his friend’s house in Kirkwood. We sipped on some Crown and Diet Coke before heading out to some swanky little bistro. There we all split (wait for it)… hummus and ciabatta, homemade fries with feta dressing, and a chocolate mousse cake; I had a glass of wine and a beer as well. No wonder I’m such a fat ass. All this walking is getting me now where when I eat like that. Sunday, I tallied up my intake for Saturday and I ate 75 points worth of food and drink. WHOA!
Which all brings me to today and my WI. I went to some meeting I hadn’t been to before. Got on the scales praying for a two pounds loss, and I only lose 1.4. UGH. I really wanted to see those numbers. And I guess a 1.4 loss is a good thing, and so many of you really want it sometimes, and there are times when I would love to see that number. But I FEEL skinnier than last week. I feel more than 1.4 pounds skinnier. So why can’t I see the numbers on the scale? DBF says it’s the muscle I’m gaining from all this walking. I just feel like that’s a cop out. Maybe if I hadn’t gone overboard on Saturday, I could buy this argument. Well, here’s to this coming week. I have most of the week planned food-wise, I just need to get on it activity-wise. DBF is going to be out of town for three days starting tomorrow, and the Friday we’re going to a cabin with his mentor/mentor’s wife. I need to set some goals and stick to it.
Drink 64 ounces of water everyday! (I’m not doing this, which I think really is hurting me)
Stay OP everyday!
Blog everyday (I’ve found that when I blog everyday, I tend to stay OP for that day)
Exercise at least five days this week
Lose 1 pound (I’m guessing that I need to adjust my idea of how much weight I need to lose each week; so, losing 1 pound a week is 52 pounds a year. So, at this rate, I’ll have lost all the weight I want by June 23rd, 2009. About five months from where I wanted to be, but I’ll just accept it and move on. The sooner I get there, the better. But 1 pound a week is still good and healthy. And it will average out in the long run to being that.)
So, for whatever reason, my Tuesday/Thursdays are ridiculously busy. So busy that I don't even have time to post on EP or post comments on your blogs. I mean, I have 7 1/2 hours of class and then I go for my two hour walk. I have to make sure DBF is okay (he can be so needy at times!). And by the time all of that is done, I'm just one tired puppy.
So, DBF and I were going to watch a movie last night. I was in the middle of cooking pork tenderloin, we had already had our salad, and were just getting comfy on the couch when one of his roommates came in with about 9 people--all drunk and rowdy. Well, DBF is ALWAYS calm. So he just shut off the movie and told me to take the pork tenderloin out of the stove and put it in the fridge, that we would just eat it tomorrow. And we went to bed. WTF?!? I didn't even get to eat all of my dinner. And yesterday I was hungry ALL DAY. DBF said he was going to have a "talking to" with his roommate because him having rowdy friends over until 3am (no we couldn't get to sleep until then because it was so loud) is inappropriate. You think? But, good news is that I got to sleep in!! Which DBF never does but he was so tired. I didn't have to get up until 8:30am!!
Oh, yeah. I also got on my scale last night and it said I was down to 192.4. Let's hope this loss continues. It's only been two days since WI. I told DBF that I wasn't consuming large amounts of alcohol this weekend. I REALLY want to see the scale move down. Plus, I have a ton of homework/papers to do.
Okay. So, a few bosses are out and I'm off to do a massive amount of work they left (ON A FRIDAY!!). I'll be back in a few to write on your blogs. Have a skinny day!
So, not such a good weigh in yesterday. But, I think we all could have predicted that. I only lost .4 pounds. I mean, I know a loss is a loss, but I still worked so hard except for Saturday night/Sunday morning. I even got my walking in on my drinking days! DBF says I didn’t lose so much because I’m building muscle and that I’ll be happier later on because the muscle will burn more fat than just weight loss alone. But I want to lose now! Ugh. So yes, while the loss did depress me some, I’m going into this next week with more perseverance than ever. I really want to reach my 40 pound mark by next week, but I’m not going to push it. So (attainable) goals:
Drink 64 oz of water five days
Follow 8GHG five days
Walk at least 6 miles EVERYDAY
Limit myself to five drinks
Lose 2 pounds next weigh (192.2)
So, there you have it. I can accomplish the above. I will do it
Nothing else is really going on in my life right now. DBF and I are doing well together. My life is basically centered on weight loss and school work, which I should get back too. So, I’m off to do a little school work and then I’ll be back to post on your blogs.
Oh, and I almost forgot:
Brekkie: yogurt and granola (3.5)
Lunch #1: Salad (4)
Lunch #2: Healthy Choice entrée (4)
Dinner: Chicken (5.5.), macaroni and cheese (6), salad (3)
If I need a snack throughout the day, than I’ll eat some APs. Well, first I need to earn some APs.
Hi all—I had such a great weekend (well, not food-wise, LOL). Went with DBF to his dad’s house in Winder, GA and spent the night Friday night. We woke up and went to the bank and Waffle House for breakfast. Apparently this is a Saturday morning tradition because I tried to persuade them to go elsewhere. I managed fine though! I had egg white, steamed hash browns (no oil), and wheat toast with jam. I was so proud of myself!! Only nine points! The rest of the afternoon DBF cleaned out his old room and I got to look through his old college stuff. It was a lot of fun. We ate healthy through the rest of the afternoon. The downfall happened when we went to Athens for the night.
It went like this: watching the Final Four at a sports bar (onion rings, French fries, chicken fingers, two beers), bar hopping (two mixed drinks, three beers), late night food at hot dog stand (cheeseburger), and lunch the next day at Logan’s (rolls, Caesar salad, loaded baked potato, and steak). But I actually don’t feel bad. I had a good time, and I enjoyed everything. The key was, I stopped when I was full.
I did get in a brisk six miles walk on Saturday and a brisk seven mile walk yesterday. We’ll see how the scale fares tomorrow.
It’s only 10:30am here. I have had a yogurt for breakfast (getting in my 8GHG—dairy). I’m not sure what we’re having for dinner. I was going to buy rainbow trout (on sale) for dinner, but DBF said it was too expensive. He’s not used to eating healthy and doesn’t realize that most of the time healthy is expensive.
But, this is the game plan thus far:
Brekkie: WW yogurt (1)
Lunch: Smart Ones (6), spinach salad with dressing and cheese (5)
Dinner: leftover pork tenderloin? (3), spinach salad with dressing (2)
Snacks: oatmeal (5), apple (1)
I’ll have three points left plus my APs that I earn for the day if I care to use them. No more WPAs. LOL!!! Here’s to drinking lots of water and getting off some more weight before tomorrow’s WI.
DBF is in disbelief at how much weight I am losing. He gets really excited saying that who could have known that his already pretty girlfriend would get so hot. LOL. He’ll go to hug me or touch me and exclaim about the hip bone he can feel here, the collar bone he sees there, and the lack of “front boot” (my stomach) that he can feel. It’s such a good feeling. Seriously. Walking is the KEY to my weight loss success. Yes, I am now counting points and I was counting calories, but I really believe that it is just melting away because of all the walking.
Not much going on today. Got in a good bit of sleep last night, so that was nice (and I even made it on time to work!). DBF and I were so worn out from last night’s brisk walk. We did a total of 7.16 miles straight and earned 8 AP. And wasn’t flat by any means. In fact, I was definitely struggling for a good bit of it. And it’s because of that walk that I woke and felt the skinniest I have ever felt. I can’t wait to be weighed next Tuesday. Well, I say that now… I’m going to Athens this weekend to party so I have to be extra careful.
I’ll have about 7 points left and then 4 APs from what I earn tonight. So I can have like another meal and a half. LOL. I probably eat some more meat at dinner. I’m a huge fan of pork tenderloin.
Oh. Let’s clarify something… My WW Leader told me that you can only eat 4 APs a day, even if you earn more. I have been following this rule FOREVER. I was reading a blog yesterday about eating ALL the APs. Which way is the right way?!?! Just trying to get this straight. You guys are the best!!!!
School is overrated. Seriously. I just had to give a presentation at 8am. The group wouldn't work until last minute last night at 9pm. Then only one guy out of the five others shows up! And he is a complete asshole. So, I tell him that I'll work on my part at home and email him and leave. He emails me all night. Literally. When I wake up this morning, I have 10 emails from him asking why I'm not up at 4am working on it. What? My part is done by 11pm. Well, he apparently is a poor presenter. I was worried that he was just going to be magnificent because he was such an ass, but apparently he was just being that way because he lacked in real skill or knowledge. Here's to hoping that I got a good grade (I'm guessing not).
Weight-wise. I'm good. I stayed OP yesterday and am OP so far today. I made a really good Southwestern Fritatta this morning for breakfast (3 month anniversary- LOL). Didn't get my water in, but did walk 6 miles. We're going on a seven mile walk today. OH!! And yesterday, when we walked to Lenox Mall, I bought a new pair of Fit Flops.I LOVE THEM. So wonderful for walking and great for absorbing shock. I'll keep you updated on my soreness from them.
So meal plan for the day:
Brekkie: Southwestern Fritatta (7 pts)
Lunch: Leftover Creamy Cheese Capellini and an antipasto salad (9)
Dinner: Pork tenderlion, homemade mac and cheese, and green beans (9)
Leaves me with one point left for a snack and then I'll probably eat an activity point or two that I earn from my seven mile walk. Oh, and so I recorded around 21,000 steps yesterday (total, well from morning until about 7pm) and WW told me I only got 1 activity point for that. I think I'm just going to start recording it seperately from my normal walking. But getting in 21,000 steps is GREAT!!!
So, I'm off to do more school work and to write on your updated blogs.
So, I rejoined WW last night. There are lots of reasons why, but mainly because I’m getting tired of counting calories and what not. Counting points is just so much easier. I’m putting DBF on WW as well. It’ll be good for him. My WI was 194.6, so either I’m up 2. 6 pounds or my scale is off. I’m going to start going just by the WW scale, which means I need to readjust my goals for the week. They will be as follows:
In non-food related news: I’m sitting here typing this blog post in an email format first because they have moved my freaking desk out in the middle of the open. Now I feel like everyone is watching me and it is so loud up here! I don’t know how people work in cubicles. I will be so happy when they do the renovations downstairs so that (hopefully) I can move back to have more privacy and less noise. I was also hoping to make my grocery shopping list, which now seems impossible because I want to skim through two new WW magazines for some yummy recipes. UGH.
I’ll do another update later this afternoon… Complete with my tracking for the day and what I’m making for dinner.
And really just unwound from life. It was wonderful. But that is all in the past. What is here and now is that I am ready to nip this weight loss in the bud. I know I will gain at WI tomorrow night, but that will be just more motivation to lose this weight. I am super stressed about finals and all the papers I have due in the upcoming week and a half. But I used that stress to help put together a solid plan for how to get all my studying/papers done and keep a healthy attitude throughout. I'm still working on my meal plan for the upcoming two weeks, but I do have the next three days prepared. In every scheduled day, I have also allotted time to get my walking in or go to the gym. I can do this. I'd like to be 190 by my WI at the end of the semester, which will be May 6. So, after my WI tomorrow, we'll see how much weight I need to lose to get to that goal.