I just finished my 2nd semester of nursing school and am on break for a little over a week!! I have been so busy with everything lately, I really have not thought to do anything on here other than updating my WIs...I have made it my priority to eat right and get to the gym everyday, and so blogging did not happen. I am doing well with food and exercise, so I'll have to keep that up while I am on break...it seems weird to think it might be challenging with less to do, but I will be at home all day with the food! I think I will be ok, but I want to make myself aware that it could potentially be a problem. Tomorrow is my WI day, but according to my home scale I have lost 0.5 pounds...my week has been great, so although that is a loss- it can be a little disappointing when I work so hard in the gym and make good food choices. It is big picture goals and I do realize that, so it will happen...that's all for now.
I don't have time for a long posting, but I lost 3.6 this week!! That is a big loss for me, but I guess that's because I gained 0.2 last week for no good reason!! Another victory was that I also got back into my size 10s! I am not into all size 10s, but these didn't fit me a month ago and now they do...success! After my WW meeting, I went straight to the gym and had a great run...now I am going to get a shower and do some scrapbooking until it's time to pick up my son from school...we have a "date".
Well, my break is coming to an end, and I didn't do as much scrapbooking done as I intended, but I did get to the gym EVERY day, ate well, and got in some great naps! I do need to do some reading for class before Monday rolls around, but I think I can manage- this break was just what I needed...have a great day!!
I have tried to post in the last few weeks a couple of times, and they keep disappearing into internet heaven...very frustrating! Well, maybe it was still therapeutic to write them even though they didn't make it to my blog...anyway, I am in my 2nd semester of RN school, and last semester was so overwhelming! I probably gained 12-15 pounds! I didn't have much time or energy to workout, and I ate foods that were convenient. This semester has been so much better as far as allowing for a life outside of school; I think for the most part it will stay like this until graduation.
So, a few weeks ago I went back to WW meetings and I have been doing well with my food choices. At each of my 1st 2 WIs I lost 1.4, and week 3 I gained 0.2 and based on my week I should have had a loss. It is possible that I was exercising too much with the calories I am eating, so I have backed off a little at the gym. I could have added extra calories, but then I would have been eating when I wasn't hungry...I decreased my time but not my intensity, so I am doing 25 minutes at high intensity. WW actually recommends earning no more than 4 APs per day, so that is what I am doing now. I'll see what happens at my WI on Friday; so far my home scale is not showing much progress. I am doing what I need to do, so I am trying to think of the big picture- the choices I am making are healthy for me no matter what the scales show...plus, I really feel like my clothes are fitting differently.
Well, I am going to go make my smoothie and go do some scrapbooking- I forgot to mention that I am on spring break, and I want to get some pages done in my son's baby book...he's 7 years old and I am still scrapbooking his 1-year old pictures!! Have a great day!
Right now I am really frustrated with myself!! The frustration is not even that I have not been in control of my eating since last Friday, but I have been constantly wondering about the "why?" of this problem...Sometimes, I can be in total control of my food choices, and other times I let the food control me! The main problem with this is I never know when I am going to have a problem; I can have 100 cal snacks in the house and be fine with them (having 1 each night after dinner) and this week I can say that has not been the case at all!
I think I get thrown off when my schedule changes (I am working on getting better with this) and it did this weekend; I painted for 4 hours Sat. and 3 hours Sun. I still went to the gym Sat but not Sunday; I was so busy that by the time I got to a good place to take a break, I was beyond hungry. Plus I was so active, I felt super hungry even after I ate and did not make the best choices.
Anyway, I made the effort on Mon. and Tues. to do the right thing, but ended up still not doing well with food. I did workout both days, and actually went my farthest yesterday on the treadmill (5.45 miles in 60 minutes)! I do fast walking with the highest incline and then run for 25-30 minutes. I am happy with my continued commitment to my workouts; I feel like even if I never lose anymore weight that I am still healtier for my effort in the gym. (That is not to say that I am giving up on the entire package of good health, but I do need to give myself a pat on the back for the healthy choices I do make!)
Oh, and I think I have solved the problem of workouts once I start back to school Aug. 18 which I have been REALLY worried about! I was thinking before that I'd have to get up a little before 5AM to get to the gym right when they open, do my hour, rush to get my shower and get myself ready, get my son up, fed , and ready to leave by 7AM...anyway, I did not want to have to be a basket case every morning trying to get out the door on time, so I think I am going to try to get up at 5 or a little after, and do my 30 minutes on either the crossramp, elliptical or run on the treadmill. That way I at east can earn my 4 daily activity points that WW recommends, and in the evening I can go (or not go) to do my fast-walking inclines. Currently I earn 8 points for my hour at high intensity, and when I am eating on plan, I eat all my activity points that are over the 4 recommended; so with earning my 4 in the morning that will be done, and it will my choice to go workout if I want extra activity points to eat! I think it will work and doing 30 minutes at night will be easier then having to do a whole hour...we'll see, but that is the current plan and having one is half the battle!
I also think I need to make more of an effort to get on here and post daily. That way I can make more of an effort to focus on my struggles and successes, and, hopefully, make my weight go down again. I am up about 5 pounds from my last WI...I know some may be due to eating some ham, but most is from just not eating on-plan which I am doing ok with so far this morning. I have had my coffee and right now I am finishing up my smoothie before heading off to the gym...better get going :)
I sure have meant to get on here sooner to blab, but things keep coming up to distract me! I watched a little girl M-W this week, today I am watching a 5 week old, and my son started swim lessons on Monday...they are every night M-Th this week and next week!
Even with all this stuff, I have gotten in my exercise everyday and made excellent food choices, so I am very proud about the week so far. I am down a half a pound, but my weigh in day isn't until tomorrow and with it being a holiday, I can't go weigh-in at Weight Watchers. My scale is higher then theirs, so I may guess-timate what my weight would be on their scale based on what the difference was last week...we'll see.
I got up this morning at 6 AM and went to the gym since the baby was coming over, and I did not want to take such a little baby to the kids' room at the gym. In between baby stuff, I have been able to get some housework stuff done, and now I need to get off here and go do something with my son so he doesn't feel left out.
I lost all my info on how to login to my blog and even where it was for a long time, but I stumbled on this website yesterday...so I am back to blogging about my weight loss successes/struggles and probably the ones that are just a part of my life as well!!
I probably can't fill in all the blanks about what has happened in the 15 months since I last posted, but I can highlight the really important things: I have continued to try to overcome this struggle with my weight, and right now I am at my lowest weight since 2005! I joined a gym last Novemeber and have made such improvements in my cardio health; when I lost sight of making good food choices, I was still working out...that is a big deal for me as I tend to be an all-or-nothing type person, but these are life changes I am striving to make and life can NOT be all-or-nothing! I have been committed to going to the gym 7 days per week, and most weeks I have accomplished that!
Let's see what else...I GOT INTO NURSING SCHOOL, and I start August 18!! Do you think I am excited? I am, but also nervous about what our new schedule will be...I am worried how I will fit going to the gym in there, getting ready myself, getting my son ready for school, getting both our homework done, plus house stuff!! I know I need to realize it will all fall into place and it has to work because it is what it is...we have to do all those things, but we will all have a new routine....YIKES!!
OH, and a biggie: I sold my house last fall, so my son and I could move in with my parents. The profit I made off the house is going in to a 2 room addition which will be my bedroom and our living room. There was already a bedroom here that is my son's which will have a door into my bedroom. Also, I had a few classes to finish in the spring and just with having to think about childcare and all the ligistics, it didn't make any sense for me to get a job, so part of the profit has also been used for living expenses. My mom doesn't like watching my son at night and doing bedtime stuff, and that really took any pressure off me; I knew I couldn't get a job during the day with me taking 3 classes and him getting out os school at 2ish. Anyway, the deal is I buy all the groceries for the house, cook all the meals, and do most of the housework. That is all stuff I like to do though so it is fine...I tell you what though, groceries are getting expensive for a family of 4 especially since I am not bringing in new income and my money is dwindling...I am getting financial aid once school starts so it will all be work out and that is what I keep telling myself. I know I am truely blessed and I am thankful daily!
Gotta go get ready for the gym...I'll update more later.
I did have another post all done a couple weeks ago...but then POOF!...it disappeared when I hit the wrong key! It was too late to re-do it!
Anyway, I am doing well w/ food and exercise. This week I lost 1 pound and it was my TOM...I was already down another 2 pounds on Tuesday, so next Tuesday should be a bigger loss...if I continue doing the right things that is...Last night I messed up a little. I had a VERY stressful day and I fed my frustration. I did log it all and I had the flex points for it...all is well. I have to always be on guard on those days...one of my daycare parents wrote me 2 bad checks and 1 bounced last week and the other bounced this week. Needless to say, I will only take cash now...I had already taken the 2nd check from her before I found out the 1st one was returned. I was just smart to borrow money from my son's account just in case the second check was returned! She showed no concern for my account's status b/c of her irresponsibilty and that is why I am so angry...I know things happen but show some compassion for those that you may screw up!
The other stresser is that Kaiden has been sick and I get freaked out w/ missing work, him missing school and just seeing him suffer is exhausting. We are going to a follow-up appointment b/c he has had a fever since Saturday minus maybe Tuesday. Well, I do need to go get a shower before we leave so more at a later date.
I tried to post last night; I got it finished and was proofreading, and somehow- poof ! - the entire thing was gone! Bummer because yesterday was a very productive day, and I wanted to share everything I got accomplished. Only 1 thing on my list did not get done!
Anyway, I am down another pound this week; I feel like I deserved a bigger number, but it's a pound less...I'll take it! I am a little nervous about vacation coming up. I am not worried about the food part, but about getting in enough activity to equal weight loss. Since I have been doing weight stuff and aerobics, I worry that not doing the weights while I am gone will have a negative impact on my numbers when I return. I am sure we will be doing alot of walking at the parks, and I am bringing WATP DVDs to supplement if I feel like I need a good sweaty workout.
Well, that is all I have for now...I need to get to bed. Goodnight:)
Let's see...I got OP at the start of July 06 and lost 25 pounds by September, but then I stalled out at 180 and then mid-October it was midterms...well that was the beginning of the end AGAIN! I had been trying over and over again to get back w/ eating right from then until December 11...I weighed myself at 198 and started exercising w/ my tapes 3 days per week. I figured I cannot get my food under control, I can at least try to get in some activity. Well, December 26 I weighed in at 195, so I had lost 3 by just exercising...I now have been OP w/ food and exercise since both of the already mentioned dates. I increased the tapes to 4 times per week the 1st week in January and this week, I added 2 more days...so now I am working out 6 days per week and WANTING to do it! Well, that is where I am at right now. I weigh in on Tuesday mornings and I am doing a WW challenge which has been a great help so far.
After my WW meeting, I went straight to the gym and had a great run...now I am going to get a shower and do some scrapbooking until it's time to pick up my son from school...we have a "date".