Days 89-28, 90-29, 91-30

The weekend went well, I think, as far as food goes. Friday I was supposed to go out with the girls so I didn’t go to the gym. In hindsight, I could have gone when our plans failed unexpectedly, but I didn’t. Saturday the girls helped me rake the lawn. UGH! Food was okay, especially considering it is Halloween weekend. I made a Mini-Carb apple pie yesterday. The crust was AWFUL! But the innards were yummy. Then I made leaded chocolate-chip cookies. They were very yummy. I only had one but I did eat some dough. But it was good as I made up all my food for today so all I had to do was pack it this morning. YAY me getting back into sync of things.

official start here

I have now copied all my SB entries from my other blog to here. I think this will make some people happy who don’t want to read all about my crap with food. This will help me too. So comments and support are welcome! Or don’t read it at all – it’s really just a guideline and way to track things for myself.

day 88-27

Uffda. I’m so not where I used to be. Recovery time is slower than I remember. Running is difficult after lifting – especially doing flyes. The tension and stiffness in the chest makes it hard to breathe. So alas, I jogged for about 10 minutes last night before flailing my arms up in defeat (they didn’t go very high – it was more of a wrist fling in the end) and called it a night. crashed at 9 and slept til 6am. ahhhhhh

day 87-26

YAY! another smiley for me. Having the afternoon off is beneficial for me. I went to Bally’s and actually lifted some today. It was great but made me realize just how out of shape I am. Kudos to me for drinking Crystal Lite all day – it’s an indulgence really since it tastes like Kool-aid but Keith said it was cool since I’m getting my water intake then. Considering I go through two nalgene’s during the day and then more when I get home, I’m doing pretty well. I should be drinking more, but at least I’ve cut back on the DC/splenda mix. Plan to run tonight. I’m liking this gym thing. And Jay said he’d help me again with workouts if I need. I have old ones but those were written after 2 hard core months working out with him. I tried one yesterday and though it wasn’t bad I shouldn’t be this sore – especially having had a massage 2 hours after. Something to work on, I guess. But then I always have something to work on.

Day 85-24, 86-25

Monday was a good day, in accordance to food, until I got home and popped in my standard SB pizza (this is becoming almost automatic when I walk in – not a good sign) and realized that I have chicken thawing that I should be baking instead! So did I bake it on Tuesday? Nooooooooo. I had a meal replacement bar instead. BUT, BUT I did make it to Bally’s Tuesday night – ran for 1.5 miles steady, increasing speed every few minutes or so, then dropped down and jogged a bit, then increased my incline and jogged on that (6.0 inc at 4.5) for a few minutes, then dropped my incline down to 0 and ran at 6.5 for 3 minutes, then walked it all off. I need to work on slowing my heartrate so I kept my hands on the sensors as I did my cool down to see if I could slow it down even while walking. It worked but not the best. Something to work on I guess.

Days 81-20, 82-21, 83-22, 84-23

I was going to start this with, “The weekend went fairly well” but then I realized that this is including even last Thursday. I’m such a blogging loser. Oh well. The weekend (and Thursday) went fairly well. :) I eat my South Beach stuff, which is good, but I’ve been skipping my usual breakfast in lieu of the replacement bars. I need to get back to the eggs. They’re so yummy and probably better for me. This week, seriously I’m going to work on this. Smilies this weekend for walking everywhere! for all these events and for dancing Saturday night. Sweating counts for exercise, right? :)

day 80-19

80 days. ‘Round the world in 80 days. I feel ‘round the world. Actually not too bad. I think I am a bit skinnier but it’s so hard to tell. I’ve been stagnant with exercising and losing. Not good. Must. Go. To. Bally’s. To. Night.

day 79-18

Not bad today. breakfast/meal-replacement bar for breakfast (obviously), subway wrap for lunch, sb pizza for supper – lots of dc with splenda though. Otherwise not bad for food. Oh wait, I had a tiny smoothie in the afternoon. That was okay but not probably the best option. Didn’t make it to bally’s last night. I’m so pathetic. I opted to catch up on tv instead and do my laundry – so Numb3rs, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy and 2 loads of laundry and early to bed instead of running my ever-growing ass off.

days 75-14, 76-15, 77-16, 78-17

Let's just say, i enjoyed the food I ate and I will relish this weekend for a long time. for the sake of my thighs, i cannot visit e&k like that again for a little while. but ooooohhhhhh it was good.

day 74-13

okay day – it’s funny. I went out to lunch today with cah today and I’m finding that I don’t even want the bun when I order a burger – it just seems wrong. No smiley for me today – though I should have since the fish fry is on for Friday – but it’s okay. I worked late and then had to pack and clean before leaving for the weekend. I have bally’s booked in my calendar for next week so there can be no excuse anymore. (unless I get a hot date or something – HAHA! – I crack myself up!)

day 73-12

Good day, other than the ice cream which tasted SO good, though I did feel like crap most of the day – not just from the ice cream. Had a chair massage at 11am (keith says I have too much tension – must go see him), took a nap when I got home, went to choir and crashed early. I finally slept through the night for once! YAY! and I’m looking hot today. I have my santa shirt on and my skinny gray pants. Damn, am I one hot woman. HA!

day 72-11

No smiley for me today. I avoided Bally’s so I could watch Tombstone instead. More on that in another blog. Realized today that I haven’t been eating my celery and other veggies. Not good. I did buy strawberries which have been very yummy.

day 71-10

Went to Bally’s last night for the first official time. Not bad. Smiley for my calendar! YAY! I went around 1930 so there weren’t a lot of people, nor were there many cute ones. It was fine because I just read Word & World* while I ran. I did okay…300 calories burned, ran/walked for 40 minutes. I could do more but I just need to get into it for now. The “later at night” worked okay, I was worried it wouldn’t, but I think it’ll be fine. I still had trouble falling asleep, but then again, I’ve been having that problem for a month. And I woke up at 0430 this morning and tossed and turned for 2 hours. And now I’m yawning…so that will be a drawback but maybe I can figure something out to alleviate that problem.

*free subscription for a year since I graduated and easy to carry and place on the treadmill. Reading the Lord’s Prayer one from 2002.

Comments:
k said...

bizarre, i'm always completely exhausted after working out and can go to sleep immediately.

good for you! can't wait to see you soon!

Days 65-4, 66-5, 67-6, 68-7, 69-8, 70-9

Last week was insane…red vines, sb cookies, barely any salad…not good, enough said. I did join Bally’s on Thursday. That’s a start I guess. Now I just need to go. Of course they are trying to push for a personal trainer, which I can’t afford. They’ll just have to realize I’m not a complete idiot when it comes to working out. :)

comments:
I totally understand the "food horror story"...my week had a terrible twix and *ugly confession* snickers attack..ug. Hope the gym turns out to be a good investment.
Chiao.
Karen

Day 64-3

Perception is an interesting thing. My perception is changing. 2 weeks ago I thought I was looking skinny and getting smaller. Yesterday I realized that I now look at myself again as heavy and flabby. My perception has changed since I have slimmed down some. Of course, I’m still not where I want to be, which could be part of the issue, but I think your mind shifts with how you start to feel and since I have always been the fat girl, I will always see myself as the fat girl, no matter if I whittle myself down to a stick (which isn’t my plan – just a small tree limb – one that only squirrels can climb on).

Comments:
k said...

i know the feeling...perception is everything, especially when you get accustomed to getting smaller. i fight that even now, feeling like i should be losing more weight, even if i'm the same as i was last fall. it's tricky, but try to stay positive and to think about other aspects of yourself besides your physical appearance. that helps.

days 61-30, 62-1, 63-2

The weekend went well for sb for the most part. I successfully avoided numerous bags of sf red vines, but did have a bag of pistachios throughout the weekend. Tried the fast food game on Saturday – went to subway and had the atkins wrap. Not bad. It was something different for a change. Successfully avoided pie and dessert after the ordination, but mostly that was because I had to leave anyway. I did stock up on sb meals though – hyvee was having a big sale so I stocked up and brought them back up here. I missed supper last night but I was so tired I barely noticed.

day 60-29

Two months. Wow. Two full months of being on SB and 12 pounds down. Not bad really. I’m a few shy of the 2 pounds a week I was hoping, but still happy with the results. The elca sent out their healthy newsletter or whatever recently and it said to help keep motivated a person should take 5 to list 5…I’m paraphrasing in a big way because I can’t quite remember the details but this makes sense to me…list 5 reasons why you need to stay motivated as well as what is going well, so here are mine:

· I feel better than I have in years. I don’t feel (as) fat and uncomfortable being around myself.

· When I catch a glance of me in the mirror or a window I don’t cringe and look away.

· I’m closer to my goal.

· I haven’t checked but 10 to 1 my cholesterol has gone down.

· Clothes are more fun to shop for and purchase when they are smaller. :)

day 59-28

Doing well today. I haven’t had these since Monday AM and though I would love one (or two or seven), I’m holding off…well at least until later when I can get to Rainbow to get more. :)

day 58-27

Weighed this morning, just to see. Down another pound finally! I’m off the plateau, and God-willing I’ll keep off that pound and keep going lower. I’m at a weight I haven’t been in 2 years, yet I’m still at least 3 pounds away from breaking the weight I’ve never been able to drop below since college. Ugh.

comments:

Justin n said...

keep up the good work. P and I just started WW again this week. Granted it has only been three days, but things are going good and we are both excited to be dieting again. It makes me feel so much better about everything, when I am not engorging myself on anything and everything. Internship has not been kind to the belly!!

3:03 PM

k said...

yay, yay, yay, yay!

day 57-26

Good day today…had my eggs, had my salad/chicken, ate out at Pizza Lucé for the first time with a1 and a2 (had ½ of a chicken Dijon hoagie on whole wheat…yummy!) and also got an email from Jim at sbonline…he’s my new diet coach. I had written to Shawn, but Shawn no longer works there so Jim is taking on my file. He gave me some good pointers - like going ALL…THE…WAY to phase 2 instead of the phase 1.5. Apparently phase 2 is the phase designed for the most weight loss…I didn’t know that. very interesting. I still hesitate because I don’t want to backslide and be eating bread non-stop like I have in the past. I had the half sandwich last night and it was very good, and I’m glad to know that I have been doing well these last 57 days at saying no most times to bread. It’s a good start for me at least. I need to get back running…it’s been a couple weeks which isn’t good (no smilies!) but timing hasn’t worked out the best. It’s best for me, psychologically, to go home, have a light supper, then run, but when you’re not getting home until after 7pm and it’s almost dark out this doesn’t work…not in our neighborhood (see here for more details if you haven’t read them already). So I either need to suck it up and join Bally’s or something comparable OR I need to start hauling my ass to SH and working out in the gym there. The latter requires me to bring yet another bag to work with me each day – clothes to change into of course. I may have to turn Morty’s boot into a closet at this rate, with a little portable fridge for my lunch.

comments:
erik g said... morty's boot? I think that is cute....

keep at it. I went to the Y for the first time today. it is amazing!!!