Well, now I went backwards

So I weighed in yesterday and I was at 157 again. Shit. MS said it's because I'm gaining muscle, which is probably partly right, but I'm sure the popcorn and pizza and going back to so-called "normal" food isn't helping.

But I ran and i need to get back to running more. That should help me.

Oh well

Friday was a bad day. My car broke for the third day in a row and things were just not going well - not even close. I left work at noon and when MS asked me what I wanted for lunch I said, "Comfort food." We ended up at Redrossa for pizza. At least it was better pizza than Pizza Hut or something full of grease. Of course then we went to BK for supper. I had a whopper jr. and a few fries.

Saturday I had the leftover piece of apple pie I had made for Butterbar. I needed to do that anyway since I tried a different recipe. Then we went to the Pinewood Derby race for Alex (Alison's boy) and had pizza there - Valentino's this time. Then turkey and cheese slices for supper with popcorn as my treat.

It's been a rough weekend.

I'm on Phase II now, kind of. I'm not going to stress if I eat popcorn or something, but I am going to be more conscious of what I'm eating so I'm not eating it all the time. Hopefully that will help. I'll weigh in tomorrow and see what the damage did over the weekend.

On the workout side, we're still doing P90X and I'm going to try to run today. It's supposed to be 30 degrees so that will be good. Until then, I'm going to have some breakfast and start working on my running scrapbook.

Checking in

I see I forgot to post my weigh in from Monday. I was at 153.2 before working out and 153 after, so we're going with the 153. :) That's almost 5 pounds down in a week. YAY! I'm at my pre-marathon weight, which is a nice thing. Now, I just need to surpass the marathon weight (150) and get to my long-time-ago weight (140).

So week 1 of P90X is done. I love the X Stretch day. It's awesome. Yoga X kicks my ass. And I'm struggling with everything else too. But it's working. My legs are feeling more solid than they have and I'm looking forward to looking hot this summer in a bikini.

P90X

So MS and I started P90X Wednesday morning, doing the lean program, and it's kicking our asses. It's good though.

This morning was Yoga X and I really enjoyed it, what I could do. I have to work on my upward dog - that needs a lot of work, as does the balance stuff. But since it's only the first time doing this program, I'm feeling pretty good about it all. I just wish it wasn't 90 minutes. That's going to be tough to do AMs before work, but I guess I'll make it happen.

Too much

Yesterday was not a good day for food. I didn't have anything ready for breakfast so I ended up eating SF candy and a piece of string cheese. Finally I got JJ's #12 Unwich (w/o mayo) which helped. Then I snacked on some pistachios during the afternoon. But I didn't get to dinner until 8 and so I just had eggs.

Yesterday just wasn't a good day altogether. I wasn't feeling right - not sick, but not mentally there. It wasn't pleasant. I'm hoping that's going to go away.

Day four complete

It's been a good week so far. I have been enjoying some SF candy to get me through, but meals and such have been fine. Truthfully, I eat like this most of the time anyway, but often I'll have toast with my scrambled eggs in the AM or bread with my chicken at supper...or Popcorn.

MS and I started P90X on Wednesday with the Lean program and it's going well. It's tough to get up at 4:30 but it's the only time that works for both of us to workout together, and I will admit that working out together is much better. We're accountable to each other and MS can play the guilt card pretty well.

So I weighed this morning on his scale, just for kicks and I was at 152. I don't really believe his scale, plus it was after our workout, but it was nice to see that number anyway. His friend is retiring from the Navy in June so I have to get lean and toned before then in case I can go along (some schedule conflicts I have to work out first).

It's been good. This weekend will be tough when he's at work, but hopefully I can stay strong. :)

Today it begins

Alrighty, then.

So here I go! 157.8 this morning. I blame some of that on the white trash pizza and bag of white cheddar Old Dutch popcorn I had yesterday.

I'm starting off well - eggs with cheese and Crystal Lite. MS is starting Phase II today so my challenge lies ahead. But what I did was go to the grocery store and I bought my favorite low carb Breyer's ice cream so in two weeks I'll have a treat ready for me. It'll be good. :)

Can I just say...

I am very excited to get on Phase I. So much so that I think I'm going to start tomorrow. I would have started today but it's been a helluva week at work and I needed me some popcorn tonight.

But tomorrow should be a good day to get back at it the right way. I can't wait. I'm going to start with some breakfast with KG and then go from there. Yay!

Not quite there yet

I'm still sick and it's really annoying. I really want to get on Phase I by Monday and on P90X by then too.

MS has been doing really well on Phase I. He's doing great, in fact. I had called him the other day to see if he wanted to order Girl Scout cookies and he said, "No, do you want me to go off my diet?" :) And despite my reassurance that he would be off the diet and working harder than he is now (due to spring and concrete and gardening) he could burn off those extra calories, he still said no.

I'm so proud.

But I need to get crackin'. I'm not feeling fat, but I'm not feeling great either. I did lose 4 pounds (last Friday since the Saturday we got home from Hawaii). But I think that's because I was sick. :) Sometimes sickness is a good thing.

Today...a setback

This is probably a good thing though. I really need to get healthy or I won't be able to start P90X with MS.

And since he made me drink OJ the last two days, I decided to have an actual sandwich for lunch. SBK and I went to Wild Sage Grille for lunch and I had a buffalo sandwich with lettuce, tomato, pepperjack cheese, and then a tomato veggie soup until I found the mushroom and so I quit eating that.

Otherwise, I had a SB bar for breakfast, and popcorn for supper. I drank a lot of CL today and one DMD. It's been a bad day.

My intent is to start Phase I as soon as I can breathe without worrying about dripping from the nose. Hopefully the weekend. I won't feel right if I make MS stick to Phase I during the Super Bowl and I can eat anything. :(

Quick (sick) food update

Monday I was not hungry, but ate 4 egg whites, way more pistachios than are allowed, a SB phase 2 bar, and broccoli and cheese steamer. Lots of liquids - crystal lite galore. And I rested.

Tuesday I went back to work. I forgot to boil eggs so I had a SB bar for breakfast, a string cheese, JJ's #12 Unwich without mayo, a diet Mt Dew, lots of Crystal Lite again...and then i got home where MS made me drink 2 glasses of OJ (!) and we had my chicken standby with broccoli, tomato and shredded cheese.

Not doing too bad considering. I'm feeling a little better today, but forgot to boil eggs again and since I'm still sick i'm drinking another glass of OJ. Hopefully tomorrow I can get back on the SB Phase I track.

Sick

We're starting our eating plan today. MS and I went shopping last night and he had some trouble with the lack of fruit thing for two weeks (hopefully he won't overindulge in 2 weeks) and the lack of bread thing. But last night we made our meals for today, boiled eggs for breakfast, and loaded him up with Crystal Light. I need to get my own food for my apartment today.

This morning we were supposed to start P90X but as MS got up to exercise and i could barely move, though offered to come watch, he opted to curl back up in bed with me for an hour. So pictures and weigh in will come maybe Wednesday. I need to get healthy first.

But the eating plan begins! ... Once I can eat something, that is.

One more reason

Do you see that fat roll? Ugh!

Proof we need to start

Trying this again

MS and I are starting SB on Monday, February 1, as well as P90X. I'm a little nervous for this, but looking at our pictures from our Hawaii vacation, we both need to.

Weight today: 159.2. I'll have the official totals on Monday when we start. We're also going to do before and after photos, so I'll post those as well. Might as well be upfront about it all.

A new plan

Okay so I haven't written since day 14, which was almost 14 days ago now. I kind of got off track and I'm thinking I need to go back to tracking how I used to with my spreadsheet - calories, fat grams, carbs, sugar, etc.

Of course if I do that I can't really post it here. But here were some food thoughts I had today:

So I know this is the way things should happen, but it's so exhausting. I'm trying to watch my credit card bill this month, to keep it at my limit I've set for me - and that includes all my bills and things that automatically go to the card. I'm getting close and this statement doesn't close until next Wednesday, so I took a moment yesterday and planned out my next few meals so I maybe don't have to go grocery shopping too soon or too often.

Wednesday Lunch: SB meal; Wed. night: Chicken standard;
Thursday lunch: Chicken standard; Thursday night: eggs;
Friday lunch: Chicken standard; Friday night: Meatloaf;
Saturday lunch - going out to eat with sister (which will be a charge but I can keep that low);
Saturday night: meatloaf;
Sunday lunch - probably meatloaf; Sunday night - probably meatloaf or a SB pizza.
Monday lunch - meatloaf or eggs
Then I'll shop on Monday so I can make chicken for the next few days. (And of course, me being me, I have this all on a sticky and I'm crossing them off as I complete the meal - I'm such a geek).

It's just tiring because now I have to think ahead and think about what I'm buying. It's good for me though. My financial planner wants me to buy a house this spring, and while I am excited about the possibility I really don't have enough funding to do that just yet (at least not in my head). I got my step increase last week which was nice so I need to be putting money away again. Every little bit helps. I usually keep a semi-running total in my head anyway so I don't overbuy things. Sometimes though I forget about things like my haircut Monday because it wasn't a planned purchase or event, yet needed. It's just difficult sometimes.

Day 14, January 2009

Another interesting day. I missed breakfast because I kept debating if I should run or not. I ended up not and had brunch - my chicken mix - at 10:45 and a mini bag of popcorn. This was good except I didn't eat anything except SF candy or twizzlers until after my run tonight (7:30 for supper). And then I had a SB pizza and another mini bag of popcorn. It was really good.

I'm going to have to watch my popcorn intake, but I don't want to just eat cheese either. i do have my mother's constitution when it comes to that.

I also need to drink more water based liquids - like crystal lite or water. Yesterday I only had diet coke. That was a little too much.

Day 13, January 2009

Alrighty...so I think i'm officially off phase one now. :0

I met up with Tre and Allison at Olive Garden for lunch, so I skipped breakfast because I always eat too much there. I had the soup and salad, only one breadstick (yay), but the soup had some pasta in which i forgot about. Oh well.

i ate way too much as usual so I didn't eat much this afternoon. I had my chicken mix for supper and the a mini-bag of popcorn for a snack tonight and a couple pieces of SF candy.

Not bad, but I really need to get out running.

Okay...this just popped in my head so I need to vent. Mr. CG from FB had commented on my photos there the other day - was it yesterday? maybe...anyway. I had posted pics of all my baking and he writes, "I hope you don't bake like this too often." I'm like, why? what's wrong with me baking. and he says, "It'd be hard to be on an eating plan with those."

This kind of pissed me off. First off, it's none of his damn business how much I bake or how often. Second, if I wanted to eat it all I can because it's again, none of his damn business. Third, What the hell?

Looking back, I think this is why I stopped talking to him 12 years ago when we stopped. I hated him constantly talking down to me about what I was doing with my life. What a prick.

I'm only writing this because I'm so pissed I want to make cookies and then post pictures of me scarfing them down just to show him that I can. But I know that I can't and won't do that. When I bake I really limit how many I can and will eat because I do that for me.

ugh. this guy has made my day so shitty I just want a cookie right now.

Day 12, January 2009

Interesting day today. I think I'm basically back on Phase 2, sort of.

Started the day with a donut - sheesh. But I didn't want HB eggs today. I just wasn't in the mood for them. But then I had a meeting at 9, another at 10 and I finally got out at 12 and I was starving and crabby.

So I went home and had SB pizza. I had some nuts and SF candy in the afternoon. Then I had chicken mix for supper.

Then SF Twizzlers and Orville Smart Pop kettle corn - mini bag.

I know! I shouldn't have had the popcorn but I it was good and the mini bags are just the right amount.

So I think I'm basically back on Phase 2 which is okay...this is the phase where I'm supposed to lose the most weight, right? Tomorrow I'm hitting the soup and salad at OG so that'll help too.

Day 11, January 2009

Good and bad day today.

4 HB egg whites which I didn't eat until almost 10 which was a very bad thing
Had some Nut-rition nuts
SF candy
SF jello
scrambled eggs with peppers, tomatoes and cheese

And here's the bad thing:
SB Pepperoni Pizza
2 donuts

Oh those last two were the bad ones. Especially the donuts. This is why I shouldn't eat in the breakroom because there's extra food in there that I shouldn't eat. SO i'm going to have to go back to eating at my desk. It'll be best.