I've been doing variations of the same happy dance all day. Today has been a fantastic day.
First, I went to Weight Watchers. I lost 3 pounds this week!!!! Hot diggity! I'm so excited that I've kept up my momentum, now it keeps going, and will continue this week! We have a pretty good fruit sangria recipe that I want to try and a dessert recipe. I'm pumped.
The major weight losses is my body getting rid of all the junk. I expect the weight loss to level out now, and go to about 1-2 pounds per week. But I certainly won't complain I lose more than that. :)
The great thing is I don't feel like I've "given" up anything this time. Even though I set out to "give up" sodas and fast food, I just don't have the craving for those anymore. Have I eaten fast food in the last few weeks. Yes! But only a couple times (like once per week) and I made really good, healthy choices, only got the sandwich or whatever the menu item was (not combo) and a cup for water, which cuts the points almost in HALF! I haven't had the craving for the big, juicy 25 point burger, but when I do, I have a feeling, I'll be able to get a lower point substitute that's just as "satisfying" and doesn't put me on a guilt trip.
I realized, that over the last two weeks, I've lost 7.6 pounds, entirely WITHOUT exercise. Yup, that's right. Without. Nada. None. Nothing. Okay you get the point. This only strengthens my position that it's about what you put in your mouth! Ask Rush Limbaugh, he'll agree. :)
This doesn't mean I'm not going to exercise. I still think I need to work out my heart, and strengthen and tone my muscles. I'm just not going to put the emphasis on certain exercise goals in conjunction with weight loss. I might start doing what my mom does, after dinner, she walks about a mile on the treadmill while watching TV. I also was gifted a Pilates DVD. Yummy :) Cardio and muscle toning. I'm going to try it and still work on continuing my shoulder strengthening. Of which, by the way, I did not do at all this week. Oh well. I'll do better this week. Not going to worry about it. For some strange reason, I could not wake up until 7:30 and have to be at work by 8. Luckily I shower at night! :)
I've been playing on my computer all day. First I took some typing lessons from a newly downloaded app, in which I learned I don't type how I'm supposed to. First, I use the left shift key for everything, and second, I use only my right index finger for the space bar, not my thumb, or even my left index finger.
I un-installed programs from my PC to clean it up, a cleaner program is now running.
I also installed a few programs on my Mac, moved all the rest of my files, got my work Citrix account to work on my Mac, no small feat I might add, and then I've been working on my finances, another large sized feat.
I've decided something, financially, that's taken a little bit of a burden off. I'm going to start a debt snowball, something Dave Ramsey does. I listed my debts from smallest to largest. I pay the minimum payment on all except the top, I chunk everything to that one until it's paid off and keep going down the list. I've got one credit card paid off, one halfway, and then I just have one more credit card, and a few other things. I currently technically have 4 credit cards, but one is through Firestone, so it doesn't really count. Out of the three remaining, two have pretty large credit limits on them, and they are going to be deposited into my safety deposit box at the bank. I use the third one for everything, and it has a $300 credit limit. :) After my credit cards are finished, I'm going to concentrate hard on my car. This means I'll be paying it off closer to 3 years instead of 2.5. Am I disappointed? Definitely. Am I still ahead? Yes. Am I still going to pay it off early? You bet. Am I being smart and getting my house in order? I think so.
I know I don't normally discuss finance, but it's been weighing on me, and I do discuss weight. I know, I'm so punny :) HA!
Well, I'm off to eat dinner. Oh wait, it's only 4. Well, then I'm going to play a little more on my computer then have dinner!
Until next time,
:)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Orange, Green, and Yellow jellybeans anyone?
Here's my current dilemma. I've been in all the meetings where we talk about how our tendency is to celebrate with food. It's so true! We eat when we're happy, when we're sad, when we're bored, etc. Tonight, I found out I passed a Calculus test I was SURE I had failed, so I decided I'd go out for ice cream. I was also a little hungry, my dinner didn't stay with me very well. I had 2 points left over for the day. I got a Sonic blast (Reese's) which was 15 points. Sounds steep.
But here's why I don't take issue with using ice cream to celebrate: Before the blast, I had 44 of my weekly points left to use until Friday night (that's 5 days including today). I didn't plan for it necessarily, but it's a pretty good use of my weekly points. I now have 31 of my weekly points to go through Friday night, which not counting today (I don't plan to eat anything else) is 4 days, which means I have 7.75 points a day for the end of the week. I'm still above average for number of points per day, not like it matters, because that's what the weekly points are for.
Here's why I do take issue with using ice cream to celebrate: It's all mental! I tied passing a Calculus test with ice cream. Is that a bad thing? Eh, that's a grey area. I'm going to go with, if I don't make it a habit, I'll be okay.
I've noticed that if I parcel things like jellybeans out, I enjoy them more than if I eat them directly out of the bag. I also don't tend to eat the flavors I don't like. What's the point of eating something if you don't like it? Especially something as points costly as jellybeans. I'm going to get my points worth, so by golly, I'll only eat the red, pink, and purple ones if I want to :)
I'm full, a little sleepy, and supervising an import process into iPhoto. I'm going to go do a few sit ups to make myself feel better, and continue my babysitting until I go to bed to solve the sleepiness.
It's been fun.
Until next time,
:)
But here's why I don't take issue with using ice cream to celebrate: Before the blast, I had 44 of my weekly points left to use until Friday night (that's 5 days including today). I didn't plan for it necessarily, but it's a pretty good use of my weekly points. I now have 31 of my weekly points to go through Friday night, which not counting today (I don't plan to eat anything else) is 4 days, which means I have 7.75 points a day for the end of the week. I'm still above average for number of points per day, not like it matters, because that's what the weekly points are for.
Here's why I do take issue with using ice cream to celebrate: It's all mental! I tied passing a Calculus test with ice cream. Is that a bad thing? Eh, that's a grey area. I'm going to go with, if I don't make it a habit, I'll be okay.
I've noticed that if I parcel things like jellybeans out, I enjoy them more than if I eat them directly out of the bag. I also don't tend to eat the flavors I don't like. What's the point of eating something if you don't like it? Especially something as points costly as jellybeans. I'm going to get my points worth, so by golly, I'll only eat the red, pink, and purple ones if I want to :)
I'm full, a little sleepy, and supervising an import process into iPhoto. I'm going to go do a few sit ups to make myself feel better, and continue my babysitting until I go to bed to solve the sleepiness.
It's been fun.
Until next time,
:)
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Ring around the rosy...
It doesn't really matter what circular object you want to equate, think of a merry-go-round if you like, but I've been going in circles, and it's time to stop spinning my wheels.
This week, I did fantastic, tracked every single thing, honestly, that I ate, made good choices at that, and worked out...a little. No soda, and even though I did eat out, I made REALLY good choices.
And with no further delay.......I LOST 4.6 POUNDS THIS WEEK. WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Just goes to show, when you work it, it works. I would try to dig out which other posts I have used that in this journey, but this post is #78, so that would take a while.
I was thinking of holding the number of posts until I got to something a little more anniversary-ish, but hey, 78 is a big number. Goodness knows I was doing something silly at 75, so let's celebrate 75+3. Hm, that's even less anniversary-ish. Okay, I give up, 78 it is! He he.
Wow, I got distracted for the last hour looking at pictures, importing and etc into my new computer. No earthly idea how I got on that tangent.
Anyways, I'm tired, so real quick goals for this week:
1. Continue my no-soda kick.
2. Continue taking my lunch to work
3. Do my shoulder exercises at least three times this week. (I've decided to get my shoulder back to normal before trying to run again.)
4. Track every little thing.
5. Be conscience about eating out. It's "allowed" obviously, but I need to continue to make good choices.
I'll be blogging throughout the week because I'm back!
Until next time,
:)
This week, I did fantastic, tracked every single thing, honestly, that I ate, made good choices at that, and worked out...a little. No soda, and even though I did eat out, I made REALLY good choices.
And with no further delay.......I LOST 4.6 POUNDS THIS WEEK. WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Just goes to show, when you work it, it works. I would try to dig out which other posts I have used that in this journey, but this post is #78, so that would take a while.
I was thinking of holding the number of posts until I got to something a little more anniversary-ish, but hey, 78 is a big number. Goodness knows I was doing something silly at 75, so let's celebrate 75+3. Hm, that's even less anniversary-ish. Okay, I give up, 78 it is! He he.
Wow, I got distracted for the last hour looking at pictures, importing and etc into my new computer. No earthly idea how I got on that tangent.
Anyways, I'm tired, so real quick goals for this week:
1. Continue my no-soda kick.
2. Continue taking my lunch to work
3. Do my shoulder exercises at least three times this week. (I've decided to get my shoulder back to normal before trying to run again.)
4. Track every little thing.
5. Be conscience about eating out. It's "allowed" obviously, but I need to continue to make good choices.
I'll be blogging throughout the week because I'm back!
Until next time,
:)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wait, so I'm an adult and that means I have responsibilities? That doesn't sound fun.
Okay, so about those goals. You know this thing called life, well it got in the way, at least of one of them: exercise.
I need not beat myself up though. Here's a run down on my goals I laid out in this post:
One of my goals was to stop eating fast food, and to take my lunch (and dinner on school nights) to work. Check.
Second goal was to not touch soda. Check.
The third one is the only fuzzy one. Running (or exercise more generally, since I included my shoulder). So far this week, I worked my shoulder on Monday. The end. Tuesday morning my car was in the shop so I had to catch a ride, and do so early so I could go pick up said car in the afternoon. DRAMA, another story for another day. Last night I locked myself out of my house. Brilliant. That's an even longer story definitely for another time.
Fourth and last goal was tracking every thing I eat. Check. The funny thing about this one, is I've not used my app once. I've done all my tracking on the computer. It's very interesting to me, and disturbing that about 90% of that has been at work, which means 90% of my food has been eaten at the office. More interesting. And that percentage might be a little high.
So hey, 3 out of 4, is REALLY good. Good enough for a bravo sticker on Saturday. :)
My most hoped for is that starting to eat well again will cure the 23 bumps on my chin. They WON'T GO AWAY and they're making me NUTS (no comments from the peanut...ha ha...gallery please).
So I'm not beating myself up. Sometimes life just happens, but what I'm very positive about is I have not given up, and I've kept up with what's really most important: FOOD. After all, weight loss is 80% what you put in your mouth. It's SO true too. I can prove it. But won't. :)
I'm hyper again, so I took an Ibuprofen PM.
Good night moon.
Until next time,
:)
I need not beat myself up though. Here's a run down on my goals I laid out in this post:
One of my goals was to stop eating fast food, and to take my lunch (and dinner on school nights) to work. Check.
Second goal was to not touch soda. Check.
The third one is the only fuzzy one. Running (or exercise more generally, since I included my shoulder). So far this week, I worked my shoulder on Monday. The end. Tuesday morning my car was in the shop so I had to catch a ride, and do so early so I could go pick up said car in the afternoon. DRAMA, another story for another day. Last night I locked myself out of my house. Brilliant. That's an even longer story definitely for another time.
Fourth and last goal was tracking every thing I eat. Check. The funny thing about this one, is I've not used my app once. I've done all my tracking on the computer. It's very interesting to me, and disturbing that about 90% of that has been at work, which means 90% of my food has been eaten at the office. More interesting. And that percentage might be a little high.
So hey, 3 out of 4, is REALLY good. Good enough for a bravo sticker on Saturday. :)
My most hoped for is that starting to eat well again will cure the 23 bumps on my chin. They WON'T GO AWAY and they're making me NUTS (no comments from the peanut...ha ha...gallery please).
So I'm not beating myself up. Sometimes life just happens, but what I'm very positive about is I have not given up, and I've kept up with what's really most important: FOOD. After all, weight loss is 80% what you put in your mouth. It's SO true too. I can prove it. But won't. :)
I'm hyper again, so I took an Ibuprofen PM.
Good night moon.
Until next time,
:)
Sunday, July 10, 2011
If I eat a brownie and no one sees me eat it, did I really eat it?
Now that I've gotten back into my almost daily blogging, and I have a comfortable chair in my room in which to sit and blog all day long, comfortably, I'm a happy camper. Did I mention the chair was comfortable? :)
How many of us, if we're being very honest, have lied about what we've eaten. Maybe not necessarily lied outright, but maybe fudged (literally, ha ha, okay that wasn't very punny, ha ha, okay, now I'm making myself laugh - bad sign, but I digress) changed/altered the numbers to make it seem reasonable, or not as "bad". Okay, I'm the first to raise my hand. I've done it. If no one sees me eat it, did I really eat it? Yup, I've totally pulled that one. I admit it. I have to laugh about it though. So here's my conclusion: I'm not perfect. Whew! Now that we've got that out of the way. I realized something tonight. My original "goal" was to not touch my weekly points allowance. For the most part if I don't go anywhere or do anything out of the ordinary, it's a very reachable goal. (Well maybe not since I was probably fudging to meet my goal ::sigh:: ). But I digress, again (lots of that going around). Tonight, I had dinner with friends, and I ate a few things maybe I wished I hadn't. Moving on, not dwelling. When I went to log the points, I started to not count that one thing or say I only had two of those instead of 3 or whatever, so I could stay in my daily points. I caught myself and said WAIT a second. Where does lying get me? Nowhere. The only person it hurts is me. The website doesn't care how many points I consumed in a day. And besides, I have 49 weekly points to use. I'll repeat that to myself to let it sink in (49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49) 49! And the entire point is to be able to use them and LOSE weight, that's what Weight Watchers says, and it's worked for me before (you know, when I didn't fudge, er alter the numbers). So I decided to be REAL honest about what I ate and see what I can improve on eating socially (my #1 struggle) and go from there. Certainly I didn't bomb all 49, so it can't be that bad. How many did I use? 6. 6 measly weekly points. If I parceled them out per day, that's less than the 7 I would get per day. And I didn't use any yesterday. So it's even LESS of a big deal. Ugh, there I go over thinking again. I swear, it could be something as simple as whether or not to choose a purple dress or a red dress exactly the same, and my brain would beat the question to death. And then it would continue beating. Like the old phrase, beat a dead horse? Yup, I got that one covered. Then because I was so frustrated, I would end up with neither or both. ::rolls eyes:: Here I go digressing again. I like that word digress. It sounds so, bloggy.
If I over think one more thing tonight, my brain might just shut down. I have no capacity to think simply, simple answers, solutions. Heaven forbid a solution be easy. Well it's time to challenge that. Among the other self improvement items I'm working on, that's one of them, but I digress.
Now that my sleep cycle is all wonky, I'm hyper and awake. I've taken Ibuprofen PM in hopes that I will fall asleep, but I figured while I was waiting for it to work, I'd write a witty, funny blog post (if I do say so myself). :)
Just read over this post again, and if this isn't like a pin ball machine, I'm not sure what is. Imagine me saying all this in a conversation. As hyper as I am, it would take 30 seconds :)
I think I'm going to climb into bed and pretend to fall asleep.
Good night moon :)
Until next time,
:)
How many of us, if we're being very honest, have lied about what we've eaten. Maybe not necessarily lied outright, but maybe fudged (literally, ha ha, okay that wasn't very punny, ha ha, okay, now I'm making myself laugh - bad sign, but I digress) changed/altered the numbers to make it seem reasonable, or not as "bad". Okay, I'm the first to raise my hand. I've done it. If no one sees me eat it, did I really eat it? Yup, I've totally pulled that one. I admit it. I have to laugh about it though. So here's my conclusion: I'm not perfect. Whew! Now that we've got that out of the way. I realized something tonight. My original "goal" was to not touch my weekly points allowance. For the most part if I don't go anywhere or do anything out of the ordinary, it's a very reachable goal. (Well maybe not since I was probably fudging to meet my goal ::sigh:: ). But I digress, again (lots of that going around). Tonight, I had dinner with friends, and I ate a few things maybe I wished I hadn't. Moving on, not dwelling. When I went to log the points, I started to not count that one thing or say I only had two of those instead of 3 or whatever, so I could stay in my daily points. I caught myself and said WAIT a second. Where does lying get me? Nowhere. The only person it hurts is me. The website doesn't care how many points I consumed in a day. And besides, I have 49 weekly points to use. I'll repeat that to myself to let it sink in (49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49) 49! And the entire point is to be able to use them and LOSE weight, that's what Weight Watchers says, and it's worked for me before (you know, when I didn't fudge, er alter the numbers). So I decided to be REAL honest about what I ate and see what I can improve on eating socially (my #1 struggle) and go from there. Certainly I didn't bomb all 49, so it can't be that bad. How many did I use? 6. 6 measly weekly points. If I parceled them out per day, that's less than the 7 I would get per day. And I didn't use any yesterday. So it's even LESS of a big deal. Ugh, there I go over thinking again. I swear, it could be something as simple as whether or not to choose a purple dress or a red dress exactly the same, and my brain would beat the question to death. And then it would continue beating. Like the old phrase, beat a dead horse? Yup, I got that one covered. Then because I was so frustrated, I would end up with neither or both. ::rolls eyes:: Here I go digressing again. I like that word digress. It sounds so, bloggy.
If I over think one more thing tonight, my brain might just shut down. I have no capacity to think simply, simple answers, solutions. Heaven forbid a solution be easy. Well it's time to challenge that. Among the other self improvement items I'm working on, that's one of them, but I digress.
Now that my sleep cycle is all wonky, I'm hyper and awake. I've taken Ibuprofen PM in hopes that I will fall asleep, but I figured while I was waiting for it to work, I'd write a witty, funny blog post (if I do say so myself). :)
Just read over this post again, and if this isn't like a pin ball machine, I'm not sure what is. Imagine me saying all this in a conversation. As hyper as I am, it would take 30 seconds :)
I think I'm going to climb into bed and pretend to fall asleep.
Good night moon :)
Until next time,
:)
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Putting my foot down
Well stamping it really, but only when I'm on the lowest level of a building. :)
I have realized I have allowed myself to miss meetings (still weigh in, but not stay for the meeting) for various reasons and it will now stop.
Effective immediately: I will NOT be available AT ALL on Saturday from 9-10:30AM. This post is as much a reminder for me as it is a declaration. I'll happily devote the other 166.5 hours of the week to everyone else, but this 1.5 is mine. I'm getting my self care on. :)
NOW I'm going to go study :)
Until next time,
:)
I have realized I have allowed myself to miss meetings (still weigh in, but not stay for the meeting) for various reasons and it will now stop.
Effective immediately: I will NOT be available AT ALL on Saturday from 9-10:30AM. This post is as much a reminder for me as it is a declaration. I'll happily devote the other 166.5 hours of the week to everyone else, but this 1.5 is mine. I'm getting my self care on. :)
NOW I'm going to go study :)
Until next time,
:)
I'm a smart girl, but some days I swear I wake up stupid.
First off: I'm not trying to lower myself with that statement. What I mean by that is some days the brain paths don't necessarily connect correctly and I get some really weird logic going on. Today was one of those days.
Saturdays are a little weird for me food-wise because I don't generally eat until after my Weight Watchers meeting, which is from 9-10:30. So I didn't have my two eggs and piece of toast until around 11 this morning. Then I left and went apartment researching in Murfreesboro. I got to Murfreesboro around 12:30 and then remembered at some point I was going to have to eat. Hmmm, that sure was an opportune time to remember that. After my post very early this morning, I was dead convinced I wasn't going to eat out. So I didn't eat anything. Even though I didn't have breakfast until 11, my stomach clock said lunch time was near around 1. When I finally left Murfreesboro at 3:45, and my brain shifted off of apartments, I started to get really hungry, and a little shaky, and I knew I wasn't going to make it back to Nashville safely without eating first. Smart me took out all the crackers I had in my car from vacation this morning. So I stopped at Olive Garden. Did I stop at a grocery store to get a sandwich? No, but I did really well points-wise. I ordered what's safe: what I KNOW what the points are, and it's really good on top of that. I ordered my Apricot Chicken for 7 points, had 2 bread sticks for 4 points, and salad for 3. So 14 points for Lunch/Dinner, because when I got home I was so tired, and had just eaten, I went to bed and napped for a couple hours. I'll take Ibuprofen PM in a few minutes just to make sure I sleep all the way through the night. Like I said, weird food habits on Saturday.
Sunday's even worse. I have breakfast around 7:30, snack around 9, lunch at 2, dinner at 6 or so. 7,12,and 6 just doesn't work on Saturday and Sunday.
For the day, I came out with 3 points to spare. I'm getting a scotch hungry, so maybe I'll have some fruit snacks.
On a side note, as a kid, I never had to deal with oily skin or breakouts on my face. I'm not sure what's happened, but over the last couple months or so, I can't get rid of it! My chin has about 11 bumps on it and one appeared on my forehead today! Over the last few weeks, I've washed my face every day and tried not to touch it with my fingertips, but the bumps won't go away! It's infuriating. I've gotten really self conscience about it too.
So I'm sure you're on the edge of you seats to know how I did today. Just don't fall off, I'm not Blogger-comp insured. I gained 2. something. 2.3 I think. I've now dipped back under 25 pounds lost again. I'm at 23.6 or something near that. I weighed in at 199, 1 pound away from the big, scary 200 I swore I would never hit again. It was probably a good thing I didn't, as that might have caused a tail spin. Even though I knew it was coming, when I saw the number, it was a wake up call all over again, but in a good way.
I'm just going to take it one meal at a time, one day at a time, and write my goals on my mirror. I can do this. I've done it twice already, I can do it again. This just means I'll get a THIRD 25 pound key chain. It won't be an easier the third time than it was the first or second. The goal is that this will be the LAST time I'm in this spot.
Now I'm going to go play with my budget and study a bit. I'm in a math mood again. :)
Until next time,
:)
Saturdays are a little weird for me food-wise because I don't generally eat until after my Weight Watchers meeting, which is from 9-10:30. So I didn't have my two eggs and piece of toast until around 11 this morning. Then I left and went apartment researching in Murfreesboro. I got to Murfreesboro around 12:30 and then remembered at some point I was going to have to eat. Hmmm, that sure was an opportune time to remember that. After my post very early this morning, I was dead convinced I wasn't going to eat out. So I didn't eat anything. Even though I didn't have breakfast until 11, my stomach clock said lunch time was near around 1. When I finally left Murfreesboro at 3:45, and my brain shifted off of apartments, I started to get really hungry, and a little shaky, and I knew I wasn't going to make it back to Nashville safely without eating first. Smart me took out all the crackers I had in my car from vacation this morning. So I stopped at Olive Garden. Did I stop at a grocery store to get a sandwich? No, but I did really well points-wise. I ordered what's safe: what I KNOW what the points are, and it's really good on top of that. I ordered my Apricot Chicken for 7 points, had 2 bread sticks for 4 points, and salad for 3. So 14 points for Lunch/Dinner, because when I got home I was so tired, and had just eaten, I went to bed and napped for a couple hours. I'll take Ibuprofen PM in a few minutes just to make sure I sleep all the way through the night. Like I said, weird food habits on Saturday.
Sunday's even worse. I have breakfast around 7:30, snack around 9, lunch at 2, dinner at 6 or so. 7,12,and 6 just doesn't work on Saturday and Sunday.
For the day, I came out with 3 points to spare. I'm getting a scotch hungry, so maybe I'll have some fruit snacks.
On a side note, as a kid, I never had to deal with oily skin or breakouts on my face. I'm not sure what's happened, but over the last couple months or so, I can't get rid of it! My chin has about 11 bumps on it and one appeared on my forehead today! Over the last few weeks, I've washed my face every day and tried not to touch it with my fingertips, but the bumps won't go away! It's infuriating. I've gotten really self conscience about it too.
So I'm sure you're on the edge of you seats to know how I did today. Just don't fall off, I'm not Blogger-comp insured. I gained 2. something. 2.3 I think. I've now dipped back under 25 pounds lost again. I'm at 23.6 or something near that. I weighed in at 199, 1 pound away from the big, scary 200 I swore I would never hit again. It was probably a good thing I didn't, as that might have caused a tail spin. Even though I knew it was coming, when I saw the number, it was a wake up call all over again, but in a good way.
I'm just going to take it one meal at a time, one day at a time, and write my goals on my mirror. I can do this. I've done it twice already, I can do it again. This just means I'll get a THIRD 25 pound key chain. It won't be an easier the third time than it was the first or second. The goal is that this will be the LAST time I'm in this spot.
Now I'm going to go play with my budget and study a bit. I'm in a math mood again. :)
Until next time,
:)
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