8 oz NF/SF Chai 2
String Cheese 2
Pumpkin Seeds 2
PB Sandwich 8
Goldfish Crackers 3
Fig Newtons 4
Total Points: 21
Point Target: 38
WPA Balance: 35
APs Earned: 0
Another loss!
I was down .8 lbs last night at weigh in. It seems like so much hard work for so little change - but you know, I’m completely happy with it. I know I stayed on course, I know I worked my program. So in the last 2 weeks that means 6.6 lbs. I can live with that.
The one thing I do need to get back in the groove with now is EXERCISE. Ugh - I hate it. But it’s just a fact of life unfortunately. That’s my goal for next week. To earn 10 AP’s at minimum. It sholdn’t be that hard really, I just need to set my mind to it.
I don’t have time today, or this weekend likely, but I’m going to be revamping my side bar to fit more of where I’m at in my progress. I don’t know what the changes are going to be, but clearly, everything that’s there is not relevant to me right now.
Goals for this week:
1 - Earn 10 Activity Points
2 - Do not use ALL of my WPA’s this week - try to use only a total of 20 of the 35
3 - Continue to journal all foods and the times that I eat in my 3 Month journal
4 - Have a good loss next week, but be happy with whatever shows up knowing that I put the work in no matter what!
So, it’s been 7 weeks since I rejoined Weight Waters.
Seven long weeks.
I told myself that this time, THIS TIME, I wouldn’t quit. I was going to keep going through the good and the ugly. Let’s just say the first 5 weeks were definitely UGLY. I think I jumped the gun on joining. That’s not an excuse, just the truth.
I would half heartedly try, knowing I had to weigh in - and I did weigh in. Some weeks I was lucky with a loss, other weeks I had a gain. Two weeks ago, I KNEW I had a gain. I had forgotten my weigh in book at home, and had almost talked myself into just skipping. But then I remembered - NOT THIS TIME, NO MATTER WHAT. So, I sucked it up. I went. I told Debbie (the receptionist) that I had left my book at home. I also told her that I didn’t really want to get on the scale. She gave me an out. She told me that I didn’t HAVE to. I told her I was going to get on the scale, but I didn’t want to know the results, no matter what. She weighed me, wrote it in her book, and on we went.
Even at that point, I still hadn’t made that turn in my head. As petty as this is going to seem, the moment came just seconds later when the friend I go with asked me how I did. I told her I didn’t know - would find out the next week. I, of course, ask how she did as it was completely apparent that I was supposed to, she had a huge smile on her face, so I knew she did well. She smugly told me that she had lost 2.8 lbs.
Don’t get me wrong. I was happy for her. I want her to succeed. But I was miffed. At that moment I felt a switch in my head. I went home, ate pizza for dinner ( a last supper if you will), and knew I was waking up with a new attitude.
Since that next day, Friday July 18th, I’ve been POP (perfectly on program). I’ve written down everything I’ve eaten, all my points, and the times of days that I’ve eaten everything at in my WW 3 month journal. I tried e-Tools, but frankly, I HATE journaling online for some reason. Writing it down works so much better for me.
I haven’t had POP (my beloved Diet Mt Dew) in that entire time. I swore off pop - at least until I can control it. I’ve made a point of drinking 100 oz of water at work EVERY DAY. I’ve actually eaten out several times in these 2 weeks - and made my points work for me. I’ve cut out the fries when I get a hamburger. And you know what? I haven’t missed the fries. Go figure. I had McDonalds last weekend and I got a Happy Meal! Perfect serving sizes of everything.
My first weigh after truly committing was last week - DOWN 5.8 lbs! I KNEW I could do it - I just had to do it. The scale isn’t looking as nice this week - I might be down a lb or so tomorrow - we’ll see. After such a great loss last week, I really can’t complain I guess. Over all, for the 7 weeks, I’m down 6.6 lbs. Not a great average when you look at it that way, but that’s ok.
The one thing I had forgotten about getting in the groove again was how CONSUMING eating and food is in my life when I’m OP. It’s all I think about. Literally, all the time. I think about what I’m going to eat next and at what time. It doesn’t matter if I’m hungry or not - it’s always on my radar. If someone offers me something that I hadn’t planned on, I have to think about how many points I have planned already for the day and if it’ll fit in (I turned DOWN a donut last Friday!). It’s always, always, always on my mind. I can’t remember if that gets better or not. I hope so. But for now, that’s my safety zone. Everyone at work respects my boundaries and don’t push - if I say No, they know I mean No and leave it at that. I feel good about how things are going.
Sunday’s seem to be my nemesis. Both the past Sunday’s have been extremely high point days for me, with me using 15-20 WPA’s on each Sunday. I don’t really want to use that many on one given day, but sometimes you just have to. This week I think Saturday will be that day. I’m getting up early to go to on an all day crop. I’ll be up from 5am to at least Midnight. Dinners and afternoon snacks are provided for me, so I have no control there. But, that’s what WPA’s are for. I’ll journal everything, have no guilt, and move on!
Alright, tomorrow is the last day of the month, and I’ve gotta go in early!
Talk soon!
I joined! Officially!
More later.
I know I haven’t been around in awhile. I haven’t gone AWOL completely!
I’ve just changed some things up in my routines.
I’m not stressing about going to the gym. I’m doing walk/runs from home in the mornings, and my goal for the gym now is strength training. I’ve also bought a physio ball for home, plus I have my Bowflex dumbbells for home as well.
I’ve also switched up how I track my food. I’m counting calories for now. And actually enjoying it believe it or not. It’s something new, something different. I’m using the download-able software from Fitday to track everything. And it does track EVERYTHING - right down to your mood.
My blood pressure is great right now - today is measured at 114/73 - can’t beat that for sure.
I’m feeling good about things. I just need to get back here and start posting more again. I’m going to work on it - promise. And I’ll give more detailed updates of what I’m doing as well. I need to try and go back and update my mileage charts and gym visits as well.
Hope you’re all having a great weekend - it’s a hot one here (95 degrees the last I looked)!
So many topics, so little time!
I got back on the treadmill tonight! I didn’t really feel like running - I do hate it afterall. So, I decided to make my walk on the treadmill worth it. I steadily increased the incline until it was at 4%, and my speed stayed steady at 2.9 mph.
I wore my HRM tonight, for the first time in a long time, and my heart rate stayed in the mid-150’s during the hardest part of my walk. That’s exactly where I want it to be so I was good to go. I walked for 42 minutes for a total of 1.86 miles.
I’ve started listening to Jillian Micheals radio show via podcasts on my iTunes. It’s great to listen to while working out. It makes the time fly! You can access her podcasts here by the way! She’s really motivating. The one I was listening to today was really appropriate. She was talking about how when you go to do your workout, if you have negative feelings about it - it’s going to be a crappy workout. But if you imagine what it’s doing for you, and how hard you’re working, it’ll make the workout feel and go so much better. The funny thing is, I was going to stop at 30 minutes tonight, but I got so engrossed in listening to her, that I ended up missing the 30 min mark, and so then just kept going until it went to the next segment! I would highly recommend her podcasts!
So, on to perfect days. Kathy challenged herself to have ONE PERFECT DAY today on her weight loss program. I didn’t know about it until after mid-day when I saw it on Melissa’s blog, but what a great idea.
I also, like both Kathy and Melissa, follow the WW program. (I’m still using the point ranges, not target points). And while my perfect day isn’t going to be completely per WW guidelines, for me, it’s pretty dang close! I got in my dairy, I got in my oil, I got in good protein (salmon), I’m counting my points, I’m drinking my water, and I exercised today. The only place I’m really lacking today is in the fruit/veggie department. But, I’m going to choose to be ok with that, and call it a perfect day anyway! To follow their lead, I’ll also post my food journal for the day.
Perfect Day Journal
Breakfast - Toast, Butter, Milk (10)
Snack - String Cheese (2)
Lunch - Pasta Salad, Salmon, Diet Mt Dew (9)
Snack - Zbar (2)
Snack - Pasta Salad (6)
Dinner - Toast, Egg, 2% Cheese Slice, Milk (6)
Snack - 2 Mini Cadberry Eggs (2)
Water: 72 oz
Points: 38
So, looking at my journal, I find myself eating a lot of times during the day. I’m going to try and plan better meal choices for smaller type meals. I also need to cut that pop out, but it’s hard. I only have one more can left of the evil stuff and then I’m not going to buy anymore for awhile. I need to cut it completely!
Alright - I’m outta here. Got some stuff to do before I sit and relax tonight.
I did the bike again tonight.
I wasn’t quite as fast tonight - only managed 5.61 miles in 30 minutes.
I think I figured out why my foot hurt last night. I realized halfway through my workout tonight that I hold my foot crooked in the stirrup - so it’s resting on it’s side. Once I straightened it out, it was fine.
Go figure!
Well, I officially passed the 100 mile mark for this year. Way later than I had hoped, but I made it!!
I’ve actually at 103+ miles after tonight.
I changed it up tonight. Instead of walking on the treadmill, I did the stationary bike for 30 minutes and managed to travel 6.16 miles. I was pretty pleased with that. The only reason I didn’t go a little bit longer was because my right foot was killing me. My left was fine, but it was like my right foot was cramping. I don’t know if I wasn’t positioning that foot properly on the pedal or what. I’ll probably do the bike again tomorrow, so I’m going to be more mindful of how I’m using that foot.
I was averaging over 12 mph on the bike. I don’t know if that’s good or not, but I was pretty happy with it.
It feels good to be in the gym again. It makes me motivated again. Which is definitely a good thing. The rest of this week is going to be able getting comfortable in my gym routine, and this weekend is going to be spent planning my entire menu for next week, and getting everything to mesh together.
I’ve decided to put the morning workouts on hold until at least Thursday, but likely Friday. I know for sure I’m not going to be able to workout after work on Friday, so I’m going to do my best to get my butt in bed early-ish on Thursday so as to get up and get there in the morning. I don’t know why I keep putting it off - I shouldn’t. It’s just something I need to get comfortable with I guess.
Ok, off to clean the kitchen before the Finale for The Biggest Loser starts! 
It’s been a month, and I finally went back.
I decided to start small. I walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes. I didn’t even attempt running tonight. Instead, I walked at an incline, which I never do. But it added to the workout, without wearing me out.
I also did a few stretches on a physio ball. I decided I’m going to pick one of these up for my house. That way I can do stretches daily. Use the gym for cardio. I started reading Bob Harpers book a little tonight and his fitness program shows a ton of exercises for stretching and circuit training that you can do without all the machines - all you need is some dumbbells and a physio ball. I have the Bowflex dumbbells that go from 2.5-20 lbs each so that’ll be great.
I’m going to start going to the gym in the mornings as well. I was going to try and start that tomorrow - but I’m not getting to bed that early tonight, so we’ll see if I make it or not. If not, I’ll go after work! My plan is to just do the treadmill again with an incline. No running. I’ll start the running towards the end of the week again.
So yesterday I mentioned that my friend Melissa asked the question Are You Ready? Well, she got that from the Question of the Week over at Roni’s Blog.
Tonight was my first night visiting Roni’s blog - and if you haven’t been there - definitely take a look. Seriously, go now, I’ll wait for you to come back … Ok, back? Good! She has a great site doesn’t she?!?!
Anyway, here’s her questions:
“Are you ready?”
Are you ready to live a healthier lifestyle?
Are you ready to make the harder choices that lifestyle may entail?
Are you ready to plan, think, prepare, shop, and not just grab a donut on the way to work?
Are you ready to shut off the TV and go outside for a walk?
Are you ready to seek out the staircase instead of taking the elevator?
Are you ready to admit to yourself you eat too much?
Are you ready to tell yourself hunger is not an emergency or an excuse?
Are you ready to face your feelings instead of shoving them down with a slice of pizza?
Are you ready to stop trying to do it all and get more sleep?
Are you ready to try new foods you’ve dismissed because you “don’t eat vegetables”?
Are you ready to love yourself NOW, unconditionally?
Are you ready to be the example, the motivator, the exception to the rule?
That’s a lot of questions. But they are thought-provoking. And motivating! Which is exactly what I need right now. I’m in the process of WRITING out a plan, by hand, in a notebook for myself. It’s including both meals, with recipes if necessary, and my exercise plan. On Monday I will be going back to the gym. If I’m still weezing, I’ll take it slow.
The other night on The Biggest Loser Roger made a comment that really stuck with me - he said something to the effect that his old way of life was no way to live. He has a good life, he’s happy, etc, but it’s just no way to live. That’s exactly how I am. I’m not unhappy with my life. I have a good life, and am generally pretty happy. I very rarely get miserable about my weight. It honestly, very rarely, bothers me all that much. I don’t know if that’s part of why it’s hard for me to get motivated sometimes or not.
I bought a couple of books on Amazon last night - I’m looking forward to getting them.
Are you ready? by Bob Harper
and
The Biggest Loser Fitness Program
So, to answer that magic question, am I ready? I am. Are you?
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