I had a GREAT workout last night, my DH & I went to the gym and I worked my upper body out. I worked it so hard, I felt like mush when I left. But it sure felt good to be back in the gym workout out like i used to do! I'm excited to be back in the program! I can't wait for 1 month from now, because I know if I am consistant, the results will start showing.
Menu today
Bfast
1/2 cup skim milk, grapenuts cereal (about 1/2 cup)
Snack
yogurt
Lunch
tomatoe soup (this is the last of my container, thank gawd, getting tired of it, but it is good)
snack - handful of nuts
Dinner
1/2 cup of beans & ham - yum
Exercise
10:00 am - 15 min on elliptical
2:30 pm - 22 min of HIIT - burned 181 calories, and 1.71 distance
Gym - my plan is go tonight and work my lower body - the abs are screaming for crunches!
Breakfast - light apple juice with daily 5 mixed in, 1 cup of coffee with whipping cream and DeVinci SF syrup
Snack - 6 little cheese cubes - total less than 1 oz, 10 almonds
Lunch - 3/4 cup of pasta salad with chicken in it
dinner - Had dinner over friends house, ate a very small amount of speghetti with italion sausage & meatballs (ate 1 meatball), had salad, a bite of cheesecake, and a mini cream puff - not the best diet choices, but I think I handled the situation okay and didn't over eat.
Snack - 100 calorie pack of reeses snack pack (mainly reeses cerail and a few peanut butter chips in it) - getting close to TOM, will need to work on my sweet tooth.
Exercise - 5 am - 33 min on treadmill, 2% incline, 212 calories, 1.67 distance
Suppliments - Daily 5, Viactiv Multi-Vitamin, liquid Vitamin b-12
Notes - Weight this morning 196.4 - When I get out of the 190's I will truly believe that the lap band works! For me, in the past, I always get stuck in the 190's, then I get discouraged and gain weight back again, so this will be the test, will I make it out of the 190's? I'm thinking I will :puke: . When I do, I think everyone on this board will feel the earth move, I will be jumping up and down with so much joy!
April 1st, a new month, and new challenges and new goals! This month I really want to focus on my exercise. I'm making baby changes and it is starting to work.
Menu today
bfast - well, bad, bad bad - Java chiller from sonic - liquid calories.
Lunch -
2 grilled chicken tenders (came with 4, but only ate 2), green beans & turnip greens - I only ate 1/2 of each of them (We ate at Cracker Barrel)
Dinner - chicken breast and multi-grain tortilla
Snack
String cheese
Exercise - 10:00 am - 15 min on elliptical - burned 137 calories, 1.22 miles
3:00 pm - 15 min on elliptical - 138 calories, 1.23 miles
9:00 - 20 min HIIT
Wt - another day I didn't weigh - yay!
Today marks 4 more days until my banding. :clap2: I had to start the liquid diet today, and I must say, I have failed. I've tried to be good, I really have. But I'm so hungry! I've got to do better at this!
1 cup of broth
slim fast lc shake
1 choco chip cookie
bite of pizza
sf jello
applie juice
1 cup of broth
Nectar Protein shake
Bite of garlic bread :embarassed:
IVE GOT TO DO BETTER! What the heck is wrong with me? I could kick myself!
I received a call from my docs off on Friday. My surgery time is 1:00 and I have to be at the hospital at 11:00 am. I'm not sure if I will have to spend the night at the hospital or not since my surgery is so late in the afternoon. I was hoping it would be earlier in the day since I can't have ANYTHING to eat and they are making me wait until 1:00 freaking o'clock. The losers!
As they say, third times the charm, this is my third time out of the 180's. So this time it is for good!
This last fill I got is so wonderful. I am full of a relatively small amount of food. I can still eat, meat, bread, whatever, just not that much of it. I'm still debating whether to get another fill. If it continues like this until next month, I don't think I will.
My weight this morning was 179.1. I'm just ready to get to my goal weight of 145, or even my doc's goal weight he wants me at 155lbs.
I did not exercise last night, it was a long night and I knew I had to get up this morning with the kids to get them off for their first day of school. I will go tonight for sure.
Today was my son's first day of his senior year and high school and my daughters first day of high school. They have not been in the same school since she was 7, so they are excited to be going to the same school again.
Well, off to work I go.
Yepper, 30 more days until Band Date!!!!
I went to the gym AGAIN last night. I did another 20 minutes on the Elliptical - Then 10 min on treadmill.
I almost talked myself out of going to the gym. My DH was trying to talk me out of going, telling me to stay home with him. He even said, its fun being fat. LOL. He is 6'1 and weighs 180lbs, perfect size, no fat. But he didn't want me to leave him last night, so was trying everything to get me to stay home. I told him I was only doing 30 minutes and would be back. The big baby.
I did make it to the gym and it took me about 10 minutes to really get into the exercising, I kept watching the time and thinking (I can't believe its only been 3 min etc. ) I didn't think I was going to be able to do it, I just didn't have it in me last night. But I forced myself to do it, and I'm happy I did.
Today is a party at work and lots of goodies. I plan on enjoying myself and not feeling guilty with whatever I eat. I was offered some homemade cinnamon rolls this morning, but I declined since I know I will be eating more than I should for lunch.
I am not going to over do it, but I am sure I will eat more than I should. I will exercise again tonight.
Well, off to get a little work done before my party.....30 more days until my band date - YAY!
Okay, Mondays.......I just hate them. I always feel so disorganized on Mondays. I'm always tired (partied too hard on the weekend - not beer drinking partying, just a lot of running and errands kind of partying), I am always lacking my sleep on Mondays, and it seems everything goes wrong. Can we start a petition to outlaw Mondays?
My DH wakes me up this morning at 7:30 "honey, what time do you have to be at work today". uhhhh "the same time I've worked for the past 10 years dear". He said "it's 7:30", I fly out of the bed without even touching the floor "Oh, crap, I have to be at work in 30 min". NOw mind you, my driving time is 30 minutes alone. I throw on something that doesn't need to be ironed, brush my teeth, and head out the door. Oh crap, back into the house I go, I grab my lunch, and head back out the door. Okay, I glance at the clock, I'll only be about 10 minutes late I think. I'm cruising down the highway at a nice 65 mph, and all of a sudden, screech, uuuurk, I slam on my brakes. I am sitting at a complete stop for 15 minutes. Finally on the radio they announce a 5 car pile up on the highway I'm on. Oh, I tell you, I knew from that moment, it was going to be a bad day!
I get to work, FINALLY, 1 hour later, looking thru my purse 5 times and still I could not find my badge. I have to go thru a long check in process with Security. So after getting in thru the security (which acts like we are the freaken white house and wants to check all your credentials, along with almost taking your fingerprints and everything else you might have) I get to my desk, to realize I had a conference call at 8:30 this moring that I missed.
I go pour me a cup of coffee, I need the caffiene this morning! So I'm sipping my coffee, and oops, there goes the coffee, all over my pants, all over my floor and splashes on my new purse which I paid big bucks for, So I run to get a paper towel, and we are out of paper towels in the kitchen. I finally get some out of the bathroom. I get the coffee cleaned up and then go unlock my desk, and I can't find my desk keys. I'm looking thru my pruse, but and they are no where. But as I'm looking thru my purse, I find my badge. grrrr, I couldve saved myself the long Security check in after all!
I have a big call this afternoon and I need my keys! So now I have to drive home (25 miles) at lunch and get my keys!
Now, this is the kind of stuff that happens to me EVERY MONDAY, so with that being said, lets all ban together and OUTLAW MONDAYS!
Okay, I need to start thinking positive or I will be a complet Beotch the entire day.
I missed my workout this moring - overslept - so I have a backup plan, going tonight after my weight watchers meeting.
I have done pretty good this week on WW plan. Had a slip here and there, but I think I did pretty good. I weighed this morning and my scale shows not a big loss, maybe not even a loss. I will find out tonight when I go the meeting and they weigh me.
Well, since I am so far behind today, getting to work late and all, I better sign off and get back to work.
My menu is pretty boring, so I'm really not going to post it. Its basically a "Master Cleanse/Lemonaide Diet". My DH is doing it to clean out his arteries, etc, so I'm supporting him and doing it with him. Your supposed to do the cleanse for 10 days, or up to 40 and beyond. There is NO WAY that I can do it beyond 10 days, and not sure if I can hang for 10 days, but giving it a try.
The cleanse consist of:
10 oz of water - purrified only or spring
1/2 fresh organic lemon (or regular lemon - which is what I'm using)
2 TBSP of Maple syrup - GRADE B only. You have to get this at health store
and 1/10 of tsp of ceyenne pepper - or to taste
You drink this 6 or more times a day, and in between you have fresh spring/purified water.
You eat NOTHING, and if the cleanse is not "moving", you can have this concoction with some organic laxative tea - twice a day. AFter 10 days of this, you begin with a little orange juice - this prepares the body for digestive with food. Then on day 12, you begin adding some fresh fruit/veggies - and day 13, gradually add your lean meats and grilled veggies or fresh.
I'm on day 3 of my cleanse. I had my fill yesterday and required to be on liquids anyhow, so I'm doing the cleanse.
Exercise was NOTTA Monday & Tuesday, but I will exercise everyday the rest of the week!
Exercise today - 20 min treadmill, 3.2 mph, 1.05 miles, 160 calories -
Okay, I stepped on the scale this morning, and up again. What the hell?
Anyhow, I felt smaller, not sure why the scales are up AGAIN. But......I have these jeans I bought about a month ago and they were too tight. I decided to try them on today just for the heck of it. I didn't think they would fit, I just wanted to see if they were any looser, well, hot filley dough, color me happy, they fit!:w00t: I'm wearing them today! Jr's size 10! Love 'em. So, whenever the scales say your fat, just try on a pair of skinny jeans and you'll feel better!
It just made me realize that the scale is a big fat liar! I mean, he really is. He says I'm gaining weight, but my jeans and my body are telling me, Hey girl, your looking good and getting smaller and can fit into a Jr.'s size 10 jeans. So I am excited, no matter what that freak of a scale says!
It all gets down to, are you eating right? Are you exercising? Are you getting smaller? Yes, yes and yes! So the scale is playing with my head these days and trying to convince me that I'm gaining weight, but he failed! I know that I'm not!
Okay, its Friday, its payday, and I'm wearing my skinny jeans today, and its suposed to be in the 80's today. Its absolutely a beautiful day today, so I'm a happy camper. Very good mood. Plus I get off work at 11:00 am today (only working 4 hours) yay! Life is good.
Below is an article I've kept for quite some time, I read it from time to time when I'm feeling down about the scales, so I thought I would post it again. Even though it is talking about deiting with Low carb, which I try to do. Or I eat the healthy carbs (like fruit) I think the article applies to all types of eating.
Wt - naked first thing in am (168.9)
Here we go again...
How the hell does your body hold onto weight and still manage to get smaller while you are on your chosen low carb diet?!? You know the scenario: You are on Induction for two weeks, and you haven't cheated even once. You notice that your clothes fit better, that you are stepping a little livelier, and as far as you're concerned, all's right with the world.
But then you step on that evil construction of the Devil himself, the bathroom scale, and you instantly feel betrayed. The stupid thing insists that you have done nothing! Sometimes, it even states you have done less than nothing; it accuses you of cheating because it tells that you haven't lost any weight! Well, there area couple of simple explanations to help you get through this trying time.
First of all, if it is at all possible for you to do so, throw that insipid Monster Scale in the trash. Or at least put it up somewhere that it is really, REALLY inconvenient to get to so that you won't be tempted to ask it's opinion every single day of your life. Face it. If you are feeling better and your clothes are looser, do you really need the scale to tell you that you're on the right track? No! You don't! Why do you think you do it, then? I'll tell you why. The low fat diet demons have a tenacious hold on your brain. That's right, you've been brainwashed. All your life they have told you through doctors, dietitians, newspaper and magazine articles, surgeon generals and the like, that you give up X calories per day and you will lose a pound of fat. They even go on to tell you how much fat you should lose each week. In the process, they've made you dependent on the Monster Scale to gauge your progress!
What a big lie!
Even on the diets that "they" advocate, the Monster Scale does not often cooperate. You go back to the Diet Demons and demand to know why the scale does not reflect the torture you have put yourself through for a month. They immediately start backpedaling on the "give up X calories and lose a pound of fat" story, and start talking to you about water retention and muscle buildup. Sometimes, they even blame it on you with questions like, "Are you sure you counted the calories in everything you ate?" (This is delivered with a knowing little smile that makes you want to rip their knowing little face off.) Being the type that is given to blaming things on yourself, anyway, you cooperate with an answer like, "Well….." They pounce on this with "Ahhhh, well.." Then, they launch into one of their scoldings/lash/encouragement speeches.
So, get off their bandwagon, already!
Then, there's the competitive spirit. You hear about what other people have done on your chosen diet. Yes, Brian went on Atkins a year ago and lost over a hundred pounds. Yes, a hundred pounds in a year is over eight pounds a month, or 2 pounds a week, or .0119 pounds per hour….but, "Hello? You ain't Brian!" And, did Brian ever say that he lost .0119 pounds per hour? No! He said a hundred pounds in a year. This only proves he got on the scale twice; a year ago, and yesterday. Take a hint from Brian. Stay off the scale!
The second solution is to understand what is going on in your body in light of the current state of human affairs. Today, all a person has to have to eat every day is money and transportation to a grocery store or, better yet, a nice restaurant. However, your body's survival instincts have not matured in a million years. Your body still thinks you are a hunter-gatherer. Yes, in spite of a million years of evolution, your body still thinks you are going to have to go out and kill a mammoth to eat. The survival instincts with which you are going to have to come to terms are read-only memory. You can't overwrite them. Deal with it.
That said, let me tell you what happens when you lose a pound of fat. Your body has been saving this fat for that long hunting expedition you're going to have to go on to track, kill, dress and retrieve that huge animal. It keeps the fat in little pillows distributed throughout your body. When you start losing fat, it doesn't trust you to continue whatever insane path you have chosen that is causing the fat to dissipate. So, when the fat comes out of the pillow, it injects water as a "place holder." Sometimes that water actually replaces the weight of the fat it lost. Sometimes it replaces the volume.
Water weighs more than fat just like lead sinkers weigh more than feathers. If you stuff a pillow with a pound of feathers, you'll have a nice big pillow. If you stuff a pillow with a pound of lead sinkers, you'll have a nice (but rather hard and uncomfortable), small pillow. Now, let's say your body removes a pound of fat and replaces the weight with a pound of water. Your weight will stay the same, but you will be smaller. But, if your body decides to replace the lost fat by volume, that is a quite different story. Remember the great big feather pillow as compared to the tiny lead sinker pillow? Well, now think of a gallon of feathers and a gallon of lead sinkers. Try to pick up the gallon of feathers. Piece of (you'll pardon the expression) cake. Now, try to pick up the gallon of lead sinkers. Sucker's heavy, ain't it? So, you will be smaller, but you will have gained weight.
Eventually, your body makes the executive decision that you are not going to replace the fat you lost, and it lets go of the water. In the words of Danny Skaist: "When your body accepts the fact that they are no longer needed, the water will be expelled and the cells closed. This is known as the "whoosh."
What makes your body decide to replace by weight or replace by volume? I dunno. But I do know that it does not seem consistent to the casual observer. What makes your body decide that you are seriously not going to replace the fat you lost? I dunno. But now you know why it's so important to drink your water, huh? Loss of fat is inextricably related to water intake. It's more than a little foolish to go on a diet that facilitates the removal of fat and then refuse to give your body the tools it needs to do so.
Bottom Line: Stop getting on the scale and drink your water. If you stick to your plan and wait for the "whoosh," it will come.
I haven't posted my menu lately, just too busy to even get online. My husband is doing a cleanse, so I decided I would do it with him. So I started it yesterday, is completely liquids, no food.
I have my first fill today, I'm so excited. My doctor requires liquids for 5 days after a fill, so I thought it would be a good time to do my cleanse. I'm hoping to lose a little weight with the cleanse too!
I will post later about my fill experience.
I did make it to the gym 5 times last week! I am happy with that. Still working on getting up in the AM and so far, just can't do it.
Well, today I did not get out of bed. But I did exercise last night, and I felt like I worked out really hard last night at the gym.
I didn't get into bed until after 11 again, so I knew that getting up at 4:45 was not going to be easy, turns out it was harder than I even thought. I don't even remember turning the alarm off, but I guess I did. :sleep:
I might not be losing a lot of weight according to the scales, but my inches and clothes tell a different story. My workout pants were hanging off me last night, thats when I realized that something is happening to my body, and I like it!
I tried on a size 8 dress yesterday, and it fit! I almost bought it, however, I am trying to hold off for a few months. I am addicted to shopping these days, its not good for my pocket book. Luckily I have zero debt, except my house, so I can afford to shop. However, this is an expensive year for us, my son is graduating and starting college, we have a huge party we are throwing for him, I also need to buy a new car this year. I've had mine for 11 years now and it has 200K miles on it. I need a dependable car for work, so I'm going to have to break down and buy one, so I will have car payments again. yuk.
So, I must stay away from the stores, I'm weak when I see a cute outfit, I tell ya, I'm weak!!!!!
Okay, my plans today -
3:00 - going to the gym at work and doing 20 min on elliptical
8 pm - going to the gym to do lower body workout - then will get on elliptical machine and do an additional 15 min. Its going to be a rough night at the gym tonight! I'm going to work it hard!:biggrin:
Scales this morning showed I was up 2 lbs :w00t: - that is just a normal day in the neighborhood for me. The scales are so cruel to me at times, I used to cry and cry and get so discouraged, now its just a game to me. I like to see what the scales tell me, sometimes I play guessing games before I step on, I'll say "I know your gonna tell me I weigh this - lets see if I'm right", so if I am right, I win. lol. Its a weird head game I play.
Sometimes I just kick the scales and let him know I don't need him today, I like when I do that too, I feel like I win for that day too. Weird? Just my crazy life. I feel like me and the scale have this love hate relationship, sometimes I love him, sometimes I don't.
Today I just didn't care, he told me I was up 2 lbs, I said, who cares you flat bastard! :tt2: YOu might say I'm up, but my pants beg to differ! They are telling me I've lost, so take that!
Well, I better get to work, I have a very very very busy day today, lots of conference calls to be on. grrrrrrr.
Wt (naked in the am) 167.8 -
staying on my plan today, I have done pretty good with my eating this week, however, my exercise SUCKS.
I've had so much going on, my remodel of my house is ongoing, almost finished but not quite. My mother went into the hospital last night for pneumonia and she is being kept because her EKG showed she had a mild heart attack at some point. Then, my mother in law was also taken to the hospital for chest pains and she is having a heart cath done right now. Needless to say, with all the hospital visits, my eating has not been planned, but I've eaten very little. I feel a little more restriction now, must be stress.
Didn't weigh this morning, so not sure what the scales are going to say. I was just in a big hurry so didn't even think about the scales.
Menu today
bfast
coffee/cream
Lunch
chicken breast
Snack
sf pudding
Dinner
chicen breast/salad
Thats right, I am doing so great in the exercise department. I worked out so hard for 6 days last week. I mean really hard, where sweat is dripping off me and my shirt looks like someone dumped a bucket of water over me. I am so proud of myself for getting back to the gym and making NO EXCUSES!
I almost blew it off last night, I was so tired and I worked all day with my husband in garage, so I was telling myself, I already had a workout. But as the night grew closer, I started feeling guilty, so I headed to the gym and did a gruelling cardio and lower body workout! My face was beat red, I think some of the people around me thought I was going to pass out. LOL. They were all looking at me like "is she okay". One guy even said to me "your serious about this stuff aren't you". uhhhh, hello, Heck yes I'm serious!
So, I jump on the scale this morning and AGAIN, no loss. I've eaten good all week, really I've eaten good for the past two weeks and I've exercised 6 days a week for the past two weeks, you would think the scale would be a little nicer to me. Heck no, the scale likes to treat me like the red headed step child! :biggrin:
Okay, I can't focus on numbers, I just can't. I feel good, I look good, and my clothes are fitting better. So no matter what the scales say to me, I know its working!
Today's menu
Bfast
1/2 cup bran fiber one cereal - 1 pt
1/2 cup skim milk - 1 pt
mixed fruit added in (Strawberries & blueberries) - 1 pt
Snack
1 apple and WW cheese - 2 pts
Lunch
3 0z of chicken breast - 3 pts
1 whole wheat, lc tortilia - 1 pt
salsa - 0 pts
cilantro - 0 pts
snack
1/2 cup cottage cheese, sliced peaches - 3 pts
Dinner
1 cup lean chili - 6 pts
ww cheese - 2 pts
20 pts total
Exercise - 30 min elliptical
Upper Body workout at gym - 15 min of cool down time on elliptical
Wt - AM naked on scales at home - 164.6
(yesterday was 163.4) grrrrrr:cursing:
NOTES - tonight is my WW meeting and for the past 3 weeks I have weighed exactly the same - 167.6 with my clothes on ofcourse, so we'll see what tonight brings.
I did it, I did it, I did it. I was up at the gym by 5 am. I really had a hard time this morning though. My legs felt like jello and I had no strength, I noticed I was very week. I am going to eat more protein today and see if that helps. Also, I need to go to bed earlier. I didn't hit the pillow until 11 pm last night and woke up hungry at 3:47 am. I couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and got ready to hit the gym.
I weighed in last night at WW and according to their scales, I've lost 3 lbs since last week (making it a total loss of 2.6 lbs since joining ww).
The weightloss is going slow, but it is going. I'm so close to getting to goal and I can taste it. This year I will hit my goal! I know it.
Menu today:
Bfast
Egg white omlet, made with turkey sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onions, salsa, WW cheese - 5.5 pts
1/2 whole wheat mini bagel .5 pts
Lunch -
tossed salad made with lemon dressing and diced tomatoes - 0 pts
WW meal - 4 pts
Nectarine - 1 pt
peaches - 1 pt
Dinner -
Taco made with lean beef - 5 pts
WW dessert - 4 pts
Wt - Naked - 165.4
WW scales with clothes on - 169.0
Exercise - 25 min on elliptical - 5 am
Menu:
Bfast
4 strawberries, 4 mini chicken pieces
Lunch
Multi Grain Tortilla filled with southwestern spicey mustard, grilled chicken and spincach leaves
Snack -
string cheese, shaved turkey breast
Dinner - not sure, but I promise it will be healthy - DH & I have a date nite tonight :sleep:
Exercise - 10:00 am - 15 min on Elliptical
3:00 pm - 15 min on Elliptical
planning on 9:00 pm - 20 min HIIT
WT - 181 (a little shocked that it didn't go down more - but hey, I'll take it and I'm just focussing on eating right and making exercise a part of my new life again, I'm sure the scales will continue to move down!)
Notes - I was so tired last night, almost blew off going to the gym, but I will not let myself down again. So, I got my tired butt off the couch, and DH even went with me. I decided to do some circuit training to burn as much calories and build a little muscle as well. I actually had a good time at the gym, yes, I really did. I cant wait to go again tonight. :biggrin:
Menu
Bfast - 2 slices of bacon, 1 boiled egg
Lunch - 1/2 of multi grain tortia wrap, filled it with baked chicken, mustard and fresh spinach leaves. very filling.
Snack - Fresh strawberries
Dinner - Spinach salad with strawberries, grilled chicken, sunflower seeds, and balsmic dressing (just a little)
Exercise - am Elliptical 20 min HIIT
3:00 pm - elliptical machine 15 min
9:00 pm - Gym, did 45 min of circuit training, worked entire body out
Wt - This morning 181.4 - it is moving down, but soooo slow.
I'm off HCG now, taking a week break or otherwise known as a "planned interruption".
I ate so much yesterday, stayed away from sugar and carbs, and I was worried stepping on the scale this morning, but I lost another .6 oz. Crazy, but I did. Down to 157.5 now. Yay!
I am just in shock at my thighs, I can't say enough about them. They are my biggest problem area, always have been and now they are shrinking!
I have not been this small in 21 years! Its amazing!
Life is going good these days. :blushing:
Menu today
Bfast
Coffee with coconut milk creamer (yum)
strawberry jam (crushed strawberries with stevia) with melba toast
Lunch
Spinach/ricotta cheese stuffed chicken breast
(yummy again)
dinner
Steak, salad, blue cheese dressing
***I'm eating lower carb this week while taking a break from HCG diet. Will continue HCG on 4/1 until 4/18
Menu -
Bfast
1 cup fiber one cereal - 3 pts
1 cup of skim milk - 2 pts
1 bannana - 2 pts
1 pc WW candy - 1 pt
Lunch
WW Quesadia (sp?) - 4 pts
100 cal strawberry cake - 1 pt
Snack
sliced strawberries - 1 pt
Dinner
3 oz of chicken breast - 3 pts
green beans
WW yogurt 1 pt
Low on points today, but will probably add more, just need 2 more.
Exercise
10:00 am - 15 min on elliptical
3:00 pm - 20 min on elliptical
8:00 - gym - 1 hour, missed my gym last night, so will be doing circuit training and doing upperbody work along with cardio.
Wt - didn't weigh today.....
Bfast - Dannon Light & Fit carb control yogurt mixed with Live Active lowfat cottage cheese - yum
Coffee with cream - no sugar
Lunch - shaved turkey breast, string part skim cheese
Dinner - tuna, light mayo, and spinach salad (very small)
Exercise - Elliptical Machine 20 min HIIT
Arms with weights, sit ups
Wt - Didn't weight this morning. Good for me! I love it when I do not get on the scales!
I feel pretty good, I feel like I am getting my life back and that I am recommitted to my program. I know that I need a fill, and I can't wait to get it in less than 2 weeks now. This will be fill #10 for me. I sure hope its the one that takes me to my goal weight!
9 FREAKEN pounds and I will be at a healthy weight! 9 freaken pounds - and it is taking me FOREVER to lose them. Its the hardest 9 pounds I have ever tried to lose. Did you guys hear me, 9 FREAKEN POUNDS and I will be at a healthy weight. It feels like a dream to even type those words. I never thought I would be this close to being healthy. Oh, I dreamt it, but its really coming true.
I sometimes focus on how long it is taking me, but if I really stop and think about it. Its taken me less time to lose it then it did to put it on. It took me 20 years to get up to 248 lbs, so I shouldn't be so upset at taking 2+ years to reach my goal weight with the band, right?
I was thinking this morning as I glanced at one of my pictures on my desk with my kids, and made me think how far I've come. To know I will never ever ever be 248 lbs again, thats something to be happy about. So, I'm trying to stay positive, and focus on the weight I've lost and not the weight I need to lose.
Speaking of my picture, my new boss was over at my desk the other day and he asked me if that was my sister, I told him it was me. His jaw dropped down to the floor, he tried not to act so shocked, but I could see it in his face. I said "well, I've lost a few pounds since then" His reply "you think?". lol. I love to see peoples reaction when they see the new me. Its the best reward of all.
Plan today:
Exercise - 10:00 am - 6 min on recumbant bike - 15 min on elliptical
3:00 pm - 20 min on elliptical
6:00 - dinner with some old high school buddies, planning our 25 year reunion -
9:30 - Gym - 40 min on elliptical and upper body training
11:30 - BED
Menu
Breakfast -
yogurt mixed with granola - 5 pts
Lunch
Fish Taco (Wheat tortilia, WW cheese, Talapia, Cilantro, salsa, fresh squeezed lime) = 4 pts
Snack - 1 orange, string cheese - 2 pts
Dinner
1 chicken taco - 5 pts
beans - 3 pts
Few chips and salsa (6 chips only = 1.5 pts)
20 pts total
Wt - 7:30 am naked - 164.6 (up .3 from yesterday)
Bfast - lc yogurt with a handful of granola
Lunch - string cheese with 6 slices of shaved turkey breast (45 calories total for all six slices)
Snack - Fresh strawberries, sliced up, about 1/2 cup or so. Maybe 4 or 5 huge strawberries - yum. love strawberries!
Dinner - chicken breast - spinach salad
1 piece of cheesecake - yes I still have some left at my house! I will be glad when it is out of the house
Exercise - No exercise today - but I WILL do at least 5 times this week no matter what!
Wt am in bday suit - 182.7 - grrrrrr. I hate those scales!:biggrin:
Well in my previous post, I said I was not going to exercise today, I was taking the day off. I lied. Couldn't stay away from the gym. I only did a quick cardio blast, 30 min on the Elliptical, but hey, at least I did something today, right?
I think I'm becoming a gym addict again, I used to be one, then got hurt and had to have knee surgery and ever since then, I just haven't been into the gym like I used to be.
I'm really noticing a difference in the past week. I'm wearing a Junior size 9 Cruel girl jeans today, and Dang, they look good, and feel good! Even though I'm just a few pounds lighter, the fat is shifting or something because they sure feel and fit better than they did when I bought them!
Last night was my weight watchers meeting and guess what the freaken scales said, NOTTA, nothing, NO LOSS AT ALL. I weighed exactly the same as last week. 167.6! What the heck? I exercised 6 days last week, I ate pretty darn good and I didn't lose 1 freaken ounce? What the *&$%#!!!!!
Okay, so the scales say I didn't lose but my clothes say differently, they are looser, fit so much better and some of my jeans, I must wear a belt! So am I worried - NOPE, am I upset, well, a little. I really wanted to see some movement. According to my scales, I've lost, but according to the WW scales, I haven't. We'll see what next week says. All I can say is if they tell me I didn't lose next week, someone is getting slapt. Thats right, I'm jumping over the counter and slapping one of those skinny little receptionist. :thumbup:
The old me would have come home and just ate and said "what the use", but the new me can see the changes that my body is making and feel the changes that my body is making and I like it. So, do I care what the scales say? Well, a little, but I know they are liars so I am going to keep plugging away doing what I am doing because I know that changes are happening!
Last night after dinner, I headed to the gym and did a very hard workout! I did cardio plus upper body strength training.
Todays menu:
Breakfast
1 cup of sliced strawberries - 1 pt
1/2 container of WW yogurt mixes with granoloa - 5 pts
Lunch
4 oz talapia - baked - 3 pts
salsa, cilantro - 0 pts
2 Whole wheat tortia - 4 pts
(fish tacos - yum)
Snack
1 mandarian orange - 1 pt
Dinner - WW meal - 6 pts
Exercise - tonight is my night off, none tonight. :cursing:
Wt - Naked on my scales in AM 164.3
WW Scales - 167.6
My menu:
4 oz of yogurt with 2 tbls granola
lunch
4 oz of yogurt with granola
snack
1/2 green apple with 1 tbls penut butter
dinner
3 oz chicken breast
rice - about 1/2 cup
Then 1 slice of plain cheesecake - no, it wasn't sugar free
Exercise - 20 min of HIIT on the elliptical machine, burned 200 calories, 1.7 miles
All in all, I did pretty good besides the cheesecake. What happened here, let me explain myself, I had a single friend of ours over for dinner because I made too much food. (I always think about the single men since they don't have a wife at home cooking for them), anyhow, he felt obligated to bring a dessert - even though I told him not to, he still brought a cheesecake factory cheesecake. So, I felt obligated to have a slice. I should have just eaten 1/2 slice - but no, I ate the whole darned slice.
Anyhow, after eating the cheesecake, I headed to the gym and worked off 200 calories.
Scale in the am stated I weighed 183 - arggg, sucks~
I will see the number go down, I will, I will. I'm determined! I'm not giving up, I must see the 160 again, soon! I have 100 days or so left until my cruise, I refuse to go weighing what I do now. I want to look halfway decent in my bathing suit you know.
Well, I will start checking in more on my journal and updating my menu. This seems to keep me on track better.
