Well, the weekend was a big bust for me. Not sure how many points I went over, but I know that I blew the WW plan on Saturday night. I was doing good until then.
I was released from the doctor on Friday and I decided that Monday (today) I would start the BFL program again. I am going to modify it a little, but for the most part, I will stick to the plan. I set my alarm for 4:45 am to hit the gym, well, I almost didn't go, but finally I forced myself up and headed to the gym. I'm so glad I did!
My menu today:
Bfast -
weight wise oatmeal, WW yogurt = 3 pts
Snack
a few pistachios - 2 pt
Lunch
Green salad with all kinds of vegies, and 3 oz of baked chicken breast - 3 pts
Homemade salad dressing with EVO and lemon and vininger - 2 pts
FF pudding - 2 pts
Dinner
1 baked potatoe with lean ground beef and side salad - 5 pts
WW dessert - 4 pts
Exercise - :smile: 35 min on elliptical 5:00 am
45 min with strength training UBWO - 11:30 am
Wt - didn't weigh this morning, but will be weighed tonight at the WW meeting. Hopefully I'm down at least 1 lb!
Well, exercise was great two weeks ago, last week, didn't get it done. But.....I'm back at it this week.
Eating has been great, except had a slip on on Friday night and Saturday night...grrrrrrrrr. But back on track and going strong.
My body really likes the 160's, I seem to hover around 163. I'm ready to get out of the 160's for good and never see them again. SO, in order to do that, I MUST exercise and NO MORE SLIPS!
Todays menu:
WW smoothie shake
1 TBSP on peanut butter
1 cup of Soy Milk
Lunch
3 oz chicken
3 organic lettuce pieces
salsa (made lettuce wraps)
Snack
Banana
Low fat string cheese
Dinner
WW meal (pizza - 7 pts)
Exercise - 45 min circuit training
Wt - 163.9
EAting has been okay, not too bad, but not 100% perfect either. My exercise has been BAD. I am planning on making it to the gym tonight, so we'll see.
I didn't weigh, I was supposed to weigh this morning, but completly forgot. I was running late this morning to work, so just didn't think about it.
Will update later on whether I made it to the gym or not.
Fill #19 seems to be pretty good, not too tight for sure, and might be a tad too lose. I'm going to ride it out and keep track of my tightness and see how low it last. I think I need to be just a little tighter - and if I could get it there, and keep it there, it would be a wonderful thing for me!
Today's menu:
Bfast
just had some iced coffee I made with with skim milk
Lunch
3 oz of chicken
Dinner
Roasted chicken
green beans
Exercise - 45 min on elliptical
wt 172.7 - this absolutely SUCKS!@ so discouraged!!!!!!!!! I was at 158!:cool2:
Woke up this morning with a tad bit of acid reflux. I got to say, I love it! Yes, you heard me right, I love it! That means I've got some restriction! I ate a bit late last night, so I think that way I had a little reflux. My restriction feels pretty good, I am eating a lot less, which I LOVE! Hopefully I can get rid of the 10 lbs that I've gained lately with my "no restriction".
I'm about to go get dressed and head to my gym today, they are open until 2:00 pm, so I'm going to take advantage of it!
Menu today:
Bfast
very small (about 1" x 1") piece of cake - I know, not good. coffee
Lunch -
Roasted cornish hen (3 oz)
Dinner -
grilled fish
salad
Exercise - 45 min elliptical machine
30 min weight training
PS - tomorrow morning at the gym they are havinfg a "burn the turkey" workout. I'm going to go to that. Even though as you can see by menu, I don't participate in the Thanksgiving festivals, I plan on taking advantage of the "intense" workout they are having. Its a 2 hour class, so I should burn some calories tomorrow.
Wt 172.5 - yuk!:cool2:
I weighed this morning, yes I know, I said I wasn't going to, but I felt thinner so I thought I would hop on the scales. I was shocked when it said 229.6, I was 234 3 days ago.
I think I will reach my goal of weighing 215 by my surgery date.
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.
I am still going strong with exercise and RESTRICTION! I did 30 min on elliptcal yesterday and workied my upper body
Biceps, triceps, back, shoulder, chest.
Today I will only be doing cardio (Elliptical) Once I do today's exercise, i will have made it to the gym 6 days this week. Thats exciting for me!
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!
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
Well, I got my happy butt out of bed this morning at 5:00 am and headed to the gym. I'm on a roll. lol. I did 35 min on the elliptical. I knew that tonight was going to be busy and I needed to do my exercise in the am if I was going to get it done, and I did it! Yay for me! I'm patting myself on the back right now....pat, pat, pat.
Okay, enough of my bragging. Today's menu:
Bfast - Matabolism is going crazy because I am STARVING!
fresh tomatoes and carrots, dipped in hummus. yum yum
Snack Ww yogurt - 1 WW point
Lunch - the rest of my lunch from Applebees from yesterday. Talapia & broccoli. yum. Only 7 WW points for the entire meal.
Dinner - Low fat chick tortillia soup - 4 ww pts
Snack - Skinny cow ice cream sandwhich (2 WW points)
Exercise - 35 min on Elliptical
Well, everything is going along. Weight is just staying on, but I'm losing a little here and there.
I've been making it to the gym, last night I was so tired and almost blew it off, but I knew I needed to go. I didn't do my strength training, however, I did do over 30 min on the elliptical and burned about 325 calories. So, I was happy that I went.
My fill #11 is still going pretty good. I think I might need to be just a tad tighter but I'm afraid to go back. I fear that I will get too tight, or he'll take too much out of the fill and not fill me back up right? My band is so tricky, just a tad makes a huge difference. I'm debating on rather to just stay like I am. I am scheduled to go again in September, I believe its the 17th. However, I might just cancel it. I will wait and see how I am when the time runs around.
My eating has been going pretty good. Last night I did eat a very small peice of cheesecake my daughter made, but it was small and I was full after I ate it and didn't eat dinner.
Menu today
1/2 cup cereal with strawberries and skim milk
lunch
chicken breast (3 oz) and pinapple
snack
cottage cheese
dinner
fish/salad
wt. 181.5:unsure:
The waiting is killing me. I go see the doctor on Wednesday, the 22nd. They will weigh me and send my paper work off too the insurance. I am just praying I get approved. I am so nervous about not getting approved.
I'm so anxious over all this, I hate waiting! But I know there is nothing I can do to rush the process, I just need to learn to be patient - something I am not good at.
Okay - didn't make it to the gym.....too much going on last night. I will say, last night was a beneficial meeting and I think we can progress form here.
I plan on going to the gym tonight, ABSOLUTELY NO exceptions!!!!
I stepped on the scale this morning and saw another drop so I was quite pleased by that.
Menu today:
Weight Wise Oatmeal
snack
a few pretzles
TBSP hummus
Lunch
Slice of my Low Fat Meatloaf
green beans
Snack
Low Carb yogurt
a handfull of granola thrown in
Dinner
grilled talapia
baby spinach
WT - 163.8
I'm still waiting to hear something from my insurance company. I am not sure when it was actually submitted, I hope my letter from the doctor got sent out. I think it probably went out last week, but it might have not gone out until this week because the docs office was closed 2 days due to the snow & ice.
Anyhow, I am getting anxious and nervous.
I didn't weigh this morning, but I know i'm losing. I suspect I weigh around 229 or 228.
Wt this morning 174 lbs - I'm down a total of 74 lbs still, not gaining, not losing. But I'm really okay with it for now. I'm going to try and mantain until my fill.
8 more days until my cruise!!!!!! I'm excited and ready to get away from my job!
Last night I had a great workout, I did circuit training and workout out for about an hour:
2 min on Elliptical (really fast)
10 shoulder press
10 chest press
2 min on elliptical
10 bicep curls
10 triceps
2 min on elliptical
10 pec flys
10 rear deltoids
2 min on elliptical
10 lat pull downs
10 triceps push downs
2 min on elliptical
Then repeated 2 more times.
I finished off with another 6 min on elliptical making it a total of 30 min that I was on the Elliptical and a total of about 30 min on weights. Doing the training this way was also an aerobic exercise, so I burned fat and built muscle.
I will begin my new BFL challenge on August 13th, so until then, I'm going to do the circuit training.
Menu today - doing a cleanse again, the lemonade cleanse. I'm only doing it during the day, then I eat baked fish and salad at night. No preservatives, no additives. I also drink a herbal tea in the evenings. I'm doing the cleanse until August 2nd or 3rd - If I can make it that long.
The cleanse says no eating anything else but the drink, but I just can't do that, so I eat healthy stuff in the evenings with my family. It seems to be working so I'm not too worried about it.
I know I will probably gain some weight on the cruise, but I'm going to try and workout too so I don't, or I don't gain but a pound or two.
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:
Well, its been a bit since I've journaled. So, back to journeling......
Still doing weight watchers and I weigh in tonight - I'm hoping I have lost!
Exercise lately has been hit or miss, mostly miss. But eating has been right on!
Bfast
1/2 cup skim milk mixed with 1/4 cup of raw oatmeal and 1/4 banana and 1 scoop of protein powder, all mixed up in the magic bullet. YUM YUM, it was delish and very filling.
Lunch
Tomatoe Soup, string cheese
Dinner
1/2 cup of beans with a little ham.
Exercise
10:00 am - 15 min on elliptical - 137 calories, 127 distance
2:30 pm - None
9:00 pm - Gym - worked upper body
Triceps
Biceps
shoulders
Back
Chest
10 min on recumbant bike
Well its Wednesday night, I just made it back from the gym, had a GREAT workout. I am trying to savor this feeling, so the next time I want to blow the workout off, I need to recall this wonderful feeling I have right now after my workout......
Ate very clean today -
Bfast - got so busy and didn't really eat bfast (something I don't like to do is skip bfast - bad me)
Lunch - Went to applebees had the grilled talapia with broccoli, only ate 1/2 my meal, I will eat the rest tomorrow for lunch.
Dinner - made a low fat chicken tortillia soup, skipped the tortillia chips. Very good and filling!
Snack - had 4 grape tomatoes (that I personally grew in my garden) and 3 TBSP of hummus
I'm about to go take a shower, get ready for bed and come relax on my couch and watch a little TV and have a small bowl of Red seedless grapes. Yum!
Wt this morning was still up......163.4 grrrrr.
I need to keep telling myself I LOVE TO EXERCISE, I LOVE TO EXERCISE, I LOVE TO EXERCISE, I LOVE TO EXERCISE.....
Well, last night my sons gf came over, she wanted to cook for us. I let her too. :huh2:
So anyhow, she grilled steaks, baked potatoes and made a salad. I measured my steak out (3 oz) and filled the other half of my plate with salad - skipped the potatoe. Anyhow, I couldn't eat it all, got too full, but then she made dessert.
Okay, I thought, I'll just eat 1 cookie, after all, I wanted to be nice after all, she went thru all this trouble. Well, 1 cookie turned into 3. Later that evening I decided let me see how many calories and points a cookie is.
HOLY CRAP, 170 cal each and 4 weight watcher points each! I blew my entire day with 3 freaken cookies. And to tell you the truth, they were not that great! Oh they were good, but not good enough to blow my entire day on.
Lesson learned, I shouldn't be that nice! I should have let my son and the rest of my family dig into them and I should have grabbed my SF jello cup!
So, this morning, scale was not that kind - shows I'm up 1.3 lbs.
Wt 164.9 (yesterday was 163.6)
Today is a new day, and I will not be that nice again! I've got to remember the three little words "No thank you".
Exercise
3:00 pm - 20 min elliptical
8:00 pm - 1 hour circuit training/stretching
I missed my goal last week, had a death in the family, had to travel out of town, blah blah blah, ate too much of the wrong stuff, haven't stepped on the scale, but I can tell I've gained. My feet are swollen, holding a lot of water. I usually do when I travel. Anyhow, I've used the death in the family as an excuse, time to get back on track.
Will weigh in the morning to get a true picture of where I am, I know its not going to be pretty, but time to face the music!
Need to up my water, and get back to the gym, consistantly! No more excuses!
I got a call from the Hospital and they stated they received a fax from my doctor to schedule my appointment for an Upper GI. I thought this was kinda weird since I'm still not approved yet. But I guess they are starting the process with my test.
At least I know the ball is moving. I'm supposed to go in on December 14th at 7:30 am, however, I'm thinking about changing it until the first of January.
In January I will have $4,000 on my Payflex account card to be used for any medical cost, right now I have ZERO. So I will more financially able to handle all the co-pays and test cost if I wait until January. So I'l calling back and rescheduling the first week of January. I don't want my surgery until January anyhow, so this will work better for me.
I'm just excited that things are moving, even though I'm still waiting on the darn insurance company! I know, patience.
Well, I finally made it back to the gym last night. I did about 35 minutes on the elliptical machine and burned over 300 calories.
I'm trying to get back to where I was before, when I was losing my weight, I was exercising and planning my meals out.
Today's menu
Bfast - coffee/southbeach protein bar
Lunch - salad with chicken
Dinner - turkey and tomatoe with mozerella cheese (1 oz)
Exercise:
I went for "hopefully" my very last fill yesterday. The doctor added about 2/10th of a cc and it was a bit much, so he withdrew (he said less then 1/10th). I really don't know what I have in my band, but I think right at 4cc's in a 4cc band. I am on liquids/soft foods for three days. I'm hoping this is the fill that gets me to goal. Only 15 pounds until goal - I'm so close I can smell - taste - and see the goal in sight! Below is my fill history.
Fill #1 - 3/6/07 - 2.2cc's
Fill #2 - 4/17/07 - 3.0cc's
Fill #3 - 7/6/07 - 3.5 cc's (I think it was only 2.5cc's because when I went back for fill #4, he could only w/draw 1.8 cc's)
Fill #4 - 7/20/07 - filled me back to 3.0 ccs - He should have filled me more!
Fill #5 - 8/17/07 - 3.4cc's
Fill #6 - 10/08/07 - filled me to 3.8cc's - the best restriction I've ever had,but still could eat big bites of food, so I figured I needed to be tighter.
Fill #7 - 11/21/07 filled to 4.0 cc's. By the evening could not hold anything down, not even my saliva. PBing all night - horrilble experieince
UNFILL #1 - 11/23/07 - unfilled to somewhere between 2.5 to 3.0 cc's - NO RESTRICTIONS AGAIN
Fill #8 - 1/18/08 Went in and the doc filled me back up to just right under 4.0, according to Flouro, it was perfect. Well, by next morning, could not hold down saliva again, ended up back in hospital
UNFILL #2 - 1/19/08 - Doctor had to unfill me to 3.0 again because of the swelling from all the PBing for being too tight. Again, NO RESTRICTION - :thumbdown:
Fill #9 - 2/12/08 - 3.5 cc's - was tight for about a week, now feel lose again. grrrr, still have "some" restriction, just not quite enough! Next fill scheduled for 4/7/08 - I hate that it takes sooooooo long to get in to see the fill doc.
FILL #10 - 4/7/08 The doc just added .4cc's, making me at 3.9cc's. I think this might be the one!
FILL #11 - Was scheduled on 6/25/08 - but the doc did not fill me up, I was leaving for a cruise on 6/27 so he didn't want to risk me being too tight, so did not get a fill.
FILL #11 - 8/5/08 Went for a fill, this time the doc took all my fill out and all he could get out was 2.4 cc's. Filled me up to 4.0 cc's, I left, had to go right back because I could not drink, he took out a little over .2 cc's, he said I'm somewhere between 3.5 to 3.7 cc's. - I had great restriction for 2 weeks, but It has now loosened some. I feel I might need a tad more. I'm worried I have a very slow leak.
UNFILL #3 - 8/5/08 - Took a little over .2 cc's out, had pretty good restriction, but still a tad too lose.
FILL #12 - 9/17/08 - Added just 1/10th of a cc - I think I'm somewhere between 3.8 to 3.9 cc in a 4cc band. I am hoping and praying this is the fill that I stop with! I do not have another appointment for another fill, will wait this one out and see.
Fill #13 - 10/06/08 - Doc added about 2/10's of a cc. He took everything out and put it all back in and said I was about 3.7 to 3.8cc's. - which is where he said I was last time.
FILL #14 - 11/10/08 - Doc took everything out and I had about 3.6cc's, which is pretty good. He then filled me up to just under 4.0cc's I believe I'm about 3.9cc's. I ate some canned peaches and set around the office for a bit, made sure none came back up. Seems to be doing good so far. I hope this is my last fill!
FILL #15 - 08/10/09 - Added about 1/10th of a cc. I think I'm right at 4.0 cc. Wt on the morning of my fill was at 165. But was very bloated from steroids I was on for the previous week.
