Well I'm definitely not thrilled with the scale today but I was thrilled with how lose my uniform is today. After being on holidays for 10 days my uniform is almost too big...........and yet the scale is up two lbs to 215 lb! Frustrating to say the least. I weighed many times on it so I'm not sure if it's the scale or just bad fluid retention today. If anything it's taught me to not pay so much attention to the scale. It has not weakened my resolve. I'm there for the long haul this time. I don't care how long it takes me ..........well, not quite true, but the goal is to continue to eat the way I am for the rest of my life as it's a comfortable feeling to not over eat. I will weigh at the hospital when I get to work today as a guide to weather my scale is working properly or not.
It's a rainy Monday morning here. I've been thinking about this blog and whether I really want to continue it. I'm not sure if this is where I want to do my journalling. Yesterday in fact I decided I wouldn't but as of today I haven't made up my mind so hence I've added this new post. I'm thinking I should move over to fitday forums and give that a try where everyone has the same goal. Hmmm, what to do, what to do??
Monday, September 13, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Another day
Cant help but be a little disappointed today. Had been planning on getting together for supper with some co-workers today to celebrate the Sept birthdays but unfortunately it's been cancelled as so many couldn't make it. Darn! I had worked out my calories for the day in preparation for it. I've been on holidays for this past week and a half so had looked forward to seeing everyone again...outside of work. I'm back to work on Monday. Oh well, another time will be planned. I'm just hoping I'll be off for it. Kind of difficult to plan things when we all work shift work. We always miss some people.
So today I switched from my usual breakfast of a Activia yogurt, bran buds and blue berries to Oatmeal porridge with 1/2 cup of frozen blue berries. I do agree with the majority of "losers" that breakfast sets you up for the day of good calorie choices. I do add some selenium to my porridge for the added fiber. Kind of miss the bran buds though. I wonder what it would be like to add the bran buds to the porridge instead....it adds a extra 80 calories though for a 1/3 cup....will have to think about that. The crunch with the cooked porridge might be kind of nice though. When I'm working dayshift I get up between 4 and 5 am. I start work at 7 but I don't like to move quickly in the morning and so I do get up early. My first coffee break is usually around 9 am so I do eat prior to going to work and I find that my breakfast does hold me well. Normally I don't eat at Coffee time. Just have that second cup of coffee. I limit myself to only two cups a day as I use to drink way too much coffee and went through several caffiene withdrawals so would prefer to not have to do that again. So it's 2 cups a day for me period!
Well I'm off to get my daily encouragement from reading Sean Anderson's blog. I'm still in 2009 of his blog. No I'm not skipping ahead to see where he is at now. I just wish I had started at the same time back in 2008! Oh well. I'm also trying out a few other blogs that I've seen on his site. It's always nice to hear how others are doing.
So today I switched from my usual breakfast of a Activia yogurt, bran buds and blue berries to Oatmeal porridge with 1/2 cup of frozen blue berries. I do agree with the majority of "losers" that breakfast sets you up for the day of good calorie choices. I do add some selenium to my porridge for the added fiber. Kind of miss the bran buds though. I wonder what it would be like to add the bran buds to the porridge instead....it adds a extra 80 calories though for a 1/3 cup....will have to think about that. The crunch with the cooked porridge might be kind of nice though. When I'm working dayshift I get up between 4 and 5 am. I start work at 7 but I don't like to move quickly in the morning and so I do get up early. My first coffee break is usually around 9 am so I do eat prior to going to work and I find that my breakfast does hold me well. Normally I don't eat at Coffee time. Just have that second cup of coffee. I limit myself to only two cups a day as I use to drink way too much coffee and went through several caffiene withdrawals so would prefer to not have to do that again. So it's 2 cups a day for me period!
Well I'm off to get my daily encouragement from reading Sean Anderson's blog. I'm still in 2009 of his blog. No I'm not skipping ahead to see where he is at now. I just wish I had started at the same time back in 2008! Oh well. I'm also trying out a few other blogs that I've seen on his site. It's always nice to hear how others are doing.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Doing ok as long as I get enough rest
Well I know very well now that I only need to get over tired to lose my resolve and start snacking. Last night I stayed up far too late and of course when I get tired I want to snack. Didn't realize that was still a problem until last night. I managed to get through it without too much damage. I went about 100 calories over my 1200/day alotment. From now on I'll get to bed when I'm tired to avoid just that.
Had to do a bit of walking in town yesterday while my tire was getting fixed. Had a slow leak that decided yesterday to pick up it's pace. So my daughter and I walked to the mall and had lunch in a little country cafe. We chose chicken burgers. She chose it with the fries and I chose it with the borsch soup. Not too bad of a choice. The only thing I could pick about it is the chicken burger had mayo and I forgot to ask to skip the mayo. Oh well. I added a few extra calories to my guesstamet and factored it in.
I'm very happy to say that I have two pairs of new jeans that I bought a year ago to hopefully fit into them in the near future. Well since then I got to the point where I couldn't even pull them up let alone fasten them up. I'm very pleased to say they fit nicely right now. It's a good thing as the older jeans I've been wearing I take off without undoing them now. I look forward to doing some shopping as I continue to shrink.
Sadly I think blue berry season has come to a end. I used the last of my daily fresh blue berries this morning. Thankfully I froze a bunch while they were easy to find. Every day since July 12 which is when I started with my 1200 cal/day plan I've had the same thing for breakfast. A activia yogart (80 Cal), 1/2 cup of fresh blue berries and 1/3 cup of bran buds. It comes to under 200 calories for a very satisfying breakfast. Its the meal I look forward to the most. Love it. I will soon start going back to having my oatmeal with frozen blue berries added. Also very satisfying. Well I think I will get off and start the rest of my day with house cleaning. Yehaw!!
Had to do a bit of walking in town yesterday while my tire was getting fixed. Had a slow leak that decided yesterday to pick up it's pace. So my daughter and I walked to the mall and had lunch in a little country cafe. We chose chicken burgers. She chose it with the fries and I chose it with the borsch soup. Not too bad of a choice. The only thing I could pick about it is the chicken burger had mayo and I forgot to ask to skip the mayo. Oh well. I added a few extra calories to my guesstamet and factored it in.
I'm very happy to say that I have two pairs of new jeans that I bought a year ago to hopefully fit into them in the near future. Well since then I got to the point where I couldn't even pull them up let alone fasten them up. I'm very pleased to say they fit nicely right now. It's a good thing as the older jeans I've been wearing I take off without undoing them now. I look forward to doing some shopping as I continue to shrink.
Sadly I think blue berry season has come to a end. I used the last of my daily fresh blue berries this morning. Thankfully I froze a bunch while they were easy to find. Every day since July 12 which is when I started with my 1200 cal/day plan I've had the same thing for breakfast. A activia yogart (80 Cal), 1/2 cup of fresh blue berries and 1/3 cup of bran buds. It comes to under 200 calories for a very satisfying breakfast. Its the meal I look forward to the most. Love it. I will soon start going back to having my oatmeal with frozen blue berries added. Also very satisfying. Well I think I will get off and start the rest of my day with house cleaning. Yehaw!!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
That lighter feeling
Well it's a drizzly day out there today. I did get out for a walk this morning but didn't increase the distance too much as I was starting to get wet. I know, I'm a whimp!
When I woke up this morning I had that lighter feeling you sometimes get when your on the downward slope of "lifestyle eating". I couldn't fight it, I had to get on the scale and was happy to see I weighed 213. That is 1 1/2 lbs less than yesterday. I know there are fluctuations and I've in the past been addicted to that scale which I'm really trying not to do again. I don't believe weighing everyday is a good thing. So now I'll wait until next Monday to weigh again. That's my usual day to weigh.
Yesterday my hubby and I went out for lunch. Well, by the time we actually ate it was closer to dinner. We went to East Side Mario's which was a first for us. I had a chicken tuscon salad which I thought would be pretty low in the calories. I had asked for a nutritional guide for their menu but it wasn't available. The salad was ok. I only had two small pieces of their signature loaf and 2 pieces of the pita that came on the salad plate. The rest was all greens and chicken. The chicken was actually very little in quantity. I was satisfied at the end of the meal though and was anxious to get home and see what it cost me in calories. I was quite horrified when I looked it up on the internet. It was listed as 870 calories! I'm thinking that must have included the bread as well as the pita's. I didn't even have 1/2 the bread and also left two pitas on the plate too so I dropped it to 500 which I still think was on the high side. So I was able to have some Rolo icecream last evening and still use all my calories for the day. Nice feeling. No hunger experienced either. It's nice to go out and enjoy a normal size portion and not feel bad about leaving something behind.
When I woke up this morning I had that lighter feeling you sometimes get when your on the downward slope of "lifestyle eating". I couldn't fight it, I had to get on the scale and was happy to see I weighed 213. That is 1 1/2 lbs less than yesterday. I know there are fluctuations and I've in the past been addicted to that scale which I'm really trying not to do again. I don't believe weighing everyday is a good thing. So now I'll wait until next Monday to weigh again. That's my usual day to weigh.
Yesterday my hubby and I went out for lunch. Well, by the time we actually ate it was closer to dinner. We went to East Side Mario's which was a first for us. I had a chicken tuscon salad which I thought would be pretty low in the calories. I had asked for a nutritional guide for their menu but it wasn't available. The salad was ok. I only had two small pieces of their signature loaf and 2 pieces of the pita that came on the salad plate. The rest was all greens and chicken. The chicken was actually very little in quantity. I was satisfied at the end of the meal though and was anxious to get home and see what it cost me in calories. I was quite horrified when I looked it up on the internet. It was listed as 870 calories! I'm thinking that must have included the bread as well as the pita's. I didn't even have 1/2 the bread and also left two pitas on the plate too so I dropped it to 500 which I still think was on the high side. So I was able to have some Rolo icecream last evening and still use all my calories for the day. Nice feeling. No hunger experienced either. It's nice to go out and enjoy a normal size portion and not feel bad about leaving something behind.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Let me introduce myself
I'm a 50 year old woman that has battled many different weights all my life of which most were more than healthy weights. How's that for trying to cushion the blow? Bare with me here...I'm new to this getting real thing and acknowledging my part in it. My weight as of today is 214.5 lbs and my highest weight was 260 lbs. That was before the 1 year of strick Atkins where I dropped down to 209 lbs. Then that following year I only played with Atkins. It was driving me crazy missing the "in season" fruits and so I included them along with my "no serving size is too big" of meats and fats. Well you can only imagine what that did to my weight. Back up to 235 lbs.
As of July 2010 I have been following Sean Anderson's blog and it has SO inspired me. I went back to Day 1 of his journey and I'm reading right through trying to catch up on him. Today I finally got to his one year anniversary of his journey. I've been tempted to skip ahead and read what's going on in his life now but I'm afraid I'll miss out on some vitally important epiphanies. I need all I can get! I have been eating whatever I want within my calorie budget for the day and I am losing. I have had some struggles along the way as I was only counting calories and not exercising and not getting or thinking about the emotional work that is required. One being this blogging stuff. As I'm sure you can tell by now this is not my strong point...writing that is. This is my first attempt. Another first for me today is I finally did something over and above my usual activity in order to start a exercise routine. It sounds pretty pathetic, but I went for a walk at 7 am this morning. I've been putting it off for almost 2 months and today I was disappointed with only a 2 lb loss in 2 weeks so that was enough incentive to get me out there. It felt good too! Surprise! Moving feels good! I'm going to maybe move again later too....outside the house I mean. Maybe another 20 min walk. You see, I'm on holidays right now and I need to use this week wisely to get into the habit of these walks. I'm on my feet all day at work and it doesn't count as exercise even though I'm exhausted at the end of my days so I really need to make this a habit. I think this is going to be the hardest part of my journey. I know though how important it is for me to reach my goal. So onward and downward I go....I hope!
As of July 2010 I have been following Sean Anderson's blog and it has SO inspired me. I went back to Day 1 of his journey and I'm reading right through trying to catch up on him. Today I finally got to his one year anniversary of his journey. I've been tempted to skip ahead and read what's going on in his life now but I'm afraid I'll miss out on some vitally important epiphanies. I need all I can get! I have been eating whatever I want within my calorie budget for the day and I am losing. I have had some struggles along the way as I was only counting calories and not exercising and not getting or thinking about the emotional work that is required. One being this blogging stuff. As I'm sure you can tell by now this is not my strong point...writing that is. This is my first attempt. Another first for me today is I finally did something over and above my usual activity in order to start a exercise routine. It sounds pretty pathetic, but I went for a walk at 7 am this morning. I've been putting it off for almost 2 months and today I was disappointed with only a 2 lb loss in 2 weeks so that was enough incentive to get me out there. It felt good too! Surprise! Moving feels good! I'm going to maybe move again later too....outside the house I mean. Maybe another 20 min walk. You see, I'm on holidays right now and I need to use this week wisely to get into the habit of these walks. I'm on my feet all day at work and it doesn't count as exercise even though I'm exhausted at the end of my days so I really need to make this a habit. I think this is going to be the hardest part of my journey. I know though how important it is for me to reach my goal. So onward and downward I go....I hope!
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