back again analyzing my mistakes

Posted January 23, 2009 * Comments(0)
File under: Weight Loss

SO I fell off the wagon in the worst way. While my husband was home I was okay, but as soon as he left I felt miserable, and turned to my good ol’ buddy food.  But as I was doing this I was analyzing myself, I knew it was wrong but I just couldn’t care right then. So as I found myself sipping milk shakes, ordering baconators and scarfing pizza I asked myself why I found it so comforting. Might as well make it a learning experiance, right?  My answer was that it wasn’t comforting at all, but that it kinda hurt, stuffing myself with all that food. It’s rebellious like “I can eat what I want”. It was kinda like a tantrum, like “If my husband has to be gone for nine months than I can have some damn alfredo sauce”! It was me trying to make one pain smudge out another.  That has always been me. I’ve never really had anyone to share things with, or wait thats an excuse, really I just avoid sharing things with people, I just suck them up instead, but it’s just now that I’m really seeing the connection between this and my eating.  But I’m back, and I’ve made myself a promise to stop destroying myself with food and held in emotions. I’m ready to get crackin again and to be more honest with myself and others.    Well okay I’m done rambling.

What has worked for me

Posted December 12, 2008 * Comments(2)
File under: Weight Loss
So I was thinking about my weightloss journey today, all the ups and downs, and then it hit me I’m being successful this time! YAY! Sooo in honor of my 6 five pound potato bag loss I thought it would be good to record what got me here 1lb away from my minigoal, that way if I totally fall of the wagon I can see how to get back on track.

1. I consistently worked out 6 days a week. No excuses, I just went, even when i really didn’t want to, I asked myself if I wanted to be in good shape and sucked it up.

2. I stopped lying to myself. Those couple of chips I stuff in my mouth on the sly still have calories and yes 4 slices of pizza will hurt my diet.

3. I weighed myself weekly. Seeing the scale move kept me going.

4. I kept between 1300-1600 calories on a regular basis. I did this by adding more veggies, and I cut out sugar drinks, and fried foods. Lean cuisines helped too, cuz it’s an already made meal.

5. I cut myself some slack, like Thanksgiving, I’m not even gonna kid, I ate like a pig. But I enjoyed it and i got back on board on Black Friday.

So there it is. Weight loss is pretty simple, really it’s like a science. No magic potions or pills just exercise and healthy eating.  

Update on inches goal

Posted December 7, 2008 * Comments(4)
File under: Weight Loss
So about 2 monthes ago I planned on losing so many inches before my hubby came home heres my stats

Arms 12″ last measurment 12.5″ goal 10″ loss of .5″

Bust 35.5″ last measurment 36″ goal 36″ loss of .5″

Waist 31″ last measurments 32″ goal 29″ loss of 1″

Thighs 21′ last measurment 21″ goal 22″ no loss

Total loss of 2 inches

Well I may not have not met my specific goals , but I’m happy about where I’m at right now

Fruits and Veggies

Posted December 3, 2008 * Comments(2)
File under: Weight Loss
Vitamins, shmitamins! I think people need a daily dose of broccoli and apples. I’m serious. I tried the whole multi vitamin thing and would always get head achey and nauses when I would take them. So I developed the theory that maybe the multi vitamins had added too much of something that I may already be getting alot of. So I decided to try to get my vitamins the ol’ fashion way, by eating, and I was suprised at the things I found, for instance a green pepper raw has 300% of our daily value of vitamin C.

Anyway the point of this blog is that I’ve changed my view of vegtables. I had always viewed them as side dishes, things to be covered in butter, dressing or salt. But now I see them as sustenance, something I need every day with every meal to fuel my body correctly. Now i focus on how frikin good I feel after I eat an apple,  the satisfying fullness a banana can leave me with, the crunchy sweet taste of fresh carrots, or the sour sweet juice of pomegrante seeds.

Don’t get me wrong I still think there are some things people should supplement with vitamins (especially women) like iron, calcium, vitamin E and C (can never get enough of C), but I don’t think we should use multi vitamins as a crutch for crappy eating. Multi vitamin or no, an all processed diet will make you feel sucky.

Thats the end of my rant, thanks for listening.

Raising the bar

Posted December 2, 2008 * Comments(3)
File under: Weight Loss
SO it is less than three weeks until my hubby comes home for christmas and I still have seven pounds to lose. I was hoping on weighing in at 178 by then and right now i’m still at 185. But I’m not too upset, I havent given up at all so far, I’ve kept on track and have done the best I can do, so in that sense I’m pretty proud of myself. Also yesterday I tried on a pair of 9/10 pants and although they were a little tight they fit! Sweet! Still all of this reminds me of how far I still have to go, originally when I set my goal (165) I had such little hope of getting anywhere near there, it seemed so far down the road. Now that I know how to play the game I can see myself not only getting to my “goal” but surpassing it to an even lower goal of 150. My whole life I’ve been hanging on the brink of overweight vs obese, I’ve never been in the healthy zone, it’s my new goal to get there.

I am so back!

Posted November 24, 2008 * Comments(2)
File under: Weight Loss
GRR my scale has moved up by 2lbs, it JUST read 185 like 2 days ago!!! I am not even PLAYING, I am way too close this time! F YOU whateverisim! I am going to do it this time I am going to

ONLY EAT 1200 cals/day

BUST MY BUTT ON THAT ELLIPTICAL THIS WEEK

TRACK WHAT I PUT INTO MY BODY

AND

GET THE HECK ON HERE MORE OFTEN

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Slipping into whateverisim

Posted November 23, 2008 * Comments(2)
File under: Motivation
Oh geez, Why now! Im only 5lbs away from my mini goal and I can feel my motivation escaping out the back door leaving mildly complacent bordem in its place. I havent fell off the wagon yet but its like i can feel it coming, I can feel myself just not caring as much. Has anyone else dealt with this, please help, any suggestions are welcome.

Hey! Wheres my metabolisim going?

Posted November 10, 2008 * Comments(6)
File under: Weight Loss
Sadly, its disappearing with each pound I lose. At first I didnt notice it, but then one day while I was updating my food journal, I noticed it said my metobolic rate was lower. But I thought nah, couldnt be, Im just seeing things. Well ha, this past weigh in, after updating my tracker to my suprise my metobolic rate was 200 calories lower than it was to begin with! Thats one hershey bar less that I cant burn up naturally. But whatever I ll take a twenty pound weight loss over a hershey bar anyday!!!

YES!!!

Posted November 7, 2008 * Comments(3)
File under: Weight Loss
I didnt realize this while I was writing my last blog but when I checked my last post of measurments I saw something spetacular! I ve met my goals in all but 2 categories and I still have 5 weeks to go!

Bust 36 goal 36

Arms 12.5 goal 10

Waist 32 goal 29

Hips 36 goal 36

Thighs 21 goal 22 (whoop whoop an extra inch!)

Guys I need your help to kick my butt so I meet my goals for arms and waist too! I am soooo pumped I think Im gonna ad the toning class Ive been thinking about to whip those arms and abs into shape!

Slowly moving along

Posted November 7, 2008 * Comments(3)
File under: Weight Loss
Wow I must say this week was a challenge. It was like everything in the world wanted me to fail in this game called losing weight. I had two days that my calories ranged from 1700-2011 (YIKES) and the rest of the week I couldnt seem to keep them under 1500. Also, things kept happening to make it hard to get my workouts in, (ex they cancelled my x bike class) but i have to say I m pretty proud of myself for persevering. I just kept on keeping on even when I felt like I was failing, and it paid off I still lost my two pounds this week. Although I feel like it was by a hair. I measured myself today too and the results are

Bust 36   .5 inch loss

Arms 12.5  same

Waist 32   1 inch loss

Hips  36  1  inch loss

Thighs 21  1 inch loss

Calves 15  same  ( I have monster calves, even when Im thin theyre beastly)

3.5 inches total Yay!  I want to thank all of my buddies I couldnt of kept on track without all of your inspiration and tushie kicking. Love ya’s

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