232.6 lbs
So I managed to survive vacation and actually lost almost half a pound. Usually I gain 5 pounds over vacation. We only ate out on the way there and way back and once that week. A couple of days of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a small bag of chips for lunches surely helped. Pig out on taco night and homemade ice cream balanced it out. A couple of mile hikes.
Now to hit the grindstone. No more big events for a month. Husband doing low carb diet so means I will too except for fruit. Going back to smoothies for breakfast and salads for lunch. Low carb for dinner. Got my fitness band to get my steps in. Would like to see 2 lbs a week for the next five weeks. We'll see if I can do it.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Hanging in There
233 pounds.
Overall not bad considering it was my birthday week and I ate out a ton plus cake, cupcakes and ice cream.
Got a fitness band for my birthday so hopefully that will motivate me to get up and move more to meet my daily goal.
Now heading into vacation. Once I return it's reset (yes, again) and get better about doing a food log. Still need to find some kind of exercise to do when it's too yucky outside and too hot inside.
Overall not bad considering it was my birthday week and I ate out a ton plus cake, cupcakes and ice cream.
Got a fitness band for my birthday so hopefully that will motivate me to get up and move more to meet my daily goal.
Now heading into vacation. Once I return it's reset (yes, again) and get better about doing a food log. Still need to find some kind of exercise to do when it's too yucky outside and too hot inside.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Heat and Celebrations
On July 6, I was down about 1.5 pounds to 228.2. Did a food journal for about 3 days of the week, which does help with knowing how much you are actually consuming. The My Fitness Pal app does make it a little easier since it can scan bar codes and the website can pull in items from an online recipe. But then it was a baseball game and 4th of July. Might have been better if not for that.
But then the heat came 85+ degrees, which means no sleep until late in the morning and sleeping in past my walking time. Absolutely no exercise since July 4th. And a couple of family celebrations meant lots of eating out, leftover restaurant food for lunch, cake and ice cream. Hot days meant runs to Sonic for summer drinks. Yeah, up to 232.4 this week.
My birthday and vacation is coming up in the next 2 weeks so I need to do well this week, even with temps approaching 100 for the week. Did get a walk in this week. Need to load up the fruit infuser so I drink water instead of sodas and slushes and shakes.
But then the heat came 85+ degrees, which means no sleep until late in the morning and sleeping in past my walking time. Absolutely no exercise since July 4th. And a couple of family celebrations meant lots of eating out, leftover restaurant food for lunch, cake and ice cream. Hot days meant runs to Sonic for summer drinks. Yeah, up to 232.4 this week.
My birthday and vacation is coming up in the next 2 weeks so I need to do well this week, even with temps approaching 100 for the week. Did get a walk in this week. Need to load up the fruit infuser so I drink water instead of sodas and slushes and shakes.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Arggh!
229.8 lbs.
I thought I had been doing pretty good. Exercised every day. Thought I was doing better on eating. Thought I'd at least have stayed the same. Pigged out on pizza for dinner tonight.
Think I'm going to have to try the dreaded food log.
Very disappointed. Very discouraged. Don't want to even try. 4th of July is coming, birthdays, Walla Walla Onion Rings at Burgerville, vacation. What's the point?
Sigh.
I thought I had been doing pretty good. Exercised every day. Thought I was doing better on eating. Thought I'd at least have stayed the same. Pigged out on pizza for dinner tonight.
Think I'm going to have to try the dreaded food log.
Very disappointed. Very discouraged. Don't want to even try. 4th of July is coming, birthdays, Walla Walla Onion Rings at Burgerville, vacation. What's the point?
Sigh.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Up then Down
Last weekend was busy with celebrations so didn't get to post my weight. It was 229.6 so not good but not unexpected after a weekend of celebrating my husband's birthday and Father's Day.
This week went a little better as I'm at 228.2. So had I not lost ground last week, I'd be in better shape. Will have to see if I can make serious progress this week before 4th of July and my daughter's birthday hit.
With early morning run to drop my daughter off to camp, it will be challenging to get the morning walk in. Am going to have to be more purposeful about that. I also still need to work on the snacking. Doing a little better on the after evening snacking but it's still happening 3-4 times a week.
It does feel like if I don't pay attention, habit just kicks in. And I am resisting having to think about it all the time but new habits have to be developed if I don't want to have to think about it all the time. I guess that's the exhausting part.
This week went a little better as I'm at 228.2. So had I not lost ground last week, I'd be in better shape. Will have to see if I can make serious progress this week before 4th of July and my daughter's birthday hit.
With early morning run to drop my daughter off to camp, it will be challenging to get the morning walk in. Am going to have to be more purposeful about that. I also still need to work on the snacking. Doing a little better on the after evening snacking but it's still happening 3-4 times a week.
It does feel like if I don't pay attention, habit just kicks in. And I am resisting having to think about it all the time but new habits have to be developed if I don't want to have to think about it all the time. I guess that's the exhausting part.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
End of Week 1
227 pounds so down 1.8 pounds.
Not bad considering I haven't exercised at all this week and I haven't had one night where I did not eat after dinner. I did do better not eating after dinner. Only had one night where I really was eating constantly and that was because I was trying to stay awake to get something done. The other nights I had a couple of squares of dark chocolate.
I have discovered that milk chocolate just leaves you wanting more but that I will eat less of dark chocolate. It satisfies the chocolate and sweet craving without kicking it into overdrive. And dark chocolate is supposed to be good for you.
I did notice that several days I ate larger portions at lunch and dinner in my typical preventative eating habit since I was planning on not snacking.
Playing games on my tablet while watching TV hasn't helped. It distracts me to much. I have realized as it is getting hotter that I think I am more thirsty than hungry at night. Still playing with flavors with my fruit infuser pitcher. Didn't like pears at all. Cucumbers only good the first day. Going to have to go with more traditional ones like oranges and lemons and strawberries.
Birthday and Father's Day next weekend so need to get my pound down before then and maintain through the weekend.
Not bad considering I haven't exercised at all this week and I haven't had one night where I did not eat after dinner. I did do better not eating after dinner. Only had one night where I really was eating constantly and that was because I was trying to stay awake to get something done. The other nights I had a couple of squares of dark chocolate.
I have discovered that milk chocolate just leaves you wanting more but that I will eat less of dark chocolate. It satisfies the chocolate and sweet craving without kicking it into overdrive. And dark chocolate is supposed to be good for you.
I did notice that several days I ate larger portions at lunch and dinner in my typical preventative eating habit since I was planning on not snacking.
Playing games on my tablet while watching TV hasn't helped. It distracts me to much. I have realized as it is getting hotter that I think I am more thirsty than hungry at night. Still playing with flavors with my fruit infuser pitcher. Didn't like pears at all. Cucumbers only good the first day. Going to have to go with more traditional ones like oranges and lemons and strawberries.
Birthday and Father's Day next weekend so need to get my pound down before then and maintain through the weekend.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
June 1 - Starting Over
228.6 pounds
Uggh. Basically regained all the weight I had lost last year.
I have realized that I've spent a lot of time in the last few months lamenting at work how people just don't do what they know they have to do to be successful and then it dawned on me that I am doing the same about losing weight. I know how to lose weight but I'm just not doing what I know I need to do to be successful - eat less, exercise more. It's really that simple. All the diets in the world are designed to somehow trick us into CHOOSING to do what we know we need to do. It is all about motivation - until I WANT to eat less and exercise more, I won't permanently choose to do it and I will always just regain the weight.
Much of my eating is habit, ingrained over the years. I know most of the time, I'm not actually hungry. So, I have to dismantle the habit and maybe then I can consistently choose something else.
First up is eating after dinner. I usually eat larger portions at dinner (habit from growing up) so there really isn't any reason for me to be eating at 9 or 10 pm. But it's habit to sit in front of the TV and eat. It's so much of a habit that it's a compulsion - it seems almost wrong not to eat. I think I need to find something else to do with my hands while I'm watching TV. First plan is to break out my tablet and plan some inane game.
My goal is 15 pounds in 15 weeks. On my son's birthday 9/14/14 I want to weigh 223.6.
Uggh. Basically regained all the weight I had lost last year.
I have realized that I've spent a lot of time in the last few months lamenting at work how people just don't do what they know they have to do to be successful and then it dawned on me that I am doing the same about losing weight. I know how to lose weight but I'm just not doing what I know I need to do to be successful - eat less, exercise more. It's really that simple. All the diets in the world are designed to somehow trick us into CHOOSING to do what we know we need to do. It is all about motivation - until I WANT to eat less and exercise more, I won't permanently choose to do it and I will always just regain the weight.
Much of my eating is habit, ingrained over the years. I know most of the time, I'm not actually hungry. So, I have to dismantle the habit and maybe then I can consistently choose something else.
First up is eating after dinner. I usually eat larger portions at dinner (habit from growing up) so there really isn't any reason for me to be eating at 9 or 10 pm. But it's habit to sit in front of the TV and eat. It's so much of a habit that it's a compulsion - it seems almost wrong not to eat. I think I need to find something else to do with my hands while I'm watching TV. First plan is to break out my tablet and plan some inane game.
My goal is 15 pounds in 15 weeks. On my son's birthday 9/14/14 I want to weigh 223.6.
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