We have been battling sickness over here. I was sick, the kids were sick, Serona was sick. So we have done little else, including this blog. Yet I am happy and surprised to report that my scale now reads 217. I am down 6 pounds in two weeks without much added excercise. Of course I was sick and I don't recommend that as a diet plan!
Fall Asleep Time: 12:30amish
Wake Up Time: 7:30am
Water Drank:
Vegetable Servings:
Fruit Servings:
Protein Servings:
Exercise Time:
Breakfast: 2c Smart Start Cereal and 1c soymilk.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Day 1 Take 20
Or at least it feels like I have started over that many times in my journey on weight.
Wake Up Time: 7:00am
Water Drank: 7c
Vegetable Servings: 2
Fruit Servings: 1
Protein Servings: 3
Exercise Time: none
Bedtime: 1:00am
Upon waking up I had a cup of French Vanilla Cafe the instant coffee kind, two hard boiled eggs and two pieces of toast with butter.
Around 10am I had several tostada shells the flat mexican kind and 2c of diet mountin dew - still no water what was I thinking?
About noon I realized I was thirsty and had a glass of water.
4 pm - 2 glasses of water - still not hungry
5pm - While cooking dinner I cut up a Pink Lady Apple to snack on. Have 2 more glasses of water. Still thirsty - realize with a cold I should be drinking even more. Much on some carrots as well.
7pm Eat dinner out at Punch pizzeria. I had four slices of pizza, a salad and diet coke. Probably should have only had three.
9pm Two more glasses of water and a snack of pretzel sticks.
Wake Up Time: 7:00am
Water Drank: 7c
Vegetable Servings: 2
Fruit Servings: 1
Protein Servings: 3
Exercise Time: none
Bedtime: 1:00am
Upon waking up I had a cup of French Vanilla Cafe the instant coffee kind, two hard boiled eggs and two pieces of toast with butter.
Around 10am I had several tostada shells the flat mexican kind and 2c of diet mountin dew - still no water what was I thinking?
About noon I realized I was thirsty and had a glass of water.
4 pm - 2 glasses of water - still not hungry
5pm - While cooking dinner I cut up a Pink Lady Apple to snack on. Have 2 more glasses of water. Still thirsty - realize with a cold I should be drinking even more. Much on some carrots as well.
7pm Eat dinner out at Punch pizzeria. I had four slices of pizza, a salad and diet coke. Probably should have only had three.
9pm Two more glasses of water and a snack of pretzel sticks.
My Story
The good, the bad and the ugly - my daily dose of honesty with myself.
This blog was conceived while in my kitchen eating tostada shells and diet mountain dew for a snack. Realizing that maybe a bit of honesty that I had to look at in black and white would be good for me.
My struggle with weight has been on and off again for years now. I have had very good years (the year after my second child was born I lost 75 pounds including pregnancy weight bringing me down to 175) and very bad years (the year after my 3rd child was born I gained 20 pounds and did not lose the baby weight of 40 pounds bringing me up to almost 240). I have ranged in weight from 160-245 pounds over the past 8 years fluctuting up and down. During that time I also moved across country twice, had three children in four years, had roller coaster friendships, lived far from family and settled into life as a stay at home homeschooling mother.
In the beginning of 2006 I weighed in at 245 pounds after having tried Weight Watchers and several other things. I found I could not keep up with my children, I wanted to be able to pretend to lose to my kids in a race not really be unable to beat them. I decided I needed to do something about it. I joined a gym and committed to watching what I was eating. The first few months saw little progress as I could not find a regular routine with homeschooling, a travelling husband and sick kids. Sometime around May I settled into a regular routine of exercise and from May-August I lost 30 pounds and came down to 215. September and October saw me gain 5 back with the start of school and a near halt to all exercising for me. I committed to try to simply maintain my weight until the next summer when my goal was to lose another 30 pounds or so.
Well here we are in April of 2007 and today my scale reads 223 pounds so I gained another 3 pounds since October - overall I am pleased with that as I knew it was unrealistic given my life right now to try to lose anything this past year. So I feel like I came close to meeting my goal even though I am now 8 pounds heavier then I was after I lost all the weight. Atleast I did not gain all 30 pounds back. What I am unhappy about is that I feel a shortness of breath, I feel out of shape. I feel unhealthy and I know that needs to change.
School will be ending soon, sicknesses will be ending soon and I can get back into a regular routine but I know I need to start now with some changes that can help me get back into the swing of things. I need to stop making excuses for myself. So part of why I started this blog - to be honest with myself about what I am doing and more importantly what I am not doing and to stop making excuses for myself.
Part of why I believe weight watchers works for so many is because it forces you to be honest with yourself and for some reason writing down that you ate a whole bag of potato chips in black and white will give you pause before doing it. I thought I would add another element to it and make my food and exercise journal public in a sense.
I came to realize along the way that I needed to make life changing commitments that I could maintain throughout life and not diet. I needed to change and in simple and slow ways that I could be consistent with. Some that I know work for me personally are as follows:
1. Eating on smaller plates - I take smaller portions and my plate still looks full. If I have seconds (which I still usually do even when I shouldn't) at least my first and seconds together were usually smaller than my firsts would have been alone (and I would have had seconds.
2. Exercising 5 times a week - It needs to be part of my daily routine and I have to do something I love. For me it is water aerobics and walking, I can tolerate the eliptical machines for about half that time if I have a good book I am reading.
3. Drinking lots of water - And basically only water and some tea.
4. Eating more frequently - lots of small snacks help me - especially fruit and pretzel sticks.
5. Giving up cheese or at least trying to limit it - This is REALLY hard for me but usually really efffective for me. The year I lost so much weight my son was diagnosed with a dairy allergy and I had no choice. I do not think it was coincidental.
6. The hardest for me is to eat only when I am hungry - I can be an emotional eater and I need to work on not feeding my emotions but only my stomach.
7. Getting more sleep - as a night owl this is also difficult for me, but helps a ton. I have no more babies waking me up at night so really I am without excuse.
So my hope is to record certain things each day about my day
Wake Up Time: 7:00am
Water Drank:
Vegetable Servings:
Fruit Servings:
Protein Servings:
Exercise Time:
Bedtime:
And a written record of what I ate throughout the day. Being honest with myself.
So here we go. The good, the bad and the ugly - my daily dose of honesty with myself.
This blog was conceived while in my kitchen eating tostada shells and diet mountain dew for a snack. Realizing that maybe a bit of honesty that I had to look at in black and white would be good for me.
My struggle with weight has been on and off again for years now. I have had very good years (the year after my second child was born I lost 75 pounds including pregnancy weight bringing me down to 175) and very bad years (the year after my 3rd child was born I gained 20 pounds and did not lose the baby weight of 40 pounds bringing me up to almost 240). I have ranged in weight from 160-245 pounds over the past 8 years fluctuting up and down. During that time I also moved across country twice, had three children in four years, had roller coaster friendships, lived far from family and settled into life as a stay at home homeschooling mother.
In the beginning of 2006 I weighed in at 245 pounds after having tried Weight Watchers and several other things. I found I could not keep up with my children, I wanted to be able to pretend to lose to my kids in a race not really be unable to beat them. I decided I needed to do something about it. I joined a gym and committed to watching what I was eating. The first few months saw little progress as I could not find a regular routine with homeschooling, a travelling husband and sick kids. Sometime around May I settled into a regular routine of exercise and from May-August I lost 30 pounds and came down to 215. September and October saw me gain 5 back with the start of school and a near halt to all exercising for me. I committed to try to simply maintain my weight until the next summer when my goal was to lose another 30 pounds or so.
Well here we are in April of 2007 and today my scale reads 223 pounds so I gained another 3 pounds since October - overall I am pleased with that as I knew it was unrealistic given my life right now to try to lose anything this past year. So I feel like I came close to meeting my goal even though I am now 8 pounds heavier then I was after I lost all the weight. Atleast I did not gain all 30 pounds back. What I am unhappy about is that I feel a shortness of breath, I feel out of shape. I feel unhealthy and I know that needs to change.
School will be ending soon, sicknesses will be ending soon and I can get back into a regular routine but I know I need to start now with some changes that can help me get back into the swing of things. I need to stop making excuses for myself. So part of why I started this blog - to be honest with myself about what I am doing and more importantly what I am not doing and to stop making excuses for myself.
Part of why I believe weight watchers works for so many is because it forces you to be honest with yourself and for some reason writing down that you ate a whole bag of potato chips in black and white will give you pause before doing it. I thought I would add another element to it and make my food and exercise journal public in a sense.
I came to realize along the way that I needed to make life changing commitments that I could maintain throughout life and not diet. I needed to change and in simple and slow ways that I could be consistent with. Some that I know work for me personally are as follows:
1. Eating on smaller plates - I take smaller portions and my plate still looks full. If I have seconds (which I still usually do even when I shouldn't) at least my first and seconds together were usually smaller than my firsts would have been alone (and I would have had seconds.
2. Exercising 5 times a week - It needs to be part of my daily routine and I have to do something I love. For me it is water aerobics and walking, I can tolerate the eliptical machines for about half that time if I have a good book I am reading.
3. Drinking lots of water - And basically only water and some tea.
4. Eating more frequently - lots of small snacks help me - especially fruit and pretzel sticks.
5. Giving up cheese or at least trying to limit it - This is REALLY hard for me but usually really efffective for me. The year I lost so much weight my son was diagnosed with a dairy allergy and I had no choice. I do not think it was coincidental.
6. The hardest for me is to eat only when I am hungry - I can be an emotional eater and I need to work on not feeding my emotions but only my stomach.
7. Getting more sleep - as a night owl this is also difficult for me, but helps a ton. I have no more babies waking me up at night so really I am without excuse.
So my hope is to record certain things each day about my day
Wake Up Time: 7:00am
Water Drank:
Vegetable Servings:
Fruit Servings:
Protein Servings:
Exercise Time:
Bedtime:
And a written record of what I ate throughout the day. Being honest with myself.
So here we go. The good, the bad and the ugly - my daily dose of honesty with myself.
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