135 Here I Come!!

[chubbygirl]

For the past year I have been on this site looking for motivation and support to look and feel my best as an upcoming bride. Well now that the wedding is over I have new goals.
I have also fallen into a bit of a rut and have been eating really unhealthy food and drinking almost every night. I’ve fallen back to all my old habits and gained a few pounds along the road. Although I’m no where near the 224 I was at my highest I know if I don’t get my eating habits under control and really start living the healthy life I want I will get to 224 again. At 5’6 I think I would feel and look my best at 135. I know it’s a tough goal because the lowest I ever got to was 141.6 and only lasted there for a few short days before my bad eating habits kicked back in and I ballooned up again. I was exercising morning and night to make up for the night time snacking I always battle with. This weekend I was 155 on the scale and that is the line to being overweight again. I don’t want to give up all the new clothes I was enjoying wearing and confidence I had to finally wear a tank top. I need to gain control and get it back.
I have a half marathon coming up September 19th and I need to get out running every second day – at least!!
Goals –Lose 2 pounds a week – I know this is going to be tough but if I set my mind to it I know I can do it.
- no longer treat weekends as free days or cheat days – I will get to my goal faster this way!
- Allow one not so healthy meal a week – like going out for dinner with my husband and having a glass of wine (btw – it feels so weird saying I have a husband, lol!)
- For the next month concentrate on running and stretching. Once the half marathon is over I’ll get back to kettle bell and other strength training but I feel if I start now it will put me out for a few days and I don’t have time to rest!
- Eat healthy and drink lots of water. I used to follow the WW points system and I tried counting calories for a bit but I think I know how I should be eating so I’m just going to keep a food diary and see how that works to start.
- Weigh-in will be Wednesday mornings so I am going to start with tomorrow’s weigh-in and go from there.
Writing that out has just got me excited again!! Humm I’d like to set a goal date to reach 135 but I think I need to find out where I stand tomorrow to decide. Maybe I should take measurements again too. Thanks for taking the time to read!! Till tomorrow forum friends!

 

[ecky1]

Good luck, you have done so well so far so, now it's a matter of losing a bit more weight and learning how to maintain it. You're half way there already as you now realize how easy it is to put it back on if you slip back to your old ways. I'm getting quite close to goal weight and am scared of putting the weight back on. I think with the back up of these forums and reading posts like yours warning me how easy it is to put weight back on will help keep me on track.
Good luck with the half marathon, amazing goal.

 

[mizzie]

That sounds like a great plan and I know you can do it! You have been an inspiration to me since I joined this forum.

And I know what you mean about saying "husband". I've been married for a year and (has to think) four months now and it's still weird to say it! Congratulations again!

 

[Verobc1]

Hey Lisa glad to have you back here and ready to get back to your healthy self!!!!

Happy Birthday (a day late I know)
You can do this and I will do it along with you!

 

[katie0615]

You seem so motivated, which is half of the battle i think. and the fact that you have the clothes already that you want to wear may help as motivators, as well as help you track your progress! Good Luck. I'm looking forward to hearing about the progress.

 

[luzdafuzz]

Yay I thought a new diary might be in order for you!!!! How exciting about your half marathon! I'll try to get on a little more frequently to keep an eye on you!

 

[Jess393]

Don't let yourself fall back into bad habits! The work is much to hard to hafta do it more than once. On that note: you're gonna do amazing at training for a half marathon You've already got all the knowledge for it, its gonna be a breeze!

 

[skkroll]

You have great goals for yourself. I like that you want to allow yourself one day of the week to eat/drink whatever you want. This will be much better than trying to have the "perfect" week all the time. By allowing yourself that cheat day, you won't feel as though you've failed. So I really like that!

The half marathon is only a month away, wow! It will be here before you know it and it's going to be one of the greatest things you'll have ever done for yourself. Really push yourself, Lisa! As for the training, I only did 2 or 3 long runs the month before mine (8.75 miles) but for the most part I ran 5K's to keep me in check. Try that!

We joined this website just about a year ago, and here we are still! It's that time of the year again, and I feel like I've got the same drive that I had this time last year to be dedicated and work hard! I hope you are with me on that one! LET'S GET IT DONE!

 

[chubbygirl]

I think with the back up of these forums and reading posts like yours warning me how easy it is to put weight back on will help keep me on track.

Thank you for stopping by! I am a prime example of how easy it is to pack on the pounds!! The butter tarts we ordered for the wedding were around 500 cals each and they were so small - I ate like 3-4 a day the whole week I was off so I was gaining almost a pound every second day on just butter tarts alone!!!

That sounds like a great plan and I know you can do it! You have been an inspiration to me since I joined this forum.

thanks Mizzie!

Hey Lisa glad to have you back here and ready to get back to your healthy self!!!!
Happy Birthday (a day late I know)
You can do this and I will do it along with you!

Thanks Veronique! So glad to have you here with me! Also thanks for the birthday wish - right back at ya fellow Leo!!!

You seem so motivated, which is half of the battle i think. and the fact that you have the clothes already that you want to wear may help as motivators, as well as help you track your progress! Good Luck. I'm looking forward to hearing about the progress.

Thanks Katie - I'm looking forward to progress too!!!

Yay I thought a new diary might be in order for you!!!! How exciting about your half marathon! I'll try to get on a little more frequently to keep an eye on you!

Thanks Luz! I may need you to slap me around if I'm not sticking to it!! I'll have to stop by and see what you've been up to!

Don't let yourself fall back into bad habits! The work is much to hard to hafta do it more than once. On that note: you're gonna do amazing at training for a half marathon You've already got all the knowledge for it, its gonna be a breeze!

Thanks Jess! I know I have lost these pounds so many times - never makes it easier!

We joined this website just about a year ago, and here we are still! It's that time of the year again, and I feel like I've got the same drive that I had this time last year to be dedicated and work hard! I hope you are with me on that one! LET'S GET IT DONE!

Thanks Sarah - I think I'm going to do the same with the training - maybe get one long one in a week and then just concentrate on the 5k's. Do you suggest doing anything the day before the race?
That's so exciting you are feeling the same way you did a year ago! I think I need a couple days to get me really excited again but I'm feeling hopeful and really determined. This time around I'm looking for more variety to my eating plan so that has me a bit excited. I'm sick of yogurt and all bran every morning for breakfast so I need to mix things up and keep it interesting. So excited to get it done and feel good again!!

So my weigh-in this morning was pretty bad - 158. But I know a few pounds must be water weight so I'm planning to be down to 155 by next Wednesday. I forgot to take measurements so when I remember I will post them.
This morning I had my all bran buds and ff activia yogurt and packed a can of campbell's tomato and rice soup for lunch. I really need to stop and get groceries because we are out of everything. Hubby left for out of town work last night so we hung out before he had to leave which meant I didn't get to the gym - I did get a little work out in though Eating was ok until I decided to make some toast before bed which lead to lots of toast - I kept telling myself I'm not officially starting till today which was a bad excuse. Today I'm having some sugar and sweet cravings but I'm trying my best to drink water everytime I think about hitting up the vending machine. Once I get some fruit from the grocery store I should be good. I hope they have cherries still. I plan to go to the gym after work to do some running and then go grocery shopping. I have a baseball practice at 7pm because we are playing in a tournament all weekend and really need practice - well I do anyway! I'm hoping that will help me keep busy tonight and get to bed as soon as I get home to avoid late night temptations. I'm so excited to get through one day on a good note and carry on from there! One day at a time!

 

[amydee]

Congrats on getting married and losing all the weight! I sounds like you're ready to get back on track and training for a half marathon will probably provide all the motivation you need!

If you're already keeping a food diary, have you thought about using an online calorie counter? I use dailyplate and it's not much more work than writing down what you eat. If you had success with WW in the past it might be worth looking into. I know that in my case, I tend to underestimate how much I eat even if it's healthy food. Recording the amount of food really keeps me honest.

Good luck loosing those last few!

 

[chubbygirl]

If you're already keeping a food diary, have you thought about using an online calorie counter? I use dailyplate and it's not much more work than writing down what you eat. If you had success with WW in the past it might be worth looking into. I know that in my case, I tend to underestimate how much I eat even if it's healthy food. Recording the amount of food really keeps me honest.

Thanks for stopping by! I don't have a computer at home so although I did try tracking online it didn't last long because I couldn't update it regularly. I did try logging a couple days I had written down and it was interesting to see the breakdown - maybe when I finally get a computer and internet at home I will give it another try. Right now I think just keeping my own hand written journal and then coming on here in the morning and updating will keep me accountable - I'll see how it goes and might decide to go back to WW.

Ok so yesterday was a good day - finally! And let me just say it made waking up this morning easier than the past week has been. Almost every morning for the past week I lied in bed thinking of reasons to call in sick but this morning I just got up and felt good.
Ok so I haven't had a chance to get groceries yet so my eating choices aren't that great but I kept my calories on the low side and didn't indulge in night time snacking!!! Here's how it looked:

B (9am)- ff activia yogurt & all bran buds (I like to eat my breakfast at work so I have more time to sleep in the morning but I need to come up with something better to bring because I am getting really sick of this.)
L (12pm) - 1 can campbell's tomato rice soup made with water
Snack (2pm) - cucumber from my dad's garden - plain
D (3:45pm) - lean cuisine chicken panini (340 cal) I was feeling really hungry and wanted to go to the gym after work but knew I needed something to give me some energy - I think because I have been skipping out on my protein
Exercise - 40 min treadmill - 5 min warm up, 32 min run at 6 mph, 3 min cool down. After about 15 min running I thought I was going to give up and slow down to a fast walk but I just brought it down to 5.5 mph for about 3 min and then felt ready to bring it up to 6pmh again. Long stretch.
Ran home quickly to change for baseball
Exercise - 1 1/2 hour baseball practice - lots of catching and throwing and practicing batting.
D #2 (9:30pm) - 1 1/2 cups apple cinnamon cheerios w 1/2 cup skim milk
Snack (10pm) - plain cucumber w salt
bed

So I really hope to get to the grocery store tonight but the thing is I can't go before the gym because then the groceries would sit in my car and afterwards I'm too sweaty to go. I have a baseball game at 6:30pm so I'm not sure I will get there today. I think I still made good choices considering because I also could have made Kraft dinner when I got home from baseball but I decided that wouldn't be good

Oh and I took some measurements this morning. Looks like I gain all my weight around my middle - I can feel it too.
Chest - 36'
Natural Waist - 30'
Waist at Belly Button - 36'
Hips - 39'
Thigh - 22'
And I weighed myself this morning and I was down to 155.2 so my new goal for Wednesday will be 153 - I'm hoping there is still some water weight to lose there. Feeling good so far though and looking forward to another good day! It's incredible how much eating right and exercising changes my mood. Till tomorrow forum friends!

 

[skkroll]

The day before the race, load up on carbs. I went to Noodles & Company and ordered a pesto capatavi with grilled chicken for dinner. It will get you ready for the next morning! I didn't run the day before the race because I didn't want to put any strain on myself. I ran 2 miles two days before the race. The day of the race, I ate a bowl of oatmeal and half of a banana. I was so nervous though it was really hard to eat!

I'm glad to hear you are feeling good today, see how much eating right and exercise can make you feel better! I think 153 as your next target is a good goal and you won't have any problem reaching it. I haven't really weighed myself lately but I guess I'll wait til TOM is over.

Have a great day!

 

[chubbygirl]

The day before the race, load up on carbs.

Sounds good Sarah - I should have no problem doing that

Yeah another great day down and I'm feeling great again this morning. I love how the last two days I just got out of bed to get ready for work instead of lying there wishing I could sleep all day. I'm already noticing a huge difference in energy and it's only been two days.
I was watching the show "the last 10 pounds boot camp" last night and starting thinking how if I work hard for the next four weeks I could be down 10 pounds for my half marathon - that would make a huge difference in my running I think. The people on that show really give it their all for four weeks and always have such great results - all they are doing is exercising and eating a healthy diet so I can do that too. It's just a matter of staying dedicated and consistent - consistent is key! No more free weekends of not caring about my plan and putting it to the side. I am still going to have one cheat meal a week or a few drinks but not over do it like I'm used to. I'm feeling strong going into this weekend. Especially because I have three baseball games Saturday - I should burn enough calories to have a beer or two with the girls afterwards.
Ok so here's how yesterday looked:
B 9am - ff activia yogurt & 1/3 cup all bran buds
Snack - 2 cups mint green tea
L 12:10pm - 1 can campbell's onion soup (very high in sodium)
Snack 1:10 - plain medium size cucumber from dad's garden
Snack 3:10 - 1 hard boiled egg with hot sauce
Exercise - 10 min treadmill 1.2km, 100 cal (just not feeling it and didn't have any energy - protein has been low so I'm guessing that was the reason)
D - big veggie salad - romaine lettuce, green onion, shredded carrot, cucumber w 1 can tuna drained in water and 1 tsp olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Went to my baseball game but because it was a continuation to another game that I wasn't there for they had the same girls and didn't need me so I just sat and watched. We lost so we are done the season - just the tournament this weekend and then I'm done for the year.
Exercise - came home and decided it wasn't too hot to run outside so I went for it. Ran 5km but forgot to time myself. I'm guessing 30 min. Felt great afterwards and had a long stretch.
Snack in bed 9:30pm - 25 cherries
So as you can see I made it to the grocery store after work which was great to get some healthy snacks and now I have salad for lunch today which I have missed. Hunnie made it home at midnight so I'm excited to hang out with him tonight.
I think I've found a way to beat my night time snacking. If I plan ahead what I want to have and bring it to bed with me I don't get a chance to go back downstairs to the fridge. However I'm going to bed with not so clean teeth although I do brush them before my snack. I think if I'm feeling snacky and not so strong I will do it this way because it worked really well last night.
So other than the baseball tourney I don't have much planned for the weekend. I need to start thinking about thank you cards from the wedding and the house could use a good cleaning again. I think I am going to save my cheat meal to Saturday night and have a couple drinks - otherwise I plan to stick to healthy eating all weekend. Looking forward to updating you Monday!! Until then forum friends.

 

[Jess393]

Have a good time this weekend I plan on enjoying a few beers myself!

 

[Sunflower2]

Yay new diary! Love it And love the enthusiasm! Keep it up, Lisa! Well, Mrs Lisa now!! xxxx

 

[skkroll]

Gosh I can't believe I forgot to wish you a happy birthday! Sorry. Happy belated birthday! Hope your weekend went as planned. I had way too much to eat and drink... so glad it's over, I feel like total CRAP today!!! Let's have a good week

 

[chubbygirl]

Have a good time this weekend I plan on enjoying a few beers myself!

Thanks Jess!

Yay new diary! Love it And love the enthusiasm! Keep it up, Lisa! Well, Mrs Lisa now!! xxxx

Thanks Hana! It's weird being a MRS!

Gosh I can't believe I forgot to wish you a happy birthday! Sorry. Happy belated birthday! Hope your weekend went as planned. I had way too much to eat and drink... so glad it's over, I feel like total CRAP today!!! Let's have a good week

Well it didnt' go as good as I hoped but better than most! No worries about my bday - I stopped celebrating after my 21st. I think I'll celebrate my 30th though - maybe Vegas again!

Ok so this weekend was not as good as hoped.
Friday was great - went to the gym after work and ran 3.5 miles even though I really tried talking myself out of going. Eat below maintainence.
Saturday - had 1 baseball game at 9am and ran a lot in it. I was playing left field and everyone was hitting to me! Then I showed up for the game at 1:30pm and the coach goes on to tell the team how important it is that we win and doesn't put me in the game - I stuck around thinking I would play in the second half and he didn't put me in at all and they still lost. Then he goes on to tell the team how important it will be to win the last game so I didn't bother going because I knew he wouldn't play me. I'm going to be looking for a new team next year because this team is too competitive and doesn't have fun. The first game we knew we were going to loss so everyone just had fun and I think it should be like that every game. I was pretty sad because my hubby and mom came to watch me. So after that we walked around the street fair for a little while and I had a beer. Then hubby and I decided to go out for dinner and my cheat night began. I think I was only maybe 500 calories about maintanence so that wasn't too bad. If I would have gone out drinking as planned it would have been worse. Plus on the way home we stopped at the corner store and hubby picked up a bag of plain chips and asked me to pick out a kind a like and I passed!! Also during the day when we were walking around (it was really hot) hubby stopped at an ice cream stand and I passed that up too!!!
Sunday - woke up feeling not so great from eating out the night before - puffy from all the added salt! Started with a couple glasses of water and cleaned the house a bit. Had an apple on the way to town and got some groceries. Came home and made a half a tortilla pizza for a late lunch and then had a nap. When I woke up from my nap I headed out and ran 5km. When I got back I was feeling great and did a long stretch. Then hubby used the left over spaghetti sauce and made brown rice vermichelli - it was really good but not so healthy because I had a lot. That would have been ok and I would have been under maintenance but then the night time snacking monster came around and we snacked on toast and a few spoonfuls of PB!!
So overall I don't think I did too bad compared to some weekend but I had high hopes of doing better.
This morning I'm tired because I set my alarm for PM by mistake and slept in so I didn't get to shower or prepare myself like I'm used to. I want to run more than 5km tonight and maybe do some arms too because it's been a while.
Still aiming for 153 Wednesday! Hopefully I can get the snacking monster under control again tonight!

 

[chubbygirl]

Damn snacking monster hit last night! Otherwise it would have been a great day! Here's how it looked:
B - 1 cup fresh strawberries, 1/3 cup all bran buds & ff activia yogurt
Snack - 2 cups mint green tea
L - big salad - romaine, green onions, cherry tomato, cucumbers, shredded carrot, black olives, chick peas w fat free tomato, oregano dressing
Exercise - 1 hr & 5 min treadmill - 6.4 miles mostly running at 6.2 mph with a warm up, stretch and then cool down, stretch. Was too hungry afterwards to do any arms.
D - Hubby made dinner! 4 oz chicken breast w onions & red pepper, 1 cup mashed sweet potato - yumm
Snacks - this should have been it!! 1/2 mini watermelon
I was going to make some tea and not snack anymore but than hubby brought down a tray of cheddar cheese, stone wheat crackers and yum yum pickles - I probably had at least 12.
Going to bed - granola bar w 1 scoop PB totally unneccessary - CONTROL LISA!!
I had so much more dedication last week - I need to get that back and finish the week right tonight.
I'm golfing with my mom tonight and hopefully I'll get to the gym at lunch since it's really slow lately.
I just haven't been feeling myself lately - I'm irritable, grouchy and get annoyed easily. I'm also really emotional.
Oh I just remembered we got into a bottle of champagne last night - oops I had a really bad day at work yesterday and hubby was trying to cheer me up - I actually got a little buzzed and fell asleep quiet peacefully.
Only 24 more days till the half marathon! Yikes!

 

[skkroll]

Hey Lisa - look, you can't be perfect right off the bat. It's going to take a while to get back into the swing of things. I think you had a great weekend in my opinion. Passing up ice cream... no way I could do that! And look how good you did all day, plus that treadmill work out... it's not like you sat on the couch all day, eating potato chips, watching TV, then pigged out before bed! LITTLE BY LITTLE... don't beat yourself up about it, just do what you can for now! I hope your day gets better!!!

 

[chubbygirl]

don't beat yourself up about it, just do what you can for now! I hope your day gets better!!!

I know I'm too hard on myself but I just get really frustrated when I screw up my hard work. I'm also sick of not reaching goals I set for myself and I'm not sure I'm going to see 153 tomorrow. I also think I might be PMS'ing because I am not myself lately - I'm even annoying myself with how whinny and emotional I am lately. I think I have those wedding blues people talk about - once the thank you's are done it's all over. I want to get married and wear that dress every weekend! I'm just coming down from such highs and it's getting the best of me.