40 Pounds and 100,000 Rings

ARRRRRR!!!!!!! Back up to 201! How is this possible! I ate Fridays yeasterday for lunch, ate a very light dinner and then worked out for an hour - harder than I ususally do. And i'm up to 201?!?!!! I'll be SO ANGRY if I weigh in tomorrow for BL and have gained from last week after all my hard work.

And thanks for the eat this not that. I've used it for a while and even went there on my phone to find the Fridays information when I realized they don't have Fridays :-( But, if you have a web-enabled phone they do have a pretty handy mobile site.
 
I think my phone can do web sites, but not like a blackberry or iphone. I also have to pay extra each month for time used, or something, so I haven't used it yet. It would be cool to have that on the go, though.
 
So, I ended the week officially up one pound. I'm frustrated that most of my friends are all "so, are you eating a lot?"

"no"

"how about exercise"

"doing well there"

"uhm...drink water?"

"I have been."

and then they shrug me off like I must be screwing up somewhere. I'm angry.

Plus - my work computer bluescreened today - I may lose everything. Working on my laptop now. Sad pandas!!

In frustration I ate taco bell today...nothing good comes from taco bell. But, I could have done worse in my choices - I'll work most of it off tonight.

<sigh>
 
Weight fluctuates... doesn't mean you did something bad... you know that - too bad your friends aren't as enlightened...

and into each life a little taco hell does fall - it won't derail your work to date...
 
Today has been going well. Still at 200.2 - i really need to stop weighing myself daily - but I don't feel so bad about it today. My computer at work is doing better - managed to save all my critical files. Still have a full days work on recovery, but at least it's possible now.

I ate soup for breakfast, and for lunch had a slice of home made chicken pot pie that a coworker brought in. I originally took two but put one back (yay me!)

At home I've been making fish and chicken with light marinades. Delicious. I've also been doing a lot more veggies, and choosing smaller portions of rice.

At the gym lately I've been doing 30 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the stairmaster, then 20 on the treadmill. The 10 on the stairs just about kills me - but I've done it three days running.
 
Let me say it again - I really need to stop weighing myself daily. It's stupid. I get my hopes all up and get crushed every morning. And what do I really expect to accomplish by daily weighing. I'm not going to change my routine regardless. I put my scale away today just to avoid temptation.

I am going to start calorie counting more than I have been. Mostly I've been estimating and I think that may be where I'm going wrong. It's difficult because I cook a lot at home and it's annoying to have to add in every ingredient I use. I have been sticking to lean meats and fish, a large helping of veggies and a small helping of rice or quinoa, and I figure I'm good. But - I'm still not losing, so obviously my equation is wrong somewhere.

I have it all planned to go to Quiznos today. Their Honey Burbon Chicken is delicious and only 320 calories. Add some baked lays to bring it up to 450 and I'm golden. Mmmmmmmsandwich!
 
Some people can't stand the weighing every day thing. Me, I do it each morning when I wake up. The difference is I have an "official" weigh in day. This way I know if my "official" weigh in is correct, or just part of a fluctuation. For me, it helps keep me honest with myself during the week. No trying to play catch up the day or two before weigh in.
 
I have always done the "official" day weekly - i just haven't lost anything in three weeks and it's really bothering me, so i'm giving up staring at the scale. At least for a while :-X
 
So proud of self - I didn't weigh myself this morning!

Yesterday was a mixed day. I was doing OK until I went out with my friend and we ended up at Chili's. I had them surprise me but also ordered a to-go box right from the beginning. I got buffalo chicken sliders with fries and onion rings. I put all the onion rings, all but a small portion of the fries, and two of the four sliders in the to go box immediately.

The downside is I had already had dinner like 3 hours earlier :-X

But, then she and I went for a walk for like an hour and a half, so that's something.

But, I also ended up skipping the gym.

So, overall, I dunno if I should be happy or disappointed with yesterday. All I can really know for sure is I did better than I would have done a month ago. And that's all that really matters, isn't it?
 
Hey yall - I sure get slow on posting over weekends.

I'm back down to 198.8! Finally started losing again! Woohoo!

Went to Chinese food tonight. Did fairly OK on not stuffing myself, but I probably could have done better :-X

My boyfriend won this week's Biggest Loser in our group. I'm proud of him.

More updates tomorrow from work! Hasta!
 
This morning was a comedy of errors. First, I get all the way to the gym before realizing I didn't bring a normal bra for work so I had to go home. Thankful that I realized this before working out, I went home and promised myself I'd work out this evening.

Later, I got to work and discovered I'd left my laptop at home. So i had to take another half hour to get all the way home and back so I had a computer for today.

Now we are drastically understaffed and I don't have the resources I need to get my job done (frustrating!)

All round - it's been quite a day.
 
So my gym is having a Biggest Loser Boot Camp tonight that I'm signed up for. Kinda nervous - but it should be fun. Apparently they have two of their personal trainers to work with the ~20 of us.

I'm nervous! But excited.

We had an impromptu BBQ last night. I could have done worse - but I still ate too much. I had a cheeseburger, a half cup of chili and a small slice of apple pie. I was happy that I didn't stuff myself.

I kind of crapped out at the gym last night - just did a little strength training. i just couldn't find my groove.

This morning someone brought in doughnuts. I was very tempted, and looked very conflicted until a coworker said "here, just have some of mine" and chunked off about a third for me. I was very grateful.
 
I HATE when someone brings donuts in to work. I've been known to hide the box from myself (but that isn't really fair to the rest of the people.) Usually what I've done is quick get on here and post that there are donuts and my friends help me stay strong. Once I post it, I can't go back and say I was week and tempted. That does help. There have been times, though...
 
The boot camp thing kicked my face in. A couple of times I biffed it on the floor. I've never been falling down tired before. It was awesome.

I haven't been eating well though - and we all know that means no weight loss - no matter what I do in the gym. I'm working on it a bit harder though. I'm working on being OK doing 1/2 veggies, 1/4 protein, 1/4 carbs on my plate. I'm used to 1/2 protein, 1/4 veggies, 1/4 carbs. It just seems "wrong" to eat a veggie without a meat, you know?
 
OK - ok. So I've done what I've done a million times before: I got all jazzed about losing weight for about 3 weeks then quit when I didn't see the results I had hoped for. Back up to 201.4 again. <sigh>

Had a long talk with my boyfriend last night. He's going to support me and encourage me to lose the weight. He keeps telling me that he thinks I'm beautiful already - but that he'll help me achieve my goals if he can. I'm really lucky to have someone so supportive.

My roommates are joining my gym which will be a mixed blessing. it will be handy to be able to all go - but I really can't stand one of them which will make me less likely to go. I'll probably just have to keep going on my own most of the time.

In other news - I bought a heart rate monitor which I've wanted forever. I finally got it because the stairmaster at my gym didn't have a built in one. Then, I found out that the machines pick up on the signal - including the stairmaster. How cool!
 
Heart rate monitor, very cool. I really feel like I'm doing something when I get my heart rate up. The longer it stays up, the more I'm burning. It's also very good when you are just pooped to wait till your heart rate comes down and start up again. God luck with it.

Motivation. Sure success breeds motivation, but you have to find what helps you when you aren't seeing the immediate results. Are you setting short term exercise goals? I don't mean like hit the gym every day, but 25 flights on the stair master, or whatever is close, but not yet there. I find that sometimes helps me.

I've also found that when I'm doing well and staying good, I'll make excuses why it's ok to cheat on the diet. Next thing I know there is a reason to cheat just about every day and I'm on a back slide. Only a cheat moratorium for X number of days gets me out of that funk.
 
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