Bellaryna's Journey
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Bellaryna
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Whew!!
What a week I am having. This crazy new schedule of mine has me hopping!
Add to that trying to get out to the church every night to take pictures for the Upward League and you can see just how busy I have been.
I have been trying to eat well this week but it has not been as good as it could be.
I think with the being so busy thing I am just eating on the run waaaay to much. I don't think that I am eating bad just that I am not keeping track of my stuff in my food journal. So it is really easy for me to go over w/o even realizing it.
I have also come to a conclusion. I am a stress eater.
Ramp up my stress and I run for the comfort foods.
At least I am sooo busy I don't have time to make those comfort foods! LOL
Though we did have spaghetti tonight with garlic bread and I think that I probably had at least 4 generous sized pieces of bread.
Other than running around like a chicken with my head cut off there is not much news going on here.
I haven't had the time to return the scales. And at this point it may be too late. But Wal-Mart is usually very good about returns so I will try and see what comes of it.
I am running about 3 pounds heavier than last weeks weigh-in of 191.6, I am a bit bummed about that.
And knowing all the junk that I ate last weekend and how I haven't been drinking my water I think that I can safely assume that it is not all an actual weight gain. But it will still be there most likely on Friday when I weigh in.
At least I have all my exercise time in for the challenge. So hopefully I won't be booted.
Well I only just got home about 20 minutes ago and I think that I am going to go and relax out in the living room with my dh. So I will try to jump on here tomorrow and see if I can't respond to all you wonderful people who have dropped in on me.
Have a great evening everyone!
What a week I am having. This crazy new schedule of mine has me hopping!
Add to that trying to get out to the church every night to take pictures for the Upward League and you can see just how busy I have been.
I have been trying to eat well this week but it has not been as good as it could be.
I think with the being so busy thing I am just eating on the run waaaay to much. I don't think that I am eating bad just that I am not keeping track of my stuff in my food journal. So it is really easy for me to go over w/o even realizing it.
I have also come to a conclusion. I am a stress eater.
Ramp up my stress and I run for the comfort foods.
At least I am sooo busy I don't have time to make those comfort foods! LOL
Though we did have spaghetti tonight with garlic bread and I think that I probably had at least 4 generous sized pieces of bread.
Other than running around like a chicken with my head cut off there is not much news going on here.
I haven't had the time to return the scales. And at this point it may be too late. But Wal-Mart is usually very good about returns so I will try and see what comes of it.
I am running about 3 pounds heavier than last weeks weigh-in of 191.6, I am a bit bummed about that.
And knowing all the junk that I ate last weekend and how I haven't been drinking my water I think that I can safely assume that it is not all an actual weight gain. But it will still be there most likely on Friday when I weigh in.
At least I have all my exercise time in for the challenge. So hopefully I won't be booted.
Well I only just got home about 20 minutes ago and I think that I am going to go and relax out in the living room with my dh. So I will try to jump on here tomorrow and see if I can't respond to all you wonderful people who have dropped in on me.
Have a great evening everyone!
HI Bella,
I am with you with the stress eating. I had a bad weekend where I ate sweets almost all weekend and now I am 3.5 lbs higher than last week but I am afraid it is all correct... LOL
I have to plan my food to a T otherwise I find myself over-eating. I mean I have to have my food written out in advance otherwise I am lost...
Don't be bummed about the weight-gain, it will be gone in no time with your motivation and a$$ kicking exercises.
have a great day.
hajni
I am with you with the stress eating. I had a bad weekend where I ate sweets almost all weekend and now I am 3.5 lbs higher than last week but I am afraid it is all correct... LOL
I have to plan my food to a T otherwise I find myself over-eating. I mean I have to have my food written out in advance otherwise I am lost...
Don't be bummed about the weight-gain, it will be gone in no time with your motivation and a$$ kicking exercises.
have a great day.
hajni
Miss Ladybug
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Hey Miss Sweetness! sorry I've been gone for awhile, I have a lot on my plate this week and I'm trying to get through it all, but I do want to say I'm very proud of your accomplishments thus far, you have done so darn well!! You are shrinking before my eyes, it's amazing!!
You will lost those pesky few pounds that popped up recently, I have not doubt about that. Your such a busy person I don't know when you every find time to eat, are you eating on the run or what?? LOL
Here is to another weight busting end of the week. I know you can do it!! By the way, how tall are you?????
And I love the DEEP FREEZE suit, that sure be in movies, I don't know what movie, but It should. LOL LOL
Have a wonderful day today, I'll try and get by again real soon.
Hugs and love
Kim
You will lost those pesky few pounds that popped up recently, I have not doubt about that. Your such a busy person I don't know when you every find time to eat, are you eating on the run or what?? LOL
Here is to another weight busting end of the week. I know you can do it!! By the way, how tall are you?????
And I love the DEEP FREEZE suit, that sure be in movies, I don't know what movie, but It should. LOL LOL
Have a wonderful day today, I'll try and get by again real soon.
Hugs and love
Kim
Curvie Girlie
New member
Aww! Don't stress too much about the weight cause you already said stress makes you over-eat! Just make sure to have lots of healthy snacks around you and substitute, substitute, substitute. When I'm not careful, I'll just choose the chocolate or cookie over the banana or apple (except now, cause of my raw diet). I eat out of boredom and fatigue, so I know what you mean--keep up with the food journal and you'll see those pesky 3 lbs gone soon! Best wishes! 
Bellaryna
New member
Thanks to everyone for stopping in while I was AWOL this week.
Val~
Sure am glad to see that you are back. Missed ya awful! And I love the bunny picture! Thanks for encourging me to remember to choose the healthier choices. I try but like you said sometimes that cookie will be hollering louder than the apple!
Thanks for "hopping" by!
Kim~
I noticed you weren't here as much just like me this week and figured it had to be you were real busy too. Thanks for always popping in and giving me such uplifting comments on my weight-loss. So sorry to read that your doggy is still sick.
And as far as the "suit" goes sometimes I feel like I could be in a movie. Just that they are shooting it in Antarctica! LOL
Thanks for stopping by!
Haj~
You are so right about knowing ahead of time what we should eat. I am not the most organized person though I do usually have some sort of plan for the week in my head.
What throws it for a loop is when hubby can't be here for dinner or ds has to work and I have to be doing the drive and drop right in the middle of dinner fix'in time.
Needless to say we only had one of the meals in my head this week since everyone had to be here there and everywhere every night this week.
Sorry to hear that you had some pounds jump back on. Though I think I know you well enough to know that they won't be there for long.
Thanks for dropping by.
Val~
Sure am glad to see that you are back. Missed ya awful! And I love the bunny picture! Thanks for encourging me to remember to choose the healthier choices. I try but like you said sometimes that cookie will be hollering louder than the apple!
Thanks for "hopping" by!
Kim~
I noticed you weren't here as much just like me this week and figured it had to be you were real busy too. Thanks for always popping in and giving me such uplifting comments on my weight-loss. So sorry to read that your doggy is still sick.
And as far as the "suit" goes sometimes I feel like I could be in a movie. Just that they are shooting it in Antarctica! LOL
Thanks for stopping by!
Haj~
You are so right about knowing ahead of time what we should eat. I am not the most organized person though I do usually have some sort of plan for the week in my head.
What throws it for a loop is when hubby can't be here for dinner or ds has to work and I have to be doing the drive and drop right in the middle of dinner fix'in time.
Needless to say we only had one of the meals in my head this week since everyone had to be here there and everywhere every night this week.
Sorry to hear that you had some pounds jump back on. Though I think I know you well enough to know that they won't be there for long.
Thanks for dropping by.
Bellaryna
New member
It's a long one! LOL
Weighed myself this morning and it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would end up being. I came in at 192.2~
So that puts me at about I think 1/2 pound up from last week. Not bad considering all the junk I ate last weekend and not drinking my water like I should have been. Though I did pick back up on the water habit on Tuesday night and it would appear that most of that weight that I thought I gained was just water weight. Thankfully! LOL
Soooo lets see I got all my exercise in for the week but not because of my classes. Got the majority of it thru my swim classes and then the elliptical. Since I had to be everywhere just about every night I wasn't able to attend them. And let me tell you that is one weird feeling when you have been going ALL THE TIME and then suddenly you miss like an entire week. I was actually getting antsy about it.
I did however get to go on Tuesday to the first class of my Fit for Life class. We had a bad ice/snow morning so the schools canceled. Due to the weather I cancelled the picture taking for the night. And decided to take the opportunity to go to the gym. Glad that I did.
The class was butt kicking!
We started out doing cardio to get warmed up (there was 6 of us) by speed walking 2 laps and then jogging 2 laps on the track. And of course Kelly (trainer) every once in a while would be like "lets go one more time around" while we were running. Towards the end of that me and another guy were bringing up the rear of the group side by side. I looked over at him and said "if you don't pass me I won't pass you and then neither of us comes in last." So that is how we ended the running........laughing.
After that we did bench pressing. The bar itself weighs like 45#'s. So that felt plenty heavy to me. But nooooo Kelly said we had to add weight. So we did 12, 10, 8, 6, and 12 reps. The first 12 and 10 (for me) were just the bar. Then at 8 and 6 she added 5#'s on each time. That is 5#'s to each side of the bar for a total of 10! So before it was all said and done I was bench pressing 65#'s. Which may not "sound" like alot but for me someone who has never benchpressed before sure felt like alot. The last rep of 12 was with all the weights taken off and just the bar again. When that part was done I thought my arms were going to float to the ceiling. LOL
Then she had us using the free weights to do chest flys, and arm lifts. We moved around in a small circuit of our own making. Usually I use 3# weights when I am in her PowerCore class. She had me using 8#'s for all this stuff. Five #'s were the weights and 3#'s was for the bar. Needless to say that was HARD! She then had us sit on an inclined bench while our partner stood on a bench in front of us and tossed a medicine ball at us. We did 12, 12 and 12. Twelve straight on, and 12 each to the sides.
And to wind it all down we did arm dips at the end.
That was all on Tuesday. Today, Friday, I finally don't hurt! LOL Though I am still a tiny bit sore.
I think that I am going to really like that class. And I think that there is going to be some huge changes coming my way if I can just get my food and water in-line.
Well it is once again Friday which means I have to go to work. Brrrrrr!
This morning it was 0*F here. So I can only imagine how much colder it will be in the freezer. Last Sunday, while I was actually in it, it got all the way down to -30*F in the ice cream room. Now that is cold!
Hopefully it won't get that cold again.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. As I find time in the next few days I will try to pop on and update. But I can't guarantee anything. My dd has basketball tomorrow morning at 9am. And with me most likely not getting home until somewhere between 2-4am it will make for a very short day. Since I WILL have to get a nap in somewhere before I head off to work again.
Catch ya all later!!!
Weighed myself this morning and it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would end up being. I came in at 192.2~
So that puts me at about I think 1/2 pound up from last week. Not bad considering all the junk I ate last weekend and not drinking my water like I should have been. Though I did pick back up on the water habit on Tuesday night and it would appear that most of that weight that I thought I gained was just water weight. Thankfully! LOL
Soooo lets see I got all my exercise in for the week but not because of my classes. Got the majority of it thru my swim classes and then the elliptical. Since I had to be everywhere just about every night I wasn't able to attend them. And let me tell you that is one weird feeling when you have been going ALL THE TIME and then suddenly you miss like an entire week. I was actually getting antsy about it.
I did however get to go on Tuesday to the first class of my Fit for Life class. We had a bad ice/snow morning so the schools canceled. Due to the weather I cancelled the picture taking for the night. And decided to take the opportunity to go to the gym. Glad that I did.
The class was butt kicking!
We started out doing cardio to get warmed up (there was 6 of us) by speed walking 2 laps and then jogging 2 laps on the track. And of course Kelly (trainer) every once in a while would be like "lets go one more time around" while we were running. Towards the end of that me and another guy were bringing up the rear of the group side by side. I looked over at him and said "if you don't pass me I won't pass you and then neither of us comes in last." So that is how we ended the running........laughing.
After that we did bench pressing. The bar itself weighs like 45#'s. So that felt plenty heavy to me. But nooooo Kelly said we had to add weight. So we did 12, 10, 8, 6, and 12 reps. The first 12 and 10 (for me) were just the bar. Then at 8 and 6 she added 5#'s on each time. That is 5#'s to each side of the bar for a total of 10! So before it was all said and done I was bench pressing 65#'s. Which may not "sound" like alot but for me someone who has never benchpressed before sure felt like alot. The last rep of 12 was with all the weights taken off and just the bar again. When that part was done I thought my arms were going to float to the ceiling. LOL
Then she had us using the free weights to do chest flys, and arm lifts. We moved around in a small circuit of our own making. Usually I use 3# weights when I am in her PowerCore class. She had me using 8#'s for all this stuff. Five #'s were the weights and 3#'s was for the bar. Needless to say that was HARD! She then had us sit on an inclined bench while our partner stood on a bench in front of us and tossed a medicine ball at us. We did 12, 12 and 12. Twelve straight on, and 12 each to the sides.
And to wind it all down we did arm dips at the end.
That was all on Tuesday. Today, Friday, I finally don't hurt! LOL Though I am still a tiny bit sore.
I think that I am going to really like that class. And I think that there is going to be some huge changes coming my way if I can just get my food and water in-line.
Well it is once again Friday which means I have to go to work. Brrrrrr!
This morning it was 0*F here. So I can only imagine how much colder it will be in the freezer. Last Sunday, while I was actually in it, it got all the way down to -30*F in the ice cream room. Now that is cold!
Hopefully it won't get that cold again.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. As I find time in the next few days I will try to pop on and update. But I can't guarantee anything. My dd has basketball tomorrow morning at 9am. And with me most likely not getting home until somewhere between 2-4am it will make for a very short day. Since I WILL have to get a nap in somewhere before I head off to work again.
Catch ya all later!!!
Curvie Girlie
New member
I would really like that class! Sounds great! Glad you're having fun with it and your weekend food love didn't cause much damage! YES!
Bellaryna
New member
So funny that you would say that, 'cuz the whole time I was "enduring" it I was thinking, "Val would LOVE this class!" LOL
And most likely kick some serious Bootah!
Bellaryna
New member
Weighed in this morning a tad higher than yesterday. But I am not to worried about it. Was such a small amount I know it will work out sooner or later. Just hope that it's sooner rather than later due to the Biggest Loser Challenge.
I made it thru this week but if I don't buck up and lose some weight this week instead of gaining I will certainly be eliminated for sure. And I don't want that! LOL
On that note.......
They had cases of Valentine Cookies at work last night that you could buy for $2. At first I wasn't going to get any and then I thought about how I could take them for my daughter's b-ball team for after their game. They played today. Did very well too!
Anyhow I digress.....so I went ahead and got one case, which holds 32 cookies. These are the cookies that you get at Sams Club. All fancy with frosting and pretty little candy hearts on them.
So all was going well. I wasn't even interested in eating a cookie. Then all the poo hit the fan. One bad thing lead to another and I started stressing out. Decided to go on break to "calm" down and found that someone else had bought some cookies to put out for anyone who wanted them. I decided that a cookie wouldn't be so bad. Then had 2, then had 3, until I had eaten 4 of them!!!! So sad! I know.
Of course after the fact I was beating myself up thinking why did I let myself do that? Why couldn't I have more self-control? Those cookies were 160 cals a piece. That comes to a grand total of 640cals!!!!! Unbelieveable. I am so disgusted with myself for not holding out.
I am noticing something that is a bit odd. The last time that I lost a significant amount of weight I started trying to lose in September. This time I started in August. That time I made it all the way thru the holidays without gaining........just like this time. Last time I fell off the wagon just after Valentine's Day. I am wondering if I am battling something more significant than my abilities to lose weight.
I know that I can lose it. In fact I know that I can lose at least 1 pound a week if not more. So what is holding me up. Why have I stagnated?
I think that it is the seasonal depression thing.
It is really really cold outside. The sun doesn't shine so much. And I am always chilly. So maybe this isn't so much me being stuck in a rut as it is something else all together different. That is just my thought on the subject.
And now that I "think" that I may have it figured out I am going to try and outsmart this thing that is holding me back.
And with that said I am going to go jump on my elliptical right now.
Hope everyone's weekend is going well.
Ciao
I made it thru this week but if I don't buck up and lose some weight this week instead of gaining I will certainly be eliminated for sure. And I don't want that! LOL
On that note.......
They had cases of Valentine Cookies at work last night that you could buy for $2. At first I wasn't going to get any and then I thought about how I could take them for my daughter's b-ball team for after their game. They played today. Did very well too!
Anyhow I digress.....so I went ahead and got one case, which holds 32 cookies. These are the cookies that you get at Sams Club. All fancy with frosting and pretty little candy hearts on them.
So all was going well. I wasn't even interested in eating a cookie. Then all the poo hit the fan. One bad thing lead to another and I started stressing out. Decided to go on break to "calm" down and found that someone else had bought some cookies to put out for anyone who wanted them. I decided that a cookie wouldn't be so bad. Then had 2, then had 3, until I had eaten 4 of them!!!! So sad! I know.
Of course after the fact I was beating myself up thinking why did I let myself do that? Why couldn't I have more self-control? Those cookies were 160 cals a piece. That comes to a grand total of 640cals!!!!! Unbelieveable. I am so disgusted with myself for not holding out.
I am noticing something that is a bit odd. The last time that I lost a significant amount of weight I started trying to lose in September. This time I started in August. That time I made it all the way thru the holidays without gaining........just like this time. Last time I fell off the wagon just after Valentine's Day. I am wondering if I am battling something more significant than my abilities to lose weight.
I know that I can lose it. In fact I know that I can lose at least 1 pound a week if not more. So what is holding me up. Why have I stagnated?
I think that it is the seasonal depression thing.
It is really really cold outside. The sun doesn't shine so much. And I am always chilly. So maybe this isn't so much me being stuck in a rut as it is something else all together different. That is just my thought on the subject.
And now that I "think" that I may have it figured out I am going to try and outsmart this thing that is holding me back.
And with that said I am going to go jump on my elliptical right now.
Hope everyone's weekend is going well.
Ciao
Bellaryna
New member
Thanks for stopping by Angel! I was really sad to see that you had been eliminated from the Black team. Just keep on chugging along and you will have a great chance of winning the eliminated thread!
Don't freeze too much! LOL Your a hoot. It was so cold last night that I had to run my hands under hot water a few times. They got soooo cold they were hurting. And that was even with my mittens on. It just gets sooooo cold in there in the winter.
Later Gator!
S
SweatPea
Guest
Class sounds fun. I used to do Body for Life workouts here at home. And for the most part I enjoyed it and did see changes with my body. But like other things, I pushed it to the wayside and you know where I am now.
Anyway, I hope you have lots of success with the class!
As far as losing weight and then gaining it back or getting a point where you are doing things that hinder your progress, I think it's just part of the cycle. Yeah I'm sure the winter has a lot to do with it. Did you know your body wants to store fat in the winter for your "survival"? The Schwan man says that people buy more ice cream in the winter - just because of this fat storing "instinct".
Also you might just be at that plateau stage too. And with the BFL class, that should help you get over that.
Don't worry about the cookie thing, we all do stupid stuff like that. It's part of life. And I think when you deprive yourself of goodies, you really binge on them later.
If you get a chance to read into the BFL program, you'll see that they say that you should have one "cheat" day a week where you eat whatever you want. For some it could be the whole day of cheats, but others, would just choose one thing to cheat with.
Anyway, I know the Kville library has the BFL book, you should check it out - or the BFL for women book. But the BFL book is a better starting point, to get the gist of the way of eating (and you'll understand more about your workouts.)
You didn't mention the stretching, how did that go?
Anyway, I hope you have lots of success with the class!
As far as losing weight and then gaining it back or getting a point where you are doing things that hinder your progress, I think it's just part of the cycle. Yeah I'm sure the winter has a lot to do with it. Did you know your body wants to store fat in the winter for your "survival"? The Schwan man says that people buy more ice cream in the winter - just because of this fat storing "instinct".
Also you might just be at that plateau stage too. And with the BFL class, that should help you get over that.
Don't worry about the cookie thing, we all do stupid stuff like that. It's part of life. And I think when you deprive yourself of goodies, you really binge on them later.
If you get a chance to read into the BFL program, you'll see that they say that you should have one "cheat" day a week where you eat whatever you want. For some it could be the whole day of cheats, but others, would just choose one thing to cheat with.
Anyway, I know the Kville library has the BFL book, you should check it out - or the BFL for women book. But the BFL book is a better starting point, to get the gist of the way of eating (and you'll understand more about your workouts.)
You didn't mention the stretching, how did that go?
HI Bella,I totally know how you feel in fact I could have written your post. This happens to me every weekend lately and I can't control it. I was so good for months, right on track not one day of cheating. And since last December I have been battling the evil of sweets.
The advices I got when you feel the temptation: grab a protein bar (you can get a 20 gr protein bar for 190 cals), eat a hard-boiled egg (which could be quite challenging when you are out and about), grab a handfull of cashews, drink fruit flavored hot tea (no cals, you can put a little bit of no cal sweatener ) or brush your teeth.
That said, you have been doing well lately and once in a while giving in to temptation is not such bad thing as long as it does not become an every other day thing (like it is in my case. I am trying my hardest to break the cycle)
Keep up the good work girl, I can't believe how much weight you lost in such a short amount of time!!!
Hajni
Bellaryna
New member
I feel like I have been away forever!!!
Thanks to everyone who still stopped by to drop me a line or just to simply keep on encouraging me.
So much has happened since last week and there is no way that I could possibly begin to list everything.
I will say that I finally took back that scale today. It did the crazy weight thing again and I just had enough of it.
The girls at Wal-Mart were wonderful about the whole thing. So I am back to the same scale that I had before except of course this one is not wet! LOL
I did decide to go on a bit of a detoxing thing. I imagine that Val will know what I am talking about. It is a mostly veggie, little bit of fruit and about 50g of protein (tiny amounts of cheese) and fish. I plan to do that for about a week.
I am just sick and tired of this constant craving for starchy foods. Cakes, cookies, breads you name it. I wanted it.
Today was the first day and I did pretty good at it. Came in at about 1300 cals with 24g fiber and 56g protein. I am feeling great too! Wasn't hungry at all today!!!
Today was the last day for the Basketball pictures so I will be getting back to my exercise classes starting tomorrow. However I also need to get all the pictures cropped and processed by Saturday morning. So I will still not "be here" so much until next week.
But never fear. I am doing great with the Biggest Loser Challenge. Had all my water everyday and also so far I have 120 minutes of exercise. Add to that my Wednesday night class and my Thursday night class plus some elliptical thrown in here and there and I should top out at or just above 300 minutes.
Well it is late here and I need to get off to bed.
I will try to find the time to pop on here tomorrow.
Hope everyone has been having a great week.
Cya
Thanks to everyone who still stopped by to drop me a line or just to simply keep on encouraging me.
So much has happened since last week and there is no way that I could possibly begin to list everything.
I will say that I finally took back that scale today. It did the crazy weight thing again and I just had enough of it.
The girls at Wal-Mart were wonderful about the whole thing. So I am back to the same scale that I had before except of course this one is not wet! LOL
I did decide to go on a bit of a detoxing thing. I imagine that Val will know what I am talking about. It is a mostly veggie, little bit of fruit and about 50g of protein (tiny amounts of cheese) and fish. I plan to do that for about a week.
I am just sick and tired of this constant craving for starchy foods. Cakes, cookies, breads you name it. I wanted it.
Today was the first day and I did pretty good at it. Came in at about 1300 cals with 24g fiber and 56g protein. I am feeling great too! Wasn't hungry at all today!!!
Today was the last day for the Basketball pictures so I will be getting back to my exercise classes starting tomorrow. However I also need to get all the pictures cropped and processed by Saturday morning. So I will still not "be here" so much until next week.
But never fear. I am doing great with the Biggest Loser Challenge. Had all my water everyday and also so far I have 120 minutes of exercise. Add to that my Wednesday night class and my Thursday night class plus some elliptical thrown in here and there and I should top out at or just above 300 minutes.
Well it is late here and I need to get off to bed.
I will try to find the time to pop on here tomorrow.
Hope everyone has been having a great week.
Cya
India1
New member
Congrats on getting your scale back! I know how hard it is to have a scale that keeps changing the weight. I had one, and it drove me crazy.
I hope the detox-week will go well. We all need one from time to time.
Wow, you do exercise A LOT! I feel very lazy if compared to you.
Hope you'll have a great day!
Take care
India
I hope the detox-week will go well. We all need one from time to time.
Wow, you do exercise A LOT! I feel very lazy if compared to you.
Hope you'll have a great day!
Take care
India
Bellaryna
New member
Thanks India for stopping by. I feel so bad for not getting around to everyone's diaries here lately.
I hope that your recovery from your surgery went well.
I am so happy to have my scale back! It is such a weird thing how we get attched to certain things being a certain way. I really did try to "like" the other scale but with the way that it kept jumping here and there I just couldn't put my faith in it. And my scale is my motivational tool. So without it I basically floundered around for 2 weeks.
I have never done a detox thing before so was not sure what to expect. I thought for sure that I would be hungry beyond belief but in fact I have to remind myself to eat every 3 hours. I actually feel like I have more energy this week then I did 2 weeks ago. So it must be working! LOL Here's to eating your veggies!
As far as the exercise goes I am just very very determined to get myself at a "good place". All my life (well all my teenage/adult life) I have been overweight. And I just don't want to be that way anymore. So I am very much like Margaret/Omega in that I am willing to give up something (for me it is time here at home in the evenings) to achieve this goal. In the long run it will pay off with huge dividends for my family. As I will have more energy and a longer life to spend with them. And a much better attitude.
Most likely I won't keep going to classes 4 nights a week. But switch back and forth between the 2 classes every session. That way my body won't get used to the same routine for very long.
I highly doubt that you are lazy. You must remember the swimming thing is now a part-time job so even though I enjoy going I have to be there.
And I have to be there so I can afford to go to the YMCA and all those classes. So you see, to go to the classes, I must swim.
Good thing I enjoy it. Besides that they are paying as well. LOL
Have a great day and thanks for dropping in on me.
S
SweatPea
Guest
Plus you gave up your evening "friend" time. *sniff*
It sounds like you are doing great though! The detox sounds a lot like the first 2 weeks of the South Beach Diet, except with the SBD you aren't allowed fruit until the 3rd week (You gradually start adding back in the "good" carbs.)
Good luck with your detox. Hopefully one of these days we'll actually be able to get together IRL!
It sounds like you are doing great though! The detox sounds a lot like the first 2 weeks of the South Beach Diet, except with the SBD you aren't allowed fruit until the 3rd week (You gradually start adding back in the "good" carbs.)
Good luck with your detox. Hopefully one of these days we'll actually be able to get together IRL!
Bellaryna
New member
I know *sniff sniff* I am missing you immensly!!!
We just need to set a time and DO IT! Regardless of anything else. Monday's and Wednesday's are the classes that I can ~skip out on~ if I wanted/needed to. The Tuesday and Thursday ones involve a partner and that would not be fair for me not to attend that class.
I never tried any other diets. They always seemed to "involved". I mean in that there seemed to be to many do's and don'ts.
I was talking to my trainer for my PowerCore class and telling her how I was stuggling with all things bread/pasta. She was the one who suggested the veggie/fruit thing to me.
Hope we can get together soon!
Your doing fabulous as well missy!
S
SweatPea
Guest
Yeah well you are definitely going to catch up with me soon with all those classes you are doing!
Congrats on the new low! I was just thinking last night that it wouldn't be long before you got into the 80's!
Congrats on the new low! I was just thinking last night that it wouldn't be long before you got into the 80's!