Bellaryna's Journey

[bikinibound]

I haven't been in your diary in ages! My apologies.

That is very sad about your senior minister's wife. But at least she won't be suffering anymore and will be in a better place. Still, it is sad for those who love her to be without her.

Sounds like you're doing well with the C25k. That is some great weight loss and good eating this week! Go Dawn go!

 

[A_CRUCE_SALUS]

Hey Bella! Sounds like you are doing fabulous and are on the right track! Isnt it nice to feel motivated and see results! Amazing loss you had this week!!! Im jealous. I finally hit 185 and im estatic! You did great with your choices over Easter! Im sooo glad we didn't have a big gathering. I like to make Easter simple.. We hide eggs and put lil scriptures in it and color eggs My daughter loves it. We did go out to eat but I did awsome! Ordered a salad.. although 800+ calories , it wasnt as bad at the burger & fries i'd usually go for. Its nice to make better choices and feel great about it.

What organic yougurt are you using? I have one from Trader Joes.. it's the Greek Organic.. some are plain and I add splenda and I have a few that have honey! I love both of these for my smoothies! Matter of fact im about to make my smoothie.. 1 cup blackberries, 1/2 banana some yogurt and crushed ice!! Soooooo good and filling too.

Anyways, have a blessed day. Hope your Easter was great. Ohhh I was gonna ask if you do any bible studies? I have mine tonight. I go every other Tuesday.. awsome.. its one from Cheryl Broderson.. not sure if you are familiar but she is Chuck Smiths daughter. The study is Dare to be a Daniel.. absolutely amazing..

 

[Bellaryna]

I haven't been in your diary in ages! My apologies.

That is very sad about your senior minister's wife. But at least she won't be suffering anymore and will be in a better place. Still, it is sad for those who love her to be without her.

Sounds like you're doing well with the C25k. That is some great weight loss and good eating this week! Go Dawn go!

You silly thing!!!
It's not like you haven't been busy or something. LOL
Glad to have you stop by.
Marcia made it thru the weekend but as you can expect it has only gotten worse.
I agree that we all know she will be in a better place.
What grieves me more than anything is the hole that will be left at our church. She really was a mainstay of many things.

 

[Bellaryna]

Hey Bella! Sounds like you are doing fabulous and are on the right track!
Thanks!
Isnt it nice to feel motivated and see results!
It sure is. And your doing great too! Can't wait until I am back in the 180's. I could just whoop myself for letting it all slide back up like I did.
Amazing loss you had this week!!! Im jealous. I finally hit 185 and im estatic! You did great with your choices over Easter! Im sooo glad we didn't have a big gathering. I like to make Easter simple. We hide eggs and put lil scriptures in it and color eggs
Sounds just like us. Except we put change in the eggs. And there is always one mega egg! The kids never know which one it is but it usually has bunches of change in it.
My daughter loves it. Your daughter is adorable!
We did go out to eat but I did awsome! Ordered a salad.. although 800+ calories , it wasnt as bad at the burger & fries i'd usually go for. Its nice to make better choices and feel great about it.
I know that had I gone with the usual I would have been very disappointed in myself the next day. That's my usal M.O. anyway. Do good for about a week and then blow it, making it next to impossible to get back on track.

What organic yougurt are you using? I have one from Trader Joes.. it's the Greek Organic.. some are plain and I add splenda and I have a few that have honey!
Sounds like mine. It is by a company calles "Oikos".
I love it cuz' it is loaded with protein and not sugars. I always have to add a bit of Splenda otherwise it is way too sour creamy tasting to me.
I love both of these for my smoothies! Matter of fact im about to make my smoothie.. 1 cup blackberries, 1/2 banana some yogurt and crushed ice!! Soooooo good and filling too.
Your smoothies always sound so delish! Mmmm makes me want one just reading about yours! LOL

Anyways, have a blessed day. Hope your Easter was great. Ohhh I was gonna ask if you do any bible studies? I have mine tonight. I go every other Tuesday.. awsome.. its one from Cheryl Broderson.. not sure if you are familiar but she is Chuck Smiths daughter. The study is Dare to be a Daniel.. absolutely amazing..

Thanks for the Easter Blessings. The day went splendidly. I ended up teaching Sunday School to the 3 and 4's. I love that group. They are all about having fun. And I am a bit hyper myself so getting up singing and dancing is my thing.
We use a program called Lil' K. And they eat it up!
We were actually able to talk about what Jesus did for them. And why today (Sunday) was so special. Quite a few of them had it down. I was so proud. That means that all the work that we do with these kids is actually hitting home with them.
As for a bible study dh is currently leading one for Sunday School. It is all about the book of John. And it is FANTASTIC! If you watch the show LOST then you will know who Desmond is. Well he is the one portraying Jesus. I really thought I was going to have a hard time with that but he really makes you see Jesus. We have been watching the video chapter by chapter so that once we are done with a chapter we are able to discuss what we just saw.
I really like it.
We also host a small group bible study in our home on Thursday nights. Sometimes we have lots of families and sometimes we have just one.
We are getting ready to study something new in that one and dh hasn't told me yet what his ideas are.
I will definately look up the one that you mentioned. I am always on the lookout for a good bible study.

 

[Bellaryna]

Soooo I told you in the last post that today's weigh-in would probably be better than Mondays.
And Man Was It!!!
WooHoo!!!
Weighed in at............drum roll please..............







206.8

Which means that in 8 days I have lost nearly 7 pounds. *Picking jaw up off the floor*

I can't believe it. It's got to be the running.
I got on and off the scale like 5 times this morning. I expected to see a drop just like I predicted but not one that BIG!
Needless to say that really made my day.
~~~~~
I ended up not getting to the Y last night since I was soooo tired. I took a quick tubby (to warm up, dh keeps it pretty cool around here lol) and headed off to beddy-bye land. Was asleep by 8:45pm. Even though I went to bed early I was still not happy to hear that alarm going off at 3:45am.
Having such a great start to my day only made me even more determined to stick with the running. Not that I was considering quitting but you all know how it is, miss a few days and that little voice in the back of our minds starts talking smack at ya.
You know, " You already missed 2 days and you had only done 2 to begin with. Why bother?"
Well I told that voice to take a hike and booted him in the hinny~inny end on the way out! LOL
So I did Day 3 of Week 1 this morning.
I am going to go back tonight and do Day 1 of Week 2 so that tomorrow I will be right back on track being able to do Day 2 of Week 2.
Funny thing happened though while I was running.
I thought that I would give the treadmill a try since the other 2 times I only used the track. Was figuring I might get a better workout if I actually force myself to run at a certain speed. Well I got it all set up (even put it on the weight loss program which gives you incline intervals) pushed start and then cranked the MP3.
Got going pretty good. The Cto5K program told me to start running so I was like okay I am going to see just what I can do. I put that puppy up to 6.4mph on an incline no less!
Now before when I was running around the track I had no real way to keep track of the time. But on the treadmill I see every second going by. I know that week 1 is suppose to only make me run for 60 seconds. Well 60 seconds comes and goes and I am feeling more and more like I am on the Biggest Loser with Jillian next to me upping the speed. It finally tells me to walk and I jump off the belt real quick to check my MP3.
I was working on WEEK 3 DAY 2!!!! LOL
No wonder I thought I was gonna fly off the back of that thing..hahaha
I ran for nearly 3 minutes!
Somehow or other my MP3 got stuck on a shuffle mode so when I started it back up it just randomly picked a week.
Glad it didn't send me to weeks 6, 7 or 8!!!!!
Or you all would be finding me on YouTube in one of those funny clips where someone is running and all the sudden.........Whoops there they go!!!!
hahaha
Catch ya'll later.

 

[bikinibound]

LOL@you and the treadmill!

Congrats on another fine showing at the scale!

I forgot that you are a fellow Lostie. I just watched last week's episode last night. I loved it at the end when Desmond beat up Ben. He sure had that coming! I wondered who had beaten him up--they kept that a mystery for weeks. Des is my fav male character on that show. I had heard the actor who plays him--Henry Ian Cusick--had made a movie where he played Jesus. He is a devout Catholic, apparently.

 

[Bellaryna]

LOL@you and the treadmill!

Yeah you would be laughing harder had I actually fallen of the dumb thing! LOL

Congrats on another fine showing at the scale!

Thank You, Thank you very much.
I can actually say that I am trying harder now than I have in the recent past. So it feels really good to see the scale reflecting all that hard work.

I forgot that you are a fellow Lostie. I just watched last week's episode last night. I loved it at the end when Desmond beat up Ben. He sure had that coming! I wondered who had beaten him up--they kept that a mystery for weeks. Des is my fav male character on that show. I had heard the actor who plays him--Henry Ian Cusick--had made a movie where he played Jesus. He is a devout Catholic, apparently.

You heard right.
And he does it very well. I mean it is right on with the bible. Every word that Jesus says in the Book of John is actually in the movie. He really makes you forget that he is Desmond.
I am loving this season. There is so much info being thrown at us I am sure that I am missing bunches of it without realizing it.
They always have so many things that are underlying.
Like where did the scientist dude go? You know the one who's girlfriend died when the time kept jumping.
I know that at the beginning of last season's show they showed him watching the footage of the plane under water. And he was in hospital garb, acting like he had lost his mind.
I have 1/2 a mind to go and rent all of the seasons so that I can see what the "hey hey" is going on. LOL
Well maybe not Season 1. I think I can honestly say I saw that one enough times to have gotten all of it! hahaha

 

[Bellaryna]

I think that when I hit 199 I am going to put my true beginning weight loss number back at the beginning of my ticker.
I orginally started out at 230 pounds not 213.
And I don't ever want to forget where I came from or how hard I worked to get away from that number.
The reason why I changed the ticker from 230 to 213 was I got stuck in a rut of thinking. Telling myself that even though I fell off the wagon there for awhile, I at least hadn't gotten myself all the way back up to 230.
I decided that in the long run I needed to face the reality of the number I was at not what I use to be. Otherwise I was afraid I would get back up to that 230.
Soooo like I said when I reach 199 and I know that I am well on my way back to where I once was I am going to change that ticker back. This way I won't ever forget just how hard I worked/am working.

 

[kimmy.j]

You are doing awesome!! I hope you reach that magic 199 number very very soon! I know you will!

You're doing great!

 

[Shep031]

i'm glad i finally made my way into your journal.

a 7 lb loss in one week, congrats!! that has got to feel amazing. in no time you'll be hitting the 190's!!

lol at your treadmill story. and whatever you do, do not fall off of it, IT HURTS. i tripped one time and it skinned my one knee up pretty bad. i'm just lucky i didn't fly the whole way off, hit the wall, and bounce back onto the treadmill that was still running...i probably would've lost my teeth or something if that happened. i never wear those emergency clip things that you're supposed to clip on your shirt, then if you fall off the treadmill stop...i should start, i'm clumsy!

how do you like that c25k thing? i thought about trying it, just to mix it up a bit.

 

[A_CRUCE_SALUS]

Soooo I told you in the last post that today's weigh-in would probably be better than Mondays.
And Man Was It!!!
WooHoo!!!
Weighed in at............drum roll please..............
Which means that in 8 days I have lost nearly 7 pounds. *Picking jaw up off the floor*

I can't believe it. It's got to be the running.
I got on and off the scale like 5 times this morning. I expected to see a drop just like I predicted but not one that BIG!
Needless to say that really made my day.
~~~~~
I ended up not getting to the Y last night since I was soooo tired. I took a quick tubby (to warm up, dh keeps it pretty cool around here lol) and headed off to beddy-bye land. Was asleep by 8:45pm. Even though I went to bed early I was still not happy to hear that alarm going off at 3:45am.
Having such a great start to my day only made me even more determined to stick with the running. Not that I was considering quitting but you all know how it is, miss a few days and that little voice in the back of our minds starts talking smack at ya.
You know, " You already missed 2 days and you had only done 2 to begin with. Why bother?"
Well I told that voice to take a hike and booted him in the hinny~inny end on the way out! LOL
So I did Day 3 of Week 1 this morning.
I am going to go back tonight and do Day 1 of Week 2 so that tomorrow I will be right back on track being able to do Day 2 of Week 2.
Funny thing happened though while I was running.
I thought that I would give the treadmill a try since the other 2 times I only used the track. Was figuring I might get a better workout if I actually force myself to run at a certain speed. Well I got it all set up (even put it on the weight loss program which gives you incline intervals) pushed start and then cranked the MP3.
Got going pretty good. The Cto5K program told me to start running so I was like okay I am going to see just what I can do. I put that puppy up to 6.4mph on an incline no less!
Now before when I was running around the track I had no real way to keep track of the time. But on the treadmill I see every second going by. I know that week 1 is suppose to only make me run for 60 seconds. Well 60 seconds comes and goes and I am feeling more and more like I am on the Biggest Loser with Jillian next to me upping the speed. It finally tells me to walk and I jump off the belt real quick to check my MP3.
I was working on WEEK 3 DAY 2!!!! LOL
No wonder I thought I was gonna fly off the back of that thing..hahaha
I ran for nearly 3 minutes!
Somehow or other my MP3 got stuck on a shuffle mode so when I started it back up it just randomly picked a week.
Glad it didn't send me to weeks 6, 7 or 8!!!!!
Or you all would be finding me on YouTube in one of those funny clips where someone is running and all the sudden.........Whoops there they go!!!!
hahaha
Catch ya'll later.

That is sooooooooo awsome!!! You dropped BIG! Yes... I definately think it's the running! I feel like my hips are sliding off and its a good thing!!! Im so bottom heavy I hate it. Being 5'3 doesn't help matters either!! Blahhh!!! You are doing soo awsome. I love how you arent hard on yourself and seem like a total person of reason. I need that to rub off on me!

When im on the treadmill and it's coming up on a big run (hehe what i consider to be big 5 min LOL) I have to turn my iphone around or i'm forever counting down!! Im really glad you didn't fall, however... a youtube clip would be histarical!!!!

I know how you feel when 3:45 rolls around. That's when my alarm goes off. Lately I have been hitting snooze and well NO makeup or fooofooo all week. I need that extra 15 of snooze!!! Its soo stinkin early. It makes for a long day.

Im excited to see your results at the end of the week.. im sure you will have dropped again! Keep it up.. we got this girl !!!!

 

[Bellaryna]

You are doing awesome!! I hope you reach that magic 199 number very very soon! I know you will!

You're doing great!

Hey Kimmy
Thanks for poppin' in on me!
I have really enjoyed traveling around the forum and making new friends.
Keep doing what your doing and you will soon be at your goals too!

i'm glad i finally made my way into your journal.

a 7 lb loss in one week, congrats!! that has got to feel amazing. in no time you'll be hitting the 190's!!
Thanks! Let's hope it's real soon. 'Cuz I want it real bad!!!! LOL

lol at your treadmill story. and whatever you do, do not fall off of it, IT HURTS. i tripped one time and it skinned my one knee up pretty bad. i'm just lucky i didn't fly the whole way off, hit the wall, and bounce back onto the treadmill that was still running...i probably would've lost my teeth or something if that happened. i never wear those emergency clip things that you're supposed to clip on your shirt, then if you fall off the treadmill stop...i should start, i'm clumsy!

how do you like that c25k thing? i thought about trying it, just to mix it up a bit.

Welcome to my journey Shep!
I really like the c25k thing alot.
At first I was a bit scared since I never ever run/ran. I would see other people running and be like " man they are nuts, what can they possibly be getting out of it besides a whole world of hurt?"
But now I know what it is they get outta it. 'Cuz I am getting it too.
A huge sense of accomplishment!
You wouldn't believe how many of my running buddies have encouraged me to not give up. Their eyes just light up when I tell them that I am running now!
The only thing I wish I could change is for my music program to have songs on it that I want to hear. But I figure for eight weeks I can put up with it. 'Cuz once I got this down I can listen to whatever I want for the rest of my life!
Give it a try I think you will like it.
Of course don't trip on that treadmill though!!!! hahahaha

That is sooooooooo awsome!!! You dropped BIG! Yes... I definately think it's the running! I feel like my hips are sliding off and its a good thing!!!
Me too!!! I swear they aren't nearly as "jiggly" as they were 2 weeks ago.
Im so bottom heavy I hate it. Being 5'3 doesn't help matters either!! Blahhh!!! You are doing soo awsome. I love how you arent hard on yourself and seem like a total person of reason. I need that to rub off on me!
I have just learned in life that there are plenty of people out there who are willing to take a number and get into line to knock me down. I shouldn't be one of them. Besides it really ticks grumpy people off when you are always happy. I mean really ticks them off! LOL
.


When im on the treadmill and it's coming up on a big run (hehe what i consider to be big 5 min LOL) I have to turn my iphone around or i'm forever counting down!! Im really glad you didn't fall, however... a youtube clip would be histarical!!!! Glad that you were worried about me! LOL

I know how you feel when 3:45 rolls around. That's when my alarm goes off. Lately I have been hitting snooze and well NO makeup or fooofooo all week. I need that extra 15 of snooze!!! Its soo stinkin early. It makes for a long day.
I am soooo there with you on that!!! The snooze button was definately invented by a Mom!
I always get a kick outta the folks at the Y who do a double take in the morning when I take the time to do my hair. Usually I am wearing a ball cap of some sort. Depends on what sports team is playing at the time. I love, love, love sports!!!!
Im excited to see your results at the end of the week.. im sure you will have dropped again! Keep it up.. we got this girl !!!!

I can't wait to see what I weigh next week either. In no way do I expect another big drop like that but wouldn't it be cool if it did!?!?!
Your right........we got this like white on rice!!!
hahahaha

 

[Bellaryna]

A little insight from the past........

Every once in a while I really write something that seems at least to me, profound.
Back in October I was struggling badly with seasonal depression (still am a bit but now that Spring is here it is getting better).
At the time I don't think I realized how much I was struggling with it. And all thru the winter I just gained and gained.
I was just going thru some old stuff that I wrote and found this...........
Maybe it can help someone else as much as it helped me then and now.

Too much of a good thing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Why is it that food seems to be such a comfort for me?
It's not like we had alot of it when I was a kid. We were never in short supply either. I guess you could say, "it was just right", to quote GoldiLocks. Mom was never there when I got home from school. Welcome to the world of a latch key kid. So there weren't any cookies and milk. No big family meals. Not even extended family. I am an only lonely. Could it be that food was my friend? Something to talk to and play with? Something to drive away the lonely's?
What is it about food that just draws me to it. It's like a magnet. I'll find myself at work just standing in front of that stupid vending machine. With all the garish colors calling to me. I know that there is nothing in that machine that is good or remotely healthy for me. But if I got a little jingle in my pocket you can bet that it will be clinking into that machine before my break is done. Why, even after I have packed a good lunch will I still crave the crinkly sound of the wrapper being opened? The feel of the package in my hand. I'll try not to take any money to work with me. I'll sometimes end up borrowing money to feed my habit. I'll even leave the money in the car, parking far away from the building. Even that won't deter me. I wish that they would put the packages in backwards. That way I could see the calorie content before I am commited to it. 'Cuz once I spend the money I can't "waste" it right? At least that was what mom always said. "Don't waste food it costs too much. " If she only knew then what the prices would be today maybe she wouldn't have pushed so hard for me to clean my plate.
I'll tell myself that I am not going to buy anything while I am on break. But just as I am stuffing the last bite of that Red Zinger into my pie hole the guilt will set in. It's a good thing that I don't like to throw up. 'Cuz at that point of the game I really feel like I could. Sometimes wish I would, if nothing else to get rid of the guilt. There is no way that I could ever be anorexic. I love food way to much to not eat it. That is quite obvious or I wouldn't be in this boat!
So what is the deal? Why can't I seem to control this one area of my life. I want to have an iron grip on it. I want to be able to walk right past the doughnuts and pizza and say "No Thanks". I want to eat what I want and not feel guilty for it afterwards. Knowing that I over-indulged yet again. Why? Why do I continue to do this to myself?
Most times now when I eat something that I know is just not healthy for me, like that entire bag of Reese's Pieces, ahem, 500 cals in that one I will just shovel it in as fast as I can. Like someone is going to come along and take them away. And it won't even taste good. And I will once again be questioning my resolve.
You know what the really sad thing is? Even if I had 1/2 a notion (and somedays it would seem I have more than 1/2 if eating habits has anything to do with it) to throw the towel in, I couldn't really do it. Not this time.
I've learned too much this time. Like how many calories makes a pound (3500 thank you very much) and how much I really should be eating. No more than 1800 calories if I want to lose weight. Plus add in protein and fiber. Don't forget the water. And all the exercise. Ohhhhh the exercise. Hurts so much but feels so good afterwards.
I just know too much now. I can't just "forget" everything I have learned.
I've been at it too long this time. I have invested too much of myself physically, mentally and spiritially this time.
I can't just go and be a mindless auto-matron eating it all up at the local buffet. Those days are over.
What is it that drives me to use food as a comfort? I am not sure if there is any one thing that drives me there but I do know this for sure I've been at this long enough now that I just may figure it out before it is too late. 'Cuz I have learned too much...........this time.
And for once too much is a good thing.

 

[cinderelly]

WOW to your weight loss girl!!!

That is impressive!!!

Your last post I found interesting for two reasons:

Being a latch key kid and eating/wanting food for comfort and as a friend, makes alot of sence.

Also the never waste food thing, ya I hear ya there.I was raised that way and I kinda raise the girls that way but try not to say it like that ya know. Food is expensive now a days especially over here in B.C.

I always encourage the girls especially my youngest to stop eating when full and etc. It has been hard to even program myself that way. That is is ok to stop eating and it is ok to leave food on my plate and it is ok to be not be hungry and to not eat when everyone else does or what everyone else eats, LOL!

It is mind over matter doesnt make it easy bu tit is so.Ive been there where I can say no and dont want anyhtign and now lucky for me everyone just assumes I dont want anythign LOL.
YOU ARE DOING THIS DAWN

Keep up the great work and i am IMPRESSED with you!!!

 

[Bellaryna]

Today has been a busy and unusual day to say the least.
Haven't had time to get my Week 2 Day 2 run in yet. Was hoping to do it this morning right after I got done working at the YMCA. But ended up hauling around landscaping blocks with dh instead. Ninty of them to be exact! And let me just say they were Heee~a~vy!!!!
After that he treated us (step-son and I) to lunch. Knowing that we would be moving furniture after lunch and with all the work prior to lunch and with getting a run in later I decided to treat myself and ordered Fish and Fries.
Yep you read that right..........
Fried Fish and Fried Fries.
That was 5 1/2 hours ago and I am noooo where even near to feeling hungry. So even though dh and the kids have decided that they want take out pizza for dinner, I won't be having any.
Can't imagine that I will even feel hungry until tomorrow.
I know that I could have chosen something a bit more healthy but Fish just sounded soooo tasty. And rather than say no and then later end up bingeing on something else I decided to just go with it.
And like I said I really did work hard today.
Didn't get nearly enough sleep last night and it once again reflected itself on the scale this morning. Even though I did drink plenty of water. Also ended up eating dinner pretty late so I am positive that had some effect as well.
Weighed in at 207.6 I think. This morning was such a long time ago! LOL
I am planning on heading to the Y in about an hour to an hour and a half to get that run in and once I am home I think I will be going to bed early once again.
Other than the Fish and Fries I ate really well today.
Breakfast
Organic Yogurt w/ 1oz raspberries, 1oz blackberries and 1 serving granola
Early AM Snack
banana
Late AM Snack
low fat cheese stick
Early Afternoon Snack (when I got home from work but before the hauling of the landscaping blocks)
1 smallish pancake w/ 1-2 tbsp s.f syrup
1 med skinny latte w/ s.f white chocolate mocha and a touch of whip
Lunch
Large serving of fries
3 pieces of fried pollack
3tbsp cole slaw
oh I almost forgot, my meal came with a small cup of chicken soup w/ two saltine crackers.

And that is it so far. And really I don't see myself eating anymore today because I don't even feel remotely hungry. And if I have learned nothing at all at least I have learned this..........
If your not hungry you just don't eat.
End of story.

Well I hope everyone else had a great day.
Minus all the moving of furniture my day went really well.
Later Gators!

 

[M_Marie]

girl! you dont have to justify what you had today to yourself and us!!!! You kicked butt all day lifting and moving heavy stuff.... if fish and fries is what you needed to feel satisfied... then thats what you needed. Yeah, not the healthiest stuff in the world... but you dont make it a habit... and you can have whatever you want in moderation and when staying within caloric intake!!!


Isnt is SO HARD to stay away from pizza when its ordered..... oh my word... smells sooo good... .nom nom nom hehe

 

[Bellaryna]

girl! you dont have to justify what you had today to yourself and us!!!! You kicked butt all day lifting and moving heavy stuff.... if fish and fries is what you needed to feel satisfied... then thats what you needed. Yeah, not the healthiest stuff in the world... but you dont make it a habit... and you can have whatever you want in moderation and when staying within caloric intake!!!


Isnt is SO HARD to stay away from pizza when its ordered..... oh my word... smells sooo good... .nom nom nom hehe

Hi Marie!
Thanks for popping into my journal with words of encouragement.
You are soooo right about the pizza smelling so good. hahaha
I ended up being the one who picked it up so the aroma was wafting all over the car! LOL
Still I didn't have any 'cuz I wasn't hungry.
One battle down...........

 

[Bellaryna]

Shhhhh...........I am suppose to be taking a nap. Hehehee
Typically on Fridays I don't get home until well after 2am and dh is being very sweet. He dropped me off at home after we finished up moving the rest of MIL's furniture. Well after we had lunch too.

I did get that run in like I said I would. However I decided that I didn't want to listen to the Week 2 music. I basically listen to talk radio or Christian contempary/pop/rap most of the time. Once in a while I will listen to regular music just to see what is out there. I have a teenage son and feel that I should be aware of what he is listening to.
So on Tuesday you can imagine my dismay when I was about 1/2 way thru the run when a song started blasting into my brain with major profanity. And I do mean major. I know that everyone has different musical taste but I just can't fathom why anyone would want to listen to someone saying the MF/F word so many times.
Beings that I was in the middle of the run I put up with it for that 90 seconds but decided then and there that I was not going to listen to that again.
Soooo when I went back to run on Wed., I bumped myself up to Week 3 Day 1.
Was a bit worried to see if I would even be able to run for 3 minutes but I did make it thru.
When Monday rolls around I will continue to stick to Week 3 just like I should if I hadn't bumped myself up. That way I will get all the benefits of not listening to the nasty music and extra time to get used to running 3 minutes.

We had bible study at our house last night. We do that every Thursday.
And every Thursday I have such a hard time with the snack foods.
I put out a mix of healthy for you stuff and just plain old snacky things.
I don't have the snacky food in the house at all any other time of the week. I actually go and buy it the day of the bible study. But I usually end up eating the junky stuff.
Last night was no exception. I ate like a piggy. Okay maybe not really like a piggy. I mean I didn't go waaaaaay overboard but I certainly didn't keep it within any calorie range that I should.
And to top it off when I went to the store to pick up dd's medicine later in the evening I got it into my head that sense I already "blown" it, and I say that knowing that I haven't truly blown it just lost control for one meal, that I might as well have some ice cream to boot.
So I picked up a pint of Ben and Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup. And ate the whole thing!
Of course the scale was not kind to me at all this morning.
Weighed in at 210.6, a whole 3 pounds heavier than Tuesday.
Now just so you know I am not sitting here beating myself up or anything like that. I know that even though I did eat stuff I shouldn't have, or better yet didn't keep the stuff I did eat with-in reasonable portion sizes, that all that 3 pounds is not from the over-indulgence of the evening.
Most likely there is alot of salt related water retention going on.
Could I have done better? Sure I could have.
Will I do better next Thursday? You bet I will.
Next Thursday the food that I put out will all be healthy.
And since I once again spent the majority of my day moving furniture I wasn't able to get my Friday run in like I wanted to.
I will be doing that tomorrow after I get up. Because let me tell you something. It is really, really hard to do a run in the morning and then another in the evening like I did on Tuesday. Well hard for a beginning runner that is, LOL.

Oh I almost forgot.
I have decided that in June I am going to run a 5k.
That will put me at just about 2 weeks past the c25k training being done. So I should be able to do it.
Here is the cool part.
I live in Northern Indiana and the run will be held in South Bend.
The finish line is the 50 yard line in Notre Dame Stadium.
I will actually get to run thru the very same tunnel that the Fighting Irish run thru when they are coming onto the field to play football.
Can you say AWESOME!!!!
I am not even a Notre Dame fan and I know how cool that will be.
I may even have a few people from the YMCA who are going to run with me.
They want to run thru the stadium too.
I am really pumped about this, and can't wait to actually run for the whole thing.
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Food for today
(Back on Track, one day does not derail this train.......whoo whoo)
Breakfast
Organic Yogurt w/ granola
No Snack
(busy moving furniture)
Lunch
Salad buffet @ Pizza Hut- Loaded with tons of veggies and hardly any dressing.
Snack
I will eat an apple on the way to work since once I am there I won't be able to eat anything until 6pm.
Dinner
Another huge salad from Pizza Hut
Snack
Apple

And of course lots and lots of water.
Let's just see what that scale has to say tomorrow!

 

[bikinibound]

B&J's peanut butter cup ice cream is my absolute favorite, so I know full well how evil it is!! You have my sympathy.

However, even if there are like 1300 calories in the whole pint (yeah like you wanted to hear that), you would've had to eat 10,500 calories more than you burned off that day in order to gain 3lbs of fat. So I'm sure it is mostly water retention. Just get back on the wagon and keep up with the running and you'll be fine. We are not perfect, and a bad day is bound to happen once in awhile. If you can make most days good with a naughty one mixed in here and there, you'll will be fine.

That music that you were not impressed with--was that on the official C25K podcast? If so, I'm surprised. But I never made it as far as you have, so I wouldn't know. Anyway, I'm impressed that you can run for 3min straight. I was dying with 90 seconds..lol!

 

[Guest]

Hello Bellaryna!!

I just thought it was neat to see that in another diary you posted that you participate in ZUMBA!!! I had been in a class of Zumba earlier this year and thought it was ALOT OF FUN!! I had a hard time keeping up with everyone (had to sit alot) haha

Anyways I hope you're doing well in your weight journey!! I will go now to read your journey from the beginning!!

Take Care