Celia's Slide Down the Scale

Went for a good walk tonight with a friend. My usual 50min route took an extra 15mins as her foot hurt, but it was great to have the company!

I did fine with the food - with the cookie and juice I snuck in my total cals for the day were about 1400. I actually ate too much for supper and felt too full. Very weird for me! But my chicken creation was good!

I'm going to definatly keep track of my food and calorie intake when I'm able to, but I'm not going to go hungry for any length of time. I don't think I could happily keep up on that for very long. Today was fine at 1400cals, but I know that sometimes what I ate today would leave me hungry. When I'm hungry, I will eat. It just will be good stuff :)
 
Today controlling eating was a snap - I think my appitite went out the window when I got a cold.

I had a 3 turkey sausages and an egg for breakfast 240 cal
leftover chicken and wild rice with tomato and cucumber salad for lunch 420 cals
coffees 90cals
snack of 9 almonds 65cals
hummus and red bell pepper 150cals
and for supper I just ate most of a bowl of ground turkey and white bean soup with a bit of cheese on it. It was homemade with no added fat other than the cheese, so I'm guessing the cals to be about 300

So daily total today 1265. Low, but if my appitite returns, I'll have a snack tonight. I'd love a big stompin bowl of buttery popcorn and a movie... my weakness... but maybe I'll just have a little one and some grapes :)

No exercise today, other than the usual housework chasing kids stuff. I'm skipping the walk tonight, but will go tomorrow morning as I won't have a chance tomorrow as I'm going strawberry picking in the eve.

Oh yeah, there's gonna be lots of strawberries are on the menu later this week!
 
Oh yeah, the scale said I was at 197.8 this morning. I'm really really looking forward to being able to move that ticker someday - it's been a while!!!
 
Mine hasn't moved in a while either. Annoying how much of a compulsive need it is to move them haha.

Strawberries are awesome! Have fun pickin'.
 
This cold has gotten NASTY. I think my kids are getting it too. I just feel drained and achey all over. And the dang scale went up to 198.2 this morning to add insult to injury. I'm thinking I really need to step up on the cardio. The last time I lost weight successfully (1-2lbs a week) I was doing 45mins on the elliptical 3 to 4 times a week. But it's too freaking hot in the house to do that, so hopefully the walking will do SOMETHING sometime soon. My route is getting easier, so I know that I'm getting a bit healthier anyways, so thats' something.

Today I've had an egg, 4 turkey sausages, 2 yogurts, a cup of branflakes, a few slices of red pepper with hummous, coffee, and 4 jalapeno's stuffed with feta cheese and a cup or so of green grapes. Yum. Calories are at 884. I'll have a chicken ceaser salad for supper (about 350cals) and hopefully have a nice big bowl of strawberries tonight, assuming I can haul my butt out the door to go picking. Stupid cold. All said and done, cals should end up around 1400.
 
I SCREWED UP.

So strawberry picking ended a little earlier than planned as we were the only ones in the field and the owner helped us pick. Of course us gals didn't want to go home early, and we decided to go the the pub for nachos. Beefy, cheesy, guacamole laden nachos. I'm thinking that lapse of willpower was in the vacinity of a beastly 1000 calories, putting my day's totals up around 2200. What a shame!!!

Overall though, I've been pretty disciplined, and yet, not losing much weight at all. I think I need to step up the exercise, but I really don't know quite how to fit it into my already busy life. I'm getting quite frustrated. I tried to go for a walk this morning, getting up early, but the kids woke, hubby had a headache and asked me to keep it short. 25mins of walking doesn't count for much exercise, and I have to stay home with the kids tonight as well so I can't get out to walk. I think I'm going to try out an exercise video - something I've never done before.

Today so far:
breakfast - coffee and strawberries 200cal
snack - red pepper and hummus 100
lunch - taco salad with turkey, beans, lettuce cilantro and half a tomato - 275cal

Don't know what the rest of the day holds foodwise, except more fresh strawberries are a certainty!
 
Today was pretty good. Dinner was whole wheat pasta, green beans, and shrimp. I'm not sure of the calorie cound as the pasta box said one serving was 1/20th of a box at 310cals, and there's no way I could estimate that. Stupid. But I'm going to guess I put away about 500cals. Putting my calorie count today at only about 1100cals. Low, so I'm going to have a nice snack tonight! Strawberries with a tad of ice cream.

Definately could have used more exercise today - the short walk didn't cut it. But it's been a really busy day with housecleaning errand and chasing the kids at the beach, and it's 8o'clock and they're still not asleep. I think going to the beach after supper was just a tad too stimulating. Long day, and I need some flop time so I'm just going to take it easy and go for a really good walk or put time in on the elliptical tomorrow morning. I think I should probably do the elliptical as I'm thinking it's better for weight loss, but it's just really unappealing to me right now. I'm loving the quietness of walks. Maybe I'll try and do some jogging - never done that before and I'm just not sure I can, but I guess I could try! Not tomorrow though as TOM is just about here, and my boobs hurt! I cringe thinking about it!

Gotta step up on the intensity of my exercise for sure.
 
Hi Celia, thanks for stopping by my journal. Thought that I'd come visit you as well. A good tip if you have water retention at TOM, is to try dandelion tea. It is quiet palatable with a little honey in it. Remember to keep the faith. It can move mountains, so a few pounds won't be too hard with His help.
 
Looks like you are doing a good job of sticking to the plan. One of the things I found from reading the forums here was fitday.com. I log everything I eat, all my exercise and my daily weight in there and then it will give you all kinds of reports. Really a useful tool.
Keep up the good work!:seeya:
 
Hi Soupdragon and Swampbillies! Thanks for popping in and for the suggestions. Will definatly check out fitday and try the dandilion tea. I already track my weight and what I eat with the total cals on an excel chart, but it might me interesting to read the reports it gives out so when I have time, I will surely check it out!

Today wasn't too bad. Ate a heap of strawberries, and a couple yogurts in the morning, I was out for lunch and had to eat out, but stuck to a Whopper Jr., no cheese no mayo, than had a couple slices of cheese when I got home. And yes, more strawberries! I'm going to turn red. Had a big supper of a cob of corn, some green beans, red bell pepper, and about 8oz of steak. Yum. I only eat red meat once a week, and between the burger and steak I sure had a good time with it! Oh, and I had a couple chocolate wafer cookies and a glass of juice. Oh, and more strawberries for dessert.

Total cals for the day is 1550. Still within my limits, and I feel like I've been eating all day. I might find myself on the pot all tomorrow due to all the strawberries!

Going to go for a walk tonight in the sweltering heat. It's currently 36Celcius and it's almost 8pm. Nuts. And tomorrow it's supposed to get up to 38. Only good thing about this heat is that my daughter can run around naked, which is making potty training quite easy! She's doing so well - she's only been home (adopted) for 6 months, and is only 22months old. Linguistically, she's already speaking at the level of a 30-36month old, which is amazing as there was very little english spoken in the orphanage. And now she's nearly potty trained before she's even two. She amazes me daily. This has nothing to do with weight loss, now I'm just rambling! I better not get started about how super my son is!!

Alright - hubby got home, and kids are still fussing about going to sleep. That is one area where my daughter has gotten worse since she's come home. Sigh. I think I'm too much of a softy in that department!

Okay, getting off my butt now and going for that walk...
 
Weight this morning was 198.2 Bleah. Disappointing.

Better news was my measurements are less. I didn't post my measurements last week - too embarrassed. But, what the heck. If my weight is 198, I'm expected to have rediculously large hips!

Last week

Bust: 40.5
Waist: 37
Hips: 46.75
Rear: 45.5

This week:
Bust:40.25
Waist: 36.25
Hips: 46
Rear/: 45

Not sure where a person generally measures. Should I have measured arms or legs neck or anything else?

It's nice to see some shrinkage, even if the scale doesn't reflect it!
 
Great job on the measurements! That is exactly what happened to me this week. I showed I gained a pound on the scale byt my overall measurements went down 3 inches. At least it is something
 
Congrats on the drops in measurements. A lot of people do measure the neck and arms and whatnot, but it is really up to you.
 
Pregnant

Oh my Gosh.

I was wondering where the heck my period was. I've been feeling bloated and sore boobed for a week now. I became suspicious today and took a home test. POSITIVE. I was a frantic mess by the time my hubby came home.

I'm stunned. I wish I could say I'm happy, and part of me is, but I'm freaked out. I'm worried about starting pregnancy with so many extra pounds.

Let me say, I don't want to hear any remarks about how I ought to have waited to get pregnant till the pounds were shed.

My son was born in May 2004. By a year later, we were trying hard to conceive again. After two years of no success, I had lost weight, tried fertility drugs, and without going for anything more invasive, decided we wanted to adopt. I've always wanted to adopt, but with how expensive it is, I never brought it up with my husband until this point. We began a torturous 1.5year process, finally meeting our daughter this past Christmas day, bringing to her canada on new years eve. I gained weight throughout the process, and starting smoking a lot more. I quit when she came home, and was moving on to the weight issues.

I've not used any birth control since my son was born. 4 years. No particular reason given why we couldn't conceive, we were just told that the probability was very low after having no success even with fertility pills. So protection wasn't something that we've concerned ourselves with (obviously!)

Not only am I nervous about weight, but yesterday my brother phoned me - his wife, 6months pregnant found out in her ultrasound that the child has a fatal abnormality and will likely not live to term. And my other brothers daughter also has a rare genetic disorder which has her legs growing very bowed, and would likely have been fatal had they conceived a boy. So that's making me worry.

And, my pregnancy with my son was not very good. I started dilating at 25 weeks, was on bedrest till 33 weeks, and he was born at 34 weeks. Premature, and very colicky.

Plus my car can't fit 3 carseats.

And when I was at my mom's recently I joked about being pregnant (I was having a strange combination of food) and her response was something to the tune of "you'd lose your mind if you added another kid to these two tornadoes". Can I really handle 3 kids 4 and under? I suppose I'll have to, but it would be nice to have my family excited and supportive.

And I just had a garage sale and got rid of all my maternity clothes and infant stuff.

And I feel so guilty for not being super excited. I tried so hard for this, and I had come to accept that it wasn't going to happen. My dreams of what my family looked like had changed, and I was comfortable with that change. So many people I know from the adoption community would be ecstatic to be pregnant, and here I am, only able to think about the negative.

Diet-wise... I don't know what to do. I guess this is why I've been finding myself so tired lately. I binged today when I found out the news. 3 big samosas and some cheese. I think my cals today are in the vacinity of 2000.

I guess until I get into the doctor, I'll just try to keep walking, and eat healthy, upping my calories to 1800-2000. I'm just guessing in the dark here. I've actually been cramping a bit today, which is worrysome, so I'm going to rest tomorrow.

I can't even remember when my last period was. It would kind of be nice to know how pregnant I am. I'm guessing, maybe 6 weeks or so right now.
 
WOW!! That sounds like it is out of left field! Bless your heart. God moves in his time, not ours. I am sure the diet has moved way down on the priority list with this news, but don't forget about it. You can work with your body during this time and not let things get too far out of control. We will all be here for you during the pregnancy. You will still need to watch your diet just maybe a little different short term goals. The little things like clothes and car seats will work themselves out. And your family will come around. The important thing is you are going to have a beautiful, tiny, brand new, little person join your family soon. :grouphug: Congrats!!!
 
Thanks Swamp for your congrats and especially for reminding me that this is God's timing, even though it's not my idea of what would be the best. I needed that reminder! When we adopted, it was obvious to me that we were doing what God had planned, especially when we got our referral, and our daughter's given name was Elshaddai, meaning "God is Almighty".

I guess I had just grown comfortable and excited about continuing to grow our family by adoption. I guess one never knows, but my hubby probably won't want to adopt again once we already have 3 kids. He only wanted 2, but had warmed up to the idea of adopting again. For Elsha's sake, I thought it would be so good for her to have another child of the same race within our family who would deal with the same challanges that transracial adoptees inevitably have to face. It'll take me a while to accept that might not be the way it goes, and in some strange way it almost feels like a miscarraige in itself.

Life is full of surprises, and I will move on, accept it, and be grateful.

I went to the doctor this morning to ask for a referral to a high risk obstetrician (sp?). She told me to take it really easy on the exercise for now, especially as I have been experiencing some cramping. As to diet, I can discuss it with whatever doctor I end up seeing, but for the time, I'm just to try to eat a balanced diet, eating when I'm hungry with several small meals a day.

Still going to keep a food diary and keep track of cals, as I don't want to get out of control!
 
I think that sounds like an excellent plan! Your focus would become more maintenance and health rather than loss.
My husband and I had been empty nesters for 4 years after the last of 6 children had moved out of our house. Life was good. Then 6 years ago we found ourselves in the position of needing to adopt our 2 year old grandson. It is his 8th birthday today. He has been with us for the last 6 years. Not what we had planned for this point of our lives. I felt cheated. Why do I have to raise another generation? My job is done. When is it going to be my turn? I have been a mom since I was 18! But God puts us where we are needed. And truth be told, I have grown from the experience. I enjoy him more now that I am older and I have more time to spend with him than I did when my kids were little. He knows he is our grandson and also our son...LOL...Seems strange to people. Even to me. But to him, it is completely normal. He just knows that he is loved and safe. Kids are so much more adaptable than we give them credit for. They handle things much better than we do!:seeya:
 
Hi Celia, congratulations on the new baby. I know that you must be stunned and in shock at the moment, but remember, God will not give you more than you can cope with in your life, although it may not seem like that at times. You will cope brilliantly I am sure. God bless you all.
 
Hi Swamp, wow you sure did do your time with 6 kids, and I can totally understand why you'd feel the way you did about adopting your grandson. Raising kids is a lot of work, and the mom is always at the bottom of the priority list! And you're right, kids are adaptable. Elsha will be okay, I'll just have to make sure I get her out to all the events that I can that have people of her descent in them. It'll be hard for her to be one of the only black kids in a very white community, but all the hurdles can be overcome!

Soup, thanks for the congrats! I think God's idea of what I can handle and my ideas are quite different! But He will provide the strength and resources in ways that I can't imagine yet so I'll just have to trust!

So, dietwise, I've not counted calories in the past couple days, primarily because not everything I eat stays down. Morning sickness hit hard and fast! I think it's from taking those maternity vitamins. Feeling better today, though I've not taken any vitamins yet, but when I open the fridge and look about, nothing at all is appealing. I'll eat what I can, but I'm not going to stress about it at this point.

Weight this morning was 197.8
 
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