dreamingblue's Journey

by the way, i just thought i should add that daily i take a whole bunch of tablets, i'm not suggesting you do the same (since i'm no qualified medic or dietician or anything), but just thought i should let you know just in case: daily i take:-

-a vitamin c effervescent tablet
-a multivitamin/multimineral tablet
-a cod liver oil tablet (it has omega-3 fish oil which is good for the body and joints too)
-a glucosamine/chondroitin tablet (glucosamine is a supplement that is supposedly good for maintaining healthy joints and i'm just taking it as i know how my joints get quite beat up after every workout, i get it from the local grocery store's vitamin/mineral section, i also googled it to be sure).
-i also take an evening primrose oil tablet during that time of the month because it supposedly helps, but i still get bad cramps anyway :(

i'll actually go post this in my diary too since i don't think i ever have, plus will ask what others take just in case. sometimes it's like i go to the multivitamin/mineral section and there's like a hundred things there that are all supposedly 'good for you' and i'm always left thinking surely i can't take a hundred tablets a day...lol! so i just limit it to not more than 5. otherwise i eat lots of fruit and veges since they have all the vits/mins in good raw natural form.
 
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Thanks Cherry for all the advice. I really appreciate it.

As for the knees, I was thinking about wearing a heat pad, you know the fake heat stuff. And then wearing an ice pack. I heard that it's good to switch it up between heat and ice.

I totally agree about the knees, I will try to hang in there as long as I possibly can before going to see a doctor. I can't have my knees messing up on me. This has happened to me before. And my knee ends up getting better, or at least it stops bothering me. I just have to take it easy for a few days.

Thanks for letting me know about the vitamins! I already take a multivitamin, but I might just add that cod liver oil one too. That should be good. As for the cramps, I get terrible cramps as well, and nothing but midol seems to help me. Sometimes that doesn't even help. I heard when its that time of the month we burn like 200 calories though. Not sure if that's true.
 
Woke up this morning and my knees are still bugging me. I was gonna go to Curves but decided that I'm just gonna take it easy this weekend and get my knees feeling better.

Weight today: 313.2

I'm not gonna update my ticker until my official weigh in day on Tuesday. I was going for 312 for Tuesday, and since I'm almost there it should be fairly easy.
 
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My fingers are crossed that you make your goal for this week! I hope your knees start to feel better too. Take care of yourself.
 
Thanks YMCA!



My Knees are actually feeling better. I prayed that they'd feel better because I need these babies to get me through this journey. I REALLY don't want to have some sort of bad knee injury. I was reading an article and they said that every extra pound you carry is like 6 times that on a knee. So since I'm about 163 lbs over weight, that's like 978 extra pounds on my knees! Can you believe that? Just thinking about that is just unbelievable. So I'm not gonna jog on my knee anymore, I'm gonna take it nice and slow with some good walking.

I'm also going to start stretching more, and doing some exercises that will help strengthen the muslces around my knee so it can support them better.

I didn't record my eating yesterday, but I didn't do bad! I had cereal in the morning and a banana, ate a turkey burger for lunch, and some more leftover spaghetti cuz I hate cooking when I don't have to, lol. I have to admit though that a friend brought a piece of cake over! I only took one bite though and I threw the rest away.

LOL, and naturally, I weigh in this morning at 313.4 which is 2 ounces higher than yesterday, so I am thinking that of course taking a bite of that cake had something to do with it! lol

Sigh, I know that can't possibly be true. But it's just the way the brain works when you're so focused on a number.
 
heya,
i think it was good you gave your knee a rest....usually when i'm not too sure i take a rest too because at least you know it has extra time to heal. just as i'd said before my knees are always something i worry about too which is why for now i don't even attempt to jog at my weight. usually what i do is the treadmill on incline but at walking pace because i end up sweating bullets anyway, i think for now it's all i can do untill i get to a weight where i can jog or use other machines like the bike that wouldn't be so hard on my knees.

otherwise just wanted to say thanks for stopping by so often at my diary and the kind words, i've found such a lovely support system in this forum so i don't feel alone in this anymore like i used to.

i saw the post you'd put in the 'anthem of your life' section. i really like jill scotts music too and the two songs. my heart went out to you when you said how much you miss your dad and best friend....hopefully time heals such wounds....so we should live our lives like their golden right?

and also the hate on me song....gosh, i've been burnt sooo many times in the past in terms of friendships, thinking someone was your friend when really they were just using you and then stabbed you in the back when they were through. i really don't know why people have to be like that. it's made it really hard for me to even want to get to know new people that i meet because i never know if they'll dissapoint me in future. those are things i really have to work on. it's all part of the process of my lifestyle change because not only am i changing the physical me but also the emotional and mental me too.

well, glad to see your knee is better and you seem to be doing great. one bite of a cake is sooo much better than eating the whole thing (which i probably would have done in the past...lol!), so don't beat yourself up about it. by the way one of my housemates bakes a minimum of 3-4 times a week, on those days i come home to the aroma of hot sweet yummy smelling chocolate chip cookies or apple pie or blueberry muffins...it's absolute TORTURE...lol! i usually just stay in my room until he's done baking and eating them.

this road is long and hard but we're in it for the long-term. k, till next time xoxo
dreamingblue said:
Thanks YMCA!



My Knees are actually feeling better. I prayed that they'd feel better because I need these babies to get me through this journey. I REALLY don't want to have some sort of bad knee injury. I was reading an article and they said that every extra pound you carry is like 6 times that on a knee. So since I'm about 163 lbs over weight, that's like 978 extra pounds on my knees! Can you believe that? Just thinking about that is just unbelievable. So I'm not gonna jog on my knee anymore, I'm gonna take it nice and slow with some good walking.

I'm also going to start stretching more, and doing some exercises that will help strengthen the muslces around my knee so it can support them better.

I didn't record my eating yesterday, but I didn't do bad! I had cereal in the morning and a banana, ate a turkey burger for lunch, and some more leftover spaghetti cuz I hate cooking when I don't have to, lol. I have to admit though that a friend brought a piece of cake over! I only took one bite though and I threw the rest away.

LOL, and naturally, I weigh in this morning at 313.4 which is 2 ounces higher than yesterday, so I am thinking that of course taking a bite of that cake had something to do with it! lol

Sigh, I know that can't possibly be true. But it's just the way the brain works when you're so focused on a number.
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Glad your knees are feeling better :D My one is still playing up :( hopefully it will heal soon, it does feel better if I put an ice pack on it, so I must remember to do that!!

LOL I wouldn't worry about one bite of cake :) you did well to resist eating it all!
 
Hey Cherry,

otherwise just wanted to say thanks for stopping by so often at my diary and the kind words, i've found such a lovely support system in this forum so i don't feel alone in this anymore like i used to.
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Thanks for dropping by my journal too so often. I love the support system here.



i saw the post you'd put in the 'anthem of your life' section. i really like jill scotts music too and the two songs. my heart went out to you when you said how much you miss your dad and best friend....hopefully time heals such wounds....so we should live our lives like their golden right?

and also the hate on me song....gosh, i've been burnt sooo many times in the past in terms of friendships, thinking someone was your friend when really they were just using you and then stabbed you in the back when they were through. i really don't know why people have to be like that. it's made it really hard for me to even want to get to know new people that i meet because i never know if they'll dissapoint me in future. those are things i really have to work on. it's all part of the process of my lifestyle change because not only am i changing the physical me but also the emotional and mental me too.
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I love Jill Scott, her music is so soulful and deep, she sings from her heart. Seems like she has many songs that I can just relate to.

Thanks for the kind words. I am healing. And I have realized that life is so precious. That's why this weight loss journey is so significant.

I guess its apart of life that hateful people come into your life so often. I guess all that matters is how you deal with it. Looking back, I don't even know why I hung around such hateful people. I feel the same way about meeting new people. It's scary yet something that I gotta work on, like you said. It's amazing how much this journey just isn't about food and exercise. It's also dealing with the emotions that made us want to eat a lot.

well, glad to see your knee is better and you seem to be doing great. one bite of a cake is sooo much better than eating the whole thing (which i probably would have done in the past...lol!), so don't beat yourself up about it. by the way one of my housemates bakes a minimum of 3-4 times a week, on those days i come home to the aroma of hot sweet yummy smelling chocolate chip cookies or apple pie or blueberry muffins...it's absolute TORTURE...lol! i usually just stay in my room until he's done baking and eating them.
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OMG, I would die. I think I'd have to sleep outside. lol. Good for you for being strong and staying in your room. lol

Thanks for stopping by Cherry!
 
Kori said:
Glad your knees are feeling better :D My one is still playing up :( hopefully it will heal soon, it does feel better if I put an ice pack on it, so I must remember to do that!!

LOL I wouldn't worry about one bite of cake :) you did well to resist eating it all!
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Aw, I hope your knee feels better as well. Put that ice pack on it!

Thanks for stopping by :)
 
Again, I didn't write down my food, but I did okay. I skipped lunch because I just wasn't hungry. It was HOT and I wasn't really in an eating mood. I had salmon, corn and mashed potatoes for dinner.

And I made my mom a low calorie lemon cheesecake which was AWESOME. You can view it right here:

I did lick the bowl after mixing. lol. I shouldn't have, but it was sooo good. And I had one piece of cheesecake. But I guess it made up for the calories I missed at lunch.

Ah well... Not sweating it because today I get on the scale and I'm 311.4! Yay! I was just hoping to be down to 312.9 or something. Now I'm almost 310. And I didn't even exercise this weekend, at all!
 
congrats on the weightloss! it must feel so great to weigh under what you'd predicted! your doing good girl!

i also just took a look at that cheesecake recipe and it looks great and low cal too in comparison to the full fat ones...i've saved a copy of it for a rainy day.
dreamingblue said:
Again, I didn't write down my food, but I did okay. I skipped lunch because I just wasn't hungry. It was HOT and I wasn't really in an eating mood. I had salmon, corn and mashed potatoes for dinner.

And I made my mom a low calorie lemon cheesecake which was AWESOME. You can view it right here:

I did lick the bowl after mixing. lol. I shouldn't have, but it was sooo good. And I had one piece of cheesecake. But I guess it made up for the calories I missed at lunch.

Ah well... Not sweating it because today I get on the scale and I'm 311.4! Yay! I was just hoping to be down to 312.9 or something. Now I'm almost 310. And I didn't even exercise this weekend, at all!
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Just had to go and Youtube Jill Scott.. very nice :D thanks ladies! LOL

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!
 
Came back from Curves. Wow, what a good workout, I feel refreshed! I took it easy on all the leg machines, I don't want to aggravate my knees.
 
Oh my god. I LOVE cheesecake, and that recipe looks like something I can indulge in. Thank you soooo much, dreamingblue. AND keep kicking ass on that weight loss!!! You've really done awesome this week!
 
ymcachick said:
Oh my god. I LOVE cheesecake, and that recipe looks like something I can indulge in. Thank you soooo much, dreamingblue. AND keep kicking ass on that weight loss!!! You've really done awesome this week!
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You'll love it. I'm thinking it can also be made with other flavors of Crystal Light as well.
 
Kori said:
Just had to go and Youtube Jill Scott.. very nice :D thanks ladies! LOL

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!
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Glad you like her.

I am definitely going to be using her song "Golden" as my weight transformation song. I'm thinking that I'll make some collage youtube video when I get down to my goal. Something to look forward to.
 
cherrygarcia said:
congrats on the weightloss! it must feel so great to weigh under what you'd predicted! your doing good girl!

i also just took a look at that cheesecake recipe and it looks great and low cal too in comparison to the full fat ones...i've saved a copy of it for a rainy day.
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Yes, its very light and summery. It's delicious. It's not really heavy like other cheesecakes that can leave you with a heavy stomach.
 
Wow, had some really bad allergies earlier, took a benedryl and it knocked me out. lol. I'm still sleepy, I guess I'm gonna crash early.

Breakfast: Cinnamon Cereal, Nonfat Milk, Banana
Lunch: Grilled Cheese
Snack: Protein Bar
Dinner: Ham, Mustard Greens, and Potatoes.
Snack: Fruit Cup...

I'm too lazy to add all this up, but I'm pretty sure that it's not bad at all.
 
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