Fresh Start

scale is loving me still and saying 158.0, I had to change sig for that, very exciting. I was having a super super craving for just about anythign sweet last night but I did well and ate double bluberries/blackberries I had planned bought some diet rootbeer to go with it (I never normally drink pop) and then had a couple nuts so I was at 1700 after that but still well within range--yeah!! I guess this is my reward for not indulging in the carmel popcorn that I soooo wanted.

Thanks to my teamies because I would DEFINATELY have had it otherwise.

THis challenge is keeping me away form things I would have otherwise nromally done but i am trying to use it as a kick off point to form/reinforce new habits. I am not doing anything radical during this challenge that I dont think I can live with for a looonng time. I am not eating outside of what I would normally be willing to do (no low carb no low calories etc) I am fixing normal dinners nothing too far from what we would normally have. I am trying to look at healthier options where I can and eat less sweats and keep my calories in mind, I believe those are all changes I can make for good.

ok so today is rest day though I am going to try and finally get to DD's new DVD with her "hussle bussle move my muscles LOL" also going out with hubby for the birthday so I dont have alot of 'wiggle' room so to speak for dinner. However we are going to outback, unless weather is too bad and we cant leave town in which case it will probably be applebee's, so I am thinking some steak or chicken on the barbie and seasonal veggies with something small for dessert---off to check out their menu, applebee's is easier with ww options.
 
500 calories so far. I am trying to get good at guessing calories before I spark it and I was only 6 off on breakfast.

I am trying to keep sugar low today, easier said than done that horrid headache is raring up (I have eaten enough its the sugar thing). Once I get my body used to having a low/normal blood sugar it will be fine, its that adjustment period that kills. I would like to stay low on calories incase we go see a movie or dinner tonight.

oh and read a super easy lunch on spark and tried it, take a bag of the green bean steamers and a can of tuna, add 2tbsp honey mustard to drained tuna and allow it to marinate while GB are steaming then after straining the green beans add the tuna/dressing to the beans adn mix-I topped it with sliced almonds and it was delicios and filling adn would be a GREAT quick lunch for work.

I also rediscovered something I did once and loved, take grapes, rinse then add powdered sugar free jello adn freeze in baggie. They are a great sweet treat.
 
Well I was angelic on food today, saving for dinner/movie we only did the movie and will do dinner tomorrow so I overindulged on popcorn--my belly is hating me (I should remmeber and get a small next time) but I am still under calories--spark says way under but given that it is hard to know the calories on movie theatre popcorn (expecting higher weight tomorrow due solely to all the salt) I would say its closer than it appears. It says 1100 and I want to stay under 1800 so I am good. I dont think I will have another snack tonight I am up for some reading and bed time.

Hubby is making me a new play list for my MP3 player for the gym, super stoked about that i have had same crummy music on there for a looonnngggg time.

well I only need like 30 minutes of excercise monday and to stay within calories to get full points, that should be noooo issue at all (at least on excercise) actually I probably will do alot tomorrow since I have the day off. Perhaps jogging plus full body weights--ambitous-sp?

on the negative side not sure what my weight is going to do, I started some anti-tom pills (Birth control) and it is giving me issues with mini TOM every other day or so including the hormonal issues not sure if it will cause all other effects like weigh gain but could explain my wanting SUGAR lately. Doing well today on sugar though the only sugary thing I have had is some grapes----yeah me!
 
Well I logged all my points in (should I flub my food I will change it) and the results are span frickin tastic a FULL 225 points plus 4 pounds lost :hurray:

I was a machine at the gym today I did my jog walk but did 2 miles instead of 1.5 and walked some extra too then I did full body weights for 70 minutes the other time I stretched for a total of 130 minutes. It felt great, only down side was I didnt tell hubby I would be gone 2 1/2 hours and he was worried when he woke up given roads are bad etc etc.

off to a great start

now off to spark food at a couple resteraunts we might hit today for our family day out (day off)
 
water hydration challenge

Hydration Challenge:

A person who is 160 pounds
and is exercising for 60 minutes ,
is not pregnant,
is not breastfeeding,
does not live at a high altitude,
lives in a dry climate (I counted MI winter since it is soo dry inside and I am inside 99% time),
drinks 0 alcoholic drink(s),
when the weather is very cold,
and is not sick with fever or diarrhea should have:

110 ounces of water today, or 3.3 liters.
If you eat a healthy diet, about 20 percent of your water may come from the foods you eat. If you eat a healthy diet you can drink 88 ounces of water today, or 2.6 liters.

soooo 2.6 litersx4.2cups/liter=13.86 cups of water rounded up to 14

This is actually not that hard for me and timed perfectly. I normally drink obscene amounts of water, it is very good for your health in so many ways and I feel so much better when I do. It was ahabit that took a while to form but I have been doing it for almost 8 years. I had noticed last week after forgetting my work water bottle my water intake was lower during the day so I just bought a new 8 cup bottle for my desk ($2 @walmart if you are interested).

Before I even knew about the challenge I drank 4 cups at gym 4 cups when I got home from gym with breakfast and have drank 2 since. Lucky me to log in and see this as a challenge *cheers* sooo I have 10 of my 14 cups in already:party:!
 
ok the control freak in me is stressing over forgetting what i did at teh gym before spreadsheet for week 3 is populated so to document.


80 minutes (day off of work again).

33 elliptical (3.1 mile challenge in 30-31 minutes)
15 revolving stairs aerobic challenge
15 bike intervals challenge
rest time was transition, cool down, stretching


so far food is good, trying to keep it low during day in hopes having chocolate cake for birthday AND staying in calories (though I am not dead set on not going over today) sometimes hubby brings home cake or something and its worth more to me to be realistic then to be a super diet freako because that alwasy backfires on me.

calories as calculated by the machines were 575

note: need new batteries for HR monitor, I like seeing that end report
 
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ok I just read about being able to have a cheat day in your eating plan but since I didnt build it ahead time it would be cheating. I wont get bonus points this week. I have been PMSing and craving sweets all day I allowed myself 2tbsp chocolate chips at 150 cals THEN my birthday present from MIL arrived with ALL our favorite goodies OMG OMG peanut butter balls white chocolate covered pretzels magic bars and more mmmmmmm so yeah today I am having whatever and then back on ball tomorrow though I may have to figure out how much a peanut butter ball is and see if it can be a daily reward if I stick to my plan and come in under calories--they can be frozen.

ok I also got some $$$ so with what I have saved I am off to buy a SWEET MP3 player for the gym my old one is dying.
 
ok so DH and I agreed his favorite treat, magic bars are staying home but in his office and I just have to muster up some will power.

my favorite treat peanut butter balls are FOR SURE going to work and I am taking chocolate covered pretzels as well. The chex mix can stay I could care less about that, especially after overindulging yesterday.

so my scale is electronic and was being bipolar today sometimes it takes way too long or too short to register and I know its going to wrong and thats what game it was playing today and giving me anywhere from 162 to 158 if I had to guess I would say I was in the middle at 160 so have a bit of damage to undo, with the chex mix some will be salt but I would guess I am up 1-1.5lbs.

BUT....
up for gym
packed lunch
breakfast is just an english muffin and PB so nothing to really get ready

and it's only a 3 day week *does happy dance*
 
ok I am in a super slump today, still at 1510 calories today so that is good, especially considering spinning. I kept my calories and sugar really low during the day, perhaps too low, I allowed myself one small peanut butter ball on way out door since my office mates did not finish them and then I put rest in cafeteria where they are sure to disappear. Hungry when I got home had some nuts and prunes and then dinner so that got me up to regular calories.

I need to go down some water I am a bit short for the day.

I am grumpy and pisstivity. Perhaps I am just bummed about fubbing yesterday. In hindsight was it worth it, I am not so sure but it WAS good. I need to think more of how I will feel AFTER eating then how good it is.

On positive I got fitted for running shoes today isntead of just buying the ones I have previously been fitted for, the guy took ALOT time with me, showed me stretches did a gait analysis and recommended a new shoe that actually does work better, its not narrow enough as I have SUPER narrow feet but with tick special running socks it did work --- oh yeah as in $10 pair special :ack2: BUT the new shoes are actually c heaper than the model I have previously purchased and that made up for the socks plus I dont think I will need insoles added to these shoes so that more than makes up for the socks. Morale of teh story having super big super narrow feet with a low arch and knee problems = SUPER hard to find shoes :smash: which is why if soemthing works I stick to it.
 
Bleck, hubby asked if I feel ok NO I dont I feel down right horrid. Ate horrid on 20th back to good on 21st then horrid again yesterday. No gym yesterday or today. Today I was thinking (from my bed at 4:30) that I could make up for it by going to gym this evening since it was friday but I forgot we have this family movie night thing for my work to go to and by time we get home gym will be closed. Plus they are serving HOT DOGS at this thing for dinner *pukes*.

This new BC I started is messing me up, I will give it a few mroe days to see if I level out. Then I was super tired last night but couldnt fall asleep. Then this mroning hubby had to threaten me with bodily harm to get me out of bed at 6:15 and I am normally up by 4:30 I think I have a cold or soemthing too. Bleck.

I am trying for a fresh start today, I dont want to let my team down but I dont want to do anyhting irresponsible to make up for the damage I have done soooo maybe I will not take sunday off as my rest day since I did not go to the gym yesterday or today and I have been over on calories big time 2 days this week.

I have remind myself there are 4 days plus a 5th for weigh in left, a bad start doesnt have to kill the whole thing. I CAN walk on my break and some on my lunch today. Perhaps I will go down stairs and see what I can pack for myself for dinner and then walk halls as much as possible today to see if I can get slightly negative today. Then I have remind myself negatives the rest of the day may undo what I have done.
 
if you are reading this PLEASE tell me how you get out of a slump or back from a mini fall off the wagon (1 day on 1 day off type thing). Bleck.

oh and PMS ladies who crave FOOD what do you do?
 
ok so figured out what most problem is. I have been blue hormonal crazy, starving, tired cant sleep the whole PMS cycle I go through. I am starting my 4th TOM in 3 weeks and this one feels like a real doosey not likethe 2nd and 3rs whcih were 'mini'. This is 1st month back on BC (I started because I was having so many problems hellloooo). Anyway I cant wait another month to see if this evens out so they are upping my dose to see if it helps. I gained a TON of weight, waiting tomorrow to see if its real before I freak out. I think its TOM weight and now I know why I have been starving and then all freaky upset lately.

Anyway tomorrow will be better
new gym shoes-check
new mp3-check
new songs-check
new resolve TRYING VERY HARD!!!!
 
I so wish that there was anything at all here that I could say to help, but, ummm... I'm a guy, so... looks around very carefully before he says anything rash I've never really had to deal with quite those issues.. thank god...

I do feel for you though, my wife went through some crazy TOM stuff for a while and it was not fun at all (and no... i don't mean just for me:D)

as far as the getting out of a slump part is concerned, *sigh* been there more times than I can count... What is doing it right now for me is the feeling that I'm just trying to be accountable. Not just to myself, but to other people too?

It's working for now anyway. Your results may vary...

Uggh, really doesn't sound like a good time for you though right now...again thanks god for allowing me to be male...
 
Today was VERY good day, at 1100 calories so far, I will have a snack tonight so I would guess 1300 calories. I had to have burned that many at the gym--ok well close. So big deficit and planning simlar tomorrow to try and undo my two 'dumb days'.

Best news of all is that I think getting fitted for my new jogging shoes really paid off. I threw the towel over the treadmill so Ididnt see my progress and jammed out to my new MP3 playlist (ok playlist is not great yet but quality music WOW) anway I jogged 2 miles @4.5mph which is really slow but I wanted a long time today and it was soooo easy. So then I did a good stretch walked a bit and ran two more at 5-6mph and it was not hard either, my shin splint wasnt bothering me, alot talk to explain why guy said but my old shoes were letting my roll my foot intoo much putting stress on knee and shin.Best decision I made was wearing my old shoes in he could tell ALOT by wear in pads and even showed me where my right was worn different on inside toe area than left and it is right leg getting shin splint it really did all make sense. I still was actually expecting shoes to make me MORE sore at first since I wasnt used to them. The shoes are more stiff and have support in right places and keep me from rolling my feet in like I normally do or having a 'lazy gait'. I am sooo not built for jogging but I like it and its super good for my lungs/health.

thank you thank you thank you Karl, yes just reminder I need its not ONLY me I'm looking out for here. I hope the TOM thing straightens out sooner than later but I am part of a team and need to keep that in mind PLUS bigger than that is that there is always 'some reason' things arent going right and get out of hand I need to look at bigger picture, reaosns I want to loose weight adn quit being into instant gratification/emotional stress eating.
 
Hey great to see you back on track! I know what you mean about food cravings around that time of the month...I get them terribly, I crave anything fatty, sugary, or salty..anything really as long as it is not good for me. I just have to keep busy and drink loads of water......I do find if I eat more fruit that helps.

You are doing great, keep it up!
 
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