Heather's Healthy Beginnings

[heathercb04]

So I'll start out this diary being honest: I've been a member of this forum for a lonnnnnng time. Probably 2 or 3 years at this point, I'm thinking (I suppose I could check my stats to be sure, but oh well). Since I can remember, I've always had issues with my weight. Only recently have I begun to seriously worry about myself. Twice in my life I have lost significant amounts of weight (ie. more than 30lbs) and both times were induced by . . . essentially what amounts to anorexia, especially the second time. Unfortunately, I never allowed myself to get into a solid state of healthy eating even though I know how to do it. I would simply go through these cycles of self-loathing and just starve myself until I was thinner again. Of course this wrecks havoc on your body and I am now at a horrifying 215lbs. I can't believe it. I dunno, I remember being a senior in college four years ago and thinking 180lbs was huge. I want to be OK with me.

And that is where I want to start this weight loss journey. I want to start with being OK with me. With being comfortable in my own skin, and knowing that I am an intelligent, talented woman who does not need to be thin to know her own self worth. I am lucky enough to be engaged to the most charming, loving, wonderful man who just happens to be the one person I always dreamed of being with when I was a little girl. He is literally the man of my dreams, and is largely responsible for the major shift in my self-esteem. I come from a history of women who fear and loathe fat as if it were something that actually damaged them as people. My mother is never able to look at herself in the mirror and say that she looks good despite being a petite 5'2 MAYBE 130lb woman with beautiful green eyes and dark brown hair. She is stunning and can't see past the teensy bit of fat on her. I don't want that. I refuse to delve back into the self-loathing cycle. I have a wonderful man who loves me. I have a wonderful job that I'm good at and that I really enjoy. I have a nice apartment in a city I love and a wonderful family and friend support system. I am lucky. I am ok, and I refuse to hate myself simply because I'm heavy. Because of my fiance's constant reinforcement, I actually have times where I can look in the mirror and think "Hey, I look OK today."

So what do I want to accomplish? I want to increase my fitness level. I want to increase my energy level and increase the amount of healthy food I put into my body.

I figured with this post I would list some goals I have for myself. Some are stupid, some are grandiose. But I figured getting them down on paper would let me get a better plan of action for myself because right now I don't have any.

1. I would like to set my goal weight to 140lbs. I am OK with 150-160, but I think my goal would be 140.

2. I want to exercise every day of the week that I am able to do so.

3. I want to eat 5-6 small meals a day.

4. I would like to be a size 10 for my wedding day (15 months from now!!).

5. I want to weight train 3 days a week

6. In helping with my weight loss process, I am going to limit my beer intake to twice a month.

7. I am going to pack my lunch every day, and EAT the lunch I pack every day.

8. I am going to start eating breakfast.

9. I am going to cook at least 5-6 nights a week. Any meal eaten out will be selectively chosen.

10. I can have three "cheat" meals a month.

11. I will increase the amount of vegetables eaten at dinner, even if it means cooking myself something extra (the fiance doesn't eat many vegetables).

12. I will start with walking at the gym on manual at speed 3.5-4.0 and increase intervals until I am jogging on the treadmill.

13. I am going to wake up at 5:45 to go to the gym. I am doing this because I can't stand working out after I get home, and it's only 15 minutes before my regular wake up time anyway. (I give myself a lot of time in the morning)

14. I am starting the gym as soon as my *ahem*lovely time of the month*ahem* is finished. Until then I'm allowed to be as bad as I want. Following that, it's go time.

15. I'm going to focus on one of these goals (or a specified one I come up with) every week as a topic in my diary including hopefully daily posts and weigh ins.

16. I'm going to join a challenge on here.

17. I'm going to reach out for support from fellow forum members because to be quite honest, I'm scared. I'm afraid of the "healthy" route of weight loss because I am afraid of failure and I'm afraid because I've always done it the unhealthy way. I don't want to starve anymore, and I don't want to hate myself. I'm done with that, and I'm starting something new.

18. I'm going to tell my therapist about this internal struggle I'm having with weight loss and healthy living.

19. I'm going to ride my bike on the weekends. There is a fabulous trail by the river near my apartment. I'm going to take advantage of that trail even in the cold weather.

And that's it.

Lord, that's enough!

So hi everyone, thanks for anyone who took the time to read this, and I look forward to snooping around the forum and meeting some new friends.

 

[heathercb04]

OK. . . .day #2 on the forum. Tonight I spent some time going through different threads and reading about other people and their struggles with weight loss. It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who has issues with it. I really liked something someone said in one of the threads . . "think of yourself as thin and how you would eat if you were thin." That really rings true for me. Actually, what I really want to do is think of myself as healthy. Think of myself as exercising, energetic, and sure thin comes into play in that picture. Right now I feel awful. I'm not healthy, I have no exercise endurance and it dismays me to see how quickly I get out of breath. I'm only 26 and I'm getting married in a year. I want to have kids eventually, and I want to be able to keep up with them. I just want to feel better. Being thin isn't even really my biggest concern - it's just feeling better.

I told myself that when I did my journaling on here, I would also write about a goal once a week that I'm going to work on. This week's is going to be cooking for myself. Tonight I made something not quite so healthy but still home made and not pizza/takeout. Put some cream of mushroom soup, pork, potato and onion in the crock pot and let it cook all day. Of course I then went and ate a huge buttered roll with a bowl of it, but I still cooked for myself and I really think I probably ate less than were I to eat the usual fare of pizza/french fries/etc.

I think what I'm going to start is a calorie journal for the next few days. I'm still not going to start a "diet" yet - I have three days left of doing whatever I want. But I'm going to start carrying around a notebook in my car with me to record what I eat and then at the end of the day I'll tally everything up.

*nods* that's what my plan is for the next few days.

Friday I'm going to the gym. Dammit.

Soon to come! Daily weights.

I dunno, I guess some people might read my plan and think "for God's sake, just DO IT already. Stop talking about it and just DO IT." But I dunno, I have so much anxiety surrounding the actual act that I just want to ease myself into it and then hopefully it will trigger less of the "ohmygodihaven'tlost10lbsthismonthi'mtotallyfailingeverything" mentality and build more of a base that I can work from to foster a healthy lifestyle for myself.

 

[nataliejo]

OK. . . .day #2 on the forum. Tonight I spent some time going through different threads and reading about other people and their struggles with weight loss. It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who has issues with it. I really liked something someone said in one of the threads . . "think of yourself as thin and how you would eat if you were thin." That really rings true for me. Actually, what I really want to do is think of myself as healthy. Think of myself as exercising, energetic, and sure thin comes into play in that picture. Right now I feel awful. I'm not healthy, I have no exercise endurance and it dismays me to see how quickly I get out of breath. I'm only 26 and I'm getting married in a year. I want to have kids eventually, and I want to be able to keep up with them. I just want to feel better. Being thin isn't even really my biggest concern - it's just feeling better.

I told myself that when I did my journaling on here, I would also write about a goal once a week that I'm going to work on. This week's is going to be cooking for myself. Tonight I made something not quite so healthy but still home made and not pizza/takeout. Put some cream of mushroom soup, pork, potato and onion in the crock pot and let it cook all day. Of course I then went and ate a huge buttered roll with a bowl of it, but I still cooked for myself and I really think I probably ate less than were I to eat the usual fare of pizza/french fries/etc.

I think what I'm going to start is a calorie journal for the next few days. I'm still not going to start a "diet" yet - I have three days left of doing whatever I want. But I'm going to start carrying around a notebook in my car with me to record what I eat and then at the end of the day I'll tally everything up.

*nods* that's what my plan is for the next few days.

Friday I'm going to the gym. Dammit.

Soon to come! Daily weights.

I dunno, I guess some people might read my plan and think "for God's sake, just DO IT already. Stop talking about it and just DO IT." But I dunno, I have so much anxiety surrounding the actual act that I just want to ease myself into it and then hopefully it will trigger less of the "ohmygodihaven'tlost10lbsthismonthi'mtotallyfailingeverything" mentality and build more of a base that I can work from to foster a healthy lifestyle for myself.

You quoted me ... lol ...cool ... happy I could help ...
I read it from a food addict book...

Eat like a thin me, act like a thin me, think like a thin me.

Haven't been following it lately, but did take a long hike yesterday like a thin me!

But welcome to your journal. Nothing you say is wrong. You are right to start when you are ready, take your time... step by step ..and sometimes you will fall back, like I did in the past month, it was due to a medication, but you are doing it right ...just make sure you eat. Because eating makes your metabolism move faster ...and btw ... you burn 500 more calories during Aunt Flo... I didn't take much advantage of it lol but I probably weigh less than I would have by the end of Aunt flo .. I always gain five pounds afterwards, so far its three. Oh boy, my stomach has exapanded inside lol ...

I eat a lot at this point, but I am not going to eat at night anymore...

but you can do this and you are beautiful. I was anorexic... didn't work very well huh .. I totally understand how you feel .. I began college at 180 and people poked fun at me because I was twenty pounds overweight, which was ridiculous .. u know ..and I thought 180 was fat, but it wasnt true ...

so start with a reasonable goal ... start small ...every ten pounds ...
join a challenge. I am apart of the birthday challenge, but it isn't helping me much, I am looking forward to the March Challenge ...

anyway ..best wishes hun
and you can do this!!

always
natalie jo

 

[ABBAgirl]

Hi, Sweetie! Welcome to your WL journal!

I am very glad that you have made the committment TO YOURSELF to get your health under control. You have youth on your side! Also, it doesn't hurt to have the goal of wanting to be a size 10 by your wedding day - WHICH YOU CAN TOTALLY DO. I started out very near where you are weight wise (though I am a giant at 5'4" ). I started around the end of June '07 and am already down to 165 pounds! So you can definitely do it, sister.

I encourage you to research calories, how much you are currently eating, and how many you need to consume to lose weight HEALTHFULLY. You have learned that starving does not help, but only makes things worse.

I happen to use the Weight Watcher's programme and really find it very easy and common sense. Lots of folks on this forum simply count their calories (and make their calories count), and have amazing results, too!

Here are some things I really like about your goals:
-Quitting smoking! HELLO! Get on that one right away - you rock!
-Eating breakfast
-Making a good amount of your own food rather than fast food (congrats on making your dinner, BTW - sounded yummy!)
-Exercising regularly
-Talking to a therapist!!! This can be a great key to helping you not only lose the weight, but to keep it off! (As in, "it's not what you are eating - it's what's eating you!)

I think you are well on your way. Let go of any other times you've cycled with your weight in the past. Those were all just learning experiences to help you DO IT RIGHT this time, and to make it a whole life change.

I am so happy you've found a wonderful person to share your life with!

Best wishes on your journey,
ABBA

 

[heathercb04]

Thanks so much Abba and Nataliejo! It's nice to hear from others going through the same thing! 'Preciate you coming around to check my journal.

So still no diet plan - today I ate horribly but I'm going to tally up my calories for the day once it's over and see what I'm doing to myself. I'm sure it will be an eye-opener. And HOLY CRAP I just added up everything thus far (mind you I ate TWO MEALS) and it's just over 2,000 calories. Granted, I ate worse than even my usual today. However, that's not an excuse. Blah.

I'm exhausted. . . .just finished a 10 day stretch of work and I just have no brainpower left. So I think maybe I'll take the rest of the day and relax. . . .no thundering revelations from me tonight. Although. . . .Lost is on!! Anyone else a fan of that show? I just started getting into it, and have the seasons on DVD coming to me from Netflix. LOVE IT.

 

[snookums]

hey heather

i love your list of goals, i may make a list of goals for me, id be interested to see how many i stick to. you have a similar goal and start weight to me so i wish u super duper luck

nice to meet u !

 

[jw372]

Your goals sound fantastic--it seems like you have a serious plan of action that you can stick to. I hope you find that thinking like a thin you is easier than you fear!

I can relate to that fear, too. I started my diet and weight-loss diary recently, and for the first two days, I felt obsessed and anxious. It was strange how the idea of not being able to shove crap in my face was really frightening to me. But I've been clearing out lots of mental garbage as I face this fear and persevere.

 

[heathercb04]

Wow! Thanks to all for coming by to check out my journal!

This is unfortunately going to be a short entry. I've been EXCESSIVELY sick over the past three days with the most awful stomach bug i've had in a long long time - put it this way, in two day's time, i lost 10lbs. Of course that's not going on my ticker because I'm sure it'll come right back, but I was astonished at how much weight it made me lose. I'm still extremely weak and my temp is about 99 but I've been able to keep food down even though I'm still having lower GI issues.

So. . . .I'm going to keep watching TV and sleep today, and hopefully by Monday I can maybe get to the gym. I'm SO SORE!!! Nevermind the aches that come with a fever, but my stomach muscles, back, and even throat muscles are sore from excessive throwing up.

And now I've been sitting up for a bit too long, so I'm going to go back to lying down. It's unreal how tired I am even from doing something simple like sitting upright.

Hope everyone out there is having a better weekend than I am!

 

[snookums]

awww im sorry your so sick *big hugs*

i remember being very ill a little while ago and in 4 days i lost 12 lbs, i was just continuously throwing up. and when i got better i put back on 10 of the 12 lol.

don't strain too hard to get better, just take things easy and relax. hope u get well soon!

 

[nataliejo]

Wow! Thanks to all for coming by to check out my journal!

This is unfortunately going to be a short entry. I've been EXCESSIVELY sick over the past three days with the most awful stomach bug i've had in a long long time - put it this way, in two day's time, i lost 10lbs. Of course that's not going on my ticker because I'm sure it'll come right back, but I was astonished at how much weight it made me lose. I'm still extremely weak and my temp is about 99 but I've been able to keep food down even though I'm still having lower GI issues.

So. . . .I'm going to keep watching TV and sleep today, and hopefully by Monday I can maybe get to the gym. I'm SO SORE!!! Nevermind the aches that come with a fever, but my stomach muscles, back, and even throat muscles are sore from excessive throwing up.

And now I've been sitting up for a bit too long, so I'm going to go back to lying down. It's unreal how tired I am even from doing something simple like sitting upright.

Hope everyone out there is having a better weekend than I am!

Hey Heather,
Sounds like you have the Stomach flu really bad. I don't think I have ever had it as bad as you ... I wish u a speedy recovery.
Calorie counting can be tough, just go to fitday.com if you haven't already and eventually you will reach your diet plan. Feel like its more of a journey... Its going to take time for the weight to come off... Don't lose hope ...it will all come off ... you can do this. I had to learn my diet slowly. I tested many different foods, different times of the day to eat.

As long as you get a caloric deficit youll be rockin. So take care of yourself first hun ... Sounds awful ... You must be so sleepy!! I know when I do get sick I can sleep forever and I snore so loud I hear from my mother ... lmao ..

well ttylater hun
always
natalie jo

 

[heathercb04]

Snookums - thanks so much for the get well wishes!! It's great to meet someone with such similar starting stats and goal weights!

JW - Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels excessively nervous about starting this process!! Writing down those goals really helped me out, because I could kinda organize what was important to me. And I'm letting myself take it one step at a time so I'm not totally overwhelmed. Any other advice from one nervous person to another?

Natalie - Thanks also for the get well wishes! I feel about 90% better today - still a little tired, but overall much improved. I think this week is going to be all about the calories. I'm going to set myself a calorie limit and start really focusing in on what that calorie limit amounts to. I won't penalize myself for going over, but I want to start getting a handle on what my calorie intake is gonna look like.

So the plan now is to head over to SparkPeople.com (one of my absolute favorite websites) and make myself a diet plan. I already have a little book to write everything down that I eat. I won't be able to do any decent grocery shopping until this coming weekend, though, so I have to make do with the dinky store downstairs in my apartment complex. I feel many variations of chicken coming in the next week . . . Only because the meat selection downstairs is horrrrrifying.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

 

[heathercb04]

So I'm just so excited I came up with something new to eat for lunch! I know this sounds moronic, but I get so stuck on lunch ideas that it's just sad. I was going through the recipe portion of the site and saw some really awesome options for wraps so I thought I would get creative. I cut up two chicken breasts and browned them in some olive oil, garlic and onions. Then I diced four tomatoes and put them in, added chili powder, paprika, hot sauce and cilantro. Let it stew for maybe 40 minutes, then added a cup of "Royal Blend Rice Mix". It sopped up all the extra liquid from the tomatoes and cooked wonderfully - gonna make an AWESOME wrap. I'm gonna add lettuce and some salsa - MAYBE black olives or shredded cheese - depending on what mood I'm in. But that will last me all week!! I added up all the calories in the recipe - it's about 1400. So divide that by five, and we have. . . .280. Not half bad! We'll see how it tastes tomorrow.

 

[nataliejo]

So I'm just so excited I came up with something new to eat for lunch! I know this sounds moronic, but I get so stuck on lunch ideas that it's just sad. I was going through the recipe portion of the site and saw some really awesome options for wraps so I thought I would get creative. I cut up two chicken breasts and browned them in some olive oil, garlic and onions. Then I diced four tomatoes and put them in, added chili powder, paprika, hot sauce and cilantro. Let it stew for maybe 40 minutes, then added a cup of "Royal Blend Rice Mix". It sopped up all the extra liquid from the tomatoes and cooked wonderfully - gonna make an AWESOME wrap. I'm gonna add lettuce and some salsa - MAYBE black olives or shredded cheese - depending on what mood I'm in. But that will last me all week!! I added up all the calories in the recipe - it's about 1400. So divide that by five, and we have. . . .280. Not half bad! We'll see how it tastes tomorrow.

That sounds so awesome Heather! I will have to try that, but you have to tell me how it comes out lol ..paprika and salsa ...sounds very hot, but good ....

And I am happy you are feeling better ...
I have learned that I can eat anything I want, just in moderation ...

like I eat a couple pieces of Godiva once a week ...
and like I have a dessert once a month that I share with my mother... when we go out to eat once a month. We are going to the Outback in March. I haven't been there since my 16th birthday ..and I am thirty now ... looking forward to some steak. I only eat steak when I am out ... on the town and going to a restaurant ...so Thursday something steaky sounds good lmao ... maybe a steak ceaser salad ..but they have such strange restaurants in the city .. I highly doubt I will find a steak ceaser salad ..but hopefully something yummy and not that bad!!

Maybe I will go check out the recipe section ...

well happy travels ... hope you feel 100% or more tomorrow

always
natalie jo

 

[snookums]

that recipe sounds yummy! i think i'll have to try it.

i really wanna start cooking in bulk and freezing things, cause that'll stop me eating bad foods whenever i 'don't feel like cooking'.

Anyway i hope it was good, and you are having a good weekend, and feeling better

 

[heathercb04]

Hey everyone - sorry I haven't been around the forum as much as I've wanted to be. This stomach virus is kicking my butt!! I STILL feel queasy today. I'm not sure if today it's because of my birth control or not, however. It feels decidedly birth control-ish. Sometimes if I don't eat in the morning when I take one of the first week pills, I can be nauseated for several hours afterward. I think it's something about the estrogen levels in the pill. Suffice to say, I've been queasy all day long. Started out with lower GI stuff, then got nauseated. I'm supposed to go see the shrink tonight, but I dunno how that will work out. Hopefully I'll just suck it up, eat some soup and go, and then get a good night's sleep so I'm all better tomorrow!!

So in terms of calorie counting - one of the other reasons I could be doing so poorly is I ate like CRAP yesterday. Easily 2200 calories. It was like my body said "Oh wow, I can eat again? GORGE!" So today so far I've had a banana, coffee, ginger ale and pretzels. Coffee not so good for the tummy, but I felt all disoriented this morning anyway and was hoping it might perk me up a bit. I probably could have stayed home one more day from work but I have some patients who aren't doing so well and I hate being away from them, plus everyone in my office is sick so no one else has time to go see my patients. Might as well just get out there.

Tomorrow I'm going to pack a light lunch - maybe try to have some cereal in the morning, pack a banana for midmorning, maybe a wrap for lunch and some pretzels for the afternoon. I'm gonna have to buy myself more ginger ale, but hopefully this tummy ache will be gone by then!

I promise I'll stop by everyone's diaries soon - I just really want to lie down right now. This needs to go away ASAP!!!

 

[nataliejo]

Hey everyone - sorry I haven't been around the forum as much as I've wanted to be. This stomach virus is kicking my butt!! I STILL feel queasy today. I'm not sure if today it's because of my birth control or not, however. It feels decidedly birth control-ish. Sometimes if I don't eat in the morning when I take one of the first week pills, I can be nauseated for several hours afterward. I think it's something about the estrogen levels in the pill. Suffice to say, I've been queasy all day long. Started out with lower GI stuff, then got nauseated. I'm supposed to go see the shrink tonight, but I dunno how that will work out. Hopefully I'll just suck it up, eat some soup and go, and then get a good night's sleep so I'm all better tomorrow!!

So in terms of calorie counting - one of the other reasons I could be doing so poorly is I ate like CRAP yesterday. Easily 2200 calories. It was like my body said "Oh wow, I can eat again? GORGE!" So today so far I've had a banana, coffee, ginger ale and pretzels. Coffee not so good for the tummy, but I felt all disoriented this morning anyway and was hoping it might perk me up a bit. I probably could have stayed home one more day from work but I have some patients who aren't doing so well and I hate being away from them, plus everyone in my office is sick so no one else has time to go see my patients. Might as well just get out there.

Tomorrow I'm going to pack a light lunch - maybe try to have some cereal in the morning, pack a banana for midmorning, maybe a wrap for lunch and some pretzels for the afternoon. I'm gonna have to buy myself more ginger ale, but hopefully this tummy ache will be gone by then!

I promise I'll stop by everyone's diaries soon - I just really want to lie down right now. This needs to go away ASAP!!!

Hiya Heather,
Nice to see you on!!
I am glad you are feeling a bit better!! I bet it is the pill...The pill is horrendous when I take it. I take it every two months. Hate the damn thing, but I have to take it! icks ...oh well ...such is life...

but anyway ..about pretzels ..the sodium in those things is crazy and I gained nine pounds of water weight on them, because I was eating them every night. I eat them slowly now and only have a little every day ...so I don't have a high sodium count, plus it can raise your blood pressure, but they are probably good while you are sick ..just becareful with them hun ..

I hope you feel better soon ...
and enjoy your outings to see your patients ...

always
natalie jo

 

[heathercb04]

Hey Natalie, thanks for checking in! I just finished reading on your journal about the water weight and the pretzels - I'm thinking I may have to switch to something lower in sodium, but I gotta check to see what SparkPeople says about my sodium intake. We shall see.

I'm FINALLY better from the stomach flu. Thank god. Today I finally felt like myself again, which was such a blessing. AND my eating/calorie count absolutely kicked ASS. Here's my breakdown:

Total Cals: 1527 (target: 1440-1790)
Carbs: 198 (target: 190-275)
Fat: 31 (target: 38-66)
Protein: 76 (target: 60-148)
Sodium: 2620 (target: <2300)

Soooo the sodium IS definitely over. And after looking at the nutritional info on the stuff I ate, it was definitely mainly from the pretzels. Le sigh. So I'm gonna have to find a cracker or crunchy option other than pretzels. I actually don't eat the things all that often, but I used them to help my tummy feel better and remembered that I really do like their salty goodness. Oh well!

Meeting with the shrink last night was amazing. Talked about some stuff which we've been going over in the past few months (dealing with my dad's recent severe battle with alcoholism, family issues, etc) and then I kinda took it upon myself to steer the conversation in a new direction, and I talked to her about my plans to become healthier. I told her how I had joined this site and was really nervous about the idea of starting a weight loss program and how monitoring my eating habits seemed like such a scary thing to do, and how overwhelming it was. Then we got really honest about my past attempts to lose weight, and basically how the only other time I've lost significant amounts of weight is through starvation. She gave me the name of a nutritionist she works with who specializes in working with women who have distorted eating problems. So I think I'm going to call her tomorrow and see what it's all about. I would love to work with a nutritionist if it is financially sound to do so (all about the insurance coverage). I never thought about it before, either because after all the reading I've done about eating patterns and what to eat, how often to eat, etc etc, I figured I was probably an expert at the whole stupid thing. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I'm not an expert by any standards, and that I'm sure I have loads to learn about nutrition and could definitely use the assistance. Plus, I've spent so much time and effort getting myself mentally healthy again in the past few months, that I should put an equal amount of time and effort in getting myself physically healthy.

So things are good. . . .today was a good day. The scale still claims I have held onto a 6lb loss since being sick, but I'm not going to register it on my ticker till next Monday I think just because I don't want to have to constantly re-adjust my ticker.

Tomorrow I SWEAR I'm going to the gym. It's time. I'm feeling better both physically and mentally about this whole process and it's time to get that ball rolling.

Hope everyone had a great day!!

 

[heathercb04]

So I have to get my butt off the computer and get to work already, but I just had to say. . .

I got my butt out of bed and into the gym this morning!!!!!!

Small accomplishment, but that is what I'm all about! It's the little stuff that adds up to the big stuff!

Ok must go now, everyone have a great day

 

[heathercb04]

So my first question is what is with the forum right now? The layout is all weird and none of the images are showing up. I guess it's part of the transition that's going on or whatever.

Today was a definite success. I was up at 5:45 and off to the gym. Did a gradual increase in speed on the treadmill starting from 3.0 up to 4.5. Only 5 minutes of jogging toward the end, but I'm not worried. That will come with time. Burned 240 calories while on there, and felt damn good afterward. Nutritional breakdown:

Calories - 1442
Carbs - 208
Fat - 28
Protein - 71
Sodium - 2216


Didn't call the nutritionist yet, unfortunately. I'm hoping to do it tomorrow. Today was insane work day. One of my patients is driving me absolutely out of my mind. Managing her is just about on the verge of impossible. Blah.

One thing I'm not adding to my calories every day is my morning cup of coffee which I suppose I should do. According to my calorie counter, it does add an extra 80 calories. Luckily with splenda it cuts down the calorie count significantly. I think I'll have to get the fat-free version next time I grocery shop which should be Saturday.

Made good on one of my goals that I didn't list for the past two days: do a small household chore every day. I honestly DESPISE cleaning. Can't stand it. And thusly, my apartment goes through these cycles of being an absolute hole and being sparkly clean. So I've resolved that with my new healthy habits and productive behavior for myself, I'd be productive for my apartment as well. Yesterday I did a bunch of tidying, the dishes and my laundry. Today I vacuumed. Tomorrow I'll either dust or clean the ferret cage.

And now I'm off to finish watching a Lost marathon (I'm a new fanatic and got the seasons on DVD from Netflix) and maybe I'll do some reps with my 5lb weights while I do so. Have a great night, everyone!

 

[nataliejo]

So my first question is what is with the forum right now? The layout is all weird and none of the images are showing up. I guess it's part of the transition that's going on or whatever.

Today was a definite success. I was up at 5:45 and off to the gym. Did a gradual increase in speed on the treadmill starting from 3.0 up to 4.5. Only 5 minutes of jogging toward the end, but I'm not worried. That will come with time. Burned 240 calories while on there, and felt damn good afterward. Nutritional breakdown:

Calories - 1442
Carbs - 208
Fat - 28
Protein - 71
Sodium - 2216


Didn't call the nutritionist yet, unfortunately. I'm hoping to do it tomorrow. Today was insane work day. One of my patients is driving me absolutely out of my mind. Managing her is just about on the verge of impossible. Blah.

One thing I'm not adding to my calories every day is my morning cup of coffee which I suppose I should do. According to my calorie counter, it does add an extra 80 calories. Luckily with splenda it cuts down the calorie count significantly. I think I'll have to get the fat-free version next time I grocery shop which should be Saturday.

Made good on one of my goals that I didn't list for the past two days: do a small household chore every day. I honestly DESPISE cleaning. Can't stand it. And thusly, my apartment goes through these cycles of being an absolute hole and being sparkly clean. So I've resolved that with my new healthy habits and productive behavior for myself, I'd be productive for my apartment as well. Yesterday I did a bunch of tidying, the dishes and my laundry. Today I vacuumed. Tomorrow I'll either dust or clean the ferret cage.

And now I'm off to finish watching a Lost marathon (I'm a new fanatic and got the seasons on DVD from Netflix) and maybe I'll do some reps with my 5lb weights while I do so. Have a great night, everyone!

Hey Heather!!
Sounds like you did awesome today!!

I am getting back into cleaning the apartment up and what not. Now that school is not in session, its my job. lol I love cleaning actually compared to homework, so I will actually enjoy it!! lmao

oh well, whatever floats my boat.. I was redoing my room on Christmas break, but never finished, need to put together a bookcase.

and you have a ferret?
I have a guinea pig...
Cages are usually messy by the end of the week ...I am guessing its the same way with your little one ...lol the ferret I mean!

So do you have any other pets? I have a beautiful cat, she is so adorable ...

Good for you!! Burning those calories, every little bit counts.. I am thinking the same way ...

well ttylater hun
you have a nice evening!!