Heather's Healthy Beginnings

Hi all!

Felici thank you so much for coming by and for the kind words! Yea I got back on the horse. :) I think for me it is about realizing that it isn't a "quick fix" that I'm looking for, but something I can change for the rest of my life. If I lose weight, that's awesome! And I expect to probably lose a significant amount of weight, but I never again want to be a slave to the numbers on the scale nor do I want to excessively overeat like I used to (we're talking 2 meals a day at McDonald's) or undereat. I want to effect a positive, lasting change in my health.
*steps off soapbox*

ABBA, I don't use the incline *YET*. I'm working on upping my endurance before I start that. It was a big deal for me to start jogging at 4.5 speed for five minutes only a month ago, so I'm allowing myself baby steps. Eventually I'd like to get to the point where I can utilize the "hill" feature on the treadmill and jog through the majority of the session, with the ultimate hope to be to find myself a route to jog through my neighborhood! (if the mood strikes)

Another busy day!! Saw six patients today which was crazy, but I busted butt and got done by 3pm to be home for the shrink appointment at 4:30. Got home, cooked dinner, and just realized that I have some extra room in my calorie count for today! Hmmm. . . .wonder what I'll have. Maybe if I get hungry later I'll have an easter cookie or something. I dunno. I'm just not a sweets person so even when I am able to have them, I shy away. Maybe I'll make some popcorn tonight to watch "Ghost Hunters". Love that show. :)

Anyway, short entry for today because I'm tired. :p Here's the count!

Calories: 1264
Carbs: 179
Fat: 30
Protein: 71
Sodium: 1872

Haven't weighed myself since the weekend - wonder what's going on there? Weigh day is in 2 days for Summer Solstice, maybe I'll hop on tomorrow.

Have a great night everyone!!
 
Hi Heather,

Great job on your jogging! I'm glad everything is going good for you and your so lucky your new appt. has a gym!!! talk about perks. Have a great week.

Go Blue!!!
 
heathercb04 said:
Hi all!

Felici thank you so much for coming by and for the kind words! Yea I got back on the horse. :) I think for me it is about realizing that it isn't a "quick fix" that I'm looking for, but something I can change for the rest of my life. If I lose weight, that's awesome! And I expect to probably lose a significant amount of weight, but I never again want to be a slave to the numbers on the scale nor do I want to excessively overeat like I used to (we're talking 2 meals a day at McDonald's) or undereat. I want to effect a positive, lasting change in my health.
*steps off soapbox*

ABBA, I don't use the incline *YET*. I'm working on upping my endurance before I start that. It was a big deal for me to start jogging at 4.5 speed for five minutes only a month ago, so I'm allowing myself baby steps. Eventually I'd like to get to the point where I can utilize the "hill" feature on the treadmill and jog through the majority of the session, with the ultimate hope to be to find myself a route to jog through my neighborhood! (if the mood strikes)

Another busy day!! Saw six patients today which was crazy, but I busted butt and got done by 3pm to be home for the shrink appointment at 4:30. Got home, cooked dinner, and just realized that I have some extra room in my calorie count for today! Hmmm. . . .wonder what I'll have. Maybe if I get hungry later I'll have an easter cookie or something. I dunno. I'm just not a sweets person so even when I am able to have them, I shy away. Maybe I'll make some popcorn tonight to watch "Ghost Hunters". Love that show. :)

Anyway, short entry for today because I'm tired. :p Here's the count!

Calories: 1264
Carbs: 179
Fat: 30
Protein: 71
Sodium: 1872

Haven't weighed myself since the weekend - wonder what's going on there? Weigh day is in 2 days for Summer Solstice, maybe I'll hop on tomorrow.

Have a great night everyone!!
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What you said on your soap box was so true Heather and you made me think about it too ..
You are so smart and wise ... I love coming to your diary ... you have the greatest things to say ....

Your caloric intake was good .. I hope you had something after because 1200 or so is a little low ... is your body so small that you can get away with about 1200 calories ...I hope so hun

your doing fantastic
Keep up the good work!
love yas
always
your friend
natalie jo :party:
 
Hey, congratulations on the apartment and how amazingly well you've been keeping on track. It sounds like your move is going to be a lot less crazy than mine usually are (then again, mine usually involve moving across one or more state lines).

Sophie
 
Hey all!!

Not much time to chat today, the boy is requesting to play some video games together. (yeah, I play one or two. . . .:)) But thanks to EVERYONE who came by!! I did have something extra yesterday - some yummy popcorn while the boy and I watched TV, so my calorie total was higher. I did find though that after eating late at night, I felt heavy and sluggish in the morning. I dunno if that was because there was a lot of salt in it or what. I think if I have a snack tonight, it will be something of the fruit or veggie nature - or maybe a yogurt or something.

So on to the good stuff! Did my first day of jogging at 4.8 today. And holy crap I was either super tired or that was harder than I thought it would be! Made it through my first two five minute intervals, but the last one I had to put back to 4.6 and only ran for half of it for a total of 12.5 minutes of jogging through intervals. Not bad though, especially for my first day of upping the anty! Tomorrow is stationary bike and leg weights day. I love my weight lifting day. Even though it isn't easier, I always feel like it is. Plus it's a little more stimulating. Maybe I'm just nuts.

Counts for today!

Calories: 1315
Carbs: 205
Fat: 28
Protein: 69
Sodium: 1872

Maybe I should start adding something to my daily food intake. I dunno - I'm never hungry and whenever I am hungry, I always can eat because that's usually around the time I have a snack or a meal. I still haven't made that nutritionist appointment - that's what I should do. Because with all this portion controlling, I'm still under my calorie requirement and I don't find out until the end of the day. I'm definitely not depriving myself, because it feels good to have a constant source of food energy coming in to me and my body feels better overall - I feel like my body is functioning better. I dunno - I need to get on the ball with that nutritionist stuff. Well, here's a typical day for me. if anyone has suggestions, throw them in!!

Breakfast:
1 cup cheerios
1 cup skim milk
coffee with splenda and coffee mate

Snack:
granola bar of some sort

Lunch:
flour tortilla with - turkey, romaine and caesar dressing
triscuits
veggie snack - has been green peppers recently, but will be mushrooms soon (b/c I'm out of peppers!) I'm a huge raw veggie fan which is a really good thing

Snack:
Activia yogurt
fruit (apple or pear)

Dinner:
Typically something made with chicken or a low-fat red meat. I've been getting a lot of recipes from sparkpeople and they're usually from 300-400 calories a serving.

And that's it!!! I don't know, what else should I add?!?! Help! :ack2:
 
heathercb04 said:
Hey all!!

Not much time to chat today, the boy is requesting to play some video games together. (yeah, I play one or two. . . .:)) But thanks to EVERYONE who came by!! I did have something extra yesterday - some yummy popcorn while the boy and I watched TV, so my calorie total was higher. I did find though that after eating late at night, I felt heavy and sluggish in the morning. I dunno if that was because there was a lot of salt in it or what. I think if I have a snack tonight, it will be something of the fruit or veggie nature - or maybe a yogurt or something.

So on to the good stuff! Did my first day of jogging at 4.8 today. And holy crap I was either super tired or that was harder than I thought it would be! Made it through my first two five minute intervals, but the last one I had to put back to 4.6 and only ran for half of it for a total of 12.5 minutes of jogging through intervals. Not bad though, especially for my first day of upping the anty! Tomorrow is stationary bike and leg weights day. I love my weight lifting day. Even though it isn't easier, I always feel like it is. Plus it's a little more stimulating. Maybe I'm just nuts.

Counts for today!

Calories: 1315
Carbs: 205
Fat: 28
Protein: 69
Sodium: 1872

Maybe I should start adding something to my daily food intake. I dunno - I'm never hungry and whenever I am hungry, I always can eat because that's usually around the time I have a snack or a meal. I still haven't made that nutritionist appointment - that's what I should do. Because with all this portion controlling, I'm still under my calorie requirement and I don't find out until the end of the day. I'm definitely not depriving myself, because it feels good to have a constant source of food energy coming in to me and my body feels better overall - I feel like my body is functioning better. I dunno - I need to get on the ball with that nutritionist stuff. Well, here's a typical day for me. if anyone has suggestions, throw them in!!

Breakfast:
1 cup cheerios
1 cup skim milk
coffee with splenda and coffee mate

Snack:
granola bar of some sort

Lunch:
flour tortilla with - turkey, romaine and caesar dressing
triscuits
veggie snack - has been green peppers recently, but will be mushrooms soon (b/c I'm out of peppers!) I'm a huge raw veggie fan which is a really good thing

Snack:
Activia yogurt
fruit (apple or pear)

Dinner:
Typically something made with chicken or a low-fat red meat. I've been getting a lot of recipes from sparkpeople and they're usually from 300-400 calories a serving.

And that's it!!! I don't know, what else should I add?!?! Help! :ack2:
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Good caloric intake today Heather, you just need to add a little something and you will be all set ..but I am dumbfounded as to what that should be ..I will think on this and overlook your day of food ..I wish I knew ... I just know that I have finally figured out somewhat how to eat .. u know .. its hard to figure out isnt it .. its like deep sea fishing for a treasure lol its a long hard task ..but eventually we will find our treasure lmao ..stupid metaphor ..but works for me! lol

so .. best wishes hun
keep trecking
and kudos on the jogging

You rock girl!

love yas
always
your friend
natalie jo :driving:
 
Hi Heather,

Your not nuts!!!! I too feel that when I am weight training it seems to go faster or easier than if I am doing straight cardio. I look forward to weight training days as well because it almost seems like they are more productive and I feel like I accomplished more when I leave the gym? So maybe we are nuts, but I'm gonna keep doing it because I really like it. Your nutrition looks pretty good to me! If you are not meeting your nutritional requirements for your weight that would be ok I guess, as long as you feel satisfied. One thing you might not be aware of, I was shocked when I found out. The Coffee mate is basically higher in fat and calories than heavy cream! Yeah! I don't use it myself but I buy it because my mother in-law and husband prefer it. So I bought the Coffee Mate Light, thinking that it would be low in calories. Then one day I ran out of my usual, coffee cream (full fat) and I grabbed the coffee Mate and looked at the ingredient label and found that the calories were higher by about 20cal than my full fat cream! I was so shocked! You may already know this and prefer Coffee Mate, but I thought I would bring it up, just in case you didn't. Besides if you are not reaching your calorie quota, the higher fat Coffee mate helps to get you up there right? I know I babble too much! Any way I just wanted to say Good luck on the Summer Solstice weigh in tomorrow! Go Blue!!!
 
Maybe throw in some fruit? Some strawberries or blueberries might be nice with your Cheerios, and an apple could go well with "some sort of granola bar." Or just an extra snack of cut melon or orange or whatever for after you work out? Dunno, it's just the first thing that struck me.
 
Hey all, happy Friday!

Another rushed entry so my apologies - gotta work this weekend and I'm exhausted already. But I'm seeing patients in the hospital which I'm glad about. It's funny - I'm SOOOOO happy to not be working in a hospital, but I totally don't mind going back in to do consults for our inpatient hospice patients! I guess that's more because I have the time to sit there with them and provide more than just pills and vital signs - to be there as a person which is what I love about nursing. Good stuff.

Anyway, important breaking news - weigh in today for summer solstice was 204.5!!!! YAY! Kinda ironic that with a fantastic weigh-in I chose tonight for a planned splurge. I dunno why - I was looking at menu items because we had decided to order dinner and I was FAMISHED, and I thought long and hard about my different options and decided to go with something middle of the road. I got a spicy buffalo chicken wrap with grilled chicken, hot sauce and blue cheese dressing as well as lettuce and tomato. Then I got some french fries with cheez whiz on the side. Oddly enough, I didn't even enjoy the damn things! I ate my wrap and was a little bit hungry afterwards - I told myself that if I was full after the wrap I wouldn't eat the fries. So I ate about half of what was there, and maybe a tablespoon or two of the cheez whiz. And it was delish, but now I just feel like there is a brick in my tummy. Like, sure, it tasted awesome going in, but now I'm just bloated and blah. But, it is important to let myself have these days where I can splurge a little if I want to. I think next time though I'll forego the fries and just get the yummy wrap. That part was awesome. :-D

I called the dumb nutritionist office today 3 times and never got anyone to pick up. I gotta recheck that number.

So values for today:

Calories: 2095
Carbs: 261
Fat: 79
Protein: 86
Sodium: 3375 (HOLY CRAP!!!!)

So not a great day nutritionally, but I kinda figured as much. I'm slowly starting to think that maybe this time I can make a positive, lasting change for myself. I'm starting to be grossed out by fatty food just because I know how it will make me feel after I eat it. After a full month of carefully packing my lunch every day, making dinner at least 5 times a week, and counting my nutritional values, it actually is starting to feel 'normal'. And now when I 'splurge', I end up just feeling icky. Maybe I'll save my splurges for when I want to have a beer or something. That's another thing I haven't done for a while - we haven't had beer in the house for. . . .ooooh I think almost 2 weeks now. Not that this is a record or anything, but we'll get some usually two times a month or so. So I haven't been drinking any at all which is awesome for my calories and frees up room for nutritional stuff as opposed to empty beer calories :ack2: So maybe from now on if I want to splurge, instead of eating something fatty which feels disgusting afterwards, I'll buy a six pack and share with the boytoy!

Well with that I must depart - sorry I've been behind in journals. I'm so tired!!!! It's just been an exhausting week. I can't wait for my day off this coming Monday. Thank GOD!
 
Congratulations on the good weigh-in! I know what you mean about some foods making you feel bad--I can't have candy for breakfast anymore (er, yes, I know how dumb that sounds, but you have to understand that I used to do stuff like that).

Sophie
 
I am so happy for your weight loss Heather! Good for you!:smilielol5:
I still have my little splurges too, I just try to keep the portions half the size and the fat doesn't seem to make me feel as yucky that way. Like before I would eat a Big Mac Combo with supersize fries, pop and and extra cheeseburger. Now if I have that kind of food, I just get a double hamburger and that is it. It satisfies my fat craving and I don't feel ill afterward. Keep doing what your doing cause it's working for you! Go Blue!!!!
 
heathercb04 said:
Hey all, happy Friday!

Another rushed entry so my apologies - gotta work this weekend and I'm exhausted already. But I'm seeing patients in the hospital which I'm glad about. It's funny - I'm SOOOOO happy to not be working in a hospital, but I totally don't mind going back in to do consults for our inpatient hospice patients! I guess that's more because I have the time to sit there with them and provide more than just pills and vital signs - to be there as a person which is what I love about nursing. Good stuff.

Anyway, important breaking news - weigh in today for summer solstice was 204.5!!!! YAY! Kinda ironic that with a fantastic weigh-in I chose tonight for a planned splurge. I dunno why - I was looking at menu items because we had decided to order dinner and I was FAMISHED, and I thought long and hard about my different options and decided to go with something middle of the road. I got a spicy buffalo chicken wrap with grilled chicken, hot sauce and blue cheese dressing as well as lettuce and tomato. Then I got some french fries with cheez whiz on the side. Oddly enough, I didn't even enjoy the damn things! I ate my wrap and was a little bit hungry afterwards - I told myself that if I was full after the wrap I wouldn't eat the fries. So I ate about half of what was there, and maybe a tablespoon or two of the cheez whiz. And it was delish, but now I just feel like there is a brick in my tummy. Like, sure, it tasted awesome going in, but now I'm just bloated and blah. But, it is important to let myself have these days where I can splurge a little if I want to. I think next time though I'll forego the fries and just get the yummy wrap. That part was awesome. :-D

I called the dumb nutritionist office today 3 times and never got anyone to pick up. I gotta recheck that number.

So values for today:

Calories: 2095
Carbs: 261
Fat: 79
Protein: 86
Sodium: 3375 (HOLY CRAP!!!!)

So not a great day nutritionally, but I kinda figured as much. I'm slowly starting to think that maybe this time I can make a positive, lasting change for myself. I'm starting to be grossed out by fatty food just because I know how it will make me feel after I eat it. After a full month of carefully packing my lunch every day, making dinner at least 5 times a week, and counting my nutritional values, it actually is starting to feel 'normal'. And now when I 'splurge', I end up just feeling icky. Maybe I'll save my splurges for when I want to have a beer or something. That's another thing I haven't done for a while - we haven't had beer in the house for. . . .ooooh I think almost 2 weeks now. Not that this is a record or anything, but we'll get some usually two times a month or so. So I haven't been drinking any at all which is awesome for my calories and frees up room for nutritional stuff as opposed to empty beer calories :ack2: So maybe from now on if I want to splurge, instead of eating something fatty which feels disgusting afterwards, I'll buy a six pack and share with the boytoy!

Well with that I must depart - sorry I've been behind in journals. I'm so tired!!!! It's just been an exhausting week. I can't wait for my day off this coming Monday. Thank GOD!
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Goodness Gracious, you are busy Heather!! lol and Congrats on your weigh in: 204.5!! You rock girl!! Keep it up hun!!

And good job on the wrap!! When I go out I try to think with my head, instead of my stomach, but its tuff, you done good!! :party::party::party:

Keep trecking hun
and congrats on your two week from the beer!
Your doing wicked awesome!

Ttylater hun
love yas
your friend
always
natalie jo :biggrinjester:
 
Hello my dears!

So I'm still reeling from this weekend. . . .sometimes working the weekend isn't bad at all and I'll occasionally get home early. This weekend was NOT the case. I'm still trying to keep my eyes open today. I was in the hospital yesterday from 10:30AM until 9pm. Oh. God. And the last meeting I had with a family lasted 2 1/2 hours. I sympathize with their situation, I really do, but when you spend 20 minutes APIECE reading every single word of the consent forms, please don't be surprised when I run headfirst through the glass door of the room we're in.

So here's some totals for the past two days - here's something fun. For my final March weigh-in today (didn't do it on Sunday) I'm 205 :-D So that's what I'll put on my ticker! I'm thinking about just going ahead and making Friday my weigh day because I'm sick of having 23897389237 different numbers to deal with when it comes to my ticker. But either way, I have OFFICIALLY lost 10lbs :party::party::party:

Ok I'm a zombie, so I'll return to journals after I do the 2398572389 dishes that the boytoy left me this weekend (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. . . . . .:cuss:) and get a few cups of coffee in me. I'm trying to be ambitious today to get some stuff done, but I just want to sleep. No gym for the past 2 days, but I'm starting to think that 5-6 times a week for the gym is OK. I'll strive for 6, but 5 will be alright.

Oh! Before I get into totals I must toot my own horn - Saturday night I went out with friends after work because I was seriously pissed off and even though I was tired as all heck, decided I needed to let loose a little bit. So I managed to have dinner out and two beers with my friends and still kept my calories at an awesome level. :-D I RULE!

Saturday totals:

Calories: 1765
Carbs: 210
Fat: 41
Protein: 77
Sodium: 2402

Sunday totals:

Calories: 1261
Carbs: 157
Fat: 41
Protein: 66
Sodium: 2396

To note: Sunday I didn't have my afternoon snack or my dinner because I was so incredibly busy and just *$%@#ing exhausted. I was gonna try to buy some dinner at the hospital cafeteria, but had no time. Did manage to get a cup of coffee which at least gave me a fake energy boost. I was going to eat when I got home, but I was so tired and I just wanted to go to bed. Today I have time to make a nice healthy dinner though!

God I'm glad I have off today!!!
 
YAY!!! I'm soo glad you lost 10 pds!! how great is that?!?!

WTG girl, I Hope you really enjoy your well deserved day off!
 
heathercb04 said:
Hello my dears!

So I'm still reeling from this weekend. . . .sometimes working the weekend isn't bad at all and I'll occasionally get home early. This weekend was NOT the case. I'm still trying to keep my eyes open today. I was in the hospital yesterday from 10:30AM until 9pm. Oh. God. And the last meeting I had with a family lasted 2 1/2 hours. I sympathize with their situation, I really do, but when you spend 20 minutes APIECE reading every single word of the consent forms, please don't be surprised when I run headfirst through the glass door of the room we're in.

So here's some totals for the past two days - here's something fun. For my final March weigh-in today (didn't do it on Sunday) I'm 205 :-D So that's what I'll put on my ticker! I'm thinking about just going ahead and making Friday my weigh day because I'm sick of having 23897389237 different numbers to deal with when it comes to my ticker. But either way, I have OFFICIALLY lost 10lbs :party::party::party:

Ok I'm a zombie, so I'll return to journals after I do the 2398572389 dishes that the boytoy left me this weekend (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. . . . . .:cuss:) and get a few cups of coffee in me. I'm trying to be ambitious today to get some stuff done, but I just want to sleep. No gym for the past 2 days, but I'm starting to think that 5-6 times a week for the gym is OK. I'll strive for 6, but 5 will be alright.

Oh! Before I get into totals I must toot my own horn - Saturday night I went out with friends after work because I was seriously pissed off and even though I was tired as all heck, decided I needed to let loose a little bit. So I managed to have dinner out and two beers with my friends and still kept my calories at an awesome level. :-D I RULE!

Saturday totals:

Calories: 1765
Carbs: 210
Fat: 41
Protein: 77
Sodium: 2402

Sunday totals:

Calories: 1261
Carbs: 157
Fat: 41
Protein: 66
Sodium: 2396

To note: Sunday I didn't have my afternoon snack or my dinner because I was so incredibly busy and just *$%@#ing exhausted. I was gonna try to buy some dinner at the hospital cafeteria, but had no time. Did manage to get a cup of coffee which at least gave me a fake energy boost. I was going to eat when I got home, but I was so tired and I just wanted to go to bed. Today I have time to make a nice healthy dinner though!

God I'm glad I have off today!!!
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Whoot Whoot Heather!! 10 Pounds off!!!
You go girl!!

And it sounds like you had a good couple of weeks.. lol I hope you enjoy your day off hun, too bad about the dishes. Aren't loved ones good for that lol

ttylater
Well wishes for you

love yas
always
your friend
natalie jo :party::party::party:
 
Hey Korrie and Natalie! Thanks for the encouraging words. It's awesome to reach that 10lb marker :) Although I have to say I've been having some tough thoughts just coming back to my history of anorexic tendencies. Usually in the past, I would be coming up on 15 to 20lbs by now because I would be starving myself. So to have lost 10lbs in a little over a month - while it's AWESOME - I still find myself thinking how I should be doing better. I dunno, the past few days have had a little more triggering than I've had before. BUT. . . .trying to keep a handle on it and just keep the goal in sight. Goal being my own HEALTH. Not the numbers!!!

OK keeping this entry short for real this time because I want to catch up with everyone else before I'm too tired to read anymore. Today was awesome, by the way. . . .spent all day on the couch after washing the dishes and making myself some sunny side up eggs on toast for breakfast. Had coffee and watched Lost on DVD while I did my laundry. Awesome. Almost took a nap but not quite. Great day to catch up on relaxing!

Stuff for today -

Calories: 1398
Carbs: 193
Fat: 29
Protein: 89
Sodium: 2697

I'm STILL under calories! Although I do have to say I didn't have my morning snack this morning because my stomach decided to be weird and just hurt for no good reason after breakfast. I should probably see a GI specialist - I have more stomach aches than anyone I know. Oh well!

Hope everyone else had a great night
 
Hi Heather,
AWSOME JOB ON THE 10LB LOSS!!!!:iagree:

Just keep doing what your doing. Remember, slow and steady wins the race. I too used to starve myself and then I would lose control and binge on high fat, high carb food because my body needed a quick boost of energy. Not anymore though, always have a good breakfast and try to exercise at least 3 times a week and you'll keep seeing the pounds drop. It takes a long time (what 3 months?) to form a habit, so your well on your way to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Good job! Go Blue!!!!
 
Hurrah for ten pounds! Those milestones are so nice--I'm really, REALLY looking forward to twenty. Twenty pounds for me is going to feel like something very real and significant, even though I know logically that any movement is real and significant.

And I'm sorry about working on the weekend. I personally hate when my weekends get abridged (as mine totally did this last week--I had school stuff all day Saturday). I just need some time to relax and catch up on housework, etc. etc. I'm glad you finally got a day to yourself, though!

Sophie
 
Hi everyone!

Elda - thanks for the positive reinforcement. :) I know what I'm doing is the right thing, even if I have a trigger every once in a while. The gym really helps because I know I need energy to work out, and I feel good when I work out, and definitely want to get better at it.

Sophie - I hear ya on the 20lb marker. Somehow 10lbs, although awesome, just doesn't seem as "wow" worthy as 20. Even though you're right about every step being just as important. Working on the weekends is definitely a drag, although I do get "flex" days - one the week before and one the week after. It still doesn't beat having 2 days off in a row though.

Well dears, I have a headache tonight. Work is getting a bit stressful - it seems like all my patients are going downhill at the same time and everyone is having emotional/social/psychotic breakdowns. I'm ready to have one myself!! I'm a little low on the cals today because lunch was super late and I missed my afternoon snack. I dunno what I'll have in place - the boy got these reduced fat low salt chips I might try. . . .I haven't had chips in AGES. Or maybe I'll just finish what my afternoon snack would have been. Whatever!

Calories: 1188
Carbs: 175
Fat: 26
Protein: 67
Sodium: 1541

Hope you all have a great day :)
 
heathercb04 said:
Hi everyone!

Elda - thanks for the positive reinforcement. :) I know what I'm doing is the right thing, even if I have a trigger every once in a while. The gym really helps because I know I need energy to work out, and I feel good when I work out, and definitely want to get better at it.

Sophie - I hear ya on the 20lb marker. Somehow 10lbs, although awesome, just doesn't seem as "wow" worthy as 20. Even though you're right about every step being just as important. Working on the weekends is definitely a drag, although I do get "flex" days - one the week before and one the week after. It still doesn't beat having 2 days off in a row though.

Well dears, I have a headache tonight. Work is getting a bit stressful - it seems like all my patients are going downhill at the same time and everyone is having emotional/social/psychotic breakdowns. I'm ready to have one myself!! I'm a little low on the cals today because lunch was super late and I missed my afternoon snack. I dunno what I'll have in place - the boy got these reduced fat low salt chips I might try. . . .I haven't had chips in AGES. Or maybe I'll just finish what my afternoon snack would have been. Whatever!

Calories: 1188
Carbs: 175
Fat: 26
Protein: 67
Sodium: 1541

Hope you all have a great day :)
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Hey hun,
You sound like your doing well, even under pressure! Awesome. And the ten pound mark is awesome, you are ten pounds less than what you were. Now you work on the next ten pounds and just keep doing something like that and before you know it you will be at your last ten pounds and there you will have met your goal after that. I take it every five to ten pounds. I added five pounds to my ticker and I am actually one month a head of time of making my goal, so I changed it a little. So every ten pounds is important!
You rock girl!
and thanks for you nice words in my diary. It also helped me get through..

love yas
always
your friend
natalie jo :driving:
 
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