Heather's Healthy Beginnings

So work hasn't gotten any better. If anything, it's getting a bit worse. Lovely. However, had a session tonight with the therapist which was SO nice and it reminded me to keep myself at the top of my list and to not lose that in the midst of life's chaos. ALSO, figured out how to resolve some stuff that has been bothering me for a while. Gonna take a weekend trip in June with the boy. Yay :)

Ok must abbreviate this entry because Dad is on the phone (sober dad now for 4 months!!). Values for today:

Calories: 1485
Carbs: 208
Fat: 47
Protein: 65
Sodium: 2491
 
heathercb04 said:
So work hasn't gotten any better. If anything, it's getting a bit worse. Lovely. However, had a session tonight with the therapist which was SO nice and it reminded me to keep myself at the top of my list and to not lose that in the midst of life's chaos. ALSO, figured out how to resolve some stuff that has been bothering me for a while. Gonna take a weekend trip in June with the boy. Yay :)

Ok must abbreviate this entry because Dad is on the phone (sober dad now for 4 months!!). Values for today:

Calories: 1485
Carbs: 208
Fat: 47
Protein: 65
Sodium: 2491
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So where are you two going in June? and I am so sorry work is getting so hard, but I must say I am VERY happy your father is sober!!

ttylater hun
love yas
always
your friend
natalie jo :seeya:
 
Hi Heather, Congrats on your loss for the Summer Solstice Challenge!:cheers2:
GO BLUE TEAM!!!:hurray:

You are doing fabulous considering the ups and downs you have with your profession. Exercise relieves the stress and its showing in your weight loss. Good for you!

Have a great weekend:waving:
 
Hi everyone!!!

So sorry I've been away. . . .things are CRAZY. Thank God I have a three day weekend coming up!!! NO WORK FOR THREE DAYS I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THE THOUGHT! This week was so exhausting I missed two days of gym in a row. I fully planned on going today but simply could not get my eyes to open this morning. However, I am proud to report that I got to move my ticker down 1.5 lbs this week. :party::party:

So on to calories for today. I didn't even enter calories for Wednesday because I was out from 7:30AM until 10:30PM!! Oh well. Yesterday's values were disgusting. I guess I'll post them too. Here's today first:

Calories: 1470
Carbs: 194
Fat: 37
Protein: 71

Yesterday's:

Calories: 1898
Carbs: 250
Fat: 31
Protein: 77

So ok yesterday wasn't TOO bad, really. It just felt bad because we came home from an all day funeral and were exhausted and sad and we ordered pizza - I had 2 pieces plus half of the garlic bread with cheese. The scale on Thursday morning said 201 but Friday was 202 after my pizza and I gotta be honest for my weigh-in days. Who knows. . . .next friday might have me in ONEderland!!! That would be so awesome.

Anyway hope everyone has had a good week! Now off to read diaries!
 
heathercb04 said:
Hi everyone!!!

So sorry I've been away. . . .things are CRAZY. Thank God I have a three day weekend coming up!!! NO WORK FOR THREE DAYS I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THE THOUGHT! This week was so exhausting I missed two days of gym in a row. I fully planned on going today but simply could not get my eyes to open this morning. However, I am proud to report that I got to move my ticker down 1.5 lbs this week. :party::party:

So on to calories for today. I didn't even enter calories for Wednesday because I was out from 7:30AM until 10:30PM!! Oh well. Yesterday's values were disgusting. I guess I'll post them too. Here's today first:

Calories: 1470
Carbs: 194
Fat: 37
Protein: 71

Yesterday's:

Calories: 1898
Carbs: 250
Fat: 31
Protein: 77

So ok yesterday wasn't TOO bad, really. It just felt bad because we came home from an all day funeral and were exhausted and sad and we ordered pizza - I had 2 pieces plus half of the garlic bread with cheese. The scale on Thursday morning said 201 but Friday was 202 after my pizza and I gotta be honest for my weigh-in days. Who knows. . . .next friday might have me in ONEderland!!! That would be so awesome.

Anyway hope everyone has had a good week! Now off to read diaries!
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Go Heather, Go Heather (does some wierd Rave dance) lol Your almost in onederland, Whoot Whoot!
You go girl! I am so excited for you! and you only had two pieces of pizza and the garlic bread is not horrible, seeing as you guys were having a horrid day .. lol
I am going to have a great breakfast, fattening, but once a month is always nice!!

well ttylater hun
Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love yas
always
your friend
natalie jo :cheers2:
 
Thanks Natalie!! I can't wait to see that one again in front of my weight!

I just had to come on and say that I dragged my lazy butt to the gym today and I'm SO GLAD I DID. I absolutely kicked my own ass and did a full 10 minutes straight of jogging at 4.8, then 10 minutes of walking followed by a final 5 of jogging at 4.8! That's the first time I've done all of my jogging segments at 4.8!!! I think my plan is going to be to get to like 5.0 or 5.2 before I start to really really try to increase the amount of time that I'm spending jogging. I would LOVE to finally get to be able to jog for a full half hour without stopping to walk. . . .I can't even comprehend the idea!!! Probably won't happen until the end of the summer if not the fall, though.

Ok I'm a sweaty mess and my apartment looks like a war zone. No time to clean though - bridal shower this afternoon for one of my oldest friends! What fun. :) Then a special date night with the boy - it is a belated celebration of our 4 year anniversary!! :) Aw :)
 
Oh, Heather, this is so awesome! I'm so excited to hear about all this wonderful jogging, and how amazing that you'll be in onederland soon! You're doing so well, and we're all so proud of you.

Sophie
 
Sophie thanks so much for the kind words, but I haven't been very good today. . . .Had breakfast at McDonald's which was actually a poor choice both nutritionally and just in general. I really didn't' enjoy it much which makes it stupid. Then for lunch I had sushi which isn't terrible, but the rice makes it just too many calories. It's not even dinner yet and I have already had all of my calories for the day! Ugh. I have dinner plans with the same friend whose bridal shower I was at yesterday, so maybe I can get them to go to somewhere that will have some healthy options for me.

The only good thing is that we have been packing/cleaning for the past three hours so I think I burned a significant amount of calories today. Between a few different websites, I quote packing at about 200 calories an hour so that's 600 calories. Even though I didn't go to the gym today, I definitely got one heck of a workout during packing. I was sweating like a madwoman!

We grocery shopped today. Thank GOD. That means that I will no longer eat random crap and I can start to have a relatively good calorie count again. I want to be in onederland so badly!!! Gym tomorrow AM for sure.

Ok, off to relax for 20 minutes or so before I head off to my friend's. I'm so tired! :p
 
So I'm definitely going through a lack of motivation. Whether it's lack of motivation or just generally being overwhelmed I can't tell. Made it to the gym today which was GOOD, and I burned almost 400 calories on the elliptical then did some ab work afterward. Came back up and had some eggs with whole grain toast. Yum. But now I'm stuck. I just feel so tired and so completely at a loss in terms of what to do with myself. Maybe I just need to type out a list of what needs to get done, and then I can start to check off crap. Maybe I should just brew the biggest pot of coffee ever made and let that be my motivator.

Too much to do and not enough time. Bah! It's so hard to keep my weight loss at the forefront when the stress keeps telling me to reach for the comfort foods. Luckily, we don't have much here in the apartment in the way of comfort food so I usually come up empty when I do reach for it.

Le sigh!
 
Well I kinda allowed myself a day off today which was nice. Watched episodes of Lost, made some phone calls I needed to make, then signed the lease to our new apartment. :) Then made a yummy healthy dinner of honey mustard chicken breast with pasta roni olive and garlic vermicelli and steamed broccoli. Made my lunch for tomorrow and set up my coffee maker. For some reason I started to function a lot better this evening than I had been this morning. I dunno. Strange. Maybe just the lack of structure of the day and the absolutely IMMENSE list of things I have to do in the coming weeks overwhelmed me. I felt totally stressed and had no idea where to begin to alleviate that stress. So I just relaxed for the day.

Values for today before I pack another box:

Calories: 1537
Carbs: 177
Fat: 46
Protein: 61
Sodium: 3041 (dear GOD where did that come from?!!? must take a closer look at my nutrients, methinks. . . .)

Not a bad day except for the sodium! Fat is a bit high as well, but I am pretty sure I know where that's coming from.

Have a good night, all :)
 
Hey all!

Quick entry because I'm watching the Flyers game. . . . .and reeeeeally hoping for a Flyers win!!! But I wanted to enter my values for the day. Today was pretty damn good. Started out really stressful. . . .work was kinda nuts but things worked out even though I got home late. I'm ok with getting home late as long as when I'm home I'm finished with my work. Dinner was made for me by the boytoy who was just fabs today. He packed up a bunch of stuff, cleaned the cat litter, did his laundry and made me dinner. He rules! Went to the gym this morning and had a good time. Did a bit of cardio then did arm weights. I'm trying to incorporate ab work into my daily routine even when I'm not doing weights because that is where all my flab goes.

So anyway short entry but here's my values!

Calories: 1811 (30 cals over my goal, but oh well)
Fat: 51
Protein: 74
Carbs: 231
Sodium: 2725

Oi. Sodium is crazy high again and fat is surprisingly high. I think I know where it's coming from - at least partially. I've been eating Cheez-it crisps during my lunch (strictly one serving) but there's a lot of fat and sodium in them. I think I'll finish up the box, but I'm not going to buy them again. Gotta find a low-fat lower salt option for my "cracker" part of lunch. Will have to keep looking around.
 
Oh, I so identify with you over the stress overwhelming you. The last couple of weeks have been wretched for me, and not having time to exercise has left me utterly and completely without energy. Today, however, is mine to organize how I like, so as soon as I get some lunch in, I'm going to get on the elliptical and get moving. I've been trying to focus on how every day in front of me is mine, to shape how I want, but it's been difficult when everything seems to be coming at me all at once. But I do believe that taking responsibility, even for our time, can help us as we try and do what makes us healthy and happy.

Sophie
 
heathercb04 said:
So I'm definitely going through a lack of motivation. Whether it's lack of motivation or just generally being overwhelmed I can't tell. Made it to the gym today which was GOOD, and I burned almost 400 calories on the elliptical then did some ab work afterward. Came back up and had some eggs with whole grain toast. Yum. But now I'm stuck. I just feel so tired and so completely at a loss in terms of what to do with myself. Maybe I just need to type out a list of what needs to get done, and then I can start to check off crap. Maybe I should just brew the biggest pot of coffee ever made and let that be my motivator.

Too much to do and not enough time. Bah! It's so hard to keep my weight loss at the forefront when the stress keeps telling me to reach for the comfort foods. Luckily, we don't have much here in the apartment in the way of comfort food so I usually come up empty when I do reach for it.

Le sigh!
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Same with me Heather, we have no comfort food that I like at home, so I am drinking sun peach tea right now, yum...thats my flavor for the day and water and two life waters lmao

totally beverage crazy today, but no soda!! yea!!

I am happy you went to the gym. What is the temp there? could the weather be making you not have energy and affecting your motivation. ..that happened to me today .. I was ..slleepy .. ugh .. I didnt take a walk ...
but tomorrow ..now tomorrow will be 66 degree at noon.. Im going walking around eleven am ..so I am all good tomorrow lol

ttylater
hun
I hope you get motivation back soon
kudos to you for going to the gym!
love yas
natalie jo
 
heathercb04 said:
Hey all!

Quick entry because I'm watching the Flyers game. . . . .and reeeeeally hoping for a Flyers win!!! But I wanted to enter my values for the day. Today was pretty damn good. Started out really stressful. . . .work was kinda nuts but things worked out even though I got home late. I'm ok with getting home late as long as when I'm home I'm finished with my work. Dinner was made for me by the boytoy who was just fabs today. He packed up a bunch of stuff, cleaned the cat litter, did his laundry and made me dinner. He rules! Went to the gym this morning and had a good time. Did a bit of cardio then did arm weights. I'm trying to incorporate ab work into my daily routine even when I'm not doing weights because that is where all my flab goes.

So anyway short entry but here's my values!

Calories: 1811 (30 cals over my goal, but oh well)
Fat: 51
Protein: 74
Carbs: 231
Sodium: 2725

Oi. Sodium is crazy high again and fat is surprisingly high. I think I know where it's coming from - at least partially. I've been eating Cheez-it crisps during my lunch (strictly one serving) but there's a lot of fat and sodium in them. I think I'll finish up the box, but I'm not going to buy them again. Gotta find a low-fat lower salt option for my "cracker" part of lunch. Will have to keep looking around.
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I know what you mean Heather, the flab all goes to my upper abdomen, it stinks big time!
Your man sounds wonderful ..lucky!!!!!!

ttylater hun
love yas
always
natalie jo :driving:
 
Sophie - I love what you said about taking each day and taking responsibility for our time. It's so hard to find time in the day for everything, and I have definitely been putting weight loss on the back burner lately. Well - not on the back burner, but on the middle burner. :)

Natalie - Our weather has actually been spectacular. It's just been my general status that has kinda been dragging me down. Too many things to do, and not enough time. I'm trying to keep my health at the forefront, but occasionally it gets pushed back just a bit. And yeah my man is pretty much better than I could have even dreamed up. I still can't believe he picked me, and I'm thankful for every day we get to spend together. Not to be overly mushy or anything ;) :puke:

So I have even less time tonight than yesterday because I got home at 7 fricking 30. ARGH! That's what I get for volunteering myself to do an admission. Lovely. And now I found out that I can't even do the paperwork for the admission because the manager didn't put the referral into the computer. Not that this means anything to anyone except me. I'm just frustrated. BUT calories aren't too bad today and I even had 2 pieces of pizza. *sigh*

Ok, values:

Calories - 1719
Carbs - 225
Fat - 44
Protein - 69
Sodium - 2657

Dear lord. Sodium! Eventually I'll focus on getting that down as well. For the interim, I'm just focusing on calories, fat and protein.

Oi! I can't wait until we're done with this crap and we're all moved and it's done. I have a WEEK AND A HALF OFF in . . 2 and 1/2 weeks. Oh thank god.

Hope everyone is doing well. :)
 
The middle burner is unbelievably much better than the back burner. :)

Obviously I relate big time to what you have been saying about stress and problems with time. Good on you for managing to find some space to destress in (though it sounds like you still did plenty) and I love the sound of the honey mustard chicken breast and all the yum yum yums!!

Onederland is so close now! :D
 
OK extremely short entry, just values for today because I got home late AGAIN because my cell phone broke and I had to get it fixed. Nice.

Anyway, today's values!

Calories: 1629
Carbs: 199
Fat: 49
Protein: 65
Sodium: 2115

Not bad!
 
Oh my lord I just wrote an awesome long-ish entry that got lost because I pressed something stupid.

So, values for today only. Tomorrow hopefully I'll have more.

Calories: 1637
Carbs: 235
Fat: 24
Protein: 64
Sodium: 1488
 
I haaaaate losing my posts!!

I still do that sometimes, but usually now, if I see it's getting a bit long, or if I'm going to click out of the page temporarily, I copy it, so I have a good chance of getting it back with a mouse click. Or even copy and paste it into Word and finish it there before I paste back. I used to keep documents ready that I just used for that.

and it was an "awesome" one too! Damn!View attachment 6386

Still ... nice numbers!! :)
 
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