Heather's New Start
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blackwdw
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Just stoppin' by to say "you can do it!" What's that phrase? Fall down seven times and pick yourself up eight. Alcohol is definitely hard to fit into a diet, I tend to allow myself a bit of cheat time on weekend evenings. Yeah, it's gonna slow down my rate of weightloss, but if it keeps me sane, and not binging, that's a good thing. I know that if I keep up with my diet the rest of the time, and keep exercising, it will eventually work. It took me a long time to realize that it is IMPOSSIBLE to be perfect, no matter how hard I try. You just have to do your best and focus on being happy and healthy.
heathercb04
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HUGE thank you
thank you so much to everyone who posted support in my diary - believe it or not, you guys helped me to restore faith in myself. faith that today paid off! i had an almost successful diet day (minus a bit of potato chips everything else went great). i am in week four of the couch to 5k program and it's one of the toughest weeks thus far and i TOTALLY nailed it - so much so that i went farther than i have yet!!! went PAST the art museum in my circle. i feel so proud! in addition to my C25K, i took a bike ride to center city and back so that was another 1/2 hour of exercise. i feel great. and no matter what the scale says tomorrow for weigh-in day for november challenge, i know that i overcame a big dip in my motivation and am back in the ring for more!!!
took the night off from work because . . . well, i'm a delinquent basically. i was planning on calling out tomorrow night because i have a social engagement with friends from my old job that i absolutely couldn't get a switch on, and i started having really bad cramps this afternoon accompanied by nausea so i figure - i have the time, might as well make a really long weekend for myself. so no work for me!
so now i get to sit with the boy and enjoy a nice quiet evening at home. yay!
sometimes that's just the best thing in the world. you can take me to a fancy restaurant and that's all well and good, but i think that sometimes the best times i have with my man are the ones where we are together at home. made him a nice healthy dinner after his 10 mile bike ride (i'm inspiring him to be healthy - YAY!!!!) of baked breaded chicken breast with gorgonzola cheese and spinach in the middle, couscous and steamed broccoli. yummy! and it's funny - i kinda trick him into eating the spinach because i know he won't eat it any other way, but he LOVES it this way. so i make mostly spinach and some gorgonzola and it still has that tangy flavor, but tons of health benefits b/c of the spinach. yum!
thanks again everyone for the support. i can do this. and i can do this even with pitfalls and dips in motivation because it's going to be a long and gradual process, and what i want to ultimately end up with is a healthier me. even if i go to 150, and miss my ending goal by 15 lbs, i'm ok with that. i want to simply be healthy and exercise regularly. . . . .one of my big goals is to one day participate in a marathon. i would LOVE to say that i had completed one of them. i could start with a 10K. . . . . .then move forward. just see where it goes! i dunno. just a goal. i really want to focus on eating better - not eating neurotically - and to very actively increase my physical fitness level.
ok enough babbling. i'm just glad that i feel better!!! thank you so much everyone - you rock! i'm gonna try to stop by everyone's journal just to say hi, but if i miss you i'll come by tomorrow!
thank you so much to everyone who posted support in my diary - believe it or not, you guys helped me to restore faith in myself. faith that today paid off! i had an almost successful diet day (minus a bit of potato chips everything else went great). i am in week four of the couch to 5k program and it's one of the toughest weeks thus far and i TOTALLY nailed it - so much so that i went farther than i have yet!!! went PAST the art museum in my circle. i feel so proud! in addition to my C25K, i took a bike ride to center city and back so that was another 1/2 hour of exercise. i feel great. and no matter what the scale says tomorrow for weigh-in day for november challenge, i know that i overcame a big dip in my motivation and am back in the ring for more!!!
took the night off from work because . . . well, i'm a delinquent basically. i was planning on calling out tomorrow night because i have a social engagement with friends from my old job that i absolutely couldn't get a switch on, and i started having really bad cramps this afternoon accompanied by nausea so i figure - i have the time, might as well make a really long weekend for myself. so no work for me!
so now i get to sit with the boy and enjoy a nice quiet evening at home. yay!
sometimes that's just the best thing in the world. you can take me to a fancy restaurant and that's all well and good, but i think that sometimes the best times i have with my man are the ones where we are together at home. made him a nice healthy dinner after his 10 mile bike ride (i'm inspiring him to be healthy - YAY!!!!) of baked breaded chicken breast with gorgonzola cheese and spinach in the middle, couscous and steamed broccoli. yummy! and it's funny - i kinda trick him into eating the spinach because i know he won't eat it any other way, but he LOVES it this way. so i make mostly spinach and some gorgonzola and it still has that tangy flavor, but tons of health benefits b/c of the spinach. yum!thanks again everyone for the support. i can do this. and i can do this even with pitfalls and dips in motivation because it's going to be a long and gradual process, and what i want to ultimately end up with is a healthier me. even if i go to 150, and miss my ending goal by 15 lbs, i'm ok with that. i want to simply be healthy and exercise regularly. . . . .one of my big goals is to one day participate in a marathon. i would LOVE to say that i had completed one of them. i could start with a 10K. . . . . .then move forward. just see where it goes! i dunno. just a goal. i really want to focus on eating better - not eating neurotically - and to very actively increase my physical fitness level.
ok enough babbling. i'm just glad that i feel better!!! thank you so much everyone - you rock! i'm gonna try to stop by everyone's journal just to say hi, but if i miss you i'll come by tomorrow!
heathercb04
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break for a bit
so i'm afraid i'm stepping back a bit from the gung-ho that i was previously. i've put too much on my plate in terms of personal goals, and some things have been happening in my professional life that make the pressure i put on myself simply too much to handle and i have to kinda ease up in certain areas to avoid total and complete mental breakdown
i'm going to work on the professional life first, and try to keep my exercise routine because i think that was the most important part of all of this, but i think that i'm going to give the whole diet thing and bow out of future challenges for the time being.
i feel like a big fat quitter for saying this but i think it's better for my mental health right now to not place such intense pressure on myself. you guys are so supportive, and i'm so happy for everyone and their success stories and THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by when i said i needed support, but i think i'm going to slow up my progress for a while.
what i'd like to do is keep checking in once a week - maybe on fridays because that is the weigh-in day for the november challenge, and it just seems like a logical day to make an entry. i can just comment on how the exercise is coming (horribly right now) and figure out when i feel well enough to start the journey again!
i know i *could* potentially try and work through this and keep with the dietary changes, but i'm just too stressed right now to even think about it. so what i'm going to try to do is simply moderate my diet and make sure it doesn't fall TOO much to crap, and keep on the couch to 5K program. . . .because i really truly do enjoy that running plan. plus i think it will help a lot with the stress i'm feeling from work.
so that's my plan. . . .i'll try and stop by everyone's diaries at least once a week, but if you don't hear from me i'm sorry things just got a bit too much!!!
hugsnkisses
*heather*
so i'm afraid i'm stepping back a bit from the gung-ho that i was previously. i've put too much on my plate in terms of personal goals, and some things have been happening in my professional life that make the pressure i put on myself simply too much to handle and i have to kinda ease up in certain areas to avoid total and complete mental breakdown
i'm going to work on the professional life first, and try to keep my exercise routine because i think that was the most important part of all of this, but i think that i'm going to give the whole diet thing and bow out of future challenges for the time being.
i feel like a big fat quitter for saying this
but i think it's better for my mental health right now to not place such intense pressure on myself. you guys are so supportive, and i'm so happy for everyone and their success stories and THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by when i said i needed support, but i think i'm going to slow up my progress for a while. what i'd like to do is keep checking in once a week - maybe on fridays because that is the weigh-in day for the november challenge, and it just seems like a logical day to make an entry. i can just comment on how the exercise is coming (horribly right now) and figure out when i feel well enough to start the journey again!
i know i *could* potentially try and work through this and keep with the dietary changes, but i'm just too stressed right now to even think about it. so what i'm going to try to do is simply moderate my diet and make sure it doesn't fall TOO much to crap, and keep on the couch to 5K program. . . .because i really truly do enjoy that running plan. plus i think it will help a lot with the stress i'm feeling from work.
so that's my plan. . . .i'll try and stop by everyone's diaries at least once a week, but if you don't hear from me i'm sorry
things just got a bit too much!!! hugsnkisses
*heather*
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Wow just been reading back, you sure are a long poster (thats a good thing lol, i get bored just reading what some people ate that day).
Anyway, you're doing great to be sticking it out at your job when clearly everyone else is unprofessional and probably idiotic. Ive neer had any desire to be a nurse because of all the gross stuff to be done, but always admired anyone who had the guts to do that kind of work.
I have a lottsa respect for people who have to deal with both governmental crap and literal crap every day and still be able to smile and kind to everyone.
Im on the same calorie count as you and been there for 5-6 months now. Ive lost 85-90ishlb(40kg or so). So although you have the down days and crap days, never give up. Nobody else is gonna do it for you but you (in fact some people get noticeably jealous and try to deliberately sabotage you).
Anyway I think you're on the right track, patience is the hardest part of the diet (damn wouldnt you love to loose the weight overnight lol).
Keep up the fantastic work!
Anyway, you're doing great to be sticking it out at your job when clearly everyone else is unprofessional and probably idiotic. Ive neer had any desire to be a nurse because of all the gross stuff to be done, but always admired anyone who had the guts to do that kind of work.
I have a lottsa respect for people who have to deal with both governmental crap and literal crap every day and still be able to smile and kind to everyone.
Im on the same calorie count as you and been there for 5-6 months now. Ive lost 85-90ishlb(40kg or so). So although you have the down days and crap days, never give up. Nobody else is gonna do it for you but you (in fact some people get noticeably jealous and try to deliberately sabotage you).
Anyway I think you're on the right track, patience is the hardest part of the diet (damn wouldnt you love to loose the weight overnight lol).
Keep up the fantastic work!