Icychic is back! Long way to go...

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Yesterday's dinner was spring mix salad with tomatoes and ranch dressing, baked potato with butter and cheese.

So far today: Corn pops and salt & vinegar chips and a slice of banana bread. Brought nothing else to work and gonna try not to eat anything else. May sneak away early today as I'm really not being productive anyways and there is nobody here.

My hubby wore the fitbit last night - he was restless too a fair bit. I don't think either of us are getting enough of the deep sleep. But since he was doing that I decided to download an app I'd used in the past. I can put it next to my pillow and it will monitor movement and record sounds. Well it seems my phone dings a lot at night and we think that is possibly affecting our sleep. I was restless but because it wasn't something on my wrist I don't trust it quite as much. We both need to remember to turn off notifications on our phones at night and see how that works. Sleep early-ish tonight, sleep in about an hour tomorrow - A has an appt at 9AM so we'll be up by 7 and out by 8. Sunday no sleeping in - gonna leave by 6 to visit friends 3 hrs away. Back that night, sleep early as A starts work and has to leave the house around 515am Monday. At least that should mean we both sleep at the same time which should help too. Last night I was in bed late (11) and A didn't join me until 1am.

I've been trying to find some setting that will automatically set notifications off during certain times, but all I can find is changing the Do Not Disturb to a schedule. Problem with that is I want the phone to still ring and the alarm to go off, and I like the DND mode to not allow anything, including alarms (handy for movies or meetings and stuff where you want NOTHING disturbing you). So I just need to get in the habit instead of turning all sounds but the ringer off at night and seeing how that works for us. We shall see tonight!

Now here's hoping I find new work soon! Hopefully it's not like 3 part time gigs, but I'll take what I can get!
 
Forgot to weigh myself this morMing before I left the house. Will have to do it tomorrow I stead. Not expecting a change anyways.

I'm guessing we will grab food while in town. I haven't eaten anything and getting hungry so we will see when A gets out of his appt. Not sure what dinner tonight will be. Tomorrow we visit friends and will probably eat out 2 or 3 meals. Possibly some liquor but not much as there is over a 3hr drive to get back home and we both work the next day.
 
How did your Sunday go? Managed to keep the booze and eating under control while visiting the friends? ;)

icychic said:
I've been trying to find some setting that will automatically set notifications off during certain times,
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If you have problems with sleeping maybe you should try to leave the mobile phone in another room (if it is possible) and use the old school alarm clock for waking up instead? Me and my boyfriend have declared our sleeping room gadget free zone. :D We have no TV, no radio, no notebook, no mobile phones in the sleeping room.

Another thing that has helped me to improve my sleep is at least one hour before I am going to sleep I try to avoid watching TV, searching the net or playing with my mobile phone. I do not know why but if I do some of the things mentioned above, my mind is still actively thinking and therefore it is hard to fall asleep. ;) Instead I read a magazine/book or do some girly stuff (like put some face mask, do manicure etc.). Maybe you should try that? :)
 
I think I was 153.5 or so yesterday. Not sure if it's correct or not, but I'm not surprised as I'm not exercising or eating proper.

Sat we grabbed not so healthy food at the food court. Burgers for dinner Sat night. And I ate chips. Bad me!! Oh and chocolate ice cream too. :banghead:
Sunday we didn't eat much. Grabbed hot chocolate and bagel on the way out. Ate nothing while there, nor did we drink. Grabbed a grilled chicken burger and fries on the way home. Ate nothing else that night.

I use my phone as my alarm clock so it has to be in the room. Regular alarm clocks don't give the option of multiple alarms so the phone works best. A watches TV in the room before going to bed - that is something I don't think I will be able to get him out of. Tried and been unsuccessful. Plus we need the second TV and that's the only place it can go. I've gotten used to the TV, I like having background noise all the time and often it helps me sleep.

I think it will help now that A will be going to sleep earlier too. I still need to remember to silence my phone at night, but getting better. Sadly we were so tired that we went to bed super early and the dog had to come with. So around 730 ish I sent her for her last pee and took her to the room. 2:30am she was up and wanting out :( It will take some time, but hopefully this week she will get into more of a habit of sleeping earlier and waking up around 4am when A's alarm goes off. We just need to get into a good routine and not sleep in much on the weekends to keep us going that way.

Brought homemade chicken fajitas and yogurt for today. Had corn pops for breakfast and need to drink more water. Been so bad with that the last few days.
 
Yesterday I was 153.5. This morning 151.6. Interesting...will write more later. Boss coming again today and I am running a touch late. Eek!
 
LaMaria: that would be a good overnight loss! No that was 2 mornings in a row.

150.6 this morning, I must be doing something right.... I feel like I'm overeating still and I surely haven't been exercising. That or I had water weight or something. Either I'm not complaining :)

Fitbit still shows me restless. Had a few longer sections of asleep, but still only 4hr 14min sleeping. Still feel super tired when I wake up. Need to sleep earlier and get the dog into an earlier bedtime routine too.
 
So tired and trying hard to curb my craving for Coke. So easy to grab one from the vending machine or a store across the street. But trying not to.
So much work to do and I have to leave in about 2 hours. Eek!!
 
icychic said:
So tired and trying hard to curb my craving for Coke. So easy to grab one from the vending machine or a store across the street. But trying not to.
So much work to do and I have to leave in about 2 hours. Eek!!
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Yea i have switched to diet but stopping all together......... I just dont c it happening.
 
I'm working on it too and it's hard! Swapping it for unsweetened green iced tea would work for me but it stops me up something cruel :(
 
I feel diet is worse than regular because of the aspartame.

I haven't weighed myself in a few days, but I know I overate on the weekend :(

So far today: corn pops and a granola bar. I have 2 turkey sandwiches for lunch and not good snacks. It's hot outside but cold in the office so I may have tea later - but will try to not to put too much sugar and still drink water.

I think my body is trying to tell me to eat more veggies and fruits. I really should listen to it..

Fitbit still says I'm not sleeping well. I still don't know if it's me actually being restless or if it's because hubby is restless. The bed is old so when one person moves the whole bed does - not sure if that could account for it or not. Last night it says 3hr 39mins actual sleep. Ugh no wonder I'm so damn tired!! Struggled staying awake on the drive in, and sleepy sitting at my desk. I really need to get a family doctor and get blood tests done - think the iron pills need to be started up again. I hate pills :(
 
I took starting measurements a few weeks ago. But I know the lack of weight loss isn't due to muscle gain - I'd have to be exercising for that :)
If I feel clothes are getting looser but the scale isn't budging I will be sure to take measurements again.

Sadly back up over 152 today. Grr. Need to do better with the eating. I was gonna bring a cucumber to work, but forgot it in the fridge. Ate a bigger bowl of ice cream last night than I meant to, but had fish and peas and potatoes for dinner which was good. Since A had to go to work earlier today, I was not in the mood to make my lunch this morning so instead went back to sleep after making his. I knew I wouldn't do it later, but went back to sleep anyways. So I will likely be buying something for lunch instead. Instead of the usual McDonald's I'm gonna try either Healthy vs Greasy or Shan (Chinese). Never had either of them before and they are both across the street in the little mall. That or I'll go to Shopper's and grab a frozen dinner, but I find those often don't fill me up.
 
Hi Icychic! ;)

I am as well a bit struggling at the moment with eating, somehow too many carbs... ehh.. But as cate said - we all can do this!! :cheers2:

I was reading back your diary and I think you have not mentioned about the food - do you have a specific meal plan? Or you just eat as little/as much based on previous experience and your feeling? Or you are just trying to focus more on losing calories through exercise and additionally drinking more water?

Today is a new day and hopefully your day is going a lot better foodwise!! ;)
 
LaMaria said:
Healthy vs Greasy sounds fun. What do they serve?
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I have no idea! I went for Chinese.

Cheeselover: no meal plan. Mostly trying to drink more water, eat less snacks and junk and smaller portions. No real progress yet.

151.8 this morning. Boo. Weekends are bad for food. I snack more. Today is a busy week. Big deadline with tons to do still. And I start my bookkeeping job tues/thurs and cleaning likely Wednesday. We shall see how it goes! Today I plan to leave work on time and grab groceries but I'll work more after I get home. Just gotta remember to bring my laptop and files home.
 
It has been a while. No weight lost. Doubt lost inches as pants are tighter not looser :(
Slept in new bed last night and fitbit says I slept leas than previous night. What?? Boo. Hopefully that changes and I sleep better in the next few nights.

Still working on being more active and eating better. Unsuccessful so far but I have my days.
 
Hi, Icy. I feel your pain with your weight. Mine has jumped up 4 kg over Winter(for a few reasons incl. having to eat gluten for almost 4 weeks).
Tomorrow is the 1st of October & I have devised a plan for myself. I am going to grasp back control of my weight by sheer force. I can't bear the thought of getting fat again. We can do this hon. 1st of October new start.....let's go xoxo
 
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