Icychic's Weightloss Diary

So I made a decision last night. I am not quitting, and I will still keep coming on here, but I think I'm going to not stress about working out, and may give myself a little more snack with the eating. Maybe this is just an excuse I want so I can drink pop again and overeat, but with the wedding planning and work I just can't deal with it right now.

So for the next 1.5 weeks I will not worry about working out, if I do great, if not oh well. I will work on calling more venues for the wedding and booking a date and location and cater (hopefully this weekend or early next week that will be set). I will still try to eat healthy but I will not worry about it quite as much. I am concerned I will gain weight but I think once this part of the planning is done I will be able to relax a little more. There will still be tons to due of course, but the deadline won't be as important.

I had planned on making Sheppard's Pie yesterday, even bought ground beef and potatoes, but then my fiance was sick and wasn't going to eat (except for sushi) and I said forget it. Made a hot dog for dinner then went to my sis's to talk wedding stuff. I woke up earlier today and decided to still follow my plan of cooking the chicken that had been defrosting about 24 hrs in the fridge, so I cut that up with veggies and potatoes and some chicken seasoning stuff and lemon juice other spices. It is cooking for 8 hours on low so I guess we shall see how it turns out! I have rice set aside and will make that when I get home, but I'm really hoping it all cooks right and tastes good! I didn't want to put it for 10 hours because I was afraid that would be too long. Going to try leaving work early though to catch it right away and see if it's cooked or needs longer. I did cut the chicken breast into cubes so I figure that should help cook it faster right? Hoping there is enough liquid in it too. Oh well time will tell.

Anyways, after that I took a shower and then weighed myself. 140.5. Wait...what? *looks again* yup, 140.5, sweet! :jump: Almost back to my lowest low! It does sort of make me want to keep up the eating well and working out but I'm still sticking with the 2 week break for now. We shall see how it goes, and then maybe I can get into a proper 5 day/week, go hard for 5-15mins and see where that takes me.

Also, I started a thread for slow cooker recipes if anyone has suggestions :D
 
I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a week or so off. I've done it regularly over the last few years. Just don't let it turn into.... "one more week"...and then "one more week". Ya know... like I did. haha!

Congrats on almost being back down to your lowest low. That's awesome! :)
 
My sister loves making things in her slow cooker. I do now and then. The hubby makes meat chunks then adds in mushrooms cut up in chunks. It's good.

3 a week is doable! Just keep at it. :party:
 
It's easy, and means when we get home neither of us (*cough* me *cough*) have to cook, just plate, eat, and refrigerate. LOL.

I can make chili in it but we had that recently, thinking of trying a beef stew, or perhaps a Sheppards pie recipe in it as I thought I Saw one somewhere...the ground beef I bought needs to be used by Friday so if we finish this chicken dish I could try that, otherwise it is being frozen tonight/tomorrow for later use (possible after being cooked so it's easier later).

There are a TON of recipes, sadly I find I can be kinda picky hehe, just need to sift through and find some good ones. The instruction manual even has a few.

jen-renee: I really hope it doesn't turn into that. I still want to try hitting my first end of the year goal, but at the very least I better be 129 at that point, and I think I'd still be very disappointed with that.

LWTG: thanks :) I know I can do it, but I have to change what I'm doing. Not exercising will NOT help me reach that! But I still have faith that I will get there.
 
I'm sorry if I missed it, but have you been counting calories? I see you're having a really hard time with getting exercise in so maybe by cutting down your calories you'll start to see the weight come off a bit more steadily? Load up on fruits and veggies and some lean meats. I'm sure you're already working on that, but thought I'd throw it out there.

Enjoy your break, just don't go silly nilly. ;) I think we all need to take a break from time to time. No harm in it really unless it becomes more of a habit. I think you want this badly enough you won't have to worry about it though.

And, we're having shepherds pie tomorrow night. I love fall. Great weather for making some awesome dinners!

Congrats on getting close to your low again. :)
 
Hi Mandy.

I haven't really been counting as such, but trying to watch portion sizes and am much more aware of the calories for sure. For example, I have switched to 1% milk at work for my cereal, still 2% at home because of my fiance but honestly I don't drink much milk anyways, and it has way more calories than I thought LOL! But the actual counting and tracking, no I haven't been.

I was REALLY bad yesterday...I had half a can of coke at work (the other half is in the fridge) and a full can at night at home. I stayed up late, got very little sleep, and was at 140 this morning. WTF? That is back to my lowest from last week! I don't get it but that's OK, I'll take it :) Hopefully it'll be the same (or lower!) for tomorrow's official weigh in.

As for the personal side, A's dad called me yesterday just before 5PM saying his work pushed the deadline and he had to submit his holidays. He has gotten June 28th, which means some of the places I was checking are a no go, but the one I want which SEEMS to be the cheapest so far (and will do EVERYTHING) is still on the list, YAY! So date is set: June 28th. Now I still have to figure out place/time/other details like if we will use their catering or an outside caterer or perhaps both (outside for just a couple items) and also whether or not we will provide our own liquor but that can be decided later too.

Going to try eating better, and sadly still procrastinated yesterday so now I'm super behind and need to have a super productive Friday for work and wedding related things. Not cool! :banghead:
 
Craving chips, smarties, skittles, starburst... :cry: hoping I don't cave and go to the store for cheap Halloween candy. But no promises.

Had a mostly good day so far. Fairly productive on the work front, though still lots to do. I'm hitting that point where I want to stop and move on to wedding things or just nothing at all. Servers going down about 1 hr before I'm supposed to leave so I may pack up and head home early and then log back in briefly to catch up on last minute emails.

Hoping tomorrow's meetings go well...cancelled 1 since the date does not work, but the other 3 I believe are still OK and going to try making a couple more calls today as well. Still so much to do but hopefully as of early next week things will settle a little more.
 
140.5 this morning. .5 gain from yesterday. but .5 loss from last week, I'm OK with that! Especially considering what I ate yesterday.

Meetings today went OK, my #1 hall is still my #1, and I like the idea for the candle holder option he gave us. Said it'd be maybe $25 for the whole room (I put it as $50 on my budget just in case) but that's awesome! Too bad everything else is coming to so much. Need an extra approx $525/mth Nov-Apr as we are about 3150 short give or take. Hoping we can do it otherwise our savings will get used for that and the honeymoon. Haven't even priced out the honeymoon yet but hopefully won't be too bad.

Hoping for a productive Sunday at home. Weather is horrible with the major snow fall today (was NOT fun driving everywhere) so plan to do lots around the house and more budgeting and planning.
 
How exciting, now you have a wedding date set!! Woohoo!! Wedding planning can be pretty stressful for sure. We ended up getting a credit card and maxing it at the end or we wouldn't have had a honeymoon at all.

Hurray for the loss too! I've been procrastinating badly too, now I'm unemployed I thought I would be way up on my study... last week just FLEW by and I have nothing to show for it. Oops! Haha my PT gave me a good saying the other day, You have to procrastinate procrastination. As in JUST DO IT!
 
Didn't do much yesterday, just some laundry mostly. I was 139 yesterday morning, 141.5 this morning (though I ate RIGHT before bed which probably didn't help any.

I hope to get back into a routine of working out after work this week. Still lots of wedding planning to do, want to make a few more calls and see if I can find a cheaper place than what I have right now but not sure I can sadly. I don't want to max our credit cards, and while I have a large line of credit it is going to be maxed this summer to get our backyard done. REALLY need to get going on calling places for quotes for that too :( I was hoping to try getting quotes before the weather changes, but that plan is out the window now. Oh well, long as I call n ow and set up appts for like March/April it should be OK. We NEED to get it done this summer so no more excuses. That is next on my list after the venue/catering for the wedding.

Kinda sad that I'm back to 141.5 but since I've not been working out I'm not getting too upset over it. I know it will change once I start moving again, hopefully this time my routine will stick!
 
Feeling pretty low energy right now. Need to go through my emails and notes as I believe there was supposed to be someone stopping by the office today. Otherwise I might lock her up and do a workout so I don't have to in 2 hours when I close up. Really don't have the energy for a workout, but I need to do it. No more excuses, I'm sick of my excuses because that's what they are: excuses. And not even good ones! I know it's my body and brain fighting the changes, fighting me wanting to get in shape and healthy, but soon I know my emotions and my body and my brain will all be on the same page. Until then it will be a struggle, but it's a struggle I have to endure and WHEN I come out on the other side I WILL be proud of myself and I will be a better person and HEALTHY! And, as a great side effect, will also have a killer body :D Or at least that is the plan...

So there it is. I'm done with my "break" and no more excuses, not even wedding related ones.

Time to check my spreadsheets, email my dad my updated guest list, and get some work done, and then a workout. Will update later!
 
Hey thanks for stopping by my diary :)

That is so cool that you have a wedding at (around ) the same time!!! Oh the pressure!!! We have time though! We will get there!!

Great attitude - no more excuses!! (I have always plenty of them too) I will read you diary sometime this week!
 
Good luck getting back on track with exercise. Just take it one day at a time. Don't worry about tomorrow or the day after. Worry about what you can do today to help you get to your goals. One day at a time. You'll get there! :)
 
This is all so exciting. I hope that you can enjoy this planning, even thought I know it is stressful. You will get it all done, things always seem to come together even when we are stressed that they won't!

I read something in a magazine that Kate Hudson said it went something like "No one gets up at 6:30 am just to be healthy, the ultimate motivator is a hot body." I really do think that is the case for most of us. Yes of course being healthy is part of it, but there are thin people who aren't super healthy too. I think most of us want to look good in a bikini. :)
 
Icychic, you saw 139...that's a great sign, and eating late will add too it...you will see it again, happens to me all the time. You will do it.
 
Yeah yesterday went down the crapper. Same with today. So much money for 1 day, it's sad! And I'm getting too stressed and now am looking for a part time job. The job will help with either wedding, honeymoon, or vacations later on, or simply paying off debts. Hopefully can find something flexible enough with my schedule that pays half decent. *sigh* seriously feeling down today and really frustrated with this whole thing. So close to saying screw it and just going to the court house and calling it a day. Seriously, it's insane how much everything costs!

Thanks for the support everyone, I do appreciate it. And Yes JadeLynn, you are right, the "bikini bod" is definitely high on the list of reasons why I want to lose weight.
 
And we are going to have hot bikini bods icychic! ;)

I'm sorry you are having such a stressful time planning everything. I know it is a balance having just what you want, but not having it be over the top expensive. Maybe you can plan a very low key honeymoon but promise yourselves an awesome 1 year aniversary trip. Gives you something to look forward to and splits up the cost?
 
mrs woods: I totally missed your post before! Thanks :) I will see it again but must stop eating late and start working out.

JadeLynn said:
And we are going to have hot bikini bods icychic! ;)

I'm sorry you are having such a stressful time planning everything. I know it is a balance having just what you want, but not having it be over the top expensive. Maybe you can plan a very low key honeymoon but promise yourselves an awesome 1 year aniversary trip. Gives you something to look forward to and splits up the cost?
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Yes, we WILL have those bods! Hopefully sooner rather than later :)

Wedding...ugh...so after trying to cut and cut and cut I decided screw it. We are only doing this once in our lives, and I don't want to spend what was still going to be about $10k and not have what we wanted. So that's done. We are doing what we want, inviting who we want, getting the rings we want. The line of credit that was going to be used for the yard will be used for this first and the yard will be put on hold for probably another year. That's OK. I know we shouldn't, but we will, because I'd rather regret spending too much but get what we want, then spend less and not do it our way. And besides, I already had the plan to pay off the line of credit, it's now just being used for the wedding instead. *shrug* I'm done with the back and forth and "what else can we cut" and stressing about it. Planning to see the hall again on Saturday, this time with my fiance (since he couldn't come before), iron out a few more details and pay the deposit to officially book it. YAY!

Honeymoon: We are planning something small (though even our 1 week "staycation" cost like $800 LOL, though to be fair about $450 was massages...). Niagara Falls for the week, possibly a few places in and around there. Then when we have the money, perhaps 5 years from now, Venice :) That is the plan at least.

Back to the weight loss. I can't remember my #'s the last couple days, but they were 140+, but I don't think over 142 so that's good :) I SHOULD workout right now, and theoretically could, but damn the darkness outside is killing me so instead it's groceries and home to cook dinner and sleep early. Really thinking early morning workouts may work better. Need to start waking up earlier and getting to work earlier but not starting to work right away. See if I can do that tomorrow.

Winter sucks for working out! Just want to curl on the couch with hot chocolate and watch TV. :p
 
So smart of you to just make a decision and be done with it! That stress would have just made you miserable. And you've got a good plan to handle everything. Bravo you!

Morning exercise works best for me. Maybe you will find it is easier for you then as well. By the end of the work day, I don't even feel like making dinner let alone workout!
 
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