Kino's weightloss journey

oh boys..

I just decided to do some jumping jacks and jump rope. Well, it's been a long time since I've jumped rope but I'm telling you, it really gets my heart rate up. I can't do it for very long yet but it seems like a wonderful exercise! And jumping jacks...haha..I can barely do it for a minute straight.

I'll keep working at it but I'd totally recommend doing them to anyone who wants to get their heart rates going at home and raise their metabolism.

I'm so out of shape! LOL
 
Kino said:
oh boys..

I just decided to do some jumping jacks and jump rope. Well, it's been a long time since I've jumped rope but I'm telling you, it really gets my heart rate up. I can't do it for very long yet but it seems like a wonderful exercise! And jumping jacks...haha..I can barely do it for a minute straight.

I'll keep working at it but I'd totally recommend doing them to anyone who wants to get their heart rates going at home and raise their metabolism.

I'm so out of shape! LOL
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LOL, "I'm so out of shape" You sound just like me.

I bought a jump rope and just don't have the gumption to do it. I had no idea how hard it was or how in the world I managed it when I was a kid.
 
^ I know! haha, as a kid I was over weight but I still managed to do kid things like jump rope. I find it more funny though than frustrating hehe. :)

So everyone, here's a poem I just saw posted months ago. The user said they didn't know who wrote it so since they didn't write it, I see no harm in posting it:)


Don't Quit

When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down,
And you feel like the biggest failure in town.
When you want to give up just because you gave in,
and forget all about being healthy and thin.
So What! You went over your grams a bit,
It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit!
It's a moment of truth, it's an attitude change.
It's learning the skills to get back in your range.
It's telling yourself, "You've done great up till now.
You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."
It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal.
You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.
To stumble and fall is not a disgrace,
If you summon the will to get back in the race.
But, often the struggler's, when loosing their grip,
Just throw in the towel and continue to slip.
And learn too late when the damage is done,
that the race wasn't over...they still could have won.
Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,
but facing each challenge will help you grow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.
When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,
If you bite it, you write it....But don't you quit!


I really love it! :)
 
Poem!

I love that poem!!
I didn't keep track of food for several days, but I will start again today!
I hope you have a great week!
:)
Cheryl
 
So I've just been pouring over the menu for Boston Pizza for the past hour trying to find something that will fit into my points for today with WW. I'm going out for a birthday dinner so I needed to find something.

I decided on the:

Lemon Baked Salmon Filet
A tender salmon filet baked with fresh lemon juice and served with wok-steamed seasonal vegetables and tossed garden greens with raspberry vinaigrette.

This is 12 points which blows my mind. It has 28gs of fat which is a lot but I'm thinking it's because salmon has a lot of healthy fats, fine enough... it's also 550 calories which is also a lot but not bad for supper.

There are a few things that really bother me about Weight Watchers. When calculating point values for foods it doesn't take into consideration things like protein or sodium. So for example, the salmon dinner I'm getting has 330mgs of sodium and the chicken breast dinner I was considering getting had 1180mgs of sodium, but they're both 12 points.

They do calculate points using things like calories, fat and fibre which are very important but I just think they should also use sodium and protein too. People tend not to get enough protein and most people eat WAY too much sodium. I chose the salmon because it had so much less sodium and my body just doesn't need that.

I guess it just frustrates me too how restaurants only care about making money and peoples health comes a distant second. They have a healthy section for their menu but it consists of about 6 items compared to however many they rest of the menu has.

So frustrating!!! Peoples lives are so much more important that money and I also never took a look at nutrition at restaurants...I never really realized how much crap we consume. It's ridiculous and we should have always been aware of it.

I guess I'm done ranting now. Things are getting better at least. At one time they never would have put nutrition online.

I'm sorry if my rant seems all over the place. I just had a couple of things that were bothering me at once lol.

I hope everyones having a good day :)
 
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Alright. I fell off the weightloss wagon. Whoops!

Turns out someone at dinner had a SEVERE allergy to fish so I had to change my order and they didn't have much else to choose from. So I ended up getting a chicken sandwich...not horrible but not great.

Oh well, tomorrows a new day, right?

:)
 
Hi Kino, your journal is very inspiring! I like your attitude towards falling off the wagon. coz when i fall, i REALLY fall!! I let myself go totally.
When i'm exercising & controlling my diet, i also go for regular massages, pedicures, manicures, the works!!!
When i starting stuffing, it's like whats the point? I look & feel terrible, but couldn't be bothered!!!

One other thing, u had suggested a while ago that i should shift my diary to the weight loss diary forum. How does one do that? * sheepish*
 
I'm not sure you'd be able to actually switch the whole journal over but you'd be able to start a new one :) I know it sounds like a pain hehe.

Thank you for your kind words. I'm trying so hard not to fall too harshly off the wagon :) This week isn't great though, I'll be able to do well for the next three days but then Friday and Saturday might be rough. Friday I'm going downtown for St. Paddy's Day festivities and while I don't have food to worry about, I will be drinking so I'll have to get to the gym that day and fit it into my calories :)

Normally, falling off like this would lead to days and days of binging and not caring so maybe I've actually made some progress :D However, weigh in this week will not be pretty! lol

Oh and my brother got my sister and myself spa packages for Christmas!! So we're actually using those up this Monday, so that should be nice and relaxing :D
 
oh my god.

I did it, I looked on the website to see how many points what I ate was.

Oh dear...

It had 73 g's of fat. I can actually feel my chest tightening (not actually).

I'm in utter shock over this. It has over 1000 calories. It was only a chicken sandwich and fries. The fries added about 20 g's of fat, so the sandwich had over 50!! Thats unfrickinbelievable.

And the sodium. I don't even want to go there.

I'm disappointed but it's not like I made the conscious decision to over eat. I tried to get something that I thought was reasonable. I mean, I knew the fries wouldn't be good but I never thought the sandwich would be so bad.

Ugh.

I'll start in with my food again tomorrow. For now I need to get to the gym for a few hours.
 
You really tried to look ahead!

Give yourself a big pat on the back for trying to get a plan before you went out! It was unfortunate that your plan was messed up, but it couldn't be helped.
It's a step in the right direction to even be considering healthy eating :) .
Have a great day!
Cheryl
 
Oh boys oh boys....

So yesterday I did great. I drank lots of water, did 50 minutes of cardio, went to a movie and alloted some popcorn into my points and them BAM! Like a ton of bricks, it all comes crashing down.

I got in a mood and just binged. Nothing horrible...some baked lays and baked Cheeto's, a granola bar, 30% reduced fat Pringles and a spoonful of whipped cream.

I know non of these things are bad on their own...but together, at 12:30 at night...not good.

Ok...so today. Back on track. Feelin' good! Trying to get out of my mood. I'm feeling down. I'm not sure why but it's probably the food?

Since I'm doing Weight Watchers I'm using points and not calculating my calories...so I'm going to start doing calories too...the program wont work if I'm not eating enough so I'm curious about that. I'll post what my calories were for today later.

I can do this!! I'll get to the gym again later and get this thing back on track. This weekend will be difficult but I'm motivated to not let it all go to hell!
 
Today...

You were pretty careful about what you binged on!!
Give yourself credit there!
It seems like every day we get to start over and not let our better habits slip away...
Have a good weekend! :)
Cheryl
 
oops. It's been 5 days since I posted.

I lost 1 more lbs at weigh in but I'm not sure if that's still off or not.

Let's get back at it:

Breakfast

Cheerios- 2 pts
Milk- .5 pts

1 WH bread- 1.5 pts
1/2 TBSP Peanut Butter- 1 pt

Lunch

Grilled cheese sandwich- 6 pts

= 11 pts

Will get some water in and get to the gym for 45 minutes. We'll see if I go through with it :) I need to get back on track but I don't feel that overwhelming will power right now so this might be a good time to really try!
 
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