Michelle's Place- A bit wiser this time around...

mishi said:
Thank you Miss D:) How do you log food here? Do you mean just list it? I have been using Sparkpeople and fitday did well for me. I am not sure which one I want to use. Sparkpeople has been more user friendly.
That is good advice about my husband. The bad thing is he has been the one coming home with chips and snacks and just eating after dinner. When I see him do it I tend to fold faster or if I want something he will want it to. It's a bad mix. We both have to be better as his weight is really high (over 400lbs:() I am really stressed about the whole thing but need to be strong for myself and maybe he will follow suit. We had a talk about it in the car yesterday on our 6 hour ride home and talked about the money it takes for those extra ice cream and snack trips and how we just need to eat dinner and stop. So hopefully it will get better. I can't plan with him because we go at it differently but we both know something needs to change and we are trying hard to work on it together.
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I just list what I eat in my diary along with the points value (I'm doing weight watchers). I also keep a hard copy log, but I found that making what I eat public helps me stay on track.

I have had the same problem with Stephen. He loves to snack and I tend to do the same. But we have started to put our snacks in a bowl instead of eating directly from the box or bag. And I usually just give myself a serving of whatever it is and honeslty one serving is more than enough. And as far as your husband coming home with the goodies, maybe make grocery shopping a joint effort. We sit down and make a list together of what we need or want and then stick to just that when we make the trip to the store. It has saved us money for sure and we only get the things we need. And you can still have the ice cream, maybe just shoot for something with less fat... we get fruit bars or sorbet and they work for us. I think having your husband on board will make it much easier and you can have a healthy lifestyle together!! Stephen and I run together too, its been a great way to get away from the normal routine and has brought us closer together!
 
lol Mal hopefully I will look that happy and fresh and have the energy to make it through smiling! Yeah it was hard to find a face for her. Wanted it to sort of look like me and I am a pretty happy person generally lol. My legs are NOT that skinny however. I couldn't find the chubby body lol.
 
MissD that is very cool! It is something I aspire to. Exercising with him would be awesome. We are trying to find our niche together but those are great suggestions. Thanks for sharing with me!! I will try the shopping list idea and the serving sizes. I just zone out and go crazy and don't stop eating at night. It is a bit scary and I won't stop until I am sick and then as soon as that subsides I keep going. It is rough. I have to buckle down until I get that under control! Snacky things seem to start that all off though so I am going to stop buying them for now... hopefully snacking on broccoli or bell peppers will be something I can get in the habit of!
Thanks again!
btw: I can't believe how much it is raining in ABQ!!! We were there this weekend and it's nuts. Everything is all green and smells good! Here we are in Denver with no rain what so ever! lol
 
You're welcome lady! Just stay strong!! You will get there!!

I know the rain is crazy!!! I love not having to water my lawn everyday!!
 
A good day

I am holding strong. I have eaten lots and lots of veggies today to help satisfy me. According to Sparkpeople my calories are 1480 (so call it 1500) and that is a good number! I worked out today and I feel good. The first day of week 2 sucked though lol. I am a wimp! It's hard to breathe too. I do have asthma and when I run it's hard to breathe. I am working on breathing in my nose and out my mouth and really concentrate on that. It will get better. I am really feeling the 5lbs I gained this weekend. Just need to keep working:)
 
mishi said:
I am holding strong. I have eaten lots and lots of veggies today to help satisfy me. According to Sparkpeople my calories are 1480 (so call it 1500) and that is a good number! I worked out today and I feel good. The first day of week 2 sucked though lol. I am a wimp! It's hard to breathe too. I do have asthma and when I run it's hard to breathe. I am working on breathing in my nose and out my mouth and really concentrate on that. It will get better. I am really feeling the 5lbs I gained this weekend. Just need to keep working:)
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Great JOB....Running is all a mental...MIND over MATTER....the minute....you take a minute, like you say....RELAX and BREATHE through your nose, you relax your heart rate, instead of accelerating it....it HELPS me out a BUNCH!!! :iagree:

.....I always tell myself, "OUR THOUGHTS CONTROL OUR ACTIONS"...!!!
............."THERE are only 2 CHOICES; 1) make PROGRESS or 2) make EXCUSES
............."Every STEP is a STEP closer to your GOAL".....



....you DON"T SUCK......you are DOING more than the average person!!! :party:

....sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't...BUT it HELPS!!! :) hahahah!!!

...I KNOW you can DO THIS!!! ;)
 
hey michelle! I have finally found your new diary!! I've just finished reading through it, and you seem very motivated. I need to create my own walking group, and I should stop being lazy and start that couch to 5 K plan!! Exercise has been my downfall. I hope you have an awesome Wednesday!
 
It a Good Day

Things have been going well for the last 3 days. I am interested to see how eating better and being a bit lighter helps me today for the Day 2 of Week 2 of C25K. I am wondering if it will make a difference. I bought a Biggest Loser book that details the eating plan and gives you stories from seasons 1&2. I thought it might be a good motivational read and I might get some new recipes:) One part talks about positive self-talk and that is something I really need to work on!! I think so negatively and it has definitely brought me down. I think in all aspects of life really I have a negative hook. I call myself an honest person but things shouldn't be looked at negatively all the time! My friends always ask me my opinion on their hair, new clothes, and glasses because they know I will give them the truth lol. I don't want to lose that kind of honesty but I wonder if there is a way I can put a positive spin on it?
Anywho, sadly because I am in a new city I don't have my friends around so I have time to work on this before I see them again lol ;)
So I have tracked my food for the last 2 days and I have stayed right around 1,500 calories. I put my scale away and decided to weigh on Fridays instead of everyday. lol but I had to peek yesterday to make sure my good day on Monday did some good and it did:) My highest on Monday morning was 209.4. I saw 206.4 on Tuesday morning so I am hoping that maybe by the end of next week I can see 190's again. I am going to work really hard to stay on track. I just can't be dumb anymore and eat whatever I want... at least not in the portions I was eating. The Biggest Loser book says your diet shouldn't have the words "can't or never" when it comes to food because then you will crave it more if you can't have it. There are certain foods that I really can't have right now because I tend to over do it with them. So I am trying to keep the can't and never out of it and just think "not right now". Self control really does seem like a fine line right now but I know it will get better and easier as I get used to it. The more veggies concept is going well. I try to have 1/2 of my plate full of veggies with every meal. Some times are more successful than others. Breakfast is a hard one to get lots of veggies into but I do have some. Had cucumber slices this morning:). I works well because the veggies add some bulk to my plate and tummy with lower calories of course. I am tracking my stuff in sparkpeople so if you all want to read up there you can:) Hey if you want send me a hello ;) lol
Yesterday's walk went really good which was nice because it was the one I organized. I organized one for Thursday morning and then next Tuesday night. It really keeps me accountable! My time was faster too. The first walk took exactly an hour. This time we covered the same distance and it was only 55 minutes:) I also didn't feel as tired and out of breath as last time. I am glad!! Today we are going to the berry patch... which apparently is berry-less until late August but there is some fresh produce that I can buy and my son can run around and be outside which is good:) Hey and me too for that matter:p When I come back I will hit the gym and do the C25K and then work on laundry and dinner:)
Hope you all are having a good day and Brandy it is good to see you! I am in one of those motivated streaks and I just need to hold on to it! Glad you found me:)
lol obviously didn't edit this. Just noticed the "It a good day". sigh
 
Hey lady just checking in! Happy to see you are having a good day! Keep up the positive mentality... its hard sometimes to not be negative... I do it all the time!

Glad to see you got a handle on your calories.. its all down hill from here once your body gets used to the changes it will be second nature... but you already knew that!!

Keep up hard work!! You're really on track!!!
 
I did it!!

lol Well I registered today for the Susan G. Komen 5k in October and I put together my website for fund raising so if any of you who see this have a dollar or two burning a hole in your pocket I know of a good place for it! I am excited and I start Day3 of Week 2 tomorrow. Only 6 more weeks to go! I have been eating well and working out. It was struggle tonight but I am holding strong. I kept myself busy doing the website stuff:p
Thank you Miss D. It is definitely a struggle. It goes well and then cravings come back full force and when my body doesn't respond by stuffing my face it goes into melt down and I just feel yucky. I am going to be strong!! Tomorrow is weigh day and measurement day. I measure on the 1st of every month and Fridays are just weigh days anyway. I tried to put the scale away for the week but I had to pull it out and jump on it a few times... lol well ok every day. sigh :) I am a scale whore for sure!! :Angel_anim:
I just need to resist these cravings! It has been 4 days.... which isn't much but 4 days is still good!! This weekend is a road trip and if I can survive that then I should be golden!
Hope you all are doing well!! Keep me in your prayers... cravings are really hard and I want to do well.:hurray:
 
you are doing so great!! How awesome that you signed up for the 5k!! I want to go see if there are some in my area. Good luck with weigh in!!!
 
Yay!! Week 2 over!

So I finished strong on week 2 of C25k. I was able to run and keep up my speed through all the intervals:) which is something I haven't been able to do this week until today. I am interested to see how I do next week!
Diet has been good. I had a really bad bout of cravings last night. It was so hard to not munch! My husband keeps buying chips and awful things that are hard for me to ignore. He knows I am trying to watch what I eat but he is stressed and tired at his job and he feels like munching a lot of the time. It has been hard. He also bought a box of brownie mix. He took it out last night and was going to make some... even though I had said earlier I was having a really hard time. I know he wanted them but I was almost in tears trying to ask him to not make them. He put them back and said "fine" in that way. sigh.
It has really been a stresser for me recently and I guess I will vent here. He has been gaining weight and snacking really badly. Before we moved we were talking about how Denver would be a new start for us and we would work on getting healthier. I have always wanted to do that together but our same snacking was still in effect when we got here. It wasn't until just this last Monday I decided I couldn't wait for him and I just needed to do my own thing. I will admit I am the one that suggests ice cream and what not but when I try to make healthy meals he will come home with bags of chips and snacks on top of the meals. sigh. The night before we were having leftovers and he bought chips and candy and ate that for dinner instead. When I complained about the leftovers not being eaten and really they needed to be before I made more he said he would. Last night he got a bowl of leftovers but ate cornbread instead. His leftovers are going to go bad in the fridge. sigh. I am just at my wits end and really think I just need to look out for myself I hate to say that but I don't know what to do. We seem to be very incompatible in weight loss together and it really makes me sad:( I can just do what I can for me and hope he finds his niche. It's just very stressful:(
So beyond that things are going well. On Monday my weight was 209.6 and today it was 202.4. :D Yay. It is amazing how my body just jumps at the healthy food. I wonder sometimes how I can eat bad but then I look at a bag of chips or whatever and I remember:p lol. We are going back to ABQ this weekend and I need to be strong. Being in the car will be hard. For some reason I always get snacky in the car. I will try to pack good things to munch on! Hope to see onederland again next week!!
Hope you all have a great weekend!!
Thanks Brandy!! It was pretty easy to find runs. You can use the same website and just look up your state I think:
Hope that helps!!
 
mishi said:
lol Well I registered today for the Susan G. Komen 5k in October and I put together my website for fund raising so if any of you who see this have a dollar or two burning a hole in your pocket I know of a good place for it!
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the 60 mile walk a rather large minimum amount of money had to be raised - just curious what the minimum was for this event?

(i've toyed with the idea fo doing it inchicago :D
 
Yeah Mal I thought of you when I was signing up thinking "oh no what am I going to do for fund raising." $150 is the suggested amount and that's the amount I went with but the nice thing is that you don't have to even do that. It's just a suggestion. I will try to beat that but if something happened and I couldn't raise that it would be no big deal. I like the less stress fund raising! So go ahead and sign yourself up!! Might be a nice break from you stair climbing craziness!! lol
Also thanks for the links!:D
 
you made the comment to me elsewhere
When you go for a challenge you go big!! lol 60 miles of walking, climbing the Sear's Tower eh just another day for you ;)
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which really cracked me up...

3.1 miles - walking piece of cake -for me - running is a big challenge...
I think i'm accepting the challenge do it running.. :D

Thanks for the kick..
 
AWESOME!!! I am sure running 3.1 will be good. I was having a hard time thinking of you just walking 3.1... you had to push it up a notch lol. Next will be pogo sticking with hands tied behind the back while you climb.. er bounce up Mt. Everest! I love it! Glad to have given you a chuckle :D
 
the chicago one is 9/27 which gives me just about 9 weeks to train for it - i tanked hard with "running school" which was supposed to be 10 weeks but this might be the addded incentive that i need - and a better tshirt :D
 
nice!! Good luck to you!! We can celebrate after:D... well me here. You there. lol Yours will be the week before mine:) How fun! I don't even know what the t-shirt looks like but I am partial to pink! Oh I am all gunned up now!
Are you going to use Couch to 5K? It is a 9 week program. I don't know about the running school. This seems to kick my butt pretty good but if the guy in my podcast can do it darn it so can I!
 
mishi said:
So I finished strong on week 2 of C25k. I was able to run and keep up my speed through all the intervals:) which is something I haven't been able to do this week until today. I am interested to see how I do next week!
Diet has been good. I had a really bad bout of cravings last night. It was so hard to not munch! My husband keeps buying chips and awful things that are hard for me to ignore. He knows I am trying to watch what I eat but he is stressed and tired at his job and he feels like munching a lot of the time. It has been hard. He also bought a box of brownie mix. He took it out last night and was going to make some... even though I had said earlier I was having a really hard time. I know he wanted them but I was almost in tears trying to ask him to not make them. He put them back and said "fine" in that way. sigh.
It has really been a stresser for me recently and I guess I will vent here. He has been gaining weight and snacking really badly. Before we moved we were talking about how Denver would be a new start for us and we would work on getting healthier. I have always wanted to do that together but our same snacking was still in effect when we got here. It wasn't until just this last Monday I decided I couldn't wait for him and I just needed to do my own thing. I will admit I am the one that suggests ice cream and what not but when I try to make healthy meals he will come home with bags of chips and snacks on top of the meals. sigh. The night before we were having leftovers and he bought chips and candy and ate that for dinner instead. When I complained about the leftovers not being eaten and really they needed to be before I made more he said he would. Last night he got a bowl of leftovers but ate cornbread instead. His leftovers are going to go bad in the fridge. sigh. I am just at my wits end and really think I just need to look out for myself I hate to say that but I don't know what to do. We seem to be very incompatible in weight loss together and it really makes me sad:( I can just do what I can for me and hope he finds his niche. It's just very stressful:(
So beyond that things are going well. On Monday my weight was 209.6 and today it was 202.4. :D Yay. It is amazing how my body just jumps at the healthy food. I wonder sometimes how I can eat bad but then I look at a bag of chips or whatever and I remember:p lol. We are going back to ABQ this weekend and I need to be strong. Being in the car will be hard. For some reason I always get snacky in the car. I will try to pack good things to munch on! Hope to see onederland again next week!!
Hope you all have a great weekend!!
Thanks Brandy!! It was pretty easy to find runs. You can use the same website and just look up your state I think:
Hope that helps!!
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OH MISHI....I FEEL you.....I FEEL you.....at the end of story, I went through the same thing in my relationship, the eating, the wasted energy trying to get them to JUMP on the TRAIN and do it together.........I too was FRUSTRATED and sad, because we couldn't do it together, We were gaining and it felt horrible, and the patterns seemed irreversible.

....I did decide what you pondered, and I realized that I need this for ME....I did, and 2 months went by, and FINALLY, he too jumped on the boat, and now though we do not exercise together, we make healthy eating decisions together, and congratulate each other, and the compliments are pouring out now.!!!!!

...HAVE FAITH, DO IT FOR YOURSELF, and HAVE FAITH that he LOVES you and HIMSELF enough to FOLLOW.....

....I found that one reason he wouldn't follow was because I always said I was going to do this and do that, and though I would sometimes, do things for a period of time, he felt like I WAS NEVER REALLY GOING to make it a LIFESTYLE change, when he saw I was down 21 lbs, he OPENED his eyes, and decided to join me, as it wasn't just a phase anymore. He has NOW lost like 20 lbs himself, and WE ARE BOTH HAPPIER!!!! HAVE FAITH MISHI, he will follow.....
 
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