Mishi's adventures!

OMG!!! It is OVER!!!

School is out for two weeks and I went to celebrate with my department today (fine arts). I forayed into light beer and it wasn't bad. Still so much calories but I think I am being obsessive about the amout of calories I consume. I don't mean to but I save them up for the end of the day and I have a bigger meal. The last two days I have been starving though. I have been too busy to keep the normal snacking schedule going and by the end of the day I have only had like 600-900 calories and I am headachy and feel bad. I hate it but with finals I couldn't let my attention lapse and so when I got home I was a hungry, grumpy stressed out person. No wonder no one stays around me when it's finals time!!! ;) So it is done and I have two weeks of hanging out and relaxing and I need them. Oh yeah... forgot x-mas was in there too... so I will be sort of relaxing;) sigh. Weighed myself this morning... of course... even after all the talk and was thrilled to see another pound gone. I was at 193. I will have to change my ticker.:) I know the weightloss will slow down but as I have never really made this kind of effort to lose weight I am glad to see the scale drop!!!! I am going to take a nap and then spend some well deserved time with my boyfriend! HOpe you all have a wonderful weekend!!!:D
 
Just a quick note - muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle is a pound. A pound of fat is a pound. A pound is a pound is a pound, no matter what it's made up of.

The difference is, muscle is more compact than fat, so if I weigh 211 but was all muscle, I'd be much more compact and "buff" than I am now at 211 and kinda fluffy, because fat is fluffy, where muscle isn't.

If you ever get the chance to see Bodies: The Exhibit, do so. Very educational, and enough in some places to make you wanna change the way you do things immediately.

And congratulations, Mishi, on what you've lost so far! You're doing great!
 
Why doesn't the stress go away!!!??

This weekend has been nice but so stressful. Yesterday was a good day food-wise and I stayed right where I need to be with my calories. I have to write everything I eat down on a piece of paper so I can put it into the computer later. If I didn't I forget very easily the amount of food and some foods if I just have a little bit I will forget. It is hard to know where I am calorie-wise if I don't keep track of what I am doing. I also tend to eat too little and get to really hungry at the end of the day. It was easier in school because I had my rythym going. Next week should be interesting. All that time on my hands, can snack on anything I want all day. I will stay strong though! I am ready for the holidays! I do feel weird sometimes breaking out my little piece of paper to write down what I eat and I am getting some friction from my boyfriend- he says it is very in-your-face when I do that. It is hard. It is something I need to do to be successful.
Also I am thinking about this muscle weighing more thing. Muscle is more compact so I am not worried about a lb of muscle replacing a lb of fat. A pound is a pound. However when you build muscle and you replace your arm fat with muscle it will weigh more because muscle is so much denser. I know I shouldn't worry about this but I so badly want to see the scale move down. I am feeling better in my cloths and I have been taking my measurements and have lost inches:D There seems to be so much to juggle when you are doing weight loss! I am trying to take one thing at a time. The support here is wonderful and thank you so much!!!! Hope you are all having a good weekend!
 
Officially Break!

Today is my first official day of vacation and there is so much work to do! lol. I will be at school for a good part of the day working and getting finals and projects graded. I had to wake my happy butt up early to take my bf to his mom's (we are sharing a car while she gets hers fixed). So I am up early:eek: on vacation! lol It's a good morning. I resisted the urge to snack last night and kept my calories around 1500:) I checked the scale and there is another pound lost! I am down to 193:D I am going to go to the gym today for a little cardio and am excited and nervous. I like the scale moving and some of me thinks I should just keep doing what I am doing (in the past exercise has slowed the scale) but the rest of me knows that this is about overall fitness and I need to add working out. So I will go to the gym at some point today and my goal is at least 30 minutes on the elipitical. Small, simple... it should do:D now lets see if I get my lazy butt up and do it.:rolleyes:
 
You're right on the muscle being more compact and a good thing. But also consider that muscle takes more energy to maintain than fat. More muscle = free calorie burning with no extra effort! Woohoo!

Also, aerobic exercises like the elliptical will help your muscles and make you more fit, but you won't really build muscle to the extent that it affects the scales unless you're doing strength training.

You're doing great! Keep it up!
 
doesn't working during your vacation suck!!! i know, I'll be studying for my GMAT exam during mine. anyways, sounds like you've got everything working out for ya! keep up the great attitude!
 
Hello my old friend guilt

How funny is this. I made my calorie goal. 1953 calories today. I was so hungry because I didn't get much of a chance to eat and was starving by dinner. So I went overboard and had fajitas, refried beans, and an assortment of other things. I still am within my calories and they actually may be 100 or so lower but I feel guilty! I had two fajitas and I could've been fine with just one. How weird is that. Not to mention I worked out today for 30 minutes and have those calories burned. I hate the guilt. Especially since I am fine. How can I get into a routine where I eat enough but not too much during the day? I let go a bit for dinner. No more of that. I feel in control when I count calories and letting go is hard. I need to RELAX!!
 
Snowed in !!!

So I live in a desert in NM. We haven't had a really good snow that has lasted for more than a day since 1999!! So the last two days it has been snowing non-stop and there is 10" or so on the ground!! This town shuts down when it snows and I am getting a bit restless. I love to drive in snow and am decent at it but what keeps me from going outside is that the people in this town are crazy when it comes to snow! They don't realize that just because their SUV is big and has all wheel drive that it still can slip if you aren't careful. Sigh. It is scary driving around. Eventually we will have to as we need groceries and I want to make christmas cookies with my little one. My friend was supposed to be in from Amsterdam today and she is stuck in Denver in a blizzard! Today was the day I was supposed to spend with her and I am sad that we may not be able to see much of eachother now:( (her family keeps her schedule packed while she is here). So another thing about winter is that it makes me snacky. Must be some sort of hibernation habit that makes me want to fill up and go to sleep when the weather is like this. I am pretty much stuck inside and thank god for knitting! I am knitting hats for people for Christmas and it is a slow process but it keeps my hands busy. I can't snack when I am doing that or the hats will get dirty! The scale is staying steady even though I pigged out a bit yesterday. Chips and salsa/guacamole are my weakness and I have been limiting them but yesterday we broke them out and went to town. I was trying so hard to count but I was eating them so fast I lost count. I guesstimated for my fitday site. I was sad with myself. I hate this sit-down-shovel-food frenzy that grips me! I am fighting hard against it and I feel good when I am in control but it is hard! I still stayed at 1953 calories for the day which is within my goal. I would like to stay closer to 1500 a day though. It seems to work better for overall weightloss. I wish my boyfriend would join me in this. He says he needs to approach diet and exercise his way and I understand but it would be nice to have him onboard... by nice I mean easier.
On the happy note we played in the snow and my son is thrilled to see all this snow. Yesterday we made a 7 foot snowman!! I will try to include a pic:D It has been really nice and I actually bought some winter boots that were on sale ($15:p ) and everybody thought I was crazy wasting my money on those. Now who's crazy!! lol. Our own little winter wonderland and we put the tree up last night so it really feels like Christmas:D
me and my wonderful boyfriend (cough, cough future husband;) )
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the family and the neighbors kid who is here enough to be part of the family too!:p oh yeah and our 7 footer Clyde:D
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disgruntled

The sun is out today and I am going to take on the world. My weight went up a few pounds while I was stuck inside and I am down. I know it isn't much but I just felt so trapped! So I am out today to do errands and go to the gym... finally! I feel like i am starting again and it is frusturating but that is what happens.. falling off and starting again. Today will be a good day (darnit!) :)
Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!!!
 
I guess this happens to all of us.

The important thing is that we keep going at it. If we quit, it's certainly not going to get any better.

Keep thinking positive!
 
We got snow the other day, too. Thankfully, it all melted before I came home from work, but you wouldn't believe the way people were acting. Just because it doesn't snow in Las Vegas very often doesn't mean it's "go crazy" time! Ah, well. Hope you get that couple of pounds off! Good luck!
 
Scale obsessed!

So yesterday I went to the gym and jogged for 30 minutes and then did the eliptical for another 15 which burned like 400 some calories. (Yay!) However the stress of the holidays is getting to me and when we were choosing what place to eat last night I picked Teriyaki Chicken Bowl. Ok ok so there are some heathy options there... but did I pick them... oh no... I got a sweet and sour chicken and teriyaki combo plate with lots of rice. So there were veggies but the s&s chicken was fried. I did give some to my son so it broke my portion down from huge to large but I inhaled it all and loved every second of it! I am so down when my weight doesn't move and I am sure that it is because I am weighing myself everyday! I need to stop that. I like the idea of once a week weigh in's that way I can see the 2lbs/week loss that I should be around now. So I will try that. Just need to pick a weigh day... lets say Saturday morning ;) but I will stick to it. I need to put my scale away somewhere. I will give it a shot and see what happens. I just don't want to get so down I stop what I am doing. I just want results!
sigh all these things I tell other people about how long it takes to put weight on and then take it off I tell myself too. It is just hard to stay motivated. I am going to go to the gym again today and I am thinking I need to put in situps and push ups (the girlie kind) into my day. However I am thinking that for any other change I want to make I should wait until after x-mas. just too much to juggle right now and since the stress is killing me I don't want to add more. My family is already sick of me going crazy!
 
Hey Mishi!

Well, I can definitely sympathize with your last post.

There are plenty of times I have the oppurtunity to eat well, but I still pick the 'bad' option. Eating poorly for meal will only slow the progress down, but it doesn't need to stop it completely. Plus, if I deny myself too much too often, I just give up.

We tried Green Giant S&S meal starter thing, it's in the freezer section. We added some diced chicken cubes. OMG, it was sooo yummy!! It probably still has lots of wasted calories, but not nearly as much fat as with fried chicken.

Keep it up with the gym. . .I figure even if I ate like a piggy everyday, I'm still adding exercise to a previously dormant routine. .yeah, yeah . .that logic will only hold for so long.

And it is SOO hard to weigh once a week, but weighing everyday has damaged my momentum and my excitement. I was rolling right along and then I started weighing every day. It made my emotions go up and down with the small weight changes, and with the soaring emotions came emotional eating.

Just one more adjustment with changing our lifestyles!
 
Holiday Break

I have taken the last three days off from the stress of counting calories and worrying about exercise. I just couldn't handle the stress of all of it. Tommorow I am back on the ball but for now I hope you all are having a wonderful restful holiday. Merry Christmas!!!
xo:p
 
Back from the Holiday Diet Horror!

lol. I just couldn't maintain through out the holidays and now am having trouble finding the motivation again. I had a pregnacy scare yesterday and with that looming over me diet went out the window and I enjoyed more of the Christmas treats I had been denying myself. So it is a new day and my motivation is gone. I am tired and overwhelmed and stressed. School starts next week and I have so much to do. I still have to grade finals and do their grades!!! It is going to take several days. So I am starting today. My activity level recently has been nil as I have been home knitting presents for my friends. I am done with that now but need to stay home to work. sigh. I did have a wonderful holiday and my son was rolling in a reasonable amount of gifts. It is amazing how much gifts can stack up for the little guys:D I hope you all are doing well and I will get back to reading all of the recent entries soon:)
 
A New Year

Happy New Years to you all. This is the time for diet and exercise as well as other life resolutions. I feel sort of taken aback by the new year. My life seems like it has been on auto and I have just been getting through recently. There is so much to do to start the school year this year. So much to do to get back on track. People thought I was crazy to try to diet during the holidays but I kept thinking if I can just do a little bit now then I can be ahead of the game. I have learned some good habits and I am hoping to keep my motivation to keep going. I have joined 2 challenges and since I have never been in any challenges I am hoping it does me good. I am having some reservations as my motivation is really low but I want to work through it and get to where I am motivated for the gym and eating well and excited again. It is nice to feel like you can start with a fresh slate because it is a new year but I am still aware that my old habits are still there and it will still be a struggle. I am glad to have this place to vent and celebrate. It has been wonderful meeting you all and we get to have a whole year of successes! So on to health and happiness in the new year:)
 
Back into the swing of things

It is amazing the sense that everybody has after just one day. We are totally the go getters when it comes to January resolutions and I am excited to think my year goal of getting to 145 would be possible. I can't even imagine myself at that weight. I am back to being motivated which is good because I lost that for awhile and I was worried. Being on this forum has helped and it is nice to read what others are doing and knowing I am not alone in this. I struggled into a pair of one of my 14 jeans (16 is getting loose now:D) and I got them on and wore them for several hours- even though they were tight it was nice to be in them again. I had dinner while I was wearing them and talk about an appetite suppressant! So I did really well yesterday with my calories.
These were my totals:
grams cals %total
Total: 1371
Fat: 34 306 23%
Sat: 6 53 4%
Poly: 5 43 3%
Mono: 6 51 4%
Carbs: 201 682 51%
Fiber: 31 0 0%
Protein: 69 278 21%
Alcohol: 9 64 5%

It was really amazing considering I had boneless buffalo wings:D and a shot of Bailey's in my hot chocolate (it is freakin' cold here because of all the snow!!) So all and all I did well and made good choices- even with the stuff mentioned before:D
If you all want to check out my food site it is
I dropped off during Christmas and the last week of December but otherwise have been going strong. I am seeing some light at the end of the tunnel! 2007 is going to be my year:D
 
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