Mizzie's Journey to Being Healthy

Sorry I haven't been around in a few days. The weekend was pretty busy and now I have a cold. So, today has been no exercise and too many calories. *sigh* At this rate, there's no way I meet my mini goal. But I just can't do it when I'm sick.

Anyway, I was just popping in to say hi. I'll come back and post more later, but right now the smilies dancing on the side of the screen are making my head pound. Hope everyone is having a good week.
 
Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Seems to be a lot of people getting sick lately. Hope you're feeling better soon!
 
Aww just watch your calories and drink lots of water! Get lots of rest too - you'll get there - no giving up now - we won't let you!! Take care friend!:seeya:
 
Sorry I haven't been around. I am feeling better now and thanks for the well wishes.

I didn't lose anything last week, but I didn't really gain either. I was kind of disappointed at my weigh in, but not surprised. I only exercised once (since I was sick) and while my calories were under maintenance, they were over my goal. And there was even a few days where I didn't count at all, so I have no idea on those ones. Oh, and it was my TOM.

Well, this morning I really got the urge to weigh myself, even though I've been good about only weighing on Fridays. Imagine my surprise when I weighed at 161.something! (I don't remember the ounces) O_O Maybe I really did lose a little and it was TOM weight last week? I was feeling down because I thought any chance of reaching my mini goal was out the window and now I'm back in the running. I'll have to lose a solid 2 pounds more by Friday, but maybe I can do it. I can sure try anyway!

I've been kind of bad about weighing and measuring my food lately, so the rule of this week is to get back in that habit! I've also been lax about calories, going a little over even when I'm not really hungry. When I just feel like a snack. I need to get that under control too.

I think it's because I'm getting so close and I'm so much happier with my body, that it makes me feel like I can lighten up a bit and I really can't. I'm not at my goal yet, I have 13 pounds (officially) before I reach the first one and another 15 or so beyond that to where I really want to be. And this is where it gets hard!

So, this week I'm really going to buckle down on this again! No sense in getting this close and giving up out of sheer laziness.

In other news, hubby and I were really bad yesterday and finally broke down and bought a Wii. We shouldn't have. It went on his Best Buy card and that had been paid off. But we've wanted one for a long time and... yeah, I have no excuses. lol Anyway, I also got a Wii Fit, so I'll have that to work into my exercise routine also. I think my issue lately is that I latch on to some new exercise and go full hog on it until I hate it. I think what I'll try to do is alternate between the Wii Fit and the gym, depending on my mood for the day. That'll also keep my body guessing, lol! I did do it this morning though, and it was a lot of fun. I was also very surprised to feel a little sore afterward. I was a little doubtful about how much exercise I would actually get. I still think the gym is better and burns more calories, but this gives me options.

Oddly, my favorite things on the Wii Fit were the boxing and the martial arts. Hmm... maybe I should find a class in one of those. I wouldn't have pegged myself in either of those areas, but you never know.

And I'm super glad I got that now and not when I was obese. It's bad enough to hear that cute, chipper voice chime "That's overweight!", it would be frustrating to hear it say "That's obese!" LOL
 
mizzie said:
I was also very surprised to feel a little sore afterward. I was a little doubtful about how much exercise I would actually get. I still think the gym is better and burns more calories, but this gives me options.

Oddly, my favorite things on the Wii Fit were the boxing and the martial arts. Hmm... maybe I should find a class in one of those. I wouldn't have pegged myself in either of those areas, but you never know.

And I'm super glad I got that now and not when I was obese. It's bad enough to hear that cute, chipper voice chime "That's overweight!", it would be frustrating to hear it say "That's obese!" LOL
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Hey, any movement is better than no movement, right?

I don't think I'd like the martial arts or boxing - I hit like a girl. :blush5:

Does it really tell you that you are overweight??? That would get on my nerves in a hurry! Being told something I already know (especially something like that) would annoy the heck out of me!
 
Oh yeah, it really does. When you do your body tests, which measure weight, balance and I think something else. When you measure your weigh, it'll say something like "162, BMI of 27... That's overweight!" But in a chipper little robot kind of a voice. It's cute and frustrating at the same time. lol But it's only when you do the body test, which is only when you want to weigh in.
 
So, I think I'm crazy. There was a girl scout recruitment meeting last night and my daughter (she's 6 and in first grade) wanted to join. I was in girl scouts when I was little and I loved it, so we went to the meeting. Which is fine, but then I decided I would sign up to be a troop leader! :eek: I must be mad. I volunteer to be in charge of a group of 6 year olds on a regular basis! What's wrong with me?

But honestly, I'm half excited and half terrified. Basically what lead to this was first off, it's something I could share with my daughter. She's over the moon about it. But also, we have lived in this town for 4 years now and we really haven't met many people. I mean, there are a lot of people we know, but they aren't really friend, you know? Hubby and I are kind of home bodies, which is fine, but it can be difficult to make friends as an adult. Where do you do that if you never go anywhere? So I was also thinking that maybe I'll meet some people (other leaders, troop parents, etc.) and just get out there, be a part of the community and so on. And I loved girl scouts and have a lot of ideas.

But I'm scared. Partially because any time I do anything new, no matter how excited I am for it, I get scared. Just how I am. New things scare me. And I also get nervous in front of people. lol There is a big part of me that's screaming "crawl back into your shell!"

And I don't think I would have done this before I lost this weight. Like I feel more comfortable now. Or less judged or something. Know what I mean?
 
Good for you Mizzie! Stretching our comfort zones is always good for us I think! I'm a firm believer in 2 main things: 1.) Fake it till you make it - act like stuff doesn't bother you (like speaking in front of people) until you've done it so many times that it really DOESN'T bother you any more. And 2.) What ever doesn't kill us will only make us stronger! Enough said, right? Leading a bunch of 6 year olds and making new friends of other moms won't kill you...

Good luck with your new endeaver! I recently let myself be talked into being the leader of our local 4-H chapter. I was an archery instructor for them for the last 6 months, but I have no clue what I'm doing as a 4-H leader. I was never in it growing up and don't currently know anyone who is in it as this is my kids' first year participating. I figure I'll just wing it. What's the worst that can happen, right?
 
mizzie said:
And I don't think I would have done this before I lost this weight. Like I feel more comfortable now. Or less judged or something. Know what I mean?
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I totally know what you mean! Good for you Mizzie! You are really amazing!
 
Tig - Lol, don't ask "what's the worst that can happen"! Or it just might happen. But thanks for the kind words. I think I'm starting to feel that way, pushing myself out of my comfort zone a bit. It's scary though. I guess there's a chance my application won't be approved, but I'm not too worried about that. There's nothing in my background that would prohibit me and I doubt they'll have too many applicants for the positions. lol

Xenon - Aww, thank you!

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So, weigh in this morning was great!!! I came in at 159.6... WOOT!!! So, that's 60.2 pounds lost total and 3.6 lost this week. I had a feeling that last week's weigh in included some water weight. I'm very excited and it makes a wonderful birthday present to be less than 10 pounds from my goal. Plus, to have lost 60 pounds! That's nuts! Oh, and I made my mini goal too, which is fun.

Hubby and daughter woke me up this morning with breakfast in bed. Pancakes, sausages and grape juice. YUM! Ok, not my normal breakfast, but it's my birthday and I'm not counting calories today. Anyway, I've earned another free day, so it's legit.

My daughter made me a really cute birthday card (aren't those home made cards from your kids like 1000 times better then the store ones?) and hubby got me a dive knife and a $20 certificate to the local dive store! I'm so excited! More dive gear! And I'm getting so close to being able to take my lessons too. ^_^

Last night I went out with a couple of friends for a few pre-birthday drinks. We ordered an appetizer sampler and I had two fuzzy navels. It was a lot of fun. And I even ate fewer calories during the day to make up for it. But, (warning to the squeamish!) the greasy food just didn't sit right. I wound up throwing up, a lot, and then spending some quality time sitting on the toilet. I know it wasn't the alcohol, because i only had two mixed drinks, so it must have been the food. I'm sure it was just that my body isn't used to that kind of thing any more, but it was kind of a bummer. Oh well, we had fun anyway, and they don't know I wound up feeling so sick. Has anyone else had that problem?

Tomorrow we might go to the Renaissance fair. I don't know for sure yet, but we are thinking about it. I've never gone, but I'd like to. Money is the biggest factor now though, and the tickets would be $60 (for 3 of us), gas would be another $60 and then there's food.
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Hope you had a really great day.

Sorry to hear your pre-birthday drinks/food had such a rotten effect. I get a sick feeling sometimes now when I eat stuff that I would have gulped down before but just haven't had for so long.

Wonderful to hear about all the positive stuff going on - like Xenon, I know exactly what you mean about having more quiet confidence and feelign less judged. Before, when I walked into a room, I thought that the first thing people must be thinking about me is "isn't she fat", but now that doesn't occur to me, it might to them for all I know!! but I feel like it DOESN'T DEFINE ME anymore. That is such a key difference - something that was always there before is no longer even a factor. Thinking about it like that makes me realise how many compromises I must have made in life for myself subconsciously. I won't do that because I'll look really fat and wobbly or I haven't got the confidence to stand up and do that etc....

Congrats on meeting the mini goal but more importantly on recognising how to start valueing yourself more!! 60lbs is fantastic but your attitude towards yourself and what you can do if you want to is the best thing!! :D
 
Happy birthday!!

Congrats on making your mini-goal.

I hope you made it to the Ren Faire! My kids and I adore them. There must be good ones up where you live.
 
Gah, I never seem to get on here anymore! I need to post more, this site helps me stay on track.

So, we did make it to the Ren Faire and it was a blast! I already can't wait until next year. There were some awesome shows, and the jousting, and the costumes... and the food! I didn't go too crazy, but I did have chicken wild rice soup in a bread bowl for dinner. No turkey legs though, just didn't sound good at the time. I also had a frozen lemonade (not really historically accurate, I know, but a favorite of mine!), a steak sandwich and bought a bag of kettle corn (yum!). So, all in all, not a great day, but not terrible when you think how I was on my feet all day.

I honestly can't remember how Sunday went, except that I went a little food nuts and ended the day with Cold Stone. On that note, for all you pumpkin pie lovers out there, they have a new (seasonal) signature creation. It's pumpkin ice cream (which is delicious!), caramel sauce and graham crackers. Although, be warned, a "Like It" size in a cone is about 750 calories! So, free day only, ok?

Anyway, after all that, I worked really hard last week to make up for it and on my weigh day, I was exactly what I was on the 1st. Well, that's ok considering that I cheated and looked last Monday and I was 3 pounds up!

And that brings us to this last weekend. I met up with some of the girls I was friends with in high school and we hung out at the cabin (belongs to the parents of one of the girls). It was a lot of fun, but I don't even what to know my calorie count!!! It was solid, non-stop snacking... plus the alcohol. I did weigh today, and I am about a pound up. I can actually believe that it's real fat too, and not water, from the way I ate.

So, this week has to be good if I am going to go down from my last weigh in. I'm hoping I will, but at the very least, I don't want to go up. Today was ok, I actually exercised a lot! 45 minutes in the exercise room, mostly weight lifting, with about 10 minutes of cardio. Then went for a short bike ride, about 10 minutes. Then did 30 minutes on the Wii Fit. So all in all, not a bad exercise day.

But we did have tacos for dinner, so that's not great. Calories are ok, barely, but it was still not very healthy. No fruit today either. Going to hit the water hard before bed.

Otherwise, I've been so very, very busy with planning the first girl scout meeting (next Monday, and I only really have the first 15 minutes planned!), getting my daughter's school stuff done (homework, snack day, fundraising, etc), sewing my daughter's Halloween costume and finishing the security blankets I'm sewing for my friend who just had twins before this weekend when I get to see them for the first time. Plus, I have parent teacher conferences on Thursday and a new troop leader class after that! Then the meeting on Monday and the regional troop leader meeting the day after (next Tuesday). Oh, and I did two online troop leader classes today.

Yeah... a little stressed... :willy_nilly:
 
Just stopping in since it's been a while. Hang in there Mizzie! Lately when I'm feeling stressed I go run on the treadmill. Things don't seem so bad afterwards for some reason.
 
I second that!!

Although sounds like you are REALLY busy from your last post! Hope to see you soon...
 
Hey guys! Thanks. Yeah, I've been very, very busy lately. Seems like I hardly ever have a moment for me. Today and tomorrow won't be any different, but maybe Thursday and Friday will be slightly more relaxed.

My weigh in last Friday wasn't great. I am back up to 160.4. BLAGH! Why is it that I lost 60 pounds and that's great, yet I go up 0.8 pounds and feel like a beached whale? I remember feeling good when I hit 180, now I feel fat and gross because I went back up into the 160's. -_-

But really, I wasn't surprised considering that the weekend before was very, very bad. Lots of drinking and constant snacking.

Saturday I went for a 10 mile walk (3 mph) with a friend. Man, that was super hard! The last two miles about killed me, my legs and butt had started to hurt already. lol I spent all day Sunday and yesterday in pain, but it's a good pain. At least it's because I worked hard.

I had our first girl scout meeting last night. Well, I survived anyway. A big part of me is wondering why on earth I signed up to do this though. It was ok, but it was awkward and I'm not sure if the kids really had fun. *sigh* Someone tell me that it'll get better as I get into it.

I'm finally feeling better enough to exercise again, but I won't be able to today because I have a ton of laundry to do after work (I only work until 12:30 these days) then I have a girl scout leader meeting tonight. I might have time to exercise, but I wouldn't have time to shower after and I don't want to go all sweaty and smelly. Oh well, laundry and cleaning count, right?

Going to hit it hard the rest of the week though, because I WILL be back in the 150s on Friday! And then we are going to move on because I've been hovering around 159-161 for the last 3 weeks and I'm fully sick of it!
 
mizzie said:
My weigh in last Friday wasn't great. I am back up to 160.4. BLAGH! Why is it that I lost 60 pounds and that's great, yet I go up 0.8 pounds and feel like a beached whale? I remember feeling good when I hit 180, now I feel fat and gross because I went back up into the 160's. -_-
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I know exactly what you mean! I am the same way. I mean we ARE doing an awesome job, but we are so hard on ourselves for every little slip. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.
 
Dang, every time I get back on here I think it's only been a couple of days and I see it's been two weeks. I keep saying I need to get on here more and I do mean it, but life has been so busy lately!

Don't worry, I'm still sticking to the weight loss. Had a really good weigh in this week, 2.8 pounds lost!!! I was super excited, especially since I've been hovering around 159-160 for the last month. Dang plateau! But I seem to have had a little whoosh and I'm super happy. So, that's 64 pounds lost total and only 5.8 to reach my first, really big, goal!

I'm so excited and I really can't hardly believe it. I'm so close, so very close, and although it's been tough at times, it hasn't been as hard as I always thought it would be. And it's only taken 8 1/2 months to get to this point, which is a long time, yet not.

I'm just so very, very giddy about this!

In other news, I'm still liking my job. I'm still kind of sad that it's only temporary, but it looks like I'll be there until the middle of January, so that's cool. The people are nice and I like what I do.

Getting ready for the second Girl Scout meeting. I feel a little more ready for this one and I have some (hopefully) fun activities planned. I need to tweak things tomorrow, but I'm mostly ready. This leader thing is keeping me very busy. I fear the days to come when I'll have a full time job. Not to mention cookie sale time... :leaving:

We finally got tax money back (there were some issues... one being my hubby's habit of forgetting to do things he needs to), which means we finally got a new mattress. We've needed one for a couple of years, to be honest, so this is really great. My back finally has stopped hurting, after several years of constant pain. I think I'm in love with this thing. :smilielol5:
 
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