Mizzie's Journey to Being Healthy

We used to have two of these bottles, but I can't find the other one. I know there's a place in town that carries them, though, so maybe I can run there tonight.

There sort of is a fridge here, but it doesn't really help me much. My boss rents office space in a building owned by someone else. There is a breakroom, but it's down stairs and on the other side of the building. Since I'm the only one here to answer phones, I can't be running down there all the time. I've actually never even been in there. He does have a Culligan water cooler in the office, but it doesn't get very cold and he just takes the empty jug and fills it in the sink. :rolleyes: He's talked about getting a mini fridge and I really wish he would! At least I could keep my water in there to stay cool.

It really is too bad we can't switch!
 
Hello

It looks like you are doing, great!! I wanted to say hello, and congrats on your success so far. I just check my BMI and I am Obese, i wish I hadn't check that today but who was I kidding right? I just need to keep working to change that helllo 140's here I come lol! I wanted to thank you for reading my diary and for the tips!! I am trying those leg work out tonight if it is the last thing I do!!!!! :waving:
I also can't stand the throwing up Smilie yuck!
 
mizzie said:
Aww, thanks guys! Lol, not that kind of "interesting" Xenon, just the kind of dream that actually seems to tell a story and have a plot rather than a jumbled bunch of pictures. Of course, I don't remember a single thing about it now.
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Gah I was just kidding anyways :p I did not really think it was that kind of dream...but really I should not joke like that :leaving: my apologies :D
 
Verobc said:
I am trying those leg work out tonight if it is the last thing I do!!!!!
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Let me know how it goes! And thanks for reading and for the encouraging words. I know what you mean about checking BMI. I used to always say "I'm chubby, but I'm not obese!" And then I find out that I'm not only obese, I'm severely obese. :smash: I always thought of obese as someone who weighs a lot more than I did. I think facing up to the reality of it is the first step to getting healthy. Lol, but look at me preaching to the choir.

Xenon said:
but really I should not joke like that :leaving: my apologies :D
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LOL, no worries! I knew you were teasing. ^_^
 
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I think I could just cry. It's weigh day again and I weighed in at 206.6... 0.4 pounds heavier than last week. :( This is the first time since I started this six weeks ago that I haven't lost at least a pound and it's certainly the first time I've gone up.

And, to make it that much worse, when I weighed last Tuesday for the Biggest Loser challenge I was at 104.8. WTF did I do to gain 1.8 pounds in three days??? I was so excited on Tuesday, I thought this was going to be a great week. And, on top of that, it's the week after my TOM, so it really should have been good! :banghead:

Now, I was bad last night. The hubby made homemade pizza and it was really, really good. I did eat beyond the still hungry stage and went about 300 calories over my limit. (Best I can guess, since it's homemade) But that was 300, not 7000!

I'm just hoping, hoping, hoping that this is water weight because of the sodium in the pizza plus the other food I ate yesterday (peanut butter, cheese, lunch meat). I don't know exactly where my sodium levels came in since it was homemade, but I know I was over for the day. That and I did drink more water than usual yesterday, so my body would have a lot to hold on to with all that salt. I'm going to really try to eat very low sodium today and drink a crap ton of water and hopefully I'll have a whoosh.

But I'm so down today. I know it's not much, but I feel ashamed, like I'm not trying hard enough. I did go over last night and last Saturday, but when I added all my calories for the last week and averaged them, I got 1522 daily, which is perfect. (my range is 1500-1600) I have been forgetting my multi-vitamin a lot this week, but that shouldn't affect my weight loss. It's just a normal vitamin, I'm just taking it to help get my nutrients.

So, with all that, exercise was really hard. I just didn't want to do it, my heart wasn't in it. After all, I exercised all week and it didn't help at all. Ok, I know that's the wrong way to think, but it's hard to be logical and positive at 5am, especially on top of a let down like that. I did do the exercise DVD though. For about 10 minutes in the middle, I did get sort of motivated to work harder, but that passed quickly.

Gah, and I really don't want to be at work today. I want to go curl up in bed with a book and something really unhealthy to eat. :nopity:


ETA: Oh, Chubbygirl, you should be proud of me a little though. It's only 9am and I've already had about 28oz of water.
 
Hey!

Don't get too down on yourself you've done well so far, and sure there are going to be little hiccups along the way, but think of how accomplished you'll feel when you finally meet your goal! You'll look back and see all the little tests you've had to go through and feel great that you didn't just curl up in a ball but you got back up and said you know what, I just have to do this.

I think that's what makes it all worth it :]

Keep working hard and don't ever give up your fight for a healthier you! If you don't mind I would like to pray for you.


Cassie
 
I did those work out and I could really really feel the burn!!!! I am still feeling it today! Thanks for the great suggestion!!!!

Hey I just read you post today! We all have to have bad weeks, loosing weight and becoming healthy is hard work and our bodies don't always work with us. You just can't give up! It is not an option, next week will be great, maybe you are more tired then usual or as you suggested sodium so keep working out and eating clean and you will start loosing again!!!!! You can do it!
 
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Glad to know those exercises are working for you, Verobc. They'll get easier... at least that's what I keep telling myself. ;)


Thanks to both of you. I'm not giving up, I'm just frustrated. Maybe because this is the first week it didn't "work", you know? Plus, in order to reach my mini goal, I'd have to lose 3.4 pounds a week for the next two weeks and I just kind of doubt that will happen. Unless this is just water weight and I drop it, but even then it would be hard. Oh well, you have to know you might not make your goals. At least when you put a time line on them anyway.
 
More than likely it is water weight Mizzie :) Any sudden increase usually is...take it from an ex-scale addict haha :p Just keep drinking lots of water, and some cucumbers or watermelon will clear it up...natural diuretics ;). I used to be on the 6wbmo which had no salt, and if I ate salt on a day, my weight could go up two pounds in just one day! I think this is part of what makes it normal for weight to fluctuate from day to day.

Don't be down, or too hard on yourself for going over your cals...that starts a downward spiral of guilt and comfort eating. Plus you are really doing very good! Keep up the good work :D
 
mizzie said:
We used to have two of these bottles, but I can't find the other one. I know there's a place in town that carries them, though, so maybe I can run there tonight.

He does have a Culligan water cooler in the office, but it doesn't get very cold and he just takes the empty jug and fills it in the sink. :rolleyes: He's talked about getting a mini fridge and I really wish he would! At least I could keep my water in there to stay cool.

It really is too bad we can't switch!
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What? Your boss fills the empty jug in the sink??? Nooo! That is just not right, defeats the whole purpose of bottled water.

I hope the tap water over there is better than here. I tested my tap water for nitrates, since I need to use it to clean my saltwater tanks, and the tap water was toxic for my reef inhabitants. I have to go buy clean water down the street.

Maybe you can get a mini cooler, and pack it with ice to keep your water cold. I have a little lunch cooler I put my drinks in.

Thanks for stopping by my diary. We are very close in weight. Can't wait to see us both under 200! Yay!!
 
Xenon - Thanks. Somehow hearing (reading?) someone else say they think it's water weight really helps. I didn't guilt eat today. Not yet anyway, since there is still day left. I had a salad for lunch even and I'm only at about 650 calories. But that's normal, dinner always seems to be the biggest meal for me. The hubby will be home tonight and that always helps me to not snack. It's a lot harder when I know no one will know but me. :leaving:


MissJellyBelly - I know! It's so wrong. But that's him to a T. He can blow money like it grows on trees on some things, yet be very, very stingey on others.

You have a salt water tank? That's awesome! My dad recently gave us his old 29 gallon. The hubby wanted to do salt water, but we decided we should master fresh first. We haven't always had good luck with fish. We really did our research this time and made sure the tank was cycled and ready. We've still had some issues (ick mostly), but we are getting there. We'd love to get a larger tank, but money and space are both scarce at the moment. And I'm hyjacking my own journal... :smilielol5:

I didn't realize we were about the same weight. It's nice to find people here who are in the same boat I am. I know we all are, in one way or another, but... Ah, you know what I mean.
 
Salt water tanks are high maintenance for sure! I spend several hours a week dealing with them, but they are rewarding. I love my little sea creatures.

Why not put some brown dye in the water cooler one day when he isn't looking. That might make him buy a fresh bottle of water and a better cooler!
 
Whew... I weighed myself this morning and I'm back down to what I was last Tuesday. Since that was awfully fast to lose 1.8 pounds, I'm going to assume it was water weight from all the sodium. I might still be able to reach my mini goal! Yea! And I hope I never see 206 again, I officially hate that number. :smash:

Anyway, got to go. I'm going to visit my mom today and I still haven't eaten breakfast or taken a shower.
 
Hiya Mizzie, just calling in to say g'day.

I'm just wondering if you measure yourself? I've only started doing it a couple of weeks ago, and it can be really encouraging to lose bits here and there even when the scales reckon I'm the same.

Yeah, I always gain a little after eating anything too "sodiumy." I do eat a bit of bacon here and there, but I try to avoid too much processed food for that very reason.

Cheers. :waving:
 
Thanks for stopping by, Mrs Shadow! I haven't taken my measurements yet. I've been meaning to for weeks, but I keep forgetting. I really wish I had taken them right away, but since I didn't, I need to soon. Hopefully I'll remember and have time tonight.

Xenon - Hi!


Oh man, I was so bad this weekend. Like I said before, Saturday morning I was back down to 204.something and I was pretty happy about that. But then I wound up going to visit my mom. She and her boyfriend were going to bar bingo, so I went with her. (Exactly what it sounds like, playing bingo at the bar. But you play for cash, with prizes being between $30 and $500. I did win once, but it was a small round and I had to split it with two others, so I got $13. lol ) When we got there, I went into the bathroom and when I came out she informed me that they had ordered a large "junk basket" for us to share. Damn!

Fries, mini corn dogs, mozzarella strips, ham and cheese balls, chicken wings and breaded mushrooms. Oh, and ketchup, BBQ sauce, honey mustard and ranch dressing (my weakness) to dip it all in. I remember looking at it thinking "Fat and sodium dipped in fat and sugar... Mmm!" :banghead: I won't lie though, it tasted really good.

To her credit, she doesn't know that I'm trying to lose weight. I know she loves me and would want to support me, but sometimes her brand of support isn't really what I need, you know? We are just different kinds of people. Anyway, so she didn't know. Now, I know I could have fessed up and ordered something else, but I didn't quite want to tell her yet. I also could have just not eaten any, but it was lunch time and I was starving (and we were going to be there a while). So, I ate my share. Bad, bad, bad! Then, I had two fuzzy navels. Yummy, but so many calories! But, I did have water the rest of the time and we were there for about 5 hours. And to top it all off, I finished up the pizza that hubby had made for dinner last Thursday. You know, the one that threw my weigh day so incredibly badly last week? Yeah, that.

*sigh*

Best guess, I probably was about 500-800 calories over my limit. BAD! Now, that's still a deficit, since I eat 1000 below maintenance, but still. And the sodium! Omg, the sodium! I don't know exactly what it was at, but I'm sure it was well over twice what I should have.

So, from Saturday evening to this morning my weight has been anywhere between 208 and 205. And about half the time it's 206.6. GRRR! I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate that number. It keeps popping up. You know how a lot of people have a favorite number? I now have a least favorite. >_< I almost didn't want to put that down here because I didn't want to see it again. Really, hate it that bad.

Yesterday I was better, but still not great. I didn't go over my calories and my sodium was only at about 25%. But I did have a huge plate of pasta for lunch.

I'm worried for the Biggest Loser weigh in tomorrow. I hope I can clear all that salt out of my system by then. If not, I'll be at a gain.

Plan for today: Water, WATER, WATER!
 
Good plan for today and no worries about the weekend! It happens and it's better to put it in the past and move forward. A new day, a new week, a new focus! I think as long as I'm really good during the week I can afford a couple slip ups over the weekend and still get back on track to lose a couple pounds! Just do extra good today and get a last chance work out in and as you said - water, water, water!
 
Thanks chubbygirl! The weekends are the worst for me as far as losing weight goes. When I'm at work, I don't have much to eat (a few snacks in my desk, but they are easier to resist somehow) and my hands are busy. We also tend to make more food on the weekends because the hubby likes to cook and he has more time. Plus, he's been gone the last two weekends and it's been very, very hard not to binge. I kept thinking "no one would know" and I would have to remind myself that I would know and if I cheat, I'm the only one I'm hurting anyway. I actually do give myself a little credit because if I gave into all my urges last weekend, it would have been a lot worse!

Oh, and I think I'm on track with the water thus far today. I've had about 45 oz so far and it's only 1pm. Plus, I've had to go to the bathroom, literally(!), once an hour. I don't think I've ever had to go so often in my life, even at 9 months pregnant!
 
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