MoonGoddess's Path

i would give my right arm to be able to live at the beach.. though id prefer to be on a boat than on land :)

oooh dolphins - fun fun fun :)

have a great tuesday
 
Wish you all could have been there! Wish I was still there...

but back to reality, & back to getting one step closer to my goals. Back to the daily weigh ins tomorrow. Have done good today with calories & ended up walking 4 miles. 2.5 miles on the beach which was really kinda hilly. Random inclines & sand....sore legs & feet already. Hopefully it burned some of those liquid calories I consumed this weekend (wine & beer...).

Oh well. If only we could all live like that...
 
Can't imagine swimming with them, but I do like to watch them.

Oh & I just have to get this our somewhere & basically no one on here will know who or where I'm talking about... but my biggest source of stress at work is GONE!! As of today! WOOOO WHOOOOOO! I feel 25 pounds lighter after this whole weekend (first of week whatever...).

Just hope the scale reflects that.... tomorrow morning I shall see!
 
ug. So I gained a pound over the weekend.. then today I decide to over eat...by about 200 calories..what am I thinking. I have realized that I am way under on my iron intake so I was tryng to get it up & ended up getting the cals too high. After doing some reading & talking with a friend, we thought the low iron might be why I'm tired & have trouble sleeping. Who knows... at this rate I will never get enough iron, but I will be gaining back all I lost already. Might have to rethink things.
 
I'm just amazed at the lack of iron in EVERYTHING I like to eat.

Weird to really start noticing what is in food.. & wonder why they put such junk in so much, yet can't seem to add what we need.
 
i suppose it's a silly question to ask - especially for a female -but is iron really that important?

Isn't it total cereal that has all the good vitamins and stuff in it.. pr product 19 or something (and probably has all sorts of other bad stuff too)

I started to drive myself crazy, I know short trip, trying to make sure I had enough of specific vitamins and couldn't even come close - so i kinda decided the ones I felt were important and concentrated on those - -though i should go back to watching B again given my mood of late :)
 
yeah I feel like this is a route I need to find an exit ramp.... tracking vitamins might not be my thing. Have to start up the multivits again i guess. Iron is pretty important as a female. Plus it seems I have all the common symptoms of anemia, which I have been diagnosed with having in the past. So I was hoping that the nutrition would take care of it. I just am sick of being tired all the time. Was worth a shot. .. but not worth the stress.

I was doing good with the diet & exercise before. I think at this point in time its more important for me to focus on the weight loss goals than the specific nutritional values.
 
So I have officially declared today a day of celebration... of how far we have come. The rules are you can't beat yourself up over anything (even in your own head) & you have to have fun. Maybe crank up the best pep song & shake your booty anyway you wanna... oh & be sure to do whatever you want when you want! :)

yah with me?


I'm just feeling good! My biggest stress at work is now someone else somewhere else's problem! Just feel like having a wonderful day!
 
ug.. there is some killer mac & cheese on the hot bar today with the cheese crowns & chocolate croissants calling to me... will power will be tested. Day of celebration it might be but I'm not going out of control. Plus I brought my own sandwich from home..but danged that stuff smells good! :)
 
so... how did the will power hold up? :)

today in the lounge there was all kinds of goodies out... don't you hate to be tempted with such good looking food?! i managed to stay strong, somehow... mostly because i waited to go serve myself until the end, because i knew everyone else would take all the good stuff first! :)
 
If it smells good and you want it, just make room for it with your calories!

Being deprived isn't a good thing (being depraved might be - but that's up for debate) ;)
 
That's exactly what I ended up doing. I got a small portion of a couple of bites of the mac & cheese & skipped the pastries. Was enough to where I got the satisfaction of the taste without the huge portion I would have gotten if I hadn't already packed the sandwich.

So I guess the will power maintained...even if it gave a little. Like that ole story about the trees that bend survive the storm, where the one that stood tall ended up getting split.

Felt good.
 
Good for you MG!!

That's the attitude that will not only get you to your goal - but keep you there once you hit it!
:)
 
Hey you :):):)
I eat what I want when I want - all in moderation - wether I share a desert with a friend or have a bite or two of something the kids have - I dont deprive myself of anyhting - sometimes I think it is amazing I loose weight LOL - anyway thanx for being you - you are great and I look forward to hearing fromy ou regulalrly trough out the day and am happy I can call you a friend and lean on you when needed!!!

Also I am sorry I havent been returnignt he favor lately of bieng iny our diary lots - Ive been under a bit of pressure and stressed out and emotionally off lately - but here I am now !!! And you are in my thoughts even though Im not in your diary :D:D:D
 
good for you!!!! from what i have learned, it's all about portion control!

congrats on a job well done!! :D

*pats you on the back*
 
So I hit the road today & headed down to Myrtle Beach. Went to the aquarium, which was AMAZING!!! So cool to see the sharks & everything else swimming right above & around you. Also they had a pretty cool Pirate exhibit which I had fun exploring til I found the crate of roaches....yuck! Why they put cockroaches on display is beyond me. No one wants to see that. The Octupus seemed really sad. Be he/she gets bored hanging in that tank. They are supposed to be really intellegent so I could see how it would. Just sat in the corner. Also hit one of the outlet malls & basically did laps since I hated spending the money & also got disgusted at all the cute little clothes that I'm not small enough to actually look good in. One day.... helped me indulge in the smells only of the pretzels & fudge...which smelled heavenly. Wonder how much enjoyment is in the smell of those. Can't imagine the taste would have been much better since the smell was unbelievable...yum.

Now I'm tired & back home, ready to curl up in bed with a DVD or a book can't decide which. Walked my butt off, no clue how much since I skipped putting on the pedometer today.

Ahh what a day. :)
 
So I'm reading the courage to start by John "the Penguin" Bingham & this passage really moved me... had to share...

"For better or worse, you are the only you that you will ever get.

What you decide to do with you is up to you.

Tomorrow you will still be you.

The question is whether you will move closer today

to who you want to be.


If you are patient, if you are persistent, if you are consistent,

an amazing transformation will begin to occur.

Your wonderfully adaptive body will begin to cooperate.

It will happen in your own time and at your own pace,

to be sure, but the transformation will take place.


Movement, which may have seemed so foreign to you,

will become more natural. Being active everyday will

stop being something that you want to end and

become something that you can't wait to start.

It isn't just a matter of going father or faster every day.

It's knowing that you are in control of your body and,

for a few minutes every day, you life."

~john bingham



Today was a good day. Didn't walk as far or as fast as I wanted to, didn't lose as much as I had hoped to, didn't do so good on my sodium as I wanted... but I'm happy. Today I felt like an athlete. I ended up running errands after work , parked really far away to get the extra steps & ended up finding myself thinking thoughts I never would have thought I'd think.. like checking out the socks & deciding on the more expensive ones since they had more cushion & would wick which seems better for running... then I wandered in the hair section for some conditioner & ended up buying some lil clips to hold back my hair as I run..it gets on my nerves flopping my face. Jeez. Even passed on picking up something in a drive through which would have been standard on a day like today.. but I didn't want to spend the calories & I was craving the kiwi along side the turkey sandwich. :) Just is starting to seem more like me. Less of a struggle today to be healthy. Even upped the incline for my walk on the treadmill today for the first time. Felt more of a burn, but I liked it.

I just am starting to like this new me better than the old me. :)

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT & INSPIRATION!

now.. just hope I can keep this up tomorrow......
 
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