Mountainmama's Diary to Great Health

Day 7

:) Good Morning,
Today is my weigh in day. Yesterday I never really felt hunger except for in the morning, so I don't feel too great about that...I also did NO exercise yesterday:mad: ...however...I did lose 3 lbs over the last week...yea!

Menu yesterday:
B:
cooked pumkin w/butter, maple syrup
1/2 cup granola
Detox tea
L:
Minestrone soup
2 corn tortillas
S:
Popcorn
Craisins
Hot cocoa
1 hershey's dark chocolate kiss
D:
2 tortilla pizzas
S:
Craisins

Gotta watch that eating while not hungry...gotta get something else out to do.

2lilangels, Yes, my highest weight was 195. I got down to 135 before and felt really good at that weight. I just feel that I have to get control of my emotional eating or I'll be back to the 195 in time which is a very unpleasant thought. I realize that others have more "weight to go and would be happy to be at my current weight", but I feel a lot healthier and just like to be at 135. I FEEL better there. Not to mention, I've got to get back into my clothes because I hardly have anything that fits right now. When I lost my weight, I got rid of all my "fat clothes" because I was determined not to go back. I did have to face it and go buy a few pairs of pants and stuff so I would actually have something besides pjs to fit in.

I'm really trying to work on some emotional issues because I think that is where my eating problems come from. I'm hoping when I have those things worked out, my weight will naturally fall into place. We'll see...

Have a great day everyone...reach for your goal daily and you're bound to get to your destination!:D
 
Day 8

Well, yesterday was better that Saturday. I ate my last snack at about 9pm which wasn't good. I've seen where others cut off food after 8pm and that is probably a good idea because I felt pretty full when I went to bed. :rolleyes: Hmmm... wonder where those calories went?

Besides that though...Did my sit-ups and walked a mile:D ...Made a healthy dinner that was good but dd made ww biscuits and I just really need to stay away from wheat! It's sooo good though. My tummy doesn't like it but my mouth sure does. :eek:

I'm going to get out my sewing machine today and work on some things that have been sitting in a pile for a while. I've got to work on some Pampered Chef things to get ready for my Show on Wednesday evening. I'll be making holiday appetizers, but doing them from the It's Good For You Cookbook, so they are pretty healthy. I'll probably just make that my dinner. Usually I don't even eat the food from the show. We'll see how my willpower holds out.

ANYWAY, here is the food I ate yesterday...
B:
banana
L:
Curried Lentils/Potatoes
3 corn tortillas
boiled egg
S:
Raspberry tea, black
D:
Vegetarian Jambalaya
2 ww biscuits w/ honey
S:
Peanuts
Craisins

Have a super Monday everyone!:D
 
Sounds like a good week! I hope this week goes great for you too. I've always wanted to try jambalaya, but I need meat in mine :D
 
Day 9

Good Afternoon,
Well, I totally binged last night out of frustration and anger. I knew I was doing it and at the time I could care less... well, maybe not exactly, but I did it anyway. :mad: I didn't exercise either. NOT a very good day. :(

Then, this morning as I was doing some cooking for Pampered Chef, I started eating hershey's kisses that are in my PC box. Before I realized it, I had about 6 of them. :eek: After hiding the wrappers deep in the trash bin, the Rosemary Pita chips came out of the oven. There were about 3 that were broken so I had to get rid of those... Well, I'm starting over right now and I'm not going to eat until my tummy growls. I did dance for a little bit before I sat down just now. After the bread comes out of the oven, I'll go for a walk. "Gee, does it smell good," she says as her stomach is aching from overeating earlier. :eek:

Here's the damage from yesterday:

B:
apple
boiled egg
very veggie drink

L:
Veggie sandwich

S:
Cereal bar, tea
Nut & Rice Crackers 1 1/2 servings

D:
Spinach & Tomato Strata 2 servings (from sparkpeople~good)
3 ww biscuits, honey

I was totally not hungry when I binged on the crackers right before dinner, just frustrated and wanted the salt, then totally overate my dinner and was totally mad at the time. Oh, I hate it when that happens. :mad: Especially when inside I'm telling myself to stop...Well, many of you know how it is, but I still hate it. Gotta be able to feel those feelings without trying to stuff them down with food... just haven't figured that out yet. Any ideas? Someone on SP said to stop and let yourself feel the feelings, which makes sense to me from things I've read... BUT, I don't want to feel those feelings, I want to get rid of them and that has usually been done with food in the past. :eek: I just hate myself when I do that. PMS doesn't help!!!

Enough of my babbling and complaining for now. I am bound to feel better tomorrow...:)
 
Hello! I'm Ryan in Colorado as well.
The winter months up here can be tough, and that is actually why I invited myself to make progress in the WINTER time so that come Spring and Summer, I can continue a good healthy lifestyle while others (trust me, I've been here before too) are trying to workout to burn off those "WINTER POUNDS" as soon as the snow has melted and the sunny days return to Colorado.
I live up at 10,500 feet, so I make it a fun challenge to bundle up and get out and move around in the crazy high altitude.
I wish you the best of luck, and I hope you have a great vacation in March after you continue your success all the way to Florida!
Avoid jumping in water tanks at SeaWorld if you know what I mean. HA!
 
Day 10

Well,
I continued binging yesterday. I did exercise, though. I did take notice of why I was eating and what. Frustration=salty foods, Loneliness=chocolate. Not an excuse, but it's good to know. Now I need to practice feeling the feeling not getting rid of it with food.
I thought yesterday would be easier as I stayed busy but I kept munching and by the time I went to bed was feeling stuffed and sick to my stomach. :mad: I wish I never started this food for emotion thing a long time ago. Well, gotta get over it. I have a hard time during this time of the month. I can never tell if I'm full or just bloated. I even have a hard time figuring out if I'm hungry which doesn't really make sense, because I've read that when your body truly needs food your stomach will growl. I don't think I ever let myself feel that yesterday.:eek:
I entered the food into SP and I went over my calorie limit for the day. :(
Am trying to do better today. I will do better today. I'll be doing a PC show tonight so at least I'll get to see some people when I drive into town. I HATE living up here on this mountain and am looking forward to moving next summer.
Anyway:
Early snack:
Cereal bar
Juice box
Late breakfast:
Scrambled egg
biscuit
7 hershey kisses:eek:
L:
3 pieces italian bread
butter
D:
Fish
baked fries
cauliflower
squash
S:
Popcorn
Hot cocoa

PMSing and feeling crappy today (day 11). Looking forward to PC show tonight. Feel like going back to bed. Need to go for a walk. Dog would like that, I'm sure. Be back tomorrow...
 
Back again

Well,
this week hasn't been great, but at least last night when I went to bed, I wasn't stuffed... it felt really good not to have my stomach so full at bedtime. I am determined to beat this emotional eating. Last night I was feeling really down and lonely but I didn't eat because of it, yea! No exercise for the last 2 days.:eek:

Day 11
B: Very veggie drink, peanuts
L: 2 rice cakes w Peanut butter, apple
D: 5 brushetta, pita chips, roasted garlic & red pepper dip
S: Popcorn, craisins

Day 12
B: Skipped
L: Cauliflower, pita chips, dip, tomato & zucchini salad
S: Peanuts, pita chips, m&m's
D: Scrambled eggs, turkey bacon
S: 4 ginger cookies

The road to better emotional and physical health is a journey worthy of my time and effort. May today be better than yesterday... :D
 
Day 13

Hi all,
Ate cookies last night when I wasn't hungry and was feeling all alone in a room full of people. Unless I deal with the feelings lurking under my skin, I will never be able to face food properly. I was thinking that when I move to the city, I would finally be happy, healthy and whole. But, when I move, I will be taking me with me and therein is where my problems lie. SP message boards have really opened my eyes this morning and I see that I need to look deep inside to see why I make food my best friend. It is the one constant that doesn't hurt me (well, that isn't exactly true, now is it?) It's interesting to see the warped world I see around me that isn't true to reality... Will have to snap back into reality to get to the bottom of my food addiction...

Day 13
I did my PACE exercises

B:apple, turkey bacon
L: cauliflower, squash, rice crackers, dip
S:granola, craisins
D:vegetarian enchilada, 4 chips, pico de gallo
S: 2 peanut butter, m&m cookies

Till we meet again...
 
Days 14 & 15

Saturday I binged again in the evening. :eek: Just got a scrapbook for weightloss journal. DD and I are going to take pictures and get going on that. I've lost 4 lbs in the last 2 weeks which is right on target but I soooo need to start letting myself feel my emotions instead of stuffing them back inside with food. ANYWAY...
I didn't exercise on Saturday. Yesterday, dd and I did some Hanukkah shopping and I'm sure we walked at least a mile. Here's what I ate...

Day 14
B: apple, orange juice
S: apple cider, slice pound cake, 2 crackers, 2 T cheese dip (went to aholiday open house)
L: Lasagne, green beans (kept good portions)
S: Popcorn, 4 ginger cookies
D: cornflakes, milk (I sooo wasn't hungry, wanted the cereal w/ sugar)
S: herbal tea
Never felt hunger today except in the morning and went to bed feeling absolutely stuffed :mad:

Day 15
B:took an apple and walnuts shopping but didn't feel hungry until lunch so didn't eat them
L: Fazoli's small Broccoli Alfredo, 2 bread sticks (didn't taste as good as I remembered)
D: Subway Veggie Delight, Baked Lay's Potato Chips (Yummy with only 8g fat!)
S: Glazed cake donut :eek: What was I thinking? I WANT THAT DONUT!!! I felt horrible after eating that but vowed to not beat myself up over it... today is a new beginning...

Yesterday, I weighed in and had lost 1 lb despite my bad eating during the week. :) This week will be better... I promise this to myself right now!:)

I am worth the effort to get healthy...
 
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