My Journey: Positive Outlook For 2013

Thanks, baby steps! Just trying to take things one day at a time right now to get back on track. So far so good. :)
 
Significant drops in weight are always encouraging and fortifies your willpower. I'm eager to see what the scale gives you today.
 
Last night I had a great taebo workout. I did the more physically demanding one and really pushed myself. My knee was a bit sore at the end, but it feels fine today. I ended up having some stove top stuffing for dinner along with my baked chicken. I cooked enough stuffing for a full serving, but I didn't eat it all. I shared some with the dogs. I had dinner at 6pm which is early for me so at around 8:30 I snuck in a small bowl of jello and milk.

Weighed in at 206lb even today! Just 3 more to go until I'm back to my low. Hopefully once I get to 203 I'll be able to get there and below soon! :)

My goal is to eat somewhat light today and tomorrow because Saturday I'm going to our local fair. I've gone to this fair every year since I was a kid so I don't want to pass it up. Of course, along with the fair comes fair food. There are 3 things I'm really looking forward to having... 1) fried dough, 2) french fries with vinegar, and 3) pierogies. There is NO CHANCE that I'm NOT getting friend dough. I LOVE fried dough, but only get it once a year at this fair. The fries I might skip or at least split with someone. The pierogies I just had for the first time last year and really liked them so I'd like to get those again. That's the bad thing about fairs, but the good thing is that you're walking all day and you're usually so full you don't want to eat when you get home so maybe it won't be so bad.

The weather sounds perfect for this weekend too which is a HUGE plus! We've had crappy, rainy weather the past few years at the fair so it'll be nice to have a sunny and warm day. Sunday sounds great for the ocean too which I'm so thankful for. It'll be my last chance to see my favorite captain before he moves south. I'm going to miss him. :(
 
Congrats on the significant loss!! I understand how fair food is. We have the International BBQ Fest here, but it happened back in May. We've gone the past few years and I always have Italian and Polish sausages with peppers and onions, a Greek gyro, and funnel cake. Last year they had deep fried Oreos and I just had to try one. It was freakin' awesome. I fasted the day before we went and split everything in half with my daughter or hubby so I wouldn't feel so guilty. Just remember: portion control. You'll be fine.
 
Belinda, fair food is the devil! I almost tried one of those deep fried oreo cookies last year, but passed it up. Same thing with deep fried pickles. Maybe this year I'll try them with someone. The good thing is that I go with family as a group so I'm not as tempted to eat too, too much. As long as I at least get my fried dough I'll be happy. :)

Q, I hope you're right. I think I'm definitely on the right track now. No junk food today (so far), but I don't even have the slightest urge for a piece of chocolate right now. That's been my problem these past several weeks. Chocolate... needed chocolate! It feels good that I haven't given in for 3 days now. :)
 
If you're comfortable with it, you should totally try out a deep-friend Oreo. They ARE the devil!! But sooooo so good. This makes me want Oreos now...
 
Peaches over chocolate was a good choice.
Crackers for breaky is not very nutritious though.

Glad your Will power is coming back. Your post above was positive, keep it up!

I hate veggies so I've compromised with those frozen veggie pallets.
I have two with dinner and or lunch. I enjoy my meat and just gobble the veggies down.
The pallets are easier to eat than fresh veggies for me.
It's all about finding things you like or in my case, can eat without wanting to puke from the taste lol :-/

My breakfast helps with my sweet cravings as I eat weetbix with dried fruit on top. The pineapple is very sweet tasting. Weetbix or oats is half the calories than bread.
During the day if I want something sweet really bad I will have a piece of dried fruit. It's better for me than chocolate surely?
 
Belinda, we'll see how much they are. I may try them out. :)

Nostalgic, yeah I know. My whole "diet plan" needs an overhaul. I don't do crackers very often. This is the first week in a LONG time I had them. They tasted good for a change. I'm planning on adding more fruits and veggies to fill in the snacking holes. That should help. :)

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I ran late yesterday so I didn't get the chance to workout. My Thursday nights are usually busy so I think I'm just going to set that as my rest day from now on. It's too much to try to squeeze in exercise with everything else I'm trying to do.

I ate a late dinner last night. We had pastrami sandwiches. Definitely not the healthiest option, but I ate very light all day and we don't have it often so I'm fine with it. It was very tasty for a change! :)

This morning my weight was up slightly. I went from 206 to 206.2, but I'll take that. No worries!
 
Mmmmm Deep Fried Pickles. I'd be munching on one for sure lol. For my cheat meal this week my man friend made us whole wheat penne pasta with homemade salmon and shrimp alfredo sauce with loads of Parmesan cheese. Heavenly! :D
 
Big surprise this morning!! I woke up weighing 204.6!! That's another 1.6lb down this week. I'm sure most of what I lost is water weight from TOM, but it feels so good to be 1.6lb away from my low again. I don't know that I'll get there before this month ends, but on 9/1 I weighed in at 204.4 so I'm only .2 away from that. Considering how far off the path I went this month I'm considering this month to be a success!

Well, I'm getting ready to head out to the fair. My stomach is already growling in anticipation. Fried dough is a definite, we'll see about the rest as I go along. At least I'll be walking all day so that'll help. I may still try to get a light taebo session in tonight if I'm not too tired. We'll see. :)
 
Thanks Belinda!

Well, today went pretty well at the fair. By 10am I was stopping for French fries with some, ok a lot, cider vinegar. At about 11:30am it was fried dough time! SoooOOOooOOooo delicious!! I did grab some pierogies, but didn't eat them. I brought them home for tomorrow. Oh, and another thing is that I usually get a bottled soda, but today I drank water all day instead. Yay for me making a smart decision there! :)

When I got home... well, it kind of went downhill, but I'm fine with it. Tomorrow we're having a mini party on our whale watch because it's our day to say goodbye to my favorite captain. I made some blueberry muffins and brownies (captain's fave). I ate 2 muffins (they're small) and a brownie. I wanted more... much more! I didn't give in though.

I also did a taebo workout tonight to try to combat what I ate so I feel good about that too. Overall, a great day. Lot of fun, lots of good, bad for me food, but also lots of exercise. :)
 
Well, I really didn't know what to expect when I got on the scale today. I ate a lot of bad for you foods yesterday, but also did a lot of exercise. I was still expecting the scale to be on the up though. To my surprise, I was not! I weighed in at 204lb even. It's almost too good to be true! Just one more pound to be back at my low. Most of August and a good part of September were a wash with me so to be almost back at my low so quickly just gives me more motivation to keep on going!

Today will be a good and bad day for me. Good because I'm going to my happy place, the ocean! Bad because it'll be my last time seeing my favorite captain. He's spoiled us rotten by giving us special privelages on the boat during our whale watches and his personality was a very good fit with ours (my mom and I). The other captains they have here are great too, but this one is extra special. We just clicked with him from the get go. We'll be sad seeing him go. :(
 
Yesterday went well. I didn't over eat on the boat as I thought I would. I had very good control. We said our last goodbyes to our captain and now it's time to turn the page on that chapter. I have so many wonderful memories with him and will miss him, but I can't dwell on it. Stuff like this is what usually gets me really down, but I'm not going to let it this time! Our last trip with him was actually the best of the season. It's been a very slow year for whales, but yesterday felt pretty special. We found a mom and calf pair of Humpbacks. The calf was super playful and kept rolling all over the place. It was such a special encounter. We also spotted a little seal in the harbor on the way back to the dock. I'm attaching a handful of pics so you can see. :)

After weighing in at 204 yesterday I was kind of disappointed to see 205 this morning. It is what it is though. I'm not going to let it get me down, probably just a fluctuation thing.
 
Those pictures are so cool. I've never been on a whale watch but I bet it's awesome. Stay positive today, Mandy and you'll see 204 again. Those tiny fluctuations can be a gigantic frustration but you'll push through it.
 
Great pics, thanks for sharing! Sounds like a great way to say goodbye to the captain.

Like Belinda said, stay positive. It is probably just a fluctuation and you'll be back down in no time.
 
Belinda, I pretty much live for whale watching. That's my get away from May through October, then I'm a home body for the rest of the year. LOL Pretty sad little life I live. :)

icychic, thanks, I'm definitely staying positive. It WAS a great way to say goodbye to him. The good thing is that he's on Facebook so we can at least stay in touch. Hopefully he'll come back up to visit next summer too.

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I did a Taebo session last night, but halfway through I started to feel really nauseous. I have no clue why, but I kept going with the workout. I was soaked in sweat by the time I was done. Talk about feeling really gross! I jumped right into the shower and had some baked chicken with the pierogies from the fair for dinner. It was a late dinner, but after I ate I felt much better. I think maybe I was just hungry during the workout or something.

We weight this morning was 204.8lb.
 
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