No More Excuses, I'm going to do this!

Congratulations on finishing school Munch! :lurk5: That's a great accomplishment! I know you are relieved and proud..so are we!! Now, you can focus on the wedding and looking gorgeous in your dress! I'm sure your Mom meant well with the weighloss comment...she was probably trying to make life easier on the wedding dress fitter...too bad she didn't concentrate on making life easy for you...but you did the right thing...get that thing let out and be comfortable..it's a freakin' size 8 for God's sake!!

I look forward to seeing some pictures soon!!


Sarah
 
Thanks Sarah!


It's nice to say I'm officially, officially done! Graduation ceremony was yesterday and while it was supposed to be for graduating college students, it seemed like I was surrounded by kindergarteners. Everyone was talking during the entire ceremony and they didn't even have decency to wisper. My fiance said even the families were talking the whole time. It was pretty rude and kinda put a damper on the whole thing for me. In any case, I got my diploma holder (our real diplomas will be mailed to us) and that's what matters. Check that off my list of things to do! :)


Eating was TERRIBLE this weekend. Friday alone was horrendous. I'll hop on the scale tomorrow and see where I'm at. I plan on doing a little work on my lawnmower and getting it to start so I can mow the forest that is my yard. I waited one week too long and of course it rained which acted like miracle grow on my yard. Then after that I'll hop on the total gym and bust out some reps.


My knee has been bothering me a lot today. Sever pain and swelling. I have no idea why. Luckily, my partner here at work has done the patrols and I've been able to elivate it and ice it. I'll use some heat when I get home. I need to get myself into the doctor so I can get back on the arthritis medicine I was one. I know, I know, I'm 22 and I'm taking arthritis medicine, it's ridiculous. But when I was taking it my pain in this knee just went away and I never had any problems. I stopped taking it because it could interfere with a medicine I had started taking, but I'm no longer on that one so I should be in the clear! Got to get that done soon as I feel helpless like this.


Got to really be good this week. I'm going to try to workout a lot and not go crazy food wise as I have yet another dress fitting. They are never ending!!! I'm getting it let out a bit so I don't pass out at any point during the ceremony or reception as that would be a bit a downer! Haha! I'm looking forward to it and will feel a lot more comfortable! Wish I had a pool close by that didn't charge and arm and leg. Swimming is so great for my knees. Oh well, guess I have to deal with it for now.


Hope everyones week is starting out great! :)
 
Well, my fears of what would happen after my terrible weekend of eating have been realized. I weighed myself today and was about 156 or 157 (those tiny notches are so hard to see). I'm going to watch what I eat for the rest of the week and make sure I get it back down to at least 155, but preferably lower. This has been my first real challenge to my maintenance. Kinda neat to see that I caught it and won't let myself get more than a couple pounds over my goal.


Today I had two corndogs that I think were 210 cals a piece. with some ketchup:15cals and a mini butterfinger: estimating maybe 100. For dinner I'm having a bbq chicken flatbread pizza from Camilles Sidewalk Cafe: 694cals. And that's it! No more for me besides water and a coke zero!


Cal count will be 1214 for the day.


My exercise for the day was mowing the lawn. It was a pain. Took forever to get the mower started and then the grass was so high it killed the motor quite a few times, but I finally got it done. It looks so much better! :)


I'm still having a lot of pain in my left knee but I'm going to do my patrols anyway today for some extra exercise and hope the movement will help it feel better.


hope everyone is having a good day! :)
 
Weighed about 158 this morning. No wonder, since last night after I got home I had a huge pig fest. I cooked up some turkey bacon and bread and then had 3 fun sized butterfingers. I need to stop eating when I get home if I've already eaten all my calories for the day.


I got an account with fitday.com (Luzdafuzz uses this site) and have calculated how many calories I can eat for the next 10 days to be able to lose these 3 lbs I've gained.


For lunch I had-

2 hotdogs: 360

2 hotdog buns: 220

ketchup: 30

6 bbq crisps: 75


Dinner is a fettuchini meal: 694


Total for the day will be 1379.


I set up my total gym so tonight when I get home instead of heading for the fridge I'll workout! It's one way to motivated myself because I don't want to put it away without using it!


Today I decided to be prepared and took some ibuprophen and a muscle relaxer before coming to work and so far, no knee pain. So I'm pretty happy about that.
 
Ugh, I just feel awful. I've managed to make it through today with only eating a tiny mr. goodbar candy. I'll be off work soon and have to face my fridge. I just feel awful. I really hope I can still fit in my dress on saturday so we can get it loosened up a bit. This is just stressing me out!! Being close to 160 is so depressing for me. I feel like I'm failing.


I probably sound stupid. I know a lot of people here have a lot more weight to lose and I'm fretting over 3 lbs...


Tomorrow is a new day!
 
Back down to 156lbs as of this morning. I think my body was just holding on to a few things from the weekend. Definetly not going to let that happen again! I've started skipping lunch and eating dinner and then a snack after I get off of work. If I eat before work it ends up being excess calories because I eat at night. I'm hoping that the night eating will stop once my fiance moves in after our wedding as I don't usually eat at night when he's over. Of course, I end up snacking a lot when he's around so that could be a double edged sword!


My knee is doing better today. It hurt earlier when I first got to work, but has went away. I did take some pain reliever for a headache earlier so that could have helped, but most of this week pain reliever didn't seem to have much effect on the pain. I did make an appointment with my doctor for next Tuesday so hoping to get everything sorted out then. I'm also going to ask her about another issue I've been dealing with that I will spar everyone from knowing the details.


Today I did a 300 meter sprint to see how fast I could run it. The police department requirements are 300 meters in 71 seconds. I ran what I had determined to be .20 of a mile in 89 seconds. Although I didn't remember until just now that 300 meters is .18 of a mile so that would shave off a few seconds. I still don't think I would have made time, but it would definitely lower my time. I need to go to a running track to find out my time exactly. I know I can make the mile run, nothing spectacular, but I can do it. As far as pushups I did 21 today before failure, so I need to get 4 more before I can pass the requirements for that. Then we have situps. I can do 29 with a few seconds to spare so I need to work on that as well. Finally, the 16 inch jump where I'm just a few inches short of reaching. I did some jumprope today as well as some jump exercises.


I'm feeling confident that if I keep working hard, I will attain these goals. I'm going to start INSANITY on Monday with one of my friends. Where going to do it everyday Mon-Fri. I've never done it before but I think it will only help me in trying to reach my goals.


It's almost been a week since I graduated. Job outlook is great at the moment. I'm pretty much limited to waiting until after the wedding because no one wants to give me a week off right after hiring me. I don't blame them and by staying where I am, that week off is actually paid. I'm just really anxious to move on to something better. I have my application in to a couple jobs, but just haven't heard anything back yet. Has me a little bummed out because I feel like I'm very qualified for them and to have not gotten an interview yet or even at all is disapointing. But I'm going to stay positive, only four week till the wedding and then I can really get into the job hunt without anything to hold me back!


I'm going to try to get some exercise in tomorrow. I have another dress fitting to get it loosened up a bit, then my mom is going to give me a haircut. Hopefully I'll fit my exercise in somewhere and hopefully it's a beautiful day!



Have a great weekend everyone! :)
 
AHey Munch,
See your're doing great! Your scale and body were playing tricks on you...could have been most anything...my guess is lots of high sodium food that caused some water retention. Key thing now is to continue to make good choices on food and you will totally rock that wedding dress and all the photos! Keep up all that good physical exercise...I think your goals are awesome by the way...always good to take one of thos fitness tests to see how you measure up. Sometimes I fall short(especially in the pushups, but it just gives me something to strive for!
Keep up the good work!
Sarah
 
So I went to the doctors office today for my knee. Found out I have very loose joints in my knees and in my left knee in particular I have runners knee. I was prescribed some pain medication and also told to wear a mueller strap on my knee to help stabilize my knee cap. I have to strengthen my quadricep which will help aliviate the problem with my knee cap. I also need to go over to the running shoe store in town and get fitted with some proper shoes for both running and daily activity. I'm feeling pretty good about his as I was going in with the worst possible idea in my head!


She commended me on my weight loss which by their scales was only a 10lb loss. I've calculated a 20lb loss, but she said I looked very healthy regardless. I asked if my current weight was good for me and she said I was fine, but if I wanted to be even healthier I could get down to 145lbs. I think after the wedding is over I will switch over to weight loss mode again and try to get to 145lbs. What do I have to lose? NOTHING but weight! She also said that the lighter I am the better it will be for my knee because every extra lb of weight on my body adds 4lbs of weight on my knees. So I'm excited not only for the wedding and honeymoon, but also to get back to weight loss again. I know it's hard sometimes, but the feeling of losing a few lbs in a week was so great!


I'm going to take about a week off from running to allow for the medication to begin working. I think I'm going to try to get a bicycle and start cycling. I know it is very good for people with knee problems and hope it will help me to build strength in my quads.


That's it for today, hope everyone is doing awesome!
 
Got my medicine today and went to a store called tri -n- run. They analyzed the way I walk and figured out what type of support I needed. They ordered in one pair of shoes for me and another the try as well just to see if I'd like them. The pair I will be getting were very comfortable. Wearing the shoes I have now is depressing because when I wore the ones in the store walking felt great! I've been looking on craigslist for a cheap bike to get myself started on. Hopefully I'll get one soon and can start doing that instead of running for awhile.
 
My knee is doing a lot better now. Every so often it aches, but nothing like it was. I've been wearing a special brace every day as well as taking pain medication and it all seems to be working. Hoping my shoes will come in some time next week and I can save these crappy ones for when I mow the lawn.


On the exercise front I picked up an old road bike today for $20. It has a few problems with it so I dropped it off at the local bike shop for a tune up and some work on the breaks. Should be done sometime next week. I'm itching to start cycling. I'll have to get myself a new seat though and a pair of cycling shorts so my butt won't be so sore. I rode around a few blocks today and I'm so sore! I'm looking forward to getting some exercise in and starting to strengthen my legs. There's a few other things I want to get for the bike too, but I'll spread them out. Be kinda expensive to buy everything at once!


I've been really terrible food wise this week. I think I may have went up a few lbs again. It's hard when you can't exercise! I need to STOP eating when I get home from work at night. It's definetly my downfall and I can't figure out why I started doing it again. I know one thing it will be so much easier to resist it once my fiance moves in after the wedding as he's really good at watching me and making sure I don't munch aimlessly.
 
Ok, so I haven't been on the scale since last week, but I know I've eaten terrible since then. My bachelorette party was last night and I ate quite a bit of high calorie things. I feel bloated and just blah! I'm going to get my head back around eating better and staying under my calorie goal.


Today I've had the following


Lunch: two hot dogs and a serving of bbq chips-680 cals

Dinner: the same as above (I just brought leftovers to work with me)-680 cals

snack: two pieces of mini chocolate candies-85 cals


Total of 1445 cals. I'd like to generally keep it under that, maybe around 1300 cals, but for today this is a good starting point. My knee has been hurting ever since mass today as I kneeled during multiple portions not even thinking about my knee. I ended up sitting back towards part of the mass because it was starting to bother me. I am paying for it now! I'll have to remember that for awhile, no kneeling at mass. I know God will understand.


So I'm at work today helping out because were in the process of training a new person for the weekend 2nd shift position, but until he's fully trained we have to cover the shift. I volunteered earlier in the week and as always once the day came, I didn't feel like working! Haha, big suprise. The good thing is the overtime will be really nice for my fiance and I as were putting back all the extra money we're making for our honeymoon which is fast approaching!


Like I said earlier, my bachelorette party was last night, but it was nothing crazy. Really laid back like I like it. We went to see Dark Shadows. I LOVE Johnny Depp, so I thought it was fitting to see a movie of his for my party. While I loved him portrayal of Barnabas Collins (I loved the soap opera and watched it when I was little on Sci-Fi) the movie was a little bit hard to follow. A lot of things didn't make sense. I think they had a lot of really neat ideas for the characters, but didn't really explain things well and definetly didn't have enough character development. I think maybe seeing it again might help me to sort it all out.


The wedding is fast approaching now! A little more than 3 weeks until the big day and I'm so excited!! I'm not really a girly-girl, but I just can't wait to wear my wedding dress. It's so beautiful. No worries, I will be posting pics as soon as I can after we get back from the honeymoon.


Well, I believe that's it for now! Hope everyone has had a great weekend! :)
 
So I'm going to take a page out of Kate's book and set up some goals for myself for the week.


Goal 1: Don't eat over 1500 calories per day.


Goal 2: Use the total gym Monday - Friday.


Goal 3: Only drink ONE coke zero per day.


All of these are very attainable, but might will definetly challenge me. I look forward to concuring them!!!! :)
 
AHeya :seeya:

Thank you so much for popping by on my diary and i'm so pleased that i can inspire you :) I keep meaning to read your diary as i have seen posts that you've written on other diaries. That is going to be another aim this week for me....I am gonna start from the beginning. :)

When is the wedding? I bet you are so excited :)
 
Ah that's ok Kate, so many times I get caught up in my own diary and forget to visit others. Or I try to visit so many I forget about others. :-/ The wedding is June 9!!! And yes, I'm super excited! :)


I'm getting ready to tackle part of goal number 2 for the week. I really don't feel like working out, but that doesn't matter. I figured getting on here and stating how I felt and then saying I was going to do it would pretty much obligate me to do it since I don't want to come back and say I didn't do anything at all! :p


I weighed this morning and I think it was about 158lbs. My initial goal is to get back to 155lbs but anywhere between 150 and 155 would be great! :)


Well I'm off to pump some iron! Hope everyone has a wonderful beginning to the week! :)
 
Before I came to work I did a few exercises on my total gym. I left it set up so I'll knock a few more out tonight when I get home.


Food wise here is how I've done.


turkey sandwich and bbq chips: 340cals

fettuchini alfredo and one piece of garlic bread:650 cals

extra crispy kitkat bar:220 cals

one can of coke zero: 0cals


total for the day: 1210 cals


So far I have met each of my goals for today! YAY!


I may or may not have a snack when I get home tonight. It will depend on how I feel. If I am hungy it will be two pieces of gortons fish fillets with some ketchup. I'm going to try really hard not to eat anything though as it would be nice to start off the week with a 1200 cal day.
 
I didn't get any total gym time in before work, but plan to hit it tonight. I didn work out again last night before I went to bed so that helps!


For lunch I had-

steak chimichanga:350cals

chips:150cals


Dinner-

lean cuisine pep. pizza:380cals

kitkat (couldn't resist!):220cals

coke zero


Daily total so far: 1100


I'll have nothing else except water for the rest of my work shift, but plan on eating something to bump myself up to at least 1200 cals for the day once I get home.


I really hope I get a call about my shoes and my bike tomorrow. Probably more so the bike as I really want to get out and start riding!


So the rsvp's for our wedding keep coming in even though the date cut off was May 16! It's driving me mad! Why can't people read and get things back on time??? UGH! I'll be SO glad when this whole wedding thing is over, I feel like I'm going insane!!!


I'm missing a few of my friends here online. scbibhouse is on vacation and not able to post as much as usual and Sparked has been gone awhile. Feeling a little lonely.. :(
 
Good news today! I got a call from the shoe place that my shoes were in and a call from the bike shop and my bike is ready! Tomorrow is going to be a great day, I'll go pick up my shoes and then go pick up my bike. I'm definitely looking forward to getting some riding in! I haven't been able to do any cardio for the last week and I've felt pretty lazy because of it. Plus after all that, I'm meeting my friend for Chinese, my favorite! :)


Food for today:

four pieces of gortons fish fillets with ketchup:515cals

two microwaveable dinners: 620cals

ding dongs (ugh, they're never as good as they look!):360cals


total: 1495cals! Holy cow! so close to going over my goal of 1500! The ding dongs were definitely a BAD idea... :( But I still met my goal, and that's the most important thing!
 
So I got my new shoes today! They are so comfortable. Also got my bike today. Everything works great on it. I bought myself a helmet and some gloves and took a short ride before lunch today and it was a lot of fun. Tomorrow I'll take a longer ride since I'll have more time. I had to meet a friend for lunch today so had to cut my ride short.


Food for today was probably terrible, we went to a chinese buffet. I'm not even going to try to estimate that. So I guess I've probably not met my goal of eating no more than 1500 cals a day. But it's not the end of the world. Move on, tomorrows a new day!
 
AHey Munch, sounds like you are having a great week, new shoes, new bike. Chinese buffet, and meeting you cal goals! Wow!:hurray::hurray:
Thanks for stopping by my diary, and giving me your support! It does help so much! So, you are getting really close to your big day! I'm so happy for you! My husband and I Re not too far from you as I type this, in Sharonville, OH, going to Kings Islanf tomorrow, that should be fun. So keep up the good work and I look forward to keeping up with continued success!
 
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