Project C

Hey, C. I know how you feel. I went to an antique fair which is held at the local fairgrounds so all they have is fair food. My friend and my boyfriend got french fries and I had a couple. I felt like my whole mouth was coated in grease. I kind of liked that they made me sick. I felt like I really had made a permanent change in my eating habits.

I danced out in the back yard tonight for 30min....barefoot in the wet grass. It felt fantastic!
 
Good Morning!!!! I'm proud of you drinking all that WATER:D
You are doing good. Stay Positive and don't give up. I saw your pics and you can tell a difference.... Have A Great Day and drink your WATER:p
 
Oh, Piney, dancing outside on the wet grass sounds WONDERFUL!! What a great idea :D

C - I just wanted to pop in and wish you a good Friday!
 
You know C, I wish I had that kind of feeling when I overdid it. I think you've done such an awesome job on your diet that your body wants you to keep going with the right kind of food. That's a great sign!
 
Piney - YAY for dancing. heheh. Hope you didn't get any grass stains. ;)

M2M - Thanks M2M! Hope you have a great weekend too. :)

Cannon - lol. Too bad my body only tells me AFTER the fact. :rolleyes:

Jelly - Thanks Jelly! You drink your water too missy!!
 
Week 6 Challenge: Dance More! (Cumulative)

Day Forty:
I feel deja vue. :confused: Cause today I had my usual cereal, milk & cheese. Lunch was a veggie burger with tomatoes, romaine lettuce, ketchup, mustard & relish. And then I ate guacamole & Tostitos chips. Bleh. I feel awful. I dunno why I keep eating those things. I think it's cause my sleeping pattern is off whack again. I've been sleeping around 3-4am again. And then I wake up like around noon. And then don't eat my first meal til at least two. Blah. I need a schedule again. Sigh. The only good thing about today was I got in my 3L of water. Calories up to 1400 today, 46% overall fat & 9% from saturated (due to the guacamole). Ah well. I swear... I'm turning a new leaf! I'm gonna go to bed early today and tomorrow I'm waking up in the morning! *solemnly swears*​
 
Week 6 Challenge: Dance More! (Cumulative)

Day Forty-One:
Okay, so I went to bed slightly earlier today and consequently woke up around 10am. :D Still not as good as before but an improvement. I'll try to go to bed by midnight tonight so I can be up by 8-ish tomorrow. As I suspected, I was right. The entire waking up thing throws my eating habits outta whack.

Today I woke up and had my usual breakfast of cereal, milk & cheese. Lunch was a veggie burger with lettuce, tomatoes & condiments. Snack was some lime tostitos. Dinner was rice with beef & broccoli. I made the beef & broccoli unconventionally. In that I boiled the water and then dumped the broccoli in to sit for half an hour or so. I've found that it softens the veggie enough but still got crunch. What's more it doesn't get rid of the vitamins as harshly. I cooked the beef with some soy sauce and oyster sauce before dumping my broccoli into the frying pan for a quick stir. Not bad. All in all, today was 1600 calories. A lil high due to the tostitos but don't worry it's all gone now so I don't have to worry about it wrecking my diet again. heh. Overall fat is 29% with 9% being saturated. Sodium was about 2900 mg but water is above today at around 3L at least. Haven't weighed myself in the last couple of days... which is good cause I'm scared to look. :rolleyes: Hopefully I won't have gained anything come Monday. But I know I probably gained back a pound or two at this rate. :(

In other news, I was talking to Twinmom about PCOS, Polycystic ovary syndrome. I think I have it. :( It makes me mad that I have almost all the symptoms but my family doctor has yet to say, "hey look, I think you have THIS." I mean, I'm apple shaped. My periods ahve always been absent or irregular. I do have acne & dandruff. I have some skin tags. I am kinda hairy relative to other girls. I'm diabetic. I'm showing ALOT of the symptoms here and not one of my doctors have yet to say, "hey we should get you tested." I'm really pissed off at my family doctor about this. And I dunno if I should turn to him for anything now especially about a diagnosis. I am thinking of going to a female doctor I used to visit but getting an appointment with her takes forever. We're talking 3-4 hour wait times here. My last choice and best choice would be my endocrinologist who my doctors would refer me to anyways to get tested. But she's on a FIVE month waiting time. My next appointment with her is in DECEMBER! DECEMBER! I dunno if I can wait that long. I know me knowing and not knowing if I have PCOS wouldn't change a thing. I'd still need to lose weight and take all the medication I take now. It's just... I tend to be obsessive compulsive about certain things. I just NEED to know or I'll just start going crazy here. GAH!!​
 
I'm glad to see that you are being proactive wiht your health... doctors aren't infallible... they do make mistakes or misdiagnose things or completely miss things sometimes (and that's something I am waaay to familiar with sometimes)

A lot of relatively common conditions are so easy to research on the internet, while i hate to see us turn into a bunch of hypocondriacs... tis better to do that than to sit back and wait for the doctor to figure it out.

you know your body best... the doctor sees you for a few minutes each visit...

you might see if you can get put on a cancellation type list for the doctor... especialy if you can be flexible with your time... you might get in ab it earlier...

take care of yourself, young lady... and it's good to see that people are loookin' out for you.. :D
 
yeah... :( ...I'm just utterly astounded how on earth can they miss this! I'm showing almost 75% of the symptoms and no one has yet to say maybe THIS is what I have. Like misdiagnosing is bad but so is utterly missing it. None of them have even clued in yet. I probably wouldn't have ever known if I was or not (or even known the existence of PCOS) til I was married and trying to conceive only to find out I can't! Gah. Honestly, I just want to know for the sake of knowing you know what I mean? As for the specialist... No. There's hardly a chance I'd ever get to chance to see her til December. So I'm biting the bullet and asking my regular doctor a complete physical and an ultrasound of my ovaries and uterus and stuff. Cause I can see if I do have PCOS. By December, I'll run it by my endocrinologist again I suppose. Sigh.
 
Week 6 Challenge: Dance More! (Cumulative)

Day Forty-Two:
Today wasn't horrible... Wasn't great either. I slept in again hence everything is 3 hours or so off schedule (ie: it's midnight and I JUST ate dinner with the family). Ah well. I guess I'll sleep a lil later tonight. Anyways, breakfast was my usual cereal, milk and cheese. God. I love Laughing Cow Light Wedges. So good and so little fat! Lunch was homemade sushi again. I had leftover rice. I only made 12 rolls and 1 handroll though. So not too much. Just enough for me. I even gave one to my brother to eat. I didn't even eat it with soy so I'd cut down on the sodium which by the way today's intake was 2300mg. Dinner I had rice with the leftover broccoli & beef (and some of my family's steamed fish and stir-fried veggies.) That brings my grand total of just under 1200 calories for the day (12% overall fat & 4% saturated fat.) Oh. And 2.5L of water as usual. I also went for a lil walk with my brother around sunset around the neighbourhood. Did 2km in 40 minutes. Not bad. We walked at a faster pace than I normally did which is good. :)​

End of the Week Reflection:
This was a HARD week. I feel like I'm losing steam. My sleeping habits went whacky for awhile so my eating habits went out the window too. Least I danced when I could though. But eating wise... It was a HARD week. I ate alot of stuff I probably shouldn't have. Ah well. Honestly, if it turns out I gained a pound or two tomorrow I wouldn't be so suprised. August is a hard month for me. I got my birthday celebrations (like tomorrow a BBQ dinner) and my brother's birthday and my best friend's birthday. Originally, I wanted to reach my 50 pound weightloss by my birthday but it probably won't happen by Friday. I think the goal now is to JUST NOT GAIN and MAINTAIN! Eeep. Plus I'm around the 3s again. And I know my body LOVES to stay there and plateau for a week or two. Ah well. Next week I'll try to wake up early. That's my challenge! p'-'q​
 
Oh C - good luck with the doctors and the testing...I'm sorry to hear that nothing was mentioned in the past that this could be a possible diagnosis.

In regards to the month of August - you've got a lot of celebrating, planning on a maintenance week might be a great way to get through it.
 
Summer Challenge Recap:
(1) - Portion control/low cal & low fat diet
(2) - Journaling on my Fitday account
(3) - Making sure I get 2.5 liters a day of water
(4) - Exercising at least 3x a week (most likely M/W/F and alternatively T/Th/Sat)
(5) - Must Eat Breakfast Everyday
(6) - No Eating Three Hours Before Bed
(7) - Move More
(8) - Less Salt
(9) - No Weighing Until Monday
(10) - Dance More​

Week 7 Challenge: WAKE UP!! (Cumulative)

Current Weight: 264 (gained 2 pounds :( )

Day Forty-Three:
I figured since I was having SUCH a hard time waking up and sleeping earlier that would be my new challenge. I figured out I NEED to wake up earlier to eat properly. Just really no reason other than I work better with a schedule. So starting this week, I'll try to go to bed earlier. Like no later than 2am. And wake up no later than 11am. I figure this is a pretty good timeline. Cause I'll try to aim for midnight every night but realistically I know I'll probably go to bed closer to 1-ish every night.

So... Today I had dim sum. Not much. And then the BBQ. I ate TONS. How much calories. I have no idea. I'm just gonna throw a random number there and call it a day... Oh... 4000 calories? Whatever. Suffice it to say... I ate TONS. Ah well. It was calories well spent and it was my birthday BBQ. I'll try to eat better for the rest of the week. But at least I got 3 L of water into my system. Woot.

Now for bed... Cause it's already 1:30am. :p And my doctor's appointment is tomorrow! EEEEP!!​
 
Hey C sorry to hear about the 2lb gain, hopefully it's just water weight and will come off again soon!:( Hope you had a fun weekend otherwise though!:D
 
Getting on a schedule is key C, but it is hard to change a night owl into an early worm. Be reallistic and if you know you'll be up til 2:00 set that as your cutoff. Sleep is something I'm working on too. Have a great week.
 
Crunchie - Thanks. I hope so too. >_<

Cannon - Yeah. Next week, I actually have to be up by 7 every day. Hopefully, that'd also help getting me back on schedule. Eeep.
 
Week 7 Challenge: WAKE UP!! (Cumulative)

Day Forty-Four:
Okay, it's 5:15AM and I JUST woke up. I fell asleep around 7pm. Now that's early....

My doctor's appointment went okay. He gave me alot of tests to do for bloodwork and an ultrasound. But basically, he told me that even if I don't have cysts in my ovaries, I DO have PCOS from a hormonal standpoint. BLAH! Why the hell didn't anyone tell me?!?!? I got pretty upset at home and started moping around. I only ended up eating cereal, milk & Laughing Cow wedge (total 222 calories) and about 1L of water cause I was depressed.

Then my Mom called and told me that the entire family is going out to celebrate my grandmother's birthday on Friday. What the hell? It's MY BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY. MY BIRTHDAY. It's not even HER birthday. Her birthday is sometime next week. It's MY birthday and I do not remotely want to see that woman on my birthday. Long story short... My grandmother is just a horrible woman who treated me and my brother badly when we were little, spread rumours to family members & friends which made everyone alienate from our family and stole jewelry from my mother. Blah. So as you can see, I'm not exactly thrilled about seeing her on my birthday. Cause I'm stubborn and frustrated, I tell my Mom that the immediate family can go to the stupid dinner & I'm not gonna. I'm already upset. I don't need it multiplied by ten having her need to tell me our family isn't good enough or how useless her son (my father is) or how poor we are. I'm not my mother. I can't be a doormat to that woman even if she is an old woman.

So what does this mean? All my friends are away for my birthday... My best friend has gone camping. One is working. The other moved to another city to shack up with his boyfriend. Another friend is in Montreal this weekend. My boyfriend told me he'll be away from the computer that day cause Miami Vice is premiering. And I can't even have dinner with my immediate family on my own damn birthday. So of course, I'm upset...

Which of course I was already upset from the whole idea of PCOS and the idea of the high probability of being infertile. I cried myself to sleep around 7pm... That's why I'm now up at 5AM. :(

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Week 7 Challenge: WAKE UP!! (Cumulative)

Day Forty-Five:

Okay, like I said I woke up at 5am today. I'm probably gonna hit the sack in 45 minutes or so. It being 12:30 now. I'm tired. But I feel slightly better. After crying it all out and mourning and having some time to mope, I feel better. I spent the entire day talking to my boyfriend talking about stuff. And I feel better about things. PCOS, my birthday. I'm not 100% thrilled or happy but I'm not completely miserable.

Today, since I woke up so early & my brother had to pick up a friend from the airport, the three of us had dim sum. Those two skipped work. I didn't eat much. I think about 13 dim sum pieces. Mostly the least fatty steamed ones. Lunch I had my cereal, milk & cheese. Dinner was 12 pieces of sushi (fake crab with cucumber). All in all today was just under 1200 calories with 14% overall fat and only 4% being saturated. I haven't drank enough water yet. I still have 1 liter to go. But I'm hoping to chug it down before I sleep tonight.

Weighed myself like 3x today. Had to go up and down three times. I haven't weighed myself in awhile on a non-Monday but I had a great urge to... so I did. and paid the price. ^__^; Sodium is up today. Mostly cause of the dim sum. I stayed away the soy for the sushi.

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C's Big Bad Birthday Bash!!!

OH C!!! *squishy-wishy hugs* We'll have a party here for you on your birthday!!! *starts moving the furniture*

So...what do you want for your birthday???

How about some

And of course we have to have the best sugar free, calorie free, but the best tasting cake in the world.

Oh and last but not least...

I know it's tomorrow...but it's never to early to celebrate a birthday!!! :D

*turns up the party music and pretends to know how to dance*
 
Aw C sorry to hear of your familys rather inconsiderate invitation. If it's any comfort I'd probably do the same as you're doing (though to be fair I'd use phrases like "shove your dinner up your a*se" or "get it right up ye" - I've never been known for not saying what I feel). :rolleyes:

Anyway I think it'd be a good idea to have a forum party for ya!:D
 
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