Rage against the 30-something spread

My cal total from yesterday was about 2200 - rounding up. But obviously I'm not going to lose any weight eating that much. I was doing well until dinner and eating out blow my total out of the water.

Today I'm setting a cal target of 1500. I have a shoulder workout and a walk on the agenda, but I'm going to try and get into the gym to pick up a class schedule.

This week I'm setting a goal of attending one class at the gym - either spinning or a stretching/core workout. It depends on the timing.

Slow and steady wins the race.
 
Well jia-ren, you've taken the hardest step. The first one. The one that says "I won't go on like this".

Keep at it man. 35 is so young! Make changes that you can stick with the rest of your life:

Elimination of soda from diet
Elimination of McD's and the like
A morning and evening fast walk (great for just clearing the brain of thoughts)

Good luck!!
 
Slim - I'm a SAHM too. My daughter is in kindergarden and we are in the process of adopting from China. (My little sis is from China too, she's now 7.)
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wow
that must be pretty intresting..i have a son who is 4 he goesto kindergarten too,i want another child too but i dont have the patience right now to carry the baby around for 9 months and then stay in bed for 3 months or so i had a c sec for my first baby and might have another with #2:(
i like the idea of adoption too so does dh..but cant afford right now.will have to wait for 2 or so years.
btw if i wre i would go for streching.good on u for getting the gym memebrship.
keep us posted on which class u chose and how it went
good luck
sadie
 
Sadie - I totally know what you mean about dreading having a 2nd child. The stress on my body was intense and not something I really want to repeat. I look at pictures from when my daughter was very young and I'm practically bald! I had intense morning sickness so it was difficult to keep the nutrients I needed down - so it was a very negative experience start to finish. With adoption I'm skipping all of that, but the wait seems endless.

I did not do very well this weekend, but I did make some important improvments. I did not eat when I wasn't hungry and I have reduced my soda intake to 1/2 a can a day. I have gone years with out drinking soda in the past - I usually make it a new years resolution every other year. But I tend to do well with it only when I cut out the soda completely. I suspect that there is an addictive quality to it so it's easier for me to stop drinking it completely than cut back. It really has no redeeming qualities.
 
I got the walk with the doggies out of the way early today - I'm going to need to either walk them 2x a day or double my route. I just worry that our lab (the black beauty in my current avatar) isn't going to make it on a longer route. She's more out of shape than I am and older in dgo years. I may have to swing by the house 1/2 way through to drop her off and keep going with the doodle.

Today's weights were the following which I was able to do with free weights rather than the bowlfex this time:

Delts:
Over head Press 30/30/30
Upright Row 30/30/30
Lateral Raise 5/5/5
Reverse Pec Fly 5/5/5

If today's success is measured in muscle failure I think today was quite successful. :)
 
OMG 35! Those were the days :D.....you are still young! The most important thing is that you are motivated and have goals. Focus on them. Considering that metabolism slows down as we age, at 35 is still easy to lose weight with the proper nutrition and work out routines. Try to do lots of weights. Change your routine every now and then as you will fall into a plateau and you will stop losing weight, which can be discouraging. As suggested, try spinning, it does wonders with your butt and legs, it works as a two for one as you are doing the cardio and weights (when you do climbing at high resistance).

I agree with you that weekends can be really challenging. I love to eat, I love junk, sweets, you name it. But, because I like to eat, I am super careful with my diet during the week and considet weekends as my DAYS OFF. This works for me and hope it works for you as well.

best of luck
 
UGH! What a lousy week. I found out that a relative is terminally ill and everything has gone down hill from there.

Last night I had fudge for dinner. That about sums up the past week.

So this morning I channeled my emotions into backbreaking yard work. It's a big improvement on death by fudge in the lang run. I'm going to try and be back on track by tomorrow.
 
its never too late to get back on the wagon
u can consider that 150 something cals as your treat .just eat healthy for the rest of the day and dont give in:)
 
I think my husband is driving the wagon and it's run me over repeatedly. This morning he got up bright and early and brought donuts home. I've had one, but the truth is I cannot blame anyone other than myself for what I eat.

My weakness is always food. I can make myself be very consistent and dedicated to working out, but food is a bigger issue for me. The bottom line is I over eat on a daily basis. No amount of logic seems to make me stop. So there is no progress until I start caring more about eating healthier foods in reduced portions. Until then I'm just wasting my own time thinking about fitness.
 
jia-ren said:
I think my husband is driving the wagon and it's run me over repeatedly. This morning he got up bright and early and brought donuts home. I've had one, but the truth is I cannot blame anyone other than myself for what I eat.
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I gave blood a couple of weeks ago and they gave me a certificate good for a dozen doughnuts. I threw the certificate away. Like you and like most folks, I love food and it is an ongoing learning cycle for me to eat proper qualities and quantities of food. Keep at it!

jia-ren said:
My weakness is always food. I can make myself be very consistent and dedicated to working out, but food is a bigger issue for me. The bottom line is I over eat on a daily basis. No amount of logic seems to make me stop. So there is no progress until I start caring more about eating healthier foods in reduced portions. Until then I'm just wasting my own time thinking about fitness.
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No! I did not make any early progress on my weight - and am still struggling losing these last 15 pounds - even though I have improved my fitness dramatically over the last 1.5 years, including lowering my resting heart rate to 59, bp of 112/66 and improving my athletic abilities in cycling (big), running (moderate), and swimming (slow).

Even if you don't lose weight but improve your fitness you are not wasting your time, girlfriend.

I could not have done this a year ago. I haven't had a doughnut in over 6 months or a sausage biscuit at McDonalds in over 6 months and I don't miss it.
 
gr8r80 - thank you so much for your reply and personal experiences. I get so frustrated with myself and it's hard to see the benefits of the positive changes when they are in the shadow of the mountain of bad habits that still need to be concurred. But you're absolutely right - and I need to focus on the positive things that I am doing to encourage myself to make more changes.
 
So there is no progress until I start caring more about eating healthier foods in reduced portions. Until then I'm just wasting my own time thinking about fitness
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am i hearing my echo????
trust me i too eat alot but fortunately healthy food portion is the main issue,whenever i have nicotine cravings i eat:|
but still "tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life"
thats what i keep telling myself too;)
 
Sadie - you are way better off with a little weight gain than those cigs. My grandmother was just diagnosed with lung cancer. Her biopsy is on Thursday to find out exactly what they are dealing with, but it's not going to be good news. She's smoked since she was 23. I'm proud of you for kicking the cancer stick to the curb.
 
I had a small victory this morning. After taking the dogs for a walk, I did not eat the chocolate chip cookie sitting on the counter nor did I eat the last donut. I ate the high fiber cereal with non-fat milk that I'd planned to eat and nothing else.

My problem tends to be that I'll eat something relatively healthy and chase it down with three (or a hundred) things that are terrible, like having a salad for dinner and a hot fudge brownie sundae for dessert. I need to cut back on the 'extras'.
 
It's tough to aviod the extras when you have family around that has no intention of not bringing them home or making them. I think the main thing I have to remember is that the extra's are always going to be around, but it's a choice whether to eat them or not.
 
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