Struggles on the road to health

Thanks, SweatPea!!!!

Gosh I forgot how much I love this forum. I get NO support at home from the husband, most days. Sure, he's good sometimes about noticing that I'm losing weight. But for the most part he's oblivious. And he TOTALLY didn't understand my pant frustration this weekend. Men...can't live with 'em and it's illegal to whack 'em....
 
MindiK said:
Thanks, SweatPea!!!!

Gosh I forgot how much I love this forum. I get NO support at home from the husband, most days. Sure, he's good sometimes about noticing that I'm losing weight. But for the most part he's oblivious. And he TOTALLY didn't understand my pant frustration this weekend. Men...can't live with 'em and it's illegal to whack 'em....
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Awe, sorry to hear that. It seems that men seem to think on a different plain than we do.
 
MindiK said:
Set a new goal today, as well. This one's only 10 pounds...to 190. I think I haven't weighed 190 since around the time I entered high school in 1995. So it'll be nice.
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Awesome idea. I've been doing the same thing with my ticker. I'm working towards mini goals, so that the whole picture doesn't discourage me. (You know, "only 80 more pounds to go!" haha) As for the weight training, good idea.. I thought you were on a body split already. Just give your muscles time to recoop and you'll notice a big difference in energy as well as weight loss.

As for your husband... some men just don't notice things as easy as others. Oh well... you have us here at the forum to keep pushing you, girl. :) Well, I'm glad you're working through that dreaded plateau, girl. You're going to hit Onederland soon. Have a great Halloween, doll.

-Sheryl
 
Hey Sheryl! Thanks again.... I thought the same thing, about the mini-goals. I just couldn't see putting on there that I've got 50 pounds to lose, when I got started. It just seemed SO unreachable.

Nope...I'd been considering splitting the weights, or just taking a break between, but hadn't done it yet. Reading some comments on here convinced me, especially hearing it could help with weight loss and energy. Two things I need a LOT.

Yeah...men suck. But he's not as bad as others I know. So I think I'll keep him.

So now for an update....chocolate is the DEVIL!!!!!:reddevil:

Last night I'm going through the fridge after dinner, tossing old stuff. And in the back I see some of those Handy Snack pudding cup things. And they're still good. So I've got the angel on one shoulder :)angelsad2:) and de debil on the other :)reddevil:). Guess which one won?

The Fudge Rocky Road pudding was SOOOOOO good.:willy_nilly: But I went a little over 100 calories over my lower limit. I suppose I was still within the maximum limit. But I felt bad. I'll be glad when Halloween is OVER and the chocolate goes away for a couple of months.

On a positive note, I've started taking vitamins. I'm a BIG baby about swallowing pills, and that's kept me from taking them for SO long (since vitamins are notoriously huge). But at the drug store the other day, I found chewable orange flavored Centrum. Yay for me! I took one yesterday (and today) and, while it may be my imagination, I feel like I've got SO much more energy now than before. Should've done this before....

Anyway, here's the meal plan for today.

Breakfast - Quaker peanut butter chocolate chip rice cake (this was a new thing...it stinks....too much sugar). 60 cal. (too low...I know...)

Lunch - Four cheese Lean Pocket (280 cal., 7 g. fat), 1 c. green beans (because I LOVE them).

Snack - 2 pc. white bread (140 cal., 2 g. fat), 2 tbsp. peanut butter (190 cal., 16 g. fat), 1 tbsp. grape jelly (50 cal, ? g. fat).

Dinner tonight will be a chef salad, with some ham, croutons, some cheese and low-fat honey mustard dressing. Worst part is the dressing. But it'll be good.

I'm feeling like I eat ALL day long, and I hate it. But today I'm only a little less than 1,300 calories, which is too low, I know. Will I ever get over the feeling of eating all day long, and eating too much?
 
Ok...the update above was Yesterday's update...this board was all wacky when I went to post the reply, so I didn't get to.

Today has gone very well. Unfortunately it's only 7:45 a.m. and things have ALL day to change. My goal for today is to stay AWAY from chocolate!!!!!! Considering that it's Halloween, though, it may be hard.

Happy Halloween, by the way!!!!! :waving:

Anyway, went this morning and lifted weights for the first time since Monday. I did the weights first, then 25 minutes on the bike at a pretty good pace. I felt like I'd worked out at the end, which I know is always good. I think it will work out well, doing the weights on alternating days. That means on Tuesdays and Thursdays I can hit the elliptical trainer harder, since I'm not using energy on lifting weights. It gets SO hard to do any amount of time on that thing after lifting 50 pounds repeatedly....I almost fell off of it one day, and that would've been bad!! :ack2: (LOVING the icons...can we keep 'em forever?!)

So anyway. One thing I'm noticing is that since I started watching what I eat, I HATE eating out, or eating at anyone's house because I can't control what gets put into food, and can't keep count of the calories. I'm becoming obsessive. Tonight the husband and I are going to his mom's to help her pass out candy to trick-or-treaters, and she's making potato soup and cornbread since a cold front is hitting sometime this afternoon (I LOVE cold weather...). And I have no clue what to plan for, as far as the meal and calories go. I looked some stuff up online and got an idea, but who knows?

Here's today...

Breakfast - 12 oz. Coffee with 2 packets of sugar and 2 Irish Cream tubs (the little things...you know)...and a Quaker rice cake = 190 cal., 5 g. fat

Lunch - 1 PBJ Sandwich (2 pc. bread, 2 tbsp PB, 1 tbsp J) = 380 cal., 18 g. fat

Snack - 1 serving Malt-O-Meal cereal, 1 tbsp. light butter = 180 cal., 5 g. fat

Total before dinner = 750 cal., 28 g. fat

Dinner = Potato soup (?) = 298 cal (1.5 cup), 13 g. fat; cornbread = (?) 302 cal., 8 g. fat (estimates only)

Daily total = 1,350 cal., 49 g. fat

:rant: No matter WHAT I do it's LOW!!! I hate eating all day long because I always just feel so stuffed. I can't STAND that feeling! Right now, after just a small cup of coffee and a rice cake, I feel like I couldn't eat if I tried. AAAAHHHHH!
 
MindiK said:
:rant: No matter WHAT I do it's LOW!!! I hate eating all day long because I always just feel so stuffed. I can't STAND that feeling! Right now, after just a small cup of coffee and a rice cake, I feel like I couldn't eat if I tried. AAAAHHHHH!
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Here's a quick solution.... drink milk. (1% or 2%... you can get away with the fat, so enjoy it. haha) Also, eat cottage cheese or yogurt. The added benefit is that not only will it fill in those spots for extra calories, but you're getting calcium which we need. :D Have a great Halloween, girl.

-Sheryl
 
On a positive note, I've started taking vitamins. I'm a BIG baby about swallowing pills, and that's kept me from taking them for SO long (since vitamins are notoriously huge).
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I know a bunch of adults who take the children's chewables for that very reason...
 
I eat a small breakfast. Then, have a snack before I workout.

But I'm a stay at home mom (for the most part), so that works for me - especially since I'm not much of a breakfast eater either.
 
Sheryl....I drank a glass of milk last night, after dinner, when I realized the calories were low. I was drinking quite a bit of milk for a while, but stopped for some reason. I drink 2% now, and want to go to 1% but can't get the husband to go along with it. I don't notice a huge difference, but he claims he can. Big baby....

Maleficent...thanks for the info. :hurray: Glad to know I'm not the only weenie when it comes to pills....

SweatPea...I've never been much of a breakfast person, EVER. It's a chore for me to eat in the mornings. I should probably eat a little something before I work out, but I go so early it's nearly impossible. I think eating something before working out would help my stamina some, but it's hard to cram any type of food in before 6 a.m. Especially when I get up at 5:45. But I guess any type of breakfast is good, as long as it gets things going....
 
I used to work out before eating, but now can't seem to stomach it. I guess it's because I workout harder now (than in the past.)

But, I know there are people who do it both ways - and will say one way is better than the other. But whatever works for you, I say go for it!
 
Well, Halloween ended up ok. I didn't touch any candy that night, but ate enough at work during the day to make up for it. Dangit. Sugar is my evil nemesis.

But I think I was still well below my limit for the day, overall, even with the potato soup, cornbread and little squares of cheese I had for dinner. We'll see when I weigh in later this week.

:willy_nilly::willy_nilly::willy_nilly:<----- I love this guy!

Over the weekend my town had a health fair, and the hospital did free blood work for anyone who wanted it. I got my results yesterday, and my glucose level was low...normal begins at 70, and mine was 66. Last year it came back low, too. I don't think it's BAD though. My husband thought maybe it had something to do with my working out, and maybe not eating enough. But since it was the same way last year, without a "diet" and workouts, I'm thinking not.

No weights this morning...did the elliptical for 15 minutes and the bike for 20. Just have to make it through the day without hitting the leftover candy TOO hard...though I've already had some candy corn...
 
SOOOOOOOOOOOO close...

So today was going to be "official" weigh-in day, since there's no telling what my weight will do next week. Earlier in the week I got on the scale and it said....199! Sound the trumpets and do the happy dance...I was thrilled. :willy_nilly:

But I decided I'd wait 'til Friday. But I kept getting on the scale each morning, just to see that number. It stuck all week. Even went down to 198 yesterday morning. Whoo hoo, I though. Yippee.

Then, on official weigh-in morning, I get on the scale and see.....200. :reddevil:

So the ticker's not changing. I look forward all WEEK to changing the ticker...but NNOOOOOOOO. Don't know if it's water weight, Halloween candy or what. But I don't want to change it if the scale isn't saying it.

Other than the candy I've done ok all week...and even on the days I had the candy I readjusted other things to where I didn't go totally overboard. It was just a depressing start to what should've been a great Friday.

Blah.

Oh...I basically hate the treadmill with an undying passion. But this morning, in an effort to change things up, I got on it for 15 minutes at 3.7 mph. Not something I desire to do too often, but it was ok. Maybe one day a week I'll start with that, just to throw a wrench in the normal workout. I finished up with 25 minutes on the recumbent bike, and then lifted weights. I got rushed on the weights, though, because someone was waiting on the machine and just watching me. Made me nervous so I didn't do all I needed to. But it was a good workout, overall....
 
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SweatPea...you're right! I got on the scale this morning, and it was an even 198.0!!!!! Not sure how or why....but I like it. I'm even changing the ticker, even though it may go up a pound or so before all is said and done and the week is over. I'm finding more and more that my "official" weigh in day shouldn't be Friday, because I always notice a loss in the early to mid-part of the week.

But on to more good news...I bought a pair of size 14 jeans Saturday!! (doing the happy dance!!!!) I haven't been a size 14 in SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long. And they fit great...not tight at all. In fact, if I keep things up, I could be in a 12 by 2008. (happy dancing again).

I'm even doing better eating out. Before I would've thought nothing of going to Olive Garden (the mecca of food for me....tied with Texas Roadhouse), and eating an ENTIRE plate of pasta, chicken parmigiana or lasagna. Not Saturday. I ordered the five cheese ziti al forno, which is a plate of ziti pasta with a five-cheese marinara sauce, and I only ate half. I even drew a little line down the center of the plate and stayed on one side of it. The rest went into a to-go box, and I had it for dinner that night. And NO bread sticks. Since it's high-calorie stuff, I cut back the rest of the day, so I belive I stayed well within the limit.

Olive Garden is one of those places that won't tell you how many calories are in stuff, other than their low-fat menu, which consists of about four things at the one we go to. I found online that the five cheese ziti is anywhere from 760 calories to 1,019. So I figured high.

Anyway...whoo hoo for me!!! Off to work now!!!! :auto:
 
Nothing positive...

Just updating, for the heck of it. I haven't gained weight...probably haven't lost either. I'm cramping and bloated and feel like a gigantic COW! But I'm sticking to the "diet" and working out every day. So we'll see the results next week....grrrr......

And just because he's cute ------>:piggy:
 
Ok, so maybe last week wasn't SO bad....I lost three pounds, somehow. I'm not gonna argue, though...I'll just accept it and move on.

This week has gone ok, so far. Working out hard in the morning. A little too hard yesterday, maybe. I knew I should've taken it easy when I woke up hungry, or at least should've eaten a little something before working out. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill and then 15 on the elliptical, and then felt like passing out before I got home. I was fine after I ate something and got enough water. But I won't do that again.

Speaking of the treadmill, every single time I get on it, whether its once a week or once in the entire month, the front of my legs, shin-bones specifically, hurt for two days. Should I just NOT do the treadmill anymore? The lady at the workout center said if I hit another plateau I may need to start jogging on the thing, at least a little, so the pain could cause problems. Is it the shoes? The machine? Or just my body?
 

Well, holy crap, Ms MindiK. You're already down to 195?? Fantastic, girl! Sorry I've been MIA. My baby sister came in from Hawaii and was staying with me for almost 2 weeks. Congrats to you for hitting the 190s! That's a huge accomplishment. :D

MindiK said:
Speaking of the treadmill, every single time I get on it, whether its once a week or once in the entire month, the front of my legs, shin-bones specifically, hurt for two days. Should I just NOT do the treadmill anymore? The lady at the workout center said if I hit another plateau I may need to start jogging on the thing, at least a little, so the pain could cause problems. Is it the shoes? The machine? Or just my body?
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There's a possibility that you may have shin splints. Also, are your shoes in good shape... do they have the proper padding/ arch/ etc? When I first started walking, I used to wear some beat down New Balance that I had for a year. That was until someone recommended that I change my shoes every 4-5 months due to the amount of activity I'm involved in. (It also depends on your activity as well.) Now I wear New Balance Trail shoes (used for trail hikes, walking, jogging, etc) and it makes a huge difference.

Now as for the pain, I would keep to something with less impact. For instance: the elliptical, arc trainer, swimming, skating, etc. Do you also stretch after your muscles are warm...? Calves? etc? As for hitting a plateau, you don't neccessarily need to "jog." You can add to the intensity of your workout. (ie: adding 20 mins of dancing... putting more resistance on the elliptical every 5 minutes for a minute... etc)

-Sheryl
 
:smilielol5: Yeah....things kinda started falling quickly there once I got to 200. I have a feeling they'll level off a little more, now, for a while.

I was thinking shin splints, too. And I think it's the shoes. I bought 'em brand new when I started working out, but I noticed my feet were slipping a little, inside, when I walked on the treadmill, because my toes would hurt like I was getting blisters on them. It's been about four months...may be time to retire those and get some new ones. I'll try the New Balance. I bought Nike walking shoes, but they obviously aren't working so well....

For the most part I do the elliptical and recumbent bike, and throw in the treadmill only every once in a while. I probably also don't stretch as much as I should...so I'll try that too.



Oh, and for an update... the husband has issued a challenge, that I have accepted. He thinks he's in better shape than I am, even though the only "workouts" he's gotten since he was a junior in high school (he's 29 now) are when he's got to cover a load of metal he's hauling for work. His legs are very muscular, though. But he's SO convinced he's in better shape than I am, even after four months of working out 5 days a week, that he's challenged me to a contest on Saturday morning.

He wants us to go to the local track, get in the bleachers and walk up and down the stairs, to see who can do it longer. I said run, he said walk. Big chicken. But I worry that my clumsiness will cause me to fall and break myself on the stairs, so I'm thinking I may tell him we need to go around the track, walking the curves and running the straight parts, and see who quits first. Which will be him. Because I will walk, climb or run myself until I pass OUT before I let him win.

Wish me luck!!!
 
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