This beginning is two years in the making

You look beautiful! What a gorgeous dress! And your hair is lovely! Glad your day was so special--I'm very jealous!! xxxx
 
What a beautiful photo and you look gorgeous as I knew you would :)
Congratulations and wishing you a long and happy marraige.
 
I'm back!

I took a break from this forum for a while so I could try and enjoy the holidays without the constant stressing about food. I wanted to see if I could still celebrate fully without going crazy. As of today I'm 173.2, which means that yes, I can celebrate and not go crazy! I had a few moments where I definitely overindulged (who knew that puppy chow [the dessert, not dog food] would be so addicting?) but I did pretty good for the most part. I've realized that the two meals per day thing REALLY works best for me. So I'm going to stick with that.

So in my last post I said that I was sick, well it's two weeks later and I'm still sick. :-( My sinus infection turned into bronchitis while I was on vacation. It stinks. I'm not ready to work out yet as my lungs are just not up to it. Just singing and the corresponding deep inhales and exhales put me into huge coughing fits. I miss working out, but I don't think I can do it yet. Fail fail fail.

My boss came in today and noticed my weight loss. I only weigh about two pounds less than the last time he saw me, but maybe that two pounds made a huge difference? Who knows. It was nice he noticed however.
 
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Unexpected hiatus

I didn't expect to be gone, but alas I was. Woops.

I'm up a little to 174.4 today, but given more indulging on my part between Christmas and New Years, it's totally expected. I'm back to eating normal stuff and I'm honestly really excited to be back into my routine. I'm also finally over being sick, so I can work out. We're going to see how bad my three mile time is tonight. :-(

Cheap-o macaroni and cheese with peas for dinner. My husband and I decided we wanted trashy food for dinner one night this week, and since it's Meatless Monday, today's the day. I haven't had boxed macaroni and cheese in literally years so I'm a little worried about how it'll turn out. Hopefully it's good.
 
Glad to hear that you are feeling better now and congrats on keeping eating pretty well under control during the holidays.
 
Since you posted in my diary I just read through all of yours!

I'm so envious of your love of cooking. The hardest part for me is finding good stuff to eat. I swear if someone made a fast food place that only made healthy food and maybe label it with nutritional content, they would make a killing. I am just so lazy and have no skills in that area at all. And I know I waste so much money by not cooking more.

I liked reading about your cereal addiction. I always eat cereal for breakfast and once in awhile for dinner too!

Congrats on your wedding! It sounded like a wonderful ceremony. I just got married myself almost 3 years ago. I can remember that time vividly. I hated planning everything too, and by the time the wedding was approaching I found myself just wanting to get it over with! But I loved every minute of it.

Good luck getting back on track. As you know, that's what I'm trying to do right now as well. We can do it!!! :)
 
Your wedding sounded beautiful. Sounds like you got a really special man. Congratulations. And also for losing some 30 pounds since you joined WLF last September. I have no doubt you're going to continue your journey to health. I heard on the news last night that "health is not a default, we have to fight for it". Tells me I have to continue to work at it, especially at working out.
 
Ecky: Thanks! I don't feel like I did anything special, but I managed to not gain so that's a win!

BB: That's a lot to read in one sitting! And you know about the cereal, they have changed the recipe somehow and it's not as good. I haven't had it since before I got married. I'm really sad about it! I've bought a couple of boxes from different stores thinking I got a bad batch, but no, it's definitely different. :-(

I don't think there is anything wrong with not cooking. If you're eating fast food, instead of at restaurants, you probably don't spend much more than we do on food for the month. I mean, buying fresh meat and produce and stuff gets pricey, especially if you spring for organic and local like we do. Don't stress about the extra money you're paying, because you're probably not paying that much. For healthy fast food, have you heard of Eat This, Not that? It's a book and a website that shows how you can eat healthier while eating out. Most places have healthy things, you just have to know what they are (and a lot of "healthy" items are really not). If you don't like to cook, don't do it! :) But definitely check out the website and the book. If you eat out a lot, it'll be extremely helpful.

HappyChubette: Oh thank you! I thought it was, and I guess that's what matters. I love that quote by the way. It's so true.
 
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BB: That's a lot to read in one sitting! And you know about the cereal, they have changed the recipe somehow and it's not as good. I haven't had it since before I got married. I'm really sad about it! I've bought a couple of boxes from different stores thinking I got a bad batch, but no, it's definitely different. :-(

I don't think there is anything wrong with not cooking. If you're eating fast food, instead of at restaurants, you probably don't spend much more than we do on food for the month. I mean, buying fresh meat and produce and stuff gets pricey, especially if you spring for organic and local like we do. Don't stress about the extra money you're paying, because you're probably not paying that much. For healthy fast food, have you heard of Eat This, Not that? It's a book and a website that shows how you can eat healthier while eating out. Most places have healthy things, you just have to know what they are (and a lot of "healthy" items are really not). If you don't like to cook, don't do it! :) But definitely check out the website and the book. If you eat out a lot, it'll be extremely helpful.
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I have heard of that book, but I've never really paid it much attention. I didn't know they had a website, but duh, everything has a website these days! I will have to look into it. I don't really eat out a ton. I have a lot of turkey sandwiches on whole wheat bread (35 calories a slice, it's da bomb!), progresso soups, and smart ones tv dinners. I know the tv dinners are probably not good for me but I can't help it. There are a bunch of them that I like and the WW points are right on the box. It's great for lazy people like me! My poor husband usually fends for himself, lol. He'll usually have a sandwich with chips, or we'll go pick him up fast food. I really should cook more though, because I hate for him to be eating so much fast food. He's probably just about the right weight for his height, but he has a little belly on him and his fat to muscle ratio is probably way off. He wants to be healthier too, so I really should be cooking more...
 
I think I eat that same bread! I have a turkey and swiss sandwich every day for lunch.

I used to eat some of the Smart Ones dinners and they weren't bad at all. If you're doing WW, it's really nice to have all the points already calculated for you. We still eat fast food more often than I like, especially since I've been sick and not up to cooking. But Subway fast food can be good for you! And the fresca menu at taco bell. (Just thinking of it makes me hungry.)

If you don't like cooking, I wouldn't force yourself to do it. I got into it because I'm a picky eater and it sucks to buy premade foods that have things I hate in them that I have to pick out. It took less time to make it myself. However if you DO want to get into cooking more Rachel Ray (don't judge!) has quick easy and healthy recipes. She's a great starting point.
 
Siiiick

There has been some sort of stomach virus going around my husband's team this week. They've all been out with it. My husband was sick with it Wednesday night, and low and behold I am now sick too. This is just delightful. I don't even want to describe what I'm experiencing because it is so foul. I had been planning on working out yesterday and today, but since I had daycare duty for the kids yesterday I didn't have time, and since I'm sick today that's not going to fly. I really had high hopes of getting back into the working out groove. There is still time, I hope.

I had to go fight with my car dealership today because my car is broken and I feel it's something that should be fixed under warranty and they don't and UGH it's been terrible dealing with this. Thankfully the manager at the dealership went to bat for me with the manufacturer and they're going to fix it. Thank goodness because I don't have $700 to fix what's wrong! I only had to cry once too!

I have no idea what's for dinner tonight. I don't even know if I'm going to be cooking or not. I feel like crap and my husband says he still doesn't feel like eating so we may get takeout for the girls. Whatever it is, it has to be easy because we both feel terrible.
 
Almost better

I have a few lingering symptoms of the yuck that I had over the weekend but I am almost better. I am back to eating, which is nice. And I took full advantage of that yesterday. Peanut butter french toast for brunch, ham and bean soup for dinner, sugar-free clementine, vanilla bean quick bread for dessert. Oh so good.

I weighed myself after my gastro-intestinal escapades and was down to 171.2 but I new that was due to dehydration. I'm back up to 172.3 and I'm going to try to keep it from going any higher.

Back to the gym today. I finally feel like everything is back to normal after the holiday. My run is going to be abysmal, I know this. But it's still better to do it than not.

Easy dinner of cheese quesadillas tonight. Then I'm off to hopefully build some tables I bought wood for. That should be fun.
 
New Years Additions

I have to say I'm inspired by all of the new people on this board. It's so great to see so many people fired up about getting healthier. Seeing all of these people eating well and working out is really a great push for me to eat even better and work out even harder. I love that.


I have to say though, I'm not impressed with all of the additions. Some of the attitudes of the newbies kind of makes me sick. As someone who has been fat for a long time, who comes from a family of fat people, hearing words like "gross" and "disgusting" used to described someone simply because they are overweight, it hurts. I've had those words aimed at me and it's not pretty. So I'll just leave this here:

We are all entitled to our opinions, and if you have these kinds of opinions about fat people, that's great. I don't want to hear them. I don't believe they belong on a board like this that has such a great track record of positivity and helpfulness among it's members.
 
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Back on the wagon but the wagon ride is bumpy

Last night's run was horrendous. The fact that I have not been running since the week before my wedding and the lovely bronchitis I had the latter half of December, my run was slow and full of wheezing. I only managed 2.5 miles. Ugh. But at least I went and I felt better for going. TRX tonight which I am so looking forward to, even after the ridiculous pain I endured DOMS wise after last week. I need to get back in my groove.

Holding steady at 172.3. Since my wedding I've been wary about setting hard weight loss goals for myself. I'm scared I won't hit them and that will make me give up. I don't think it will, but there is always that fear. My end goal is 135 but I set an end date of 1/1/12 so I'm not in any rush. But I've been thinking about it and maybe small goals would be a good way to go. So I'm going to set a baby goal. I want to be at about 168 by Valentines day. No reason other than I was 168 (on Valentines no less) when I was a junior in college. I have a picture of myself from that April at about the same weight and while I was still chubby, I looked good. Happy. I would like to go back to that place of skinniness and happiness.

Panko, parmesan, and parsley pork chops for dinner tonight. (Say that 10 times fast!) And it's math night for my oldest step-daughter so it'll be a late dinner. That is of course depending on whether they have math night, and with the snow they're predicting, it might get canceled. It does not matter to me at all as I'm ok staying home and I'm ok going. Win-win.
 
I really need to get back on the ball

I feel like my brain is only capable of focusing strongly on one pursuit at a time. And in terms of weight loss that currently is on fitness, and not eating less. I keep falling back into my old rut of "well I'm eating healthy food, so I can eat more" and then going way over on my calories. I'm not gaining, which is a relief, but I'm not losing either which kind of defeats the whole point. It's been an entire month that I've been at ~173 and I really need to get my ass back in gear. I'd love to say that I've hit a "plateau" but really, I've just been lazy when it comes to food. I've been slacking on posting here, which is part of my problem as these entries keep me honest. And I've been slacking on tracking my calories. So this will get better. After being sick last weekend, and the weekend before, and being busy as hell, I am now better and have the time to work out. I just have to get the eating right in check and I'll be gold.

Ran 2.5 miles last night. After my month long hiatus it's proving to be difficult to get back into running. I still enjoy it. It's just slow going to get back up to my old mileage. I'm working at it though. TRX tonight which I'm pumped for. My instructor has been hinting that she really thinks I should sign up for some personal training sessions. She says I'm a fast learner, and willing to try anything (and she's totally right, I love trying new stuff in the gym) so she thinks I could get a lot out of it. The only downside is the cost. $250 is a lot to spend on fitness. Especially considering in the entire two and a half years I've been working out I've worn two pairs of shorts. But I'm very seriously considering it, and may start once it gets closer to the half marathon.

Stuffed shells for dinner tonight, plus a Math Night at the girl's school. That should be fun. Now off to track my calories.
 
I can understand your frustration about not losing weight but it isn't a complete waste of time because at least you aren't putting weight on and that in itself is a great achievement.
Do you write everything you eat down? I find that helps to control what I eat. I really think twice about eating something if I know I have to write it down.
I'd love to hire a personal trainer as well but like you I can't afford it. I really need to get back into running as I love the feeling it gives be but I think it will be difficult to get back to where I was last summer.
 
Thanks Ecky, and you're right. I've learned to eat smaller portions and to eat better so that I don't gain. That in and of itself is pretty good.

I try to write down everything I eat, but sometimes I just slack off. It sounds worse than it is because I eat the same thing for lunch every day and now exactly how many calories is in that, so I can estimate what I can eat for dinner. But I don't write everything down religiously. I need to. :(

As for running, you have loads of time before the summer to get back to where you were last summer. :) I know you can do it.
 
Hey Blue,

Just read your diary, glad to see you're doing so well! Can't wait to see your after pictures when you hit your goal!
 
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