Valapalooza's Diary

valapalooza said:
Completely unrelated- clearly we are all somewhat engrossed in eating better, exercising, losing weight, etc.- but not everyone in our lives feels the same way. Do you ever wonder if you are annoying people by talking about it? Once I decided to be honest with my bf about my self-image and what I was trying to do to change it, I feel like I started talking about it a LOT more. I think he's too nice to tell me to shut up, but I'm strating to worry that I'm boring him to death. Anyone else have this problem?
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I don't think it'd bore him. If you just talk about it more, I'm sure he's happy to hear about your ups, downs and tribulations. I mean, that's what support is all about right? And Mrs Bear is right. Maybe if you talk to co-workers or acquaintances all the time about it, maybe they'd be bored. But I think in terms of boyfriend, it should be okay. Sides, if you're talking about YOUR own self-image, health and body issues, he SHOULD take more care to listen and help you deal with it. It's not like you're ranting about shoes here. But your own personal issues and pyschological health.

personally, I don't talk about my dieting too often with my friends and family. I do mention it sometimes and it does affect my eating habits and lifestyle and I'd have to remind them... "No thanks. I don't want pizza I'm on a diet" which may irritate them a lil but I think they generally understand that this is for my health issues.
 
valapalooza said:
Completely unrelated- clearly we are all somewhat engrossed in eating better, exercising, losing weight, etc.- but not everyone in our lives feels the same way. Do you ever wonder if you are annoying people by talking about it? Once I decided to be honest with my bf about my self-image and what I was trying to do to change it, I feel like I started talking about it a LOT more. I think he's too nice to tell me to shut up, but I'm strating to worry that I'm boring him to death. Anyone else have this problem?
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That's why we come on here to talk and for the support! Lol! ;) :p :D
 
Hey Val, haven't seen you for a couple of days here, hope you're having a good time wherever you are! Please take care of yourself!
 
Thanks for the comments everyone- I love getting feedback on things like this. Being encouraged for weight loss on this forum is great, but I think I appreciate the advice on the related issues even more.

I weighed in this morning slightly higher than I have the past few days. My TOTM is just around the corner so I'm HOPING that this is just water weight and not an extra 2 pounds that I have to lose again. :( The scale said 242 this morning (up from 240 the other day, but down from 242.6 last Monday... Maybe I just have a trend of losing almost no weight one week and a bunch of weight the following week- in which case I really really REALLY would like to see 237 or so next Monday.

Unfortunately I don't have the time to post a full report on my weekend and check out everyone elses diaries- but I'll be sure to hop on later and do so.

Good luck to everyone who started the challenge today!
 
Just remember to keep chugging along!!! Everyone knows how that TOTM is!! Just remember "I think I can, I think I can"
 
Ditto, TOTM is bound to be making you retain water, you can actually feel the bloating. Hang in there and I am sure you will have a big drop next week ;)
 
Okay- I'll try to do a quick update of the weekend.

Saturday - I had an Activia yogurt for breakfast and a quesadilla for lunch. The quesadilla was probably not the smartest choice, but I couldn't resist since we still had some Mexican fiesta left-overs sitting around. We went to Cheeseburger in Paradise for dinner (for my sisters birthday)- I got the grilled chicken w/ broccoli and rice. Admittedly, I also stole some of my dads french fries... had sangria... and a sliver of cake from Coldstone. Yikes! Later in the evening, we started our bar crawl at Buffalo Wild Wings and everyone was ordering delicious greasy food. I ended up ordering a salad just so I would have something to eat that would distract me from stealing peoples wings and fries and breaded shrimp, etc. etc. The bar crawl was a pretty good success as far as having a good time- I drank more than I planned, 3 beers, 2 cocktails and 2 shots... but much less than my bf and my sister and some of my friends. To say that their drinking didn't sit well with them later that night would be an understatement.

Yesterday I had another Activia for breakfast and then fell asleep until 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I guess all the fun of the weekend caught up with me. I had some french onion soup and half a chicken sandwich for lunch. Dinner was a grilled chicken pita from the pita pit (lettuce, tomato, green pepper and a little bit of honey mustard) and a skim white chocolate mocha from Caribou. We walked around the city for a while and when we came home we took the dog for a walk too... trying to make up for our laziness I guess.

So, needless to say, starting out on Monday with the group challenge is DEFINITELY a good idea for me. The weekend was a rare occasion- my little sister only turns 21 once, and it's not my fault her birthday and my boyfriends birthday are back to back! :) This morning I started out with one of those goofy Walk Off the Pounds video just to get myself going- and then I had a banana. Lunch was broccoli and cauliflower and an apple. After work today my workout buddy is coming over to get chiseled with me :p . I am totally throwing myself into this 2 week challenge... I NEED to see some results pretty soon or I will begin to get discouraged.
 
Sounds like you had a fun weekend. Yes you are right your sister will only turn 21 once so ya hammed it up! It actually doesn't sound like you ate all that bad really. If you checked the calories I bet you didn't do all that bad. I know if I was out I probably wouldn't have thought to get a salad to occupy me. With all of that temptation. You did so well. That was a great idea by the way and I will have to remember that one the next time I'm in a similar situation.

Oh I just thought of this little tip. I don't know what kind of beer you drink but I know that a regular beer is 3 WW points and a light beer is 2 points so I usually order a bud light or a coors light. That way you can have more to drink :p

I was invited to that group challenge thingy but it said it was closed.
 
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Wow, nothing to feel guilty for Val. You did great. You may have had a 1000 extra calories in everything you ate and drank, but as you say your sister only turns 21 once. What's really important is the calories you saved. You didn't get the wings and fries, you didn't have a big piece of cake, you didn't keep up with the other drinkers, you didn't get a cheeseburger---You saved more extra calories than you took in by far and this should only be seen as a victory. You overcame temptation a half dozen times in 2 days. That's what's so impressive.
 
I think any birthday is an excuse to push the boat out a bit, but a 21st birthday!!! I'm glad you went out and had a great time, just like you should have. It may have even spoilt her evening a bit if you weren't joining in and enjoying yourself. Good on ya I say!!
 
Hiya, Val! You are doing SO well! Don't forget that this is not just about losing weight right now. We have to learn to live in the world of parties, cookouts and birthdays for the rest of our lives. You are learning how to make tradeoffs and still succeed, and that's WONDERFUL!
 
Val,

I love how you list all the food you ate in the form of a story. It makes your food sound more interesting. If I started posting my food it would be like....
Had some cottage cheese....blah, blah, blah.

Your going to do great this next couple of weeks. I too am hoping this will really get me kick started; especially on exercise. I have been doing great with my eating, but I can't seem to dig the exercise all that much.

Have a great Tuesday!
 
So yesterday after work I did 1 1/2 dance workout videos and the "chiseled" video with my workout buddy. Dinner was a lean cuisine skillet meal and some brown rice. After dinner my boyfriend and I took a nice walk around the neighborhood with the dog- it was very relaxing.

Today I started out with some Activia and the walk off the pounds video again. I brought a peach and a Lean Pocket to work with me for lunch. I hope I manage to get in some more exercise after work today- we're supposed to go see Pirates of the Carribbean tonight and that is definitely going to cut into potential work-out time.

In other news, I hate my TOTM. I'm feeling kind of blah- but at least I feel a little less bloated than I did yesterday. I'm really hoping to see a decrease on the scale in the next couple of days. Yesterday was only one month since the picture was taken that made me cry- so I decided to put on the clothes that I was wearing that day and take monthly update pictures. So far it's hard to tell if there is much of a difference. I mean, I know the scale has moved- but when you spread those 15 pounds out, it isn't much. Maybe next month?!?!
 
Do't let it get you down! You HAVE made progress and I gaurantee that it shows! I'm in the same boat with you on the gain last week, but I can only blame self control. You ARE going to hit your goal. All the hard work IS going to pay off. Patience, persistence, perseverance.

You're eating good today, you've already moved more......................enjoy the movie tonight (just stay away from the junk)
 
Don't worry...it's all water weight and it will be gone in a couple days...I just learned that very hard lesson and have come to the conclusion that...water weight is EVIL!!!!! Keep your chin up honey...you got right back on track which is the right thing to do!!!
 
Well, we went to the movies before dinner. I had popcorn. Oops! It could've been worse I suppose. I figure I probably wasted 500 calories on the stupid popcorn, so I had a salad with shrimp from Baja Fresh that was only 245 calories. My other food for the day was the Activia at 110 calories, Lean Pocket at 280 calories and a peach at 37 calories. So all in all I only consumed 1172 calories- so if I hadn't eaten that popcorn, I would've been WAY UNDER an acceptable level of caloric intake, right?!?! lol Especially since at my size, my BMR is 1908!! Oh the things I will do to justify my lack of willpower.

On the up side I did do a workout video when I came home from the movies, so not all is lost. Tomorrow there will be no mistakes! I have the Spare Tire Deflaters to worry about! :)
 
I know what you mean about not being able to tell a difference. I am also going to take pics as I go along, and I think that lining them up will help me to see that there really is a difference.

I just got back my pics from our weekend in May - just a couple of days after I started trying to lose weight. I was really excited to get them, because I thought for sure I would be able to see a difference, but I kind of don't. I decided to take pics every time I reach a 10% loss milestone - I mean 10% of my total start weight. My first batch will be in about 5 more pounds.

Have fun taking your pictures as you go along. Before we know it, we'll have some great "after" shots to share! :)
 
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