Valapalooza's Diary

Woo Hoo! Congrats Val, and good luck with the upcoming week! I know how hard it is when we're out and about!
 
it's great to have an exercise buddy, I think if you plan out your parties, how many calories you can save during the day so you can have a drink etc, or how much more exercise to plan during the week, having a plan makes it easier to stay on track,
 
Congrats on the weight loss!!! That is exceptional!!

And I can feel for you about the calories involved in partying. Why does it have to be that way, darnit??? Hope you have loads of fun :)
 
Val, thanks for threatening to kick my butt in my own journal. I'm going to bed in 10 minutes so I can be sure to wake up. I did my best at exercising when I had a work out buddy so I definitely reccomend them. As for the bar crawl just get a water with every drink and alternate. Its the easiest way to pace yourself.
 
I forced myself to go back to work today- but I am definitely not feeling 100% today :( As soon as I am done being sick I will be SO happy.

Wednesday afternoon was workout buddy day- we did a couple of dvd's that kicked our butts... I am still sore this morning. We're supposed to do round 2 this afternoon when I get home from work. We keep teasing my boyfriend that he is going to be jealous when he sees how "chiseled" we're going to get from these workouts. (The cheesy guy in this video likes to talk about getting chiseled... it's pretty funny) But seriously- I love when you can feel in your muscles how good of a workout you had.

Yesterday was the bf's birthday. It wasn't until late in the day that I realized that I had only had a yogurt, a bite of his apple pancake, and a few bites of his pretzel at the mall to eat all day (and this was by 7:00 or so)... I was really crabby when I was preparing the Mexican fiesta, so that's when I realized I hadn't eaten. I was able to keep my food intake to a pretty respectable amount- I had a taco salad with chicken and black beans and pico and only ate two bites of the shell. I also had a slice of key lime pie... I couldn't resist- I made key lime pie, boston cream pie and these apple blossom things... there was no way that I could avoid eating at least one of them. I'm just proud of myself for not eating all three! I also limited my beverages to 2 and had water for the rest of the day. Now I just hope I do the same thing tonight and tomorrow :)
 
I hope you get back to 100% soon! EXCELLENT self control with the food yesterday! I don't think I could have been so good around that. You're my new hero
 
Wow! No wonder you were crabby with eating that little bit of food the whole day! :eek: But, even if you had eaten more during the day, you did have great self control last night. I'm proud of you! :D
 
valapalooza said:
Yesterday was the bf's birthday. It wasn't until late in the day that I realized that I had only had a yogurt, a bite of his apple pancake, and a few bites of his pretzel at the mall to eat all day (and this was by 7:00 or so)... I was really crabby when I was preparing the Mexican fiesta, so that's when I realized I hadn't eaten. I was able to keep my food intake to a pretty respectable amount- I had a taco salad with chicken and black beans and pico and only ate two bites of the shell. I also had a slice of key lime pie... I couldn't resist- I made key lime pie, boston cream pie and these apple blossom things... there was no way that I could avoid eating at least one of them. I'm just proud of myself for not eating all three! I also limited my beverages to 2 and had water for the rest of the day. Now I just hope I do the same thing tonight and tomorrow :)
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WOW! That IS a fiesta. Good job on resisting though. Moderation is the key! :)

heh... I get crabby too when I'm hungry. :p
 
Way to GO, Val! You did an AWSOME job!

Back when I was catering, I almost never ate the day of a party. I would be so busy cooking and presenting, I just didn't have time to eat. But the day AFTER the function--all those leftovers--that was a different story. (Moral: make sure you have the leftovers put out of sight!)

I'd love to have the recipe for the taco salad when you get a chance.
 
I echo everyone' sentiments about how well you did during the Mexican fiesta. That is the hardest food to resist!!! Good for you!!!
 
You guys are giving me way too much credit on not overeating at our Mexican fiesta... I'm sure if I hadn't been running around like a chicken with my head cut off, I would have eaten like a pig. I was SO annoyed because every time I was about to sit down to eat, someone needed something, or someone made a mess, etc. etc. A good amount of the food was gone by the time I sat down to eat and a lot of it was cold so it was more a matter of cirumstance than one of willpower. As far as the leftovers go, luckily we don't have too much of that. Mostly just fajita chicken (chicken, onions and peppers done on the grill with no fattening additives, woo hoo)- Our trash is picked up on Friday mornings, so we threw out whatever we thought we wouldn't eat within the next couple of days. I definitely made sure the queso got thrown out because that stuff is DANGEROUS.

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?
 
Hey Val - Good job at all that control, I know being busy helps, but in the past, being busy or not, wouldn't have kept me from cramming food in my mouth in the kitchen ;)

As for talking too much about it, that is a HUGE concern of mine. Whenever my Sister-In-Law goes on a diet, that's all you hear about - "Do You know how many points I had for dinner last night?" "I took a paper plate and drew out my portions for Thanksgiving, and do You know how many points I put on MY plate? Do you know how many points Gary put on HIS plate..." ad nauseum. It's the standard joke in the family.

One of the reasons I never said anything in the beginning of my weight loss is because of her.

Now that it is out in the open, I really try to not let that be the focus of any more conversation then maybe once every couple of days. I have to get my obsession fix here with you guys, because I don't want to end up like my SIL ;)
 
So yesterday went pretty well. I had cereal for breakfast and a Lean Cuisine for lunch (not to mention plenty of water) - My friend came over for our "chiseled" work-out. Dinner was romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, black beans, low-fat cheese and low-fat salsa verde. Mmm mmm mmm.

It was also the little sisters 21st. We went to a country bar called Coyote Joe's (girls dancing on the bar, line dancing, bull riding- all of that nonsense). I managed to limit myself to 3 drinks and 3 waters over the course of the evening... and I only drank half of one of those drinks. I was out there learning some of the line dances (and sweating my ass off)- so I probably worked off at least one of those drinks. My sister seemed to have a really good time though- she's definitely following in the footsteps of her older sisters :)

A couple of my friends wanted to go to Coney Island afterwards, and I almost did until I realized that I would be powerless against their chili cheese fries. Needless to say, I just went home and had a couple of cheese & crackers to satisfy the cheese craving and then went to bed. Tonight is the bar crawl night! I hope I do a decent job of getting in the water and limiting the alcohol :)
 
I have been talking about it a LOT, but pretty much just at home. My husband told me he thinks I am obsessed, but that he doesn't think you could do something this big without being a little obsessed, so it is probably a good thing. I have a feeling that some of the excitement will wear down in time. Things that shock and amaze us - like how much less it takes to get full, and how many calories are in that - will eventually be old new to us and we will begin to have normal conversations again.

I think it might be like being a new mom - you can't seem to go 24 hours without talking about bowel movements, but in a year or two you become sort of a normal person again! :D
 
Hey Val,

I think it's great that you explained how you're feeling about yourself and the weight you're trying to lose to your boyfriend. Sometimes that helps them understand a few of our internal battles, especially if he's never fought with his weight. It's always better to communicate whatever's going on! Hope the bar crawl was fun. Sounds scary! ;)
 
You made the right decision in communicating it to your boyfriend. My experience with the fairer sex is that I usually get in trouble when I don't know what's on their mind not when I do. I'm the kind of guy who would say, "Gee Val hasn't been eating a lot, I think I'll get her a hot fudge sundae as a treat." If you see him dozing off change the subject, but communication is a good thing.
 
Val, first of all you are doing spectacular! I would have found it really hard not to sample all three desserts.

I do know what you mean about being aware of how much you talk about it. My boyfriend has been really supportive. He always congratulates me when I weight in and lose weight. He went down in the basement and got me the postage scale that I forgot we had so that I could weigh out my food and he bought me a new tennis racket. I try not to go on and on about food, calories etc...I think if I heard a 270lb woman go on and on about how many calories she ate all day long I would think to myself that she might need to lighten up on the calorie talk until she lost a few. That's just me....I'm slightly sarcastic if you haven't noticed already.

Like twin said....I think it is just fresh and new now so it is in the fore-front of our minds all the time. Keep up the good work. Your doing soooo good!
 
Hey Val, sorry its been a while ....

Way to go only having one lot of dessert at your do. I know what it is like to have put effort in to preparing something, you just want to enjoy it!!! And don't feel that you didn't achieve something just because it was keeping busy that stopped you from overindulging. We can't rely on will power, you have to introduce conflicting behaviour that means you can't pig out (thats another Dr Phil tip ;) ). That is where this forum helps me alot, I spend so long on here typing, that I suddenly realise, oh I'm hungry ..... I haven't eaten for, like, 5 hours!! That never used to happen, I was always waiting for meal times.

With regards to talking too much, I think it can be a problem with casual acquaintances, but for people close to you, especially your partner, you should let them know that you may talk a lot about it, but that it helps you, and that they don't have to pay attention that much, just nod ..... they are a sounding board really ;)

I agree with Twinmom's hubby. My sister is not keen on joining a forum like this, because she feels that she would be thinking about dieting all the time, and she would rather have it at the back of her mind but still live her life and enjoy herself. But my hubby made a good point which is that if you want to achieve something as significant as losing a chunk of weight, it could help to be this focused on it, and I agree with him.

Keep up the top class job Val, and if you need to talk obsessively about dieting and weightloss, we are always here to listen, and obsess ourselves!! ;) :D
 
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