Weight Loss Warrior

Suprisingly Happy

Yesterday was "P"-Day for me. I was expecting Doctor to prescribe me some medical weight loss pill... but he didn't. He didn't say anything really about my weight so I'm assuming I've lost since the last time I've been there. He just asked what I was doing and I told him. Going to the gym, eating less, eating more fruits and veggies, more water, no soda. He seemed satisfied with that and was somewhat civilized with me this time. No tears! YAY!

I struggled big time last night wanting a soda. I was so tempted but I drank water instead. I think the caffeinee withdrawl is kicking in because I've had a HORRIBLE headache for several days now (Of course... smacking my head against the car getting in... twice... and having the dr shake my head violently to test my neurological something or other... did NOT help... hehe) but I'm proud of myself. I had a bowl of cereal yesterday with a banana and today I had two pieces of toast and a banana. I hate bananas!

Q-Jay... I'm a BS-er too... I hang it proudly on my empty apartment walls! *Grins* I'm semi-administration. If you want to get technical... My degree is: Early Childhood Education and Program Administration. *Takes a deep breath* Saying that is like walking 50 flights of stairs! *Giggles*
 
It's funny how schools get with the ways they name their programs. My original course of study was just "Marketing"; then DeVry decided to rename all of the programs and my course of study became "Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing".

When people ask me what degree I am getting, I try to avoid saying "A Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing". I much prefer to say "I'm getting my BS in BS." ;)

So, just to make sure I understand your degree, you are learning to professionally coordinate and manage a Kindercare or maybe a Montessori school, right? :p
My sister-in-law does something like that. :D


Oh, and your headaches: Some of it is the changes in your diet, as your body reacts to the (false) feelings of malnourishment and changes in your food intake, some of it is probably the lack of caffeine (try iced tea), and of course the minor traumas you are suffering from doctor and car door are not helping.
Do you have any allergies? Sometimes mine react with the environment to give me a days-long headache instead of sniffles.
 
I work as a toddler teacher at the moment. Basically, with my degree, I can be a teacher up until preschool (five year olds) from infants as young as 6 weeks old and after school programs. OR... I can be a director of a daycare center or a preschool. I'm more towards the working with children than the running of a business... although when my knees give out and I'm too old to play peek-a-boo... I MIGHT go into directing. Highly doubt it.

I'm still majorly craving soda. I'm so thirsty and I've been drinking TONS of water... I feel like I could float away at any moment. I hate this feeling. And what sucks even worse is that my mom had a pepsi tonight. When she came back into the room she found me caressing the nice cold... bottle... *Drools a little* But at least this time she hasn't been trying to get me to drink it and even said "I shouldn't have this around you huh?" Kudos Mom!

I do have allergies. I'm allergic to dust, cigarettes and some pet dander. All of which are rampant at my parent's house. It makes me miserable but I do take meds for it. I don't know what the headaches are all about. I've been prone to bad ones before. *Sigh* Just miserable.

I've also sucked at eating decent this week. Tonight we had pizza and wings. Then mom and I had some cake and ice cream. Although... my cake and ice cream was probably half of what I'd normally give myself a year ago... so that's a good step. It's alright. I'll get back on track and I am DEFINATELY going to be going to the gym... EVERY night.... even if it kills me. I need to get moving. Going. Something. I can't wait until the 100 + inches of snow we've gotten this past week clears up so that I can go for my walks. That will be nice.

TGIF​
 
Lol, Pizza and wings, I did that last week :D
Well, as meals go, you could do worse, but a lot of the "worse" depends on your toppings. Pizza is okay in small quantities, but even a single slice of thin crust seems to run about 300 calories, so it should definitely be limited, if you can manage it.
The half sized ice-cream and cake thing is good, btw. Admittedly, skipping it altogether is fewer calories, but if you are getting yourself down to normal portions of food, then you will learn better habits in the long run instead of just avoiding certain foods.
The goal of what we are doing here is to learn to eat better and to set our plans to be realistic and attainable. Having a perfect weight loss plan doesn't matter a single bit, if we cannot follow the plan. If you can learn to just eat normal sized desserts (remember, half a cup of ice cream is a single serving), then you will have an advantage for the rest of your life.
It kinda stinks, but the dessert servings you get in restaurants that always seem so small... Those are normal servings of dessert. Unfortunately, I don't think I will ever be able to view a tiny slice of cheesecake as a serving, nor half a cup of ice cream, but I do know they are real servings so I will be able to view them as such sooner or later.

Hmm... what a long ramble... To recap:
When eating foods that are "dense" or what we call "Yummy", try to keep your portion sizes down. There is nothing wrong with enjoying your food as long as you try to keep it reasonable.


I was thinking, is there anything like salad/veggies/etc handy that you could put WITH the pizza and wings, in order to help fill out the meal? Usually there isn't enough veg on a pizza to make it a while serving, so other sources come in handy.

Mrphle... me = talking too much.
See you later! :D
 
Well... Tonight's pizza only had pepperoni. I only had one slice... where usually I could have like 3... even after eating like a dozen wings. Gross... I know. I only had like 3 wings and one slice of pizza cause I drowned myself in water. Yum.

I'm sure you could have a salad to go with it. Lately I've been trying to have a fruit or veggie with dinner. When I'm at work we have breakfast (Like... Cereal and Banana) but always with fruit. At lunch we have to have a veggie and a fruit along with protein. Then snack is usually something not so good. We've had ice cream, cookies, cake... but I've been doing better about not eating the whole thing. LOL.

I'm definately noticing that I don't eat as much as I used to. Before I could have finished like... half of a half of a gallon of ice cream or more. Now I can barely tolerate two scoops! And yeah... what fun is like... half a cup of ice cream anyway? That's like... sniffing the empty carton!

Oh well... WHOA! I just realized it's like... MIDNIGHT! EEP! I better go to bed so I can get up early tomorrow!! *Scrambles for her jammies*
 
Wheeee Just Another Manic Monday

*HUGS*

I didn't do too bad today with the food. I had a bowl of Rice Krispies for breakfast. For lunch I had 4 chicken nuggets, two spoonfuls of Carrots and I tried to eat the watermelon but it was super-nasty. Plus I had a couple slices of bread. I had three cookies (I know... I know... Portion Control... Ugh) and a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for dinner. I could have picked something better but oh well.

Went to the gym today. I decided that I wanted to go... even if it was to walk laps for an hour until the weather gets better. Ended up doing 20 on the bike and Eliptical and then walked laps for about 20-25 minutes. I think I have blisters on my feet and my legs are sore as hell but I feel pretty damn good. :D WooHoo!

It's still early in the week that I can correct my cookie mistake. When I went to look at wedding dresses (We won't even go into the traumatic experience that happened) I finally found the perfect one and we decided to buy it. It actually fit me. I was excited. Mom was like "You better not gain a pound!" I said I hadn't planned on it. Then we get home and later that night she's like, "How about cake and ice cream?" I mean... Where's the support? She was much better about not having soda in front of me... which was great. I was happy about that.

All is good. Tomorrow is Tuesday! :)

*HUGS*
 
Mom was like "You better not gain a pound!" I said I hadn't planned on it. Then we get home and later that night she's like, "How about cake and ice cream?" I mean... Where's the support?
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Isn't that amazing how it all works? I'll never understand what goes through the minds of most people...

Congrats on your traumatically perfect dress and great exercise day! :D

*hugs* <-- For the trauma part.
*extra hugs* <--- Dispense as needed, if the first batch wasn't enough.
 
Qjay said:
*hugs* <-- For the trauma part.
*extra hugs* <--- Dispense as needed, if the first batch wasn't enough.
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*Locks the extra hugs in a box for safe-keeping*

I'm so proud of me today... kind of. There was a staff meeting last night (Which I skipped) and the extra goodies were in the staff room today. Among the goodies were two bottles of Coca-Cola. *Grin* I was so tempted to have a glass but I was strong and didn't take so much as a whiff. I did have more chocolate than I'd have liked. Most of it was dark chocolate... which is better for you. I mean... I didn't eat an entire BOX... but I had like 5 or 6.

So... No gym tonight. Going out to celebrate V-Day... considering that by morning we're going to be buried under 2 feet of snow. Ugh.
 
Just wanted to say... It snowed... like 100 feets last night...

Okay well maybe not that much... but it was a good foot to two feet. Man... I can feel the burn in my arms from digging my car out from the snow.. WHOO!!

*Runs outside and makes a snow angel*​
 
This is pretty cool. I was afraid that when we ordered cable television for the apartment that I would be sitting on my behind all day long watching movies and eating junk food... But... I get like three different exercise channels and have been trying them out. Especially the Yoga ones.

Woohoo!
 
Exercise channels? It almost sounds like it might be a good reason to get cable...
I know that it drives me nuts watching as much TV as I do, and I only have the normal broadcasts, no cable.

I'm glad to hear you are putting it to good use :D
Keep having fun with the snow, while it lasts!
 
Cable was definately worth the extra money. I was playing with the channels and was checking out all the different ones they had. I did Bellydancing for 30 minutes and then tried doing exotic dancing... lol. I musta looked like a dork but it was fun.

Hmm... Maybe a new career is in the future for me...

LMAO
 
oooOOOooo, dancing...

As long as you are enjoying yourself, I'm all for it; it's also really good for building and maintaining flexibility. :D I'm all for that.
 
You crack me up QJay... lol.

I'm really liking these dance exercizes. They're fun and by doing them at home I don't have to worry about looking like a dumbass in front of a group of people!

I did pretty good eating today. I have a feeling I'm going to blow it at dinner. I had a small bowl of grape nuts and half a banana. For lunch I had like... 8 tiny meatballs in sauce with a little cheese, 2 pieces of garlic bread and like a half cup of carrots. Not bad but not great. *Sigh*
 
mmmmm... Grape nuts...
Do you do the "warm cereal" style?
I love taking equal parts milk and grape nuts and heating them in the micronuculation box, then adding a banana or a tablespoon of honey...
It makes me very satisfied and it keeps me ful for a few hours. It is about 250 calories per serving that way (1/2 cup of each) + whatever you get in the fruit or honey, and it makes a great snack. I usually have a double serving and make it a meal, but I was unable to eat grape-nuts for a few years, and they are a real favorite of mine.

*Looks at long post about grape-nuts*
All righty, then. I'll just say I think the dancing thing is great. Again. *runs*
 
ooo Bellydancing! i love watching youtube and nice lookin girls doing belly dancing - it just looks so hot!
 
*Chases Qjay... pounces and tackles*​

You peoples are cracking me up.

I've never tried cereal like that. I don't normal eat grape nuts and I never had a thing for oatmeal. I think it's a texture thing. It makes me gag. I'm not much of a cereal freak either. I do like my bowl of Special K or my C.T.Crunchies once in a while. And sometimes Cheerios.

I didn't do too bad today either. I had two small pancakes and a half cup of oranges. For lunch I had 5 Chicken Nuggets, 1/2 cup of Peaches and a bowl of salad with Ranch Dressing. For afternoon snack I had a graham cracker with grape jelly. It's not so bad. I had to try it.

Hopefully... someday... I'll have the nice looking stomach that belly dancers have. *Sighs wistfully*
 
*just lays there for this post*
Those scrawny girls are only on TV. :p
I have some friends who took lessons, not one of them was a scrawny chick like the one's you are talking about. Neither was the instructor, or most of the other students, but they were still in really good shape and it is still a very sexy thing to be able to do. It is also a great exercise and helps build the muscles you want strong, but it is not a cureall; it's just a part of your weight loss plan.

And a lot of fun to watch... do we get video?
 
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