So, it's been forever since I last posted. Mainly because I haven't had shit to post.
I haven't lost any and I can't even remember what I weighed during my last post. But as of today I'm at 191.7. I'm sure that's up from then but I don't feel like looking. Because if it is it's not by much which is a really good thing. Heh
But I have a feeling I'll start to lose even if it's really slowly. I got braces on my upper teeth yesterday. And with all the things I shouldn't eat and the fact that I'm supposed to brush my teeth after each eating I see myself eating a lot less than normal. Gone will be the days that I mindlessly snack "just because." I'll actually be thinking, "Is this worth brushing my teeth over?" Plus they don't want me having citrusy stuff very often. Since Diet Mt. Dew is citrusy I have a feeling I'll be drinking a lot less of it now.
I'll be wearing braces for approximately 2 years. Ugh!!
Back when I was 12 and in gym class playing floor hockey a girl high sticked and hit me square in the front of the mouth. It shattered one of my bottom teeth. There was just the slightest bit of tooth sticking out. So I saw an oral surgeon who performed a root canal and put a crown on.
Four years later when we moved to Louisiana and got a new dentist with the x-rays he discovered that the surgery wasn't done correctly and it was causing an infection that I didn't even know about. It had been draining into my system for who knows how long. Plus the crown wasn't even a permanent one. So how it lasted four years who knows.
So I had another root canal and this time a root canal for each tooth on either side of it because of the damage they took because of the infection. And a permanent crown was used, only for the one tooth though. Still have the other teeth, they're just a little grey now from the root damage.
But because of the original botched job I still have issues over the years. Evey now and then an infection will still crop up.
So last December my dentist said it was time that it got extracted and since my bottom teeth are close enough together and the hole it would leave will be small enough that she figured braces to move the teeth to fill in the gap would be preferred over putting in another crown.
So this December I finally got off my ass and made the calls to the oral surgeon and orthodontist. Since I have a major overbite the orthodontist said I need to correct it before the extraction. Because any braces put on the bottom would just be destroyed by my upper teeth.
So, I'll have to wear these upper ones for approximately 4 months. Once he's satisfied it's been corrected enough he'll recommend the extraction and braces on the bottom.
Sucks big time. But I could barely eat anything yesterday because it actually hurt to chew. Today is much better but still not the best yet. Hopefully by Sunday I'll be back to chewing normally as my family is getting together for Christmas then.
So yeah, with it hurting and all, which it will with each adjustment and the limited items I can have anyway I'm hoping it'll promote at least a little weight loss. And in the new year once all the "crazy" has ended from the holidays and my grandma-in-law passing I'll be able to actually get back to working out regularly.
We got an Xbox with kinect and a work out "game" to use with it. And of course I still have my elliptical and treadmill.
I doubt I'll get back on here before the new year so have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
I'm a broken record
So, yeah, I suck. Which was the title a couple posts ago. And the following two sentences have pretty much been the same for the last several months.
I haven't done shit with the exercising or losing. But again at least I haven't gained anything.
It's the only thing I have to be positive about with this whole damn weight loss game. I've been hovering between 186 and 188 for months now. Just 10lbs would be awesome. But no, I suck.
UGH!
I do want to lose, not only for looks but for health as well. I just can't seem to stay motivated and I honestly don't know why. I hate how I look and feel but apparently that's not enough to make me stay on track. Doesn't make sense really, you'd think that would be enough but it's just not. Not right now anyway.
I know my blood pressure is really good though. I went to see my neurologist to get a new prescription for my migraines and he took my blood pressure and said it was terrific. Then I saw my ob-gyn for a checkup and renewal for birth control and had my pressure taken there as well and they too said it was perfect.
So with a history of high blood pressure in the family that's good news, that even with being overweight my pressure is still good.
I haven't had an overall checkup in years though. In fact my doctor's office called asking me to make an appointment for a checkup soon. I haven't done that yet. I guess I should just to make sure my cholesterol and everything else is good though.
The last time I had my eyes checked the doctor said he could see that I was on the verge of high cholesterol. It's amazing what they can find with eye exams. But since that time I have lost some weight and started to eat healthier so hopefully that's gotten better.
It's time for another eye appointment as well. And shoot, it's time for another mammogram also. Geesh, it'll just be appointment after appointment these next couple months.
Anyway, I was really hoping to look and feel better for the vacation in a couple weeks but obviously even that wasn't a big enough motivator.
I'd love to blame HDT since he's an enabler but I really can't. Yes, he does enable me to skip a workout or eat dessert but just because he does that doesn't mean I can blame him. I'm the one who ultimately makes the decision to not get off my ass or to put that brownie down my throat. Besides there are times that he's the one that makes the decision to not have the brownie or go out for the ice cream. Many times I leave it up to him whether we go walk Poydras and get our exercise in as well. Sure, there're times that he says he just doesn't want to do it for whatever reason and we don't go but a lot of the time he'll say we need to go. Yes for ourselves but even more so for Poydras, get his exercise in as well cause he needs it too. He's not awfully overweight but he can certainly stand to lose a pound or so.
Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that even when he says he doesn't want to do whatever it is I'm asking us to do I can still do it just because he doesn't. It's my choice to go along with him in not doing it. Or go along with him in doing it when it comes to the eating of bad stuff. It's my choice and right now I'm not making the best of choices. It's easier to just give in and go along than be strong and resist.
I was hoping by creating this website and writing it all down would help keep me motivated but so far not so much. I still like having a place I can put down my goods, bads and uglies and will keep doing it because it's helpful but not in the way I thought. Or at least, not as much as I thought it would be.
Hmmmm, there are websites out there where you can get support from strangers, encouragement when you need it. Maybe I'll join one of them, it may help. Definitely food for thought. HA!
I haven't done shit with the exercising or losing. But again at least I haven't gained anything.
It's the only thing I have to be positive about with this whole damn weight loss game. I've been hovering between 186 and 188 for months now. Just 10lbs would be awesome. But no, I suck.
UGH!
I do want to lose, not only for looks but for health as well. I just can't seem to stay motivated and I honestly don't know why. I hate how I look and feel but apparently that's not enough to make me stay on track. Doesn't make sense really, you'd think that would be enough but it's just not. Not right now anyway.
I know my blood pressure is really good though. I went to see my neurologist to get a new prescription for my migraines and he took my blood pressure and said it was terrific. Then I saw my ob-gyn for a checkup and renewal for birth control and had my pressure taken there as well and they too said it was perfect.
So with a history of high blood pressure in the family that's good news, that even with being overweight my pressure is still good.
I haven't had an overall checkup in years though. In fact my doctor's office called asking me to make an appointment for a checkup soon. I haven't done that yet. I guess I should just to make sure my cholesterol and everything else is good though.
The last time I had my eyes checked the doctor said he could see that I was on the verge of high cholesterol. It's amazing what they can find with eye exams. But since that time I have lost some weight and started to eat healthier so hopefully that's gotten better.
It's time for another eye appointment as well. And shoot, it's time for another mammogram also. Geesh, it'll just be appointment after appointment these next couple months.
Anyway, I was really hoping to look and feel better for the vacation in a couple weeks but obviously even that wasn't a big enough motivator.
I'd love to blame HDT since he's an enabler but I really can't. Yes, he does enable me to skip a workout or eat dessert but just because he does that doesn't mean I can blame him. I'm the one who ultimately makes the decision to not get off my ass or to put that brownie down my throat. Besides there are times that he's the one that makes the decision to not have the brownie or go out for the ice cream. Many times I leave it up to him whether we go walk Poydras and get our exercise in as well. Sure, there're times that he says he just doesn't want to do it for whatever reason and we don't go but a lot of the time he'll say we need to go. Yes for ourselves but even more so for Poydras, get his exercise in as well cause he needs it too. He's not awfully overweight but he can certainly stand to lose a pound or so.
Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that even when he says he doesn't want to do whatever it is I'm asking us to do I can still do it just because he doesn't. It's my choice to go along with him in not doing it. Or go along with him in doing it when it comes to the eating of bad stuff. It's my choice and right now I'm not making the best of choices. It's easier to just give in and go along than be strong and resist.
I was hoping by creating this website and writing it all down would help keep me motivated but so far not so much. I still like having a place I can put down my goods, bads and uglies and will keep doing it because it's helpful but not in the way I thought. Or at least, not as much as I thought it would be.
Hmmmm, there are websites out there where you can get support from strangers, encouragement when you need it. Maybe I'll join one of them, it may help. Definitely food for thought. HA!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Walks are nice, gotta keep 'em up
So, yeah, since the last post I still was doing a bunch of nothing for the most part. But again, at least I'm not gaining.
But, a little over a week ago HDiTty and I started going for walks with Poydras in the evenings when we got home from work. So we're at least doing that.
And yesterday he figured out if we go up and down two of the streets that we used to just skip (we'd go in a big "circle" around the neighborhood) we'd go from .9 miles to 1.2 miles. Or was that 1.4 miles, hmmm, now I'm not sure. But anyway it made it over a mile and that's what counts.
We'd also jog for a bit as well. Usually from one street to the next (the short end of the block) or between light poles. Poydras is a little guy so he can't handle a whole lot of running right now. I mean he's not in the best of shape either.
So we're all working up to longer walks and jogging more.
Which is making me want to start counting calories again using my app. So I guess I'll start that again.
Just a month and half before vacation so I gotta do something.
The walking will help for when we're in Niagara Falls. My understanding we should be able to do a lot of walking rather than having to drive to places we'd like to see. Of course some will probably be done but not a lot it seems. The place I've booked everyone that left a comment said it was one of the best things about it - that it's within 5 minutes walk of the falls - the attractions, shopping, etc.
It's a B&B. I wasn't sure if I'd ever stay at one, I feel like I wouldn't be comfortable at one. But out of all the places I looked at it had a far better ratio of positive reviews to negative. And the negatives weren't all that negative. So I think I'm good. Plus the owner's speak German so I know that'll make HDT happy. He took German in high school and still retains quite a bit of it.
I'm not sure what we'll be doing in Canada but one thing I'd like to do if possible is a corn maze. We did that once years ago when we were there and had a blast. This time around our friends have a 6 year old son that I believe would get a kick out of it as well. So all this walking around the neighborhood will definitely help walking around a maze if we do that.
I'd also like to do one of the cities walking ghost tours. The one I'd like most to do is the bar tour. At each stop we'd learn about the haunts and get a drink. Sounds like a lot of fun. And the walking will help burn off at least some of the calories from the drinks. Heh
But, a little over a week ago HDiTty and I started going for walks with Poydras in the evenings when we got home from work. So we're at least doing that.
And yesterday he figured out if we go up and down two of the streets that we used to just skip (we'd go in a big "circle" around the neighborhood) we'd go from .9 miles to 1.2 miles. Or was that 1.4 miles, hmmm, now I'm not sure. But anyway it made it over a mile and that's what counts.
We'd also jog for a bit as well. Usually from one street to the next (the short end of the block) or between light poles. Poydras is a little guy so he can't handle a whole lot of running right now. I mean he's not in the best of shape either.
So we're all working up to longer walks and jogging more.
Which is making me want to start counting calories again using my app. So I guess I'll start that again.
Just a month and half before vacation so I gotta do something.
The walking will help for when we're in Niagara Falls. My understanding we should be able to do a lot of walking rather than having to drive to places we'd like to see. Of course some will probably be done but not a lot it seems. The place I've booked everyone that left a comment said it was one of the best things about it - that it's within 5 minutes walk of the falls - the attractions, shopping, etc.
It's a B&B. I wasn't sure if I'd ever stay at one, I feel like I wouldn't be comfortable at one. But out of all the places I looked at it had a far better ratio of positive reviews to negative. And the negatives weren't all that negative. So I think I'm good. Plus the owner's speak German so I know that'll make HDT happy. He took German in high school and still retains quite a bit of it.
I'm not sure what we'll be doing in Canada but one thing I'd like to do if possible is a corn maze. We did that once years ago when we were there and had a blast. This time around our friends have a 6 year old son that I believe would get a kick out of it as well. So all this walking around the neighborhood will definitely help walking around a maze if we do that.
I'd also like to do one of the cities walking ghost tours. The one I'd like most to do is the bar tour. At each stop we'd learn about the haunts and get a drink. Sounds like a lot of fun. And the walking will help burn off at least some of the calories from the drinks. Heh
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
I suck
So, I've done a bunch of nothing again. At least I haven't gained.
These are really The Bad and The Ugly times.
I must, must, must get back on the bandwagon of weightloss.
These are really The Bad and The Ugly times.
I must, must, must get back on the bandwagon of weightloss.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Ugh!!
Ugh! That's all I've got to say. Ugh!
Well, I'll say a little more. For the last two weeks I've done a bunch of nothing again. Not even bike rides. Maybe one ride since then and one time on the elliptical. And of course I've put back on a couple pounds.
I only have 16 weeks before vacation. That means only 32 pounds that I can lose by then and that's only if I can lose 2 pounds a week. I know I can do it. I lost approx 25 pounds 3 years ago in less time but still. It bugs me that I just can't keep at it. Of course I'm hoping some weeks will be more than 2 pounds but I've really got to get back into it.
Ugh! Just Ugh!
Well, I'll say a little more. For the last two weeks I've done a bunch of nothing again. Not even bike rides. Maybe one ride since then and one time on the elliptical. And of course I've put back on a couple pounds.
I only have 16 weeks before vacation. That means only 32 pounds that I can lose by then and that's only if I can lose 2 pounds a week. I know I can do it. I lost approx 25 pounds 3 years ago in less time but still. It bugs me that I just can't keep at it. Of course I'm hoping some weeks will be more than 2 pounds but I've really got to get back into it.
Ugh! Just Ugh!
Monday, June 11, 2012
The Bad, The Ugly, and some of The Good
So, I haven't been by for 3 weeks. Geesh. And guess what I haven't done much of since then? Yep, that's right, I haven't done much of any type of exercising.
I couldn't even give you a good reason either. Just been lazy for the most part really. Food has been so so as usual. Not good but not horrible either.
We have gone for a few bike rides though. So at least that's something. Granted they're not long right now, just around the neighborhood which is just slightly longer than a mile. But last night after we got back HDiTty asked if I wanted to take Poydras for a walk and I jumped right on that so we did the same route with him. I've been wanting to take him for a walk lately but HDT hasn't so we haven't. So when he offers I'm not going to say no. Or at least it'll be highly unlikely.
But I gotta say, the first bike ride last Sunday didn't go so smoothly. Well, most of it did, just the end didn't. We were on the home stretch when we had a little accident. HDT's peddles are not normal peddles. He has straps that go over the toe area so when he's on the up swing he's still using his feet and legs. Well he decided about 6 houses from ours that he didn't want to use them anymore. So he took his feet out and flipped the peddle.
Well I was riding right behind him. I was gliding along, slowly catching up to him and he of course started to slow down because of no longer peddling. Next thing I know his back wheel hits my front wheel and we lock up. I end up falling to my right. I tried to stop myself but it didn't work so well. My palm got a couple scrapes that never even hurt. But my elbow and arm? Well that's a different story.
That's taken after it was washed thoroughly and has some neosporin on it, hence the shine. I also skinned up my shin just below my knee. But again, that was no big deal.
By Thursday the bruising was all around the whole elbow and up the side of the scrape. It hurt to rest my arm on my desk to use my mouse and keyboard at work. One of my coworkers suggested using a pillow so I brought one in on Friday. By the afternoon I was needing it.
I took another pic yesterday evening. One full week later:
This was right after my bath so that's why the scabs are so light in color. It had gotten like that on Friday night also - the first time I was able to submerge in water without it hurting like a bitch. But when it came out all soft I picked it off. HDT was not happy with me when I told him. But I think it actually helped. Over night it was able to breath again and several places that had been scabbed up didn't rescab. Last night though I didn't pick any off except what came off when I patted it dry.
Every day, including today it's been very sensitive. Just about every movement pulls it. But at least yesterday and today haven't been as bad and the bruising is almost all gone and I've been able to rest it on the desk while working.
We of course have been careful on our rides since then. Heh
The reason we haven't gone longer yet is that he's still getting used to it. Because of the types of peddles he uses he's more on his toes than the ball of the foot. Which makes the calves work harder. Plus he keeps it in a strong gear so the legs get a good work out. So by the time we're almost home his calves are burning. Eventually we'll be going longer.
So the bike rides are part of The Good. The other good is that although I haven't been doing much of anything I lost a little more. When I weighed in Saturday I was down to 186.7. I'm sure it's the exercising I had been doing that's now catching up. So I'm hoping that by getting back into it I won't gain any from these last few weeks of doing little. Hopefully I'll stay within a pound or so and then start loosing again.
We shall see.
I couldn't even give you a good reason either. Just been lazy for the most part really. Food has been so so as usual. Not good but not horrible either.
We have gone for a few bike rides though. So at least that's something. Granted they're not long right now, just around the neighborhood which is just slightly longer than a mile. But last night after we got back HDiTty asked if I wanted to take Poydras for a walk and I jumped right on that so we did the same route with him. I've been wanting to take him for a walk lately but HDT hasn't so we haven't. So when he offers I'm not going to say no. Or at least it'll be highly unlikely.
But I gotta say, the first bike ride last Sunday didn't go so smoothly. Well, most of it did, just the end didn't. We were on the home stretch when we had a little accident. HDT's peddles are not normal peddles. He has straps that go over the toe area so when he's on the up swing he's still using his feet and legs. Well he decided about 6 houses from ours that he didn't want to use them anymore. So he took his feet out and flipped the peddle.
Well I was riding right behind him. I was gliding along, slowly catching up to him and he of course started to slow down because of no longer peddling. Next thing I know his back wheel hits my front wheel and we lock up. I end up falling to my right. I tried to stop myself but it didn't work so well. My palm got a couple scrapes that never even hurt. But my elbow and arm? Well that's a different story.
That's taken after it was washed thoroughly and has some neosporin on it, hence the shine. I also skinned up my shin just below my knee. But again, that was no big deal.
By Thursday the bruising was all around the whole elbow and up the side of the scrape. It hurt to rest my arm on my desk to use my mouse and keyboard at work. One of my coworkers suggested using a pillow so I brought one in on Friday. By the afternoon I was needing it.
I took another pic yesterday evening. One full week later:
This was right after my bath so that's why the scabs are so light in color. It had gotten like that on Friday night also - the first time I was able to submerge in water without it hurting like a bitch. But when it came out all soft I picked it off. HDT was not happy with me when I told him. But I think it actually helped. Over night it was able to breath again and several places that had been scabbed up didn't rescab. Last night though I didn't pick any off except what came off when I patted it dry.
Every day, including today it's been very sensitive. Just about every movement pulls it. But at least yesterday and today haven't been as bad and the bruising is almost all gone and I've been able to rest it on the desk while working.
We of course have been careful on our rides since then. Heh
The reason we haven't gone longer yet is that he's still getting used to it. Because of the types of peddles he uses he's more on his toes than the ball of the foot. Which makes the calves work harder. Plus he keeps it in a strong gear so the legs get a good work out. So by the time we're almost home his calves are burning. Eventually we'll be going longer.
So the bike rides are part of The Good. The other good is that although I haven't been doing much of anything I lost a little more. When I weighed in Saturday I was down to 186.7. I'm sure it's the exercising I had been doing that's now catching up. So I'm hoping that by getting back into it I won't gain any from these last few weeks of doing little. Hopefully I'll stay within a pound or so and then start loosing again.
We shall see.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Not losing is annoying
So I haven't lost any more which is really annoying. But I'm hoping that it's due to the weight lifting and doing a resistince of 10-12 on the elliptical with an incline of 10 or more as well and building muscle because of it all. Because my legs are looking better and my arms are looking better as well. It's still annoying though.
The other day when we did the weights I was able to go up 5 pounds for each rep so that was really nice. My last two where a bit of a struggle because of my left arm still being so much weaker than my right. I was lifting my shoulder up to help raise my arm which isn't the way you should do it for the bench presses. So since that's the case the next time we go out I won't be going up in weights. Hopefully by the next time it won't be that way though but if it is then so be it.
When we did the shoulder presses I did the 10 and 12lbs for my reps but I decided I'd try out the 20's just to see. The last time I tried them I couldn't even lift my arms at all which seems really pathetic but oh well. This time around I was able to lift them but I was struggling and doing it all wrong. HDT starts telling me to just stop, that I was going to hurt myself. But you know, I lifted them up all the way, struggle or no I did it. And since I couldn't even move them an inch before I'm happy. I'll keep trying each time we're out there. One of these times I'll be lifting them over my head smoothly even if it'll just be the one time.
Not sure when the next time will be though. Hoping it'll be today but there's a chance we'll be cooking out with our neighbors for dinner tonight and if that happens then the weight lifting won't be.
And you know what I haven't done in forever? The scorpion flip. I should see if I can do the pushup part of it now. Heh Hell, just a pushup in general really.
The other day when we did the weights I was able to go up 5 pounds for each rep so that was really nice. My last two where a bit of a struggle because of my left arm still being so much weaker than my right. I was lifting my shoulder up to help raise my arm which isn't the way you should do it for the bench presses. So since that's the case the next time we go out I won't be going up in weights. Hopefully by the next time it won't be that way though but if it is then so be it.
When we did the shoulder presses I did the 10 and 12lbs for my reps but I decided I'd try out the 20's just to see. The last time I tried them I couldn't even lift my arms at all which seems really pathetic but oh well. This time around I was able to lift them but I was struggling and doing it all wrong. HDT starts telling me to just stop, that I was going to hurt myself. But you know, I lifted them up all the way, struggle or no I did it. And since I couldn't even move them an inch before I'm happy. I'll keep trying each time we're out there. One of these times I'll be lifting them over my head smoothly even if it'll just be the one time.
Not sure when the next time will be though. Hoping it'll be today but there's a chance we'll be cooking out with our neighbors for dinner tonight and if that happens then the weight lifting won't be.
And you know what I haven't done in forever? The scorpion flip. I should see if I can do the pushup part of it now. Heh Hell, just a pushup in general really.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I'm hurting and I like it
So, I've continued with my cardio since the last time I posted and finally got back to doing some weight lifting yesterday. And of course today I'm nice and sore. But I like it. I'm definitely getting stronger.
The first time we got out there I could barely bench press the bar all by itself (which it weighs 45lbs) 10 times. By the 8th or so I was struggling and by the 10th I couldn't lift it back up on my own, HDT had to spot me big time.
Now it's more like a warm up. Although I still do it 10 times I can do it quite fast now without the struggle. Yes, it's heavy by the 10th one but I can lift it quite quick now. So what I do is 10 at 45, 8 at 50, 6 at 55, 4 at 60 and 2 at 65. Those last few are a struggle but I'm sure they won't be for long. And of course he does much heavier weights.
There are other lifts we do but those are the ones I remember the most.
Eating has still been good. I'm not depriving myself of a desert or chips, I'm just eating less than normal. I've gotten much better at portion control.
What's still bad is buttered rolls though. Take the other night for example. I made chicken breasts, baked potatoes, green beans and rolls for dinner. We each get 1 and 1/2 rolls. I ate all the beans, all but two bites of the chicken (it was quite large) and about half of the potato. But could I stop myself from the rolls? Nope, still ate those and of course they had a decent amount of Parkay on them. Ah well, at least I didn't finished the potato which also had a decent amount of Parkay.
But the last several times I've weighed myself I've stayed under 190. In fact I'm down to 188 now.
Go me!
The first time we got out there I could barely bench press the bar all by itself (which it weighs 45lbs) 10 times. By the 8th or so I was struggling and by the 10th I couldn't lift it back up on my own, HDT had to spot me big time.
Now it's more like a warm up. Although I still do it 10 times I can do it quite fast now without the struggle. Yes, it's heavy by the 10th one but I can lift it quite quick now. So what I do is 10 at 45, 8 at 50, 6 at 55, 4 at 60 and 2 at 65. Those last few are a struggle but I'm sure they won't be for long. And of course he does much heavier weights.
There are other lifts we do but those are the ones I remember the most.
Eating has still been good. I'm not depriving myself of a desert or chips, I'm just eating less than normal. I've gotten much better at portion control.
What's still bad is buttered rolls though. Take the other night for example. I made chicken breasts, baked potatoes, green beans and rolls for dinner. We each get 1 and 1/2 rolls. I ate all the beans, all but two bites of the chicken (it was quite large) and about half of the potato. But could I stop myself from the rolls? Nope, still ate those and of course they had a decent amount of Parkay on them. Ah well, at least I didn't finished the potato which also had a decent amount of Parkay.
But the last several times I've weighed myself I've stayed under 190. In fact I'm down to 188 now.
Go me!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Losing still feels good
So, it's been 10 days since I last posted. I've finally achieved several days that I've been under 190. Today in fact was one of those days and I'm actually surprised because the last two days have been very bad with the eating of the food.
Wednesday was apparently admin assistant's appreciation day and the managers decided on having an ice cream day. They had chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream with a ton of different toppings to choose from along with bananas for splits and root beer for floats. Because there were too many choices I went the easy way and decided to just have a float. A tiny bit of rootbeer with a tiny bit of ice cream.
So I thought, ok, that really wasn't all that bad and after working out tonight I'll be just fine. Yeah, by the time I got home I didn't want to do shit so I didn't. We had chinese for dinner and I didn't do any exercising and then we also had lemon cake for desert.
Then yesterday after my frozen dinner lunch I ended up having more ice cream, this time with some sprinkles of chips a'hoy cookies and oreo cookies. Admittedly it was very little of all, basically just a taste of them. BUT later in the afternoon when everyone else was having a 2/2:30 break of ice cream I couldn't resist and had some more chocolate in a waffle cone. THEN we went over to his mom's to bring the canned cat food that we had for the momma cat that just had babies a week ago so no exercise once again. AND we had Pizza Hut for dinner. One of their 10 dollar meals with the pan pizza, breadsticks and cinnisticks. Very, very bad.
So I fully expected to be back up above 190, even if it was only back to 191.7 or so, so when I was at 189.7 this morning I was very happy.
But then other than those two days and last Friday I've done the elliptical or treadmill (mostly elliptical) every single day so I have been exercising and mostly eating right.
HDT for whatever reason just couldn't bring himself to do weights at all last week so I didn't do any. And his excuse this week was that he had a cold. Which I actually understand, when you can't breathe and have no energy it's really hard to exercise. But the week before, not only did he not weight lift he didn't do any cardio.
I've since decided that although I won't do the lifting that requires a spotter I will still do some routines that don't require it. Or, I'll just do the lifts at a lighter weight and do more reps. Either way I'm bringing weights back into my routine.
I'm hoping that next week when he's feeling better he'll get back to joining me.
Wednesday was apparently admin assistant's appreciation day and the managers decided on having an ice cream day. They had chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream with a ton of different toppings to choose from along with bananas for splits and root beer for floats. Because there were too many choices I went the easy way and decided to just have a float. A tiny bit of rootbeer with a tiny bit of ice cream.
So I thought, ok, that really wasn't all that bad and after working out tonight I'll be just fine. Yeah, by the time I got home I didn't want to do shit so I didn't. We had chinese for dinner and I didn't do any exercising and then we also had lemon cake for desert.
Then yesterday after my frozen dinner lunch I ended up having more ice cream, this time with some sprinkles of chips a'hoy cookies and oreo cookies. Admittedly it was very little of all, basically just a taste of them. BUT later in the afternoon when everyone else was having a 2/2:30 break of ice cream I couldn't resist and had some more chocolate in a waffle cone. THEN we went over to his mom's to bring the canned cat food that we had for the momma cat that just had babies a week ago so no exercise once again. AND we had Pizza Hut for dinner. One of their 10 dollar meals with the pan pizza, breadsticks and cinnisticks. Very, very bad.
So I fully expected to be back up above 190, even if it was only back to 191.7 or so, so when I was at 189.7 this morning I was very happy.
But then other than those two days and last Friday I've done the elliptical or treadmill (mostly elliptical) every single day so I have been exercising and mostly eating right.
HDT for whatever reason just couldn't bring himself to do weights at all last week so I didn't do any. And his excuse this week was that he had a cold. Which I actually understand, when you can't breathe and have no energy it's really hard to exercise. But the week before, not only did he not weight lift he didn't do any cardio.
I've since decided that although I won't do the lifting that requires a spotter I will still do some routines that don't require it. Or, I'll just do the lifts at a lighter weight and do more reps. Either way I'm bringing weights back into my routine.
I'm hoping that next week when he's feeling better he'll get back to joining me.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
No excuses
So when I weighed myself this morning I was back up a pound. But that's pretty much what I expected being on my period and all.
This weekend once again was a mix of the good and the bad. Had some sorta bad food mixed in with the good. Saturday we didn't work out at all but Sunday when I got up I made myself get on the elliptical right away. I was hoping that by the time I was done HDiTty would be up and we'd go do some weight lifting. He was up but it was already so late in the morning we actually didn't have time.
His niece's birthday party was at 2:30 and we still had to go get her gift. So after he was out of the shower I hopped in.
After we left the party we did some shopping so by the time we got home neither of us wanted to do anything but eat dinner and relax.
Yesterday we just did cardio. As mentioned I pretty much let him dictate when we do the weights and he didn't have the energy to do any. But today I'm gonna try and push him to do it. I have a headache but every time I exercise with one it goes away because of the endorphins.
So no excuses today, we just gotta do it.
This weekend once again was a mix of the good and the bad. Had some sorta bad food mixed in with the good. Saturday we didn't work out at all but Sunday when I got up I made myself get on the elliptical right away. I was hoping that by the time I was done HDiTty would be up and we'd go do some weight lifting. He was up but it was already so late in the morning we actually didn't have time.
His niece's birthday party was at 2:30 and we still had to go get her gift. So after he was out of the shower I hopped in.
After we left the party we did some shopping so by the time we got home neither of us wanted to do anything but eat dinner and relax.
Yesterday we just did cardio. As mentioned I pretty much let him dictate when we do the weights and he didn't have the energy to do any. But today I'm gonna try and push him to do it. I have a headache but every time I exercise with one it goes away because of the endorphins.
So no excuses today, we just gotta do it.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Pizza bad but oh so good
So I've been doing much better these last few days. We've gotten some good weight lifting in and cardio. Although last night we did have pizza for dinner when we went over to his grandma's to see about a cat.
We're not going to be bringing the cat home. As much as I really like it the fact that it's pregnant (we think) we decided it wouldn't be a good idea. Ah well.
Anyway I felt guilty for eating the pizza so when we got home I got on the treadmill. I figured I'd take it easy, just a nice steady walk at 2.5 or 3.0. Ya know, just as long as I did something exercisey. But I ended up jogging for about a minute at one point at 6.5. I think I could've actually gone longer if we hadn't have just eaten. I also lifted up the incline several times to different levels along with going at 3.5 most of the time. Except when the incline was 5 or higher, then I just went 2.5 or 3.0. So over all I did pretty good, according to the calorie count I worked off 200 of them. That's good for me on a treadmill.
Tonight should be a weight lifting night. We shall see if it happens. I tend to let HDT decide when we're doing those since most of the time I need him to spot me. Since it doesn't take us long to do any of the weight routines I'm usually able to convince him into doing them on the days he's only so so about it.
But I wasn't able to guilt him into cardio last night even though I was right next to him on the treadmill. I was hoping by me getting on it that he'd be compelled to push me off onto the elliptical (he doesn't care for it) but no going. Ah well.
But it's working. When I got on the scale this morning I was down again. Granted not by much but it's down!! I'm now at 190.3. I am bound and determined to have the 90's behind me by next week if not by Sunday even.
But, my period is due next week so the bloating may kick in. We shall see.
We're not going to be bringing the cat home. As much as I really like it the fact that it's pregnant (we think) we decided it wouldn't be a good idea. Ah well.
Anyway I felt guilty for eating the pizza so when we got home I got on the treadmill. I figured I'd take it easy, just a nice steady walk at 2.5 or 3.0. Ya know, just as long as I did something exercisey. But I ended up jogging for about a minute at one point at 6.5. I think I could've actually gone longer if we hadn't have just eaten. I also lifted up the incline several times to different levels along with going at 3.5 most of the time. Except when the incline was 5 or higher, then I just went 2.5 or 3.0. So over all I did pretty good, according to the calorie count I worked off 200 of them. That's good for me on a treadmill.
Tonight should be a weight lifting night. We shall see if it happens. I tend to let HDT decide when we're doing those since most of the time I need him to spot me. Since it doesn't take us long to do any of the weight routines I'm usually able to convince him into doing them on the days he's only so so about it.
But I wasn't able to guilt him into cardio last night even though I was right next to him on the treadmill. I was hoping by me getting on it that he'd be compelled to push me off onto the elliptical (he doesn't care for it) but no going. Ah well.
But it's working. When I got on the scale this morning I was down again. Granted not by much but it's down!! I'm now at 190.3. I am bound and determined to have the 90's behind me by next week if not by Sunday even.
But, my period is due next week so the bloating may kick in. We shall see.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
I'm getting stronger
So let's see what we've been up to the last couple weeks...
Weight wise I keep going up and down by a pound to a pound and a half. Very frustrating.
But last week we incorporated weight lifting into the mix. Which I'm liking, so that's good. We've had a weight bench out in the garage for years but have only used it off and on. He far more than me.
We've only done some lifting 3 times now but I've already seen an improvement. I use the bar by itself for the first bench press set since it's 45 lbs. We do ten, then eight, then six of whatever we're doing all while adding weight with each set. When we did our lifting yesterday I was able to do ten with no problem at all. So that made me happy.
Foods been hit or miss really. Lunches and breakfasts are still good but dinners have come and gone with the good or bad. For the most part I think they're pretty good but we had pizza twice last week along with Chili's. So that definitely wasn't good. At least the Chili's was after we did a full workout on the elliptical (me) and treadmill (him). But still.
Pretty much waisted a whole month worth of losing what I want to lose before vacation. Not pleased. In other words, all this exercising and eating more healthy hasn't become a habit yet. It's still a chore. But at least it's a chore I'm willing to keep at.
Weight wise I keep going up and down by a pound to a pound and a half. Very frustrating.
But last week we incorporated weight lifting into the mix. Which I'm liking, so that's good. We've had a weight bench out in the garage for years but have only used it off and on. He far more than me.
We've only done some lifting 3 times now but I've already seen an improvement. I use the bar by itself for the first bench press set since it's 45 lbs. We do ten, then eight, then six of whatever we're doing all while adding weight with each set. When we did our lifting yesterday I was able to do ten with no problem at all. So that made me happy.
Foods been hit or miss really. Lunches and breakfasts are still good but dinners have come and gone with the good or bad. For the most part I think they're pretty good but we had pizza twice last week along with Chili's. So that definitely wasn't good. At least the Chili's was after we did a full workout on the elliptical (me) and treadmill (him). But still.
Pretty much waisted a whole month worth of losing what I want to lose before vacation. Not pleased. In other words, all this exercising and eating more healthy hasn't become a habit yet. It's still a chore. But at least it's a chore I'm willing to keep at.
Monday, March 26, 2012
The weekend didn't get any bettter
So the weekend didn't get any better for us. Still the ugly, maybe even the uglier. Saturday we had Jim, his sister and her husband over to celebrate her birthday which is today actually.
We made burgers for dinner. Which aren't too bad I guess but then added bacon to them. 1 1/2 slices to mine. And throughout the night had Doritos, Sun Chips and brownies. I also had a little debbie's s'more. No drinking this time so at least there weren't extra bad for us calories. We also went to see Hungry Games and although planned on having popcorn and a soda we ended up not doing so. So at least we didn't make it worse that way either.
Sunday wasn't too bad. I mowed the lawn for the 1st time this year and although temp wise it was only around 55 or so I still got my sweat on because it was nice and sunny. We had hot dogs & chips and another brownie for lunch. But since I poured out the chips onto my plate rather than eating them straight out the bag I really didn't have that many. So that meal was 1/2 and 1/2.
For dinner we had a Jack Daniel's brisket (one of the kind you heat up in the microwave), corn and green beans with a dinner roll and a half. So that wasn't too bad of a dinner either.
Actually, now that I'm looking back on everything it wasn't as ugly as I thought. Saturday night was ugly, that goes without saying, but we had baked chicken and tator tots for lunch which are around 500 calories total, which isn't a bad meal really. I had done some shopping earlier in the morning so got a bit of exercise there while walking around the store and bending and lifting items. And I also vacuumed the basement and kitchen and straightened the kitchen which got a sweat going. So, yeah, not near as ugly as I first thought.
Tonight I will be getting back on the elliptical and/or treadmill. HDT has to go in at 10 so not sure if he'll do anything or not.
We made burgers for dinner. Which aren't too bad I guess but then added bacon to them. 1 1/2 slices to mine. And throughout the night had Doritos, Sun Chips and brownies. I also had a little debbie's s'more. No drinking this time so at least there weren't extra bad for us calories. We also went to see Hungry Games and although planned on having popcorn and a soda we ended up not doing so. So at least we didn't make it worse that way either.
Sunday wasn't too bad. I mowed the lawn for the 1st time this year and although temp wise it was only around 55 or so I still got my sweat on because it was nice and sunny. We had hot dogs & chips and another brownie for lunch. But since I poured out the chips onto my plate rather than eating them straight out the bag I really didn't have that many. So that meal was 1/2 and 1/2.
For dinner we had a Jack Daniel's brisket (one of the kind you heat up in the microwave), corn and green beans with a dinner roll and a half. So that wasn't too bad of a dinner either.
Actually, now that I'm looking back on everything it wasn't as ugly as I thought. Saturday night was ugly, that goes without saying, but we had baked chicken and tator tots for lunch which are around 500 calories total, which isn't a bad meal really. I had done some shopping earlier in the morning so got a bit of exercise there while walking around the store and bending and lifting items. And I also vacuumed the basement and kitchen and straightened the kitchen which got a sweat going. So, yeah, not near as ugly as I first thought.
Tonight I will be getting back on the elliptical and/or treadmill. HDT has to go in at 10 so not sure if he'll do anything or not.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
It's ugly this week
So it's pretty much been the ugly this week. Although we're not eating as bad as we used to we're not doing as good as we could and there's been very little exercising going on.
Tuesday we cleaned the garage. Didn't do the whole thing but did pretty good with it. Hell, we were out there for two hours. So I know some calories were knocked out but then we had take out Italian beef. So who knows how many calories are in those. Once again, no where near as bad as we could've been but still.
That's pretty much the only exercise that's gone on this whole week. And today I'm sure there won't be any again. He's picking me up from work and we're going to the Apple store to try to figure out what's wrong with his phone. By the time we get out of there and then have dinner neither of us will feel like doing anything and because we're good at enabling each other we won't do anything.
Yep, gotta get back into it. Gotta, gotta, gotta.
Tuesday we cleaned the garage. Didn't do the whole thing but did pretty good with it. Hell, we were out there for two hours. So I know some calories were knocked out but then we had take out Italian beef. So who knows how many calories are in those. Once again, no where near as bad as we could've been but still.
That's pretty much the only exercise that's gone on this whole week. And today I'm sure there won't be any again. He's picking me up from work and we're going to the Apple store to try to figure out what's wrong with his phone. By the time we get out of there and then have dinner neither of us will feel like doing anything and because we're good at enabling each other we won't do anything.
Yep, gotta get back into it. Gotta, gotta, gotta.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Peeing Day
So, yeah, I gained back a couple pounds. Actually it had looked like I gained back all 3 that I had lost before but with my period in play I figured I'd reevaluate once that was all done. And sure enough as usual I had my "peeing day" that I tend to do almost every month. I noticed in the last year or so that within a day, sometimes two, of my period ending I have to pee just about every hour. It's crazy really. Anyway, I had that the other day and sure enough the next day I was over a pound lighter. So I definitely retain water during my period which I never used to do.
So, yeah, only up 2 pounds really. But still that's bad enough, I'm right back where I started. Last weekend really was worse than I thought I guess.
The last two nights we've taken Poydras for a walk but both times it was probably only for about a mile and we didn't do anything more when we got home. So I certainly don't expect any good results this past week.
But, we now have an actual goal to aspire to and not just trying to get to a certain weight. Not only do we each want to reach a certain weight (mines 135-140) but we want to go on vacation for our anniversary. And we want it to be in Canada visiting friends. If we kick it in high gear and actually lose the 2 pounds a week we want to do that's 58 pounds. That's actually all I have to lose and that puts me at 136. Yep, I'm 194 right now. To be able to lose everything I want to by then would be wonderful. Hell, I'd be happy to lose half of that even. When I lost the 23 pounds I had a couple years ago and was still 162 I looked and felt soooo much better. Yep, I was 185 before and since then I've gained all that 23 back and then some. Sucks to be me.
But if I only lost 1 pound a week that's still 29 pounds which would put me at 165, so yep, still over weight but looking and feeling much better.
And HDT being a guy and much heavier than me would be able to lose more than the 58 if he kicks it in. He'd still be a big guy but I know he'd feel better about himself and he'd definitely look better than he does now. I'm not going to put his weight on here since I've actually never spoken to him about this site so he doesn't even know it exists, so therefore no permission from him to speak about something as personal as the "number."
While on the walk for Poydras last night HDT brought up riding bikes again. I'm glad to hear it, hopefully we'll be doing that soon as well. And I mentioned that we have to start lifting weights as well and he agreed.
His friend Pat whose had some health issues is overweight also. The other night while visiting they discussed him coming over to use our treadmill. If that happens that'll get HDT to work out more. He's pretty much stopped again other than the last two days when I've gotten him to go for the walks with Poydras. He'd feel a lot more guilty not doing something with Pat than he would/does when he doesn't do anything with me while I'm on one of the machines.
Wish us luck.
So, yeah, only up 2 pounds really. But still that's bad enough, I'm right back where I started. Last weekend really was worse than I thought I guess.
The last two nights we've taken Poydras for a walk but both times it was probably only for about a mile and we didn't do anything more when we got home. So I certainly don't expect any good results this past week.
But, we now have an actual goal to aspire to and not just trying to get to a certain weight. Not only do we each want to reach a certain weight (mines 135-140) but we want to go on vacation for our anniversary. And we want it to be in Canada visiting friends. If we kick it in high gear and actually lose the 2 pounds a week we want to do that's 58 pounds. That's actually all I have to lose and that puts me at 136. Yep, I'm 194 right now. To be able to lose everything I want to by then would be wonderful. Hell, I'd be happy to lose half of that even. When I lost the 23 pounds I had a couple years ago and was still 162 I looked and felt soooo much better. Yep, I was 185 before and since then I've gained all that 23 back and then some. Sucks to be me.
But if I only lost 1 pound a week that's still 29 pounds which would put me at 165, so yep, still over weight but looking and feeling much better.
And HDT being a guy and much heavier than me would be able to lose more than the 58 if he kicks it in. He'd still be a big guy but I know he'd feel better about himself and he'd definitely look better than he does now. I'm not going to put his weight on here since I've actually never spoken to him about this site so he doesn't even know it exists, so therefore no permission from him to speak about something as personal as the "number."
While on the walk for Poydras last night HDT brought up riding bikes again. I'm glad to hear it, hopefully we'll be doing that soon as well. And I mentioned that we have to start lifting weights as well and he agreed.
His friend Pat whose had some health issues is overweight also. The other night while visiting they discussed him coming over to use our treadmill. If that happens that'll get HDT to work out more. He's pretty much stopped again other than the last two days when I've gotten him to go for the walks with Poydras. He'd feel a lot more guilty not doing something with Pat than he would/does when he doesn't do anything with me while I'm on one of the machines.
Wish us luck.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Weekend Update
So our weekend went half and half again. I did get a good workout in on Saturday morning. I used both the elliptical and treadmill. I need to start doing the weights again as well. Although I did use the 5 pounders while on the treadmill for a bit.
And because I got up at 9am and immediately worked out and wasn't particularly hungry after doing so then got ready to do some shopping I only had one meal before dinner. That meal (lunch) was a turkey sandwich on breadthins and a 1oz bag of Doritos. I ended up breaking down about an hour after that and eating one more bag of chips though. But even so, with the workout and light lunch I had over 800 calories to use up with dinner. Which I'm sure they were since it was noodle based meal.
I had Ling's Low Mien for dinner. Which, along with the noodles, has pork, chicken, beef and shrimp along with Chinese greens. It's oh so good but I'm sure chock full of calories.
Sunday was ok. We had frozen fish (baked) with some tots (also baked) for our brunch. Then HDT had to go to work from 3-6. While he did that I ran to the store to get a couple items and since it was so nice out when I got home I decided to take Poydras for a walk.
We had a nice 40 minute walk along one of our trails where he got to see ducks, squirrels and even a frog along with several other people walking and biking along. On our way back to the car I even picked up the pace 3 different times. They were very short/quick jogs but still, that's better than not doing it at all. They certainly got my heart pumping.
For dinner we had Italian beef sandwiches. Not the best but certainly not as bad as some other foods we could have chosen since neither of us felt like cooking.
Tonight I'm going to have to do a very quick workout before he gets home so I have enough time to clean up afterward because we're supposed to be going over to his sister's house for his nephew's birthday. And we'll have to leave pretty much as soon as he walks in the door.
And because I got up at 9am and immediately worked out and wasn't particularly hungry after doing so then got ready to do some shopping I only had one meal before dinner. That meal (lunch) was a turkey sandwich on breadthins and a 1oz bag of Doritos. I ended up breaking down about an hour after that and eating one more bag of chips though. But even so, with the workout and light lunch I had over 800 calories to use up with dinner. Which I'm sure they were since it was noodle based meal.
I had Ling's Low Mien for dinner. Which, along with the noodles, has pork, chicken, beef and shrimp along with Chinese greens. It's oh so good but I'm sure chock full of calories.
Sunday was ok. We had frozen fish (baked) with some tots (also baked) for our brunch. Then HDT had to go to work from 3-6. While he did that I ran to the store to get a couple items and since it was so nice out when I got home I decided to take Poydras for a walk.
We had a nice 40 minute walk along one of our trails where he got to see ducks, squirrels and even a frog along with several other people walking and biking along. On our way back to the car I even picked up the pace 3 different times. They were very short/quick jogs but still, that's better than not doing it at all. They certainly got my heart pumping.
For dinner we had Italian beef sandwiches. Not the best but certainly not as bad as some other foods we could have chosen since neither of us felt like cooking.
Tonight I'm going to have to do a very quick workout before he gets home so I have enough time to clean up afterward because we're supposed to be going over to his sister's house for his nephew's birthday. And we'll have to leave pretty much as soon as he walks in the door.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Only a so/so week.
So I've done good and bad since Monday. Although the only day I've worked out since was Wednesday.
As usual Tuesday was our day off although I ate well for both breakfast and lunch. And actually dinner wasn't that bad either really. HDT's mom made me a birthday dinner of pork roast, garlic mashed potatoes and corn. And I was good and only had one bun. Bread is my down fall, big time. But I did go back a couple times for the potatoes. Love me some garlic mashed.
Wednesday I worked out again. Ate well for breakfast and lunch. And now can't for the life of me remember what we had for dinner. Oh yeah, one of those Hormel 4 minute microwave meats (the Italian beef tips) and some fake (potato flakes) garlic mashed potatoes. Although this time I was bad and had two rolls. But since I did well with food over all and I worked out my calories were still under for the day even with the bread. But then I believe (didn't put them in the counter) the couple cookies I had for desert put me over.
But as HDT points out, the calories I'm allowed by Lose It are the recommended amount to lose 2 pounds a week. Since I didn't go over by much I'm still ok because it'd still be under my usual calories I'd eat from before we started this.
Last night I had every intention of working out, even washed my face and put on my sports bra when I got home. But by the time HDT got home and dinner was made and eaten I no longer had the desire to get on the treadmill, let alone the elliptical.
And today we're going over to some friends house to have a cook out and learn how to play euchre. So there won't be any exercise today either. But breakfast and lunch have been good as always. At least I don't have to worry about those, during the work week anyway.
Tomorrow I'll have to make sure I get a good workout in. Especially because we'll be taking another friend and his family out to our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner. We're taking them out in appreciation of him helping with the kitchen floor, well mostly doing it actually.
This week my weight has pretty much held steady. Only going up and down a little bit at a time, never even a full pound. But what could I expect really what with the little exercise to help it out.
As usual Tuesday was our day off although I ate well for both breakfast and lunch. And actually dinner wasn't that bad either really. HDT's mom made me a birthday dinner of pork roast, garlic mashed potatoes and corn. And I was good and only had one bun. Bread is my down fall, big time. But I did go back a couple times for the potatoes. Love me some garlic mashed.
Wednesday I worked out again. Ate well for breakfast and lunch. And now can't for the life of me remember what we had for dinner. Oh yeah, one of those Hormel 4 minute microwave meats (the Italian beef tips) and some fake (potato flakes) garlic mashed potatoes. Although this time I was bad and had two rolls. But since I did well with food over all and I worked out my calories were still under for the day even with the bread. But then I believe (didn't put them in the counter) the couple cookies I had for desert put me over.
But as HDT points out, the calories I'm allowed by Lose It are the recommended amount to lose 2 pounds a week. Since I didn't go over by much I'm still ok because it'd still be under my usual calories I'd eat from before we started this.
Last night I had every intention of working out, even washed my face and put on my sports bra when I got home. But by the time HDT got home and dinner was made and eaten I no longer had the desire to get on the treadmill, let alone the elliptical.
And today we're going over to some friends house to have a cook out and learn how to play euchre. So there won't be any exercise today either. But breakfast and lunch have been good as always. At least I don't have to worry about those, during the work week anyway.
Tomorrow I'll have to make sure I get a good workout in. Especially because we'll be taking another friend and his family out to our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner. We're taking them out in appreciation of him helping with the kitchen floor, well mostly doing it actually.
This week my weight has pretty much held steady. Only going up and down a little bit at a time, never even a full pound. But what could I expect really what with the little exercise to help it out.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Losing feels good
So, I've lost 2.7 pounds in just the one week that I've been eating better and working out. Of course, 1 or more of those pounds could just be because of normal fluctuation. But I choose to believe that I've actually lost them. Especially since it was 1 pound first, the next day was another and then the rest was on the 3rd day. I've held steady since Friday.
Well, that's not quite true. I did go up .5 pounds today but I know that's because of the very bad dessert I had yesterday and the movie theater popcorn on Saturday. Heh
It being my birthday and all yesterday we decided to do a couple movies with going to Chili's in between on Saturday. I still did my normal workout in the afternoon and I had a very good meal at Chili's. I had their salmon, rice and steamed broccoli dinner. Although it was 897 calories (almost all in the salmon of course) we had only had one other meal that day because we got up so late. So I only went over my cals by 96 for the day with that meal. Then of course the movie popcorn put me over more. Not sure how much since I had the junior but I'm sure it was at least a few more hundred since I did get butter added. But because the food I had eaten for breakfast and then the dinner was all good for me food I don't care that the cals were so high for them.
Sunday I worked out again even though it was my birthday. I thought about taking a day off but decided there really wasn't any reason not to so I got on the treadmill this time. Dinner again wasn't too bad although I did have garlic mashed potatoes. But then we went to Red Lobster for the best worst dessert ever:
This is their molten cookie lava cake. It's a warm chocolate chip cookie filled with gooey chocolate with a scoop of ice cream on top. This killed me with 1,070 calories. We each had our own. But I don't care, it was my birthday cake.
Well, that's not quite true. I did go up .5 pounds today but I know that's because of the very bad dessert I had yesterday and the movie theater popcorn on Saturday. Heh
It being my birthday and all yesterday we decided to do a couple movies with going to Chili's in between on Saturday. I still did my normal workout in the afternoon and I had a very good meal at Chili's. I had their salmon, rice and steamed broccoli dinner. Although it was 897 calories (almost all in the salmon of course) we had only had one other meal that day because we got up so late. So I only went over my cals by 96 for the day with that meal. Then of course the movie popcorn put me over more. Not sure how much since I had the junior but I'm sure it was at least a few more hundred since I did get butter added. But because the food I had eaten for breakfast and then the dinner was all good for me food I don't care that the cals were so high for them.
Sunday I worked out again even though it was my birthday. I thought about taking a day off but decided there really wasn't any reason not to so I got on the treadmill this time. Dinner again wasn't too bad although I did have garlic mashed potatoes. But then we went to Red Lobster for the best worst dessert ever:
This is their molten cookie lava cake. It's a warm chocolate chip cookie filled with gooey chocolate with a scoop of ice cream on top. This killed me with 1,070 calories. We each had our own. But I don't care, it was my birthday cake.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Day off
So we did take yesterday off after all. But then, we were discussing doing so anyway. I had printed out a workout schedule some time last week that had Wednesday being a day off, probably because of it being the middle of the week and all. But since we have a tendency to get Papa John's take out pizza for only $7.00 on Tuesday's we decided we'd have Tuesday be our day off and the "free" day as well.
Years ago we were going to try this Body for Life program which gave one free day to have whatever you wanted food wise and no exercise. The concept was so you wouldn't feel deprived with not being able to eat your favorites the rest of the week. Plus it gave you something to look forward to the rest of the week. We did it for about 2 weeks. I had told him I needed him to help me with the healthier dinners if we were going to do it. But since he didn't I rebelled and we had one too many dinners that weren't as healthy as they should have been so it was abandoned. I hate cooking. Although nowadays it doesn't bug me as much as it used.
So, although we're not going full on Body for Life we decided we'd still do the free day. It was good anyway because as the day wore on the back of my left knee just got worse and there was no way I'd be able to either of the machines.
Today it's not as bad though so I'll be getting back on the elliptical (at least) before we head out to see The Woman in Black with his mom.
Years ago we were going to try this Body for Life program which gave one free day to have whatever you wanted food wise and no exercise. The concept was so you wouldn't feel deprived with not being able to eat your favorites the rest of the week. Plus it gave you something to look forward to the rest of the week. We did it for about 2 weeks. I had told him I needed him to help me with the healthier dinners if we were going to do it. But since he didn't I rebelled and we had one too many dinners that weren't as healthy as they should have been so it was abandoned. I hate cooking. Although nowadays it doesn't bug me as much as it used.
So, although we're not going full on Body for Life we decided we'd still do the free day. It was good anyway because as the day wore on the back of my left knee just got worse and there was no way I'd be able to either of the machines.
Today it's not as bad though so I'll be getting back on the elliptical (at least) before we head out to see The Woman in Black with his mom.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Back on the horse
We were good finally. I even did more than I planned in the exercise department. Not a whole lot but still, extra.
While waiting for HDT to get home I jumped on the treadmill and did a good 10 minutes with incline of 3 at a rate of 3mph then did the 5 minute cool down. Had just finished right when he got home.
He changed and then we proceeded to look for some paperwork he needed for his Lazik surgery. Couldn't find it anywhere so I gave up to get on the elliptical before it got any later. Set the timer for 12 minutes and did incline of 7 with resistance of 7 for most of the time. And for the 5 minute cool down took it down to 5 and 5. While I did that he got on the treadmill. He put in a target heart rate and it put him at an incline of 4.5 at a rate of 2mph. I think he ended up moving that around after awhile but for the most part he let the machine do its thing.
For dinner I made chicken breasts on the foreman grill, home grown sweet corn (from my step sister's farm), green beans and one dinner roll. HDT had all that plus broccoli. It was really good and filling.
Had about 12 or so mini pretzel twists for a snack later in the evening and HDT had a mini bag of Fritos.
Today I'm sore. From bowling Sunday, which we haven't done for about a year or so to working out which hasn't been done for months my legs are now killing me. Mainly the inside and back of my legs. And I over extended my left leg while on the treadmill so now the back of my knee hurts as well. But at least the other pain is good pain.
My lower back hurt when I first woke up but after moving around for a bit it got better so that's good. But we'll probably take today off, at least of a full blown work out. I still may do a short one on the treadmill. But we shall see.
While waiting for HDT to get home I jumped on the treadmill and did a good 10 minutes with incline of 3 at a rate of 3mph then did the 5 minute cool down. Had just finished right when he got home.
He changed and then we proceeded to look for some paperwork he needed for his Lazik surgery. Couldn't find it anywhere so I gave up to get on the elliptical before it got any later. Set the timer for 12 minutes and did incline of 7 with resistance of 7 for most of the time. And for the 5 minute cool down took it down to 5 and 5. While I did that he got on the treadmill. He put in a target heart rate and it put him at an incline of 4.5 at a rate of 2mph. I think he ended up moving that around after awhile but for the most part he let the machine do its thing.
For dinner I made chicken breasts on the foreman grill, home grown sweet corn (from my step sister's farm), green beans and one dinner roll. HDT had all that plus broccoli. It was really good and filling.
Had about 12 or so mini pretzel twists for a snack later in the evening and HDT had a mini bag of Fritos.
Today I'm sore. From bowling Sunday, which we haven't done for about a year or so to working out which hasn't been done for months my legs are now killing me. Mainly the inside and back of my legs. And I over extended my left leg while on the treadmill so now the back of my knee hurts as well. But at least the other pain is good pain.
My lower back hurt when I first woke up but after moving around for a bit it got better so that's good. But we'll probably take today off, at least of a full blown work out. I still may do a short one on the treadmill. But we shall see.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Weekend Update - It was a mix of good and bad all weekend
So, I did bad on Saturday with the food. I figured it'd be my last bad day and I'd start fresh on Sunday. While I was out running around doing the shopping my lunch consisted of a personal pan pepperoni from PH and two breadsticks. But after shopping for 3 hours and then cleaning the house right after I got home and put everything away I don't feel too bad. I'm sure I burned a good 400-500 calories at least with all the running around I did. I started out just before noon and didn't stop until 5:45ish. Which included vacuuming, including the stairs, which I went up and down several times while cleaning the house. And also dust mopping and wet mopping the new kitchen tiles. I was exhausted when it was all said and done. Took a nice relaxing hot bath where I sweated some more for about 30 minutes.
I also had some frozen mexican foods (2 taquitos and 3 mini chimichangas) and several buffalo style chicken bites. But they were all baked so I know that helped some. But that's all the food I had all day so even if they equaled the 1,100 calories I'm allowed for the day I know with the shopping and cleaning I burned a lot of that.
Oh yeah, I did have a few Schmirnoff blueberry lemonades as well. I guess I need to find out how many calories are in those. I don't have them very often but decided to while watching UFC with the boys.
HDT did better than I did. He had a subway sandwich of grilled chicken, lettuce, cucumbers (he's since decided that he doesn't like those on the sandwich) and green peppers on wheat. Not sure what else he had, if anything during the day since he was at a friend's house. But he also had several of the same items I did during the fights. But no alcohol for him.
Yesterday we both had a subway sandwich. He had his with cheese added instead of the cucs and I had a turkey on wheat. Just turkey with some pepper and salt added since I don't care for anything else on my sandwiches.
But then, we went bowling with some friends and had pizza. It was thin but there was pepperoni and sausage. And we each had a few shots of Jager. So again, bad food mixed with some exercise but still, not the best we could do, that's for sure.
Today I've done well for my food so far. Some turkey on fiber rich sandwich thins and pineapple for lunch. A breakfast bar and a banana for breakfast. We're supposed to be having chicken breasts and some sides for dinner. As long as I make myself cook it up that's what we'll have.
We're also supposed to do the elliptical and treadmill as well tonight. We both agreed that we'll probably start out slow, probably only doing about 20 minutes on them but we shall see. He's working today so once he gets home we've agreed to get right on them so we get it over with. Heh
I also had some frozen mexican foods (2 taquitos and 3 mini chimichangas) and several buffalo style chicken bites. But they were all baked so I know that helped some. But that's all the food I had all day so even if they equaled the 1,100 calories I'm allowed for the day I know with the shopping and cleaning I burned a lot of that.
Oh yeah, I did have a few Schmirnoff blueberry lemonades as well. I guess I need to find out how many calories are in those. I don't have them very often but decided to while watching UFC with the boys.
HDT did better than I did. He had a subway sandwich of grilled chicken, lettuce, cucumbers (he's since decided that he doesn't like those on the sandwich) and green peppers on wheat. Not sure what else he had, if anything during the day since he was at a friend's house. But he also had several of the same items I did during the fights. But no alcohol for him.
Yesterday we both had a subway sandwich. He had his with cheese added instead of the cucs and I had a turkey on wheat. Just turkey with some pepper and salt added since I don't care for anything else on my sandwiches.
But then, we went bowling with some friends and had pizza. It was thin but there was pepperoni and sausage. And we each had a few shots of Jager. So again, bad food mixed with some exercise but still, not the best we could do, that's for sure.
Today I've done well for my food so far. Some turkey on fiber rich sandwich thins and pineapple for lunch. A breakfast bar and a banana for breakfast. We're supposed to be having chicken breasts and some sides for dinner. As long as I make myself cook it up that's what we'll have.
We're also supposed to do the elliptical and treadmill as well tonight. We both agreed that we'll probably start out slow, probably only doing about 20 minutes on them but we shall see. He's working today so once he gets home we've agreed to get right on them so we get it over with. Heh
Thursday, February 23, 2012
I hate the horse
Yep, still the ugly and the bad. So much for getting back on the horse. I hate exercising, just hate it, so it's really hard to make myself start up again. But without bringing it up to HDT he brought up himself to me that he wants to get better as well.
He started keeping track of calories yesterday and I started drinking water again. So it was kinda funny that we both started something without the other knowing. I went ahead and put in my calories as well for yesterday so that'll help me get motivated again. Knowing I'm only allowed 400-500 calories for the rest of the day after lunch is a pretty good motivator to exercise as I'm allowed a few more calories then.
But I gotta say, although I hate the exercise (any of them) I do like how I feel afterward and when I was doing it consistently I noticed I slept better. So yeah, I really do need to get back into it.
He started keeping track of calories yesterday and I started drinking water again. So it was kinda funny that we both started something without the other knowing. I went ahead and put in my calories as well for yesterday so that'll help me get motivated again. Knowing I'm only allowed 400-500 calories for the rest of the day after lunch is a pretty good motivator to exercise as I'm allowed a few more calories then.
But I gotta say, although I hate the exercise (any of them) I do like how I feel afterward and when I was doing it consistently I noticed I slept better. So yeah, I really do need to get back into it.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Yeah, I've been bad for months
So yeah, I haven't done much good in all these months I've been off work. I was laid off the very next day after my last post. Two of us girls were and supposedly they were going to lay off at least one other person if not two. Have no idea if that happened and don't really care. The one thing I hate the very most in commercial construction is the economy of it. Even when the economy in general is going well the construction industry can be in the shitter. So it's even worse when the economy in general is there as well.
Anyway, as mentioned, I didn't keep up with my workouts nor eating well. I don't remember what I was weighing during my last entries but I believe I gained at least 5-7 pounds from then. Of course most of those came during the holidays.
I'd go through spurts of working out and semi eating better but never consistent. Which is really stupid considering I had a whole helluva lot of time on my hands.
Now I'm back working (since Jan 4th at a new place & not in construction) and want to get back to working out. I can do that but unfortunately right now I can't eat quite as healthy as I'd like. HDiTty and a friend are retiling our kitchen floor and both the refrigerator and stove are in the living room while that's happening. So not as easy to make healthy meals with just a microwave. And they'll be there until at least Tuesday since they won't be able to put the new tile in until Monday.
Although I plan on making stew in the slow cooker tomorrow. And we do have the george foreman grill. So it's not a total disaster when it comes to food.
HDT's sister is supposed to be coming over tonight to cut my hair. I'll be surprised if that actually happens. But if it does I won't be working out. If it doesn't I plan on getting on the treadmill at least.
My other plan is to see about getting him to get on the workout kick with me again. We did pretty well for about 2-3 weeks over a year ago working out together. I'd like to get back into that. And I of course have to quit buying the sweets. If there are sweets of any kind in the house it's because of me since I do all the shopping. Yep, gotta quit that. I also want to get back to using the app on my phone that tracks my food calories, etc. Supposedly it has a shit load more food updates so hopefully won't be as hard to track so many things.
Wish me luck in sticking with it this time.
Anyway, as mentioned, I didn't keep up with my workouts nor eating well. I don't remember what I was weighing during my last entries but I believe I gained at least 5-7 pounds from then. Of course most of those came during the holidays.
I'd go through spurts of working out and semi eating better but never consistent. Which is really stupid considering I had a whole helluva lot of time on my hands.
Now I'm back working (since Jan 4th at a new place & not in construction) and want to get back to working out. I can do that but unfortunately right now I can't eat quite as healthy as I'd like. HDiTty and a friend are retiling our kitchen floor and both the refrigerator and stove are in the living room while that's happening. So not as easy to make healthy meals with just a microwave. And they'll be there until at least Tuesday since they won't be able to put the new tile in until Monday.
Although I plan on making stew in the slow cooker tomorrow. And we do have the george foreman grill. So it's not a total disaster when it comes to food.
HDT's sister is supposed to be coming over tonight to cut my hair. I'll be surprised if that actually happens. But if it does I won't be working out. If it doesn't I plan on getting on the treadmill at least.
My other plan is to see about getting him to get on the workout kick with me again. We did pretty well for about 2-3 weeks over a year ago working out together. I'd like to get back into that. And I of course have to quit buying the sweets. If there are sweets of any kind in the house it's because of me since I do all the shopping. Yep, gotta quit that. I also want to get back to using the app on my phone that tracks my food calories, etc. Supposedly it has a shit load more food updates so hopefully won't be as hard to track so many things.
Wish me luck in sticking with it this time.
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