I have been stuck for so long that I kind of forgot how it felt to step on the scale and see the number go down. It felt great this morning, I hope it continues. I had to take a few rest days because the tops of my legs are killing me for doing so many stairs, but my butt will look good later, right?
Scotts aunt gave me a really nice coat that is a tad too snug for me, I have worn it out once and I am so close to fitting in it. It is my goal to fit in it in the next month or so. I think I can, I think I can. Scott says it looks so good on me already.
I hope to go to the gym tomorrow, and get some swimming in. I really love it so much, no wonder Caiden is/was such a water baby.
The Christmas season has officially begun, Scotts dad started putting up his massive Christmas light display and fruitcake was dessert last night. Don't tell HM, I totally had some! a little sliver, but it was sooooo good. My favorite. My mom usually does a ton of baking for Christmas evening, I am going to die to try staying away from it. It may be harder than Thanksgiving, but again... I think I can I think I can. I can beat it!
Here are my new stats:
Starting weight: 223.8
Small goal: 185
Final goal: 140
Current weight: 198
Weight lost: 26.8 lbs
Inches lost: 29 1/2
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Tea
I was told I can drink as much tea as I want (although it doesn't count towards my water intake), so I have been drinking gads of tea.
When my husband died, the wife of the man that also died in the same crash brought me some tea to make me feel better. I was called creme caramel tea. I didn't even open the box for the longest time, and then I opened it and became addicted to it. I finished that box and got another couple since then, but I am getting low on the current box, and I CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE!!!! WAHHH! So I have been looking for an equivalent. I found the most heavenly tea and I am addicted to it! It is chocolate hazelnut tea. oh my goodness, so good.
I have also been drinking tons of green tea (which I didn't really like). It is supposed to boost the metabolism, and two of my supplements have green tea extract in them. I found a kind I actually liked, which is mango passionfruit acai. It is awesome, and isn't bitter like I find most green teas.
If anyone has any other kinds of tea that they like, I am all ears.
When my husband died, the wife of the man that also died in the same crash brought me some tea to make me feel better. I was called creme caramel tea. I didn't even open the box for the longest time, and then I opened it and became addicted to it. I finished that box and got another couple since then, but I am getting low on the current box, and I CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE!!!! WAHHH! So I have been looking for an equivalent. I found the most heavenly tea and I am addicted to it! It is chocolate hazelnut tea. oh my goodness, so good.
I have also been drinking tons of green tea (which I didn't really like). It is supposed to boost the metabolism, and two of my supplements have green tea extract in them. I found a kind I actually liked, which is mango passionfruit acai. It is awesome, and isn't bitter like I find most green teas.
If anyone has any other kinds of tea that they like, I am all ears.
Who says I can't multitask?
As I feel I am unable to vent in my blog anymore about being stuck in my weight loss, I will be positive from here on out.
Anyhoo, I have been trying to do my stairs 76 times every second day, which is an amazing workout (although the tops of my legs are in constant pain... I hope that goes away). I have also been stressed out about committing to too many xmas crochet/knitting projects and getting them done in time. Well I nipped 2 things in the bud yesterday!! HAHA I did my steps in about an hour (walking/jogging), while I was crocheting. It was easier than I thought it would be!
I weighed myself this morning and I was back under 200, after a week of ups and downs. Going from a tiny amount of food to the amount of food I was eating before, has seemed to do the trick... I think. I am not starving, but I am ok.
To address a comment on my last post, on days that I do a big workout, I eat extra ( just don't log it) I eat at least 1 more protein portion and more veggies. Everyone plateaus, and here is my first bad plateau.
On another topic: I am so scared of losing my engagement ring! If my fingers are cold they are so small, and the ring is loose (but not currently loose enough to fall off, I think). I want to get it sized, but I don't want to have to do it too many times. I was thinking of getting it sized in Jan/Feb, but I wonder if I should wait.
I joined a few groups on My Fitness Pal that have some wonderful ladies in them that keep me going, we have weigh ins with a final goal to be lighter by New Years. After this plateau, I won't hit 185 by then, I don't think, but I will try. I don't really care anymore. Whenever the weight comes off, it will come off.
Well that is it. I will probably post less now, keep it all to myself.
Anyhoo, I have been trying to do my stairs 76 times every second day, which is an amazing workout (although the tops of my legs are in constant pain... I hope that goes away). I have also been stressed out about committing to too many xmas crochet/knitting projects and getting them done in time. Well I nipped 2 things in the bud yesterday!! HAHA I did my steps in about an hour (walking/jogging), while I was crocheting. It was easier than I thought it would be!
I weighed myself this morning and I was back under 200, after a week of ups and downs. Going from a tiny amount of food to the amount of food I was eating before, has seemed to do the trick... I think. I am not starving, but I am ok.
To address a comment on my last post, on days that I do a big workout, I eat extra ( just don't log it) I eat at least 1 more protein portion and more veggies. Everyone plateaus, and here is my first bad plateau.
On another topic: I am so scared of losing my engagement ring! If my fingers are cold they are so small, and the ring is loose (but not currently loose enough to fall off, I think). I want to get it sized, but I don't want to have to do it too many times. I was thinking of getting it sized in Jan/Feb, but I wonder if I should wait.
I joined a few groups on My Fitness Pal that have some wonderful ladies in them that keep me going, we have weigh ins with a final goal to be lighter by New Years. After this plateau, I won't hit 185 by then, I don't think, but I will try. I don't really care anymore. Whenever the weight comes off, it will come off.
Well that is it. I will probably post less now, keep it all to myself.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
My workouts
Since being on this plateau for so long, hovering around 200 for more than 2 weeks, I have decided to add something new to my workout. Before I was going to the gym with my bestie and doing the water tread afterwards, which I will continue (when scheduling allows me to have someone to watch Caiden). I have added the Ripped in 30 workout by Jillian Michaels. She is a bitch and I hate her, but it is a great workout.
I will also being adding stair climbing every second day. My house has 13 stairs, so I have been jogging up and down them 76 times; which works out to 1000 up and 1000 down.
They had cut down my food quite a bit and I was barely getting 1000 calories... I was worried I was starving myself, so I brought it up with E on Monday, and she raised my food levels up to what they were previously. She said as long as I am losing at these levels, she will leave me there. Phew! I tried to work out on that little amount of food, and I was dizzy and shaky afterwards.
I am doing everything I can to get this weight off me, and for some reason my body is holding onto it for dear life. I am getting annoyed! I know it will come off eventually, but I am eager to be thin!
I will also being adding stair climbing every second day. My house has 13 stairs, so I have been jogging up and down them 76 times; which works out to 1000 up and 1000 down.
They had cut down my food quite a bit and I was barely getting 1000 calories... I was worried I was starving myself, so I brought it up with E on Monday, and she raised my food levels up to what they were previously. She said as long as I am losing at these levels, she will leave me there. Phew! I tried to work out on that little amount of food, and I was dizzy and shaky afterwards.
I am doing everything I can to get this weight off me, and for some reason my body is holding onto it for dear life. I am getting annoyed! I know it will come off eventually, but I am eager to be thin!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
I did it!!!
Ok I am beyond excited that I stepped on the scale this morning and I saw the 1... OMG 199.6! What an accomplishment, well I see it as one anyways. I am on my way and my mini goal of 185 by Christmas (Or New Years at the very least) seems so attainable! Probably more like New Years, but going against the norm; I will not stress if it doesn't happen. It will happen eventually. I just need to keep my head in the game, and keep doing what I am doing.
Friday, November 18, 2011
It has been a week...
I was hoping that I would be able to report a big 199... But I am so close. It feels as if my body is mocking me in some way.
Let's go back a little bit... I had been sitting at 202 for almost a week, I gained 3 lbs Wednesday and then lost it the next day. Go me! It wouldn't have had to be that way if my body would just stop being stubborn.
They cut my food, so now I can barely reach 1000 calories a day, let alone the reccomended 1200 I should have as a minimum.
I made it to 201.2 on Wednesday and then it was Scott's birthday, so I took him to Montana's for all you can eat ribs... His favorite. I ate a tad more than my allotted food, ok that's fine, I saved some food portions so I wouldn't have to worry too much. The next morning I weighed myself and was up to 202.6. Here we go again.
We set a mini goal for today to be 199 point anything at HM. I would have been ecstatic at 199.9, but no. It was good enough that the Montana's dinner that I enjoyed was worked off.
I have been getting messages from random people I have added to My Fitness Pal saying how inspired they are to see my hard work and determination... Seriously? I inspire people? But how can that be? I am just me, full of the drive and determination to be a healthy beautiful weight that I do wish more people would adopt themselves. I can only continue what I am doing, and hope that people see it really isn't too hard once you get going.
I used to think working out in the gym for over an hour and trending water for an hour was stupid, a waste of time, and too hard... Yet I did these things today with my partner in crime.
So here are my new stats:
Starting weight: 223.8
Small goal: 185
Final goal: 140
Current weight: 200.2
Weight lost: 23.6 lbs
Inches lost: 29 1/2
Let's go back a little bit... I had been sitting at 202 for almost a week, I gained 3 lbs Wednesday and then lost it the next day. Go me! It wouldn't have had to be that way if my body would just stop being stubborn.
They cut my food, so now I can barely reach 1000 calories a day, let alone the reccomended 1200 I should have as a minimum.
I made it to 201.2 on Wednesday and then it was Scott's birthday, so I took him to Montana's for all you can eat ribs... His favorite. I ate a tad more than my allotted food, ok that's fine, I saved some food portions so I wouldn't have to worry too much. The next morning I weighed myself and was up to 202.6. Here we go again.
We set a mini goal for today to be 199 point anything at HM. I would have been ecstatic at 199.9, but no. It was good enough that the Montana's dinner that I enjoyed was worked off.
I have been getting messages from random people I have added to My Fitness Pal saying how inspired they are to see my hard work and determination... Seriously? I inspire people? But how can that be? I am just me, full of the drive and determination to be a healthy beautiful weight that I do wish more people would adopt themselves. I can only continue what I am doing, and hope that people see it really isn't too hard once you get going.
I used to think working out in the gym for over an hour and trending water for an hour was stupid, a waste of time, and too hard... Yet I did these things today with my partner in crime.
So here are my new stats:
Starting weight: 223.8
Small goal: 185
Final goal: 140
Current weight: 200.2
Weight lost: 23.6 lbs
Inches lost: 29 1/2
Friday, November 11, 2011
Yo yo
The thing I have always struggled with is the yo yo... My weight goes up, then I decide to nip it in the bud, and it goes down... Then I get lazy so it goes back up. So since I am not giving up this time (although I have said I much prefer being a fatty to giving up Pepsi and chocolate), I didn't expect to see the little yo yos of my weight. I know I should have expected to go up as well... Because no one can have loss every day right?
So I was 202.6 on Monday... I went in on Wednesday for my weigh in, and was 204. Wtf??? Since I was on a cleanse week, and my oh so dreaded time of the month, I was told that I shouldn't expect a big loss that week... But a gain? Uh oh here comes the being upset and angry at my body thing again. But it is ok. I cried, but I said hey.... Your body is being stupid and holding on to this weight and it will come off.... Well bestie said the last part lol. So I made the trek back to HM on Thursday, (which I have to point out is a 40 minute drive both ways, so omg the gas I am burning :( ) stepped on the scale, and look at that. 202.4lbs. Ok I will take it!
Except I don't see it as a victory (my silly brain), I see it as an annoying setback. Ugh! I just want to be under 200 so bad!!! I went to the gym and swim with bestie, and pushed myself harder than I have ever. 1000 steps in just over 6 minutes on the stair climber thingy, and I was doing an incline of 15 (highest setting) on the treadmill. Then we went in the pool and tredded water for 1 hour. I could have gone longer for certain, but time ran out.
So I see this week as kind of a waste, as I moved .2 of a pound. Yes a loss is a loss, but come on lol. So I have this long weekend to try to get a 1 in front of the number for my weigh in on Monday. I can do it! And I will cry and scream and sing!
11/11/11 take a second to remember today. Lest we forget.
So I was 202.6 on Monday... I went in on Wednesday for my weigh in, and was 204. Wtf??? Since I was on a cleanse week, and my oh so dreaded time of the month, I was told that I shouldn't expect a big loss that week... But a gain? Uh oh here comes the being upset and angry at my body thing again. But it is ok. I cried, but I said hey.... Your body is being stupid and holding on to this weight and it will come off.... Well bestie said the last part lol. So I made the trek back to HM on Thursday, (which I have to point out is a 40 minute drive both ways, so omg the gas I am burning :( ) stepped on the scale, and look at that. 202.4lbs. Ok I will take it!
Except I don't see it as a victory (my silly brain), I see it as an annoying setback. Ugh! I just want to be under 200 so bad!!! I went to the gym and swim with bestie, and pushed myself harder than I have ever. 1000 steps in just over 6 minutes on the stair climber thingy, and I was doing an incline of 15 (highest setting) on the treadmill. Then we went in the pool and tredded water for 1 hour. I could have gone longer for certain, but time ran out.
So I see this week as kind of a waste, as I moved .2 of a pound. Yes a loss is a loss, but come on lol. So I have this long weekend to try to get a 1 in front of the number for my weigh in on Monday. I can do it! And I will cry and scream and sing!
11/11/11 take a second to remember today. Lest we forget.
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Elusive Magnet
I did it! I reached 20 lbs lost! and I have a magnet to prove it.
I had reached 21 lbs lost a couple times, on my home scale (Which has always been a bit wonky). But at HM, I was stuck for a few days. Is it possible to have a freaking plateau every 5 or so lbs? If my body does this for the rest of my journey, I am going to be pissed lol.
So on "My Fitness Pal" they call it "ONE"derland... that fabulous day when you step on the scale and you finally see that elusive 1 in front. It is right around the corner and will be a huge milestone for me. I have not seen said 1 for 4ish years. Yes, I am ashamed to say, that I have been a 200+ pound blob for so long, I do not remember what it is like to be under 200. When this day comes... and I hope it is within the next 3 days... I will scream, jump up and down, and shed a few tears. I will never be over 200 again. I swear this to myself. I will not slip, and I will not let myself down again. I refuse!
I am still trying to get over this cold, which has held its grip on my body for ... ummm.... I think a week, but it feels like longer. I blame Scotts dad... he has given it to everyone (and using my body as a vessel for said cold virus) has passed it to even my brother and my bestie. Sorry Caity! But I had a good swim yesterday I tred water for 26 minutes (until I saw Caiden screaming for me because he fell and hit his head on the pool deck... yes he is ok). And then today worked out in the gym for... I don't even know how long, and then Caity and I did another water tred for 50 minutes. Burned over 1400 calories today. Great day, and I feel as if the cold has finally loosened its death grip. :D
So my new stats!!!
Starting weight: 223.8
Small goal: 185
Final goal: 140
Current weight: 202.8
Weight lost: 21 lbs
Inches lost: 26 3/4
Now onto the quest for my 30 lbs lost magnet! I cannot wait to line them up on the fridge and take a picture of all of them.
I had reached 21 lbs lost a couple times, on my home scale (Which has always been a bit wonky). But at HM, I was stuck for a few days. Is it possible to have a freaking plateau every 5 or so lbs? If my body does this for the rest of my journey, I am going to be pissed lol.
So on "My Fitness Pal" they call it "ONE"derland... that fabulous day when you step on the scale and you finally see that elusive 1 in front. It is right around the corner and will be a huge milestone for me. I have not seen said 1 for 4ish years. Yes, I am ashamed to say, that I have been a 200+ pound blob for so long, I do not remember what it is like to be under 200. When this day comes... and I hope it is within the next 3 days... I will scream, jump up and down, and shed a few tears. I will never be over 200 again. I swear this to myself. I will not slip, and I will not let myself down again. I refuse!
I am still trying to get over this cold, which has held its grip on my body for ... ummm.... I think a week, but it feels like longer. I blame Scotts dad... he has given it to everyone (and using my body as a vessel for said cold virus) has passed it to even my brother and my bestie. Sorry Caity! But I had a good swim yesterday I tred water for 26 minutes (until I saw Caiden screaming for me because he fell and hit his head on the pool deck... yes he is ok). And then today worked out in the gym for... I don't even know how long, and then Caity and I did another water tred for 50 minutes. Burned over 1400 calories today. Great day, and I feel as if the cold has finally loosened its death grip. :D
So my new stats!!!
Starting weight: 223.8
Small goal: 185
Final goal: 140
Current weight: 202.8
Weight lost: 21 lbs
Inches lost: 26 3/4
Now onto the quest for my 30 lbs lost magnet! I cannot wait to line them up on the fridge and take a picture of all of them.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
only...
.4 lb down yesterday. Still a loss, but why didn't it go down more? grrrr. My friend from Kelowna who is also doing HM, texted me and asked me if they cut my food yet. This scared me, I already don't eat very much, and if I get my food portions cut even more... well, I won't be able to give er heck at the gym and swim. (Caity you shush at the give er heck, lol I am not old!)
I voiced my concerns to the lady at hm yesterday, and she just kept saying stop working out so much. It will defeat the purpose of this program. WTF????!!!!!!!?!?!?!?! This goes against everything I know. They literally just want me to walk! I believe so I will be in the weight loss phase for longer and I am spending more money there. I am so annoyed with this.
I am losing, steadily and I believe I will reach my goal of 185 by Christmas. I am so incredibly sick right now though, so no working out really for me today.
I feel really bloated and ucky today, so it is a good thing it is not a weigh in day for me, or else I might cry :(
I voiced my concerns to the lady at hm yesterday, and she just kept saying stop working out so much. It will defeat the purpose of this program. WTF????!!!!!!!?!?!?!?! This goes against everything I know. They literally just want me to walk! I believe so I will be in the weight loss phase for longer and I am spending more money there. I am so annoyed with this.
I am losing, steadily and I believe I will reach my goal of 185 by Christmas. I am so incredibly sick right now though, so no working out really for me today.
I feel really bloated and ucky today, so it is a good thing it is not a weigh in day for me, or else I might cry :(
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