Tuesday, February 26, 2008

2.26.08

WooHoo! I have reached the peak of Mt.Marcy! Yay me!

I actually thought I had hit it at work today, but it turns out that I was 10 steps short; I didn't write down how many steps I needed to complete it. So I just went and climbed up and down the basement stairs.

Tomorrow, I will climb up the stairs to get to the 2nd floor, but I'm not dragging my fat a** up 6 flights. It's hard!!! Some little skinny thing said she did the Mini last year, and the stairs are harder. I don't doubt it!

I also got to move my weight loss ticker. I had been above my "official" start weight for a few weeks. But I finally seem to be getting somewhat of a handle on portion size, and I have managed to lose. Now, as my friend Shauna says, "onward and downward."

Friday, February 22, 2008

2.22.08

I'm almost at the peak of Mt.Marcy! 458 steps. 2-3 days worth of climbing, depending on how I feel. WooHoo!

We had the first of the sessions for the ISU weight loss study I was in the wait group for last Saturday. It is mindfulness based eating. I think I'm doing pretty good so far. Not perfect, by any means, but I am being much more careful about the portions I eat. Most of the time. Tuesday, I made a very conscious choice to eat for comfort. But it was my choice; it was not an accident, I wasn't out of control; I made the choice. Dinner is still my hardest time not to eat too much. But I'm making progress. We meet again next Saturday.

Weight is still hovering around the same area. I'll be glad when I have a downward change to report. But for now, getting in my stairs and working on portion control is a great start.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

2.14.08

Happy Valentine's Day!

I wasn't going to post, but since I posted triumphs yesterday, I suppose I should be honest and post not-so-triumphant stuff today. Not completely bad, mind you, but I could have stopped before I did. The basic problem is that I'm up way too late. I'm a late night girl forced into an early morning world. So I'm up watching a couple of hours of tv after choir rehearsal (although not Survivor, because for some reason my DVR didn't record it), and I go to put up the leftovers from dinner. Had to pick the rest of the chicken off the bone. It's after 11, and I'm actually hungry, and there was a biscuit left (I had 3 at dinner!), so I ate it with some butter. If I had stopped there, it would have been fine. But there were some veggies left, too. Veggies, you say, that's not so bad. But I pitched the carrots and celery, and just ate the potatoes with a LOT of butter and salt. So there, if confession is good for the soul, maybe it will be good for the hips, too!

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

2.13.08

I was right. The weight gain was just a bump from a glutoneous week-end. Back to where I was before.

I made some good and bad eating choices today. I had a donut this morning. One of the girls at work also works at a convenience store and makes the donuts, and she brought in heart shaped donuts today. It was yummy! But, I have steadfastly ignored the M&M's another girl put out. I did have 2 Oreos after dinner tonight, but only 2, and I made each one last 6 or 8 bites, and really enjoyed them.

Then, after supper while watching last night's Biggest Loser, I wanted bologna and cheese, just because it was there. I wasn't hungry. So instead, I drank a lot of water and got out my stability ball. I did 70 crunches, and 3 sets of 15 each of biceps curls, skull crushers, chest presses and butterflies on the ball. Then I called a girlfriend (Hi Shauna!) to get some strokes for making good choices. (Thanks, Shauna!) When we got done talking, I was actually hungry, so I headed for the kitchen. But instead of the bologna and cheese, I had a Dannon Frusion Smoothie. Strawberry blend. In the past, I have found bottled yogurt smoothies too thick, and a little gross. But these were on sale last week 10 for $10, so I bought a couple. I hope they're still on sale, because they are a good snack option to have around. 260 calories, 3.5g fat.

Monday, February 11, 2008

2.11.07

My eating has gone much better today. In part, due to the number I saw on the scale today. UGH!!!! I will not post that number, as I hope it doesn't stay around. I hope to be back to the similarly ugly, yet slightly better number I posted as my new starting weight soon.

Gotta go watch the puppies now!

Saturday, February 09, 2008

2.9.08

As you can see, I'm over half way to Mt.Marcy. I'm pretty excited. And I think I'm about ready to change my eating. I'm really unhappy with myself, and I think I'm ready to do something about it. I bought some fruit, and some yogurt, as an excuse to have healthy snackage around. I'm I'm starting back with the no second helpings. Not so much last night, though. I subbed at bunco, and ate like a pig. But that was yesterday, and today is today. I've done a bit better today.

BTW, the knee was fine the next day. Just something weird, I guess. I need to start adding in some other exercise, too.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

2.6.08

Tonight, for the first time in a long time, I didn't eat after dinner, when I wasn't really hungry, just because it was there. It feels good to exercise a little bit of control. I did want to eat, but since I'm not hungry, I talked myself out of it. Pats on the back for me!

I only did 150 stairs today. I did those before work. Sometime mid-morning, my right knee had some sharp pains when getting up and down out of my chair. I took some ibuprofen, and it felt better, but still slightly wonky, so I didn't do any stairs at lunch. I'll start back in tomorrow morning, and see how it feels. I'm really surprised I don't have constant knee pain, considering the weight I'm making them lug around.

Friday, February 01, 2008

2.1.08

The stair climbing is going really well. My beginning goal was 200 steps daily. Next week, when I go back to work on Tuesday, I'm going to increase that to 300 steps daily, which is the entire building twice. I'll give that a little while, and then may increase it again. My recovery time is getting better, and I am going a bit faster. I'm still stopping every other flight. I hope to increase that to 3 flights before I stop by the end of the 6 weeks.

My eating is not going so well. I have faced the fact that I don't really want to change my eating right now. I think as I continue the stair climbing and get back into exercising that my attitude will change. But that's just where I am right now.