343.4 on 9/13. Down 3.8 lbs from last week. I'm pretty pleased with that.
I know I'm going to eat too much this week-end, and probably next, since I'm working an Emmaus walk. Although, since I'll be working, I probably won't eat as much as when I went on the walk. I always caution pilgrims to wear stretchy pants, 'cause you're eating all the time.
I think I will start watching Weight Watchers points again. That worked well for me. Right now, I seem to be happy with the status quo. But I only have 10 months till 40. I need to get with it.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
9/6/06
347.2
I'm not surprised at all. I ate like a pig all week-end. Again.
But, I have done better the last 2 days. And I walked about a mile yesterday at lunch. I got a new book, Eating Mindfully, by Dr. Susan Albers. I hope it will help me develop a right relationship with food. I had made my little red bracelet to help me be more mindful of what I was eating, but I wasn't paying much attention, so I took it off. I've also stopped journaling all I eat, at least for now. I may pick it up again. But, most of the time, I can tell you exactly what I've eaten on any given day. Even when I've eaten too much.
I'm gonna download some new music to my MP3 player to walk to. I'm making a kinda "tuff chick" mix.
I'm not surprised at all. I ate like a pig all week-end. Again.
But, I have done better the last 2 days. And I walked about a mile yesterday at lunch. I got a new book, Eating Mindfully, by Dr. Susan Albers. I hope it will help me develop a right relationship with food. I had made my little red bracelet to help me be more mindful of what I was eating, but I wasn't paying much attention, so I took it off. I've also stopped journaling all I eat, at least for now. I may pick it up again. But, most of the time, I can tell you exactly what I've eaten on any given day. Even when I've eaten too much.
I'm gonna download some new music to my MP3 player to walk to. I'm making a kinda "tuff chick" mix.
Friday, August 25, 2006
8/24/06
A couple of days good, a couple of days not so good. The not good was mindful, though. Last night, I wanted chips and dip. So I bought it, and some cottage cheese, and ate it. And I enjoyed every bite. Tonight, it was Cheez-its. Way too many. This is pretty counter my goals. I need to make changes, but all I seem to make is excuses.
We are going out of town this week-end. I will allow myself freedom to eat, then buckle down again.
Spoke with my friend Darla today. She and I may start working out together again. She can bring a guest to a gym she goes to, and we used to go some when we worked in the same building. Since I can't afford the gym at work right now, that may be a good option.
We are going out of town this week-end. I will allow myself freedom to eat, then buckle down again.
Spoke with my friend Darla today. She and I may start working out together again. She can bring a guest to a gym she goes to, and we used to go some when we worked in the same building. Since I can't afford the gym at work right now, that may be a good option.
Monday, August 21, 2006
8/21/06
I have done well today. Feels like it's been a while since I could say that.
I pigged out Saturday night. Didn't really even think about what I was eating, or how much. Even kept eating when I wasn't really enjoying it. How stupid is that?!?!
I made myself a red macrame bracelet, to help me to be more mindful of my eating. Red, for the blood of Jesus, because I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13). And red to STOP and think about what I'm doing. It's on my right wrist, so I see it all the time when I'm mousing and writing. So far today, I think it's helped.
Sean & I went for a walk today. About a mile. The weather is FABULOUS!
My friend Kim (Hi Kim!) asked me if I wanted to diet together with her. I said yes, because I need the accountability. We work in the same building. We are not going to do the same eating plan, but will encourage each other and pray for each other. And we'll weigh in together too. Probably on Wednesdays.
I pigged out Saturday night. Didn't really even think about what I was eating, or how much. Even kept eating when I wasn't really enjoying it. How stupid is that?!?!
I made myself a red macrame bracelet, to help me to be more mindful of my eating. Red, for the blood of Jesus, because I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13). And red to STOP and think about what I'm doing. It's on my right wrist, so I see it all the time when I'm mousing and writing. So far today, I think it's helped.
Sean & I went for a walk today. About a mile. The weather is FABULOUS!
My friend Kim (Hi Kim!) asked me if I wanted to diet together with her. I said yes, because I need the accountability. We work in the same building. We are not going to do the same eating plan, but will encourage each other and pray for each other. And we'll weigh in together too. Probably on Wednesdays.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
8/17/09
345.1
At least I'm consistent.
Sunday night, at the altar, after a sermon on faith, I realized that I have little faith that I can actually pull this weight loss thing off. I can tell you all day long about losing weight, but I have failed so many times that I don't know if I really believe that I can do it. I have asked a couple of people to pray for me for that faith.
Then I found a glimmer of hope in Romans 7 & 8:
Romans 7:17-25 (The Message)
17-20But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
21-23It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
24I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?
25The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
Romans 8:1-14 (The Message)
1-2With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
3-4God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn't deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that.
The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn't deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.
5-8Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn't pleased at being ignored.
9-11But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God's terms. It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he'll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ's!
12-14So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!
So stop focusing so much on myself. Focus on God. Focus on others. Get up and walk now and then.
I walked to and from lunch yesterday. 6 or 8 blocks each way. We parked 6 or so blocks away from where we went for dinner tonight, too. But before I break my arm patting myself on the back, I also medicated with food today. I was on edge, there was mac & cheese and hashbrown casserole left in the break room, and I ate some. And some croutons with ranch dressing. (Sounds odd, but if you've had Cracker Barrel's croutons, you'll understand.) I did it intentionally, and was miserable afterward, physically and emotionally.
But, I do still have that glimmer of hope. I'm not gonna give up. I will keep trying, and surely, eventually, I'll get it right. I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
At least I'm consistent.
Sunday night, at the altar, after a sermon on faith, I realized that I have little faith that I can actually pull this weight loss thing off. I can tell you all day long about losing weight, but I have failed so many times that I don't know if I really believe that I can do it. I have asked a couple of people to pray for me for that faith.
Then I found a glimmer of hope in Romans 7 & 8:
Romans 7:17-25 (The Message)
17-20But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
21-23It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
24I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?
25The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
Romans 8:1-14 (The Message)
1-2With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
3-4God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn't deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that.
The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn't deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.
5-8Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn't pleased at being ignored.
9-11But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God's terms. It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he'll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ's!
12-14So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!
So stop focusing so much on myself. Focus on God. Focus on others. Get up and walk now and then.
I walked to and from lunch yesterday. 6 or 8 blocks each way. We parked 6 or so blocks away from where we went for dinner tonight, too. But before I break my arm patting myself on the back, I also medicated with food today. I was on edge, there was mac & cheese and hashbrown casserole left in the break room, and I ate some. And some croutons with ranch dressing. (Sounds odd, but if you've had Cracker Barrel's croutons, you'll understand.) I did it intentionally, and was miserable afterward, physically and emotionally.
But, I do still have that glimmer of hope. I'm not gonna give up. I will keep trying, and surely, eventually, I'll get it right. I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
8/11/06
345.6
Started the week at 345, too, after a blow-out eating week-end. Considering all I ate, it wasn't too bad.
I didn't eat well a couple of days this week, and I didn't exercise, and I stayed the same weight. So, if I actually get my butt off the recliner and exercise, and control my eating, I might actually lose. That is my goal for the next week. Specific amount? 2 lbs.
Pretty sure I'll miss the black scrub pants goal. Again.
Started the week at 345, too, after a blow-out eating week-end. Considering all I ate, it wasn't too bad.
I didn't eat well a couple of days this week, and I didn't exercise, and I stayed the same weight. So, if I actually get my butt off the recliner and exercise, and control my eating, I might actually lose. That is my goal for the next week. Specific amount? 2 lbs.
Pretty sure I'll miss the black scrub pants goal. Again.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
8/8/06
Weighed in every day last week. Started and ended the week at 343. No exercise last week. Too darn hot; I'm too darn lazy.
I ate WAY too much this week-end. Friday night especially. It was a choice; I did it knowingly, and I enjoyed it. Friday was the worst, not as bad on Saturday and Sunday. I'll weigh again Thursday or Friday.
I ate WAY too much this week-end. Friday night especially. It was a choice; I did it knowingly, and I enjoyed it. Friday was the worst, not as bad on Saturday and Sunday. I'll weigh again Thursday or Friday.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
7/27/06
343.1!!! Woo Hoo!
I've really been careful about how much I am eating, and it seems to be working. I started to say what I'm eating, but not so much. I've really been making an effort to eat appropriate portions. Except for tonight, when I ate a ton of mashed potatoes. (Yes, Howee, mashed potatoes!) I have been on a cantelope kick lately, though, and that is a better snack than I have been choosing.
Saturday will be a challenge. We will be attending a birthday party, at which there will be much nummy junk food. I am taking cantelope, and maybe grapes or watermelon, so I will have some good choices. But I will eat some junk, too. I'll just try to eat more good than junk, and drink lots of water and diet soda to keep me full.
I didn't do my crunches last night, so I did them when I got up this morning. 100. My stomach cramped. That happens when you don't do crunches for a month or so. I think I'll do them again in the morning.
I've really been careful about how much I am eating, and it seems to be working. I started to say what I'm eating, but not so much. I've really been making an effort to eat appropriate portions. Except for tonight, when I ate a ton of mashed potatoes. (Yes, Howee, mashed potatoes!) I have been on a cantelope kick lately, though, and that is a better snack than I have been choosing.
Saturday will be a challenge. We will be attending a birthday party, at which there will be much nummy junk food. I am taking cantelope, and maybe grapes or watermelon, so I will have some good choices. But I will eat some junk, too. I'll just try to eat more good than junk, and drink lots of water and diet soda to keep me full.
I didn't do my crunches last night, so I did them when I got up this morning. 100. My stomach cramped. That happens when you don't do crunches for a month or so. I think I'll do them again in the morning.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
7/25/06
I have done well with my eating yesterday and today. I have eaten small meals and reasonable snacks during the day, and having my largest meal at dinner, w/Sean. I know some experts say not to do this, but in my Picture Perfect Weight Loss book, he says it doesn't matter when you eat what. I just need to eat less, and make better choices. For my evening meal, I am really trying to watch portion sizes.
Didn't work out yesterday, but did climb 3 flights of stairs. I will do some weights tonight. (I have to do it, because I put it on here!)
Didn't work out yesterday, but did climb 3 flights of stairs. I will do some weights tonight. (I have to do it, because I put it on here!)
Sunday, July 23, 2006
7/23/06
After reading a friend's blog, I realized I need to update here.
Not much to tell lately. I haven't been working out, and I have been eating too much. I weighed on Friday, and was at 349. My tummy feels, and I'm sure looks, huge.
Went out with some girlfriends yesterday. One is loosing weight (good for her!), and her capris are getting too big. They are really cute, & I said she could give them to me when they don't fit. She said she may have a lot of stuff for me. Problem is, I will need to loose a lot of weight to fit into her stuff. But it is cute, so maybe that will help inspire me.
I also have only 355 days till my 40th birthday. That is when I want to be at my goal weight, of 180-200 pounds. Doesn't seem too likely now. At this rate, a 5 pound loss by then would be good. I bought a notebook, so I could journal each day, right at the time I want/need to. Some of those writings will probably make it to here. But since I can't post here just anytime, like when I'm at work, maybe a journal will help.
Not much to tell lately. I haven't been working out, and I have been eating too much. I weighed on Friday, and was at 349. My tummy feels, and I'm sure looks, huge.
Went out with some girlfriends yesterday. One is loosing weight (good for her!), and her capris are getting too big. They are really cute, & I said she could give them to me when they don't fit. She said she may have a lot of stuff for me. Problem is, I will need to loose a lot of weight to fit into her stuff. But it is cute, so maybe that will help inspire me.
I also have only 355 days till my 40th birthday. That is when I want to be at my goal weight, of 180-200 pounds. Doesn't seem too likely now. At this rate, a 5 pound loss by then would be good. I bought a notebook, so I could journal each day, right at the time I want/need to. Some of those writings will probably make it to here. But since I can't post here just anytime, like when I'm at work, maybe a journal will help.
Monday, July 10, 2006
7/10/06
I did 9 flights of stairs today. One up to work, then 2 sets of 4 to the top of the building; one set around 9, and one at lunch. I only had to stop once during each set, after 2 flights.
The first set was fueled by an anxiety attack. Physical activity is a great way to get rid of the heebie-jeebies. The second set? I guess I was just nuts and thought, "Gee, that's so much fun, let's do it again!"
I had a goal to get into the black scrub pants by the end of June. Didn't happen. Again. The end of July is probably not realistic, either. August it is.
Haven't worked out much in the last 2 weeks. Eating poorly, too. I need to refocus. I will climb 4 flights of stairs tomorrow, plus we are going to do yard work, weather permitting. I think I'll re-read Picture Perfect Weight Loss, too. I've got just 1 year left to reach my goal. I have to stop playing around and get serious. I don't want to fail at this. But I don't seem to want to work for it, either. Gotta find my motivation. Maybe make a big calendar for my bedroom, checking off the days till my 40th birthday. Which, btw, will be on Friday the 13th next year. Seems about right! But I don't want to be sad about 40; I want to celebrate a healthier me then. So I've got to get to work.
The first set was fueled by an anxiety attack. Physical activity is a great way to get rid of the heebie-jeebies. The second set? I guess I was just nuts and thought, "Gee, that's so much fun, let's do it again!"
I had a goal to get into the black scrub pants by the end of June. Didn't happen. Again. The end of July is probably not realistic, either. August it is.
Haven't worked out much in the last 2 weeks. Eating poorly, too. I need to refocus. I will climb 4 flights of stairs tomorrow, plus we are going to do yard work, weather permitting. I think I'll re-read Picture Perfect Weight Loss, too. I've got just 1 year left to reach my goal. I have to stop playing around and get serious. I don't want to fail at this. But I don't seem to want to work for it, either. Gotta find my motivation. Maybe make a big calendar for my bedroom, checking off the days till my 40th birthday. Which, btw, will be on Friday the 13th next year. Seems about right! But I don't want to be sad about 40; I want to celebrate a healthier me then. So I've got to get to work.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
7/2/06
It's been awhile. I've been on vacay this week, and eating like a pig. Before that, not working out too much.
Soon it will be time to refocus. I start back to the real world on Wednesday. I'll weigh then. Not looking forward to that. Last time I weighed I was at 344.7. on 6/14/06.
I am going to drop my gym membership for awhile, for financial reasons. I should be able to pick it back up in the fall. In the mean time, I have 5 & 10 lb dumbbells here at home, and Sean wants to walk more. I'm going to have to be really disciplined. That'll be a switch. I want to go back to the gym in the fall with visible differences.
I've got a couple of new pics. I see some difference in my face, and some in the body, too. See 12/26/05 for comparison.
BTW, the cute red-head in the pics is my baby-doll, Sean!
Soon it will be time to refocus. I start back to the real world on Wednesday. I'll weigh then. Not looking forward to that. Last time I weighed I was at 344.7. on 6/14/06.
I am going to drop my gym membership for awhile, for financial reasons. I should be able to pick it back up in the fall. In the mean time, I have 5 & 10 lb dumbbells here at home, and Sean wants to walk more. I'm going to have to be really disciplined. That'll be a switch. I want to go back to the gym in the fall with visible differences.
I've got a couple of new pics. I see some difference in my face, and some in the body, too. See 12/26/05 for comparison.
BTW, the cute red-head in the pics is my baby-doll, Sean!
Monday, June 12, 2006
6/12/06
345.7
I had bumped up to 349.sumthin, which I thought might be due to a lot of salt consumption. Didn't eat particularly carefully this week-end, and still show a loss. Yea!
Had planned to do yard work tonight as my exercise, but it didn't take much to talk me out of it. We will do yard work tomorrow, and I may walk at lunch as well.
I'm considering letting my gym membership lapse during the summer. Sean is wanting to walk, and I do have light hand weights here at home. And money is a little tight. We will give it some consideration before my next dues are due. (tee hee!)
I had bumped up to 349.sumthin, which I thought might be due to a lot of salt consumption. Didn't eat particularly carefully this week-end, and still show a loss. Yea!
Had planned to do yard work tonight as my exercise, but it didn't take much to talk me out of it. We will do yard work tomorrow, and I may walk at lunch as well.
I'm considering letting my gym membership lapse during the summer. Sean is wanting to walk, and I do have light hand weights here at home. And money is a little tight. We will give it some consideration before my next dues are due. (tee hee!)
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
6/6/06
Today is the first day in a long time where I can honestly say that I made good food choices. It feels good. Sean has helped. Cooked smaller portions. Puts away the leftovers, so that I don't put them away in my tummy. He wants to lose some weight, too, so that will also help me.
I overate this week-end, but not as much as usual. I guess that is a small step.
Sean and I walked last evening, about 1.5 miles. Along the new section of Hulman Street, down to Brown and back. The Heritage Trail now goes along the south side of the street, and they put in new sidewalks on the north side.
My friend Kim and I walked at lunch today. Wasn't wearing my watch, but I'd say 20-25 minutes.
I overate this week-end, but not as much as usual. I guess that is a small step.
Sean and I walked last evening, about 1.5 miles. Along the new section of Hulman Street, down to Brown and back. The Heritage Trail now goes along the south side of the street, and they put in new sidewalks on the north side.
My friend Kim and I walked at lunch today. Wasn't wearing my watch, but I'd say 20-25 minutes.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
6/1/06
346.6
For the last 3 weeks, my weight has stayed basically the same. It think it is the over-eating on the week-ends that is really getting me. Yes, my eating during the week needs to be better, too, but it is the week-end blow outs, I think, that keep me stuck. I need to find different ways to celebrate the week-end and reward myself, other than food.
I'll need to be especially careful at the shower and wedding Saturday.
Did pretty well today. I even checked "make good eating choices" on my goals list. I could still eat less, but I decided against the chocolate candy. I did have 2 no sugar added fudge bars. 90 calories, 2 g fat for both. And very yummy!
I climbed 4 flights of stairs again. Plus 2 individual flights, too. And I did 13 minutes on the exercise bike. That was all my butt could endure.
I tried on the black scrubs; still not fit for public consumption. My goal for July 1 is to be able to wear them to work. Only 1 goal for next month, and I need to work hard to reach it. I have got to get this eating in control.
For the last 3 weeks, my weight has stayed basically the same. It think it is the over-eating on the week-ends that is really getting me. Yes, my eating during the week needs to be better, too, but it is the week-end blow outs, I think, that keep me stuck. I need to find different ways to celebrate the week-end and reward myself, other than food.
I'll need to be especially careful at the shower and wedding Saturday.
Did pretty well today. I even checked "make good eating choices" on my goals list. I could still eat less, but I decided against the chocolate candy. I did have 2 no sugar added fudge bars. 90 calories, 2 g fat for both. And very yummy!
I climbed 4 flights of stairs again. Plus 2 individual flights, too. And I did 13 minutes on the exercise bike. That was all my butt could endure.
I tried on the black scrubs; still not fit for public consumption. My goal for July 1 is to be able to wear them to work. Only 1 goal for next month, and I need to work hard to reach it. I have got to get this eating in control.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
5/31/06
I climbed 4 flights of stairs today! The Rocky theme song was going off in my head when I got to the top! I set a goal, and achieved it. WooHoo!
I did an upper body weight work-out too. I didn't really want to work out at all today, but had talked myself into at least doing the stairs. Then some stuff went on at work that helped me need to work out. Great stress relief, you know.
Eating, not completely terrible today. I probably didn't need that ginormous cookie I just ate, but other than that, not terrible. Room for improvement? Yes. I did meet all my goals today, except for good food choices. I may need to better define that concept. I could be setting myself up to fail all the time with that one.
I did an upper body weight work-out too. I didn't really want to work out at all today, but had talked myself into at least doing the stairs. Then some stuff went on at work that helped me need to work out. Great stress relief, you know.
Eating, not completely terrible today. I probably didn't need that ginormous cookie I just ate, but other than that, not terrible. Room for improvement? Yes. I did meet all my goals today, except for good food choices. I may need to better define that concept. I could be setting myself up to fail all the time with that one.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
5/30/06
Ate pretty poorly over the week-end. (these entries get a little repetitive, huh?)
Did well today, for the most part. Climbed 3 flights of stairs, did 20 minutes on the total body arc trainer, and got in my 64 oz of water. Too much of a snack at 4:30, but no seconds at dinner. I was feeling pretty tempted, though, after dinner, so I had Sean clean up the left-overs.
Did well today, for the most part. Climbed 3 flights of stairs, did 20 minutes on the total body arc trainer, and got in my 64 oz of water. Too much of a snack at 4:30, but no seconds at dinner. I was feeling pretty tempted, though, after dinner, so I had Sean clean up the left-overs.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
5/25/06
Down .3 lbs to 346. At least the right direction.
I started today to set some daily goals for myself. Today my goals were to drink 64 oz of water, climb 3 flights of stairs, and do weights at lunch. Achieved all 3!
I am not going to make one of my 1 month goals, though. I will be climbing 4 flights of stairs by next Friday. But since I've not lost any weight, I will not be wearing the black scrubs to work. I will move that goal to the beginning of July. Better to have set goals and only make half, than to not set goals and not make any.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp - or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
I started today to set some daily goals for myself. Today my goals were to drink 64 oz of water, climb 3 flights of stairs, and do weights at lunch. Achieved all 3!
I am not going to make one of my 1 month goals, though. I will be climbing 4 flights of stairs by next Friday. But since I've not lost any weight, I will not be wearing the black scrubs to work. I will move that goal to the beginning of July. Better to have set goals and only make half, than to not set goals and not make any.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp - or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Monday, May 22, 2006
5/22/06
Weighed in at 346.6 last Thursday. Proceeded to eat excessively all week-end. Started off today with the thought that I'd really get on track today. Guess what? Not so much. Didn't even exercise, because I stayed up too late last night, and went to the car to take a nap at lunch.
I did really enjoy my overeating, today, for what it's worth. The drug rep who brought pizza for lunch also brought DOUBLE STUFF OREOS!!!!! If you're gonna eat too much, it might as well be DOUBLE STUFF OREOS!!!!
I did really enjoy my overeating, today, for what it's worth. The drug rep who brought pizza for lunch also brought DOUBLE STUFF OREOS!!!!! If you're gonna eat too much, it might as well be DOUBLE STUFF OREOS!!!!
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
5/16/06
Well, after a week of being out of control w/my eating, I have had 2 days of control.
I haven't recorded a weight in my palm pilot for awhile, but I did check it last week, and I was at 344.something. I will weigh Thursday, since I will be off on Friday.
I have been doing well with my stair climbing goal. I started parking in a different parking lot at work, (lot G in this illustration) so that it is more convenient to take the stairs than the elevator. You can also see an artist's rendering of the building I work at, the Union Hospital Profession Office Building, below the illustration. I climbed 3 flights of stairs today for the first time. I stopped at the landing after 2 flights, and again at 2 1/2 flights, but I did it. I went to tone and tighten class on Monday. My chest is still a little sore from the upper body work-out. We are supposed to do legs in class tomorrow.
I haven't recorded a weight in my palm pilot for awhile, but I did check it last week, and I was at 344.something. I will weigh Thursday, since I will be off on Friday.
I have been doing well with my stair climbing goal. I started parking in a different parking lot at work, (lot G in this illustration) so that it is more convenient to take the stairs than the elevator. You can also see an artist's rendering of the building I work at, the Union Hospital Profession Office Building, below the illustration. I climbed 3 flights of stairs today for the first time. I stopped at the landing after 2 flights, and again at 2 1/2 flights, but I did it. I went to tone and tighten class on Monday. My chest is still a little sore from the upper body work-out. We are supposed to do legs in class tomorrow.
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