My weeks seem like they are speeding up instead of slowing down. So here is a cath-up for everyone, including myself.
My weight is now: 228.8, I am down 3 pounds since last week. (This was done on Tuesday morning.)
Tuesday mental tip: One thing that I have noticed is that I need to go to my happy place a lot lately. What exactly is a happy place you might ask, well it's self explanatory. A happy place is where you can go to get yourself back to normal. You don't have to deal with the world for just a little bit. One key thing is, DO NOT STAY THERE!!!!! It is a visit, a quick 5 min to an hour. Take a bubble bath, read a book, play a game, go on a walk, do meditation, something. It helps keep you balanced, or at least as balanced as you can be.
Wednesday fit tip: Weights. Use them!! If you do not have any hand weights (p.s. anything below 5 lbs does not count) make some. A gallon of milk can generally weigh 5-10 lbs. Use it! Use a full coffee can, or a semi-full to full box, something. If you are injured, you can always do weights, this does include having a torn rotatory cup (trust me I still have one and still use weights.) There is no excuse on why you can't do them, plus your arms in 6-8 weeks will begin to get slimmer and make the summer outfits look so much better.
Thursday food/cooking tip: When you go out to eat, watch what you eat. Every restaurant has good food that is horrible for you, but a little tip that most people don't know is that every restaurant has good tasting healthy stuff. I am sad to say Alfredo sauce is not healthy, neither is marinara, sour cream, cheese (at a restaurant), salt or really anything that tastes good now. A good tip is to figure out where you are going first, and look at the menu online. All of the chains have their menu's online, which helps you and your waist line. If your restaurants menu is not online here are some quick tips, skip appetizers, steak, pasta, and soups. They are no good no matter how much they taste. If you need to specialize your order, make sure you tell the server!! The last thing that person needs is to be blamed because you didn't do what you were supposed to! If the food isn't right, tell the server what is wrong, and ask them politely if they can take is back. The server does not know how the food was cooked, they can just guess. That is problem with eating out, you do not have control! So if you can handle that eat out in moderation, if not buy a few cookbooks and make menu's at home.
Till next week!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Last week...
Ok last week was a bad week, not to much of anything got done.
Here is my weight from last week: 231.8
Down another pound. Basically what happened was I trying to finish up with my last class and ran out of time. I am not going to do a posts for the days last week, because honestly I didn't plan anything. This week will be better. I will follow my normal routine starting tomorrow, since my class ends tonight.
See you all than.
Here is my weight from last week: 231.8
Down another pound. Basically what happened was I trying to finish up with my last class and ran out of time. I am not going to do a posts for the days last week, because honestly I didn't plan anything. This week will be better. I will follow my normal routine starting tomorrow, since my class ends tonight.
See you all than.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Measurments
Here are my mesurements for the 3rd week:
Chest: 42
Waist: 39
Hip: 50.5
Thigh: 30.5
Calf: 18.5
Arms: 16
Neck: 15.5
**Side Note: last week I just realized my calf measurement was listed as a 0, it was 20.
Chest: 42
Waist: 39
Hip: 50.5
Thigh: 30.5
Calf: 18.5
Arms: 16
Neck: 15.5
**Side Note: last week I just realized my calf measurement was listed as a 0, it was 20.
Why is it snowing in April?
So as most know, I am not a fan of the snow. It's pretty in the mountains, but that's about it. It just reminds me of something dead and it makes me depressed. I am defiantly a person who has seasonal depression. I love the sun (not the heat) and the rain, it's relaxing to me. So I have found the perfect background for my computer at work. It's sunny and rainy ;)
Enough of my little tangent, here is the cooking tip for today: protein!! This has been something that I have been striving to learn more about for a long time. Not all meat is healthy, not all seafood or poultry is either. Not all protein is in a meat for either. How's that for confusing?
When you are starting to eat healthy here is a few tips for protein that is healthy. There three tips of protein: lean, medium and high. You always want to avoid high, no matter what! Here is some protein that is in each section.
Lean
White Fish, excluding any steak type fish. Example swordfish is not a lean fish, but tilapia is.
Turkey (cutlets, ground, not the kind you eat at Thanksgiving)
Tuna Fish (not the actual fillets this is from the can)
Tofu (yucky I know, but it does add to a meal)
Cottage cheese(low-fat curd size does not matter)
Deli meats like chicken or turkey
Lentils
Medium
Turkey
Steak type fish
Shrimp
Lima beans, peas
Deli meats like roast beef or ham
High
Any red meat
Deli meats like salami
High fat cottage cheese
Pork
Depending on what type of meat you choose also says how many ounces you can have. Lean is 3-4 ounces, medium is 2-3 ounces and high is 1-2 ounces. In the matter of calories, the higher the level the higher the calories. Side note: not commonly known is that high levels of protein have high levels of cholesterol and sodium.
K, that's it for today. See you soon.
Enough of my little tangent, here is the cooking tip for today: protein!! This has been something that I have been striving to learn more about for a long time. Not all meat is healthy, not all seafood or poultry is either. Not all protein is in a meat for either. How's that for confusing?
When you are starting to eat healthy here is a few tips for protein that is healthy. There three tips of protein: lean, medium and high. You always want to avoid high, no matter what! Here is some protein that is in each section.
Lean
White Fish, excluding any steak type fish. Example swordfish is not a lean fish, but tilapia is.
Turkey (cutlets, ground, not the kind you eat at Thanksgiving)
Tuna Fish (not the actual fillets this is from the can)
Tofu (yucky I know, but it does add to a meal)
Cottage cheese(low-fat curd size does not matter)
Deli meats like chicken or turkey
Lentils
Medium
Turkey
Steak type fish
Shrimp
Lima beans, peas
Deli meats like roast beef or ham
High
Any red meat
Deli meats like salami
High fat cottage cheese
Pork
Depending on what type of meat you choose also says how many ounces you can have. Lean is 3-4 ounces, medium is 2-3 ounces and high is 1-2 ounces. In the matter of calories, the higher the level the higher the calories. Side note: not commonly known is that high levels of protein have high levels of cholesterol and sodium.
K, that's it for today. See you soon.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
It's the end of March already?!?!
Ok so I just looked at my calender and realized the day. It's the end of March and week 3 of my challenge. Ok, kind of scared since next week will show my results for the past month. So far, they aren't looking so good.
Here is my Wednesday work-out tip. Oddly enough you might think that this is common sense, but I realized yesterday, it's really not. BREATHING!!! With exercise it doesn't matter how many reps you do, or laps, or push-ups or whatever your torture that day is, if you do not have steady breathing your exercises fail.
Here is the proper technique for exercising. When you are putting the effort into an exercise breathe out for 3 seconds, when you are working with the slack breathe in for 3 seconds. Example, when you are doing a sit-up breathe out when you come up and breathe in when you go to the ground. Same goes for weights, push-ups, machines, essentially everything but running.
Why the 3 seconds you might ask? The reason for this is because most people hurry through an exercise to say they did it and to expect the results fast. Newsflash, doesn't work that way.
When you rush through your exercise you are hurting a few things. You are hurting your lungs, blood pressure levels, body section that you are working on and a little known fact your brain. When an exercise is rushed the force from the push causes an increase in lung pressure, and a rise in your blood pressure. It also causes oxygen to not get to your brain, which leaves you light headed, and the area you are working on can have torn ligaments, strained tendons or even worse it can cause a fracture in the bone.
This is why the 3 seconds. It allows for your body to go through the motion of the exercise, the muscle group is able to contract properly, and you get the correct amount for oxygen. Also when breathing out when the force is hard it helps get through the movement that is requiring the force, making it so much easier.
Okay guys, so I will give you some more tidbits tomorrow.
Here is my Wednesday work-out tip. Oddly enough you might think that this is common sense, but I realized yesterday, it's really not. BREATHING!!! With exercise it doesn't matter how many reps you do, or laps, or push-ups or whatever your torture that day is, if you do not have steady breathing your exercises fail.
Here is the proper technique for exercising. When you are putting the effort into an exercise breathe out for 3 seconds, when you are working with the slack breathe in for 3 seconds. Example, when you are doing a sit-up breathe out when you come up and breathe in when you go to the ground. Same goes for weights, push-ups, machines, essentially everything but running.
Why the 3 seconds you might ask? The reason for this is because most people hurry through an exercise to say they did it and to expect the results fast. Newsflash, doesn't work that way.
When you rush through your exercise you are hurting a few things. You are hurting your lungs, blood pressure levels, body section that you are working on and a little known fact your brain. When an exercise is rushed the force from the push causes an increase in lung pressure, and a rise in your blood pressure. It also causes oxygen to not get to your brain, which leaves you light headed, and the area you are working on can have torn ligaments, strained tendons or even worse it can cause a fracture in the bone.
This is why the 3 seconds. It allows for your body to go through the motion of the exercise, the muscle group is able to contract properly, and you get the correct amount for oxygen. Also when breathing out when the force is hard it helps get through the movement that is requiring the force, making it so much easier.
Okay guys, so I will give you some more tidbits tomorrow.
catch-up
Ok so here is the stuff for Monday-Tuesday. Finally i will be caught up, happy dance!!!
Weight:232.8 Only a .6lb lost.
Measurements: coming tomorrow
Not good. Than again I did try an experiment last week that failed miserably, as you can tell.
Here is what happened: last week I decided that I didn't want to right down everything I ate. I didn't want to track the calories and the fat grams. I would just eat what I thought would fit into my eating plan, and that would be good enough. Plus I wouldn't have the regimented exercise program. I would work-out when I had time through-out the day. Good thing: Learned from my lesson. Bad Thing: hurt my weight loss and ultimately hurt myself. This goes back to one of my first posts, you can only hold yourself accountable for your own choices.
On a personal note, some of you know that I have done the American Cancer Society Relay for Life the past 6 years, and Brad has done it for the last 3. Well, we have stepped down from doing that for a while. There are situations that have happened within the family that need to be taken care of first. This also did not help my weight loss last week.
Stress and worry is not only something that could kill you (and it is true, it can), but it also makes it so you retain your water weight. When a person is happier, and not stressing they are able to loose water weight much easier because of the endorphins within the body. They do what they are supposed to do. When you worry, stress, become emotional, or your body (females) do what it's supposed to every month, you retain water weight. This is what makes you bloated. So for the mental tip, and this is something I am still working on. Do not stress or worry so much!!! I have started something that is helping with my stressing. This is what I do: I try to clear my brain, so all the voices and thoughts are gone. Than I think about why what is important in my life. It's kind of a mini meditation. After I spend a whole 30 seconds (shouldn't take longer than that.) I pop in my headphones and listen to my favorite podcast, or turn on Pandora (the best site every) and listen to my favorite style of music that day. The thoughts are gone for the time being and you are able to calm your nerves, bl odd pressure, and your brain.
Weight:232.8 Only a .6lb lost.
Measurements: coming tomorrow
Not good. Than again I did try an experiment last week that failed miserably, as you can tell.
Here is what happened: last week I decided that I didn't want to right down everything I ate. I didn't want to track the calories and the fat grams. I would just eat what I thought would fit into my eating plan, and that would be good enough. Plus I wouldn't have the regimented exercise program. I would work-out when I had time through-out the day. Good thing: Learned from my lesson. Bad Thing: hurt my weight loss and ultimately hurt myself. This goes back to one of my first posts, you can only hold yourself accountable for your own choices.
On a personal note, some of you know that I have done the American Cancer Society Relay for Life the past 6 years, and Brad has done it for the last 3. Well, we have stepped down from doing that for a while. There are situations that have happened within the family that need to be taken care of first. This also did not help my weight loss last week.
Stress and worry is not only something that could kill you (and it is true, it can), but it also makes it so you retain your water weight. When a person is happier, and not stressing they are able to loose water weight much easier because of the endorphins within the body. They do what they are supposed to do. When you worry, stress, become emotional, or your body (females) do what it's supposed to every month, you retain water weight. This is what makes you bloated. So for the mental tip, and this is something I am still working on. Do not stress or worry so much!!! I have started something that is helping with my stressing. This is what I do: I try to clear my brain, so all the voices and thoughts are gone. Than I think about why what is important in my life. It's kind of a mini meditation. After I spend a whole 30 seconds (shouldn't take longer than that.) I pop in my headphones and listen to my favorite podcast, or turn on Pandora (the best site every) and listen to my favorite style of music that day. The thoughts are gone for the time being and you are able to calm your nerves, bl odd pressure, and your brain.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Follow the White Rabbit
Ok so as some of you have noticed, I have not updated my blog for a week. This week I feel like I have taken the persona of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. My quote for the week was "I'm late, I'm late." So much to do and very little time to get it all done. Poor Brad has been feeling the same so we have been a dragging pair. So here is a quick sum up for the missing posts last week:
Tuesday (mental tip): When you are having what I affectionatly call an emotional day, everything is off including which emotion you are in when. These days are bad days for when you are trying to be healthy. In my case, I don't eat just want to sleep or daze at some show on the television. My tip is that when you are in these days use it as a reflection day. Think about what you are doing with your life, and make it a realistic view, not rose colored. When you do this, it really does help with figuring out what means the most and what doesn't need to be in your life.
Wed (exercise tip): This is the funnest tip for excersise. I know you might think that is an oxy moron, but it is true. I sit 9 hours a day, not counting bus ride, and become what is know as a non-active. This as we know does not allow for the metabolism to flow and body parts to spread. The little excerises I do when I'm sitting in my chair not only keep me awake, but help out in different body zones.
Excersise 1:
while sitting in your chair, sit up straight and clench your stomach muscels. This is the equvient to doing a crunch, but no neck pain. When you clench your stomach, it is more like sucking your stomach to your spine. Do not do this fast!!!! Do this at least 20 times, increase by 5 every day.
Excersise 2:
Point and flex your toes. Again sit up straight and lit your feet about 2 inches off the ground (basically high enough that your heels aren't touching.) Next step is point your toes than flex them. Do not do this fast!!! There is no benefit for rushing an excerise. do this until you feel the clentching in your calf muscles.
Next exercise, next week!
Thursday (food tip): This one is kind of a sucky and boring one. On all food containers there is this weird paper thing that has a bunch of numbers that don't make sense. Guess what? That is called the Nutrition lable. This info is the worst info to gather, but the most helpful. Here is what you need to look at: Calories, Total Fat, Sodium, and Sugar. Sodium and Sugar, contray to belief aer not a food group, and actually are very harmful to your body even though it adds flavor. Figure out what your levels are for these 4 items are. My are: calories: 1500 Fat gram: 25 Sodium: 0-10 mg Sugars: 0-10 grams.
Next post will have my Monday and Tuesday goals for this week. Bye!
Tuesday (mental tip): When you are having what I affectionatly call an emotional day, everything is off including which emotion you are in when. These days are bad days for when you are trying to be healthy. In my case, I don't eat just want to sleep or daze at some show on the television. My tip is that when you are in these days use it as a reflection day. Think about what you are doing with your life, and make it a realistic view, not rose colored. When you do this, it really does help with figuring out what means the most and what doesn't need to be in your life.
Wed (exercise tip): This is the funnest tip for excersise. I know you might think that is an oxy moron, but it is true. I sit 9 hours a day, not counting bus ride, and become what is know as a non-active. This as we know does not allow for the metabolism to flow and body parts to spread. The little excerises I do when I'm sitting in my chair not only keep me awake, but help out in different body zones.
Excersise 1:
while sitting in your chair, sit up straight and clench your stomach muscels. This is the equvient to doing a crunch, but no neck pain. When you clench your stomach, it is more like sucking your stomach to your spine. Do not do this fast!!!! Do this at least 20 times, increase by 5 every day.
Excersise 2:
Point and flex your toes. Again sit up straight and lit your feet about 2 inches off the ground (basically high enough that your heels aren't touching.) Next step is point your toes than flex them. Do not do this fast!!! There is no benefit for rushing an excerise. do this until you feel the clentching in your calf muscles.
Next exercise, next week!
Thursday (food tip): This one is kind of a sucky and boring one. On all food containers there is this weird paper thing that has a bunch of numbers that don't make sense. Guess what? That is called the Nutrition lable. This info is the worst info to gather, but the most helpful. Here is what you need to look at: Calories, Total Fat, Sodium, and Sugar. Sodium and Sugar, contray to belief aer not a food group, and actually are very harmful to your body even though it adds flavor. Figure out what your levels are for these 4 items are. My are: calories: 1500 Fat gram: 25 Sodium: 0-10 mg Sugars: 0-10 grams.
Next post will have my Monday and Tuesday goals for this week. Bye!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Manic Monday
Hi everyone,
It's come to Monday again. A week of my challenge has been completed, and boy it's been a week. I have concluded that weekends are not my friend, especially for eating right. This past weekend I was no where near my calorie count, I was lucky if I was within 1000 calories. So now it's time to come up with a plan specifically for weekends.
Here is my update for this week, since it is Monday it is also weight day! Happy for me! So I weighed myself this morning, and here are the results.
Weight: 233.4
I am down 1 pound from last week, considering what happened this weekend, I am glad for any loss. I was also able to get my measurements down, so here they are:
chest: 42.5
Waist: 42
Hip: 50.5
thighs: 30.5
Calf:0
Arms: 17.5
Neck: 14
Now I get to figure out a healthy loss for inches. So that's it for today, see you tomorrow.
It's come to Monday again. A week of my challenge has been completed, and boy it's been a week. I have concluded that weekends are not my friend, especially for eating right. This past weekend I was no where near my calorie count, I was lucky if I was within 1000 calories. So now it's time to come up with a plan specifically for weekends.
Here is my update for this week, since it is Monday it is also weight day! Happy for me! So I weighed myself this morning, and here are the results.
Weight: 233.4
I am down 1 pound from last week, considering what happened this weekend, I am glad for any loss. I was also able to get my measurements down, so here they are:
chest: 42.5
Waist: 42
Hip: 50.5
thighs: 30.5
Calf:0
Arms: 17.5
Neck: 14
Now I get to figure out a healthy loss for inches. So that's it for today, see you tomorrow.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Lateness......
Hi!!
I know I'm late on posting this. Life got in the way the past few days. Any other quick tip, if you have having things go on in your life that make it so you don't want to eat or exercise, deal with the problem first. If the problem isn't dealt with you will never be able to get back on track with your plan. Healthy eat and dieting is already hard enough, why add more stress that could make it impossible.
Here is the food tip that was due from Thursday:
Sweet Potatoes and Yams are the best vegetables ever found!!! Use them wisely ;) No only are they healthier than potatoes in fat and calorie content, they also have way more vitamins and nutrients. There is a difference between the two, and contrary to popular belief yams are not orange. Here is a tip on figuring out which is which: Yams are much larger than a potato and usually have pointy edges. Their inside is white/pink and have a slightly sweet smell to them.
Sweet Potatoes are orange and generally the size of a small potato. That is all dependant on the soil they were grown in. They are are sweet smelling, and the skin has an orange tint to it.
I love baked potatoes, especially a loaded one. However, healthy eat doesn't let you enjoy the smothered sour cream cheesy goodness. So instead of a baked potato (which is 160 calories plain and weighs 6 oz) do a sweet potato or yam instead. Here is how you do it, in a summer fashion:
After rinsing the sweet potato/yam, slice it in half length wise.
Place the half on a piece of foil and top with pepper or salt, wrap the sweet potato/yam so the bottom is secured, but the top needs to have a tent like shape. Make sure the top is securely closed.
Place the sweet potato/yam on the grill at medium heat and leave it there for 1 hour 15 min.
When the time is done, open the sweet potato/yam carefully. The inside should be soft and tender.
Combine that with 2-3 oz of chicken or fish and a salad and you are set.
Here are a couple links that give what vitamins and minerals are in each of these wonderful vegetables:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29
Enjoy!
I know I'm late on posting this. Life got in the way the past few days. Any other quick tip, if you have having things go on in your life that make it so you don't want to eat or exercise, deal with the problem first. If the problem isn't dealt with you will never be able to get back on track with your plan. Healthy eat and dieting is already hard enough, why add more stress that could make it impossible.
Here is the food tip that was due from Thursday:
Sweet Potatoes and Yams are the best vegetables ever found!!! Use them wisely ;) No only are they healthier than potatoes in fat and calorie content, they also have way more vitamins and nutrients. There is a difference between the two, and contrary to popular belief yams are not orange. Here is a tip on figuring out which is which: Yams are much larger than a potato and usually have pointy edges. Their inside is white/pink and have a slightly sweet smell to them.
Sweet Potatoes are orange and generally the size of a small potato. That is all dependant on the soil they were grown in. They are are sweet smelling, and the skin has an orange tint to it.
I love baked potatoes, especially a loaded one. However, healthy eat doesn't let you enjoy the smothered sour cream cheesy goodness. So instead of a baked potato (which is 160 calories plain and weighs 6 oz) do a sweet potato or yam instead. Here is how you do it, in a summer fashion:
After rinsing the sweet potato/yam, slice it in half length wise.
Place the half on a piece of foil and top with pepper or salt, wrap the sweet potato/yam so the bottom is secured, but the top needs to have a tent like shape. Make sure the top is securely closed.
Place the sweet potato/yam on the grill at medium heat and leave it there for 1 hour 15 min.
When the time is done, open the sweet potato/yam carefully. The inside should be soft and tender.
Combine that with 2-3 oz of chicken or fish and a salad and you are set.
Here are a couple links that give what vitamins and minerals are in each of these wonderful vegetables:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29
Enjoy!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Exercise Minute
Ok, I love to sleep, to be honest I don't know anyone who doesn't. I am not the kind of person who like to go to bed at 9 and wake up bright and early. I am more like an afternoon person, it's really the only time I am awake and coherent. The problem with my love of sleep and my challenge. They do not go hand in hand. Nope, it's more like one is battling the other for ultimate domination.
So today I am giving a couple tips on exercises. Tip one: Get a sleep pattern!! Typically a person should be sleeping 7-8 hours a night. The problem with that, who has 7-8 hours of the day that they can spend sleeping. Most of us are lucky to hit 6 hours. Hence the sleep pattern. If you set up a reliable time to go to sleep and wake up, your body is rested and ready to start the next grueling day.
Here is my pattern: go to bed at 9 fall asleep about 10-10:30 wake up at 4. However on nights like last night where I didn't get to sleep until close to midnight, your poor spouse deals with the repercussions of that the next morning. In my case poor Brad had to deal with an emotional ball of dislike. It wasn't dislike towards him, I aimed it all at me. This will be covered in next weeks mental day.
Tip#2 If you live in a workplace that has stairs use them. I know by the time you hit the 3rd flight you are gasping for air, vexing the person who invented them. In my case there are 120 stairs from the bottom floor to my floor which is the 7th. Trust me I count them every time. Good point on this, if the elevators go out, like mine do constantly, you will be conditioned enough to get a few more flights in before the vexing begins.
If you are one of the lucky people who's office is one floor, park further away. You know that spot in the very back of the parking lot that you feel sorry for the person who has to park there? Guess what, that spot is your new best friend. Not only to you get some fresh air, you also get to spend a few extra seconds from the abyss known as work.
That is all today! See you tomorrow.
So today I am giving a couple tips on exercises. Tip one: Get a sleep pattern!! Typically a person should be sleeping 7-8 hours a night. The problem with that, who has 7-8 hours of the day that they can spend sleeping. Most of us are lucky to hit 6 hours. Hence the sleep pattern. If you set up a reliable time to go to sleep and wake up, your body is rested and ready to start the next grueling day.
Here is my pattern: go to bed at 9 fall asleep about 10-10:30 wake up at 4. However on nights like last night where I didn't get to sleep until close to midnight, your poor spouse deals with the repercussions of that the next morning. In my case poor Brad had to deal with an emotional ball of dislike. It wasn't dislike towards him, I aimed it all at me. This will be covered in next weeks mental day.
Tip#2 If you live in a workplace that has stairs use them. I know by the time you hit the 3rd flight you are gasping for air, vexing the person who invented them. In my case there are 120 stairs from the bottom floor to my floor which is the 7th. Trust me I count them every time. Good point on this, if the elevators go out, like mine do constantly, you will be conditioned enough to get a few more flights in before the vexing begins.
If you are one of the lucky people who's office is one floor, park further away. You know that spot in the very back of the parking lot that you feel sorry for the person who has to park there? Guess what, that spot is your new best friend. Not only to you get some fresh air, you also get to spend a few extra seconds from the abyss known as work.
That is all today! See you tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Mental Day...
Hi everyone,
Here are my goals for the duration of the 6 months:
Loose up to 80 pounds
Reduce measurements (will list the goals when I list the measurements)
Drink 1 gallon of water a day
Exercise everyday:
1 hour walk in morning (except Tuesday's for the next 4 weeks)
1 hour cardio (except Monday's for the next 4 weeks)
Weight train 3 days a week
Feel better about myself
Make hubby proud to have me as a wife
What does everyone think?
Oh, here is a tip that I figured out the hard way this morning: If you need to sleep in, sleep in. It won't kill you.
Here is the mental health tip: Write down your goals. Not just know them, but have them in places where you will see them everyday multiple times a day. That is the only way you will succeed. When you hold yourself accountable for your goals, only you will be responsible for it when you succeed or fail.
See you all tomorrow.................
Here are my goals for the duration of the 6 months:
Loose up to 80 pounds
Reduce measurements (will list the goals when I list the measurements)
Drink 1 gallon of water a day
Exercise everyday:
1 hour walk in morning (except Tuesday's for the next 4 weeks)
1 hour cardio (except Monday's for the next 4 weeks)
Weight train 3 days a week
Feel better about myself
Make hubby proud to have me as a wife
What does everyone think?
Oh, here is a tip that I figured out the hard way this morning: If you need to sleep in, sleep in. It won't kill you.
Here is the mental health tip: Write down your goals. Not just know them, but have them in places where you will see them everyday multiple times a day. That is the only way you will succeed. When you hold yourself accountable for your goals, only you will be responsible for it when you succeed or fail.
See you all tomorrow.................
Monday, March 15, 2010
Judgement day #1
Here is weight as of this morning: 234.8 (starting weight)
I am on a 1500 calorie diet, with an appetite suppressant in the morning before breakfast. I know this is a cheat, but I am a bored eater. If I see it I eat it and don't even realize that I have done it until there is this mysterious pile of trash on my desk. With the appetite suppressant if I start to eat something that isn't good my brain is knocking inside my head wondering what I am doing.
I am following the American Diabetes diet mixed with the American Heart Association diet, got to love the high blood pressure. They are separated into 6 small meals, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. For me personally I don't get to eat dinner at a reasonable time so my last snack is taken in the afternoon. This is my hungry time, no matter what I eat in the morning.
Tomorrow is goal day, and maybe a tip if I am still functioning. Until then, have a good night.
I am on a 1500 calorie diet, with an appetite suppressant in the morning before breakfast. I know this is a cheat, but I am a bored eater. If I see it I eat it and don't even realize that I have done it until there is this mysterious pile of trash on my desk. With the appetite suppressant if I start to eat something that isn't good my brain is knocking inside my head wondering what I am doing.
I am following the American Diabetes diet mixed with the American Heart Association diet, got to love the high blood pressure. They are separated into 6 small meals, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. For me personally I don't get to eat dinner at a reasonable time so my last snack is taken in the afternoon. This is my hungry time, no matter what I eat in the morning.
Tomorrow is goal day, and maybe a tip if I am still functioning. Until then, have a good night.
Day 1
Hi again,
Here is my post for day 1 of the challenge. First let me say, daylight savings sucks pretty bad. Throws everything off so your bad wants to sleep earlier than the clock says so. On the positive, it is nice coming to work with the sun and leaving with it. Okay, here is my break down of how I am going to track this.
Every Monday morning I will weigh myself, and post it here for everyone to see. There is no point in vanity right now. As soon as I buy a tape measure I will put all of the measurements on here as well. I will be listing my overall goals shortly. Since Mondays are my judgement days, I vote that Tuesday will be my mental well being day, this will especially be needed for the next 5 weeks (my last class until graduation.)
Wednesday will be exercise tip day (quick things that help me exercise, so they might help you too.)
Thursday is recipe day, healthy recipes or healthified recipes that I have come across, survived from, or that any readers have given me.
Friday-Sunday is survival mode, so I will post if I am struggling with something, or just need a venting day.
Please post comments!!! I love reading different comments people post, besides it makes my day fun :-)
Here is my post for day 1 of the challenge. First let me say, daylight savings sucks pretty bad. Throws everything off so your bad wants to sleep earlier than the clock says so. On the positive, it is nice coming to work with the sun and leaving with it. Okay, here is my break down of how I am going to track this.
Every Monday morning I will weigh myself, and post it here for everyone to see. There is no point in vanity right now. As soon as I buy a tape measure I will put all of the measurements on here as well. I will be listing my overall goals shortly. Since Mondays are my judgement days, I vote that Tuesday will be my mental well being day, this will especially be needed for the next 5 weeks (my last class until graduation.)
Wednesday will be exercise tip day (quick things that help me exercise, so they might help you too.)
Thursday is recipe day, healthy recipes or healthified recipes that I have come across, survived from, or that any readers have given me.
Friday-Sunday is survival mode, so I will post if I am struggling with something, or just need a venting day.
Please post comments!!! I love reading different comments people post, besides it makes my day fun :-)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
New Beginning
Hi all,
This is my first blog post, ever..... So I'm really sorry if this is weird, my whole goal is to be honest to myself and anyone who is reading.
To give an idea what this blog is about, here we go. I am so tired of having to search for what is healthy, the best exercises, the best fast weight loss diet, basically I'm done!! My story is not so different from others that are overweight. Battled with it since I was a very little kid, had a health disease that made me gain weight, and it never went away. I have done the unhealthy ways to loose weight: annorexic, atkins diet (personally worse than being annorexic), the grapfruit diet (my personal favorite, didn't have to buy perfume for a month), Slim Fast ( couldn't stand the grainy taste), and so many others.
On the other hand I have gone the healthy route: exercise of an hour a day, 3 balanced meals, 6 smaller balanced meals, no soda, no sugar or salt, Weight Watchers, etc.
My problem is I make to many excuses and that is the reason I fail: to much food, to little food, I don't have time, food is expensive.
The problem with all of these excuses, is just that excuses. I am sick of being fat, unhealthy, tired and above all trying to shop!! This is why I have done this, I will push myself for 6 solid months, NO EXCUSES!!
To give a backlight into my life, I am a full time student, work full time, volunteer with the American Cancer Society full time, a wife and a mom to 4 furry creatures (my cats Smokey, Little Bear, Mary, and Lulu.) My life is busy, there is no way around that, but there is no more excuse for being lazy.
I was supposed to start my experiement this past Monday, but my klutzy self got hurt while I was moving with my husband to our new apartment. So now that I am healing, I will start officially Monday, March 15, 2010.
I will be posting receipies, exercise tips, and mental health tips. I am by no means a doctor, physical therapist, or a therapist. These are just items that have helped me, and might help you. I am just a average woman making a change in my life and those who know me.
So until Monday, see you all later!!
This is my first blog post, ever..... So I'm really sorry if this is weird, my whole goal is to be honest to myself and anyone who is reading.
To give an idea what this blog is about, here we go. I am so tired of having to search for what is healthy, the best exercises, the best fast weight loss diet, basically I'm done!! My story is not so different from others that are overweight. Battled with it since I was a very little kid, had a health disease that made me gain weight, and it never went away. I have done the unhealthy ways to loose weight: annorexic, atkins diet (personally worse than being annorexic), the grapfruit diet (my personal favorite, didn't have to buy perfume for a month), Slim Fast ( couldn't stand the grainy taste), and so many others.
On the other hand I have gone the healthy route: exercise of an hour a day, 3 balanced meals, 6 smaller balanced meals, no soda, no sugar or salt, Weight Watchers, etc.
My problem is I make to many excuses and that is the reason I fail: to much food, to little food, I don't have time, food is expensive.
The problem with all of these excuses, is just that excuses. I am sick of being fat, unhealthy, tired and above all trying to shop!! This is why I have done this, I will push myself for 6 solid months, NO EXCUSES!!
To give a backlight into my life, I am a full time student, work full time, volunteer with the American Cancer Society full time, a wife and a mom to 4 furry creatures (my cats Smokey, Little Bear, Mary, and Lulu.) My life is busy, there is no way around that, but there is no more excuse for being lazy.
I was supposed to start my experiement this past Monday, but my klutzy self got hurt while I was moving with my husband to our new apartment. So now that I am healing, I will start officially Monday, March 15, 2010.
I will be posting receipies, exercise tips, and mental health tips. I am by no means a doctor, physical therapist, or a therapist. These are just items that have helped me, and might help you. I am just a average woman making a change in my life and those who know me.
So until Monday, see you all later!!
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