Awry
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010I’ve been so off track this week. I’ve already had fast food TWICE. Last week I ate mac and cheese and felt squicky. Every time I feel like some parts of my life are a little out of control, my eating tends to be the first thing I cease paying attention to. I really have to work on that.
It’s not all bad, though. I’ve been drinking mainly water for nearly the past week. Seriously, jugs and jugs of it. 
Also, I went running twice in the past week. It felt awesome, though I’ve been in pain since. I was going to go tomorrow morning, but probably won’t since it’s going to snow.
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Sunday Scale #5
Sunday, November 29th, 2009So I didn’t even look at the scale today. It’s my TOM, and I always gain 3-5 lbs of water weight/bloat-ness. During this week, I didn’t eat all that well, either. I get serious PMS cravings, combined with serious PMS moods, and I end up eating too much or eating the wrong things. Bleh. I’m looking into ways to combat this. I read something about calcium.
In other news, on the exercise front, I’ve not been doing much at all. There are some 10 min workouts I found on Youtube, but that’s just not enough. I’m not ready to join a gym, though. I have a phobia of contracts, and gym contracts are notorious for being impossible to get out of.
Make no mistake, I can get a great workout at home. I mainly go to the gym for cardio, anyway, and when it gets a bit warmer, I can go running outside. For the time being, I’m going to use some workout videos. I’ve chosen the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. I’ve read/heard excellent reviews on this video. I can start off with this one, and add more for variety as time progresses.
As for my mini home gym, I’ve got an exercise mat, a set of weights, and a small fitness ball. I already have tons of options for workouts with this simple equipment, and I can add on to it by getting resistance bands or another set of weights.
So, that’s that. I’m going to start by doing the video twice a week, and move up from there.
This is Day One
Sunday, November 1st, 2009I’m eager to begin my final weight loss journey. I chose Nov 1 to start it because it’s a nice even day this year. I like starting things on the firsts of the month, or on Sundays. Today is both! For some reason, if I don’t start on a day that (to me) is a beginning day, I always feel out of sorts about it. I think that’s why if I have a bad start to a day, the rest of my day is completely off track.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: I’ll do a weight loss post every Sunday, including my weight for the week, how many times I exercised for the week, etc.
This week: 208.2. I’ve gained since I left CT and moved back to my parents. My apartment complex does not have a fitness center, so for exercise I’ve just been taking my dog for long walks. Those are gone until spring, unfortunately. I’ve found some exercise videos online that I’m going to use until I make a decision on the gym situation. Other than that, I’ve been starting slow with drinking more water. I’m up to about 2 1/2 water bottles per day. I should be drinking more than that, I think, because I still feel thirsty at the end of the day. I heard somewhere that you should be drinking something like half your weight in ounces of water per day. That’s about twice what I’ve been drinking. I’ll get there soon.
New Mindset
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
So it’s relatively easy for me to get myself to exercise. I just get up and do it, when I have the motivation to do so. Much harder to do is to watch what I eat. I love food so much really love to eat and the thought of giving up something that is so good made me blanch. Worse yet, looking at food as only carbs, fiber, calories, etc., is downright depressing. I know it can get people into trouble with emotional eating and such, but food is more than calories. Food is love, life, happiness (okay maybe that’s an exaggeration, but the feeling is similar).
Anyways I wouldn’t watch what I ate because I didn’t want to become one of THOSE people. Lately, however, something seems to have shifted in my brain. I had the urge to just document what was going into my mouth, and see how much food it actually was. Answer = much more than I thought. Then I began cutting down on that amount. For the past year or so, I haven’t been eating too much bad/junk food, but I have been eating a lot of food. So I began paying attention to portion sizes and all that. Turns out I can enjoy food just as much if I slow down and eat a little/lot less. Who knew? 
So I got an app for my iTouch to help keep track and keep me on track (pictured above). This change is a very organic thing that seems to have grown out of some healthy seeds planted a while ago, so I’m not going to rush myself, or get extreme about anything. I want this to last, because my goal overall is health.