I've increased my time on the bike, which feels wonderful! I rode for over 40 minutes today and then did some calisthenics (crunches, leg lifts and then squats on the Total Gym) for 10 minutes after that. It feels amazing to MOVE again.
Does not cancel out the candy bar I ate last night, however. I did well with dinner - one helping, but then something snapped and I ate a candy bar. Oh, and popcorn. Not doing enough art, I guess. I'll just keep working on it. If I can increase my exercise, at least I'm moving in the right direction.
I didn't sleep well last night - sore throat to the point that it woke me up. And then I have lovely gobs of snot going down the back of my throat (TMI?) so I kept getting up and drinking water to try and ease the pain in my throat and wash down the snot. Got up 5 times last night. I'm sure that probably messed up my Hubby's attempt at sleep. I won't know how he feels until after he's had his coffee - lol.
Have a kid home sick as well. She's lost her voice and has that nasty chest-cough. Two of her siblings have had it as well. Nasty bug.
Seems like there is always something and it's so easy to blame those "somethings" on why we overeat, or use them as an excuse. I'm working on overcoming that. Knowing I do it is half the battle, though it doesn't stop me from using things as excuses. I'm just aware when I'm doing it.
One step. At a time.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Losing Already!
It's amazing how fast the weight drops when you first start simply because you cut out obvious things. I'm down to 206.8 today which is already 3.6 lbs. The only different things I've done is cut out my wine (boo!) and stopped snacking after dinner. Oh, and increased my water drinking.
I imagine I'll lose some weight pretty fast just from that but I know I will hit a point and stop and then have to work for it again. Not that going without wine isn't work!
Once the house is fixed and I can have my weight lifting things back up, I will add in that. I'm excited about doing that.
I actually did some yoga stretches this morning and it felt simply amazing! I'm glad to be moving again!
I will keep you posted!
I imagine I'll lose some weight pretty fast just from that but I know I will hit a point and stop and then have to work for it again. Not that going without wine isn't work!
Once the house is fixed and I can have my weight lifting things back up, I will add in that. I'm excited about doing that.
I actually did some yoga stretches this morning and it felt simply amazing! I'm glad to be moving again!
I will keep you posted!
Monday, January 11, 2016
Hello, January.
It's time to get this show back on the road! I've been doing okay - just not eating a bunch of goop every day is helping, I'm sure! Too much goop in the house for the holidays!
I got lots of fun low calorie and other weight loss oriented cookbooks! I've been using my actifry as well - modifying regular recipes to use in it and have had a lot of success! Decedent food that is actually good for us!
Unfortunately, I have topped back out at 210 again. After losing all the way down to 190. What a shame. The good news is that I've done it before so I know I can do it again. I'm back on the stationary bike in the mornings again. Our basement had a sewage issue, so I can't lift weights right now, but as soon as the downstairs is back in order, I'll be adding that back to my routine. Bowflex as well as free weights. I really like the feel of free weights but I can't go up too much since I don't have a spotter, but I feel like I get a better work out with free weights.
The treadmill will also be set back up again and I plan on using that. I have my fitbit all ready to monitor my steps. Well, the band is falling apart, so I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to have it, but I'll have some kind of step and heart rate tracker once the fitbit finally dies. I'm hoping they have fixed the band issue. I really like the fitbit. I've been using it for years and it's fun to have other people on it too, so I can "compete" for motivation. We'll see. They might replace this one, but if the new one falls apart, then I'm going to definitely have to change to something else.
I'll try and post recipes, but I never measure anything, so it may be hard to do that. I'm going to try since I really need to measure in order to count the calories in a dish.
I've really noticed that my back hurts more when I'm heavier and I really do feel so much more tired. I don't understand why it's so hard to behave myself at night. It's like I'm a split personality. I have some plans to take care of that: the doodling at night, drinking ice water at night and having ready, planned snacks for each night. We'll see. My weakness is strong enough to kick my butt, so we'll be a work in progress.
Glad to be back on track, though. I feel better already.
I got lots of fun low calorie and other weight loss oriented cookbooks! I've been using my actifry as well - modifying regular recipes to use in it and have had a lot of success! Decedent food that is actually good for us!
Unfortunately, I have topped back out at 210 again. After losing all the way down to 190. What a shame. The good news is that I've done it before so I know I can do it again. I'm back on the stationary bike in the mornings again. Our basement had a sewage issue, so I can't lift weights right now, but as soon as the downstairs is back in order, I'll be adding that back to my routine. Bowflex as well as free weights. I really like the feel of free weights but I can't go up too much since I don't have a spotter, but I feel like I get a better work out with free weights.
The treadmill will also be set back up again and I plan on using that. I have my fitbit all ready to monitor my steps. Well, the band is falling apart, so I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to have it, but I'll have some kind of step and heart rate tracker once the fitbit finally dies. I'm hoping they have fixed the band issue. I really like the fitbit. I've been using it for years and it's fun to have other people on it too, so I can "compete" for motivation. We'll see. They might replace this one, but if the new one falls apart, then I'm going to definitely have to change to something else.
I'll try and post recipes, but I never measure anything, so it may be hard to do that. I'm going to try since I really need to measure in order to count the calories in a dish.
I've really noticed that my back hurts more when I'm heavier and I really do feel so much more tired. I don't understand why it's so hard to behave myself at night. It's like I'm a split personality. I have some plans to take care of that: the doodling at night, drinking ice water at night and having ready, planned snacks for each night. We'll see. My weakness is strong enough to kick my butt, so we'll be a work in progress.
Glad to be back on track, though. I feel better already.
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