I am so sore today!
I started back up the bowflex and total gym yesterday and also did better on my walk/jog in the morning. I'm paying for it today, but it really does feel "good." It's that pain that means I am doing something - AND that it's working!
I haven't lifted the weights since September and, boy, I can really tell. I was down on the weights from 100lbs to 80lbs for basic lifting, so I've lost a lot of muscle. My legs are sore from the squats. I can't do "real" squats due to my knees, so I have to do them on the total gym (which is really wonderful on the knees!). I can really feel it today!
I'm not doing as well with the eating. I think my stomach stretched on vacation. I'm actually having my stomach growl all the time! And I'm eating, so I don't know what's up. And then at night (my worst time for will power) I end up OVER eating. One good thing is that it is summer, so we are having veggies from our garden! I made squash, turnips and green beans the other night for dinner. There is nothing so good as fresh garden veggies!!
I'm taking a day off for my muscles and will lift, walk and total gym again on Saturday.
Feeling good!
Friday, June 20, 2014
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Vacation in Tybee
We ate a lot of food and I'm up some pounds because of it, but it was a really fun time and I'm back on track now!
We went to The Lady and Sons (Paual Deen's restaurant) and the food was just fabulous! My body was a bit angry with me (which is actually a sign that I've been eating pretty well up until this trip!).
The above are Shrimp and Grits and a loaded Bloody Mary - just wonderful!!
We also had to go to the Savannah Candy Company store - just smelling the wonderful aroma probably added about 3 pounds!!
This was a fantastic oyster from the River House in Savannah - I don't know if I've ever had oysters so good! They also made a fried calamari that was definitely the best calamari I've ever had.
Clearly I ate and drank a lot on this trip!! I feel refreshed and ready to get back on track! Our next vacation is visiting my folks in Virginia later this summer - I know I'll be eating a lot then as well, so I'll try and be super diligent with my food choices until then!!
Happy Summer, y'all!
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Updated Graphs
I just put in March, April and May weight loss graphs in the Stats & Stuff section. I didn't realize I had lost so much already! I started off at 202 lbs and now am 193 or so (I was down to 192.8, but I ate french fries with ranch dressing tonight, so I know I'll be back up in the morning!). That's 9 lbs! I had no idea I had lost that much since March.
Feels good! Now I really wish I hadn't eaten those french fries!
Well, tomorrow is another day. I'll do better!
Feels good! Now I really wish I hadn't eaten those french fries!
Well, tomorrow is another day. I'll do better!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Watermelon/Cayenne Drink
I'm not a big fan of the "weight loss drinks" that abound on the internet. I don't think there is any easy trick to losing weight. It's a lot of hard work and perseverance.
That being said, I've found a recipe for a fun drink that has a little "kick" to it and that I can make in my juicer! It's 1/4 cup of watermelon (1/4 cup of the actual juice), ice, cayenne pepper and 8 oz of water. You are supposed to drink it after every meal and it is supposed to increase metabolism and keep cravings at bay.
It's actually quite tasty. I ended up squirting some lime into it as well. I figure even if it doesn't do what it claims, it's still a great way to get me to drink more fluids. That's one of my downfalls - the inability to drink all that water we are supposed to drink.
In other news, now that it is summer, my 2 youngest daughters (ages 15 and 8) have started coming to the track with me to walk/jog. I tell you what, I wish I had the energy of my 8 year old. She can just run and run and run. Me? Well, I walk more than run ... actually I never RUN. It's more of a jog ... which is actually slower moving than my walk. My 15 year old says I'm "adorable." Good grief.
I'm down a lot of weight. I'm in that zone where it's not hard right now. I love this zone. I'm careful with what I eat and have switched to trying to keep sugar out of my diet rather than just counting calories. At night, I snack on almonds or other nuts. Sometimes I will have popcorn. And I try not to eat after 7:00 at the latest. Sometimes I can't hold to that, and I'm okay with that. I'm not on a "diet." I'll never survive if I don't allow fun things. We even had ice cream the other night. As long as I don't go wild and eat it every day, I'm good. And right now, it's easy. I know I'll hit a rough spot at some point. I always do.
But for now, I'm back down to 193-ish. I had been back over 200 earlier this year, so it's coming.
It's helpful because my 15 year old is all about getting in shape this summer, so she's helping look for recipes and helping me stay on track with exercise and is a wonderful buddy in this! I love summer!
That being said, I've found a recipe for a fun drink that has a little "kick" to it and that I can make in my juicer! It's 1/4 cup of watermelon (1/4 cup of the actual juice), ice, cayenne pepper and 8 oz of water. You are supposed to drink it after every meal and it is supposed to increase metabolism and keep cravings at bay.
It's actually quite tasty. I ended up squirting some lime into it as well. I figure even if it doesn't do what it claims, it's still a great way to get me to drink more fluids. That's one of my downfalls - the inability to drink all that water we are supposed to drink.
In other news, now that it is summer, my 2 youngest daughters (ages 15 and 8) have started coming to the track with me to walk/jog. I tell you what, I wish I had the energy of my 8 year old. She can just run and run and run. Me? Well, I walk more than run ... actually I never RUN. It's more of a jog ... which is actually slower moving than my walk. My 15 year old says I'm "adorable." Good grief.
I'm down a lot of weight. I'm in that zone where it's not hard right now. I love this zone. I'm careful with what I eat and have switched to trying to keep sugar out of my diet rather than just counting calories. At night, I snack on almonds or other nuts. Sometimes I will have popcorn. And I try not to eat after 7:00 at the latest. Sometimes I can't hold to that, and I'm okay with that. I'm not on a "diet." I'll never survive if I don't allow fun things. We even had ice cream the other night. As long as I don't go wild and eat it every day, I'm good. And right now, it's easy. I know I'll hit a rough spot at some point. I always do.
But for now, I'm back down to 193-ish. I had been back over 200 earlier this year, so it's coming.
It's helpful because my 15 year old is all about getting in shape this summer, so she's helping look for recipes and helping me stay on track with exercise and is a wonderful buddy in this! I love summer!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Visual Documentation.
So, I keep track of my weight by using homemade graphs. Lately I've started marking on the graph when I have an increase in weight with the reason for the gain. Like on May 6th, I went out to lunch and ate Chinese food. The next day, I was up almost 2 lbs. As the water weight left me, I dropped back down again.
Yesterday was Mother's Day so I was taken out to dinner at Bonefish Grill (one of my favorites!). Today, I'm up 2 lbs. On the graph, I marked it as "mother's day."
I had already forgotten about the lunch out with Chinese food, so if I hadn't marked it "Chinese Food" on the graph, I wouldn't remember the reason for the increase.
I think this is going to help me see what it is that is causing my increases. Documentation is going to help me, I think. I mean, I have always logged my food etc, but there is something about being able to see it on one page in graph form with the increases marked with the reasons for the increase that I think is going to help me.
Also, it's helpful to see the decrease in weight once I'm back on track and the water weight is gone. It helps me see that just because I had a nice dinner out, it's not a disaster and things even back out again as long as I go back to my routine.
I am going to keep this up and see what it teaches me. I've already learned that eating out is a definite cause of weight increase. So I can now consciously try to keep that down to 1 time per month or so. (Although I'm not going to deprive myself - that is a path to disaster!)
I'll be curious to see if there are other causes of my increases in weight - like a stressful day of court leading to overeating that night (using food as comfort after a bad day). I'm going to start keeping track of this on my graphs. I'll report what I find!
Yesterday was Mother's Day so I was taken out to dinner at Bonefish Grill (one of my favorites!). Today, I'm up 2 lbs. On the graph, I marked it as "mother's day."
I had already forgotten about the lunch out with Chinese food, so if I hadn't marked it "Chinese Food" on the graph, I wouldn't remember the reason for the increase.
I think this is going to help me see what it is that is causing my increases. Documentation is going to help me, I think. I mean, I have always logged my food etc, but there is something about being able to see it on one page in graph form with the increases marked with the reasons for the increase that I think is going to help me.
Also, it's helpful to see the decrease in weight once I'm back on track and the water weight is gone. It helps me see that just because I had a nice dinner out, it's not a disaster and things even back out again as long as I go back to my routine.
I am going to keep this up and see what it teaches me. I've already learned that eating out is a definite cause of weight increase. So I can now consciously try to keep that down to 1 time per month or so. (Although I'm not going to deprive myself - that is a path to disaster!)
I'll be curious to see if there are other causes of my increases in weight - like a stressful day of court leading to overeating that night (using food as comfort after a bad day). I'm going to start keeping track of this on my graphs. I'll report what I find!
Monday, April 21, 2014
Easter
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!
We celebrated as we always do in my family - with food. It was wonderful food, but it did me no favors!
We started off Easter breakfast with Bloody Mary's, scotch eggs and creamed egg on toast. Easter dinner was ham, mashed potatoes and asparagus. The day before Easter we were with my hubby's family - and again food was the main event.
Luckily for me, the Easter Bunny gave me little candy and I got some non-food things, like organization magazines and healthy recipe magazines. I must admit, the candy is already gone, but on the bright side - the candy is already gone so it won't tempt me later on this week.
I just feel very tired and drained and not very well in general over all. Maybe the over abundance of food will help the hunger phase. Right now I actually feel ill at the thought of eating anything, so maybe I've passed through that phase and can get back to normal eating habits.
I'm excited about the warm weather and getting our garden planted. That was key last year in helping plan lower calorie, healthy meals - fresh garden veggies! We will hopefully plant this week. The warm weather also just makes me feel better. Something about the warm sun just makes me happy. Looking forward to more of it this week!
I hope all of you have a wonderful day!
We celebrated as we always do in my family - with food. It was wonderful food, but it did me no favors!
We started off Easter breakfast with Bloody Mary's, scotch eggs and creamed egg on toast. Easter dinner was ham, mashed potatoes and asparagus. The day before Easter we were with my hubby's family - and again food was the main event.
Luckily for me, the Easter Bunny gave me little candy and I got some non-food things, like organization magazines and healthy recipe magazines. I must admit, the candy is already gone, but on the bright side - the candy is already gone so it won't tempt me later on this week.
I just feel very tired and drained and not very well in general over all. Maybe the over abundance of food will help the hunger phase. Right now I actually feel ill at the thought of eating anything, so maybe I've passed through that phase and can get back to normal eating habits.
I'm excited about the warm weather and getting our garden planted. That was key last year in helping plan lower calorie, healthy meals - fresh garden veggies! We will hopefully plant this week. The warm weather also just makes me feel better. Something about the warm sun just makes me happy. Looking forward to more of it this week!
I hope all of you have a wonderful day!
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Hunger.
I am starving. All the time.
I have no idea what is going on in this "phase" of things. It used to be that an apple was a great snack that could tide me over in the afternoon until dinner. Now I'm hungry even after I just finished eating one! Even when I over-eat, I'm still hungry!
I'm wondering if it might be a protein thing. With the hour of bike riding every morning and the stomach exercises every day, maybe I'm not getting enough protein. Would that make me hungry?
And I've gained back some pounds - probably because I haven't been able to stave off the hunger and so I've eaten more than I should.
I'm baffled. And frustrated.
Maybe I need to exercise MORE. I honestly don't know what to do.
I guess I will just battle on through this phase and hope it ends soon. And try to control my eating.
I did better last night. I was really hungry after dinner so I made a big mug of hot tea with 2 pkts of stevia and a drop of milk. I ended up not eating anything, so maybe that's what I need to do when I feel hungry.
I'm starving right now. I rode the bike, did my stomach exercises, showered and am working on getting my youngest ready for school, but I'm feeling the hunger really strongly right now.
I just hope it is a phase. And that it ends soon.
I have no idea what is going on in this "phase" of things. It used to be that an apple was a great snack that could tide me over in the afternoon until dinner. Now I'm hungry even after I just finished eating one! Even when I over-eat, I'm still hungry!
I'm wondering if it might be a protein thing. With the hour of bike riding every morning and the stomach exercises every day, maybe I'm not getting enough protein. Would that make me hungry?
And I've gained back some pounds - probably because I haven't been able to stave off the hunger and so I've eaten more than I should.
I'm baffled. And frustrated.
Maybe I need to exercise MORE. I honestly don't know what to do.
I guess I will just battle on through this phase and hope it ends soon. And try to control my eating.
I did better last night. I was really hungry after dinner so I made a big mug of hot tea with 2 pkts of stevia and a drop of milk. I ended up not eating anything, so maybe that's what I need to do when I feel hungry.
I'm starving right now. I rode the bike, did my stomach exercises, showered and am working on getting my youngest ready for school, but I'm feeling the hunger really strongly right now.
I just hope it is a phase. And that it ends soon.
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