16 posts tagged “life style eating”

bah!  What a week.  Chris has been gone on a business trip.  Tressa/Xavier have been gone all week and Jordan has been in/at school.  I've been alone most of the week and have apparently not been eating well as I seem to be constipated and in some pain.  heh, at least I've been able to PMS on my own and have not felt the need to bite anyone's head off.  During a week that has been filled with loneliness and bad eating---I've managed to lose just a little bit.  From 154.4 last Friday to 154.0 this morning.  Not bad considering AF arrived a few days early.

Plane tickets and at least one hotel have been reserved.  Plans are coming together for January.  But, before then I have to get through Jordan's birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.  whoa...I have to really be careful as there are many many favorite seasonal foods coming up.  I have to remember smaller portions of some things and with things like the sweets the first two/three bites are the ones that taste the best---after that it isn't 'satisfying' which will result in 'empty' calories and added weight.

Help!  What is it about being alone that makes me want to eat?

Chris is gone for the week.
Jordan is at school.
Tressa/Xavier are at my parents.

I'm alone in the house.  I can't seem to stop eating.  I'm hungry.  I want FOOD---and not the healthy stuff---I've eaten some low-fat yogurt, some grapes, I had a decent lunch, I 'caved' and had a piece of chocolate.  I want some popcorn, or some fresh baked cookies....I want some pudding or some brownies.

Supper is in the crock-pot.  Roast beef with potatoes, carrots, and onions.  Won't be ready until 5:30/6:00.  I'm hungry NOW!!!  augh!!!

~sigh~

~sigh~

Last week I was at a new low.  This week I'm up two pounds to 158.  ~sigh~  Must be that silly Halloween candy that was bought and is conviently set out on the kitchen table.  Or maybe it was the Shake 'n Bake chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Temps are now near perfect for starting to walk.  I will walk around lunch time as long as it isn't raining.  I don't know how long to walk for, though.  To the end of my little road is about a tenth of a mile and it is up and down hill with very little flat area.  Do I walk slowly and build up, or do I start out at a brisk pace that will have me panting and breathless by the end of the first tenth of a mile?  I do know that I am HORRIBLY out of shape.  I can't run any distance w/o being out of breath for a long time (10-20 minutes)...I like running...I need to build up my system so I can start running; even though right now I don't have any place to run.  It always seemed kind of silly to me to drive somewhere so a person could run.  Maybe that is just one of my 'silly excuses' that I've always seemed to have.

Sit ups and a walk are in the plan for today.

Must get back on track.

Oh wow!  I'm so happy!!  Last Thursday I weighed in at 158.8 (Friday I had a slight migraine and forgot to weigh).  This morning I am down to (drum roll please!!!!) 156.6!!  I've lost over 13 pounds since I started this healthier eating stuff and I've got 25.6 pounds to go to reach my goal weight.  Which means that I am 1/3 of the way there!  Not only that, but I've managed to do it w/o working in any exercise.  I know it will be easier to lose once I get the time to exercise, but shoot!  I'm not sure when that will happen.

Speaking of time:  10 weeks and 4 days until Christmas!
and
13 weeks until departure for India and then a European Vacation.  (we will not be landing in Amsterdam after all, but Paris...we hope to get to Amsterdam, though.  We are still working on the details.)

It's Friday time for another weigh-in/check-in.  I missed last week because we were on vacation in St. Louis getting ready to attend a wedding.  This morning I have a slight migraine and it is interfering with my thought process.  I forgot to weigh before my shower, coffee, getting dressed, etc....  I can tell you that the day before we left I was at 159.2 and yesterday I was at 158.8.  That is less than a half a pound in two weeks.  ~sigh~  BUT I was on vacation and we ate out every night at some really yummy restaraunts, breakfast usually consisted of some sort of breakfast pastry, and lunch was way up in the air.  So, I'm not happy, but I'm not upset, either.

I really need to concentrate and eat better.  I want to look good when we go to India and Amsterdam in January.  Our departure date is only 14 weeks away.  A pound a week would be nice, but two pounds a week would be better.  How am I going to do that with Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all crammed into those 14 weeks.

WHAT?!?!  Christmas is only 12 weeks away???  omg.  I'm so far behind.  :^)

Okay, here is a shot of me at the reception last weekend.  In my opinion it is not a very good picture.  I looked better than this picture shows (not being conceited: I just know what I saw in the mirror looked better than what I see in this picture.)  I need to figure out how to make my wrists smaller.  It may be a genetic thing; I remember my Grandma's wrists were thick.  I just want to look thinner and healthier.  oh, and I must do something with the hair. bleh

Trish at the reception

I must be doing something right.  Although for the life of me I can't figure out what.  I did suffer from PMS and left the Hershey's Kisses alone: That makes 6+ weeks w/o a chocolate kiss.  I'm not saying that I've been 6+ weeks w/o chocolate...just the chocolate that is in the same room I am.  I guess, though, that I haven't really had a lot of chocolate: two pieces while at work the other day and it didn't really taste scrumptious.  I certainly didn't feel the need to get more.  :^)  I have a jar of Nutella in my cabinet....when I have a really overwhelming urge for chocolate I get that out and have a finger full.  If that doesn't 'satisfy' me, then I get a banana and have some on a banana.  That way I'm getting the nutrition of the banana (which is filling me up) and the yummy chocolate nuttiness of the Nutella.

I am in the midst of a really bad migraine.  The worst one I've had this year, I've doubled up on the Imitrex and I'm still feeling the head pain.  I'm functioning right now, but I'm afraid the really bad stuff will be coming back in a few hours when the medicine wears off again.  I took a sick day yesterday and stayed in bed most of the day.  Because of that I didn't eat well at all...I didn't eat anything until around 3ish when I had a bowl of chicken noodle soup (sodium).  Then for supper I had a beef pot pie and a small individual serving of applesauce.  I didn't think it was going to stay down, but it did.

My starting weight on August 6th was 170 last week I was at 161.2.  Today when I stepped on the scale I was at 158.0.  A 12 pound loss in 47 days.  I've worn jeans a couple of times in the past week---something I haven't been able to do in over a year.  My stretchy elastic 'fat' pants are getting real loose...and so far (my husband loves this part) I haven't lost any in the boob area.  It's all tummy...gone...poof!  Just like that!

It's time to get off my duff and start exercising.  That will really boost the amount of pounds melting away.

Other than the migraine.  I'm GREAT!!!!

....I'm back down to 158.
I'm no longer excited to step on the scale every morning.  I 'hate' having to 'plan' what would be a good thing to eat today to go along with what I've already eaten or to go with what has been planned for supper.  Sodas are pretty much non-exsisent in my day to day life: they've been replaced by coffee in the morning and juice or gatorade later in the day; with some diet teas thrown in here and there.  I've been trying different diet drinks and find that I can tolerate the taste of some of them, but for the most part I still can't take the diet after taste.  blech!  I keep waiting to feel excited about 'how far I've come' and it just isn't happening.  Maybe it's because the only clothing I own that I can wear is still the same elastic waist stretchy things.  We have a wedding to go to in three weeks. I had originally wanted to be down 10 pounds by then....I may be....but I still won't have any decent 'going to a wedding' clothes that I'll be able to wear.  I hate to spend money on an outfit that I will only wear once....~sigh~

Today my great nephew turns 8.  Today it's been 8 years since I had the ultrasound that showed Samuel was a boy.  Anyone else see why this is a bittersweet day for me?

I don't want to work today.  I want to sit around, play on the computer, and think about 8 years ago and what I should have done differently at that doctor's appointment...things that may have changed what would happen just four days later.  God, I hate this week of September.

Who cares that it is only 8:45 in the morning....I need a drink.

I've decided to change my *official* accountability day from Monday to Friday.  Mondays really aren't a good day to report/record my weight as we tend to eat our worst on the weekends.  This will give me five days to eat healthy before an *official* account.

But, since it is Monday and since I did step on the scale this morning....I gained a pound from last Monday up to 159.  ~sigh~    BUT, we ate Chinese Saturday night and steak last night....both with excess amounts of sodium to add to water weight.  But, enough with the excuses...I had a couple of sodas this week, too and some 100 calorie packs that are just loaded with empty sugars and stuff.  I did not eat oatmeal for breakfast every morning and I did not eat as many fruits and veggies as I have in the past few weeks.

Grilled chicken for supper tonight.

I'll check back in on Friday.

Yesterday was so busy with bombings, cemetery visits, and school dress codes that I didn't get a chance to tell about my weekly weight issues.

I've decided to only report my weight once a week.  This gives a better overall picture and doesn't reflect the natural ups and downs that all people experience.  I started out on August 6 weighing 165...in the 22 days that have followed I've eaten more fruits and veggies, more oatmeal, and a lot less red meats and fats.  I went through 'that time of the month' and did not succumb to the lure of the Hershey's Kisses which are right there ---------> in the desk drawer.  Part of me doesn't count any weight lost from 165-160 as a bonus as I fluctuate up and down that much during any given month naturally.  But!!! drum roll please!!!  I have broken the 160 mark and when I weighed yesterday morning I was at 158!  Yay!! go me!!!  So, depending on the mood I'm in I've either lost 7 pounds or 2...

It doesn't matter, I feel better about myself.  I still have plenty of tummy, but it isn't as big as it was.  I still can't fit into anything other than the elastic stretchy pants....but I will be back into jeans and slacks soon; probably by the time the weather here is ready for those things; I will be, too!

I just need to get down enough between now and the end of the month to fit into something I already own for the wedding we are going to Sept. 29.

It's a good thing that I'm 'allowed' to have a bad day every once in a while.

Today was the worst so far.  Stupid hormones.

I ate all day...well, not really....but I feel like it...at the same time I feel like I ate NOTHING!

I drank two Pepsi's.  ~sigh~  I'm so disappointed in myself.  Migraines, hormones...hormones, migraines.

The migraine is preventing me from thinking straight, much less cooking supper....so, Chris is bringing supper home....and I didn't even request anything slightly healthy.  A BLT or a 1/4 pounder with cheese...tots or fries. 

I hate myself.  I hate this time of month.  I hate migraines.  I hate feeling so negative all the time.  I hate that I can't seem to get down below 160....I've been sitting there for six days and since I've only been trying this new LifeStyle for 16 days....that isn't very encouraging.  BUT..I could try to tell myself that I haven't gained weight during a traditional weight gain time period....but...well...I could fill my life with buts and all I'd get is a bigger one.  :P

Okay, so think about the positives for today.  Instead of eating a gazillion Hershey's kisses (which are right there in the desk drawer------->  )  I at an ice cream thingie that has only 100 calories in it.  Got my chocolate fix, w/o a slew of extra calories.  I did eat 20 grapes, instead of a gazillion Hershey's Kisses (did I tell you they were right there --------> in the desk drawer?)  And instead of a soda at breakfast I had a cup of coffee.

I should move the Hershey's Kisses.