Showing posts with label Diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diet. Show all posts
Friday, September 9, 2011
Milestone Day!
Today I had to put my wedding ring on my middle finger cause I was worried about it falling off! Wooooo! Course, now I gotta get it sized cause it's totally weird to not wear it right...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Ass Kicking Time
I started back up yesterday in full swing, both in diet and school. I don't think I did too bad! The scale yesterday said 171.8lbs but I knew it was helped by salty BBQ food Monday night so I re-weighed in today. 169.6lbs. Much better.
So my plan....
Mini goal - 164lbs by month's end
Mid goal - 157lbs by end of October
Final goal - 150lbs by end of November
That's 19lbs in 12 weeks - 1.58lbs a week. It'll be hard, but I really want to be there! Also, to be my final goal weight BEFORE all the holiday baking would be awesome lol
Yesterday I did pretty well in the food dept. My usual bagel and cream cheese for breakfast (though I really do need to go get my weight watchers bagels instead of the big white ones I have now), honeydew and cantaloupe for lunch, a small wrap with about 1/8 cup chicken and the rest peppers and onions for supper and some more honeydew for a bedtime snack. Normally I wouldn't have a bedtime snack cause I tend to just mindlessly eat, but this was a planned snack with a set portion and I didn't even want to mindlessly eat afterwards!
We met up with our homeschool group at lunch and went on a 1.5km hike. I think it was further than that, but I'll have to see if the website for the place lists distances. Brianna and I enjoyed the hike so much we want to go back soon and often!
Today I skipped breakfast (BAD!) but had another small wrap like yesterday for lunch. Now to figure out something that won't kill me for supper.
So my plan....
Mini goal - 164lbs by month's end
Mid goal - 157lbs by end of October
Final goal - 150lbs by end of November
That's 19lbs in 12 weeks - 1.58lbs a week. It'll be hard, but I really want to be there! Also, to be my final goal weight BEFORE all the holiday baking would be awesome lol
Yesterday I did pretty well in the food dept. My usual bagel and cream cheese for breakfast (though I really do need to go get my weight watchers bagels instead of the big white ones I have now), honeydew and cantaloupe for lunch, a small wrap with about 1/8 cup chicken and the rest peppers and onions for supper and some more honeydew for a bedtime snack. Normally I wouldn't have a bedtime snack cause I tend to just mindlessly eat, but this was a planned snack with a set portion and I didn't even want to mindlessly eat afterwards!
We met up with our homeschool group at lunch and went on a 1.5km hike. I think it was further than that, but I'll have to see if the website for the place lists distances. Brianna and I enjoyed the hike so much we want to go back soon and often!
Today I skipped breakfast (BAD!) but had another small wrap like yesterday for lunch. Now to figure out something that won't kill me for supper.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Eating For Real
I read a blog post of a new bloggy friend today that made me think that I need to re-word my "rules for every diet" (which would be eat less, get off your ass). Another thing to think of.... stop eating the way you're "supposed" to. Who says your body really NEEDS 3 meals a day plus snacks. Who says you HAVE to eat everything on your plate. Who says you MUST have more just cause it tastes so freaking good?!
What ever happened to eating when you're hungry and only eating until you're full? I guess it probably started sometime back during the Great Depression or WWII when foods were rationed for which ever reasons. Those we times when you were lucky you were eating so damn right you were going to eat everything whether you wanted to or not!
However, while poverty is sometimes still an issue, for the most part, we can eat whenever and however much we want. Unfortunately it was ingrained into us from small children that we MUST eat breakfast, lunch and supper and set times, with snacks in between. We MUST eat everything we're served - "think of those starving children in Ethiopia!"
With the amount of cheap junk food//fast food out there, it's no wonder why Canada and the USA have such an obesity problem. If you notice, so often you'll see the low - middle income families eating a lot of McDonalds and Kraft Dinner. Why? It's cheap and makes kids happy. Now, what's the nutritional value of McDonalds and Kraft Dinner? Zip!
While it's hard to get out of habits, and it can be expensive to eat healthier, you need to have priorities. Is it important to get healthy? Of course! So make it your priority to change your eating habits! Can you do it on McDonalds and Kraft Dinner? No! So make it your priority to skip buying the latest magazines or your fancy coffee and buy fresh fruit and veggies instead! You need to make yourself a priority or why should anyone else?
*stepping off the daily soapbox*
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What ever happened to eating when you're hungry and only eating until you're full? I guess it probably started sometime back during the Great Depression or WWII when foods were rationed for which ever reasons. Those we times when you were lucky you were eating so damn right you were going to eat everything whether you wanted to or not!
However, while poverty is sometimes still an issue, for the most part, we can eat whenever and however much we want. Unfortunately it was ingrained into us from small children that we MUST eat breakfast, lunch and supper and set times, with snacks in between. We MUST eat everything we're served - "think of those starving children in Ethiopia!"
With the amount of cheap junk food//fast food out there, it's no wonder why Canada and the USA have such an obesity problem. If you notice, so often you'll see the low - middle income families eating a lot of McDonalds and Kraft Dinner. Why? It's cheap and makes kids happy. Now, what's the nutritional value of McDonalds and Kraft Dinner? Zip!
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| Photo courtesy of Google |
While it's hard to get out of habits, and it can be expensive to eat healthier, you need to have priorities. Is it important to get healthy? Of course! So make it your priority to change your eating habits! Can you do it on McDonalds and Kraft Dinner? No! So make it your priority to skip buying the latest magazines or your fancy coffee and buy fresh fruit and veggies instead! You need to make yourself a priority or why should anyone else?
*stepping off the daily soapbox*
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Meeeeeeeelting
It is so nasty hot here I've been hibernating in my house. I have done exactly zero miles this week. I bet I still post a loss though with the amount of sweating going on!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
My Weight Loss
A friend of mine posted a similar post and I thought I'd throw mine out there too!
My loss since my highest weight (9 mths pg with Olivia) - 32.6lbs
My loss since I started losing weight this round - 15.8lbs
Weight to lose until my first major goal - 9.2lbs (25lbs lost since starting again in Jan)
Weight to lose til my final goal - 26.4lbs (150lbs is my goal)
I didn't measure myself this time. I do have my measurements from when I was about 5lbs from my top weight around somewhere. I have dropped from wearing size 18 or so pants and 1X - 2X tops to wearing size 12 - 14 pants and L - XL tops.
My loss since my highest weight (9 mths pg with Olivia) - 32.6lbs
My loss since I started losing weight this round - 15.8lbs
Weight to lose until my first major goal - 9.2lbs (25lbs lost since starting again in Jan)
Weight to lose til my final goal - 26.4lbs (150lbs is my goal)
I didn't measure myself this time. I do have my measurements from when I was about 5lbs from my top weight around somewhere. I have dropped from wearing size 18 or so pants and 1X - 2X tops to wearing size 12 - 14 pants and L - XL tops.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Water and Yumminess
So the girls in my weight loss group are doing a Water Week challenge. I'm kicking ass in this so far! Today I had *160oz* of water! Go me! Now if only I can keep it up for the rest of the week!
Also found, and made, this super yummy tuna pasta salad recipe. No mayo! I added more celery and carrot and added dill and some corn. Big hit over here!
Also found, and made, this super yummy tuna pasta salad recipe. No mayo! I added more celery and carrot and added dill and some corn. Big hit over here!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Weigh In Tomorrow
I may have hit goal (well past it really) at 184.4lbs on Friday, but I'm worried about tomorrow's weigh in. Friday was my birthday so the diet flew out the window. Yesterday sucked too. Today has been better (other than the fact that I ate cookies for lunch), but still not great. *sigh*
On a brighter note, we should be getting our taxes done tomorrow which means a new stove and computer are in my near future!
On a brighter note, we should be getting our taxes done tomorrow which means a new stove and computer are in my near future!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Random Tuesdays
Rrrrrroll Up the Rrrrrrim to Win is back! Woooooooooo for Tim Hortons!
I am a total comfort food lover. Going through my recipes to try to menu plan is killing my diet all on it's own. For every 1 healthy recipe I have, I have 9,836 comfort food ones. *sigh*
My birthday is Friday. I actually forgot how old I am. I was telling my mom that I was gonna be 30 next year. Wait a minute... I'm only 27!
I seem to be afraid of laminating with contact paper. You lay the contact paper down, sticky side up. Then you *perfectly* apply your paper. THEN you've got to *perfectly* seal it all up. Yup, it's still sitting in it's factory wrapping, like it has been for the last 2 weeks.
Head on over to The UnMom to see more Random Tuesdays
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Blah
It was just a crap weekend all over. My diet sucked. I drank next to zero water. Forgot to track calories until it was to the point that I forgot what I ate. Brianna was an ass. Olivia was super whiny/clingy. Blah.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Water Bloat!
Holy crap, the day's not even over yet and I'm already at 112oz of water. I feel like I'm swimming lol
New coffee trick! Bought some flavoured coffee today. Discovered that with flavoured coffee I can keep topping off the cup with black coffee even longer. Obviously it's the flavour I'm going for. So now, it's really just when the sugar from the creamer runs out. Wooo! Rather than (not lying) at least a CUP AND A HALF of creamer a day, I'm down to about 1/2 cup for the same amount of coffee (about 3 pots). Yay me!
Didn't do terrible on calories. I did go over, but by only a little over 100. I knew my scalloped potatoes would kill me lol
New coffee trick! Bought some flavoured coffee today. Discovered that with flavoured coffee I can keep topping off the cup with black coffee even longer. Obviously it's the flavour I'm going for. So now, it's really just when the sugar from the creamer runs out. Wooo! Rather than (not lying) at least a CUP AND A HALF of creamer a day, I'm down to about 1/2 cup for the same amount of coffee (about 3 pots). Yay me!
Didn't do terrible on calories. I did go over, but by only a little over 100. I knew my scalloped potatoes would kill me lol
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Day 1
Day 1 of a weight loss plan is always painful. It's the day you step on the scale to see how much you suck. Today I sucked enough to have gained over 10lbs since October. Yup, I suck. I was down to 181.4lbs at my last weigh in, today I was at 192.2lbs. *cry*
On a bright side, I did find out that shoveling snow is great exercise and burns lots of calories. Here's hoping we get several feet of snow before spring comes! Another good note. Brianna was asking today when we were going to do more "gym class" type stuff like hiking/running/ect... So that means even after the snow is gone, I should still be getting off my ass.
Today I discovered the nice cheap bagels I bought are over 500 cals a piece *cry* Guess I'm going back to the expensive Weight Watchers bagels. At least they were only 150 cals. I'm also rediscovering my cup-o-soup pouches. While they are pretty high in sodium (never something I've had a problem with so not terribly worried), 2 pouches is just over 100 cals and fills me up. Chances are, this will be my lunch quite often!
Now to figure out supper. I am a BIG lover of comfort food. That sucks. Comfort food usually has 486,935 calories per serving *sigh*
My first long term goal is to be down 25lbs by Olivia's birthday (so 167lbs). My first short term goal is to be 185lbs by my birthday (so down 7.2lbs). I worry more about the short term goal than the long term one.
On a bright side, I did find out that shoveling snow is great exercise and burns lots of calories. Here's hoping we get several feet of snow before spring comes! Another good note. Brianna was asking today when we were going to do more "gym class" type stuff like hiking/running/ect... So that means even after the snow is gone, I should still be getting off my ass.
Today I discovered the nice cheap bagels I bought are over 500 cals a piece *cry* Guess I'm going back to the expensive Weight Watchers bagels. At least they were only 150 cals. I'm also rediscovering my cup-o-soup pouches. While they are pretty high in sodium (never something I've had a problem with so not terribly worried), 2 pouches is just over 100 cals and fills me up. Chances are, this will be my lunch quite often!
Now to figure out supper. I am a BIG lover of comfort food. That sucks. Comfort food usually has 486,935 calories per serving *sigh*
My first long term goal is to be down 25lbs by Olivia's birthday (so 167lbs). My first short term goal is to be 185lbs by my birthday (so down 7.2lbs). I worry more about the short term goal than the long term one.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Lifestyle Changes
I've decided that my new diet lifestyle change will start on the 19th. Olivia's 18 mth birthday. My first long term goal is to drop 25lbs by her birthday. At 24 weeks to go that barely over a pound a week. Doable right? HA!
The first 5lbs will fly off simply by water weight. Not only have I not been drinking my water, but I haven't gotten off my ass in over a month. I can see that first 5lbs off before 2 weeks are gone.
The next 5lbs should still relatively fall off quickly. Just tracking my food portions and not snacking will take care of that. Those should go in another 2-3 weeks.
The remaining 15lbs will hang on for dear life and I'll have to threaten anorexia on them for them to even start looking like they're gonna go away. Unfortunately my fat knows I love food waaaaaay to much to go close to anorexia so it'll probably take me until July 18th to come even close to my 25lbs goal.
Now, I guess to start I'll have to dust off the scale.....
The first 5lbs will fly off simply by water weight. Not only have I not been drinking my water, but I haven't gotten off my ass in over a month. I can see that first 5lbs off before 2 weeks are gone.
The next 5lbs should still relatively fall off quickly. Just tracking my food portions and not snacking will take care of that. Those should go in another 2-3 weeks.
The remaining 15lbs will hang on for dear life and I'll have to threaten anorexia on them for them to even start looking like they're gonna go away. Unfortunately my fat knows I love food waaaaaay to much to go close to anorexia so it'll probably take me until July 18th to come even close to my 25lbs goal.
Now, I guess to start I'll have to dust off the scale.....
Friday, December 17, 2010
Screw The Diet!
Ok, so it's Christmas. Who the hell can stay on a diet now!?! I've totally fallen off the wagon and gotten ran over it anyways, so I aint even gonna bother now. Christmas eve is in a week, I start Christmas baking on Monday (7 diff cookies and 4 diff bars) and we have 2 Christmas dinners to go to. Not to mention all the junky crap you get for Christmas and all the leftovers everyone is stuck with. Yup, screw it!
On to baking, a much happier topic. This year, as always, I'm making a bunch of stuff and sending some in to Lee's work. I'm also sending a bunch into mom's work and will probably bring a bunch to Grandma Hart's (if there's any left by Christmas Day!).
I am making:
- Fudgy Brownies
- Cafe Au Lait Bars
- Rocky Road Squares
- Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Bars
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Sugar Cookies
- Cherry Spiral Cookies
- Chocolate Coffee Cookies
- Chewy Skor Cookies
- Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Devil Bites
No wonder I say screw the diet lol
On to baking, a much happier topic. This year, as always, I'm making a bunch of stuff and sending some in to Lee's work. I'm also sending a bunch into mom's work and will probably bring a bunch to Grandma Hart's (if there's any left by Christmas Day!).
I am making:
- Fudgy Brownies
- Cafe Au Lait Bars
- Rocky Road Squares
- Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Bars
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Sugar Cookies
- Cherry Spiral Cookies
- Chocolate Coffee Cookies
- Chewy Skor Cookies
- Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Devil Bites
No wonder I say screw the diet lol
Thursday, September 2, 2010
:(
I didn't hit my goal for Sept 1st. Still stuck in the 180 range. BUT! School is starting on Tues so I'll be have to get moving again. Even if I don't work out otherwise I'll be doing my power walks again. So! Maximum 175lbs by Oct 1st! I don't think this'll be a problem because I'll be exercising again. Wooooo me!
Friday, May 21, 2010
GOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!
Wooooooooooooo me! I hit an surpassed my 10lb goal by .4lbs! I am sooooooooo excited! So now I'm set up with my new goal of 5lbs by Father's Day.
Lee installed the new washer and dryer today. The washer actually has a working hot water hose so I can once again separate my clothes and wash my whites in HOT! Woooooooo! And even though it was a nice day I had to do one load in the dryer just to see how it works. Lee started calling it a piece of junk cause the cycle was almost over and the clothes were still wet and it seemed there was very little heat. Crap. So I fiddled with the settings and found one that works! Lots of heat and perfectly dry clothes YAY!
Brianna had a fairly decent day. Picked a stupid fight with Lee over wiping up a mess she made. Why do kids pick the hard way?! It would have been sooooo much easier just to clean up the mess she made, properly, the first time! She's having a sleep over with Grandma tonight. I know, I know, she hasn't hit 50 stars yet, but it was a planned event.
Lee's on vacation! I get him for a whole week now! We can't really afford for him to take time off, but I do love when he's here. Where's that winning lotto ticket?
I finally got around to cleaning out the toy room. Got rid of 1 big bag of garbage and to big bags of stuff for the Agape. Looks soooo nice in there now! Tomorrow when we get home from Ottawa I'm getting Brianna to go through the stuff I left behind and take out anything she's not playing with. We're also getting rid of the air hockey table. She loved/s playing with the one at our visits with Isaac but so rarely plays with ours so GONE! It'll be nice to have that space. It's not huge but it would be an extra 4x3 feet! YAY!
Lee installed the new washer and dryer today. The washer actually has a working hot water hose so I can once again separate my clothes and wash my whites in HOT! Woooooooo! And even though it was a nice day I had to do one load in the dryer just to see how it works. Lee started calling it a piece of junk cause the cycle was almost over and the clothes were still wet and it seemed there was very little heat. Crap. So I fiddled with the settings and found one that works! Lots of heat and perfectly dry clothes YAY!
Brianna had a fairly decent day. Picked a stupid fight with Lee over wiping up a mess she made. Why do kids pick the hard way?! It would have been sooooo much easier just to clean up the mess she made, properly, the first time! She's having a sleep over with Grandma tonight. I know, I know, she hasn't hit 50 stars yet, but it was a planned event.
Lee's on vacation! I get him for a whole week now! We can't really afford for him to take time off, but I do love when he's here. Where's that winning lotto ticket?
I finally got around to cleaning out the toy room. Got rid of 1 big bag of garbage and to big bags of stuff for the Agape. Looks soooo nice in there now! Tomorrow when we get home from Ottawa I'm getting Brianna to go through the stuff I left behind and take out anything she's not playing with. We're also getting rid of the air hockey table. She loved/s playing with the one at our visits with Isaac but so rarely plays with ours so GONE! It'll be nice to have that space. It's not huge but it would be an extra 4x3 feet! YAY!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The scale finally moves!
Forgot to post this morning that the scale finally woke up and I'm down .4lbs! Still .8lbs away from goal but at least it's moving again! Hopefully I can hit that .8lbs on Friday! My next goal date is Father's Day so I gotta get my butt in gear!!!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Still no to the goal
Weigh in this morning.... no change *sigh* Which means it hasn't changed in a week. I was even 500 calories short yesterday! So peeved with myself. I was even commenting yesterday how the shorts I bough a couple mths ago are now falling off. I should do my measurements and see if inches are falling off and it's just that the scale hates me.
Brianna's stealing has hit an all time high. She stole a family sized chocolate bar from her school fund raiser at 5am and hid it under her pillow to eat. I swear she's grounded for life. I can't wait til Thursday so she can have her hearing test. If she passes it great, I know it has nothing to do with her hearing. If she fails, great, we can fix a problem and hope it solves some others.
Brianna's stealing has hit an all time high. She stole a family sized chocolate bar from her school fund raiser at 5am and hid it under her pillow to eat. I swear she's grounded for life. I can't wait til Thursday so she can have her hearing test. If she passes it great, I know it has nothing to do with her hearing. If she fails, great, we can fix a problem and hope it solves some others.
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