Snaps to me!! A friend messaged me about this journey I'm on. Thought I would post our correspondence.
(My friend)
Hey girl! It is awesome that you are losing weight! What is your plan - how are you doing it?
(Me)
Hey, Friend!!
I am just trying to take the common-sense approach. Smaller portions, healthier choices, incorporating breakfast and snacks. Exercising 5-6 days a week: one or two intense cardio days, several low-medium intensity days. Trying to mix it up and include resistance training to boost my metabolism.
This is so scary, because I'm documenting my journey and it is out there for all the world to see. But I've been told that this act of publicly sharing can help one succeed.
I am also trying to find substitutes for foods I crave and love so I can stay satisfied. They are not always the healthiest options, but they are much better than what I would have chosen in the past. I consider that progress.
It's been an issue for me my entire adult life, but I just have to keep trying. Hoping things click for me this time.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Jen didn't want to count it!
WTF? Hey! Point six pounds is over half a pound and when you've been battling weight issues as long as I have, you count every frickin' half pound, maybe even quarter-of-a.
Jen made the mistake of sort of DISCOUNTING IT!
Okay, so she was down with it once I set her straight. I guess it would be difficult for her to see why that would be important to me, but when on stepped on the scale, and she said, "you stayed the same," I took exception to the fat!
And if anyone has a weight vest, may I borrow it? I'm absolutely dying for Jen to wear one during one of our workouts. I would love, love, love it if she could walk the steep hill in my shoes.
For the record, I'm not bad-mouthing Jen. I think she's tops. I just need to set her straight from time to time. I'm all about the educating, the coaching, the mentoring. She has a heart of gold and has stuck with me through thick and thick. I truly do heart her.
This week went pretty well. I did me some H2O aerobics, took a couple of walks, did an hour in the gym midweek and on Saturday, I climbed the steep hill 8 times! W00t! If I hadn't done that, I'm purty sure I woulda gained me some poundage fo sho. (Overdid the vino and steak and m&m's Saturday night.) Shocking, I know!)
So I'm thankful for my stinkin' .6 pound!
Tip for this week: Country Hearth Light Wheat Bread. 40 cals/slice! I love me a sanich at lunch time and with this bread, I can have a whole sanich instead of a half, and I have never been one to do anything half way. bwaaaa...
Two week total: 3.6 pounds.
Jen made the mistake of sort of DISCOUNTING IT!
Okay, so she was down with it once I set her straight. I guess it would be difficult for her to see why that would be important to me, but when on stepped on the scale, and she said, "you stayed the same," I took exception to the fat!
And if anyone has a weight vest, may I borrow it? I'm absolutely dying for Jen to wear one during one of our workouts. I would love, love, love it if she could walk the steep hill in my shoes.
For the record, I'm not bad-mouthing Jen. I think she's tops. I just need to set her straight from time to time. I'm all about the educating, the coaching, the mentoring. She has a heart of gold and has stuck with me through thick and thick. I truly do heart her.
This week went pretty well. I did me some H2O aerobics, took a couple of walks, did an hour in the gym midweek and on Saturday, I climbed the steep hill 8 times! W00t! If I hadn't done that, I'm purty sure I woulda gained me some poundage fo sho. (Overdid the vino and steak and m&m's Saturday night.) Shocking, I know!)
So I'm thankful for my stinkin' .6 pound!
Tip for this week: Country Hearth Light Wheat Bread. 40 cals/slice! I love me a sanich at lunch time and with this bread, I can have a whole sanich instead of a half, and I have never been one to do anything half way. bwaaaa...
Two week total: 3.6 pounds.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Good job to me and Jen!
Okay, so my personal trainer, Jen, is something else. She is two parts creative, two parts motivating, 3 parts knowledge.With a dash of an S&M whip master. She concocts the most torturous workouts and keeps her cool when I complain and call her a "witch" during the entire.
But seriously, she is also very caring and totally knows what she's doing. I heart her. That's why I want to be a better advertisement for her.
We decided that with my new 'tude, she'd help me reach some goals. Every Monday when I see her, I will weigh in. She took my measurements. She gives me homework. She made me sign a contract. (I didn't like that part.)
Last week was my first weigh in. So, today I had to see if I lost weight. I had done my homework and had eaten pretty well, but I was uber nervous because I'd had a run in with a giant order of nachos and a mega beer Friday night. I was skeerd.
But, I actually lost 3 pounds! On my way people!
Anyway, hoping to keep the momentum going and lose 12 pounds in 12 weeks.
Fingers crossed!
But seriously, she is also very caring and totally knows what she's doing. I heart her. That's why I want to be a better advertisement for her.
We decided that with my new 'tude, she'd help me reach some goals. Every Monday when I see her, I will weigh in. She took my measurements. She gives me homework. She made me sign a contract. (I didn't like that part.)
Last week was my first weigh in. So, today I had to see if I lost weight. I had done my homework and had eaten pretty well, but I was uber nervous because I'd had a run in with a giant order of nachos and a mega beer Friday night. I was skeerd.
But, I actually lost 3 pounds! On my way people!
Anyway, hoping to keep the momentum going and lose 12 pounds in 12 weeks.
Fingers crossed!
Here we go again
Those of you who know me understand that I am on a perpetual journey. Okay, journey schmourney. Let's call it what it is: a Battle.
Uhm, No.
A. Freakin'. War.
I have been beaten and battered and dragged through hell. And it sucks because I am fighting myself. That's the really sick part. The Rubik's cube of it all. But I refuse to give up. I will never give up. And by doing that. By engaging in the very act of trying, I gain a little sliver of self respect.
Every day that happens, I stack that hard-won sliver on top of the layer from the day before. It's a painstaking process, but you know what? I'm building myself some dignity, babee. Because I think that's the answer. Or at least part of it. Maybe if I can find some confidence and convince myself that I am worthy of living this life I was given, I can turn this thing around before I kill myself.
Yesterday was a pretty good day. Got up and ate me some multigrain cherrios with fat free milk. Went out for lunch to Panera. I decided to go online to see the nutrition stats for their menu. Turns out they have a nutrition calculator. You put in what you want for your meal and it abracacalulates it for you. For a right-brainer like me, that is what you call AWESOME!So I put in a few scenarios until I came up with an appetizing lunch that fit into my food budget.
Here's the link:http://www.paneranutrition.com/
Go crazy.
Uhm, No.
A. Freakin'. War.
I have been beaten and battered and dragged through hell. And it sucks because I am fighting myself. That's the really sick part. The Rubik's cube of it all. But I refuse to give up. I will never give up. And by doing that. By engaging in the very act of trying, I gain a little sliver of self respect.
Every day that happens, I stack that hard-won sliver on top of the layer from the day before. It's a painstaking process, but you know what? I'm building myself some dignity, babee. Because I think that's the answer. Or at least part of it. Maybe if I can find some confidence and convince myself that I am worthy of living this life I was given, I can turn this thing around before I kill myself.
Yesterday was a pretty good day. Got up and ate me some multigrain cherrios with fat free milk. Went out for lunch to Panera. I decided to go online to see the nutrition stats for their menu. Turns out they have a nutrition calculator. You put in what you want for your meal and it abracacalulates it for you. For a right-brainer like me, that is what you call AWESOME!So I put in a few scenarios until I came up with an appetizing lunch that fit into my food budget.
Here's the link:http://www.paneranutrition.com/
Go crazy.
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