Today's Weight: 251.6
UGH. I completely lost control last night. It started with a bite of pretzel at Target. Then it progressed to 2 ounces of corn at dinner...I thought to myself...gee I know I shouldn't eat corn, but I can handle a few extra carbs today, right?
Next thing I knew, I was reaching my hand into the giant Costco sized bag of M and Ms that my husband owns. Not once. Or twice or even three times. We're talking 5-6 BIG handfuls. I feel sick just thinking about it. Not just because of the sugar overload, but because I lost control and messed myself up. BIG time.
But I'm going back on plan today. I had about 200 carbs yesterday, I figure. Give or take a handful. Today I will keep my carbs super low and I will cross my fingers that the M and Ms won't decided to linger a few more days as unwanted houseguests on my ass.
This morning I got up and asked my dh..."You DID hide the M and Ms, right???" To which he replied, "What M and Ms???"
Right. That's why I love him.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Awesome workout!
Today's Weight: 252.4 lbs
Whew, what a night! I just completed 4 HOURS of cooking and cleaning. I got up at 6:30 pm to cook dinner and after resting for a few minutes to eat, I proceeded to clean my butt off until 10:30 pm until I finally sat down!
I entered my activity into my Fitday and it said that 4 hours of general cleaning is 3.91 calories per minute. PER MINUTE!!! That's a total of 938 calories for one night of cleaning! Wow.
So who needs a gym when you have a dirty house?? Seriously! I hate having a dirty house, too. So maybe I'm on to something. I can slim down and lose weight while making my world a cleaner place to be!
Whew, what a night! I just completed 4 HOURS of cooking and cleaning. I got up at 6:30 pm to cook dinner and after resting for a few minutes to eat, I proceeded to clean my butt off until 10:30 pm until I finally sat down!
I entered my activity into my Fitday and it said that 4 hours of general cleaning is 3.91 calories per minute. PER MINUTE!!! That's a total of 938 calories for one night of cleaning! Wow.
So who needs a gym when you have a dirty house?? Seriously! I hate having a dirty house, too. So maybe I'm on to something. I can slim down and lose weight while making my world a cleaner place to be!
Friday, January 18, 2008
An update and other ramblings...
Today's Weight: 256.2
I haven't blogged in a few days, so I thought I would check in. Since my last post, I've come back home to California and I've spent the last week trying to get myself and my kids settled in and past this nasty bug we caught. We're still not 100% better but hopefully soon.
I've been quite disappointed this week in my weight, even though I know I shouldn't be. When I left my mom's house, her scale said I weighed 254 lbs. Even though I did have a cheat meal last Sunday, I know it was not nearly as bad to cause me to weigh 259 on my own scale the next day. The problem is that I KNOW my mom's scale weighs me in at 4 pounds less. I KNOW this, and yet I still got my hopes caught up when her scale showed me a 1 pound loss almost every day that I was there. Despite the fact that I was cheating here, there and everywhere. I should have known better. It was just so nice to told what I really wanted to hear, ya know?
Now reality has set it and I am back home, where BOTH of my scales (yes, I have two!) tell me the truth. After working hard to stay on plan all week, I am back down to 256.2 and I am really hoping that soon I can see 254 FOR REAL.
I still need to work out the kinks for what my diet should be. One thing I learned while I was gone is that my diet needs to be more varied. Our bodies get used to eating the same things day in, day out and they get complacent. I don't want my body to get complacent. I want to keep it guessing and keep it burning fat at optimal levels. What that means, I don't know. I'm going to experiment some more with upping my carbs on various days.
Yesterday was an example of a different day, and not by choice. For some reason I was in binge mode yesterday. And yes, I kept track of what I ate anyway. I ate 2,900 calories!! WOW. Double WOW. Interestingly enough, I was down a pound today. Triple WOW.
Things that make you go Hmm.....
I haven't blogged in a few days, so I thought I would check in. Since my last post, I've come back home to California and I've spent the last week trying to get myself and my kids settled in and past this nasty bug we caught. We're still not 100% better but hopefully soon.
I've been quite disappointed this week in my weight, even though I know I shouldn't be. When I left my mom's house, her scale said I weighed 254 lbs. Even though I did have a cheat meal last Sunday, I know it was not nearly as bad to cause me to weigh 259 on my own scale the next day. The problem is that I KNOW my mom's scale weighs me in at 4 pounds less. I KNOW this, and yet I still got my hopes caught up when her scale showed me a 1 pound loss almost every day that I was there. Despite the fact that I was cheating here, there and everywhere. I should have known better. It was just so nice to told what I really wanted to hear, ya know?
Now reality has set it and I am back home, where BOTH of my scales (yes, I have two!) tell me the truth. After working hard to stay on plan all week, I am back down to 256.2 and I am really hoping that soon I can see 254 FOR REAL.
I still need to work out the kinks for what my diet should be. One thing I learned while I was gone is that my diet needs to be more varied. Our bodies get used to eating the same things day in, day out and they get complacent. I don't want my body to get complacent. I want to keep it guessing and keep it burning fat at optimal levels. What that means, I don't know. I'm going to experiment some more with upping my carbs on various days.
Yesterday was an example of a different day, and not by choice. For some reason I was in binge mode yesterday. And yes, I kept track of what I ate anyway. I ate 2,900 calories!! WOW. Double WOW. Interestingly enough, I was down a pound today. Triple WOW.
Things that make you go Hmm.....
Sunday, January 6, 2008
One thing I forgot to mention....
Today's Weight: 256.4
W00t! Down another pound today. Amazing. Like, 5 pounds in a week. I told my mom I'm stealing her scale and taking it home to CA with me. Hers loves me more than mine does!
One thing I forgot to mention....I hit another milestone this week. I hit my pre-pregnancy weight for Alex! I was 259 lbs when I got pregnant with him in January of 2006. Um....let's home there are no suprises for me this month because I plan to keep losing!
My next goals are: 248 lbs by Valentine's day. I'm already getting very close to that! I might have to make my goal bigger! After that, I want to hit 225, which is the weight I was when I got pregnant with Jacob in July of 2003. Of course after that, I would really like to hit 200 lbs by the time Steve gets home from his deployment this summer.
Lots of goals! I better get back to work!
W00t! Down another pound today. Amazing. Like, 5 pounds in a week. I told my mom I'm stealing her scale and taking it home to CA with me. Hers loves me more than mine does!
One thing I forgot to mention....I hit another milestone this week. I hit my pre-pregnancy weight for Alex! I was 259 lbs when I got pregnant with him in January of 2006. Um....let's home there are no suprises for me this month because I plan to keep losing!
My next goals are: 248 lbs by Valentine's day. I'm already getting very close to that! I might have to make my goal bigger! After that, I want to hit 225, which is the weight I was when I got pregnant with Jacob in July of 2003. Of course after that, I would really like to hit 200 lbs by the time Steve gets home from his deployment this summer.
Lots of goals! I better get back to work!
I don't even have time to wear out my clothes!
I love the new Right Fit jeans at Lane Bryant. They fit so nicely and they have just a tiny bit of stretch to go around your curves. I wear the blue label, or "curvy" fit. The sizing is odd. Instead of doing standard sizes...14, 16, 18, etc....they do size 1, 2, 3 all the way up to size 8. Um weird, but whatever! I guess so we all feel good that we wear less than a 10? I dunno. I still realize I have a fat ass regardless of what you call the size but I digress.
Anyway, just before I started Atkins in October I bought a pair of said jeans. Size 5. They fit just fine...not too tight but not too baggy. I did realize that the "tall" was way taller than the regular talls were. These jeans don't seem to shrink like the previous Venezia line. So I had to roll those puppies WAY up in order to walk.
After starting Atkins, I quickly shrunk so much the jeans became too baggy. They were still in great shape however, since I only wore them a handful of times. I found a home for them thankfully...an online buddy who is still a few pounds heavier (for now) than me and 4 inches taller. W00t! Hopefully she will enjoy them in even less time than I did and pass them on!
After passing on the size 5 jeans, I went back in the beginning of December and tried on size 4 and 3. Size 4 fit just fine! Oh but wait.....size 3 fit too!!! Gee...which size do you think I bought?
Fast forward to today. The size 3 jeans I bought only a month ag0 (you didn't REALLY think I would buy the bigger size, right?), is now feeling loose!!! OMG WOW!!!
So I went to Lane Bryant tonight to pay my tab. (Well part of it...um...I owe them a lot...). Of course they always get me...I came out with a bag.
The best part is I tried on size 2 and they fit!! Holy cow! My dh and I were amazed and so happy. Gosh...I wonder how long it will take to get to size 1?? That's the smallest size they have.
Gee...I see a pair of Old Navy jeans in my future!!!
Oh and I also bought a fantastic red printed tee. I'm going to have dh take my pic tomorrow in my new outfit and post it on the blog.
Anyway, just before I started Atkins in October I bought a pair of said jeans. Size 5. They fit just fine...not too tight but not too baggy. I did realize that the "tall" was way taller than the regular talls were. These jeans don't seem to shrink like the previous Venezia line. So I had to roll those puppies WAY up in order to walk.
After starting Atkins, I quickly shrunk so much the jeans became too baggy. They were still in great shape however, since I only wore them a handful of times. I found a home for them thankfully...an online buddy who is still a few pounds heavier (for now) than me and 4 inches taller. W00t! Hopefully she will enjoy them in even less time than I did and pass them on!
After passing on the size 5 jeans, I went back in the beginning of December and tried on size 4 and 3. Size 4 fit just fine! Oh but wait.....size 3 fit too!!! Gee...which size do you think I bought?
Fast forward to today. The size 3 jeans I bought only a month ag0 (you didn't REALLY think I would buy the bigger size, right?), is now feeling loose!!! OMG WOW!!!
So I went to Lane Bryant tonight to pay my tab. (Well part of it...um...I owe them a lot...). Of course they always get me...I came out with a bag.
The best part is I tried on size 2 and they fit!! Holy cow! My dh and I were amazed and so happy. Gosh...I wonder how long it will take to get to size 1?? That's the smallest size they have.
Gee...I see a pair of Old Navy jeans in my future!!!
Oh and I also bought a fantastic red printed tee. I'm going to have dh take my pic tomorrow in my new outfit and post it on the blog.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Wow
Today's Weight: 257.4
Wow.
Just. Wow.
I'm down to 257.4 today and I'm shocked. I stepped on the scale like 4 times just to make sure. But it's true. I've lost 4 pounds this week despite the fact that I've slipped up several times. I've had 4 days of 100+ net carbs, and 3 days of 30-55 net carbs. Varied of course. 2 higher carb days followed by 2 low carb days. The weight is melting off! I think my body might like the variation. I must be keeping my metabolism hopping since every day is so different. Back home I was lucky to lose 1-2 pounds a week, and I was eating the same thing everyday, almost always under 30-40 net carbs per day.
I told my mom this morning, perhaps it's time to consider the idea of eating a sweet potato once or twice a week. Or maybe adding berries back in, or some higher carb winter squash. Yeah. This could get interesting. I don't want to over-do it though and get tons of cravings. I'm going to see what happens the rest of this week before I decide.
Wow.
Just. Wow.
I'm down to 257.4 today and I'm shocked. I stepped on the scale like 4 times just to make sure. But it's true. I've lost 4 pounds this week despite the fact that I've slipped up several times. I've had 4 days of 100+ net carbs, and 3 days of 30-55 net carbs. Varied of course. 2 higher carb days followed by 2 low carb days. The weight is melting off! I think my body might like the variation. I must be keeping my metabolism hopping since every day is so different. Back home I was lucky to lose 1-2 pounds a week, and I was eating the same thing everyday, almost always under 30-40 net carbs per day.
I told my mom this morning, perhaps it's time to consider the idea of eating a sweet potato once or twice a week. Or maybe adding berries back in, or some higher carb winter squash. Yeah. This could get interesting. I don't want to over-do it though and get tons of cravings. I'm going to see what happens the rest of this week before I decide.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Dedicated to my Grandpa
Today's Weight: 259.6
This is a picture of my grandpa and Alex taken 6 months ago. This is how I choose to remember my grandpa. He wasn't always the easiest person to get along with, but he adored his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Just getting a hug or a smile from them would completely make his day.
Grandpa declined quite a bit in the last 6 months. And by the time he joined his parents and siblings in heaven today, he had more than given up and become ready to go. God Bless you, grandpa, and may we meet again on the other side. Rest in Peace.
William Alvis
November 11, 1918-January 3, 2008
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Surprisingly enough...despite the sadness and stress of the day, it was a very good day for me diet wise. I've been struggling to stay on plan despite constant temptations here on vacation. New Years Day I had 3 cookies...OMG 58 carbs in one sitting! YIKES! The night before, Steve and I went to a movie and I caved and had a pretzel. I about choked when I got home, googled it and realized I'd eated 710 calories and 147 carbs!!! Yesterday we went to Casa Grande to eat at Cracker Barrel with Steve's grandparents and I caved and had hash brown casserole! 30 carbs.
GRRR!!! I'm usually really good at home. But for some reason vacation is hard. Being around stuff I wouldn't normally eat makes me lighten up on myself and cave. It's not like people are shoving this crap down my throat! I mean, really.
Well anyway...ironically enough the most stressful day of this week was my best. I had some cashews and diet coke for breakfast. Lunch was a grilled shrimp caesar salad with no croutons. Dinner was some hot wings and broccoli. A very good carb day! I hope I see some results on the scale tomorrow! If I can even maintain, that will be great.
Oh.....and the best news is that as of New Years Eve, I had reached 30 pounds lost!! That's a loss of 10 lbs in October, 8 lbs in November and 12 lbs in December! Go me!!!
My next goal is to reach 248 by Valentine's Day!
This is a picture of my grandpa and Alex taken 6 months ago. This is how I choose to remember my grandpa. He wasn't always the easiest person to get along with, but he adored his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Just getting a hug or a smile from them would completely make his day.
Grandpa declined quite a bit in the last 6 months. And by the time he joined his parents and siblings in heaven today, he had more than given up and become ready to go. God Bless you, grandpa, and may we meet again on the other side. Rest in Peace.
William Alvis
November 11, 1918-January 3, 2008
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Surprisingly enough...despite the sadness and stress of the day, it was a very good day for me diet wise. I've been struggling to stay on plan despite constant temptations here on vacation. New Years Day I had 3 cookies...OMG 58 carbs in one sitting! YIKES! The night before, Steve and I went to a movie and I caved and had a pretzel. I about choked when I got home, googled it and realized I'd eated 710 calories and 147 carbs!!! Yesterday we went to Casa Grande to eat at Cracker Barrel with Steve's grandparents and I caved and had hash brown casserole! 30 carbs.
GRRR!!! I'm usually really good at home. But for some reason vacation is hard. Being around stuff I wouldn't normally eat makes me lighten up on myself and cave. It's not like people are shoving this crap down my throat! I mean, really.
Well anyway...ironically enough the most stressful day of this week was my best. I had some cashews and diet coke for breakfast. Lunch was a grilled shrimp caesar salad with no croutons. Dinner was some hot wings and broccoli. A very good carb day! I hope I see some results on the scale tomorrow! If I can even maintain, that will be great.
Oh.....and the best news is that as of New Years Eve, I had reached 30 pounds lost!! That's a loss of 10 lbs in October, 8 lbs in November and 12 lbs in December! Go me!!!
My next goal is to reach 248 by Valentine's Day!
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