LOL I love that the first line of my last post states that I plan to start updating every weekend. And that was on June 2nd. Oh well, shit happens!
So that weekend ended up being my last at the golf course. They did some rearranging of people and I got the short end of the stick and got booted out of the golf course. I was so bummed. I love my golf course and all my regular customers! But oh well. They did offer me another job with townsite (townsite runs everything around here), and I am a cleaning lady now. Yes, me, a cleaning lady. Doesn't fit me well, but I'm truckin' along! I've been doing it a few months now. I clean the conference rooms, the laundromats and empty houses, mostly. The conference rooms and laundromats are daily (I work M-F, 8-5) and the empty houses are as they come along. I also do the random things they ask me to. Pretty much I'm thier bitch. lol. Last week I spent an entire day with the movers they hired to move furniture from 4 intern houses into the storage room. I'm not there to help, just to let them into the houses and tell them what to take and where to put it and that kind of thing. A couple weeks ago I and a few others were moving all the junk (and I mean junk!) out of the old cafe because they've got people wanting to look at the space, I guess. It would be great if that got reopened as some kind of food place! I still get to cover at the golf course when needed, and I've worked at the gym a few times too. So I do it all. And I still do the mine tours.. I get to take time away from the cleaning job to do that, so its nice! :) I didn't want a full time job, and I still don't. But it's what I've got, so I'm managing. I've learned alot as a cleaning lady, like razor blades are great for so many things, and pumice stones make toilet bowls shine! But do you think my house is cleaner? Heck no! By the time I get home, the last thing I want to do is clean. I still keep it as clean as I have to, but its not great. And I don't cook as often as I used to. I mean I used to cook every night except for the random occasional eating out, or him cooking, of course. But now I can't tell you how many times I've initiated "fend for yourselves" nights. That's not me, and it has to stop! So I've been making a greater effort lately to cook more often. Now, when I do clean my house good, I do it better than I used to, and I have more of a system. I guess that's a plus.
With all this working, I began slacking off with the gym. Its a fairly physical job (some days more than others), so I felt like I was getting a decent enough workout in at work. And I would come home so exhausted and the gym became so unappealing. I would still go 2-3 times a week, usually just do cardio with the occasional weights. Of course I also eat more... a lot of granola bars and things throughout the day. But I've still maintained around 197-200lbs, and I've been ok with that. Up a little from my lowest weight (193) but still not bad. Well lately I've noticed that I LOOK like I'm gaining some back. My tummy is a little bigger and my pants are a little more snug. So I pulled out the old measuring tape and OMG! Apparently I'm losing muscle, so therefore not gaining so much weight, but still getting fatter. Not cool. I'll post the measurements in a minute, but I want to say that they lit a spark under my ass and I am back at it!! I hit the gym every day this week, after work. If I bring my clothes to work instead of coming home to change, I'll actually go. I've done at least 4 weight machines each day... I did all the weight machines twice this week which used to be common, but not so much lately. And I'm trying to challenge myself with weights again, by upping the weight I do. Building muscle cuz I want to see those inches fall right back off, and then some. I'm really glad this motivation kicked in again, and really hope it sticks! It's been about 6 months since I've really been in the swing of things and I guess I needed that break, and now I need to get back in gear. I'm counting calories again and have stayed within my calorie goal all week! Woot woot! I have adjusted my calorie goal (I'm using MFP again) though.. before I had it set at trying to lose 1.5 lbs a week and a sedentary lifestyle. Now I've set it at 1 lb per week, and a "lightly active" lifestyle. I could probably say I'm "moderately active" but it depends on the day, so I'll underestimate it. So my net calorie goal now is 1800 which is really easy to stay within. Last time I was counting calories I think it was at 1450 or so. I'm not as strict on my diet as I was a year and a half ago when I started this weight loss journey. I'm not really watching carbs or anything (and I probably should be), I'm not cutting out soda (yet). I'm just watching calories for now. After my next blood draw (should be soon), if my blood sugar is up I'll probably start watching carbs again. If my blood sugar is still good, then yay! When I say "good" of course I mean "better"... it still wasn't where it should be at my last check. Which was like 6 months ago. Damn... Dr. O dropped the ball on that one, I was having it checked every 3 months! I'll have to get an appt made for that.
Anyway. The measurements! (I used to call my hips my waist (beause I didn't know where my waist was, lol) and my wasit my torso, so I'm fixing that now, and calling it right.) (Last time I measured was mid-March, the difference will be in parenthesis)
Sept 5, 199.25 lbs (^4lbs)
Hips: 47.25" (^1")
Chest: 37" (^1.75")
Bust: 43" (^.5")
Thigh: 25" (^1")
Waist: 38.5" (^1")
Arm: 13" (^.75)
Butt: 43.5" (^2.5) (not sure if I measured that exactly the same as it was a new addition..)
So, see! Gain gain gain! Not good!
So enough about that. Clint and I are taking a real vacation at the end of the month, and we'll be gone for a full week and a half! We're driving to Oregon to visit mom and Keith. Clint & Keith will do some hunting a fishing. Mom and I will do some shopping and talking, and it'll be a good time! We're spending a full 7 days with them, with 2 days driving on each end. On the way there, we're planning to stop at Shoshone Falls in Idaho, just for something to do that's Zoey friendly. Of course we're bringing Z! I'm so looking forward to it, I think we really need this!
I think I'll end this for now. I've got to get dinner going for the husband (because its what good wives do!) before he goes to work. I'll try to do this more often now that I'm on the weight loss rollercoaster again!
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Bet ya didnt know I could write a novel..
Well crappers it's been forever since I've updated. I keep meaning to but it just hasn't happened. Oh well, I'm here now. Be happy! :-p
Of course weight/diet talk comes first. So I hit the 200lb mark at the end of January!! SO STINKING EXCITING!! I was just ecstatic! Seriously! It was a fantastic feeling!!
However... since then I've fluctuated like crazy! After Super Bowl I got back to 202, lost that in a few days and I've remained under 200, but just really up and down with it. I've gotten down to, I believe, 196.25. Today I weighed in at 198. It's so frustrating and its got me thinking I need to make some diet changes. I'll get into that in a minute. I just want to get down to 175 so I can say I've lost 100lbs! LOL Also wanna be there by the time my mom comes to visit (April or May) because we're gonna do some shopping!!
I've been going to the gym like a good girl. Still basically doing the same routine. Although I've added a couple things. There's a thing that you hold yourself up with your arms/shoulders/elbows... not like pull ups. Your head is above your arms. I need to figure out what its called. Anyway and you lift yourlegs up and its a stomach exercise. I was surprised that I was able to do it so I do 10-20 of those at least every other day now. And there's a machine that I've always been afraid of! LOL It's the pull up assist thing... The weights couteract your body weight so you're able to do pull ups and push ups. So I do that every other day now. Also I recently learned that I can do sit ups!! I did 7 the first night and that was all I could do but I was so proud! LOL So I'm trying to start doing those randomly throughout the day. Once I lose all this fat, I want to have some muscle under there!! When I do the treadmill now, I try to do it "right." I realized that when I hold onto the handles I don't feel like I'm getting as much of a work out. My knees don't have to bend as much. Like I was basically holding myself so that it was taking away most of the elevation. Not sure if that makes any sense. But test it out... step on a treadmill, raise the elevation and hold onto the handles for a few minutes. Then let go. You'll feel a difference. So now on the treadmill I don't hold onto anything (except my phone of course :p ) and I feel like I'm getting the full benefits. Of course I don't raise the elevation as high as I used to and I don't burn as many calories. Boooo to that! But I really don't think I was actually burning as many calories as it said I was the other way. So I feel like this is more accurate. But now I'm burning less than 500 calories a day with my cardio. Booo! lol.
Food. Food sucks!! Okay so my last post I was apparently doing great. That didn't last long. I'm not doing terribly, but back to the 100 calorie packs throughout the day. So I bought some sugar free candy to try to replace that. Sugar free candy has sugar alcohols which give you serious gas. So don't eat too much of it. You've been warned!! Sugar alcohols are better for diabetics but still not great. I did some research after eating a bunch. lol. So I've eased up on that of course. Still doing calcium chews. I was in a habit of having a handful of chocolate chips every night. Sometimes during the day but mostly just before bed. That's not good for me, of course. So when I ran out I didn't buy more. Its driving me crazy!! LOL Somehow it's making me want to bake! So now I am fightint the constant urge to make cookie dough. The plan is to make it (without chocolate chips because I don't have any) and freeze it and then I won't eat it all the time. Except that I have nothing against frozen cookie dough. So not a good plan for me. But I don't think it will be long till I give in. I've also decided that since I can't load up on carbs or sugars, I can have plenty of fat instead. Meaning cheese. So I eat string cheese and add parmesean to a lot of things. And I wonder why I'm not losing weight like I used to. And I made a broccoli cheddar soup yesterday. I think it's super yummy even though it looks like baby food. I topped it with parmesean and dipped Italian bread in it. DOH! Rule breaker. Cheese instead of carbs, but lets add carbs to it.. so its all unhealthy. Except for the fact that it is indeed BROCCOLI soup. Gotta be a little healthy (btw, broccoli also gives you gas :p ). So that's my food frustrations. I need to figure something out. I feel like my waistline was better off when I was just having chocolate chips at night. :sigh: I'll figure it out eventually!
Also I've stopped countint calories again... I need to get back into that. I think it really helps. But its a pain in the butt when its recipes and you have to figure out how much you had and all that. But... no excuses.. starting Monday I need to start doing that again.
Oh and I've only had soda once this year and that was in the many drinks I had at the super bowl party. But I'm okay with that! Special occasions are.. well, special!
So the broccoli soup brings me to my next topic. I got the recipe from Pinterest. It's damn addicting, that Pinterest!! I pin a ton of recipes, including desserts that look to die for and have me looking for excuses to make them. But also healthy recipes. When I pin a "Healthy-ish recipe" it's generally low carb. So it might be high fat which isn't healthy in most peoples eyes, but the low carb makes it good for me. Also anything with veggies I generally put on that board. Then I have the "Not So Healthy Recipes" board which is stuff high carb and friend and you know, delicious! I've tried a few zuccini recipes that are good, I just need to perfect them. I did a chicken recipe that I liked but Clint didn't seem to love. Figures. We have such dissimilar taste buds.. it's so annoying! LOL
I also pin a ton of outfits. I'm so not fashionable, but I would love to be. Pinterest is helping me see how to put outfits together, and its making me care more about how I dress and accessorize. Like maybe its not really okay to wear flip flops with everything? This is disappointing to me, but good to know. lol. I want to get some flats of some kind. I just can't rock the heels on a regular basis. But I can get cute flats. And jewelery! And bags! Oh my I need to win the lottery!! While I'm still losing weight, I'm gonna try to focus my shopping on shoes and accessories though.. Stuff that always fits, no matter my size! And I've bought enough shirts lately so I'm good. I am gonna need shorts before too long the way the weather has been. BEAUTIFUL! I love AZ!!!
What's next.. Oh lets get to the crappiest news I have. GAH! Okay so good news is we got a nice bonus this year! yahooo! We had big plans to pay off some debt that we've been paying on monthly and were so looking forward to having that done with. But just in time, an old debt came back to haunt us! Me, actually. It was an old creidit card that I let go in my early 20s. So all the money that was gonna go to our current debts had to go to my old one, or else. I was so upset. Clint wasn't home and they made me agree to it right away, so I couldn't talk to him about it. I was so scared to tell him!! But he is an amazing husband and was sooooo nice about it. Said there will be other bonuses and we'll get ahead eventually, not to get all worked up about it. Because I was alllll worked up about it. Still pretty mad about it. I mean it just sucks. But I am so thankful for my super aweseme husband. He could have been pissed and made me feel like crap. But he didn't. Every once in a while something comes along, reminding me how lucky I am. And I am so lucky.
One of my good friends in California is getting married soon and I don't get to go! I'm so bummed about that. I was hoping to use the bonus to go till Clint and I decided it needed to be spent responsibly. I haven't seen that group of friends since my wedding, and some since long before that. I would love to get to see them. Someday!
This is gonna be really long. I should have warned you at the beginning. My apologies.
Last year, I was deinied spousal life insurance due to my weight. I was so embarrassed I didn't tell anyone at the time. This year, I was sure I would qualify and filled out the evidence of insurability form with pride! I put my weight at 195 which was only a small lie. But I also had to put the pre diabetes and the PCOS on there. Because of that, they needed an exam. So they sent a woman from PortaMedic TO MY HOUSE which was totally weird! This was just a couple days ago. She took my vitals, my blood and my urine. I wish they would have sent me to a lab. Anyway. On her scale I weighed 202. WTH! The previous morning at the gym I was 197. But at 5'9, 202 just just barely in the overweight range for my BMI (as opposed to obese). But when she measured my height she got 5'8.5. GAH! So by her measurements, I'm still just barely obese. Which might be okay because last year I think I was morbidly obese (seriously.). But IDK. ANd IDK what they're looking for with my blood and stuff. Can they deny me for being PRE diabetic?! IDK. I guess I'll find out soon enough. BYW, the lady that came out. Very nice. But she brought her dog (left in the car, bust still weird.. something I would do. lol) and she just didn't seem super organized and she had hell finding my vein when taking blood. ICK! Also when she did my BP she left the thing on there way too long and made my arm actually go numb. Anyway, glad that's over with. Just awaiting the results... Not sure when I'll get them but she gave me a number to call but didn't say when. lol The bright side to all that is that I'll have new A1c results and will have an idea of how I'm doing with my sugar intake.
On a super happy note, my mommy is coming to visit!! Not for sure when yet. I think probably early May. But maybe April. I have not seen my mommy since November 2010. This is the longest we've gone without seeing each other and I hate it. I miss her so much and I'm pushing her to plan this trip lately! I know she is for sure coming (she misses me toO!!) but I just want to have it set in stone. lol. It'll only be for a long weekend, so we'll have a lot to cram in! But I'm so excited!!!
I think that may be all I have to ramble about! Except I forgot to include my latest measurements...
Feb 15, 198.25lbs
waist: 47.25 (-.75")
Bust: 43 (-1.5")
Chest: 37 (-.5")
Torso: 38 (-1.5") !!!!
Thigh: 24 (same)
Arm: 12.75 (-.5")
Lost a whole inch & a half from my bust.?!?! Hopefully thats a mistake. lol (But reminds me that I bought a new bra. Finally. Went from a 44DD to a 38DD. It's a little snug but much better overall! Figured it was better to go a little small than a little big)
Well my fingers feel like they're about to fall off so I will end this now. Sorry so long.. thanks for reading!! :)
Of course weight/diet talk comes first. So I hit the 200lb mark at the end of January!! SO STINKING EXCITING!! I was just ecstatic! Seriously! It was a fantastic feeling!!
However... since then I've fluctuated like crazy! After Super Bowl I got back to 202, lost that in a few days and I've remained under 200, but just really up and down with it. I've gotten down to, I believe, 196.25. Today I weighed in at 198. It's so frustrating and its got me thinking I need to make some diet changes. I'll get into that in a minute. I just want to get down to 175 so I can say I've lost 100lbs! LOL Also wanna be there by the time my mom comes to visit (April or May) because we're gonna do some shopping!!
I've been going to the gym like a good girl. Still basically doing the same routine. Although I've added a couple things. There's a thing that you hold yourself up with your arms/shoulders/elbows... not like pull ups. Your head is above your arms. I need to figure out what its called. Anyway and you lift yourlegs up and its a stomach exercise. I was surprised that I was able to do it so I do 10-20 of those at least every other day now. And there's a machine that I've always been afraid of! LOL It's the pull up assist thing... The weights couteract your body weight so you're able to do pull ups and push ups. So I do that every other day now. Also I recently learned that I can do sit ups!! I did 7 the first night and that was all I could do but I was so proud! LOL So I'm trying to start doing those randomly throughout the day. Once I lose all this fat, I want to have some muscle under there!! When I do the treadmill now, I try to do it "right." I realized that when I hold onto the handles I don't feel like I'm getting as much of a work out. My knees don't have to bend as much. Like I was basically holding myself so that it was taking away most of the elevation. Not sure if that makes any sense. But test it out... step on a treadmill, raise the elevation and hold onto the handles for a few minutes. Then let go. You'll feel a difference. So now on the treadmill I don't hold onto anything (except my phone of course :p ) and I feel like I'm getting the full benefits. Of course I don't raise the elevation as high as I used to and I don't burn as many calories. Boooo to that! But I really don't think I was actually burning as many calories as it said I was the other way. So I feel like this is more accurate. But now I'm burning less than 500 calories a day with my cardio. Booo! lol.
Food. Food sucks!! Okay so my last post I was apparently doing great. That didn't last long. I'm not doing terribly, but back to the 100 calorie packs throughout the day. So I bought some sugar free candy to try to replace that. Sugar free candy has sugar alcohols which give you serious gas. So don't eat too much of it. You've been warned!! Sugar alcohols are better for diabetics but still not great. I did some research after eating a bunch. lol. So I've eased up on that of course. Still doing calcium chews. I was in a habit of having a handful of chocolate chips every night. Sometimes during the day but mostly just before bed. That's not good for me, of course. So when I ran out I didn't buy more. Its driving me crazy!! LOL Somehow it's making me want to bake! So now I am fightint the constant urge to make cookie dough. The plan is to make it (without chocolate chips because I don't have any) and freeze it and then I won't eat it all the time. Except that I have nothing against frozen cookie dough. So not a good plan for me. But I don't think it will be long till I give in. I've also decided that since I can't load up on carbs or sugars, I can have plenty of fat instead. Meaning cheese. So I eat string cheese and add parmesean to a lot of things. And I wonder why I'm not losing weight like I used to. And I made a broccoli cheddar soup yesterday. I think it's super yummy even though it looks like baby food. I topped it with parmesean and dipped Italian bread in it. DOH! Rule breaker. Cheese instead of carbs, but lets add carbs to it.. so its all unhealthy. Except for the fact that it is indeed BROCCOLI soup. Gotta be a little healthy (btw, broccoli also gives you gas :p ). So that's my food frustrations. I need to figure something out. I feel like my waistline was better off when I was just having chocolate chips at night. :sigh: I'll figure it out eventually!
Also I've stopped countint calories again... I need to get back into that. I think it really helps. But its a pain in the butt when its recipes and you have to figure out how much you had and all that. But... no excuses.. starting Monday I need to start doing that again.
Oh and I've only had soda once this year and that was in the many drinks I had at the super bowl party. But I'm okay with that! Special occasions are.. well, special!
So the broccoli soup brings me to my next topic. I got the recipe from Pinterest. It's damn addicting, that Pinterest!! I pin a ton of recipes, including desserts that look to die for and have me looking for excuses to make them. But also healthy recipes. When I pin a "Healthy-ish recipe" it's generally low carb. So it might be high fat which isn't healthy in most peoples eyes, but the low carb makes it good for me. Also anything with veggies I generally put on that board. Then I have the "Not So Healthy Recipes" board which is stuff high carb and friend and you know, delicious! I've tried a few zuccini recipes that are good, I just need to perfect them. I did a chicken recipe that I liked but Clint didn't seem to love. Figures. We have such dissimilar taste buds.. it's so annoying! LOL
I also pin a ton of outfits. I'm so not fashionable, but I would love to be. Pinterest is helping me see how to put outfits together, and its making me care more about how I dress and accessorize. Like maybe its not really okay to wear flip flops with everything? This is disappointing to me, but good to know. lol. I want to get some flats of some kind. I just can't rock the heels on a regular basis. But I can get cute flats. And jewelery! And bags! Oh my I need to win the lottery!! While I'm still losing weight, I'm gonna try to focus my shopping on shoes and accessories though.. Stuff that always fits, no matter my size! And I've bought enough shirts lately so I'm good. I am gonna need shorts before too long the way the weather has been. BEAUTIFUL! I love AZ!!!
What's next.. Oh lets get to the crappiest news I have. GAH! Okay so good news is we got a nice bonus this year! yahooo! We had big plans to pay off some debt that we've been paying on monthly and were so looking forward to having that done with. But just in time, an old debt came back to haunt us! Me, actually. It was an old creidit card that I let go in my early 20s. So all the money that was gonna go to our current debts had to go to my old one, or else. I was so upset. Clint wasn't home and they made me agree to it right away, so I couldn't talk to him about it. I was so scared to tell him!! But he is an amazing husband and was sooooo nice about it. Said there will be other bonuses and we'll get ahead eventually, not to get all worked up about it. Because I was alllll worked up about it. Still pretty mad about it. I mean it just sucks. But I am so thankful for my super aweseme husband. He could have been pissed and made me feel like crap. But he didn't. Every once in a while something comes along, reminding me how lucky I am. And I am so lucky.
One of my good friends in California is getting married soon and I don't get to go! I'm so bummed about that. I was hoping to use the bonus to go till Clint and I decided it needed to be spent responsibly. I haven't seen that group of friends since my wedding, and some since long before that. I would love to get to see them. Someday!
This is gonna be really long. I should have warned you at the beginning. My apologies.
Last year, I was deinied spousal life insurance due to my weight. I was so embarrassed I didn't tell anyone at the time. This year, I was sure I would qualify and filled out the evidence of insurability form with pride! I put my weight at 195 which was only a small lie. But I also had to put the pre diabetes and the PCOS on there. Because of that, they needed an exam. So they sent a woman from PortaMedic TO MY HOUSE which was totally weird! This was just a couple days ago. She took my vitals, my blood and my urine. I wish they would have sent me to a lab. Anyway. On her scale I weighed 202. WTH! The previous morning at the gym I was 197. But at 5'9, 202 just just barely in the overweight range for my BMI (as opposed to obese). But when she measured my height she got 5'8.5. GAH! So by her measurements, I'm still just barely obese. Which might be okay because last year I think I was morbidly obese (seriously.). But IDK. ANd IDK what they're looking for with my blood and stuff. Can they deny me for being PRE diabetic?! IDK. I guess I'll find out soon enough. BYW, the lady that came out. Very nice. But she brought her dog (left in the car, bust still weird.. something I would do. lol) and she just didn't seem super organized and she had hell finding my vein when taking blood. ICK! Also when she did my BP she left the thing on there way too long and made my arm actually go numb. Anyway, glad that's over with. Just awaiting the results... Not sure when I'll get them but she gave me a number to call but didn't say when. lol The bright side to all that is that I'll have new A1c results and will have an idea of how I'm doing with my sugar intake.
On a super happy note, my mommy is coming to visit!! Not for sure when yet. I think probably early May. But maybe April. I have not seen my mommy since November 2010. This is the longest we've gone without seeing each other and I hate it. I miss her so much and I'm pushing her to plan this trip lately! I know she is for sure coming (she misses me toO!!) but I just want to have it set in stone. lol. It'll only be for a long weekend, so we'll have a lot to cram in! But I'm so excited!!!
I think that may be all I have to ramble about! Except I forgot to include my latest measurements...
Feb 15, 198.25lbs
waist: 47.25 (-.75")
Bust: 43 (-1.5")
Chest: 37 (-.5")
Torso: 38 (-1.5") !!!!
Thigh: 24 (same)
Arm: 12.75 (-.5")
Lost a whole inch & a half from my bust.?!?! Hopefully thats a mistake. lol (But reminds me that I bought a new bra. Finally. Went from a 44DD to a 38DD. It's a little snug but much better overall! Figured it was better to go a little small than a little big)
Well my fingers feel like they're about to fall off so I will end this now. Sorry so long.. thanks for reading!! :)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
1st Update of 2012
We're about a week into the new year and so far so good! Nothing to complain about, anyway.
I am doing pretty good with the resolutions. I haven't had a soda all year and I've definitely cut back on the sugar. I've gone back to only having a chocolate treat once a day, generally after dinner. My afternoon snacks are healthier. Like yesterday I made a veggie soup and that's gonna be my afternoon snack and/or side dishes for a few days. Or I'll have fruit. I keep meaning to make hard boiled eggs, but keep forgetting. Anywy, definitely doing better and not really having a hard time with it after the first few days. I guess I do kinda cheat and have a chocolate calcium chew or two throughout the day to make me feel like I had chocolate. My other resolution was to crank up the gym routine. Well, I tried. But the routine I had detailed in my last entry left me exhausted the rest of the day. :( I felt fine while working out, but after the shower and relaxing for a minute, my body just felt limp and so tired. I guess I don't really need to burn over 600 calories at the gym everyday. So I went back to my old routine (eliptical, half weights, treadmill (rotating which weights I do daily) and I've added 5 minutes to my treadmill time. So far I've only had one day of that. But I think that will be okay. And I burn like 570 calories doing that so that's plenty. I keep meaning to look up how many calories you burn with daily activities like housework and sleeping. Just to see.
I've also started counting calories again with My Fitness Pal. It really does help! I forgot how much I liked to see the end of the day prediction. "If everyday were like today, you'd weigh xxx in 5 weeks." It gives extra motivation and something to work toward. And when you have a bad food day it makes you realize how much of an impact it would have if you always had bad food days!
I was pretty proud of myself on Friday, grocery shopping day. Had a normal breakfast. Then lunch at Red Robin where I got a salad (love thier salads). Yes I had ranch and the foccacia bread they serve with it but I don't think that's too terrible. Then instead of the 100 calorie pack of brownies I had in my purse, I had a banana on the way home. While the evil Robin ate Reese's. Mmmm. But I did good, so I'm proud!!
I guess I should talk about the doctors appt I had on the third. My blood sugar is still high (actually a point higher than last time) at 6.0. I gotta keep in mind, though, if I remember correctly, that the A1c test is your blood sugar over the last 3 months, like that's how long it stays in your system or something. I'm not a scientist or a doctor. Anyway. If that's the case, this test had October, November and most of December. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas cookies (I did it right before Christmas). So that's a bad three months! Hopefully the next one wil be better. I think it'll be in March so it will have probably the end of December, January, February and early March. I'm sure I'll do some poor eating on Super Bowl Sunday and there's probably some poor eating leftoever in December. But the rest of it should be okay! No other special eating occasions that I know of! My doctor did tell me that I should be eating like a diabetic. I don't really know how diabetics eat. But I'm gonna try to learn. For now I'm just doing like I said and cutting way back on sugars and carbs. That veggie soup I mentioned earlier didn't have potatoes or noodles and only had half the corn it called for. I'm trying.. baby steps. If the next draw is still as high or close then I will try to make more changes.
Also at my appt, we talked about me getting off the pill and TTC again soon. Dr. O said I can get off the pill whenever we're ready (yay!), but warned us to be ready to get pregnant right away. Apparently when you have PCOS, the birth control gets the PCOS in check and makes you more fertile. It takes a few months for the PCOS to kick back in so therefore I'm most fertile the first few months. Exciting, but kind of scary!! With the miscarriage in 2010 of course I am nervous about being pregnant again. I know that I'm a million times healthier now though. But I am also a star candidate for gestational diabetes which I read up on yesterday. Early in the pregnancy it can cause birth defects (commonly in the heart in brain :( ) and miscarriage (possibly why I miscarried last time). Later in the pregnancy, it can cause a big baby, resulting in C section. And as soon as the baby is born he/she has to be tested and possibly treated for low blood sugar. I feel like it's a big risk to take. But I also know that lots of women get gestational diabetes and give birth to healthy babies. But it does scare me and even makes me feel a little guilty for wanting to have a baby that could possibly have birth defects and other problems. But I know that it's a risk we have to take. I'll always have blood sugar problems. Anyway, we have an idea of when we plan to get off the pill, but I don't think I'm telling! :p I think I'll let it be a surprise when I get pregnant. Although I will probably have to vent about something TTC related and blow my cover. Well for now our plans will remain a mystery! Bwahahahaha!
Now it's time for weight talk! Well on New Years Eve I guess I pigged out a little and gained 3 lbs by Jan 2 (gym close on the first). So that put me back up around 211. Yesterday I was back down to 207 even! Woohoo! Almost back to my pre-Christmas weight! LOL. And the way I've been eating and exercising, I expect to see some good loss again! Like how it was in May, hopefully!
I did measurements on January 5th, at 207.25 lbs. Some slight changes for the better...
Waist: 48" (same)
Thigh: 24" (-1/2")
Torso: 39.5" (-1/4")
Chest: 37.5" (-1/4")
Bust: 44.5" (-1/4")
Arm: 13.25" (same)
I tried on a pair of 14 jeans, same brand as the 16s I got before Christmas. No dice! LOL. I was thinking these 16s are perfect in the waist but kinda loose in the thigh and butt (I always have this problem), so I thought maybe a pair of 14s would fit well in the thighs and butt, and I would be able to fake button them with a rubberband. But no. Not that close yet, but I'll get there darnit!
So what else.. New Years Eve I did end up playing Wii with Robin and Ellie. We all had fun. :) I brought over my noise makers that were my moms when she was a kid (about age 12) so they are ancient and super cool! Ellie sure liked them! LOL.
I guess that's it since it hasn't been that long since I last updated. Hope everyone is doing well!
I am doing pretty good with the resolutions. I haven't had a soda all year and I've definitely cut back on the sugar. I've gone back to only having a chocolate treat once a day, generally after dinner. My afternoon snacks are healthier. Like yesterday I made a veggie soup and that's gonna be my afternoon snack and/or side dishes for a few days. Or I'll have fruit. I keep meaning to make hard boiled eggs, but keep forgetting. Anywy, definitely doing better and not really having a hard time with it after the first few days. I guess I do kinda cheat and have a chocolate calcium chew or two throughout the day to make me feel like I had chocolate. My other resolution was to crank up the gym routine. Well, I tried. But the routine I had detailed in my last entry left me exhausted the rest of the day. :( I felt fine while working out, but after the shower and relaxing for a minute, my body just felt limp and so tired. I guess I don't really need to burn over 600 calories at the gym everyday. So I went back to my old routine (eliptical, half weights, treadmill (rotating which weights I do daily) and I've added 5 minutes to my treadmill time. So far I've only had one day of that. But I think that will be okay. And I burn like 570 calories doing that so that's plenty. I keep meaning to look up how many calories you burn with daily activities like housework and sleeping. Just to see.
I've also started counting calories again with My Fitness Pal. It really does help! I forgot how much I liked to see the end of the day prediction. "If everyday were like today, you'd weigh xxx in 5 weeks." It gives extra motivation and something to work toward. And when you have a bad food day it makes you realize how much of an impact it would have if you always had bad food days!
I was pretty proud of myself on Friday, grocery shopping day. Had a normal breakfast. Then lunch at Red Robin where I got a salad (love thier salads). Yes I had ranch and the foccacia bread they serve with it but I don't think that's too terrible. Then instead of the 100 calorie pack of brownies I had in my purse, I had a banana on the way home. While the evil Robin ate Reese's. Mmmm. But I did good, so I'm proud!!
I guess I should talk about the doctors appt I had on the third. My blood sugar is still high (actually a point higher than last time) at 6.0. I gotta keep in mind, though, if I remember correctly, that the A1c test is your blood sugar over the last 3 months, like that's how long it stays in your system or something. I'm not a scientist or a doctor. Anyway. If that's the case, this test had October, November and most of December. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas cookies (I did it right before Christmas). So that's a bad three months! Hopefully the next one wil be better. I think it'll be in March so it will have probably the end of December, January, February and early March. I'm sure I'll do some poor eating on Super Bowl Sunday and there's probably some poor eating leftoever in December. But the rest of it should be okay! No other special eating occasions that I know of! My doctor did tell me that I should be eating like a diabetic. I don't really know how diabetics eat. But I'm gonna try to learn. For now I'm just doing like I said and cutting way back on sugars and carbs. That veggie soup I mentioned earlier didn't have potatoes or noodles and only had half the corn it called for. I'm trying.. baby steps. If the next draw is still as high or close then I will try to make more changes.
Also at my appt, we talked about me getting off the pill and TTC again soon. Dr. O said I can get off the pill whenever we're ready (yay!), but warned us to be ready to get pregnant right away. Apparently when you have PCOS, the birth control gets the PCOS in check and makes you more fertile. It takes a few months for the PCOS to kick back in so therefore I'm most fertile the first few months. Exciting, but kind of scary!! With the miscarriage in 2010 of course I am nervous about being pregnant again. I know that I'm a million times healthier now though. But I am also a star candidate for gestational diabetes which I read up on yesterday. Early in the pregnancy it can cause birth defects (commonly in the heart in brain :( ) and miscarriage (possibly why I miscarried last time). Later in the pregnancy, it can cause a big baby, resulting in C section. And as soon as the baby is born he/she has to be tested and possibly treated for low blood sugar. I feel like it's a big risk to take. But I also know that lots of women get gestational diabetes and give birth to healthy babies. But it does scare me and even makes me feel a little guilty for wanting to have a baby that could possibly have birth defects and other problems. But I know that it's a risk we have to take. I'll always have blood sugar problems. Anyway, we have an idea of when we plan to get off the pill, but I don't think I'm telling! :p I think I'll let it be a surprise when I get pregnant. Although I will probably have to vent about something TTC related and blow my cover. Well for now our plans will remain a mystery! Bwahahahaha!
Now it's time for weight talk! Well on New Years Eve I guess I pigged out a little and gained 3 lbs by Jan 2 (gym close on the first). So that put me back up around 211. Yesterday I was back down to 207 even! Woohoo! Almost back to my pre-Christmas weight! LOL. And the way I've been eating and exercising, I expect to see some good loss again! Like how it was in May, hopefully!
I did measurements on January 5th, at 207.25 lbs. Some slight changes for the better...
Waist: 48" (same)
Thigh: 24" (-1/2")
Torso: 39.5" (-1/4")
Chest: 37.5" (-1/4")
Bust: 44.5" (-1/4")
Arm: 13.25" (same)
I tried on a pair of 14 jeans, same brand as the 16s I got before Christmas. No dice! LOL. I was thinking these 16s are perfect in the waist but kinda loose in the thigh and butt (I always have this problem), so I thought maybe a pair of 14s would fit well in the thighs and butt, and I would be able to fake button them with a rubberband. But no. Not that close yet, but I'll get there darnit!
So what else.. New Years Eve I did end up playing Wii with Robin and Ellie. We all had fun. :) I brought over my noise makers that were my moms when she was a kid (about age 12) so they are ancient and super cool! Ellie sure liked them! LOL.
I guess that's it since it hasn't been that long since I last updated. Hope everyone is doing well!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Goodbye 2011
(I typed this up yesterday, forgot to post it...)
Well tomorrow is New Year's Eve and for once I have some resolutions!
1. Add an extra half hour a day at the gym, making a total of 2 hours. I plan to do elliptical for 30 minutes, half weights, treadmill for 22 minutes, half weights, then stationary bike for 10-25 minutes. I'll probably work my way up with time on the bike like I did with the other cardio.
2. Drop soda again. At least for a few months!
3. Cut back on sugar. I've little by little allowed more sugar back into my diet and I need to cut it back out. I plan to do it gradually because it seems so much harder this time! I think last time, in April, it was easier because I had this fear of diabetes and knew that I needed to make serious changes. This time I feel and look great so it doesn't seem so scary. However, my latest blood work showed my blood sugar (A1c) went up to 6.0 from 5.9 in August. Which sucks!! So that should be good motivation! I need to get that back down and the only way to do that is to eat less sugar!
If I can stick to all that for a while, I think I'll start seeing the weight come off faster again! And I'll be in prime baby-making shape in no time! I am thinking 2012 will be a great year for us! Here's hoping anyway!
I really have learned SO MUCH this year. Like with my blood sugar going up. I wasn't too worried about it because I assumed since I was still losing weight, that must mean that my blood sugar was good. Even though I was eating so much more sugar. But I guess I just thought I was getting everything in check and regulated and my body was processing sugar right for a change and so it would be okay. I'm glad I got a blood draw when I did so that I can take steps to make it better again! This wasn't Dr ordered blood work, this was me wanting to know how I was doing before my appt next month. Which was supposed to be in November. LOL But it's just a little check up, weight and such. So I am wondering if Dr. O thinks that I've stopped losing since my blood sugar went up. Maybe he will be happily surprised!
Also talking about sugar, I have realized that I can't eat it like I used to anyway. On Christmas, all day long I was snacking on sugary treats. Fudge, cookies, sweet nuts, chocolate covered pretzels. Then a HUGE dinner and then some pie. That night I had a slice of sugar cream pie. Something new I tried, pretty good! Anyway, I woke up at midnight sick. :( Sugar NEVER used to effect me like that. I could eat all the sugar I wanted with no side effects. Even the next day, a hefty slice of apple pie was too much sugar and made me feel weird and jittery. It's kinda sad to me that I can't eat like that any more, even on special occasions. But I know that it's a good thing. My body is simply not used to it any more and it is rejecting it. That's a good thing. It's just kinda sad! Because I love me some apple pie! So next year I'm gonna make less pies. Possibly just the pecan pies that Clint and his dad love. And they are yummy enough so I can just have some of that. Or maybe I'll try a lower sugar apple pie or something. But we always waste so much pie so I want to make less anyway. We'll see. But somethings gotta change.
So onto the weight.. The Thursday before Christmas I weighed 206.75 I believe. I didn't go to the gym Friday-Sunday and on Monday I weighed 212.5!!! HOLY COW! That's a LOT of gain for 4 days! I have never had a spike like that! More proof that I just can't eat like I used to. But it's Friday now and I am back down to 208. I love that whenever I have a rapid gain, I also have a rapid loss. I'll be back to my 206 in no time. Which is good because I want to be as close to 200 as I can by my appt! I just know my Dr. will be so proud of my weight loss!
Everyone knows this by now, but I bought a pair of size 16 jeans!! Haven't worn 16s since high school. It feels amazing! And actually I think I am pretty close to a 14. My body is so annoying though. If something fits in the waist, it's always loose around the thighs. So I think a 14 wouldn't be buttonable at this time, but it would look great everywhere else. I will try some on sometime. If I get them I can wear them with a looser, long enough shirt and no one will know they're unbuttoned. I used to do this all the time when I was growing out of clothes. It's the rubber band trick! ;)
Oh so here are my most recent measurements:
December 21
207.25 lbs
Waist: 48"
Thigh: 24.5"
Torso: 39.75"
Chest: 37.75"
Bust: 44.75"
Arm: 13.25"
Lost an inch on my waist! Woot! And quite a bit off my bust. :( Bad measuring maybe? LOL
So we had a nice Christmas! Clint's parents stayed with us, which was nice! We had a family party over here on Christmas Eve. Clint made steak and shrimp and it was soooo yummy! And he had gotten the garage all fixed up so we partied out there, dancing to country music. :) It was a great night. Christmas was spent at Kallie's and everyone, especially the kids, had a great time opening presents! Then that big dinner I mentioned earlier. The next day was pretty relaxed, and the in-laws went home on Tuesday.
New Years Eve will be pretty uneventful. Clint's on nights (3rd year in a row! :/ ) and I don't think I'm babysitting (haha!) so I will either hang out at home alone, go to the bar alone (So not likely!) or go over to Robin's if her and Logan didn't decide to go out. I'm liking option number 3 the best. We can play Wii and have a few drinks and just hang out.
Okay well it looks like I have babbled quite enough! I think I will end this now!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!! I hope 2012 brings happiness, miracles and joy to all!
Well tomorrow is New Year's Eve and for once I have some resolutions!
1. Add an extra half hour a day at the gym, making a total of 2 hours. I plan to do elliptical for 30 minutes, half weights, treadmill for 22 minutes, half weights, then stationary bike for 10-25 minutes. I'll probably work my way up with time on the bike like I did with the other cardio.
2. Drop soda again. At least for a few months!
3. Cut back on sugar. I've little by little allowed more sugar back into my diet and I need to cut it back out. I plan to do it gradually because it seems so much harder this time! I think last time, in April, it was easier because I had this fear of diabetes and knew that I needed to make serious changes. This time I feel and look great so it doesn't seem so scary. However, my latest blood work showed my blood sugar (A1c) went up to 6.0 from 5.9 in August. Which sucks!! So that should be good motivation! I need to get that back down and the only way to do that is to eat less sugar!
If I can stick to all that for a while, I think I'll start seeing the weight come off faster again! And I'll be in prime baby-making shape in no time! I am thinking 2012 will be a great year for us! Here's hoping anyway!
I really have learned SO MUCH this year. Like with my blood sugar going up. I wasn't too worried about it because I assumed since I was still losing weight, that must mean that my blood sugar was good. Even though I was eating so much more sugar. But I guess I just thought I was getting everything in check and regulated and my body was processing sugar right for a change and so it would be okay. I'm glad I got a blood draw when I did so that I can take steps to make it better again! This wasn't Dr ordered blood work, this was me wanting to know how I was doing before my appt next month. Which was supposed to be in November. LOL But it's just a little check up, weight and such. So I am wondering if Dr. O thinks that I've stopped losing since my blood sugar went up. Maybe he will be happily surprised!
Also talking about sugar, I have realized that I can't eat it like I used to anyway. On Christmas, all day long I was snacking on sugary treats. Fudge, cookies, sweet nuts, chocolate covered pretzels. Then a HUGE dinner and then some pie. That night I had a slice of sugar cream pie. Something new I tried, pretty good! Anyway, I woke up at midnight sick. :( Sugar NEVER used to effect me like that. I could eat all the sugar I wanted with no side effects. Even the next day, a hefty slice of apple pie was too much sugar and made me feel weird and jittery. It's kinda sad to me that I can't eat like that any more, even on special occasions. But I know that it's a good thing. My body is simply not used to it any more and it is rejecting it. That's a good thing. It's just kinda sad! Because I love me some apple pie! So next year I'm gonna make less pies. Possibly just the pecan pies that Clint and his dad love. And they are yummy enough so I can just have some of that. Or maybe I'll try a lower sugar apple pie or something. But we always waste so much pie so I want to make less anyway. We'll see. But somethings gotta change.
So onto the weight.. The Thursday before Christmas I weighed 206.75 I believe. I didn't go to the gym Friday-Sunday and on Monday I weighed 212.5!!! HOLY COW! That's a LOT of gain for 4 days! I have never had a spike like that! More proof that I just can't eat like I used to. But it's Friday now and I am back down to 208. I love that whenever I have a rapid gain, I also have a rapid loss. I'll be back to my 206 in no time. Which is good because I want to be as close to 200 as I can by my appt! I just know my Dr. will be so proud of my weight loss!
Everyone knows this by now, but I bought a pair of size 16 jeans!! Haven't worn 16s since high school. It feels amazing! And actually I think I am pretty close to a 14. My body is so annoying though. If something fits in the waist, it's always loose around the thighs. So I think a 14 wouldn't be buttonable at this time, but it would look great everywhere else. I will try some on sometime. If I get them I can wear them with a looser, long enough shirt and no one will know they're unbuttoned. I used to do this all the time when I was growing out of clothes. It's the rubber band trick! ;)
Oh so here are my most recent measurements:
December 21
207.25 lbs
Waist: 48"
Thigh: 24.5"
Torso: 39.75"
Chest: 37.75"
Bust: 44.75"
Arm: 13.25"
Lost an inch on my waist! Woot! And quite a bit off my bust. :( Bad measuring maybe? LOL
So we had a nice Christmas! Clint's parents stayed with us, which was nice! We had a family party over here on Christmas Eve. Clint made steak and shrimp and it was soooo yummy! And he had gotten the garage all fixed up so we partied out there, dancing to country music. :) It was a great night. Christmas was spent at Kallie's and everyone, especially the kids, had a great time opening presents! Then that big dinner I mentioned earlier. The next day was pretty relaxed, and the in-laws went home on Tuesday.
New Years Eve will be pretty uneventful. Clint's on nights (3rd year in a row! :/ ) and I don't think I'm babysitting (haha!) so I will either hang out at home alone, go to the bar alone (So not likely!) or go over to Robin's if her and Logan didn't decide to go out. I'm liking option number 3 the best. We can play Wii and have a few drinks and just hang out.
Okay well it looks like I have babbled quite enough! I think I will end this now!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!! I hope 2012 brings happiness, miracles and joy to all!
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