Stalemate

I don't know what went wrong this week. I broke even, I guess you could say - no loss, no gain. Exact same weight as last week. It's weird though, because I exercised 6 days this week! How could I not have lost? We're talking 4 days of hour long stroller walks here!

On a side note, the date for my reunion has been set: August 23. This means I have 12 weeks to lose as much weight as I can. I figure I could lose about 25-30lbs by then, on top of the 10 I've already lost. . . sound reasonable? Any tips on things I can do to avoid 0-movement weeks like this week to make it actually happen?

Net loss!

Ok, so overall, as of my WI today, I'm down 4.2 lbs from May 5. Das is goot, right?

I'm heading to the US with a friend and her mom today, and I don't expect to be eating totally well this weekend (hello Olive Garden!), so I'm prepared to see a gain when I get home. Although, we'll be shopping-til-we're-dropping, so hopefully I'll walk off some of the stuff we eat.

HOpe everyone else has a great weekend!

Ugh.

I was up again today, but that's because of some craptastic eating on the weekend (as usual). I'm not quite sure how much I was up today, because my successive weigh-ins (I always do a couple, just to make sure) were different by about .5 so, I"m up. I also don't remember what I started at on May 5 (should've written that down, I guess), but I"m probably close to where I was that day. UGH UGH UGH. (dinah - do you have that number somewhere? I thought I PM'd it to you on H!... if so, send it back to me, pls??)

Anyway, I think I"m going to change my WI day to Thursdays - that's generally the day I do best with weigh ins, so might as well work WITH me, then against myself, right? (sorry for the crappy syntax there, hah).

But like last week, I'm not going to beat myself up over the gain. Today's highlights include:
-stocking up on WW lunches at Superstore - $1.99 ea ($1 off)
-bought a fruit tray to snack on at work the next few days
-drank much water/decaf tea
-went for a 2k walk after work. It only took 25 minutes, and I felt great after. I haven't been to Curves lately, but I'm glad I pushed myself to go for the walk.

So that's where I"m at. Over and out!

What a rip off!

So, I was in the grocery store yesterday, and I saw that they had cherries (my favorite). Huzzah, I thought to myself, fruit that I love and that's good for me!

Today, I measure out 10 oz of cherries for myself (which isn't really that much), and guess how many points? 3.5. Yup. So much for fruit being a low points option.

Weigh-In Monday and Thoughts for the Up-Coming Week

I was 269.8 this morning. I know this doesn't sound like much, but since January 1st I have lost 4.2 pounds. Some things I've done differently to make this happen? I've started eating breakfast on a regular basis (I either have oatmeal with yogurt or cottage cheese, yogurt, and a fruit mixed together--tres yummy!) and I have been attempting the cook-less-at-supper bit (cause Steve doesn't eat much and then I end up eating his bit too).

My thoughts for this week? Keep going small. Baby Steps. Baby Steps.

1. I am going to drink 8 glasses of water a day.
2. I am going to walk home from work 1 day this week (I think this is about a 1 hour walk--not sustainable all the time, but good for when the ILs are here).
3. Not Kill my ILs and be the nicest, most understanding, most kindest, most patient daughter-in-law EVER.

Those seem achiveable?

What's on your plate for this week?

i'm here...sort of

i'm still here. trudging along. trying to make good choices. remembering it's all about baby steps.

it's been a stressful last couple weeks and the stress-o-meter doesn't look any better for the next 3 weeks. The ILs arrive tomorrow for their extended yearly holiday. i might have to resort to quite a few drinks to make it through. :P

Week 5 - Things are looking up

A nice, solid 1.6lb loss this week! I think the big problem last week was that I didn't get out to exercise as much as I have been - after a nasty bout of blisters, I figured that my feet changed during pregnancy. I invested in a proper pair of shoes yesterday, and got out with SuperBaby and some friends for a long stroller workout. This should really help, this exercising thing, I figure.

On a somewhat related note, it looks like my reunion has been pushed back to August, which gives me even more time to drop some pounds!

Yummy, low-ish fat dessert

I think this is low in points too (as long as you don't eat half a tray...)

Base:
1 cup of graham cracker crumbs
2 tblespoons of melted margarine
2 tablespoons of brown sugar substitute

Mix up and put into 9*13 inch pan.Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.
Cool completely

Middle layer:
1 weight watchers instant vanilla pudding (or fat free)
500 grams of plain yogurt
1 - 19 ounce can of drained crushed pineapple

Combine ingredients and put over crumb bottom. Put into fridge to sit.

Top with dream whip or weight watchers topping.

Yummmmay. Enjoy!

Hmm.

I think my weight was a bit inflated yesterday when I weighed in, as today I was only up .2 lbs from last Monday. I made sure to drink a bunch of water yesterday (I peed like a million times, ugh), which definitely helped. I guess this just reinforces the importance of water in trying to lose weight, and just in getting healthier. I'm heading out at lunch to run some errands - I think I'll pick up a flat of water to keep in the basement so I can't 'forget' to drink water when I'm down there.

On another note, I spent close to 2 hours weeding yesterday. I didn't really work up a sweat, but does this count as 'light exercise'? My gardens look muuuuuch better now, and I now know where I need to plant more 'stuff'.

i was up too

i was 271.2 this morning...so up like a bunch of pounds from the last time i weighed in...but still under my January 1st weight.

i'm getting really good at maintaining. :P

Week 2..

I'd say "of the Chelle plan" but I really didn't stick to the Chelle plan, and it showed. + 1.2 lbs. UGH UGH UGH. Things I know I did wrong:
-not enough water.
-we ate out a lot, so too much refined crap

Hopefully this week will be better.

I'm not berating myself over the gain, it's not worth it. Life goes on..

Week 4: Defeat

I lost a whopping .4lbs this week. Whoop de doo. Someone tell me why I shouldn't head straight to Dairy Queen for one of those Fudge Brownie sundae things they keep advertising.

Chelle Plan - week 1 results

Down 3.6lbs!!! Wheee!

Now, most of that is attributable (is this a word?) to the fact that last weekend I completely gorged myself and was PMSing, but meh. Take the loss, right? I had an ok weekend. Started off with Refined Carb Friday (see last post), and then just kind of forgot to eat. Well, I ate, just not really well. And not a lot of water, which always happens to me on weekends. Yesterday was also a really emotional day for me, with both high-high-HIGHS and low-low-LOWS, so the less-than-stellar eating isn't surprising. I did however only choose a timbit instead of a cookie or fritter at Tim's (near the lowest of the low), so I think that is a good thing.

Hope everyone else had a good weekend :)

Refined Carb Friday.

Well, I've been pretty good all week. Close to no refined carbs, fruits & veggies every day, good protein intake, and no Diet Coke. Until today. English muffin at brekkie, delish Greek pita and garlic bread at lunch (but seriously, best Greek food EVAH), and pasta at dinner. And diet Pepsi at dinner to boot. I did get all my water in though, but I've gone on carb overload. Oh, and ice cream for dessert. Ugh. Don't worry, this all came back to kick me in the ass. Yarg.

On another note, I've been at Curves 2x so far this week, and plan to go tomorrow morning to get the recommended 3rd visit of the week. I weighed in this morning, and it was pretty good, but I have DGT to thank. Still two days to go until I say officially how I"ve done, hopefully the weekend won't be a write-off. We're going to a hockey game on Sunday, I'll hopefully only share popcorn with J, but we'll see.

Week 3 = Woohoo; and a lesson in motivation

This morning's WI showed a loss of 2.6lbs! :oD I guess all those walks with the stroller DID make a difference! Mr. SB and I are tracking our weight loss percentages too - I've already lost 5% of my starting body weight!

Now, on to the motivation front. This year is my 10 year high school reunion, which will be held sometime this summer. This is a big deal to me. I really wish it were next year, so I could lose ALL of the weight that I want to, but I guess that I still have time to lose about 20lbs, right?

You see, I was teased about my weight all through school. Really, grade 12 was about the only time I wasn't, but I thought maybe it was because people had finally matured enough to see past such things. I had lost about 30lbs in grade 9, and when I look back at my high school pictures, I wish I would've felt better about myself. But even though I had lost weight, and was actually relatively thin in high school, they still called me the same old names. It's like they couldn't actually see me. I distintly remember one little troll guy oinking at me in the hall. I resolved in Grade 12, that if he did it again, I was going to slam the fucker into a locker (sorry for the language - I have unresolved rage issues about high school). Lucky for him, he left me alone that year.

But as you can see, this talk of a reunion brings back all of my old insecurities, and I really wish I could lose about 100lbs in 6 weeks.

A CHALLENGE?

a challenge for us? something to think about?

why are we doing this? i know we've talked in generalities and said vague things like 'we want to be good role models for our kids' or 'we want to feel healthier', but what is the total meaning of this?

but really, what does all that mean? it's so abstract. how do we take it into the concrete. into reality. what is the plan? how will get from point A to point B.

kwim? take a few minutes...heck take a few days to really think about why we are doing this.

i hope i'm not sounding muddled in my post.

Two days down..

So, I'm two days into the Chelle plan. So far...
- I chose to order a single chocolate timbit (70cal) to have with my tea yesterday morning instead of the usual blueberry fritter (320ish cal)
-I have really tried to limit my refined carb intake (other than above-mentioned timbit)
-breakfast for both days has been one slice of 100% ww toast w/ a cheese slice & back bacon, not a jumbo double chocolate muffin
-NO diet coke. At all. Since mmm, Saturday perhaps? Still hard to get going in the morning, but hopefully that will get easier
-trying not to overeat. Not snacking at night is hard, but I try and keep busy in the Cave or just have yogurt instead
-picked up some WW lunch entrees at Superstore today for this week's work lunches. $1.99 each, and about 6 points, if you're following WW. Also picked up 1% cottage cheese cups and some bananas to keep at the office so I don't hit David's stash o' chocolate bars, or the deli downstairs for something worse.
-must move stash o' candy for the office. It is no longer safe in the drawer to my right :P

But, probably most importantly,
-I set foot in Curves after work today. I was dreading it for whatever reason (possibly not being there for so long?), but I felt good after. And I even walked most of the way home too. I was probably about 2 km of the 2.4 km when J drove by on his way home (he'd been out running errands while I was at Curves) and picked me up. Doesn't it figure that he stopped to pick me up about 5 minutes AFTER I crested the big hill on the way home? pfffft.

So that's where we're at with day 2. I was down .6 today, but I think it's just my wonky scale. We'll see where things are at the end of the week.
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As a kind of related topic, check out Holly's post at Nothing But Bonfires (Peaks & Valleys) the first part is about going to the gym, and it really hit home. Esp. with going back to Curves after (another) few-month-long hiatus.

i was down!

i weighed myself yesterday and I was down! not much...but still down. it's a nice feeling. i've been making a big effor to eat more fruits and vegetables. & to simply make less food for breakfast, lunch, and supper. so far so good.

Tomorrow's the day...

I start the Chelle Plan tomorrow. More water, fewer caffeinated beverages, more fruits & veggies, less refined crap. And like (mostly) anyone starting a diet-ish-plan, I have eaten nothing but pure carp this weekend. I'll WANT to eat well tomorrow, bc I haven't eaten well this weekend. Well, I had a greek salad for lunch, so that's something.

I also need to add some element of exercise to the Chelle Plan, and I"m a bit conflicted. I am a member of Curves, and should really put in the effort to get there 3x/week. Thing is, if I go right after work, I don't eat dinner til almost 8 pm, and I hate having to do that. I don't get home til 6ish, and after changing and working out, it's close to 7 when I walk back in the door. I still have to eat, and with J. and I not always eating the same thing, I usually still have to cook dinner. I eat right away, and then go after dinner, but I don't want to work out on a full tummy, bc I have enough tummy issues as is, and you have to be there by 7:15ish to get a full workout in before they close at 8. Gah. There's a Curves somewhat close to my office, but it's just far enough away that my entire one-hour lunch is taken up, and I have no time to eat.

I hate going for walks just to 'go for a walk', but there are a ton of trails up by our house, so I might just have to load up the ol' iPod, and start walkin. yarg.

Week 2 - AKA the week of the girl guide cookies

It's impossible to turn away sweet-faced little girls selling deliciousness door to door.

That is this week's lesson.

Today's WI left me at 1.6lbs down. Not bad, I guess, but could've been better. I do have to say that even though I bought a box of cookies, I have so far managed not to sit down with them and eat them all in one sitting. Difficult. I have, however, had a maximum of 2 per day (one of each flavour), which is 3 points. I have also logged said points. Mr. SB suggested that we have a "freebie" when we bought them, but I still managed to journal them!

I'm not quite sure where else I would've gone wrong this week, but I'm hoping next week will be better. Or perhaps I should just be thankful for the 1.6?

Can we have a check in?

how is everyone doing? (or not doing?)