Bleh. I weighed in at 140.2, which is almost 2 pounds up from last week. :-/ I knew it would be up, though. I'm also bloated from my TOM, but I need to focus on eating better, too.
Yesterday I fasted, although half way through the day I started getting really irritable and shaky, so I ate 2 hardboiled eggs and then had another one a few hours later. For dinner I had a salad with chicken and then I had some honey roasted peanuts as a snack. That's all I had, and I did drink quite a bit, but not enough.
I'm not really sure where to go from here. I think I need to get back on the diet. But it feels overwhelming and I start getting freaky about it when I'm hungry (from TOM) and can't eat. I don't know, I need to figure it out.
I'm going grocery shopping today so hopefully having a lot of food in the house will help.
Not much else to report. Josh gets home tonight, and then we have the 3 day weekend to look forward to, YAY! =)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Help
Man alive!
I am struggling, you guys. I'm sorry if this is TMI, but it seems like PMS affects me for a full 2 weeks every month. And by "affects me" I mean I'm irritable, moody and HUNGRY. Hungry like a starving person. Like my stomach is a bottomless pit. Frantic for food. It's so weird.
Yesterday = EPIC FAIL. Total and complete, no two ways about it. I ate all day long and none of it was good. Cookies, crackers, and then taco salad for dinner. BBQ chips and cereal. Ugh, at the end of the day I felt sooooo gross. I did forget to take my Zoloft yesterday, which usually cuts my appetite down a bit, so maybe that had a tiny bit to do with it???
Matt-So nice to hear from you!! I am seriously considering adjusting my goal weight; I think you are on to something there.
MB-How are you, dear? Did you see the doctor?
Today I feel constipated and toxic so I'm going to try to fast until dinner and really get a lot of liquids in. I need to get back in gear with the 17 Day Diet, because it was really working. I just got tired of the meat and salad, and then PMS and my chocolate cravings hit and I was sunk. Because I didn't have the resolve to stick it through.
So I do plan to weigh tomorrow and it will definitely be up from last week's weight. :-/ But it's my own fault, and I'll just work to be better from here on out.
I hope you are all doing well and I'll check back tomorrow!
I am struggling, you guys. I'm sorry if this is TMI, but it seems like PMS affects me for a full 2 weeks every month. And by "affects me" I mean I'm irritable, moody and HUNGRY. Hungry like a starving person. Like my stomach is a bottomless pit. Frantic for food. It's so weird.
Yesterday = EPIC FAIL. Total and complete, no two ways about it. I ate all day long and none of it was good. Cookies, crackers, and then taco salad for dinner. BBQ chips and cereal. Ugh, at the end of the day I felt sooooo gross. I did forget to take my Zoloft yesterday, which usually cuts my appetite down a bit, so maybe that had a tiny bit to do with it???
Matt-So nice to hear from you!! I am seriously considering adjusting my goal weight; I think you are on to something there.
MB-How are you, dear? Did you see the doctor?
Today I feel constipated and toxic so I'm going to try to fast until dinner and really get a lot of liquids in. I need to get back in gear with the 17 Day Diet, because it was really working. I just got tired of the meat and salad, and then PMS and my chocolate cravings hit and I was sunk. Because I didn't have the resolve to stick it through.
So I do plan to weigh tomorrow and it will definitely be up from last week's weight. :-/ But it's my own fault, and I'll just work to be better from here on out.
I hope you are all doing well and I'll check back tomorrow!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Lost and Found... Maybe
Whew, over the weekend I totally lost my motivation to lose weight. Totally. And I ended up eating things that were definitely not on my diet.
*strawberry shortcake
*chocolate
*strawberry scone
*toast with butter and homemade strawberry jam
*Licks of my kiddos ice cream cone
Can you tell it's strawberry season!? :-D We went and picked fresh berries and I made jam with it and shortcake and scones and we're still eating them fresh, too. The good news is that I didn't overeat. For example, I only ate half my shortcake and scone, because I got full. But those carbs and sugar are definitely not allowed on the diet.
Over the weekend I was totally NOT motivated to lose weight. I felt fine where I am at and it also was extra hard because I KEEP running out of salad and chicken. We've BBQ'd in the last week so I had BBQ chicken and hamburgers, but I keep running out of salad. And then I'm at a loss as to what to eat.
Anyway, last night I got my motivation back and went for a vigorous 20 minute walk using hand weights. It wasn't a huge workout or anything, but better than nothing. I felt like I was ready to tackle this thing again. But then this morning I woke up... and no motivation. I made crepes with the fresh strawberry jam for the kids and it looked SO good and I just wanted to eat it. But instead I ate my greek yogurt with strawberries. :-P
Anyway, I'm trying to stick to it, because I really would like to lose these last 10-15 pounds. Some days I think about it and I'm totally fine with how I look. Happy, in fact. But then I realize that 10-15 pounds is basically half the weight your supposed to gain if you were pregnant, and wow. I'm not pregnant and don't want to be carrying around that much extra weight! So we'll see. I'm going to try my best to stick to it. I need to go grocery shopping AGAIN. I've been loving boiled eggs because I like them and they are easy to transport. But I'm down to my last 4 and I don't want to go shopping until Thursday, which is pay day. I *could* go before then, but I am working really hard to stick to the budget we created. It's been a good lesson in self-control for me. I'm so used to just going and getting what I want/need. It's eye opening how much money I can blow through that way.
So that's where I'm at. Sticking with it, but struggling. I plan to go for another walk tonight; you're supposed to do 17 minutes of exercise on the diet each day. We live in a very nice, quiet neighborhood and I can walk up hills and pump my 2 pound hand weights. ;-) It was a nice workout last night, and I'm looking forward to going by myself tonight.
I'll keep you posted and I'll weigh in on Thursday, hopefully.
*strawberry shortcake
*chocolate
*strawberry scone
*toast with butter and homemade strawberry jam
*Licks of my kiddos ice cream cone
Can you tell it's strawberry season!? :-D We went and picked fresh berries and I made jam with it and shortcake and scones and we're still eating them fresh, too. The good news is that I didn't overeat. For example, I only ate half my shortcake and scone, because I got full. But those carbs and sugar are definitely not allowed on the diet.
Over the weekend I was totally NOT motivated to lose weight. I felt fine where I am at and it also was extra hard because I KEEP running out of salad and chicken. We've BBQ'd in the last week so I had BBQ chicken and hamburgers, but I keep running out of salad. And then I'm at a loss as to what to eat.
Anyway, last night I got my motivation back and went for a vigorous 20 minute walk using hand weights. It wasn't a huge workout or anything, but better than nothing. I felt like I was ready to tackle this thing again. But then this morning I woke up... and no motivation. I made crepes with the fresh strawberry jam for the kids and it looked SO good and I just wanted to eat it. But instead I ate my greek yogurt with strawberries. :-P
Anyway, I'm trying to stick to it, because I really would like to lose these last 10-15 pounds. Some days I think about it and I'm totally fine with how I look. Happy, in fact. But then I realize that 10-15 pounds is basically half the weight your supposed to gain if you were pregnant, and wow. I'm not pregnant and don't want to be carrying around that much extra weight! So we'll see. I'm going to try my best to stick to it. I need to go grocery shopping AGAIN. I've been loving boiled eggs because I like them and they are easy to transport. But I'm down to my last 4 and I don't want to go shopping until Thursday, which is pay day. I *could* go before then, but I am working really hard to stick to the budget we created. It's been a good lesson in self-control for me. I'm so used to just going and getting what I want/need. It's eye opening how much money I can blow through that way.
So that's where I'm at. Sticking with it, but struggling. I plan to go for another walk tonight; you're supposed to do 17 minutes of exercise on the diet each day. We live in a very nice, quiet neighborhood and I can walk up hills and pump my 2 pound hand weights. ;-) It was a nice workout last night, and I'm looking forward to going by myself tonight.
I'll keep you posted and I'll weigh in on Thursday, hopefully.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
It's working!
I weighed today and I am down to 138.4!! Hooray!
I started taking my Metamucil again (I'd really neglected taking it for quite a while) and it helped with my constipation issue. So now I'm adding it to my lemon juice in the morning, since I don't always finish my coffee.
Yesterday I ate:
Greek yogurt with strawberries
Salad greens with roasted turkey breast, one hard boiled egg, and ranch
1 bottle of Diet Green Tea
Salad greens with BBQ chicken, one hard boiled egg and honey mustard
Not enough water, but close
I didn't eat my second serving of yogurt/fruit again because we got too busy. I think maybe I already relayed all this to you yesterday???? Man, my brain doesn't work. :-P
One other thing I'm doing, that I learned about from my sister who read the 4 Hour Body... When I'm done with my shower, I turn the water to ice cold and stand there for as long as I can tolerate it. It's not long. ;-) But it supposedly revs up your metabolism and helps burn fat. So what I do is gradually turn the hot water down, in increments. Toward the end it's REALLY cold. Like. Really. My palms turn bluish and I'm hyperventilating a little bit and the towel actually feels WARM even though it's just room temperature.
It's not fun or comfortable, but it's just a short time of pain and if it helps, then it's worth it. ;-)
I hope you're all doing well!!
I started taking my Metamucil again (I'd really neglected taking it for quite a while) and it helped with my constipation issue. So now I'm adding it to my lemon juice in the morning, since I don't always finish my coffee.
Yesterday I ate:
Greek yogurt with strawberries
Salad greens with roasted turkey breast, one hard boiled egg, and ranch
1 bottle of Diet Green Tea
Salad greens with BBQ chicken, one hard boiled egg and honey mustard
Not enough water, but close
I didn't eat my second serving of yogurt/fruit again because we got too busy. I think maybe I already relayed all this to you yesterday???? Man, my brain doesn't work. :-P
One other thing I'm doing, that I learned about from my sister who read the 4 Hour Body... When I'm done with my shower, I turn the water to ice cold and stand there for as long as I can tolerate it. It's not long. ;-) But it supposedly revs up your metabolism and helps burn fat. So what I do is gradually turn the hot water down, in increments. Toward the end it's REALLY cold. Like. Really. My palms turn bluish and I'm hyperventilating a little bit and the towel actually feels WARM even though it's just room temperature.
It's not fun or comfortable, but it's just a short time of pain and if it helps, then it's worth it. ;-)
I hope you're all doing well!!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Day Three
Hi guys!
So far the diet is going extremely well. Yesterday I had:
Glass of water with lemon juice
Cup of coffee with Vanilla Nut creamer
Greek yogurt with fresh strawberries x 2
Salad greens with chicken, hard boiled egg and honey mustard dressing
BBQ'd chicken on salad greens with ranch
70+ ounces of water
1 bottle of diet green tea
I weighed myself this morning and I was 139.0, however I'm mucho constipated. Sorry, TMI, but it's really severe. Weird, considering all the fiber I'm eating and water I'm drinking, but it's totally painful. Anyway, I'll have access to a scale tomorrow and I'll see if that number has gone down anymore by then. Hopefully! =)
I find the hardest part of this diet is the absolute lack of carbs and anything sweet (besides fruit) allowed. That's what I want to munch on! It's my weakness, but so far I've stuck to the diet and not cheated.
I do find that I get physically hungry more often, which again is weird because I'm eating lots of fiber and protein. Today I didn't have a chance to eat my second serving of yogurt OR fruit (because you're supposed to eat them before 2pm) because we had swim lessons and then the consult with the eye surgeon for Christian.
He has a lazy eye and has since he was born. The surgeon told us he can stop wearing his glasses (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and see how he does through the summer. He thinks his brain will correct it gradually over time, and then they can do surgery down the road. But if his eye goes out more than 50% of the time or starts to bother him, we can do it sooner. He also said it won't interfere with his school work (one of our main concerns) because he is able to focus and keep his eyes straight when looking at and reading things up close. So, good news all around! SOOO glad we don't have to shell out anymore money for those glasses!
It is FREEZING cold here. I am so perplexed. Is it not JUNE 22!?!?!? Where is the sun!? Where is summer!? What is going on????
MB, I'm sorry you are having health problems, and I hope they all get resolved quickly! When you're ready, I think the 17 Day Diet would be a good option because you can eat as much protein and vegetables as you want, so you can keep yourself full. Not being able to eat sugar is gonna be really hard, though. At least, it is for me. :-/
Anyway, still doing good and going strong! I'll weigh again tomorrow and post then.
Happy Hump Day!
So far the diet is going extremely well. Yesterday I had:
Glass of water with lemon juice
Cup of coffee with Vanilla Nut creamer
Greek yogurt with fresh strawberries x 2
Salad greens with chicken, hard boiled egg and honey mustard dressing
BBQ'd chicken on salad greens with ranch
70+ ounces of water
1 bottle of diet green tea
I weighed myself this morning and I was 139.0, however I'm mucho constipated. Sorry, TMI, but it's really severe. Weird, considering all the fiber I'm eating and water I'm drinking, but it's totally painful. Anyway, I'll have access to a scale tomorrow and I'll see if that number has gone down anymore by then. Hopefully! =)
I find the hardest part of this diet is the absolute lack of carbs and anything sweet (besides fruit) allowed. That's what I want to munch on! It's my weakness, but so far I've stuck to the diet and not cheated.
I do find that I get physically hungry more often, which again is weird because I'm eating lots of fiber and protein. Today I didn't have a chance to eat my second serving of yogurt OR fruit (because you're supposed to eat them before 2pm) because we had swim lessons and then the consult with the eye surgeon for Christian.
He has a lazy eye and has since he was born. The surgeon told us he can stop wearing his glasses (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and see how he does through the summer. He thinks his brain will correct it gradually over time, and then they can do surgery down the road. But if his eye goes out more than 50% of the time or starts to bother him, we can do it sooner. He also said it won't interfere with his school work (one of our main concerns) because he is able to focus and keep his eyes straight when looking at and reading things up close. So, good news all around! SOOO glad we don't have to shell out anymore money for those glasses!
It is FREEZING cold here. I am so perplexed. Is it not JUNE 22!?!?!? Where is the sun!? Where is summer!? What is going on????
MB, I'm sorry you are having health problems, and I hope they all get resolved quickly! When you're ready, I think the 17 Day Diet would be a good option because you can eat as much protein and vegetables as you want, so you can keep yourself full. Not being able to eat sugar is gonna be really hard, though. At least, it is for me. :-/
Anyway, still doing good and going strong! I'll weigh again tomorrow and post then.
Happy Hump Day!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Day Two
Hello, hello!
How is everyone? I'm doing pretty good, all things considered. =) My kiddos woke up extra early today... like at 5:30 and 6:15. :-O And then they didn't nap. :-O :-O But they've been playing fairly well, so I'm thankful.
Swim lessons are going well; the kids LOVE them and ask all morning long when is it time to go!?!? I think that's part of why they woke up super early today. They couldn't wait to go back. Anyway, with the lessons comes a new schedule of sorts. We get up and eat breakfast, putz around the house and then at 9:45 leave for lessons. We get home a little before 11 and the kids are STARVING so we eat as soon as we get home, and then they all take a rest. And hopefully sleep. ;-) During this time I've been either cleaning or sitting in the sun. Super nice. Then they wake up and if it's nice we play outside until dinner.
Anyway, my point with all of that is that I don't have as much time in the morning to blog. So most likely I'll be posting in the evenings.
The 17 Day Diet is going much better this time. I was 99% on track yesterday, and the only reason I wasn't 100% was because I forgot to drink my water with lemon juice in the morning. I ate both servings of fruit and yogurt, had a big salad with greens, yellow pepper, boiled egg, chicken and dressing for lunch, and then I ate another salad for dinner. AND I drank all my water!!!
Today is going well, too. I drank my lemon juice and water, had greek yogurt with fresh strawberries for breakfast (SO delicious!), had some grapes for a snack and then had another big salad for lunch. For dinner I'm grilling some BBQ chicken and planning to eat more salad and raw veggies with dip. And I've also gotten most all of my water in already. WOOT!
Anyway, it's going well. My sis is spending the night tonight so I'll weigh tomorrow. I won't have a scale the rest of the week, so even though it's early and I'll only have been on the diet 3 days, tomorrow it will be, and I'll record it for the week.
Hope you're doing well! MB, did you call your doctor???? ;-)
How is everyone? I'm doing pretty good, all things considered. =) My kiddos woke up extra early today... like at 5:30 and 6:15. :-O And then they didn't nap. :-O :-O But they've been playing fairly well, so I'm thankful.
Swim lessons are going well; the kids LOVE them and ask all morning long when is it time to go!?!? I think that's part of why they woke up super early today. They couldn't wait to go back. Anyway, with the lessons comes a new schedule of sorts. We get up and eat breakfast, putz around the house and then at 9:45 leave for lessons. We get home a little before 11 and the kids are STARVING so we eat as soon as we get home, and then they all take a rest. And hopefully sleep. ;-) During this time I've been either cleaning or sitting in the sun. Super nice. Then they wake up and if it's nice we play outside until dinner.
Anyway, my point with all of that is that I don't have as much time in the morning to blog. So most likely I'll be posting in the evenings.
The 17 Day Diet is going much better this time. I was 99% on track yesterday, and the only reason I wasn't 100% was because I forgot to drink my water with lemon juice in the morning. I ate both servings of fruit and yogurt, had a big salad with greens, yellow pepper, boiled egg, chicken and dressing for lunch, and then I ate another salad for dinner. AND I drank all my water!!!
Today is going well, too. I drank my lemon juice and water, had greek yogurt with fresh strawberries for breakfast (SO delicious!), had some grapes for a snack and then had another big salad for lunch. For dinner I'm grilling some BBQ chicken and planning to eat more salad and raw veggies with dip. And I've also gotten most all of my water in already. WOOT!
Anyway, it's going well. My sis is spending the night tonight so I'll weigh tomorrow. I won't have a scale the rest of the week, so even though it's early and I'll only have been on the diet 3 days, tomorrow it will be, and I'll record it for the week.
Hope you're doing well! MB, did you call your doctor???? ;-)
Monday, June 20, 2011
The 17 Day Diet, Take Two
Hey Ya'll.
Sorry for the delayed absence. I got a killer migraine that lasted 2 days and couldn't really get on the computer. Then we headed to the beach, and now here I am again. =)
On Saturday I got a chance to weigh myself and I was 139.6, so that is what I am posting for last week's weight.
I'm starting the 17 Day Diet again today, (and I think my mom is joining me, too!). I've gone back and forth about wanting to do it. I have probably 10-15 pounds that could still come off, especially going according to all the "charts" that are out there. For a person 5'4" like me, I'm supposed to weigh anywhere between 102 (!!) to 130. So yeah, I could lose some more. But, here's the thing.
I'm happy where I'm at. I feel good. We went shopping this weekend and I'm solidly in a size 8. 10's are definitely too big. At Loft I even fit into a size 6, but I hear their sizing is a little off, in favor of people fitting a smaller size than usual. I feel comfortable in my skin and clothes, even though I could definitely tone up, and I don't "love" the way I look in a bathing suit. But really, I've NEVER loved the way I looked in a bathing suit, even before kiddos.
So I'm in a bit of a conundrum. Because I am so content, it makes it hard to restrict myself. But on the other hand, if I could lose 10-15 pounds, that'd be great! And the 17 Day Diet seems very doable, so I'm going to give it a shot. We'll see what happens.
I have some chicken baked up and I'm marinating some turkey tenderloins too, which I'll grill either tonight or tomorrow. I also plan to get a rotisserie chicken and eat the breast meat.
Other than that, things are going well. We had a nice time at the beach and now it's back to the daily grind. My kiddos start swimming lessons today for 2 weeks, so we're off to do that soon.
Hope you are all doing well and had a great Father's Day weekend!
Sorry for the delayed absence. I got a killer migraine that lasted 2 days and couldn't really get on the computer. Then we headed to the beach, and now here I am again. =)
On Saturday I got a chance to weigh myself and I was 139.6, so that is what I am posting for last week's weight.
I'm starting the 17 Day Diet again today, (and I think my mom is joining me, too!). I've gone back and forth about wanting to do it. I have probably 10-15 pounds that could still come off, especially going according to all the "charts" that are out there. For a person 5'4" like me, I'm supposed to weigh anywhere between 102 (!!) to 130. So yeah, I could lose some more. But, here's the thing.
I'm happy where I'm at. I feel good. We went shopping this weekend and I'm solidly in a size 8. 10's are definitely too big. At Loft I even fit into a size 6, but I hear their sizing is a little off, in favor of people fitting a smaller size than usual. I feel comfortable in my skin and clothes, even though I could definitely tone up, and I don't "love" the way I look in a bathing suit. But really, I've NEVER loved the way I looked in a bathing suit, even before kiddos.
So I'm in a bit of a conundrum. Because I am so content, it makes it hard to restrict myself. But on the other hand, if I could lose 10-15 pounds, that'd be great! And the 17 Day Diet seems very doable, so I'm going to give it a shot. We'll see what happens.
I have some chicken baked up and I'm marinating some turkey tenderloins too, which I'll grill either tonight or tomorrow. I also plan to get a rotisserie chicken and eat the breast meat.
Other than that, things are going well. We had a nice time at the beach and now it's back to the daily grind. My kiddos start swimming lessons today for 2 weeks, so we're off to do that soon.
Hope you are all doing well and had a great Father's Day weekend!
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