Too Much Work

September 18th, 2009

Ah, the joys of working 60+ hours a week for months on end.  With any luck at all, we’ll be done in two weeks!

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Rarely Here…

July 8th, 2009

Big project at work - seems like all of my time for the past month has been spent at work or sleeping.  Food provided at work but NOT healthy food!  I’ve got to get more exercise in…

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Still Here, More or …Oh, Who Are We Kidding…

June 8th, 2009

It’s certainly not less!  : )

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Nothing But Freaking Gray Skies…

May 5th, 2009

All right, enough already.  I live in Texas for crying out loud, not frickin’ Seattle (not that there’s anything wrong with Seattle, lovely to visit would not want to live there).  We have had not one bit of sun here for almost two whole weeks!  I’m not complaining about the rain but I am so sick of the gray gloomy days.  Let’s see the sun for a minute this spring (we’ll see plenty of it this summer!).

This is my goal picture (and that’s actually my skinny butt in the picture - funny, I didn’t think it was skinny at the time!)

I’ve had two pathetic days in a row and it’s time to get over it, gray skies or not.  I like my job (and am really glad to have it) but the bureaucratic BS makes it SO BORING!!!  And BORING is the absolute death of my resolve to stick with healthy habits.  That’s why I almost always do way better on weekends than I do during the week.

I am enjoying the W8 Challenge - it at least makes me think about what I am doing because I absolutely hate to lose (competitions that is - if I could lose a pound or two, woohoo!!).

Me and Dog, out for a ride.  Now that is a not-skinny-butt :)

Current Weight:  250.5 lbs

Today’s delta (since last report):  1.0 lbs

Total delta:  -8.5 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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Plateau Much?

April 25th, 2009

So, thanks to Norton AV, I didn’t get to do the April challenge but I am going to do the May challenge.  I’m going to start working on signing up now so maybe it will be set up in time.
Been pretty much stuck on 249.5 all month although the endocrinologist’s scale had me at 248 when I went for my appointment.  The good news is that since her scale weighed me heavier than I was the appointment previous to that, I had only gained two pounds according to her records.  The bad news is, who know what that #@%#% scale will say next time.  Liar!!
Today’s activities:
  • Bike ride, 1 hr 15 minutes
  • Bike ride with Dog, 20 minutes
  • Pulling weeds, spreading mulch, 2 hours

Eating:  Good

Water:  2.0 liters

Current Weight:  249.5 lbs

Today’s delta (since last report):  0.0 lbs

Total delta:  -9.5 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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Vacation’s Over

March 31st, 2009

Tomorrow is the start of the April challenge and the day I told myself a few weeks ago that I would get serious about diet/exercise again.  I’ve been trying on the diet but I decided to give myself a few weeks guilt-free to get things done around the house and in the yard.  I’ve gotten enough stuff done that most people could consider my activity level to be pretty well exercising but incidental exercise has never been very effective for me.  In a way, I am very excited about getting back to no-kidding exercise because I have noticed that for the first time in my life, I’m in such bad physical shape that my muscles hurt after doing really simple things like taking pictures of our calves (baby cows - not the leg muscles!) and planting flowers.  Not good!
Plus, I’ve got to lose the weight I’ve GAINED in the last week plus at least 1-2 more pounds in the next few weeks.  I so DO NOT want to go back to the endocrinologist having gained fricking weight.
Today’s activities:
  • Planted flowers, weeded flower beds, 1.5 hours

Eating:  Not too good

Water:  2.0 liters

Current Weight:  249.5 lbs

Today’s delta:  0.0 lbs

Total delta:  -9.5 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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Mow, mow, mow the Grass

March 30th, 2009

Today I mow, mow, mowed the grass.  That is all.
Today’s activities:
  • Mowed the grass/worked on compost pile, 1.5 hours

Eating:  Not too good

Water:  2.0 liters

Current Weight:  249.5 lbs

Today’s delta:  0.0 lbs

Total delta:  -9.5 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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I’ve Been Phlegmish…But Not Every Day of The Last Month!

March 29th, 2009

Mostly, I was phlegmish and then I got distracted.  Not good!  I was stuck on 246 for two weeks straight, even though I was putting together several days of good eating/exercising and several days of not so good eating/doing nothing.  It really seems like one of those should make a difference on the scale.  So annoying.  It’s hard to keep doing well without seeing good results but it is also hard to break bad habits when poor performance doesn’t have immediate bad effects.  I finally told myself about a week ago that I had until 1 April to get things done in the yard, etc. instead of going to the gym and I did finally get a lot of things done.  Now, it’s back to diet/exercise work.  I’m going to try to do the gym/cardio thing four days a week and work in the yard the other three.
I’m also joining the Weight Challenge for April - maybe a little competition will give me a kick in my considerable ass!
Today’s activities:
  • Washed all of the window screens
  • Washed the outside of all of the windows (including the garage)
  • Cleaned the inside of several windows
  • Washed all of the curtains

Eating:  OK

Water:  2.0 liters

Current Weight:  249.5 lbs

Today’s delta:  +3.0 lbs (since last report)

Total delta:  -9.5 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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Another Long Day

March 5th, 2009

I had to work late tonight again unfortunately.  I only have one hour to work tomorrow - I hope they realize that!
Today’s activities:
  • Walking to/from parking lot to work, 10 minutes

Eating:  Not That Good

Water:  2.0 liters

Current Weight:  246.5 lbs

Today’s delta:  -0.5 lbs

Total delta:  -12.5 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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Yawn. Boring Post. Sorry : )

March 4th, 2009

I had to work late tonight unfortunately.  On the up side, this should let me take off most of the day on Friday.  I have so much to get done around the house!
Today’s activities:
  • Walking to/from parking lot to work, 10 minutes

Eating:  Not That Good

Water:  2.0 liters

Current Weight:  247.0 lbs

Today’s delta:  -0.5 lbs

Total delta:  -12.0 lbs

Mini-Goal 1, 249 lbs (Just Because), Achieved 11 Jan 2009!

Mini-Goal 2, 248 lbs (No Longer Morbidly Obese), Achieved 9 Feb 2009!

Mini-Goal 3, 243 lbs (5 lbs)

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