Survived New Year’s
Well here we are into 2009! And blessedly I don’t mean my weight, althou I am hunkering at 200 now. Gained all my weight back that I worked so hard to lose…..BUT that is not what I am writing about today.
I already made my mind up that things were going to change and that I am the only one that can do the changing, so no use talking it to death, just gotta do it.
I am so having fun with my Wii fit, and it is still kicking my ass. Let me tell you, some of those yoga poses are impossible for me. I cannot get my fat leg up high enough to put my foot onto my thigh let alone do it with my arms in the air and arching my back…WTF. Needless to say I will stick to the easy ones until and IF I can get more flexible. Balance wise needs improvement as well.
NYE at work was probably the quietest (?) NYE I have ever worked. Imagine if you can, we saw not one single drunk!!! I thought I was in a different planet. Not one. Not one single car accident, not one single suicide……Now that ain’t NYE! Course we more than have been making up for it since then.
My first goal for January 2009, it is manage to stay below 1600 calories a day, exercise daily and see a weight loss of 8 pounds. That is January. I will face February when it gets here. If I say that I have to lose 50 pounds that is just to fucking much, but 8 sounds really great.
Costco sells this really good brocolli salad by Eatsmart. It is so good. I throw away the salad dressing and bacon bits that come with it, and use a low fat dressing of my choice and forgo the bacon bits all together, and it is so yummy. I could eat it everyday. I am also totally addicted to Edamame (soybeans) and they have become my fav snack. They are not quite up there with Licorice Good & Plenty, but they are slowly taking over.
I am trying to really cut out the sugar which I know is my downfall as is late night snacking. Anyone have any good ideas for that? Being a night worker does not help, cause I eat at night, so when I have a day off and am sitting in front of the boob tube at 1am I want to eat, and eat and eat…..and I know it is a bad habit, but at times it is almost overwhelming. So any suggestions would be appreciated.
Well I must run, my pager is ringing and I am wanted. Oh, and I have some wonderful soybeans just waiting in my little fridge for me if I get time to eat later….the night is young and alive.
ciao
Posted on January 4th, 2009 by islandgrl
Filed under: General
wow, sounds like you’ve been bitten by the “I love healthy eating” bug!
I don’t have a TV but I’ll try to give a few suggestions : paint your fingernails - and put on 2 coats right away. They take about an hour or more to completely dry and you can’t eat or do other things w your hands during that time.
Make yourself do situps or other exercises during commercial breaks. That effort will quickly make you reconsider the eating.
Make yourself some hot tea (maybe herbal if it’s one am). Drinking that can soothe you and meet that need to have something in your hands and belly, but zero calories and some of the Celestial Seasonings ones are super yummy. Add a little sweetner if you must, it’s a better habit than eating.
I am so glad your NYE was mild. It sounds like a great way to start the New Year on a positive note!
Oh I have that dreaded sweet tooth too! When I am being “good” sugar free Jello with whipped cream hits the spot. OR I just pop a piece of bubble gum in my mouth and blow bubbles with it. I love doing that. OR I just go and brush my teeth and drink a bottle of water as that is all that goes with toothpaste.
I am going to try that Costco salad. It is amazing how there are so many good for us things there are for us to eat.
Hugs!
Fantastic sweetpea! I saw that salad at costco - I’ll have to grab that puppy next time. The Vietnamese restaurant I like has a great fish sauce that you can drizzle on cabbage (cole slaw fixings) that taste GREAT! That sounds wonderful too! Glad you are enjoying your Wii!
Girl, for the sugar fix - I’ve been doin’ fruit.
It’s no cheesecake but it’ll do for now 
xoxoxoxoxo
Humm…I like the nail polish idea…I am sitting here reading blogs instead of eating…