Ugh, as if winter isn’t depressing and unmotivating enough, I am one of the millions effected by the “snow storm of the decade!” My area actually got pretty lucky and some of it passed by, but I have still been snowed in since Monday evening, and I AM ABOUT TO GO MAD!!!
Being snowed in with my family made my husband and I realize that we are such ”bored eaters”. He just about ate anything in the kitchen he could get his hands on yesterday before he realized that he was just bored and decided to go shovel the sleet even though it was futile!! We got several more inches of sleet and snow after he came in, but he said at least he felt productive. I did a little better, and tried to stay busy by reading, cleaning, and even painting my kitchen (a project long overdue) but still I feel so trapped.
I am pretty sure life will return to normal tomorrow, work will be open and kids will go back to school, but man could I use a trip to the gym right now….wishing I still had some of my old workout VCR tapes….oh well…..OOHHH maybe I will check out YouTube for some workout videos…..
I am glad for the opportunity to be snowed in because it allows me to more easily appreciate being able to just jump in the car and go wherever, whenever I want!! (being “Glad” is part of my new years resolution, but that is a story for another blogging day)
Have a great rest of the week and if you are stuck in this mess too, stay warm and be careful!!
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Doesn’t this say it all!!! Boy I wish it was that easy. I have not been blogging for several weeks for several reason. 1. My life has been super crazy the last few months, especially my job, so I have just been too exhausted at night to think about anything other than the immiedate tasks at hand: feeding the family, cleaning the family, and putting the family to bed; and 2. I just have not had any motivation to worry about my weight and often wonder “why am I bothering? Why don’t I just gain 200lbs and get it over with?”
Then I realized that is not the way I want to live my life!! I want to be active, healthy and engaged in life (oh, it might help that work is a little less stressful right now, too!!)
So I am back to blogging my journey. I have made it through the last several weeks without too much of a gain. Weight as of January 1, 2011: 153.8; Current Weight as of January 24, 2011: 151.0. I did not make my goal of 145.0 last year, but 2011, HERE I COME!!!!
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 25th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ok, so I have been really busy and frustrated so I took a little time off from blogging and now I regret it. I like the fact that I can go back and see what I was thinking or feeling on a given blogging day. I am still a little frustrated with myself, but I am really trying hard not to beat myself up about it.
I was within 3lbs of my goal…3lbs!!! but then it crept up a little and I was up to 10lbs from my goal. I have started to reel myself back in and now I am at 150.4, only 5.4lbs from my goal for this year. I am really hope I can make it. It has been unseasonably warm in my neck of the woods so I have been getting outside to exercise the last few days(yeah, running outside instead of the awful treadmill).
I am going to start blogging again at least 2x a week and I am hoping that I remember, when I start to slip, how awful it felt when I realized I had fallen off the wagon and that 7lbs slipped back on SO easily. Have a good week….
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I didn’t gain on WI but I didn’t lose. Still 150.8. 
I am going to get refocused though because my hubby just informed me that we are going to Vegas in December–Merry Christmas! Last time we were there I was 15lbs thinner than right now! I am excited but Vegas isn’t nearly as fun as it was 10 years ago!!
Maybe this will be the motivation I need to get my butt back on track and lose some more LBS. Have a good week…enjoy Maxine!
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YUCK!!! This will be short and sweet…….disgusting!!!
I gained on WI day 1.2 lbs. Not sure what is going on, but it is pissing me off!! Not quiting, and not giving up, but DAMN! Now instead of 5 lbs to goal by the end of the year, I am up to 8 lbs….I am going the wrong direction.
I have to stop thinking about it and just keep on keeping on……… 
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I am glad it is friday…taking off early today because my hubby is celebrating his birthday tonight and I want to get my hair did!! :) We are going out with friends and to an actaul bar and maybe dancing, which we never get to do anymore!!
I have been working out a lot this week to prepare for the feast tonight (food and liquor) but I just cheated and weighed myself and I have gained 1.5lbs. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?!?!?! Oh well, I know my diet has been OP and I have been working out a lot this week so I will just wait until Monday for my real WI and see what happens. Maybe it is muscle gain (that’s bu!!$hit, and I know it) lol!
Well, have a great weekend, I am planning to have a blast tonight~~tomorrow might be a looonngg day, but I am living it up tonight.
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I lost! .5lbs so I am back down below 150….149.5 to be exact. AND, my bum is still sore from hitting the gym on Sunday…damn lunges and squats
I am going to remain focused and still try to hit my goal of 142lbs by the end of the year!
Now is the time to remain focused, with Halloween comes the start of the “eating holidays”!! Just remember, try to bring/cook food that is healthy and/or has a healthy benefit. If it is not green, from a garden, or if it is breaded in anyway, try not to eat it. Drink lots of water before going to parties to fill your stomach. And watch the liquor consumption….MAJOR calories in one drink!!!
Here is a great ‘dip’ recipe for those veggie trays. It is simple to make and it isbest if done the night before the event:
1-12oz Fat Free Sour Cream (yes, the icky fat free, but you can’t tell it is fat free once it is prepared)
dried ingredients:
1 tbs chives;
1 tbs parsley;
1 tsp garlic powder;
1 tsp onion powder or 1 tsp dried onion
1/2-1 tsp salt;
1/2 tsppepper (salt and pepper to taste);
1/4 tsp cyan pepper.
optional: a littel celery seed is a nice touch too, if you like the taste.
Mix with the sour cream and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. This will allow the dried spices to reconstitute. ENJOY with fresh veggies! It is pretty much guilt free but it taste SO SO SO much better than those store bought “fat-free” dips.
ENOY–and STAY FOCUSED!!
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well, I did it….I went to the gym today for the first time in 5 months and it was awful!!!
Ok, so it isn’t as bad as it sounds…I haven’t went to the gym because I have been able to exercise outside, running and playing softball several times a week is enough exercise during the summer, but now that it is turning colder and softball is all but over (we have 2-3 games left for the season) it was time to hit the gym. Those 3 miles on the treadmill where the longest 3 miles in a LONG TIME!!! but I did hit the weights pretty hard and did several rounds of squats and leg presses. I feel really good, but I don’t like working out at the gym. I will get use to it in a few weeks, but still hoping to run outside for a few more weeks before it gets too too cold outside!
Tomorrow is WI so I am hoping to get back down below 150.0 again!! I have been eating a lot of spinach salad this week so hopefully it will pay off! :) Have a great week….
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GHIRARDELLI Chocolate…..need I say more!?!?!?
A member of our faculty just brought in 5 boxes of Ghirardelli chocolate with a nice bow, put them on my desk and said Happy Thursday. 1 box was sea salt soiree dark chocolate–my favorite.
Thanks but NO THANKS!!! I couldn’t resist, I had to taste 3 of the 5 variates, but now I feel gorged on chocolate–oy!!
I gave all of it away except the dark chocolate…I can resist it and only eat small amounts because it is so rich but the others I HAD to get off my desk. Guess I didn’t do too bad, really only had 3 squares which is 210 calories, but man, it was tuff to give it away. Looks like I am running tonight, even thought it is my ‘off’ night
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Happy Hump Day!!!
Well WI was Monday. I gained .4 which put me at 150.0, yuck! That is ok though, because it was exactly the kick in the butt I needed to get me back on track. I felt like I was letting all my hard work slip away (and I was) but seeing 150 again made me so mad! I thought, “THIS IS NOT HAPPENING-SUCK IT UP AND STOP EATING TO COMFORT YOURSELF!!!!” I have been on point with my diet since Monday (except a small hand-full of cookie crisp cereal) and have been exercising regularly again. 3 games of softball tonight, then I plan to run 3-5miles on Friday and hit the gym on Sunday(running 3 miles and weights). I really don’t want to put my “skinny” pants, that I just took out of the back of closet, back away!!
Although it is getting colder and I am craving more hearty foods I am going to look for healthy recipe alternatives. Chili is an easy meal for me and my family. I use turkey burger or chicken breast instead of hamburger and I low sodium tomatoes. Some things I just can’t make, though. Creamy cheesy potato soup, for example. There is no way to make that without cream…even if I take the ‘cheesy’ part out. High starch high cream soup=not good for diet!!
Have a good week–keep at it and send positive thoughts to me!!
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