Well I’ve been away for awhile. I was sick.. there were some stressful family situations.. and I am exhausted. I lost like 5 lbs because of my flu.. so my low weight was at 164.6 lbs. These days I’m around 166 lbs. But, I am starving, and eating like crap, so I figure that will go up soon enough. Not much more to say then that.
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I try to at least post something on Monday. Yesterday’s weigh in was 169.8 lbs. I’m up from last week, but shockingly, on Sunday I was 167.8 lbs, so that was a 2 lb gain in one day, attributed to the copious amounts of food I had this weekend.
My aunt from Ottawa was here visiting and it was my SILs birthday, and just a not so healthy weekend are all to blame, and my inability to say no to Thai food. I don’t even remember the last time I worked out. But, today is a new day, and I will get back into it again.
One of the challenges I have found in the last couple of weeks is that I have been very tired on Saturday and Sunday because of my medication. I take 3 doses every week, Friday night, Saturday morning and Saturday night. I feel so dizzy and my blood pressure is ridiculously low. I always feel like I am going to faint.
And this weekend has been even more challenging because Yumna and Safiya are both sick. Yumna has been home from school since Thursday. She is doing much better, and will go back to school tomorrow. And Safiya has had fever for five days now. She is on antibiotics now, so I am hoping she will feel better soon too.
Goals for this week:
- Get out the 169s.. move to the 168s or below
- Work out 5 out of 7 days
- Eat a lot better!
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I weighed in at 169.4 lbs. I’ve been holding steady in this area. I’m thankful for that, but at the same time I would love to see some progress. This weekend was a little rough. I started my psoriasis medication and birth control. I think it was a lot for my body to handle so it’s been moving a lot slower the last couple of days.
I still want to meet my goal of 163 by Feb. 11th. I’m sure it can be done. I just need to step it up a little.
Today, I go to meet this doctor, who I am hoping will become my family doctor. She was recommended to me by my neighbour and another friend. So, lets see how it goes. I’ve been trying to meet her for a month now, so finally the day has arrived.
We didn’t do much of anything this weekend. DH was working most of the weekend. I went to a friend’s house for a get together for an hour, then did groceries, then we had to go to DH’s best friend’s sisters house for dinner. We had a nice time there and the girls had a blast. Sunday we stayed home and did nothing. I needed the break so that was good.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
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Yesterday, as I mentioned, I went to the dermatologist. It is a project for me to go to any doctor appointment because for the most part, my doctors are in downtown Toronto. Yesterday, we dropped Yumna to school and all headed downtown. We dropped DH to work and then Safi and I hung out in Eaton Centre until we went to my appointment. I really like these days, because I get to walk arounddowntown and chill. We leave around 2:30pm so we have enough time to drive back and pick up Yumna from school.
Even though I did some walking during the day, I decided to work out while watching the Biggest Loser. I am surprised by how much I love this show now. I record it on the PVR because it is way too long, but when you have the handy fast forward you can watch the whole thing in half an hour. Right now I’m rooting for Sunshine and her Dad. I hope they can come back to the ranch.
So today, Safi and I are taking it easy. Just cleaning up around the house and getting the little things done that need to be done. I weighed in today at 169.4 lbs again. I was surprised because I walked so much yesterday. But, I also did eat half a slice of pizza. So maybe they evened themselves out.
Last night I was making rice, and for some reason I thought I had a little bit of brown rice left in another bag so I added it to the brown rice I was making. Turns out it was white rice, so I had a brown/white rice mix. It was actually quite tasty. So if anyone has hesitations about eating brown rice, try mixing the two and working yourself up.
So for lunch today, I stir-friend some garlic, mushrooms, spinach and lemon juice. It was so tasty, and EASY and ate it with some of the rice and a tablespoon of hummus.
As for yesterday’s post, I wasn’t meaning to complain so much about my skin. I was just trying to get my thoughts out there about getting my health back in order. I have really let things get out of control with respect to my skin, and I think I really need to apply the learning I have done with weightloss and it apply it to all aspects of my health.
Have a great Wednesday!
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When I joined 3FC almost a year ago, I was in pretty bad shape. Not just with respect to the weight, which was sitting at 213 lbs. But, also with respect to my skin, which is why I named myself paperSkin. Well, my skin is in pretty bad shape again, very similar to what it was a year ago.
As part of this new found enthusiasm to start losing weight, I have also been making an effort to take care of my health. A few weeks back I decided to go to the doctor because I was feeling somewhat down energy wise. I started exercising and eating better again too. While I was visiting the doctor, the nurse there really got on my case about taking time to take care of myself. My skin was in really bad shape. Sometimes it feels like such an endless battle with my psoriasis. It does get better, and comes back months later.
When I’m better, I feel amazing, like as if I never had it, and then it comes back, and little by little it gets worse. If I just took care of it when it was a little patch here and there, things wouldn’t get so out of control. You could compare it to when we lose weight and then gain it all back again. If we took control when we gained 2-5 lbs, we could get back to a good weight faster than if we let it go out of control, and gain back all that we lost.
So today I went to see my dermatologist, and I’m going on a drug to suppress my immune system so that this psoriasis can get back under control. The last time I contemplated going back on this drug, I managed to get my psoriasis under control with diet, sprays and exercise, and didn’t take it. Well, this time, I think I’m going to take it. I start on Friday. The winters are harsh on my skin. I couldn’t sleep last night because I was itching most of the night. And we still have a long winter to go.
With this medication I can’t get pregnant, so I have to start another birth control, aAnd so this time I am taking Yaz. It’s a far lower dosage, so I’m hoping it will be okay. Okay, enough of my medical details. I weighed in at 169.4 lbs today, a loss, but a small one. So I’m hoping to get in the 168s by the end of the week. And to get to 165 by the end of the month.
Hope all is well out there for you all.
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I intended on starting the New Year at 169.9 or less. It didn’t quite happen, until today. I weighed in today at 169.6 lbs. I am really determined not to see the 170s again. It has been a long journey getting out of them. I remember the first time I was in the 170s was in May. More than 7 months ago. So the plan is that this time round, the 160s will not take hold of me the way the 170s did.
Looks like everyone has a new dose of enthusiasm to get back into it and I think we should all feed off each others energy. I’m really looking forward to the next few weeks.
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January 1st weigh in: 170.6 lbs
January 2nd weigh in: 171.0 lbs
I’ve already gained weight this year! It’s okay though, we had a holiday dinner on January 1st at my BILs house. There was turkey, stuffing, all the other yummy treats. I made a cake and brownies, and the sugar laden cranberry sauce.
But today I put my foot down. Yesterday, my Mom also had a party with her friends/cousins, and she wanted us to come today to eat the yummy leftovers. At first I said yes, but I was feeling so stressed out about it. I am trying to reach my goals, and as much as I would like to say yes to every tasty meal, I have some weight to lose. And to do that, I have to make sure I set myself up for success. Eating a feast for every dinner, will not get me where I want to be. I’m sure she was annoyed, but I told her that I was very tired and that I would come another day.
I did my exercise already, because I know as the day goes on, it becomes so much harder to do it. And so that is my plan for 2010 - setting myself up for success. If you want to accomplish anything, want to reach a goal, you have to plan for it.
There is a saying in Arabic that goes “Trust God, but tie your camel.” As much as you would like to trust God to get you want you want, or protect you, or help you lose weight, He will help you, but you also have to help yourself. So you should plan your day to get your exercise in and eat well if you want to lose weight, and if you don’t want your camel to run away in the night, tie him to the fence. When we don’t set ourselves up for success we are only guaranteed to fail. Losing weight doesn’t happen by accident. You have to make the efforts to do what is necessary to ensure you have a calorie deficit at the end of the day.
Monday, the world shall return to normal around here. Yumna will be going back to school, DH goes back to work and we go back to our every day routines. Routines are good. So first thing is to go back to my daily routine of doing my exercise in the morning. That has been one thing lacking in the last two weeks. I have managed to work out from time to time, but rarely in the morning.
The other thing I want to do this year is take a course. I’m not sure exactly what course yet, but I think some kind of an art class would be amazing to help me focus on my painting and teach me some new tricks. I’m thinking about taking an encaustic painting. I’m not sure if I’m spelling it right, but basically it is using wax in painting to create texture in the piece.
Hope you are all well and enjoying the new year!
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My final weigh in for 2009 is 171.8 lbs. Not exactly my goal, but I did reach my goal for 2009 on December 26th, 2009, so I’m going to consider it a success and tomorrow I will be even closer. When I exercise I notice it makes a huge difference in how much I lose. So exercise will be my biggest priority in 2010 - to build up my strength, flexibility and speed.
The thing that really gets to me is that I’ve lost 40 lbs and I still have a ways to go. But that means I really let things get out of control, but I didn’t realize just how much things were out of control. What scares me is that once I finish losing the weight, and if I do decide to have another baby, then will it happen again?
Okay, things to look forward to in 2010.
1. Getting down to 150 lbs. I don’t know if this is my final goal, but it is my goal for now.
2. Teaching Yumna to read! I can’t wait.. she will be so excited.
3. Finishing potty training Safiya. We are well on our way, but lately she’s regressed a little.
4. Actually seeing my garden grow something! I planted so many bulbs in October, I’m just praying something grows out of them!
5. Continuing to paint. I have started painting again this year and I’m looking forward to working on it more and developing my skills.
Happy New Years Everyone!
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My butt that is. So on the morning of December 26th, I weighed in at 169.6. Beautiful. Then we went to Ottawa. It was 36 hours of pure gluttony. I kid you not. I tried to be good. I did. But, seriously old habits die hard. So I came back and the next morning I was 172.0 lbs. I figured, not so bad.. It could of been a lot worse. The next day I didn’t work out but I tried to be good about the food, and I was the same. And yesterday, I didn’t eat so well and I was up to 173.0 lbs this morning. Not so good.
So back to the grindstone again. I need to get back to it, starting with some exercise.
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But I saw it!! I saw 169.8 lbs today! I’m not counting it yet, but it was VERY exciting to see. When I woke up this morning I was 170.6 lbs. Then I went back to bed, having not eaten yet, and then went to the bathroom again.. and tada 169.8!!
This means my goal is very attainable at this point.. I’m thinking maybe by tomorrow!! I am so happy to be able to reach this milestone before I go to Ottawa. I think this will help motivate me not to screw up while I am there.
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