I feel, on balance, positive about the week. I did pay attention to food and drink, and I did log everything so I can see my stengths and weaknesses. I did some exercise although my energy faded as the week went on. But every sit up is ‘one to the good’, as my grandma used to say (although not about exercise, I am sure)
What did I learn?
- I do not drink enough water.
- If I drink wine I eat large amounts of cheese, so one or the other has to go.
- One chocolate chip cookie can set of a cascade of cravings that spill into the next day.
- Ditto high carb breakfasts - or should I say ditto the coffee shop breakfast bagel. It is huge and doughy and can trigger a day full of the same.
- I can eat lots of vegetables and lots of fruit if I eat my meals in my home.
- When I eat at work or in restaurants I seem to allow myself to be less conscious of what I am eating. However, I have become very conscious of serving sizes when eating out.
Overall I am giving this week 1 thumb up. Started out strong, faded as the days went by. Today I am heading out again for more snowshoeing, cause I need the fresh air and open sky. Also I found the nike ipod thingy and I am anxious to see just how much distance I cover on these winter hikes.
Onward and upward!
By 4pm yesterday I was beat, so when Son #1 came by the office to try to borrow the truck I packed up and drove him around town. Unfortunately, we shared a bag of BBQ chips on the way. Then I went home and napped for an hour. When I surfaced it was to find that it was a beautiful night, not too cold with snow softly drifting down. I walked the dog and then drove out to TNB’s country homestead for the night. This is only the second time I have been there, and I think only the third time we have spent the entire night together…I am not used to sleeping beside someone so while it was not a restful night, I did like it.
I have no great plans for the weekend: I am going to sleep and go for a couple of long hikes and maybe get caught up on laundry, and definitely read a lot. And eat a lot of fruit.
I think the scale is going in the right direction, oh so slowly….today was pretty high carb, though - an all day meeting with lousy sandwiches and big chocolate cookies and not near enough coffee. No exercise, either, but tomorrow is another day!
I made a bean and veggie casserole - no recipe, just a wide variety of plants in a wok. It was actually pretty good, and darn filling. I have enough for lunch tomorrow and maybe even Sat too. Things are easier when I plan a little bit ahead.
A side effect of suddenly deciding to become a ‘morning’ person is I cannot also be a ‘night’ person. It is 9pm and I am ready to sleep.
List of things making me feel pretty good right now:
- walked to work and back yesterday and today (yay)
- ate mostly mindfully (yay); intake under control
- did my core and strength routine both mornings (yay)
- it is a bright cold clear beautiful night
- payday this week
- lots more fruit and veggies in my world right now (yay)
- everyone I love is fine
I can’t believe it…I got up so early this morning the dog was not even ready….lol…he stood up, looked at me, and flopped his full weight back down on the floor! As if to say, “Lady, hit the snooze button already!” I have had breakfast; I am reading the news online; I am about to iron my outfit for the day and then do my strength and core routine…this feels pretty good.
So last night I am watching ‘The Last 10 lbs Bootcamp” cause the trainer Tommy is so gorgeous, and the woman of the week was trying to fit into a size 8 dress…her final measurements were 178 lbs, 38 - 35 - 43…and the dress FIT. Now come on, that is no size 8 in my universe. I mean, good for her for losing 10 lbs in a month with a personal trainer and nutritionist on her ass, but that is not a size 8.
It is 11pm and the crew did not start working on the water main until about 6pm…do you know that the vibration from a jackhammer really travels a long way? I pity the poor team - it is very cold and I am sure they are getting wet, but this will not be a good night for anyone around here. They are about 30 feet in front of my house, just across the street.
I just got in from a 45 minute walk with the dog, (yay!), and had an active, productive day (yay!) with a totally reasonable approach to food (yay!). I hope this bodes well for the week. Right now I really want a big peanut butter sandwich but instead I will brush my teeth and go to bed. (yay!)
I am going to make Mon my ‘official weigh in’ day even though I am on the scale daily I will only record Mon am numbers. Maybe that will help me manage the freak outs. My weight goes up and down so far and so fast that the daily numbers make no sense, but I can’t stop checking.
Thanks to the cold, the city has been experiencing a rash of water main breaks and this morning there is a river of ice and slush down my street. As it is -27C out there, it freezes quickly once it hits the surface. I don’t know yet if my house is directly affected. I’ll run a load of laundry and see what happens. I don’t want to find out 5 minutes into a shower.
Although it is cold it is sunny and bright. Yesterday I hiked around a campground and stayed off the river, because the wind was quite bitter and I needed the shelter of the trees. When I got home I did a simple core and strength set, which really hurt. Told me just how long it had been since I tried to challenge my body. I am not sure I will snowshoe today - I have a lot of errands to run but if it stays sunny I might take the dog out again and we can both run off some steam. I had the podrunner 5k 1st week session on, and although I won’t try running in snowshoes I did kick it up a notch or two for the intervals. If I remember my camera I will take some shots of the trail…for those of you thinking how nice it would be to get real snow…careful what you wish for….lol
This is my back patio on Jan 1….I forgot to bring in all the patio furniture in time and now it is buried and frozen in place. I can’t open the door to get it anyway.
Ok, this cannot continue. I am having real problems in the evenings. I just stuff my face, drink wine too frequently…today I feel sick to my stomach from all the food I ingested last night. It was so bad, but one good thing, at a certain point I was able to stop myself and right then I threw it all out. No leftovers there for me this morning. Thank the deities.
My den is finished and can now be my exercise room, and I dug out all the dvds I had stashed somewhere. My ankle is no longer an excuse for not moving.I have also changed the way I am using the food log program and I think that will help too.
Retox (ree-tox) v. To go back on your New Year’s resolutions and do the opposite of the goals you set for yourself. Yep.I am back up to 183.4, that’s 10 lbs since before xmas and in the WRONG direction. Definitely have to get control of the variables and get turned around.
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It is -20C with the wind chill out there, and I am dressed like the michelin tire mascot but I am headed out for some outdoor exercise. I have dumped all the crap out of my fridge, locked up the wine cellar…grrrl on a mission.
Total chinese food blowout. Awful. Awful. And it wasn’t even very good. Just greasy and filling. What the %$#@ is going on in my head these days? Bad stuff.
Not a good day. High fat, high carb (chocolate covered almonds AND a cookie), low protein and 0 exercise. In my defense - no, no excuses. Just a bad, lazy day.
Sigh.
