Oh man...today I was baking cookies for my "Little Sister's" gift and it did not go well. I don't know what it is about process cooking or baking but I can never go without tasting something and then trying the end result. I ate cookies. Not one. Multiple. They were small but I can't remember if I had 3 or 4. It was going nuts. Gah! I did so well all day and then boom. Oh well, I can get discouraged or just chalk it up to life and move on. I didn't really go over maintenance calories but they weren't part of the plan. That being said, I guess that it would be silly to assume I'll never eat cookies again or baking things. Bah! Feeling failure.
Haven't been posting much again due to business and frustration.
I spent a few days just into the overweight range and I can't seem to get back down, my body likes being just above that. I'll do a high carb day today since I have my 15K tomorrow morning and hopefully I'll drop again after an initial bounce up. Holding steady in the 163-range at the moment.
164 today! That's a loss of 1.3 this week so far. I'm loving it! Burned another 637 calories in my skyrobics class yesterday. In just an hour!
I'm also trying to convince myself to get my acrylic nails taken off. It's $40 a month, but they are a source of confidence. I feel better with my nails done. I have had the nails since sometime in high school, so at least 7 years now. Like I said, I'm TRYING to convince myself. I'd save so much money!
Haven't posted in here in a while. I have spent the last month taking a sort of maintenance break... just eating delicious, HEALTHY food. School and life in general have been really stressful, so a break has been good. I have NOT been counting calories, which has been nice.
Stayed steady at the 172-173 range this whole time. I'm thinking I might be ready to jump back in to actually losing weight, though. The mental part of this is hard for me. I've lost 12 pounds since the beginning of the year and look and feel so much better. It makes it easy for me to get complacent, even though I have a long way to go.
163.4 today! Another new low! My lowest adult weight was 160 & that was 6 years ago. I'm hoping to get below that this month, but I've got some events coming up that might make it a little slow-going. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming
163.4 today! Another new low! My lowest adult weight was 160 & that was 6 years ago. I'm hoping to get below that this month, but I've got some events coming up that might make it a little slow-going. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming
Congrats! I had to laugh at the end of that, my sixth graders were chanting it yesterday subbing in all kinds of verbs and annoying as it was, it helped with my race this morning. I got pretty tired around mile 7 and started chanting just keep running. LOL
I was at 164 this morning thanks to overdoing it on pizza last night, but hopefully the race helped to burn some of that off. Still haven't managed to get under 162.9.
Went and bought a scale, finally, and I weighed in at 172.2, which I guess makes me a new addition to the thread! *waves* 172.2 is not my heaviest, but it's darn close (I think I hit 174 at one point), so I'm hoping to move right along...
I am reminding myself that it's day 3 of TOM, I just started drinking 3L of water a day yesterday, AND I weighed myself in the middle of the day, so I'm likely to be carrying some extra weight around. I certainly hope so...
Anyways, nice to meet you all in the thread--I've been lurking for a long time, so it's great to finally get to post! Of course, I hope we're all gone from the thread soon, but I'll enjoy being here while it lasts!
Brand new to blogs and already posted in the wrong place
Here is the deal: I am 27 and I recently saw some photos of myself and I couldn't believe my eyes. I don't feel like I eat a lot or at least too much, but I guess my metabolism has slowed down over the last few years. I am determined to lose at least 15 pounds by summer and hope joining a blog will help me reach this goal. I would love any advice on the best thing to do to get started.....should I count calories? try a specific type of diet? focus on exercise? I teach middle school so usually by the time I get home I either want to go to bed or sit on the couch. Does anyone have any advice to help me get off the couch when I get home from school?
Here is the deal: I am 27 and I recently saw some photos of myself and I couldn't believe my eyes. I don't feel like I eat a lot or at least too much, but I guess my metabolism has slowed down over the last few years. I am determined to lose at least 15 pounds by summer and hope joining a blog will help me reach this goal. I would love any advice on the best thing to do to get started.....should I count calories? try a specific type of diet? focus on exercise? I teach middle school so usually by the time I get home I either want to go to bed or sit on the couch. Does anyone have any advice to help me get off the couch when I get home from school?
Calorie counting has definitely helped a lot of people here, it's something to try if you're up to it.
As for the working out thing, do it BEFORE you go home and get on the couch! I hit the gym on the way home. I also teach middle school and I know it can be tiring, but if you schedule the workouts for yourself and hold yourself to them, it makes them a bit easier to stick to.
About the only way to keep me motivated and off the couch is to have a plan. I find that with many aspects of my life- keeping up with chores, homework, exercise, etc... that keeping a checklist really helps. SUPER motivating to be able to check off that I've accomplished the day's goals.
I guess I'm happy that it's down but goodness. My body is really holding onto 163.
