We were on the road for a week around Christmas time. Then we had to go to another city because my stepmom had an accident. She is doing OK now, thank goodness. I am glad to be home in my food comfort zone.
I think I need a sugar detox (LOL). No really... it's time to get back to eating more healthfully and moving forward in this area of my life. I let stress get to me and turned to food (my usual MO). Of course, it didn't work. I am hard headed. BUT - we can't change one thing from the past. Just learn from it and move forward.
I will be working on my usual things:
plan/log food exchanges
lots of water
stretches and strengthening
no eating while standing
no seconds
slow mindful eating
TASTE the food
fork down between bites
journalling
meditation
I did really well yesterday ....I made a pot of homemade beef stroganoff. I ate a bowl full and stopped. I use to would have had a plate full. I am proud of that choice.
Laying off eggs for a bit.
Today will be a bowl of oatmeal.
lunch will be a huge salad and dinner will be a chicken breast and veggies.
things i need to work on...
eating 3 small meals a day
exercising daily
drinking my gallon of water a day
spending time in prayer
not eating a bite of anything when im on the phone!!
Eat only when sitting at the dinner table.
organise my house one room at a time...or cabinet at a time.
PUT MYSELF FIRST!! something I have never done!!
I have restarted calorie counting. i can't workout until at least tomorrow, but if I feel up to it, I'll be at the gym.
Today we are having Christmas/going away party w/ my brother's and their families. I have no idea what the food will be, so I am going to do the best I can.
cutting out the gluten has improved my pain levels, my water retention is gone and my intestinal distress has gotten better along with my depression lifting.
but...
I have horrible pressure/fullness every single time I eat for hours and hours even if it's only a tiny bit of food.
this is putting a serious cramp in my sex life. augh. My stomach distends so huge I look pregnant, I measured and it's 6 inches bigger or so when this happens. that is kind of insane!
I ate last night around 11. it's been about 12 hours and I woke up and still feel full and bloated. (not nearly as bad or painful though, last night I could barely breathe.)
I am getting all this blood work and such cuz I'm trying to participate in a study, they said they will forward my results to my doc, so that's when I'll make a new appt with her. I get the bloodwork on tuesday.
I think I"m not going to eat today at all. I can't stand this feeling I just want one day free of it.
Oh lottie, that sounds horrible!!! I hope you can figure out what is going on!!
Ok, so I realized that I have lost 5lbs!! Obviously I have been sick and haven't been working out to get the loss, but I will admit I haven't been eating that great either...pretty much eating what sounds good, but in small portions. I am back to calorie counting too. I certainly want to keep up this trend!!!!!
I had hoped to feel up to doing something today, but idk....we'll see. My nieces let me borrow season three of Gilmore Girls, so I may just rest some more and have marathon LOL!!!
Actually I've lurked a bit and not posted but haven't been on track in so long there didn't seem to be a point. I logged into my fitday this morning after weighing in and boy was that depressing. Updated my goal bar in my signature to portray my weight gain.
One day at a time or I will be overwhelmed , so my proclamation is that today will be better than yesterday... hey it's something.
Lottie~ I hope the blood-work will bring you some answers and soon you will feel better !!!
lottie- bless your heart. I went thru a yr of mystery stomach pain. Never really got to the bottom of it even with ultrasounds cat scan and an MRI. Dr gave me a little pill librex to help with my tummy and it really helped. THey also told me to take fiber choice tablets and that helps more than anything. Do you have a gallbladder? All my issues started after I had mine removed. I will keep you in my prayers and hope t hey find some answers for you.
I got new walking shoes and a new sports bra...no excuse to not exercise now. LOL
Hitting it hard today!!
Thanks everyone....today I feel awful, normally in the morning I feel better but today my left side hurts. I think I'll come home after work and take a laxative.
dgramie, no I don't, but it's been gone since 2006 without any real problems.
Hi everyone! It's so good to be starting a new year! I'll say this even though I am showing a 6 pound GAIN over the past 3 weeks. Part of it might be TOM coming, but I know I have been so far off track. I'm not crazy upset about it, I knew it wasn't going to be great. And, today I started off with a trip to the gym, and some Body Pump. Back to normal eating, drinking lots of water and I want to make sure I get back to working out every morning. I know I felt better when I did.
Lottie: So sorry you are having problems. That's no fun! I hope you get to feeling better.
dgramie: Shoes and a bra!? You are so ready now!
Jab: Glad you are posting. I had to increase my ticker, too. Darn it! But we'll start moving it downward now!
MJ: Good for you on the weight loss! I hope you don't have to lose more because of being sick. Stay healthy!
Beverly: It is always good to be back in our safe zones!!
Mslynn and Ruslana: Welcome!!!
And, off we go! Have a great day and year everyone!
Okay, I need the support to get going again so I am going to join in here again. I did really well yesterday, so that is encouraging me to keep it going today. This is what I need to do today:
1. Hit 500 calories burned on my Wii.
2. 4-6 bottles water
3. Stick to my eating schedule
I already missed my AM workout, but I'm not being hard on myself about that as the kids are out of school still and I have my nephew here, so it's difficult to get up and right to exercise. I will try again tomorrow and just focus on wii calories burned today.
I wish everyone luck today...take it one moment at a time and you will feel so good about your accomplishments at the end of the day!
Lottie, so sorry about the pain and extended stomach. It sounds miserable ((hugs))
Well I have added up my calories for today... 1,294 so I am happy with that.
Today's food
granola w/ milk
coffee w/crm & sugar (will be the last for a while I hope)
water
boiled chicken diced up w/celery & splash of lemon juice
triscuits
water
tomato soup
water
Had some soda cravings and stared a bit longingly at the vending machine in the breakroom at work... it had the jalapeno cheeto puffs I like..lol. But I was good.
I stayed on plan yesterday, as as of 7:44pm today stayed on plan (heh heh, don't worry, just skim milk with a fruit for tonight left). Went to the gym and did a work out yesterday too.
got to take this one day at a time and get back to the losing. Has been a lousy weight loss year for me