Geez, am I tired today. The lovely TOM should be arriving within the next two days and I think that is what has me wiped out. I wanted to go back to sleep the minute I woke up this morning for work!! Oh well...at least it's Tuesday and it's not Monday!
I've been trying to avoid my FiberOne snack bars as much as possible. Some days I am too rushed and need to grab one, but I've been trying to replace them with my baked sweet potato which is sooo delish...
Man, I love TOM (sarcasm). I had a sob-fest last night at 8:30 and then had trouble falling asleep. Woke up sad this morning, and then TOM hit. Now I'm feeling slightly better. Hormones!! I tell ya!!
We are going to my parents' house on Saturday for Father's Day and my dad is picking up fried chicken. I am going to peel the skin off (even though that is my favorite part), and instead of having cake I told my mom I'd make brownies because I make them with applesauce instead of oil so they are a lot less fat and calories. I would much prefer a huge cake that I could dig into with both hands, but that gets me into trouble.
I ran to Tar-zhay over lunch and they had a clearance endcap full of dark chocolate and other gourmet, sugary snacks. I actually fished through them and went into a zombie zone when I was looking at everything. I seriously considered buying some things and bringing it in for people in the office (which is code for "I don't want to buy it for myself, but if I buy it for others and it's open, then that means I can at least try some of it)...insert loud, game show buzzer noise here!! WRONG!! So, I walked away slightly sulking and came back and had my sweet potato instead which actually ended up being quite delicious as I expected.
Calories: 1525 Exercise: Yoga won the battle (45 mins). Also, 1.12 mile walk (so far).
Sigh...feeling especially lazy today. TOM is just making me tired, crampy, and everything else that goes along with it. I slept so hard last night that I didn't even hear my husband get up this morning which happens probably 2 out of every 365 days. There is a 12:30 yoga class today and I really should go to that, but the non-exercise part of my brain is telling me to run out over lunch to Goodwill and buy some new pants and jeans for work.
Goodwill is my new best friend during weight-loss when it comes to jeans and pants. During my calorie-counting journey I have bought almost 10 pairs of pants/jeans at Goodwill and I paid no more than $3.99 or $4.99 for each pair. And I just donate them back when they get too big on me, so it's like I'm renting them!! LOL!! It just doesn't make sense to me to go out and buy five new pairs of pants/jeans every few months when I am losing weight because eventually they are not going to fit. Luckily the Goodwill stores around me have very nice articles of clothing. I bring them home, give them a good washing and pressing, and they are good as new!
My pants are starting to fall off of me and safety pins and belts just aren't doing it anymore, so I am eager to go out and shop. But, I'm sure I'll go to yoga and maybe try and hit up Goodwill tomorrow. We'll see which side wins later today! Will it be the "go to yoga and feel good" side or the "go shop 'til you drop and forget about yoga" side ?
Question...why does my "cycle" always end up syncronizing with my friends (online & in real life)? CRAZY!!! Anyhoot...I feel ya on the cramps! I read somewhere that during TOM and PMS, our metabolism speeds up...so that may be the reason for the famished hunger? Anyway, your weight is looking fab for 1st day of TOM...you'll be at goal in no time at this rate...DO IT!!!
Question...why does my "cycle" always end up syncronizing with my friends (online & in real life)? CRAZY!!! Anyhoot...I feel ya on the cramps! I read somewhere that during TOM and PMS, our metabolism speeds up...so that may be the reason for the famished hunger? Anyway, your weight is looking fab for 1st day of TOM...you'll be at goal in no time at this rate...DO IT!!!
I know, it's so funny! TOM is in tune with people at work, my sister, and now you?!?! Ca-razy!! LOL!! Oddly, I don't have the famished hunger that I usually do during TOM...I've found that the famished hunger tends to come around more during ovulation which is also when I tend to hold onto weight. Puzzling. Not sure why ovulation would do that.
Update: I found this quick little blurb about hunger and ovulation. Interesting...I always thought PMS just referred to the day or two before TOM when I'm pissy and sad for no reason. I guess PMS extends all the way out to ovulation. Hunger-reason during ovulation explained!
The Role of Hormones in PMS
Every month during ovulation, the pituitary gland in the brain signals the ovaries to produce the hormones estrogen and progesterone. These hormones help to prepare the uterus in case of a pregnancy. If there is no pregnancy, the hormone levels decrease and menstruation occurs. This increase in hormones helps to explain all the mysterious symptoms of PMS, including craving junk food and fat.
Unfortunately, though, eating all that junk food can actually make your PMS symptoms worse. Not to say that you shouldn't give in once in awhile. But it is important to make the right food choices, particularly when you have PMS, as eating healthy can help to beat those typical PMS symptoms, like fatigue and bloating. But reaching for the crisps more often than those carrots can do more than worsen PMS.
Ok, 5 pounds away from goal...I know I can do this! It's time to get pumped and get pushin'! I lost 2.8 pounds from last Friday which is a pretty big "whoosh" for me, and actually it's my first ever "whoosh." It happened the week before my TOM, so I am going to do an experiment next month the week before TOM and I am going to work out more than usual and see what happens. Just a little experiment.
Last night I dreamed that I was eating cupcakes and drinking glasses of wine and a lady I work with kept asking me about calories because she knew I had to weigh in today. I woke up thinking I ruined my WI, but then I remembered it was just a dream. Funny how the brain works.
I am going to try really hard to stay OP this weekend. My sister is coming to visit today, so I don't know if we are going out to eat or eating at my place. I'll probably root to eat at my place so I can cook and know what my calorie intake is. Tomorrow is Father's Day celebration with the folks, so I'll really have to watch it tomorrow. If I go off plan, then so be it, but I won't go off plan hardcore, and I know I have to post what I eat here, so that always makes me more aware. Happy Friday!
Update: Had a great dinner at home with my sister. I'm so glad we stayed in and didn't go out to eat. Even though my calories were higher than my normal range, it was only around 270 calories higher, so I'm ok with that.
Breakfast: Usual (361) Lunch: Chicken breast, chicken leg, coleslaw, bean salad, cucumber salad, green bean casserole, small piece lemon pie Snacks: FiberOne bar, 2 brownies, 1/2 piece of KitKat, 1 small twist cone dipped in peanut brittle mix Dinner: White russian and a bowl of cheerios (nice combination, right?!)
Calories:? Exercise: 1/2 mile walk
Well, today was eating at my parents' house for Father's Day and it definitely hasn't been a structured eating day, to say the least!! LOL!! Too much sugar!! But, it's been tasty. Not sure what's on the docket for dinner...it's 6:30, I'm not hungry, and that's ok because we finished eating at my folks' house around 2:30. If I'm not hungry, I don't need to eat just a large meal just to say that I ate dinner!
Ugh, wayyyyy too much sugar this weekend. My goal is to WI at 169-point-something on Friday, so I am going to stay away from sugar. I had an overload this weekend! I heart sugar and anything sweet, so it's really hard for me to stay away from it when it's around me. My husband bought a bag of gummy bears and a bag of cherry sours yesterday, put them into one large ziploc bag, and had them sitting out on the counter this morning. I put them in the cupboard so I didn't have to look at them. It was hard enough for me not to rip open the bag and eat it all within five minutes! I could have done it, trust me.
Today at work I was surrounded by sugar: tiramisu cake (tiramisu is one of my favorite desserts but I've never had it in a "cake" form like it was at the office), peanut butter cookies, and brownies. I stayed focused and kept telling myself that it wasn't worth it to eat any of that. I think I was detoxing from sugar today because I had horrible cravings all day, but I kept them at bay. It was tough!
Blech!! I am ready for this water weight to go away already!! I worked out really hard yesterday and drank tons of water thinking that might help, but oh well. Tomorrow is a new day with a different number on the scale. I just need to stick with it and remember that I did eat a ton of sugary goodness over the weekend, and while it was fun to eat, it's going to take a minute to get rid of excess water. I should start ovulating Thurs/Fri and I always hold onto weight (or gain weight) when I am ovulating, so who knows what this week's WI is going to be on Friday.
There are times I get frustrated with a morning's WI even though I know it's not fat that I gained. I get frustrated that the scale isn't going down, or is staying still, or is just not giving me the number that I want to see. But, I made a conscious choice to weigh daily so I could see trends in my body and what it's doing. On the days when I am expecting to see a lower number and I end up seeing something higher, I need to learn to take it with a grain of salt and move forward. After I weighed myself this morning I got in the shower and all I could think about was that I gained 0.2 since yesterday even though I worked out hard and stayed OP. But, I didn't gain fat, so I need to move along and realize that the numbers are just that: numbers. I am healthier than I have been in over 10 years and I am the thinnest I have been in over 10 years, so I need to be thankful for getting this far! Ooh, and I like these dancing broccolis!
I was up 6lbs yesterday evening. You read that right. 6lbs. This morning? Gone again. We tested the scale because I was so upset last night! LOL Now I think I was just holding a load of water after my workout because my muscles are super sore today.
All this to say I'll bet that .2 will be gone tomorrow and likely a little something extra too
I was up 6lbs yesterday evening. You read that right. 6lbs. This morning? Gone again. We tested the scale because I was so upset last night! LOL Now I think I was just holding a load of water after my workout because my muscles are super sore today.
All this to say I'll bet that .2 will be gone tomorrow and likely a little something extra too
Wow, 6 pounds?! I would have been upset, too!! Glad to hear it was just your body holding onto water to repair itself, and I'm glad it is gone for you today!! My muscles are sore, too, so I'm hoping it's a combo of muscle repair and too much sugar from a few days ago. I'm doing another brutal workout today, so we'll see what happens. Thanks for your post...made me feel better knowing that I'm not the only one that gets mad at the scale!! LOL!!
Me too...I've been up 2 lbs since I started doing squats (weighted and bodyweight) and upped my pullups. No worries...just dem musckles growing! Oh yeah...and it's been 2 days since my TOM ended and I'm still carrying around about 1 lb of excess fluid from it...grrrhhh!!!
Don't be discouraged...just keep DOIN IT!
Last edited by joyfulloser; 06-21-2011 at 12:14 PM.
Oh well...at least it's Tuesday and it's not Monday! 
Also, 1.12 mile walk (so far). 
CRAZY!!!
Ooh, and I like these dancing broccolis! 
