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Day 10
1300 (about) daily calorie limit - 1 pause day left Exercise daily - 2 pause days Portion control - 1 pause days Water - 1 litre at least - 2 pause days Took a pause on the food yesterday. Not that I ate that much but it wasn't good stuff so I am not accepting it. Consequently the weight was up from yesterday - just not good enough. Get with it Shad. It amazes me how I can eat well during the week and lose and eat so badly during the weekend and undo it. I guess it is that social thing. So today I am off to breakfast with the brother and the niece and I don't know who else. He (the brother) is going to Mackay for week to train some new recruits to the business. I think (at last) he is thinking ahead to when he can no longer do the delivery rounds and hump crates etc. Have a fun Sat/Sunday all |
in a painful way...
I am NOT feeling good and I am getting angrier at being rather incapacitated because of my fall. My back is really hurting, worse than yesterday, and I had to stay home from riding today. Yesterday I did a little bit and afterward it felt worse. It's just not fair. I have been trying so hard at riding and then, just when it seemed I'd made a breakthrough, I fall off and am out of action. I really want to cry. So, yesterday, in pain, and feeling like everything is against me, I had a little sugar binge and ate late. Yeah, so that's the way it is. I really think somebody hates me. ************** Shad -- I didn't give up caffeine. My, God! That is unthinkable. I only cut back, reduced the huge amount I was drinking. Work had put me in the habit of a huge hit (after my morning hit) in the afternoon, even two. And continuing that for a couple years....well, it escalated. Even so, I was still very sensitive to caffeine. Now I have cut the afternoon dosage way down and, in addition, only allow tea. I am very sensitive to caffeine in all forms. Hope you have a good report on the job search. I have an interview later this week. I am NOT looking forward to it, as I don't even know what kind of job is available. That's often the way things are done in Japan. You are looking more at working for a company, rather than filling a specific slot as far as job description goes. I think the days of sabotage, like with you, are what prevent me from losing weight over the long run. I've got to get with it too. ...just what is your brother doing with those crates, by the way? :?: Apple -- You're doing well on your challenges. Atta girl!! :cheer2: Thanks for the well wishes. I sure hope this does get better. It seems to be getting worse. It's more my back and side than my hip now. I think I may have worsened it yesterday because, though it didn't hurt WHILE I was riding, it hurt afterward and that was when the aspirin should have still been in effect. :^: How are YOU feeling? Just take those little steps/ They do add up, IF you're consistent and even if you're not, you should congratulate yourself on taking them at all. I don't know what's going on in your life, but there are times when you've just got to weather the storm, when you can't expect days of sunshine and progress, but just need to go into a type of protective fetal position and protect what you already have. No bouncing, I'm afraid, this week..... :) :trampo: |
No Beer, Day 4, 2 pauses allowed
Wii Fit, Day 4, 2 pauses allowed Well, the good news is that my appetite is low, and I have no desire for a beer. Yay! The bad news is that I still don't feel all that well. My kids were all sick this week and I might have a touch of what they had. I am back to normal eating, although I don't think I did a great job of it either. I didn't eat too much, but I had intended on eating more fruit. I'll eat more fruit tomorrow! Red, I really hope you are feeling better soon! Hang in there! Shad, I'm the same way, week-ends are tough. But if you are good for the other 5 days, the math should still be on your side. |
Day 11
1300 (about) daily calorie limit - Day 10 1 pause day left Exercise daily - 2 pause days Portion control - Day 10 1 pause days Water - 1 litre at least - 2 pause days Managed to hang it all together yesterday. So we move along. Busy day again today - getting close to finished in the loo. Only one row of tiles and the capping row to go, finish the paint, grout and decorate - thats it. Will get most of the painting done today and the tiling. But first I have to organise the shopping and plan the menu and tidy up around the house. DS2 has been putting in more power points and shifting light switches and he is not a tidy workman I can tell you. Red - hanging in there? Hope the hip and back as now starting to come right for you. Apple - how's it going. Your description of diet reminded me of one I did years ago which started with fasting - just water and weak coffee or tea and then added fruit juice, fruit, soup, veges, meat. By the end of the week you were back on full rations. It did drop a few pounds if you managed to stick with the first 3 days, but it was only fluid basically that you lost. Anyway, I'd better go and get on with this glorious day. You into the Cherry Blossom up there Red??? |
it's a slog...
It's hard to say if I'm feeling better. I would like to say I am. It's very hard to find a place to sleep on that doesn't hurt, but I did somehow. Yesterday, I stayed in until late afternoon. Then a long walk and it was painful. I had to stop along the way. I was exhausted from holding myself somehow tense in order not to be surprised by sudden pain. I really hate this. I want to be going to the gym, working out, making progress on this FAT, but can't......this really makes me think I should give up riding. :(
As for the challenges, I went to some raw vegan "buffet." It was pricey as heck and though the food was good, it was too strong-flavored or something. You couldn't eat a lot of it and yet it wasn't filling. I allowed that post-six eating because those were the initial rules of my challenge. Dinner dates don't count (they're rare) and I stopped any other eating after that (even walked the 45 min. home instead of taking a train in closer. I wanted to smoke yesterday, really, passing my old haunts, the alcohol didn't call, but the cigarettes did. I almost decided to smoke when I got home, then thought that this would start up an old habit. With me it truly is all or nothing. And "all" means I have to make a big thing of it, such as a night out, something that doesn't get triggered by everyday things. Anyhow, I am feeling like everything is futile again.....not a good mindset. I'm canning the journaling. I never do it properly. Really can't get into it. Maybe I need to do it stealth for a while. I have an extreme aversion to authority....even my own. :dunno: Nonetheless, I have been practicing the piano.... :yes: FOOD/EXERCISE JOURNAL -- temporarily on hold NO SUGAR-- Day 11 completed 2 pauses taken NO EATING AFTER 6 P.M. -- (Round 2, 3 pauses on Rd. 1) Day 2 completed 1 pause taken NO ALCOHOL (round 3, 1 pause on round 1, no pauses on round 2) -- Day 12 completed 1 pause taken NO SMOKING (round 3, 3 pauses on round 1, no pauses on round 2) -- Day 12 completed 1 pause taken CAFFEINE CUT (Round 4, 2 pauses on round 3) -- Day 19 completed 1 pause taken ************** Shad -- Good for "hanging it all together!" You certainly sound busy. Things with me continue to hurt and I notice different pains more and more. Taking the train home last night, I was afraid people would bump me, that's how much it hurts. My friends even carried my backpack for me. I feel decrepit. "The Cherry Blossom?" Do you mean the actual blossoms and such or something else? We're heading into winter here. The blossoms come out in April or May... :?: Apple -- Another day notched on your challenges is another day moving you out of that HOLE. Good for you and thanks for the well wishes. I think I may be feeling better, though it's hard to tell when you haven't moved much. :^: |
No Beer, Day 5, 2 pauses allowed
Wii Fit, Day 5, 2 pauses allowed Nothing exciting to report today. So far I'm eating OK today, and I did a lot of gardening. I'm about to take a stroll with the dog and the kids on bikes. Just have to make a good choice for dinner. Tomorrow I hope to go to the gym, and get started on a routine. I keep thinking a routine would develop once school started and we have been back for over 3 weeks now. Last week all 3 were sick so that didn't help. Sorry, I have to go, the kids are excited about the bike ride. Hello to all! |
Red - sorry, I forgot, the spring is sprung down here. I saw a program on the Cherry blossom this weekend and thought about you. Hence Stupid comment number 1023
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No, probs, Shad. I figured it was equator amnesia striking. Either that or it was some movie I hadn't heard of.... :lol3:
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Red - Good for you for sticking to all your challenges! You rock, sista! Sorry to hear that you have asthma too. Mine is mostly "exercise induced", so I use an inhaler before I work out. But when I get a cold, it typically goes straight to my lungs. I'm so sorry to hear you're still in so much pain. I know how frustrating back and hip pain can be. Are you using ice packs (or bags of frozen veggies) to help with the pain/swelling? Ice therapy can really ease pain and speed healing. I can TOTALLY understand what you're going through with the pain while walking. I know your frustration. Before I got my most recent cortisone shot in my back (specifically the SI joint), I was only able to walk 7 or 8 minutes without pain and was also afraid to be in crowds for fear of being bumped. Hang in there. Do y'all have Aleve over there (Naproxen Sodium)? That can really help with back pain, but make sure you take it with food or milk as it can cause stomach upset.
Apple - Good for you for climbing out of the hole and taking the dogs for a walk. I'm sure they enjoyed it a lot! I've got a ton of clutter in my home. I wish I could tackle one area a day and be done with it. Are you eating lots of veggies? Veggies contain a lot of similar vitamins as fruit...but for a lot less calories. I try and eat 4 to 5 servings of veggies per day and 2 servings of fruit (usually strawberries and grapes) per day during the week. Shad - I too have trouble sticking with my program on the weekend. I'm just not as regimented about sticking to my eating plan, water drinking and exercising on the weekend. I think I need to challenge myself to stay on plan for the next 4 weekends, and if I do, I'll come up with some kind of fun reward for myself. I hope you had a great breakfast with your brother and niece. I hope you hear about the job interview soon. Glad to hear the loo project is nearly complete! Yay! ********** Red, I've been on prednisone several times...in fact, I was on it most of last autumn for chronic bronchitis/pneumonia. I've never noticed a dependency...it's the other side effects that I hate: feeling jittery, irritable (like PMS times 1000), CONSTANT desire to eat and resulting weight gain. Well, at least it is helping and I'm down to just two pills today, 1 tomorrow and then I'm done. As for me, it was a tough weekend. I mentioned above that Prednisone makes me want to continuously eat. And with this course of Prednisone, they started me on a high dose of 7 pills five days ago, dropping down by one pill per day until after tomorrow when I'll be all done. With the higher doses, I kept wanting to eat and snack and nosh throughout the day. So Friday and Saturday were difficult. Saturday afternoon, I went to the store and got lots of carrots and other veggies...so that if I had to keep eating, at least I could be crunching on zero point veggies which helped. I'm starting all my challenges over today. Journal and stay within WW points - 3 pauses allowed Drink 64 ounces of water - 3 pauses allowed 20 minutes (at least) of cardio - 3 pauses allowed 25 crunches - 3 pauses allowed |
No Beer, Day 6, 2 pauses allowed
Wii Fit, Day 6, 2 pauses allowed HI all. Not a great eating day yesterday, but I made it to the gym this morning and today is going OK. Diyana, my dog was on prednisone and the same thing happened to him. He wanted to eat all of the time and was practically climbing up on counters and tables to steal food. Not that I'm comparing you to a dog....;) I'm glad you are almost done with it. Do you feel better? Good luck on the restart of your challenges. Equator amnesia...ha ha:lol: |
bad day.....
Well, I am NOT happy with myself but I'm also NOT going to beat myself up about it. I am realizing that I am FAR too critical of myself and it's just NO fun. I'm often negatively critical at the wrong times and far too lax at others. This must be worked on! :strong: Ok, yesterday, the whole lack of exercise, the pain, the aimlessness of my current situation just got to me and, surprise, I turned to sweet stuff to....to what?!?!...to help things??.....to turn things around?!??! All right, you get the point. Pigging on sugar didn't help a thing. It just gave me a distraction, an escape, one that took me nowhere REAL. So, it's got to stop. If I can't do the journaling, then I'm just going to have to keep coming in here and declaring the challenge without going anywhere...a big O! I don't think that will last. I totally forgot about the no-evening eating yesterday, until I was way into my pig out. Enough! The idea has got to get back to basics, which is, LOSE the fat! Here's to a better day. The pains feel better. I went from yesterday afternoon to this morning with no painkillers and I could sleep more easily (meaning I could roll around and lie on different parts without it hurting too much). So, I do think I'm on the mend. Oh, yes, it's largely not thanks to me that I was able to notch another no-alcohol day. I broke down and called a friend, inviting her out for drinks. Luckily, she couldn't join me. I just felt hopeless and discouraged about so much. I'm glad now that she couldn't make it. I have a goal for myself of not allowing myself any alcohol until I weigh under 70 kg for five readings (not necessarily in a row). At first I was going to allow a drink on the first of the month, but I realize that that is no incentive to losing weight. Also, I MUST start watching the calories. If I don't, these days of forced inactivity mean weight gain, because I am not even maintaining (due to overeating without exercise). Ok, sorry for the ramble.... :^: So, I'm starting TWO new challenges (well, restarting the journal). The really hard one is going to be a calorie challenge...sticking to 1,500 calories plus my exercise calories (I have a little system ;) ) Here goes, ready or not! :mad: 1,500 CALORIE CHALLENGE Day 0 completed FOOD/EXERCISE JOURNAL -- Day 0 completed NO SUGAR-- Day 11 completed 3 pauses taken NO EATING AFTER 6 P.M. -- (Round 2, 3 pauses on Rd. 1) Day 2 completed 2 pauses taken NO ALCOHOL (round 3, 1 pause on round 1, no pauses on round 2) -- Day 13 completed 1 pause taken NO SMOKING (round 3, 3 pauses on round 1, no pauses on round 2) -- Day 13 completed 1 pause taken CAFFEINE CUT (Round 4, 2 pauses on round 3) -- Day 20 completed 1 pause taken ************** diiyana -- Yes, the asthma is nowhere near as bad as years ago when I was smoking a lot. But I still get it a bit, especially on cold dry mornings when I'm riding and can't ease into the exercise (when the teacher is forcing me to work hard). Yes, the pain was bad and is still there. But it is definitely better this morning. It now feels more like sore, tired muscles and not inflamed ones. I only had put something on my back in the beginning. I guess I should have done more. So, that is how you felt without the cortisone. Yikes. It's awful and, you know, like in the train, you really start getting this tense, nervousness about you because of the fear of sudden pain or being bumped etc. I don't know if there is Aleve here. The thing is, it's not really back pain. It's a pain in my back, but not related to the spinal cord. I guess it was pulled, twisted inner muscles. I had done a bit of back weight training on Friday (yes..it was stupid) but didn't feel pain. So, I think it was the inner muscles more and just the blow to skin and whatever, maybe a bruised rib. Yesterday it hurt to cough. That is weird that prednisone makes you want to eat. Why would a medicine do that, I wonder? That is so awesome of you to have made yourself eat carrots instead of junk. Very admirable! Apple -- Now, YOU are on a roll!! :cp: Shad -- How goes it Down Under? Seen any snow flurries yet? ;) |
Nope, snow flurries are about as visible as the Easter Bunny round here.
1300 (about) daily calorie limit - Day 11 1 pause day left Exercise daily - Day 11 - 1 pause days Portion control - Day 11 - 1 pause days Water - 1 litre at least - Day 12 - 2 pause days Fairly busy day here. Up early and into the garden before it got too hot. Then working inside the house until I had to go out for an appointment. Then back to working in the house. The days are certainly geting longer and it is harder to come inside at night but the mosquitos are beginning to bug me and the DS so unfortunately we have to come in and shut up the house long before I am ready. Aaaah well. Missed out on the job I went for. According to the recruitment officer I am not a good team fit was the excuse. Huh?? Oh poop. Try again for something else another time. :faint: Good to hear you are not beating yourself up Red. These things will happen. Just not very regularly we hope. |
hiding under the covers...
Calling it an early night. I'm going to bed super early so I don't eat or feel sorry for myself (which somehow tends to lead to sugar binges..) I finished the caffeine reduction challenge!! That's 4 rounds or 12 weeks, three months, not bad. It seems like MUCH longer. I didn't even have tea today in the afternoon, not black tea that is. Only had green roasted tea (hoji cha). The caffeine content of that is far, far less than coffee and far less than black tea. I did feel the lack of my usual black tea boost but by then it was too late in the day to give myself a shot of black tea (allowed once) and it would have kept me up...not the object. I probably should be notching this challenge up a notch anyhow....let me think about that one. I am happy to say that I got through a relatively food-sparse day with NO sugar either. Hurrah! :bravo: I am truly trying to stop being so horribly self-critical of myself or at least start giving myself praise. I can't help it if others around me don't or if their praise sounds more like envy (I get so much of that.) I can give the praise to myself and avoid having to be modest, self-effacing or otherwise try constantly to not arouse the usually wholly unjustified jealousy of others. I am sick of it! :yes: ...not talking about you lovely folks! I'm talking about the people around me here, in lovely, never boast, never pretend you're happy Japan. 1,500 CALORIE (approx.) CHALLENGE Day 1 completed FOOD/EXERCISE JOURNAL -- Day 1 completed NO SUGAR-- Day 12 completed 3 pauses taken NO EATING AFTER 6 P.M. -- (Round 2, 3 pauses on Rd. 1) Day 3 completed 2 pauses taken NO ALCOHOL (round 3, 1 pause on round 1, no pauses on round 2) -- Day 14 completed 1 pause taken NO SMOKING (round 3, 3 pauses on round 1, no pauses on round 2) -- Day 14 completed 1 pause taken CAFFEINE CUT (Round 4, 2 pauses on round 3) -- Day 21 completed 1 pause taken CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!! :cp: :celebrate: :cp: :encore: ************** Shad -- Excellent work on the challenges!! Too bad about that job, but then again....who wants to be pegged for some "team fit." Give me a break. You should have told him if the others didn't fit you, you could have beat them into shape in no time. :rofl: No? Don't think they would have liked that? |
Red - Congrats on completing the caffeine cut back challenge! :cp: :cp: :woohoo: I'm glad to hear you're working on being less self-critical. I think there's nothing wrong with self-praise. You can't rely on others for praise (other than here), because they may not notice your successes. So why not pat yourself on the back. You're doing great! You're taking wonderful strides toward better health and you should be quite proud of yourself. I know it's frustrating when you're working hard at doing all the right things but the results aren't showing up. And I understand the frustration of pain and not being able to exercise. And how forced inactivity due to pain puts more pressure on us to watch calories. Can you recumbent bike or swim at the gym? Or another non-weight bearing exercise. If you can't exercise without pain, then just hold off until your back/hip heals. I'm glad to hear that you think the pain in your back/hip are muscle related and not spinal. That's very good news. If the muscles are sore, a good treatment (in addition to ice) is massage. I know this is difficult if it's in an area you can't reach yourself. My PT suggested that I use a good hard lacrosse ball or even a tennis ball and sit or lay on it (depending on the muscles that need to be massaged) and roll around. I know it sounds weird, but it is a good self-massage technique. In fact, when DH's low back was bothering him the other day, I had him lay on his back on the floor and I put a tennis ball under his back. He rolled around on it and was able to massage exactly where he needed it.
Shad - Such a stupid company to pass up on the chance to have you come in and make improvements. Their loss. How nice that your days are getting longer...sorry that the mossies are such a bother already. Apple - You're doing great on your challenges! Good for you! Yup, I used to have a dog that was on Prednisone, and it did the same thing to him. At least I'm handling it better than I did last autumn when I was on it for 3 or 4 months and gained A LOT of weight. Hopefully, I'll stay the same or show a loss on Thursday. At my work, we are having a walking challenge where we are all encouraged to walk at least 10,000 steps per day (which works out to roughly 5 miles). Even though I have a sedentary job, the building I work in is quite large so it takes nearly 250 steps round trip to go to the loo, about 700 or 800 to go to the cafeteria to get more water or coffee, and if you walk around the all the office buildings (not all my company) in the office complex, that's roughly 2 miles. We've had lovely weather...which has made it nice to go out for a walk at lunch and then take another walk after I get home from work, which brought me to a total of nearly 12,000 steps for the day, about an hour of which was in the cardio zone. :) Yesterday was a stressful day. The details are too long and sordid, but my 25 year old nephew is being a closed-minded idiot, and there's no opening his mind - believe me, I've tried. I've just gotta accept it, move on and not stress about it. It does no good. I'm not going to focus on what frustrates me though...I'm going to focus on all that I enjoy and all the positive people/relationships/aspects in my life and how fortunate I am. :) Right now, time to get to work at the job I really appreciate and enjoy! ********* Journal and stay within WW points - 3 pauses left - Day 1 completed Drink 64 ounces of water - 3 pauses left - Day 1 completed 20 minutes (at least) of cardio - 3 pauses left - Day 1 completed 25 crunches - 3 pauses left - Day 1 completed |
Time to check in again.
1300 (about) daily calorie limit - Day 12 1 pause day left Exercise daily - Day 12 - 1 pause days Portion control - Day 12 - 1 pause days Water - 1 litre at least - Day 13 - 2 pause days Feeling totally antsy today. Forgot to weigh in before breakfast - that annoyed me. Then of course I had to check in AFTER the fact and that annoyed me even more. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Of course you are a pound heavier after you have eaten cereal, yoghurt and rhubarb you idiot. Bah humbug. Forgive me, no personals today. I'm going out to kick something around the back yard. Haven't exercised yet either. My friend who walks with me has been cancelling out a bit lately so I have had to do my own thing late in the afternoon. Another thing to annoy me. It's not her fault either. I'm just antsy. |
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