Today is my official WI day, but I'm not recording the number that I saw on the scale this morning. Why? Because I don't like it. I know it should be lower, because it was lower on sunday morning and saturday morning and I know that it's higher today because of what happened last night....
What happened last night? Nothing terribly interesting, but little guy had a game last night right at the dinner hour. And when the game ended at 6, we had a choice to drive home the hour and then try and decide what to pull together on short notice, hit a drive through on the way home or walk 20 feet to a variety of different restaurants, sit down and pretend to have a "sunday" dinner even if we are not at home.
So we chose door #3. I let the big kid choose because I felt bad about not letting him go to his buddies house for dinner. Instead, I told him he had to come out and watch his little brother's game and he would enjoy doing it. Which he didn't, but that's just brotherly love, right? So he picks East Side Marios. I had been to one of these restaurants when I was back working in WI but never on the west coast. So in we go.
After perusing the menu for sometime I decided on the "Hell's Kitchen Chicken" which I ordered with water/lemon. It was shitty. I still ate half of it, cause I was starving, but it really was not good. Actually none of our meals were very good and the service was slow but the service has nothing to do with my weight gain.
So, after a shitty salty meal, getting home at 8:00, I really had no time to drown my body in water to rid of the salt. I would have been up all night peeing.
That's my reason for not recording my weight. I'm at exactly the same weight as last week 197.
I will weigh myself again in the morning and take whatever that weight says and mark it down. I know it's a head game, but it's my head game.
Today I will drink water to flush out the salt. I will eat like a normal WWer, count my points, eat my veggies and fruit and be happy.
:) Oh and I will NOT eat a piece of the banana bread that was kindly baked for our office this morning by the Baking Queen! Love her, but hate her at the same time.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Back to reality...
It's FRIDAY!!! And I'm working from home today. Sweetness times 2!
Have some work to do today (obviously) and then a few chores and fill up the fridge with fruits and veggies again and then NOTHING!
I need a nothing night tonight. Big boy has hockey and then going to the dance with his buds. Sugar will hang out with Dad at the rink and I will be home doing NOTHING!
I have a week's worth of laundry to do but I love doing laundry. It relaxes me. Strange I know, but I do enjoy it. I don't enjoy putting it away, but the kids are old enough to do that themselves now.
Drinking the water today to try and set back some of the bloatedness that I'm feeling. I's got basketball belly today. Big and fat, and round and hairy (well maybe not hairy)!
No dinner plans yet but it will be on program. Blew it yesterday so figure I need to make yesterday my CRAZY day and bring it all back to reality today. Normally I let Friday be my do anything, eat anything day. But not this week.
I have a school fundraiser next weekend-- spring dance. Hmmm, wonder if I can lose 15 lbs by next saturday? LOL! Hmmm, maybe not.
So instead to make myself feel a little prettier, Ima gonna get the hair cut/colored next week and possibly venture out to get myself a new dress. MAYBE. or new shoes. Yes.
It's sunny and COLD. WTF? I thought I lived on the west coast! Where's my warm rain??
Have some work to do today (obviously) and then a few chores and fill up the fridge with fruits and veggies again and then NOTHING!
I need a nothing night tonight. Big boy has hockey and then going to the dance with his buds. Sugar will hang out with Dad at the rink and I will be home doing NOTHING!
I have a week's worth of laundry to do but I love doing laundry. It relaxes me. Strange I know, but I do enjoy it. I don't enjoy putting it away, but the kids are old enough to do that themselves now.
Drinking the water today to try and set back some of the bloatedness that I'm feeling. I's got basketball belly today. Big and fat, and round and hairy (well maybe not hairy)!
No dinner plans yet but it will be on program. Blew it yesterday so figure I need to make yesterday my CRAZY day and bring it all back to reality today. Normally I let Friday be my do anything, eat anything day. But not this week.
I have a school fundraiser next weekend-- spring dance. Hmmm, wonder if I can lose 15 lbs by next saturday? LOL! Hmmm, maybe not.
So instead to make myself feel a little prettier, Ima gonna get the hair cut/colored next week and possibly venture out to get myself a new dress. MAYBE. or new shoes. Yes.
It's sunny and COLD. WTF? I thought I lived on the west coast! Where's my warm rain??
Thursday, February 24, 2011
She's evil and often brings cake....
Aunt Flo arrived yesterday at my doorstep. A few days earlier than she was supposed to and although I was a bit surprised with her early arrival, I was more surprised that I hadn't received the same warning signs that I normally do just before her arrival.
So I was proud of myself for not wanting to devour a chocolate bar or other treat as I normaly do just prior to her arrival.
Last night the boys were out and I had a meeting to attend so dinner wasn't really on plan. I managed to throw together a few items (didn't track) and off to my meeting. I had a few crackers, a hot dog bun with some left over tuna salad on it and a granola bar. Hmmm. Bit of a carb fest now that I actually write it down.
but i hadn't had the chocolate craving yet.... I had passed the temptation of that awful woman's visit.
Until today. The bitch brought cake and wouldn't you know she waits until day 2 of her visit to tempt me with it. Hate her.
Went out at lunch - had a bowl of CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP... mmm my favorite. Slice of bread (toasted) and a COOKIE by George himself. Cookie alone was 6pts. DAMNIT!
I hate that bitch.... she'd better be packin her bags to leave soon cause otherwise Ima gonna be hitting the bakery!
So I was proud of myself for not wanting to devour a chocolate bar or other treat as I normaly do just prior to her arrival.
Last night the boys were out and I had a meeting to attend so dinner wasn't really on plan. I managed to throw together a few items (didn't track) and off to my meeting. I had a few crackers, a hot dog bun with some left over tuna salad on it and a granola bar. Hmmm. Bit of a carb fest now that I actually write it down.
but i hadn't had the chocolate craving yet.... I had passed the temptation of that awful woman's visit.
Until today. The bitch brought cake and wouldn't you know she waits until day 2 of her visit to tempt me with it. Hate her.
Went out at lunch - had a bowl of CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP... mmm my favorite. Slice of bread (toasted) and a COOKIE by George himself. Cookie alone was 6pts. DAMNIT!
I hate that bitch.... she'd better be packin her bags to leave soon cause otherwise Ima gonna be hitting the bakery!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
It's Anti Bullying Day
This day actually means a lot to me. Not because I was bullied as a child but because I was a bully. Not the type of bully that calls kids names and throws them in a heap of dog crap, but the type of bully that would whisper about a person behind their back, spread rumors and excludes. Remember the movie Mean Girls? Well I wasn't really that mean, but I know I did some things that I did in elementary and high school that I would not do today if given the chance.
I have two boys. Both of my boys are popular, outgoing and seem to be well liked by their peers. One of the most important things to me when I had kids was that they be accepted by their peers, for the main reason that I didn't want anyone to treat my kids like I treated kids.
I've always tried to encircle the boys around different types of people or at least give them the opportunities to meet kids that are challenged either mentally or physically and ensure that they treat these kids as they themselves would want to be treated. So far so good...
So today - wear your pink and encourage your kids to love one another. When my kids complain about others I tell them that they don't have to like everyone in the world, but they do need to respect everyone.
Love one another and wear PINK!
BMI
It's been awhile since I looked at my BMI - or rather, used a calculator to actually calculate it. Seeing as I've shrunk.. yes, I'm only 5'7" now instead of 5'8" my BMI is worse than it used to be.
Here is what they say a healthy BMI should be: 18.5 - 24.9
Here is an overweight BMI - 25-29.9
Anything over 30 is OBESE!
Here's me - 30.9...FUCK. <- excuse my language.
At least that's down from the BMI of my starting weight of 32.7 but still FUCK!
Here is what they say a healthy BMI should be: 18.5 - 24.9
Here is an overweight BMI - 25-29.9
Anything over 30 is OBESE!
Here's me - 30.9...FUCK. <- excuse my language.
At least that's down from the BMI of my starting weight of 32.7 but still FUCK!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Smells a bit like spring to me
It's a nice bright (NON WET) day again in Vancouver. I'm sure this won't last but it is so nice to see. Makes it so much easier to get up and get moving in the morning. But still with the bright non wet morning, I have to say "God I hate Mondays!"
I especially hate mondays when I spend most of sunday night staring at my ceiling. Why is that? I fall asleep any other day at any time, but come sunday night and I'm awake. Staring at the ceiling until 3am awake! Argh. Makes for a crappy monday afternoon cause I'll be beat whenI get home.
My weekend was boring, but it was just what the doctor ordered. I stayed indoors for most of the weekend only venturing out late yesterday to watch "Sugar's" game. I watched a lot of tv. Made a ton of lists of things to do in the house, did a buttload of laundry and baked. So all in all it was a productive weekend (minus the tv).
I vowed on Friday to drink 15 L of water this weekend and I think I did that. Especially on Saturday when I knew I was not leaving the house all day. I think I was still visiting the bathroom last night from the water intake on saturday. But it was good. My body needed it after missing a lot of water the 3 days of sniffles and naps.
As much as I hate Mondays, this monday I hate a little less than other Mondays. Why? Cause I was down 3 lbs this morning peeps! And that puts me at 197!!! Which is out of those bloody 200s and hopefully far enough out that when I hit TOM this week, I won't creep back up into them again.
I need to go set a new goal and fill up my water bottle!
I especially hate mondays when I spend most of sunday night staring at my ceiling. Why is that? I fall asleep any other day at any time, but come sunday night and I'm awake. Staring at the ceiling until 3am awake! Argh. Makes for a crappy monday afternoon cause I'll be beat whenI get home.
My weekend was boring, but it was just what the doctor ordered. I stayed indoors for most of the weekend only venturing out late yesterday to watch "Sugar's" game. I watched a lot of tv. Made a ton of lists of things to do in the house, did a buttload of laundry and baked. So all in all it was a productive weekend (minus the tv).
I vowed on Friday to drink 15 L of water this weekend and I think I did that. Especially on Saturday when I knew I was not leaving the house all day. I think I was still visiting the bathroom last night from the water intake on saturday. But it was good. My body needed it after missing a lot of water the 3 days of sniffles and naps.
As much as I hate Mondays, this monday I hate a little less than other Mondays. Why? Cause I was down 3 lbs this morning peeps! And that puts me at 197!!! Which is out of those bloody 200s and hopefully far enough out that when I hit TOM this week, I won't creep back up into them again.
I need to go set a new goal and fill up my water bottle!
Friday, February 18, 2011
No SOUP FOR YOU!!!
Yep, you guessed it. Out of it again! I asked him to promise me that they will have it next week. They said any day but Friday.. well duh, if you had told me that last friday...
But I will return, because damns, that's some good soup! He knows it too....
So now lunch is Fruit salad, yogurt, wasa crackers and water. Yippee.
Peace out.
Wait - one last thing. I've committed to myself (along side a fellow WWer) that I will drink 15L of water this weekend. Oh my... bottoms up!
But I will return, because damns, that's some good soup! He knows it too....
So now lunch is Fruit salad, yogurt, wasa crackers and water. Yippee.
Peace out.
Wait - one last thing. I've committed to myself (along side a fellow WWer) that I will drink 15L of water this weekend. Oh my... bottoms up!
Somehow Friday always seems to make it better
It's friday today and I feel human again. I considered working from home again today but after being home for the last 3 days I figured it was time to peel myself away from the couch and bust my ass into work.
It's a sunny day in Vancouver today which just makes everything so much better. Check out the pic from my office..
It's a bit bright but that is because the sun is shining! And check it, snow on the mountains today! Squeee.
The kids have a pro-D day from school so hubby is going to stay home and spend the day with them. Nice. Hopefully they will do the grocery shopping and prep some food for the weekend and oh maybe clean my bathrooms for me today. Ok, maybe not but a girl can dream...
I've decided to clean out my closet this weekend. Throw away anything that is too ugly or too big. There are actually a few things in there that are too big, believe it or not! I looked at my stack of jeans in the upper right hand of one of my shelves and thought, I'm going to get into each one of those pairs of jeans by summer! I think there is even a size 10 in there somewhere! I'm not even sure I could fathom trying on a size 10 right now but I know they are in there somewhere.
I also have a favorite pair of board shorts that I have not fit into since 2004. I know, that's a long time ago but I love them and they are still in Style (board shorts for goodness sakes) so I want to get back into those as wells. Those are my goal clothes!
Funny thing - I went into my underwear drawer this morning and could not find any of my favorite pairs. I guess after being sick for a few days, nobody has done the laundry. That's my job!! So I had a few pairs of "new" underwear that have always been too small for me. I figured I'd give them a try this morning - they FIT!!! They didn't cut off circulation in my thighs and make me look like I have sausage links under my pelvis, they actually fit! All of a sudden, I have a whole whack of new undies to wear! :)
Weight was still down this morning and I did eat like a regular human yesterday. Did not get in my fruit or veggies like I wanted but did manage to pack down a whole bunch of comfort carbs so the scale might be somewhat realistic.
I'm going for soup today. That's my plan. He'd better have it this time. No plans tonight so eating should be under control. I look forward to posting my weight on Monday, gonna be conquering that first goal! At least I hope.
It's a sunny day in Vancouver today which just makes everything so much better. Check out the pic from my office..
It's a bit bright but that is because the sun is shining! And check it, snow on the mountains today! Squeee.
The kids have a pro-D day from school so hubby is going to stay home and spend the day with them. Nice. Hopefully they will do the grocery shopping and prep some food for the weekend and oh maybe clean my bathrooms for me today. Ok, maybe not but a girl can dream...
I've decided to clean out my closet this weekend. Throw away anything that is too ugly or too big. There are actually a few things in there that are too big, believe it or not! I looked at my stack of jeans in the upper right hand of one of my shelves and thought, I'm going to get into each one of those pairs of jeans by summer! I think there is even a size 10 in there somewhere! I'm not even sure I could fathom trying on a size 10 right now but I know they are in there somewhere.
I also have a favorite pair of board shorts that I have not fit into since 2004. I know, that's a long time ago but I love them and they are still in Style (board shorts for goodness sakes) so I want to get back into those as wells. Those are my goal clothes!
Funny thing - I went into my underwear drawer this morning and could not find any of my favorite pairs. I guess after being sick for a few days, nobody has done the laundry. That's my job!! So I had a few pairs of "new" underwear that have always been too small for me. I figured I'd give them a try this morning - they FIT!!! They didn't cut off circulation in my thighs and make me look like I have sausage links under my pelvis, they actually fit! All of a sudden, I have a whole whack of new undies to wear! :)
Weight was still down this morning and I did eat like a regular human yesterday. Did not get in my fruit or veggies like I wanted but did manage to pack down a whole bunch of comfort carbs so the scale might be somewhat realistic.
I'm going for soup today. That's my plan. He'd better have it this time. No plans tonight so eating should be under control. I look forward to posting my weight on Monday, gonna be conquering that first goal! At least I hope.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Where exactly does it come from?
I've been sick for 2 days now. Snotty, congestion, stuffy sick. I'm amazed at how much phlegm and snot the body can produce. It's kinda gross actually.
I'm feeling more human today - will even have a cup of coffee this morning.
Weighed myself this morning and I'm going to completely ignore that weight cause it's a direct reflection of me not eating for 2 days. So I'll start eating my veggies and fruit again today and not weight myself until Saturday. By then my body hopefully will have caught up with the big loss.
I feel like I've been sick a lot more this year than past years. After hubby's dad died in November he got sick and then it passed through the 4 of us since then. I have had it 3 times!!! I'm sick of it (no pun intended)!
Not sure what I need to do to build up my immune system more. I would have thought that by eating better for the last month that I would be stronger. Maybe not. I guess I might have to add that exercise component into my life sooner than later.
Thinking about attempting C25K again. I did it 2 years ago - well got to week 8! And then had a knee injury so had to stop. And then attempted it again last summer which was a bad idea. Couldn't get into the rhythm as we were away so often during the summer.
But I do want to try again. I wish I had a treadmill at home. I have a hard time paying $6 to use the one at the community center and the weather is still fairly undesirable for running.
So I'll keep up with my 200 sit ups and then maybe move onto 100 push ups and then C25K. I'll hope to start this in March for spring break!
In the meantime I just need to get rid of this cold and all the snot... :)
I'm feeling more human today - will even have a cup of coffee this morning.
Weighed myself this morning and I'm going to completely ignore that weight cause it's a direct reflection of me not eating for 2 days. So I'll start eating my veggies and fruit again today and not weight myself until Saturday. By then my body hopefully will have caught up with the big loss.
I feel like I've been sick a lot more this year than past years. After hubby's dad died in November he got sick and then it passed through the 4 of us since then. I have had it 3 times!!! I'm sick of it (no pun intended)!
Not sure what I need to do to build up my immune system more. I would have thought that by eating better for the last month that I would be stronger. Maybe not. I guess I might have to add that exercise component into my life sooner than later.
Thinking about attempting C25K again. I did it 2 years ago - well got to week 8! And then had a knee injury so had to stop. And then attempted it again last summer which was a bad idea. Couldn't get into the rhythm as we were away so often during the summer.
But I do want to try again. I wish I had a treadmill at home. I have a hard time paying $6 to use the one at the community center and the weather is still fairly undesirable for running.
So I'll keep up with my 200 sit ups and then maybe move onto 100 push ups and then C25K. I'll hope to start this in March for spring break!
In the meantime I just need to get rid of this cold and all the snot... :)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
A bit blah today...
Feeling a little "under the weather" today. My nose is all stuffy and I feel like I have daggers in my throat. Will have soup at lunch to soothe the pain.
Didn't do anything special for V-Day last night. Not that we have done anything special in the last oh 13 or so years. Once the kidlets came, v-day has been more about them. I bought the kids some jelly bellys and a special cookie and got the hubster a few chocolates but that's it.
We were out last night anyway as the big kiddo had a game in town. They won ~ which moves them onto the next round in the playoffs! That was a good enough valentines day gift for me. I don't need no stinkin flowers!
As a result of going to the game right after work, eating was a bit of a disaster yesterday. Ate 40 pts.... cause I was snacking all day. Oh well, back at it today.
I've added a "goals" tab to the page so that I can keep track of my goals. Not going to do any crazy goals just yet. But figure after I reach a goal, I can set a reward and then set my next goal!
Let's hope this sickness setback moves on soon, cause it's making me feel a little blah.
Hot water and soup today...
Didn't do anything special for V-Day last night. Not that we have done anything special in the last oh 13 or so years. Once the kidlets came, v-day has been more about them. I bought the kids some jelly bellys and a special cookie and got the hubster a few chocolates but that's it.
We were out last night anyway as the big kiddo had a game in town. They won ~ which moves them onto the next round in the playoffs! That was a good enough valentines day gift for me. I don't need no stinkin flowers!
As a result of going to the game right after work, eating was a bit of a disaster yesterday. Ate 40 pts.... cause I was snacking all day. Oh well, back at it today.
I've added a "goals" tab to the page so that I can keep track of my goals. Not going to do any crazy goals just yet. But figure after I reach a goal, I can set a reward and then set my next goal!
Let's hope this sickness setback moves on soon, cause it's making me feel a little blah.
Hot water and soup today...
Monday, February 14, 2011
Down down down ...
The scale moved and on the right day! Well after going off plan so to speak on friday and then having a "normal" eating weekend I am happy to report that I am down 2.5 lbs from last monday. That is really only down 1 lb as I was up last week but who cares!!!
whooooeeeee
Bought some new tops yesterday - not wanting to buy new pants until I'm down 20... but I was in dire need of new tops. YAY ME!
:)
whooooeeeee
Bought some new tops yesterday - not wanting to buy new pants until I'm down 20... but I was in dire need of new tops. YAY ME!
:)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
ahh the weekend...
I love Saturdays. We sleep in, we get to spend time with the kids and watch their games and we get to veg. Ahhhh saturday!
It was another busy day today which usually means that I don't eat much all day, but that tends to balance out my friday over indulgences! After 2 soccer games and a hockey game, I'm frozen. Had a hot shower, jammies are on and so is the fire! Going to have a quiet night at home. Which suits me just fine.
Scale moved this morning. Phew.... not as much as I would have liked, but it MOVED and in the right direction for once!
It was another busy day today which usually means that I don't eat much all day, but that tends to balance out my friday over indulgences! After 2 soccer games and a hockey game, I'm frozen. Had a hot shower, jammies are on and so is the fire! Going to have a quiet night at home. Which suits me just fine.
Scale moved this morning. Phew.... not as much as I would have liked, but it MOVED and in the right direction for once!
Friday, February 11, 2011
It's friday...
TGIF! And I seriously mean it. It's been a busy week and although weekends are crazy stupid sometimes, it's better than doing the work thing.
So the stupid scale was stuck again this morning. No movement, I know it does move however, because when I weighed myself last night it was down. Well down in terms of down from my usual 6pm weigh in but still up for the day. Confusing huh?
Getting quite frustrated with the whole thing. Decided today is the day I splurge. Maybe I need to shake things up a bit. So I planned to go with my work pal for lunch and have CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP. This soup is awesome and it comes with some toasted bread that is amazing. I'm going to have my chicken soup, my bread, drink my water and later drink my wine and be done with friday.
Would you believe that today of all days, they don't have CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP. They have that soup every single day. I was mad. Poor guy behind the counter didn't know what to say. SO I had a chicken sammich. On Focaccia. With mayo. no cheese though. And it was good.
That's all I had. I will now drown the goodness with some water.
Tonight is wine night! whoooooeeeeee.
So the stupid scale was stuck again this morning. No movement, I know it does move however, because when I weighed myself last night it was down. Well down in terms of down from my usual 6pm weigh in but still up for the day. Confusing huh?
Getting quite frustrated with the whole thing. Decided today is the day I splurge. Maybe I need to shake things up a bit. So I planned to go with my work pal for lunch and have CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP. This soup is awesome and it comes with some toasted bread that is amazing. I'm going to have my chicken soup, my bread, drink my water and later drink my wine and be done with friday.
Would you believe that today of all days, they don't have CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP. They have that soup every single day. I was mad. Poor guy behind the counter didn't know what to say. SO I had a chicken sammich. On Focaccia. With mayo. no cheese though. And it was good.
That's all I had. I will now drown the goodness with some water.
Tonight is wine night! whoooooeeeeee.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Cramp and frustrations...
Ok - so I took the 1.5 gain alright on monday morning. After all, this was after 2 days of salty food consumption. However, I'm now sitting at thursday and not only has the 1.5 gain not disappeared but another .5 has added itself to that catastrophe!
I also have a cramp. On my left side. For 2 days now. What's that all about?
I've eaten really well this week, getting in all my veggies and fruits. Maybe not so good on my dairy so I'll pump that up a bit today but otherwise nothing is different. I should be losing!
This is frustrating for me. That word made me laugh a bit as I typed it cause the kids always laugh when their dad says he's "frustrated with them!" ~ it' such a Sylvester the cat word..ssssss. I digress.
So I'm frus...no mad. Just mad. I want this weight to start dropping or I feel like I might as well have a panini with chicken and CHEESE for lunch, and maybe a few oreos when I get home from work and a bowl of ice cream while I watch the biggest loser.
Anyone else do that? I feel hungry when I watch biggest loser - actually not hungry but I usually try and find something to eat. Ha! Hubby says I should stop watching the show if I get the munchies but honestly he just wants me to stop watching it cause he hates it!
Ok - new day. Today I'm going to get more than my normal amounts of water in and I need to up my fibre a bit (maybe that might help the cramping) .
On a positive note - I did 14 flights of stairs yesterday (up from my 10 last week) and did W2D2 of 200 situps. Might start 100 push ups next week!
- gotta go fill up my water bottle.
I also have a cramp. On my left side. For 2 days now. What's that all about?
I've eaten really well this week, getting in all my veggies and fruits. Maybe not so good on my dairy so I'll pump that up a bit today but otherwise nothing is different. I should be losing!
This is frustrating for me. That word made me laugh a bit as I typed it cause the kids always laugh when their dad says he's "frustrated with them!" ~ it' such a Sylvester the cat word..ssssss. I digress.
So I'm frus...no mad. Just mad. I want this weight to start dropping or I feel like I might as well have a panini with chicken and CHEESE for lunch, and maybe a few oreos when I get home from work and a bowl of ice cream while I watch the biggest loser.
Anyone else do that? I feel hungry when I watch biggest loser - actually not hungry but I usually try and find something to eat. Ha! Hubby says I should stop watching the show if I get the munchies but honestly he just wants me to stop watching it cause he hates it!
Ok - new day. Today I'm going to get more than my normal amounts of water in and I need to up my fibre a bit (maybe that might help the cramping) .
On a positive note - I did 14 flights of stairs yesterday (up from my 10 last week) and did W2D2 of 200 situps. Might start 100 push ups next week!
- gotta go fill up my water bottle.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Goals...
Each and every morning I walk up the same two flights of stairs to the train upper deck and then when we arrive in town I walk up the same two flights of stairs to street level. I don't stand on the escalator, I walk - on the left hand side cause that's where people walk (unless you get a bonehead that won't move and doesn't know the rules!) ... well this morning the escalator was not working. Why does that walk up the stairs seem SO MUCH HARDER? And why do I get this herculean feeling over me when I get to the top like I've climbed mount Everest! It's a frickin set of stairs!
I still get winded when I walk up that flight of stairs. Granted I'm carrying my 10lb sac of lunch and other work day goodies, but still, winded. It's ridiculous.
My goal, once I get to a decent weight and more importantly a decent fitness level is to "do the grind". The Grouse Grind. I haven't told Shawn yet that this is what I want to do but damnit I'm going to do it. I have to.
Here's a picture of it:
Here's another one:
I'm pretty sure people die trying to climb this thing! I will be ready for it. I will do it. But first I have to lose some of this flubber.
As a side note - my scale did not move again this morning so I'm pizzed at that. It might take me a little longer to get to those stairs!
I still get winded when I walk up that flight of stairs. Granted I'm carrying my 10lb sac of lunch and other work day goodies, but still, winded. It's ridiculous.
My goal, once I get to a decent weight and more importantly a decent fitness level is to "do the grind". The Grouse Grind. I haven't told Shawn yet that this is what I want to do but damnit I'm going to do it. I have to.
Here's a picture of it:
Here's another one:
I'm pretty sure people die trying to climb this thing! I will be ready for it. I will do it. But first I have to lose some of this flubber.
As a side note - my scale did not move again this morning so I'm pizzed at that. It might take me a little longer to get to those stairs!
Here we go AGAIN.....
Well so much for that. I created this blog on October 6th and as of February 10th I had lost 0. Actually might have put on a few lbs in the meantime!
loser.
So I figured the one thing that actually worked for me was WW. That was the thing I did 8 years ago and it did work. It takes work but I think, no I know it's worth it.
Been lurking the ww boards again like I did last time. The folks are different now but you still get the same types of people. The ones that know how to work it right, the ones that know NOTHING and the ones that spend their days helping people try to lose weight and more importantly KEEP it off. I'm not quite feeling a connection to the peeps on the board, but that might be because unlike last time I'm working full time now. I can't sit at home and just "creep" all day! Plust this time I feel like I don't quite need the "help" I did last time.
Ok - so I'm 4 weeks into it and I've lost 6.5 lbs. That sucks!!! I was actually up to 8 but manage to gain back 1.5 lbs this week.
I pulled out my card from 8 years ago to see what my losing patterns were back then and I lost... lost big actually. 4.6, 3.2, 2.4.etc.... oh well. Maybe this time will be different? Maybe this time the slow losses will keep the weight off?
Maybe?
loser.
So I figured the one thing that actually worked for me was WW. That was the thing I did 8 years ago and it did work. It takes work but I think, no I know it's worth it.
Been lurking the ww boards again like I did last time. The folks are different now but you still get the same types of people. The ones that know how to work it right, the ones that know NOTHING and the ones that spend their days helping people try to lose weight and more importantly KEEP it off. I'm not quite feeling a connection to the peeps on the board, but that might be because unlike last time I'm working full time now. I can't sit at home and just "creep" all day! Plust this time I feel like I don't quite need the "help" I did last time.
Ok - so I'm 4 weeks into it and I've lost 6.5 lbs. That sucks!!! I was actually up to 8 but manage to gain back 1.5 lbs this week.
I pulled out my card from 8 years ago to see what my losing patterns were back then and I lost... lost big actually. 4.6, 3.2, 2.4.etc.... oh well. Maybe this time will be different? Maybe this time the slow losses will keep the weight off?
Maybe?
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