Ok - Wednesday was not a successful counting day or eating day. It was hubby's birthday and we went out for steak and then came home and had cake and it was GOOOD!
I can count that as my last meal cause well it kinda was, at least for a bit.
Yesterday was much better. I still went over in pts, but the good thing is I counted and the even better thing is I said NO to temptations. I did not go down to the little store in our building in the afternoon for a cookie or other snack. I did not have anything after my shower last night. I was not hungry but I had developed the habit over the last few weeks to do that.
So, I take that as a step forward. Tonight we are meeting friends at the pub for drinks to celebrate our hubby's birthdays. But it will be fine. I can have a drink or two and then just a few appies.
Weekend is busy and I have some serious cleaning in my bedroom so that will keep me preoccupied tomorrow. Looking forward to it though. Hubby is working which I love when I'm cleaning so he is not under foot all day!
So, onward and upward. It wasn't a perfect start but it was a start and it was good.
Goals is to keep drinking my water, stay within or close to points all weekend! Hoping for some sort of success on monday's weigh in!
Momma!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Countdown to Paradise
In 9 short weeks I will be hitting the surf and sand of Hawaii again. I'm very excited to be heading back. That's me in the airplane... :) well not really. BTW - that is the worst 6 hour flight but so worth it when you get there!
11 glorious days of sun and relaxation. When I returned from Vegas the plan was to continue working hard at losing the weight so that I could be uber comfortable when I arrive in Aloha land.
Welp... that hasn't really gone so well now has it?
I have not tracked AT ALL since I've been back and I've been slowly allowing foods that have been forbidden back into my life. All bad.
I weighed myself on monday for official weigh in day and I was down a lb again. Down to 194.5 It's a fluke, I'm not sure why the weight keeps coming off because I am doing NOTHING to help it shed.
Well this morning was a bit of a wake up call because while I stood naked on that scale the numbers that screamed back at me were 198!!! OMG.. creeping ever so quickly back to 200.. I can NOT let that happen.
I have to keep reminding myself that this is about more than just another trip. This is about happiness, a healthy body, a healthy mind, a happy family and a pretty me.
So we commit AGAIN. I really should change the name of this blog to "the Re commitment!" It's getting ridiculous.
So I did not bring lunch with me this morning because I still do not have healthy foods in my house (no shopping this week so far) but I will do that this afternoon.
I will plan my breakfast and lunch now. After I finish this post of course.
I also notice that I am more on track when I blog daily, so I'm going to try to start doing that again.
Goals for today:
1. Water
2. Good food choices
3. Track food
4. Blog
5. Get a walk in.
Here we go... Ready?
11 glorious days of sun and relaxation. When I returned from Vegas the plan was to continue working hard at losing the weight so that I could be uber comfortable when I arrive in Aloha land.
Welp... that hasn't really gone so well now has it?
I have not tracked AT ALL since I've been back and I've been slowly allowing foods that have been forbidden back into my life. All bad.
I weighed myself on monday for official weigh in day and I was down a lb again. Down to 194.5 It's a fluke, I'm not sure why the weight keeps coming off because I am doing NOTHING to help it shed.
Well this morning was a bit of a wake up call because while I stood naked on that scale the numbers that screamed back at me were 198!!! OMG.. creeping ever so quickly back to 200.. I can NOT let that happen.
I have to keep reminding myself that this is about more than just another trip. This is about happiness, a healthy body, a healthy mind, a happy family and a pretty me.
So we commit AGAIN. I really should change the name of this blog to "the Re commitment!" It's getting ridiculous.
So I did not bring lunch with me this morning because I still do not have healthy foods in my house (no shopping this week so far) but I will do that this afternoon.
I will plan my breakfast and lunch now. After I finish this post of course.
I also notice that I am more on track when I blog daily, so I'm going to try to start doing that again.
Goals for today:
1. Water
2. Good food choices
3. Track food
4. Blog
5. Get a walk in.
Here we go... Ready?
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Dreams and Hopes....
For the last 5 or so years I've started to form my travel bucket list. Places I want to see or visit before I leave this planet forever. I have a few places from Europe including Greece, Italy and France, but I also have a number of places in the US that I have always wanted to visit. Two top my list.... Chicago and Boston.
I've always held a special place in my heart for both of these locations. I don't know anyone that lives in either city and I don't know why I want to visit so bad, but I do.
Yesterday, as runners participated in Boston Marathon their only thoughts at the start of the race were, "will I beat my time from last time? " or perhaps "will I finish?". Prayers go out to those affected by the bombings yesterday. I cannot imagine having my hopes and dreams shattered by such a senseless and gutless act.
I pray for America. There seems to be no safe haven in your world anymore.
On my front things have been about the same. I continue to struggle with tracking and drinking water etc. So I'm re instituting the daily goals for the next week or so to hopefully get me back on track.
Today's Goals:
1. Drink my water!!!
2. Stay within points
3. TRACK EVERYTHING!
4. Get in 6000 steps
5. Visit Dad.
Oh I did drop .5 lbs this week so not bad considering. I'm 195.5 now.
Momma
I've always held a special place in my heart for both of these locations. I don't know anyone that lives in either city and I don't know why I want to visit so bad, but I do.
Yesterday, as runners participated in Boston Marathon their only thoughts at the start of the race were, "will I beat my time from last time? " or perhaps "will I finish?". Prayers go out to those affected by the bombings yesterday. I cannot imagine having my hopes and dreams shattered by such a senseless and gutless act.
I pray for America. There seems to be no safe haven in your world anymore.
On my front things have been about the same. I continue to struggle with tracking and drinking water etc. So I'm re instituting the daily goals for the next week or so to hopefully get me back on track.
Today's Goals:
1. Drink my water!!!
2. Stay within points
3. TRACK EVERYTHING!
4. Get in 6000 steps
5. Visit Dad.
Oh I did drop .5 lbs this week so not bad considering. I'm 195.5 now.
Momma
Monday, April 8, 2013
Finally feels like spring and WI Monday
It finally feels like spring. It's been off and on warm/sunny/windy/rainy for the last few weeks but to me it finally feels like spring has arrived. No more boots or winter coats, it's all about going sockless and wearing light sweaters instead of jackets. That reminds me, I need to get a new white sweater! :)
The weekend was nice. Didn't get up to too much as they boys were busy with hockey and I was running around driving them from here to there and then back here again. But I love it. It gets me out of the house and keeps us all busy. Next weekend will be busy because R is in a tournament and N still has practices but that is all good. Love the social time with the other families on the team.
Eating was ok this weekend. Had sushi and wine on friday which was lovely and then had a huge clubhouse sandwich on saturday late afternoon which tied me over saturday night. Watched the Canuck's game on saturday night and went to bed somewhat early. Oddly, during my sleep on saturday night I woke up about 6 times throughout the night to pee. It was crazy.... Needless to say when I woke up on sunday morning I weighed myself and I was down to 194. SAY WHAT?!!!!!!! That's a lot of pee.
Had a regular sunday eating wise and then made burritos for dinner last night. Official weigh in this morning was 196. I would have preferred the 194 but 196 is more realistic I guess. And that's down 2.5 from last week! Whooop... told ya it would be a good number.
Here's the kicker... my weight is ALWAYS lower on sunday than on monday. WHY? and should I change my WI day to be sunday?? I'm thinking I'll stick with monday cause I would only end up seeing a higher number on monday and that would make me mad (I'm a daily weigher and I am PROUD of it! - nobody can take that away from me)
Anyhoo - onto this week. The really odd thing about losing the 2.5 this week was that I was AWFUL at tracking. AWFUL and I only went for one walk this week. How is it even possible that I lost weight?? Well I know that it was somewhat flukey so I'm going back to tracking fully this week.
Gonna go plan out my breakfast, lunch and dinner right now..
Happy Monday!
Momma
The weekend was nice. Didn't get up to too much as they boys were busy with hockey and I was running around driving them from here to there and then back here again. But I love it. It gets me out of the house and keeps us all busy. Next weekend will be busy because R is in a tournament and N still has practices but that is all good. Love the social time with the other families on the team.
Eating was ok this weekend. Had sushi and wine on friday which was lovely and then had a huge clubhouse sandwich on saturday late afternoon which tied me over saturday night. Watched the Canuck's game on saturday night and went to bed somewhat early. Oddly, during my sleep on saturday night I woke up about 6 times throughout the night to pee. It was crazy.... Needless to say when I woke up on sunday morning I weighed myself and I was down to 194. SAY WHAT?!!!!!!! That's a lot of pee.
Had a regular sunday eating wise and then made burritos for dinner last night. Official weigh in this morning was 196. I would have preferred the 194 but 196 is more realistic I guess. And that's down 2.5 from last week! Whooop... told ya it would be a good number.
Here's the kicker... my weight is ALWAYS lower on sunday than on monday. WHY? and should I change my WI day to be sunday?? I'm thinking I'll stick with monday cause I would only end up seeing a higher number on monday and that would make me mad (I'm a daily weigher and I am PROUD of it! - nobody can take that away from me)
Anyhoo - onto this week. The really odd thing about losing the 2.5 this week was that I was AWFUL at tracking. AWFUL and I only went for one walk this week. How is it even possible that I lost weight?? Well I know that it was somewhat flukey so I'm going back to tracking fully this week.
Gonna go plan out my breakfast, lunch and dinner right now..
Happy Monday!
Momma
Friday, April 5, 2013
Need to get back on track.. all the way
It's been an odd week because I have been on track eating wise but not recording. I know that can get me into trouble so I will need to start up again. As soon as I finish lunch I'm going to record my days food.
The other bad thing is that I have not be going for my walks at night. I went monday night and that was it. Bad me. I will go tonight or tomorrow for sure!
The good news though is that my weight so far is down. Will hopefully still be down on monday when I weigh in but for now I'm pleased with my post vacation body and ways.
S's big plan to get healthy seems to already be a bust. He did not eat breakfast or lunch on wednesday and came home and ate 2 big dinners (steak etc) and then finished off with a large bowl of ice cream. I can't keep nagging him but it would be so much easier if we were all on the same page.
N has started his summer training schedule. He only works out in the summer because during the winter he is too busy on the ice etc. He started P90X on monday and texted me this morning to say that he thinks he has pulled something in his forearm! Great... oh well, rest and ice. Well for today... he has 5 hours on the ice this weekend so not so much rest but he can lay off the weights for a few days. Oh how we push our kids.. but in all honesty, he pushes himself. I wish I had 1/8th of his energy. He has a goal and is doing what he can to make that goal. We encourage him and provide him with the resources to do what he wants but it's all him!
Need to go pick up a bottle of wine. Will be first glass of wine since vegas!! I'm looking forward to this little indulgence tonight.
WI on monday - I'm excited.. I think it's going to be a very good number!
Momma
The other bad thing is that I have not be going for my walks at night. I went monday night and that was it. Bad me. I will go tonight or tomorrow for sure!
The good news though is that my weight so far is down. Will hopefully still be down on monday when I weigh in but for now I'm pleased with my post vacation body and ways.
S's big plan to get healthy seems to already be a bust. He did not eat breakfast or lunch on wednesday and came home and ate 2 big dinners (steak etc) and then finished off with a large bowl of ice cream. I can't keep nagging him but it would be so much easier if we were all on the same page.
N has started his summer training schedule. He only works out in the summer because during the winter he is too busy on the ice etc. He started P90X on monday and texted me this morning to say that he thinks he has pulled something in his forearm! Great... oh well, rest and ice. Well for today... he has 5 hours on the ice this weekend so not so much rest but he can lay off the weights for a few days. Oh how we push our kids.. but in all honesty, he pushes himself. I wish I had 1/8th of his energy. He has a goal and is doing what he can to make that goal. We encourage him and provide him with the resources to do what he wants but it's all him!
Need to go pick up a bottle of wine. Will be first glass of wine since vegas!! I'm looking forward to this little indulgence tonight.
WI on monday - I'm excited.. I think it's going to be a very good number!
Momma
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
W5D2 - NSVs and some troubling numbers
Over the weekend I saw a friend that I had not seen since last June. After speaking with him for awhile he asked if I had lost weight! WHOOP! For some reason it's a big deal to hear it from a male, I'm not sure why because typically women are more observant and critical but it felt nice for someone to notice. I have not really noticed. My clothes fit a bit better but when I bought a few small pieces last week, they were the same size as before. But I think the XL now fits, where as before I sorta squeezed my ass into it.
Yesterday at work my coworker also mentioned that I looked smaller! Whoop! So now I've heard from someone I haven't seen in almost a year and someone that I see every day! Lovin it! And it gives me the motivation to keep going.
Onto the troubling numbers. One of the biggest reason that I wanted to get healthy and drop this weight was for health reasons. I know it should be the only reason but vanity is important as well - at least to me. Well rewind to last september when I had my physical. My doctor was very upset with me for putting on the weight that I had put on and I left the office in tears. The one thing that really scared me during that visit was that when he went to take my blood pressure, he said that he could barely get a reading. He tried for almost 15 minutes and could not get a valid reading. Boo :(
This scared me, so much that I instantly decided that I would change my life and get moving to get that blood pressure reading corrected and in a normal range. I have always struggled with HBP. Both of my parents have HBP even though my dad is extremely healthy in every other way. Momma passed away when she was 61 - Cancer not heart! Love ya mom! :)
Well, within about a week I had forgotten all about getting healthy and went back to my ways. I shouldn't say I had forgotten about it, you can't really forget something like that but let's say that I avoided the issue. Did this until January 15th when I started back up again on WW and decided to finally make the change.
So fast forward to sunday when we were at dinner with the inlaws and dad. I asked Dad if I could borrow his BP home monitor for a few weeks to test my BP. I took it home and got myself hooked up and ran that sucka. It squeezed my arm until I though a vein would burst (I know that is not a good sign when it has to squeeze that hard to get a pulse)... bad news. It's still high. Very high, like my heart could explode any minute high. It was 220/190. WTF!?
I think the cuff was the wrong size for me, but still it's high. I tried again when I got home last night from work and it was better but still high 174/140... UGH.
Still have lots of work to do... :(
We press on..
Goals today:
1. Water
2. Walk - 6000 steps!
3. Stay within pts
The good news for the day is big S has decided to get healthy too. I have been worried about his weight for some time now and glad that he has decided to do something to change it. His starting weight is 255. Not crazy high, but high for him.
*Also - when I say 6000 steps - that is at one time, not all day.. in case you were wonderin'
Momma
Yesterday at work my coworker also mentioned that I looked smaller! Whoop! So now I've heard from someone I haven't seen in almost a year and someone that I see every day! Lovin it! And it gives me the motivation to keep going.
Onto the troubling numbers. One of the biggest reason that I wanted to get healthy and drop this weight was for health reasons. I know it should be the only reason but vanity is important as well - at least to me. Well rewind to last september when I had my physical. My doctor was very upset with me for putting on the weight that I had put on and I left the office in tears. The one thing that really scared me during that visit was that when he went to take my blood pressure, he said that he could barely get a reading. He tried for almost 15 minutes and could not get a valid reading. Boo :(
This scared me, so much that I instantly decided that I would change my life and get moving to get that blood pressure reading corrected and in a normal range. I have always struggled with HBP. Both of my parents have HBP even though my dad is extremely healthy in every other way. Momma passed away when she was 61 - Cancer not heart! Love ya mom! :)
Well, within about a week I had forgotten all about getting healthy and went back to my ways. I shouldn't say I had forgotten about it, you can't really forget something like that but let's say that I avoided the issue. Did this until January 15th when I started back up again on WW and decided to finally make the change.
So fast forward to sunday when we were at dinner with the inlaws and dad. I asked Dad if I could borrow his BP home monitor for a few weeks to test my BP. I took it home and got myself hooked up and ran that sucka. It squeezed my arm until I though a vein would burst (I know that is not a good sign when it has to squeeze that hard to get a pulse)... bad news. It's still high. Very high, like my heart could explode any minute high. It was 220/190. WTF!?
I think the cuff was the wrong size for me, but still it's high. I tried again when I got home last night from work and it was better but still high 174/140... UGH.
Still have lots of work to do... :(
We press on..
Goals today:
1. Water
2. Walk - 6000 steps!
3. Stay within pts
The good news for the day is big S has decided to get healthy too. I have been worried about his weight for some time now and glad that he has decided to do something to change it. His starting weight is 255. Not crazy high, but high for him.
*Also - when I say 6000 steps - that is at one time, not all day.. in case you were wonderin'
Momma
Monday, April 1, 2013
Back from Viva.... back on track...
Had a great time in Vegas. Funny how when you are on vacation, that you seem to forget about the fact that you don't look like a size 0 in a swimsuit and you just go with the flow. I put on my swim suit and I sat out by the pool and I loved it!
We stayed at the Bellagio hotel which was lovely and had a large pool area. 2 large swimming pools and then 3 additional cold wading pools with lounge chairs around them. I have to admit I love vacationing in the states because there are many more people that are plus sized in America. Funny how when you are in Vancouver all the time, it seems like everyone is normal sized ( and normal not being plus sized).
We walked a lot in Vegas, so much that my legs ached at night when we went to bed. The boys had fun. Our hotel had a scale in the bathroom so I could continue my obsessive ways the entire trip. Loser. The good thing was my weight did not go crazy. I kept it at bay.
I weighed in his morning and I am down 1 lb from last monday 198.5. But I was down to 196.5 yesterday. I think my salty Easter ham dinner may have raised up the number a bit. I'm very happy with that. A vacation and no major gain, even a loss! Good job to me!
I also told the boys when we returned on friday that there would be no easter candy on Sunday. They are old enough now to understand that momma is Easter Bunny and honestly we ate enough candy/chocolate during the Vegas week so we did not need any. It wasn't missed at all!
Back on track today. Need to drink my water cause I have been lacking in that department - BIG TIME. It's also TOM so I need to get my walking back in to alleviate my belly pains and flush away this bloat.
Good to be back... 3 months until Hawaii!!! :)
Off to read some blogs now.
We stayed at the Bellagio hotel which was lovely and had a large pool area. 2 large swimming pools and then 3 additional cold wading pools with lounge chairs around them. I have to admit I love vacationing in the states because there are many more people that are plus sized in America. Funny how when you are in Vancouver all the time, it seems like everyone is normal sized ( and normal not being plus sized).
We walked a lot in Vegas, so much that my legs ached at night when we went to bed. The boys had fun. Our hotel had a scale in the bathroom so I could continue my obsessive ways the entire trip. Loser. The good thing was my weight did not go crazy. I kept it at bay.
I weighed in his morning and I am down 1 lb from last monday 198.5. But I was down to 196.5 yesterday. I think my salty Easter ham dinner may have raised up the number a bit. I'm very happy with that. A vacation and no major gain, even a loss! Good job to me!
I also told the boys when we returned on friday that there would be no easter candy on Sunday. They are old enough now to understand that momma is Easter Bunny and honestly we ate enough candy/chocolate during the Vegas week so we did not need any. It wasn't missed at all!
Back on track today. Need to drink my water cause I have been lacking in that department - BIG TIME. It's also TOM so I need to get my walking back in to alleviate my belly pains and flush away this bloat.
Good to be back... 3 months until Hawaii!!! :)
Off to read some blogs now.
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