Friday Weigh-In!

Before I say anything else, I have to say that my heart is aching for everyone in Japan and around the world who was impacted by the Earthquakes and Tsunamis.  Horrible, terrible devastation.  I'm just thanking my lucky stars that my friends and family are all in locations that are nowhere near the destruction.  I'm sending thoughts and prayers to everyone affected.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. I lost 1.5 pounds this week - yaay!  Now I just need to stay strong through the weekend and keep the momentum going so I can see the number on the scale continue to go down.

It might be a bit of a challenge to stay on track this weekend, tomorrow especially.  Tomorrow is my Mom's birthday, and we're going over there to celebrate in the afternoon.  It's some kind of Open House format (not our usual method of celebrating Birthdays, but I didn't plan this one, so...) and my Godmother will be bringing a lot of food.  To clearly illustrate why I'm somewhat worried about the celebration foodwise, I think all I need to say is that she's Greek and LOVES to cook.  Yeah, I didn't think I needed to say any more...  :}  I'm going to try hard to get out and exercise tomorrow morning, but my track record for doing that on the weekend is atrocious.  But I will give it another try!  And I will be careful in what I choose to put on my plate, and I will NOT hover in the area where the food is.

Have a good weekend, everyone - stay strong!  :D

Flat Ass!!!

My pants were loose today.  I wore a pair of slacks that I haven’t worn in a while, and it just felt funny!  They weren't in danger of falling down, but I could feel the waistband shift around with each step I took when I walked, and it was such strange sensation...  Also, they’re of a style that I’m not sure looks that good any more, as baggy as they were on me. Woo…? 

And I also got a reminder that I carry my weight mostly on the front of my body, and that my butt will be mostly nonexistent when I reach my goal.  Yes, I will suffer from Flat Ass Syndrome.  How can I be looking forward to hard chairs being a literal pain in the ass?!  But of course, I am...  :)  I took some pictures, but they didn't turn out at all.  (Do you know how hard it is to take pictures of your own butt -- even with a mirror?!)

I took in 1362 calories and only 84 oz. water (along with my usual coffee) but I didn't get any exercise today.  I was planning on it, but with everything had to do tonight, I didn't get home early enough.  I will tomorrow, though!

G'night, all!

Footwear

I need new shoes. Both for work and for exercising.  I’m lucky enough to work in an office with a “Casual” dress code (don't roll your eyes at me - I already said I know I'm lucky!), which means I can (and usually do) wear sneakers (and jeans) to work.  VERY comfy, but not very professional looking...  And that also means I need to plan ahead for when I have to go to other locations so I can dress appropriately (business casual) on those days. So I just need to go out and get some shoes that are as comfy as my sneakers without looking like them. *sigh*  But that means I’ll need to (dun dun duunnnnn) go shopping! Eeek!

And I’ve been wearing this pair of sneakers long enough that I don’t really think they’ll stand up to too much more walking (for exercise), let alone wogging!  So I need to get new walking/running shoes.  (I haven’t found shoes specifically designed for wogging yet – I wonder if there’s a market for those…?)  Why do (good) exercise shoes have to be so expensive?!

I had a pretty good weekend, food and water-wise, but not exercise-wise.  It turned in to a napping-on-the-couch weekend.  Which was very nice, but didn’t burn many calories… :}  But I was vigilant about my intake, so the sneak-peek I took of the scale yesterday was heartening.  And since Aunt Flo has packed her bags and is on her way outta here, I have high (low?) hopes for this Friday’s weigh-in.

Good day today -- took in 1454 calories and 104 oz. water, along with my usual coffee.  I also did Level 1 of the 30-day Shred when I got home from rehearsal tonight (where we didn't move as much as I would've liked) so Yay me!

G'night, all!

Friday Weigh In!

I think I panicked this week.  I felt myself falling in to the habits that got me in trouble in the first place, and realized that if I didn't turn it around right away I could easily find myself back where I began - and I would've hated myself for doing it again.  Hated. Myself.  Especially after putting it out there for the world to see in this Blog (what was I thinking?!) so I REALLY wanted to make sure I got back on track and back on my way.  And to those of you who somehow find me interesting enough to keep coming back have been following me, thank you for making this blog an effective tool for me, as I'd hoped it would be, and helping me get back on track.  And I must not have gone as far off track as it felt like I had -- somehow I lost a pound this week! 

I had my usual weekly breakfast, lunch, water and afternoon snack, and I am relaxing a bit tonight.  I will be vigilant this weekend, and my goal is to Do The Exercising.  Both Saturday and Sunday.  Have a good weekend, everyone!

Lesson From The Weekend (And Another Good Day!)

Another thing I learned from this weekend: when it comes to small candies in large bags (example: M&Ms, Cadbury Mini Eggs, etc.) I can't eat "just a couple" without having a few more.  And then some more.  And then some more, and...  well, you get the picture.  The Hubster (who has been making better food choices and losing weight himself - yay!)  has enough self control and willpower to eat just a few of them and then stop, but I'm just  not there yet.  If I don't have the first couple/few, then I won't want more of them, so they are just going to stay in the bag for now.  That way my taste buds don't override my brain again...

I had a good Wednesday today!  I took in 1353 calories and 136 oz. fluid along with my usual coffee, and did Level 2 of Jillian Michael's 30-day Shred, AND got on the Elliptical for 32 minutes tonight!  Yay, me!  And I cooked up a pound of ground turkey breast to have on hand and ready to add to my salads or scrambled eggs or whatever - I think I'll try tossing some in to my Spaghetti Squash for lunch tomorrow.

Okay - it's time for me to hustle myself up to bed.  G'night, all!

Back On My Feet and Dusting Myself Off

Another good day today.  Yaay!  I took in 1309 calories and 128 oz. fluid (in addition to my usual coffee), and I went to my Tuesday dance classes.  We did a lot of standing around and talking, so I'm going to say I danced for a total of an hour - and not very intensely.  But it was a fun evening!

Agh!  No time for a longer post - I need to go to bed...  G'night, all!

Faceplant

Yeah, I wasn't as successful as I'd planned to be over the weekend.  (hangs head in shame...)  I guess I wasn't as far out of WTHville as I'd thought I was.  Cursed Dark Chocolate Cadbury Mini Eggs* and their beguiling siren song...!  And Sunday was full of temptations that I gave in to as well...  So I'm back to taking one day at a time, which is where I need to be - no more sweeping declarations. 

*Easter candy is evil...

The sentiment from my last post is still there, but I just need to match my actions to my words.  Which I did today, and plan to continue doing -- one day at a time.  Always one day at a time.  And I have been reminded that I REALLY need to be vigilant over the weekends... 

So.  I took in 1407 calories today and 116 oz. water, including my usual coffee.  Not much in the way of exercise - I went to rehearsal, but wasn't very energetic due to the remnants of a migraine.  Yay, Aunt Flo's unwelcome sidekick...  :P

G'night, all -- here's to another successful day tomorrow!