Last WI: 212.6/At Home WI: 215.0
FRIDAY
Oh MY goodness. I lost yesterday. That's right. I LOST. Ok, so it was only 0.2 lbs. But 0.2 is BEAUTIFUL when you're expecting a 1 lb gain. I'm not sure how I did it. I really don't understand my at home scale. It seems to be getting further and further away from the WW scale - but at least in the right direction! I'm so happy.
Work is busy today so I gotta run, but wanted to post my sucess! So happy.
:-)
Friday, April 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
80 Minutes of Cardio - Hell Yeah!
Last WI: 212.8/At Home WI: 214.0
THURSDAY
Well, here we are, another Thursday. And I've got to WI again. I believe I've minimized the damage of the week, but I'm definitely not expecting a loss. I maintain or less than 1lb gain will be ok.
Yesterday I had a plan. And I followed it, with only one slight modification. I ended up not going to the gym after work. Mostly because I was starving. I missed my "snack" I had planned on before leaving work because things got crazy. So by the time I got home I was really hungry. I cut up some broccoli and had some low fat dip (3pts) with LOTS of fresh broccoli (0pts) It was delicious and enough to get me through till the boys got home. I cooked them some grilled chicken and tomatoes and corn. I had one chicken breast (4pts), some tomatoes (0) and no corn a salad with low fat dressing (2pts). So - I had reached my 20 pts for the day and still felt good. About an hour after dinner, I got the motivation to go to the gym. And I rocked it!
I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. I had a little bit of my asthma acting up and had to stop 1.5 miles in to take a hit off my inhaler, but after that I was good. After my 4 miles, I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, really pushing and sweating a TON. Over all the machines tell me I burned 1250 calories. I counted 12 APs. If the 1250 is accurate, that's about what I ate that day in calories, so yesterday was a 0 net day calories wise.
Now, I know that's not a good idea to do on any regular basis, but for me it was a "recovery" day. I had a leader once that told me that if it was easier for you, you could calculate your points on a weekly basis. Which means I get 28 x 7 + 35 pts each week. Or 231. So, I get in between 196 and 231 points each week, I'm doing ok. Don't worry. I'm CERTAIN I got in over 231 points this week, even backing out the APs I earned (which was only 4 on Sunday and 12 yesterday). So, I'm not worried about "not eating enough" this week. Besides, tonight, as usual, I will be going out and drinking and certainly eating enough to cover for yesterday.
So - today's WI will be interesting. I still haven't figured out the WW scale yet. Last week, my at home scale showed 213.4 right before I left for my meeting an the WW scale showed me at 212.8. Usually, however, my at home scale is very close to the WW scale, if not lower. Who knows. This morning I showed 214 without clothes. So I'm expecting about 214.6 at home with clothes. What that will equate to on the WW scale - beats me. I'm hoping no more than 213.8. I can handle a 1 lb gain. I don't want it. I hate it. I've had 6 weeks of losses and don't want to kill the streak. But I'll take it. I deserve it this week.
I had a huge brief due today in the Supreme Court of Georgia. I just finished it, printed it, copied it, and put it in the envelope to take to the post office to ship it off certified. I'm so pleased with myself. I've had to kick butt this week getting the darn thing done, but I think the product is good. I'm pleased with my arguments, and confident the court will rule in our favor. The exciting news is that I'm going to get to argue before the Supreme Court on this case in the coming months. Something I haven't gotten to do in a while, and something that is always very exhilarating.
Well, with that, I'm off to the post office then home to rest before WI. I'm done drinking/eating until the 5:00 pm WI, so here's hoping for a maintian! :-)
THURSDAY
Well, here we are, another Thursday. And I've got to WI again. I believe I've minimized the damage of the week, but I'm definitely not expecting a loss. I maintain or less than 1lb gain will be ok.
Yesterday I had a plan. And I followed it, with only one slight modification. I ended up not going to the gym after work. Mostly because I was starving. I missed my "snack" I had planned on before leaving work because things got crazy. So by the time I got home I was really hungry. I cut up some broccoli and had some low fat dip (3pts) with LOTS of fresh broccoli (0pts) It was delicious and enough to get me through till the boys got home. I cooked them some grilled chicken and tomatoes and corn. I had one chicken breast (4pts), some tomatoes (0) and no corn a salad with low fat dressing (2pts). So - I had reached my 20 pts for the day and still felt good. About an hour after dinner, I got the motivation to go to the gym. And I rocked it!
I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. I had a little bit of my asthma acting up and had to stop 1.5 miles in to take a hit off my inhaler, but after that I was good. After my 4 miles, I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, really pushing and sweating a TON. Over all the machines tell me I burned 1250 calories. I counted 12 APs. If the 1250 is accurate, that's about what I ate that day in calories, so yesterday was a 0 net day calories wise.
Now, I know that's not a good idea to do on any regular basis, but for me it was a "recovery" day. I had a leader once that told me that if it was easier for you, you could calculate your points on a weekly basis. Which means I get 28 x 7 + 35 pts each week. Or 231. So, I get in between 196 and 231 points each week, I'm doing ok. Don't worry. I'm CERTAIN I got in over 231 points this week, even backing out the APs I earned (which was only 4 on Sunday and 12 yesterday). So, I'm not worried about "not eating enough" this week. Besides, tonight, as usual, I will be going out and drinking and certainly eating enough to cover for yesterday.
So - today's WI will be interesting. I still haven't figured out the WW scale yet. Last week, my at home scale showed 213.4 right before I left for my meeting an the WW scale showed me at 212.8. Usually, however, my at home scale is very close to the WW scale, if not lower. Who knows. This morning I showed 214 without clothes. So I'm expecting about 214.6 at home with clothes. What that will equate to on the WW scale - beats me. I'm hoping no more than 213.8. I can handle a 1 lb gain. I don't want it. I hate it. I've had 6 weeks of losses and don't want to kill the streak. But I'll take it. I deserve it this week.
I had a huge brief due today in the Supreme Court of Georgia. I just finished it, printed it, copied it, and put it in the envelope to take to the post office to ship it off certified. I'm so pleased with myself. I've had to kick butt this week getting the darn thing done, but I think the product is good. I'm pleased with my arguments, and confident the court will rule in our favor. The exciting news is that I'm going to get to argue before the Supreme Court on this case in the coming months. Something I haven't gotten to do in a while, and something that is always very exhilarating.
Well, with that, I'm off to the post office then home to rest before WI. I'm done drinking/eating until the 5:00 pm WI, so here's hoping for a maintian! :-)
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Can Not Get MOTIVATED to Exercise
Last WI: 212.8/At Home WI: 215.6
WEDNESDAY
Once again I'm at the day before WI and I'm afraid. :-( I've totally slacked this week in numerous ways and I just know I'm going to pay for it tomorrow. I just don't know yet how much it will cost. I left work early yesterday to get a nap in. I was so tired after our late night Monday night. I told myself I would take a 2 hour nap then go for a run or head to the gym. Well, I did the nap part. But I could NOT get my ass out of the house to exercise. I did eat a good dinner, low in points, high in veggies. I only went over my target points by 2 for the day so I wasn't bad per se, but I have a lot of making up to do for Thursday, Friday and Monday this week. Being 'ok' isn't going to cut it if I want to avoid a gain.
So this morning's WI was almost 2 lbs lower than yesterday but still very high if I have any hope of a loss or even maintaining tomorrow. So today is starvation day. Not really - don't freak out - I couldn't starve myself if I tried. But it is a very low point day. AND I WILL GET IN AT LEAST 9 APS TODAY. I'm shouting at myself, by the way. My goal - eat only 20 points, and earn 10+ APs. I can DO it. So far today I've had a balance bar for breakfast (4pts) and a snack of popcorn (2pts). I brought taco soup for lunch (5pts). That leaves me 9 pts for the rest of the day - more than enough. I think I'll have a snack of some tuna before I leave work (3pts) to get some protein in for my work out. I will leave work around 4:30 and go to the gym. I will run as long as I can, and then get on the elliptical and work out till I've earned at least 10 AP's (~1000 calories). Then I will go home and have a BIG salad before I cook something for dinner. Maybe I'll pull out some chicken breast and have one of those with some veggies and maranara sauce. Yum.
Erik has Daniel tonight so I know we won't be going out. And it can be an early night.
I have a PLAN.
Now, I just have to execute.
I can do this.
WEDNESDAY
Once again I'm at the day before WI and I'm afraid. :-( I've totally slacked this week in numerous ways and I just know I'm going to pay for it tomorrow. I just don't know yet how much it will cost. I left work early yesterday to get a nap in. I was so tired after our late night Monday night. I told myself I would take a 2 hour nap then go for a run or head to the gym. Well, I did the nap part. But I could NOT get my ass out of the house to exercise. I did eat a good dinner, low in points, high in veggies. I only went over my target points by 2 for the day so I wasn't bad per se, but I have a lot of making up to do for Thursday, Friday and Monday this week. Being 'ok' isn't going to cut it if I want to avoid a gain.
So this morning's WI was almost 2 lbs lower than yesterday but still very high if I have any hope of a loss or even maintaining tomorrow. So today is starvation day. Not really - don't freak out - I couldn't starve myself if I tried. But it is a very low point day. AND I WILL GET IN AT LEAST 9 APS TODAY. I'm shouting at myself, by the way. My goal - eat only 20 points, and earn 10+ APs. I can DO it. So far today I've had a balance bar for breakfast (4pts) and a snack of popcorn (2pts). I brought taco soup for lunch (5pts). That leaves me 9 pts for the rest of the day - more than enough. I think I'll have a snack of some tuna before I leave work (3pts) to get some protein in for my work out. I will leave work around 4:30 and go to the gym. I will run as long as I can, and then get on the elliptical and work out till I've earned at least 10 AP's (~1000 calories). Then I will go home and have a BIG salad before I cook something for dinner. Maybe I'll pull out some chicken breast and have one of those with some veggies and maranara sauce. Yum.
Erik has Daniel tonight so I know we won't be going out. And it can be an early night.
I have a PLAN.
Now, I just have to execute.
I can do this.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tough Week
Last WI: 212.8/At Home WI: 217.4 (drinking last night...)
TUESDAY
Well, I haven't blogged in four days, and I haven't really been all that good. Friday I was bad - I had wings for lunch and bar food for dinner. Saturday I was relatively good. I ate at home. I cooked a good WW recipe - hamburger casserole - for the boys. I ended up over about 6 points for the day. The really bad thing was I didn't exercise at ALL. Stupid. Sunday was better. I did get out and run/walk for 40 minutes, earning 4 APs and ate only my target points plus the 4 APs. Yesterday I fell again. It turns out certain friends are just bad influences when it comes to weight loss.
I work with a friend named Holly. She works in a different office than me, but we have the same boss - the DA. Well, the DA is planning this banquet for law enforecement officers in a couple of weeks. Holly called me late Sunday night to ask if I wanted to join her in taking some photos on Monday of local officers for our slide show at the banquet. I agreed, and met her at her office Monday morning. Well, she is my "skinny" friend who never has to worry about weight. When lunch rolled around she invited me to join her and her boyfriend at wings 'n things - a wing/burger joint. Well, there's not a lot of healthy choices there, and I generally am just bad at making good decisions with her and at that type of restaurant, so I ended up ordering the burger with cheese and tater tots. And we split an order of fried mushrooms. Boo.
After lunch we finished up our photos, and other errands for the banquet and I went shopping. I stocked up my fridge with lots of good food, but also bought snacks for last night's Monday night poker league game, that we were hosting. I tried to mix good with bad, chips and salsa as well as some boiled shrimp. I ended up not having a real dinner after my lunch splurge and basically grazed all night on the snacks. Not good. I also had too much alcohol, beer and wine. Not good. Thus why this morning's WI was bad.
Today so far, I've been ok and made some good choices. I had a balance bar for breakfast, and then had to run to the jail for preliminary hearings. My breakfast just didn't stick with me through the morning, so I had 2 mini muffins that the judge had brought in. Bad. Lunch I went to burger king and ordered the tender crisp chicken sandwich w/o the sauce. Not bad. I also had some light chips. Not bad. I'm still hungry though - Bad. I desparately need some exercise tonight but I'm so tired. I didn't get to sleep last night until after 2:00 am because of the poker game (which I didn't cash in by the way) and a ridiculously random discussion about religion I had with Erik starting at midnight. I definitely shouldn't get into philosophical discussions when I'm drunk. Note to self.
Anyway, I'm not sure what tonight holds, but I'm definitely planning on staying home, eating GOOD - lots of veggies, and REALLY trying to get myself motivated to work out.
Here's hoping.
TUESDAY
Well, I haven't blogged in four days, and I haven't really been all that good. Friday I was bad - I had wings for lunch and bar food for dinner. Saturday I was relatively good. I ate at home. I cooked a good WW recipe - hamburger casserole - for the boys. I ended up over about 6 points for the day. The really bad thing was I didn't exercise at ALL. Stupid. Sunday was better. I did get out and run/walk for 40 minutes, earning 4 APs and ate only my target points plus the 4 APs. Yesterday I fell again. It turns out certain friends are just bad influences when it comes to weight loss.
I work with a friend named Holly. She works in a different office than me, but we have the same boss - the DA. Well, the DA is planning this banquet for law enforecement officers in a couple of weeks. Holly called me late Sunday night to ask if I wanted to join her in taking some photos on Monday of local officers for our slide show at the banquet. I agreed, and met her at her office Monday morning. Well, she is my "skinny" friend who never has to worry about weight. When lunch rolled around she invited me to join her and her boyfriend at wings 'n things - a wing/burger joint. Well, there's not a lot of healthy choices there, and I generally am just bad at making good decisions with her and at that type of restaurant, so I ended up ordering the burger with cheese and tater tots. And we split an order of fried mushrooms. Boo.
After lunch we finished up our photos, and other errands for the banquet and I went shopping. I stocked up my fridge with lots of good food, but also bought snacks for last night's Monday night poker league game, that we were hosting. I tried to mix good with bad, chips and salsa as well as some boiled shrimp. I ended up not having a real dinner after my lunch splurge and basically grazed all night on the snacks. Not good. I also had too much alcohol, beer and wine. Not good. Thus why this morning's WI was bad.
Today so far, I've been ok and made some good choices. I had a balance bar for breakfast, and then had to run to the jail for preliminary hearings. My breakfast just didn't stick with me through the morning, so I had 2 mini muffins that the judge had brought in. Bad. Lunch I went to burger king and ordered the tender crisp chicken sandwich w/o the sauce. Not bad. I also had some light chips. Not bad. I'm still hungry though - Bad. I desparately need some exercise tonight but I'm so tired. I didn't get to sleep last night until after 2:00 am because of the poker game (which I didn't cash in by the way) and a ridiculously random discussion about religion I had with Erik starting at midnight. I definitely shouldn't get into philosophical discussions when I'm drunk. Note to self.
Anyway, I'm not sure what tonight holds, but I'm definitely planning on staying home, eating GOOD - lots of veggies, and REALLY trying to get myself motivated to work out.
Here's hoping.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Good Loss Finally!
Last WI: 212.8/At Home WI: 215.4
FRIDAY
Well, I weighed in yesterday and lost 1.4! Sad, but that is a HUGE loss for me of late. The best I've had in 6 weeks. AND this marks 6 straight weeks of losing! I'm so happy. I'm 1 lb away from the lowest I've been since re-joining WW last year. In January, I got as low as 211.8 after kicking butt during the holidays. I'm hoping for a 1+ lb loss next week so I can get working on some new lows...
Well, this morning's weight is high, as expected, after my thursday night splurge. Erik and I went to Yknots again for drinks/poker. We both busted out pretty early and were home before 10:00. Not before I had a good number of beers and some chicken nachos, though. :-)
I did write it down, however, and regardless how ugly, it's in the books. Which brings me to my next success - I am now on day 43 of my target 84 days journaling. I totally attribute my last 6 weeks of losses to tracking. Success begets success, as they say.
Well, today I'm going to meet some friends at Wings n Things for poker and lunch around 2:00. I haven't eaten anything yet today so I need to find something to tide me over until then. I don't think I'm going to get any exercise in today, which is sad because I should, but big plans for the weekend includ running both saturday and sunday.
Here's to a good OP weekend!
FRIDAY
Well, I weighed in yesterday and lost 1.4! Sad, but that is a HUGE loss for me of late. The best I've had in 6 weeks. AND this marks 6 straight weeks of losing! I'm so happy. I'm 1 lb away from the lowest I've been since re-joining WW last year. In January, I got as low as 211.8 after kicking butt during the holidays. I'm hoping for a 1+ lb loss next week so I can get working on some new lows...
Well, this morning's weight is high, as expected, after my thursday night splurge. Erik and I went to Yknots again for drinks/poker. We both busted out pretty early and were home before 10:00. Not before I had a good number of beers and some chicken nachos, though. :-)
I did write it down, however, and regardless how ugly, it's in the books. Which brings me to my next success - I am now on day 43 of my target 84 days journaling. I totally attribute my last 6 weeks of losses to tracking. Success begets success, as they say.
Well, today I'm going to meet some friends at Wings n Things for poker and lunch around 2:00. I haven't eaten anything yet today so I need to find something to tide me over until then. I don't think I'm going to get any exercise in today, which is sad because I should, but big plans for the weekend includ running both saturday and sunday.
Here's to a good OP weekend!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Shopping and WI day.
Last WI: 214.2/At Home WI: 213.4
THURSDAY
Ok, so today is WI day - again. I'm hoping for a loss. I just don't know. I'm definitely lower at home than I was last week, but other than last week, my at home scale has always been about a pound lower than WI at WW. So I'm not sure. This morning the scale was only down a little despite the fact that I kicked ass yesterday. I ended up snacking a bit last night, but I still ended the day at 30 pts and 10 APs so not bad at all. I sure wish I would have seen a bigger loss this morning, but now I'm just gonna have to see what happens.
I went shopping this morning. I went to Old Navy and Payless Shoes. I ended up getting home spending less than 100 dollars! Amazing for me. I bought 1 pair of jeans from old navy - size 14 long. I generally wear a 16/18 right now so it was nice to fit into the 14's. They were tight, but the 16s were too loose so I'm hoping I'll get skinnier rather than fatter an fit into the 14s better as time goes on. I also know that Old Navy sizes run big, so I'm not considering myself a 14 just yet. Maybe in another 10 lbs. :-) I also bought 4 cami's to wear under some cute pull-over's I have 2 for 12! Got some flip flops from Old Navy and 2 pair of shoes from Payless - some black sandles and brown work shoes.
Not much else to say today. I'll try to post after WI tonight. :-)
THURSDAY
Ok, so today is WI day - again. I'm hoping for a loss. I just don't know. I'm definitely lower at home than I was last week, but other than last week, my at home scale has always been about a pound lower than WI at WW. So I'm not sure. This morning the scale was only down a little despite the fact that I kicked ass yesterday. I ended up snacking a bit last night, but I still ended the day at 30 pts and 10 APs so not bad at all. I sure wish I would have seen a bigger loss this morning, but now I'm just gonna have to see what happens.
I went shopping this morning. I went to Old Navy and Payless Shoes. I ended up getting home spending less than 100 dollars! Amazing for me. I bought 1 pair of jeans from old navy - size 14 long. I generally wear a 16/18 right now so it was nice to fit into the 14's. They were tight, but the 16s were too loose so I'm hoping I'll get skinnier rather than fatter an fit into the 14s better as time goes on. I also know that Old Navy sizes run big, so I'm not considering myself a 14 just yet. Maybe in another 10 lbs. :-) I also bought 4 cami's to wear under some cute pull-over's I have 2 for 12! Got some flip flops from Old Navy and 2 pair of shoes from Payless - some black sandles and brown work shoes.
Not much else to say today. I'll try to post after WI tonight. :-)
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Stupid Poptart
Last WI: 214.2/At Home WI: 213.6
WEDNESDAY
I couldn't seem to get my butt to the gym yesterday. Total slacker. I got home and simply couldn't get the motivation to go to the gym. I was sorta good points wise- I only went over a little. I shouldn't have gone over at all, but a chocolate craving called me late at work yesterday. I had (stupidly) bought a pack of smores poptarts earlier in the week, so I had that as a snack. An 8 POINT snack. Not necessary. But I ended up over by 10 yesterday. I wouldn't have been so bad off but for the poptarts. Some things I just can't resist, so I shouldn't buy. I won't be buying them again.
So, after the pop-tart debacle, I finished work and came home. I wanted to find the motivation to go to the gym, but simply couldn't. In exchange, I did try not to eat much, since when I got home I was already over 2 pts for the day. I ended up having an egg salad sandwich, popcorn, and some broccoli w/dip. 9 pts total for the evening, which would have been fine but for the pop-tart. Oh well. Enough dwelling on the stupid pop-tart.
Today I went to see the Georgia Court of Appeals. They came down from Atlanta to our county to hear oral arguments. It was neat to see, but I sneezed my way through. I'm not sure if it's allergies or a cold, but I took the rest of the day off.
For breakfast, I had a balance bar (4 pts). For lunch I had another egg salad sandwich (finally finished off the easter hard-boiled eggs!) (5pts) and some PB2 (2pts). I made it to the gym after the oral argument - notwithstanding the allergies - and got 3 miles in on the treadmill along with 30 minutes on the elliptical. 10 AP for the day, and really for the week. I wish I'd gone yesterday as well, but hopefully this will do for tomorrow.
For dinner I made a WW tuna casserole with green beans and salad. 11pts total for dinner 13 pts total for dinner. The casserole was good but not great. I do have lots of leftovers for work lunches though.
This morning's at home WI was good considering this week. I'm hoping tomorrow's home WI will be less than 213. If it is, I have hope for a loss tomorrow. I would LOVE to lose a pound or more, but any loss will be great - as usual.
I know I'll go out tomorrow night, but this weekend I don't have any plans. There's a 5K nearby that I want to try to run. I also want to get a good full OP weekend. Maybe then I'll have a "good" loss one week. I'm totally not complaining about 5 straight weeks of losses, no matter how small, but I know that if I had less "indulgent" days like Thursday and Friday, and even Saturday this week, I would have much better losses and wouldn't have as much "catch up" work to do mid-week.
WEDNESDAY
I couldn't seem to get my butt to the gym yesterday. Total slacker. I got home and simply couldn't get the motivation to go to the gym. I was sorta good points wise- I only went over a little. I shouldn't have gone over at all, but a chocolate craving called me late at work yesterday. I had (stupidly) bought a pack of smores poptarts earlier in the week, so I had that as a snack. An 8 POINT snack. Not necessary. But I ended up over by 10 yesterday. I wouldn't have been so bad off but for the poptarts. Some things I just can't resist, so I shouldn't buy. I won't be buying them again.
So, after the pop-tart debacle, I finished work and came home. I wanted to find the motivation to go to the gym, but simply couldn't. In exchange, I did try not to eat much, since when I got home I was already over 2 pts for the day. I ended up having an egg salad sandwich, popcorn, and some broccoli w/dip. 9 pts total for the evening, which would have been fine but for the pop-tart. Oh well. Enough dwelling on the stupid pop-tart.
Today I went to see the Georgia Court of Appeals. They came down from Atlanta to our county to hear oral arguments. It was neat to see, but I sneezed my way through. I'm not sure if it's allergies or a cold, but I took the rest of the day off.
For breakfast, I had a balance bar (4 pts). For lunch I had another egg salad sandwich (finally finished off the easter hard-boiled eggs!) (5pts) and some PB2 (2pts). I made it to the gym after the oral argument - notwithstanding the allergies - and got 3 miles in on the treadmill along with 30 minutes on the elliptical. 10 AP for the day, and really for the week. I wish I'd gone yesterday as well, but hopefully this will do for tomorrow.
For dinner I made a WW tuna casserole with green beans and salad. 11pts total for dinner 13 pts total for dinner. The casserole was good but not great. I do have lots of leftovers for work lunches though.
This morning's at home WI was good considering this week. I'm hoping tomorrow's home WI will be less than 213. If it is, I have hope for a loss tomorrow. I would LOVE to lose a pound or more, but any loss will be great - as usual.
I know I'll go out tomorrow night, but this weekend I don't have any plans. There's a 5K nearby that I want to try to run. I also want to get a good full OP weekend. Maybe then I'll have a "good" loss one week. I'm totally not complaining about 5 straight weeks of losses, no matter how small, but I know that if I had less "indulgent" days like Thursday and Friday, and even Saturday this week, I would have much better losses and wouldn't have as much "catch up" work to do mid-week.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Myspace Humor
Funny story. I use myspace to keep up with friends (see link to right). I also have my brother's Joey and Kerry, as my friends. One of the things on my myspace page is a link to a quiz to see how well my friends know me. Basically you go there and create a quiz that your friends have to take. I created the questions designed to trip up people who "kinda" know me, but people who know me well should get right. Well, my best friend and boyfriend got 100%. Good for them! I knew they knew me. :-) Well, yesterday, I noticed my brother Joey had taken the test. On the myspace page you can only see what they scored, not what they got wrong. Well, my brother only got a 70%. So I'm thinking - what the hell did he get wrong? Well, turns out he missed my favorite casino game (it's craps, though he knows I play a lot of poker, so that's what he picked) no problem. I understand that misstep. And he missed who my favorite male actor is - duh! - Will Smith! But, I can also understand I don't talk about dreamy actors with my brother. Forgiven. BUT. The last one he missed. Get this - how many neices and nephews do I have? That's right, it's a simple counting task - count up all his kids, and all my brother's kids. Total: 6. Well - Joey has 4 children. My "half" brother has 2. Joey selected the option "4". Which I put in there to trip up my friends who didn't know I had a half-brother whom I don't keep as much in contact with as Joey. But it tripped up JOEY. LOL. That is so funny. I had to comment on his page on how self-absorbed he was. Of course he had to respond. Funny sibling banter. :-)
Papa Johns - Not so bad if you only have 1 slice!
Last WI: 214.2/At Home WI: 214.4 (better!)
TUESDAY
Well I was good yesterday but not perfect. Eh - such is life. I ate my lunch I had brought from home yesterday at work. I wanted to leave work early to get a run in before our Monday night poker tournament. Well I did leave early - about 3:30, but ended up getting home and just resting before it was time to leave. The Monday night gig's go so late, I didn't want to be too tired today. I did eat TONS of veggies yesterday. A huge salad for lunch. A bowl of spinach with dinner and a bowl of green beans too. Lots of good protein with eggs and cheese. Not a lot of meat yesterday except what was in my taco soup. Oh and a fresh tomato too with dinner. Yum. I left at 6:45 for the poker tournament having 6 points left for the day. I "hoped" to not use them and just credit them against this weekend's indulgences but - it was not meant to be.
A friend, Matt, hosted the tournament last night and he had ordered Papa Johns pizza. I ended up limiting myself to one slice of thin crust pepperoni and a few potato chips. So, all in all not bad. Actually it was probably 8 pts total (6 for the pizza and 2 for the chips) but I'm not too upset with that - generally a good show of will power. Going over only 2 pts yesterday was all good. We got home late - like 12:15. Then chatted in bed for a while. Finally to sleep at 1:00 AM!
Today I DESPERATELY need to work out. It's been 6 days since I earned ANY activity points. So - the plan is simple. I think I'm going to do subway for lunch. I didn't bring lunch today. I don't want to get sick of my taco soup and salad lunch, so I need to mix it up occasionally. After work, I'm going home to run 6 miles. The weather is nice today (been very cold lately) so I shouldn't have any excuses. Plan to stay home tonight and eat good - not eat any of the AP - and try to eat less than my target points. I need to get that at home scale at or under 213.0 before Thursday!
On good news - I ended up doing well in the tournament last night. Of 15 players, I got 3rd - good for some money and some points. :-)
I think it'll be a good day today. I just learned that the judge released the juror's for the rest of this "trial week". What that means is that after the case he's trying now (which my boss is doing) there won't be any more trials this week. What that really means, is that with the exception of tomorrow when I'm going to see the Court of Appeal's oral arguments, I don't have to wear a suit anymore this week. :-) I love my casual office. I get to wear jeans!
TUESDAY
Well I was good yesterday but not perfect. Eh - such is life. I ate my lunch I had brought from home yesterday at work. I wanted to leave work early to get a run in before our Monday night poker tournament. Well I did leave early - about 3:30, but ended up getting home and just resting before it was time to leave. The Monday night gig's go so late, I didn't want to be too tired today. I did eat TONS of veggies yesterday. A huge salad for lunch. A bowl of spinach with dinner and a bowl of green beans too. Lots of good protein with eggs and cheese. Not a lot of meat yesterday except what was in my taco soup. Oh and a fresh tomato too with dinner. Yum. I left at 6:45 for the poker tournament having 6 points left for the day. I "hoped" to not use them and just credit them against this weekend's indulgences but - it was not meant to be.
A friend, Matt, hosted the tournament last night and he had ordered Papa Johns pizza. I ended up limiting myself to one slice of thin crust pepperoni and a few potato chips. So, all in all not bad. Actually it was probably 8 pts total (6 for the pizza and 2 for the chips) but I'm not too upset with that - generally a good show of will power. Going over only 2 pts yesterday was all good. We got home late - like 12:15. Then chatted in bed for a while. Finally to sleep at 1:00 AM!
Today I DESPERATELY need to work out. It's been 6 days since I earned ANY activity points. So - the plan is simple. I think I'm going to do subway for lunch. I didn't bring lunch today. I don't want to get sick of my taco soup and salad lunch, so I need to mix it up occasionally. After work, I'm going home to run 6 miles. The weather is nice today (been very cold lately) so I shouldn't have any excuses. Plan to stay home tonight and eat good - not eat any of the AP - and try to eat less than my target points. I need to get that at home scale at or under 213.0 before Thursday!
On good news - I ended up doing well in the tournament last night. Of 15 players, I got 3rd - good for some money and some points. :-)
I think it'll be a good day today. I just learned that the judge released the juror's for the rest of this "trial week". What that means is that after the case he's trying now (which my boss is doing) there won't be any more trials this week. What that really means, is that with the exception of tomorrow when I'm going to see the Court of Appeal's oral arguments, I don't have to wear a suit anymore this week. :-) I love my casual office. I get to wear jeans!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Great Indulgent Weekend in Atlanta!
Last WI: 214.2/ At Home WI: 217.2 (ick)
MONDAY
Well, this weekend was wonderful. And of course I'm paying for it on the scale. :-( But - it's better today than yesterday. Yesterday morning I saw 219.2. That was mostly dehydration, however. Friday I left work early and had lunch with Holly in Fayetteville. We went to Bugaboo Creek and I did "ok", but definitely not great. I had my favorite "Twin Peaks Sandwich" which is basically chicken, and moz cheese on cuban style bread. Not horrible, but I should have only eaten half of it. I also had a salad with ranch on the side (2pts) and some mashed potatoes (counted at 4pts) and bread (umm. yeah - like 6 pts). It was very good - but I shouldn't have splurged for lunch since I knew I was going out for dinner and drinks.
Friday evening I had the best intentions of hitting the hotel gym once we got up to Atlanta while Erik was in his meeting with my lawyer friend. But, we got to talking, and I ended up staying with him through the meeting. It was great catching up with an old friend. Then we went to a "tapas" restaurant for dinner. So - good, but definitely too much food and drink. Out to a club after that, where we got blitzed, but could walk back to the hotel. Very good times. I can only estimate points, but I went WAY over of course.
Saturday I had Fellini's for lunch in Atlanta - one of those restaurants I don't get very often now that I've moved out of the city. It's a great pizza joint, and my typical order of salad and one (large!) slice of pizza is about 15 pts. Then we were off to the poker tournament. I had some beer and they had chick-fil-a for dinner, so I went over again, but not as bad as Friday. Lots of fun. I ended up in 19th place out of about 120 players. Not enough for money - but just enough to be disappointed in no money. Oh well - I had a great time. Erik busted out much earlier - like about 50th, but hung out and cheered me on.
Sunday was a catch up day. We slept till almost noon! Then it was time to hit the grocery store and stock up for the week. I did very well. I almost got out of there under $100 but ended up at $109. I hate grocery shopping as I never seem to be able to spend under $100 no matter how long or short my list is! After grocery shopping I prepped my salads for the week, and then had to do my taxes. I know - I know - very late. For some reason, this year, I just couldn't get myself on it earlier. I usually have them done in February, but this year I just kept putting it off. Unfortunately my procrastination cost me a work out because I had hoped to get to the gym before our 4:00 poker tournament. No such luck. The Sunday tournament went till 10:00. Erik won and I got 4th (out of 8) so it was a fun night. After that I had to finish my taxes and get to bed.
Today is another "trial week" but after calendar call this morning, it doesn't look like any of my cases are going to trial. Which is good because I have a brief due on Thursday for the Supreme Court and really need this week to finish that.
Today's plan is to eat as few points as possible and "try" to get a work out in. Again I have a poker tournament tonight to go to - this one I help host - so I'm going to have to get out of work early to make it to the gym. Since I'm not trying any cases, though, that might be possible. I've had 4 pts so far today. I'd love to finish the day around 20-24 and get 10AP's. That will help counter-act this weekends "free-for all"
I do get to report that even though I totally over-indulged this weekend, I still tracked. So I'm on course for my 84 days of tracking challenge. I definitely had to "guesstimate" on Friday nights points A) because it was Tapas - weird food i wouldn't normally know the points for, and B) I had a lot too much to drink and don't remember the end of the night too well. Oh well - It's in the book, for better or for worse.
My goal to start lifting weights hasn't work out too well either. Maybe I can get that in today, but in reality if I get to the gym at all priority is as many AP as possible in my short time frame. That equals running! Which is good since I haven't run since Tuesday last week, or done any cardio since Wednesday last week. Gotta get back on that horse!
MONDAY
Well, this weekend was wonderful. And of course I'm paying for it on the scale. :-( But - it's better today than yesterday. Yesterday morning I saw 219.2. That was mostly dehydration, however. Friday I left work early and had lunch with Holly in Fayetteville. We went to Bugaboo Creek and I did "ok", but definitely not great. I had my favorite "Twin Peaks Sandwich" which is basically chicken, and moz cheese on cuban style bread. Not horrible, but I should have only eaten half of it. I also had a salad with ranch on the side (2pts) and some mashed potatoes (counted at 4pts) and bread (umm. yeah - like 6 pts). It was very good - but I shouldn't have splurged for lunch since I knew I was going out for dinner and drinks.
Friday evening I had the best intentions of hitting the hotel gym once we got up to Atlanta while Erik was in his meeting with my lawyer friend. But, we got to talking, and I ended up staying with him through the meeting. It was great catching up with an old friend. Then we went to a "tapas" restaurant for dinner. So - good, but definitely too much food and drink. Out to a club after that, where we got blitzed, but could walk back to the hotel. Very good times. I can only estimate points, but I went WAY over of course.
Saturday I had Fellini's for lunch in Atlanta - one of those restaurants I don't get very often now that I've moved out of the city. It's a great pizza joint, and my typical order of salad and one (large!) slice of pizza is about 15 pts. Then we were off to the poker tournament. I had some beer and they had chick-fil-a for dinner, so I went over again, but not as bad as Friday. Lots of fun. I ended up in 19th place out of about 120 players. Not enough for money - but just enough to be disappointed in no money. Oh well - I had a great time. Erik busted out much earlier - like about 50th, but hung out and cheered me on.
Sunday was a catch up day. We slept till almost noon! Then it was time to hit the grocery store and stock up for the week. I did very well. I almost got out of there under $100 but ended up at $109. I hate grocery shopping as I never seem to be able to spend under $100 no matter how long or short my list is! After grocery shopping I prepped my salads for the week, and then had to do my taxes. I know - I know - very late. For some reason, this year, I just couldn't get myself on it earlier. I usually have them done in February, but this year I just kept putting it off. Unfortunately my procrastination cost me a work out because I had hoped to get to the gym before our 4:00 poker tournament. No such luck. The Sunday tournament went till 10:00. Erik won and I got 4th (out of 8) so it was a fun night. After that I had to finish my taxes and get to bed.
Today is another "trial week" but after calendar call this morning, it doesn't look like any of my cases are going to trial. Which is good because I have a brief due on Thursday for the Supreme Court and really need this week to finish that.
Today's plan is to eat as few points as possible and "try" to get a work out in. Again I have a poker tournament tonight to go to - this one I help host - so I'm going to have to get out of work early to make it to the gym. Since I'm not trying any cases, though, that might be possible. I've had 4 pts so far today. I'd love to finish the day around 20-24 and get 10AP's. That will help counter-act this weekends "free-for all"
I do get to report that even though I totally over-indulged this weekend, I still tracked. So I'm on course for my 84 days of tracking challenge. I definitely had to "guesstimate" on Friday nights points A) because it was Tapas - weird food i wouldn't normally know the points for, and B) I had a lot too much to drink and don't remember the end of the night too well. Oh well - It's in the book, for better or for worse.
My goal to start lifting weights hasn't work out too well either. Maybe I can get that in today, but in reality if I get to the gym at all priority is as many AP as possible in my short time frame. That equals running! Which is good since I haven't run since Tuesday last week, or done any cardio since Wednesday last week. Gotta get back on that horse!
Friday, April 13, 2007
Oh my goodness - Angels shined down on me!
Last WI: 214.2/ At home WI: 215.2
(eh on the last number, but did you SEE that first number?)
FRIDAY
Oh my, oh my. I can NOT believe it. Angels must have been looking down on me yesterday because by some fluky flukiness, I actually LOST weight at WI yesterday. Yep, lost. Ok - so it was only 0.4, but hey when you're expecting a gain, any loss is a huge loss!
So - that makes 5 WEEKS of losing. That's a tie for my all-time best streak. Now - if I lose again next week? We're breaking records here! And I fully intended to lose again next week.
So - yesterday at work, I did my typical WI day routine. I ate a good size breakfast. I chugged water (and a couple diet cokes - addicted here) until 1:00. Then I "fasted" until WI at 5:00. I actually got out of work early, about 2:45 to go by the Fayette office to drop something off. That gave me about an hour at home before WI to chill. I ended up taking a quick cat nap.
To be honest, part of the success yesterday can probably be attributed to the fact that I've started weighing in in shorts. It's April now, and getting warmer here in Georgia, so I decided this week was a good time to switch to shorts for WI. I have this super light pair of shorts, that are actually already almost too big, but that I'm going to try to were through the summer for WI. They weigh almost nothing, so it gets me close to my at home weight. So - maybe the "loss" can be attributed to that, but I'm not complaining. I'll be consistent from now on - wearing those shorts, so any future losses should be legit.
After WI yesterday Erik called to say that a couple wanted to come look at the house at 6:30. Mind you it's about 6:00 when he's telling me this, I've just gotten out of my meeting, and on my way home. I had hung out at the house a bit before the meeting, and slept a bit, so the bed wasn't made, the house wasn't picked up. So I raced home and we did a quick speed cleaning routine to make the house presentable for the couple at 6:30. It was actually kinda funny. Erik was vacuming, while I'm making the bed and scrubbing down the kitchen. He's sweeping, while I'm scrubbing behind him. Kinda cute actually.
A little background on the house. Erik has lived in this house since 1999 when he bought it with his first wife. He's lived with two wives there, and after the last separation and divorce, I met him and moved in last year. Now that we've been together almost 2 years, we've decided to find a house together. Something small and more convenient to where he works and where we hang out a lot. So, he listed the house at the end of last summer. It's been on the market now for about 10 months. He's had a couple real low ball offers, but nothing serious, and he's REALLY trying to sell the house now. So, once a week or so, we go into a cleaning frenzy when we're told someone wants to look at it.
Erik also built a new house in a city a couple miles away, for an investment. That house is now also on the market, and once he sells both of them, we'll be able to get our own place. I'm so ready for that, but the market's been so tough lately, they just aren't selling. This is a major point of frustration for both of us.
Anyway, after the couple looked at the house - Erik gave them the grand tour - we headed to YKnots for your Thursday night poker/party. He drove, so I could drink We had a good time, but both of us went out of the poker tournament pretty quickly. Which is good because it kept me from drinking too much. We were home by 10:00 and caught up on the lastest episode of Lost.
Today I'm only going to be at work for a little while. I'm leaving about 11:00 to run some errands and head home to pack for tonight. Erik and I are going to Atlanta for a date night. He has an appointment with an attorney friend of mine at 4:00 then we're going to do dinner, and drinks in the city. With that in mind, I was thinking about going for a run when I get home this afternoon. If I could get 6-10 AP's earned, I'd feel better about this evening's indulgences. I'm going to plan for that. Hopefully I'll keep the motivation.
I was actually pleased with the number on the scale this morning. I'm always up on Friday's because Thursday after WI is my "splurge" day. But it wasn't too bad this morning. I'm hoping if I can keep up the exercise this week, I can get a good loss in next week. By good loss, I mean over a pound. LOL. Hey - if I keep losing, even in small numbers, at least I'm not gaining - something I inevitably do when I'm not OP.
I plan to have a good day - indulgences notwithstanding.
Here's hoping!
(eh on the last number, but did you SEE that first number?)
FRIDAY
Oh my, oh my. I can NOT believe it. Angels must have been looking down on me yesterday because by some fluky flukiness, I actually LOST weight at WI yesterday. Yep, lost. Ok - so it was only 0.4, but hey when you're expecting a gain, any loss is a huge loss!
So - that makes 5 WEEKS of losing. That's a tie for my all-time best streak. Now - if I lose again next week? We're breaking records here! And I fully intended to lose again next week.
So - yesterday at work, I did my typical WI day routine. I ate a good size breakfast. I chugged water (and a couple diet cokes - addicted here) until 1:00. Then I "fasted" until WI at 5:00. I actually got out of work early, about 2:45 to go by the Fayette office to drop something off. That gave me about an hour at home before WI to chill. I ended up taking a quick cat nap.
To be honest, part of the success yesterday can probably be attributed to the fact that I've started weighing in in shorts. It's April now, and getting warmer here in Georgia, so I decided this week was a good time to switch to shorts for WI. I have this super light pair of shorts, that are actually already almost too big, but that I'm going to try to were through the summer for WI. They weigh almost nothing, so it gets me close to my at home weight. So - maybe the "loss" can be attributed to that, but I'm not complaining. I'll be consistent from now on - wearing those shorts, so any future losses should be legit.
After WI yesterday Erik called to say that a couple wanted to come look at the house at 6:30. Mind you it's about 6:00 when he's telling me this, I've just gotten out of my meeting, and on my way home. I had hung out at the house a bit before the meeting, and slept a bit, so the bed wasn't made, the house wasn't picked up. So I raced home and we did a quick speed cleaning routine to make the house presentable for the couple at 6:30. It was actually kinda funny. Erik was vacuming, while I'm making the bed and scrubbing down the kitchen. He's sweeping, while I'm scrubbing behind him. Kinda cute actually.
A little background on the house. Erik has lived in this house since 1999 when he bought it with his first wife. He's lived with two wives there, and after the last separation and divorce, I met him and moved in last year. Now that we've been together almost 2 years, we've decided to find a house together. Something small and more convenient to where he works and where we hang out a lot. So, he listed the house at the end of last summer. It's been on the market now for about 10 months. He's had a couple real low ball offers, but nothing serious, and he's REALLY trying to sell the house now. So, once a week or so, we go into a cleaning frenzy when we're told someone wants to look at it.
Erik also built a new house in a city a couple miles away, for an investment. That house is now also on the market, and once he sells both of them, we'll be able to get our own place. I'm so ready for that, but the market's been so tough lately, they just aren't selling. This is a major point of frustration for both of us.
Anyway, after the couple looked at the house - Erik gave them the grand tour - we headed to YKnots for your Thursday night poker/party. He drove, so I could drink We had a good time, but both of us went out of the poker tournament pretty quickly. Which is good because it kept me from drinking too much. We were home by 10:00 and caught up on the lastest episode of Lost.
Today I'm only going to be at work for a little while. I'm leaving about 11:00 to run some errands and head home to pack for tonight. Erik and I are going to Atlanta for a date night. He has an appointment with an attorney friend of mine at 4:00 then we're going to do dinner, and drinks in the city. With that in mind, I was thinking about going for a run when I get home this afternoon. If I could get 6-10 AP's earned, I'd feel better about this evening's indulgences. I'm going to plan for that. Hopefully I'll keep the motivation.
I was actually pleased with the number on the scale this morning. I'm always up on Friday's because Thursday after WI is my "splurge" day. But it wasn't too bad this morning. I'm hoping if I can keep up the exercise this week, I can get a good loss in next week. By good loss, I mean over a pound. LOL. Hey - if I keep losing, even in small numbers, at least I'm not gaining - something I inevitably do when I'm not OP.
I plan to have a good day - indulgences notwithstanding.
Here's hoping!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Re-evaluated
Ok, so I've been really mulling over my frustration about today's weight and I've come to the conclusion that maybe I deserve this. Ok, not maybe - I DO deserve this. In reality I dodged a bullet last week. I went back into e-tools and entered all my food for the last 3 weeks. I have been "tracking" for 5 weeks, but in my personal journal and not putting it all in e-tools. That exercise has helped me not get off track too far when I do, but I haven't really been calculating my weekly points allowance. If I'm OP one day, I generally try to stay at my target points, knowing that my extra flex points will be used on the days I stray. On those days I journal, but don't really figure out how many flex points I have left, or how far in the hole I've gone.
Well, e-tools did it for me. The cool thing about e-tools is that you can look at the "weekly" view. I put in the last few weeks, and checked out my weeks. Well, it's true that this week I did pretty well. My friday binge used up my flex points and then some, but I ended the week only negative 28 points in the hole. BUT, I had 17 AP that were never swapped or eaten. So in reality I only went over 11 points for the week. Not bad really - that's 1-2 pts per day. This is why I hoped for a loss this week.
But - if we back UP a week, we see that the week prior, I went over my points by 86. Yes 86!! and I only earned 10 AP for the week, and they were used the day I got them. So, in reality the fact that I lost 0.6 last week was crazy. I mean I totally deserved a 1-2 lb gain. It was some fluke of the scale last Thursday that put me at the 214.6 number. So - let's say I had gained 1.4 last week instead of lost .6 (a realistic assumption). I would have been at 216.6. So - if today I'm under that (I hope I am!) then I should consider that a "loss" from this week, right?
I know - I'm playing with the numbers, but I've got to rationalize it somehow. I can't believe that in a week I went over by 86 points I deserve to lose .6 but in a week I only went over 11, I deserve to gain. That just doesn't fly with my logical brain. So I've got to believe last week's WI was a fluke - that I just got "lucky" and that this week I'm really doing better. AND that NEXT week, if I can stay close to "even" and not go over, I will see a good loss. Right?
Another thing I've been pondering lately is metabolism. It's frustrating because last time I did WW seriously, in 2001, the weight literally fell off. I mean I think I had 2-3 gains over the 4 months it took me to get to goal. I had lots of weeks where I lost 2 lbs and 3 lbs. Losses I would DIE for now. I was 23 then. I'm 29 now. Does metabolism change that much? Is it just that I've lost it once and gained it back that my body doesn't want to do it again? Is it metabolism or am I not doing the program as religiously? I feel like it can't be the last possibility because I specifically remember the first go-around that even if I went over up to 30 pts from my "banked" points (used Winning Points back then) I still had around a 2 lb loss. I really think my metabolism has changed.
So - I'm going to TRY to get back into lifting weights. I did that back then, and I know that is the only proven way to increase metabolism (without chemical help). For some reason, though, this time around I just hate lifting. I've gotten back into exercising and am averaging at least 2, usually 3 times per week running or doing other cardio, but weight training just has no appeal to me. I know the scientific reasons it's good though, so maybe this week's mini-goal will be to get in 3 weight training sessions. It looks like the first will be Sunday (maybe Saturday, but unlikely). That will leave me needing 2 more Mon-Wed. I'm going to see if I can do it. Along with my running/cardio of course.
Ok - now that I'm a little more centered about today's weight, hopefully the WI won't screw me up too much. I know we're going out tonight. I know I'm going to drink. But I'm going to try to reign it in. I know tomorrow night is going to be indulgent to, so hopefully I won't go tooo overboard tonight..
Here's hoping.
Well, e-tools did it for me. The cool thing about e-tools is that you can look at the "weekly" view. I put in the last few weeks, and checked out my weeks. Well, it's true that this week I did pretty well. My friday binge used up my flex points and then some, but I ended the week only negative 28 points in the hole. BUT, I had 17 AP that were never swapped or eaten. So in reality I only went over 11 points for the week. Not bad really - that's 1-2 pts per day. This is why I hoped for a loss this week.
But - if we back UP a week, we see that the week prior, I went over my points by 86. Yes 86!! and I only earned 10 AP for the week, and they were used the day I got them. So, in reality the fact that I lost 0.6 last week was crazy. I mean I totally deserved a 1-2 lb gain. It was some fluke of the scale last Thursday that put me at the 214.6 number. So - let's say I had gained 1.4 last week instead of lost .6 (a realistic assumption). I would have been at 216.6. So - if today I'm under that (I hope I am!) then I should consider that a "loss" from this week, right?
I know - I'm playing with the numbers, but I've got to rationalize it somehow. I can't believe that in a week I went over by 86 points I deserve to lose .6 but in a week I only went over 11, I deserve to gain. That just doesn't fly with my logical brain. So I've got to believe last week's WI was a fluke - that I just got "lucky" and that this week I'm really doing better. AND that NEXT week, if I can stay close to "even" and not go over, I will see a good loss. Right?
Another thing I've been pondering lately is metabolism. It's frustrating because last time I did WW seriously, in 2001, the weight literally fell off. I mean I think I had 2-3 gains over the 4 months it took me to get to goal. I had lots of weeks where I lost 2 lbs and 3 lbs. Losses I would DIE for now. I was 23 then. I'm 29 now. Does metabolism change that much? Is it just that I've lost it once and gained it back that my body doesn't want to do it again? Is it metabolism or am I not doing the program as religiously? I feel like it can't be the last possibility because I specifically remember the first go-around that even if I went over up to 30 pts from my "banked" points (used Winning Points back then) I still had around a 2 lb loss. I really think my metabolism has changed.
So - I'm going to TRY to get back into lifting weights. I did that back then, and I know that is the only proven way to increase metabolism (without chemical help). For some reason, though, this time around I just hate lifting. I've gotten back into exercising and am averaging at least 2, usually 3 times per week running or doing other cardio, but weight training just has no appeal to me. I know the scientific reasons it's good though, so maybe this week's mini-goal will be to get in 3 weight training sessions. It looks like the first will be Sunday (maybe Saturday, but unlikely). That will leave me needing 2 more Mon-Wed. I'm going to see if I can do it. Along with my running/cardio of course.
Ok - now that I'm a little more centered about today's weight, hopefully the WI won't screw me up too much. I know we're going out tonight. I know I'm going to drink. But I'm going to try to reign it in. I know tomorrow night is going to be indulgent to, so hopefully I won't go tooo overboard tonight..
Here's hoping.
Even MORE Frustrated.
Last WI: 214.6/At Home WI: 214.4
(down .2 from yesterday?!?!?!? WTF?)
THURSDAY
Ok, so, what the hell. I mean what the HELL? I've kicked butt the last few days and seen NO results. I ate 29 points yesterday and earned 11 AP. I ended up going to the gym last night after I ate all my daily points (28) and was feeling worried about WI today. I did 1 HOUR on the elliptical and a bit on the treadmill at an incline. Total burn was over 1100 calories. Went home chugged lots of water (I sweated a LOT) and went to bed. And this morning, I'm "rewarded" with a 0.2 lb loss. That's it. I really needed to see close to 213 this morning to have any hope for a loss today. Now I'm certain that my WI will show a gain. A GAIN. The first in a month.
I've been so good about journaling. So good about exercising and SO good about getting back on track when I do fall off a bit. Why oh why am I being punished? I'm so sad.
I don't want to give up. And I won't. But it's just so frustrating. I know the long run is what counts. I know that if I don't slip this coming week I *should* see a good loss next week. But it's the weekly WI's and the weekly losses - even if small - that get me through the next week. I can "chart" my progress, I can predict my success, I can generally be in the right state of mind to do it right. But this, this throws me for a loop.
On another topic, I'm looking forward to this weekend. It will have food challenges, but should be fun. Erik and I are going into Atlanta tomorrow for a "date night" in the city. He has an appointment at 4:00 with an attorney (friend of mine) and then we're going to have dinner, hang out in the city, and stay the night in a hotel up there. I'm excited. Then on Saturday, the poker company we play for is having their big quarterly tournament that we both qualified for (points race) so we're going to play that on Saturday. Sunday should be low key - and hopefully I'll get some activity in, since I probably won't today, tomorrow or Friday. With that coming up, I had really hoped my dedication this week would show a loss - I know I'm back to grumbling about my WI. Now, I'm going to risk overindulging this weekend and still have an uphill battle next week.
Well - all you can do is all you can do. I'm on track for my normal WI day process. I've had my big breakfast, have a large glass of water in front of me, and plan to chug chug chug until about noon or 1:00 then cut it off and hope for the best at my 5:00 WI.
Here's hoping.
(down .2 from yesterday?!?!?!? WTF?)
THURSDAY
Ok, so, what the hell. I mean what the HELL? I've kicked butt the last few days and seen NO results. I ate 29 points yesterday and earned 11 AP. I ended up going to the gym last night after I ate all my daily points (28) and was feeling worried about WI today. I did 1 HOUR on the elliptical and a bit on the treadmill at an incline. Total burn was over 1100 calories. Went home chugged lots of water (I sweated a LOT) and went to bed. And this morning, I'm "rewarded" with a 0.2 lb loss. That's it. I really needed to see close to 213 this morning to have any hope for a loss today. Now I'm certain that my WI will show a gain. A GAIN. The first in a month.
I've been so good about journaling. So good about exercising and SO good about getting back on track when I do fall off a bit. Why oh why am I being punished? I'm so sad.
I don't want to give up. And I won't. But it's just so frustrating. I know the long run is what counts. I know that if I don't slip this coming week I *should* see a good loss next week. But it's the weekly WI's and the weekly losses - even if small - that get me through the next week. I can "chart" my progress, I can predict my success, I can generally be in the right state of mind to do it right. But this, this throws me for a loop.
On another topic, I'm looking forward to this weekend. It will have food challenges, but should be fun. Erik and I are going into Atlanta tomorrow for a "date night" in the city. He has an appointment at 4:00 with an attorney (friend of mine) and then we're going to have dinner, hang out in the city, and stay the night in a hotel up there. I'm excited. Then on Saturday, the poker company we play for is having their big quarterly tournament that we both qualified for (points race) so we're going to play that on Saturday. Sunday should be low key - and hopefully I'll get some activity in, since I probably won't today, tomorrow or Friday. With that coming up, I had really hoped my dedication this week would show a loss - I know I'm back to grumbling about my WI. Now, I'm going to risk overindulging this weekend and still have an uphill battle next week.
Well - all you can do is all you can do. I'm on track for my normal WI day process. I've had my big breakfast, have a large glass of water in front of me, and plan to chug chug chug until about noon or 1:00 then cut it off and hope for the best at my 5:00 WI.
Here's hoping.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Frustrated
Last WI: 214.6/At Home: 214.6
(Grrrr.)
WEDNESDAY
Ok, today I'm just frustrated. I've been good this week, for the most part, and am just not seeing on the scale. I guess that Monday's morning weight WAS a lie. I'm so sad. I did splurge a "little" on Monday night. I was very good at work, and through the day on Monday. I came home with 13 points left. Now, I knew we were going to Holly's house for our weekly Monday night poker league game. I knew there'd be bad for me snacks there, and I knew I'd want to drink some beer. So I tried to plan accordingly. I had a dinner of left over pork roast and rice (4 pts), some protein in the form of nuts and cheese (3 pts) and a huge bowl of green beans, in an attempt to fill me. up. That left me with 6 pts for the night.
I got to Holly's about 6:30 and the tournament started just after 7. I ended up having 4 beers, a bag of pocorn, and a bunch of full fat chips. I counted the evening's "munching" at 17pts. So I went over by 11 pts for the day, but that wasn't TOO Bad.
Tuesday I was PERFECT. I mean PERFECT. The morning weight that day was 216. Not too happy about that, but I figured it was water retention from the beer and salty foods. Yesterday I at right at my points and ended up running my six mile route after work. My run was wonderful. I shaved 8 minutes off my time from Sunday. I was very pleased. AND I drank tons of water.
So, this morning's weight was 1.4 lbs lower than yesterday, but still up from Monday's mysterious beautiful number. What gives? If WI was today I'd see a gain. I REALLY don't want to see a gain. I've worked out 3 times this week so far - ran a total of 15 miles - a good week for me!
So, I'm trying to stay positive. I still have one day left before WI. Today. I've been right on track so far. I've eaten 15 pts between breakfast, lunch, and a sanck. I have 13 left for tonight. I'm going to the gym after work. I'm a little sore from the run yesterday, but I'm going to try to get in some cardio anyway. Maybe the elliptical. I'd like to get 5 AP's today, but we'll see. I'm just really frustrated.
On other matters, I've spent the day evaluating my finances. I've been really bad over the last year letting credit card debt creep up. I was ALWAYS one of those people who paid off thier credit cards in full every month. I didn't pay a cent in interest on credit cards all through college and law school. It wasn't until I took this job, and the pay cut that went with it, that I started using credit cards as credit. Now, I've let it spiral out of control. A combination of lesser pay and a recent binge of gambling in the last year has really increased my debt. I'm not happy. I've always been very fiscally responsible and looking at my statements now makes me sick. So - I've vowed to get it under control. Erik and I are talking about getting married. He has some financial issues he's trying to resolve before he asks me, and I would LOVE to go into the marriage credit card debt free. Now I'll still have my car loan and my student loan, but both of those are very managable and reasonable. Credit card debt is not.
I looked at my income and mandatory expenses for the month, and it looks like if I really buckle down and eliminate extraneous spending, I could have it all paid off in about 10 months. Not bad. I'm not too out of control. But I need to do this. I need to feel confident again in my financial status.
Back on WW issues, I've still be journaling. I gave myself the manicure/pedicure reward for journaling all of last month (at least from the point where I recommitted). I'm going to do the same this month if I get through it. Today is officially my 34 day of journalling straight. I know it's helped me a lot, but I really want to see a loss this week. I've lost the last 4 weeks in a row, and would love to see that by journaling every week, I CAN lose every week!
So - time to chug some more water, and try to make this another "perfect" OP day. And hope for a good number tomorrow.
(Grrrr.)
WEDNESDAY
Ok, today I'm just frustrated. I've been good this week, for the most part, and am just not seeing on the scale. I guess that Monday's morning weight WAS a lie. I'm so sad. I did splurge a "little" on Monday night. I was very good at work, and through the day on Monday. I came home with 13 points left. Now, I knew we were going to Holly's house for our weekly Monday night poker league game. I knew there'd be bad for me snacks there, and I knew I'd want to drink some beer. So I tried to plan accordingly. I had a dinner of left over pork roast and rice (4 pts), some protein in the form of nuts and cheese (3 pts) and a huge bowl of green beans, in an attempt to fill me. up. That left me with 6 pts for the night.
I got to Holly's about 6:30 and the tournament started just after 7. I ended up having 4 beers, a bag of pocorn, and a bunch of full fat chips. I counted the evening's "munching" at 17pts. So I went over by 11 pts for the day, but that wasn't TOO Bad.
Tuesday I was PERFECT. I mean PERFECT. The morning weight that day was 216. Not too happy about that, but I figured it was water retention from the beer and salty foods. Yesterday I at right at my points and ended up running my six mile route after work. My run was wonderful. I shaved 8 minutes off my time from Sunday. I was very pleased. AND I drank tons of water.
So, this morning's weight was 1.4 lbs lower than yesterday, but still up from Monday's mysterious beautiful number. What gives? If WI was today I'd see a gain. I REALLY don't want to see a gain. I've worked out 3 times this week so far - ran a total of 15 miles - a good week for me!
So, I'm trying to stay positive. I still have one day left before WI. Today. I've been right on track so far. I've eaten 15 pts between breakfast, lunch, and a sanck. I have 13 left for tonight. I'm going to the gym after work. I'm a little sore from the run yesterday, but I'm going to try to get in some cardio anyway. Maybe the elliptical. I'd like to get 5 AP's today, but we'll see. I'm just really frustrated.
On other matters, I've spent the day evaluating my finances. I've been really bad over the last year letting credit card debt creep up. I was ALWAYS one of those people who paid off thier credit cards in full every month. I didn't pay a cent in interest on credit cards all through college and law school. It wasn't until I took this job, and the pay cut that went with it, that I started using credit cards as credit. Now, I've let it spiral out of control. A combination of lesser pay and a recent binge of gambling in the last year has really increased my debt. I'm not happy. I've always been very fiscally responsible and looking at my statements now makes me sick. So - I've vowed to get it under control. Erik and I are talking about getting married. He has some financial issues he's trying to resolve before he asks me, and I would LOVE to go into the marriage credit card debt free. Now I'll still have my car loan and my student loan, but both of those are very managable and reasonable. Credit card debt is not.
I looked at my income and mandatory expenses for the month, and it looks like if I really buckle down and eliminate extraneous spending, I could have it all paid off in about 10 months. Not bad. I'm not too out of control. But I need to do this. I need to feel confident again in my financial status.
Back on WW issues, I've still be journaling. I gave myself the manicure/pedicure reward for journaling all of last month (at least from the point where I recommitted). I'm going to do the same this month if I get through it. Today is officially my 34 day of journalling straight. I know it's helped me a lot, but I really want to see a loss this week. I've lost the last 4 weeks in a row, and would love to see that by journaling every week, I CAN lose every week!
So - time to chug some more water, and try to make this another "perfect" OP day. And hope for a good number tomorrow.
Moved to Blogger
This is my first "true" post on blogger. The posts below were transferred over from the first site I started at freewebs. That site is still up and I will keep it current with pictures, stats, etc. The blog, however, will now reside here. The freewebs site is: www.freewebs.com/Cinny1234 and can be found on my links bar.
Monday, April 9, 2007
BACK ON TRACK, with a vengence!
Last WI: 214.2/At home weight: 213.2
(please please please don't be a lie)
MONDAY
Today is another one of those days where you step on the scale - see a good number and immediately get off and don't look back - hoping it's not a lie. Realistically, it could be true, but I'm skeptical.
So, Saturday morning's weight was horrific. 217.8. I figured it was a lot of water retention, but still I HATED seeing that number. So I got back on track with a vengence this weekend. After I blogged on Friday we decorated eggs and had the dinner I planned - WW pork roast with brown rice and green beans. Then we headed off to church.
We went to a different church than we've been to before. Technically, "we" don't have a church. Erik has a church he went to for years with his ex-wife and son. I've been several times and really do not like the church or the preacher. He's agreed to find a new church with me and we've tried a few, one that I think looks promising, though the one downfall is the contemporary service is at 9:00 am (traditional at 11:00) and we're not morning people on the weekend! Anyway, a good friend Holly invited us to go to her church for Easter. She goes to a huge non-denominational church that I've always heard great things about. We decided going to the Saturday night service would be nice because then we could putz around on Sunday and do the easter egg thing with Daniel. Unfortunately, Holly got the start time wrong (she usually goes to the Sunday service) so we were late, and very over dressed. Erik was in a suit, I was in black pants, nice blouse and sweater, Daniel was in a vest/shirt/tie combo. Turns out Saturday night is very casual - even on Easter. A few others were in suits, but most were in jeans, even sweat shirts on some! Not impressive to me, but ehh - to each his own. Anyway, we showed up at about 6:45 for a service we thought started at 7:00, but actually started at 6:30. Fortunately we just missed a lot of the singing - Erik's LEAST favorite part. We heard the sermon, and had a nice time.
Afterward - as planned - I went straight to the gym. Having driven separately, I made it there and had an "ok" workout. Turns out I left my Ipod at home. After I attempted to run in the afternoon, I forgot to put it back in my purse, so I ended up doing my run on the treadmill just listening to the very low volume music at the gym. The good news was that at 8:00 pm the Saturday night before Easter, the gym was pretty dead, so I pretty much had the place to myself, with a couple exceptions. I did 3 miles on teh treadmill. When I started out I simply did NOT want to do it. I had to tell myself in the first 3 minutes, that I had to get in at least 1 AP (~6 minutes) before I quit or walked. Fortuantely, it got a little easier after the first 5 minutes, and I ended up getting 3 miles in. I ran the first mile, walked .15 miles, ran .85, walked .15 and ran the lsat .85, then did a .25 mile cool down. All in all not bad but not good. I completed the 3 miels in 38 minutes. Very slow for me, but I don't care - I did it - and earned 5 AP.
Went home and crashed pretty early. Sunday my entire plan for the day was to veg with Erik and Daniel and get 6 miles in outside. I did part 1 until about 1:30 then I finally got the motivation to get outside. We've had a horrible cold front come through so I wasn't too eager about going outside. I mean this is Georgia in April. It's supposed to be in the 80's. Yesterday the high got up to 50 with most of the day in the mid-40's. BRRRRR. This is why I live in the south! I want summer weather to come in the spring and very short winters. Anyway - I got out there, in a pants/long sleeve shirt workout outfit. I had clocked the route on:
http://www.usatf.org/routes/map/
a site I LOVE, and was going to try a new 6 mile route. I had previously clocked a 5 mile route, that became my goal for the end of the summer - be able to run the entire route. Well, I decided if I wanted to set goals, I might as well set a tough one. A 6 mile run - when I can run the whole thing - is the perfect workout in my mind. When I run it, it takes me about 1 hour and I burn (at my current weight) over 1000 calories. I love that. So - I decided to strive for this 6 mile route as my new "goal" to run by the end of the summer.
So yesterday was my first attempt. I gave myself permission to walk as much as I needed which ended up being 39 minutes, compared to 34 minutes of running. Not bad actually. It's a very hilly route, and I ended up running the down hills and flat parts and walking the uphills for the most part. My calves were very sore, even from walking the uphills, so I know once I can master this route it will be a killer work-out. I was cold some of the time, bored some of the time, and just plain tired a lot of the time, but I got through it. There are a few places in the route where I could have taken a short-cut home, and believe me, the thought crossed my mind. But I persrrvered and got through it. I'm very proud of myself for that.
Eating-wise, I was good yesterday. I did have some chocolate, but was pretty good. Last night Erik dropped Daniel off at his mom's at 5:30 and we went to get some sushi for dinner. I love sushi and it's a great OP meal out. Then we met up with Holly and another friend Bec to watch Reign over Me - the new Adam Sandler movie. We got a large popcorn and large soda to split and I survived the (very long) movie only having a few handfuls of the popcorn. I counted it as 5 pts though, knowing how bad movie theater popcorn is - even without the added butter!
Over all I ended the day with 35 pts and 9 AP putting me at 27 - perfect.
So, this morning's weight could be right. I had lots of water and veggies yesterday and Saturday and obviously two great work-outs. Hopefully it's a true number. If so, I have a good chance for a loss this week!
Today has gone pretty well. I had my standard cheese and nuts for breakfast (gets me some protein and dairy in early). Got to work and realized I was moving offices today. A co-worker quit a couple weeks ago and his last day was Friday. He had a bigger office than mine and the boss ok'd the move, so I spent the morning re-arranging, re-organizing, and generally getting settled in the new office. I love it!
I brought left over pork roast and rice for lunch and didn't finish the 9pt bowl I prepared. I just got full, which is good. I had a huge 1 pt salad to start, so I'm sure that helped. Also lots of water. I've had 2 pts of popcorn this afternoon, and hope all that will tide me over till 4:30 when I get out of here. I'm going to fix a low point dinner before heading over to Holly's house tonight at 6:30. She's hosting our Monday night poker league tonight, so it should be fun. I'm not sure if I'm going to munch there, or drink any beer, but if I do, it will be counted and planned. I've got 13 points left for the day to do with as I wish. No work out today - still very sore from the last two days, and I don't have time between work and poker. (ahh the life.. :0) ). But tomorrow I'm going to try to get 3 miles in after work. It's supposed to warm up by Wednesday and let me tell you I'm ready! My dad told me last night that Atlanta had a record low day for April on Saturday - like the coldest April 7th in 100 years. I'm not surprised. It was horrible! I'm ready for summer!
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Bad
Last WI: 214.6/At home weight: 217.8 (VERY BAD!)
SATURDAY
Well, Thursday was very good WI - wise. I lost 0.6 lbs which was a victory considering the weekend at the casino. As usual, I gave myself freedom on Thursday night and went to Y-knots with Erik. He drove, and I drank. I didn't get completely out of it like weeks past, so that was a victory. I had a good time and didn't over indulge.
Friday was good friday and my office was closed. I made plans to go to lunch with Erik - we hadn't done that in a long time since we work so far apart. He didn't have the day off like I did, so I met him at about noon. We went to a bar/restaurant we used to go to all the time, but haven't been to in almost a year. I used to always order fried food there, and probably should have picked a different restaurant because I went to the old standby - fried shrimp with fries. Fortunately, the fries were way over cooked, so I didn't eat much of them, but still - this meal pretty much set the tone for the day. I then went to an afternoon poker game at wing's-n-things where I had a pitcher of beer over about 3 hours. From there it just went down hill.
I did "track" everything - to the extent that I recorded everything I ate in my journal. I didn't add up the points, I don't want to know. Just seeing it written down is enough for me to get back on track today in a major way. I'm going to try to have just a 20 point day and get some major activity points. Today's scale showed what it should have. Yesterday's WI at home was 215 so I know a lot of today's weight was just blotted, bad eating. I'm hoping to get back under 215 tomorrow. I really wanted to have a 1.5+ lb loss this week. I can still do it.
Plan for today - I've had 10pts so far for breakfast and lunch including a lot of veggies and 2 dairy. I'm cooking a crockpot WW recipe for dinner (pork roast - thanks Tink!). I'm hoping to eat only about 6 pts for dinner. We're going to church tonight for Easter at about 7:00 so I'll save a few points for popcorn or snack after church. I'm not sure when I'll get to the gym. I had planned to go about an hour ago, but Erik put Daniel down and wanted to go to the store to get some easter bunny candy. So, I had to stay in to watch Daniel. After he gets up from a nap we're supposed to color easter eggs, so I'm not sure if I'll get out before dinner. At a minimum I'm going to the gym after church. I'll drive separately from Erik and Daniel if I have to! I WILL get at least 5 APs in today.
Tomorrow, since we're going to church tonight, we'll probably sleep in, and hang out until Erik has to take Daniel back to his mothers at about 5:00. I'm going to try to get in another 5+ AP tomorrow and have a 28 or less point day.
I'm really frustrated with myself for yesterday. I would consider the day a "binge". I hate when I do that. I'm not sure why. I usually try to work my cravings into the program, so I don't have one of those days, but for some reason I just felt like I wanted to eat all the things I've been giving up yesterday. I didn't drink all that much - I guess I get my alcohol cravings satisfied on my thursday nights after WI when I get Erik to be DD. But food-wise, I just over-did it.
But - I know I can get past it. Tomorrow's weight will be very telling as to whether this week can be a success. I'm at 214.6. I got as low as 211.8 just after the new year, and I'm hoping to surpass that in April. I've set myself a goal of 5lbs in April. That would put me out of the 210's.
Here's hoping.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
April is Eat Good/Save Money Month!
Last weigh in: 215.2/At home weight: 215.6 (thought so..)
WEDNESDAY
Well, I was worried yesterday that the scale was a little "too" friendly after my weekend at the casino, and I was right. I was up a little less than 1 lb today, but still a good bit down from Monday. Weigh in is tomorrow, and if normal is normal, I will weigh about 1 1/2 lbs higher at WI than at home. So, I need to get under 214 at home to avoid a gain. If I have a gain, though, it shouldn't bee too bad - hopefully under 2 lbs.
So yesterday after work I was so good. I went straight to the grocery store. I had written out a grocery list that included everything for "taco soup" and for a pork roast this weekend for Erik, his son and I (thanks Tink for the website recipes!) I also picked up some sushi (publix sushi is just ok) for dinner and lots and lots of veggies. I got home and made a HUGE spinach salad with all 0 point veggies and divided it into 4 containers for work or dinner. I also cooked up the taco soup and ended up with 8 - 2 1/2 cup containers (5 pts each). Froze all but 2 of them. I baked some potatos ( I LOVE baked potatoe with light cream cheese). I ended up having sushi for dinner after some fresh broccoli and light dip for snack. and then a potato with light sour cream (4). Weird combination I know, but it was what I was craving. Total dinner of 12 pts (including snack).
I was a little bad last night after dinner. I caught up on tivo'd amercian idol, survivor, and america's next top model. So I popped some popcorn (2pts) and had one of my alloted 3 cadburry eggs (3pts) I love those stupid eggs and am so happy they are only available at easter. Last week I bought a 3 pack, planning to savor it and limit it to that for the year. So far so good. I had one last week and one last night. I've got one more, so I should curb the craving before easter.
Total points yesterday was 36 - 8 over my target. I didn't get any exercise in - was too tired after shopping and cooking. So that wasn't good.
Today's plan is to completely have a VERY LOW point day. I've had 14 pts so far - 7 pts for breakfast (cheese & nuts) and 7 pts for lunch (huge salad and taco soup). That leaves me 14 pts left for tonight. I plan to eat 10 of them, and earn 7 AP. That's what I did last Wednesday and it worked out well for WI. I don't think it'll give me a loss this week, but I'll take a maintain!
On a personal note - Erik was super sweet yesterday. We got in a little tiff Monday night and I told him he had to do something randomly romantic this week to make up for it. He's not so good at the randomly romantic thing. He totally treats me great 99% of the time, he's just not good on the sweet surprises. So yesterday I had 2 emails from him when I got to work. One was a halmark e-card that was super cute and romantic. The other was a drawing from artpad.com. Unfortunately, he didn't save it right or something, so the artpad drawing didn't show up, but he promised that he drew a sweet "I love you" painting. I'd done one for him months ago, so he tried. I'll give him that.
I totally love this man, and hope that our future will always be together. My last boyfriend was very much the random romantic, emotional type guy, and I worried I'd miss that in Erik. That's just not him. I know he loves me, but he doesn't show it in that way. But I don't miss it. There are so many other things about Erik that are better than anyone I've ever been with, that missing that small part, is ok. I'm very happy, and as long as she shows me he loves me in his way, I'm ok with that.
Ok - end sappy babbling paragraph. Tonight Erik has Daniel, so I'm going to try to get my 5 mile run/walk in and have a light dinner, spend time with the boys, and get some sleep before tomorrow's WI.
WEDNESDAY
Well, I was worried yesterday that the scale was a little "too" friendly after my weekend at the casino, and I was right. I was up a little less than 1 lb today, but still a good bit down from Monday. Weigh in is tomorrow, and if normal is normal, I will weigh about 1 1/2 lbs higher at WI than at home. So, I need to get under 214 at home to avoid a gain. If I have a gain, though, it shouldn't bee too bad - hopefully under 2 lbs.
So yesterday after work I was so good. I went straight to the grocery store. I had written out a grocery list that included everything for "taco soup" and for a pork roast this weekend for Erik, his son and I (thanks Tink for the website recipes!) I also picked up some sushi (publix sushi is just ok) for dinner and lots and lots of veggies. I got home and made a HUGE spinach salad with all 0 point veggies and divided it into 4 containers for work or dinner. I also cooked up the taco soup and ended up with 8 - 2 1/2 cup containers (5 pts each). Froze all but 2 of them. I baked some potatos ( I LOVE baked potatoe with light cream cheese). I ended up having sushi for dinner after some fresh broccoli and light dip for snack. and then a potato with light sour cream (4). Weird combination I know, but it was what I was craving. Total dinner of 12 pts (including snack).
I was a little bad last night after dinner. I caught up on tivo'd amercian idol, survivor, and america's next top model. So I popped some popcorn (2pts) and had one of my alloted 3 cadburry eggs (3pts) I love those stupid eggs and am so happy they are only available at easter. Last week I bought a 3 pack, planning to savor it and limit it to that for the year. So far so good. I had one last week and one last night. I've got one more, so I should curb the craving before easter.
Total points yesterday was 36 - 8 over my target. I didn't get any exercise in - was too tired after shopping and cooking. So that wasn't good.
Today's plan is to completely have a VERY LOW point day. I've had 14 pts so far - 7 pts for breakfast (cheese & nuts) and 7 pts for lunch (huge salad and taco soup). That leaves me 14 pts left for tonight. I plan to eat 10 of them, and earn 7 AP. That's what I did last Wednesday and it worked out well for WI. I don't think it'll give me a loss this week, but I'll take a maintain!
On a personal note - Erik was super sweet yesterday. We got in a little tiff Monday night and I told him he had to do something randomly romantic this week to make up for it. He's not so good at the randomly romantic thing. He totally treats me great 99% of the time, he's just not good on the sweet surprises. So yesterday I had 2 emails from him when I got to work. One was a halmark e-card that was super cute and romantic. The other was a drawing from artpad.com. Unfortunately, he didn't save it right or something, so the artpad drawing didn't show up, but he promised that he drew a sweet "I love you" painting. I'd done one for him months ago, so he tried. I'll give him that.
I totally love this man, and hope that our future will always be together. My last boyfriend was very much the random romantic, emotional type guy, and I worried I'd miss that in Erik. That's just not him. I know he loves me, but he doesn't show it in that way. But I don't miss it. There are so many other things about Erik that are better than anyone I've ever been with, that missing that small part, is ok. I'm very happy, and as long as she shows me he loves me in his way, I'm ok with that.
Ok - end sappy babbling paragraph. Tonight Erik has Daniel, so I'm going to try to get my 5 mile run/walk in and have a light dinner, spend time with the boys, and get some sleep before tomorrow's WI.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Veggies and Beer .... hmmmmm.
Last WI: 215.2/At home weight: 214.8 (not bad!)
TUESDAY
Well, I was pretty good yesterday with a small break down for beer late last night. I had a semi high point morning and an ok lunch, so I was super good when I got home and decided I was totally going to fill up on 0 pt veggies. First I had a can of green beans w/ICBINB spray. Then I cooked some cooked spinach, again with ICBINB. I had 4 tbs of PB2 (powdered peanut butter and awesome when reoconstituted with water - only 2 pts!) for some protein. I also finished off a spinach salad left over in the fridge. Over all my "dinner" of veggies and PB2 was 5 pts and very filling!
The one negative, with that veggie plan, and prepping for guests coming at 6:30, I didn't have time to run when I got home yesterday so no AP accrued since last Wednesday. Aaaack!
We had a few friends over last night as planned for the poker game, and we were supposed to supply the "snacks". Erik went to the store and bought a whole bunch of junk food - chips, dips, brownies, etc. So - to counteract and give myself something to munch on, I chopped up some fresh broccoli and opened my lite dip. I also popped a bag of light popcorn, which other's had some of as well. over all the snacks Erik bought were a hit with everyone else, and I stuck to my healthy choices. Course I broke down at the end of the night and had 3 beers. :-( But - all in all an ok day. I ended up 8 points over, but considering, I'm happy.
Today I had a very fast breakfast of some cheese and nuts because I totally overslept and was late for court. My secretary called me as I was getting into the car to drive there, frantic as the judge was calling my cases. Fortunately, another ADA in the office covered for me. In reality, none of my cases were going to trial, but the other ADA's (and my secretary) weren't sure what the status of them were. Unfortunately, I live about 30 minutes away from work, so I had to explain what to tell the judge and race into work. I made it in 26 minutes - a land-speed record for me, and of course things were fine when I got here. But very stressful indeed. After that, fiasco, I decided not to go out for lunch. I usually have some good snacks/soups in my work drawer to get me through days like this healthily I'm a complete popcorn addict, so I always have popcorn at work, and eat it almost every day here. Well, I'd finished all my "light" popcorn (2pts/bag) and only had the "butter lovers" left. I popped one bag, counting it as 4 pts (maybe should be 5 or 6 but this microwave never pops the whole bag) and it was so good, I had another. So lunch consisted of 2 bags of popcorn, and a few light ruffles I had stashed away. At about 2:00 I started to get hungry again, so I heated up a bowl of chicken noodle soup (Campbells) for 3 points, and hopefully that will tide me over till I get home. I've got 9 pts left for tonight plus whatever activity points I earn.
I WILL get activity points! I'd like to do my 5 mile walk/run, but I'm already feeling really tired. I sure hope I can get motivated. I'm also worried I'll get home hungry and want to start munching right away. I've still got a lot of veggies in the house, so hopefully I can do like yesterday and stop the cravings with that. That said, I do have to go to the store soon so stock up on some other essentials. Maybe that'll be a project after work - course I should go hungry, that's for sure.
This morning I was very pleasantly surprised to find (even in my rushed state) that the scale said I was back down to 214.8. I was so pleased, and suspicious, that I just quickly got off the scale and didn't re-weigh, in fear of it going up. :-) Hopefully it's a true number. If so, then I could concievably get a loss this week, albeit a small one. Here's hoping!
Well, I feel like I'm babbling. Plan tonight is to stay home and stay in my points. There is poker to go to, but I'm going to pass. Erik has a Kiwanis meeting tonight so I'd be going alone, and I'd rather catch up on TiVo'd shows and sleep. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE find the motivation to exercise!!!
Monday, April 2, 2007
Weekend at the Casino - not TOO bad
At home weight: 217/Last WI: 215.2
MONDAY
Well, the scale was not friendly today, but I'm not surprised either as I was at the casino all weekend. We left Friday at about noon. First of all I have to note that I love Biloxi! We usually go to Tunica for our casino trips, but the drive is killer, and flights are expensive. The drive to Biloxi was almost pleasant. It was 5 hours, all interstate. And the Beau Rivage, where we stayed, was very nice. They had sent us some comps, and we just had a great time. Friday night we went to see Chris Cagle in concert. I didn't realize how many songs of his I knew. He was a wonderful performer and we had GREAT seats - thanks Beau Rivage! I'm very impressed and surprised that he hasn't been more successful than he is. I'm definately now a big fan.
Then on Saturday at noon, we played a poker tournament. It was $130 for 4500 chips, 20 minute blinds. Not a bad structure. It makes for a 5-6 hours tournament. On Saturday there were about 105 players, so first place was a little over $4000. I did pretty well, but got myself in trouble a couple times over valuing some high pairs. I ended up busting out about 30th (which didn't pay) but I enjoyed the tourney.
Saturday night we went to the bull riding concert. The Beau Rivage bused us over to the colloseum and again we had GREAT seats. I'm so pleased with the comps this weekend. I've never been to a bull riding show, and it was lots of fun. I can't believe these guys do this. I mean those bulls are BIG and MEAN! Most of the riders looked like they were about 18 or 20. Very scary. Fortunately no one got hurt and we had a great time.
Sunday we played the noon tournament again. Again, neither of us cashed, but had a good time. After the tournament we had comps for the cafe. We waited about 30 minutes for seats then proceeded to have very poor meal. It was cajun/southern food, which I generally like. I had the gumbo to start, but it was very fishy tasting. I had the shrimp po boy for my entree and ended up just eating the shrimp as the bread was toasted too much and just plain crumbly. I had fries to, but only ate about 5 of those as they weren't very good either. Erik ordere the Seared Tuna Rare to Med Rare, and it came out well done. So overall disappointing lunch. But it was at least free.
Then we hit to road to come home about 6:00 pm. We got home just after 11:00 after hitting some rain and a little traffic. I'm a bit tired today from our busy weekend, but very pleased we went. Oh - and we lost our butts playing of course, but that's normal. :-)
Food-wise, I was ok. I did "journal" to the extent I could remember and guess points values. My biggest downfall (as usual) was the alcohol. Free drinks at the craps table makes for an uncountable number of (light!) beers. I guessed though, as I have promised to journal every day. I went way over on points, but only ate 1 meal a day with snacks and alcohol the rest of the time. Over all, it could have been worse. I made good choices at the buffet on Saturday and stuck with light beer.
Now to be back on track. This morning start off a bit bad as I had court and forgot to pick up my dry cleaning. I had the pants/shirt but now suit jacket. I went to the cleaners who were supposed to open at 8:00 and had to sit there till 8:15 when the clerk finally showed up. I had grabbed a balance bar for breakfast and had planned on a very low point day, but in my frustration I drove through Chick-fil-a and got a chicken burrito as well(8pts). So - a total of 12 pts for breakfast.
Lunch I've had at my desk, not bad - 4 pts for soup and 4 pts for popcorn. That leaves me 8 pts for tonight but I'm planning on going for a run when I get home, which will earn me about 7 more. Hopefully I can stick to just eating the 8 and use the 7 against this weekend's indulgences.
I hate going into a WI hoping for a maintain, but that might be the plan this week. I'll see how the next few days go. I seem to be very munchy today. Hopefully that will abate as the week progresses.
Tonight should be fun. Erik and I are hosting a poker game at our house about 6:30 which gives my time to run home after work and do my 5 mile run and shower before people show up. I'll probably take out some chicken or something for a light dinner.
The good news is that there is nothing going on this weekend. Erik has his son, and it's easter, so we'll probably decorate eggs or something. I'll try to get through the week and have a good OP weekend. Maybe I can forgo my thursday night indulgence if WI doesn't go too good. That would make for a long 1.5 weeks OP for a good WI next week. We'll see. We don't have plans to go out of town again until possibly mother's day so I should be able to be good for the foreseeable future.
MONDAY
Well, the scale was not friendly today, but I'm not surprised either as I was at the casino all weekend. We left Friday at about noon. First of all I have to note that I love Biloxi! We usually go to Tunica for our casino trips, but the drive is killer, and flights are expensive. The drive to Biloxi was almost pleasant. It was 5 hours, all interstate. And the Beau Rivage, where we stayed, was very nice. They had sent us some comps, and we just had a great time. Friday night we went to see Chris Cagle in concert. I didn't realize how many songs of his I knew. He was a wonderful performer and we had GREAT seats - thanks Beau Rivage! I'm very impressed and surprised that he hasn't been more successful than he is. I'm definately now a big fan.
Then on Saturday at noon, we played a poker tournament. It was $130 for 4500 chips, 20 minute blinds. Not a bad structure. It makes for a 5-6 hours tournament. On Saturday there were about 105 players, so first place was a little over $4000. I did pretty well, but got myself in trouble a couple times over valuing some high pairs. I ended up busting out about 30th (which didn't pay) but I enjoyed the tourney.
Saturday night we went to the bull riding concert. The Beau Rivage bused us over to the colloseum and again we had GREAT seats. I'm so pleased with the comps this weekend. I've never been to a bull riding show, and it was lots of fun. I can't believe these guys do this. I mean those bulls are BIG and MEAN! Most of the riders looked like they were about 18 or 20. Very scary. Fortunately no one got hurt and we had a great time.
Sunday we played the noon tournament again. Again, neither of us cashed, but had a good time. After the tournament we had comps for the cafe. We waited about 30 minutes for seats then proceeded to have very poor meal. It was cajun/southern food, which I generally like. I had the gumbo to start, but it was very fishy tasting. I had the shrimp po boy for my entree and ended up just eating the shrimp as the bread was toasted too much and just plain crumbly. I had fries to, but only ate about 5 of those as they weren't very good either. Erik ordere the Seared Tuna Rare to Med Rare, and it came out well done. So overall disappointing lunch. But it was at least free.
Then we hit to road to come home about 6:00 pm. We got home just after 11:00 after hitting some rain and a little traffic. I'm a bit tired today from our busy weekend, but very pleased we went. Oh - and we lost our butts playing of course, but that's normal. :-)
Food-wise, I was ok. I did "journal" to the extent I could remember and guess points values. My biggest downfall (as usual) was the alcohol. Free drinks at the craps table makes for an uncountable number of (light!) beers. I guessed though, as I have promised to journal every day. I went way over on points, but only ate 1 meal a day with snacks and alcohol the rest of the time. Over all, it could have been worse. I made good choices at the buffet on Saturday and stuck with light beer.
Now to be back on track. This morning start off a bit bad as I had court and forgot to pick up my dry cleaning. I had the pants/shirt but now suit jacket. I went to the cleaners who were supposed to open at 8:00 and had to sit there till 8:15 when the clerk finally showed up. I had grabbed a balance bar for breakfast and had planned on a very low point day, but in my frustration I drove through Chick-fil-a and got a chicken burrito as well(8pts). So - a total of 12 pts for breakfast.
Lunch I've had at my desk, not bad - 4 pts for soup and 4 pts for popcorn. That leaves me 8 pts for tonight but I'm planning on going for a run when I get home, which will earn me about 7 more. Hopefully I can stick to just eating the 8 and use the 7 against this weekend's indulgences.
I hate going into a WI hoping for a maintain, but that might be the plan this week. I'll see how the next few days go. I seem to be very munchy today. Hopefully that will abate as the week progresses.
Tonight should be fun. Erik and I are hosting a poker game at our house about 6:30 which gives my time to run home after work and do my 5 mile run and shower before people show up. I'll probably take out some chicken or something for a light dinner.
The good news is that there is nothing going on this weekend. Erik has his son, and it's easter, so we'll probably decorate eggs or something. I'll try to get through the week and have a good OP weekend. Maybe I can forgo my thursday night indulgence if WI doesn't go too good. That would make for a long 1.5 weeks OP for a good WI next week. We'll see. We don't have plans to go out of town again until possibly mother's day so I should be able to be good for the foreseeable future.
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