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.
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