Tues 3-30

Just a quick post before I go to exercise or rather lift a few weights....I have not gotten on the scale so don't know if anything is happening good, bad or ugly.   I burned 2145 calories on a fairly non eventful day so I guess that is ok.  I ate 1231 it said but probably more since calorie count can be off in food.  

Doing some reading if you look at my last post...so we will see what happens later from that reading.  Gotta go exercise now.   See ya.

Sugar High

Hope my title did not scare you.  I am not on a sugar high but have been ready a book on sugar and carbs.
Rather scary  how it affects your body....I have eaten a boat load of sugar in my life.   Anyway, it is a book that Carol told me about.  About eating on 15 gms of sugar a day and 6 servings of Carbs.    Not sure how much I will follow it but it does talk a lot about health and healthy eating, etc.  It is called Belly Fat Cure.   I am only on Chapter 4 so not too far into it yet.    Also reading press pause before you eat.   Into that a ways too.   Need to read more.  

Yesterday we went out to eat with Grandpa's and Carol and Joanne.  Of course due to Grandpa it turned out to be  Country Buffet.  Yuck.    I ate 1 piece of baked fish, some cooked carrots, green beans, 2 T of mash potatoes and a roll and a salad with no dressing.    No dessert..not worth it.  Compared to the others...I ate very well but being at that place ...I am sure not well enough.  

We walked around the Mall then for a bit and then when dad and I came home we went to Muscatine and walked about 2 miles by the Mississippi.   Because of sitting in church from 9:30 to 11:30 and sitting at the restuarant several hours... I only burned 2277 calories...was hoping for more.   Got up and did some Miranda stuff .   Actually feel fairly well body wise.  It comes and goes.  Have PT this week and a Chiropractor appointment too.  

Sunday 3-28

Well...was not the best week I have ever had as I told you but when I got on the scale...I did not gain and I even went from 223.8 to 223.6....2/10th of a lb...which is guess is a plus.  I told you yesterday of my few inches lost....so all is not totally gloomy.   I checked my calorie burn yesterday and it was 2590.  Even though some of my evening was spent being lazy on the couch.  

Did my site get changed too?   I like the geese on the front flying away.  So of a symbol.  Flying away from my old habits and such...flying off into a new life...flying off.....well enough with the gushy stuff.   Have a good day.  

Two in One Day!

Just came in from doing some outdoor work.  Fun to be out there even if it is a bit chilly.    Just wanted to let  you know that by cleaning out 1/2 of your flower beds you can burn 590 calories.    So far and it isn't even noon....have burned over 1300 calories.   Yippee.   I don't think I will have trouble getting my 2400 today.   Of course I know from before that I never do on Saturdays.   I guess that is what happens when you do not have to sit behind a desk all day.  

Bad week !!!!!

This has been a very bad week for me.    Trying to watch my calories and they seem under control but I had a few slip ups!  Plus the Miralax still does not seem to be working as well as it should.   Thurs I had 2231 burn calories and Friday 2205 burn calories.    I just need to watch what I eat and eat healthy.  At this point I don't think I have lost a lb and might have even gained a few.  Not sure.  I feel very bloated at the moment.    I wish I could exercise more than I am able at the moment.  I am getting a bit discouraged.

I guess the main thing is to remember that I am trying and that it will take longer this time and that I am doing this in the long run for my health more than looks, etc.   I just need to get on track a bit more I think. 
On the plus side....my bi-cep went down an inch, my bust 1/2 inch and my thigh a whole inch so that is good.  Guess I have to look at every little part to get the big picture.  I just want to go down 6 lbs a day I guess !!!!!!!  :)   Suggestions besides watch going out...which dad wanted to do a lot this week.   We ate at a place  Jimmy Jack's last night.  I ate only 1/2 of a plain pulled pork sandwich, 3 fries and a tiny bit of corn bread.   I also did not get any ice cream when he stopped at Dairy Queen !!!!!!!!!!!  I realize this is a problem as of late but I also know I have also eaten less when we do go out.   As soon as he gets working full time the going out will quit (thank goodness) because he will get home at 8:00 and I will have time to prepare better food.  

Who Know?

I have no idea where I stand in the weight loss department.   I have not loss any weight so far this week.  I guess no gain is good.   Yesterday I ate a bit more than I should which always makes me feel bad.  I burned 2155 calories and ate 1518.    Today I have a good start on calorie burn if I can substain it.   So far it says since I did 30 minutes of lower leg exercises, squats, etc. that I have burned 500 calories at 6:59 a.m.  
Felt good to do a few exercises again besides just stretching.  The lower body had you  use some weights at the same time.

By the way the Miralax has done very little so far.   I took two full doses yesterday and went just a bit but not what I think I should.  I will keep it up though.

Feeling Defeated

I told  you I would post.  At the moment I am feeling pretty defeated.   Monday I thought I had the hip fixed since I was pain free...that is until I had to drive to Cedar Rapids by myself Monday night for parts.   Sitting in the car undid every forward step I made.  Last night I could not sleep again because of the pain.    1) I have pain   2)   I have not had a good night's sleep since Brian was here on Thursday where I slept all night.  I have woke up at 2 a.m. every night since then and cannot get back to sleep. 3)  Two days on Miralax and I have gone just barely a little bit.  Not a full bowel movement.   I have not taken the full doseage yet ...afraid too but with Miralax and fiber pills....still not normal.    My calorie burn for Monday was 2241 and yesterday was 2088.   As my title says...I am feeling defeated.

One note I am noticed is that I am more hungry lately.  The other day I averted a candy bar run in the middle of the afternoon by getting some wheat thins from VJ for 65 calories which was better than a 250 calorie Milky way.     So that is good.    Any suggestions?

Sunday 3-21

It is Sunday and 3 weeks since I started my new path to being on track.  It was a hard week.   Lots of stress and lots of pain and lots of late nights and no sleep and no exercise for part of the week except housework.

Here is the situation.   I have had lots of pain, 2 chiropractor treatments and one PT appt.   Sometime during the week...I peeked at the scale and I was down 1 lb. to 222.8 Which is getting close to 10 lbs being lost in 3 weeks (something the BL contestant has in 1 week...I know !)   Anyway then on Thurs, worked all day and then got ready for Brian to come...went to the Mill.  Got in bed at 2 a.m. and up at 6:00 ..no exercise because of the guys being here and afraid they would get up...no privacy.   When they left at 2 p.m.   I was a zombie...could hardly move.  Then left to go to a concert at 4:00 p.m.  Not home till 12:30....got up at 8:30 a.m. and went to chiropractor again.....no exericse ....still a zombie.

Which brings up to today.....Sunday ...3 weeks and counting.    I went back up to 223.8 ..the same weight I was last Sunday.    So I should be happy....remember I had told you I had gone up several lbs earlier in the week.     Plus here is something I am working on.......when I start going on a different food plan....I get constipated.   I don't think I have gone to the bathroom all week.....not good.   But that always seems to happen so I will have to try to take care of that.  That might help....sorry for that info but I thought it might be part of my problem.  

On the bright side.   I have a skinnier neck....down 1 inch and a smaller bicep by 1 inch and my bust is down 1/2 inch this week and my thigh is 1/2 inch down.   My waist and hips are down from the beginning but not this week.

That is all for now.

Weary Friday

Hello.  See if I can clear the brain fog enough to write.   Huh....I will be brief and to the point.

I burned 2,483 calories yesterday.  I was not able to estimate the cup of soup I had at the Mill.   It was tiny and I did not eat it all.   And I had 1 1/2 pieces of garlic toast.   I tried to find something close to it.  It said I ate 1065 calories yesterday but I probably ate more I imagine since you can't tell the calorie content .  
That is all I have today.

Thursday 3-18

Thought I had better do a post.  On Tuesday I had an ok day.  Had decided to stay at home and eat and dad called me at 4:00 and said we had to go up to CR and get parts.  Ended up eating at Perkins.  Had grilled chicken breast (no sauces or anything) and 1/2 baked potato since they were sort of on the bigger side...with just a small (very small) dab of butter and sour cream.   Those little cups they give you with both had most of it left in them.  Had carrots for a vegetable (small amount) and a roll.  For the day burned 2150 and ate around 1300....since I had PT that took up most of the morning ...had no snack. 
Yesterday, I burned 2613 (that housework sure does help rathter than watching TV)   And I ate 1425 calories.    I have not gotten on the scale so do not know if I have lost the weight I gained or if I have gained more  or if I have lost any.   Afraid to plus Stacey said it might be wise to only weigh once a week so as not to get discouraged by the ups and downs.

Feel pretty good about most of the week.   Now to decide what to eat at the Mill tonight for supper.  See you all there.

Down in the Dumps

I don't feel real happy today.   I am up two lbs and that bothers me.    I felt I ate according to the bodybugg within my calorie range BUT we ate out way too much...and I tried to get the calorie count of the foods off of Internet.   Did not exercise as much last week because of the hip and leg.
I guess I need to let that go and try to do better this week.

Yesterday it said I burned 2184 calories and ate between 1500-1550.   I should probably try to get the food a bit under control.   I feel good that I am eating healthy snacks (1) in the morning of veggies, and none in the afternoon but gum and water.   And I have only had about 4 ozs of 7-up lately....so trying to break the old pop habit....maybe that is why I have headaches.

That is all.   Suggestions, bawlings out, encourgement?????

Sunday 3-14

Not much to say.   No more weight loss this week.   Need to try to heal leg and get more active this coming week.  Hope that happens.   Will try harder this week.

Busy Saturday

I am finally getting busy. Spent the morning driving around again with dad.  Of course I am not sure I can do much more than that since I am in lots of pain.   I am growing weary of this.  My summer can't be this bad.  It seemed like I wasted all or most of last year recuperating from the left side and now the right side is causing major problems.   I am going to the Chiro Monday to see if I can get a quick fix (my PT people like Dr. G)   And then PT on Tuesday.     It is just so painful to walk and when I first stand up it feels like my leg is going to collapse.    Grrrrr....even so ...with all the sitting yesterday....I burned 2077 calories and ate close to 1400.    Wonder if I will have anymore weight loss this week?   I guess I have already lost a 1 1/2 this week.   Hope that isn't all but if it is ....I will be happy with that.  At least it is a loss. 

Tis Friday....3-12

So glad the week is almost over..I feel like it has been a rough week.  I am struggling with feeling like I am eating too much.  I probably am.   I burned 2122 calories yesterday but ate 1559 calories.   That is too much I feel.  I need to get it down, what do you think?      I guess it will feel like too much when you use to eat 700 calories on a diet.   I got up and did some exercise for only 15 minutes which also makes me feel like a failure but my leg hurt too much to continue.   So not feeling so hot about things this morning.  Need a pick me up but also honesty from you both.

Early Morning Thurs 3-11

Yesterday pm I took off for my PT appt.   Left side not in good shape...hips all lopsided...I could have told her that.   She gave me some stretching exercises to do for the left side.  Go back next week.   Due to not sleeping good last night because of the pain.  I have chosen not to exercise this morning.

Yesterday I sat at my desk on AM and then afternoon pruned the grapes and then went to town to PT and then home and did a small amount (very small) of housework and then sat at choir from 7:15 to 9:00 and then came home and did a bit more sitting due to pain.   In spite of all that sitting I burned 2287 calories.   The bad new is I ate 1630 calories.

BUT the good news is that when I got on the scale this morning I lost another 2 lbs.   So now I am down to 223.8 lbs.   A total of 8.4 lbs.   YEAH FOR ME !

3-10-10 Another day

Just a quick post before I go exercise.  Yesterday was a sit at the desk day...blah.   Even so I burned 2291 calories according to Mr. Body Bugg !   Some of that due to Melissa and I making a round at the Coral Ridge Mall last night...even if it was at turtle pace because of my stupid leg.   My calorie count was about normal.   At 1350 to 1400 hundred.   If Melissa hadn't MADE me stop at Dairy Queen and get that Baby cone ...I would have been better yet !   Sorry...Melissa actually stopped because I grabbed the wheel and made her turn in there.   Actually all I could find for a calorie count was that a small vanilla cone at DQ was 140 calories and I had a "Baby" cone so don't know if it was less yet.  I would think so.   What is sad is that the Bagette (sp?) was 150 calories that I had with my soup at Paneras ...more than the ice cream!  I felt it was sort of an experiment and since I had a few calories I needed to use.......don't know if I would do it again soon...ice cream really isn't my thing.  Looking on the calorie site I did see that a dreamsicle at DQ is only 80 calories so that is good to know.   I won't tell you Melissa how many calories was in that Blizzard you ate !!!!!!!!!

Mid afternoon 3-9-10 Post

Just a quick post.  Logged in body bugg and saw that yesterday I burned 2433 calories.
Today at noon ...I haver eaten 730 calories and have burned sitting at a desk 1119 calories.   Got to move some more....maybe I could dance on my desk !!!!!!!!

Early Tues 3-9 post

As you can see ....I am not as imaginative as Stacey is with titles.  Too early since it before 6:00 a.m.  Must exercise.  Still have a very hurt leg so I think I will lift weights for the upper body.    Did I ever tell you that last time I asked the PT lady if my problem was just muscular?   She said that my problems appear to be muscular and my skeleton had some major problems too....both   just kind of aggravate each other.   (where is the spell check on this thing....I am probably spelling words wrong right and left...especially since I have one eye closed still sleeping)   I have another appointment on Weds to try to get my leg stronger.   

I got on the scale this morning.  Not much damage done..in fact no damage done.I was down a tad...I now weigh 225.8 lbs.    Not bad.  

I realize you did not recommend the books or CD Stacey.   Sorry I left that impression.  All one has to do is point my nose toward a book or music or anything like that and I am like a bird dog in the hunt.   :)  One of my weaknesses....better than drugs !!!!!

You asked Stacey why 2400 burn calories.....I don't know...I guess from the information I gave the bodybugg that I wanted to lose 2 lbs a week and that I wanted to weigh 150 lbs.   They gave me those numbers of 2400 burn and 1400 eating and that the weight would be off by Dec of this year.   I still had a bit of time to go and I had 2140 calories burned.  Lets see ...that was with 30 mins of Miranda's stretching and sitting at a desk from 8:00 - 3:00 and then driving uptown and sitting at a foot doctor and then buying groceries and then cleaning house some in the evening.    So if I would have exercised sometime in the evening Iwould have probably done well.  I will let you know sometime when I log in how many calories I burned for sure yesterday.

Well must go exercise.  

Monday 3-8

I will post since Stacey reprimanded me for not posting since I was not happy with the weekend.  And rightly so.  If I don't post my failures too...It does not become real and I will not learn anything from it.

Monday after a long weekend of sitting and probably eating more than I should.   I felt like in one way I did ok at the church.   I might of told you how I ate there which was not too bad.  Saturday night dad of course wanted to go out to eat and just get away after sitting all day.  We ate at Panara's .  I had a cup of soup.  Looking at the calories on line was only 380 calories.   So not bad for that.   Sunday I had a half of a banana and a small bit of strawberries and a piece of rye toast.   At noon all I had was a glass of skim milk, 1 piece of bread with 1 T of peanut butter since I knew I would be eating at the party.  At the shower I had some fruit and some raw vegetables and the one thing that was not good was a piece of white cake.   Not too large.   But here is the bad part.  Again, we went out to eat at Steak N Shake.  I had a single burger and a few fries.  But this weekend is over and back to today.

I now have my bodybugg going and as of 8:54 I have burned 2,140 calories (suppose to burn 2400) and I have eaten 1476 (which is 76 calories over my allowance)    I am done eating for the day.   I exercised this morning for 30 minutes.  Tomorrow morning I will lift weights.  

So give me your opinion.   I also bought those CD's and book Stacey recommended in the last post.

2nd Post for the Day

Just remembered that I did not tell you in the last post a few of things I learned in yesterday's sessions...even though it was to do with conflict in the church...it also had some stuff that you can apply to your daily life and I saw  in my weight loss journey.  He said that family patterns and trouble also goes into the trouble that is in church.  You bring your own baggage with you.

He said that whenever you redefine yourself in any way ...you can expect resistance (dad)
The key to standing up to resistance is to focus on self and not try to change others.

Questions are a good way to challenge people (Don't you want me to lose weight and get healthy?)
You should persist in your misson despite all the opposition. Stay the course--listen to the opposition but don't cave in.  Stay connected.   Stay calm and don't become reactive and don't sabotage yourself.

Pretty good stuff, huh?

2 WEEKS AND COUNTING

Thought I had better post this morning since I did not have time yesterday.   As of today 2 weeks into watching ???? my weight and trying to stay on track....I have lost another 1.2 lbs or a total in two weeks of 6.2 lbs.      That makes me happy but going a bit slower than the first time I lost weight which was about 6 lbs in one week.   I guess though since I have not exercised as much (because of the hip) and have not eaten as little (700 calories) as last time ...it will come off slower too.   Just so it stays off is the thing.

Friday night and yesterday were hard since we were sitting the whole time.   For a snack they had ice cream and cookies on Friday night.  I took the ice cream 1/2 cup and they had cookies...skipped them.  Ate probably 3 bits and gave the rest to dad.  Saturday a.m. snack was fruit and cinnamon rolls.  I ate 3 manderin oranges, 2 slices of banana and one orange slice...skipped the cinnamon roll.   Lunch was a major problem.   We had chicken wrapped in bacon.  Ate 1/2 of that or less.   Scalloped potatoes.  Ate 1/4 of that, peas and carrots, 1/2 cup or less ...ate most of that and a salad with some sort of dressing.  I had 1/4 cup and a crescent roll.     For a pm snack  cookies, crackers, and apples.   I had 3 little slices of apples.     The problem came that we sat basically from 9:00 a.m.  to 4:30 p.m.   Blah. 

Well I would write more but it is almost 6 a.m. and I have to go and exercise.   

Fall off the Wagon Day ???????

Yesterday seemed to be a blah day where I feel like I didn't watch what I ate and I didn't exercise.  It didn't feel good either.   I doubt I did much harm but I didn't do myself any good either.   Rather sad but I guess today is a new day to start over.  

Today I got up at 5:40 so I could wake up to do my 30 minutes of exercise.    That feels good so at the least I started the day off right.    Now to conquer the eating a bit more than I did yesterday. 

Happy Wednesday

 Well, I am up at 5:45 a.m. to exercise.  I felt so bad yesterday I did not get on the scale at all.  Today I thought I would not get on the scale either since I figured I would be UP today because of my eating yesterday (which I thought was bad) and no exercise.  But figured ignoring stuff was how my weight came back on in the first place.   As of this morning I now weigh 227.2 ...a FULL 5 Lbs since I started my getting ON TRACK journey.   YEAH FOR ME !   Lost an inch around my waist for a total of 2inches from there as of this week and a 1/2 from thigh and 1/2 inch from calf.   The good old hips though ...have not done a thing yet.....still 52 BIG inches.     Gee I remember when I got married and I thought I was hippy at 38 inches......would be nice.    Well ...gives me something to shoot for !  :)  I will post more later...must go exercise now.

March 2nd - Blah Tuesday

I am struggling today.   Not feeling well, not feeling motivated, feeling blue.   I didn't accomplish much yesterday.  I worked out 25 minutes in the morning.  Ate ok.   Can't remember breakfast but it was ok I guess !!!!   Snack, carrots, celery and green peppers with a tad of ranch.  Lunch was a salad with flax seed, a few almonds and oz of ham and 1 T of ranch and tea.  Supper was  taco soup with a dab of sour cream and a small amount of crunchy frito type chips on top, 3/4 oz of cheese.  Snack, some popcorn.  

My problem is that I fell going out to the compost pile on some ice and snow and went down on my knees and hip.  Not good ...now both knees hurt.   Makes it very hard to feel motivated to exercise and such.   Makes me mad and makes me sad.....hence want to eat a candy bar but thanks to Melissa's pep talk have resisted so far.    

I want to be able to walk without pain.  Running sounds so good but not sure I will ever be able to  at my age without doing damage.  I couldn't even do it when I lost weight before. 

Read something online that said that you can lose but maintaining is hard.  Your metabolism slows down and your brain wants to think about food.  It says to maintain weight loss ..you need to of course watch what you eat but you need to exercise at a minimum 5 hours a week.   Guess that was my problem and why I didn't keep it off.

Monday Morning

Yesterday I had an ok eating day.   I didn't figure up my calories yet.  Had skim milk and a Luna bar 180 bar for breakfast.  Did not have any snacks since it probably would be frowned upon in church !!!!  :)  
For lunch I had my cabbage and ham soup.   Can't find any calories on it.  I had 4 oz of it.  It has cabbage, onions, carrots, celery in it plus a small bit of ham.  The bad part might be 1 cup of skim milk in the whole batch plus 2 cups of half and half.  That makes enough for about 3 or 4 meals for dad and I.   I had 3/4 of an ounce of baby swiss cheese.   Then for supper we went out with Deb and Bob Derksen.  Made the mistake of telling Bob he could order the pizza at Monica's.  He ordered a 5 meat pizza.  Not a vegetable in site.   I ate 2 little pieces of bread dipped in oil..not much....and 1 small slice of pizza and had tea to drink.  I will have to try to figure that out later.   Today, I got on the scale and I was down .8 lbs....so 3.4 lbs since the beginning.   I am not saying much to dad.  He still isn't real helpful.  I didn't tell him I even lost a lb yet because he won't be supportive.  I told him I bought some Turkey stuff because it is more healthy.  His comment is ..."Oh to help you on your YO-YO dieting?    I told him that wasn't supportive and he said not to blame him if I can't control myself.   It is true I have been up and down but comments like that are not a bit helpful.  If I had wanted to get into a royal fight I could have commented that only because he has good genes is he able to stay as slim as he is..because talk about NO CONTROL.   He talks about eating healthy and watching his weight and in the same breath wants to know if I can get him some cake and ice cream to eat.   So I guess I will just depend on you two for encouragement.  Kind of sad.