Tuesday, April 27, 2010
D115RS
Well, I am finally home from my travels and down to the last 11 days before vacation. Not expecting to lose much weight before then but at least I am going to try to be really strict to get off a pound or two. We will see. I am sort of glad to be at home for a while to have some healthy eating for a while. I am so sick of not knowing what is going into my body and trying to pick the healthiest thing at a restaurant. Cooking at home is so much easier....it is so much yummier and it is so much better for me! I can't wait to enjoy it for the next few days!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Weigh In
I weighed in yesterday and had a slight loss. I don't feel like it was as much as it should have been for the fact that I worked out 6 days last week, drank my 64ozs of water a day and watched what I ate (and stayed in my points) but it is what it is and I will continue this week. I still have 3 weeks until vacation and at this point I would take 5lbs!!! Oh well, time to stop stressing!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Why Eating Out is Evil
Ok, we all know that eating out is bad for you. Well, today I was reading some forums and I discovered that outback now has their nutritional information online. Seeing as how that is one of my favorite out of town places to eat I wanted to check it out. The salad I used to get (but without the bacon, egg, and almonds so that would take some of the points down) was 1,000 calories. The baked potato I now get is 330 calories! WITH NOTHING ON IT!! (by the way, a normal baked potato like you make at home is 140 calories). I am really at a loss as to what to do. Traveling is part of my life and I obviously do not have a fast enough metabolism to eat that junk they serve on the road. I also can't survive off of lettuce and vinegar. I really need to think on this one for a while. I see a lot of very plain food in my future travels! Sad.
D101RS
This week I am home and I discovered that other than next week when I will be in Atlanta (which is like home because I can cook there and the cafeteria at work is healthy) I will be in town until my vacation (you know, the one I was supposed to lose 10lbs by but instead have gained a lb). I do have a 2 day trip to Phoenix in there too but I think that I can safely pack some snacks to keep me on track and two days will not ruin a week (I hope).
I have been trying to push the running a bit more and have been exercising pretty regularly since getting home on Friday....I hope it pays off.
I also have a friend who is trying to do WW as well and she is struggling as well so we are checking in with each other all week. We are both hoping that it will help us get back on track. I feel like the eating has been really healthy this week so I hope it sticks :-)
I have been trying to push the running a bit more and have been exercising pretty regularly since getting home on Friday....I hope it pays off.
I also have a friend who is trying to do WW as well and she is struggling as well so we are checking in with each other all week. We are both hoping that it will help us get back on track. I feel like the eating has been really healthy this week so I hope it sticks :-)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Crabby Update
Thanks for the encouragement guys. I did really well the last two days and I even think that I got in all my water yesterday (which was amazing since I had to have some diet coke to ward off the pollen headache....caffeine is the only thing that will help when I am already taking Claritin). Lots of liquid yesterday!! I also got in a run.
I think that the most important part of it all is that I feel really good because of all the water and the good food. I don't feel like I have eaten when not hungry (left food on my plate the past two nights at dinner which is unlike me normally) and I am trying not to stress about it all. I have a friend who gave great advice. She said that she used to really struggle with her weight and she was counting every calorie and working out like crazy. The scale didn't budge. Then she decided to take a more laid back approach and use some common sense and she has been able to shed some pounds. I think that I get so stressed about how to eat healthy when I travel that food is all I think about. I am not like that at home at all....sometimes I can skip meals or whatever but it feels like on the road I am always worried that there will not be a healthy option for me so I better plan, plan, plan. While I do think that some planning is good and necessary (so you don't find yourself in a bad situation with nothing good to eat), I think that I have become obsessed with it and it has become this sick game instead of just being a natural process of me eating to give my body the nutrients it needs. This week I have tried not to obsess about it as much and I do feel better....not sure if that will translate to a loss but even if it doesn't, it is better than stressing all week and being unhappy just to be further disappointed by a loss.
I think that the most important part of it all is that I feel really good because of all the water and the good food. I don't feel like I have eaten when not hungry (left food on my plate the past two nights at dinner which is unlike me normally) and I am trying not to stress about it all. I have a friend who gave great advice. She said that she used to really struggle with her weight and she was counting every calorie and working out like crazy. The scale didn't budge. Then she decided to take a more laid back approach and use some common sense and she has been able to shed some pounds. I think that I get so stressed about how to eat healthy when I travel that food is all I think about. I am not like that at home at all....sometimes I can skip meals or whatever but it feels like on the road I am always worried that there will not be a healthy option for me so I better plan, plan, plan. While I do think that some planning is good and necessary (so you don't find yourself in a bad situation with nothing good to eat), I think that I have become obsessed with it and it has become this sick game instead of just being a natural process of me eating to give my body the nutrients it needs. This week I have tried not to obsess about it as much and I do feel better....not sure if that will translate to a loss but even if it doesn't, it is better than stressing all week and being unhappy just to be further disappointed by a loss.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Crabby
Today when I was on my plane thinking about what I was going to write today I had decided that I wasn't going to care at all this week how I ate. I am beyond frustrated that in the last couple weeks it seems like I eat really healthy and don't lose at all but the minute I put a fry or piece of chocolate in my mouth, 3 lbs go on. UGH. BUT. Somehow between this morning and lunch time I snapped out of it and realized that I was just being a big baby. There are any number of things that could have caused me to have an issue this past month and none of them will be solved by me feeling like crap from eating crap food. So, I am going to try a couple more things this week and see if it will help.
--WATER, WATER, WATER!!! I think that this is something that my body needs, and I say it all the time, I see results when I drink water...it is almost like if I don't drink water my body will hold onto every drop from the last month and I have been HORRIBLE about drinking water lately.
--gave up the Ceasar dressing (and salad). I usually order these because 1. I like them and 2. people think it is weird when you order a side salad but don't want the tomatoes and stuff. Well, these days are over (though I might consider ordered the ceasar salad but without the dressing because the lettuce is better for you than a side salad). I always got the dressing on the side but I probably still used too much so now I am ordering side salads with oil and vinegar.
--nothing but butter on my potato. I know, butter, horrible, right? Not really....if that is all I have. But, I used to do the whole "the works on the side thing" and then "dip" in each side. I don't think that my dipping was little enough so I am going to limit myself to butter...and not much of that.
--no more rolls!! I was doing so well at this for a while and then in March all hell broke lose but I am back in the game.
I am hoping that these few things will help to at least keep me from gaining weight, and who knows, maybe I will even be surprised with a little loss. I still have 4 weeks until vacation and even though I don't feel like 10lbs is realistic, I feel like I would be happy with about 5lbs...I am hoping for more but with the way my weigh ins are going, who knows!
Anyway, I know I have said a lot of this before but I guess for me I just have to really see what doesn't work before I can accept what does....hopefully this week will go well.
--WATER, WATER, WATER!!! I think that this is something that my body needs, and I say it all the time, I see results when I drink water...it is almost like if I don't drink water my body will hold onto every drop from the last month and I have been HORRIBLE about drinking water lately.
--gave up the Ceasar dressing (and salad). I usually order these because 1. I like them and 2. people think it is weird when you order a side salad but don't want the tomatoes and stuff. Well, these days are over (though I might consider ordered the ceasar salad but without the dressing because the lettuce is better for you than a side salad). I always got the dressing on the side but I probably still used too much so now I am ordering side salads with oil and vinegar.
--nothing but butter on my potato. I know, butter, horrible, right? Not really....if that is all I have. But, I used to do the whole "the works on the side thing" and then "dip" in each side. I don't think that my dipping was little enough so I am going to limit myself to butter...and not much of that.
--no more rolls!! I was doing so well at this for a while and then in March all hell broke lose but I am back in the game.
I am hoping that these few things will help to at least keep me from gaining weight, and who knows, maybe I will even be surprised with a little loss. I still have 4 weeks until vacation and even though I don't feel like 10lbs is realistic, I feel like I would be happy with about 5lbs...I am hoping for more but with the way my weigh ins are going, who knows!
Anyway, I know I have said a lot of this before but I guess for me I just have to really see what doesn't work before I can accept what does....hopefully this week will go well.
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