For two week I have been doing awesome….following South Beach to a tee and then yesterday after my daughter’s game I was starving and the family stopped for pizza. I ate one slice of pizza and everything went down hill from there. I weighed myself this morning and lost a pound….I should be ecstatic, but instead I celebrate with food. For breakfast I had 3 slices of pizza, when I got out of class at 3:00 I stopped at Sonic and got a jr. cheeseburger and a diet dr. pepper, then for supper I had another cheeseburger. I feel terrible right now. I can’t believe I was doing so good and totally blew it. Well, tomorrow is another day.
May 26, 2008
First week of South Beach.
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I’ve been really bad about keeping up with this blog. I need to make a commitment to check in at least once a day…for myself. I have been doing South Beach and am on day 8 of Phase 1. I thought I was doing really well and following the program to a tee, until I read a refresher about what to eat during Phase 1. I’m not much of a vegetable eater and the book says to have 1/2 a cup of vegetables at breakfast and 1 cup of vegetables at lunch and dinner (I’m lucky to get in 1/2 a cup a day). I have also been drinking milk, which I found out is a big NO-NO. Nuts have become my best friend, I read that you should only have 1 serving of nuts a day….that’s your fat allowance (oops!) I’ve been having a few more than that. I’ve been drinking my water, but I still need to work at it. Exercise has been non-existent this last week. Even though I haven’t been following Phase 1 to a tee and I might add I did cheat a bit with some of my daughter’s teddy grahams I still lost 6.6 pounds this last week! YAY!!
This is basically my menu following South Beach Phase 1:
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs or an omelet with cheese and meat (notice, no veggies) will add a 1/2 cup of veggies to menu during week 2.
Snack: handful of nuts or celery with a wedge of laughing cow cheese
Lunch: sliced chicken breast wrapped around a wedge of laughing cow cheese or string cheese (will add steamed cauliflour to get my vegetable in / or a chef salad with ranch dressing (need to add veggies to my salad).
Supper: Taco Soup (lean hamburger/3 cans of beans/green chilies/petite tomatoes/taco seasoning/dry ranch dressing packet/8oz water) I sprinkle 2% low fat cheese on top YUMMY!! (veggies are tomatoes, are green chilies a veggie?) If I don’t have the taco soup I will normally have a meat like baked chicken and a vegetable like green beans or steamed cauliflour.
Snack: Sugar free fudgesicle (this one little fudgesicle keeps me motivated all day to stay good….I look so forward to this little snack!)
My goal for phase 1 this 2nd week is to follow it to a tee. I will get in all my veggies, exercise an hour 6 days a week and drink at least 64 oz of water a day. I’m hoping to see another big loss this next week. I love it when I see results right away, it keeps me motivated to keep it up.
I’ve been off this last week and a half and tomorrow I get to go back to school. I’m hoping that I can stick with this while I’m away from home. My cravings for sweets have diminished and I do not feel the urge to snack all of the time like before. I did notice that after eating those teddy grahams, that I was in the kitchen 15 minutes later looking for something to eat….it’s amazing how certain foods trigger that kind of response.
May 9, 2008
“For a moment today, don’t worry about being better. Just be”
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The following is the reflection lesson of the day at SparkPeople:
We’re always getting ready to live, but never living. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer
Don’t put off living the life you want
There is no lesson for today. You have permission to stop thinking for a moment and just enjoy yourself. Stop looking at your computer right now and go look at the world. Rediscover the natural wonders that you walk past every day. How can there possibly be that many shades of green? Let your mind be grateful for a break. Don’t think, don’t strain. Let the memories of loved ones remind you of your favorite times. Close your eyes and try to smell the sunshine. Listen to your heart beat in your ears. If it’s raining, smile at the thought of the flowers that will soon follow. If you’re surrounded by buildings, celebrate the creative genius of human beings. See the hope, the alarm, the love, the grief in faces that stream by. Thank whomever you’d like to thank for the chance to even be here. For a moment today, don’t worry about being better. Just be.
A beautiful rainbow
A storm moving in
My beautiful girls
The pictures above is the beauty that I’m surrounded by everyday. I love this lesson because it actually made me stop and be. I live in a beautiful rural area in Kansas, believe it or not Kansas isn’t as flat as everyone thinks. It’s very hilly here and you can see the blocks of green from the alfalfa and wheat meeting up with the blocks of amber fields of milo stocks, lined with trees that follow the river. In the distance there is a hill and you can see the peak of a beautiful country church. We have neighbors, but they’re a mile away. I’m surrounded by the beauty of nature, and I never stop to enjoy it. I have a wonderful family, but am always so busy to spend any time with them….my excuses always seem to be school and work, then when I’m home and they run up to greet me, I’m so tired I just want to take a shower and go to bed. I’m missing out on their lives, the time that they want to spend with their mommy. There will be a day when I’ll want to spend time with my girls, but they would rather hang out with their friends, and I will miss those important bonding years with my daughters. Then there’s my husband, very supportive and will take the girls so that I can get some studying done or clean the house. We are both so busy with work, I hardly ever see him, except in the evenings when I come home, but same with my daughters, I’m so tired that I just go to bed. When we were dating I would ride out on the tractor with him to do chores, and basically go wherever he went. It was so much fun, we would drive through the country and enjoy the scenery that surrounded us….which is a normal Sunday activity in rural Kansas. The price of gas and life put a stop to that. I never thought that I could miss my family so much, and still live in the same house.
All of my relatives live 2 1/2 hours away. I hardly ever see them anymore, and there might be a phone call once a month. I try to make it there to see them, but again, with being so busy it just doesn’t happen. I’ve lost touch with all of my old friends…..I’m crying right now as I write this, because I’ve just realized that I’m no longer living….I’m simply existing! I’m a prisoner in this fat suit and I need to break free. I can not let my fat or the future hold me back from living right now. I love the last sentence of the above paragraph. “For a moment today, don’t worry about being better. Just be.”
From now on, that’s the quote I’m going to live by. Everyday in my blog I’m going to write down one thing I did that day to show that I’m still living… Maybe call my parents or an old friend, go outside to play with my daughters, spend time with my husband, whatever it is, I will do at least one thing a day. I have so many pictures on my computer, but nothing sitting out to look at….what’s the point in taking pictures if you’re not going to enjoy them? I need to put them in a scrapbook, that’s a great activity I could do with my daughter, or just a photo album…..I will ENJOY LIFE! I WILL BEGIN LIVING! I will stop worrying about being better and JUST SIMPLY BE!
Thank you SparkPeople for waking me up to the beauty that surrounds me! It’s hard to believe I was missing it!
May 7, 2008
I was in nutrition class today, and we are giving presentations on anything that has to do with nutrition. A gal in my class did her presentation on obesity, she talked about all of the diseases that obesity causes….such as heart disease, high blood pressure, type II diabetes and some cancers. I know that being obese is bad for my health and that I will pay for my choices in the future, but why do I have such a hard time sticking to losing weight? Is my health, family, life not important enough? Why do I choose food or not exercising over everything that is important to me? On my way home from school today I was talking to my friend who I carpool with and I was telling her about something I saw on the news regarding smoking and the diseases it causes and that if you stop smoking, in 5 years all of the risks drop dramatically. She told me, “I know that smoking is bad for me and I know that it causes cancer and other diseases, but I just can’t seem to quit.” Her fight with cigarettes is my same fight with food.
So, my question, If we know it’s bad for us, why can we not stop? Is it the addiction? I guess I just don’t get it….I want to be here for my family and I do not want food to win! My family, My health, My life is more important than any chocolate doughnut or fast food burger! I can beat this addiction I have with food…..I WILL BEAT THIS ADDICTION I HAVE WITH FOOD!!!!!!
May 4, 2008
Breaking Bad Habits
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May 8th, I’m planning on breaking some bad habits and replacing them with good ones. They say it takes 28 day to make and break a habit, so I’m going to put it to the test.
My bad habits:
Drinking to much pop. I plan to stop drinking pop and replace it with drinking at least 2 liters of water daily.
Eating in front of the TV, computer or while reading. I will replace this habit with eating at the kitchen table with my family, while the TV is turned off. ( my family is going to love this one) ;p
Staying up to late. I will replace this with going to bed by 10:00 p.m. each evening. I normally get up at 5:00a.m. so this will give me 7 hours of sleep.
Eating too late. I will replace this with not eating past 7:00p.m. this is 3 hours before bedtime.
Not exercising. I will replace this with walking for 30 minutes daily and strength training 3 times a week. I would love to learn Tai Chi and do that every morning. I will add to my exercise as I get stronger and in better shape.
Eating junk. I will replace this with throwing out all of the foods that I have that has sugar, high fructose corn syrup, enriched or bleached flour listed in the 1st 5 ingredient. I will replace with whole grains, fruits, veggies and lean meats.
I’m sure I will be adding to this list, but this will get me started. I’m going to pick 2 habits a week to concentrate on and then when it becomes more routine I will pick another 2 until I’ve mastered all of the new habits.
My first 2habits that I will concentrate on will be the replacing pop with water and the exercising. So starting tomorrow, no more pop and I’ll start walking everyday. I’m excited about starting my journey across the US. I’m going to place this on my goals page, under non-scale goals so I’m better able to keep track of them.
Until tomorrow….
May 3, 2008
It’s official!
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This is where it all begins! May 8th….my official start date! I have set up some graphs in excel and will keep track of my weight loss. I’ve also created a graph to keep track of my points for Weight Watchers, I will include that menu with my daily posts. I have a lot of weight to lose and have set up small attainable goals and rewards to keep me motivated along the way. I plan on cleaning out my kitchen tomorrow and throwing out all of the “bad” foods. I’ve been reading You: On A Diet, and according to them you should not eat anything that has simple sugars; enriched, bleached, or refined flour; or High fructose corn syrup listed in the first five ingredients, so in the trash they go (Hubby’s not to keen on the idea).
The book I’m reading also says to at least get 30 minutes of walking in a day. I bought a pedometer and am going to strive for my first NSG (non-scale goal) of walking 10,000 steps a day, which is equivalent to 5 miles. I’m pretty out of shape, so it may take a while to work up to that. I found this great website, where you can walk across the USA starting in Virginia and ending in Oregon. You can see where I’m at on my Virtual Walk Page.
I plan on using this blog to not only document my weight loss, but also to talk about everything that’s going on in my life. I have quite a bit of stress, which leads to eating, and I need to find another escape….this blog will be that escape!
So grab on and hold on tight, because it’s going to be one hell of a ride!
