I had a bad week last week. Starting Wednesday, I started feeling crappy and by Thursday afternoon was down in bed. So I missed workouts on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I finally got myself back on the treadmill yesterday but it was tough. The result was that I didn’t lose last week but I didn’t gain either. I don’t think I’m going to make my goal by Christmas but I think I can live with that. I should be able to get back to my regular exercise schedule this week, though today and probably Friday are out because I have work stuff. I shall have to just do my best.
Just wanted to chime in here too. Jayjay and I have not exercised in decades and we both started our exercise program yesterday. Walking. We walked for 40 minutes straight (well gaily forward). It went very well.
Cheers for you two! It’s better to walk with someone, because it keeps you from getting bored. Also, I do better when I walk with hubby, because he’s five inches taller than me, hence has a longer stride, hence makes me keep up my pace. When I walk on my own, I tend to sort of meander.
Not that there’s anything wrong with meandering. It’s still exercise, just not as efficient as faster walking.
Husband leaves on Wednesday for a business trip. I am without childcare to go to the gym or yoga. I anticipate no loss.
I’m on the world’s biggest plateau, or well, I should say maintenance, because I’ve slacked off lately. Haven’t gained, haven’t lost. Have eaten well mostly and have gone to the gym at 60% of what I used to. So I’m holding my own right now.
Have been doing physical therapy for knee problems. I’m trying to take care of myself and my health first, and worry about losing 2nd. Trying not to force myself to get back to 100% or punish myself for not being at 100% because I know that’ll shut down my motivation. So making sure to take my vitamins, eat right, get good sleep at night, get my health issues addressed, not be stressed.
I’m having a hard time keeping hydrated, though. Drinking water is so hard for me for some reason!
So I’m going to coast through the rest of the holidays and then accelerate into 2007 with gusto!
Original weight: 191
Current weight: 157
Goal weight: 140 by May 2 (first anniversary of my “Fitness Epiphany”)
Thanks for the tips, norinew. I’m definitely into soups, so I might track down a good vegetarian chili recipe and make that this weekend.
I tend to get anxious about leftovers, I’m convinced they’re secretly moldy after a day. Clearly, this is from the fact that my dad has no sense of smell and I’ve often had some food item after him only to realize it’s gone completely off. Gross.
But I think I’ll get over it.
I think this is an excellent plan! It seems whenever I got tired of ‘dieting’, I’d just give up, and bam! there’s the weight back. But if I’d ever been able to think of myself as just being on maintenance for a month or two, until my resolve to lose more returned, it would have been so much better for me!
Had our company party Sunday and I hit the alcohol with gusto…3 beers, a 750ml bottle of chardonnay, 1 glass of shiraz and a glass of champagne…oh, and the food!
Couple that with missing Thursday’s and Friday’s workouts because of a sick child and shopping for all that food and beverages for the party…+2 pounds.
But it was well worth it…the liquid courage needed to sing in front of my staff such timeless songs as “Desperado”, “Bad To The Bone” and “Just A Gigolo” required every drop and about 30 women begging for me to get up there and sing it. :o
Well, I had a bit of a slip last night, but I didn’t fall. I got myself two full size candy bars, and a bag of Hershey minatures. I polished off the full size ones and started in on the mini’s and after I’d eaten 5, I decided to stop. Definately a new change for me. I decided I didn’t need to do that. So, this morning, I brought them in to work with me and gave them to my co-workers so they wouldn’t be at home to tempt me. I am very proud of myself. I know I can’t be perfect - we’ll all fall once in a while…and I handled this very well.
This afternoon I weighed myself. Since my last weigh-in, 12/04/06, I’ve lost 9 lbs. I’m just starting out, so my weight loss will be on the higher end for a while (I hope)…
Starting weight: x48 (early Nov '06)
Current weight: x34.5 (12/12/06)
I’m down another pound. Whee, and all that. I’m SO TIRED of this slow loss. 12.5 pounds to go. Perhaps I will make it by next Christmas.
OK, it wasn’t a bad weekend, but not a good one. I was had another holiday party. I ate sparingly, but drank a little. Only (a little over) one more week of holiday parites to get through!
I gained 0.4 pounds, which, considering that I’ve been sampling “just one or two” holiday cookies that people have been bringing into work (Note: “just one or two” from six people is actually “just 10 or 12”).
Apparently, gaining back weight causes you to lose all grammar faculties as well.
considering that I’ve been sampling “just one or two” holiday cookies that people have been bringing into work, 0.4 pounds isn’t as bad as it really SHOULD have been.
Still hovering around 180, here. I’ll get to 150 eventually but after the past four or five months of trying to kill myself to get there, I’m fairly content to just maintain.
I lost one more pound this week. A pound a week isn’t too bad, but once my dad gifts me with gym membership for christmas I’ll be able to take things up a notch.
The holiday office party was chinese restaurant buffet though. That was hard. I sampled things and then stopped, but it was DAMN hard not to get seconds on those crab rangoons.
I’m down another 5 lbs. Go me! Of course I have not had any office holiday temptations and i am not doing any holiday baking this year. The weekend holiday party went very well. I limited my alcohol consumption (well for me), and brought food to the party. We didn’t walk today, but made tentative plans to seek out a gym membership. Now to do the research.
I’ve been out about 3 times this week, eating merrily away! I am usually the designated driver so I don’t drink but I’ve had some lovely meals. I’ve decided that December is off (mostly) and that if I want something really badly, then I’ll have it. I don’t treat myself enough and I work bloody hard at all this dieting lark that I deserve to let myself go, once in awhile.
However, I know that I will get back into the groove in January and I’m keeping up with the gym - 50 minutes a day, first thing in the morning. In fact, my gym’s closed for 4 days so I’ve been going on Saturdays as well for the last three weeks. I also know I can’t eat like a complete piggy and get away with it - mostly because my stomach can only deal with small treats now and again, anything like the way I used to eat, I’d be so sick that I couldn’t get out of bed. So between the gym and knowing my own digestive habits, whatever I treat myself with will be good and tasty but also keeping in mind the healthy option. That doesn’t mean no chocolate ice-cream though!!!
Back when I lived in Davis, my house was across the street from a large park with a nice running path. I’d go jogging every morning, and one day a little older guy stopped me and said he’d seen me out there, and that “my daughter has… your problem…” and that he wanted to encourage me and so on. At the time I thanked him and was privately horrified that anyone had paid any attention to my schlubby butt trotting around the park and almost didn’t go back out there again… but now I think about it and wish I knew who he was so I could drop him a note.
Meanwhile, my Christmas present to myself this year is to be one hundred pounds down as of Christmas day. I’m a few pounds shy and it’ll be a push to make it, but goddamn I’m going to work hard and get there, see if I don’t! 
I’m down another 7lbs. this month, for a total of 102lbs. so far.
Good work, everyone!
I think I’m back in the workout routine. I had to cancel my gym membership and life has gotten quite busy however three days now I’ve made time for a jog/walk around the neighborhood.
Despite my lack of focus, I’ve held steady just under 300 lbs (meaning in total I’m 26 down from my peak) and will hopefully begin to drop more now that I’m working out and counting calories again.
Cheers!
– IG