I just did 10 miles (14 mph average) on my stationery bike. Last night I did six miles. I was below 170 for approximately 30 seconds but I just can’t seem to drop these last few pounds.
Keep at it Ginger, you will get there! And ANY EXERCISE is good for you and your long term health so it counts even when the scale won’t move… (This is what I tell myself on a near daily basis - doesn’t really make us feel better, does it?!)
I got back from two nights in Tokyo with 130 other foreign wives of Japanese men. It was a raucous riot! I ate too much, drank too much and talked myself hoarse. In between excesses, I attended a yoga, pilates and latin dance class, and went shopping in a very expensive store and came out with a black velvet jacket that FITS (a Japanese size - wowee!) and two pairs of shoes.
I am one kilo up on Friday but oh! I had a good time!
Back to the grindstone.
It was a good weekend, and I am now under 87kgs. Feeling pretty good about that. It feels that I am back on the way down. I have rejigged my working out, including a bit more aerobics as well as weights.
However, I go to see the hepatologist today, and I expect that I will need to start antiviral medication to suppress my chronic Hepatitis B. And I am really worried that the drugs will impact my ability to work out and recover - I don’t want to slow down.
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That may be, but it also helps your bones. So do it for a toned body and not that extra sliver of pizza.
I’m still going to Weight Watchers and feel like I’m doing well even though my loss has slowed and it took me forever (like 3 months) the lose the 5 lbs I gained over Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The thing that I cling to, is that the only way to fail is to quit. And once I reach my goal weight I still can’t quit because this is about learning how to make healthy choices and learning to be consistent and learning how to live in a way that will allow me to maintain a healthy weight.
Learning how to live in a way that will allow me to maintain a healthy weight. Learning how to live in a way that will allow me to maintain a healthy weight.
I’m learning how to live. I need to remember that.
I can do it. We all can. There is no acceptable alternative.
At weigh-in this morning I was 191, that’s 2 pounds down. I was hoping for 3 pounds, because then I could say I’ve lost 50 pounds, but I guess I’ll have to be satisfied with 49. 
I’m feeling pretty gosh darn good, I have to say.
49 pounds is amazing!
Yay!
Tip of the day:
I’ve been making ground-turkey meatloaf which is essentially fat free.
I noticed (surprise!) that the canned turkey gravy you can buy is quite low fat. But it’s pretty bland and gloppy. I add soy sauce, grey poupon, black pepper & some water to thin. It’s great!
Nothing like guilt-free meatloaf and gravy…
Uh oh. My friend that rents our cabin came back from NYC last night and brought me bagels, a few slices of real pizza and some Italian pastries. So far I’ve done well. I had one bite of pastry and gave the rest to my partner to eat or take to work along with all but 3 of the bagels. If I have one and he has 2 with soup and I only have one slice of pizza by the end of the day tomorrow it won’t blow my calories for the week too much. There are some NY foods whose California equivalents are an abomination in comparison and it’s too good to pass up all of it.
Last week I dropped almost 4 pounds.
This morning I went to put on some crop jeans I hadn’t worn in about 2 months. The last time I wore them, they were tight on my butt and thighs and there was usually a little bit of hop-hop to get them on. This morning, no hop hop required to get them on and they definitely were not tight!! WooHoo!!
Now I just have to have to be good the rest of the week and not completely blow it over the weekend. I am going to L.A. to see my sister (about a 5 hour drive each way)
She wants to take me to this Indian food restaurant, on Friday night. I have never been to an Indian food place, so I have NO idea what to pick that would be healthy or at least not terrible for me. Then we’re going to an Irish Pub for for Friday night fun. I don’t plan on drinking more than 2 beers, if that much, so I should be OK there.
On Saturday we’re going to do the touristy thing around Hollywood, La Brea Tar pits etc, lots of walking I’m guessing. Maybe I can make up for Friday by eating super healthy on Saturday and making sure I work out when I get home Sunday evening.
Stick to the vegetable dishes or have something that is grilled. Avoid anything with the word “korma” in the title.
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As Illuminatiprimus ** said, avoid korma’s, also avoid masala’s. Hopefully the menu will have descriptions of what each dish contains, even if basic. Avoid anything ‘creamy’, and if you can (you might not like hot food, I dunno), ‘mild’.
Both tend to mean a fair amount of cream (most likely full fat) will be in the curry, to give it it’s creamy taste or to make the spices milder.
If all else fails, just ask the waiter what things contain, they should have a rough idea even though they’re not cooking themselves. And if that fails, just cut back on the rice you have with it. Count it as a treat and don’t go feeling bad at it! There’s no rush to lose weight, take it nice and steady. The important thing is, we’re all trying!
As velvetjones ** said, the only way to fail is to quit!
I wanted to do something different this morning so I broke out a belly dance tape that I haven’t used in years. I forgot that there is a hip muscle that nothing else ever seems to get at. I’m already sore 20 minutes later so I bet I’ll be hurting tomorrow. It wasn’t as hard of a workout as I remembered but it was a nice change from the usual routine.
I’m going to try something different today, too. It’s blizzarding here today, and chances are that when I finally get home I’m not going to want to go back out again in order to go to the gym. I’m thinking I’ll try running on my old, manual treadmill that I have at home. I decided to try running a mile at the gym on Sunday, just to see if I could. I could, no problem. Today I think I’ll see how long I can really go, just for fun. (Fun? Did I really just say that?) I’m shooting for 30 minutes, with some walking likely when needed.
Yesterday was different too. The rain took a break so instead of working out I spent about 2 hours with a pitchfork digging out a large patch of mint in wet, heavy soil. My arms and thighs were killing me when I was done but the mint is gone for now. I can’t wait until it stops raining and I can do lots of work like that.
Thanks for the tips on the Indian food. I love hot stuff, by the way. My sister goes to this place all the time, so I’m sure she’ll be able to help me out too. She also has to watch what she eats (lactose intolerant etc…) so she’s a trustworthy food guide.
Well, this past week’s weigh in was not so good, showing 2 lbs up. Back up to my last endless plateau weight. Not sure exactly what happened, but I’m not so pleased. So 7 lbs to go now instead of 5. It might not seem like much, but between my size (5’) and my meds (metabolism side effects), it’s *hard *to lose anything.
I’ve cut out alcohol for now, and am trying to be better about snacking and portions. Exercise is easy 3 out of 5 days (I’m off Fri-Sun), but the other days it’s hard to push through the post-work sluggishness. I also haven’t lifted weights for a while. Aaand it looks like it’s my favorite time of the month again. Blech.
Sigh. I’ll do some ‘aggressive’ snowshoeing this weekend and we’ll see what shows up on the scale Monday morning. I know it’s getting healthy, not necessarily the numbers, that matter - but I’d like to see some improvement.
I didn’t show a loss today either but I didn’t expect one. I’ve been tracking my weight in Excel for about 6 months and when I graph it I can see that every month is almost the same. I’ve never lost weight 2 weeks in a row and I bounce around within 4 or 5 pounds all month. Then a few days after my period is over I show a big loss and it starts all over again for another month. This isn’t the right week so I’m not going to worry about it. I’m not sure how much more I want to lose. As it is I have to put my jeans in the dryer before I wear them or they’re too big and I don’t want to have to replace all of my pants. At my lowest I weighed almost 10 pounds less than this and I don’t remember them being this big. It must be distributed differently this time.