Determined to hang in there

The 3 day liquid diet didn't go so well. I was doing fine the first day up until 8PM when my dad returned home with the children and junk food. I tried to restrain myself, but gave in. I can control what comes in the house when I do the shopping, but he doesn't understand that even though the snacks are not intended for me, I'm not at the point where I have the will power to not eat junk. So my fast ended with a handful of peanut M & Ms! Doing so put me in a funk and I didn't even bother finishing the liquid diet the next day and day after. Next week will be a new week. I only managed to work out 2 days this week as well. Despite the excessive calorie filled week, I still managed to lose 1.5 pounds this week! I'm at 187 and will post a photo when I reach 185 lbs to mark my 10 lb. weight loss. Hopefully I can do that next week!

Liquid Diet Day 1

Well I decided to go ahead with a 3 day liquid diet starting today. I am only allowing myself italian ice, chicken broth, and Jello. I'm taking it one day at a time and so far so good. I need the cleanse from eating so much bad stuff over the past 3 days. Upside is that my weight dropped from 191 to 189.5 when I weighed in this morning.

Uh-Ohhhh!

Things went a bit downhill after my last post. I tried to stay strong, but the weekend and including Monday got the best of me. The culprit? Well, lets start with the sweets served at the reception of my little nephew's piano recital, I then went overboard eating the food my husband and I prepared during my mother and father in-law's visit, there was also the endless snacking all day Sunday, and last on Monday when I had an uncontrolled craving for Mexican Food b/c my day was stressful...a mountain of chips, salsa, cheese, onions, peppers, seasoned chicken fajita which was all sooooo goood and full of calories!

My weight easily crept from 188.5 to 191 lbs over the course of those few days. I exceeded my allowed caloric intake by 3094 calories and have the 2.5 lbs to show for it! What's worse is that I haven't been able to exercise b/c I believe I have gout. I'm convinced it's from all that pigging out. Luckily the pain in my foot has subsided somewhat, but it was excruciating last night. I plan on resuming my workout tomorrow so hopefully I can still get my 4 days in this week Lord willing.

Okay where do I go from here? I consumed enough extra calories to cover nearly 2 1/2 days worth of meals! What in the world? I know I'm human and I expected a few slip ups, but this past weekend took the cake! Starving myself for 2 1/2 days isn't an option. I considered doing a straight liquid diet which may not be a bad idea....hmmmm....I'm really entertaining that idea. I've done that before when I was in the hospital a few months ago. It really wasn't bad either....orange jello, chicken broth, italian ice. I think I may do that, but I won't allow myself to cook the meals I had planned for the family or else I'll be tempted to sample. The husband and children will have to eat take out if I want to attempt the liquid diet. Maybe doing so will help flush out all that junk I ate over the past 3 days.

I'll be satisfied if my weight remains at 188.5 on the Saturday weigh in, but I'd like to drop an additional 2 or more pounds. That may be asking a bit too much since I did overdo it a few days ago. I'll feel devasted if it remained at today's 191 lb weigh in or even worse if it crept up from there. We shall see........

Just Say NO!

I'm learning quite a bit regarding my eating habits while on this weightloss journey. I have this overwhelming urge to want to PIG OUT on Fridays knowing that weigh-ins are on Saturday. I had allotted the foods and allowed calories for Friday ahead of time until I got a hold of my daughter's package of trail mix and my son's gummy worms. It's my fault they had them in their possession in the first place, but my fault that I allowed myself to munch on them as if there was no tomorrow (that last sentence is a whole 'nother story in itself with the whole 5-21-11 end of the world hype). I was so disgusted with myself wasting my dinner calories snacking after work. I considered going out with a bang by pigging out at the burger joint 5 Guys later that evening, but instead I decided to go to bed. I woke up with a new outlook and relief that I didn't exceed my calories.

I walked 3 miles today and patted myself for managing to get 5 days of work out time this week. I weighed in at 188.5 today and down 6.5 lbs since I started May 8th. YAY!!!!!! I want to celebrate and buy myself some exercise undergarments, running shoes, and work out shorts!!

One Day At A Time

189.5 lbs. 5-19-11

I'm excited to report that I've lost 5.5 lbs. since starting my plan 11 days ago. I've behaved for the most part although I did exceed my set caloric intake by nearly 500 calories yesterday. --I can't have too many more days like that. The workouts are going well for the most part....my goal is to work out 4x a week

New Beginnings

195 lbs. May 9, 2011

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Well, I finally found the courage to start a new blog documenting another weight loss journey. Things didn't turn out as expected when documented on my old blog http://35before35.blogspot.com/ but I'm optimistic they will this time. I've been on this roller coaster since 2000 and I'm growing tired. This time around my goal will be to lose 40 lbs and maintain! I'm tired of the back pains, tired of the frumpiness, tired of looking bloated, tired of being tired!

I've resorted to counting calories (again), but this feels like a fresher approach. I discovered a free app on my IPhone called MyNetDiary. It makes food/exercising journing very easy and it's comprehensive. It's available online as well on http://www.mynetdiary.com/index.html.

Setting up was very easy and fun. I indicated that I wanted ot lose 40 lbs. by the end of October, provided a few stats about myself (such as height, current weight, gender, lifestyle, etc.) and it automatically set up a weight loss plan! I'm ecstatic. Whenever I eat, I plug in the food or meal and it tells me how many more calories I will be allowed for the day. It has every food/restaurant menu item you can imagine. It takes minimal meal planning on my part to stay within my allotted caloric intake, and it's beneficial because it's really helping me discipline myself. It also still allows me to eat the foods I want, but it teaches me to not eat all the food I want in one sitting!

I just started journaling my food intake Mother's Day 5-09-11 and so far I've lost 4.5 lbs in one week alone! I'm looking forward to sharing my future results. Wish me luck and I'm praying to have focus and continued discipline. October 2011 seems a long ways off! Here's to weight loss and better health!