Friday, January 01, 2010
Well, that New Year resolution fell apart fast . . .
Yes, I was amused when I logged in today, January 1, 2010, and saw that my last post was January 1, 2009. And it was a lame post at that -- probably one of the worst attempts at a New Year's resolution ever. My diet/weight didn't fare much better. I weighed in this morning at 237.0, which is the biggest I have ever been. I may have been a pound higher a few weeks ago -- I can't remember, so let's call this the biggest I've been. And this is not good. For the first time in my life, I really think my weight is slowing me down. And my husband, a wonderful man who still thinks I'm beautiful, is worried for my health, too. So I have to do something. It may involve this blog, it may not. But it has to be something.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
New Year, New Blog Entries!
I'm going to try this blog thing YET AGAIN, but I don't have much else to say right now -- just wanted to get a post up on January 1st! Happy New Year!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Thursday update
Morning weigh-in:
Daily gain/loss: -1/4 lb.
Total loss from peak (7/8/08): -1/2 lb.
I made it through my first day back in the box pretty well. I staggered my meals well enough that I did not feel hungry: I started with a cereal for breakfast to immediately satisfy my hunger. In the late morning I had a double shake. I was going to put fruit in it but found out I didn't have the frozen fruit I thought I had, so I just used sugar-free syrup instead. I had a later lunch of the lasagna entree with a can of green beans and 4 oz. can of mushrooms on the side. Then, because I had to work at a charity outdoor event in the evening, where I know there would be some tempting food, I filled up on a dinner of savory chicken entree mixed with HMR Soup mixed with a can of garbanzo beans and another 4oz can of mushrooms. That really helped me resist the kettle corn I kept smelling at the event -- it's good and it helped start my descent (or should I say ascent on the scale) last summer. However, as I browsed the vendors of jewelry, etc., after my shift was over, I sampled a cracker and a small meatball with BBQ sauce (the vendor was selling bottles of the sauce) on it before realizing I was going out of the box. I wasn't even hungry, I just wanted to sample the sauce (which wasn't that good). Because it was so small I don't think I'm going to say I was out of box on my mid-week call, but I can't do that again!!!!!
Almost forgot my daily numbers -- don't know if I'll do it everyday but here goes:
S: 2 shakes/1 soup = 3
C: 1
E: 2
V: 7
F: 0
PA: 360 calories (continuous strolling/standing at charity event for 3 hours times 2 cal/min)
Daily gain/loss: -1/4 lb.
Total loss from peak (7/8/08): -1/2 lb.
I made it through my first day back in the box pretty well. I staggered my meals well enough that I did not feel hungry: I started with a cereal for breakfast to immediately satisfy my hunger. In the late morning I had a double shake. I was going to put fruit in it but found out I didn't have the frozen fruit I thought I had, so I just used sugar-free syrup instead. I had a later lunch of the lasagna entree with a can of green beans and 4 oz. can of mushrooms on the side. Then, because I had to work at a charity outdoor event in the evening, where I know there would be some tempting food, I filled up on a dinner of savory chicken entree mixed with HMR Soup mixed with a can of garbanzo beans and another 4oz can of mushrooms. That really helped me resist the kettle corn I kept smelling at the event -- it's good and it helped start my descent (or should I say ascent on the scale) last summer. However, as I browsed the vendors of jewelry, etc., after my shift was over, I sampled a cracker and a small meatball with BBQ sauce (the vendor was selling bottles of the sauce) on it before realizing I was going out of the box. I wasn't even hungry, I just wanted to sample the sauce (which wasn't that good). Because it was so small I don't think I'm going to say I was out of box on my mid-week call, but I can't do that again!!!!!
Almost forgot my daily numbers -- don't know if I'll do it everyday but here goes:
S: 2 shakes/1 soup = 3
C: 1
E: 2
V: 7
F: 0
PA: 360 calories (continuous strolling/standing at charity event for 3 hours times 2 cal/min)
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Tuesday "Transition Day" Success
As I mentioned yesterday, I took Tuesday as a "transition" day -- no bread, crackers, alcohol, etc., but I did have some lean meats and some cheese on some salads. I also got in two HMR shakes with an HMR cereal mixed in, and two HMR beef stew entrees mixed together, and I got 4 vegetables from the salads.
This morning, I was down one-fourth of a pound. Yea! And when I got up I immediately had an HMR cereal to keep me in the box.
This morning, I was down one-fourth of a pound. Yea! And when I got up I immediately had an HMR cereal to keep me in the box.
Starting Weight/Lifetime Peak (from Tuesday morning.
I hesitate to put my weight down, and I'm not sure I'll do it everyday, but I will give my starting weight from yesterday: 217 lbs. on the bathroom scale yesterday morning, 218.5 on the HMR scale with clothes before noon. I think it's the highest I've weighed on the bathroom scale (I know it is on the HMR scale), though I have not weighed myself everyday for a while, so I may have weighed more on a couple of days.
I've been hovering between 215 and 217 for about a month now (when I have weighed), and this has actually represented a slowdown of my weight gain. I have cut out some things in recent weeks: I try not to keep crackers in the house, and I would allow myself to get a southern chicken sandwich at McDonalds every few days but I stopped getting fries with it. But I know it is not enough, so let's get back in the box!
I've been hovering between 215 and 217 for about a month now (when I have weighed), and this has actually represented a slowdown of my weight gain. I have cut out some things in recent weeks: I try not to keep crackers in the house, and I would allow myself to get a southern chicken sandwich at McDonalds every few days but I stopped getting fries with it. But I know it is not enough, so let's get back in the box!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Let's try this again . . .
It's been a long, long time, but I'm going to try to do this blog again. I am trying to get back on a diet and I'm hoping this will help my accountability.
What's happened in the meantime? Well, a lot of nice things, actually. I lost about 50 pounds on HMR in the fall '06 and spring '07. I did the decision-free product-only program, and I was "in the box" (no straying) from late October '06 until mid-March '07. I took HMR entrees to banquets and even a few restaurants. A sad thing that happened during that period was my grandmother passing away, but my decision-free discipline on my diet gave me some amount of control during a difficult time, and I took comfort in that.
By February '07, I was turning heads, and I met a wonderful man who turned out to be my soulmate, and we married earlier this year. As I went into maintenance last summer, he encouraged me to eat more indulgent things. He meant well -- he didn't want me to be deprived. He has also dealt with the pain of weight issues before, and I think he bent over backwards to make me feel comfortable no matter what I ate.
But of course, I gained my weight back as I kept on eating. I gained about twenty-five pounds by the time I got married, but I still looked pretty in the wedding dress. (My husband says I was the "most beautiful thing he'd ever seen", and I believe him.) In the six months since the wedding, however, I went nuts and gained another thirty pounds, and am now about nine pounds heavier than when I started HMR in October 2006. It was a combination of "yea, no more dress to try to fit into anymore!" and some mild depression over losing my job not long afterward. I kept going to maintenance classes (I had already paid for a year) and sometimes met the maintenance minimums, but I wasn't really into it. However, I didn't feel I could afford to restart HMR's weight loss program, so I was happy to hear that they were doing a summer "Blitz", where you do short weight-loss classes but don't pay anything extra except for a minimum food purchase.
So, I go back in the box tomorrow, though I had a good "transition" day today -- I had salads with chicken and salmon on them, but I didn't have any bread, alcohol, or junk food, and I had a double HMR shake. I've got my wonderful husband's support, too, so that will help me a lot. I feel like I'm just in the right mind set to take this on, at least for the next four weeks of Blitz.
Wish me luck!!!!!
What's happened in the meantime? Well, a lot of nice things, actually. I lost about 50 pounds on HMR in the fall '06 and spring '07. I did the decision-free product-only program, and I was "in the box" (no straying) from late October '06 until mid-March '07. I took HMR entrees to banquets and even a few restaurants. A sad thing that happened during that period was my grandmother passing away, but my decision-free discipline on my diet gave me some amount of control during a difficult time, and I took comfort in that.
By February '07, I was turning heads, and I met a wonderful man who turned out to be my soulmate, and we married earlier this year. As I went into maintenance last summer, he encouraged me to eat more indulgent things. He meant well -- he didn't want me to be deprived. He has also dealt with the pain of weight issues before, and I think he bent over backwards to make me feel comfortable no matter what I ate.
But of course, I gained my weight back as I kept on eating. I gained about twenty-five pounds by the time I got married, but I still looked pretty in the wedding dress. (My husband says I was the "most beautiful thing he'd ever seen", and I believe him.) In the six months since the wedding, however, I went nuts and gained another thirty pounds, and am now about nine pounds heavier than when I started HMR in October 2006. It was a combination of "yea, no more dress to try to fit into anymore!" and some mild depression over losing my job not long afterward. I kept going to maintenance classes (I had already paid for a year) and sometimes met the maintenance minimums, but I wasn't really into it. However, I didn't feel I could afford to restart HMR's weight loss program, so I was happy to hear that they were doing a summer "Blitz", where you do short weight-loss classes but don't pay anything extra except for a minimum food purchase.
So, I go back in the box tomorrow, though I had a good "transition" day today -- I had salads with chicken and salmon on them, but I didn't have any bread, alcohol, or junk food, and I had a double HMR shake. I've got my wonderful husband's support, too, so that will help me a lot. I feel like I'm just in the right mind set to take this on, at least for the next four weeks of Blitz.
Wish me luck!!!!!
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
"Last Meals"
One of the "best" things I did was give myself about two weeks between the HMR info class and the day I started the diet. The primary reason I did that was so I could adjust my work schedule around the first week medical visit and class requirements, but I think I also got a psychological boost by being able to eat "real food" for that much longer. I did splurge, and though I know that wasn't exactly healthy for me, I did not really eat more than I was eating lately anyway (which is why I had to go on a diet, of course). The time just helped my mind adjust. I got to have my last McDonalds quarter pounder value meal and my last Taco Bell crunchwrap supreme. I think I had Donato's Pizza somewhere in there, but that might have been before the info meeting. (I avoided Papa John's, though, because it is so salty -- I didn't want my weight to rocket up that high.) I got to have tortellini a final time at home. The worst thing I ate was probably a whole bag of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish per day, four days in a row. Yeah, that sounds even worse when I see it in writing.
The timing also worked out so that I got to enjoy two professional lunches just before I started the diet -- one of the lunches was very nice and formal and I was glad I did not have to make a fuss over special diet food. (The other one was just a big deli sandwich, though it was tasty.)
I saved my best "last meal" for last -- the night before my diet started, I went to Bonefish and had grilled salmon with that lime tomato sauce I really like, mashed potatoes, a vegetable, and bread dipped in olive oil. Yum.
And you know, the only thing I've really missed since starting the diet is the salmon.
The timing also worked out so that I got to enjoy two professional lunches just before I started the diet -- one of the lunches was very nice and formal and I was glad I did not have to make a fuss over special diet food. (The other one was just a big deli sandwich, though it was tasty.)
I saved my best "last meal" for last -- the night before my diet started, I went to Bonefish and had grilled salmon with that lime tomato sauce I really like, mashed potatoes, a vegetable, and bread dipped in olive oil. Yum.
And you know, the only thing I've really missed since starting the diet is the salmon.
Yes, I really have been dieting this time! -- Here's what I picked and why
I thought I was going to blog more before I started my new plan, but I guess I got too busy. I definitely have busy since I started the diet a little over three weeks ago.
So here's the deal -- I decided to do the HMR program associated with the University of Kentucky. A few months ago I wrote that I wasn't sure I could do that, but my utter inability to get myself on any kind of plan changed my mind. In other words, I was getting desperate. :-)
I had explored a few other options -- I thought about ordering Nutrisystem food -- I knew there'd be no difference between that and what I had done on Jenny Craig, but I thought I might enjoy slightly different entree choices. I also explored a new program at a Georgetown, Kentucky, hospital called HALT -- it offered medical monitoring and meetings with a dietician, but it did not appear to have a hard and fast food program, and I wasn't sure I was going to be disciplined enough to make healthy food choices without someone handing the food to me. (At first I was also annoyed when they seemed oblivious to the schedules of all the working women in the room -- they said the class would be Thursday afternoons, but were not sure of the time. They did eventually decide to make the class at 5pm to accommodate people.)
Meanwhile, my mother had encouraged me to go to the HMR program's informational meeting on Thursday evenings, but I could not find time to leave my office in time to make any of those held in September. I finally got to go, however, on the second Thursday in October -- I had had a long week of getting up earlier than I used to in order to adjust to my new boss's schedule and preparing for a big meeting I had that Thursday morning. But the meeting went well and my new boss complimented me and I found myself with time to make it to Lexington for a 6:30pm meeting, though just barely. My mother met me there.
I missed a few minutes, but it felt like the program coordinator just jumped into describing what the program was -- no great platitudes or promises, just a description of the different variations of the program: all shakes, shakes and entrees (which I had not really realized you could do), or shakes and entrees and fruits and vegetables (what they call "Healthy Solutions"). She described the medical monitoring levels, etc. She described the class attendance requirement. In other words, she was pretty straightforward. Her style acknowledged that losing weight is tough, and keeping weight off is hard. I liked the approach.
Then she announced what time the current "core" class was: 4:30pm on Wednesdays. My heart sank. Given the late time for the info session, I had really hoped it would be a true evening class that would not require me to miss work. Why, I asked myself, do these programs not realize how busy a working woman is? Who are these classes for anyway?
After she finished speaking, she announced that the staff would be making appointments for those still interested in the order we arrived. Since Mom and me were the last ones there, we stayed in the conference room after everyone went to another room. I told Mom I was disappointed about the 4:30 time, and Mom agreed. But I started to discuss aloud that my new boss might understand and would let me take the time once a week, based on what I had observed of her so far -- I was thinking particularly about how my boss had gone out of her way to compliment me about the meeting. Before I completed the whole thought, I let the stress that had been building inside me out and began crying a little. Mom understood, and then we laughed a little, too. The coordinator came by during this time and gave me a tissue. I discussed my dilemna with her a little too. She listened, and I liked her even more.
In the end, I went ahead and signed up for my introductory physical -- I put it over a week out in order to give myself time to talk to my boss and adjust my schedule. And I put it on a day I knew I was going to be out of the office and in Lexington anyway. The next day, the coordinator called and told me that if the 4:30 pm was a real burden I could switch to a 6:15 class when that new core class started in a few weeks, even though the program usually didn't encourage that because I'd be sitting through some of the same stuff again. Told you I liked her.
But I didn't need to worry about my boss's reaction -- when I discussed the matter with her a couple of days later, she was fine it, which I figured she would be. I like her, too.
So here's the deal -- I decided to do the HMR program associated with the University of Kentucky. A few months ago I wrote that I wasn't sure I could do that, but my utter inability to get myself on any kind of plan changed my mind. In other words, I was getting desperate. :-)
I had explored a few other options -- I thought about ordering Nutrisystem food -- I knew there'd be no difference between that and what I had done on Jenny Craig, but I thought I might enjoy slightly different entree choices. I also explored a new program at a Georgetown, Kentucky, hospital called HALT -- it offered medical monitoring and meetings with a dietician, but it did not appear to have a hard and fast food program, and I wasn't sure I was going to be disciplined enough to make healthy food choices without someone handing the food to me. (At first I was also annoyed when they seemed oblivious to the schedules of all the working women in the room -- they said the class would be Thursday afternoons, but were not sure of the time. They did eventually decide to make the class at 5pm to accommodate people.)
Meanwhile, my mother had encouraged me to go to the HMR program's informational meeting on Thursday evenings, but I could not find time to leave my office in time to make any of those held in September. I finally got to go, however, on the second Thursday in October -- I had had a long week of getting up earlier than I used to in order to adjust to my new boss's schedule and preparing for a big meeting I had that Thursday morning. But the meeting went well and my new boss complimented me and I found myself with time to make it to Lexington for a 6:30pm meeting, though just barely. My mother met me there.
I missed a few minutes, but it felt like the program coordinator just jumped into describing what the program was -- no great platitudes or promises, just a description of the different variations of the program: all shakes, shakes and entrees (which I had not really realized you could do), or shakes and entrees and fruits and vegetables (what they call "Healthy Solutions"). She described the medical monitoring levels, etc. She described the class attendance requirement. In other words, she was pretty straightforward. Her style acknowledged that losing weight is tough, and keeping weight off is hard. I liked the approach.
Then she announced what time the current "core" class was: 4:30pm on Wednesdays. My heart sank. Given the late time for the info session, I had really hoped it would be a true evening class that would not require me to miss work. Why, I asked myself, do these programs not realize how busy a working woman is? Who are these classes for anyway?
After she finished speaking, she announced that the staff would be making appointments for those still interested in the order we arrived. Since Mom and me were the last ones there, we stayed in the conference room after everyone went to another room. I told Mom I was disappointed about the 4:30 time, and Mom agreed. But I started to discuss aloud that my new boss might understand and would let me take the time once a week, based on what I had observed of her so far -- I was thinking particularly about how my boss had gone out of her way to compliment me about the meeting. Before I completed the whole thought, I let the stress that had been building inside me out and began crying a little. Mom understood, and then we laughed a little, too. The coordinator came by during this time and gave me a tissue. I discussed my dilemna with her a little too. She listened, and I liked her even more.
In the end, I went ahead and signed up for my introductory physical -- I put it over a week out in order to give myself time to talk to my boss and adjust my schedule. And I put it on a day I knew I was going to be out of the office and in Lexington anyway. The next day, the coordinator called and told me that if the 4:30 pm was a real burden I could switch to a 6:15 class when that new core class started in a few weeks, even though the program usually didn't encourage that because I'd be sitting through some of the same stuff again. Told you I liked her.
But I didn't need to worry about my boss's reaction -- when I discussed the matter with her a couple of days later, she was fine it, which I figured she would be. I like her, too.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
What's brought me to the verge of starting a new plan
Website changes complete -- for now.
Okay, so my weight and eating habits have been awful the past two months. As I noted yesterday, I hit a new lifetime peak -- 207.8 pounds on September 25, 2006. I haven't exercised much and have begun to physically feel "not right" again -- I've finally noticed my hard breathing after minor exertions of energy. My scariest moment thus far was this past Monday -- because the elevators were momentarily down at my office building, I climbed about six and a half flights of stairs from the lobby to my office floor. I was able to do it relatively quickly (I was trying to get to a meeting on time), but I was quite winded, which I expected. What I did not expect, however, was feeling like my legs were going to give way with more than a flight to go. That really scared me.
Also that same day, I looked in the mirror at work and thought my face looked fat. Now, I've seen photographs of me and my face and knew I probably looked fat to most people, but I hadn't seen it as much when I looked at myself in the mirror -- I guess I kind of know how to hold my head when looking in the mirror to make it look the most flattering. (I think we all kind of do that -- that's why most of us can be shocked by how we look in a photograph.) Well, that day, even I thought my face looked fat.
Before that, however, I'd already become uncomfortable with my appearance in recent social situations. A couple of weeks ago I went to a nice get-together of professional women in my field, and I envied how good some of them looked. I also was warm and perspiring and was not wearing my best work outfit and felt even more self-conscious. I wanted to be able to wear some of the cute business suits the other women were wearing.
I suppose one of the reasons I've been so reckless with my eating and fitness habits the past few weeks is the stress over big changes at work. My boss left at the end of September, and we worked a few late evenings trying to wrap up a lot of things before she left. Then we had to get adjusted to the new boss who came in from outside our workplace -- none of us were sure what changes the new boss wanted to make, if any. I knew I could be let go at any time if she wanted to -- that is her perogative. At the same time, at least three people I worked with closely announced they were leaving for great career opportunities elsewhere. While I have had more hectic, stressful moments at my job, I now realize that this undercurrent of uncertainty over the past few weeks has taken its toll on me physically and emotionally.
The changes at work have started to settle down and I'm feeling more and more comfortable with my new boss. However, these recent changes have reminded me that my job is not a long-term one and that I have to look forward to what I'm going to do next. And part of that is reining my weight in, because I realize that being fat does impact what others think about you, at least when they first meet you.
So I started exploring options for getting this weight under control -- I'll talk more about that in the next post.
Okay, so my weight and eating habits have been awful the past two months. As I noted yesterday, I hit a new lifetime peak -- 207.8 pounds on September 25, 2006. I haven't exercised much and have begun to physically feel "not right" again -- I've finally noticed my hard breathing after minor exertions of energy. My scariest moment thus far was this past Monday -- because the elevators were momentarily down at my office building, I climbed about six and a half flights of stairs from the lobby to my office floor. I was able to do it relatively quickly (I was trying to get to a meeting on time), but I was quite winded, which I expected. What I did not expect, however, was feeling like my legs were going to give way with more than a flight to go. That really scared me.
Also that same day, I looked in the mirror at work and thought my face looked fat. Now, I've seen photographs of me and my face and knew I probably looked fat to most people, but I hadn't seen it as much when I looked at myself in the mirror -- I guess I kind of know how to hold my head when looking in the mirror to make it look the most flattering. (I think we all kind of do that -- that's why most of us can be shocked by how we look in a photograph.) Well, that day, even I thought my face looked fat.
Before that, however, I'd already become uncomfortable with my appearance in recent social situations. A couple of weeks ago I went to a nice get-together of professional women in my field, and I envied how good some of them looked. I also was warm and perspiring and was not wearing my best work outfit and felt even more self-conscious. I wanted to be able to wear some of the cute business suits the other women were wearing.
I suppose one of the reasons I've been so reckless with my eating and fitness habits the past few weeks is the stress over big changes at work. My boss left at the end of September, and we worked a few late evenings trying to wrap up a lot of things before she left. Then we had to get adjusted to the new boss who came in from outside our workplace -- none of us were sure what changes the new boss wanted to make, if any. I knew I could be let go at any time if she wanted to -- that is her perogative. At the same time, at least three people I worked with closely announced they were leaving for great career opportunities elsewhere. While I have had more hectic, stressful moments at my job, I now realize that this undercurrent of uncertainty over the past few weeks has taken its toll on me physically and emotionally.
The changes at work have started to settle down and I'm feeling more and more comfortable with my new boss. However, these recent changes have reminded me that my job is not a long-term one and that I have to look forward to what I'm going to do next. And part of that is reining my weight in, because I realize that being fat does impact what others think about you, at least when they first meet you.
So I started exploring options for getting this weight under control -- I'll talk more about that in the next post.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Changes coming . . .
Given that I haven't published for two months, you will not be surprised to learn that I have not been very successful on the weight loss front. In fact, it's been a near-disaster as I briefly hit another lifetime high (I'm under it right now). But I have some major changes planned -- and I'm glad to see that Blogger has upgraded its services just in time to coincide with my planned "upgrades." I'm going to play with the new options for a little bit before I discuss my diet plans further, but I promise I'll be back soon!
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Sunday Update
Weight: 205.0 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: +1.6 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -2.2 lbs.
BMI: 34.6 (Obese)
Ugh. I did have a terrible day yesterday, though. I ate Cheez-It chips in the morning. Then I was in Georgetown in early afternoon and ordered a BK Double Stacker with fries. The fries were terrible, and the stacker came with bacon -- I pulled some of it off. Then at night I ate "Buffalitos" at BW3s.
Today I've been okay -- JC cereal for breakfast and JC pizza for lunch, and a 100 calorie Pringles thing. But I'm hungry right now and I'm really fighting the temptation to overeat.
Daily Loss/Gain: +1.6 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -2.2 lbs.
BMI: 34.6 (Obese)
Ugh. I did have a terrible day yesterday, though. I ate Cheez-It chips in the morning. Then I was in Georgetown in early afternoon and ordered a BK Double Stacker with fries. The fries were terrible, and the stacker came with bacon -- I pulled some of it off. Then at night I ate "Buffalitos" at BW3s.
Today I've been okay -- JC cereal for breakfast and JC pizza for lunch, and a 100 calorie Pringles thing. But I'm hungry right now and I'm really fighting the temptation to overeat.
Saturday Update
Weight: 203.4 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: +0.8 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -3.8 lbs.
BMI: 34.4 (Obese)
I barely at anything during the day on Friday – I think I had a bagel, a donut, and three peppermint candies! But then I went to dinner with co-workers at Cheapside and had a Black Bean Burrito. It was delicious, but apparently that and the beer I had that night made me gain Saturday morning.
Daily Loss/Gain: +0.8 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -3.8 lbs.
BMI: 34.4 (Obese)
I barely at anything during the day on Friday – I think I had a bagel, a donut, and three peppermint candies! But then I went to dinner with co-workers at Cheapside and had a Black Bean Burrito. It was delicious, but apparently that and the beer I had that night made me gain Saturday morning.
Friday Update
Weight: 202.6 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: +0.8 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.6 lbs.
BMI: 34.4 (Obese)
This is the day everything caught up with me. I had more chips and Chipotle Dip on Thursday night, and I also had three pieces of CPK Thai Pizza (grocery) that EB did not eat. I need to admit that I just can't get that fabulous Chipotle Dip at Liquor Barn anymore.
Daily Loss/Gain: +0.8 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.6 lbs.
BMI: 34.4 (Obese)
This is the day everything caught up with me. I had more chips and Chipotle Dip on Thursday night, and I also had three pieces of CPK Thai Pizza (grocery) that EB did not eat. I need to admit that I just can't get that fabulous Chipotle Dip at Liquor Barn anymore.
Thursday Update
Weight: 201.8 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: -0.4 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -5.4 lbs.
BMI: 34.1 (Obese)
Again, I was surprised that I lost weight because I did not think I was very “good” on Wednesday. I did do the JC thing during the day, but I let myself have a few chips and dip that night. I also drank some wine with EB while watching “Project Runway.”
Daily Loss/Gain: -0.4 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -5.4 lbs.
BMI: 34.1 (Obese)
Again, I was surprised that I lost weight because I did not think I was very “good” on Wednesday. I did do the JC thing during the day, but I let myself have a few chips and dip that night. I also drank some wine with EB while watching “Project Runway.”
Wednesday Update
Wednesday Update
Weight: 202.2 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: -0.2 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -5.0 lbs.
BMI: 34.2 (Obese)
Tuesday was a very hectic day at work, which I had predicted. I purposely took one of the JC chicken salad kits for this day. I had a vitamin bar for breakfast and the kit for a very late lunch.
The surprise in Wednesday’s weight, however, is that on Tuesday I ate fried food appetizers at a local Frankfort watering hole with co-workers. And I drank beer, though I had lots of water and stopped long before I had to go home. But still was impressed that I held given the fried pickles (which are really good).
Weight: 202.2 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: -0.2 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -5.0 lbs.
BMI: 34.2 (Obese)
Tuesday was a very hectic day at work, which I had predicted. I purposely took one of the JC chicken salad kits for this day. I had a vitamin bar for breakfast and the kit for a very late lunch.
The surprise in Wednesday’s weight, however, is that on Tuesday I ate fried food appetizers at a local Frankfort watering hole with co-workers. And I drank beer, though I had lots of water and stopped long before I had to go home. But still was impressed that I held given the fried pickles (which are really good).
Tuesday Update
Weight: 202.4 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: -2.0 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.8 lbs.
BMI: 34.2 (Obese)
I cannot really remember what I ate on Monday, but I did stick to a JC food day. I probably had even less than the plan allows.
Daily Loss/Gain: -2.0 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.8 lbs.
BMI: 34.2 (Obese)
I cannot really remember what I ate on Monday, but I did stick to a JC food day. I probably had even less than the plan allows.
Monday Update
Weight: 204.4 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: +1.4 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -2.8 lbs.
BMI: 34.5 (Obese)
Yes, this was because I did not adhere to a JC plan last Sunday. I finished off the seafood pasta salad I made and had one piece of a CPK garlic chicken pizza (grocery store bought). (EB had the rest of the pizza.)
Daily Loss/Gain: +1.4 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -2.8 lbs.
BMI: 34.5 (Obese)
Yes, this was because I did not adhere to a JC plan last Sunday. I finished off the seafood pasta salad I made and had one piece of a CPK garlic chicken pizza (grocery store bought). (EB had the rest of the pizza.)
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Sunday update
Weight: 203.0 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: +0.4 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.2 lbs.
BMI: 34.3 (Obese)
I was not surprised to be up today, and I'm glad it's only 0.4 lbs. Yesterday I went to a baby shower for my sister, and of course there was plenty of food, particularly finger food. I had a chicken salad croissant sandwich, about six triangle sandwiches with spinach spread on them, a couple of hot ham & cheese sandwiches, pasta salad, mixed nuts, and cake. I had no breakfast before that, but I don't know if that would've made a difference. Then about 8:30 last night my parents and I had dinner at Ruby Tuesday and I had their Carolina Chicken Salad. After that I went home and had nothing else, so I'm glad about that.
Daily Loss/Gain: +0.4 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.2 lbs.
BMI: 34.3 (Obese)
I was not surprised to be up today, and I'm glad it's only 0.4 lbs. Yesterday I went to a baby shower for my sister, and of course there was plenty of food, particularly finger food. I had a chicken salad croissant sandwich, about six triangle sandwiches with spinach spread on them, a couple of hot ham & cheese sandwiches, pasta salad, mixed nuts, and cake. I had no breakfast before that, but I don't know if that would've made a difference. Then about 8:30 last night my parents and I had dinner at Ruby Tuesday and I had their Carolina Chicken Salad. After that I went home and had nothing else, so I'm glad about that.
Saturday Update
Weight: 202.6 lbs.
Daily Loss/Gain: -0.2 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.6lbs.
BMI: 34.2 (Obese)
Friday was an interesting day. I was running late for work and did not have time to eat the breakfast I had scheduled (cereal). So I just had the JC vitamin bar on the way. I didn't get to eat my JC chili until later in the afternoon, and then I also had a JC chocolate chip snack bar. Friday night, however, EB invited me out Buffalo Wild Wings, so I went. I had one of my favorites there -- Southwest Queso Chicken Wrap, and I had three light beers. So I was shocked when I got up Saturday morning and saw that I was essentially even at 202.6.
Daily Loss/Gain: -0.2 lbs.
Total Loss from Lifetime Peak (7/24/06): -4.6lbs.
BMI: 34.2 (Obese)
Friday was an interesting day. I was running late for work and did not have time to eat the breakfast I had scheduled (cereal). So I just had the JC vitamin bar on the way. I didn't get to eat my JC chili until later in the afternoon, and then I also had a JC chocolate chip snack bar. Friday night, however, EB invited me out Buffalo Wild Wings, so I went. I had one of my favorites there -- Southwest Queso Chicken Wrap, and I had three light beers. So I was shocked when I got up Saturday morning and saw that I was essentially even at 202.6.
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