Day 6
It has only been 3 day's since I did my beginning weight weigh in and measure up... I would like to say that there has been some progress with my weight and measurement's today but it has only been 3 day's as I said before so I don't really expect there to be yet...I have been diligent with sticking to the exercise routine and even added some extra in yesterday to try to make up for that pizza the other night... and the knitting is still working for the night time munchie monster... I just keep telling myself "the bigger the blanket gets the smaller I will get" LOL... so all in all I am hanging in there. As far as moving goes I am told that the carpet is getting laid in the new apartment today so hopefully by Wed. we will be able to start moving over there.
Ok... lets see where I am at...
Weight: 272.5 (1/2 lb up) :o(
Measurements:
Torso: 39 (1 in down) :o)
Hips: 50 (also 1 in down) :o)
Waist: 48 (also 1 in down) :o)
L thigh: 31.5 (1.5 in up - wondering if I measured that wrong last time)
R thigh: 32 (no change)
L arm: 16.5 (.5 in down)
R arm: 16.5 (.5 in down)
Wow!!! no loss in the weight dept but some interesting progress in the measurements... I certainly didn't expect that already... Guess all that exercise is worth it!!!
Now for the daily tracking info...
FBS: 117 (best since I started... keep it going down!!!)
Exercise: 7:15 am - Leslie Sansone's Slim & Thin 31 min workout (approx. 2 miles)
6 pm - Leslie Sansone's 1 mile power mile workout with the hand weights 20 min.
Breakfast: 9 am - 2 slices Sara Lee 100% whole grain berad with 1 cup creamed eggs and parmesan, 3 - 16 oz cups water
Snack: 1 Slice cheese and 1 16 oz cup of water
Lunch: tuna sandwich (2 slices sara lee bread, 1 can tuna, slice onion, chopped celery, and 1 tb. mayo) with Campbells Soup at hand classic tomato, 1 16 oz cup of water
Snack: 1 mandarin orange, 1- 16 oz cup of water, 1- 8 oz cup of licorice tea
Dinner: 2 bean and cheese burritos with sour cream, 16 oz milk, 16 oz water, 1/4 a can of diet coke
Have a safe and wonderful Halloween!!!!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Oops!!!
Day 5
Ok... I have been doing great with sticking to the exercise and as amazing as it is the sorness is finally starting to subside.... BUT I did kinda have an *Oops!!!* moment with last nights dinner.... let face it pizza is just not good for me (look at my FBS and you'll see why)... but I was tired, didn't want to cook, didn't thaw anything out from the freezer and to be perfectly honest corndogs and cup o noodle's (the bulk of what's quick and easy left in my kitchen til we move) just didn't sound all that good... although they probably would have had the same affect on me as the pizza did.... I felt so guilty about eating so much of the pizza that I talked myself into doing a 2 mile workout last night instead of the 1 mile that I had planned on... so at least I did that... but I am thinking that next time I should just order a salad on the side and stick to one small piece of normal pizza or the delite(which has half the carbs and half the calories) instead of a stuffed pizza.... So I am letting last night go and moving on to the future!!! No use beating myself up over one meal right?!?! Tomorrow is my weigh in and measure up day though so hopefully it didn't throw me off too much for that.
Today's meals and exercise:
FBS: 126 (there it goes again....would have been higher if I hadn't worked out after dinner)
Exercise:
8 am - Leslie Sansone's Shape & Firm 32 min. workout with the walkblaster, 2 miles
11 am - 15 min. walk 2 x's around the track (1/2 mile) with Johnathan
11:45 am - Leslie Sansone's 2 mile walk away the pounds with stretchy band (30 min)
6:30 pm - Leslie Sansone's 1 mile walk away the pounds with stretchy band (20 min)
Breakfast: 10:30 am - 2 slices Sara lee 100% whole grain bread, with About 1 cup of creamed eggs with parmesan and 2 16 oz cups of water
Snack:
Lunch: 2:30 pm - 1 mandarin orange, 2 slices cheese, 1 cup o noodles, 1 diet coke, 2 16 oz cups of water
Snack:
Dinner: 5:30 pm - 1.2 cups Shrimp stir fry with vegi's and 1 c. milk
Ok... I have been doing great with sticking to the exercise and as amazing as it is the sorness is finally starting to subside.... BUT I did kinda have an *Oops!!!* moment with last nights dinner.... let face it pizza is just not good for me (look at my FBS and you'll see why)... but I was tired, didn't want to cook, didn't thaw anything out from the freezer and to be perfectly honest corndogs and cup o noodle's (the bulk of what's quick and easy left in my kitchen til we move) just didn't sound all that good... although they probably would have had the same affect on me as the pizza did.... I felt so guilty about eating so much of the pizza that I talked myself into doing a 2 mile workout last night instead of the 1 mile that I had planned on... so at least I did that... but I am thinking that next time I should just order a salad on the side and stick to one small piece of normal pizza or the delite(which has half the carbs and half the calories) instead of a stuffed pizza.... So I am letting last night go and moving on to the future!!! No use beating myself up over one meal right?!?! Tomorrow is my weigh in and measure up day though so hopefully it didn't throw me off too much for that.
Today's meals and exercise:
FBS: 126 (there it goes again....would have been higher if I hadn't worked out after dinner)
Exercise:
8 am - Leslie Sansone's Shape & Firm 32 min. workout with the walkblaster, 2 miles
11 am - 15 min. walk 2 x's around the track (1/2 mile) with Johnathan
11:45 am - Leslie Sansone's 2 mile walk away the pounds with stretchy band (30 min)
6:30 pm - Leslie Sansone's 1 mile walk away the pounds with stretchy band (20 min)
Breakfast: 10:30 am - 2 slices Sara lee 100% whole grain bread, with About 1 cup of creamed eggs with parmesan and 2 16 oz cups of water
Snack:
Lunch: 2:30 pm - 1 mandarin orange, 2 slices cheese, 1 cup o noodles, 1 diet coke, 2 16 oz cups of water
Snack:
Dinner: 5:30 pm - 1.2 cups Shrimp stir fry with vegi's and 1 c. milk
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Night time munchies???
Day 4
You know.... I have a hard time beating those evening/night time munchies.... what's the best way to beat them??? Well, I am trying something new... I used to just try to ignore that little monster nagging at my gut and just go to bed early but then it is just hard to sleep... so.... I am going to take up knitting.... YES you heard me right... KNITTING.... I tried it last night....... I made a big ol bowl of popcorn for my kids... it was friday night which around here means movie night.... I took a small handful... more like half a handful and passed the bowl to them... then picked up my yarn and knitting needles and knitted the rest of the night.... Nothing fancy ... just a plain old blanket.... I've never really done any knitting successfully before........ but the idea worked last night... I didn't once dip back into that popcorn bowl...not because I didn't want any but because my hands were busy... and you can't knit and eat at the same time. I know knitting is not for everyone but the concept can be applied straight across the board...so... for now knitting will be my shield against night time munchies!!!
OK... Now for the daily info.....
FBS: 118 .... much better than yesterday.... I hope to see it continue to go down.
Exercise: 8:15 am - Leslie Sansone's Sculpt & Burn with the walkblaster 42 min. workout
9 pm - Leslie Sansone's Walk away the pounds 2 mile 30 min. workout with the stretchy band
Breakfast: 1 cup fiber one cereal with 1 cup 2 % milk and 2 glasses of water (16 oz cups)
Snack: none unless you count water
Lunch: 1 outdoor roll with turkey, ham, swiss cheese and american cheese and a squirt of mayo....and 1 diet coke
Snack: 1 carrot stick with water
Dinner: Oops!!! 2 Lg Slices stuffed pizza and 4 bread sticks with fresh marinara sauce and 2 diet coke.
You know.... I have a hard time beating those evening/night time munchies.... what's the best way to beat them??? Well, I am trying something new... I used to just try to ignore that little monster nagging at my gut and just go to bed early but then it is just hard to sleep... so.... I am going to take up knitting.... YES you heard me right... KNITTING.... I tried it last night....... I made a big ol bowl of popcorn for my kids... it was friday night which around here means movie night.... I took a small handful... more like half a handful and passed the bowl to them... then picked up my yarn and knitting needles and knitted the rest of the night.... Nothing fancy ... just a plain old blanket.... I've never really done any knitting successfully before........ but the idea worked last night... I didn't once dip back into that popcorn bowl...not because I didn't want any but because my hands were busy... and you can't knit and eat at the same time. I know knitting is not for everyone but the concept can be applied straight across the board...so... for now knitting will be my shield against night time munchies!!!
OK... Now for the daily info.....
FBS: 118 .... much better than yesterday.... I hope to see it continue to go down.
Exercise: 8:15 am - Leslie Sansone's Sculpt & Burn with the walkblaster 42 min. workout
9 pm - Leslie Sansone's Walk away the pounds 2 mile 30 min. workout with the stretchy band
Breakfast: 1 cup fiber one cereal with 1 cup 2 % milk and 2 glasses of water (16 oz cups)
Snack: none unless you count water
Lunch: 1 outdoor roll with turkey, ham, swiss cheese and american cheese and a squirt of mayo....and 1 diet coke
Snack: 1 carrot stick with water
Dinner: Oops!!! 2 Lg Slices stuffed pizza and 4 bread sticks with fresh marinara sauce and 2 diet coke.
Friday, October 28, 2005
OK.... I caved in and unpacked my scale....
Day 3
I am weighing myself this morning and to perfectly honest I am a little nervous.... I'm not really very happy with myself for letting my weight go back up again... But on the other hand at least I know what I have to do to fix it and am ready and willing to work on it....after today Monday will be the day that I weigh in and measure up!!! So be watching to see progress... and once a month... probably on the 1st of every month I will be doing a front view and profile view photo of what I look like.... this for 2 reasons.... 1 - I can see myself the way other people see me... what I really look like... pictures don't lie! and 2 - after the weight loss begins I can see the progress over time. So.... lets get on that scale and get some measurements!
OK.... here are the results.... I have alot of work to do!!!
Weight: 272 lbs!!! yikes
Measurements: torso (under bust): 40 inches hips: 51 inches waist: 49 inches
l thigh: 30 inches r thigh: 32 inches l arm: 17 inches R arm: 17 inches
Now on to the daily stuff....
FBS: 138 !!! WHAT?!?!? I'm taking that again.... 124!!!... still high but not as bad as the first test.
Exercise: 7:00 am Leslie Sansone's Shape & Firm workout with the walkblaster, 30 min 2 mile workout.... worked up a sweat today!
Leslie Sansone's 1 mile power mile, 20 min workout with hand weights
Breakfast: 8 am - 2 eggs cooked in olive oil and garlic with 4 slices swiss cheese and 3 glasses of water (16 oz glass)
Snack: 11:30 am - 2 more glasses of water (16 oz glass), 3 slices cheese wrapped in salami
Lunch: 12:30 pm - 1 outdoor roll with turkey, ham, swiss cheese and american cheese and a squirt of mayo....and 1 diet coke
Snack: 3 pm - more cheese.... it's one of my weaknessess..... LOL... and 1 more glass of water (16 oz glass)
Dinner: 5:30 pm - 2 cups Spinach salad left over from dinner last night... with 5 slices deli ham... and another glass of water (16 oz glass)
Snack: 1/2 handful of popcorn and 2 glasses of water (16 oz glass)
Ok.... earlier this afternoon I had Mike take my first front and profile view photos.... BUT I'm not sharing those ... they are kind of scary (only in 2 piece).... but I will be taking some more in shorts and a tank top to keep record on here.... at least I have the first one's done for my "starting point" to look back at later.
I am weighing myself this morning and to perfectly honest I am a little nervous.... I'm not really very happy with myself for letting my weight go back up again... But on the other hand at least I know what I have to do to fix it and am ready and willing to work on it....after today Monday will be the day that I weigh in and measure up!!! So be watching to see progress... and once a month... probably on the 1st of every month I will be doing a front view and profile view photo of what I look like.... this for 2 reasons.... 1 - I can see myself the way other people see me... what I really look like... pictures don't lie! and 2 - after the weight loss begins I can see the progress over time. So.... lets get on that scale and get some measurements!
OK.... here are the results.... I have alot of work to do!!!
Weight: 272 lbs!!! yikes
Measurements: torso (under bust): 40 inches hips: 51 inches waist: 49 inches
l thigh: 30 inches r thigh: 32 inches l arm: 17 inches R arm: 17 inches
Now on to the daily stuff....
FBS: 138 !!! WHAT?!?!? I'm taking that again.... 124!!!... still high but not as bad as the first test.
Exercise: 7:00 am Leslie Sansone's Shape & Firm workout with the walkblaster, 30 min 2 mile workout.... worked up a sweat today!
Leslie Sansone's 1 mile power mile, 20 min workout with hand weights
Breakfast: 8 am - 2 eggs cooked in olive oil and garlic with 4 slices swiss cheese and 3 glasses of water (16 oz glass)
Snack: 11:30 am - 2 more glasses of water (16 oz glass), 3 slices cheese wrapped in salami
Lunch: 12:30 pm - 1 outdoor roll with turkey, ham, swiss cheese and american cheese and a squirt of mayo....and 1 diet coke
Snack: 3 pm - more cheese.... it's one of my weaknessess..... LOL... and 1 more glass of water (16 oz glass)
Dinner: 5:30 pm - 2 cups Spinach salad left over from dinner last night... with 5 slices deli ham... and another glass of water (16 oz glass)
Snack: 1/2 handful of popcorn and 2 glasses of water (16 oz glass)
Ok.... earlier this afternoon I had Mike take my first front and profile view photos.... BUT I'm not sharing those ... they are kind of scary (only in 2 piece).... but I will be taking some more in shorts and a tank top to keep record on here.... at least I have the first one's done for my "starting point" to look back at later.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Good Morning!
Day 2
Well this is today's info....
FBS: 123 yikes a little high ... should have passed on those potato chips!
Exercise: slim & thin 30 min. workout with the walkblaster at 7:15 am - boy did that
feel good!!!
9:30-10:50 am - time spent scrubbing 2 bathrooms (tubs, toilets, floors,
cabinets) Does that count as exercise too?!?!???
7:30 pm - 1 mile Walk away the pounds workout tape (about 20 min.)
Breakfast: 2 medium eggs cooked in olive oil and garlic, 1 toast with trace of butter, 2 TB fresh pico de gallo (on the eggs) and 3 sm. slices swiss cheese with crystal light iced tea to drink. (8 am)
Snack: 11 am - 2 slices swiss cheese wrapped in salami w/ a diet coke
Lunch: 12:30 pm - a deli sandwich on a stadium roll... so good...fresh deli meat, cheese.... mmm mmmm..... I know white bread is a big no no... I'll worry about that after we move and I go back to phase one of SBD... for now however it was a nice treat.. oh yeah had it with a nice cold glass of water... gotta make sure to drink enough of that!
Dinner: 5:30 pm - 1 Chicken Breast Rotiserie Style, 2 c. spinach salad w/egg, real bacon bit, sunflower seeds, mandarin oranges, and a orange flavored vinagrette .... it was so good... one of the best store made salad's I have ever bought! Plus lots of water
Snack: No evening snack tonight!!!!
Weight: ??? my scale is still packed.... we start moving next week!!!!!
I talked to Mike last night about ways to help me see progress over this journey and we decided that it would be a good idea to add once a month photo (front view and profile) and measurements to my personal log... then I can see from month to month the progress aside from the once a week weigh in.... of course this will unfortunately have to wait until after we move too.... I am starting to get really excited about this new journey... it is going to make such a difference in my health, my energy and how I feel.... Can't wait to see some progress..... I know it is too soon to see anything now... wait a few weeks then the progress should start....today I am very encouraged!!!
Well this is today's info....
FBS: 123 yikes a little high ... should have passed on those potato chips!
Exercise: slim & thin 30 min. workout with the walkblaster at 7:15 am - boy did that
feel good!!!
9:30-10:50 am - time spent scrubbing 2 bathrooms (tubs, toilets, floors,
cabinets) Does that count as exercise too?!?!???
7:30 pm - 1 mile Walk away the pounds workout tape (about 20 min.)
Breakfast: 2 medium eggs cooked in olive oil and garlic, 1 toast with trace of butter, 2 TB fresh pico de gallo (on the eggs) and 3 sm. slices swiss cheese with crystal light iced tea to drink. (8 am)
Snack: 11 am - 2 slices swiss cheese wrapped in salami w/ a diet coke
Lunch: 12:30 pm - a deli sandwich on a stadium roll... so good...fresh deli meat, cheese.... mmm mmmm..... I know white bread is a big no no... I'll worry about that after we move and I go back to phase one of SBD... for now however it was a nice treat.. oh yeah had it with a nice cold glass of water... gotta make sure to drink enough of that!
Dinner: 5:30 pm - 1 Chicken Breast Rotiserie Style, 2 c. spinach salad w/egg, real bacon bit, sunflower seeds, mandarin oranges, and a orange flavored vinagrette .... it was so good... one of the best store made salad's I have ever bought! Plus lots of water
Snack: No evening snack tonight!!!!
Weight: ??? my scale is still packed.... we start moving next week!!!!!
I talked to Mike last night about ways to help me see progress over this journey and we decided that it would be a good idea to add once a month photo (front view and profile) and measurements to my personal log... then I can see from month to month the progress aside from the once a week weigh in.... of course this will unfortunately have to wait until after we move too.... I am starting to get really excited about this new journey... it is going to make such a difference in my health, my energy and how I feel.... Can't wait to see some progress..... I know it is too soon to see anything now... wait a few weeks then the progress should start....today I am very encouraged!!!
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Today's Exercise & Food Log
Day 1
Exercise for today: 1 mile power mile at 7 am this morning
1/2 hour playing at the park with the kids at 6 pm... boy did
they wear me out... LOL
Breakfast: 1 everything bagel with garden vegetable spread
1 Venti sugar free vanilla latte
Lunch: 1 Campbells soup at hand Clam Chowder
Dinner: 1 hoagie sandwich (yumm) and a handful of potato chips with 1 diet coke
Snack: 1 diet coke, 1 hand full of chips, cheese
Weight: ??? I think around 270
Current Pants Size: 20
Next Goal size: 18
Exercise for today: 1 mile power mile at 7 am this morning
1/2 hour playing at the park with the kids at 6 pm... boy did
they wear me out... LOL
Breakfast: 1 everything bagel with garden vegetable spread
1 Venti sugar free vanilla latte
Lunch: 1 Campbells soup at hand Clam Chowder
Dinner: 1 hoagie sandwich (yumm) and a handful of potato chips with 1 diet coke
Snack: 1 diet coke, 1 hand full of chips, cheese
Weight: ??? I think around 270
Current Pants Size: 20
Next Goal size: 18
Finally getting started!!!
I have decided that I am finally going to get started with resuming my exercise program... it will not be easy... BUT ... it will so be worth it in the end... The picture featured is a picture of me today (10/26/2005).....I have 80 pounds that I would like to lose and truth be told I should actually lose 100 to be at an "ideal" weight... but I don't really care about a vain 10-20 pounds... its the 80-90 pounds that really affect the health... pcos and diabetes... well technically I'm borderline diabetic ... but I just look at it as if I am already diabetic.... Anyhow... wish me luck!... If I can do this (which I know is achievable) than my dh said that we can ttc again... but not until I reach my goal first... How logical of him.
I can't weigh myself today because I packed my scale (we are moving next week to a new apartment)...although I think I am about 270 lbs again. Yikes!!! ... But hopefully not for too much longer!
What I am doing right now is just getting back into the routine of the exercising... I prefer to use Leslie Sansone's walking programs... I have her walk away the pounds express series (1 mile, 2 mile, and 3 mile workouts, which include using the stretchy band for the upper body strengthing and toning), the 1 mile power mile (which is with hand weights to work your upper body), and her walkblaster series (which includes slim & thin, sculpt & burn, and shape & firm workout dvd's and a inclined stepping tool called the walkblaster, this series REALLY focus's on your lower body, the butt, the thighs, the legs, and will also affect the abs). I just bought the walkblaster series so that is a new addition... but let me tell you ... oh my... I was so sore the first time I used it ... but it was a good sore.... really gives you a workout... especially the shape and firm.
Last time I did this (focused on a lifestyle change fore the better) I did a 2 or 3 mile tape in the morning and either a 1 or 2 mile in the evening everyday... which totaled about 45- 60 min. of exercise a day. I also did the South Beach Diet... my doctor recommended it for me because of the insulin resistance. It worked great until I hit phase 2 and then my fasting sugars went up again.. But I wasn't doing the exercise regularly... which is when she suggested exercising at least 30 min. a day EVERYDAY... So I did ... and it worked wonderfully.... a couple months later I was 30 pounds down and ALL of my blood work came back great... my A1C was 5 which is great! fasting was good... my glucose tolerance was normal and my insulin function was normal... I'm sure it's not so normal now. But it will get back there soon!
This time I am going to do a 30 - 45 min. workout in the morning.. alternating every morning between the walk away the pounds with the stretchy band and the walkblaster series and then a second workout, 1 mile in the evening possibly a 2 mile after a couple of weeks into it... it will just depend on how much energy and stamina I have... As far as the diet... after we move (which we will be starting next week) .. I am going to go back to the phase 1 of SBD and start all over again there... I also will be re-enforcing the no food after 7 pm rule.... that is a big one for me because often around 9 pm I get the munchies... so I have to ignore it and just chose to go to bed instead.
I know it can be done... I started this morning with a 1 mile (the power mile)... just to be able to say I am doing something... and it is a good place to start.... and by next week will be moving up to the 2 mile, 3 mile and walkblaster again... It just feels odd getting started again... I'm the only one in the family with this problem and I hate to say it but it's almost embarassing to exercise with my dh and kids around..... I know it is a good example for the kids... so I just have to get over it.... but I also know from experience that after a few weeks that feeling goes away too. So, here's to digging in and getting started!!!
Well, I am off... going to go out for a bagel and tea this morning I think.... I know a bagel is a big no no ...... but.... It is my 9 year wedding anniversary today... I am going to enjoy a moments peace, without the kids, and celebrate the last 9 years and the future year to come, along with all the changes that will be happening in our lives.
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