January 1, 2013. This will be my year. I feel it. i believe it. I know it.
Current: 214.8
Goal: 140
How? WW daily, cardio 5x, lifting 2x, yoga 1-2x, sit ups daily.
Today: Not too bad
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So, in the 12 months or so since I’ve last posted, I have gained … 7 pounds. Yep. I suppose it could have been worse, but it’s still pretty bad.
I’ve decided to try … again. A few things have changed since last year.
1) I am now 52 – to be 53 in two months
2) I have a FT job, which means I am no longer working at home)
I also started working out with a personal trainer a few months ago. I’m feeling a bit firmer – just not thinner 🙂 I’m also using a FitBit but keep forgetting it at home.
I’m going to try and blog daily. My inspiration is the fact that I have thousands of dollars worth of designer clothes (yes, you read that right), and that I’m just plain tired of being fat.
So, here’s my day yesterday:
Up at 6:30 am
WW: Went to meeting and weighed in at 217 (I’m 5’5″)
Exercise: 75 minutes of Hot Yoga before my ww meeting (went with my friend Sandy, also on ww)
Then to Caribou for breakfast (Apple Sausage Chicken Daybreaker plus a Skim Snickerdoodle latte total 12 points), then a relaxing pedicure.
Home mostly to nap, catch up on reading a half dozen magazines and relax. DH (darling husband) and I were going to go for a walk last night but it was too hot (95 degrees), so we blew it off. Diet meal for lunch w/diet bread and DH made burgers, homemade coleslaw and beans for dinner (I counted as 15 pts as we used 93/7 and diet buns and I had 1/2 c of beans and coleslaw). We then went to see the new Spiderman movie in 3D with sons 2 and 3. It was pretty good! Afterwards, I came home and enjoyed a Mike’s Hard Lemonade (4 pts). Don;t remember my snacks, but the day ended at 40.
July 31
Published July 31, 2012 Daily report , Seattle Sutton , Weight Watchers Leave a CommentTags: seattle sutton
Yesterday I began Seattle Sutton. Last time I did this was 5 years (and 35 pounds) ago. My frustration last time was that I was always so hungry. I’d eat the SS food and then keep on eating.
So what’s different this time?
I realize that 1,200 calories is not enough (that’s 1,000 in the SS program plus another 200 with two 8-oz glasses of milk). Especially weighing 215 pounds – I simply need more food.
So, I am created a WW/SS hybrid. I am eating the SS plan and supplementing with 6 points and not counting additional fruits and vegetables (I don’t eat that many anyway).
We’ll see how it goes!
Start weight on 7/31: 215.4
Sunday: 85 degrees in the am with high humidity. So high in fact – two elderly women passed out at church (outdoor services).
Food day was meh. Breakfast was a veggie omelet courtesy of my dh, then nibbles and smacking all day. Ended up at 41 points. Too hot to exercise.
Weighed in on Saturday – 209.8. So, six weeks (began on April 2) and down 3.2.
Maybe I should just set a short term goal of getting under 200 pounds.
Have a bad day – or three – and gain back most what I’ve lost (3 of 4.5 pounds). Get frustrated that it is so hard to lose and so easy to gain and give up.
I *know* it’s a lifestyle change and that even if it takes 5 years, I’ll be healthier. But frankly, it’s looking dim right now.
Time for a self pep talk…
Failing to plan
Published April 26, 2011 Daily report , R U Kidding Me? , Random thoughts Leave a Commentis planning to fail. More than just a saying – it’s what gets me off track each time.
Example: Monday I stayed on track (on program)Â through dinner time. Then, having no menu/meal in place. I began to snack as I worked through what I might eat. As I grazed on left over ham, chips and other things not conducive to losing weight, the spiral began. By the end of the day, I had consumed all my daily point, my left over weekly points, and ate into my activity points (which I try really really hard not to do).
Today is a fresh day, and so far it’s going well. Mostly because I am planning my meals and snacks bur also because I looked at yesterday as a lesson to learn from.
Easter Sunday
Published April 25, 2011 Daily report , Holidays , Weight Watchers Leave a CommentTags: diet, Diets, Holidays, Weight Watchers
Day started off early with a 5:30 a.m. wake up call so I could usher at 6:30 a.m. sunrise service. Brought my 13-year-old and husband with me, so it was a nice family event.
We got home and John got busy making the WW Asparagus, Bacon and Cheese Strata I had requested, plus a WW fresh strawberry pie for later that evening. The strada was so good, I had a piece for lunch, too.
Unfortunately, all my resolve for the week went out the door at dinner (which we ate super early to accommodate that night’s plans). Too much ham (something we rarely eat), cheesy potatoes and rolls. To make it even worse, we went to see Jersey Boys that evening and I had a glass of wine at the theater. Not too bad – I know – but when we got home at 10 I was famished (we ate at 5). So, rather that sit and make a good choice, I popped a small plate of chips and cheese in the microwave and poured myself another glass of wine. At least I did pass on the WW pie (which John and the boys said was very good).
Total points for the day: 52!! Exercise: none
Good thing I have a full week to redeem myself.
Saturday’s weigh in
Published April 24, 2011 Daily report , Exercise , Weight Watchers Leave a CommentTags: diet, Diets, Weight Watchers
Today was a total train wreck in a funny kind of way. Got up early to go to my Pilates reformer class. I sat down to drink my glass of warm lemon water (I really like this habit and thinks it puts me in the right mind set) and scan the paper before getting dressed to go. My dog got up with me, so I fed him and let him out to do his morning business and sat back down. After 5 minutes or so, I got up to dress and brush my teeth and it didn’t really register that dog wasn’t in bed sleeping with my husband. (We have a dog door so I assumed he had come back in and went back to sleep.) After a few minutes I was ready to go and walked back out into our family room – to find the dog tearing at the carcass of some dead animal that he had apparently dragged through the dog door and up the stairs. I called the dog, dragged him back into the bedroom and promptly woke up my husband to let him deal with it. (Did I mention it was pouring rain and the dog was soaking wet and rolling around on the carpet trying to dry off?)
Anyway, off to a great Pilates class and then onto WW for my Saturday weigh in. Here I am thinking that this would be a great week (prior week’s weigh in was a wash: nothing gained and nothing lost). I get there between meetings and hop on the scale to see … a -.4 lb loss. I was disappointed, especially since I’ve been cranking up the exercise. So, I went to a local Caribou for a latte and ended up buying a breakfast sandwich as well (total 12 points). Since I still has 40 minutes to kill before the meeting, I decided to just go home.
But once I got home, my dh (darling husband) suggested a walk, so I grabbed my Nordic poles – he grabbed the dog – and we went on a great 4-mile walk (he had also cleaned up the mess – which apparently was the back half of a bunny. Since our dog is a rather loud clodhopper kind of dog – I assume another animal killed it and left it in our yard (a coyote perhaps, as there have been sightings nearby).
After the walk, we spent the day around the house until our 13-year-old son’s double-header lacrosse game.. But the day was yet to be drama free: same son accidentally broke a window with a lacrosse ball and our garage door broke.
Here’s the day’s recap:
Breakfast: latte and breakfast sandwich from Caribou: 12
Lunch:Â 2 ff hot dogs on reduced calorie buns with sauerkraut: 6
Dinner: Salad with chickpeas: 4
Snacks: Vita muffins (2 @ 3 pts), latte (1 at 3 pts), banana, tangerine
Exercise: 55 minutes on Pilates Reformer and a 60 minute walk with Nordic poles
Takeaway: I need to cope my with emotional eating.
The offender
Dieting Train Wreck 