Monday, February 1, 2010
Week 4
I did much better this week then last week. I only worked out twice this week, and I was not happy with myself about that, but I am going to do better this week. I got 56 points this week. I really need to work harder on getting in some fruits and veggies (I don't eat any) and do more exercise.
Week 4 here we come!!!
WOHO!!! I have lost 7 pounds so far! I almost gave in this week to lots of treats. This is getting so much harder but when I steped on that scale this morning I was so happy! This has been such a good experiance for me. I started taking some of thoese metabolizium pills to bost my motab and got so angry last week i was ripping heads off right and left and I don't think they did anything to help my weight so thoes are permenatly out! I feel like Denise does about the mulivitamins! I can wake up in the morning now with only little problums now and then and I do seem to have more energy. That 1 or 3 o'clock nap happens less and less. I also rewrote my food journal, my daughter spilled Oj all over it and many of the pages were unreadable. I relized I missed a day and have not been giving myself the extra end of the week points. For anyone who knows me this is no shocker since I had to have Denise completly clarify the rules for me.....Hello. Anyway so as of now I got 61 points last week for a grand totall of 244 points so far. I am very proud of my self I didn't think I could keep up with all this for so long but I have.
Week 4 "Why am I still so tired?"
We are a third the way through this challenge, I am exercising 5 days a week, eliminated all treats sugar, chips etc. and I still have a hard time getting out of bed each morning. Ugh. I always feel a slight headache, tired and ready for a nap. I thought it would get better by now. I am already on thyroid meds and always have taken vitamins so I am not sure why the lack of energy. My daughter decorated cakes in YW this week. It was the first thing since this challenge began that I REALLY wanted. It stayed on the counter for three days, this little cake, the kids picking at it a little at a time. If I was eating treats it would have been gone in 10 min and left me to confess my sins of eating her whole cake, but I kept reminding myself, food is a memory, remember how it tastes and that is good enough. I really am liking fruits and veggies more. I bought some frozen peaches, blueberries, strawberries, honeydew mix from costco and it is yummy. Fresh carrots, celery and peppers make for a great snack and the water I am still living in the bathroom and up several times a night, but find myself now craving it. Some things don't phase me now like they did a month ago, like now I don't snack while making my hubby's lunch before bed. I really was piecing a lot while making it. Water, I just grab a cup fill it and gulp it down, before I gagged it down. Little changes make a difference, even though tired, I think clearer and not in such a fog all the time. Week points were good lost for only exercising 5 days and one night I just couldn't sleep. I lost 2.2lb down a total of 9.2. 69pts for the week that includes weight loss and Monday post. Total challenge pts. 274. Now if I can only survive Super Bowl Sunday.
Week 4 points
So it wasn't my best week, but I did pretty well overall. I got 62 +1 for 63 points this week. I didn't have any weight loss, and once again I gained a pound. Once again I'm going to blame it on Austin, because I did pretty well!
I did some of the bad library workout dvds (scratch that -- videos) that Jen mentions, too. After making fun of their matching socks and leotards and big hair I got to work. The one thing they were good for is making me believe that I am exercising enough to get my heart rate in a good zone for pregnancy. Sometimes I feel like I'm not intense enough, but these showed me that you don't have to get that intense when you're in your third trimester to get your heart rate going. (I'm due two months from today -- yippee!) However, I am going to try to exercise more days this week and maybe for longer periods of time (or more than once a day, when possible). I guess even if I don't feel like I'm doing much anything is better than nothing, and if possible I will once again end a pregnancy weighing less than I did when I started.
My big accomplishment this week is that I feel I was a lot more veggie minded. I've wanted to do this for years -- especially for my kids -- but I haven't been so good at it. Having a few new ideas from Jen to get me away from always doing the Cali blend has been wonderful. I'm also buying fresh zucchini since it's easy to chop and sautee by itself, which I find delicious! Anyway, just thinking about it more got me eating more, and my fruit/veggie points didn't seem so tough this week.
Hope you all had great weeks! I'm going to have to pump it up a little if I want a chance to beat you motivated ladies! :)
I did some of the bad library workout dvds (scratch that -- videos) that Jen mentions, too. After making fun of their matching socks and leotards and big hair I got to work. The one thing they were good for is making me believe that I am exercising enough to get my heart rate in a good zone for pregnancy. Sometimes I feel like I'm not intense enough, but these showed me that you don't have to get that intense when you're in your third trimester to get your heart rate going. (I'm due two months from today -- yippee!) However, I am going to try to exercise more days this week and maybe for longer periods of time (or more than once a day, when possible). I guess even if I don't feel like I'm doing much anything is better than nothing, and if possible I will once again end a pregnancy weighing less than I did when I started.
My big accomplishment this week is that I feel I was a lot more veggie minded. I've wanted to do this for years -- especially for my kids -- but I haven't been so good at it. Having a few new ideas from Jen to get me away from always doing the Cali blend has been wonderful. I'm also buying fresh zucchini since it's easy to chop and sautee by itself, which I find delicious! Anyway, just thinking about it more got me eating more, and my fruit/veggie points didn't seem so tough this week.
Hope you all had great weeks! I'm going to have to pump it up a little if I want a chance to beat you motivated ladies! :)
Week, what is this, 4?
Points this week: 64 (plus 2 bonus from last week's post and weight loss=66) Grand total = 268. Weight loss this week = 2.5 lbs --Yay! (weigh in at 273.5)
This week wasn't actually great, though it wasn't terrible by any means either--I was happy to have lost weight at the end. I saw a couple of people ahead of me in points and promised to kick it up and get 10s like all week--not so much. My week got totally away from me--my job overtook my life. But, all things considered, I came out of it pretty good. I'm going to need to do something about this week though--I have a two-day solid business meeting Wed/Thurs in Toledo which are two of the three or four days I normally swim. Not to mention, travel eating isn't always great. Maybe I can get to the pool today. I'm refusing to work more hours than is absolutely necessary because of how many I put in last week, and how many I'm sure to put in Wed/Thurs. I digress. I really need to buy an exercise bike. Any suggestions on brand or anything? Maybe I'll hit the library for some bad aerobics tapes. Does driving to OH and back twice count as exercise? I didn't think so. I'm slowing down on the forced fruit thing. Uggg. I have a bowl of oranges, grapefruit and apples staring me down. But, since I despise fruit so much (that's a little harsh) I'm figuring ways of pulling veggies into breakfast more like V8 with breakfast--yum! My new favorite breakfast--boiled egg sliced on whole wheat toast topped with a whole tomato thickly sliced topped with some pepper and onion jelly (place the tomato slices face down in a frying pan for a minute beforehand and yum!). And my new favorite snack when I'm home and can't stomach an orange or something--this so reminds me of my childhood--dump some frozen green beans in a small saucepan, pour over canned diced tomatoes (home canned ones are PERFECT for this), throw in some chopped garlic (or garlic salt when I'm lazy) and heat for a few minutes. A little fresh ground pepper and/or red pepper and it's a yummy warm snack for these FREEZING cold days. Sundays have been hard too--great firesides the last two weeks, but after eating a late sunday lunch after church (like 2 pm), then add in the hour drive to the stake center for a 6pm fireside, you're not hungry before, but by the time you're home at 9 or 10 pm, it's too late to eat. Last night I solved the dilemma by figuring I had already lost the point either by not eating enough veggies (thank you ward potluck starch fest) or by eating after eight. So, I had my favorite bowl of beans and tomatoes, lost a point, and went to bed. Honestly, it's all good. My husband rolls his eyes when I talk about points and reminds me it's not about the points. Which it isn't. It's about the fact that I've lost neary 15 pound on this and am feeling great. Thanks to Denise and all of you--but I still want to win . ..
Well that was a bit of a big ramble wasn't it . . .
This week wasn't actually great, though it wasn't terrible by any means either--I was happy to have lost weight at the end. I saw a couple of people ahead of me in points and promised to kick it up and get 10s like all week--not so much. My week got totally away from me--my job overtook my life. But, all things considered, I came out of it pretty good. I'm going to need to do something about this week though--I have a two-day solid business meeting Wed/Thurs in Toledo which are two of the three or four days I normally swim. Not to mention, travel eating isn't always great. Maybe I can get to the pool today. I'm refusing to work more hours than is absolutely necessary because of how many I put in last week, and how many I'm sure to put in Wed/Thurs. I digress. I really need to buy an exercise bike. Any suggestions on brand or anything? Maybe I'll hit the library for some bad aerobics tapes. Does driving to OH and back twice count as exercise? I didn't think so. I'm slowing down on the forced fruit thing. Uggg. I have a bowl of oranges, grapefruit and apples staring me down. But, since I despise fruit so much (that's a little harsh) I'm figuring ways of pulling veggies into breakfast more like V8 with breakfast--yum! My new favorite breakfast--boiled egg sliced on whole wheat toast topped with a whole tomato thickly sliced topped with some pepper and onion jelly (place the tomato slices face down in a frying pan for a minute beforehand and yum!). And my new favorite snack when I'm home and can't stomach an orange or something--this so reminds me of my childhood--dump some frozen green beans in a small saucepan, pour over canned diced tomatoes (home canned ones are PERFECT for this), throw in some chopped garlic (or garlic salt when I'm lazy) and heat for a few minutes. A little fresh ground pepper and/or red pepper and it's a yummy warm snack for these FREEZING cold days. Sundays have been hard too--great firesides the last two weeks, but after eating a late sunday lunch after church (like 2 pm), then add in the hour drive to the stake center for a 6pm fireside, you're not hungry before, but by the time you're home at 9 or 10 pm, it's too late to eat. Last night I solved the dilemma by figuring I had already lost the point either by not eating enough veggies (thank you ward potluck starch fest) or by eating after eight. So, I had my favorite bowl of beans and tomatoes, lost a point, and went to bed. Honestly, it's all good. My husband rolls his eyes when I talk about points and reminds me it's not about the points. Which it isn't. It's about the fact that I've lost neary 15 pound on this and am feeling great. Thanks to Denise and all of you--but I still want to win . ..
Well that was a bit of a big ramble wasn't it . . .
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