I'm not slacking, but Alex is home so I will post something while he is at work one day. Still being good and lost about 3 pounds! Got a new scale so I'm not using one that changes by 10 pounds a day.
Miss me lots! lol
Mandiy
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Day Six: Exercise Confession
Well, so far I've been pretty good about what I eat. I have been paying attention when I know I'm eating more than I probably should. (Just had a rough day yesterday). Anyway, I'm usually not very good at dieting because I give in to ALL my cravings. This time I've been pretty good. I'm also not good about exercising because, well I HATE it. I can be watching tv or listening to music and I still get bored and still am very aware that I am working out. My next goal is to try to be happy that I'm working out. To be aware that I'm doing it and say, hey, I'm working out, I'm awesome. Or something like that. haha. Cutting the grass has been the one thing that I am ok with doing because I'm accomplishing something that I can see the results from immediately. Unfortunately, the grass is wet so I can't do it right now. Any ideas on how to make exercise any more enjoyable? I am so stumped!
But, on a positive note, I started my new job today and it kept me very occupied so I wasn't hungry most of the day. Although I was when I left. But I really like the job and I'm excited about what I'm doing for once. Hooray! Completely off topic, but well if you're reading then you probably have already realized I'm random. :D
Have a wonderful day.
Mandiy
But, on a positive note, I started my new job today and it kept me very occupied so I wasn't hungry most of the day. Although I was when I left. But I really like the job and I'm excited about what I'm doing for once. Hooray! Completely off topic, but well if you're reading then you probably have already realized I'm random. :D
Have a wonderful day.
Mandiy
Monday, July 26, 2010
Day Five: Ice Cream!!!
I have an entire paper due at midnight that I haven't started yet so this is going to be a short, copy/pasted post. I found this recipe on my support website and just wanted to share it!
1/2 cup of Skim Milk
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract (I used two lol)
Put all ingredients in a quart size ziplock bag and seal.
In a gallon sized bag add enough ice to fill the gallon bag half way full and 6 Tblsp. of salt. Put quart size bag inside gallon size bag and seal shut. Make sure you have a tight seal so it doesn't leak. Then all you do is shake it!!! Shake for at least 4 minutes or until the ice cream is frozen.
This serves one person. 95 calories per serving! :)
(1/2 cup 1% milk = 43 calories
1 TBSP sugar = 49 calories
1/4 tsp vanilla = 3 calories)
I put peaches in my mine and it was very good. It melted very quickly and wasn't as sweet as normal ice cream, but I knew exactly what was in it.
Have a wonderful night!
Mandiy
1/2 cup of Skim Milk
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract (I used two lol)
Put all ingredients in a quart size ziplock bag and seal.
In a gallon sized bag add enough ice to fill the gallon bag half way full and 6 Tblsp. of salt. Put quart size bag inside gallon size bag and seal shut. Make sure you have a tight seal so it doesn't leak. Then all you do is shake it!!! Shake for at least 4 minutes or until the ice cream is frozen.
This serves one person. 95 calories per serving! :)
(1/2 cup 1% milk = 43 calories
1 TBSP sugar = 49 calories
1/4 tsp vanilla = 3 calories)
I put peaches in my mine and it was very good. It melted very quickly and wasn't as sweet as normal ice cream, but I knew exactly what was in it.
Have a wonderful night!
Mandiy
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Day Four: Boredom
Well I have made it to day four and have been proud of myself for each day. It's sad, but I have never been this good about what I eat and exercise for this long. I always cave on something. Then I consider the whole cause lost and quit. I'm determined that even if I do stumble this time, I will still get back up the next day. Now, onto today's point.
Boredom is my worst enemy. Once I started paying attention to when I am eating and what I want to eat, I realized that most of the time the ONLY reason I eat is that I'm bored so I think about food and think about how badly I just want to taste it. Well I have come up with a few solutions that have worked the past few days.
Water!!!!! Water curbs about 80% of my cravings. I tell myself that if I just drink half the bottle, then I can re-evaluate whether I still need (WANT) food. Most of the time, I don't.
Gum. If I have the urge to chew while I'm doing something else, homework, watching tv, whatever, I try gum first. I have a love of gum anyway, but usually that will do the trick. I chew sugarless so that I'm not putting any extra useless calories into my body.
Stay really busy. If I am still craving something after those two things, but can tell I'm not genuinely hungry, I do something that occupies my mind and my time. I do the dishes, laundry, vacuum, organize something, anything that I'm not sitting still for. I tell myself I'll re-evaluate after I finish such and such. Usually I forget about the craving.
I eat every three hours or so. I plan out my meals (well Smart Ones from Weight Watchers plans most) so that I have room left for healthy snacks throughout the day. If I crave something salty, I have crackers, if it's something sweet, I have low-fat yogurt or pudding. (Speaking of this I need to make some jell-o...) I have divided my low fat cheeze-its out into baggies so I know that I am only eating a serving, no more. (I did the same with my cereal so I don't over pour in the mornings. It was a pain, but it's been easier to keep track of now). Eating this often, I can tell myself I only have another 30 minutes or so and usually I am able to distract myself til past the time that I have marked for myself.
Late night cravings, I go to bed. I know I shouldn't eat after 8 so I've tried hard not to. The first night I did have yogurt at maybe 9, but otherwise I've been good. I finish what I need to and go to bed so I am not thinking about the food. This also gets me to bed earlier than the 3 am type hours I had been keeping. Now I have been asleep by midnight, with the exception of last night. I get up between 6:30 and 7:30 even if I don't have anything specific to do. I don't take super long naps so I am actually ready to go to bed by the time I should be.
I think I will cure a lot of my boredom once I start working this week, but these have worked so far for while I am at home. I know this will be worth it and I can already see a change in myself (not physically but in my attitude). Just because no one sees me eat it, doesn't mean it doesn't count. I am still finding inspiration and motivation with that website so here's to a great day 5 tomorrow!
"No one ever drowned in sweat."
Mandiy
Boredom is my worst enemy. Once I started paying attention to when I am eating and what I want to eat, I realized that most of the time the ONLY reason I eat is that I'm bored so I think about food and think about how badly I just want to taste it. Well I have come up with a few solutions that have worked the past few days.
Water!!!!! Water curbs about 80% of my cravings. I tell myself that if I just drink half the bottle, then I can re-evaluate whether I still need (WANT) food. Most of the time, I don't.
Gum. If I have the urge to chew while I'm doing something else, homework, watching tv, whatever, I try gum first. I have a love of gum anyway, but usually that will do the trick. I chew sugarless so that I'm not putting any extra useless calories into my body.
Stay really busy. If I am still craving something after those two things, but can tell I'm not genuinely hungry, I do something that occupies my mind and my time. I do the dishes, laundry, vacuum, organize something, anything that I'm not sitting still for. I tell myself I'll re-evaluate after I finish such and such. Usually I forget about the craving.
I eat every three hours or so. I plan out my meals (well Smart Ones from Weight Watchers plans most) so that I have room left for healthy snacks throughout the day. If I crave something salty, I have crackers, if it's something sweet, I have low-fat yogurt or pudding. (Speaking of this I need to make some jell-o...) I have divided my low fat cheeze-its out into baggies so I know that I am only eating a serving, no more. (I did the same with my cereal so I don't over pour in the mornings. It was a pain, but it's been easier to keep track of now). Eating this often, I can tell myself I only have another 30 minutes or so and usually I am able to distract myself til past the time that I have marked for myself.
Late night cravings, I go to bed. I know I shouldn't eat after 8 so I've tried hard not to. The first night I did have yogurt at maybe 9, but otherwise I've been good. I finish what I need to and go to bed so I am not thinking about the food. This also gets me to bed earlier than the 3 am type hours I had been keeping. Now I have been asleep by midnight, with the exception of last night. I get up between 6:30 and 7:30 even if I don't have anything specific to do. I don't take super long naps so I am actually ready to go to bed by the time I should be.
I think I will cure a lot of my boredom once I start working this week, but these have worked so far for while I am at home. I know this will be worth it and I can already see a change in myself (not physically but in my attitude). Just because no one sees me eat it, doesn't mean it doesn't count. I am still finding inspiration and motivation with that website so here's to a great day 5 tomorrow!
"No one ever drowned in sweat."
Mandiy
Day Three: Success
Today was a success even though it was a struggle. I had to go shopping for work clothes and I hate shopping for a reason. Nothing ever fits right, even when it's the "right" size. I am using this as motivation to keep up my work instead of letting it get me down and eating for emotional reasons. I can't wait til I can blow Alex away with how great I will look with my new look. My end goal is to look amazing by the time he gets back from this coming deployment. I have mini-goals along the way to keep me focused, though. Really bummed that my bra's underwire broke today so it looks like I have to buy a new one before I lose weight instead of waiting like I wanted to. It's very late so I will come up with a better post tomorrow (well today by now). I just don't want to miss a day of this either. I want to form good habits, like sticking to what I start.
Main point though: I am already feeling a shift in attitude because I have had a stressful, emotional day today and a week ago, I would have eaten junk to help me feel better, but today I realized that eating will only make me feel worse in the end.
"Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
Mandiy
Main point though: I am already feeling a shift in attitude because I have had a stressful, emotional day today and a week ago, I would have eaten junk to help me feel better, but today I realized that eating will only make me feel worse in the end.
"Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
Mandiy
Friday, July 23, 2010
Day Two: I heart My Fitness Pal
So, I am actually writing for the second day in a row. I'm so proud of myself :) Day one of this weight loss journey was a success! I was given a website: myfitnesspal.com and it is wonderful! You put in your weight and weight goals and such and then it helps you plan meals, plan exercise and you put in what you actually eat/do. You meet people who are there to encourage you and support you. It's where I got the ticker to the right of this, too. I woke up excited to continue with this plan, which is a huge deal since I usually lose motivation very quickly. I set My Fitness Pal as one of my home pages so I that I will actually see it every morning and hopefully it will give me a kick in the butt to keep it up. I'm a dork and like to be able to say that I ate something healthy/did this specific exercise so I'm doing what I should so that I can honestly say that I did. If you add friends, they can see your food diary, so it's a motivation not to eat a ton of junk. It also tells you how many calories you have left if you want to keep up a weight goal. It's very helpful to know if I have the calories left for that yogurt after dinner or if I wasted them. I also like that I have a ticker so that when I weigh in, I can watch the number change. I'm still so excited for this and I'm sorry it's all over the place. I'm hoping to have a more organized feel after this. I have a lot more energy since I'm not crashing after eating chocolate for breakfast or from too much sugar and caffeine in the tea. It's too hot to take the dog for a walk or to cut the grass right now so I'm trying to think of something to do in the house. I guess I could do a workout video. Maybe. That just still feels like I'm exercising and the others don't. And, on a side note (although this entire post has been sporadic), my scale says I've lost 10 pounds since yesterday morning. I think my first reward, after I stick with this for the first month, will be a brand new digital scale that's accurate. We have an analog one and if I'm going to do this right, I want to do it accurately.
Anyway, that's my random, jumbled mess of words for today!
Mandiy
Anyway, that's my random, jumbled mess of words for today!
Mandiy
Thursday, July 22, 2010
My New Project: Weight-loss
Well, I definitely did not keep up my blog after getting situated in the new house like I had hoped. Honestly, I haven't even been busy enough to have a good excuse. I have finally started classes back, online, at Ashford University and I love them so far. I'm on my 3rd and 4th class and hope to graduate within a year from now! Only about a year after I should have been done, which isn't so bad considering how much time I took off. I had a job, but lost it and actually don't mind not being there anymore since I hated it, but I'm hoping to find something else REALLY soon because I need the money and hate not working. All of this is completely irrelevant to what I wanted to say, today, though.
My newest plan for my life is to actually get into shape. I have been overweight for at least 2 years now and have done nothing but gain. I am sick of the way that I feel about myself, and I am hoping that if I am writing about my journey on here, maybe I will finally stick to a plan. Maybe I will actually feel accountable to someone other than myself, even if no one is really reading this. I'm not quite sure how I want to do this on here, but my idea is to hopefully give an update on how I've done each week. (It would be really boring if I did it every day I'm sure) Throughout the week, I'm hoping to find articles about weight loss that I can post. If I am going to post it, I should probably read it first and then maybe I'll actually pay attention to what I could be doing better. I've already got a few plans to help me along the way so as I find out what works (and doesn't) for me and hopefully find out why, I hope to write about that as well. I know I have a long way to go so here's to the first day and to my not-so-secret plan anymore!
Mandiy
P.S. If anyone actually is reading what I write and has suggestions, articles, etc please feel free to share them!!
My newest plan for my life is to actually get into shape. I have been overweight for at least 2 years now and have done nothing but gain. I am sick of the way that I feel about myself, and I am hoping that if I am writing about my journey on here, maybe I will finally stick to a plan. Maybe I will actually feel accountable to someone other than myself, even if no one is really reading this. I'm not quite sure how I want to do this on here, but my idea is to hopefully give an update on how I've done each week. (It would be really boring if I did it every day I'm sure) Throughout the week, I'm hoping to find articles about weight loss that I can post. If I am going to post it, I should probably read it first and then maybe I'll actually pay attention to what I could be doing better. I've already got a few plans to help me along the way so as I find out what works (and doesn't) for me and hopefully find out why, I hope to write about that as well. I know I have a long way to go so here's to the first day and to my not-so-secret plan anymore!
Mandiy
P.S. If anyone actually is reading what I write and has suggestions, articles, etc please feel free to share them!!
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