I am sooooo glad it is Friday. This was my first full week doing my student teaching and it is hard to get used to being on my feet all day. I am working with high school kids and you cannot let up for a second with them. But I am absolutely loving it so far. I sometimes realize what a great time I'm having and hope that I have finally found my calling. Only took me 40 years!
I actually lost again this week without any exercise (which I am so trying to get back into). I have to be honest that on Thursday we were so busy with classes that I completely skipped lunch. I wonder if that contributed a bit to my Friday weigh in. But I was so ravenous when I got home that night I really felt like I made up for skipping that meal. I don't want to do that again though, it didn't make me feel very good.
We have a really busy weekend with two birthday partys and dinner at a good friend's house so that worries me a bit too. But I am just going to practice portion control as much as I can and really, really try to meet a friend at the gym Saturday and Sunday. Money is so tight with me not working for pay but I just keep holding on to that membership...sigh! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Friday, August 26, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Back Again
Well I sort of disappeared for the entire month of July but I am going to try this again. I honestly can't say I did great in July, it was a pretty stressful and busy time, but I did attempt to be healthy. In the past six weeks I quit my job, went on a camping vacation, had some great time off with my daughter and began my student teaching. Somewhere along the way I managed to lose a little weight but I think it was more because of blistering hot and humid heat on my camping trip (that made me not want to eat or drink anything) and not having time to eat in the last week teaching. First time in a long time that I actually lost weight on a vacation instead of gained. But...I will take it for what it is, and being below 200 has really motivated me to stay that way for good!!!
I am really excited about doing my student teaching and for this first seven weeks I am helping an awesome teacher with her accounting and computer applications class. My bachelor's is in accounting so I feel pretty comfortable with it and I am enjoying this way more than I had hoped. She is teaching me so much I feel that I may actually be able to teach a class of my own someday. Because we're in the school all day I HAVE to plan my lunches and snacks because there is no where else to eat. And I only get 20 minutes. I think this is really going to help me and make me finally have a meal plan for the week. The only thing I have to watch is being ravenous when I get home and grabbing anything. So...on that note I am off to plan my meals for the week and have a good healthy grocery trip! I believe there is a gym trip in my future today also. If anyone happens to read this I hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy weekend!
I am really excited about doing my student teaching and for this first seven weeks I am helping an awesome teacher with her accounting and computer applications class. My bachelor's is in accounting so I feel pretty comfortable with it and I am enjoying this way more than I had hoped. She is teaching me so much I feel that I may actually be able to teach a class of my own someday. Because we're in the school all day I HAVE to plan my lunches and snacks because there is no where else to eat. And I only get 20 minutes. I think this is really going to help me and make me finally have a meal plan for the week. The only thing I have to watch is being ravenous when I get home and grabbing anything. So...on that note I am off to plan my meals for the week and have a good healthy grocery trip! I believe there is a gym trip in my future today also. If anyone happens to read this I hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy weekend!
Monday, June 27, 2011
101 Days Summer of Challenge Update Week #4
Week 4 - My two goals for the challenge are to lose "something" each week and to work out at least 30 mins, 5 days a week. Goal #1 accomplished! I lost (again) 1.2 so that puts me at 202.6. I was very happy with that as I seemed to log in to WW each morning and manage to track breakfast and lunch, only to totally fail at dinner. We have been eating out a lot. But I have been trying to make better choices and obviously it is helping. I just need to work on tracking the entire day, even if I go over. I think that will ultimately help me make better choices AND see where I am going wrong.
Goal #2 - huh. A few years ago I was bending over to pick something up and when I straightened back up I had a very sharp pain in they right back area, just above my behind. It would not go away so I ended up at a chiropractor who said I had piriformis syndrome. They diagnosis was "pain, tingling, or numbness deep in the buttocks and along the sciatic nerve. Sitting down, stretching, climbing stairs, and performing squats usually increases pain." The treatment was going to her and having her literally dig her elbow into that area and push as hard as she could. It really, really hurt. And then I did stretches at home to help. Last week it came back. I was so upset. Some of the things I have read has said that doing exercise incorrectly can actually cause this. So now I have to wonder if I was doing something the wrong way and exacerbated this again. As of right now I am having my bf dig his elbow in (lovely feeling, NOT) and doing the stretches. But trying to do exercise would not be good until I get this under control. And then I wonder if I should get a trainer to check my form.
So I failed at this goal. But I am trying not to feel too bad because it is really out of my control. I didn't stay at home and sit on the couch and disregard getting my exercise in, I just CAN'T do it right now. Maybe I should come up with an alternate goal until I can resume exercise. It is getting better, I can tell. But when walking my dog for 15 minutes still ends in sharp pain, I know that it is not the time to try and start again.
In other news, I will be going out of town tonight until the 5th of July and I do not think I will have access to my computer until I get back. So I will not have a check in until probably week #6. We are going to Michigan to stay at a friend's cabin right on the lake and I am so looking forward to some time off! I have already talked to her and we are buying all our own food to cook and going for daily walks so I am not feeling too worried about it. And with all the running around maybe I'll manage to get my 30 minutes in each day too!
Hope everyone has a great week on the challenge and I'll be back on the 5th!
Goal #2 - huh. A few years ago I was bending over to pick something up and when I straightened back up I had a very sharp pain in they right back area, just above my behind. It would not go away so I ended up at a chiropractor who said I had piriformis syndrome. They diagnosis was "pain, tingling, or numbness deep in the buttocks and along the sciatic nerve. Sitting down, stretching, climbing stairs, and performing squats usually increases pain." The treatment was going to her and having her literally dig her elbow into that area and push as hard as she could. It really, really hurt. And then I did stretches at home to help. Last week it came back. I was so upset. Some of the things I have read has said that doing exercise incorrectly can actually cause this. So now I have to wonder if I was doing something the wrong way and exacerbated this again. As of right now I am having my bf dig his elbow in (lovely feeling, NOT) and doing the stretches. But trying to do exercise would not be good until I get this under control. And then I wonder if I should get a trainer to check my form.
So I failed at this goal. But I am trying not to feel too bad because it is really out of my control. I didn't stay at home and sit on the couch and disregard getting my exercise in, I just CAN'T do it right now. Maybe I should come up with an alternate goal until I can resume exercise. It is getting better, I can tell. But when walking my dog for 15 minutes still ends in sharp pain, I know that it is not the time to try and start again.
In other news, I will be going out of town tonight until the 5th of July and I do not think I will have access to my computer until I get back. So I will not have a check in until probably week #6. We are going to Michigan to stay at a friend's cabin right on the lake and I am so looking forward to some time off! I have already talked to her and we are buying all our own food to cook and going for daily walks so I am not feeling too worried about it. And with all the running around maybe I'll manage to get my 30 minutes in each day too!
Hope everyone has a great week on the challenge and I'll be back on the 5th!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
101 Days of Summer Challenge Update Week #3
Well, after two+ years of neglecting my blog I have decided to try this again. Not much has changed in the past two years except I have managed to find an extra 10 pounds. When I did the Biggest Loser Blog Edition I started off weighing 195. A few weeks ago I found myself at 205, which is my highest weight ever. And it scared me enough to want to get serious. And then after reading about Biz's 101 Days of Summer Challenge it seemed like all the extra encouragement I needed.
The challenge is actually on its third week but life got in the way of me getting my blog going again so I am just now updating. My goals for the challenge are 1) to lose something each week. I don’t care if its .2 of a pound, I just want to weigh less than the week before and 2) to exercise 150 minutes each week (30 min 5 days).
Week 1 - Unfortunately I had some personal issues come up that didn't allow me to start this week. Very hard week in my life.
Week 2 - Worked out twice this week so did not make my goal of 150 minutes but did have a small loss. 1 out of 2!
Week 3 - DID IT!!! Work out exactly 150 minutes. I did do two 45 min days and 1 hour day, but at least I did it. And I am down from 205 to 203.8 so 1.2 pounds lost so far.
I know if I could just get my eating under control I would have much better results. My biggest probelm isn't what I eat its the quantity I eat it in. I have signed up again for Weight Watchers online and I'm hoping that will help me be more accountable.
Don't want to write too long of a post for my first one so I will be back soon to update how I am doing. Good luck to everyone else and I will be making my rounds of the other participants to cheer them on!
The challenge is actually on its third week but life got in the way of me getting my blog going again so I am just now updating. My goals for the challenge are 1) to lose something each week. I don’t care if its .2 of a pound, I just want to weigh less than the week before and 2) to exercise 150 minutes each week (30 min 5 days).
Week 1 - Unfortunately I had some personal issues come up that didn't allow me to start this week. Very hard week in my life.
Week 2 - Worked out twice this week so did not make my goal of 150 minutes but did have a small loss. 1 out of 2!
Week 3 - DID IT!!! Work out exactly 150 minutes. I did do two 45 min days and 1 hour day, but at least I did it. And I am down from 205 to 203.8 so 1.2 pounds lost so far.
I know if I could just get my eating under control I would have much better results. My biggest probelm isn't what I eat its the quantity I eat it in. I have signed up again for Weight Watchers online and I'm hoping that will help me be more accountable.
Don't want to write too long of a post for my first one so I will be back soon to update how I am doing. Good luck to everyone else and I will be making my rounds of the other participants to cheer them on!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Week #8 Results
My title's are so creative, aren't they? : ) Well, I utterly failed at posting more this week but I promise that will improve in the future. My new class started and it was a lot more work then I had anticipated, so it kept me tied up for most of the week. Luckily being so busy also helped me not recreate the food fest I had the previous week.
So this week I didn't get back to where I was but I am going down and that's the good thing. I weighed in at 184 for a loss of .5. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but as I said above the week didn't give me a lot of time for planning or exercising so I'm just glad it was a loss. I feel like I dodged a bullet this time by stopping the gain and getting right back on the wagon.
This weekend is going to be a bit challenging. I am off in a few hours to a scrapbook retreat up in Indiana. A friend of mine from Michigan flew in to go with me. They provide all the food for the weekend. Luckily it is pretty healthy and there is salad at both lunch and dinner. So I feel pretty confident that I can make good choices. I just have to stay away from the snack table and I'll be fine.
I'm so sorry I didn't get to make my rounds of everyone this week. I have plans when I get back on Sunday to just kick back and relax and catch up with everyone. Thanks to everyone for the comments on my last post. It is so nice to have the support and especially the kick in the pants to stick with it and not let a bad week be my downfall.
So this week I didn't get back to where I was but I am going down and that's the good thing. I weighed in at 184 for a loss of .5. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but as I said above the week didn't give me a lot of time for planning or exercising so I'm just glad it was a loss. I feel like I dodged a bullet this time by stopping the gain and getting right back on the wagon.
This weekend is going to be a bit challenging. I am off in a few hours to a scrapbook retreat up in Indiana. A friend of mine from Michigan flew in to go with me. They provide all the food for the weekend. Luckily it is pretty healthy and there is salad at both lunch and dinner. So I feel pretty confident that I can make good choices. I just have to stay away from the snack table and I'll be fine.
I'm so sorry I didn't get to make my rounds of everyone this week. I have plans when I get back on Sunday to just kick back and relax and catch up with everyone. Thanks to everyone for the comments on my last post. It is so nice to have the support and especially the kick in the pants to stick with it and not let a bad week be my downfall.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Week #7 Results
Well, this week’s weigh in did not go as well as my previous ones. I basically hopped off the wagon last Friday, ran as far away from it as I could, and pretended like the last 7 weeks had never happened. It was not pretty. I made very, very bad choices. I ate out A LOT. And I exercised nada, zip, nothing.
I also disappeared off the blog world. I was even ashamed to read everyone else knowing how bad I was doing myself. Yes, as I’m typing that I realize how silly it is. Reading about everyone else’s week might have helped me get back on track a lot faster.
So what was the damage done? I weighed in at 184.5 for a 3.5 pound gain. Ouch! Actually though, I am not as upset with this as I thought I would be. Yes, I am disappointed in myself for going so out of control but I deserve every bit of that gain after the week I had. It almost amuses me that I freak out after losing “only” half a pound during a good week but a gain like this one and I’m just “eh.”
I have learned some things from this week though. One is that if I don’t go to the grocery and have healthy, easily accessible foods in the house I will not do well. I haven’t been to the grocery in almost two weeks, which led to the eating out, which led to one bad decision in a weak moment, which led to, “oh well, I’m done for the week, might as well go all out” decisions.
Two, is that weeks like this are going to happen. I will admit that I had a moment or two of wondering if I should just give up and try again in a month or so when things calm down. But this blog, and keeping up with everyone else and their progress, has helped me stick with it a lot longer this time.
And I don’t want to just give up because I’ve had one bad week. If that leads to several bad weeks I am going to end up right back at 195 or higher! I still have lost 10.5 pounds overall. If I have one bad week every time I lose 10 pounds, I think I’ll be okay with that.
The reality is that even after the Biggest Loser Blog contest is over I will not be at my goal weight. I still have quite a bit of a journey to go. And this process is about me getting healthy overall, not just losing weight. I think that will be ongoing even after I get to goal as I increase my exercising and try to move towards healthier whole foods.
I apologize to my team members for the bad number this week but I promise you will see it go right back down next week! I got my tracker back out today. I made the best of what I could find for breakfast this morning and had Subway for lunch. I will be tracking everything this week and getting my behind in gear on the exercising.
In addition I will be blogging as much as I can this week about how my days are going. I think being accountable to this has greatly helped me lose what I did the last few months, so I’m hoping it will help get me back on track also. Off to check on everyone else.
I also disappeared off the blog world. I was even ashamed to read everyone else knowing how bad I was doing myself. Yes, as I’m typing that I realize how silly it is. Reading about everyone else’s week might have helped me get back on track a lot faster.
So what was the damage done? I weighed in at 184.5 for a 3.5 pound gain. Ouch! Actually though, I am not as upset with this as I thought I would be. Yes, I am disappointed in myself for going so out of control but I deserve every bit of that gain after the week I had. It almost amuses me that I freak out after losing “only” half a pound during a good week but a gain like this one and I’m just “eh.”
I have learned some things from this week though. One is that if I don’t go to the grocery and have healthy, easily accessible foods in the house I will not do well. I haven’t been to the grocery in almost two weeks, which led to the eating out, which led to one bad decision in a weak moment, which led to, “oh well, I’m done for the week, might as well go all out” decisions.
Two, is that weeks like this are going to happen. I will admit that I had a moment or two of wondering if I should just give up and try again in a month or so when things calm down. But this blog, and keeping up with everyone else and their progress, has helped me stick with it a lot longer this time.
And I don’t want to just give up because I’ve had one bad week. If that leads to several bad weeks I am going to end up right back at 195 or higher! I still have lost 10.5 pounds overall. If I have one bad week every time I lose 10 pounds, I think I’ll be okay with that.
The reality is that even after the Biggest Loser Blog contest is over I will not be at my goal weight. I still have quite a bit of a journey to go. And this process is about me getting healthy overall, not just losing weight. I think that will be ongoing even after I get to goal as I increase my exercising and try to move towards healthier whole foods.
I apologize to my team members for the bad number this week but I promise you will see it go right back down next week! I got my tracker back out today. I made the best of what I could find for breakfast this morning and had Subway for lunch. I will be tracking everything this week and getting my behind in gear on the exercising.
In addition I will be blogging as much as I can this week about how my days are going. I think being accountable to this has greatly helped me lose what I did the last few months, so I’m hoping it will help get me back on track also. Off to check on everyone else.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Week #6 Results
Yesterday I weighed in at 181 for a loss of -1.5 this week. I feel like I really earned this. Even after not being able to accurately count my points for 3 days over the weekend, I really kicked it back into gear for the rest of the week.
The really awesome thing about last week was it made me see what it could be like for me on maintenance. That I can go out and enjoy time with my friends, make good choices without feeling deprived, and not beat myself up about what a horrible weekend I had come Monday.
I still feel a bit overwhelmed sometimes about how far I have to go but I am trying to focus on small steps and goals. I only have 5 more pounds until my first goal of 10%. And I am excited to be back in the 170’s again.
I do wish I had some idea of an end point but I really don’t want to put a number on my goal. I want to get to a weight where I look in the mirror and am happy with what I see. I have no idea what number that will be since its been so long since I’ve been there. Probably as a child! So I will just continue to focus on my little goals that I have for now and deal with that when I get closer.
Again, my main focus this week is going to be exercise. I know I am doing better than I was before but I would really like to get into a routine and I can’t seem to do that. Any ideas?
This Sunday I am going skiing and I am so excited. Its been quite a while since I’ve been and I’m not very good but I really enjoy it. I’ll try and get some pictures, hopefully of me standing up right and not on my behind! I am off to try and catch up on everyone; I’ve fallen way behind in my reading. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
The really awesome thing about last week was it made me see what it could be like for me on maintenance. That I can go out and enjoy time with my friends, make good choices without feeling deprived, and not beat myself up about what a horrible weekend I had come Monday.
I still feel a bit overwhelmed sometimes about how far I have to go but I am trying to focus on small steps and goals. I only have 5 more pounds until my first goal of 10%. And I am excited to be back in the 170’s again.
I do wish I had some idea of an end point but I really don’t want to put a number on my goal. I want to get to a weight where I look in the mirror and am happy with what I see. I have no idea what number that will be since its been so long since I’ve been there. Probably as a child! So I will just continue to focus on my little goals that I have for now and deal with that when I get closer.
Again, my main focus this week is going to be exercise. I know I am doing better than I was before but I would really like to get into a routine and I can’t seem to do that. Any ideas?
This Sunday I am going skiing and I am so excited. Its been quite a while since I’ve been and I’m not very good but I really enjoy it. I’ll try and get some pictures, hopefully of me standing up right and not on my behind! I am off to try and catch up on everyone; I’ve fallen way behind in my reading. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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