Just 10 Lbs..

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Alright..went off the rails..again..as usual. My pants are getting super tight and I'm not so happy about how my shirts fit as a result. So..my goal is to lose 10 lbs. That's it. No "10 lbs now, then another 10 and another 10!" no "I really have 100+ to lose"...just...10 lbs. That's my only weight loss I am committing to at this point and then I will re-evaluate from there.

My main problem is, still, eating too much when I get home at the end of the day. At my new internship, there is not a lot of down time and not really time for going out for lunch..I am also on my feet pretty much all day..maybe sit for 1.5 hours total in the 8 hour work day - so that is an improvement..now I eat pretty fantastic during the day..but..I deal with tired/stress by eating too much at night..either by having a reasonable dinner followed by enough snacky stuff to feel really full (e.g., half a bag of chips, a ton of wheat thins, etc.) or by ordering some fast food on the way home.

So, to reach my 10 lb goal - cold turkey..no fast food allowed - period, going to try to give up diet sodas too because I do think it does make me crave more food possibly. And just going to eat my reasonable dinner and tell myself NO for any more after that. Still looking into gym membership..that will help too. I feel like such a slug sitting around for 4-5 hours after work. Blah.

OK..here goes...again.

  

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Creating small goals and large goals I think is key to getting through this. Looking at 100+ lbs as you mentioned can be overwhelming. Just take it 10 at the time. Good luck giving up fast food. Trust me, you won't regret it! And just start moving. I have a Wii fit and would do the step ups for 30 minutes a night. Then I moved up to an hour. I lost 10 lbs in my first month. Report Inappropriate Comment

The Past Several Days..

Friday, August 31, 2012

Well, starting Monday morning I felt like I was getting sick..bit of a scratchy/sore-ish throat..felt tight in the chest..sneezing...tired, a little achy in my joints. May have also explained why I felt so exhausted at the end of last week, if my body is/was fighting something off. The light sore throat and sneezing continued until today. I do take allergy meds but maybe they just weren't working. I felt ok all day today. So..I'm not sure if I was actually getting sick or not..it was weird! lol Anyway..this means I haven't been walking in the mornings at all this week. Eating has had its ups and downs as usual. I'm headed to visit my sister when I leave from my internship at 2pm and we'll hang out for the 3 day weekend. I'll worry about getting back on track on Tuesday!

  

Day...12? Oops

Sunday, August 26, 2012

I didn't even realize that I hadn't posted a blog since THURSDAY! I thought I only skipped one day. Well..that's an indication of where I've been at mentally haha..so...I didn't do any more walking and I ate pretty cruddy..I've just been hit with the super-tired bug.

Looking forward to starting a new week with a walk tomorrow morning..got some good, healthy groceries..know what I'm eating tomorrow..so it should be a good Monday!


I was also recently hit with the "so what if I am fat? I am AWESOME!" bug...complete with buying new stylish clothes...haha :) This usually means my motivation goes down but I am trying to keep it up through this positive phase...I try to look at my back rolls that gross me out and go "see! This! You want this to go away!" lol :P

  

Day 9...meh x 2

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Shoooot..my motivation is waning. I didn't walk this morning b/c I was so tired yesterday and I was still pretty tired today. I ate terribly...and I'm too tired to really type it all out so..just not good times.

I also kind of was already feeling like I won't go walk tomorrow buuuuttttt...I dunno...took some time to chill on the computer, my sister called me and we had a nice talk, and I feel a bit more energized..so I shall set the alarm for 4:30 and DO IT!!

My co-workers (well..supervisors for my internship) are mondo impressed that I get up so early to go walking lol That is a little motivator too..that I can say I do that. I always thought only super determined people get up early to walk. Maybe that is still true..just doesn't feel like it when I know it's me and I'm not that determined..but maybe I should think of myself as a determined person who gets things DONE!!

So..that's today. Here's to tomorrow.

  

Day 8....exhaustion

Thursday, August 23, 2012

So, I got up at 4:30 from the alarm going off (I usually wake up before the alarm..I haven't heard its chimes in at least a month lol). Got up and got to walking. I was SOOO tired though..my housemate was like "good thing you didn't skip, or I would have skipped b/c I am tired" lol so we motivated each other I guess. So..I get to the track and do the first lap..ok...second lap...I am walking with my eyes closing shut...lol ..and that continued. By 1.25 miles I felt like I was done...just too tired. So, I made a deal with myself to do 2 miles (8 laps) and then if I don't feel like doing more, I don't have to. Got to 2 miles and stopped. Did some stretches and chilled until the roomie was ready to go.

Food today was pretty bad. I was movin slow and also starving when I got out of the shower. I felt like having a big breakfast..eggs and sausage. So..the Taco Bell that is literally at the end of my street has breakfast..I got this little egg/sausage wrap and these dougnut hole thingies.. :-/ then I was still hungry 40 minutes later when I got to the city I work in, so I got some oatmeal and a soy chai from Starbucks.
Lunch wasn't as hungry but got a tostada at a mexican place..I ate only half of it..wasn't great.

Dinner..2 slices of pizza (sausage/pepperoni) and some carrot sticks and cucumbers.

So...all in all not good. Was just tired all day long ..dizzy and stuff...staring off into space, cross-eyed when typing my client progress notes, etc.. Also tweaked my neck randomly this morning so that was/is hurting.
Decided I won't go walking tomorrow morning just to get some extra rest and then my roomie told me she wouldn't have been able to go anyway so that works out ok.

Going to get up in enough time to eat a healthy breakfast and pack a healthy lunch!! Have some dinner stuff frozen that I can eat too..so..I am feeling positive about my eating choices for tomorrow with being unhappy about how today went. I just didn't care at all today..too blah.

Hope to go walking on Friday..that would make 2x last week (first week I started [mid-last week]) and 3x this week!

OH..also I weighed myself this morning and it seems like I may have lost 1 lb but we'll see..I need to pick a weekly weigh-in day and kind of stick with that day over time.

  

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