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Sunday, October 16, 2011
I'm overweight, but I'm happy anyway. I have trouble keeping my weight down, but that doesn't make me a failure. I have a successful career, probably the world's best husband ever, and a fixer-upper house that WE are turning into a beautiful home, day by day. I get endorphins from working out every day, and I love fall and foliage and pumpkins and boots. I don't need to wait until I get my weight down to be happy - I am happy now.
Monday, October 10, 2011
OK, so tracking is hard on the weekends (and today counted as a weekend day - Happy Columbus Day) when we work on the house all day and people are always bringing us treats. Yes, this is an excuse, but I caved. Last night we went out for my dad's birthday and today there were cookies brought over by both of our moms, and brownies, and lots of other stuff. Yesterday I ran in the new neighborhood but today I decided to let painting be my cardio. Oh, we did take a walk...but it was to the ice cream shop. :) Anyway, no worries, tomorrow is the start of the work week and I can count calories then. :) I'm sure a few days of calorie counting will lead to happiness on the scale. :)
We sort of spontaneously decided to do a temporary kitchen makeover starting today because we can't afford to renovate the kitchen for a long time. I painted the cabinets white and my cute hubby ripped up the nasty vinyl floor tiles.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
It's amazing how well tracking my calories works for me. I don't even need to eat all that healthfully (had ice cream for dessert last night, and butternut squash with butter and brown sugar for lunch), or really limit my intake much. All I have to do, it seems, is track, and the scale moves in the right direction. I was 163.4 yesterday, tracked and ate about 2,400 calories yesterday, and was 160.4 today. Amazing.
(Side note - I've been having smoothies for breakfast almost every day for years, but this morning I made my husband & me Trader Joe's pumpkin pancakes with real maple syrup. OMG. Not exactly health food, but I tracked it so I think I'll be OK!)
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Track everything I eat (with the level of specificity I was using earlier in 2011, NOT the measure-crazed methods I've used less recently)
Eat reasonable portions at meals and mostly fruits and vegetables for snacks.
Make one or two (adjust as needed) calorie-counted, batch-cooked recipes per weekend
Drink more water!
My rewards for following these rules will be losing the pounds I've gained over the past couple of months, ensuring that I don't get too big for my pants, letting my muscles show better by having less fat hiding them, running faster, and feeling much better, especially at night. Oh, and of course having my husband be proud of me and attracted to me. :)
Monday, October 03, 2011
I'm going to make this short, but I've noticed that every time I gain weight back and write a blog about a vague plan to get back on track, I always seem to gain even MORE before I actually do anything about it. I'm all the way up to 164 today. My weight hasn't been this high since last winter. :(
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