1AVERY's SparkPeople Blog

TODAY I STARTED TRACKING AGAIN

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:09:08 EST

Ok I wrote the blog last week so the update is I started today with tracking all my food not a good eating day way below in everything.
Not feeling good went to yoga and felt sick and dizzy probably because I had a headache this morning.
I am out of town tomorrow for a doctors appt. but I will track my food again. I know how well I do when I track everything it really keeps me focused. I have to do this for me. I am going to miss my walk and drop unless I come right home fr...

AAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!! HERE I GO AGAIN

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:12:41 EST

I believe every time I do a blog I am starting over and ready to really take charge of my weight loss.
Well I am at my heaviest weight ever hear that EVER!!!!!!
I have never seen a heavy person when I look in the mirror I finally do maybe that is a good thing I can't fool myself anymore.
I saw a dietitician yesterday who asked what do you want me to do for you? I said just let me weigh in weekly and keep me accountable and challenged to take the weight off. She didn't ...

Still struggling but easier every day

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:32:25 EST

It has been a real struggle to get back on track after my dad's death in July.
What a jolt that was and everything else that followed. Every day was more drama and things that needed my attention so like all woman I got neglected.

It is a shame we don't take as good care of ourselves as we do others.

With my last blog I told most of the adventure that set me back since July but there were many more. I wanted to put in a new floor in my living room and bedroo...

OMG Last Blog was June

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:39:04 EST

I guess it has been awhile. I have been under so much stress and chaos since then. I have found out I am a really strong person but when under stress I come last.
I was so looking forward to outdoor aquafit starting early July and I was only babysitting occasionally over the summer so was ready for a good outdoor exercise filled summer.
The first incident my retaining wall fell and of course it is city property behind me and I found out I owned the retaining wall 70feet wide ...

WOW OVER 2 MONTHS SINCE LAST BLOG!!!!!!

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:05:26 EST

The time has gone fast since my 8 week battle team ended for awhile. I was hoping it would start up again soon. I did really well in those 8 weeks lost 11 lbs.
I have gained some back but it has been a very hectic time for me. That is no excuse because I should come first and eating healthy and making better choices should be priority.
I just became a co-leader in a new group and it should keep me grounded and on track now. I have tracked for 2 days. Yesterday everything b...

This Battle went fast it is the last Week

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:48:34 EST

The good news is I made it to the end I didn't have any doubt I would. I was excited to join this team and like I said it couldn't have come at a better time.
I made my goal of losing 11 lbs. With the ups and downs of this journey I have 4 lbs. to lose this week to make goal. I am hoping to do it but if I don't as long as I go out with a loss this week I will be happy.
I will continue on this great plan while I wait for the next battle. I am reading a book from a Cana...

5th WEEK OF 8 WEEK BATTLE

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:35:47 EST

I haven't given it my all but I have improved on my daily tracking and sparking.
I am thinking a lot more about what I want to eat and what are good choices.
I have met many more new sparkers and many inspirational and motivational people in the same boat as me.
My team is the ORANGE team and it is for people over 231 lbs. so we all know where the other team members have been and want to go.
I am so happy my sparkfriend asked me to join this team and it came at the ri...

SO FAR SO GOOD!!!! I LOVE THE POOL

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:56:46 EST

I have made it to the pool to my aquafit classes 4 times last week and so far 4 times this week. Hoping to make it Saturday morning if nothing gets in the way.
I really enjoy the feel I get after a good workout in the water. It is basically the only workout I can handle due to my health issues. I was away from the pool for a month due to a trip and fall coming out of the building that houses the pool.
I am really enjoying the spark team 8 week battle team it has really help...

4th WEEK INTO THE BATTLE

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:30:27 EST

This is almost the end of the 4th week into the 8 week battle team. I have had a great run so far. The first week lost 6 lbs. the 2nd lost .6 lb. the 3rd gained 2 lbs. and this week I am hoping for a loss. I have been consistent the whole time except for the tracking and it sure can fool you even if you think you are doing well you may not be.
I have tracked every day this week and I have also made it to the pool for aquafit 4 times.
I am hoping to have lost some weight...

8 WEEK BATTLE WOOHOO!!!!!!!

Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:34:03 EST

My sparkfriend told me about this team and so I joined along with another friend. Two of us are on the orange team. It came at the right time for me. I do really good with challenges. When I started sparkpeople 3 years ago I lost 30 lbs. from January to May to get ready for my knee replacement. In the 3 years since then I have gained all but 6 lbs. back.
I have a lot of health issues not making excuses but it makes it difficult to do a lot of different exercises. I try to go to...

A NEW YEAR A NEW START AGAIN!!!!!!

Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:03:17 EST

I really didn't go overboard over the holidays but I did really do a number while on my cruise. I gained 10 lbs. they say the average person gains 15 lbs. on a cruise so I guess I did pretty good in that respect. I tried new foods I had never tried before and tried to eat things I didn't have at home so it was truly a great eating experience all in all. Now the work starts over again. I had lost 13 lbs. from July-Dec. not great but better than nothing. So now I am back to my highest...

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:46:10 EST

I am overwhelmed by the many birthday wishes I received the past week. I have been so busy and my feet have been so sore. I haven't been sparking much I have been doing my aquafit and eating healthy but not much computer time. I want to thank my many sparkfriends that took the time to send me birthday wishes and goodies. I am truly blessed and I am feeling a little guilty for not being on here and sending birthday wishes and goodies lately. I just want everyone to know I do appreciate...

Getting There

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:54:47 EST

Today is my weigh in day. I am only weighing in every 2 weeks at the weight loss clinic. Same scale every time so it is as close to accurate as possible. I have seen my clothes fit better. I have been being pretty good not excellent but really thinking before eating most things. I have had a few treats over the last couple of months since starting over on July 14th. The portion sizes are smaller than before.
I am thinking of me first now. I won't bring in the foods I know I c...

Still Going Strong I think

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:00:40 EST

The month is almost half over and I haven't lost anything so far. I am exercising alot more so that .5 of a lb. could be muscle. My clothes are feeling better and that is what I am going to go by. I go again in 2 weeks to get weighed and I am hoping to be down 2 lbs.
I have been having a non stop month. Every day there is something and I am constantly on the go. So I think I am doing GREAT with almost living in the car. This week I have the 3 grandchildren it doesn't make it...

AUGUST IS GOING TO BE GREAT

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:15:22 EST

I ended July on a positive note. A loss of at least 5lbs. from the 14th I know I am still on the losing side and will get weighed again on the 7th. I am only weighing myself on the scale at the clinic so it could be 2 weeks between weigh ins.
I am very excited with my new program and I am not depriving myself of anything. I am measuring again and that is a very important tool. Eye balling it doesn't work for most people our eyesight for some reason just seem to think the portion s...

THINGS ARE GOING GREAT!!!!!!

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:57:50 EST

It has been a couple weeks since my last blog just after going to my weight loss clinic. I was setting myself on the right road before getting the meal plans from them.
I went for the meal planning. They just give you papers with the amounts of calories, fat, protein and carbs and fibre they want you to have in a day. They break it down to how many at each meal. They want 200 for breakfast. 150 for snacks, 500 for lunch and 600 for dinner. They also suggest eating 75 calories...

HERE I GO AGAIN

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:56:24 EST

I have been a spark member since January 16th 2008. I did lose 30 lbs. Almost 2.5 years later I am 6 lbs. below my starting weight the heaviest I ever was. I am very disappointed in myself that I allowed myself to gain almost all of it back.
So starting today is a whole new program and going forward from here. Many of you know me and have been on this journey with me for years. Most of us have had our ups and downs along the way. Many triumphs we have celebrated together many s...

My Weight Experiences

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:33:20 EST

I never had a weight problem in life until after my 2nd child I was 26. I gained 60 lbs. the same as with my 1st pregnancy at 20 but no problem losing it then.
I have been yoyoing ever since that is 30 years. I had the pills and weight watchers, the zone and many others. I lost 30 lbs. in the first few months on sparkpeople. I was doing great then I had my health setbacks and gained most of it all back. Up and down, up and down my life story.
I am sure I have emotional is...

I Take Things To Personally

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:25:11 EST

I have been babysitting for over year. I gave them a really good deal on the price $125 weekly the baby was 6 months at the time. She had a 8 and 10 year old boys as well I didn't know about the boys when I gave them the price. I didn't ask anyone the going rate which my youngest daughter had been doing babysitting in her home and when I did ask it was about $35 a day depending. She said I should have been getting $10 a piece extra for each boy because I had them for an hour before and at...

Spark Rocks

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:47:26 EST

I think a lot of times we are overwhelmed with the thoughts of exercise, weight loss, eating right.
Family issues trying to make the family happy while we work at making healthy changes to loss weight.
Stress of finances in this time of turmoil in the economy, job losses etc.
When you get another job chances are it is at less pay and no benefits like in the past.
So many different stresses coming from all areas of our lives. It is no wonder we turn to food or bad c...

Sparksavings and Postcards

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:07:05 EST

I just found one of the greatest benefits of this site not that there isn't enough great about it already. Sparksavings.com I am not sure how long it has been available but I just found the info today. It is a great place to plan and implement a budget. If you haven't already checked it out please do it is great. Finances is a big stress and they say could affect weight loss and gain.

I am asking all my sparkfriends if they would be interested in sending a postcard to my 7 y...

The Shine has Dulled

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:14:57 EST

This year was going to shine and started out bright and shiny. Life seems to get in the way of a lot of our challenges and goals.
I was eating clean and doing great and we were walking pretty regularly. The relationship is still on the right track so that is a good thing. I have been pretty busy every weekend and so didn't accomplish my menu goals and getting food ready for the week. I haven't been eating that clean for the last couple months. Today I am starting a 2 week eating...

It's a New Year and a New Start

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:16:35 EST

Well this year will definitely be better than last year. For anyone that reads my blogs will know that I was in the process of selling my house and leaving my husband at one point in Oct/Nov. I am not sure how he finally got me to try one more time to make it work but we decided to give it one last try. We will go to counselling later in Jan. The changes have been fantastic we are both making a lot of changes and all for the better. It has been a long time since I remember us conn...

I Think I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:48:45 EST

Things are looking up at my house. It is not for sale anymore but the first people that looked wanted to make an offer. My husbands timing was real good or it would have been sold and we would have moved on.
I feel like he is listening to me for the first time in 35 years. We are trying to talk to each other every day. It is hard I leave at 7 and he gets home between 1-2. He said he would phone me daily and we would talk.
I am not expecting miracles but I think he has...

Positive Signs

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:27:39 EST

My home is a much better place to be these days. I think the antidepressants are helping my husband. When he talks the miserable tone is not there is often. He is actually trying to communicate with me. I think because he hasn't been drinking as much he is hearing more of what I say.
He actually called from his friends tonight to say good night to the grandchildren. He is coming with me tomorrow to meet with some people I met on Spark if it is still on. A lot of people can't ...

Things are Getting Better

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:06:27 EST

We have the house almost ready to start showing and I can actually talk to my husband without getting upset. He gets miserable but he has been miserable for years. Hopefully he will get help for his moods when he sees the doctor next week.
I have started to really do for myself what I have been doing for everyone else for years. I was telling my daughter it is very hard for me to not ask questions I am a person that likes to know everything that is going on with just about everyo...

I can't save the world no matter how hard I try.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:58:07 EST

I guess I have a GOD complex and think I can save everyone and everything in the world around me. My oldest daughter said I gave the sickness to my youngest daughter she does it with animals and kids. I do it with everyone I know. I do everything for everyone and apparently can't say NO even though I do when I have to. I just don't have to often.
I am getting tired of doing and doing and not receiving it has taken me a lot of years and a lot of heartache and pain and not seeing ...

Saturday is the DAY!!!!!

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:18:21 EST

My daughter has all her friends coming over for a painting, decluttering of the house to get it ready to sell. I am glad I talked to her last night because they are doing my part of the house also. I thought they were just going to paint the bathroom for me. I was going to get packing the pictures and putting stuff in storage at my sisters until the house sells and we are on the move.
I have so much work to do between now and Sat. There is still a bit of wallpaper to get off the ...

HOW THINGS CHANGE!!!

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:47:54 EST

It is just a week since I wrote my last blog and a few things have changed. He has been asking me everyday since I made my decision am I sure it is over. Can we talk about it. So I said we will talk on Sunday after I take my granddaughter home. I chose to talk to him he was trying to change and help out and I never gave him a chance to try I just said it was over. I didn't expect it to work but I thought this way I could say I did everything to try to make it work.
Yesterday he h...

Do what you need to do for yourself!!!!!!!!!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:34:46 EST

It is true what they say about being unhappy makes you fat.
Stress makes you fat. I have finally made the biggest decision of my life and I already feel a big weight lifted off my shoulders. I told my spouse of 35 years that I was leaving him. You know that since I told him I have not had any problem with eating at night. I have lost 4 lbs. this week. Some nights when I was frustrated with the situation I would eat all night and not good stuff. I now have my dinner and I have...

Thanksgiving Weekend

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:18:27 EST

The first thing I am giving thanks for is sparkpeople, the long weekend to get caught up on all my housework etc.my health and my family's health . The fact that we are having a bit of sunshine and half decent temperatures versus the cold and snow some places are experiencing.
Now I am doing pretty good the last two weeks since getting myself back on track on sparkpeople. I had one bad day but the next I picked myself up and started again. So the sugar couldn't win the battle. I r...

I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK ON SPARKPEOPLE!!!!!!!!!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:45:46 EST

First I would like to thank everyone for the comments on the chat line. The sparkgoodies, comments on my sparkpage of missing me and trying to help me get back into sparkpeople. Thanks
I really missed coming on everyday and conversing with everyone not sure how many people know but this is my main social interaction with adults anyway. I do get to talk to people at aquafit but all my close friends live in different cities so I don't get to sit down for some good old fashioned gab ses...

Haven't Blogged since May

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:08:28 EST

How I spent my summer vacation. It was not a pretty picture. The weather has been terrible. Too much rain not enough sun veggies are way behind season. The outdoor pools didn't see many this year. The temps were great if the rain stayed away. We had 6 tornadoes touch down in one day near Toronto. Cambridge was just flooded in some areas. If it isn't raining it is tooooooo HOT! to go out. So much for the weather report.
Sparking has been neglected due to sharing the computer ...

UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN

Mon, 25 May 2009 12:25:39 EST

I don't get it but I am reading a new book called the hormone diet and it is very interesting. I will let you know how it works and if it works but it makes sense. If your hormones are out of wack then everything else would be also. If it is right then all my hormones are all over the place. I just started so haven't gotten to any real food changes yet. She says that is why when we get cravings or lose weight and gain it back it isn't anything we do our hormones are in control. At thi...

WOOHOO!

Sun, 3 May 2009 18:26:38 EST

Well I like so many of us have slipped again. I gained 3 lbs. in the last few weeks. I have had a few issues I am dealing with but Life is what it is full of unexpected ups and downs and we have to learn to deal with them without losing ourselves. I mean we give our time to our problems and outside issues if we could still take the time needed at the same time to help ourselves get where we want to be it could be a perfect world. We always put ourselves last and everything and everyone ...

The Fridge Caper

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:34:34 EST

I am going to take the baby to see my husband at lunchtime to take him some food because the last two nights have been crazy trying to get the new fridge done. First I had to take the old fridge out and of course my husband who I told we had to take it out Tuesday night. This man does everything for everybody else but nothing around our house didn't ask anyone for help. Then he starts nattering to himself about how he didn't buy a fridge and my daughter has so much money why isn't she here d...

I had a Great Day

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:34:45 EST

Well it has been a week and I am still upright. Dusty I am like you in the fact that I am so clumsy no matter how hard I try to be careful. Like Chabean said the wall has always been there. Apparently my sister is just as bad when she says OWW at work no one looks anymore that is sort of my story if I am not saying it then something is wrong. Enough on that subject.
I went to aquafit today my ankles are feeling not too bad today but I tried to do as much of it as possible suspended...

Do I Sabotage myself

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:52:27 EST

I am beginning to wonder if I sabotage myself. I had a GREAT week last week made all sorts of goals for the gym etc. Then I had my ankles go out again and the left one is swollen and bruised. My right hip is sensitive and the right ankle is tender. Yesterday my back and everything hurt. Today it is just mainly the ankles. Needless to say I have to be careful with my exercising until they heal.
It seems I get on a roll and then something happens to set me back. Is it in my he...

WOOHOO!!!!!! I HIT THE GYM!!!!

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:55:04 EST

I stayed in my nightgown today it was dull and grey and just didn't feel like getting dressed. I was debating going to the pool for about 15 minutes because the class was early today but let's be realistic I probably wasn't going anywhere I would have had to get dressed right!!!!
This afternoon I got a brainwave and thought why don't I go to the gym after the kids go home. I decided OK I would and the good news is I did. Now that is twice this year. I did 15 minutes on the Octane ...

I FEEL GREAT

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:21:12 EST

It has been awhile since I blogged. I am having a GREAT week. I measured and weighed myself it has been 2 months since I measured and a month since I weighed myself. I still haven't made it to the gym again yet. I have been once since Mid Dec. I was originally going to take the baby and she would sit and I would exercise but she doesn't sit anymore. Everyday I keep thinking today I will go and leave her with my husband while she naps, she isn't napping as long and he has been called i...

Change not easy.

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:23:09 EST

I started babysitting Feb. 2nd it is all day and therefore my aquafit schedule had to change. In Dec. I started getting shoulder pain and wasn't sure if it was just muscle or injury so my personal trainer did not want me doing anything else until I talked to my doctor. The doctor said it could just be my fibromyalcia. When I went to the rhuematologist he wanted me to keep doing stuff not just aquafit. I am sure a lot of you are familiar with the fact that once you have stopped something ...

Where I am today???

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:35:26 EST

This is my year to SHINE!! I am off to a slow start. I can feel the loosening of my clothes. The pounds have been harder to lose. I have made it to the gym once since before Christmas. I am still getting to my aquafit pretty regularly. I started babysitting to help with the expenses and it changed my daily routine alot. I used to go to aquafit daily sometimes twice a day. Now I make it 4 times a week and if I have no plans Saturday morning for 5 times.
I have been pretty good ...

Sanford and Son at it again.

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:17:00 EST

If you read my blog on Jan. 11th you will remember my husband and his junk and my dilemma every time I clean something out I have to hide it. Well I went into his shed the other day him and the neighbours were in there drinking etc. so anyway they actually fit in it which in itself is surprising. I saw a fan my daughter threw out because it was broken. It was in the garbage but now it is in his shed he says it still works but it is broken at the base so the fan hangs upside down. Yeah I ...

Where I am now.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:22:44 EST

It is Valentine's Day tomorrow we don't usually do much it is just another day really. This year and now every Valentines Day I will remember that as the day of My favourite Uncles funeral. I just saw in the flyer a chocolate caramel brownie cheesecake on sale for $5.99 WOW. I said to my husband I thought about getting it but that is as far is it is going to go just thinking I am definitely not bringing it into this house. I will settle for my chocolate caramel ice cream bar at 90 calor...

First week of babysitting

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:51:03 EST

I started my new babysitting job this week a 7 month old girl. 7 and 9 year old boys. I don't have the boys everyday they like to go to there grandma's and she is laid off right now so they spend time there because their father lives there also. They arrive around 7:30 in the morning. I don't like getting up in the morning so this is a challenge. My 14 year old grandson is here usually 2-3 nights a week and I have to get up to drive him to school so now it is just every morning. I usua...

Another Challenge (GOALS)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:14:06 EST

I have been doing pretty well since my new year began on the 5th. I had to make a small goal for myself to stop eating chocolate for 3 days now it is up to 5 days. Today while reading a spark message about chocolate and the health benefits I may change my plan. I did have my chocolate cravings under control over Christmas and the beginning of the year. Most days were fine. I think I was a bit stressed last week so I ate a few too many a couple of days. So I thought to get myself bac...

One Year on Sparkpeople

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:30:30 EST

When I started a year ago I weighed in at 286. Today One year later I am at 169. I did lose 30 lbs. at one point but obviously I have gained some of it back. 5 lbs. over Christmas. I will put myself on a short leash now. I have an awful time getting off sweets when I let myself go even for a few days. So now it is time to really get back to business. I had 2 surgeries last year and spent alot of down time from exercising. So this year there are no excuses. I will be starting a new...

I DID IT!!!

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:12:22 EST

My knee team weekend challenge was to get something done you have been putting off etc. I have so many things I have been putting off that where do I start. I woke up this morning to 6-8 inches of snow so I decided for my exercise I would shovel. I don't usually shovel my husband does it. I think he enjoys it so I let him do it. Well anyway my daughter and her friend were doing it when we looked out later. So I let her and decided that I would do my shelves and that heavy cleaning wo...

January 5th 2009 new year new start

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:59:24 EST

I picked the 5th to start my new year because it is a Monday and I took the grandchildren home yesterday so I can focus on ME. My aquafit schedule is changed starting today and I have to get used to the new times and different classes tonight I have a new deep breathing and relaxation class. I did do my nutrition tracking today for the first time in two weeks. I need that challenge to keep me in line. When I track I find it hard to get into the range I am usual on the lower scale an...

Christmas Goodies friend or foe

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:40:42 EST

I don't know about anyone else but I went into December thinking I could just ignore the goodies around me. Then a LINDT/LINDOR outlet moved in around the corner and the homemade goodies made an appearace at a potluck. So then I decided you know what some of these items only come out once a year. So my decision was to enjoy them and then worry about what happens when the new year appears. The chocolate outlet can't do much about it but I can stay away from it which I can do now because th...