JILLYBEAN0808's SparkPeople Blog

A beginning

Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:05:57 EST

After knee surgery, I pretty much quit logging in, spinning the wheel, tracking my food, etc. I've done okay maintaining my weight. Still fluctuating the same five pounds, even through Thanksgiving and Christmas, but not doing anything at all to take it down to a different five pounds. That is changing, as of yesterday, and part of that is writing down my goals. I have never been one to make resolutions. It seems like a futile effort. Goals are different. So, in that light, here we go....

A new phase

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:57:22 EST

I have been having a lot of pain in my knee, so my activity level has been pretty low for the past few months. But, the good news is, I am going to have a full knee replacement in August. I know it will be rough at first, but I'm so excited. I have been living with this pain for so many years, trying to get through life with it, but lately, it's been painful to walk, painful to even sit, and sleeping has been a thing of the past. So, 6 weeks from now, I anticipate beginning a whole new phase ...

End of Week 22

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:28:48 EST

Wednesday is my weigh-in day, and as of this morning, I am down 28.5 pounds in the 22 weeks I've been doing this. One more pound and that middle number changes again. Woohoo!

I have done much better the past few days. I have made a conscious decision to take back control. Even yesterday. I had a very stressful day yesterday. In the past, eating without control would have been my way of handling it. I would have quit caring about what I'm trying to do here, and just eaten. W...

Wow......

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:05:57 EST

I just read this in a SparkPeople article this morning:

"Above all, don’t live with regrets. Approach life with perseverance and dedication to the things that matter most to you. Success is never easy. It remains up to you whether you will give up, or fight through the tough battles to earn whatever it is you want.

A fragment of a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson is telling:

"Finish each day
And be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blu...

End of Week #20

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:06:38 EST

Wow. 20 weeks I've been at this. It hasn't felt like work, or a huge effort, or anything. I'm still not consistent at officially exercising, but I've been staying busy working on the house, so I'm getting some activity in. I am consistent at tracking my food though. Some days I go over my calorie goal, and some days I'm under or on the low end of the range, so it averages out over the course of the week.

As of this morning, I've lost 28 pounds. Down from last week, and I'm st...

Exercise

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:02:26 EST

Wow. Has this gotten to be a tough one for me. I always seem to find things that are more "important" to do. More urgent. I so want to get the basement in order, that I can't even seem to find 10-15 minutes to put aside. In truth, too, I think the fact that I don't have a television downstairs is another HUGE excuse. I don't want to exercise upstairs. Not that I can't. I don't. I tend to like to exercise in private. Goofy, huh? I am just too self-conscious to be watched. Oh well....

End of week #16, end of Christmas, end of year

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:43:33 EST

It's been an interesting week. While I didn't go totally out of control, and didn't overeat, I did eat things much higher in calories than normal, with little or no exercise. Time to get back on track. It's interesting what an addiction sweets and high calorie foods can be. Once you get away from them, it's so much easier to stay away. When they creep back into your daily diet, it's much harder to do without.

That is my goal for this coming week. To remove those nasty littl...

End of week #15

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:23:48 EST

Since Wednesday's are my "official" weigh-in days, I got on the scale this morning thinking I would be thrilled to have stayed the same and not gained anything. I've tried very hard to stay within my calorie range this week, but I haven't formerly exercised at all. I've been busy, and I've been cleaning and moving things around, so that must have helped because I was down 1.5 pounds this morning. Woohoo! Considering, I'm getting ready to start my period, my hands are so swollen I can't bu...

Wednesday, December 9

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:14:06 EST

Here it is, the beginning of week 14 of my journey. I have lost a total of 22 pounds in 13 weeks, and I feel so good! My pants are getting pretty loose. I would probably feel better in smaller pants, so I may break down and buy at least one new pair in a smaller size.

I am not as consistent at exercise as I would like to be. With flying solo financially now, I hope to be able to keep the membership at the gym, but if not, there are so many wonderful resources right here on t...

My weekend

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:57:17 EST

Interesting. I went away for a quilting weekend, and was like a junkie faced with a smorgasbord of drugs. I ate so many high-calorie foods, and since we were sewing, virtually no activity at all, it was a sad thing. Gaining 5 pounds in 4 days is totally unacceptable.

The good news is Monday morning I was back on track. I have lost one of those 5 pounds. I'm taking that as a positive thing. I could have let it completely derail me, but getting healthy is important to me.

Lightbulb moment

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:37:37 EST

After many, many, many attempts at this whole getting healthy/weight loss journey, coming back to SparkPeople in a truly active manner has allowed me to discover something that I had never realized before.

Previously, I've always looked at the ultimate goal. I want to lose "x" amount of pounds. I want to do this by "insert date." This time, just with reading all the articles, blogs, group posts, I am seeing things differently. Even though I do still have that ultimate, long-ter...

Tuesday, 9/22

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:08 EST

So, it's Tuesday, 9/22, and I've been diligent for two weeks on SparkPeople. So far, so good. I've actually gotten to where I enjoy working out (really????) Hope that will continue. The food....... Some days are definitely easier than others, but I've been staying within my calorie range for the most part. 2 days out of 14, I went over, but less than 10 calories over. Hopefully, it all works out over the course of the week, since I tend to be up and down within the range.