REDFILLY's SparkPeople Blog

Slim in 6 Day 5

Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:49:59 EST

Made it almost all the way through the workout this morning, had some knee pain and just tried to modify the exercise a little bit, I hope it will go away on its own, I think it's left over from my attempt at walk/jogging on the treadmill for 3 weeks, 3 times a week. Maybe I can try the running program again AFTER I get through slim in six and drop a few pounds cause the slim in 6 does a lot of low impact lower body strengthening exercises. I'm sore in all the right places, around the waist, ...

Day 3 Slim in Six, Overwhelmed with Life...

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:04:28 EST

I about had a nervous breakdown last night. I had a bad day at work yesterday and I just feel buried by a messy house, a demanding kid, picky boyfriend and a demanding job that I suck at and lots of tasks that I'd like to do that I can't muster up enough creativity to get started.

Exercise tends to make me really kind of unstable and irritable. It used to make me feel good and get a bit of an endorphin high and seem to stabilize my mood but for the last year, the evenings following...

Day 2 Slim in Six

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:39:00 EST

I did my workout today, felt a little sore from yesterday. Tomorrow is only going to get more difficult. This is going to be the most challenging in the beginning, I hope I can work through the initial soreness. I like these workouts because they build flexibility. I did the whole program last year around the same time and only lost a couple pounds and inches, but that was in the face of overeating. If I keep my calories in check this time I think it will make a noticeable difference before t...

Wisdom Teeth Gone, Six Weeks Till Cruise

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:18:24 EST

I got my wisdom teeth out on Friday. I was horrified about having the procedure. I've never been put under and as I get older that kind of thing seems more and more scary to me. The procedure turned out to be nothing, not painful or scary and the dental surgeon who did it had a great chair side manner and really helped me to stay calm.

During that whirlwind I also booked a cruise. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a bad idea but I'm kind of excited. The cruise is exactly six weeks a...

Tuesday Progress

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:10:46 EST

This morning I didn't get out of bed with enough time to do my cardio so I opted for 10 minutes of stretching instead. I had a healthy breakfast and packed a healthy lunch. If I eat everything I brought I will have included 5 servings of fruits and vegetables.

Dinner is the danger zone for me, along with lunch. It's called EATING OUT. It's such a horror on my nutrition tracker, one meal sometimes doubling or tripling my days calorie allotment.

We may be going out for di...

Back on the Wagon for Another Monday

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:08:22 EST

Monday is always penance day, seems like Friday and Saturday are my worst. Sunday and Monday I generally clean up my act, then the rest of the week goes downhill till I binge.

Here's week 2 of my strength training. I'm hoping this will allow me to make any amount of progress at all. I keep overeating and gaining back the few pounds I lose or getting sick and getting off the exercise program. I've been the same weight give or take 10 lbs for 2 years now. I've definitely lost a lot o...

Sore Knees, too tired to clean, work or exercise

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:43:42 EST

Bleah, I had to stop doing my C25K runs, my knees ache and it hurts to go up and down stairs. I'm also feeling a great sense of overall fatigue. I've consistently messed up on my calories like I always do and fallen behind on all the things I wanted to do. I guess I've joined the ranks of the millions who are failing out on their resolutions.

I keep meaning to make an appointment with the doctor. I don't know if there's much he can do. If I can't maintain consistent healthy eating ...

Hanging in There

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:19:01 EST

This morning I had a mishap and ate a breakfast burrito. That was a bad choice because now my calorie total is quite high and it's early in the day. I will do the best I can for the rest of the day because I really, really want to have 7 straight days of 1200 calories or as close to that as I can manage.

I am catching up on the bootcamp, did a few extra workouts to makeup for the ones I missed over the weekend and will try to do another extra or two tonight. I'm hoping that I can g...

C25k W2D1, New 7 Day Goal

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:02:53 EST

Over the weekend I totally had a wild messup. I got home Friday and ate plate after plate of delicious spaghetti covered in cheese. The sauce my boyfriend made was so good and both my daughter and boyfriend were rather bewildered at the amount I kept shoveling. Then I had some cake. On Saturday I did well until the evening when I ate almost a whole summer sausage, cheese and crackers. Sunday was really really bad. I ate a double quarter pounder value meal upsized, then went through line again...

C25K W1D3, Bootcamp Day 6

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:26:59 EST

I'm all caught up on my bootcamp goals, I've completed every one and I completed the first week of the Couch to 5K running plan. I sped up the running intervals a little bit this morning. I feel tired out and achy from the workouts but hopefully I'll get used to it all in time. I may take the weekend off exercise since I've met all my goals for the week, or I may try to do a little cardio.

Yesterday I was within my calories barely, I hope to do a little better today where the calor...

Oh no, I'm made a mistake

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:45:40 EST

I have these day to day goals and resolutions and today I did really bad. I went over my calorie allotment by about 600 due to eating my whole burrito at Qdoba and I'm too tired and lazy to do the other things on my to do list, I just want to sit around.

Because I'm feeling so tired, i'm going to go to bed early and try to get up early and get caught up in the morning.

The 3 good things I did today was cook healthy, clean up after myself and do my workout this am and me...

C25K W1D2

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:21:29 EST

I did my second C25K workout today, actually got up early in the morning to do it. It went really well, I used an MP3 to mark the time which made things easier. I'm looking forward to progressing through this program.

This counts as my 30 min. of cardio for the Bootcamp team. Now after work I can do the day 4 bootcamp workout and eat 3 servings of vegetables today and I'll have reached my fitness goals for the day. I went a little over my calories yesterday so I'd like to stay at t...

Day 3 Bootcamp, Kept Up

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:14:11 EST

Day 3 goals are accomplished. It wasn't too hard, the 30 min. cardio was a little hard because I'm still recovering from a cold but like last night I feel better instead of worse. My last weight loss goal for the evening is to keep dinner within reason so I don't go over my calorie range.

For some reason today things feel different. I feel like this time I'm going to get the weight off and keep it off. I feel like I've got a better handle on things. This time I'm going to finally b...

C25K Workout One

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:59:29 EST

I caught up on my bootcamp and started the C25K, even though I'm still recovering from the cold I just wanted to get on schedule. It made me feel better instead of worse and now I'm all caught up and ready to get going tomorrow.

Bootcamp Blog One: Day Late

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:33:09 EST

Here is my additional challenge for the bootcamp team. I have a cold and didn't get to it yesterday, I'm going to play catchup today.

Starting Stats:
170 lbs

Plans for the day:
To catch up I'm going to do both bootcamp workouts and a 30 minute cardio section if I feel healthy enough to do so. Tomorrow I will be caught up.

Additional Challenge today: I will easilly meet today's challenge of eating 3 servings of fruit.

I can still do it

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:33:57 EST

I had a big dinner at a Chinese restaurant yesterday with lots of fried rice and pan fried general's chicken. I'm also a day behind on my exercise goals and nursing a cold, feeling kind of hesitant to get started.

BUT I can still do it. I am not going to throw all my resolutions to the wind just because I got side tracked. Today is going to be a day where I am on task, beating the crap out of the to do list and catching up.

I really want to drop weight for the upcoming ...

Sick on New Year

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:35:11 EST

Today is the first New Year in a long time that I haven't been nursing a hang over. Instead I'm nursing a cold and freaking out about whether or not I can get to work tomorrow. I've drank a ton of fluids and tried to eat moderately healthy, done the neti pot, taken advil and sudephed all day, and gone through a whole box of kleenex. There's nothing that gets me sick faster then new goals.

I still feel really manic, negative, tense and stressed. I've stuck to my most important resol...

Day Two Frustration, Vision for the New Year

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:41:48 EST

For today I stayed within my calories, ate 4 servings of fruits and vegetables, meditated, got up early to exercise for 15 minutes, cleaned out from under the sink and got my to do list for the day totally completed. I'm having a hard time letting go what I have left to do.

I am using Joesgoals.com and toodledo.com to log all my to do lists and goals. Also I'm tracking my nutrition and exercise here. I'm trying to be very diligent about it.

I gotta admit, I was very ...

Starting Over Again Before New Years

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:57 EST

Today I am starting over with new goals. Over the weekend I made two huge batches of vegetable soups from the sparkrecipes.com site that both turned out to be edible and kind of good. That's what I'm feasting on today. At 100 calories each for a decent sized serving it's been pretty good eating for the day.

I'm also going to quit drinking today, my goal will be to be sober for New Years. I had way too much alcohol over the stressful holiday and I'd like to just recover from the ef...

Sooo Angry, but not having ice cream

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:07:59 EST

I am so angry with my boyfriend and my living situation right now that the ice cream upstairs sounds really good for a change of gears, however, I'm just going to stew because I had an almost acceptable nutrition day. I am not financially capable of leaving this situation right now so I just have to put up with it but I'm really sick of fighting over cleaning and I just feel like this is irreparable. I'm sad and angry at the same time and I just wish I had somewhere to retreat too that I woul...

Hopefully this is what is going on

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:58 EST

Q I just started exercising to lose weight, but I've gained weight. Why did this happen?

A It's true that many people either gain a little weight or don't see any change on the scale for as long as 4-6 weeks after making a significant change in their level of exercise. This is often explained as "gaining muscle while losing fat" but that isn't quite accurate. This extra weight is usually water.

When you start doing more exercise, your body begins storing more fuel in y...

Working my tail off and gained 3 lbs :(

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:23:20 EST

I'm trying not to let this bother me, but it really really is bothering me. I know my eating isn't perfect but I've been working out a lot for the last few weeks and I've gained 3 lbs. I'm trying not to be too upset about it and am going to try harder on staying within my calorie range but I am beginning to wonder if I'm every going to make any progress. It's very discouraging.

This week's goals 16/22

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:25:31 EST

Fitness Goals:
Burn 3200 calories using cardio 7x per week
Do at least 3 weight lifting videos

Nutrition Goals:
1300 Calories per day maximum, mostly healthy food choices
2 servings fruit and 2 servings vegetables per day

Money Goals:
Curtail all spending, re-budget on the 1st

Web Design Goals:
At 4 moderate tasks completed this week

Work Goals:
Complete at least 1 substantial task a day

Starting Over Again Again Again

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:37:58 EST

I started over again, I'd like to do the slim in 6 program as it will end the last week of October and stay within my calorie range. It was a great day nutritionally and a good day exercising seeing as I did some exercise.

I'd like to lose weight so I can be more comfortable at night and hopefully my joints wont hurt as much. I'd like to be more fit so I can feel better and hopefully not get sick as much or for as long.

Today's workout is a good start

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:04:39 EST

Today I worked out for 80 minutes on the elliptical and did a 20 min. spark generated weight workout. I ate a Mexican buffet earlier and even though I had more then I should I stopped eating before I was in pain and it became ridiculous. Today is one of those days that will add up into a weight loss.

Something I'm doing right, right now

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:49:55 EST

I began in on munching my sunflower seeds even though my calorie count is a little high for the day and I need to save calories to have a light dinner. Sunflower seeds would've probably put me over for the day. I stopped midstream and remembered there was celery in the fridge here that I put for snacking purpose.

Damage mitigated!

What I did right

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:48:22 EST

What I've done right this week is exercise everyday, do a small amount of cardio, eat many fruits and vegetables. What I aspire to do right is to stay within my calorie range, be meticulous at measuring the foods I eat. Continue to exercise. Be patient for the changes to come.

Horse Show Results

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:09:25 EST

I got to take my little Holly to a show yesterday. It still hurts my eyes to watch my physique atop a horse, however, my riding is improving and we did really well. My horse is improving with all the time I've put in. It makes me feel proud that I trained this little beastie from the time she was two myself and no one else has ridden her. If there is improvement it's just been between me and her so I know it's a result of one of us. Considering I'm (sometimes) the brains of the operation I su...

Get off the couch

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:59:54 EST

One goal I have is to just get off the couch, without hesitation, repeatedly when people want something or I think of something I need to do. I used to sit as long as I could and be really irritated being asked to get up because I'm extremely tired and a lot of times my body hurts. However, I will use getting up as exercise and because I exhibit symptoms of ADD and will forget things a million times and keep getting up and up and up it will result in a lot of times up and down. Getting up sho...

things I want as a reward for consistency

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:05:05 EST

Things I want as rewards for consistency:

Wool saddle pad for Holly - 5 star equine brown
Fit flops bronze
mp3 player

Wont Let Them Have My Energy

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:11:08 EST

I am surrounded by situations that drain my emotional energy. It's no wonder I'm so tired and depressed. All around me are psychic vampires who are just draining me. My daughter's school, my job, my customers, my boyfriend and his son and my family are all just leeching emotional energy from me. I so badly just want them to leave me alone. I'm not going to let them have any of my emotional energy anymore. There's just not enough of me to go around. I need to keep all my energy for myself.

New goal for better sleep

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:25:42 EST

I stumbled accross this artical today:

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So my new goal is to schedule 7 or 8 hours of sleep, no more no less.

Hanging in there on the calories, a little disappointed that I haven't lost anything yet. I just need to have faith.

Healthy Monday

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:02:54 EST

Had a less then perfect weekend but it could've been a lot worse. Starting again today with an absolutely perfect fat/carb/protien/calorie day. I got plenty of fiber and had lots of servings of vegetables. No fruit, guess that could've been better. Also, ate within my calories, got lots of exercise.

I was very proud of myself that I only ate one slice of pizza. It was a small amount of temptation not to eat more then one slice. I did well to resist and eat carrots instead. The bala...

Day Four

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:45:39 EST

Things are going to be different this time, I can tell. This is going to be my 4th day of being within my calories. which means I have 112 left (give or take) to reach my goal.

I'm really excited about getting in better shape and feeling/looking better. I'm going to get new clothes for spring and I wont crush my poor horse anymore. I can also try to ride and train my daughter's naughty little pony who seems to have a bit of a respect problem and needs some work with someone who has...

Back in Action

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:27:27 EST

Well, I got a cold and that lasted for several weeks. I just didn't feel motivated to restart. Good news is I didn't deviate far from where I started from. Still 161.8. Now I'm refreshed, revived and ready to start with the exercise again and praying, just PRAYING I don't get sick. Though I do have a sore throat so I may already be on the way.

My goals are reset and I'm wanting to reach my goal by August 1st. That's 2 pounds a week until then. The exercise program I'm going to use ...

Debbie Siebers is my only Friend and she's tough!

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:28:01 EST

My muscles are so sore after a long workout video last night, slim in 6 burn it up hosted by Debbie Siebers. I have all of her videos so I've been doing a whole lot of them. I have two four week programs set ahead of me all scheduled into my handy dandy day planner notebook.

My eating habits have not been what they're supposed to be for a long time. Like, a long, LONG time, over a year. But today is going to be different. I had a healthy but semi-satisfying breakfast consisting of...

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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:07:20 EST

A little high on my calories again. Today I've started another round of slim series workouts, I'm going to do the slim express series mixed in with burn it up for 4 weeks. After this I'm thinking I'll do the really intense slim series and then perhaps the slim series express with the slim series. Then I will have done all of my programs.

Finally a good nutritional day

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:54:36 EST

Finally I had a really good nutritional day. It couldn't have been much better. Lot's of healthy fruits and vegetables. I stayed under my max cals today. Made the stuffed portabello mushroom recipe from spark and it was really good.

Another day down

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:19:04 EST

I only burned 430 cals this morning and was a little lazy during my workout, I was discouraged cause the scale still says 164.4. I just have to keep watching my calories, whether I like it or not, it's the weakest part of my plan. The donuts and fast food are NOT that important. I can eat healthy food instead. I do not have to eat a bunch of crap food all the time cause it tastes good. There's healthy food that tastes good as well.

I'm also going to add a little cardio to the Slim ...

Not losing much weight but feeling much better!

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:13:46 EST

Today I'm halfway through week 4 of the slim in 6 program. Praise the Lord! I can't wait to be all the way through the 6th week! It's a killer! I'm feeling pretty run down and my workout wasn't a real high intensity this morning so tonight I'm going to try to do the stretching video, a short while on the elliptical and the ab section, and most importantly get a reasonable amount of sleep!

I gained weight the first 3 weeks and it looks like I'm about where I started from this ...

Tuesday, Going strong

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:34:02 EST

Got up this a.m. to workout and I'm glad. I wont have to do my hard Burn It Up workout after work now, thank goodness. I'd like to do some yoga, abs or cardio after work but anything that is a little easier then that burn it up video. Yow! It's a killer. I burned more calories doing it this time then I ever have before, all the way up to 500 calories according to my heart rate monitor.

Now I'll have better focus at work, I wont be dreading doing that tough workout after a long day...

Good day all around

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:02:25 EST

Yay! Today my eating was right on, I did my exercise, and I had a pretty good day as well.

I got to go see my sweet little horses which really made my day. I love them so much. Seeing Holly reminded me of everything I love about her. She's so sweet and she has such a little baby face. Dani is the sweetest thing ever too. It's just wonderful to see them and get to pet their thick winter fur. Holly has little wavy curls on her neck and forehead.

That's about all I did toda...

Workout 14 of Slim in 6, Burn it up, Quote for day

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:58:15 EST

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

That's something I need to pay more attention to because I have a pretty bad attitude a lot of the time. Wow, I'm in a bit of pain today. That burn it up workout is a butt kicker. I kind of enjoyed doing it anyway even though it's really hard. I just want to work through it to the point that it's a little easier and the soreness stops. I hope I can make it through this week. If I do, I'll only have 3 weeks left of the program and I'l...

Today's Quote

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:42:39 EST

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Slim in 6, Burn it Up, HRM, 130 days to go

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:28:02 EST

I've only got 130 days left until my birthday. I'm avoiding the scale because I'm just not losing much and I've made a lot of mistakes with my eating but I've been doing great with my exercise program. Stupendous I should say. I've done 13 scheduled workouts in a row without missing a beat. Today I took it up a notch and did the third video of the slim in 6 series and I'm going to just try to stay with the difficult one for the next 4 weeks. I'm taking EmergenC to help my immune system stay s...

Slim in 6, Workout 11 Today, Feeling Blue

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:02:39 EST

Well, I'm making it with the exercise, not doing great with the eating but not doing terrible either. I'm just trying to keep it at or below 2000 cals a day. 1600 would be ideal. I just have a big appetite. It took eating 2000-3000 cals a day to get this fat and I can't just all of a sudden start eating 1300 cals and expect to be comfortable with that. I struggle really hard to have self discipline where food is concerned so at this moment I'm just trying to focus on eating my 3 fruits and ve...

Donuts Schmonuts

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:21:44 EST

Well, I ate two bavarian cream donuts. I'm not going to beat myself up about it and I'm also not going to let myself off the hook. I am not going to deprive for the rest of the day, I'm going to have a reasonable and healthy lunch and dinner, and try to skim off any extra cals I can. Then, I am going to do a little time on the elliptical. And then I'm going to let it go. If I'm tactful, I may not even exceed today's cals terribly.

IT'S NO BIG DEAL, and I will still reach my goal.

142 More Days until my birthday, SI6 Day 3/42

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:21:10 EST

There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

I did great this morning, I got up 15 min late but got my exercise done and got to the store and to work on time!! I can throw a little party for that one.

My muscles are kinda sore but I'm hanging in th...

143 Days, Today's Quote

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:57:42 EST

If you care at all,you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results.

Yesterday was a better day calorie wise and I did my slim in 6 workout regardless of my lingering illness and it doesn't seem to be getting any worse, so I'll do the workout again tonight. I'll shoot for everyday this week, and doing the ab work 3 x this week. So today, Thursday and Saturday. It would be neat to make the slim in 6. My goal will be to hit around 1550 cals while I'm doing t...

144 Days, Less Food = More Energy

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:13:39 EST

I'm very disappointed in myself because last night I messed up and ate way too many tortilla chips at the table before our meal at a southwest tex-mex joint. I did order a healthy dinner and take half of it home, which is what I had for lunch, but I did so well the rest of the day, it's such a disappointment to blow my calories on the stupid chips.

Tonight if I go easy at dinner it'll be a very good calorie day. I wasn't even hungry this morning, I ate a healthy breakfast but it's ...