I am, although i shouldn’t be too stoked. I passed by the scale this morning and jumped on and it read 156 which is 2 pounds down. now i know it could be water weight, etc., but it gave me a little encouragement to stay on track today. I know i shouldn’t put too much emphasis on what the scale says and I’m going to try my best to stick to my Monday only weigh-ins. I’m feeling tired today and when i’m tired or stressed i tend to gravitate to the sweet or greasy stuff. having my usual salad for lunch and a chicken salad for dinner and then exercise when i get home tonight. Got to keep motivated and vigilant.
although its not over but I’m feeling proud of myself because by now I would have gone to the candy machine and grabbed a Snickers bar and a diet coke and I haven’t done either. That’s my biggest weakness is stress eating and sweets. Or sometimes its just boredom. I’ve got to find a replacement for the sweets and I want to make it clothes. I want to get to the point where I can’t wait to go shopping for a new cute outfit because right now I barely shop and boy do I need new clothes. But I refuse to buy another thing until I get rid of these love handles and thunder thighs. At least, get rid of them a little bit. Buying a new piece of clothing is going to be my reward when I see those certain areas start to shrink. So, I’m within my calories for the day so i can make myself a really nice dinner. However, exercise comes first!
In my own little world I guess. I haven’t blogged since July and fortunately I haven’t gained any extra weight because I haven’t been eating right or exercising. I am very irritated with myself but there has been so much going on at work and at home that I have gotten off track. Although not a valid excuse because there will always be stuff going on in my life that will distract me if I let it. I also haven’t been feeling very well and I know it’s because i haven’t been watching my food intake and haven’t really exercised. so here i go again! today is another official start date. I’m going to count my calories (1,300/day max), do some cardio every day and strength train at least 3 times a week. I’m setting a goal to be at 145 pounds by Nov. 24th. which is 13 pounds down from where I am at 158 pounds today. Doesn’t seem like such a difficult goal to achieve, right. Come on Dee, you can do this and just think how great you will feel when you’ve achieve your goal. I totally screwed up my summer because of the extra weight. I limited myself doing certain things because I didn’t feel comfortable in shorts or a bathing suit and what a waste of a great summer. I can’t limit my life anymore and I’m getting older and it’s just going to be harder the longer I wait.
159 pounds - 5′3″
Today is another “Day 1″ and there have been many. I’ve been struggling with an extra 20 pounds for a long time and it’s starting to get out of control. I don’t want to diet but I do want to lose weight so I’ll have to eat less and move more. There’s no getting around it. My plan is to focus on eating healthy real foods, nothing processed and most importantly to stay away from excess sugar and junk food. I love both especially sweets like breads, candy and ice cream. Hence, why I am overweight. The other part of this plan is to exercise which I hate. Unfortunately, I could starve myself and still not lose weight unless I exercise. I think I’ve played around with off and on dieting for so long that it has slowed down my metabolism and exercise is the only way to hopefully heal and speed it up. So here goes.
Breakfast: 1.5 cups of oatmeal with splenda and 1/2 cup lf milk; coffee
Lunch: 2 cups salad greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peas, 4 green olives, 1/2 corn and beets, 2 thin slices of turkey, 2 tbls fat free Ranch. Water
Coffee w/lf milk, splenda.
Dinner: salad w/lf ranch, small bowl of pasta with meat sauce, water
Exercise: walk the dog, 30-min. cardo and 20 min. strength training