i had to take a moment to live my life instead of blogging it. sometimes you have to do that. you have to break away from documenting your ever bite of food and activity and actually fully enjoy them.
anyway tonight i need to hit the hay pretty early on so i am sharing an "ah ha" moment with you. feeling full from a very yummy dinner with the neighbors, my uncomfortable self who skipped the gym, reminded myself of the numbers on the scale and went for a short walk. it was a nice walk but i wondered what "crash" diet i could do to make my confidence boost a bit to see some smaller numbers on the scale.
instead of researching crash diets, or throwing all the food away in my house, i decided to use the "perfect diet tracker" that i purchased a year ago and put in my food for the day. and there it was! a year ago i was 2lbs lighter--and an inch larger in my waist. this still wasn't much of an "ah ha" moment--so i looked some more and noticed that my Jan. 26 2009 weigh in was 5 wonderful lbs lighter BUT my measurements weren't too far off --which meant that i need to FOCUS on those 5lbs and i might stop beating myself up--still very informative but not the ah ha moment i needed.
after i finished putting all that i ate leaving out the homemade chai (it wasn't an option)-- i saw it. the bottom of my menu page turned red and it told me i went 160 calories over my target caloric intake.
AH HA! so i am eating too much.
despite my love affair with food i think i know how to fix that. and thus operation shut your mouth starts tomorrow. its water and chewing gum each day, stealing "breaks" to get in a quick ten minute walk or sprint up the stairs.
i can do this.
i am the only motivation i need.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
say something.
i should probably write something here before i lose your attention and i'm forever forgotten under many other blogs read only "infrequently" YIKES!
right now i'm drinking heaven for dinner. er'now again for dessert i have been making smoothies but tonight i thought it would be fitting as dinner since i had a preworkout snack and am not super hungry.
one of the things the "Instinct diet" book reminds me, you, us- is how availibility plays a major part in over eating and eating all the wrong things. we like to eat when food is in front of us. and we don't like to stop until the food is no longer in front of us. i've decided i'm very much guilty of this--i don't even know if i know when to stop eating sometimes. okay i eventually stop but i do feel i could eat much less if i stopped put the shovel down and walked away.
so that's the long story on why i decided a smoothie for dinner was more than appropriate.
today i worked on a machine that i think will leave me sore tomorrow which is always a good thing- since i always feel like machines (for me) are the cheap and easy way of "going to the gym"--i def. work harder at classes-
look i'm actually going to stop writing completely since this is a pretty lame post and there are much more interesting thoughts floating in my head for some reason the dirty dishes and need to sleep earlier have hijacked any "deep and interesting" thoughts from spilling onto this page.
right now i'm drinking heaven for dinner. er'now again for dessert i have been making smoothies but tonight i thought it would be fitting as dinner since i had a preworkout snack and am not super hungry.
one of the things the "Instinct diet" book reminds me, you, us- is how availibility plays a major part in over eating and eating all the wrong things. we like to eat when food is in front of us. and we don't like to stop until the food is no longer in front of us. i've decided i'm very much guilty of this--i don't even know if i know when to stop eating sometimes. okay i eventually stop but i do feel i could eat much less if i stopped put the shovel down and walked away.
so that's the long story on why i decided a smoothie for dinner was more than appropriate.
today i worked on a machine that i think will leave me sore tomorrow which is always a good thing- since i always feel like machines (for me) are the cheap and easy way of "going to the gym"--i def. work harder at classes-
look i'm actually going to stop writing completely since this is a pretty lame post and there are much more interesting thoughts floating in my head for some reason the dirty dishes and need to sleep earlier have hijacked any "deep and interesting" thoughts from spilling onto this page.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
gained
so today was weigh in for http://girlgetstrong.com/wordpress/2009/06/01/ggs-fun-fit-challenge-post-3/ which is a blog with fitness tips that i signed up for the challenge. doesn't matter i'm not losing any weight yet but it gives me at least another outlet to vent!
when i signed up i said i would weigh myself on mondays and post the results. well last week i chose not to weigh myself or post anything and commented that i was a big loser and feel fat and didn't actually weigh in on monday.
today i remembered to weigh myself (that's a lie i never "forget" i just chose to acknowledge what the scale says or not)-and just thought to post the results as my brain has officially checked out of work mode-- however, there was some sad news from one of the contestants and i can't post my pathetic update after that...so friends you get the pleasure of reading my stats.
and truth be told...here it comes--i have gained weight. even after admitting to this-post gut discovery last week at the gym, i took my measurements and all are up from this past january. (JANUARY FRIENDS--that means that i've gained MORE than post holidays bulk!)
that's scary.
okay. here's some comparison shopping for you.
144.2 (January weigh in)
thighs (continual fight) 21in
arms 9in
bust- ha!
waist 26.5
hips 36.5
and for the glorious update
147.4
thighs 22.5 (+ 1.5in)
arms 9 (same- thank goodness something is the same)
bust- still a joke!
waist 27.5 (+ 1.0 in)
hips 37 (out of control +1.5in)
i wish i had measurements from february when my sister exclaimed "you have no butt" (which from my hip measurement-you can see was a lot of work!).
anyway that's the post for today. i'm off to michaels class to get my 1.5in larger butt kicked!
have a great day folks.
when i signed up i said i would weigh myself on mondays and post the results. well last week i chose not to weigh myself or post anything and commented that i was a big loser and feel fat and didn't actually weigh in on monday.
today i remembered to weigh myself (that's a lie i never "forget" i just chose to acknowledge what the scale says or not)-and just thought to post the results as my brain has officially checked out of work mode-- however, there was some sad news from one of the contestants and i can't post my pathetic update after that...so friends you get the pleasure of reading my stats.
and truth be told...here it comes--i have gained weight. even after admitting to this-post gut discovery last week at the gym, i took my measurements and all are up from this past january. (JANUARY FRIENDS--that means that i've gained MORE than post holidays bulk!)
that's scary.
okay. here's some comparison shopping for you.
144.2 (January weigh in)
thighs (continual fight) 21in
arms 9in
bust- ha!
waist 26.5
hips 36.5
and for the glorious update
147.4
thighs 22.5 (+ 1.5in)
arms 9 (same- thank goodness something is the same)
bust- still a joke!
waist 27.5 (+ 1.0 in)
hips 37 (out of control +1.5in)
i wish i had measurements from february when my sister exclaimed "you have no butt" (which from my hip measurement-you can see was a lot of work!).
anyway that's the post for today. i'm off to michaels class to get my 1.5in larger butt kicked!
have a great day folks.
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- i'm full of sarcasm, it's how i deal with some of the more frustrating moments of my life. fitness is important to me and anytime i'm in a funk-its' probably because i haven't worked out! i could write forever but sadly have some of the worst grammar ever. and have no plans to fix it.