'Twas hours before a concert, and all through the day, I knew a new outfit was coming my way. I had to find something to wear on the stage, so I ventured to Kohl's where my outfit I'd gage.
I found a few tops with their printed designs, but the pants I would need were a difficult find. I shuffled and shifted through all the racks, looking and searching for pants to take back. I found a size six, which is smaller than me, and thought to myself, "I'll just try these and see."
My arms full of choices, the fitting rooms full of clothes, I reluctantly wandered into a stall that would close. I prepared for the worst and pulled on the tops, then looked at the pants wondering where they would stop.
When what to my wondering thighs did appear?
They buttoned and zipped, AND looked good in the mirror!
I went to the concert in size six pants, and on the stage I wanted to dance! I've never been this size, you see, and can't express how happy I am to be me! I started the plan in a size eighteen, but now I'm more confident than I've ever been!
The diet was hard and self-disciplined too, but I believe it was worth it, I definitely do!!!
As I leave you today to go eat my lunch, I wish happy holidays and love by the bunch!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
34.5 inches smaller!
The numbers are in! I've lost 17.25 inches since October 17th! Apparently I'm one of those people who loses size rather than pounds, but I'm not complaining! This makes for a total of 34.5 inches that I don't intend to find ever again.
I've lost a little bit of muscle, but that's not a big deal. I got permission to actually work out again, rather than just doing my cardio, so that will take care of the muscle issue. The In-Body machine says I only have 52lbs. of body fat now as opposed to the 73.8 I had when I started, and my BMI is down to 24.7 which is in the normal range FINALLY. (for the record, it was 29.4 in August.)
I only have to eat 3 medifast meals per day now, plus my lean and green, an extra serving of veggies, fruit, and now I can have dairy!
Yay for progress! I'm gonna go shop for our thanksgiving dinner stuff now. Happy holidays, friends! =)
I've lost a little bit of muscle, but that's not a big deal. I got permission to actually work out again, rather than just doing my cardio, so that will take care of the muscle issue. The In-Body machine says I only have 52lbs. of body fat now as opposed to the 73.8 I had when I started, and my BMI is down to 24.7 which is in the normal range FINALLY. (for the record, it was 29.4 in August.)
I only have to eat 3 medifast meals per day now, plus my lean and green, an extra serving of veggies, fruit, and now I can have dairy!
Yay for progress! I'm gonna go shop for our thanksgiving dinner stuff now. Happy holidays, friends! =)
Friday, November 20, 2009
Cheater Cheater Pumpkin (bread) eater!
I'm in stabilization now and can eat one extra serving of veggies AND fruit! I'm weighing in at 143, which has been pretty stable for the past week or so. On the other hand, I've been cheating quite a bit lately... The following is my confession:
Saturday I went to Greek Fest and bought baklava. There is no resisting such things when they are so easily accessible. On the justification end, I've sliced them in half, so I'm not a total calorie hog.
Monday was my birthday, and Bobby took me to Cheddar's before flute choir rehearsal. We had a cookie monster just because it was my birthday and I wanted dessert. My not-so-bad action was to leave part of my cookie, the most of the whipped cream, and one whole scoop of ice cream on my half of the skillet.
Tuesday Bobby took me to Texas de Brazil, which is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. I didn't gorge myself, and I did well eating meat and veggies... but I did eat half a slice of carrot cake. I took the rest home and finished it off for lunch on Wednesday. (and there's my wednesday confession)
Thursday I went to a fancy jewelry store to try on a half-million dollar diamond ring. It was great fun...but I went with my parents who hadn't eaten and ended up eating a chopped brisket sandwich (minus the bread...see, I was sort of good).
Today, well, today was rough. We had a half day at school yesterday for parent/teacher conferences and when the kids came back today they were just wild. So at lunch, I went to starbucks and had a slice of pumpkin bread (hence, my clever blog post title) and a peppermint mocha.
I have my next in-body test tomorrow to see how my muscles and fat and water and blah blah blah are doing. Here's hoping for a good report. My size 8's are somewhat lose on me (but I don't think I'll EVER be in a size 6) and I've been working out more lately, so I don't think I have anything to worry about.
Speaking of working out... my trainer from this summer emailed me the other day asking if I've still been going to the gym. He said he hasn't seen me around and they have some good deals going on for training sessions if I'm interested. I'm almost tempted to sign up for one and rub it in his face that his workout plan totally did not "work out" for me. But then again... he was helpful as far as toning and building muscle and whatnot, so I don't want to be a complete jerk.
I'm off work for the next 9 days for fall break. Praise the Lord! The kids need to reset, and the teachers need a break from trying to reset them! I anticipate a fattening thanksgiving holiday, but at least now I know how to manage it.
Here's hoping I don't cheat too bad this week.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Last week... 6 days to go.
I'm on the end of my "losing" portion of the diet. I have 6 days left and 8 pounds to lose. (I'm a little skeptical, but I'm positive that taking a break from the diet when I was sick set me back a week or so...) I HAD to buy new jeans yesterday because we have a jean day tomorrow at work and the Junior's size 13's I have are literally hanging off of me. I had hoped to wait a little longer to buy new jeans, but these are a pinch tight around my belly, so I'm betting that after I lose these last 8 pounds, they'll be loose too, and I won't have to worry about it.
It's been really hard being "true" to my diet the last couple of weeks... I'll admit, I've cheated a little. But I only allow myself to cheat one time per day, and depending on the caloric intake, I make up for it by NOT eating either one of the meals or however much less of my lean and green meal.
I'm actually feeling pretty good lately... I still have a rattle in my chest when I breathe, but I'm starting to just get used to that. I think I'm going to go to the gym this evening before Bobby gets off work. I haven't been in forever, and I'm a little curious to see just how out of shape I am.
Here's a stat update:
It's been really hard being "true" to my diet the last couple of weeks... I'll admit, I've cheated a little. But I only allow myself to cheat one time per day, and depending on the caloric intake, I make up for it by NOT eating either one of the meals or however much less of my lean and green meal.
I'm actually feeling pretty good lately... I still have a rattle in my chest when I breathe, but I'm starting to just get used to that. I think I'm going to go to the gym this evening before Bobby gets off work. I haven't been in forever, and I'm a little curious to see just how out of shape I am.
Here's a stat update:
- Week: 11 of 11
- Countdown: 6 days to go before the goal date
- Current Weight: 146
- Total lost (since April) : 31 pounds
- Total lost with MediFast: 24 pounds
- Jean size: 10
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
8.5 weeks
These MediFast ladies are just cruel. I found out two things today at my weekly counseling meeting:
1.) I could have been eating their carb-mimicking snack foods for three weeks and no one told me (crackers, pretzels, etc).
2.) I can have mayonnaise, a little bit of relish, and tuna with my snack crackers that I haven't known I could eat for the past three weeks.
Stinkers. I finally have a shot at eating something I would normally eat, and they leave me in the dark. Next thing I'll find out is I COULD have been eating sandwiches this whole time..... haha, not even close. But its worth daydreaming about!
1.) I could have been eating their carb-mimicking snack foods for three weeks and no one told me (crackers, pretzels, etc).
2.) I can have mayonnaise, a little bit of relish, and tuna with my snack crackers that I haven't known I could eat for the past three weeks.
Stinkers. I finally have a shot at eating something I would normally eat, and they leave me in the dark. Next thing I'll find out is I COULD have been eating sandwiches this whole time..... haha, not even close. But its worth daydreaming about!
Here I am at 8.5 weeks in my new size 10 pants...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Pant shopping
I seriously put on a pair of size 10 dress pants today. They zipped, buttoned, and were still a little loose. I now have two whole pairs of pants for school, lol. The real test comes after I've washed and dried them.... still, it was pretty rewarding to grab those semi-loose 10's rather than the tight 16's...
27 days left, 12 pounds to go. I'll post pics when I don't look like I've been sick for two weeks anymore. (har har)
27 days left, 12 pounds to go. I'll post pics when I don't look like I've been sick for two weeks anymore. (har har)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Blegh.
Well, that one day turned into 11. I have been quarantined in my house for the past 11 days and I'm going crazy! I had stopped the diet because all of the meds I was on really messed up my appetite and I was doing well to keep soup and grilled cheese sandwiches down. Needless to say, diet food did not in the least bit seem worth trying. I'll most likely start it back up tomorrow or Monday, now that I'm finally feeling a little better.
As for my stats, I have been at 150 since Wednesday, which totals 27 pounds off from April. I have NO clothes that fit right, and I absolutely love my belly... or lack there0f! I can see the muscle lines in my legs (something I've NEVER been able to accomplish), and my "love-handles" are slowly melting away. I can actually feel my hip bones (I have to "dig" a little, but they're there)....its mind boggling. I have one pair of jeans from high school (Junior's size 13) that are baggy, but they're the only things that stay up without a belt, so I suppose I should start thinking about buying some new pants... I still have another 15 pounds to lose, which could easily be two more sizes, but I can't really go to work in jeans everyday, so I think I'm going to have to bend and purchase some temporary pants to get through this weird size thing.
Of course, now that I'm teaching art I might could plead for an all-jeans dress code. Oooh, or some corduroys. Those are always cool artsy pants... I don't know. I might just have to stick to those old skirts that have been hanging faithfully in my closet for the past 5 years. Sheesh, I don't even know if they're still in style.... Still, skirts, mary-janes, and art aprons HAVE to look adorable together...right?
As for my stats, I have been at 150 since Wednesday, which totals 27 pounds off from April. I have NO clothes that fit right, and I absolutely love my belly... or lack there0f! I can see the muscle lines in my legs (something I've NEVER been able to accomplish), and my "love-handles" are slowly melting away. I can actually feel my hip bones (I have to "dig" a little, but they're there)....its mind boggling. I have one pair of jeans from high school (Junior's size 13) that are baggy, but they're the only things that stay up without a belt, so I suppose I should start thinking about buying some new pants... I still have another 15 pounds to lose, which could easily be two more sizes, but I can't really go to work in jeans everyday, so I think I'm going to have to bend and purchase some temporary pants to get through this weird size thing.
Of course, now that I'm teaching art I might could plead for an all-jeans dress code. Oooh, or some corduroys. Those are always cool artsy pants... I don't know. I might just have to stick to those old skirts that have been hanging faithfully in my closet for the past 5 years. Sheesh, I don't even know if they're still in style.... Still, skirts, mary-janes, and art aprons HAVE to look adorable together...right?
Friday, September 25, 2009
Just for one day out of my 77
In order to improve my health, I have temporarily stopped my diet for the day so I can recover with some good ol' vegetable soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. I had to take off today too because I still had a fever, but I think it's trying to break (for the past couple of hours I've been having those weird cold sweats and hot flashes...) and I just want some comfort food that always makes me feel better when I'm sick.
Three days of being miserable AND keeping the diet up is a bit silly, and after I had my grilled cheese sandwich today at noon, I actually started feeling better.
I'm working on my vegetable soup right now, and am starting to perk back up. I'll probably sleep another 16 hours and we'll be good to go. I hope.
Oh, and if I gain 5 pounds from eating carbs and dairy for one day, I'll be massively surprised. Health over weight loss. Always.
Three days of being miserable AND keeping the diet up is a bit silly, and after I had my grilled cheese sandwich today at noon, I actually started feeling better.
I'm working on my vegetable soup right now, and am starting to perk back up. I'll probably sleep another 16 hours and we'll be good to go. I hope.
Oh, and if I gain 5 pounds from eating carbs and dairy for one day, I'll be massively surprised. Health over weight loss. Always.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sick sick sick.
Whew, has it really been ten days? Sorry 'bout that!
I've been on and off sick with what has escalated into a miserable upper-respiratory infection, so I am off work today and tomorrow to recover. Went to the doctor today to get some meds (which I'll admit, I should have done sooner) and informed her about the diet and all... she said my lab work was excellent, so "why are you on a diet?" and I told her how much I weighed in April and that my BMI was 29. I also said, "we were toying with the idea of having a baby in the next couple years, and I didn't want to be overweight BEFORE I got pregnant." She concurred, and said, "Well, you're absolutely right. If you're at a healthy weight when you get pregnant its better for and easier on you and the baby. Plus, you'll be in the habit of eating well and making good food choices, so keep up the good work!"
For the record, no, we're not "in the market" to get pregnant anytime soon, but it's always a good thing to be prepared. God has a funny sense of humor sometimes.
Stats:
I've been on and off sick with what has escalated into a miserable upper-respiratory infection, so I am off work today and tomorrow to recover. Went to the doctor today to get some meds (which I'll admit, I should have done sooner) and informed her about the diet and all... she said my lab work was excellent, so "why are you on a diet?" and I told her how much I weighed in April and that my BMI was 29. I also said, "we were toying with the idea of having a baby in the next couple years, and I didn't want to be overweight BEFORE I got pregnant." She concurred, and said, "Well, you're absolutely right. If you're at a healthy weight when you get pregnant its better for and easier on you and the baby. Plus, you'll be in the habit of eating well and making good food choices, so keep up the good work!"
For the record, no, we're not "in the market" to get pregnant anytime soon, but it's always a good thing to be prepared. God has a funny sense of humor sometimes.
Stats:
- Week: 6 of 11
- Countdown: 38 days to go before the goal date
- Current Weight: 152
- Total lost (since April) : 25 pounds
- Total lost with MediFast: 19 pounds
- Jean size: 12's are pretty baggy, but I'm not quite in those 10's yet...
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Holy crap.
I totally just put on size 12 jeans from my sophomore year of college.....And they're NOT tight!!!
Check this craziness out:
Awesome.
Check this craziness out:
Awesome.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
14 inches!!!!
I am 14 inches smaller than I was a month ago!!!! (No, I'm not 4' tall... I mean smaller width-wise)
Weigh in today was 155...that's 15 pounds off! We're nearly half-way there, and I've got another 50 days to go.
I went in for my measurements today and am quite happy with the results! I lost quite a bit of lean muscle mass, but I'm almost positive it's because I was not allowed to work out for the first 3 weeks. I'll start walking again tomorrow and revisit the gym. Oh, and that 43% of fat I had when I started is down to 38% and my BMI is at 27 now. Yay for progress!
I will admit though, I had a rough week because I hadn't been feeling well. My throat was bugging me for the first few days of the week, and by Thursday I didn't have a voice anymore. I DID buy a frosty from Wendy's, and I did eat like, 4 bites of it. It made my throat feel eons better, but it tasted like paste and I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. Besides, I can't see spending $15 on a box of MediFast shakes when I know I'll only drink one of them. So I fudged a little, but it did what I meant for it to do, and I didn't binge or anything.
It's hard sticking to your diet when you don't feel good...but getting results sure does make you feel great!
Weigh in today was 155...that's 15 pounds off! We're nearly half-way there, and I've got another 50 days to go.
I went in for my measurements today and am quite happy with the results! I lost quite a bit of lean muscle mass, but I'm almost positive it's because I was not allowed to work out for the first 3 weeks. I'll start walking again tomorrow and revisit the gym. Oh, and that 43% of fat I had when I started is down to 38% and my BMI is at 27 now. Yay for progress!
I will admit though, I had a rough week because I hadn't been feeling well. My throat was bugging me for the first few days of the week, and by Thursday I didn't have a voice anymore. I DID buy a frosty from Wendy's, and I did eat like, 4 bites of it. It made my throat feel eons better, but it tasted like paste and I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. Besides, I can't see spending $15 on a box of MediFast shakes when I know I'll only drink one of them. So I fudged a little, but it did what I meant for it to do, and I didn't binge or anything.
It's hard sticking to your diet when you don't feel good...but getting results sure does make you feel great!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
3 weeks down, 8 more to go.
Last week's progress pic:
The diet is going well. I'm down to 159.5 (that's 11.5 pounds off....18.5 if you're going with my heaviest weight) with my school clothes on and my blood pressure is "great" so all is progressing as it should. I haven't really lost a lot of "poundage" this past two weeks, but I sure noticed my clothes being baggy within the past few days. My size 16 jeans (that were tight at the beginning of summer) barely stayed up last Friday... a dangerous thing when one works in an elementary school. I felt like a little kid playing dress up. Check out that extra space:
Oh, and I wore my shorts the other day and nearly flipped out about how they fit---
...or should I say, "DIDN'T fit?!" Those things used to be tight on my thighs AND my hips....the picture doesn't lie. I literally had an extra 3-4 inches to spare on those beloved "only shorts in the world that have fit for the past 3 years."
The ladies at the clinic said they would measure me again on Saturday, so I'll let yall know all the stats after my appointment. They'll do that cool "in-body" thing too, where they use the sensor to find out how much fat I have and lean muscle and all that jazz. I'm kind of excited to see how much it changed just in the past 3 weeks.
Oh, and for the non-picture-taking record, the back fat is officially gone. And those annoying rolls I had when I sat down... history.
21 pounds left to lose!
The diet is going well. I'm down to 159.5 (that's 11.5 pounds off....18.5 if you're going with my heaviest weight) with my school clothes on and my blood pressure is "great" so all is progressing as it should. I haven't really lost a lot of "poundage" this past two weeks, but I sure noticed my clothes being baggy within the past few days. My size 16 jeans (that were tight at the beginning of summer) barely stayed up last Friday... a dangerous thing when one works in an elementary school. I felt like a little kid playing dress up. Check out that extra space:
Oh, and I wore my shorts the other day and nearly flipped out about how they fit---
...or should I say, "DIDN'T fit?!" Those things used to be tight on my thighs AND my hips....the picture doesn't lie. I literally had an extra 3-4 inches to spare on those beloved "only shorts in the world that have fit for the past 3 years."
The ladies at the clinic said they would measure me again on Saturday, so I'll let yall know all the stats after my appointment. They'll do that cool "in-body" thing too, where they use the sensor to find out how much fat I have and lean muscle and all that jazz. I'm kind of excited to see how much it changed just in the past 3 weeks.
Oh, and for the non-picture-taking record, the back fat is officially gone. And those annoying rolls I had when I sat down... history.
21 pounds left to lose!
Monday, August 24, 2009
PTA, First Day of School, and a hectic but frivolous lunch
162.2 -- nearly 10 pounds off!
Today was the first day of school, so I barely slept last night because my brain just would NOT shut UP about what I was forgetting (I don't know how I could though.... with it nagging me all night long) or what I needed to do and how I should explain my rules and what I did last year... ugh. Sleepless nights suck.
Anyway, so I get to school (at 7:30 mind you... Yours Truly has morning duty every single day, all year. Every morning will be an Amazing Race to get to work on time!) and once our assembly is over, I go to the lounge to get some water for my day. I walk in and see mass quantities of muffins, coffee, pastries, donuts, candy, and all sorts of other goodies I forced myself to believe were not real. I got my water and left the lounge without even pausing to examine the generous gift from the PTA. I kinda felt bad, cuz they spent all that money on things I could not in any way help them make disappear, but by lunch there wasn't much left, so I didn't feel SO bad.
Speaking of lunch, with all that stuff in the lounge you'd think a spare bowl would be somewhere. No. I had planned on having soup for lunch, and the cups were too small to make it work. I had to make a quick run to walmart. So I spent my actual lunch break racing through the aisles looking for a quick fix for the year, since I obviously couldn't rely on the teacher's lounge to support my new lifestyle, and found exactly what I was looking for in Correll. Yet again, basic is best. So I get my bowl, get back to school, drop off my purse, lock my room and head to the lounge. Once I get there, I realize "Where's my soup? ACK! I left it in the room." [long story short: katie runs back to classroom...realizes she left her keys in the lounge to save her place......yup, locked the door.... goes back to lounge, gets keys, goes back to room, unlocks door, grabs soup, relocks door and heads back (finally) for lunch. Yes, I washed the bowl before I used it.]
While sitting student-less in the lounge for a few minutes, another teacher walked in while I was eating my stupid diet-brand chicken noodle soup and opened up the donut box that was sitting RIGHT next to me.... I was ok seeing those delicious little bits of kryptonite but when she closed the box, that smell...... mmmh.
I didn't eat one though. And when another teacher came in and grabbed one (for both of us, hah. Dieting sucks, by the way.) I just smiled and took my bowl of murky not-really-chicken-broth and cleaned out the remainder of my lunch in the sink.
About an hour later, we passed in the hall again and she informed me that I should be proud of myself for not eating the donuts... "They weren't very good anyway." I told her she was just saying that to make me feel better, but she was pretty sincere when she said, "No. Really."
In about 5 seconds I went from being slightly bitter and envious to sympathetic and disappointed.
"Aw, she ate all those calories and they didn't even taste good. How sad."
Yesterday I was a rabbit, today I'm a diet snob. Tomorrow... well, at least I know I have a bowl to make my soup in.
Today was the first day of school, so I barely slept last night because my brain just would NOT shut UP about what I was forgetting (I don't know how I could though.... with it nagging me all night long) or what I needed to do and how I should explain my rules and what I did last year... ugh. Sleepless nights suck.
Anyway, so I get to school (at 7:30 mind you... Yours Truly has morning duty every single day, all year. Every morning will be an Amazing Race to get to work on time!) and once our assembly is over, I go to the lounge to get some water for my day. I walk in and see mass quantities of muffins, coffee, pastries, donuts, candy, and all sorts of other goodies I forced myself to believe were not real. I got my water and left the lounge without even pausing to examine the generous gift from the PTA. I kinda felt bad, cuz they spent all that money on things I could not in any way help them make disappear, but by lunch there wasn't much left, so I didn't feel SO bad.
Speaking of lunch, with all that stuff in the lounge you'd think a spare bowl would be somewhere. No. I had planned on having soup for lunch, and the cups were too small to make it work. I had to make a quick run to walmart. So I spent my actual lunch break racing through the aisles looking for a quick fix for the year, since I obviously couldn't rely on the teacher's lounge to support my new lifestyle, and found exactly what I was looking for in Correll. Yet again, basic is best. So I get my bowl, get back to school, drop off my purse, lock my room and head to the lounge. Once I get there, I realize "Where's my soup? ACK! I left it in the room." [long story short: katie runs back to classroom...realizes she left her keys in the lounge to save her place......yup, locked the door.... goes back to lounge, gets keys, goes back to room, unlocks door, grabs soup, relocks door and heads back (finally) for lunch. Yes, I washed the bowl before I used it.]
While sitting student-less in the lounge for a few minutes, another teacher walked in while I was eating my stupid diet-brand chicken noodle soup and opened up the donut box that was sitting RIGHT next to me.... I was ok seeing those delicious little bits of kryptonite but when she closed the box, that smell...... mmmh.
I didn't eat one though. And when another teacher came in and grabbed one (for both of us, hah. Dieting sucks, by the way.) I just smiled and took my bowl of murky not-really-chicken-broth and cleaned out the remainder of my lunch in the sink.
About an hour later, we passed in the hall again and she informed me that I should be proud of myself for not eating the donuts... "They weren't very good anyway." I told her she was just saying that to make me feel better, but she was pretty sincere when she said, "No. Really."
In about 5 seconds I went from being slightly bitter and envious to sympathetic and disappointed.
"Aw, she ate all those calories and they didn't even taste good. How sad."
Yesterday I was a rabbit, today I'm a diet snob. Tomorrow... well, at least I know I have a bowl to make my soup in.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Worn out
My classroom is almost done, and boy am I tired. I worked all day Friday (didn't get home till after 9PM) and yesterday I had rehearsal for 12 hours. The diet doesn't work so well when you get 2 hour meal breaks.... I fudged a little and had two salads, but I don't think extra veggies will hurt. Extra meat might, but not veggies. I weighed in this morning at 163.4 so I'm 8 pounds lighter than I started. Whew! It seems easier now... my weakness has always been friend chicken (in any form) and when we went out to eat yesterday I noticed someone else eating it and caught myself thinking, "Blegh. That doesn't EVEN seem appetizing."
I see it now. MediFast is slowly turning me into a rabbit.
(nom nom nom)
I see it now. MediFast is slowly turning me into a rabbit.
(nom nom nom)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
New Diet + in-service = crummy week
I'm not gonna lie to you. It's been rough. Tuesday was the worst by far. I had my first appointment and was all grouchy and unmotivated. I think I may have even scared my counselor, lol. BUT, I got my mint chocolate crunch bars and suddenly my world was awesome again. Yall know how much I like mint chocolate things.... and now, I can eat mint chocolate things (well, only the flavored diet bars) FIVE TIMES A DAY. Yummers. I'm a much happier girl.
That alone helped me get through a crummy meeting-filled Wednesday (where there were tiny "does this really count?" candy bar bites all over the tables waiting for me to just rip them all open and chow down...but I refrained.) and yesterday was a little harder cuz we had friends over who got to eat pizza....in front of me.....while I made my stupid weird hamburger patty without any bread and had to measure my ketchup.... Yeah, I felt pretty lame. But I didn't eat any pizza, and that's the important thing.
Today was surprisingly easy. I wasn't even interested in the in-service candy or going out to lunch, and I kept pretty busy finishing up my room at school that I don't even remember thinking about food until that 2.5 hour hunger pang came around. Someone once told me that it takes 21 days to make a habit and 7 to break it. Maybe I'm breaking my 3 meals a day habit WHILE I'm making the 6 meals a day habit... Anybody know if that's possible/probable?
Anyway, my second appointment went really well. I did another keytone test and I got a big "WOW! People would KILL to have a test result like that!" so I guess it was good? I'm not really sure what all of the stuff they test for means, but that one is supposed to test how much fat I'm burning and I guess it's a lot from what they told me.
One of my teacher friends put it perfectly: Dieting is lonely.
So true. But it will totally be worth it when I'm trim and fit and eating right. As a side note, I was getting my blood pressure taken and noticed a chart on the wall... it said for my height, 180 qualifies as obese. Insert mega eye-opener here. I was at 177 in May. Yikes. I knew I was heavier than I should be, but I didn't realize how close I was to that "classification." I'm glad I'm taking care of it now though, while I'm young and (mostly) healthy than after it causes more problems than I can control.
I weighed in this morning (Day 6) at 164.4. Over 6 and a half pounds down, 26 to go. They said the first week was the hardest... let's hope so cuz its OVER!
That alone helped me get through a crummy meeting-filled Wednesday (where there were tiny "does this really count?" candy bar bites all over the tables waiting for me to just rip them all open and chow down...but I refrained.) and yesterday was a little harder cuz we had friends over who got to eat pizza....in front of me.....while I made my stupid weird hamburger patty without any bread and had to measure my ketchup.... Yeah, I felt pretty lame. But I didn't eat any pizza, and that's the important thing.
Today was surprisingly easy. I wasn't even interested in the in-service candy or going out to lunch, and I kept pretty busy finishing up my room at school that I don't even remember thinking about food until that 2.5 hour hunger pang came around. Someone once told me that it takes 21 days to make a habit and 7 to break it. Maybe I'm breaking my 3 meals a day habit WHILE I'm making the 6 meals a day habit... Anybody know if that's possible/probable?
Anyway, my second appointment went really well. I did another keytone test and I got a big "WOW! People would KILL to have a test result like that!" so I guess it was good? I'm not really sure what all of the stuff they test for means, but that one is supposed to test how much fat I'm burning and I guess it's a lot from what they told me.
One of my teacher friends put it perfectly: Dieting is lonely.
So true. But it will totally be worth it when I'm trim and fit and eating right. As a side note, I was getting my blood pressure taken and noticed a chart on the wall... it said for my height, 180 qualifies as obese. Insert mega eye-opener here. I was at 177 in May. Yikes. I knew I was heavier than I should be, but I didn't realize how close I was to that "classification." I'm glad I'm taking care of it now though, while I'm young and (mostly) healthy than after it causes more problems than I can control.
I weighed in this morning (Day 6) at 164.4. Over 6 and a half pounds down, 26 to go. They said the first week was the hardest... let's hope so cuz its OVER!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
New discovery
Bobby made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (yum!) for lunch today and I didn't think it would hurt to have one for myself... Being the good husband he is, he made me call and find out if I'm allowed to have bread.
The verdict: ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
Bummer. So I can't have a sandwich for 11 weeks. This makes me very, very sad. Subway is probably going to go out of business, and it will be all my fault!
I have my first appointment tonight at 6, so we'll see what they have to say. I'm not as hungry all the time as I have been, but I do get weird headaches between 5PM and 9PM. The past couple days, they've gone away after I had my next meal, but there's no telling why that's happening.
72 days left.
The verdict: ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
Bummer. So I can't have a sandwich for 11 weeks. This makes me very, very sad. Subway is probably going to go out of business, and it will be all my fault!
I have my first appointment tonight at 6, so we'll see what they have to say. I'm not as hungry all the time as I have been, but I do get weird headaches between 5PM and 9PM. The past couple days, they've gone away after I had my next meal, but there's no telling why that's happening.
72 days left.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Day three, and already 5 pounds lighter!
Well, it's a good thing I had some results today. Yesterday was awful and I was having my doubts---"Can I really already want to quit two days in? I don't think I can manage this for 11 more weeks!"
I weighed this morning and am 5 pounds lighter than I was on Friday. This took a month to accomplish at the gym! I'm feeling better today too. I'm not AS hungry feeling, and I actually went up to school and worked on my room a bit. I could tell I was getting tired after a couple hours though, so I went to walmart and bought a new variety of "approved veggies" and meats for my lean and green meal. I got roughly 3 weeks of "dinner" ingredients for less than $50. Can't beat that budget!
I decided to do my green portion at lunch--best salad EVER. It filled me up and gave me the energy to do a boatload of house work. Yay for accomplishment!
I don't think I'm supposed to separate my "Leans" and my "Greens" but I'm supposed to have 3 servings of veggies each day and some of them include 1 cup of salad, 1/2 cup of green beans, 1/2 cup of tomatoes PLUS however many ounces of meat... Sorry, I really like to eat, but that's a LOT of food for one sitting. I think it'll be ok to spread out. I'll just have 7 meals a day for now.
Better get back to housework. I start in-service tomorrow morning, so there won't be any more free time for me to be productive. Sigh. I'm excited about seeing the kids though, and getting back into a routine. Here we come 2009-2010 school year! Hopefull there will be much less of me at the end than at the beginning!
I weighed this morning and am 5 pounds lighter than I was on Friday. This took a month to accomplish at the gym! I'm feeling better today too. I'm not AS hungry feeling, and I actually went up to school and worked on my room a bit. I could tell I was getting tired after a couple hours though, so I went to walmart and bought a new variety of "approved veggies" and meats for my lean and green meal. I got roughly 3 weeks of "dinner" ingredients for less than $50. Can't beat that budget!
I decided to do my green portion at lunch--best salad EVER. It filled me up and gave me the energy to do a boatload of house work. Yay for accomplishment!
I don't think I'm supposed to separate my "Leans" and my "Greens" but I'm supposed to have 3 servings of veggies each day and some of them include 1 cup of salad, 1/2 cup of green beans, 1/2 cup of tomatoes PLUS however many ounces of meat... Sorry, I really like to eat, but that's a LOT of food for one sitting. I think it'll be ok to spread out. I'll just have 7 meals a day for now.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Sluggish
The first week is the hardest. I'm on day two and I'm hungry. The bars are pretty good, I had a bowl of their chicken noodle soup yesterday after I posted and it wasn't bad. Being at rehearsal all day outside wasn't very helpful though.
I had my two bars in the morning with my vitamins, and by lunch I felt like I was starving, so I compromised my schedule a little and had a grilled chicken sandwich from Sonic. It counted as my meat and a third of my vegetable portion for the day. I'm still not sure if I'm supposed to have bread.... regardless, it was wheat so it wasn't that bad. I'll have to ask my counselor on Tuesday.
It was over 96 degrees the whole time and even though I drank MORE than enough water for my diet AND the heat, I felt pretty yucky by about 6:00. I came home and kept to my eating schedule, but I still don't feel great. Resting helped a LOT. I had to stand and walk and act at rehearsal and I kinda think I shouldn't have done so much. They encouraged me to avoid working out for the first 3 weeks because of the amount of protein that I'm consuming on the diet. Apparently it can damage my muscle tissue if I work out before my body is used to the new foods.
With all the work I put in making these muscles, I don't even want to think about risking deterioration.
I had some green beans (my other 2/3 of veggies for the day) about an hour ago and that helped settle my stomach a little.
I want to crawl into bed and sleep off this yucky, hungry feeling though... blegh.
I had my two bars in the morning with my vitamins, and by lunch I felt like I was starving, so I compromised my schedule a little and had a grilled chicken sandwich from Sonic. It counted as my meat and a third of my vegetable portion for the day. I'm still not sure if I'm supposed to have bread.... regardless, it was wheat so it wasn't that bad. I'll have to ask my counselor on Tuesday.
It was over 96 degrees the whole time and even though I drank MORE than enough water for my diet AND the heat, I felt pretty yucky by about 6:00. I came home and kept to my eating schedule, but I still don't feel great. Resting helped a LOT. I had to stand and walk and act at rehearsal and I kinda think I shouldn't have done so much. They encouraged me to avoid working out for the first 3 weeks because of the amount of protein that I'm consuming on the diet. Apparently it can damage my muscle tissue if I work out before my body is used to the new foods.
With all the work I put in making these muscles, I don't even want to think about risking deterioration.
I had some green beans (my other 2/3 of veggies for the day) about an hour ago and that helped settle my stomach a little.
I want to crawl into bed and sleep off this yucky, hungry feeling though... blegh.
Friday, August 14, 2009
MediFast
This blog is to serve as my accountability partner. Get ready to know more about me than ever.
Before I start though, I do want to include a disclaimer: this whole thing is for me and my body type. I will not say anything with the intent to insult or offend anyone else. I am not going to judge anyone, and I expect you, my readers, NOT to compare yourselves to me. This is MY journey to feeling better about myself and getting healthy. You do what you gotta do to be happy and if that's nothing, then by all means, mega kudos to you! =)
Ok, down to business.
Today I started a new diet to lose 32 pounds by November. Now, before you freak out, let me explain the background story to this decision.
I am 5'4" tall and currently weigh 171 pounds. Most people say they can't tell from looking because *somehow* I carry it "well." For my own sake, I don't want to carry the extra baggage at all. It makes me tired, and it makes me feel bad about myself and by any means, we cannot have that. Not over something silly and fixable like being overweight. So here's my story and how I'm going to reverse it:
When I was in high school, I ended my sophomore year weighing 165 pounds. At that point, it was the heaviest I had ever been. So, over the summer I joined swim team and literally worked off 20 pounds over 2 months. I was so proud of myself for sticking to it and showing up to practice for 2 hours every morning before work! I even had to buy a new swimsuit because the original one was almost hanging off of me---talk about encouraging! In mid-July, I developed bronchitis (because at that point no-one had any idea that I had asthma), which turned into pneumonia and I was basically bedridden for 3 weeks. My illness dropped my weight to 128, and just in time for school to start back up.
I went back for my junior year nearly 40 pounds lighter expecting to hear "Wow, you look great!" and instead got, "Wow... are you sick? You look really skinny..." Ouch. Ok, I thought, 128 is too thin. The weird part was that I felt better than I had ever felt in my life. I was energetic, excited about being active (rather than dreading marching band rehearsals), confident, and overall positive about most things in my life.
By my senior year I had gradually gained back 12 pounds. This was a comfortable weight. 140. I wasn't AS peppy as before, but I think I looked better. My collar bone didn't stick out but I could still find my hip bones...and wear clothes from the Junior section, rather than the grown-up misses section.
Since then, I've gained over 40 pounds. I'm 24 years old and I have back fat. There's no logical reason for this.
I wanted to buy shorts for the summer... went to Kohl's and realized (rather rudely) that the only size that sort of fit me was an 18. Ridiculous. For someone who apparently looks smaller than she is, it sure is hard to find clothes that not only fit by size, but also by style.
So, in May (at 177 pounds) I joined a gym. I thought, "I'll just start working out again, get back into shape, and work off the extra weight the hard way." I even hired a trainer and met with him twice a week. I will admit, my thighs aren't AS chunky looking, but in 3 months I worked my butt off and somehow it's still there. My clothes are still tight, my scale hasn't changed since the beginning of June, and I'm just tired all the time. Working out has helped me with my activity level--I can honestly say I am capable of doing 30 straight minutes of cardio--but I want to see and feel physical results and it's just not happening.
So, now we're up to date. I started a program called MediFast today and I'm kind of excited about it. It's a medical diet program (kind of like nutrisystem) designed to boost your metabolism and help you burn off the extra fat in your body quickly, followed by a stabilization phase where they gradually introduce you back to your regular food, which is then followed by a year-long maintenance phase to be sure you'll keep the weight you lost off. They made me do lab work to make sure there isn't anything wrong with me (thyroid, glucose, diabetes, etc.) and I'll find out on Tuesday what the results were. I also have to meet with my counselor twice a week to go over my body's changes and my food journal (yes, I have to write down EVERYTHING I consume) and they will help me track my progress and keep me motivated.
They tested my body's "composition" and I found out that I have 97.7 pounds of lean body mass (that's good--probably from working out so much), 73.8 pounds of body fat mass, and included in some of both of those are 44.8 pounds of intercellular water (inside organs) and 26.6 pounds of extracellular water (skin and such).
My BMI is 29.4 and 43% of me is fat. Nearly half of me is unnecessary. So here's the plan:
I am to eat 6 meals a day--5 of them are MediFast meals, and one is a "Lean Green" meal where I can have meat and veggies. I've already had three--the Lemon Merangue bar (not so good), the Parmesean Cheese Puffs (absolutely disgusting), and a caramel nut bar (not bad compared to the first two!). I'm supposed to eat every 2-3 hours and drink 8 glasses of water each day. Eeek. I am not a big water-drinker. But, if it will help me lose this weight, I'm up for the challenge.
I have 77 days to reach my goal. I promise not to post any more novels. The first one is always the longest.
I'll leave you with a quote from my counselor:
"We look forward to seeing less of you!"
Before I start though, I do want to include a disclaimer: this whole thing is for me and my body type. I will not say anything with the intent to insult or offend anyone else. I am not going to judge anyone, and I expect you, my readers, NOT to compare yourselves to me. This is MY journey to feeling better about myself and getting healthy. You do what you gotta do to be happy and if that's nothing, then by all means, mega kudos to you! =)
Ok, down to business.
Today I started a new diet to lose 32 pounds by November. Now, before you freak out, let me explain the background story to this decision.
I am 5'4" tall and currently weigh 171 pounds. Most people say they can't tell from looking because *somehow* I carry it "well." For my own sake, I don't want to carry the extra baggage at all. It makes me tired, and it makes me feel bad about myself and by any means, we cannot have that. Not over something silly and fixable like being overweight. So here's my story and how I'm going to reverse it:
When I was in high school, I ended my sophomore year weighing 165 pounds. At that point, it was the heaviest I had ever been. So, over the summer I joined swim team and literally worked off 20 pounds over 2 months. I was so proud of myself for sticking to it and showing up to practice for 2 hours every morning before work! I even had to buy a new swimsuit because the original one was almost hanging off of me---talk about encouraging! In mid-July, I developed bronchitis (because at that point no-one had any idea that I had asthma), which turned into pneumonia and I was basically bedridden for 3 weeks. My illness dropped my weight to 128, and just in time for school to start back up.
I went back for my junior year nearly 40 pounds lighter expecting to hear "Wow, you look great!" and instead got, "Wow... are you sick? You look really skinny..." Ouch. Ok, I thought, 128 is too thin. The weird part was that I felt better than I had ever felt in my life. I was energetic, excited about being active (rather than dreading marching band rehearsals), confident, and overall positive about most things in my life.
By my senior year I had gradually gained back 12 pounds. This was a comfortable weight. 140. I wasn't AS peppy as before, but I think I looked better. My collar bone didn't stick out but I could still find my hip bones...and wear clothes from the Junior section, rather than the grown-up misses section.
Since then, I've gained over 40 pounds. I'm 24 years old and I have back fat. There's no logical reason for this.
I wanted to buy shorts for the summer... went to Kohl's and realized (rather rudely) that the only size that sort of fit me was an 18. Ridiculous. For someone who apparently looks smaller than she is, it sure is hard to find clothes that not only fit by size, but also by style.
So, in May (at 177 pounds) I joined a gym. I thought, "I'll just start working out again, get back into shape, and work off the extra weight the hard way." I even hired a trainer and met with him twice a week. I will admit, my thighs aren't AS chunky looking, but in 3 months I worked my butt off and somehow it's still there. My clothes are still tight, my scale hasn't changed since the beginning of June, and I'm just tired all the time. Working out has helped me with my activity level--I can honestly say I am capable of doing 30 straight minutes of cardio--but I want to see and feel physical results and it's just not happening.
So, now we're up to date. I started a program called MediFast today and I'm kind of excited about it. It's a medical diet program (kind of like nutrisystem) designed to boost your metabolism and help you burn off the extra fat in your body quickly, followed by a stabilization phase where they gradually introduce you back to your regular food, which is then followed by a year-long maintenance phase to be sure you'll keep the weight you lost off. They made me do lab work to make sure there isn't anything wrong with me (thyroid, glucose, diabetes, etc.) and I'll find out on Tuesday what the results were. I also have to meet with my counselor twice a week to go over my body's changes and my food journal (yes, I have to write down EVERYTHING I consume) and they will help me track my progress and keep me motivated.
They tested my body's "composition" and I found out that I have 97.7 pounds of lean body mass (that's good--probably from working out so much), 73.8 pounds of body fat mass, and included in some of both of those are 44.8 pounds of intercellular water (inside organs) and 26.6 pounds of extracellular water (skin and such).
My BMI is 29.4 and 43% of me is fat. Nearly half of me is unnecessary. So here's the plan:
I am to eat 6 meals a day--5 of them are MediFast meals, and one is a "Lean Green" meal where I can have meat and veggies. I've already had three--the Lemon Merangue bar (not so good), the Parmesean Cheese Puffs (absolutely disgusting), and a caramel nut bar (not bad compared to the first two!). I'm supposed to eat every 2-3 hours and drink 8 glasses of water each day. Eeek. I am not a big water-drinker. But, if it will help me lose this weight, I'm up for the challenge.
I have 77 days to reach my goal. I promise not to post any more novels. The first one is always the longest.
I'll leave you with a quote from my counselor:
"We look forward to seeing less of you!"
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