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The Treadmill

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:49:13 +0000

Well I jumped on the treadmill tonight. I did better with my pre-stretching, so my legs didn't feel like rocks as I was running. I was watching this movie on the tv while I was working out and I totally got into the movie. So I was on the treadmill for a about 1 1/2 hours!!! crazy. mostly walking, but none the less 600 + calories later! Made me feel good. However not sure how my legs will feel tomorrow. :)

Its all good

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:40:50 +0000

Calories IN-1300
% break down- 42-33-25-
carbs-protein-fat(goal-40-30-30)
Minutes Exercised- 77
Rate intensity-3
steps- 15270++
Cups of coffee-4
Affirmation- I am feeling rejueventated!
Diamond count- 2
*goals-gratitude
*fit test
Gold Count-9+7+3.5+5+10+4

Worked harder this week than i have in a long time.. gonna keep it up.. food is key and i'm doing great. Calories in check everyday!! :)

01-07-09 - Burlesque Anyone? 41 days left!

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:28:20 +0000

Today was my first day off on my diet...
I ate breakfast, the usual at about 8:30 this time, as I said I need some choices here before my system revolts with the massive amount of bran...on a plus note, at least I'll be regular! lol...

It was about 11:30am, not due for lunch for another hour normally...
And I cheated....at least in my eyes.
I ate a slice of pizza, because I was ABSOLUTELY STARVING, and I needed food fast, so instead of finding something and making it that was lower in calories (and in my house that is proving to be a feat...), I grabbed a slice of cold pizza from the fridge...lol

I then had part of Persephone's Mac n Cheese when SHE had lunch...at almost 2pm (no joke she took a VERY long morning nap....)

After lunch, I was so busy getting the Persephone around and Desi ready for dance, that I didn't get a chance to eat again until after I got home from my cardio for the day. Burlesque!

My class started tonight. I can't tell you how nervous I was. With...

A great day, but apprehensive about the weekend...

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:30:21 +0000

I am really hoping that my weighing in at 179.6 wasn’t some kind of blip! I will be so disappointed if I am right back over 180 tomorrow! I was overjoyed this morning and kept telling myself today when ever I was tempted or discouraged that I don’t want to go over 180 again! It was good motivation to get through the day, and I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 15 minutes around the lake afterward. Not to mention the heavy lifting from my new jewelry armoire! They were on super-clearance at Target, so I finally got one today. That thing must weigh a ton! I got it by myself, and got it in my car and back out and up to the 3rd floor by myself. I also put it together by myself! I have wanted one of those forever. Other than that, we have just been preparing for our trip. We are visiting my in-laws this weekend and we leave tomorrow. Things have been going so well, so I really hate to interfere with my routine. I don’t know how this is going to affect my weigh in on Monday. I think hi...

1/7/09

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:26:15 +0000

BAH!

Food Intake:

9am: yogurt and green tea
11am: 1 shortbread cookie and 2 ounces dark chocolate (it's an addiction)
1pm: 2 ounces part-skim string cheese ... and a sugar-free red bull :(
3:30pm: whole grapefruit (another addiction)
5:30pm: a REALLY delish dinner salad: 1/2 pear, diced; ~ 2ounce of duck leg confit, removed of visible fat and shredded; over lots of arugula and spinach. vinaigrette: 1 tbsp crushed pecans, 1 tbsp grapeseed oil, 1 tbsp champagne vinegar, pepper. ordered a side of green beans to go with it, as the work peeps got bar-b-que take out today.
9:30pm: 25 nuts (mix of almonds and cashews)

Fluid intake: 2 cups tea (1 green, 1 oolong), plus 100 ounces water with lemon

Exercise: GULP ... NONE. And I thought today would be good ....

.... but here i sit, feeling like my blood sugar just crashed thru the floor, and minus 12 on the energy scale. That's why I ate the nuts just now: I feel that nuts have always had a stabilizing effect on my...

YAY!

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:25:03 +0000

Weight loss this week 3 lbs. Finally down to where I was before Christmas.
8.6 lbs before I make my goal weight. I just want to get there, and I'm so much more desperate now to make it. I would like to get there before Valentine's Day, but who knows.
I don't know if I want to change my goal weight to something lower? Maybe 127? I'll wait until I'm going to get to my ULTIMATE goal weight, and see if I feel like I should.
I tried taking a full body picture yesterday, but my clothes are SO baggy on me, that it makes me look so much bigger. I need to go shopping in 8 pounds!
Alright, well... that's all for now.
Sam :)

Breakfast: 2 Clementines 50
Lunch: Salad with Vegan Chickenless strips 150
Dinner: Steamed Veggies with White Rice 600
Snack: Tofutti 130

270 Remaining.

I have laid it all on the line

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:18:11 +0000

This was extremely hard for me to do. I do not like looking at pictures of my self. That is why I chose a picture for my profile that was not up close and I think I was 20 pounds lighter! it's no olds barred now! I actually told my husband my starting weight today (I have never told him how much I weigh). I know that I am an emotional eater so I have decided to work on those as well. Part of my problem is obsessing with how I look...I was miserable, self conscious..you name it. I would typically start loosing weight and then mess up for a day and completely badger myself about it....which would lead to more emotional eating. I have really been thinking about this for a few months and have come to realize that most of my weight loss battle will be won internally.....but I guess thats why it is such an emotional subject!!

I cringe at this picture

Keeping the Rubies

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:45:45 +0000

I picked a tough task to keep my rubies. At least a tough one for me, keeping a food journal.

Through 3 days, my weaknesses are more obvious. Late night eating is what gets me down, or keeps the weight up. Could be the down time. Could be that I'm unknowingly starving myself during the day.

But, I'm keeping my rubies. I'm keeping my journal. Now I gotta make time for exercise and watching what I eat.

Jan. 7th

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:37:05 +0000

So I was home today with Myles being sick. That meant that I did not get a chance to exercise at all yesterday. Today i ran and walked on the tredmill. I ate ok, but had a bite of a rice krispie bar...why did I do that?

Hmmmm.....

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:30:14 +0000

It was the best of times it was the worst of times.... I actually think that today was a good day even though I struggled all the way through it. So I guess a positive plus a negative equals a neutral day. Once again hardly any sleep and just feeling overall stressed. Finally after just breaking down in tears spoke with Raimo and kinda figured out what's going on with me. It's all about finding out who I am now and loving it. It's a long story and a long struggle but at least although today felt like a struggle I feel good about 2 things. One is identifying my main body issue and two is that although I did eat kinda a lot today, I kept it all very healthy. No exercise today. Two trips to the hospital and this evening it was killer getting back with the snow. So instead I spent time with the boys and am going to do some boxing on the wii in a bit. Tomorrow will be a gym day for sure and although I have plans for Friday, Saturday morning will have to be a must. I guess I fe...