Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Weekly goals

This is just a quick update on my weekly goals this week; from now on, this will most likely happen on Mondays, but I hadn't chosen my weekly goals as of yesterday.

Whirlwind week, I tell ya....

Exercise goal:

-- Get to gym 1 time this week (2/18-2/25)

Nutrition goal:

-- Drink only 5 frozen mochas this week (3420 cals/wk of drink will go down to 2850 cals/wk of drink)

Other goal:

-- Get 7 hours of sleep...in my BED, not on the couch 2 times this week (2/18-2/25)

Monday, February 18, 2013

Dust Yourself Off and Try Again/Measuring Monday

This past week has been somewhat of a disaster...where do I start with how much I messed up? Yikes. Well...there were SOME good points, and I know I should recognize those too.


Negative:

-- I had Wendy’s
--I have not had the 3 fast-food kings (McD’s, BK, Wendy’s) in YEARS (months for Wendy’s). All 3 places make me sick and do nothing for my health, so I simply stopped eating them. On the way home from a music event in Clyde, however, Wendy’s suddenly sounded good. I got a medium Coke and a 6 piece chicken nugget (they didn’t have 5? weird). I immediately regretted it and will NOT be going there anytime soon.

-- 6 frozen mochas from Panera
-- These delicious bad boys just keep popping up in my life; and at 570 calories each, they are NOT good for me at all, save for the caffeine kick I can get. Let’s see...570 cals x 6/wk= 3,420 cals/wk on a drink! Holy cannoli.

-- NO GYM
--To top those 3420 cals, I didn’t get to the gym...not once. Lazy much, me? Ugh yes.

--LOTS of pop
--Pop. My worst enemy. My best friend. I had so much this week, I would lose count everyday; it was well over 2 cans, I know that. And it’s not diet. I’m talking regular Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc...

Positive:

-- Realizations of progress
-- I am finally realizing how far I’ve actually come. Processed and fast foods were my life. Now, I never eat McD’s, BK, or Wendy’s. I’ve stopped eating Spaghetti-Os. I’ve cut down to nearly no mac and cheese in a box. It’s moments like this that I say, thank goodness I have given up on those. I hated going to McD’s every few days like I used to, feeling dependent on a burger, fry, and drink to make my day better. Yuck. SO glad to be away from those foods.

-- Serious talk with my mom
-- The best part about my mom going to Clyde with me was that on the way home, I had a serious chat with her about my roller coaster of weight loss I’m going through. She and I set up a schedule of working out. She promised to help me this week with some of my nutrition problems.

My problem in this journey is that I can’t do two things at once. Give me one GREAT week at the gym, working out everyday hardcore. My eating that week will be disastrous. Give me one GREAT week of eating healthfully 24/7, never putting bad foods in my body, giving up much of my pops and mochas, and I will never see the gym. If I could combine both efforts, I would probably lose more faster. BUT, this is learning process. And I am definitely learning.

Weight

Starting weight: 412
Previous weight: 402.6
Current weight: 404.4
Total weight change: + 1.8
Goal: 125

We will see how this week goes. Wish me luck!

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Day 1: In Sickness and in Health

UGH. That emotion best describes how I have been feeling for the past 3 days. It all started with a slight stuffy nose, then turned to a sore throat, then turned to a severely congested nose, sore throat, and "bleck" being coughed up...I'm in the midst of day 3, taking DayQuil, and drinking lots of water. Some events I had planned had to be cancelled today because my voice is LITERALLY gone...like not there...like finito...gone...I CAN'T SPEAK! If you know me, you know that this is going to be impossible (I'm a chatter).

But that doesn't matter. Because it all starts today. Like my title says: "in sickness and in health", right? Let's do this.

I told all of you that today I would be treating this as a TRUE weight loss blog, logging in my weight, food, and exercise, along with life updates that will (usually) have something to do with my weight loss journey.

With that, let's begin...

I will first start with a weigh-in. Here goes.

Highest weight: 412 lbs (This will only be shown today--this was the highest weight I have ever recorded--3 months ago)
Starting weight: 402.6 lbs
Total weight lost: 9 lbs

There it is. In black and white. I don't like looking at it, but it is what it is.

So. *deep breath* I shall take the plunge.

My action plan: BABY STEPS. Small changes in my everyday lifestyle.

That's it for now. Keep watching for pictures, exercise logs, food logs, and thoughts on my weight loss and how it will affect my life. Thank you for following along on this long journey!



Saturday, February 9, 2013

Construction

I'm not really...good...at blogging, in case you couldn't tell. This blog was SUPPOSED to be about my weight loss journey...but I haven't really done much weight loss blogging...so please excuse me while I revamp my blog...mind the construction dust...and I'll be back soon with (hopefully) a new look.

Thanks!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

New Goal/Super Bowl 47 Sunday

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Annnnddd...the lights in the stadium just went off... say wha???

New goal time--my weekly goal:

Get 7 hours of sleep/day.

This is a minimum time; I would love to get more.

Along with weekly goals, I am beginning small daily goals. February is National Heart Month, so I have a calendar from my favorite Sparkpeople website. My daily goals this week include:

2/3/13-- Monitor my cholesterol intake (my iPhone food tracker keeps track of this)
2/4/13-- Get moving. Shoot for at least 30 min/day.
2/5/13-- Boost your HDL; eating foods like nuts, flaxseeds, olive oil, and fish...too bad I hate all but olive oil; in my last checkup, though, I was told all of my cholesterol was great
2/6/13-- Slow down (I'll do my best)
2/7/13-- Go nuts! I'll....not do as much of this one...
2/8/13-- Pump iron...ok...
2/9/13-- Avoid trans fats...time to read labels...


Ok, so these are some of the things I will be doing, and I will report on these later (tomorrow, Wednesday, and Friday).

Do something good for your heart this month--go for a walk, watch your intake of food, incorporate healthy eating into your lifestyle, and most importantly (in my opinion), SLOW DOWN. Enjoy life. Take time to stop and smell the roses. It's funny that this month's theme (heart health) comes when it does. Just recently, I was subbing at a middle school when (IT IS BELIEVED; HEARD THIS FROM A STUDENT WHOSE FRIEND WAS IN THE CLASSROOM) a teacher had a (possible????) heart attack. Take care of yourself. Your heart will thank you!

Stay healthy,
Morgan