Barrier Broken

I did it!  I broke the curse of 187.4.

I consistently weighed, 187.4 ALL WEEK LONG.  How is that even humanly possible? 

To weigh the exact amount every single morning.  To me it was some type of anomaly.  I thought maybe the scale had figured out what my feet felt like, and was just screwing with me.

However, today I stepped on the scale and was the proud owner of the new weight 186.0. 

So I rewarded myself...with a 30 minute trip to the gym.

Humor for the Day

Bland Diet Food
My sisters and I have weight problems and are always sharing diet tips. One day my oldest sister was showing us a low-fat cookbook and pointed out a chicken dish she had tried the night before. Reading the ingredients, I commented, "It looks like it would taste really bland."

"It did," she replied, "until I added cheese and sour cream."

Subtle Hint
Although I knew I had put on a few pounds, I didn't consider myself overweight until the day I decided to clean my refrigerator. I sat on a chair in front of the appliance and reached in to wipe the back wall.

While I was in this position, my teenage son came into the kitchen. "Hi, Mom," he said. "Whatcha doin', having lunch?"

I started my diet that day.

-- Betty Strohm

Hiding the Evidence
A member of a diet club bemoaned her lack of will-power. She'd made her family's favorite cake over the weekend, she explained, and they'd eaten half of it. The next day, however, the uneaten half beckoned. She cut herself a slice. Then another, and another. By the time she'd polished off the cake, she knew her husband would be disappointed.

"What did he say when he found out?" one club member asked.

"He never found out," she said. "I made another cake and ate half." 

The Fine Print
Needing to shed a few pounds, my husband and I went on a diet that had specific recipes for each meal of the day. I followed the instructions closely, dividing the finished recipe in half for our individual plates. We felt terrific and thought the diet was wonderful—we never felt hungry!

But when we realized we were gaining weight, not losing it, I checked the recipes again. There, in fine print, was "Serves 6."

and last but not least....
Food Group Colors Diet
Yesterday I went to the doctor for my yearly physical.
My blood pressure was high, my cholesterol was high, I'd gained some weight, and I didn't feel so hot.
My doctor said eating right doesn't have to be complicated and it would solve my physical problems.

He said just think in colors...Fill your plate with bright colors... greens, yellows, reds, etc.

So I went right home and ate an entire bowl of M&M's.  And sure enough, I felt better immediately.  I never knew eating right could be so easy.

I do not surrender

 regardless of the lack of working out and probably not the best choices at dinner time, I am staying strong at 187.4 pounds.
Is that a good thing?  ...maybe.
Is that a sign of a wall that will be difficult to break through?   ...maybe.

Will those extra pounds continue keeping me from fitting into my summer clothes?  ...absolutely.

I look in my closet.  I am hoarding clothes like a chipmunk hoards nuts.

I have piles and piles of clothes that once upon a summer time I used to wear.  And I'm not talking "back in the day" clothes from high school or even from early college.  These are clothes that should fit.

I will not simply throw these outfits away.  Purely on principle.  THEY SHOULD FIT.
I will not buy newer clothes that "fit".   The day I do that is the day I surrender to my fat.

I do not surrender.
I do not wave a flag of my giant white granny panties.

There is a war at hand, and I will not surrender.

Buckle Down

Ok.  I will admit.  I am still participating in my dieting habits, but I may or may not be buckling down as hard as I need to be.

Top 3 mistakes I made yesterday
I did in fact eat my entire sandwich from subway last night.

I did in fact have two fun size Baby Ruth's.

I did in fact not go to the gym nor engage in any physical exertion activities such as Wii Active or even walking.


Old habits are hard to break.  Especially when I allowed myself so much freedom last week.  I haven't even gained a whole pound back, but those few ounces already have me considering carefully how I should approach my day.

Instead of letting the stress of a few ounces hang with me (**causing me to perpetually eat something crunchy and/or sweet to smooth over those sad feelings)  I will do better.  I have to.

...it's not a choice.

Weekday blues

I find it difficult to muster up motivation to go to the gym through the week.  I am tired.  Slightly cranky.  I just want to go home and sit on the couch.

Going to the gym really doesn't sound appeasing at all when 3:30 arrives.  I also struggle when the weather is icky.  So it's a double whammy when it is a disgusting cloudy, rainy, cool week.

My eating habits will only get me so far.  Physical exertion is the other key factor in success. 


...alas, my gym membership will sit, un-used until the weekend.    Unless there is some miraculous act of heaven that allows me to save enough energy through my day for a workout.

weight: 187.7

A new beginning.

after a week of food sins and Easter Celebrations, it is a new week.

it is a new beginning.

I am continuing the same dieting approach, (*yogurt twice a day, etc), but instead of adding the pounds together, I am going to take my diet 5 pounds at a time.

When I successfully lose 5 pounds then I will add it to the other five I have already lost, but I feel if I keep my goals within reach it won't seem so hard to reach them.  5 pounds is way easier to obtain than reaching 10.

...or at least it sounds that way. 

It's all about the way we make ourselves feel more successful.  It's about "immediate results".    Especially when losing weight.  You desire immediate results to feel like your starvation is not in vein. 


**on a much more positive note, my fat pants are beginning to fit again.  I'm not saying I am "MUFFIN FREE!", but it is much more comfortable to button and breathe.

HAPPY MONDAY!

Pleasant Surprise

I think the weight loss fairy must have used some type of magic pixie dust on me or maybe the scale just felt bad for me, but today I was pleasantly surprised.

I have attempted to continue my "yogurt, cheese, vegetables, repeat" diet this week, but most days I was content consuming chips and chocolate.  I simply was not interested in weight loss, but what foods made me feel better.

with that in mind, I did not take much value in weighing myself, because I figured standing on the scale (only to remind myself of the hog fest I have been participating in) would be a fruitless exercise of my time.   I knew that with the foods I have been joyfully eating, that I most definitely packed back on the few pounds I had shed.

THEN I was pleasantly surprised. 
...more like shocked.  In fact, I stepped on the scale twice, just to make sure the first time wasn't a glitch.

I am proud to announce that the two week tune-up (*with dieting slips and all) I successfully lost 5 pounds.

Current Weight=187.4

Needless to say, I bought more yogurt, cheese, vegetables and fruit while at the store today. 
...because with results like this, how can I go back now?