I really love magazines. It drives my husband crazy how many magazines I buy every month, but I think that after being married 12 years he is giving it up as a lost cause. He used to beg me to try to stick to two or three different titles a month, and I did give it a shot, I really did. But I just can’t resist their glossy pages and fit models.
My favorite fitness magazines are Oxygen, Shape, Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, Self and Health. They all have a different style and focus. I don’t take for gospel everything that I read in these magazines, as my husband seems to think. Rather, I use them as another tool to kick my motivation up a notch when needed. I just love seeing readers who have made over their bodies, or changed bad habits and got healthy. When I read a fitness magazine, it makes me want to jump off the couch and go do a workout!
Speaking of workouts, I missed mine because I had a “surprise” root canal today! I really wanted to do my workout today anyway, but I was in too much pain. Maybe I will get a chance to make up for it over the weekend.
Still don’t have a battery for my scale, so… I have no idea if I’ve lost any weight yet – I did go and buy a battery, but it was the wrong size *sigh*.
So, I can only report on my doings: Yesterday was pretty uneventful – I exercised on schedule and ate (pretty much) everything on schedule. I snuck a snack bag of Doritos at about 4, and I had a late night bowl of popcorn that was not on the approved menu.
This morning, I was HATING that stupid alarm clock!!! And I didn’t want to get on that stupid exercise bike!!! My butt muscles hurt and I was tired – not to mention seriously grumpy but I did it anyway, then felt great once the ride was over. For the rest of the day, I’ve had a lot more energy than usual – except for right at noon, I was really tired then for some reason. But then, I usually feel really tired at around 3 or 4 every afternoon, and I didn’t feel that at all today or yesterday!
Anyway – I’m starting to fear this weight loss journal will be terrifically unspectacular to anyone reading it. Maybe I should start posting some fun media to razzle dazzle and distract my readers…
It’s a new decade and time to work on me a little bit. As a mother of 4, I had my oldest child in May of 1990 and since then my life has been all about them. 20 years later, I have wonderful children moving into adulthood, but I have lost a bit of who I am. I am currently about 100 pounds overweight and incredibly uncomfortable about it. Decided to play on the 2010 year and set a goal of losing 10 pounds a month for the whole year, with the first 10 by January 10. Date wise, neat and easy to follow. Emotionally and motivationally, SCARED TO DEATH, but here we go.
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Gah it has happened. The evilness of the silly season took its toll on me.
I haven’t exercised in weeks, eaten pretty much what the hell I wanted and to top it off I came down with a cold on Christmas day and I am still coughing up gobs of phlegm. Charming I know…sorry.
The sciatic nerve pain in my leg has been pretty awful too and doesn’t encourage me to want to exercise at all…in fact just walking a little and standing is very painful right now. I can’t wait for my specialist to return from her holidays. Although last time she popped me back in I am guessing I popped out fairly much straight after leaving the doctor’s surgery.
Anyway….the inevitable has happened and I am really sad to say that my current weight is UP.
82.3kg or 181.44 lbs
This sucks big time but I guess that all things considered it could be a lot worse. I just need to let me motivate me into jumping back into the plan big time this week. I will try exercising despite the pain and illness I guess.
I am off to overseas mid March and really want my weight to be as low as possible before I go. Here’s to another week in the journey. The diet is not blown and I am sure there will be movement in the right direction during the week.
Charging extra for the Refillable cups is only fair if you actually agree to refill my cups. Waiting 6 minutes at the counter and then having a new line form right next to me as if I’m invisible = Sonya’s first customer complaint if the year. Bad, bad, bad AMC. Changing your CEO has killed off customer service. I may encourage people to stop respecting the “no outside food” rule, because then I won’t expect a free refill.
Well, I imagine that everyone’s awake now after all of the partying last night;). Our New Year’s Eve was really laid back…our friend Shannon came over and we ate pizza, played Yahtzee, and watched the ball drop and that was about it. I wasn’t sad about it; Joey and I aren’t big “party it up” people. We really would rather spend an evening with just a couple of good friends having a homemade meal and watching some tv or playing a game or something.
Although 2009 was not a bad year at all, the holiday season usually drives me bonkers enough that I’m praying for the end of the year even if it was a good one. I was pretty thrilled to wake up this morning and see a fresh start in front of me; we’ve got another year to strive to achieve what God wants us to achieve. Past failures can remain past and we can kind of compartmentalize them and put them behind us. And, where food/fitness is concerned, I definitely want to do that.
One of my goals for last year was to be at my goal weight by July/August. It should have been totally achievable, and I didn’t do it. And I promise myself that I will not type that sentence again next year. I don’t know if I’ll be at my goal by July/August, but I will get there this year. I can’t afford not to. Here are a few of the things that tripped me up and what I’m going to do to combat them this year:
1. Trying deprivation-style “cleanses”: There’s a reason I’m so vehemently against them; for the person battling a dysfunctional relationship with food, “cleanses” just fuel that dysfunction. They create the mentality that deprivation is success. And they lead to bingeing later. And I imagine that I’ll hear someone say that they can be done responsibly. I’m sure they can, but for people who already have an unhealthy relationship with food, severe restriction doesn’t do much to help that. This year, I’m not doing any “cleanses” or “detoxes.” No gimmicks; no “eating programs.”
2. Patterning my eating after other food bloggers: I’ve noticed over the past several months of reading food blogs that most of the very popular ones are written by people who are incredibly athletic and in shape and who burn an extremely high number of calories each day. Because of that, their meals are often more dense and higher in calories than the average person who needs to lose weight. They’re not to be used as an example for someone who’s just starting in the food/fitness journey.
3. Allowing other food bloggers to dictate what I think is “healthy”: Coconut water, chia seeds, goji berries, maca powder, raw caco nibs. It’s very easy to feel like a failure or feel like you won’t be that successful when you can’t afford the latest and greatest in “food fads.” This year, I’m getting over that feeling; I love reading food blogs, but I won’t allow myself to feel like I can’t be healthy without eating the “cool” foods that would keep me from being able to stay within the grocery budget. What you’ll find on the blog this year is my journey to lose weight in a cost-effective, prudent, frugal way. That doesn’t mean that I’m going to go for the cheapest stuff, but I’m also not going to spend twelve bucks for a jar of almond butter because it’s what everyone else is blogging about. Life’s not that way.
4. Feeling like one setback is a failure of the whole journey: I sprained my ankle this summer. Because of that, I took a six month break from the gym. Seriously? Oh yes. This is a mental hurdle that I’ve always struggled with and that many overweight people struggle with; this year, I want to recognize a setback for what it is: a blip on the radar screen, a bump in the road, but not the end of the mission.
5. Not cooking: Oh, what a handicap not cooking is to the person seeking to lose weight! Cooking allows us to control the levels of fat and sodium that go into what we eat…it allows us to flavor our meals with the spices of our choice. I was “too tired” to cook for much of last year, which led to our “takeout woes,” which derailed my weight loss efforts. This year, we’re limiting our take-out/eating-out budget and cooking will come back to the forefront. I’m looking forward to trying new things!
Well, this was kind of a backwards way to do resolutions…pointing out what didn’t work last year. I didn’t mean it to sound so negative, because I don’t really feel negatively about it. Am I disappointed about not losing weight last year? Yep, sure! But I really do feel like I’ve learned some invaluable lessons last year that will help me to tackle 2010 with vigor and determination. I realize now that I don’t really want to “be like” everyone else in the food blogosphere. I want to be me, and I want to find out what works for and helps me to be as successful as I know I can be! Here’s to 2010, folks! Let’s kick some ass!!
– I did go and buy a battery, but it was the wrong size *sigh*.
but I did it anyway, then felt great once the ride was over. For the rest of the day, I’ve had a lot more energy than usual – except for right at noon, I was really tired then for some reason. But then, I usually feel really tired at around 3 or 4 every afternoon, and I didn’t feel that at all today or yesterday!