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09 November 2011
Wahoo, feeling good! Down 3 pounds this morning, and packed up my lunch and snacks for the day. Breakfast was filling and satisfying, and I'm sipping my chai with stevia leaf now. MMMMmmmmm.
It's a beautiful, sunny fall day, so I'm really looking forward to my afternoon walk.
Today's lunch is tuna mixed with chopped olives, tomato, celery, and lowfat mayo (I like the mayo made with olive oil). This goes on 2 cups of romaine.
Tonight I'll have broiled tilapia, acorn squash, and am cooking quinoa for the first time.
My eating plan ends up around 50% carbs, 20% protein, and 30% fat. Hopefully that's the magical formula for my body type. Ediets does all the calculations for me, which makes it easy.
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08 November 2011
I signed up for ediets.com again today. I get a 25% discount through work, and had success with ediets in the past. Plus, they now offer a wheat-free plan. With that, I'm setting GOALS to help me focus on where I'm headed. CONSISTENCY: I am setting a mini-goal to check-in weekly and stick to my ediets nutrition and fitness plans through the end of 2011. I already have plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and will allow myself to enjoy holiday meals without guilt. I WILL keep up my exercising throughout the holidays, though. Continuing my workouts through days of gluttony and relaxation should help keep me focused. After New Year's, I plan to reassess how I've done and set a new goal after Jan 1. WEIGHT LOSS: I am setting a goal to lose 10 pounds by the end of 2011. That's 7 1/2 weeks out, which is a conservative but very attainable goal. EXERCISE: I am setting a goal to do a minimum of 3 days of cardio and 3 days of strength training each week per my ediets fitness plan. Cardio will be walking at work on my lunch hour Mon, Wed, Thur. In the case of bad weather, I will do my cardio on my exercise bike that evening or go to the neighborhood gym and use the elliptical or treadmill. Strength will be ediets exercises using the fitness band and resistance exercises (squats, pushups, crunches). Strength will be Tues evening, Friday on my lunch, and Sunday afternoons. ALCOHOL: I am setting a goal to avoid alcohol except for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve.
After January 1, I will evaluate how I did and set a new batch of goals. Feeling positive today, even though I'm only down 1 1/2 pounds!
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07 November 2011
So, so. I exercised 3 days last week, which isn't quite up to my goal, but I enjoyed the afternoon walks. My goal this week is to have a plan for exercise if I don't get the chance to walk at work. Today, for example, I have back-to-back meetings, so I can't leave long enough to go walk. I put on my calendar to exercise at home tonight, and I WILL do it.
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02 November 2011
Ok, so feeling a little more positive today. I had bad shin splints during my walk today, though. Hopefully that will work itself out the more I walk. I'm trying an experiment to not drink any alcohol until Thanksgiving holiday, just to see how I feel, if I sleep better, and frankly if I can do it! I know I can, I just need to plan for stress and redirect myself on the weekends. Walking, yoga, hot tea, whatever it takes to reduce my stress and habit of having some wine to unwind. I've eaten excellent the past 2 days - gluten free subway roll, light mayo and spicy mustard with baked lays for dinner last night. Came home late and only nibbled on a few pieces of candied ginger, a small handful of popped potato chips, and a hot herbal tea. I even resisted the giant bag of Halloween candy the kid left on the dining table.
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01 November 2011
Ugh. Physically, I'm feeling so much better than I have in the longest time. Mentally, I'm frustrated. I've been eating healthier than ever and getting more exercise than I have in years. The scale keeps creeping up, still. I know much has to do with my thyroid disease and metabolism that's completely out of whack. I know another big chunk has to do with alcohol (and thus evening snacking I wouldn't normally do). I know I have to completely quit drinking at least for quite sometime to get my body moving in the downward direction, weight-wise. Frustrating.
It did feel awesome to walk 35 minutes on my lunch break today. The weather is perfect today - 70 degrees, cloudless sky, nice breeze.
I've also done a much better job resisting Halloween candy than I used to. I have had a few small pieces, but normally I would have a couple handfuls easily. Yesterday was maybe 3 mini-size pieces. Today was 4 mini-size pieces.
Anyway, I'm so tired of making all these changes to my health, yet still watching the scale creep up a little more. And it's so frustrating - one expert says to eat lots of protein, another says to limit protein...rice and potatoes fine on one diet, bad on another. I don't want an easy fix, quick diet. I know it will take a long time to correct all the ill effects I created in myself - sure, some are genetic, but some are lifestyle choices. I made the choices for many years to smoke, drink, eat fast food, not exercise, etc. I can make the choice to change those thing. In fact, I have changed many things. Yet the number still moves up.
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