So this weekend was so, so. I could have done much better but I didn't do horrible either. Saturday morning we got up and hit the gym. I did a great workout and burned a little over 700 calories according to my Polar HRM. We went back home and showered and went grocery shopping. I had some chobani yogurt for breakfast before the gym and the hubby wanted to stop at Dunkin Donuts for coffee and a little something afterwards so we split 1 order of hashbrowns and a sausage, egg and cheese wrap. That was pretty much all I had til early evening. I was hungry but didn't know what for and we were going out with friends later in the night. So my first downfall was not eating proper meals earlier in the day. I had some hummus and pita bread and I had a few chips. We went out to dinner and I only ate about 1/2 of my turkey wrap and 1/2 my fries. I also had 3 beers. So overall I would say Saturday sucked but could have been a lot worse.
Then there's Sunday....the hubby was heading down to visit friends overnight and see his mother. So when I got up, the first thing I did was start making chocolate chip cookies for him to bring to his friends and mother. I was not hungry and I think that's because I was because of the food/beer I had the night before. So I had some coffee and baked his cookies. I did have a cookie just to test, then I made him breakfast and he was on his way out. I decided to clean the house and by lunchtime I was starting to get hungry so I had some banana chips and the other 1/2 of my turkey wrap. I was going to my parents for dinner and it seems when I go there I end up in trouble. So they know I am working on loosing weight and I am watching what I am eating. So you would think they would be nice about it and not keep stocking all my biggest temptations. WRONG!!!
So for the past few months everytime I go to my parents they have a huge bowl of reeses peanutbutter cups sitting there in front of me. That bowl never seems to be empty and it just calls me. I tend to cave and I hate it. I am not a huge chocolate person but those things are just like crack! So anyways....I get there Sunday and there's the candy dish full and then my mother (who by the way is watching what she is eating) says oh I bought that lemon bundt cake on the table for you. I said for ME? She say yes....I am starting to think she is trying to sabatoge me and it's getting OLD! I absolutely LOVE LEMON STUFF! It's my all time favorite and mind you this cake is HUGE!!! So I tell her I will take some of it home for us b/c my hubby doesn't have a big sweet tooth. So I when I am getting ready to leave I take half of it and she tells me it's not enough. I said oh yes it is! My mother then proceeds to tell me how she isn't eating that stuff and doesn't want it in the house! At this point I am ready to scream!! I tell her oh well, either am I and 1/2 a cake is enough for 2 of us....knowing I will most likely eat it. Why does she do this? My father for the most part has learned to stop buying all my favorites but now my mother who is also overweight (blamed on my birth and my brothers) and has some bad eating issues is constantly buying food I don't eat anymore for me and she gets very mad/offended when I reject it. So half the time I end up taking it home with me just so I don't have to hear her complain b/c I don't want it. Sometimes I throw it out but other times I end up eating it. What can I do? I want to stop going there but I know that wouldn't go over well either. I go 2 times a week for dinner and those 2 days usually are high calorie days. I just don't know what to do.
Over the past few years I have cut out processed foods and junk food. I still eat it but not that often and when I purchase it, I try to do it in small quantities so once it's gone it's not sitting there tempting me to eat more of it. I don't buy cakes, cookies, chips etc....it's very rare. So if I don't buy it and my mother knows this then why does she turn around and buy it for me? I don't like it! I am rambling on but I guess I am trying to figure it out in my head.
So needless to say Sunday went downhill pretty fast. I need to count calories on the weekend but I find it to be hard. No more excuses. So far so good this week. It's Tuesday, tomorrow I go to my parents.
Anyways I did some yoga this morning and I am off to the gym tonight. I had a chobani for breakfast with a slice of toast and some fresh strawberries a little bit ago. I don't know what's on the menu for lunch today. Not sure what I am in the mood for.
I am curious to know if anyone has any similar issues with their parents? I would be interested in knowing how you resist or how you deal with the situation. I know I need to get stronger when I am there.
Anyways have a great day!!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Happy Friday!!!!
Well it's Friday, made it through another week. This week my weight has been going up and down. However I am still lower than I have been so I will take it. =) I know it's not all about weight and I know I feel good. I got in 2 yoga workouts this week and 2 weight workouts. I also did 3 hour long workouts at the gym on the elliptical or treadmill. So I feel accomplished and I hope I can finally shed some more inches and pounds.
I had a few days where the food wasn't terrific...meaning it was pretty high in sodium because it was processed. Plus a few days were fast food that I never have. I went out for a quick lunch with my father and we went to Burger King one day. I haven't been to one of those places in years. Let me just tell you I got a whopper jr. and fries and they didn't taste as good as I thought they would. That tells me I am growing and definitely changing. I use to go crazy for fries at fast food places but they were just ok. Nothing special about them and the whopper wasn't what I thought it would be. It definitely wasn't worth 780 calories but it didn't ruin my day. I worked out extra hard and I had a healthier dinner. I am just thinking the sodium is what is bringing my weight up a bit and the fact that it's that time of the month. I know TMI. But I am thinking those 2 things are factors with my weigh in this morning.
On a healthier note is anyone else in love with Chobani yogurt? That stuff is just so delish! I have been buying the plain for a long time and adding my own stuff for breakfast. Recently I have been exploring and trying their other flavors and let me tell you I am in LOVE! Chobani is awesome and really good for you. I really like the mango and strawberry banana. However I do think adding my own fruit is healthier and I will probably still do that most of the time but for a nice quick snack I think I will keep flavors on hand. Oh and I absolutely without a doubt love the Chobani Champions honey-nana flavor. Let me just say it's heaven. Add a little dab of peanut butter to that and it is just so delish yet pretty darn healthy. I am sure I am not the only one.
So the weekend is upon me and that's when I tend to undo all the hard work I did during the week. I do so much better with exercise and eating when I am on a schedule. I am going to try my hardest to stay really focused this weekend and eat healthy. That is my goal. To not come out of this weekend with a gain. Weekends are SOOO Hard!!! We don't have much planned so it should be interesting. My husband and I always get up Saturday morning and hit the gym first thing so that is a good start but I find Sundays are my hardest day. I am going to be strong. I can do it. I know I can. I have to do it. If I ever want to loose weight and feel more comfortable in my own skin I must do it. There's no choice. It's time to move. I have lost almost 45 lbs and I was happy with that but I need to loose a lot more...I am thinking about 100 more lbs I have to go. It's a lot but I feel if I can just get out of this decade of numbers that I have spent the past year in I will be that much closer. I have sat still long enough. I want to say bye bye to all this extra fat and hello to a happy, healthier me!
So here's to a great weekend filled with lots of focus and healthiness. I can do it and I will. I will report back early next week with how it went.
Anyone have any healthy food they can't live without? Having any struggles with your weight loss, I would love to hear.
I had a few days where the food wasn't terrific...meaning it was pretty high in sodium because it was processed. Plus a few days were fast food that I never have. I went out for a quick lunch with my father and we went to Burger King one day. I haven't been to one of those places in years. Let me just tell you I got a whopper jr. and fries and they didn't taste as good as I thought they would. That tells me I am growing and definitely changing. I use to go crazy for fries at fast food places but they were just ok. Nothing special about them and the whopper wasn't what I thought it would be. It definitely wasn't worth 780 calories but it didn't ruin my day. I worked out extra hard and I had a healthier dinner. I am just thinking the sodium is what is bringing my weight up a bit and the fact that it's that time of the month. I know TMI. But I am thinking those 2 things are factors with my weigh in this morning.
On a healthier note is anyone else in love with Chobani yogurt? That stuff is just so delish! I have been buying the plain for a long time and adding my own stuff for breakfast. Recently I have been exploring and trying their other flavors and let me tell you I am in LOVE! Chobani is awesome and really good for you. I really like the mango and strawberry banana. However I do think adding my own fruit is healthier and I will probably still do that most of the time but for a nice quick snack I think I will keep flavors on hand. Oh and I absolutely without a doubt love the Chobani Champions honey-nana flavor. Let me just say it's heaven. Add a little dab of peanut butter to that and it is just so delish yet pretty darn healthy. I am sure I am not the only one.
So the weekend is upon me and that's when I tend to undo all the hard work I did during the week. I do so much better with exercise and eating when I am on a schedule. I am going to try my hardest to stay really focused this weekend and eat healthy. That is my goal. To not come out of this weekend with a gain. Weekends are SOOO Hard!!! We don't have much planned so it should be interesting. My husband and I always get up Saturday morning and hit the gym first thing so that is a good start but I find Sundays are my hardest day. I am going to be strong. I can do it. I know I can. I have to do it. If I ever want to loose weight and feel more comfortable in my own skin I must do it. There's no choice. It's time to move. I have lost almost 45 lbs and I was happy with that but I need to loose a lot more...I am thinking about 100 more lbs I have to go. It's a lot but I feel if I can just get out of this decade of numbers that I have spent the past year in I will be that much closer. I have sat still long enough. I want to say bye bye to all this extra fat and hello to a happy, healthier me!
So here's to a great weekend filled with lots of focus and healthiness. I can do it and I will. I will report back early next week with how it went.
Anyone have any healthy food they can't live without? Having any struggles with your weight loss, I would love to hear.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I think I found the light....
Happy March Everyone!!! We are that much closer to Spring and I can feel it in the air. I am so done with this fierce winter. It has been rough and the storm that pounded us this past Friday left me feeling helpless but thankful for such great neighbors who helped me out and towed me out of the snowbank I was stuck in.
So I bought a weight loss dvd for yoga and I have been giving this a shot since early February. I decided to do this for my morning workout instead of my usual use of the elliptical/weights. At night I still go to the gym 4 times a week and use an elliptical or the treadmill for about an hour and do some weights. So in these past few weeks my weight has shifted. I had gone back up to 278lbs while I was sick. Now I am down to 273lbs. The only thing I have really changed was my morning workout. Is is possible I have been doing too much? Is it possible I was just overworking my body and it wouldn't let me loose weight? I mean yeah I don't always eat perfectly but I do eat 99% better than I did 2 years ago, heck even a year ago so am I on to something? Could it possibly be that I am better off doing a little less? So these are all the questions I have creeping around in my head. I am going to give it a shot and see what happens.
I wear a Polar HRM when I workout. My morning workout usually is around 300 calories burned and now when I do yoga I am only burning around 175 calories. When I am at the gym I burn usually between 550-650 calories. So when I was doing both I would be burning as much as 950 calories a day and I am thinking it was too much? I wasn't starving myself either. I would eat when I was hungry and I would have snacks.
So this month I feel like it is going to be the month. I have been stuck in this decade of numbers for around a year now and it's time to get out. I am 3lbs to the next decade and I can just feel it. I am feeling inspired and I feel like if I can just see the 60's it will give me a whole other wave of motivation and determination.
I have also stopped tracking my food and fitness online. I am not doing it in a journal and I think it keeps me more accountable because it is there in front of me. If I need to see where I am or what I have eaten I just grab it and look. If I need to look at previous weeks/days to see what's going right or wrong I just flip a page. I don't have to turn the computer on and search for previous days....it's all right there. I think it registers with me better when I write it down vs. typing it in. So I am going to continue writing in my journal and see where that gets me.
This month I want to get into the 60's and I want to soar through them. I am going to stay positive and keep track of my food and fitness. I am going to continue to find healthier foods and options and keep at it. I think the more sunshine and warmth I get the more motivated I will be. The happier I will get. I think this winter has brought on the blues and I am ready to get out of them and move on.
Here's to a great March! I hope everyone is doing well on their journey and if you have any thoughts please share. Thanks.
So I bought a weight loss dvd for yoga and I have been giving this a shot since early February. I decided to do this for my morning workout instead of my usual use of the elliptical/weights. At night I still go to the gym 4 times a week and use an elliptical or the treadmill for about an hour and do some weights. So in these past few weeks my weight has shifted. I had gone back up to 278lbs while I was sick. Now I am down to 273lbs. The only thing I have really changed was my morning workout. Is is possible I have been doing too much? Is it possible I was just overworking my body and it wouldn't let me loose weight? I mean yeah I don't always eat perfectly but I do eat 99% better than I did 2 years ago, heck even a year ago so am I on to something? Could it possibly be that I am better off doing a little less? So these are all the questions I have creeping around in my head. I am going to give it a shot and see what happens.
I wear a Polar HRM when I workout. My morning workout usually is around 300 calories burned and now when I do yoga I am only burning around 175 calories. When I am at the gym I burn usually between 550-650 calories. So when I was doing both I would be burning as much as 950 calories a day and I am thinking it was too much? I wasn't starving myself either. I would eat when I was hungry and I would have snacks.
So this month I feel like it is going to be the month. I have been stuck in this decade of numbers for around a year now and it's time to get out. I am 3lbs to the next decade and I can just feel it. I am feeling inspired and I feel like if I can just see the 60's it will give me a whole other wave of motivation and determination.
I have also stopped tracking my food and fitness online. I am not doing it in a journal and I think it keeps me more accountable because it is there in front of me. If I need to see where I am or what I have eaten I just grab it and look. If I need to look at previous weeks/days to see what's going right or wrong I just flip a page. I don't have to turn the computer on and search for previous days....it's all right there. I think it registers with me better when I write it down vs. typing it in. So I am going to continue writing in my journal and see where that gets me.
This month I want to get into the 60's and I want to soar through them. I am going to stay positive and keep track of my food and fitness. I am going to continue to find healthier foods and options and keep at it. I think the more sunshine and warmth I get the more motivated I will be. The happier I will get. I think this winter has brought on the blues and I am ready to get out of them and move on.
Here's to a great March! I hope everyone is doing well on their journey and if you have any thoughts please share. Thanks.
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