What a great day! Aaron has a job so we are going to dinner to celebrate. Trying to decide between applebbes, Outback or Hops. Regardless, we are going to eat light since we both have seen progress in the weight department. What's frustrating is I'm struggling for every little bit of a pound lost and he is just melting it away like butter. Dammit..guys suck sometimes.
If I can manage to not gorge myself like the fat girl I am, I should be on track to see some actual results Monday! Finally. I was about to give up!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Victory is mine!!!
Did Wii for 45 minutes today. Did a body test an1d I am out of the obese spot and am now overweight!!!! I've lost 2 pounds since yesterday
Too bad tomorrow is fuddrucker friday and I'm gonna erase it! haha
Too bad tomorrow is fuddrucker friday and I'm gonna erase it! haha
Too far???
Ok, I hate Jessica Simpson..but she's normally a size 2 and apparently there are pics where she looks fatter....now yesterday found this cartoon...think it goes to far???
I mean as nice as it would be....would you guys really want to be a stick with your ribs showing?I hate Mornings
Well, i survived Hump day yesterday. Pretty much can't find a day of the week I enjoy except maybe saturday and sunday.
I decided to check the scale and see if I had made any progress this morning and I'm down 2 pounds from yesterday!! So excited. the 45 minutes I made myself do on the wii was worth it.
It's shaping up to be a fantastic day. Got up, after hardly any sleep, feel absolutely sick, got dressed, weighed myself (a small glimmer of happiness.) Then Aaron was nice enough to drive me to metro since the thought of walking made me want to throw up more. And we got into the car, and what do you know...the door is broke and now will not shut. Lovely. My rosacea is acting up something fierce. the cream from the dermotologist really flared it up....so back to loads of make-up muting down the redness..lol..
I do swear if the tile guy does not show up today, you might see me on the news for murder. It will piss me off to no end if he does not come through. Him coming out is the only reason I didn't use a sick day today. I'm seriously starting to think that I'm cursed on any locker room renovation. This is the third.....not the charm!
Work is affecting my mood and making me insane quickly. I can't wait for my vacation in a week and four days. It will be much needed. When I go home and all I think about is work, and I can't sleep cuz all im thinking about is work. Yeah....that shit needs to stop now cuz this job is not worth it.
BUT I can't end a post on a downer so, I am going to say, with all the crap, I will be victorious on Monday, and ladies...so will you!!! We can melt this fat! Yes we can!!
I decided to check the scale and see if I had made any progress this morning and I'm down 2 pounds from yesterday!! So excited. the 45 minutes I made myself do on the wii was worth it.
It's shaping up to be a fantastic day. Got up, after hardly any sleep, feel absolutely sick, got dressed, weighed myself (a small glimmer of happiness.) Then Aaron was nice enough to drive me to metro since the thought of walking made me want to throw up more. And we got into the car, and what do you know...the door is broke and now will not shut. Lovely. My rosacea is acting up something fierce. the cream from the dermotologist really flared it up....so back to loads of make-up muting down the redness..lol..
I do swear if the tile guy does not show up today, you might see me on the news for murder. It will piss me off to no end if he does not come through. Him coming out is the only reason I didn't use a sick day today. I'm seriously starting to think that I'm cursed on any locker room renovation. This is the third.....not the charm!
Work is affecting my mood and making me insane quickly. I can't wait for my vacation in a week and four days. It will be much needed. When I go home and all I think about is work, and I can't sleep cuz all im thinking about is work. Yeah....that shit needs to stop now cuz this job is not worth it.
BUT I can't end a post on a downer so, I am going to say, with all the crap, I will be victorious on Monday, and ladies...so will you!!! We can melt this fat! Yes we can!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Hmmm...interesting
Prior recipe in prior post was delicious!
Since my neighbor was gone walking her dogs, I decided to finally try the basic run on wii fit. Made it twice before she came home. I gotta say, that definitely got the heart rate up...so I'm just gonna have to start doing the running with the hula hooping.
Other than that, not much else, justa quick little post cuz I'm obsessed.
Since my neighbor was gone walking her dogs, I decided to finally try the basic run on wii fit. Made it twice before she came home. I gotta say, that definitely got the heart rate up...so I'm just gonna have to start doing the running with the hula hooping.
Other than that, not much else, justa quick little post cuz I'm obsessed.
Trying this tonight
Wrapper's Delight
Who needs a late-night drive-thru run when you can make this low-cal version of a Taco Bell favorite at home? Roll up your sleeves, chica, and get busy!
Ingredients:
1 large La Tortilla Factory Smart & Delicious Low Carb/High Fiber tortilla
3 baked corn tortilla chips (like Guiltless Gourmet's Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips)
1/4 cup drained 98% fat-free chunk white chicken breast (previously packed in water)
1/4 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
1/4 cup shredded lettuce
One-third plum tomato, diced1 tbsp.
fat-free sour cream1/2 tsp.
dry taco seasoning
mix2 dashes cayenne pepper, or more to taste
Directions:
Using a fork or knife, break up the chicken so there are no large chunks. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine chicken, cheese, taco seasoning mix, and cayenne pepper, and mix well. If you like, season to taste with extra cayenne pepper. Microwave for 30 seconds, or until cheese begins to melt. Set aside.Warm the tortilla in the microwave for 10 seconds (making it easier to fold without ripping), and then lay it out on a flat surface. Place the chicken mixture in the center of the tortilla. Flatten the mixture into a circle, keeping it about 2 inches from the outer edge of the tortilla. Next, layer the tortilla chips on top of the chicken mixture. Evenly top with sour cream, lettuce, and tomato.FOLDING INSTRUCTIONS: Starting at the bottom of the tortilla, fold edge up a few inches to the tortilla's center. Then, going around the edge of the tortilla, repeatedly fold, overlapping sections to meet in the center for a total of about six folds, until filling is completely enclosed. (Trust us, it's easy!)Bring a pan sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat, and carefully place the folded tortilla in the center of the pan with the folded side down. Heat for 4 - 5 minutes, until the tortilla is browned. Carefully flip it with a spatula, and heat for another 30 - 60 seconds. Now chew it up!MAKES 1 SERVING
Serving Size: 1 Crunchtastic Supreme (entire recipe)Calories: 210Fat: 4.5gSodium: 882mgCarbs: 27.5gFiber: 13gSugars: 2.5gProtein: 26gPOINTS® value 4*
And in comparison:
Taco Bell's Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme
Run from the Border
Taco Bell's Crunchwraps are oddly intriguing. Who among us hasn't fantasized about biting into one of those hefty Mexican-goodie-packed hexagons? WHO!? So way back in '07, we took it upon ourselves to create a swap for TB's regular Crunchwrap Supreme (which does, in fact, ROCK). And after numerous requests for MORE Taco Bell makeovers, we decided to kick it up a notch with our very own no-guilt version of The Bell's Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme.
Cheese? CHECK! Spicy chicken? PRESENT! Sour cream? YUP! A tortilla that's soft AND crispy? SI! It's all here, baby. The fast-food version has 530 calories and 21g fat (and that's with TB's reduced-fat sour cream!). Ours has a mere 210 calories and less than 5g fat -- AND it tastes almost exactly the same. Time to brush up on your folding skills and run for your kitchen (not "the border").
Serving Size: 1 Crunchwrap Supreme Calories: 530Fat: 21gSodium: 1,370mgCarbs: 67gFiber: 4gSugars: 7gProtein: 19gPOINTS® value 12*
Who needs a late-night drive-thru run when you can make this low-cal version of a Taco Bell favorite at home? Roll up your sleeves, chica, and get busy!
Ingredients:
1 large La Tortilla Factory Smart & Delicious Low Carb/High Fiber tortilla
3 baked corn tortilla chips (like Guiltless Gourmet's Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips)
1/4 cup drained 98% fat-free chunk white chicken breast (previously packed in water)
1/4 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
1/4 cup shredded lettuce
One-third plum tomato, diced1 tbsp.
fat-free sour cream1/2 tsp.
dry taco seasoning
mix2 dashes cayenne pepper, or more to taste
Directions:
Using a fork or knife, break up the chicken so there are no large chunks. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine chicken, cheese, taco seasoning mix, and cayenne pepper, and mix well. If you like, season to taste with extra cayenne pepper. Microwave for 30 seconds, or until cheese begins to melt. Set aside.Warm the tortilla in the microwave for 10 seconds (making it easier to fold without ripping), and then lay it out on a flat surface. Place the chicken mixture in the center of the tortilla. Flatten the mixture into a circle, keeping it about 2 inches from the outer edge of the tortilla. Next, layer the tortilla chips on top of the chicken mixture. Evenly top with sour cream, lettuce, and tomato.FOLDING INSTRUCTIONS: Starting at the bottom of the tortilla, fold edge up a few inches to the tortilla's center. Then, going around the edge of the tortilla, repeatedly fold, overlapping sections to meet in the center for a total of about six folds, until filling is completely enclosed. (Trust us, it's easy!)Bring a pan sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat, and carefully place the folded tortilla in the center of the pan with the folded side down. Heat for 4 - 5 minutes, until the tortilla is browned. Carefully flip it with a spatula, and heat for another 30 - 60 seconds. Now chew it up!MAKES 1 SERVING
Serving Size: 1 Crunchtastic Supreme (entire recipe)Calories: 210Fat: 4.5gSodium: 882mgCarbs: 27.5gFiber: 13gSugars: 2.5gProtein: 26gPOINTS® value 4*
And in comparison:
Taco Bell's Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme
Run from the Border
Taco Bell's Crunchwraps are oddly intriguing. Who among us hasn't fantasized about biting into one of those hefty Mexican-goodie-packed hexagons? WHO!? So way back in '07, we took it upon ourselves to create a swap for TB's regular Crunchwrap Supreme (which does, in fact, ROCK). And after numerous requests for MORE Taco Bell makeovers, we decided to kick it up a notch with our very own no-guilt version of The Bell's Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme.
Cheese? CHECK! Spicy chicken? PRESENT! Sour cream? YUP! A tortilla that's soft AND crispy? SI! It's all here, baby. The fast-food version has 530 calories and 21g fat (and that's with TB's reduced-fat sour cream!). Ours has a mere 210 calories and less than 5g fat -- AND it tastes almost exactly the same. Time to brush up on your folding skills and run for your kitchen (not "the border").
Serving Size: 1 Crunchwrap Supreme Calories: 530Fat: 21gSodium: 1,370mgCarbs: 67gFiber: 4gSugars: 7gProtein: 19gPOINTS® value 12*
Good substitutions from HG
TOP ATE Calorie-Saving Cooking Swaps!
1.
Nonstick cooking spray instead of oil (for stovetop cooking)
2.
Canned pumpkin instead of eggs & oil (for baking)
3.
Light vanilla soymilk instead of milk or cream
4.
Fat-free liquid egg substitute instead of eggs
5.
No-sugar-added applesauce instead of butter
6.
Ground-beef-style soy crumbles instead of ground beef
7.
Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granular) instead of sugar
8.
Butternut squash instead of potatoes
Numbers 2, 4 7, 8 are how I lost a lot of the weight so far. The canned pumpkin was weird at first but it is delicious.
1.
Nonstick cooking spray instead of oil (for stovetop cooking)
2.
Canned pumpkin instead of eggs & oil (for baking)
3.
Light vanilla soymilk instead of milk or cream
4.
Fat-free liquid egg substitute instead of eggs
5.
No-sugar-added applesauce instead of butter
6.
Ground-beef-style soy crumbles instead of ground beef
7.
Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granular) instead of sugar
8.
Butternut squash instead of potatoes
Numbers 2, 4 7, 8 are how I lost a lot of the weight so far. The canned pumpkin was weird at first but it is delicious.
Wii
As everyone else seems to, I have pretty much sat on the sofa and looked at the wii laying on the floor in front of the tv. I just have no motivation to do it. I seem to be losing more weight not doing it than I was when i was doing it everyday..weird.
I gotta say watching my show last night was inspiring. I was sad orange got voted off, but Imaybe they will keep the motivation for the second prize. We shall see! What's funny is I want them all to win, just cuz I know how hard this weight loss business is. It's not easy. Granted I am much less fat than I was a few years ago, but I'm still more plump than i would prefer.
The World Bank closed today, and has the "liberal leave" policy. Screw that. I'm not wasting a day off. I'm tired of this half assed closed crap. Just lock the doors and say we can't come in, like a bomb threat..that was a great morning! If i drove to work, maybe, but since I walk, I really have no good excuse, short of metro breaking down...which only happens when i want to go home.
I definitely got the exercise walking today. Or should I say ice skating since apparently Virginia doesn't believe in salting the sidewalks. I've been good on the doet so far this week. Today is hump day...hope I can keep it up.
I gotta say watching my show last night was inspiring. I was sad orange got voted off, but Imaybe they will keep the motivation for the second prize. We shall see! What's funny is I want them all to win, just cuz I know how hard this weight loss business is. It's not easy. Granted I am much less fat than I was a few years ago, but I'm still more plump than i would prefer.
The World Bank closed today, and has the "liberal leave" policy. Screw that. I'm not wasting a day off. I'm tired of this half assed closed crap. Just lock the doors and say we can't come in, like a bomb threat..that was a great morning! If i drove to work, maybe, but since I walk, I really have no good excuse, short of metro breaking down...which only happens when i want to go home.
I definitely got the exercise walking today. Or should I say ice skating since apparently Virginia doesn't believe in salting the sidewalks. I've been good on the doet so far this week. Today is hump day...hope I can keep it up.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
So not Michigan
Just thought it might crack you guys up that they cancelled school for ONE INCH of snow. Just one..and there has been 300 accidents so far today. So sad and funny.
Not diet related, but just a fun fact.
Not diet related, but just a fun fact.
Snow
Well, I decided to quit being lazy and dragging my sleep deprived fiancee out of bed and I walked to work again. It was extremely cold, but I need to maintain the weight loss and it has worked so great so far.
While the rest of me was nice and toasty (yeah columbia coat!) my freakin legs were frozen. And I had a thought...why not buy thermal underwear to wear under my pants. That thought led to the next thought....those would fit under work out pants and I could actually go walking. Usually the cold legs are what keeps me from walking....hmmmmmmmmm....
Regardless, I think cold isnt very good for a diet anyways. I'm still stuck on the damn flat plateau. Not seeing the edge yet. It's making me angry. How do all these women manage to stay thin?? I see so many of them eating crap and nothing...I have one night of freakin pizza and I balloon. Life is not fair.
I gained .25 of a pound. i think that's why I'm so pissy this morning...
While the rest of me was nice and toasty (yeah columbia coat!) my freakin legs were frozen. And I had a thought...why not buy thermal underwear to wear under my pants. That thought led to the next thought....those would fit under work out pants and I could actually go walking. Usually the cold legs are what keeps me from walking....hmmmmmmmmm....
Regardless, I think cold isnt very good for a diet anyways. I'm still stuck on the damn flat plateau. Not seeing the edge yet. It's making me angry. How do all these women manage to stay thin?? I see so many of them eating crap and nothing...I have one night of freakin pizza and I balloon. Life is not fair.
I gained .25 of a pound. i think that's why I'm so pissy this morning...
Monday, January 26, 2009
You might already know this site....
I use it religiously when dining out.
http://www.dwlz.com/
If you click on one of the links, it brings up pretty much any restaurant you can think of with points values.
Also, Hungry girl, http://www.hungry-girl.com/ ,is fantastic and the wesite is good too. Lots of good low fat recipes. Also there will be a new book coming out in April from them as well..I freakin LOVE my Hungry girl book! The strawberry shake is delicious and I love me some Butternut Fries and Fiber One Onion Rings..so good!
http://www.dwlz.com/
If you click on one of the links, it brings up pretty much any restaurant you can think of with points values.
Also, Hungry girl, http://www.hungry-girl.com/ ,is fantastic and the wesite is good too. Lots of good low fat recipes. Also there will be a new book coming out in April from them as well..I freakin LOVE my Hungry girl book! The strawberry shake is delicious and I love me some Butternut Fries and Fiber One Onion Rings..so good!
Pizza plus Beer plus 30 Rock marathons equals:
1 pound of weight loss. So the four pounds I was on track to have lost were killed. But I guess on the bright side I lost at least one pound :) It really needs to get warmer tho. I see all these joggers running in teh cold and I think, hmm..maybe I should suck it up and walk...but spring is only a month or two away.....so maybe I can hold out.
I love wii fit, but with the exception of hula hoop, ( I made it through the 10 min duration!) i really don't feel like it is giving me the exercise I need. I have no patience for the Yoga, even tho I'm yoga trainer for all poses. I just don't likr doing it. Too slow. I guess maybe if I do the strength exercises....but those again...no patience...grrr.
So good luck everyone this week. I have faith we can be successful at this. Just can't give up and take it a week at a time!
Peace
I love wii fit, but with the exception of hula hoop, ( I made it through the 10 min duration!) i really don't feel like it is giving me the exercise I need. I have no patience for the Yoga, even tho I'm yoga trainer for all poses. I just don't likr doing it. Too slow. I guess maybe if I do the strength exercises....but those again...no patience...grrr.
So good luck everyone this week. I have faith we can be successful at this. Just can't give up and take it a week at a time!
Peace
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Just a quickie
30 Rock has seriously interferred with my wii fit playing. But I've been good all week and am on track so I'm expecting results monday. We are going to China Town today for some food and shopping so hopefully all the walking will cancel out the food. Hopefully. Cuz that Fiddruckers is freakin delicious!
Friday, January 23, 2009
I feel so much better than before
Well,
I have been able to not eat as much as I have been at work. Usually sitting at the desk, I get the munchies and go across the street to CVS and keep stuff in the drawer. I have not done that this week. And I have found I'm no longer starvingbefore lunch. I have my coffee in the morning and I have been going and walking job sites and keeping myself busy so I don't think about food.
I sat with my boss today (I pissed him royally this morning) and I expressed my frustration and the fact that I'm seriously not trying to piss him off every day and I don't like him having to bitch at me every day and I turned into a good talk. He is very observant and able to tell me where I am going wrong and stuff keeps getting screwed. And he fired the tile contractor that has been my nemesis for the last 2 months. That was special. Made me SO happy! It was like pullign teeth with that guy.
But that last paragraph wasnt really diet related but the issues it mentioned have affected my appetite but hopefully I can come to work monday, refreshed and really committed to the diet. I gotta wear a dress in 2 weeks!! Holy Shit!! Already?!?!?!?!
I have been able to not eat as much as I have been at work. Usually sitting at the desk, I get the munchies and go across the street to CVS and keep stuff in the drawer. I have not done that this week. And I have found I'm no longer starvingbefore lunch. I have my coffee in the morning and I have been going and walking job sites and keeping myself busy so I don't think about food.
I sat with my boss today (I pissed him royally this morning) and I expressed my frustration and the fact that I'm seriously not trying to piss him off every day and I don't like him having to bitch at me every day and I turned into a good talk. He is very observant and able to tell me where I am going wrong and stuff keeps getting screwed. And he fired the tile contractor that has been my nemesis for the last 2 months. That was special. Made me SO happy! It was like pullign teeth with that guy.
But that last paragraph wasnt really diet related but the issues it mentioned have affected my appetite but hopefully I can come to work monday, refreshed and really committed to the diet. I gotta wear a dress in 2 weeks!! Holy Shit!! Already?!?!?!?!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Seriously.....
I am frustrated. My job is stressing me out. The only good thing, or maybe bad, is that it has killed my appetite and I am down 3 pounds..with minimal wii fit over the last few days..I'm sure that stupid ass board will be happy to inform of that when I turn on the fit tonight.
I am lucky that I am at least able to maintain the weight that I have lost since I moved to my apartment in May. It has been too cold tho to walk that 1.1 miles each way tho, so there has been a couple days that I've cheated and had Aaron drive me to or from metro, or hopped on the happy little bus that usually drives past me as i'm walking to metro or home.
I guess the good thing that helps is I have you guys motivated with me and trying with me and also Aaron and me have taken to fighting over who gets on the scale first..since we are both obsessing and yelling at each other if we see the other one eating crap. I have faith that while we are all stuck on this damn plateau, we will eventually start down the weight loss hill...but damn WHY is it taking so long!?!?!
I am lucky that I am at least able to maintain the weight that I have lost since I moved to my apartment in May. It has been too cold tho to walk that 1.1 miles each way tho, so there has been a couple days that I've cheated and had Aaron drive me to or from metro, or hopped on the happy little bus that usually drives past me as i'm walking to metro or home.
I guess the good thing that helps is I have you guys motivated with me and trying with me and also Aaron and me have taken to fighting over who gets on the scale first..since we are both obsessing and yelling at each other if we see the other one eating crap. I have faith that while we are all stuck on this damn plateau, we will eventually start down the weight loss hill...but damn WHY is it taking so long!?!?!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Here is my Head, slam it with a rock
Well, the good thing about your job being miserable...really kills your appetite..
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Why do I suck so much ass at Bowling?
Well, I could have walked the 8 miles to DC to freze my ass, but I decided to enjoy it from home and play some wii. That little board on the game angers me. He just mocks me.
Anyways, my goal is to get into the overweight column and out of the obese area.lol.
I broke out and decided to try some wii sports for a change of pace. The boxing had me sweating pretty good. I played bowling and no surprise, as in bowling for real life, I suck. lol. oh well.
It's frustrating living somewhere walking areas are numerous, but who the hell wants to walk in this cold as weather. I should do it, but as much as i Just LOVE being sick and drinking the nyquil, I would much prefer to breathe again and not have a screeching headache.
I'm going to stick with wii, but my goal this week is to really try to eat a lot of veggies and good food and try to cut back hard core on the dt soda. (I HAVE to say soda...everyone looks at me like a retard if i say pop....sigh its sadness)
Anyways, my goal is to get into the overweight column and out of the obese area.lol.
I broke out and decided to try some wii sports for a change of pace. The boxing had me sweating pretty good. I played bowling and no surprise, as in bowling for real life, I suck. lol. oh well.
It's frustrating living somewhere walking areas are numerous, but who the hell wants to walk in this cold as weather. I should do it, but as much as i Just LOVE being sick and drinking the nyquil, I would much prefer to breathe again and not have a screeching headache.
I'm going to stick with wii, but my goal this week is to really try to eat a lot of veggies and good food and try to cut back hard core on the dt soda. (I HAVE to say soda...everyone looks at me like a retard if i say pop....sigh its sadness)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Amazed
Current weight: 174
Starting weight: 178
Goal by 2/11/09: 168
That I actually posted a 1.5 weight loss. Considering I have been sick and this is will be a fun week and I have been stressing out slightly so I'll take it. That brings me up to 4 pounds in 2 weeks. I'm excited but at the same time kinda dissappointed that it's not coming off faster. But oh well..i'll just keep chugging along. It's a life change committment.
Starting weight: 178
Goal by 2/11/09: 168
That I actually posted a 1.5 weight loss. Considering I have been sick and this is will be a fun week and I have been stressing out slightly so I'll take it. That brings me up to 4 pounds in 2 weeks. I'm excited but at the same time kinda dissappointed that it's not coming off faster. But oh well..i'll just keep chugging along. It's a life change committment.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
What a fantastic week
No. Not really, but it's going. I think the combination of stress, sick and just frustration is wrecking havoc on my diet. I've been pretty good....there are just places I could do better. I'm trying not to beat myself up, but I should try wii, I managed to get off teh sofa to go to the bathroom and to go to the kitchen to get a drink of water, I could spend that time up playing wii fit..lol
Food does not taste good at all. Everything tastes like cardboard.
I hate winter. I hate my nose running at all hours of the day, being unable to breathe and feeling queasy. The only consulation prize is that I now have nyquil in my possession so Im just drink the bottle. lol...what a wonderful sleep that will be even tho the dreams are like being on an acid trip (I'm guessing :))
Food does not taste good at all. Everything tastes like cardboard.
I hate winter. I hate my nose running at all hours of the day, being unable to breathe and feeling queasy. The only consulation prize is that I now have nyquil in my possession so Im just drink the bottle. lol...what a wonderful sleep that will be even tho the dreams are like being on an acid trip (I'm guessing :))
UUgggghhhhh
I feel so sick today. Yesterday I was sick, but today it's culminated to full blown suckiness. I can't breathe and when i do manage to breathe, my nose runs uncontrollably and my eyes will also not stop watering.
I'm excited to weigh in tomorrow but I'm pretty sure it won't be real weight loss as food tastes like cardboard so I havent ate a whole lot. I hate this weather. The only silver lining is I dont work tomorrow or Tuesday. God bless the inaguration.
I'm excited to weigh in tomorrow but I'm pretty sure it won't be real weight loss as food tastes like cardboard so I havent ate a whole lot. I hate this weather. The only silver lining is I dont work tomorrow or Tuesday. God bless the inaguration.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Why Bananas are a Parable For Our Times
Below the headlines about rocketing food prices and rocking governments, there lays a largely unnoticed fact: bananas are dying. The foodstuff, more heavily consumed even than rice or potatoes, has its own form of cancer. It is a fungus called Panama Disease, and it turns bananas brick-red and inedible.
There is no cure. They all die as it spreads, and it spreads quickly. Soon - in five, 10 or 30 years - the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist. The story of how the banana rose and fell can be seen a strange parable about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world - and where they are leading us.
Bananas seem at first like a lush product of nature, but this is a sweet illusion. In their current form, bananas were quite consciously created. Until 150 ago, a vast array of bananas grew in the world's jungles and they were invariably consumed nearby. Some were sweet; some were sour. They were green or purple or yellow.
A corporation called United Fruit took one particular type - the Gros Michael - out of the jungle and decided to mass produce it on vast plantations, shipping it on refrigerated boats across the globe. The banana was standardised into one friendly model: yellow and creamy and handy for your lunchbox.
There was an entrepreneurial spark of genius there - but United Fruit developed a cruel business model to deliver it. As the writer Dan Koeppel explains in his brilliant history Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, it worked like this. Find a poor, weak country. Make sure the government will serve your interests. If it won't, topple it and replace it with one that will.
Burn down its rainforests and build banana plantations. Make the locals dependent on you. Crush any flicker of trade unionism. Then, alas, you may have to watch as the banana fields die from the strange disease that stalks bananas across the globe. If this happens, dump tonnes of chemicals on them to see if it makes a difference. If that doesn't work, move on to the next country. Begin again.
This sounds like hyperbole until you study what actually happened. In 1911, the banana magnate Samuel Zemurray decided to seize the country of Honduras as a private plantation. He gathered together some international gangsters like Guy "Machine Gun" Maloney, drummed up a private army, and invaded, installing an amigo as president.
The term "banana republic" was invented to describe the servile dictatorships that were created to please the banana companies. In the early 1950s, the Guatemalan people elected a science teacher named Jacobo Arbenz, because he promised to redistribute some of the banana companies' land among the millions of landless peasants.
President Eisenhower and the CIA (headed by a former United Fruit employee) issued instructions that these "communists" should be killed, and noted that good methods were "a hammer, axe, wrench, screw driver, fire poker or kitchen knife". The tyranny they replaced it with went on to kill more than 200,000 people.
But how does this relate to the disease now scything through the world's bananas? The evidence suggests even when they peddle something as innocuous as bananas, corporations are structured to do one thing only: maximise their shareholders' profits. As part of a highly regulated mixed economy, that's a good thing, because it helps to generate wealth or churn out ideas. But if the corporations aren't subject to tight regulations, they will do anything to maximise short-term profit. This will lead them to seemingly unhinged behaviour - like destroying the environment on which they depend.
Not long after Panama Disease first began to kill bananas in the early 20th century, United Fruit's scientists warned the corporation was making two errors. They were building a gigantic monoculture. If every banana is from one homogenous species, a disease entering the chain anywhere on earth will soon spread. The solution? Diversify into a broad range of banana types.
The company's quarantine standards were also dire. Even the people who were supposed to prevent infection were trudging into healthy fields with disease-carrying soil on their boots. But both of these solutions cost money - and United Front didn't want to pay. They decided to maximise their profit today, reckoning they would get out of the banana business if it all went wrong.
So by the 1960s, the Gros Michel that United Fruit had packaged as The One True Banana was dead. They scrambled to find a replacement that was immune to the fungus, and eventually stumbled upon the Cavendish. It was smaller and less creamy and bruised easily, but it would have to do.
But like in a horror movie sequel, the killer came back. In the 1980s, the Cavendish too became sick. Now it too is dying, its immunity a myth. In many parts of Africa, the crop is down 60 percent. There is a consensus among scientists that the fungus will eventually infect all Cavendish bananas everywhere. There are bananas we could adopt as Banana 3.0 - but they are so different to the bananas that we know now that they feel like a totally different and far less appetising fruit. The most likely contender is the Goldfinger, which is crunchier and tangier: it is know as "the acid banana."
Thanks to bad corporate behaviour and physical limits, we seem to be at a dead end. The only possible glimmer of hope is a genetically modified banana that can resist Panama Disease. But that is a distant prospect, and it is resisted by many people: would you like a banana split made from a banana split with fish genes?
When we hit up against a natural limit like Panama disease, we are bemused, and then affronted. It seems instinctively bizarre to me that lush yellow bananas could vanish from the global food supply, because I have grown up in a culture without any idea of physical limits to what we can buy and eat.
Is there a parable for our times in this odd milkshake of banana, blood and fungus? For a hundred years, a handful of corporations were given a gorgeous fruit, set free from regulation, and allowed to do what they wanted with it. What happened? They had one good entrepreneurial idea - and to squeeze every tiny drop of profit from it, they destroyed democracies, burned down rainforests, and ended up killing the fruit itself.
But have we learned? Across the world, politicians like George Bush and David Cameron are telling us the regulation of corporations is "a menace" to be "rolled back"; they even say we should leave the planet's climate in their hands. Now that's bananas.
From the Huffington post
There is no cure. They all die as it spreads, and it spreads quickly. Soon - in five, 10 or 30 years - the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist. The story of how the banana rose and fell can be seen a strange parable about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world - and where they are leading us.
Bananas seem at first like a lush product of nature, but this is a sweet illusion. In their current form, bananas were quite consciously created. Until 150 ago, a vast array of bananas grew in the world's jungles and they were invariably consumed nearby. Some were sweet; some were sour. They were green or purple or yellow.
A corporation called United Fruit took one particular type - the Gros Michael - out of the jungle and decided to mass produce it on vast plantations, shipping it on refrigerated boats across the globe. The banana was standardised into one friendly model: yellow and creamy and handy for your lunchbox.
There was an entrepreneurial spark of genius there - but United Fruit developed a cruel business model to deliver it. As the writer Dan Koeppel explains in his brilliant history Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, it worked like this. Find a poor, weak country. Make sure the government will serve your interests. If it won't, topple it and replace it with one that will.
Burn down its rainforests and build banana plantations. Make the locals dependent on you. Crush any flicker of trade unionism. Then, alas, you may have to watch as the banana fields die from the strange disease that stalks bananas across the globe. If this happens, dump tonnes of chemicals on them to see if it makes a difference. If that doesn't work, move on to the next country. Begin again.
This sounds like hyperbole until you study what actually happened. In 1911, the banana magnate Samuel Zemurray decided to seize the country of Honduras as a private plantation. He gathered together some international gangsters like Guy "Machine Gun" Maloney, drummed up a private army, and invaded, installing an amigo as president.
The term "banana republic" was invented to describe the servile dictatorships that were created to please the banana companies. In the early 1950s, the Guatemalan people elected a science teacher named Jacobo Arbenz, because he promised to redistribute some of the banana companies' land among the millions of landless peasants.
President Eisenhower and the CIA (headed by a former United Fruit employee) issued instructions that these "communists" should be killed, and noted that good methods were "a hammer, axe, wrench, screw driver, fire poker or kitchen knife". The tyranny they replaced it with went on to kill more than 200,000 people.
But how does this relate to the disease now scything through the world's bananas? The evidence suggests even when they peddle something as innocuous as bananas, corporations are structured to do one thing only: maximise their shareholders' profits. As part of a highly regulated mixed economy, that's a good thing, because it helps to generate wealth or churn out ideas. But if the corporations aren't subject to tight regulations, they will do anything to maximise short-term profit. This will lead them to seemingly unhinged behaviour - like destroying the environment on which they depend.
Not long after Panama Disease first began to kill bananas in the early 20th century, United Fruit's scientists warned the corporation was making two errors. They were building a gigantic monoculture. If every banana is from one homogenous species, a disease entering the chain anywhere on earth will soon spread. The solution? Diversify into a broad range of banana types.
The company's quarantine standards were also dire. Even the people who were supposed to prevent infection were trudging into healthy fields with disease-carrying soil on their boots. But both of these solutions cost money - and United Front didn't want to pay. They decided to maximise their profit today, reckoning they would get out of the banana business if it all went wrong.
So by the 1960s, the Gros Michel that United Fruit had packaged as The One True Banana was dead. They scrambled to find a replacement that was immune to the fungus, and eventually stumbled upon the Cavendish. It was smaller and less creamy and bruised easily, but it would have to do.
But like in a horror movie sequel, the killer came back. In the 1980s, the Cavendish too became sick. Now it too is dying, its immunity a myth. In many parts of Africa, the crop is down 60 percent. There is a consensus among scientists that the fungus will eventually infect all Cavendish bananas everywhere. There are bananas we could adopt as Banana 3.0 - but they are so different to the bananas that we know now that they feel like a totally different and far less appetising fruit. The most likely contender is the Goldfinger, which is crunchier and tangier: it is know as "the acid banana."
Thanks to bad corporate behaviour and physical limits, we seem to be at a dead end. The only possible glimmer of hope is a genetically modified banana that can resist Panama Disease. But that is a distant prospect, and it is resisted by many people: would you like a banana split made from a banana split with fish genes?
When we hit up against a natural limit like Panama disease, we are bemused, and then affronted. It seems instinctively bizarre to me that lush yellow bananas could vanish from the global food supply, because I have grown up in a culture without any idea of physical limits to what we can buy and eat.
Is there a parable for our times in this odd milkshake of banana, blood and fungus? For a hundred years, a handful of corporations were given a gorgeous fruit, set free from regulation, and allowed to do what they wanted with it. What happened? They had one good entrepreneurial idea - and to squeeze every tiny drop of profit from it, they destroyed democracies, burned down rainforests, and ended up killing the fruit itself.
But have we learned? Across the world, politicians like George Bush and David Cameron are telling us the regulation of corporations is "a menace" to be "rolled back"; they even say we should leave the planet's climate in their hands. Now that's bananas.
From the Huffington post
Week 2 almost complete
And so far so good. I haven't weighed myself. I feel skinnier tho. My jeans are usually tight coming out of the dryer and I could actually get them on and they werent tight at all, just right. I pulled out my size 16 jeans and stood in them to feel the looseness and to just remind myself that I am getting results, albeit slowly.
Aaron and I are thinking about a nice dinner in the district before all the crap with inaguration kicks into full gear, which means hell expensive but freakin delicious Old Ebbits Grill next to the White House. I LOVE their crab and artichoke dip and the Calamari is surprising good, but then again, anything fried is delicious..lol
Or it might just have to be Qdoba. I'm sick of chipotle as tehy are everywhere, but Qdoba is down by the Wax museum and so so delicious and I'm craving bad...but we'll see.. more than likely we are lazy and will just eat in Virginia.
Regardless, I'm gonna try to not over eat and will hit wii fit pretty hard tomorrow because it's just too damn cold to go outside and do anything. NOT condusive to weight loss dammit.
Aaron and I are thinking about a nice dinner in the district before all the crap with inaguration kicks into full gear, which means hell expensive but freakin delicious Old Ebbits Grill next to the White House. I LOVE their crab and artichoke dip and the Calamari is surprising good, but then again, anything fried is delicious..lol
Or it might just have to be Qdoba. I'm sick of chipotle as tehy are everywhere, but Qdoba is down by the Wax museum and so so delicious and I'm craving bad...but we'll see.. more than likely we are lazy and will just eat in Virginia.
Regardless, I'm gonna try to not over eat and will hit wii fit pretty hard tomorrow because it's just too damn cold to go outside and do anything. NOT condusive to weight loss dammit.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Push through the pain and Victory is MINE!!!
Oh yes. I am back on top in hula hoops. I can't really move my torso in anyway today,l but i'm back on top, for the regular. Super is gonna be elusive for awhile. I just can't seem to be successful going towards the left. I do have the reigning score on the 6 minute duration and I plan to make sure that stays. But 3 minutes...just cant do it. After 6 minutes tho, I have to take a break to get my feet unsweaty.
I think I have figured out the balance games..although on Ski shalom, Aaron's cousin set an amazing precedent of 25 seconds.......I wonder what its like to weigh 115 pounds...so since she is so light and beat us on everything, it's been our mission to get her off the board and then we will go back to who reigns supreme among the two of us. Although for a stocky boy, Aaron has the most impressive balance I have ever seen. I mean you would not think he had any. And his reflexes are sickening. I guess those years of Hockey he played were worth something...
On the flip side, I lost 1.5 pounds according to the wii...but I also think it's cuz I cheat and say my clothes are very heavy, even though they arent really..and yes, I actually am retarded enough I WEIGHED my clothing...sad sad sad. I'm still pissed off that it made my Mii fat. Everyday i want to smash that animated board on the screen..mocking me..grrrr...
I think I have figured out the balance games..although on Ski shalom, Aaron's cousin set an amazing precedent of 25 seconds.......I wonder what its like to weigh 115 pounds...so since she is so light and beat us on everything, it's been our mission to get her off the board and then we will go back to who reigns supreme among the two of us. Although for a stocky boy, Aaron has the most impressive balance I have ever seen. I mean you would not think he had any. And his reflexes are sickening. I guess those years of Hockey he played were worth something...
On the flip side, I lost 1.5 pounds according to the wii...but I also think it's cuz I cheat and say my clothes are very heavy, even though they arent really..and yes, I actually am retarded enough I WEIGHED my clothing...sad sad sad. I'm still pissed off that it made my Mii fat. Everyday i want to smash that animated board on the screen..mocking me..grrrr...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Weight watchers online Calculator
When you don't feel like digging the one out, this works great!
http://www.webmilhouse.com/pointcalc.php
http://www.webmilhouse.com/pointcalc.php
Y is for Yogurt
I have always been a pretty happy hater of Yogurt. If it wasn't Strawberry banana flavored, I didn't touch it. But then I started to read more about the health benefits and then I saw weight watchers and dannon had yogurt that was 1 point and high fiber. Hmm..well, maybe we can try it again.
I knew I was comfortable with Strawberry Banana and could easily choke it down, but decided I wanted to venture into unknown territoy so I grabbed some Vanilla flavored. Holy Hell it was DELICIOUS! A flavor I could get behind! So I started eating Vanilla yogurt for breakfast every morning. I do get bored easily, so I branched out to yoplait boston cream pie and other flavors of the light and fit line. While it still wouldn't be my breakfast of choice, being that it's one point and can sustain me til lunch, I have given in to Yogurt. It allows me to blow all my points on din din which is good.
However, only the weight watchers and light n fit appease me. The rest still tastes like sour ass milk that someone threw sugar in. Apparently I am now a yogurt snob. Go figure.
I knew I was comfortable with Strawberry Banana and could easily choke it down, but decided I wanted to venture into unknown territoy so I grabbed some Vanilla flavored. Holy Hell it was DELICIOUS! A flavor I could get behind! So I started eating Vanilla yogurt for breakfast every morning. I do get bored easily, so I branched out to yoplait boston cream pie and other flavors of the light and fit line. While it still wouldn't be my breakfast of choice, being that it's one point and can sustain me til lunch, I have given in to Yogurt. It allows me to blow all my points on din din which is good.
However, only the weight watchers and light n fit appease me. The rest still tastes like sour ass milk that someone threw sugar in. Apparently I am now a yogurt snob. Go figure.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Interesting article on Diets
From the Huffington post:
Colleen Perry
Posted January 13, 2009 03:18 PM (EST)
Last week I invited you to welcome in the New Year by stopping your dieting. I gave 2 compelling reasons why diets don't work for lasting weight loss, set point and water balance. This week I'm going into more detail on the first step toward "diet recovery": Admit you have needs that haven't been met.
Every one of us is born with a set of needs that is unique to them. This is called our temperament. We all have the same basic needs, but the priority given to each need and preference varies from person. Much of our temperament is determined by genetics, and some is formed as we live our life... so some is the result of nature and some the result of nurture. To a large extent it is believed that the attunement to our needs by our primary care giver at birth determines our responses when our needs are not met. For example, the woman whose mother or father was emotionally distant may use other sources to get her needs for nurturing, love, and connection met.
In time she may discover that food seems to soothe the pain of these needs not being met by her parent(s). Food is constant, non-judgmental, and often, easily available (unlike her parent). Or consider the boy that goes "unseen" by his alcoholic family. He devises a way of using food to numb his rage and pain. Or the little girl who grew up as "the apple of her father's eye", whose needs were met until she began puberty when her body began to change, and her father grew distant and uncomfortable around her. She begins to restrict her food, unconsciously thwarting her natural growth into maturity through dieting or anorexia.
Admitting you have needs that have not been met is the first step of 12 for a very good reason; unless you are in touch with the needs that you are currently meeting with food, dieting, or binging, you have very little chance of permanently breaking free of the cycle of weight loss/weight gain. Some of the needs met by food include but are not limited to: autonomy, freedom, choice, comfort, connection, reassurance, predictability, emotional safety, sharing, community, family, and pleasure. Some of the needs met by dieting include: autonomy, freedom, choice, individuality, self-worth, self-respect, purpose, acknowledgment, being liked, respect, friendship, companionship, acceptance, aesthetic, validation, exercise and movement. You can see how some of these needs overlap, but I hope the prevailing point is that there are a lot of needs met by both dieting and not dieting.
The goal is to acknowledge first that your needs are legitimate... all of them. For some people this is the most difficult part. Many of us feel undeserving of getting our needs met. Maybe you were told you have too many needs i.e. "Don't be so needy." Maybe you were told to submit your needs by putting the needs of others first i.e. "Don't be so selfish. Help your mother." Maybe you weren't even aware that you have needs! That's not so uncommon.
So, are you nourishing yourself lovingly with healthy foods and healthy relationships? If so, you're probably not the chronic dieter or someone with an eating disorder.
For the rest of us, the challenge becomes twofold: 1) being able to know your needs, 2) figuring out how to get them met. The second part may require trial and error, but trust me; it's worth putting in the time. Think about all the time, energy, strength (willpower) and money you have invested throughout your life in dieting and weight loss. Imagine investing equal time, energy and strength into getting your needs met! Spend the money too if you need professional assistance. What is stopping you? What scares you about doing this? You are worth it! For all the people you love and for yourself, why not make this investment in you? What would change as a result? Some of you secretly fear that if you were to become healthy (a person that you like, someone whom you admire) your current relationships would no longer serve you, and then where would you be? I understand this fear, but it's fear that keeps us stuck in old beliefs and old patterns. It is love, love of self, and love for others that is our salvation.
So, to recap, here are the 12 steps to recovery from chronic dieting or eating disorders:
1. Admit you have needs that haven't been met.
2. Seek help and support.
3. Look for answers... don't stop until you've found them.
4. Look for solutions... stop submitting, stop rebelling.
5. Practice gratitude daily.
6. Develop a balanced point of view.
7. Share your stories with others... you are not alone.
8. Clear away the wreckage of your past... mourn the lost opportunities.
9. Continuously revise your life story.
10. Practice honesty and compassion for self and others.
11. Meet your needs..communicate honestly and directly.
12. Knowing that you are not powerless, food will fall into its healthful place.
Next week we will go into depth on step 2: seeking help and support. Please visit my website www.colleenperry.com for last week's blog and for more information on this subject.
Health
Colleen Perry
Posted January 13, 2009 03:18 PM (EST)
Last week I invited you to welcome in the New Year by stopping your dieting. I gave 2 compelling reasons why diets don't work for lasting weight loss, set point and water balance. This week I'm going into more detail on the first step toward "diet recovery": Admit you have needs that haven't been met.
Every one of us is born with a set of needs that is unique to them. This is called our temperament. We all have the same basic needs, but the priority given to each need and preference varies from person. Much of our temperament is determined by genetics, and some is formed as we live our life... so some is the result of nature and some the result of nurture. To a large extent it is believed that the attunement to our needs by our primary care giver at birth determines our responses when our needs are not met. For example, the woman whose mother or father was emotionally distant may use other sources to get her needs for nurturing, love, and connection met.
In time she may discover that food seems to soothe the pain of these needs not being met by her parent(s). Food is constant, non-judgmental, and often, easily available (unlike her parent). Or consider the boy that goes "unseen" by his alcoholic family. He devises a way of using food to numb his rage and pain. Or the little girl who grew up as "the apple of her father's eye", whose needs were met until she began puberty when her body began to change, and her father grew distant and uncomfortable around her. She begins to restrict her food, unconsciously thwarting her natural growth into maturity through dieting or anorexia.
Admitting you have needs that have not been met is the first step of 12 for a very good reason; unless you are in touch with the needs that you are currently meeting with food, dieting, or binging, you have very little chance of permanently breaking free of the cycle of weight loss/weight gain. Some of the needs met by food include but are not limited to: autonomy, freedom, choice, comfort, connection, reassurance, predictability, emotional safety, sharing, community, family, and pleasure. Some of the needs met by dieting include: autonomy, freedom, choice, individuality, self-worth, self-respect, purpose, acknowledgment, being liked, respect, friendship, companionship, acceptance, aesthetic, validation, exercise and movement. You can see how some of these needs overlap, but I hope the prevailing point is that there are a lot of needs met by both dieting and not dieting.
The goal is to acknowledge first that your needs are legitimate... all of them. For some people this is the most difficult part. Many of us feel undeserving of getting our needs met. Maybe you were told you have too many needs i.e. "Don't be so needy." Maybe you were told to submit your needs by putting the needs of others first i.e. "Don't be so selfish. Help your mother." Maybe you weren't even aware that you have needs! That's not so uncommon.
So, are you nourishing yourself lovingly with healthy foods and healthy relationships? If so, you're probably not the chronic dieter or someone with an eating disorder.
For the rest of us, the challenge becomes twofold: 1) being able to know your needs, 2) figuring out how to get them met. The second part may require trial and error, but trust me; it's worth putting in the time. Think about all the time, energy, strength (willpower) and money you have invested throughout your life in dieting and weight loss. Imagine investing equal time, energy and strength into getting your needs met! Spend the money too if you need professional assistance. What is stopping you? What scares you about doing this? You are worth it! For all the people you love and for yourself, why not make this investment in you? What would change as a result? Some of you secretly fear that if you were to become healthy (a person that you like, someone whom you admire) your current relationships would no longer serve you, and then where would you be? I understand this fear, but it's fear that keeps us stuck in old beliefs and old patterns. It is love, love of self, and love for others that is our salvation.
So, to recap, here are the 12 steps to recovery from chronic dieting or eating disorders:
1. Admit you have needs that haven't been met.
2. Seek help and support.
3. Look for answers... don't stop until you've found them.
4. Look for solutions... stop submitting, stop rebelling.
5. Practice gratitude daily.
6. Develop a balanced point of view.
7. Share your stories with others... you are not alone.
8. Clear away the wreckage of your past... mourn the lost opportunities.
9. Continuously revise your life story.
10. Practice honesty and compassion for self and others.
11. Meet your needs..communicate honestly and directly.
12. Knowing that you are not powerless, food will fall into its healthful place.
Next week we will go into depth on step 2: seeking help and support. Please visit my website www.colleenperry.com for last week's blog and for more information on this subject.
Health
Case of the Monday's
Yesterday was a pretty stressful day. Pretty much woke up and knew the day was going ot be a shit day. I was so correct. But I did survive the lack of food and actually realized I am eating too much during teh day because I get bored sitting at my desk. So since I cut out the amount of food, I'm hopeful the pounds will start melting off.
I've been lazy with the wii fit yesterday. Doing it here and there but not with the gusto of commitment. Just have to get back on teh board today and go for the 6 minute hula hoop ab killer. It angers me but the Penguin game is hilarious, but ineffective because I'm laughing the whole time at the stupidity of it. It is pretty hard tho and eveyr day I get told my balance sucks. My balance is fine, nintendo, your board's balance sucks!
I have noticed doing the balance games, the amount of times I run into random things and walls during the day is decreasing.
So far so good with the weight loss. Didn't lose as much as I had hoped but this week is a new week. gotta stay good until Vegas.
I've been lazy with the wii fit yesterday. Doing it here and there but not with the gusto of commitment. Just have to get back on teh board today and go for the 6 minute hula hoop ab killer. It angers me but the Penguin game is hilarious, but ineffective because I'm laughing the whole time at the stupidity of it. It is pretty hard tho and eveyr day I get told my balance sucks. My balance is fine, nintendo, your board's balance sucks!
I have noticed doing the balance games, the amount of times I run into random things and walls during the day is decreasing.
So far so good with the weight loss. Didn't lose as much as I had hoped but this week is a new week. gotta stay good until Vegas.
Monday, January 12, 2009
The real test is today
I hate Mondays. I weighed in at a nice 3 pound weight loss which was nice considering the absolutely BAD weekend of eating and drinking. But I packed a very healthy lunch today, had my snacks planned out, everything perfect, and then I forgot my lunch.
I realized as i closed the locked door behind me and also noticed I had no wallet or keys. So, I knocked on the door thinking Aaron or the dog might hear that I was beating it down. Well apparently I thought wrong. I tried calling, but that did not work. Apparently he can't hear a phone either.
So I walked the 1.1 miles to the metro station seething and got to work, and luckily discovered a few meager offerings in my desk that I guess could be lunch.
So now I sit here starving, and downing the water is doing nothing for the pangs, just making me very acquainted with the bathroom today. And as i get hungrier, the more angry i am becoming.
But Maybe, once I get home, I can get back on the wii fit and somehow beat 950 spins on super hula hoops. It might kill me, but I shall prevail.
I realized as i closed the locked door behind me and also noticed I had no wallet or keys. So, I knocked on the door thinking Aaron or the dog might hear that I was beating it down. Well apparently I thought wrong. I tried calling, but that did not work. Apparently he can't hear a phone either.
So I walked the 1.1 miles to the metro station seething and got to work, and luckily discovered a few meager offerings in my desk that I guess could be lunch.
So now I sit here starving, and downing the water is doing nothing for the pangs, just making me very acquainted with the bathroom today. And as i get hungrier, the more angry i am becoming.
But Maybe, once I get home, I can get back on the wii fit and somehow beat 950 spins on super hula hoops. It might kill me, but I shall prevail.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Jager
What a weekend!
I have to say I really had to fight this weekend to try to stay healthy, but come saturday afternoon, I gave up.
Monica and Jason flew in and we walked miles all over Old Town, even though it was freakin freezing ass cold. And then back at their room, the festivities commenced and the rest of teh night is hazy.
Yesterday, we went into DC and walked probably close to 10 miles when all is said and done. I'm really feeling it today. I can barely walk. I think we were good until we walked around the Pentagon to the 9/11 memorial, because we walked so fast it was raining extremely hard, and it was cool but at least a half mile haul around that building. It's so freakin huge.
Experimented with the hole in wall local places. Breakfast sucked, lunch sucked but dinner was freakin tasty. After all the sightseeing, we all drve back and picked up Jager, Monster and lots of Vodka and Juices. And drank and played Apples to Apples til Midnight. i forgot how great it was to have a DD so i could drink happily like the old days at MSU at Harper's. And we schooled Aaron in the ways of Alcohol and have created a Jager fan. Cuz that's what we do!
Even beter is the fact that with all the crappy eating this weekend, at first glance on teh scale, I STILL managed ot lose 5 pounds. Tomorrow mornign is the official weigh in day, but I plan on Wii fit tonight......if my body will allow it.
I have to say I really had to fight this weekend to try to stay healthy, but come saturday afternoon, I gave up.
Monica and Jason flew in and we walked miles all over Old Town, even though it was freakin freezing ass cold. And then back at their room, the festivities commenced and the rest of teh night is hazy.
Yesterday, we went into DC and walked probably close to 10 miles when all is said and done. I'm really feeling it today. I can barely walk. I think we were good until we walked around the Pentagon to the 9/11 memorial, because we walked so fast it was raining extremely hard, and it was cool but at least a half mile haul around that building. It's so freakin huge.
Experimented with the hole in wall local places. Breakfast sucked, lunch sucked but dinner was freakin tasty. After all the sightseeing, we all drve back and picked up Jager, Monster and lots of Vodka and Juices. And drank and played Apples to Apples til Midnight. i forgot how great it was to have a DD so i could drink happily like the old days at MSU at Harper's. And we schooled Aaron in the ways of Alcohol and have created a Jager fan. Cuz that's what we do!
Even beter is the fact that with all the crappy eating this weekend, at first glance on teh scale, I STILL managed ot lose 5 pounds. Tomorrow mornign is the official weigh in day, but I plan on Wii fit tonight......if my body will allow it.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Ugh..water..my bladder hates you!
Omg! I hate water. I mean I love water and drinking it, but I hate trying to make it to that elusive 64 oz a day! I have to peeevery five mintues. It sucks. It sucks more when I go before i leave work to go home, sit on the train for 20 minutes and then as I get off , have to practicly RUN the mile home because I have to use the lou so freakin bad.
I have found that celery, lettuce and all those crunchy empty calorie veggies help in the mission to get water as well. Fruits too.
Day four of the diet half over. I think I might survive...my body is not revolting against me like the last three days.
I have found that celery, lettuce and all those crunchy empty calorie veggies help in the mission to get water as well. Fruits too.
Day four of the diet half over. I think I might survive...my body is not revolting against me like the last three days.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Proud!
I am very proud of myself. Instead of indulging in the delicious Papa Johns Pizza Aaron ordered, I ignored the delicious, saucy, pepperoni and ham filled, cheesy goodness of the pizza and stuck to my planned dinner of taco left overs. It was very hard NOT to partake in the pizza and delicious breadsticks, all soft and mmmmm...........
I think it helped that he did not order the standard condiment of ranch, which I must have with my pizza. I won't beat him quite yet tho. He's only in his second day of being here so he does not know that this requirement is necessary and should be automatic when any pizza is ordered. he now knows. It should no longer be a problem.
Day three so far so good.....but it is only 8:20 am...
I think it helped that he did not order the standard condiment of ranch, which I must have with my pizza. I won't beat him quite yet tho. He's only in his second day of being here so he does not know that this requirement is necessary and should be automatic when any pizza is ordered. he now knows. It should no longer be a problem.
Day three so far so good.....but it is only 8:20 am...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Wii fit is the Devil!
So my fiancee finally moved here and brought along his wii so I was able to indulge myself with my christmas present of wii fit.
The game is kinda mean. You take 15 minutes to set up your little person and then begin the game and go through doing all these body tests and then it ends with your weight....and as you watch it goes up happily to obese and the person you spent so much time creating, just turns fat. How freakin humiliating is that?
And as you play, I have thought of slapping that damn little wii board who just seems to taunt me everytime I turn on the game..."hahaha, your a fatty. Get some some exercise in cuz your obese!! hahaha" Damn you, wii board! Damn you and your taunts!
Granted the games are fun enough. Hula Hoop is the longest minute of my life and after three rounds last night, I still have no feeling in my torso. I think it's in shock. And even with something fun as the wii fit, Yoga stills bores the crap out of me. How do people do this? Inner peace, beauty enlightenment? What the hell are these people smoking? I seriously can't hold a pose without feeling like a retard. The names don't help. Warrior pose, downward facing dog....hell, just have some loving. Odds are you'll get some much better stretching in.
Anyways, day two of the diet..still not liking it, but I have hope it will get easier. If I can just quit thinking about those delicious chicken fingers upstairs in the cafeteria........
The game is kinda mean. You take 15 minutes to set up your little person and then begin the game and go through doing all these body tests and then it ends with your weight....and as you watch it goes up happily to obese and the person you spent so much time creating, just turns fat. How freakin humiliating is that?
And as you play, I have thought of slapping that damn little wii board who just seems to taunt me everytime I turn on the game..."hahaha, your a fatty. Get some some exercise in cuz your obese!! hahaha" Damn you, wii board! Damn you and your taunts!
Granted the games are fun enough. Hula Hoop is the longest minute of my life and after three rounds last night, I still have no feeling in my torso. I think it's in shock. And even with something fun as the wii fit, Yoga stills bores the crap out of me. How do people do this? Inner peace, beauty enlightenment? What the hell are these people smoking? I seriously can't hold a pose without feeling like a retard. The names don't help. Warrior pose, downward facing dog....hell, just have some loving. Odds are you'll get some much better stretching in.
Anyways, day two of the diet..still not liking it, but I have hope it will get easier. If I can just quit thinking about those delicious chicken fingers upstairs in the cafeteria........
Monday, January 5, 2009
Day One- Ugh
Starting weight: 178
Goal by 2/11/09: 168
Ok. So I've spent a whole year whining about how fat I am. Yet, I continue to stuff my face with delicious treats. Well, no more dammit! I am going to be successful. I have a nice healthy goal of 20 pounds by April 1st. I'm hopeful I shall be successful.
I've recruited Sarah to join me on our new hybrid diet, the wii fit/weight watchers/hungry girl diet. Shouldn't be too hard. It's noon and I'm already craving a delicious Starbucks hot chocolate.....bikini, bikini, bikini....starbucks bad, starbucks bad.....
I'll stick and if I lose 10 pounds by Februay 11, 2009, I am rewarding myself with a Vegas Buffet Blow out.
Goal by 2/11/09: 168
Ok. So I've spent a whole year whining about how fat I am. Yet, I continue to stuff my face with delicious treats. Well, no more dammit! I am going to be successful. I have a nice healthy goal of 20 pounds by April 1st. I'm hopeful I shall be successful.
I've recruited Sarah to join me on our new hybrid diet, the wii fit/weight watchers/hungry girl diet. Shouldn't be too hard. It's noon and I'm already craving a delicious Starbucks hot chocolate.....bikini, bikini, bikini....starbucks bad, starbucks bad.....
I'll stick and if I lose 10 pounds by Februay 11, 2009, I am rewarding myself with a Vegas Buffet Blow out.
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