May 2010
11 posts
Weigh-In Day
So, sort of a victory.
I stayed exactly the same this week, not up, not down. I consider this a sort-of victory considering all the chocolate and chinese I have been craving this week.
Now, if I can get through this week of cake (lots of birthdays to celebrate). I’m so close to my 5% goal, I hope I can register a loss next week.
Wish me luck. :D
Nice Day
I made it: 10K day.
It helped that I subbed at the school with the stairs. I got to take 2 full laps during my prep period, second floor all the way down to the basement, across to the other set of stairs and back up to the second floor. And after work, my WW buddy came over and we took our dogs on two laps around my block.
I feel like I earned a gold star. :)
DownSizing: a new look →
Tomorrow night I have a client event on Ellis Island. I’ve been so preoccupied dealing with all the details (i.e. how to get 500 people on a ferry boat, learning about the Cake Boss so I can promote his cake to the media, explaining to my client why Montel Williams is not a big enough celebrity to…
I love your logic. You look fabulous.
Monday Weigh-In
April 15 was my last weigh-in day. I was very nervous about the scales yesterday. I have not been an A student; I have not been tracking my points for over a month. I expected to be confronted with the consequences of my complacency, predicting that I would have gained back at least 2 pounds. But, I was surprised that I had only gained back 0.4 pounds.
I am back on the wagon today. Somehow that...
New Weigh-In Day
I am switching to Monday nights for my WW Weigh-in/meeting. My buddy and I are switching to Mondays to accomodate her summer volleyball schedule. I’m not super enthused because that means I have to weigh-in right after a weekend. :( At least on Thursdays I had the chance to correct any weekend binges, plus I had all of my flex points going into the weekend. Now I am going to have to be good...
Snow in the forecast
Day one of my determined effort to make today a 10K day.
I will have to walk on my treadmill today. It’s cold, windy and gray; it’s a good time to exercise indoors.
I'm not walking enough
Today’s step count: 7300
I can’t remember the last time I had a 10K day. I walked around the block. I parked far away in the parking lot. I took the stairs at work. I am struggling to get my daily step count up to the 10K mark.
I am determined. Somehow I will find a way to break this plateau.
Scales
One of the reasons I go to my Weight Watchers Weigh-ins is because of their scales. They have scales that can weigh to the tenth of a pound, so even a miniscule weight loss is accounted for. Some weeks I’ve only lost a tenth of a pound, but knowing that has been an encouragement to stick to the plan.
Does anyone have a home scale that can measure weight to a tenth of a pound?
If so, where...
Super Size Me →
I finally got to watch this film for the first time. I got on the treadmill right after. I’m not a big fan of fast food in the first place, but this just further hardens my resolve to stay away from any of these places.
Do Over
Didn’t make my mini goal. My stress level is through the roof and I am feeling paralyzed. I don’t know which fire to put out first. The last thing I seem to be able to manage right now is tracking my food consumption. But this is exactly the time when I should be tracking because this is the kind of stress that has gotten me to this point.
When the stress level is low I am an A+...
April 2010
4 posts
My goals: For getting back on track
For this weekend:
If I bite it, I write it.
One 10K day for the weekend.
After being off-track for several weeks in a row, I’m taking baby steps to get back into the swing of things.
I need You
I am still downsizing. It has been a rough month. We have had strep, the flu, and several colds wreak havoc in this household (and we are still battling crap). As I type, I have all three kids home from school today, threatening to throw up. So, FML>
How the F*** am I supposed to teach, grade papers, work my second and third job, while simultaneously study, research, and write my own...
OMG> I'm IN
I have not been able to get into tumblr for a week now. I hope this posts.
March 2010
31 posts
Pet Names
One part of being an host family for an exchange student that is particularly interesting is gaining a keen awareness of my own language. Yesterday, for example, we were talking about all the idioms we use to speak of fat, particularly body fat. We came up with: Bingo Wings, Junk in the Trunk, Cankles, Muffin Top, Thunder Thighs, and Beer Belly.
Did we miss any?
1 tag
How do I Forget to Eat Breakfast?
2 tags
Fever and Chills
I have been off my game for about a week now. Fever and Chills swept through the house, starting with my son and ending with me. As a result, I have not been tracking my food, and I missed Weigh-In Thursday. I am having a hard time getting back in the habit of tracking and writing in my booklet.
How do you stay on track when you’re sick and you don’t care about tracking your diet?
Weigh-in Thursday
I don’t know why, but weigh-in day still causes anxiety for me. I always think that I will register a weight gain, or the scales that we’ve been using for 9 weeks now will be found to be inaccurate. The scales will be replaced with new ones that now show that instead of losing weight, I have been gaining it. I still don’t believe the scale when it registers a weight loss. I...
I Haven't Got a Chance
If Sandra Bullock isn’t enough to keep a man satisfied, then I haven’t a chance in Hell!
What is wrong with men today? You have a woman who is beautiful, articulate, talented, whitty, intelligent, accomplished and it still isn’t enough to satisfy you? You have to venture forth and find a second woman? Really?
Does anyone else take vitamins?
While I was talking to a few friends about how slowly the weight is coming off, one of my friends suggested I take a metabolism boosting B vitamin. Does this really help?
I've got a cramp in my calf...
but I made it: 11,187 steps. I only have Wednesday and half of Thursday to get another 10K day in for this Weigh-In week, so that pretty much leaves me with tomorrow. I will give it my best shot.
NSV: The school lunch was Tater-tot Hot Dish, which smelled and looked amazing, but I stuck with my low cal salad and peaches - so *fist pump* victory over temptation was my Non-Scale Victory for today.
NSV
I need to walk. I can tell that my body is getting used to moving. If I’ve been too sedentary my body starts to give me signals to move. I get all creeky and restless.
On a related note:
I get to be a substitute gym teacher today. I might make one of my two 10K step days!!
feeling frustrated.
I did some simple math.
At my current rate of weight-loss it will take 3.5 years to get to my goal weight. :(
How do you eat an elephant?
.2 pounds at a time. I’m down .2 pounds (not sure what that amounts to in metric).
I’ll take it; at leasts it’s a loss. All things considered, red licorice, chocolate frozen yogurt, tacos, a brownie, a loss is a loss.
Thanks for the encouragement to go to WIT
Do I Dare?
This has been a really sucky week for me, diet-wise, and my WW partner is AWOL again this week. I don’t know if I dare go to weigh-in. I also have an exchange student coming to live with us tonight, so Weigh-in at 4:30 + meeting will be cutting it close. And last week I didn’t lose (or gain - yup, stayed exactly the same), so do I dare chance my fragile esteem to the possibility of...
This Helps →
Spring Cleaning Hell is easier when done to Jet.
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Falling off:
Had my first late night binge in a long time. Ended up eating a bowl of cereal instead of ice cream.
How do you control the late night binge?
Progress Report
Cleaning Bathrooms morphed into: Doing laundry, taking out garbage, changing sheets on the beds, vacuuming, mopping, and dusting.
Extra-curricular achievements include: Cleaning downstairs bathroom (still 2 upstairs that are just as dirty as they were this morning when I started), doing dishes, and cleaning kitchen sink.
Bonus: Found earphones for my cell phone.
Activity Points: 5739 steps = 2...
“As for the dance for “A Million Ways,” we’d come out with our second record and...”
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Knowing this ^ just makes this > even better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bav63MWNUKg
Thanks for adding joy to my life, mcmorgan. :)
Cleaning Bathrooms
…today, because it’s Spring Break for me, but not my kids. The only consolation is the Activity Points I will earn for scrubbing toilets and showers.
What's for breakfast?
(via thinnerthoughts)
Oatmeal with dried cranberries, a little brown sugar, and milk. It was fantastic.
That Donut
cost me 6 points (my daily alotment is 27). But it was so good. Chocolate glaze that was fresh and sticky! Soft and chewy. It was totally worth the three loops around my block that I am going to have to walk for the next three days just to earn back those splurge points.
3 tags
Stairs:
I can go down but I still can’t go up without inciting an asthma attack that makes me cough hard enough to throw up.
Thank Goodness I Walked
a lot this week.
WW weigh-in day for me. I stayed the same - exactly, which was a minor victory considering all the Chinese food and other random indulgences this week. I am absolutely sure I would have gained back some of the lost pounds if I hadn’t made a conscious effort to get 2 10K+ days in this week. The two days that were nearly 10Ks helped too. I will have to be more careful...
Indoor Walking Track
The high school I am subbing at today has an indoor walking track. I hope I get to use it during my prep hour. At the very least, I can make a few laps around the hallways, going up and down stairs too.
Achievements & Goals
Achievements
12,253 steps Waahooo
Drank one cup of coffee black
Goals
Find time to walk at work tomorrow - shooting for another 10K day.
Pack my lunch.
Two Days
I only have two days left in my weight loss week to get another 10K step day. I will have to really be conscious of walking today.
I Did It
10,247 steps.
I walked a loop at lunch and then two more later: total = 4 miles.
Handle with Care
Chinese Food should have a warning label.
Warning: Eating this food will totally blow your Weight Watchers Points out of the water.
Revising my weekly goals to include 2 days of 10K steps (just to make up for one dinner of sesame chicken and pork low mein).
2400 steps...
around my block. After reading Stand Up While You Read This, my daughter and I walked the dogs around the block. I sit for long periods when I am grading papers; I wonder how often I should get up and walk.
Stand Up While You Read This! →
thinnerthoughts:
runtheline:Olivia Judson from the New York Times writes:
Your chair is your enemy.
It doesn’t matter if you go running every morning, or you’re a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting — in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home — you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers and...
Goals
Move more
Cut down on the cream and sugar in my coffee (working towards drinking black coffee)
Move more
Eat my daily points
Move more
Take a current picture
Try for at least one day with 10K steps
February 2010
10 posts
What a Gold Mine!! →
A Weight Watchers Wiki!! Points for all my favorite restaurants. I found this when I did a google search for the Qdoba burrito that I split with my daughter.
Serving Sizes :D →
Diet Gods
are keeping me on track despite my every effort to sabotage myself.
First) I wanted to get take-out Chinese food, but son’s friend doesn’t like Chinese.
Then) I was going to get chicken nuggets and steak fries from the grocery store. Not a real budget breaker (WW points = budget) if I bake them, but not great. But the boys said they weren’t even hungry for dinner.
So) I ended...
Add 1 point
Walking two dogs 1 tenth of a mile = running a mile = 1 activity point added. OMG! :D